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Watch KM Label On T««r ig VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 22 TWO CANDIDATES FOR CONSTABLE IN JAMESVILLE Only 4\ of 18 Announcing for County Offices Have Filed So Far While eighteen office aspirants have formally announced for the various nominations, only 11 have filed their kiotkes of candidacy with the board of elections in this county so far, it was learned from Mr. Sylvester Peel, chairman of that body, yesterday. Mr. Peel is calling attention to all those who plan to file for an office to do so before next Friday midnight. After that time, it will be too late for one to file for an office. It it presumed that all aspirants who have formally announced their candidacies and have* n't filed up until this time will de so by next Friday midnight. Political activities this week in cluded one township contest, Messrs. R. Clarence Sexton and Joseph H. Holliday, of Jamesville Township, hav ing filed with the election board for the office of constable in that district. While the sheriff can appoint depu ties in the several districts, it is the general custom for aspirants to that office to offer themselves in the prim ary and election. In this connection, Mr. Sylvester Peel said, "It seems to me that it is more Democratic to ask for an office direct from the people with whom you live and whom you wish to serve than it is to get a com mission or indirect appointment." Those aspirants who would seek a constable's office will find it necessary to file before next Friday midnight. , The last legislature appointed sev kral justices of the peace, and since {then it it understood the governor ap pointed another, and as a majority of the appointments hold for a six-yeer term, it it not likely that any seekers of a justiceship will enter the prim ary or election in this county this year. 1 SCHOOL TRUCKS PUT IN STORAGE Authorities Guard Against Fire and the Theft of Truck Parts Forty Martin County school busses •re being stored this week in the Farmers Warehouse here, where they will be guarded during the summer moaths. Estimatd to be worth $20,- 000, the 40 trucks are insured against fire and every effort will be made to guard against theft of parts, County Superintendent J. C. Manning laid yesterday. The services of a night watchman has been arranged, and it is believed that minor thefts report ed in the past will not be experienced this summer. Chief Mechanic Coltrain, during the next five months, will inspect and make all needed repairs to the trucks, preparatory to use next fall. In addi tion to that work, the mechanic, with the superinendent, will inspect every plant in the county and make all need ed repairs before the schools are opened next fall. SECOND REVIVAL STARTS MONDAY -■ ♦ m Christians Announce Series of Sermohs Starting Monday Night Beginning next Monday evening and continuing through Sunday following. Rev. J. M. Perry, pastor, will conduct a series of revival services in the lo cal Christian church. Mr. Perry will be assiated by visiting ministers dur ing the week, Rev. Richard Bagby, pastor of the First Christian church, Washington, preaching the first serm on in the series Monday evening. Other ministers areexpected here to, take a leading part in the services, ac-j cording to Pastor Perry. Services will be conducted each eve- i ning at 8 o'clock during the week and Sunday, and the public ia cordially in vited to attend them. The Episcopalians are dosing a aeries of services Sunday evening. The Christians starting their seriei the following evening. The Methodists will then hold forth for a week, begin ning Sunday, May 22. ■ • Methodists To Have Only / One Service This Sunday C. T. Rogers, Pastor Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; Church service, 11 a. m. Becauae of the serv ices being held at the Epiacopal church there will not be any night service. No mid-week services will be held. All are invited to attend the services at the Christian church. Epworth League, Wednesday, 7:30. May we all be much in prayer in behalf of the services going on new and the aervices that will be held for the next several week*. THE ENTERPRISE Farmers Setting THREE-DAY FISHINGI In keeping with the practice el lowed in other counties, Martin County people can now legally en joy fishing with hook end line in • the creeks end other email streams of the county for three days each week, according to Warden J. W. Hines. From now until June 10, the beginning of the open period for fishing any day of the week, those who get a kick out of watch ing the cork may do so each Mon day, Friday, and Saturday, Mr. Hines said. FINALS PROGRAM AT LOCAL NEGRO (SCHOOLTUESDAY Shaw University President Delivers Able Address Bofer Large Crowd The exercises marking the close of the local colored schools here last Tuesday evening were of the highest order, reflecting a marked interest in educational activities on the part of the colored people in the community. In short, tht program and its rendi tion displayed a thorough training and an earnestness in educational effort un noticed here' before. For thirty minutes, James Howard Faulk, in his salutatory address, out lined the essentials in our training, and not once did he falter, but repeated from memory in a fashion that could hardly be expected of a college gradu ate. And, thank goodness, the boy mentioned honesty, punctuality, truth fulness and vision as the main essen tial to successful training. An ora tion by Lena Graham and the valedic tory address by Armaza Cherry were equally as good and delighted the spec tators crowding the auditorium. Coining here as the first Negro pres ident of Shaw University, Raleigh, Dr. William Stuart Nelson did honor to his race and made an address declared the best of its kind heard here in months. "Through service to fellowmen, one discovers the tource of joy," the speak er said pointing out to the members of the graduating class that they had great opportunities to render a valu able service to humanity. The university president, a gradu ate of Brown and Yale, and who stud ied in Germany for two years and a year in France, suggested three di rections the graduate must go. "The first purpose of life as conceived by a thinker years before the present Chris tian era began was to do things, to act. A second thinker later on agreed with the first, but said action must be guided by intelligence. Then Jesus came, and He said the purpose of life is to do things, guided by intelligence to render service to others," Dr. Nel son declared. Service to others was pointed out as the basis for happiness in all walks of life, that the rich turned to social serv ice for contentment. "It is the foun dation of aucceasful marriage and a substantial basis for nobility of char acter, for through service the finest characters are developed," he said. "But why," the Negro educator con tinued, "toil for it?" Answering, "be cause in building character one is pre paring a place in company with the greatest of human beings. In so do ing, it will give you strength and puri ty of body and of mind. Think not alone of short span of life, for what eternity will be is determined by the type of character developed here," the speaker adding that character can on ly be developed where service to one's feHowman is made the motive of liv ing. Hit ring Fishing Is About Over in Roanoke River Herring fishing on the Roanoke has. about petered out, the season as a| whole being almost a failure for the big seines and the little fisherman as J . well, according to reports received: here. As few as 40 herrings werej caught at one haul in the big seine at Jamesville yesterday indicating a sua-, pension of operations there very short ly even though the fisheries are al-, lowed to continue fishing until next Friday. Many rock are being taken from the stream at this point. Presbyterian Circle Meets with Mra. Z. T. Piephoff m> The circle of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church will m«et tonight at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Z. .T.J Piephoff- All members art cordially invited to attend this very important meeting. * j Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 13, 1932 of Section Are Busy Out Tobacco Plants LITTLE TALK OF BLUE MOLD IS BEING HEARD Unusual Plant Story Told In Pitt County; Other Plants Attacked Martin County farmers arc said to have advanced their tobacco trans planting very rapidly this week, some reports indicating that the decrease will not he as great as was first antici pated, others maintaining that the cut will be 50 per cent less as compared with the crop last year. Little is being said about the blue mold, and it is believed that the dis ease has temporarily "subsided after destroying virtually all the early plants. Farmers are now transplant ing their crops with very small plants, thinking that f'he practice will enable .them to get stands before:the disease attacks the beds again. Farmers are inquiring here and there in an effort to procure plants, and over in Pitt County conies a story, | patterned after a dream. Planting IS acres to the crop last year, a farmer over there is said to have been forced to abandon it because he was unable to' finance the harvest. The tobacco reached maturity, and, remaining un touched, the plants withered and died, the seed literally covering the ground. This year the seed produced IS acres of plants, and as the story would have it, that farmer who was unable to har vest his crop, has sold $1,500 worth of the plants to farmers all over the sec tion. Surrounding the field is a reg ular camp ground, the plant pur chasers stationing themselves on the spot to guard the precious plants a ' gainst thieves. More than 50 farmers have been questioned this week in connection with tobacco transplanting, and not one reported a full crop on his farm. ' A few have passed the half-way mark of their anticipated acreage, the ma jority reporting a 60 per cent reduc tion and more. In some communities, the farmers are reporting their plantings by rows and not by acres. Sheriff Roebuck reported 14 rows, half an acre long, were planted to the crop, and he saw little prospects for planting more. In the Hardens section, Mr. J. F. Jackson reported that a 50 per cent decrease was expected in the crop, and that the blue mold was attacking other growth, including tomato plants ' and beans. , No great damage is likely to result to the tomato crop, for most ' of the 'plants have been transplanted, ' he said. SERIES SERVICES TO END SUNDAY Large Crowds Hearing Rev Lilleycrop at the Church of the Advent Here Continuing a series of services in ' the Episcopal church here, Rev. W_. 'A. Lilleycrop referred to the Holy Communion as one of the greatest sacraments of the church, that through it a contact with God is established. jThe. minister explained at length the true meaning of communion, and stressed its importance in the life of 'every Christian. Details surrounding the Last Supper were explained, Mr. ' Lilleycrop saying that many are un ' able to understand the real signifi cance of the communion service. I Tonight, at the usual hour, 8 o'- clock, Mr. Lilleycrop is going to ' preach to both the young people and the older people, and he is inviting 'parents and their children especially to attend. • One more service will be held in the local church by Mr. Lilleycrop follow ing th cone this evening, and that will be Sunday night, it was announced. No preaching service will lie held in the church Sunday morning. Masons Enjoy Fish Fry at Jamesville Last Night I Thursday evening about 50 raera ! her* of Skewarkee Lodge, with a few ! invited Maioni, assembled at the I Fleming Fishery at Jamesville, where ; they enjoyed a real fish supper. Char lie J. Griffin was in charge of all ar | rangements, and with the ho*p of a I few friends had everything in perfect shape. - Phillip Blount, of Jamesville, chief cook, had stewed the rock and cooked |J)e rice South Carolina style, and when the guests had eaten about all they could, they thanked South Car olina for both styles of cooking. ' The members of the party expressed much pleasure in the outing and friend ly association while down on the banks of the Roanoke. PRESIDENT C. B. Martin, ton of Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Martin, of Jamesville, who was recently elected president of the Wake Forest College senior class. DEPOSITORS TO HOLD MEETING Planters & Merchants Bank Depositors To Meet In Everetts Tomorrow Planters and Merchants Bank de positors will meet in the Everetts school auditorium tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock when matters of import ance will lit discussed, it was learned here today. The State Banking De partment is asking that some dis position be made of the institution's old assets and old liabilities, and it is understood that a plan has been form ulated to meet the request. The liquidation of the old assets of the institution has been carried for ward. very rapidly and at the lowest cost ever heard of for liquidating,the assets of any bank. ' All depositors are urged to attend. CUTAWAY FORD HERE SATURDAY Interesting Demonstration Arranged by Williamston Motor Company Here One of the new Fords, especially designed by the Ford Company to show all the workinK parts of the mo tor and chassis, will he on display in the show room of the Williamston Motor Company here all day tomor row, it was announced by Mr. N. C. Green, manager, today. The car, cut half in . two, is an exhibit carrying much interest, and whether you plan to buy a car or not you will be ama/ed to see the machine. The car will be on display early in the morning, and will be here for the day only. Ma terial* used in the manufacture of the | bodies will also lx' on display for in spection. A sedan to be used for tion purposes was received by the 10-. cal dealer this week, and demonstra-j tions are now in order. It is believed that many people will visit the motor company here tomorrow to see the half Ford and to get a complete dem- i onstration of the new car. The public is invited. Officers Catch Two Men at Still in Free Union • ♦ Eaton James and James Rogers, colored men, were arrested early terday morning at a liquor still in the Free Union section of the county, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and Constable Sexton leading the raid. The officers jvere accompanied by Patrolman Bras well, who observed the chase. A 30-gallJti copper still, in opera ti6n when the officer* arrived, was'de stroyed along with a small quantity of liquor and equipment used in the manufacture of the spirits. ( NEW MAIL SERVICE^ Beginning next Monday a new mall schedule trill be in effect at the local postoffice, it was learned at noon today from Postmaster , Jhm T. Price, Who was instru mental in having the new service established (or local postal pa trons. Mail will be delivered here each morning at 1:00 o'clock except Sunday over a star route out of Rocky Mount. A last mail will be dispatched from the local office a« 7:30 p. m., making connections with the main north and south schedules now maintained on the trains. \ Service between this point and WMhiactM will be discontinued, I the new schedule taking the place ' of that rente and at the same time | improving the service. HENRY EVERETT, NEGRO, CHARGED WITH BURGLAR\ j Enters Kitchen of Mr. Billy j Gurganus and Steals 150 Pounds of Meat Henry Everett, middle-axed negro, ] was placed under a $5,000 bond by 'Justice of the Peace J. L. Hassell here j Wednesday afternoon when a burglar ; ly charge was preferred against him. Everett is alleged to have entered the kitchen of Mr. Billy Gurganus on j the Godwin farm, near Slcewarkey, about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night I while the family was sleeping. Going !to a rear window, Everett is said to have torn away two sets of boards | placed there by Mr. Gurganus to ' make a forced entry difficult. These [ were torn away, and once inside, the thief removed about ISO pounds of Choice meat and about pne-half stand 'of lard. I The theft was not discovered until about 10:30 Wednesday morning when I Mrs. Gurganus went to that part of the kitchen used to store meat and found several hams and shoulders ' missing. • Everett, who lives a little over a half mile away, was on the farm Tuesday afternoon aiding Mr. Gur ganus with a few farm chores. It is believed he investigated and planned the theft while wandering around the house that afternoon. Remembering Everett was around the house the aft ernoon before, Mr. Gurganus suspicion cd him, and called officers to make a search. Officers Daniel and Grimes started the search, but at first they had very little success. Continuing, they found a pair of shoes buried hack of the Everett home, believed to have been put there to make impossible identifi cation of the thief by his tracks. The shoes found there had narrow soles I while those Everett was wearing yes terday had wide bottoms. The man con tinned to maintain his innocence, and the officers were planning his arrest without further search. Chief Daniel's keen eye noticed that a potato hill in the yard hail been disturbed, and up on investigation, he found soft dirt, lie pushed a stick into the soft dirt and struck the meat. Everett admit ted stealing the meat, hardly realiz ing that the act committed under the particular circumstances, would lead to charges of burglarly. He is now in jail awaiting trial before Judge Paul Frizzellc her enext month. Articles for Open Forum Column Must Be Signed The Enterprise appreciate* articles written (or its open forum column, and eagerly awaits every opportunity to. offer expression to any one's views. However, following a reule. of long standing, and one that is almost uni versally followed, the publishers re quire all contributors to attach their signatures to such articles. Any name will he withheld from print by the publisher when so requested and se crecy is assured. The publishers 'Will gladly print the artcle sent in by "The Twentieth I 'ti tury Thinker," provided he forwards his name. John Whichard Hurt In Auto Wreck Yesterday I John n'an, was cut and bruised about the head, but not seriously, yesterday when his 'car collided with that of Cleveland. , Mitchell, of Aulander, on the Hamil -1 ton road, near here. Mitchell was I accompanied by his son and Auburn 'Jenkins, but none of them was hurt, i But both cars were badly damaged, it was learned here. | According to reports, Mr. Whichard 1 was coming out of the old Poplar 'Point foad and failed to see the Mit chell cat. —: Presbyterians Announce i Services In the County ——• True sayings: "What a mis is speak True sayings: "What a man is speaks more for the glory of God and i the blessing »f men than what a man ! does." ' Church school at 9:45 a. m. Wor ship service and sermon, 11 a, m. Bear Orass Church school at 0:30 a.Hi. Wor ship service and sermon at 8 p. m. Roberson's Chapel Church school at 4 p. m. Prayer meeting at 8 p. m. Thursday. Come and worship with us. We are always glad to have you. Slot Machines in Berlin Many ingenious slot machines are now doing in Berlin, Ger many. Besides machines for postage stamps, candy and cigarettes, there are outfits that deliver beer and liquor and an apparatus that gives up a "hot dog" with mustard and potato salad, and a contraption, that shoves out sn oiled paper umbrella which will pfQtect a person through one shower of rain. Jas. A. Everett Dies At His Home Here BASEBALL HERE? I ... V With a standing invitation from Elizabeth City, Edentott, and Windsor, local citisens are meet ing "In the courthouse here to night to consider the organisation of a baseball club and entering the Albemarle League, made up last year by teams from those three towns and Hertford. J, Messrs. A. T. Crawford and Mayo Grimes will have charge of the meeting tonight, and all local people and those in neighboring towns interested in entering a team in the league are invited to attend the meeting. SEARCH ENDS AS LINDBERGH BABE IS FOUND DEAD Decomposed Body Found Five Miles from the Lindbergh Estate Missing from his home two months and twelve days, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr., was found dead yes terday afternoon in a woods a few miles from the home of his famous daddy and mother. Reports carrying the grim news were discredited here at first, and it was not until after several accounts had been received that local people accepted the grue some story. Other than the facts that the baby was murdered and identified as the Lindbergh child, the reports differ somewhat. It is believed that the kid nappers took the life of the child short ly aftrer removing him from his home, and that they attempted to bury the body in the woods about 75 feet from a seldom-traveled road not more than five miles from the Lindbergh estate. The body, found by a truck driver who had'stopped his truck and stepped into the woods, was badly decomposed, only a few locks of the blond curly hair remaining on the skull. A'small shirt and a flannel Band worn by the child when kidnapped was found on the body. In the forehead there was a hole about the size of a quarter, an investigation proving that the child bad been struck twice on the head. A nation-wide search for the hideous criminals has already l>een startel, and a law making kidnaping a capital crime is being considered, it is under stood. 200 LOANS MADE IN THIS COUNTY Loans Amounting to $33,- 010 Already Approved for Martin Farmers Two hundred checks, averaging $165 each, have been mailed to Martin County farmers applying for loans from the Federal government* under the feed and need loan act, it was learn ed yesterday. Approximately 75 additional appli cations are now pending and'it is be lieved they will either be approved or turned down within the next few days. A goodly number of checks was mail ed to the applicants this week after they were recorded by Register of I leeds J. Sam Getsinger +iere. The two -hundred checks represent loans amounting to $.1.1,010, and it is believed that if all -the applications now pending are approved by the au thorities in Washington, D.'C., the total loans will represent approximat- Jy $40,000 in Martin County alone this year. Mrs, Lelia Eth/ridge Dies In Oak City Community Mrs. Lclia Etheridge, esteemed wo man of the Oak City community, died at the home of her step-son, Cicero Etheridge, there last week following an illness of weeks. Mrs. I&heridge was born near Oak City in 1861, and for years had made her home in this community. She was a widow, of Mr. J. R. Etheridge who died in 1925. She had been a patient sufferer for weeks, but was stricken with pneuomnia and her .physical weakness prevented her rallying. Fu neral and burial were held at the grave near Conoho church. Her only surviv ing relatives are her nephews and nieces, Mr. Lester Harrell and Mr. Ben Harrell and Mrs. Van Harrell, of near Palmyra. She also leaves several step-children, Mr. Johnie Etheridge, Hyman Etheridge, Cicero Etheridge, Mr». Fannie De Brue, Mr». John Col lins, of Kinston, and Mrs. Lizxie Med ford, of Tarboro. Mr*. Lclia, as the was called by her friends, will be great iy mined.—Reported, Advertisers Will Fnd Our CoV ama • Latchkey to Orer ftixteea Hundred Msrtb County Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 HOLDING LAST RITES AT HOME AT 3 O'CLOCK Deceased Was Member of Promient Family In This County James Arnold Everett; retired -far mer and one of the town's oldest cit izens, died at his home here on West Main Street yesterday morning at 8:(H) o clock. During the past fifteen years, Mr. Everett had suffered much with some kind of stomach trouble which greatly limited his activities, but even then he continued his interest in the happenings around his 4iome until about two ago when he was forced to remain in bed. He had been treated in some of the leading hospi tals of the country, hut with no great degree of success. 1 lie MI ~| the late Elisha Kverett and wife, Sarah Coburn Everett, Mr. Kverett was born on a farm in Poplar Point Township, near here, 72 years ago the 20th of last February, he be ing a -member of one of the leading families in this county. Early in life, Mr. Everett grasped the opportunities offered him by his sturdy parents, and his career on the farm was marked for its success. He never engaged in any other business, and he was one of the few farmers that made farming pay almost year in and year out. About 15 years ago when his health began to fail, he mov ed to Will.iamston with his family' turning his farm operations over to his son, Harrelh Hut since that time he always interested himself in agri cultural pursuits that were so dear to him from mere childhood on through the years. In 1891, Mr. Everett was married to Miss Roland (). Taylor, and she with five children, four sons, Messrs. James Robert, William Harrell, Joseph 11. and Warren Everett, and one daughter, Miss Margaret 1). Everett, all of Williamston, survives. Me also leaves four grandchildren. He was a member of the Conoho Masonic lodge, Hamilton, for a num ber of years, and 1 several months ago he affiliated himself with the Wil liamston Memorial Baptist .Church. Funeral services are being held from his late home this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, with his pastor. Rev. t'has. 11. Dickey, in charge. Masons of the Skewarkey lodge here will administer the last rites at the grave in the local Baptist Cemetery. RECORDER HAD BUT FIVE CASES Few Fines Are Collected in Any of the Courts These Days Five cases were called in the coun j ty recorder's court here last Tuesday by Judge Joseph/W. Bailey, the num ber being unusually small. Solicitor 11. -(). I'eel prosecuteM. The cases I called were of little importance, and | the session was attended by a com paratively small number of spectators. ' Jim Kiggs, jr., adjudged liuilty of ' larceny and receiving, was sentenced to the roads for a'period of 18 months, the last twelve of which were sus pended. However, Biggs did not like the sentence and appealed to the high ' er courts, Judge Bailey requiring bond I in the sum of S2OO. i James (iray was sentenced to the 'roads for a period of nine months I when he was declared guilty in the case charging him with larceny and j receiving. The case charging James Bullock I w ilh reckless driving, was nol prossed. I.ossie Purvis, adjudged guilty in | the case charging an assault with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to one mouth in jail. - I Leamau Beach and A. Z. Clark, young white boys, were sentenced to I 60 days each in jail on a larceny and receiving charge, the sentence to b«- ' gin next October. Rev. Lon Sasser To Preach for Baptists Here Sunday Because of the closing service in the Episcopal mission, there will be no preaching service at the Baptist church Sunday night. In this way the mem bers of the congregation will have op portunity to participate in the very ac ceptable service at that time. The Reverend Lon Sasser, Aulander minister, will occupy the pulpit in the Baptist church Sunday morning. This church, its pastor and mem bers, feel, very for the family of Mr, James A." Everett; and in this way, extend to them the prayerful sympathies «f the church group. . *
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