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Atortiaers Wffl Pod Oar Col m • Latchkey to Ow Sixteen HUUDITD Martin Cdunty Hoom VOLUME XXXIV— NUMBER 47 1 i I ■ 1 I 111 ..Ml I 1 I , i BETTER GRADES OF TOBACCO ARE SELLING WELL Lake City, (S. C.), Market Averages $20.10 for the Best Quality Grades Reports coining from the border markets yesterday were a little more encouraging; however, general aver ages continue low, it was> stated. On the Lake City, S. C., market, the bet ter quality tobaccos averaged around S2O, but the low grades commanded the same poor prices paid since the opening a week ago. Fairmont had an average of $10.12. This was higher on the corresponding day last year. Lumberton's average was $9.51, practically the same that it was on the same day last year. Clarkton had an average of $11.39 and Whitevillc an average of SB. Whiteville Report Whiteville, 10.—Prices on the VVhiteville market took a cliinb up wards today when 91,898 pounds sold at an average of $8 per hundred. To day's advance in average price was due I to an increased offering of the better grades of tobacco. Common and low grades are not in demand, and the ptices are very low. Growers are show ing an inclination to sell their poorest grades first and hold the best leaf off the market in anticipation of higher prices. Scores of growers today stat ed that their crop will not be more than three-fourths of last year's. Dry weather did untold damage, and in some localities rot seriously cut down the crop, growers said. Fairmont Has Good Sale Fairmont, Aug. 10.-—Prices advanc ed today on all second grade primings and first priming* of color and grain. Second primings ranged from s2l to ] $35 a hundred. W. P. Floyd, of near 1 Marietta, sold two baskets of first 1 primings weighing a total of 928 pounds for respectively sl6 and $lB a hundred. These were bought by Key- t nolds and Liggett and Myers. Official sales today were 227,614 pounds at an average of $10.12. New High at Lumberton I.umberton, Aug. 10.—Tobacco ( prices on the Lumberton market reach- y ed a new high level for the season when 130,090 pounds were sold for an average of $9.51, which is only 4 cents ( per hundred lower than the correspond , ing day la«t year. This was by far , the' best break of tobacco here, even though it contained a large percentage of sand lugs. Many farmers expressed keen satisfaction in their salei. Clarkton Farmer* Pleased Clarkton, Aug. 10.—Sales were very light on the Clarkton market today. The quality and prices were very much improved. Farmers were better pleased than at any time since the sea son began. Sales were 20,106 pounds, which brought an average of $11.39 per 100 pounds. Georgia Average $7.56 Last Week Atlanta, Aug. 10.—Marcus McWhor tcr, chief statistician of the Depart ment of Agriculture, announced today that 11,622,807 pounds of tobacco were sold in Georgia by growers last week at an average price of 7.56 cents a pound. This compares with 29,286,978 pounds at an average of 12.52 cents for the same week a year ago, and 6,756,182 pounds at an average of 7.33 ctnts for the previous week this year. HERTFORD WILL CUT TAX RATE • Will Be From 40 to 50 Cents Lower Thabi It Was Last Year Ahoskie, Aug. 10.—Hertford County will reduce its tax rate for the fiscal i j ear between 40 and 50 cents on the | SIOO property valuation, by reason of | the new highway and school acts, tlie paring of bydget items for general , county expenses. One of the econo- | mies continued in force this year is | the abandonment of the farm exten- j sion work. Last year was the first | year Hertford had been without the , services of a farm agent in over 15 , year*. The home demonrtration work, will, however, go on uninterrupted. , Final tax rates have not been as- . certained because of the pending State , school budget. Other estimates have | beta made, and are based oft a valu ation of approximately one-half mil lion dollars less than last year. Sev- ' enteen cents on the SIOO will be re- ( quired in order to raise the State's 15- cent school levy because of the reduc tion in property values. T*t> of the county's five high schools j will be abandoned by act of the State Equalization Board in allocating teach ers. Winton, - the county seat, and Coifto will have bo high schools, the former's students being transported to Ahoskie, pine miles away, and |Mie Como pupils going to Murfreesboro. ( Winton patrons arc-new seeking some far their efforts have met with no sue- | cesa.^ THE ENTERPRISE Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 11, 1931 BaBHaHBBBHBngnBBBaHBHBMBBBBBBBncBBaBaBaKaBaBBBamsaasss: Tobacco Redrying Plant Here Will Begin Work This Week - --OHM I 1 Preliminary plant operations at the W. I. Skinner Tobacco Com pany here will be atarted tomor row or Thursday, Plant Manager J. S. Collins stated yesterday. "It will be some time next week be fore we start operating the entire plant," Mr. Collins stated. Work this week will be limited to clean ing tobacco shipped in from the border markets. More than 25 colored women will be employed this week, Mr. Collins believed, and several men Tax Rate Studied By Board Monday AUTOS VS. FOOD I ✓ Raleigh, Aug. 10.—The average North Carolinian ipent more mon ey in automotive retail store* in 1929 than in strictly food atorea, figure* of the United State* Cen sus Bureau announced Saturday reveal. In strictly food store* the 3,- 170,270 citizen* of thi* State (1930 population) spent an average of $42 each for food, while in strict ly automotive place* of business an average of |43 each was spent The sale* figures were based on 1929 reports. NEARING END OF TOBACCO CURING A Goodly Number Plan To Complete Work This Week and Next Many farmers m this county will complete their tobacco curing this week, a few continuing into next week and the week following with the work. Farmers in several sections of sur rounding counties are said to have completed curing tlielr crops and have aiieady cut their stalks. Curings, as a whole, have held up very well in this county, and ii is gen erally believed that Martin farmers will market their best crop in several years. Price reports from the border and South Carolina markets indicate that the grower will lose money in grad ing and marketing sorry grades I this year, and it is believed that they j will save money by using these grades for fertilizer. TO RAISE BARGE ABOUT FRIDAY • Plan To Pump Out Last of Fertilizer Cargo Late Tomorrow • With all but a few of the 731 ton* of fertilizer removed from the barge "i.ynn" that wftit to the bottom of the Roanoke here several weeks ago, prospects for raising the sunken craft were considered better today. It was officially learned this morning that the salvage forces would start pump ing water from the vessel about Thursday, that the remaining few tons of fertilizer in the boat could be removed today and tomorrow. With Diver Everett working under water for hours at a time, work was pro gressing rapidly this morning. | Three of the five hatches on the , barge were nailed up by'divers yester- I day and the other two will be closed probably tomorrow, preparatory to pumping the water out. Once all the hatches are closed and the large pump is put to work, results, awaited by hundreds who have visited the scene during the past week, are expected to develop. Several thousand people, at one time or another, have visited the scene I and now that actual raising operations i are about to begin, large numbers are likely to flock to the river bank. Freight Train Is Derailed Here Yesterday Morning The local freight train of the A. C. L. Railroad company ,w«s derailed yesterday morning when • freight car tore through a switch between the Haughton and Washington Street cro**ings ker/a Track repair forces were called from Parmele, and it was more than an hour before shifting operations were resumed. No one wa* injured and the re sulting damage was not great. " ■■■ ■ ■■ Helene Madisnp, !7-year«old Cleve land (Ohio) girl, hold* 16 American women's swimming record*. V. will be hired to handle machine operations. The force will be ma terially increased next week when redrying work is started. With several buyers on the bor- ' der markets, the company ia ship ping in tobscco every day for han dling in the local plant. Several workmen, directed by Plant Manager Collina, have been making minor changes in the plant and machinery during the paat two weeka, and operation will be put under way., as soon aa these changes are completed. TAKE NO ACTION; ANOTHER MEET TO BE HELD SOON • Perspiration Flows Freely As Commissioners Work On Hardest Task Meeting in continued ssesion here Monday, the Martin County Board of Commissioners studied and studied fig ures in an effort to determine the coun ty tax rate for the current year. All during the day, generally conceded the hottest of the season, the commission ers sweated over the figures, the task before them even making the perspira tion run more freely. Late in the aft ernoon, the board members, far from completing the task, called a recess. Subject to the call of Chairman T. C. Griffin, the authorities will meet again ere long in an effort to establish a rate whereby county property will be taxed for the year 1931. Limiting their discussion to tenta tive levy figures, the board took no official action yesterday and it is too early to predict just what the rate will be this year. However, it was unofficially learned that the board is facing a hard task in establishing a rate for 1931. With a decrease in val uation of more than one and one-half millions of dollars, and no receipts to come from, the gasoline fund, no. great reduction in the rate can hardly be expected. The whole tax situation is one that calls for much study. Special road will be eliminated in all those districts where no bonds were issued. In the others a rate sufficient to care : for bonds and interest will be levied. A considerable saving will be effected | in* the first group, and some saving should result in the others even though a levy will be necessary to care for the bond* and interest. A saving can be expected from the extended school term, provided, of course, it is accept ed September 14. But with a valu ation drop of one and one-half mil lion dollars, the loss of the gas tax received by the county last year, and the demand* of the poor increasing, there is no great prospect this year for a material cut rn the county rate, which was $1.34 last year. SAYS TOBACCO HARD TO CURE Hot Weather No Aid In the Task, Commissioner Coltrain States Instead of finding the task easier during the extremely hot weather, farmer* state that they are experienc ing much difficulty in raising heats high enough to cure tobacco. C om-, missioner Joshua L. Coltrain stated yesterday that they had to fire and fire to "kilt out" the tobacco in their barns, that apparently the hot weath-| er retarded rather than aided in the work. Mr. Coltrain stated that his last cur ing was not so good, that the tobacco had much life, but was not of a very acceptable color. Large Watermelon Is Displayed Here One of the largest and probably the best watermelons grown in thi* sec tion was exhibited here last Saturday by Mr. I .ester Rogers, farmer, living near here. The melon weighed 57 pounds and was of the Stone Moun tain variety. - President Hoover Was 58 Years Old Yesterday . • Washington, August 10.—A little grayer at the temples and with a few more wrinkles around his face, Presi dent Hoover entered his 58th i year today burdened by international and domestic problems. • - But he was still smiling and ap* parently physically fit to meet any ▼odnc problem. GRASSHOPPERS PLAY HAVOC IN WIDDLEWEST •— Have Ravaged 100 Counties Leaving 55,000 Square Miles Land Bare ♦ In connection with the vast destruc tion of crops, clothes, fence posts, hoe handles, and wagon tongues in the Western iytates by "Time," the weekly news magazine, in its current issue, very de scribes the situation now facing the western farmers, as follows; "Already scourged by drought and low prices, western farmers were last 1 week at grips with another enemy, a crawling, flying, leaping multitude of j grasshoppers (Caloptenus spretus). For weeks they had been springing from the hot, dry soil of seven mid west states, big, inardy insects abbe i to eat five times their own weight each day. By last week they had ravaged 100 counties, leaving 55,000 square miles of farmland sear and blighted. , By the millions they stripped North j Dakota of its already shriveled wheat, j They munched the head-high corn of ( lowa and Nebraska down to the liard stalk. They left the orchards of South Dakota looking like a winter's skele ton. They gorged themselves on sug ar beets in Utah, on barley in Colo rado. They scourged the lush fringes of Minnesota and Kansas and ap peared without warning around Mus kegon, Mich. In their wake they left naked brown fields, heart-broken farm ers, and incredible yarns of clothes eaten off the line, fence posts, hoe han dles and wagon tongues chewed to nothing. "In Washington Charles Lester Marlatt, cliief of the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology was not surprised at the 'hopper pla gue. After last year's drought lie had issued warning of its coming. Nature alone, he said, could stop it, and noth ing could be done to save this,-year's crops. "Nevertheless, farmers and local of ficials joined to do what they could| In Nebraska appeared "bulker" ma -1 chines with canvas sails which were 1 idriven through the fields scooping up the 'hoppers, dousing them in oil, dumping them in piles for burning. Here and there ingenious farmers rig ged up big wire nets on their cars, | charged them front storage batteries, I 1 went about electrocuting 'hoppers on j the hop. Utah offered • cent per I pound bounty for 'hoppers dead or alive. Henry Paulson, of Lamar, Col., with a home-made scoop towed by his car, harvested 120 bushels of the in sect from four ruined acres of barley. Others sacked the 'hoppers, drowned them in water, put them aside for chicken feed next winter, A Pierre, iS. Dak., farmers, hearing that turkeys 'would devour the insects, turned his flock into the fields. The birds returned with their feathers eaten off. At Buf falo, Neb., dead 'hoppers were packed in jars on the hope of selling them to fishermen as bait at 20 cents per pound "Prayer and poison were other weapons used. At Jefferson, S. Dak., Rev. Joseph Barre led 1,200 believers out among the naked fields to appeal for divine relief. State officials rec ommended a mixture of bran, molasses and arsenic to spread before the at tacking hordes, or spray from air planes. Many a farmer complained that his poultry ate the 'hoppers thus poisoned and were killed. 1 '"While suffering within the arefs is acute, the extent of the drought and (grasshopper) damage is compara tively minor to that which we con fronted and surmounted last year . . . The Red Cross is actively engaged in relief work. . . . National and local resources are available, and the prob lem will be taken care of." "Department of Agriculture experts i began to devise ways and means of wangling the $15,000,000 surplus from the 1931 drought appropriation for use in the 'hopper war." HURT IN WRECK AT AULANDER Miss Thelma Harrell Has Fracture of Knee; Two Other Girls Are Hurt ■ # ■ Miss Thelma Harrell suffered a frac ture of the knee, and Misses Ethel Litaker and Helen Von Drekle, both of High Point, were painfully hurt a bout the face and body when their car, a Ford sport model coupe, hit a freight train at Aulander early yesterday morning. Norman Gold, of Rocky ifountr riding *n the rumble seat, escaped injury. Miss Litaker was driving the car and failed to see the frfigfet >t the highway crossing in Au tandfl. The victims were brought here, before continuing their trip to High Point. Miss Harrell was treated at the Washington hospital, doctors there stating that the fracture was not a very bad one. The car, fully covered by insurance, was a complete wrack, it waa reported. Much Interest Being Shown In Longei Term for Schools REPORTS FROM COUNTY NOT SO FAVORABLE TO STATE CONTROL ROADS •— —\ TRAFFIC COUNTS] ARE BEING MADE ON EVERY ROAD —♦ — Forces Alloted More Miles of Road Than They Can Handle, Is Belief * * 'Late reports from residents through out the county are not so favorable to the State operation of all county roads. I Those commenting upon the subject ■are agreed that the State is lifting a J heavy financial burden from the in dividual road districts, but, at the Same time, it is finding the task too great. No complaints have been directed to the road authorities, but residents in certain sections of the county are of the opinion that the condition of the roads will probably be worse this year than they were last. They admitted, however', that State operation could not j be perfected in a few months, and that after this year the roads would be greatly improved. Washouts have been reported in sev eral sections where heavy rains fell last week, the few State employees 1 finding it impossible to repair them and continue their dragging work and make traffic counts. Residents, tell ing of conditions in their districts, stated that two men could not possibly maintain the roads allotted them with , the present equipment, that they would be "snowed under" when winter rains , began to tall. A count of traffic on all cotyity roads was ordered last week, and with sev eral roads blocked in Griffins Town ship by high wa'ter, the employees took their stands, one at one end of the district, and one at the other. It must have been a good day for both Jof them, as traffic normally handled Iby other roads was forced to use the [two under observation by the two men. I Another resident pointed out that traf fic would naturaly be very limited on the county roads at this season of the year, as many farmers tramped their fields and not the thoroughfares. ' Engineer I'eabody was in the coun ty yesterday surveying school truck routes in Jamesville, Griffins, and Bear Grass townships, and it is re- j ported that he found the roads in | poor shape. Not so much worse probably., than they were under the old district regime, but bad enough to cause travelers some concern when they start out later on this year. Other residents stated that the road forces were doing very well, and sug gested that they be given time to prove the merits of the new system. ' * Hundreds of Sparrows Killed During Storm ♦ . Greenville, Aug. 7.—Several hun dred English sparrows were cither electrocuted or drowned during the! terrific thunderstorm which swept over, Greenville Wednesday night, it wasj revealed following a check-up on the premises on Albemarle Avenue. The home is surrounded by several magnolia and pine trees and thjr morn ing after the storm the ground wasj literally covered with dead birds. It was impossible to say how thej birds met death, but opinion was ex-, pressed that they were either electro-i cuted by a bolt of lightning, or drown-1 cil during the torrential downpour of rain which continued several hours' during the early the night. •— A. L. Brooks May Be A Candidate for the Senate * » Greensboro, Aug. 7. —A. L. Brooks, Greensboro attorney, issued a state ment here yesterday 1 which his friends | regard as indicating his intention to enter the race for the United States i Senate. In the statement, Mr. Hroooks said he had learned "a wide sentiment for a new Senator" exists in the State and I added that should he become- Senator 1 he would base his policy on live issues 1 and not a personal desire for glory. 1 Large Crowds Here For Court Proceedings Today | The county recorder's court is hold- | ing its first session here today in two weeks, the proceedings scheduled for last Tuesday having been postponed on account of the absence of Clerk of Court R. J. Peel. Only nine cases'had been placed on the docket late yesterday for trial to day, the number being small, consider ing the fact that no session has been I held in two weeks. " li ~'7~ : —„ . i 11 MORE DAYS 1 v t Many subscribers have already renewed and many more are ex pected to take advantage of the offer made by the Enterprise Pub lishing Company, reducing the yearly subscription price to $1 dur ing the fifteen-day period begin ning last Friday. Subscribers are ■ urged to take advantage of the of fer and save 50 cents at the ex pense of the company. This offer will be withdrawn at the expiration of the time men tioned, and no subscriptions will ' be taken for less than the usual price, |1.50 a year, after the offer expires. Take advantage of this saving at oncel Week after next will be too i 'late. COTTON REACHES LOWEST PRICE IN RECENT YEARS Staple Selling for 3.79 and 4.39 a Pound On The Liverpool Market Mr. A ton/a Johnson, Texas citizen ■visiting in this county recently, was tint so far wrong' when he predicted that cpttnn would he selling for five cents a pound by Christmas. The 'staple is selling for s(>.7(l a hundred pounds in this country now, and it looks as if the five-cent mark will he reached long before. Christinas. Liverpool, one of the largest cotton 'markets in the world, quoted prices yesterday varying front 2.39 to 4.3'> a p Hind, the lowest figure known in a generation. Sharp breaks in .prices occurred yes terday on world exchanges following Saturday's estimate from the United States government that the American I crop will reach 15,584,000 hales, more than 1,51(0,1)00 hales larger than la>i year. Previously a 10 per cent cut in acreage had led to optimism in the cotton {rade. Now York cotton fell off more thani $o a bale at the opening Monday. New Orleans reported prices down $5.50 to s(i a hale. " Prices on the Manchester exchange wire off a penny a poun| from Sat urday's close. At 3 1-2 cents the coin j modity was the lowest in a genera-, tiou. A rush of selling orders accumulat-j eJ over the week end characterized i the opening of exchanges, but moder ate rallies were occasioned later by |sl ort taking profits. MAN FROM HERE JAILED IN TEXAS J. P. Jackson Arrested In Texas Friday; Charge , Not Known Here * J. P. Jackson, giving his address as , Williamston, N, C, was arrested and jailed in Edinburgh, Texas, last Fri-! day, it was learned here late yester-1 day. According to information re- 1 ceived here, Jackson was driving a i Ford Tudor sedan, North Carolina li cense number 415,755, but the charge ! preferred against Jiim was not men tioned. It was stated, however, that J. F. Curtin, charged with forgery in J the Texas town, accompanied Jackson. The Jackson referred to by the lex as sheriff is not known here, and up until noon today his identity had not been determined. County Population Gains Most in 1910-1920 Period Martin County, according to com parative census figures, experienced its greatest gain in population during the 10-year period from 1910 to 1920, the increase during that period being 17 per cent. During the period of -1920 .to 1930, the county increased nearly 3,000 in population, hut the per centage of gain was only 12.3, as com pared with the 17 per cent gain in the 10-year period before that. During period from 1890 to 1900, the population in the county was at a standstill, practically. In 1890, as far hack as there is any record of the population number in the county, there were people in the coun ty. In 1900 the number had increased from tfyat figure to 15,544, a gain of only 161 in the 10-year period. Watch the Label On Your Paper A* It Carriea the Date When Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 1898 PEOPLE FOR IT WHEN PROPOSAL IS UNDERSTOOD . —t — Means Elimination of Local District Taxes If Plan Is Adopted Mthough few citizens have register ed, due in part to an unavoidable de lay in the delivery of registration books ill several of the precincts, the pro- • posed county-wide two-months extend ed ,school term is being 'widely dis cussed, according to reports reaching here. \\ here the proposal is thorough ly understood, a heavy vote favoring I the extended term is expected, the re ports Jieard this week indicated. *. In certain districts it is -reported that the citizens are of the opinion that the proposed 20-cent county-wide rate will be added to the local tax already levied in 15 of the 20 school districts. In the event the county-wide rate is accepted at tYie polls September 14, all special taxes now collected in the 15 districts will be suspended, and a rale 'not to exceed 20 cents on the SIOO property valuation will IK- levied. In J other words, tire *2O cent rate.or a re . quired proportion of that amount will ibe the only one levied to support the extended term. For an example, the situation in Hear Grass i> a good one. In that district last year a tax of 35 cents was.levied on the SIOO property valuation to support the exttWled j term. The successful passage of the county-wide plan would suspend the 35 cent rate and the 20-cent levy would lie substituted* for it. j However, if the proposed extended I term is rejected at the polls oil Sep tember 14, the special levies in the 15 'district:? now enjoying the K mouths term will remain in force and" in all Iprohability he increased to care for the loss in property, valuation. According to reliable information I received here, Martin County taxpay ers will profit as well as all the school children in the count.y by the pass age of the proposed measure. It is (Understood that the State will partici pate to a greater extent in the sup port of the extended term in the eight months system than it would in the present method of operation. I Visiting all the registrars in the 12 precincts last week and early yester day morning, Mr. Sylvester Peel, chairman of the Martin County Hoard of Flections, stated that all the regis trars named by the county commis sions had agreed, to serve in their ap pointed capacity except one, and he, Mr. J. 11. Purvis, Hamilton precinct, had moved away. Mr. John A. Dav enport will serve in that district, it was stated. and pollholders nam ed by the county connnisgiontfrs with i the one exception already noted, are 'as follows: j Janiesville Precinct: A. Corey, regis trar; Charlie Davenport and K. 1.. Stallings, pollholders. Williams Precinct: L. D. Ilardison, registrar; J. N. Hopkins anil I. L. Daniel, pollholders. Griffins Precinct: Geo. C. Griffin, ' regsitrar; \V. T. Robersoit and J. C. Uiurkin, poll holders. | Hear Grass Precinct: Dennis Hailey, J registrar;' W. A. Urown and A. H. | Ayers, pollholders. | Williamston Precinct: l.uthet Peel, I registrar; Koy T. Griffin and Z. H. I Hose, pollholders. | Cross Roads Precinct: J. S. Ayers, registrar; J. H. Uarnhill and W. L. Ausborn, pollholders. I Robersonville Precinct: ). H. Rawls, registrar; H. C. Norman and J. P. House, pollholders. Poplar Point Precinct: W. S. White registrar; W. H. Leggett and Herman Harrison, pollholders. ( Hamilton Precinct: J. A. Davenport, i registrar; S. D. Mattliews and J. S. Ayers, pollholders. | Goose Nest Precinejf J. W. Hinea, registrar; J. T. Savage anil T. C. Alls brooks, pollholders. Gold "'Point Precinct: J. 1.. Croos, registrar; H. L. Keel and J. Henry Roberson, pollholders. Hassell Precinct: C. L. Nelson, reg istrar; E. R. Edmondson, jr., and H. T. Downs, pollholders. ■* " _ _ Officers Capture Liquor Still Near Here Sunday » Officers last Sunday morning cap tured a liquor still nsar here and not far from the old Everetts-Williamston road. No arrests were made. • The exhibit 0f Korean lspedeza from Cabarrus county won much at tention at the annual meeting of the North Carolina dairy association held at Winston-Salem. • • Forty-three bushels of wheat an acre from 60 acres planted is the rec ord of matter farmer S. L. Carpenter of Gaston county this spring. . . ■*. - * ~ "i'.'j
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