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VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 56
Preparing
Collect Seed Loans
FARMERS OF THIS
SECTION LOANED
AROUND $25,000.00
Number of Martin Farmers
Paid Their Loans Before
They Came Due
While a few of the farm seed loans
advanced to fkrmers in this county a
few months ago by the government
have been paid, collections are now
just beginning to get under way, ac
cording to information received here
today. Approximately $25,000 was
advanced to farmers in this county
during the early planting season, and
it is believed that nearly all the loans
will be settled within the next month
or two.
The division has just recently an
nounced its policy for the collection
of loans. Under the schedule as an
nounced, farmers who borrowed from
the government will sell their peanuts
as soon as possible, the government
allowing the grower to retain $6 a ton
on all the peas sold. He will be al
lowed to keep all the hay, but should
he sell any pr all of that feed, the
proceeds are to be used in discharg-|
ing the debt. The farmer can either |
sell his cotton as soon as it is pre-,
pared for market, or he can hold it in I
bonded warehouses where it will bei
graded and insured for the benefit of:
the secrtary of agriculture, under,
iwhose supervision the loans were made j
The seed may be retained by the grow-,
r to offset bagging and ginning costs,
and in addition to that he will be al
lowed 80 cents a hundred pounds, or
about $4 a bale, for his own use, the :
remainder going for the discharge of
the debt.
All buf TO per cent of the money re
ceived from the sale of tobacco is to
be applied on the debt, and in those
caaes where the government has a
lien againat the'crop, the farmer should
inform the weigher to that effect, giv
ing the number of his loan that proper
credit may be given.
According to reports coming from
Government agent* or collectors, all
borrow*" are cooperating splendidly
in the payment of their loans, and it
is believed that many loans will be
settled before they become due.
ARREST TWO FOR
GASOLINE THEFT
Young White Men Charged
With Gasoline Theft
At Hassell
Raleigh Roebuck, • Nathan Wynn,
and J- 0. Wynn, young white men of
Cross Roads Township, were placed
tWtjef S2OO bonds this week by Mayor
C. L. Nelson, of Hassell, for the al
leged attempt to steal gasoline from
the tank of Salsbury Supply Com
pany in Hassell last week. They will
be called to answer the charge at the
next term of superior court conven
ing here Monday, September 19. „
Using a small force pump equipped'
with several links of rubber hose, the
boys are said to have gone" to the sup
ply company's tank Friday night and
were getting ready to pump gas from
the tank into three five-gallon cans
when they were seen. J. W. Eubanks,
employee of the company, went to the
scene and shot toward the boys. Two
of them jumped into their car and
started away, but they had gone hard
ly more than 200 yards before the
gas supply ran out, and they started
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The first arrest was made later when
Roebuck reported to Chief Gray at
RobersoitYille that his car had been
stolen. ' A warrartt was held for his
arrest at the time, and the other two
boys were later taken into custody.
Many similar thefts have been re
ported in the county during recent
months, and officers believe there are
others ccnnected with the boys. ~
•The defendant Wynn is said to have
been ignorant of the theft plans, he
having been invited to take a ride
with Roebuck.
Announces Sermon Topic
at Local Baptist Church
"Keeping Up Religious Appear
ances" will be the sermon subject at
the Memorial Baptist church StNiday
morning at 11 o'clock.
This church welcome* back to the
community the many school teachers
who are arriving here this week-end.
Aa4 it also extends an invitation to
the tobacco men on the local market
to worship with the membership dur
ing their stay in Williams ton.
Beginning Sunday week this church
will go back onr a full schedule of
activities, resuming the evening wor
ship hour at that time.
THE ENTERPRISE
f THE WEATHER -
The weather aquaaaed its way
in aa a converaational topic this
week even though tobacco waa
selling high locally. It waan't the
heat or cold but the drop in the
mercury from 105 in the ahade
Wednesday of laat week to below
70 degreaa in the ahade on Wed
nesday of thia week that cauaed
so much comment
Today the weather hingea be
tween summer and fall, and it is
very pleaeant.
The drop in the mercury ia de
clared one of the moat marked in
so short time recorded in many
years, the change being the re
sult of a tropical storm sweeping
up the Atlantic coaat.
URGE HANDLING
ALL CLASSES OF
MAIL ON ROUTE
Government Asked To Pro
vide Complete Service or
Put Two Trains Back
Proposed arrangements for handling
only first class mails and only certain
classes of mail matter over the Nor
folk-Wilson and return star mail route
are meetnig with much disfavor among
patrons along the route, according to
information received here this week|
Delegations have called upon Congress
man Lindsay C. Warren at his home
in Washington asking that the car
riers handle all classes of mail, but no
definite arrangements have been made
other than for the limited «erv()ce.
Bids are now being called for, and
will be opened the 20th of this month,
but they are being made with the un
derstanding that only first-class mat
ter is to be handled over the route.
According to reports reaching here,
the people along the route wiH ask
that the two Norfolk-Southern trains
from Raleigh to Norfolk be put back
into operation if a complete mail serv
ice is not provided by bus.
Unless the service includes all
classes of mail, local postal patrons!
and others along the line between herel
and Tarboro will get packages ad- (
dressed to them about 8 to 10 hours
later than they would if the service
included all classes of mail. Manyj
objections to the limited service have
been entered by local patrons, it is'
understood, but it is believed the gov-|
ernment is planning to make no ar
rangements for the handling of parcel
post other than that marked special
handling. Replies received here this
week to objections entered to the cur
tailed service stated that it would be
almost impossible to handle all classes
of mail over the route speed was
vitally necessary in making proper
connections and that the handling of
parcel post would make it next to im
possible for the carriers to maintain
regular schedules.
'Patrons located at points along the
Norfolk Southern will get parcel post
direct to them before noon each day,
it is understood, but patrons here and
others between here and Tarboro
will not be serviced until the return of
the afternoon bus from Plymouth to
T arboro.
TO CONSOLIDATE
RURAL ROUTES
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Inspector WiH Make New
Survey of Territory
Next Week L
Preliminary arrangement* for the
consolidation of the five rural free de
livery route* into four will be made
next week, it wai learned yesterday
from Postmaptr Jesse T. Price. Sev
eral changes aYe being considered by
the postal authorities, but it it not
known that all of them can be suc
cessfully effected. A preliminary sur
very has been made and according to
the routings outlined therein several
miles will be eliminated, which, of
course, might mean that the service
for some few patrons migh? be im
paired.
While it is almost certain that R.
F. D. Wo. 1, handled by Mr. J E.
Harrell until his death several weeks
ago, will be consolidated so as to be
handled by the other four R. F. D.
carriers, definite arrangements will not
be made until after the inspector com
pletes his investigation. He is sched
uled to make a new survey of the ter
ritory beginning some time next week,
afid offer recommendations to the
proper authorities.
In the meantime, Darrel M. Price,
substitute carrier, will continue trav
eling R. F. D. No. 1.
Williarnston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 9, 1932
WEEK'S AVERAGE IS WELL OVER 10c
SUITS GROW OUT
OF ACCIDENT AT
UNDERPASS HERE
$36,000 Asked as Result of
Death of Heber Baker
Three Years Ago
A suit for $36,000 damages, claimed
to have resulted when Rev. Heber
Baker, Holiness preacher of Green
ville, was killed at the railroad under
pass here three years ago last month,
has been instituted against the Atlan
tic Coast Line Railroad Company by
Mrs. Minnie Baker, adminisrtatrix,
and is scheduled to be heard by Judge
Paul Frizzelle in Pitt Superior court
ne,xt Thursday. Several witnesses
have been summoned from here to ap
pear and testify in the case.
Baker is said to have suffered a
broken neck and died instantly when
the car, a Ford sedan, driven by a
young man named Williams, struck
the railroad bridge support about mid
night of AuKust 3. 1929T Williams
was badly but not seriously hurt in
the accident.
According to information received
here, the plaintiffs are basing their suit
on the grounds of unlawful obstruc
tion of the public highway. Other
charges will be preferred against the
company in connection with the case,
it is understood.
A suit instituted by young Williams
is now pending against the railroad
company.
Williams said shortly after the ac
cident that he and his partner left
Greenville after II o'clock on the night
of August 3 to go to Aulander, where
they were to take part in a camp meet
ing the followin day, and that he
failed to see the bridge support in the
middle of the road, running into it
head-on while traveling about 30 or
3$ miles an hoMr.
NATIVE AFRICAN
TO SPEAK HERE
Has Addressed Large And
Appreciative Audiences
Throughout Country
A native African, Rev. Dr. C. F.
Checlzzli, will lecture this evening at
7:30 o'clock in the local Christian i
church, using "Christ of the Black |
Sheep in East Africa," as his sub- 1
ject topic.
A graduate of Oxford University, '
England, the minister-educator spoke
to a small but appreciative audiece
in the Methodist church here last eve
ning, and his hearers were so well
impressed by the man they are plan
ning to hear him again tonight. He •
speaks only one-half an hour, and ac- I
cording to reports received following i
his lecture of last evening, -local peo
ple will find him unusually interest-1
ing and highly educational. His au
diences are limited to white people, it
was stated.
Durng the past several years, he
has addressed large
out the United States where his lec
tures ha»e been well recivd by many
thousands. No charg is made, but a
free-will offering is solicited. •>
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One Preaching Service at j
Christian Church Sunday
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There will be only one preaching
service at the local Christian church
Sunday, the pastor preaching at the
11:00 o'clock hour. In the evening
the pastor will preach in Hassell
where he is conducting a series of
services.
Sunday school will convene at the
usual hour, 9:45, and all young men
and women leaving for college next
week are especially urged to attnd.
A very cordial welcome awaits the
newrcomers to our town.
Pastor Announces Services
at Local Methodist Church
♦
C. T. Rogers, Pastor
Sunday school at 9:4s—"Starts on
the minute."
Preaching services at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.
Epworth League, Monday, 7:30.
Holly Springs
Service at 3 p. m.
Now is the time to put into prac
tice those good resolutions. Let Sun
day be our "rally day" for Sunday
school and church. We are going a
bout our business and school work
with a new interest and determina
tion to do better. Why neglect the
spiritual side? It is the main factor in
all of life.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray Goodmon and
son, Ray Jr., are here today from Roa
noke Rgpids making arrangement* ti
make their Itbine in Williamston.
Tobacco Redrying Plant
Here, With Number To Be Increased to 300
Tha economic stress under which
many families in this community
have been giving for the paat
months was greatly relieved with
the opening of the W. I. Skin
ner Company tobacco plant here
a few daya ago. Nearly 200 peo
ple, many of whom had been with
out work for some time, were
placed on the pay roll of the com-,
pany thia week, and arrangements
tire being made to increase the
number of workers to 300 or more.
Along with the return to em
Vacation Days End
For 2,600 Monday
FIRE CALL )
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The local fire company was
called out shortly after the noon
hour today when a tobacco barn
belonging to Sam Jonea and Her
bert Cowan burned on their farm
back of W*tta Grove.
The barn and its contents were
destroyed by the blaze, and an
other barn was threatened by the
fire, but no grtat damage resulted
to it.
The loss "is estimated at sbout
S3OO. It could not be lesrned
whether insurance was carried.
The barn ia one of a few to have
been burned in this immediate
section this year.
9 CASES CALLED
BY RECORDER
LAST TUESDAY
Several Sentences Meted
Out; Many Cases Deal
With Stealing
Nine cases were called in the coun
ty recorder's court last Tuesday, Judge
Joseph W. Bailey imposing several j
substantial sentences. Nearly half ofj
the cases had to do with larceny and,
receiving. ,
William M. Rogers,, adjudged guil-,
ty of larceny and receiving, was sen-|
tenced to the roads for a period of,
six months. Rogers appealed to the i
higher courts, bond being required in J
the sum of $l5O,
William Daniel was sentenced to the
roads for six months when he plead-'
ed Kiiil'y in the case charging him
with larceny and receiving. In »n-|
other larceny and receiving case
was found guilty and sentenced to the
roads for a period of two years, the
last 18 months being suspended by the j
court upon the good behavior of the,
defendant.
l'leading guilty in the case charging
him with violating the liquor law*; 1
George Andrews ordered to pay,
a $25 fine or go to the roads for 60
days.
The case charging Willie Gardner
with an assault with a deadly weapon
was heard and continued. I
Lester Terry was sentenced to jail
for a period of 15 days when was found
guilty of operating a car without the
proper license.
Herman Farmer was sentenced to
the roads for 60 days on a similar (
charge as the one preferred against
Terry. * I
Calvin Coburn was sentenced to the
roads for two months when he was
adjudged guilty of an assault with a
deadly weapon and disorderly conduct.
Charged with larceny and receiving,
Lucy Jones was sentenced to, jail for
12 months, the last 10 to be suspend
ed upon the good behavior of the de
fendant during the next two years.
Local Boys and Girls
Register in High School
On* hundred and thirty-nine young
boys and girls registered this week
for work in the local high school be
ginning the 1932-33 term next Mon
day, it was announced by Principal
Wm. R. Watson yesterday. The reg
istration can hardly be completed be
fore next week as many of the chil
dren in the rural section found it in
convenient to make special trips to the
school to outline their courses of
study. The principal beleived that
the complete registration will reach
the 185 mark.
Strictly informal exercises will
mark the opening of the schools here
next Mowtay at 9 o'clock, and the
public ia invited to attend.
ployment of ao many workers
comes sn increaae in buainess ac
tivities that ia described aa very
marked by many business houses
and firms here, clearly indicating
that the tobacco market and its al
lied industries'are the main piUara
in the economic life and atructure
of the town and community.
While the wage acale variea, it ia
understood that many of the stem
mers are receiving more than a
dollar a day for their labor snd
TEN SCHOOLS OF
COUNTY READY
TO BEGIN TERM
Small Increase in First Day
Registrations Expected
In County This Year
, Vacation days for more than 2,1)00
elementary and more than 600 high
school pupils will end next Monday
morning when the gongs of 10 of the
12 eight-months schools in Martin
County mark the opening of the 1932-
.13 term. Arrangements for the open
ings were completed this week when
principals of all the schools met here
and agreed upon various policies to l>e
followjed in operating the instruction
al institutions during „the coming
schoo year.
Wh le a slight increase in the total
enroll] tifnt is predicted for the opeif
ing this year, it is believed the in
crease will not he as large as it was
last year, when the number was 10
p. r cent greater than it' Was for tlfe ,
opening the year before. In many
of the schools, the enrollment will in- |
crease as the term progresses or as the
harvesting of crops is completed. Lo
cal officials at Farm Life and Hear
Grass, believing that a large percent
age of their children would be held ,
at home to assist in the preparation
of tobacco for market, decided this
week to delay the opening of those ,
two schools until- Monday, Septem-i
her 19. Dardens, Jatnesville, William- (
ston, Everetts, Robersonville, Par
inele, Hassell, Oak City, Hamilton,
and Gold Point wil open for the new I
term next Monday, September 12.
Last year 704 children enrolled in |
the local srhools opening day, 529 reg- J
istering for work in the elementary
department, and 175 in the high school. I
These figures were slightly increased
during the first few days following
the opening.
Teachers in the local schools will ,
hold their first meeting of the term f
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
high school kuilding whep room as
signments will he made and other de
tails handled.
Forty trucks serving the rural sec
tions and serving the schools have
been delivered to the drivers, but no
meeting of the truck operators will be
held tomorrow as was first planned. |
Superintends Manning stated yester
day that the drivers would be called
here within the next few days for a
meeting,
In an effort to improve the work
in the local high school, officials are
planning one-hour recitation periods
instead of the 45-minute period sched
ule followed in the past. The one
hour recitation periods are widely
used and are endorsed by the State
Departmnt of Education, Principal
William K. Watson said this week.
The instructional opportunities in
the local high school have been great- f
ly increased this year when domestic
science will be offered pupils in the (
eighth and ninth grades. Mils Ora
Finch, for the past five years domestic
science teacher in the Franklinton |
schools, will have charge of that
course here this coming term. The
materials and equipment have been
bought and are now being installed
in the two rooms rooms provided for
that work.
Hoke Smith Liquidating
Old Banking Institution
The task of liquidating the old Far
mers and Merchants bank was this
week turned over to Mr. Hoke Smith,
agent of Wilson. Collection of notes
and other papers due the old institu*
tion has already been started, but it
is not known juat how long the work
'will continue.
that the payroll of the one plant
is releasing several thousand dol
lars of cold cash into commer
cial channels here weekly. It is
not known just how long the em
ployment will continue, but it is
believed and hoped that opera
tions will be under way for some
time.
The plant has been working
night and day during the past few
days, and the sound of the whistle
gives encouragement to hundreds
of people here.
JAPANESE INSECT
LIKELY TO REACH
SECTION IN 1933
To Consider Establishing
Quarantine In This and
Other States in 1933
Hugs, weevils, worms, Hies, beetles,
i ticks, grasshoppers and . insects in
■general* have caused much damage to.
farm crops all over the country fur
months and years, anil now comes the
Japanese hettle, an insect new to this
section that threatens to do possibly
a greater damage than that done N by
all the others combined,, according to
reports sent out l>y hug men up in'
Washington.
It is predicted that the beetle or
hug will hit the section next year as
a few of the advanced agents have al
ready made their appearance in l)ur-;
ham, Winston-Salem and Raleigh. |
The beetle might become a serious |
pest to growers of cor A, beans and
many other garden erop4 especially if
North Carolina is placed in the tpiar
quinine district. . The areas alreday
under quarantine on account of the
hug include the entire states of Del a
'ware, Conecticut, New Jersey, Rhode
Island, District of Columbia and parts
of. Maryland, Massachusetts, New
'York, Pennsylvania altd Virginia. A
public hearing has been scheduled for
October 4 in Washington City to con 1
sider the advisability of extending the
'quarantine to North Carolina and sev-J
eral other states next year. The hear- j
ing will be before officials of the
bureau of plant quarantine, it was an
nounced by United Sjates Secretary j
'of Agricultiire Hyde. If the quarau ,
tine is established in this'stater North j
j Carolina farmers will not be able to'
ship certain commodities to other
' sections of the country, il is utldei
ystood.
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Presbyterians Announce
I Services in the County
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| Sunday, September 11, 1932:
i At Willianiston, the church school
will meet at 9:45 a. in and the wor
, rfhip service and se.rnioj,r will he at II
a. m.
i Bear Grass
j Church school at 9:JO a. ni.
.I—Worship service and sermon at 8
p. in.
Roberaon'a Chapel
Church school at 4 p. in.
Preaching afterwards. 1
"Send your child to Sunday school
i and insure your family against atlie
ism for another generation."
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Parmele School Will
Reopen Next Mohday
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"Present indications point to an in
, creased enrollment —over -t4ra* of last
year," Principal L. B. Wynn, of the,
Parmele schools, said this week while
commenting on the scheduled open
ing of the 1932-33 term there n«-xt
Monday. The school will formallv
open at 8:45 that morning, it was an
. nounced.
The satne faculty, Miss fissie Jor
dan, Mrs. Lester Crofton, and* L. B.
' Wynn, will again return to the school
I this year.
' All beginners who will (have at- (
tained the age of (> years by Januaryj
; 1, 1933, are eligible to enter the first!
' grade. All pupils are requested to (
bring their used books in order to fa
cilitate exchanging and checking,
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Explains How He Grows
Crop
"I used Standard fertilizers and sold
on the Willianiston market," Mr. 15.
T. Smith, Goose Nest farmer
ed following one of the best sales r£*
i ported in the bit so far this sealtJn.
, Mr. Smith and his brother sold 472
i pounds for an average above 30 cents
• this week. He used Standard's special
: 7-2 1-2 -4 cigarette tobacco grower,
; he said, highly recommending that
brand for raising quality tobacco.
Advertisers Will Fnd Our Col
nma a Latchkey to Over Sixteen
Hundred Martin County Homes
ESTABLISHED 1898
PRICES HIGHER
TODAY;EXPECT
AVERAGE OF 12 c
Cotton Picking and Peanut
Season Likely To Delay
Marketing of Tobacco
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While sales have been unusual! light
on the local market 'this year, just as
they have been on other markets
throughout the Bright Belt, the sea
son so far has been very
ing to farmers in this section. Up
until today, the market had sold 170,-
(»00 pounds for a resulting
average of $1(1.54 a hundred pounds,
it was officiate announced by Sales
Manage* Pritchard today. With ap
proximately 50,000 pounds of the gold
en weed on the floors today, a slight
gain in prices was noted, the estimated
average being around 12 cents.
hveii though the prices are not
high, they are so much higher than
they were lust year that farnlers gen
erally are well pleased with their
sales. "Few complaints have been
heard, and the is
really enlightening' as well as en
couraging alter all these months and
vears of the so-called depression.
A late marketing season is now al
most certain. banners are busy with
their cotton picking ahd pe'snut dig
ging time not far away, and the
handling of the two crops will delay,
preparations for marketing of tobac
co. However, sale's are expected to
gradually increase as the season
progresses, but no unusually large
sales are in view for the next several
days or weeks, it is believed.
Taking into consideration the short
crop and the forced delay in marketing
activities, the market here is ahead of
its record fur last season, and the
prospects are bright for a very suc
cessful season even though the crop
is short fifty per cent or probably.,
even more than that.
TAX COLLECTION
HERE IMPROVES
County and Town Officials
Order Delinquent Lists
Advertised October 1
With the advertisement of the coun
ty delinquent tax li-t scheduled for the
first of October, tux collections in this .
county are goiug forward very
ly now, it was learned from the office
of the sheriff yesterday. The activi
ties in the Collector's office have lagged
during much of the summer, but the
payments are increasing so ' rapidly
now that there is real encouragement
the sheriff said.
( arils are being mailed to those who
owe 19.11 taxes, and when the list is
advertised lite first tit nrxt-month, it
is believed that there will be fewer
parcels of real estate advertised than
there were last year.' But October 1 is
the deadline, the commissioners hav
ing delayed the advertising and sale,
as long as they are allowed to under
the law. Payment now or' before Oc
tober 1 will mafce extra expense and
embarrassment unnecessary.
-The town will also davertise its de
linquent tax list the first of next month
in accordance with the law, and al
ready collections activities are increas
ing in the office of the treasurer.
Everetts School Ready for
Term Opefiing Monday
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Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the Everetts school next
Monday morning, Principal I). N. Hix
announced today. ■ —
The ten teachers, a.-ven elementary
and three high school, will hold their
first meeting of the term tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock - in the school
building. e / * ,
Professor Hix pr. diets an enroll
ment of .550 pupils for the opening,
when patrons and friends are cordially
invited to attend the exercises.
Rev. Mr. Shue Accepts Call
to Everetts Baptist Church
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""Recently accepting a call to the Ev-_
eretts Baptist fhurch, Rev. Mr. Shue,
of Wake Forest, will deliver his first
sermon there Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock, it was announced today. The
new pastor will fill" nfgular appoint
ments there in the future, and it is
hoped that the membership .will greet
him upon his arrival. The public is
invited to hear him.
Edgecombe Farmers Sell
$18,870.46 Worth of Stock
Edgecombe County farmers have
sold $18,870.46 worth of livestock and
poultry through their local lfc»wtock
association during the past year.'