North Carolina Newspapers

:v - , v ' Advertiser* Will Fad Oar Col- Bma • Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Hones VOLUME XXXIV— NUMBER 103 VITAL STATISTICS ARE REPORTED FOR HAMILTON Birth Rate Higher, Death Rate Lower Than State Average Reporting ten illegitimate births last year, Hamilton Township (in cluding the town itself) is second with the largest number of "un known" papas, the district being sec ond to Williamston where 15 dis graceful birts were recorded in the public records of Martin County for the future generations to see. Three of the illegitimate births were re ported among white people. Other than the large percentage of illegitimate births, the vital statistics for the town and township are similar to those in the six other districts for which reports have been filed in the county .register of deeds' office. The birth rate in both the township and town are higher than the one for the > State as a whole. The township death, rate is slightly under and the town death rate is slightly greater than that for the State. There were 58 births,' 22 White and 36 colored, reported n the township last year, the number including those _ in Hassell, for which no separate records were maintained! Twenty deaths, eight among white and 12 a mong colored people, were reported irir the township. Hamilton proper reported four white births, one illegi timate, and seven colored ones, one I of which was illegitimate. The eight deaths were equally divided among the races. Death rates for both the town and , township during last year were low- i er'Hhan they were the year before,; with the birth rates for the two units j remaining about the same as they were in 1930. The 1931 rates per 1,000 population: Township birth rate, 34.1; death rate, 11.8; Town birth rate, 21.7; death rate . 15.7. - CURB MARKET IS 11 MONTHS OLD ♦ Sales So Far Have Totaled More Than SI,OOO, Says Home Agent By Miss LORA E. SLEEPER The curb market has been running 11 months this Saturday. During that time over SI,OOO has been taken in from the weekly sales. Thi| money has gone into the pockets of the farm wives in the county; to the merchants and grocers as payments on charge accounts, bills, etc. As we help the farmer, we help every one. Prices on produce this week will be as fol low* (this, however is only a'partial] list); Collards (special), 7 pounds for 10 cents, this week only; cream 20c per quart this week only; eggs, 9 cents per dozen; hens, live, 14 cents pound; hens, dressed, 25 cents pound; broilers, 17 cents pound; broilers, dressed, 27 cents pound; turnips, 4 pounds 10 cents rutabagas, 3 pounds 5 cents; corn meal, 20 cents peck; and cakes, 15 to 18 cents pound. Last week we had spring onions on the market and early flowers. We are anxious to please our patrons, take orders through the market, or help in any way possible to make the market better serve the town and community. Tell us, if you have suggestions. We appreciate new ideas. Part of Teachers' Pay Is . * To Be Held Up By State —« Pending the. acceptance of the bud gets for the various counties, the state - is expected to withhold one-half of the salaries %f all teachers during the sixth school month, according to un official information received hgre this week. Payment of the full amount is assured as soon as the budgets are ac cepted, it. is understood. Completing the sixth month in a bout two weeks, the Martin schools will continue the full term with suf > ficient money already collected to pay (he teachers their ftill salaries during the seventh month and about half enough for the last, or eight,h month, it was learned from the superintend — ent's office here this morning. -S * Destroy Two Stills In the Upper Part of County Raiding along ... the Edgecombe- Martin line last Wednesday, Agents Coats, Roebuck and W. C. Voorhees snd Officers Hines and Pearson found and destroyed a steam liquor plant 7 snd confiscated several bags of sugar snd one bag of meal. The plant was cold, and no arrests were made. Last Monday, Officers Grimes, Hines and Pearson took » steam plant in the same territory, and destroyed four vats of beer. The plant was in operation, but the operators received a gun signal and made their escape. THE ENTERPRISE "* v , " . * - * Third Poultry To Be in County Next Week A third poultry car of the Ma son has been scheduled for load ing in the county next week, begin ning at Jamesville Tuesday and making its last stop at Oak City Friday. Stops will also be made at Williamston Wednesday, and at Robersonville Thursday, and virtually the same loading hours in effect last loading will be fol lowed again next week. County Agent T. B. Brandon, who ar ranged the shipment, stated this week. Prices are about the same » they were last loading with the ex [ OUT FOR~SENATE t A second district contest for a •eat in the State Senate was vir tually made certain this week when it was unofficially learned that Mr. W. A. Thompson, prominent Aurora man, was considering run ning for the Democratic nomina tion next June. Attorney Carl Bailey, mouth, announced his ' candidacy several weeks ago, and it is un derstood that Dare County is con sidering running a candidate of its own. BETTER BISCUIT CONTEST AMONG CLUB MEMITIfPS I —• —" j County Contest To Be Held t April 1; Wi'nners Enter District Meet By Miss LORA E. SLEEPER During the month of March work will be started among all the girls' ,4-H clubs in the county in the "Bet ! ter Biscuit Contest," which will be 'conducted all over the State from j March until June. The contest will be i open for competition to girls 14 and over. All girls will be given a stand ard recipe for baking powder biscuit. The county contest will take place April 1. All girls wishing to enter the contest shouhl sign up. The girls "entering the contest should use a stan dard plain flour and bake biscuits six times at home, doing the work entire ly by themselves • before sending in Their sample' April 1. Practice in scor ing biscuits will be given through the March club meetings. The girl winning out in the county will enter the district contest, which will be held in Washington, N. C., the first week in May. The girl winning in the district receives a scholarship of $12.50 to be used for expenses to the girls' and boys' short course. ■ i 0 REPORT LARGE FISH CATCHES Few Shad But Plenty of Herring Are Taken From River With February all but spent, the fishing season in the Roanoke is fast coming into its own, according to re ports received here from various; points along the stream, f "Few shad have been taken here so far, but the herrings are running in larger numbers already, fishermen catching from one to IS at a dip," O. !W. Hamilton, Jamewrille merchant, ; said this week. The catches were described as the largest ever made this early in the year at that point. | Reports received from points along the Albemarle Sound indicate that there will be many shad in the Roa noke ere long. Near Leonard's point on the sound, the catches this week were said to be the largest made in many seasons there. _, • . m ii i.. in' i# ■ ii . Program oi Services At Christian Church James M. Perry, pastor. Remember, it is fourth and we have services again. Bible school at 9:45 a. m., W. C. Manriing, sup erintendent. Preaching service at 11 o'clock. The pastor will preach Sun- I day morning on "What's the Diffatt ence in Judgment?" At 7:30 he will preach on, "The Meaning of Sheep and Other Sheep." Come and bring your friends, for these two sermons deal with some vital and interesting Biblical facts that have to do with this fife and the life to come. Great | hymns, special music at almost every service. Fine fellowship and in in spirational as well as a happy, hope ful atmosphere. Try to make both services Sunday,, for if you miss'one, it will be the one you wish you had n't. Take the family. "Come on, wife, get the children ready, it's serv : ice at our church today*, you know." That's the way for a man to talk Sun i day morning. Will see you at Sunday school and church. Don't forget—lt's fourth Sunday again. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 26,1932 ception of a 1-cent drop in the price offered for colored hens. A complete schedule of prices ap pears elsewhere in this paper. While the loadings will hardly be as lsrge as the last one and the one before that, it is believed die poultry raisers will sell about 18,000 pounds. Mr. Brandon was unable to say this week whether a fourth car would be operated in the county this season or not, further ship ments depending on the size of | next week's loading and future market prices. CATCH TWO MEN IN FREE UNION Louis Keys and Will Smith Captured At Still Early Yesterday Louis Keys and Will Smith, color ed men, were arrested at a liquor still j in the lower paart of the county. Free Union, early yesterday morning and jailed here _.by Officers Sexton and Goylord. The plant, in full opera tion at the time, was destroyed. Going to the manufacturing scene early yesterday morning, the officers were closing in on the plant and its imperatives when an old hog started : making her way to the filthy swill. I The officers took a stand and remain ed quiet. When the animal advanced j nearer the still, the two men, mistak ' ing her for officers, fled. The officers ! remained inactive and after a long j wait, Keys returned and saw the hog ; drinking beer. He called Smith and j after running the animal away, they returned to their manufacturing, di recting unkind remarks at the old hog, but at the same timt expressing joy that it was an animal and not of ; ficers. ' After waiting a few more minutes, ; the officers continued their advance. I "There comes that old hog again. I |am tempted to kill her," one of the operatives said to the other when he i mistook the officers for the hog. v V And Smith and Keys thought it] i was the hog breaking sticks and I bushes until the officers reached the .plant and called for their arrests. Shirt Factory At Everetts Has 35 Women Employed ♦ e Opening this week, the • Everetts 1 shirt factory was said, today to be op erating very successfully, the report stating that the employees were gain ing experience rapidly and production was increasing daily. The plant, lo cated on the second floor of Jjie Cham pion Auto Company building, is now employing 35 workers, but it is un derstood that additional labor will be employed next week or soon thefe after. i ' Mice the workers are well experi enced in their work, the wage scale will average well over a dollar a flay, it was unofficially learned here. The plant, operated by Messrs. Rice and Rahil, has contracts fur its out put, it was stated here today. _? M == Hutchinson Denies Giving Up Lease of Local Hotel L. C. Hutchinson, proprietor of the Atlantic Hotel here, denied that he hgd\jurrendered his lease on the hos tetry, and stated that he would con- I tinue its operation. It was reported, under a Sejjna date line this week, that E. M. Gordy,"hotel man of that town, had leased the At lantic and would take charge tomor row,. but Mr. Hutchinson declared the report erroneous. ; Tool House oi Atlantic Coast Line Here Robbed Breaking into the .Atlantic Coast Line tool Ihouse near the peanut planF here some time last Wednesday night, thieves apparently equipped themselves to handle a safe robbery somewhere. A big hammer and one or two large bars were removed from the smalll tool house and carried away on a' truck. s, ~ The sheriff's office here made an in vestigation, but found no trace of the stolen tools and heard nd reports of further robberies in the county. • Roving Band oi Gypsies Questioned By Officers Traveling through here this week .with an infant apparently too white t obe of their stock, a band of gypsies was stopped and quizzed by officers. Thinking that the child might have; beven kidnapped, the officers question ed the leader the band, and after certificates were examined, the wan derers were allowed to continue on j their wsy. ■ I FIFTY FARMERS IN THIS COUNTY ASK FOR LOANS Blanks and Instructions Are Expected Latter Part of Next Week More than 50 farmers in this coun ty have asked for loans from the Fed- Ofal government already, it was learn ed from T. B. Brandon, farm agent, this week. But no loans have been made and none will be made before the latter part of next week, or until proper blanks aud instructions for ad vancing the loans are received by the Tounty agent, Mr. Brandon. Returning from Washington, D. C., this week, Dean I. O. Schaub, director of the State College Agricultural Ex tension Service, said: "lhe loans this year wil be avail able for farmers throughout the entire State they are unable to finance themselves. They will also be made largely through the county farm agent system and local communities as they were last year. In those coun ties having no agents, county commit tees will be set up with the counties bearing at least part of the expense.' Mr. Schaub said, the Extension Serv ice has no funds with which to finance the operations of these, committees. He indicated alio that the applications for loans will be scrutinized more care fully this year than they were in 1931. "W'e shall'urge farmers making ap plications for these loans to plan to make a crop this year with the least possible expense," said Dean Schaub. "The individual loans must be kept small, because at present there is only $50,000,000 to be loaned to farmers all over the United States, and the gov ernment is concerned that-these loans be made available over the entire coun try. Those obtaining the loans must keep in mind also that they must be paid back. The Dean also says that no loans will be made to any aplicant who has means of livelihood other than farm ing, nor to a minor. No loan will be made to any person who did not op erate a farm in J931. Neither will a loan be made to a person who will not agree to grow only 65 per cent of the acreage of cotton and tobacco . which he grew in 1931, with the ex ception of ti;e person who grew only 10 acres of cotton juuLthree acres of tobacco last year. In other words, said Mr, Schaub, the man who grew 20 acres of cotton last year must agree to reduce his crop by 35 per cent this ye*r before he will be permitted to share in the loan money. The same is true of tobacco. It he grew only 10 acres of Cotton, or three acres of tobacco, he will not required to reduce this amount further. The loans will bear 5 1-2 per cent interest and are secured by notes with a mortgage on the crop as collateral, i 1 he crop must be grown according to the instructions of the county agent. 1 he Dean said that as quickly as the necessary blanks are printed in Wash ington they will be forwarded to the county agents and the county tees.** He is at work now on the ma chinery of operating placement of the loans, ) SMALL ADVANCE IN PEANUT PRICE Norfolk Broker Says Price Would Go Up More If Nuts Kept Off Market •— - A stronger tone in the peanut mar ket was noted this week when the Columbian Company here offered as high as 2 cents a pound for certain grades. In the opinion bf one Norfolk Com mission merchant, the price of peanuts would advance over half a cent a ! pound if the holders would refuse to sell for 30 days. The commission house added, "The move.ment »of the 1931 crop has been but the market will not advance as long as holders continue to'supply the trade' at prices under 2 cents a pound for -medium-grede*.- 'There are fewer pea nuts in Suffolk than on March 1 of any year in the past ten." Two Cases From County Decided By Supreme Court ~ —» The North Carolina Supreme Court, making public a number of decisions j this week, i> und no errors in two cases heard in this county at the last. November term of Martin Superior Court. No decision in the ■* case brought by this and several other counties to recover gasoline tax funds alleged due them by the State, has been handed down so far by the high court . „ No error was f>und by the high court in the case in which the Stand ard Fertilizer Company was given a judgment in the sum of approximately ,{1,400 agsinat G. H. Summerrell, of Ayden, by the county court here. The court found no error in the case of Henry Edmondson versus W. B. Wooten, a suit for $l,lOO. " 11 CASES BY RECORDER HERE TUESDAY Only One Fine Imposed; Appeals Taken in Large Number Cases The county recorder's court was in extra session here last Tuesday, han dling eleven criminal, cases and a fFft minor civil actions, the greater part of the day being spent clearing the docket. Only one fine was imposed, and the defendant, along with several others in other cases appealed. Monnic Mobley was found not guil ty in the case charging trespass. Charged with violating the liquor laws,' Claude Davis was found not guilty. ~ * . Found guilty of an assault, being drunk and disorderly, Moses Coltrain was sentenced to jail for 60 days, and Johnnie ColtraTn was sentenced to serve 30 daps in the hoosegow. The latter appealed, the court asking bond in the sum of SSO. In.a second case, Johnnie Coltiain was found guilty of , carrying a concealed weapon and an j assault' with a deadly weapon. He appealed when Juttae Bailey sentenced i him td the roads for 0 a period of 90 1 days. Bond was required in the sum j of SIOO. j> Lester Whitaker, adjudged guilty of being drunk and disorderly -and car , a concealed weapon, was sen tenced to the roads for a period of 90 days. He appealed and was ordered tp give bond in the sum of SIOO. | The case charging Tyler Jatnes with manufacturing liquor was continued. William Kiley James was fjjund not guilty in the case charging him with manufacturing liquor. Adjudged guilty of violating the li quor laws, Chester Terry was sen tenced to the roads for a term of 12 months. He appealed and bond in the sum of SIOO was ordered. John Swiuson appealed when the court fined him $25 and taxed him with the costs in the case charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon. He appealed and the court failed to extract enough funds from the de fendants to pay its operation. Swin . son was required to give a SIOO bond. A nol pros resulted in the case charging Joe Harison with an assault and larceny and receiving. Rufus Gaynor was found not guilty of an assault. - George Taylor, de fendant in the same case, had not been taken. Several civil actions, were heard dur ing the day, but they were of minor importance and carried little interest. The court attracted large crowds during the early part of the day, giv ing the appearance of a regular super ior court term. i• BEAR GRASS HONOR ROLL 0 Thirty-Eight Students on List for Fifth Month, Recently Ended - g—■. S. M. L(Xi of the Bear Grass school, re|sWted 38 honor stu dents. in the several grades there dur ing the fifth month, recently closed, as follows; First jjcade: Naomi Brown, Evelyn B. Cowan, Olivia Rogers, Jeanriette Rogers. | Second grade: Nine Lee Britton, | Mary Lou Hodges, Elva Leggett, Lu | cille Jones, Elbert Harris, Harry ! Wynn", Billie Peele, Junior Wynn, Levi Harrison, Dennis Marion Bailey. Third grade: Anita Wheelis, Ka ' chel Ayers, Lissie Rogers, Jessie Ter ry, James Warreri lonef, Carried Dell Terry. Fourth grade: Albert Gray Bennett, Charlie Harrison, Evelyn Hodges, j Fifth grade,: Effie Davis eßritton, j Magdaline Harrison, Delia Mae Jones, Melba ifcrace I'eele, Lizzie Rogers, j Ruby Wynne. ~i- I Sixth grade: Elizabeth Bailey, Vada I Shaw, Bessie Mae Terry, Mary Bett Webb, Louallje Whitehurst, Cather ine Wynne. Sevtnth grade: Pan Peele; William Mizell, Louise Taylor. _ ii iiiiiiiiiiii f r > r !■ Usual Services at the Local Methodist Church Sunday By C. T. ROGERS, Pastor We are praying that God may bless you with health and strength for the Sunday service. If yap are happy, ! surely you want to go up to the "House of Prayer" on the Sabbath tor show your appreciation to God for His mpny blessings. If you are in distress of any kind, go up to the house of God on the Sabbath. God has promisee} to meet and help you. Many a sorrow, heart ache, pain and death would have been avoided through the following week had only the people served God ri glftly on the Sabbath. Members of the church have taken a vow to attend church on Sunday. Come on and help us make Sunday the outstanding attendance Sunday of the year so far. Services at the usual hours. Ehringhaus States Opinion On Issues [ J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS \ jlGfrSkr s .LAS' . V>v ' K Mr. Ehringhaus, an Elizabeth City attcrncy, is one of the several candidates for the governorship nomination this year. EARLY TOBACCO TRANSPLANTING APPEARS.LIKELY ■' 11 * Most Favorable Season for Plant Beds So Far . Since 1925 . > .-N> • Tobacco plants- are up and growing all over section,- indicating that all records for an early transplanting season will lie broken and a new high on? established this season. How-' ever, Weather conditions might 'change and delay an expected early "setting" season. Experiencing delays, can ed by un favorable weather conditions and short ages of plants, farmers in this section, as a whole, -have not had an ideal or an fiuiy transplanting season since 1925, when the crop was"transplanted and retransplarttetk. where -necessary before the month i>i April was spent. With weather conditions continuing as favorable to plant growth as they have been most of the present season, the growers-will star! their transplanting work earlier thUyar, or equally a-i early as they did-'in 1925, be lieved. Records shows that a quality crop of tobacco was raised that year. The plants are not very large at this time, but present indications point to a plentiful as well as an early crop of plants. "And what do you think about the size of th etobacc-o crop for 1931 ,in your setjtjon?" Mr. T. H; Slade, big Hamilton Township .farmer, was ask ed one day this week. "You can't expect a -very big de crease or even a small decrease where the-crop hardly averages two acres to the horse," he replied. " The crop will either have to be abandoned altogeth er or continued at about its present acreage," Mr. Slade believed. j . Family Day at Local Baptist Church Sunday Family day is being observed at the Baptist church at the morning service next Sunday. The plan is a very simple one. The pastor is asking that the membership of the church come to the service by families, and sit together in family groups in the pews. There ig nothing finer from the church standpoint than seeing entire family groups sitting together through out the service. It is believed that this will be 'an interesting service. And the membership is expected to be present in unusually large numbers. In. just four more Sundays Faster will be here. And for th|Ae pre-Eas ter weeks, the pastor iif' announcing a series of . special services calculated, it is believed ,to reach large numbers of people. The following Sunday will be Sunday school day in the church; (he next. Sunday will be church member day : the third Sunday will, be y&'ung peoples' day; while the services on Easter Sunday will be appropriate to the season. " ...» Presbyterians Announce County Services Sunday Sunday, February 28th, 1932. "The church with an open door." Church school at 10 a. in. Worship service and sermon at 11 a. *m. Bear Graaa school at 9:30 a. m, * Worship service and sermon at 7:30 p. m. .•' Roberson'a Chapel Sunday school at 3 p. m. ' Prayer meeting each Thursday night at 7:30 p. in- True aayings:i"A man is known by the company he keeps out of." Watch the Label On Tow Paper Aa It Carries tha Data Whan Your Subscription Expiree ESTABLISHED 1898 STRICT BUT SANE ; ECONOMY IS ONE iOF VITAL NEEDS , —57 • ! Favors State Support of 6- | Months School Term and Prope ty Revaluation Revenue provision should march sjor ernmental requirements, but the bond ed the State should not be increased except only if re quired to meet some pressing and un foreseen emergency, according to J. i I . B. Ehringhaus, of Elizabeth City, a candidate for governor of North Carolina, subject ""to the Democratic primary in. June. "A strict but sane is im peratively demanded, it is quite as important to find where we can save without loss of efficiency as to discov er new sources of revenue for spend ing. Proud as we are of North Car olina's social progress. _we. ftuist re-, member this can not precede, except for a time, material progress. A tax payer s dollar represents the patriotic contribution of the brain, labor, and sacrifice as welfas the 100 cents. | "No new departments should be es tablished, but rather let consolidations and- eliminations, where practicable, be the rule. Careful conservation of i the State's credit, including helpful supervision of local spending and bond | issues, is imperative. I regard the local government act of tlve last Gen eral Assembly as an .outstanding » achievement. j "The short ballot issue is dormant. 'A commission has been appointed to submit for popular consideration eith er a new constitution or such amend- ; ments as it might refcomrnend. We should await their report :md the will, !of the people in this matter, I "If elected -governor, I shall,insist ■ upon an immediate return to our long standing policy of quadrennial ias ! sessment. Real estate values are not | static, nor can an arbitrary or fictitious I valuation be justified. ' The way .must Lbe opened Tor a quick revaluation. 'There can be no valid objection to the tax books speaking the truth. I "In determining tax policies, equity, rather than exemption, should be our 1 aim. All oppressive shifting rather | than lifting of taxes should be avoided. I Full state support for the six-months I school term and as liberal *upport as our circumstances permit is pledged. [ As soon as conditions make relief of property from the 15-cent levy for six | months support equitfibly possible, I rshitH welcome that-, too, and urge its accomplishments. ; "To take tax off o(J,and and put it j (ill increased weight) rppn his back, | affords no relief to the average man, for the consumer pays the sales tax. To , lighten the load oL the landed proprietor, the owner ofpfofitable end luxuriou - i jty property, or resident or ' non-resident possessor of estates, at the expense of the impAurished lab i orer, the back-broken tenant farmer, and the hard-pressed 111 rchr.nt, does I not square with my ide: .. of equitable taxation. 4-—"I —propose anameiiumeni I constitution which will give" the legis lature the right to classify for such favorable consideration as it may de | termine, owner-operatvd farms of small areas —25 or 50 acres—and own j er-occupied homes to the extent of 1 the.homestead value with the provision to prevent duplications in the same occupying household. "My conception of the ideal .gov ernment is one which is administered in economical efficiency and support 'ed by an equitable system of taxa tion; which has a sense of proportion enabling it properly to appraise every demand upon its treasury or concern, . and which counts in the category of fundamentals,, the esaen". ial human needs to which it must minister, rec ognizing dependence upon agriculture and industry. "There should be continued insist ence upon our live-at-home program; an added emphasis upon tl.e profitable utilization of the v. a 'e areas in tim ' ber growing, game breeding, public hunting preserves; a definite move ment towards discovering new uses and new markets for products; a real effort towards reduction of the stag gering fertilizer bills; and develop a plan for cooperative, production. "This is simply the faith of democ racy. In it I was burn,, for it I have humbly labored,-by-it I am content to be judged," concluded Mr. Ehring haus. Local Fire Company Is Called Out Yesterday The local fire company was called out yesterday afternoon when an oil stove in the home of J. H. Roebuck in New Town got out of control and filled the house with smoke. No dam age resulted other than that caused by the smoke.