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i Advertisers Will Fnd Our Col on" a Latchksy to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 72 DRAW JURY LIST FOR DECEMBER . SUPERIOR COURT 36 Citizens Chosen to Serve During One Week Session Preparatory to th; holding of the December term of Klartin County Su perior Court, the county commission era at their regular meeting iield last Monday selected 3> citizens to serve as jurors during tj:e one-week session. On the first Monday in October, the County Cotjimissio'i>ers selected jur " r» to serve during t e twu weeks civ I icrm of the superior court convening in Wlliamston the 23rd i>f this month The names of those citizens chosen lo serve as jurors at the on; week term .•ire as follows, by townships: Jamesvillc: VV. B. Gaylord, S. L. J-.llis, Robert Mobley, L. H. Brown, G. JL Mi/elle, B. F. Lilley, J. R Krtowles, C. C. Fleming. Williams: 1.. J. Hardison, \V. W. Griffin, A. W. Hardison,' O. S. Green. Griffins: N. T. Tice, McD. Hardi son, W. J, Griffin, Jordan G. Peel. Bear Grass: H. C. Green, John H. Roberson, W. S. Revels, J. \V. Green, 11. S. Harris. ■ Williamston: S. C. Grift'in/ W> S. I'eel, W. L. Manning. Cross Roads: J. B. Bamhill, Char lie Keel. Robersonville: J«i]p E. Page, W' A. Ausborn, Willie H. Johnson, N. 1). j Matthews, Hyman Warren. * Hamilton: Elmer Kdmondson. P. 11. Davenport. Goose Nest: W. B. Bennett, W. E. Tyson, ~L. G. BusctT. HURT IN WRECK Miss Bertha Piland Serious ly Injured When Car Is Struck by Train Miss Bertha Piland, daughter of 1 Mr. Jesse Piland, of Oak City, was critically hurt, and Miss Alice Rudd, of Burlington, was killed when their car was hit by q freight train in Thom asville last Tuesday shortly before 1 v o'clock. The car, owned and driven ky Mis* Piland, was knocked 60 feet down the track, lauding in a ditch to the side of the rails, Ml« Rudd's body lay near the wrecked car in the side ditch. Miss Piland, who was thrown 30 feet and fell bt»teen the double tracks, is said t > he in a criti cal condition by doctors at a Thoma*- ville hospital, where she was removed following the accident. She suffered several broken ribs and an injury to , her side. Misses Piland and Rudd, teachers in the. Mills Home Sell 01, were re turning jto their »»hcn* their tar was hit by the train. Miss Piland, well known ,&».>(his, county, was in her second year of twehing history in the schdol »t Thomasville. TO BUILDPRISON CAMP IN COUNTY Matter Discussed at Meet Of State Road Body This Week *j According to information released following a mtcting of the North Car ' olina Highway Commission held in Raleigh Wednesday, a prison carpp will be built in this county in the near future. The type of camp that will be constructed, its cost, and just when work will be started on il were not mentioned. The erection of a cainp in this coun '"s./ty has been under consideration for some time, and it is now understood that actual construction work will be started within a comparatively short time. A survey of a tract of land, located 1 near the Martin Cou.ty. home, was 1 made several weeks ngo by State gineers and a lease has already been granted by the .commissioners. Announce Schedule of Prices for Curb Marketi The following prices will be found! at the curb market here Saturday ( morning. We are glad to have sug gestion* from our patrons to help us in improving our market. We regret the scarcity of a variety of vegetables at this time, but hope our patrons will help us in selling *what produce is on hand. There were very few snap beans on the market here last week, but they suld really. Our vegetables are always freshly gathered. Eggs, 25 cents dozen; snap beans, 2 pounds for IS cents; collarda, 1 pound cents; dried peas, 4 pounds 23 cents;j sweet potatoes, 10 pounds 15 cents; 1 rutabagas, one pound, 2 cents; tur-j sips, 5 cents pound; tomatoes, 6 cents poiiad; cream, 30 cents pint; blacky walnuts, 60 cents quart, shelled; mo *ftsses, 8 cents quart; chickens, live, 3D cents pound; chickens, dresaed, 30- cents pound. , THE ENTERPRISE [ MACK NICHOLSON "1 I / H gj ■ 1 / I M | ————> ii ■ ■ i Who ccleDraieo iua eifcuueui o.ttnaay at a surprise par *y given mm by the Cincinnati Evening Post and that paper*:; employees recently. Mr. Nicholson, a native of Martin County, is pictured accepting a bunch of flowers from one of the staff. He has been with the Post for thirty years. Cincinnati Newspapermen Pay Tribute to Native of Martin on Occasion of Eightieth Birthday ; e « M I ARMISTICE DAY I *■ With no celebration planned, Arsiiitice Day will pau quietly here. Celebrations, however, have been planned in several near-by towns, and it is believed thst a' goodly number of Martin ex-serv ice men will attend them. A square dance has been planned here for that night in the Roan oke-Dixie Warehouse. No admis { mission will be charged, but a col | lection will be received to offset expenses, it was stated by those handling the arrangements. ASK BOOKS FOR READING ROOM Will Be Open Each Thurs day Afternoon; Woman's Club Is Sponsors The Woman's Club opened reading rooms in the rear of the Hailey Drug Store yesterday at 2:30. These rooms are conveniently located and are eas ily heated. Book cases and chairs have already been placed in the rooms | and many magazine* filed. It is the wish of the club that the citizens of , the town contribute books which will !be loaned for one week to any de ! siring them. HooW-twr hoys and girls are especially asked for, as the young 'are eager for desirable reading, and a large quantity of hooks should be do } nated by parents of the town and I those who stand for the betterment 'of the community. What is more to he desired that a library for the peo ple? Great things come out of small l>eginnings and who can determine the .possibilities of this venture? | The rooms will he open every Thur sday from 2:30 to 5 o'clock and will j always be in charge of some one who will reteive books and loan them. Wil liamston has much, but should have more, to be proud of, and reading gjpms with plenty of interesting ma terial is a long step forward. I lie Wo man's Club work has been outstand ing—help it accomplish greater things. PLAN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN HSRE| » Drive To Be Under Direc tion of Mrs, A. R. Dunning ' To acknowledge the aid rendered by the Red Cross in Martin County in ' past years, local citizens are asked to enroll in the organization within the next few days. Only a small portion of the enrollment fee is for'.varded to ; the national office, leaving the greater amount here for distribution among ! the needy. ' Under the direction of Mrs. A. R. ' Dunning, chairman, a local drive is now underway, and it is hoped thai many citizens will enroll in the or ganization between now and the 26th of the month. Plans for the enrollment drive have' not been announced at this time, hut; every one will be given an opportunity J tobelp-tlie Red Cross, one of the most | humane organizations in America. Morning Service Sunday At Episcopal Church j Holy Communion will be celebrated at the Church of the Advent here next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, it was ' announced by the rector, Rev. Arthur H. Marshall. Church school will con vene at the usual hour, 10 o'clck, it t stated. 1 / y f. g . 0 'jk jr.", La> .■ IWhi IT * iififtiirliTair' ■ " • Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 6, 1931 I MACK NICHOLSON ' HAS BEEN WITH POST 30 YEARS —* — . Is Still Active and Loyal Worker Despite His Advanced Age j Celebrating his eightieth birthday 1 last week in the office of the Cincin nati I'ost, that city's largest news paper, Mr. Mack Nicholson, a native of Martin County does liotior to his " I home county and town as another ' Marti.i boy who has "made good in the world." In all parts of the world Martin's native sons have made names , for themselves, and the activities of Mr. Nicholson command a prominent place in the lives of all of thein. • i With only a few weeks' training in the school room, Mr. Nicholson start- ' ed his career about the time the South j was inaugurating its reconstruction r , program, a program that required a I marked determination and a faith in i the Almighty. After attending school in the old Church of the Advent, now , standing on corner of Academy , gnd ilassell Street, for a few days, . Afr. Nicholson started work in a' lo cal newspaper office, serving in wliat- I ever capacity he was directed to serve. . He continued his early training' in .newspaper offices at Tarboro and : Washington, leaving this section in 1871 for Norfolk, where he was mar • I ried. In 1876 he moved lo New York, where he lived until 1884,. returning to Norfolk at that time. Alter a stay | of three years in ■ the Virginia City;; he went to Cincinnati, where he went with the Post a few years later. Accepting a job witli that great newspaper, Mr. Nicholson has, during the 30 years of work there, rendered i a faithful servi' e to his in , recognition of which the Post and its employees honored him a surprise cel ebration recently. Asked for a short sketch of his life, Mr. Nicholson \, rote, "My history has been so drab an I dull there is nothing I can think of that could possibly in- 1 terest you or Enterprise readers, as ! | there are vary few who know me and still fewer who ever heard of ine."j I Even though the 80-year-old man is fn telling of his history, 1 1 his record veil shows that he has been : faithful lo Ins trust, aaid that in this day of unemployment and shifting he j continues at the side of his shopmates. I I ' Our young boys and girls can well | turn to his record for their goal, and surely with all the advantages that the modern world can and does afford ' them that they, too, might succeed in life.. 1 The old gentleman has very few ac-, 1 quiintances here now, they having passed on, and in a short note receiv-] ed here this week he says, "The se-, verest penalty age imposes is the loss of friends whose presence was once so great a pleasure." Mr. W. H. Gur -1 kin* is one of his ft/w remaining rela tives in this Section. • , In a recent letter to Mr. (jurkin, | Mr. Nicholson says, "Times are very, , hard here; thousands are out of work, j and depending on charity, and the city! lis trying to take care of them. How' it will be late in the winter, 1 dread | to even guess, for those who have and. ! are now giving will sometime get tired, 'and when the contributions stop there' wilt be much suffering. The main. ' trouble here is that we have over 40,-! 1 000 negroes, virtually all of whom were! brought here a few yesf» ago to sup-! ply common labor, and now when they j can't get employment, they appeal to! the city. Hut the charity fund will, give out some time, and then there, may be trouble ELtt-... j>'.- .»>♦ 'if t*i'A'fi/iTfiilh-g-1; . V f WATCH OUT! Mark Twain once edited a paper in Missouri. One of readers wrote him that he had found a spider in j his paper and wa-ted to know i whether it meant good luck or bad. This is w'.at Mark an -1 swered: "Old Reader: Finding a spider in your paper was neither good "* luck nor bad luck Tor you. The spider was merely looking over our paper to see which merchant is not advertising, so that he can | go to that store, spin his web a | cross the door and lead a life of undisputed peace ever afterward." | 7 : " f&' PERRY BEGINS PASTORATE HERE Preaches First Sermons in Christian Church Sunday Rev. J. M. Perry, formerly or Ver non, Texas, will liegin his pastorate of the local t hristian church next I Sunday morning, preaching at both , the morning and evening hours. Mr. Perry is well known to the people'ill this section. He conducted the sing ing during a meeting here about 20 years ago, and has since. been pastor of.the Robersonville church for seven .years, and has held meetings in the county at several places. It is the ,hope of the church that a large gath ering ol friends and the" full church membership will greet Mr Perry at the services Sunday, to which a hearty welcome is extended all, Methodists Announce Program of Services l . T. Roger-, pastoi. 11 j Sunday school, y:45 a. m.* I Preaching, 11 a. in. ! No service at 7JO p. m. in Wil liamston, hut at Holly Springs, j Epworth League Monday, i 7:30, I Hi League Tuesda*, 7p. in. ! Mid-week service Wednesday at 7:30 i Annual conference at Greenville on I Wednesday, November 18. .„ j You will feel better and be better it 1 you will attend, cluirch ami Sunday [ school. You are cordially invited to J iiuei with us. i Presbyterian Services In County Announbed 1 November 8, 1931; Church school at 9:45 a. m. Worship service and sermon at 11. Bear Grass I Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Preaching at 7:30 p. m. A series of services are being held at this point each night at 7:30 p. m. Rev. George Mauze, of Kinston, will preach to- \ night (Friday). You are jjjvited to j come. Roberson'a Farm Sunday school at 3 p. m. Preaching immediately) afterwards. Few Contagious ; Are Reported Last Month\ Martin County was virtually free i of contagious diseases during the month of October, it wai learned from Health Officer J. H. Saun ders' report for the period. Only 12 contagious diseases were re ported, and 10 of those were diph theria. There were two scarlet fever cases reported. Five of the diphtheria cases were reported in WilHamston Towjiship, free in Robersonville Township, and two in Hamilton Township. One scar let fever cue each was reported in Robersonville and Williamston Township*, and all the cases of the two diseases reported during J Plight of Farmers Is Discussed By Gathering at Murfi;eesboro RECORDER HAD BUSY SESSION LAST TUESDAY Much Legal Action, But j Few Cases Disposed of This Week There was much legal action report ed. but very few cases were finally settled in the last Tuesday session of the Recorder's court held here. A test case, heard by Justice of the J. L. Hassell several days ago, before the court and the judgment was upheld. W. C. Wind ley. employee o* the local peanut com pany, whose home is in Virginia, has carried Virginia State licenses on his automobile since comiuu here to work auiuuiuiiiic since milling ncrc to work. Highway Patrolman Braswell-request ed him to procure North Carolina tags, and the case was carried to court. A $1 fine was imposed, and the defend ant was instructed by the court to procure North CaVolina license. An appeal was noted. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case charg ing Chester Terry with violating the liquor laws. ) Jim Price, charged with operating" an automobile while he. was intoxicat ed* failed to answer when he was called | in open court. Papers tor his arrest | were issued. A nol pros resulted in the case charging Arthur, Robert, and' Dennis Barber with an assault with a deadly weapon. I .Print Sherrud \va. sentenced to sietwe j 90 days mi the roads when the court I adjudged him guilty of selling liiiuor | 1 The assault with a deadly weapon i charge against I harl e Perry was nol prossed. Sentenced to tlie roads 1 . fa> a perkutl of 90 days when the court adjudged him guilty, Luther Barnes appealed | to the higher court. Probable cause appearing in the case against and ehargioß L. E. Free- ■ man with passing worthless checks, 1 Judge Bailey hound- hint over to tlte superior under a $50(1 1 bond. ] Freeman is now in jail, and it is he- i lieved that all the had checks given 1 by hint are in. ( Charged with entering the home of. J. O. Rogerson recently, Lovingood j Modica was botW\d j>ver to the su- | perior court under a SSOO bund. The charge alleges larceny also. Twelve months on the road was the sentence meted out,to George PurvijK for alleged abandonment, lie ap pealed his case. TEACHERS TO BE PAID TOMORROW Payroll Totaling $16,636 Is | Approved By State Treasurer Martin County's teachers will he i paid tomorrow at their first meeting i l of the current term, it was learned yesterday afternoon in the superin-|i j tcudent's oflice. Drafts drawn by the county board of education in the sum jof $16,636, were accepted day before • I yesterday by State Treasurer Nathan 'O'Berry. Checks will he prepared in j time for distribution tomorrow, and ; they will he given to the teachers in j the morning, provided all reports- are | properly prepared and presented. f In addition to the checks drawn for the teachers, there is a goodly num- j her awaiting delivery to jjther em-'| ployees. 11 n "7~ 9 " - •• i' On the Pacific coast, oIT the shores ' of Oregon and British Columbia, there 1 |are seaweeds with stalks more than SIMI feet in length. I 1 »■ j ! More than 7,320,000 000 small fisij'' were produced by 11. S. Government . ■hatcheries during 1930. \ -j- i £e period were confined to white 1 1 | persons. Malaria continues its st.-ong 1 1 grip on many persons in certain : 1 parts of the county, and chills are | *' common in those eections. Pellagra, a disease that is claim- | ( ing more lives in North Carolina ;, i than any other at this tiAie, n- | I mained on a standjtill, or at least I, I » there were no new cases report- | ed during th? period. Efforts are being made to check the disease ] and many cases are now being s cared for by the county, in part t at last, through the health officer. p i ~ . I i Auditor Busy I Making 1931 Tax Rec With nearly 8,000 accounts to figure, Auditor J. Sam Getsinger and his assistants are now trudg ing through one of the biggest tasks of the-year. Taking the val uation that was determined by the assessors, the accountant, after. proving it and correcting any er rors, placed it on the books. Re ferring to the valuation, each ac count is figure for county, state and special taxes, and then placed in the several columns in two dif ferent books. The tabulations are now to be proved and added fore the tax receipts can be pre pared in the whole. The rates were only determined as final last Saturday, and al though the office has had many business visitors during each hour since, the employees are getting a long very rapidly with the work. Property owners desiring to set tle their accounts have been ac commodated by the auditor's of-' ficc, each re luested account being figured individually. REPORT IS MADE FOR OCTOBER BY HOME AGENT Preliminary Reports Show Over 15,000 Quarts of Vegetables Canned The home ,i • t-nt traveled 1,423 miles I during the month, conducting It) meet ings with the women, 14 witli the girls and 1 with the Kverotts hoys. Twen ty-two days were vp i>t in the field and 5' day s in the i Hue, V articles were prepared for the press, 3 circular let ters were prepared wi.h ,is'> copies cir culated, 13 different homes were visit ed, 1 district meeting was attended in Washington with 221 in attendance; j I county council meting was held with I 14 in .attendance, and one federation tmcc'ing was Ivehl with 43 in attend ance. The total ales i n the curb j market-for October wle $''4.6.1. v. Reports coniim; in from the women cWning in home demonstration clubs throughout the county show well over j 15,000 quarts and not .ill the reports, fare in as yet. i t One new cluli was organized during the month at Macedonia with the wotnttt With "this club, there are 11 ihonie demonstration clubs in the mini j l'£ The total imyibcr of clubs in | the county at this tittle is 26. Ihe eijacj nuniher enrolled in jun ior clubs is not as yet known, hut en rollments thus far show over 400 jun ioors in the county. CLUB FORMED AT MACEDONIA Mrs. G. A. Peele Is Elected President; Other Officers And Committees Named Wednesday, October 2Htli, the tvo ' men of the Macedonia District metJn ( the schoolhouse to organise their first I home demonstration club. The fol-j lowing officers were elected to serve | 'for one year; Mrs, (i. A. Peele, pres-j jident; Mrs. W. O. Peele, vice presi-j dent; secretary, Mrs. George Peele, news reporter, Mrs. J David Griffin A demonstration was given at this ] | time "Making Sweet Rolls." Miss | Sleeper stressed the importance of raising wheat for home consumption. As a result of the meat canning demonstration given in the school here Wednesday by Mrs. W. G. Standi!, the women are planning to have a club cooker for the purpose of, canning 1 surplus meat this' winter. A special | price is being made on the cookers during the month of October and No | vember, it was pointed out by Mrs. j | Stancill. If six clubs purchase cookers much could be saved. At this meeting, Mrs. R. H. Peele was elected to serve her community as welfare "committee. • All families known to be worthy of help in this community, should be reported to Mrs. Peele, and if assistance can not be , given within the community, the cases will be reported to the Woman's Club.—Mrs. David Griffin, new* re porter. % 1 Teh ruined Temple of Karnak in Egypt, originally 370 feet in wideth and 1.200 feet in length, is believed to have been |he_*M>rld'i largest tem ple. Watch the Label On Yoor Paper Aa It Carrie* the Date When Your Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 PEANUT PRICE IS PUT AT 3 CENTS AT BIG MEEETING Growers Determine Not To Sell Except at Price At Least That Much » Murfreesboro, Nov. 4.—More than |2l »0 peanut grow ers, time merchants, j. bankers, fertilizer manufacturers, and others interested in the peanut crop M>f 1931, assembled in Murfreesboro in the auditorium of Chowan College, at the call of the kastern-Carolina Cham lier cit -l otnmerce. passed resolutions calling upon all classes of interested parties to hold the peanuts off the mar ! ket except at a price of at least 3 ; cents per pound. A tabulation showed j that about 300,000 bags of peanuts were represented by those present, which is more than 10 per cent of all the peanuts grown in the entire State. W. A. 'l'ayloe, prominent merchant * and banker of Aulaiuler, was elected chairman of the meeting. Newell G, Bartlett, secretary of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, acted |as Secretary. Immediately after call ling the meeting to order, a resolutions j committee was appointed, made up of jK. S. ot Heme, chairman, far mer; W. L. Bailey. Halifax, merchant; Charles V .\|lbri;|lit, Norfolk, fer tilizer manufacturer; J T. Bolton, Rich Square,* banker, and N. ,G. Bart lett. This committee brought back i resolutions which were adopted, call -1 ! ing upon the growers and all parties allied therewith to hold peanuts for a price not less than .1 cents per pound " lor the A-l. goods. The resolutions also "called for the appointment of a steering committee made up of one member from each couiHy', who will in turn appoint four others to serve with hint, whose duty it will be to j formulate a definite plan for coopera ' j tion by all interested whereby this holding movement can lie carried out. ' j The Washington County member of J the .steering cgmmittee is A, L. Alex ander, of Plymouth, while D. G. Mat thews, of Hamilton, represents Mar tin County, A nieeting of the com -1 mittee is to be held at Rich Sifuare ' next Tuesday night to-set up a work -1 i ing organization. It was explained ' that fehis is not a movement to set up | a cooperative organization.' , SCHOOL PAPER AT OAK CITY ~~~—* i'Macbeth Times" Makes Initial Appearance This Week i j Volume t, nupiuer i, of. (he Mac i beth l inies" appeared in the Oak City j schools la t Tuesday, the work of I English -indents there under the di rection oi Miss Myitis Zetterower. j Based on the story of "Macbeth," the paper follows the general make-up of I the new spaper, carrying general news iif the book, society happenings, and advertisements. j Published under the contract plan | established in the school by Principal H. M. Ainsley, the four-page leaflet reflects an earnest and conscientious work on the part of the pupils. Its 'ads, although based on the old play, are timely. Under the editorial head ing appear the names of Thelnia Hai i slip, editor; Doro,thy Hines, assistant editor; Donald flyman, business man | ager; Bog Slade, cartoonist; Ruth i Pearson, advertising manager. * Brief Service at Baptist ! Church Sunday Morning The pastor of the Meomorial Bap tist church will speak briefly at the J1 o'clock service Sunday morning, then leave immediately for the ses sions of the pastors' conference and State Baptist convention at Winston jSalem. These sessions begin Mon day afternoon and continue through out Thursday. There will be no preaching service in the Baptist church Sunday night. Announcement will be made through the paper as to the church services 'in th'e third Sunday in this month. I The membership regret that it became necessary to carry Mrs. Grover Hardison to the Washington Hospital Monday evening. And the people extend their t wishes for a speedy recovery. I , ,» Rev. Harrington To Hold Service at Riddicks Grove ♦ Rev. W. B. Harrington will preach at Riddicks Grove Baptist church, near here, nast Sunday afternoon it 3 o'clock, it was announced today. The public is invited to hear him at that ! time. j .I'.