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AJvwtiMn WO Ffcd Oar Col am ■ IJtehklt to Over Sixteen H—drsd Martin County Home* VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 67 PARMER IS SHOT WHILE HUNTING EARLYSATURDAY Roy Andrews Wounded by Unknown Assailant in Williams Township Mr. Roy Andrew*, Williams Town (hip farmer, wai mysteriously shot while hunting squirrels in that district last Saturday morning. His wounds, said not to be serious, were very pain ful and weakened the man as he trod out of the woods alone to place himself in the care of a doctor. "I was hunting squirrels in the low er part of the township, and before I knew what had happened a gun was fired, a number of shot striking me in the face and arm, Mr. Andrews said when he came here to have his wounds cared for. He saw no one, and Mr. Andrews stated he heard no sound be fore or after the shooting. He guessed the attacker was not more than 25 yard* away when the gun was fired. Mr. Andrews was unable to say whether the shooting wa* accidental or intentional, but the fact* surround ing the shooting indicate that the man wa* fired upon intentionally. Mr. An drew* yelled and called for help, but he wa* given no attention by the one firing the gun. Several painful wounds were inflict ed about the man's body by the small shot, especially the one'near the left eye. The eye was almost closed by swelling and blood had formed a coat ing over a part of his face and arm. CHURCH MEET AT BEAR GRASS Cordial Welcbme Extended Presbytery Members by Church There Friday —— A warm welcome was accorded the auxiliary of the Albemarle Presbytery by member* of the Bear Grass Pres byterian church at the annual meeting of the group held there last Priday morning and afternoon. Churches in Eliaabeth City, Edenton, Ahoskie, Tarboro, and Williamston were rep reiented. The two tessions were very inter « ctting, and the program wa* greatly enjoyed by the delegate*. Members of the entertaining church served a picnic lunch that drew favorable com ment frotn all. Since it was started two years ago, the work at Bear Graas ha* met with a favorable response and has attracted much attention throughout the Albe marle Presbytery. PETE FOWDEN'S CAR IS STOLEN Taken From In Front of Home Early Monday Morning A bold thief went to the home of Mr. Le*lie T. Fowden on Church Street here yesterday morning and •tole a Ford coupe, leaving no for warding address nor any clue that could be used by officers in locating the machine. The Fowden's cook saw the car parked in front of the home when she went to work, and it wa* there when two of the boy* left the home shortly after 7 o'clock. The machine waa gone a short while later, when a third boy left the home. The car had been driven about 10,000 mile* and was in good condition. Mr. Fowden, like many other automobile owner*, had forgotten hit car num ber, a* he generally identified hi* ma chine by the green wheels on ft. Coastal Plain Fair At Tarboro Next Week Tarboro, Oct. 20.—The Coattal Plain Fair here will open it* gate* for the 18th annual fair on Tuesday, October 27, with everything in tip-top shape. The buildings and grounds have been thoroughly renovated, and everything t* in fine ihapc. Much interest i* being thown in all departments, and prospects are bright for the best exhibits ever shown at a fair in this section. Thi* fair give* a true index of the growth and development of the county along agricultural line*. Agricultural development I* stressed bjr this fair, and each year witnesses a great ex pansion. In addition to all the other features there will be an abundance of the famous Edgecombe County barbecue to catiafy the "inner man." The beat school, fgrm, and home demonstra tion exhibits ever shown here arc al ready assured the fair management. There will be plenty of amusements. The midway will be the best in sev eral years, and free attraction* promise to suit all. There will also be a lnrge number of horse* in the daily races, promising the best in Eastern Caro- THE ENTERPRISE Local Tobacco Market Has Best and Largest Sale of Present Season Yesterday The Williamston tobacco market had its beat Bale of the season yes terday, when approximately 246,- 000 pounds of the golden leaf were sold, leaving a block of more than SO,OOO pounds for sale today. With the best offerings of the aeason, the two houses completing their sales yesterday averaged more than 12 cents, the higheat of the sea son. Salt:: yesterday continued late [ KIWANIS MEETING I A musical program is to be ren dered at the Kiwanis luncheon in the VVotnan'a Club hall here to morrow, Rev. C. "H, Dickey, mem ber in charge, announced thia morning. Miss Plorence Overton, member of the local high achool faculty, will aing, and Kuaaell Roebuck, a pupil in the high achool, will ren der a piano aolo. John Philpot will offer aeveral violin selections. entire membership is re quested to be present for the lunch eon and for the musical entertain ment • AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL HERE 689 —♦ — Enrollment Is 753; Percent age Daily Attendance 93.7 First Month , ♦ - Enrolling 753 children during the month, the local schools reported art average daily attendance during the period of 689, an attendance of 93.7 'per cent, a very good record, consid ering that many children were held at home to assist in grading 6-crnt tobacco and digging cent and cent and one-half peanuts. The high school reported a fairly good record for the period when all but, 8 of the 181 pupils enrolled at tended regularly. The attendance fig ures in the grammar school show that the little folks are hearing the brunt of the burden. Other than ft few who are prevented from attending on ac count of illness, many of the little tots in- the non-attendance group are held lat home to assist in crop harvesting, i Apparently welfare workers are on top in this district when it comes to compulsory school attendance.. Surely | there are some children not in school iwho should be there, and who are within the compulsory sge limits, but Principal Watson reported 298 chil dren not in the compulsory limit en rolled in the local schools. More than 150 high school pupils are not affect ed by the compulsory attendance law, and there are 143 others in the gram mar grades who attend of their own I volition. | In this district, as well as. in vir -1 tually every other one in Martin j County,, there are many children not in school who should be there. Local school authorities are anticipating an 1 increase in enrollment and attendance within the next few days, or just as soon as tobacco grading and peanut harvesting are completed. FILES REPORT 1 IN DOWNS CASE , ♦ Referee Smith Says Report, In Substance, Favors Defendant Downs • "In substance, my report favors the defendant," Attorney J. C. Smith, act ing referee in the lawsuit of Dill- Cramer-Truitt Corporation against Downs, stated at noon today just a* he officially filed his report in the case. Evidence was given in the case before Judge Smith bere several months ago, and covered approximate ly 350 pagea. This is a third case in the issue in which the title of a piece of land in Goose Nest township is disputed by the litigant*. \ .. ' Details of the report had not been nude public at noon today, the referee only stating that in substance it fav ored the defendant Downs. Another case, involving the same lit- j igants *was sent back recently for re-, trial by the State Supreme court. And, still another case, involving the same, litigants, waa sent back for retrial the Edgecombe County Superior, court. ■ » . * Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 20, 1931 into the afternon, leaving the offer inga in one house untouched. Sev eral hours were required to sell the block this morning, one of the ' largest reported on the local mar ket thia seaaon. . During the past several days, sales have been light on account of peanut digging. That work is a bout completed in this section, and aalea ars expected to increase during the remainder of the week and on throughout the season. TEACHERS AND PARENTS HOLD FIRST MEETING • 40 Members At Initial Meet of Present Term Last Week The first meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association for the 1931-321 school year was held in the grammar 'school auditorium last week with Mrs. jS. R. Biggs, the new president, pre- Isiding. It was a very enthusiastic meeting and a foundation for a year's work was laid which promises to make the work of the association more ef fective than it has been for several years. There were more than 40 mem bers present. Mijs Lucille Allen wa-s reelected sec retary and Mrs. L. H. Gurganus and I Mrs. Warren Biggs elected to the of ifices of vice president and treasurer, respectively. The various committees | will be announced later. _ | Mr. Watson 'was asked by the pres ident to discuss the field of work from I the standpoint of the teachers, and h"is | talk was practical and to the point. He gave the figures and facts which i were needed to go to work at once, . and after his talk, the suggestions he I made were discussed and acted upon { in detail; His subject was "Needs." The first ; was the actual need of the children | themselves. The books for those who 1 can not buy them have been provided by the men of the town and loaned to j ' the various grades to be' used year ( 1 after year, but the clothing problem 1 has not been met. A committee, com 'posed of Mrs. James C. Manning and | Mrs. W. R. Watson, was appointed to I work with'lh'e welfare department of j the Woman's Club, which is trying to | provide clothing for about 75 needy , j children. The next need that Mr. Watson . pointed out was that of tools or equip ment with which to work effectively. On account of the changed basis of 1 school support, the State allows so little for equipment and repairs that it will be absolutely necessary for funds to be raised locally for such purposes. Mr. Watson said that supplementary grade books in the grammar and pri mary grades were especially- needed on account of the teachers having so many pupils and having to divide them into so many groups in each grade. When the teacher is giving her at tention to one group tlie supplemen- 1 tary books would keep the others busy.' ! Playground equipment is badly needed, almost all the equipment onj the grounds being worn out. Play things are very necessary to the prop-' er training of children. | The need of beautifying the achool grounds was mentioned and Mr. Wat-' son said the senior class had offered to 'do the work if the equipment and nec 'essary material could be secured. J | The above needs as enumerated by ' Mr. Watson were purely physical, and very important, but he particularly stressed the need of moral support, loyalty, and cooperation of the par-1 ents by the teachers of the school. He , asked the parents to insist on the chil- t dren getting up their work at home. | After discussion of the various things , mentioned by Mr. Watson, the presi- 1 dent appointed some special commit-. teei to get to work immediately on the school yard project and helping in get ting clothing provided.—Aa reported. ' Former Martin People On ' • Visit To Relatives Here Mr. and Mrs. Nathan E. Mizelle, of Malvern, Pa., friends of The Eater- - prise for nearly thirty years, were here ' today renewing old acquaintances. Mr. 'and Mr*. Mizelle were married In this | county in 1903, leaving soon thereaft-! er for the Pennsylvania town. Since 1 1 that time, Ehe Enterprise has gone in- 1 ' to their home each week, carrying that' ' news which Mr. and Mr*. Mizelle say I they thoroughly enjoy. j I They will return to their home early Thursday morning. i 84 STUDENTS ON HONOR ROLL OF LOCAL SCHOOLS —♦ — 75 From Grammar Grades, 9 in High School Meet Requirements 1 A goodly number of pupils whose names appeared on the scholastic honor roll in the local school for the last month during the 1930-31 term failed to "get going" during the first 1931-32 school month just ended, and the list of honor pupils is much small er than any one reported in many months. Eighty-four pupils, nine ih the high school and seventy-five in the grammar school, met the require jinents to have their names appear on I the honor roll, as follows: Grade 1- A: Jim Critcher, Joseph Dixon, Franklin Lilley, Joseph Gur ganus, Jimmy Manning, Therman I Perry, Bennie Weaver, Evelyn Grif fin, Betty Gurganus, Patsy King, Mary O'Neal Pope, Odell Harris, Mary Warren, Millie Biggs, Haywood Cherry. Grade 1 -15: Samuel Moore, Rachel McClaron. Grade 2-A: Anne Fowden, Mary C. Godwin, S. C. Griffin, Bina Jack |Son, Mary L, Manning, Mildred Moore Kathleen Nicholson, Elizabeth—Parker. Grade 2-B: Katl.erinc Robersnn, David Hardison, Simon Perry, jr. Grade 3-A:Nancy Bijjgs, Nina Bland Marjorie G. Dunn, Ratherine* Manning, Katherine Morton, Mary G, Osborne, Madeline Pope, Sarah Taylor, Doro thy Harrison, Stuart Critcher, Jerry Manning, Emory McCabe, Warren Pope, Joseph Thigpen, Jimmie Watts, Arthur Anderson. . Grade 4-A: Nettie M. Gurganus, Sallie G. Gurkin, Rachel McKeel, Lou ise Melson, Doris Moore, Pearlie Roberson, Eleanor Taylor, Virgil Ward, Julia Watts, Reid White, Susie Whitley, Jerry Clark, Dick Dunn, and Gordon Manning. Grade 5-A: Elva G, Barnhill, TheU ma Griffin. Grade 5-B: James Mendenhall. Grade 6-A: Julia Everett,.' Addie L. Meador. Grade 7-A: Ben Manning, Clayton Moore, jr., Dinsel Simpson, James ,Williams, Frances Cox, Ella W. Critcher, Marie Griffin, Allie Harri son, Marjorie Lindslcy, Myrtle Price, Gwen Watts, Jean Watts. | Grade 8-A: No report, i Grade 8-B: Alice Harrison, Grace Manning. | Grade 9: Jesfie Mae Anderson, and Olive McCabe. j Grade 10: Louise Green, Catherine 'Shute, Jennie Green Taylor, Russell ' Roebuck. I Grade 11: Lala Griffin. ' - CLUB WOMEN TO HOLD ANNUAL MEET THURSDAY Officers Will Be Elected For Ensuing Year; Miss Piland To Speak Members 'of the several home dem onstration clubs in this county will hold their annual business meeting here next Thursday afternoon, Miss I.ora E. Sleeper, home a.'ent, announcing to day that the assembly will be the most important and interesting in the his tory of Martin County club work. Announcing the meeting, Miss Sleep er stated: "The women in home demonstration clubs in the county are asked to meet at 2:30 p. m. Thursday for their an nual business meeting. Officefs are 4o be elected for the coming year in the county organization, and reports will be given from various clubs over the county. All clubs two years old and over have been asked to put on exhibits showing the work in the county. Canning records are coming in daily, and all clubs are asked to submit a guess of the number of con-1 tainers canned by all club women in the ten clubs. The club guessing the' nearest figure to the total amount will | receive $5. Home demonstration club members will greatly assist if all rec-' ords from all clubs are turned in to-' gether with a club guess. ! The clubs in the county will unite 1 for a meeting at 3:30 p. m. in the Wil-' liamston Woman's, Club, At this 1 time, Miss Georgia'Piland, of Colum-' bia, will be the speaker. Miss Piland.; was formerly connected with the State' Board of Education, traveling over the 1 State assisting in improving, planning,' and planting of the grounds and prem ises of pftblic and school buildings. 1 For many summers she has been an | instructor at the woman's short course held in Raleigh, and the women received much practical help. The program is in charge of the home de-' partment of the woman's, club. All I the women in the county will gain' much information by attending thr' meeting. j Further Tax Red Be Made in MUCH TOBACCO IS BEING SOLD OVER AND OVER —• — ' , , W. T. Meadows Tells of Recent Visits To Farms Near Here That pnusual methods are being em ployed in the marketing of tobacco this year, mq£c than in any other, was j learned at first hand by Mr. W. T. j Meadows, local warehouseman, when jhe made a short visit in the country recently "Going into the country recently," Mr. Meadows stated, "I visited 15 farm ers out of about 30 on one road, none of them living more than 9 miles from Williamston." And here is what he learned: "My first man sells all his tobacco I in Williamston with the several ware houses. The second man sells all his I tobacco in Williamston, with the three houses. Seven others had just return ed from other markets, bringing their I tobacco back home with them. My I next man had two barns of common I tips he was preparing to throw on his land, which closes him out for the sea j son. The next man had two curings I ungrade, and two other lots he had | brought back from another market, j "Continuing down the road, the next i man 1 saw was a large farmer. He ; was plowing his garden He said all his tobacco was of poor quality, that I he would not make enough from its j sale to pay his fertilizer bill. He had graded none, and talked as if he did not care whether he graded any., "My next visit was made at the home jof a widow. She had some very good tobacco, and stated that she had just | returned front another manket with a j 7 cent average. A. large planter was j the next man on my list, and when 1 saw him he had just returned from, another market, bringing two barns of his crop with him. He has five or six more barns, and the quality looked good. | "1 met the next /armer returning from another market with two barns of tobacco. At the next three farms, the owners were in the fields digging peanuts, and other members of the families were grading tobacco. I "In making my last call of the day, I found a load of tobacco on the porch that had been offered for sale Mon day. The price was not satisfactory, and the farmer offered it for sale again j'l'uesday, and it brought him just a- Ibout half as much as it did the day before." j Mr. Meadows referred to his visits that day as being very interesting, add ling that the two farmers first men tioned were as well off as the others. The road traveled and the names of (the parties visile j may be learned at 'the office of Mr. Meadows. "The moral is," he says, " 'Sell your | tobacco in Williamston.'" iTHOS. A. EDISON DIED SUNDAY —♦ — Complication of Diseases | Causes Death of World Famous Inventor | Thomas Alva Edison is dead. The great inventor, known the world over for his far-reaching experiments, passJ ed away at his West Orange, N. J., home shortly after 3 o'clock Sunday morning. He had suffered a compli cation of diseases 'for some time, but his stamina and vitality supported him until a short while before his death. "I have done my work, and I am ready to go," Mr. Edison said a few \ days before lie died, adding that he , would rather leave the world than keep ' the burden and disabilities of age and | illness on his devoted wife and chil , dren. He knew that his body was at last [showing infirmities of old age and that r if one organ should recover, another I would soon show signs of weakness | and inefficiency. If he cblild not work ( ! effectively, life had no further object;, | so, he grasped the situation clearly, I as he had always done, and fearlessly prepared to die. ! The immediate cause of death was , uremic poisoning. This was the re suit of nephritis, which first became actively manifest at the time of his >ll - ness with pneumonia two years ago. • He also had a diabetic condition which I had been present to a greater or lets extent for 35 or 40 years. i i. A • , 1 he home demonstration curb market | , was started at Scotland Neck on Sep tember 26 with $14.60 worth of pro ; duce sold. A rain storm prevented buyers and sellers from attending the opening sale. Number Deer Killed During PastFewDays Turning their attention from the small squirrel to bigger game, Martin County hunters killed five deer last Saturday and a sixth one yesterday. A Robersonville party, headed by G. H. Cox, bagg«d two fine bucks last Saturday morning. G. P. Hall, local man, killed one the same morning, and the Godard brothers, of Williams Township, brought in two the same day. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck killed a good-sized buck yesterday morn ing, "and it is certainly fine sport," the officer remarked following Jus return here. Protected by the game laws, deer*- 1 have multiply rapidly in the Mar tin and Bertie Swamps during the past year or two, and many hunt ers are taking part in the sport now. The stock law is said to have affected the number of deer, as there are few wild hogs in the swamps now to prey upon the fawns. HOG BREEDERS OF COUNTY WIN PRIZES AT FAIR A. E. Smith, of Roberson ville, and D. M. Roberson, Williamston, Winners » * Exhibiting a few of their Ijogs at the State Fair last week, Martin Coun ty breeder* won $336 in cash prizes, Mr Aaron E. Smith, of Robersonville, ! winning $202 with his prize-winning j Poland-Chinas, and Mr. D. M, Rob erson, *>f Wil maston, winning $134 with his Chester Whites. Mr. Roberson stated that there was keen competition in the swine show, breeders from Oh o and Kentucky ar ranging the strongest competition of all the others. Willi lour pigs, Mr. Roberson was awarded five first prizes, the four, winning the junior champion ship awards. His exhibit included 10 Chester Whites and four Hampshires, 1 Mr. Smith, who inakts a specialty in the Poland-China breed, drew most of his money on his 20 barrows; The pigs were 7 1-2 months old and weigh ed 5,380 pounds, an average of 269 pounds. Mr. Roberson bought this herd from Mr, Smith and brought them to his slaughter house here. I ♦ BIG CROWD SEES GAME PICTURES Over*loo At Free Movie in City Hall Here Last Night Over 100 persons gathered at the city hall last night to see the free moving pictures of game life and conservation work in North Carolina. The pictures were furnished by the State Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment, ■ with Deputy State Warden Cliarles H. Moore, of Washington, in charge, assisted by County Warden J. W. Hines. x Many scenes were shown of the State game farm, where wild life of all kinds are raised for distribution to understocked areas throughout North Carolina. Mr. Moore also made a short talk between reels, outlining the program of the game department, and asking the cooperatiop/of local sport*-, men in conserving ffie supply of wiy life in this section. He also attacked the legislature for opening the squir-j rel season this year on September I, declaring that this action was against the advice of the Department of Con servation and Development, and that it was believed the number of squir rels would be greatly reduced next season by this short-sighted policy. ! After the scenes at th£State game' farm, the photography of which left room for improvement, several reels supplied by the U. S. Forest Service and FielsMrft& Stream, national sports- ( men's magewne, were shown. Most interesting, perhaps, were scenes of quail hunting in Louisiana and wild 1 turkey shooting in Maryland. These pictures were remarkably clear and ac-j curate and were thorotsghly enjoyed by the large gathering. There were also seveal reels showing propagation and distribution of fish from hatcheries to streams in this section, as well as in nthur narlc r»f r^untri; Watch the Label On Your Paper Aa It Carriaa tha Daw Whan Yoor Subscription Expiraa ESTABLISHED 1898 SCHOOL BOARD LIMITS SPECIAL TAX BUDGETS Amount of Reductions In The Several Districts Will Be Small That there will be an additional re duction irr several of the special school tax rates levied in this county for the year 1931 was nude certain in an an nouncement made by the State Board of Equalization recently. The amount lot" these reductions have not been de termined in actual cents upon the SIOO property valuation, and how they will Ibe met by the schools remains un i known. The rates might vary from one to probably five cents, but the exact variation has not been learned here at this time. As the new limit by the State body is understood here, all the schools in this county will not be al lowed to levy a rate in excess of five per cent of the standard cost set up ;by the State. There is one exception, i Williamston, in which district there are more than JO teachers, and the limit will not exceed 15 per cent of the I cost standard set up by the State | Board of Equalization. Ihe new schedule of rates has not been certified to county authorities ihere and until that is done, the audi tor cannot begin his work in prepar ing the tax books for the current year. I After deadlocking on the question of ' district budgets at two sessions, the State Board of. Equalization last week ■ adopted a schedule of maximum sup plements for the entire school term hanging from s tp 50 per cent., based on school population All districts t were divided into six groups four for •special charter districts, and two for rural districts. Schools ,in Martin county fall in the last two groups. ' J State support of schools is limited to current expenses and the limitation I does not afTect debt service and capital joutlay items, which are paid for en 'tirely out of'local funds. However, except for items especially exempted, * the limitation applies to all expendi j ture of local funds, whether derived I from a county-wide supplement or ob tained by district tax levy. 'j It is believed that the new ruling of the State Board will not affect the operation of the schools in this cou'n '' ty to any great extent as the budgets f I virtually parallel the standard cost set up by the State. II WOMAN'S CLUB TO ; MEET THURSDAY County Home Demonstra tion Club Members Will Be Special Guests ' The regular meeting of the Wo man's Club will be held Thursday aft -1 ernoon at 3:30, instead of 4 o'clock, , which ii, the usual hour. The change ihas been~»nade because the home dem jonstratio'n club members of the coun ' ty will be guests of the Woman's Club, ! t with Miss Lora E. Sleeper in charge of the program. The home demon stration club members will have ex j liibits of work done during the past year, and Miss Georgia Piland, former My connected, with the State Depart -1 ment of Education, but now agent of . Tyrrell County, will give a demonstra j tion on "Planning Home Grounds." •|, All members, as well as all the women of Williamston are invited to 1 attend this meeting and give the wo ' men of our county a cordial welcome. ; MRS. J. R. THOMAS DIES NEAR HERE ' Funeral Held Wednesday; Was Native of Pitt I County "| J. R. Thomas, 69 years old, died at, 'jthe home of his daughter, MFs." W. R. I Whitley, near here, last Tuesday, and ( was buried Wednesday in the Whitley 1 cemetery, with Rev. C. T. Rogers, of I the local Methodist church, conducting the last rites. " M Born in Pitt County during" the sec ond year of the Civil War, Mr. , Thomas spent a greater part of. his : , life there, moving to this county about .20 years ago. He was married three ! times, each of whom preceded him to 1 the grave, J He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. W. R. Whitley and Mrs. Henry Nicholson, of Wllliamaton, R. F. D. i No. 3, Mrs. C. B. Bennett, of Lewis ton; and Misa Doris Thomas, of Dunn, and one son, J, H. Thomas, of Rob j ersonville.