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Watch the LUtf Oft Yoor ~ Pwr Aa It- Carries tfa* Data Whan Yoor Subscription Kzpiraa VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 28 808 R. REYNODS SPEAKS TO BIG CROWD TUESDAY Condemned Prohibition and Scored Mr. Hoover and Senator Morrison "Political campaigning, or slinging the "hooey" on a large scale as some would call it, was brought to a close in this county last Tuesday' night when the Honorable Robert Reynolds advocated his candidacy for the Unit ed States Senate nomination before a packed courtroom here. And he made a corking good political speech, one that wu appealing in defkil from start to finish. He scored President Hoover, con demned prohibition, favored the pay ment of the bonus, attacked the unfair distribution of wealth, opposed the 1 war-debt holiday, damned Senator Cameron Morrison and favored a measure guaranteeing bank deposits, all to the delight of the large audience, estimated at 650 with more than half the number coming from points out side the county. After his well directed attack against the Republican administration, he pointed out what would result if all war debts were cancelled, declaring that every person in North Carolina would suffer a loss of $740. He pledg ed his efforts for the passage of a law making bank deposits safe and making possible the restoration of confidence. The subject dealing with the repeal of the prohibition laws was handled in a masterly way, so squarely did he center the fence that both the drys snd the wets applauded his nearly every statement. "Prohibition has never prohibited, does not prohibit and never will," the silver-tongued orator declar ed, adding that it has debauched youth, created hypocrites and raised taxes to a point where they are intolerable. Humbly pleading his cause with the large audience, Mr. Reynolds denied he is fighting for liquor. He recogniz- .[' ed liquor as a damnable thing and would oppose the return of the open saloon. The trouble is confined to the law and not to the judges and officers, he explained. And then he cited the case of President Hoover brother-in law who was caught with a sack of liquor on his back out in California some time ago. "If the officers had known who the man was, they would have run the other direction, and then the judge returned a verdict of 'not guilty,' expressing the regrets of the court that the defendant had been em barrassed," Mr. Reynolds jokingly said. "The taxpayers are losing mil lions every year on account of the law," he continued. Mr. Reynolds would take control of liquor already here, take tax off land and put it on liquor, and "unless that is done one cannot own land," he ex plained. "Prohibition has built up the greatest criminal element this coantry to be found in the world. Civ ilisation is disgusting, for we worship money. One's social standing is measured -by money, the house in which one lives, the sutomobile in which one rides," he declared, pointing out with emphasis the fact that he was riding in an old Ford. "Love and cleanliness of heart have little to do with the social stand nig," he said. In conclusion, he gave Cameron t Morrison the "horse laugh", statihg that be had the Senator running so fast that he could play a game of cards or checkers on his long coat tail as it straightened out in the breeze. "I am going to win in the first primary, for this precinct and that precinct through out the State will go for me," Mr. Rey nolds said in ending his speech, one that reminded the voters of old-time political campaigns. Mule and Buildings Burned on Godwin Far Near Here Local and county officers yesterday were working on the second arson caae | of the week, the stables on the Charles j Godwin farm, near here, having been mysteriously burned last Tuesday night. A mule, a quantity of corn, and other feedstuffs, valued at several hun dred dollars, were burned. • Sterling Williams, tenant on the farm, showed officers tracks leading to and from the barn, and it is believed that some one went there to steal chickens and accidentally dropped a match and fired the hay trash around tbe barn. Several men have been Ques tioned but no arresta have been made. Flea Beetles Damaging Plants in Granville Fields Granville County farmers are find ing that the tobacco flea beetles are following infested plants to the open field and are giving considerable trou ble. A Profitable Investment » Since 1867, when the United Statja. purchased Alaska from Russia for SB,- OOtyMO, minerals, fish, and furs valued at more th* w have been takea from the territory. THE ENTERPRISE I BLUE MOLD AGAIN 1 Bin* mold, or a aimilar disease, ia aaid to be attacking garden plants in thia section, several thre at home practitioners reporting heavy damage done to their cab bage and collard plants. In addi tion to /that damage, it ia aaid the beetles and bugs are thriving off the vegetables. The disease ia not threatening a complete destruction of the gardens, according to relia ble reports, but it ia noticeable in many gardena. Chief of Police W. B. Daniel exhibited a fine cab bage [that had been attacked by the diaease thia week. RECORDER HAS SEVEN CASES Tuesday Docket Is of Little Interest to Those Out side the Court • Seven cases were called in the coun ty recorder'a court last Tuesday, the docket being of little interest outside the realm of the litigants. Teddy Jackson, adjudged (piilty in the case charging him with disorderly conduct and resisting an officer, was sentenced to the roads for a period of two months. The sentence is sched uled to start the 14th of this month, Jackson being at liberty until then un der a SIOO bond. Ollie White, colored man, was fined and taxed with the costs in the case charging him with violating the liquor laws. The case charging Claude Peel, Daw son Corey, and Sherman Peel, all col ored, with assaults with deadly weap ons, was continued one week. A nol pros resulted in the case charging Clyde Silverthorne with be-' ing drunk and disorderly. Lucian Bellamy, reputed large-scale' bootlegger of Robersonville, was found not guilty in the case charging him ' with violating the liquor laws. Prayer for judgment was continued in the case charging Robert Williams with non-support. •Alton Sawyer, the man who is al leged to have left his wife in Colum bia and ran away with a young woman' of the same town, was sentenced to' the roads for 15 months. He appealed the case, the court requiring bond in, the sum of S4OO. COUNTY BOARD MEETS MONDAY: Will Receive Tax Lists and Consider Postponing Tax Salea Another Month The foundation for 1932 taxes in the J county will be established here nextj Monday, when the county commission crs, in regular session, receive the prop I erty lists from the 10 townships in the county. A decrease is expected, opin ions differing as to the amount of the drop in property values this year as | compared with 1931. And then the board will find it nec-' essary to dispose of the tax situation;• that is, sell or don't sell. It is believ- I ed and expected that the county com- 1 missioners will again postpone the sale, ' i but there is some doubt just what the 1 town authorities will do in connection with the overdue tax sales; > ! Of course, the poor are exp&ted to visit the county officials as usual, but ! now that summer is here, the number | of appeals for charity is expected to decrease. • - Presbyterian Meeting To Close at Bear Grass Sunday The usual services will bit held in Williamston. Church school at 9:45 a. m. and the worship service and ser j mon at 11 a. m. J The daily vacation Bible school that • has been in progress for two weeks at I Bear Grass will come tcr a close ,Fri i day night when the various depart , ments will take part in the commence i ment service. Some 80 or 100 boys and girls have been attending this school daily, walking for miles to at tend. They therefore, request your presence at their commencement serv ice. Sunday night at 8 o'clock, the meet ing that has been in progress at the church will draw to its close. Hun dreds of people have met from night to night enjoying the slides from China, Japan, Korea, Africa, Mexico and Brazil and the gospel messages brought by Rev. F. M. Dick, of Ahos kie. You are urged to attend the closing service. Church school will meet at 9:30 a. m. Rober*on's Chapel Church school wilt be held at 4 p. m. Lincoln Farmers Mixing Their Guano At Home Lincoln County farmers are mix ing their fertittxeri at home from ma terials purchased for cash. Good re salts were secured from this practice last season, they say. s Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 3,1932 PROPERTY LISTS SHOW $76,286 LOSS IN 3 TOWNSHIPS Cross Roads Reports 4 1-2 Per Cent Decrease in 1932 Property Values There Martin County property values for the year 1932 continue to tumble as the listings are turned in here, two townships reporting a drop of nearly $40,000 this week. Goose Nest, the first district to report, shows a loss of $37,469, making a total decrease of $76,289 for the three townships, Pop lar Point, Cross Roads and Goose Nest. Poplar Point, with a SIOO gain in real values and a decrease of $8,096 in persopal property values, reports the smallest decrease which is 2 per cent. The disastrous fire in Everetts several weeks ago represents the greater part of a $6,504 loss in real values in Cross Roads Township. In addition to that, the district reported a decrease of $24,- 320 in personal property, the totals representing a loss of 4 1-2 per cent, of the listed values last year. The per centage decrease in Goose Nest was about 3 per cent of the 1931 listed val ues. The 1931 and 1932 listings and the resulting losses in the three districts are, as follows: Township 1931 1932 Losa P. Pt. $ 385,335 $ 377,339 $ 7,996 C. Rds. .... 707,116 676,292 30,824 G. Nest 1,469,112 1,431,643 37,469 $76,289 Other township list-takers are sche duled to turn in their lists at the regu lar meeting of the county commission ers here next Monday. Indications are that the decrease in values! will be around $500,000. TRASH PILE FIRE CAUSE OF ALARM —• — Stink Floats Over Town as Garbage Heap Belches Forth Fire and Smoke ~ •»*- ■ The local volunteer fire company was called out early this morning when fire broke out on the town trash dump, near the river hill. The' unsavory smoke and the bright blaze sent the firemen and a large number of their followers hurrying to the scene. No damage was done, but vigorous pro tests against the dump will likely be made to the commissioners. Officer Allsbrooks, making his reg ular rounds, saw the blaze from the warehouse section, and before inves tigating he turned in the alarm. A large fire appeared to be burning and the apparatus was carried out in a I very few minutes. A return was or dered and this morning the stinking trash heap continued to burn. Several fires have broken out in the , dump heap during the past few months and they have been looked upon as j orphans are looked upon, the street department calling them to the at tention of the fire fighters, and the fire | department calling them to the atten tion of the street department. The ! fire company was as the dump pile about three weeks ago and put a fire • burning there at the time under con ' trol, but another one and a ht» one at that broke out last night there. Judge Smith's Answer to News And Observer's Questionnaire Mr. J. C. Smith, declared Democrat ic nominee for the House of Represen tatives from this county, clearly stated his position this week when questioned on problems of major importance and ones that are now facing the next legislature. The questions propound ed by the News and Observer and Mr. Smith's answers follow: 1. Do you favor the removal of the 15-cent State tax on property for the six-months school term? A. Yes; I favor the removal of the 15-cent State tax on property for the constitutional six-months school term, regardless of what other sources -may be substituted, and mainly for the rea son that property seems to be no long er a dependable source of revenue. 2. If you favor the removal of the tax, what other forms of taxation would you substitute? A. It is impossible, at present, to foresee what businesses will be pros-| pering and income producing during the biennium beginning June 1, 1933; but I suggest increase on franchises, excess profits, and tax on the earn ings received from all classes of bonds, both state and local, and possibly elec tric current. . ~ - _ J. H a salts fax appears necessary, would you favor (a),a tax on non essentials, sometimes referred to as a luxury tax, or (b) a general sales tax? LEIGON'S JUNIOR TEAMS IN FIRST GAME TUESDAY Williamston Registers Win Over Jamesville Boys in Interesting Contest I Two of the three proposed American j 1 Legion baseball teams went into action | last Tuesday afternoon in Jamesville, , ; when the local juniors defeated the I i Legion juniors of that town by a 5 to '4 score. It was the first game of the season, the boys on both teatms mak ! irig creditable performance in the init ! ial try-outs. j A third Legion junior team is being considered at Robersonville, and the best players of all the nines will be formed into a team to meet other . county teams later on in the season, it is understood. 1 The young boys are in line tor some enjoyable and profitable recreation this | summer, and there is room for a few i more who were not 17 years of age I before the first of this month, Charles Davenport, manager of the Jamesville nine said yesterday. This afternoon the Jamesville boys are playing the locals here, and any support accorded the teams will be welcomed. Gardner pitched a good game for the Jamesville lads Tuesday, Peel go ling all the way on the mound for the | locals. Anderson showed up well for I Williamston, making two 1 hits and two 'runs. There is some promising niater | ial on the two squads, ' and Gardner ; has a future before him. The box: Williamston AB R H PO A E Rose, cf 5 0 0 0 1 0 Peele, p 5 0 1 0 4 0 Anderson, 2b, c 4 2 2 5 5 0 ! Bowen, 3b 5 10 114 Rhodes, If "3 0 0 1 0 0 Hassell, rf .1110 0 1 Martin, lb 4 0 0 12 1 I ' Malone, c, 2b .3 0 0 8 1 1 Williams, ss ... 4 1 10 10 Totals 36 5 5 27 14 7 Jamesville AB R H PO A E Tlolliday, rf, p 4 0 12 10 C'offield, If 5 0 0 2 11 Williams, ll> 5 117 0 2 , Gardner, p, ss 4 2 3 0 11 I (iaylord, 2b 5 1 0 4 3 tl i FTardfs6fl, 31)-* 4 0 1 1J 1 Blount, cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ange, ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 t Reason, ss 1 0 0 0 1 1 Corey, rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 , Walters, c 1 0 0 9 1 1 L. llardison, c 10 12 2 0 Totals 37 4 7 27 13 7 Score by innings: RH E jamesviljp ~l 000 101 020—4.7 7 Williamston \ 000 201 110—S 5 7 1 Full Program Arranged at Baptist Church (or Sunday ♦ A full program of church activities will be carried through ""at the Bap tist church Sunday. Beginning with the Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock, there will follow the morning church service, which, on this day, will lie turned into a service of appreciation for Mrs. Fannie S. Biggs, whose worth to the church and community is so well understood as to deserve special notice. At this serv ice there will be floral decorations, special music and many interesting tributes. At 8 o'clock in the evening the pas tor will preach, following the sessions of the B. Y. P. U. And to all these services the public is invited. IS AGAINST LAND TAX; IN FAVOR OF REVALUATION Against Sales Taxes, But Believes Them To Be Inevitable A. I do not favor any kind of sales tax, but in my opinion a sales tax will i be the inevitable if the State budget , is to be balanced by legislative action. ■ I would prefer a tax on non-essentials ■ first, but not a narrow and unfair to ■ bacco tax such as was suggested in the 1931 session. I would support a ! general sales tax if absolutely neces i sary. In my opinion, the Federal gov ernment already excessively taxes to i bacco. 4. What economies in State Govern- I ment do you favor?. , ; A. I favor every possible economy ,' that can be effected that would not • impair efficiency, including elimination , of non-essential bureaus, departments, •' and employee*. | S. Do you favor any reduction in , appropriations for public schools? • j A. In my opinion this question has i no place in your questionnaire, since ' no gane man would favor any reduc- I Complete Arrangem Receiving Returns Saturday Nearly all the poll holdera in the county have agreed to count the first three contests on the state bal lot, namely, for the short and long term for the United States Sena torial nomination and the race for governor, first, and then turn to the county ballots. If the poll hold ers find it convenient to adhere to that method, returns should start breaking between 8 and 9 o'clock. In any event, the Enterprise bul letin boards will be put to use just as soon as possible, and primary WAR WIDOW TO GO TO FRANCE Rosa Roberson, Colored, Is First From County To Ask for Free Trip ♦ The first application made in this ! county for a special pilgrimage "pass port to France was filed in the clerk of court's office this week by Rosa Rob«(rson, colored, of this place. She plans to leave here week alter next to view the grave of her husband, who was killed in France during the World War. Her expenses will be paid from this point anil back by the Govern ment, but she will have to travel third class, it is understood. A number of Martin County boys were killed during the war, but few of the bodies were left in foreign soil. Mothers whose sons rest in cemeteries of France and widows whose hus bands are buried there are given a free trip to the battlefields and American cemeteries over there. It is under stood they can take other members of the family along with them, but the Roberson woman is leaving behind her 12-year-old son and other relatives she might have. Will Spruill Charged with Burning Harrison Barns Will Spruill, llyde County negro, was arrested in Washington Tuesday -awl i*-- h«4ng -Uvhl in tluc- county... jaiL here in connection with the burning; of the J; K. Harrison stock barn, near Bear (irass, last Sunday night. Spruill, who had been in- the Bear (irass sec tion at intervals during the past 12 or 18 months, denied the charge. | No charge has been preferred a gainst the man, hut he is being held pending a further investigation of the lire last Sunday night. Several peo ple in the Bear Grass section are said -to have recognized him near the scene of the fire, his actions just about the time the blaze was discovered appar ently creating suspicion. Aurora Section Starts Shipping Irish Potatoes Large shipments of irish potatoes were started from the potato sections of Beaufort County around Aurora this week, prices for first shipments quot ed at $2.50 a barrel "at the shipping centers. A good crop is reported in that section, and the price is consid ered fair. Ij will he about ttvo weeks before growers in this section start digging their crop, but as usual no large acre age is pUmted to-the potatoes in this ' immediate section. tion in appropriations - ior public schools, but it is my opinion that those who have given the subject mature thought will agree that we will be forc ed, temporarily, at least, to eliminate many features that are now not abso lutely essential ami reduce the cost of the operation of our educational insti tutions and in this manner adjust our expenditures to our present earning ca pacity. I would under no circum stances favor any reduction that would impair the efficiency of our education al institutions. 6. Do you approve the present con stitutional tax limitation of 6 per cent on incomes, or do you favor the aboli tion of this restriction to clothe the North Carolina legislature with au thority such as ia vested in Congress and in the legislatures as all the other states of the Union which levy in come taxes? A. No; I do not approve of the present constitutional tax limitation of 6 per cent on incomes. I favor the abolition of this restriction in order that the legislature may increase such levies, and in all cases- apply common sense and reason. 7. Do you favor a proposal to value and" fax' fofjlgn siocki on the" same basis that houses and farm and busi (Continued on page four) farts will aid the undertaking by keeping in mind that a large rote or even a medium one will make impossible very rapid returns. The precincts have been earnest ly asked to forward the returns of each important contest as soon as the count is completed for the in dividual contests, and Vhere this is done an unbroken chain of in formation should find its way to the publishing concern's office. The public is invited to be on hand for the returns. FARM BUILDINGS BURN LAST NIGHT Third Mysterious Fire Re ported in the County This Week | A third rather mysterious fire of the week was reported in this county last night when the ham, stables, and pack | house on the Spencer Lcgxett farm, several miles from here, were burned. I Turyice Heath, tenant operating the (arm, believes that the barn was acci dentally fired by thieves or through 'malice, but he nor Mr. E. H. Hotter |son, owner, were unable to understand .why any one should wreck the prop erty. The buildings, valued at about SSOO, were burning rapidly when the fire was ! first discovered. Eighty barrels of corn and 350 bales of hay were burned, j running the loss up to around $1,000." The two mules generally housed in the stables were left in the lot and were not burned. It could not be learned 'whether there there was any insur ance carried on the property or not. 6 LICENSES TO MARRY ISSUED Number Marriage Licenses Has Dropped from 24 In January To 6 Six marriage licenses were issued in the county last month by Register of I Deeds J. Sam petsinger, the number | being about the same as those issued for the two previous months. Since I January the number of marriages in I this county has dropped from 24 to 6, j the records of the past, three months indicating that the. depression has a hout reached bottom in the marital realm. ■(* The whites vied the colored last month (or the first time since last De cember, fiTur of the six licenses" last month having been issued to white couples. Names of contracting parties dur ing May are as follows: J ■ White John H. Gurganus and Bettie I-eg gett, both of Martin County. I Jos, S. Bailey, of Martin, and Alma Whilehurst, of Beaufort County. - I Jno. U- Wihlman, of Martin, and YVilina Clendenen Brown, of Hyde Counjy. | Wheeler Briley and Ethel Whitaker, both u( Pitt County. Colored . ' Charles C. McGlona, Hertford County, and Elizabeth Congleton, of I Martin. j John Wilder and 'Roxie Everett, both of Martin County. * HEAVY VOTING IN STATE EXPECTED Arrangements Being Made To Haul Voters To the Polls in This County «. l.ast-mi|iute developments indicate there wiW be a comparatively heavy vote cast in thin county tomorrow, ar rannements now heint? made here ««d there to have tliany voters hauled to the polls in the various precincts. Sev eral Reynold* supporters have already filled their «as tanks ready for tlie contest tomorrow, and it is reported that other aspirants' supporters will crank up for jitney service during the day. One of the latest votes ever polled in the State is predicted for tomorrow, and it will he late in the night before a definite trend of the outcome can hardly he established, it is believed. The heavy vote predicted in the State is based on the large number of boun ty contests. » Local Young Man Sails For Visit To Europe Cecil G. Taylor son of Mrs. Henry Taylor, left Chapel Hill yesterday for New York where he sailed on the Rotterdam today for 9 trip abroad. Mr. Tjrytor, an titimrctor lit the Uni versity of North Carolina, will sp«nd the summer traveling in* France and Germany. Advertiser* Will Fnd Our Col ons a Latchkey to Ortr Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 WOMAN'S CLUB IS SEEKING GIFTS FOR CLUB ROOMS Big Miscellaneous Shower Is Planned by Members For Next Thursday By CLUB REPORTER The following invitation has been is sued to every one in town and a most cordial welcome is extended to all: "The Woman's Club of Williamston invites you to a miscellaneous shower on Thursday, June 9; at the club rooms —from 4 to 6 o'clock. Refreshments will be served." Articles desired by the club: 12 table cloths, all sizes; 36 dish cloths; 48 cup towels; 33 chairs; 79 ice tea spoons; 34 ice tea glasses; 64 individual des sert bowls; 95 salad forks; 35 dessert plates; 5(1 punch cups;- 63 bread and butter plates; 4 platters; 2 water pitch ers; 4 butcher knives; 4 cover pots, 5 or 6 quart size; 4 baking pans; 2 roast ers; 4 large mixing bowls. Gifts of money appreciated. Any gift you may select will be greatly appreciated and will enable the club to render more efficient service. \\ e arc confident thtat you will enjoy this meeting and wish to assure you that we have - endeavored to form an entertaining program for you. The program consists of yry pretty mu sic, both vocal anil instrumental num bers, and ttie social committee has planned a most appetizing menu for i refreshments. The annual meeting of the club was j held on May 26, 1932, at which, time the new officers began service. Mrs. .James Grist Statou, retiring treasurer, 'delivered the books, they having been {audited by Mr. Norman Harrison, to 1 Mrs. George H. Harrison, the present treasurer. As a retiring gift, Mrs. Staton presented to the club a hand isonte 12-column journal, most grac iously expressing her pleasure at hav ing been able to render the club serv ice in the capacity of treasurer. I There are 49 members of the local 'club. The records show that the re ceipts for the preceding years, the club having been organized in September, J1925, amounted to $4,096.10, and the I receipts lor the past two year*, tho ■ 'duration of Mrs. Staton's treasurer 'ship, amounted to $1,393.24, seeming |ly a most favorable comparison. The J expenses incident to the treasurership I were defrayed by the treasurer. I The welfare department, of which j Mrs. L. It. Harrison serves as chair ■lman and Mrs. YV. C. Manning assist ant chairman, is to be greatly com-, mended for its service to both the com jmiinity and countyr Last winter when I children were coming to school most j scantily- clad, in fact many children j would have been forced; to stop school I had they not received clothing from some source other than by their par ents, it was the welfare workirs of the Woman's Club who came first to their rescue, and many were the children and families who were furnished with warm and comfortable clothing, as well as food. Not only did they beg for the needy, but they saw that food and clothing were furnished. During the months of December, January, February, March, and April food and clothing supplies were purchased in the amount of $312.75.. In this con nection, the club is greatly indebted to the Boy Scouts, as they exhibited a most cooperative spirit in collecting clothes and homing -vrramls in their rtisual Courteous manner. ' The sale of Government sugar en abled the club to clean the'cemetery, together with the appreciable favor of the town by furnishing motor truck ami driver to expedite this work. The amount received, from the sugar w'as $75.25. $41.25 of this amount was paid 33 men for cleaning the cemetery. Not only did the town receive benefit by the cemetery's improvement, but the men who were jobless were greatly benefited. Coo, while cleaning the cemetery, tlm»ugh the auspices of the club,-*the Williamston Supply Com pany and Murracy and McCabe, local lumber concerns," kindly donated more than 100 markers for the graves. $lB of the sugar money was expended for groceries and sl6 "I, for clothing for school children. One who is not a member or has no contact with 'the club and its work has no idea, nor can they imagine, its great work and help to the communi ty. Many school books have been purchased for children who otherwise would have been forced to stop school. The club has also furnished much med . icine to people in dire need of same. W. A. Jenkins Exhibits Bunch oi Potato Onions Unusual specimens of the''potato, or bunch, onions were exhibited here this ' week by Mr. W. A. Jenkins, local gardener. Five good-si* ed onions, grown together, were removed from one hill. Each onion ha* > top of lt» own, and the bunch grow* in a circle. [ an area two miles long and one mile I wide near Harriaburk in Cabarrus County by the recent hail storm.