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AtortiMra Wffl Pad Oar Col ■ms a Latchkey to Ow Sixteen Hundred Muth County Home* VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 70 HEAVIER MAILS ARE HANDLED AT OFFICE HERE New Service Has Speeded Up Deliveries As Much As Eighteen Hours Since the additional schedules were provided early this month, heavy mails have been dispatched from the local post office at 9 p. in., Postmaster Jesse T. Price said yesterday. The new service has speeded up mail deliveries as much as 18 hours in some cases, the i V postmaster said. "Wednesday we dispatched more than 4,000 letters on the last schedule, and recently more first-class mail has been sent out at the late hour than at any other time," Mr. Price added. Patrons anxious to have their letters forwarded on the last two mails of the day should not drop them in the sev eral boxes scattered over town later than noon in some cases, and 3 o'clock at the latest, the postmaster explained. Letters are gathered from the boxes early each morning, and then again about at>on, or as the city carriers make their second trip of the day. A letter addressed ts a party in Norfolk and mailed in the drop at the post office at 8:30 p. m, will be delivered before it is collected if msiled in the drop boxes over town. Presbyterians Announce Services in This County "The Church With An Open Door." November 1, 1931: True sayings: "The only people who never make mistakes are those who do nothing." Church school at 9:45 a. m. Worship service and sermon at 11 a. m. Bear Grass Sunday school at 9:30 p. in. Worship service and sermon at 7 p. m. Rev. F. M. Dick, of Ahoskie, will begin a seres of services at tfiir point Monday night at 7:30 p. m., and each night thereafter for about 10 days. Roberaon's Farm Sunday school at 3 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday night at 7:30 p. m. The of services that have been in progress at this point will tome to a close Saturday ni.jht. Farm Lifa Preaching services at 3 p. m. Come and worshp with us. 19 Negroes Pays Costs For Disorderly Conduct Eighteen negroes were arrested by local and county officers in building, housing a colored pool room and barber shop on Washington Street, early this week, and carried into court on disorderly charges. They were giv en hearings before Justice J. L. Has sell in the mayor's office immediately following the arrests, and were re quired to pay the costs of the action. T. A. STALLINGS DIED TUESDAY Was Engineer On Old J. & W. Railroad Once; Died In Abbeville, S. C. Tom A. Stallings, for a number of years engineer on a Jamesville-Wash ington train and later on the train ply ing between Tarboro and William ston, died at his home in Abbeville, S. C., last Tuesday night, and was buried there yesterday afternoon. About 35 years ago he was married to Mistf Mary Short, of this place, and she with two daughters survives. Aft er her marriage Mrs. Stallings went to Norfolk to make her home, and lat er to Atlanta, while Mr. Stalings ran on a train from that city to Norfolk. They later moved to the South Car olina town. Mr. Stallings used to tell many in teresting stories in connection with his work on the old J. and W. run. Oft en the train would stop in the woods for the crew and passengers to get out and pick huckleberries, and during the summer season huckleberry pie was served real often on the train. COUNTY BOARD MEETS MONDAY To Confirm or Reject Sales Of Schoolhouse Sites Made Recently Other than the handling of routine business, the county board of educa tion will have very little to do in its regular monthly meeting here next Monday, the county superintendent of schools said yesterday afternoon. The sale of several schoolhouses and connecting property made at the court * house here at auction the early part of this month will be considered at the Monday, the board having the right to alter, reject, or accept any or all the bids. THE ENTERPRISE County To Sell 800 Parcels Land at Court House Door Monday For Unpaid Taxes Believed That Few Individual Bids Will Be Made, And County Will Probably Be Forced To Buy in Most of Property Offered More than 800 parceli of land will be offered for sale at the Mar tin County courthouse door hare nest Monday at noon for taxes due the county and unpaid for the year of 1930. Similar sales will be made ' y the town tax collector, W. B. Daniel. And still more sales will be made throughout the State. j In this county, tne approximate ly 800 unpaid accounts represent unpaid taxes in the sum of around $45,000, exclusive of interest. and penalty. The ssles will be made at the courthouse door, beginning at noon and continuing thereafter as long as is necessary for the col Expect 75 Bankers Meet Here Tonight ROBT. M. HANES Mr. Hanes will preside at a meeting of Group I bankers here tonight, when President Hoover's National Credit Corporation will be discusaed. BETTER GRADES ON LOCAL MART SELLING HIGHER • i WJilliamston Market Made Its Best Average of the Season Yesterday Although sales have been light since the early part of the week on the lo cal market, prices for the better grades of tobacco are holding firm, , the market yesterday* reporting its highest average of the season. | Grades of inferior quality are com manding about the same price that has prevailed during the season, the bet ter grades showing more strength yes , terady and today than at any time since the market opened in early Sep tember. Approximately 85,000 pounds were on the three warehouse floors today, the sales having been completed just before the noon hour. L. L. Freeman Jailed On Forgery Charges ■■■ • L. L. Freeman, one-time operator of the Silver Slipper, a Ailing station located near the Martin County home, was jailed here last Wednesday for the alleged forgery of checks in Pitt and Martin counties. ' Coming to this county from Edge combe about two months ago, Free man opened the filling station, but he I was warned against a gambling den and liquor dispensary by SMcriff C. B. Roebuck. No charges had been pre ferred against the man, but the day the officer called at the station, Free man forged checks at local stores and | left the station. He was caught in a small house on the McCaskey road, near here. f TAX DIFFERENCES I v * Mrs. W. G. Stancill, canning specialist, will ba in Martin Coun ty Tuesday and Wednesday, No vember 3 and 4, to give demonstra tions in the canning of meat The first meeting scheduled will be held Hn the Macedonia ' school hottee Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. The women in the county are cordially invited to attend these meetings. WiUiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 30, 1931 lector to complete the transfers. While individuals will enter bids for property in a number of cases, it is believed thst the county will be the heavy buyer and then in those cases to protect itself. The town will sell around ISO j parcels of land for unpaid taxes | estimated at a little less than 15,- 000. These sales will be made at I the courthouse door also, and at ! the same time those of the county | are held. | The officers are still pushing their I personal property tax collections, and a big auction sale is in proe | pect for thst class of accounts be j fore long. ■TURKEY SUPPER jWILL BE SERVED AT WOMANS CLUB Robert Hanes, of Win -1 ston-Salem, Will Make Principal Address President Hoover's National Credit Corporation, direct frozen bank | I assets, will be discussed at a meeting , 'of Eastern Carolina bankers here this 'evening, Mr. C. D. Carstarphen, cash- j ier of the Branch Hanking and Trust ' Company, announcing today that ar rangements for the meeting had been completed to enU-rtaih 75 or more bankers from a dozen counties in this I section. A turkey supper will be serv ed the visitors at 7:30 by the Methodist AiJ society in the Woman's Club hall, where the business session will be held immediately afterwards. Robert M. Hanes, president of the Wachovia Hank and Trust Company, Winston-Salem, and president of the North Carolina Bankers Association, will be the principal speaker on the ' program this evening. ! Mr. Hanes will discuss with the | bankers President Hoover's plan for organizing the National Credit Cor poration. This plan was unanimously endorsed last week at a special meet ing of the North Carolina. Bankers As sociation held in Greensboro, and at subsequent meetings since that time iin Raleigh, Hickory, Asheville, High Point, and Kinston. Subscriptions in excess of $.1,000,000 have been made in this State t? the gold notes of the credit body. | I With subscriptions pouring in from all parts oi the country, President Hoover has been informed that the' credit extension plan has already wield ed a potent influence toward restora tion of confidence. : By the end of the week, he expects the organization to be ready to func tion actively in its task of helping banks turn their gilt-edge, but frozen assets, into ready cash for trade chan nels 1 Hopeful of buoyant results from the plan, the administration has dropped for the time being its contemplated action for strengthening railroad bond*. * _ Sheriff Called On To Divide Property Up • Receiving a call from Goose Nest 1 yesterday afternoon, Sheriff C. H. Roe buck, leaving pressing office duties un ,i finished, hurried there to fitid that i'Joe Purvis and his wife, colored resi , dents of near Oak City, had disagreed ] in. their ways of living, but had agreed 1 to separate. I * .1 Fearing that the other would get I more than his share of the worldly , goods, Joe and his wife called the sher ! iff to divide the few articles jointly possessed by them. t • i Norfolk Underselling J Co. Changes Location _,L 1 — ♦ ■ ' ■ Finding their present quarters in adequate to house their goqds, the i Norfolk Underselling Company will move its stocks from the Leggett build ing to the Tar Heel Building, next to the post office, next week, Jack Frank, manager, said yesterday. Alterations are being made to the | Tar Heel store, and the company plan* to open for business there the latter 'part of next week. CONVOCATION OF EDENTON IN MEET HERE Large Number of Episcopal ians Attend Sessions Wednesday I That interest in the forward move- I ment of the church has been made manifest in Williamston for the second time this month at the meeting of the Edenton Convocation, which followed so closely on the assembling of the 'hosts of Baptists who attended the Roanoke Association here recently. The convocation drew together a larger number than at any previous time here, and it was a one-day session with a splendid program.' Holy Com- j munion was celebrated at 10 o'clock, ' with Dean Stephen Gardner and Rev. j' \V. R. Marshall celebrants, the Bishop of the Diocese assisting. At 10:30 the business session Woman's Auxiliary began, and Bishop Darst, with all of the ministers pres-, ent, except Rev. John y. Beckwith, chaplain, asseihbled in the parish house for the men's meeting. Chaplain Beck with conducted the devotional exer- j cises, ami greetings were extended by Miss Hattie Thrower; Mrs. J. 1.. Shack elford, of Karmville, responded and act ed as secretary in the place of Mrs. Karl Wynne, official secretary. Roll call found 105 delegates present, and many more came in later. Minutes of the last meeting were read, and Mrs. Victor Shelburne, of Washington, pres ident of the convocation for the past six years, read her report, which was most interesting to those present. Further business and reports of the committees folowed, after which Mrs. Henry J. McMillan ,of Wilmington, Diocesan president of the Woman's Auxiliary of Fast Carolina, spoke in terestingly of the triennial convention at Denver, when the United Offering was presented. This offering was sl,- 059,575.27, Mrs. McMillan staled that there were SBO,(MM) lost in defunct 'banks throughout the nation, and some of this amount would be paid some I time, no doubt. | At the noon hour Bishop Darst of fered prayers for missions, and then addressed lite entire body, outlining plans for the preaching mission which begins all over the Province of Se wanee next month. At the close of the bishop's address, Mrs. James S. Rhodes sang, "Spirit of God," which was beautiful in that it gave an added emphasis to the stirring appeal made by the bishop. Luncheon was served at the Wo man's Club, and the hour between the sessions was pleasantly spent. After noon session opened at 2:15, (. haplain Beckwith again conducting services. The first on the program was Mrs. Jennie M. Howard, who h-.s charge of student work. Mrs. Qutland, of Wash ington, gave a most interesting talk on Christan Socal Service, and Miss Mae Wood Winslow, of Hertford, educa tional secretary, reviewed ' briefly the chapters in the book for study this year. Rev. W. R. Noe put the church's pro gram before the convocation and urged full cooperation. Dr. R. B. Draite ask ed that he be allowed to introduce Miss Walton, who has f)one work for years in the State of Wyoming. Her story was very interesting, and she exhibited articles made by the Indians. Miss Walton is a nativ¥~ of Gates County, and this winter will do work in the mountains i f Virginia, near Charlottesville. The Diocesan Educa tional Program was outlined by Miss Cornelia Van B. Harris. Ibis was one of the very interesting features of the session, Miss Harris works a ' mong the students at the East Caro lina Teachers' College, and is putting over a program worth while. She is under the direction of Rev. Mr. Lilly crop, rector of the church at Green ,ville. After the benediction, the ses sion for 1931 closed. ♦ Program of Services At Baptist Church ♦ | The sermon subject at the Baptist church Sunday morning will be, "Great Purposes of Scripture." I At the evening hour the subject mat ter will have to do with the fact that, the church is the training station for | the world's great musicians. In other words, the church of God is the re-' cruiting station whence come the grand opera, grand concert, and oratorio sing , ers of the world. And it is no small thing if church choirs arc giving to the world its great singers. '! Religion acts like leaven, it perme ates the whole. And this is one fasci nating illustration of that great truth. For religion is more than a few flieet ' ings in the church. It lies at the bot -1 torn of every substantial movement for ' good in the world, and gives tone and ' color to all life's values. ' - This church and congregation are > mindful of the great ordeal through which the members of her family have ■ pasted in the untimely going of Mrs. • A. T. Crawford. Our sympathies go ' out to her husband and to the several members of the family. Columbian Peanut Plant Here Now Working at Full Capacity Martin County Farmers Turn Attention to Crop'of Peanuts Quality of Crop In Martin County This Year Is Said To -Be Good While The Yield Is Believed To Be Smaller Than It Was Last Season j With the tobacco crop three-fourths [marketed, Martin farmers are turning j their attention to harvesting anil mar keting the peanut crop, said to be one jof the best quality grown in this sec tion in some time. No two farmers are agreed as to the quantity of the crop in the sectipn this year, but it is 'generally believed that the yield will not average 15 bags to the acre. Pickers are running in fields through out the county, and within the next few days that particular task will have 'been completed except for a lew who w ill not have their goobers picked be fore or until after Christmas, From two and three-quarter cents downward are the prices quoted by the 60 To 70 Per Cent Tobacco Marketed INDICATE CROP IS BELOW THAT OF LAST YEAR Few Markets, If Any, Will Sell As Much Leaf This Year As Last j Uet ween 65' and 7(1 per cent, ;uul probably more, of the 1931 tobacco crop in Martin County has been gold, basing the figure on estimates furnish ed i>y 34 farmers, representing seven of the ten townships in the county, when questioned here since the first of this week. Accepting these estimates, and they are believed to be fairly cor rect, then there is a marked decrease in the tobacco crop in this section this yestt. The decrease is mure than 20 per cent below the production last year, and it might be as much as 25 per cent below the 1930 production. Very few markets, if any, will reach j their sales records of last year, and the price will be considerably less than that paid last year by the companies. ! The average Martin County farmer will receive around S4B an acre for his crop this year, a price insufficient to 'offset the cost of production, not in cluding the farmer's labor and that of bis wife and his undernourished chil dren. There are a few growers who will average SIOO an acre for their crop, but a count made twice around on one's fingers will include all thetc. , Cotton prices are the lowest they have been in years. Peanut prices are just about to reach the very bottom. Com, sweet potatoes, and other farm profUcts are commanding the lowest prices in years. But the tobacco crop is selling at the lowest point of all, considering tjie cost of production, marketing costs, and a world of worry. | With the exception of one or two days to each week since the markets opened in early September, sales have been small and prices have shown very little strength during the entire sell ing period up to now. i There was a time when the Mar tin County farmers could increase his production to offset low marginal prof its, but now that the margin has been wiped out completely, he will be forced to abandon the crop. There is a different tale going the i rounds on Martin County farms, and jit looks as if "live-at-home" will be in full bloom in this district next year. I t' • |Announces Schedule of Prices for Curb Market ♦ i | The following prices will be found | at the curb market Saturday morning, ( it was announced yesterday by Miss ' Lora.E. Sleeper, home agent: Eggs, 25c per dozen; snaps, 2 pounds 1 for 15c7 Bell pepjier, s: pound; sweet potatoes, 10 pounds for 15c; rutabagas 2c per pound; turnips, 8c pound; black, " walnuts, 60c pound; tomatoes; 7c per pound; cakes,. 85c and $1 each. . . .■ • There were 9,575 ears o£ corn en " tered in the farm crops display at the r recently held Gaston County fa>r ' Twelve different booths entered by in -1 dividual farmers showed the live-at : home progress made in the county. I * * t Jennings Long, a 4-H club member .'of Henderson -county, sold $61.50 > worth of snap beans from one-half !' acre project at a total cash outlay of $5.00. several companies buying this year, which, in truth, means another cheap crop for Eastern North Carolina this season. * v The acreage is slightly increased over that of last year, but there w.ill be very little difference in the yield, it is believed. This increased acreage means that there will be sufficient hay for long feed in the county during the com ing 12 months and even longer than that. In this section, the crop is moving very slowly at this time, very few of the companies represented on the mar ket having made any sizeable pur chases so far. However, within the next few days the crop is expected to be, moving rapidly to market. MEAT CANNING The 1931 tax reduction was strik ingly reflected in. the account of Mr. Will Coltrain, Griffins Town ship property owners, this week when he paid hig taxes. Just to show th.it the county commission ers of Martin have lowered taxes more than most of us think, the account of Mr. Coltrain for this and the past two years is given, as follows: In 1929, Mr. Coltrain paid S6B; last year ho paid $64.16; and thia year he paid $40.10, a drop of $27.90 from the 1920 levy. RECORDER HAD SHORT SESSION HERE TUESDAY David Gurganus Sentenced To Roads; Appeals To Superior Court A short session was in order for the county recorder's court here last Tues day when only one case was disposed of by Judge J. W. Bailey and Solicitor 11. O. Peel David Gurganus, adjudged guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to the roads for a period of •five months. He appealed to the high er courts, Judge Bailey requiring bond in the sum of S2OO. I The case originating in a justice of the peace court here, some time ago, charging J. 1). Harrison with hunting without license, was continued until December 22, when the defendant ask ed for a jury trial. ! The case charging Dennis Barber vfith an assault with intent to kill, and Robert and Arthur Barber with aiding and abetting in the crime was not heard Tuesday. The men were re leased under SSOO bonds last Saturday and are to appear in the court here next Tuesday. There is little support ing evidence to the case, and a' not pros vVith- leave is expected. They were arrested last week in connection with the shooting of Roy Andrews while he was hunting in the woods in Williams Township last Saturday a week ago. \Sunday Services At Church ol the Advent The Rev. Arthur H. Marshall, rec tor, announces that the following servt ices will be held in the Church of the Advent here Sunday, November 1; Sunday school, 10 a. m. Evening prayer and sermon, at 7:30 p. m. SOIL SURVEY The Bureau of Chemiatry and Soils of the Department of Agri culture has notified Congressman Lindsay Warren that the (oil sur vey* of the counties of Gates and Martin, which he secured several years ago, will be available for distribution in afeoyt 30 dayi. Mr. Warren has been allotted 2,100 surveys of each county, which Ho will mail out aa soon aa they arc received from the printer. Watch the Lahal On Y«v Paper Aa It Carriaa tha Data Whan Your Sabacription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 IS NOW WORKING 110 PEOPLE; SLOW SELLING URGED Continued Operation Is Un certain on Account of Unsettled Market Starting operations this week, the local plant of the Columbian Peanut Company is running at full capacity now, working 110 laborers, 90 women and A) men. Continued operations, however, are not certain, as the mar ket is slow on both sides of the fence. With a little old stock on hand the first of the week, and with small lots jof the new crop coming in daily, the 'plant has had sufficient material to make possible capacity operations. Ihe Columbian company is making an appeal to the growers, uring them ] to market the crop as slowly as pos jsible. It has provided additional stor >age at its local plant and is making cash advances to those who desire to hold their crop. i The long-feared dryp in prices for the 1931 crop of peanuts has come, and, unless growers quit dumping their crops on a low market, predictions are freely made that top prices will fall to the two-cent level by next Monday night. Number l's, the best of the bunch crop, are bringing only 2 1-2 ( cents per pound this week | A late crop of peanuts in Georgia, is adding fo the worries of those who had hoped for better peanut prices. I'he Georgia €rop is two weeks latf this year, and the bulk of it is now go ing on the market. According to the manager of the local plant, the best prices down there are 2 1-2 cents lor -fancies; and cleaners are buying large quantities at that price and quoting for jfuture delivery on cleaned goods at prices as low as farmers should re ceive for the uncleaned crop in this area. Mr. l'ritchard is strongly urg ing farmers to withhold peanuts from the market at such, prices. J Buyers for other cleaners in Suf jfolk, Norfolk, Franklin, and Edenton, are buying light because they have a orders, but their top prices are 2 1-2 cents per pound. In advance o.f the market opening, the Columbian | company had paid 3 1-2 cents for sev eral hundred bags; but, the price hav ing been put down to the low level and 'cleaned goods quoted between 3 1--2 to 3 3-4 cents, the factory is forced to the same low level. MAKING SUREVY OF CONDITIONS Governor's Council Worker Here Yesterday; Central Committee Sought j In an effort to effect a county-wide organization and its individual units, Mr. K. S. Futrell, welfare of- Jficfer of I'itt County, was here yester day making a preparatory study of 'conditions in the county. Mr. Futrell represents the Governor's Council on Welfare and Unemployment Relief, and on his visit here yesterday sought in formation for use in appointing a cen tral welfare committee, a meeting of which will he held here within the next week- or two. j So far there has been very little or ganized welfare work carried on in this county, and it is hpped that the governor's representative will be able 1 to perfect' an organization whereby an effective relief can be made available to the needy and unemployed. WILL MORDECAI KILLED BY SON THIS MORNING Boy, Seventeen Years Old, Kills Father for Attack On His Mother Will Mordecai, 49-year-old Negro of Kobersonvil.le was killed at hit home there early today by his son, Will, jr., seventeen years old. Resenting an attack on his mother by the elder Mordecai, the boy is said to have asked his father to stop beat ing the woman. The boy went into the house where he procured a pistol, a German Luger, and returned, firing a shot that pierced the man's heart and caused instant death. Young Moredcai left the scene, but was later arrested near Partncle by Chief William Gray and Officer Jen kins, of Robersonville. - *?■»»- At a preliminary hearing, Mordecai waived examination and was jailed here to await trial in the superior codrt next December., | The homicide wu the first reported in thia county in several months.