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Watch the Label On- Tour Paper Aa It- Carrie* the Date When Your Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 57 698 CHILDREN AT OPENING LOCAL SCHOOL MONDAY High School Registration Increased Over Opening Day Figures Last Year An auspicious opening marked the beginning of the 1932-33 school term here yesterday, when 698 children re ported for the instruction, the number being 8 less than the opening day fig ures of last year. Poverty is believed to have held nuny children of elemen tary school age at home, and Princi pal Watson expressed the opinion yes terday that the total enrollment would be materially increased' as soon as these children find it possible to at tend. T)he Ihigli „school enrollment was Increased by 10, bringing the number in the last four grades up to 182, with about 10 or IS more expect ed to register this week and next. The elementary enrollment dropped from 529 on opening day last year to 516 yestefday,» but this loss will, in all probability, be more than offset when all the little folks find it possible to attend. With the children of the two schools assembled in the high school build ing, Rev. Z. T. Piephoff led the de votional service, followed with talks by Mayor R. L. Coburn, Attorney E. S. Peel and Editor W. C. Man ning. The little folks had a huge task outlined for them by the speak ers, but throughout the program a marked seriousness was noted, making the opening one of the most success ful here in years. Following the joint exercises, Jhc children and teachers repaired to their respective rooms, where assignments were made and foundations for a hard year's work were laid. Enrollment, by grades, was an nounced by Principal William R. Wat son yesterday, as follows: Grade 1, 83; firade 42; grade 3A, 35; grade 38, 39; grade 4A, 43; grade 48, 41; grade SA, 48; grade 58, 37; grade 6A, 25; grade 68, 25; grade 7A, 25; gra4e 78, 44; Total, elementary school, 51S. Grade BA, 24; t grade SB, 35; gnwU 9, 51; grade 10, 36; grade 11, 36; to tal, high school, 182. Grand total, both schools, 698. Former Gak City Man Loses Life in Michigan «, Oak City.—Mr. Moses Whitley, of Roanoke Rapids, and formerly of Oak City, was killed Friday, September 2, in an automobile accident near Kala ' mazoo, Mich., it was karned here this week. Mr; Whitley was en route home from visiting his son, Jasper, who lives in Kalamazoo, The car in which Mr. Whitley was riding, together with Mrs. Whitley and three grandcildren, was struck by another'car at a crossroads about 3 miles out of Kalamazoo, fatally injur ing him and seriously hurting Mrs. Whitley. The other occupants escaped with minor injuries. The body was brought hack to Ro anoke Rapids Tuesday of last week, burial taking place in a local ceme tery Wednesday, Mr. Whitley was well known in this county, as well as in Pitt and Edge combe, and his death will come as a shock to his many friends. Surviving, besides his wife, are three sons, one daughter, and seven grandchildren. • Fire Company Answers Call Here Last Saturday The local fire company last Satur day answered its second call in as many days when sparks from a chim ney fired the roof of the small tenant house belonging to D. G. Matthews and occupied by Sim Smith, colored, on Railroad Street, near the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station. Only a few shingles were burned, and the resulting damage was small. Local Colored School Is Overrun by New Pupils The local colored school was lit erally overrun yesterday,* when an en rollment of 476 children was report ed, 406 in the elementary department and 70 in the high school. A3 many aa 80 children were reported in one room. Principal E. J. Hayes stated that the enrollment yesterday was greater by 80 pupils lhaa for the first day last year. Miss Eveljrti Harrison left yeater day for Durham where she will spend a few days before going to Urbana, Illinois, to study during the next year in the state university there. ISO Farmers and Farm Women Make Tour More than 150 farm men and women in Stanly County made a farm study tour last week and inspected extension work with poultry, dairy cattle, hogs, ai>4 general crops, as conducted by O. H. Phillips, county agent. THE ENTERPRISE Official Figures Market at Top Although sales have been and continue to be very light on the local market, general satisfaction ia very much in evidence, farmers being well pleased and a spirit of encouragement and hope be ing noticeable aa the seaaon ad vances. Prices, while they continue a bout the same, are said to be a lit tle stronger this week than they were last, the market reporting an unofficial average this morning of a little under 13 cents. Approx imately 35,000 pounds were on the floors here today. SPECIAL. OFFER 1 I J Girl* and boys going to the var ous college* this fall will enjoy keeping up with the happenings back home through the columns of their home paper, The Enterprise. Twice each week they can review the event* taking place in the old home town for the small sum of of $1 during the college year. And it will be juat like a letter from home. See that your *on or daugh ter are kept in touch with local happening* by placing a subscrip tion today. URGE HUNTERS GO BY RULES OF SAFETY FIRST Proper Handling of Guns Will Hold Down The Number of Accidents In going to the woods this fall and winter, hunters will do well to bear in mind the following warnings: "Don't carry your gun put together in automobiles, wagons, etc. It's the 'unloaded' gun that,shoots, too! Many states have laws against carrying un xa&ed guns in automobiles. "Don't shoot your gun after putting it together until you have looked thru the barrel or barrels and find it clear. "Don't pull guns through fences; carry them over the fence with you, keeping the muzzle pointed away from yourself and others. If a breech load er, open it before crossing. "Don't set, your loaded gun against a tree or leave it lying on the ground if you have dogs about when you stop to "rest; they may knock it down or step on it. "Don't lay your loaded gun down in the bottom of a boat; picking it up sometimes causes it accidentally to discharge and shoot the bottom out. "Don't shoot your gun after fall ing, climbing a bank, or walking over newly plowed ground until you have examined the barrel. "Don't let your gun muzzle point toward water, for if the gun is fired •with muzzle under water.'it Witt e** plode in most cases. "Don't shoot a movement—it may be a man, cow or other livestock. Be sides, every sportsman not only wants to see his game, but hit it in a vital spot. "Don't shoot at game until after you have assured yourself that no other living creature, house, barn, or other such property is in the line of fire." Local Masonic Lodge To Hold Meet Here Tonight ■ ♦ After a month and a half of inac tivity, meetings scheduled during the month of August have been dispensed with on account of the hot weather, Skewarkei. Lodge of Masons will re sume work with its regular meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the lodge hall. Members are urged to attend and vis iting Masons are cordially invited. - Mrs. E. M. Mendenhall Died Near Here Sunday Mrs. E. Melton Mendenhall, 26 years old, died at the home of 'her father, Hyman Cowin, in Bear Grass, last Sunday morning of pneumonia. She had been ill for a very short time. Mr. Mendenhall and one daughter survive. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon, and interment was in the Cowin burial ground, near the home., JQS. R. Harrison Grows Sweet Potato While the dry weather is *aid to be cutting down the yield, some farmer* in the county are reporting lizeable sweet potato crop*. /Mr.Joseph R. Harrison, Poplar Point Township farmer, dug a few la*t week, tome of them weighing ss much as two and one-half pound*. They are sizeable potatoes for this early in the season. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 13, 1932 Acooiding to reports received here, Williamston is maintaining one of the highest market aver ages of any in the state, one small er market leading by a few points. Light* sales are anticipated throughout the next few days, with the possibility of a slight increaie the latter part of this week or some time next week. Dry weather is making grading work and marketing difficult just at this time, and in addition to that farmers are busy with their cotton picking and other farm duties. LARGE CROWD AT TOBACCO MEET MONDAY NIGHT Make Arrangements For a Second Canvassing In This Section W r ith more than 100 business and professional men, tobacco warehouse men, buyers, and a number of farm | ers in attendance, the cause of the j Williamston tobacco market was great jly advanced at a booster meeting held' I here last night. The meeting gave ! evidence of a strong cooperation frtr ! the advancement of the market and I community, and is considered as a | strong foundation upon which a large I market can be here. The desire to help aWI tlhe spirit of cooperation foutKf'liNßßrfc year were expressed time I merchants, warehousemen, others, giving rise to a I ture for the local market"aSfp^jjj^i I Arrangements were made at tW meeting held last night to conduct a second campaign through parts of this and surrounding counties during, the next few days. Individuals of fered the use of their cars and their own services, and a worth-while can vass is assured Sales" Supervisor Pritchard is mapping out the various routes and much territory will be visited. It was a general get-to-gether meeting, with everyone taking part and with one accomplishment fore most, —that of advancing the Wil liamston Tobacco Market and the wel fare of everyone. ATTENDANCE IN HIGH SCHOOLS # Large Increase Reported in This State During the Past Few Years Of the 639 pupils enrolled in the high schools of Martin County during the 1930-31 term, more than 100 failed to attend classes regularly, according to infortfialion carried in a recent is sue of, State School Facts. That year there were 83 young boys and girls graduated in the several high schools of the county. During the same term 122 colored pu pils were enrolled in the high schools provided for them by Martin County, iand 97 of them were regular upon their classes. Nine were graduated that term. f More than 109,500 white children were enrolled in the high schools of the state that year, 14,889 of the num ber completing the courses of study that spring. There were 16,672 col ored children in the high schools of the state -that year, 1,9Q3 graduating tst spring. • j • Only One Case Heard In County Court Monday + j Only one case was called in the county recorder's court yesterday, Judge Bailey imposing a $65 fine on Harry Bowen in the case charging him with reckless driving. The time for holding the court was canged whfn Judge Bailey found it necessary to be "but \>f« town «today. The county tribunal will not hold an other session of court until the first Tuesday in October, as the superior court will be in session next week and the week following. * Mrs. Adolphus Mizelle Dies Near Jamesville * Mrs. Adolphus Mizelle, formerly Miss Lona Ange, died at her home in the Poplar Run community of Jamesville Township last night follow ing an illness of only a few days' dura tion. She was about 40 year* old, and is survived by her husband and one daughter. Funeral services are being conduct ed from the late home this afternoon, and interment will follow in the Ange burial ground in the Angetown sec tion. REGULAR TERM SUPERIOR COURT BEGINS MONDAY Sixty-four Civil Cases Have Been Placed On The Calender for Trial ♦ ■ - Sixty-four cases have been placed on the civil calendar for trial in the Martin County Superior court conven- Tng here next Monday for a two weeks | mixed term. Many of the cases have been scheduled for trial at previous i terms, but for one reason or another they were continued. A goodly nurn ber of n£w cases appear on the cal-1 endar, and the tribunal will do well jto clear three-fourths or .even one-1 half the issues from the docket dur ing the term. Probably one of the most import ant cases on the docket is that of Mr. I Edgar Johnson against the Foffler | Boney Transfer Co., of Wallace. Mr. Johnson, a Robersonville man, is suing for $25,000, charging in his complaint that through the negligence of the truck operators he was permanently I and seriously injured in an autorno- : bile-truck collission between Wilson' and Goldsboro last November. For' several weeks following the wreck, ,Mr. Johnson was not expected to live, Wilson hospital attendants who treat-1 et himi stating at that time there was I little hope of recovery. Mr. Johnson will be represented by Attorneys J, C. Smith, of RdbersonviHe, and Hugh G. Hsrton, of Williamstpn. The calendar carries the following civil cases: Wednesday, September 21; Johnson 'vs. Transfer Co., et at; Mattheiyji-Xli Jones; Fleming vs, Myers. ' Thursday, ' September 22: Davenport et al vs! Davenport (2 cases); Parker vs. Railroad; Smithwick vs. llolliday et al ((> cases ; Bunting vs. Craft; Wjlnn yi, Andrews et al. Friday, September 23: Walters vs. Barnes; Fertilizer Co. vs. Bailey et al; F'ertilizer Co. vs. Cobb; Hafgrave vs. Roebuck ?t al; Land Bank vs. Rober son et al; Taylor vs. Street; Chemical Corp. vs. Vanderford; Credit Corpor ation Vs, Gurin. I Monday, September 26: Bank vs. Roebuck; Matthews vs. Bell; Rubber | Co. vs. Brown et al; Perry vs. Gur -1 ganujj; Corporation Commission vs. Hines; Corporation Commission vs. I Harrell; Everett et al vs. lligdon et 'al; Edmondson vs. Griffin et al; Rog j ers vs. Thigpen; Coltrain vs. Man j ning. Tuesday, September 27: Martin vs. I Barnhill, Everett vs. Dees, Rhodes & I Co. vs. (iurkin; Fertilizer Co. vs. Ab ernathy; Fertilizer Co. vs. Sutton; ! Fertilizer Co. vs. Brady; Fertilizer j Co. vs. Morris; Fertilizer Co. vs. Hus ton; F'ertilizer Co. vs. Mills; Fertilizer j Co. vs. Nordon; Harrison Brothers I vs" Had ley et at; Chemical Co. vs. ! Gardner; Fertilizer Co. vs. Koonce 'et al. i !* Wednesday, September 28: Ahge et al vs. Bullock et al; F'ertilizer Co. vs. Nicholson: King ef al vs. Slade; Har j rell vs. Bank and Trust Co.; Fertilizer I Co. vs, Hicks; Fertilizer Co. vs. Skin ner; Fertilizer Co. vs. Gaitley; Fer- I'tilizer Co. vs. lumis; Fertilizer Co. vs. Allen; Fertilizer Co. vs. Williams . et *l - September 29: Fertilizer Co. vs. Daughtry; Fertilizer Co. vs. 1 Matthews; Keel vs. Keel; Fertilizer Co. vs. Oakley; Fertilizer Co. vs. An- I thony and Bank; Brown 'vs. Simmons; Fertilizer Co, vs. Gore; Fertilizer Co, vs. Moye; F'ertilizer Co. vs. Reid. PREACHERS IN j MEETING HERE —«— iFive Associations In This [ Part of State Represented At Meeting Yesterday I • A group of ministers from five Eastern Carolina Baptist associations met in the auditorium of the Mem orial Baptist church here yesterday morning for the purpose of effecting an organization of the ministers in this area of the state. The meeting was called to wde» by the Rev. R. F. Brinson, who later was made permanent chairman. Other officers were elected and a time and place for the next meeting announced. The associations represented were th Roanoke, Atlantic, Neuse.-Cho.wan, and West Chowan. These five divis- I ions comprise a large section of the Eastern part of the state, and cover much of the Baptist territory in this area. The purpose of the organization is for fellowship among the ministers, for the diicusiion of plans concern ing their work, and as a sort of de nominational clearing house for the Baptists in eastern Carolina. There will be three meetings each year, the next one to be held in Jan uary. There wai talk of making Wil : liamston the regular and central meet j ing place for this group. 2,580 Enrolled Yesterday at Opening 10 County Schools COOPERATION TO BE GREAT AID TO SOUTH'S PEOPLE Hoped That Everyone Will Retard Sale of Cotton Crop This Year Raleigh,—The loan of $50,000,000 by the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration to the cotton cooperatives and the stabilization corporation to enable these organizations to hold cotton off the market has been de scribed by U. Benton Blalock, presi dent of the American Cotton Cooper ative Association, as "'a move in the right direction and one in which we are glad to cooperate in the interest of all cotton producers." Thirty-five of the fifty millions goes to the cooperatives to enable them to hold their 1930 cotton off the market until July 31, 1933, ad the remaining $15,000,000 will be used by the stabil ization corporation to keep its hold ings off the market until March, 1933. "This is-ta day when cooperation is sorely needed," Mr. Blalock said, "and it is to be sincerely hoped that all cotton producers in the South and our Southern bankers and our seed loan borrowers will cooperate to the fullest extent with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Farm Board and the cooperative organizations in maintaining a schedule of marketing that will not break prices to lower levels." Pointing' out that the cooperatives, in the interest of all cotton producers, are bearing the brunt of the transac tion in that a large portion of the interest will be charged against their IM3O cotton in addition to storage charges, Mr. Blalock said he some times wondered if the cotton pro ducers and others of the South fully appreciate cooperatives and the farm board have tried to do to obtain bptter prices for cotton, the South's chief money crop. Mr. Blalock referred to the seven million bale cotton holding movement launched last season by the coopera tives, the farm board and Southern bankers and which he said, "steadied the market and gave a very substan tial increase in the price to produc ers." "It is to be sincerely hoped that the bankers of the South wiH again voluntarily help retard as much as possible the sale of this year's crop and to have it marketed orderly," he added. Pointing out that the Seed Loan' division of the Department of Agri culture should cooperate in the fullest extent in the mivement to market Orderly the present crop, Mr. Blalock said: "Not only would this movement help very materially in the making of collections on the money advanced to farmers this season but if prices can be maintained around nine cents and above the seed loan division may be able to unload for its borrowers the several thousand bales |of cotton it accepted last season at I eight cents per pound as collateral on loans to producers." Here the head of the American Cotton Cooperative turned to statis tical data, saying: "We have a prospective American crop of 11,310,000 bales, or about 3,250,000 bales below the average pro duction for the past, five years. If only about 3,500,000 bales of this present crop could be held off the market for a while it would leave us otily about 8,800,000 bales for im mediate sale, which is only about 100,000 bales more than we exported last year, to say nothing of domestic consumption. " , "If it is. wise and proper to use $50,000,000 of Reconstruction F'inance Corporation money in this r'holding off the market' movement, why is it not.proper that another branch of the government, the U. S. Depart ment. of Agriculture, also join in this 'movement? J "And then a step further: Why not ■we people of the South also- put a lit tle money in tViis Southwide effort?" ♦ l lnspector Surveying Mail Routes from This Olßce Fololwing an inspection of the rural free delivery routes out of here this week by Inspector F\ D. C°nderntan, of the postal department, several changes will been made, it is believed. Plan* are said to be well under way for the consolidation of the five present routes into four, and a few other changes are likely to be made. Postmaster Je**e T. Price stat ing that an arinouncement giving the complete alteration* would be made as soon a* th,e inspection is complet ed and recommendations are made. Downs Whole Gallon Rum; Will Recover "Nobody knows ju»t how bad I feel," Ike Mobley, colored man living near here on Washington road, moaned yesterday afternoon as he par«i|lly regained conscious ness following a drunk that is be lieved to have shattered all rec ords here, and one that would have made the hey-day events of the New West look tame back in the forties. Mobley drank eight pints.—an even gallon—of the spirits Sun day, and yesterday there was some doubt expressed as to whether or not he would live. Starting early that morning, the man is said to have "killed" three pints before breakfast, taking one half a pint at a loading. When found Monday morning, he was believed to be dead, but as he came around that afternoon, Mobley ad-' mitted that he was cured. LOCAL MARKET IS PRAISED BY MR. H. W. STUBEJS Addtesses Open Letter To His Tobacco Friends in Martin County That the local people are cooperat ing to further the cause of fife Wil liamston Tobacco market is notice able on every hand, one of- the latest endorsements coming from the pen of, Mr. Harry W. Stuhbs, a man who has followed the local market activi ties for 30 years. Mr. Stuhbs' open letter, addressed to the farmers of this section, 'is as follows; "1 take this method of communi cating with my farmer friends be cause of the fact that it is impossible, on account of my physical condition, to jrfce ytm in person. 1 wish to ad vise all of my friends, of Martin and • adjoining counties to sell their to bacco in Williamston I do this be? cause I believe that Williamston is the best place that you can sell - your to baeco. I have followed the Williamston to bacco market since IW2, when it was organized, anil at which time I made a speech to the farmers assembled here. I believe that the Williamston tobacco market this, year is better equipped than ever before to give the tarnier the highest dotlar for his' j>ro«l uct. The market has been in opera tion for more than a week,*and not a single farmer has left the .market so far without being entirely satis , fied. I "The warehousemen, the buyers, and the merchants and citizens of the town of Williamston arc cooperating as never before to the single purpose of making tl\e Williainston tobacco ! market a success tnis year and guar lan tee to every farmer tnat brings a I load of tobacco here the highest ne*. turns possible. To my friends who have known ine throughout the years, I make this urgent request that you sell every load this year in Williairf ston and in that manner help to build your own county and your own town '' VITAL STATISTICS FOR PAST MONTH 1 - ♦ ' Twenty-One Births and 15 Deaths Reported in Five of Ten Townships Thirty-one births and fifteen deaths were reported in five of the ten town ships of this county last month, the other five districts either failing to re port or had no births or deaths to re port during the period. > Williamston Township led with the greatest number of deaths, Roberson ville Township leading with the great est number of births. With only one death and six births, Hamilton Town ship probably had the most" favorable record of any of the districts report ing for the month. Jamesville reported two deaths and two births; Williamston had six deaths and nine births, two of the births be ing illegitimate; Robcrsonville had four deaths and ten births; Hamilton one death and six births, one being illegitimate; Goose Nest reported two deaths and four births. Williams, Griffins, Bear * Grass, Cross Roads and Poplar Point Town ships had no reports for the period. Advertisers Will Pnd Oar Col um« a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Home* ESTABLISHED 1898 LATE TOBACCO CROP IS CAUSE OF DECREASE Everetts, with 278 Pupils, Reports the Largest En rollment Increase ' > Fen of the eleven ,schools opening for the 1932-33 term in this county yesterday reported a total enrollment of 2,580, a drop of 19 pupils from the opening-day enrollment figures of the same schools for last year. Sizeable changes were noted in the opening, day figures for several schools, Har dens reporting a decrease of 35 for the greatest loss, and Everetts* reporting an increase of 28 for the greatest gain recorded in the county this year,, as compared with initial registrations last term. All but two of the extended-term schools, Hear Grass and Farm Life, and one short-term school, .Macedonia opened the term yesterday. Success ful openings were reported by nearly all the schools, but several principals were of the opinion that full opera tion of tlu* plants would hardly get under way hrfofe the completion of tobacco harvesting and an improve ment in the economic lives of two or I three hundred children The late to . hacco crop and unfavorable economic 'conditions are believed to have effect led a 10 per cent decrease in the an ticipated enrollment, anil it is further | believed that nearly every school, it' not all^of-litem, will have larger en rollments within the,, next week or two thap they did during the early 'part of the term last year. | Bear Grass and Farm Life are plan ning to open next Monday, and with few exception-, all the children of school age will, then be in school. Knrolhnent figures were reported yesterday as follows: Ele HS Total ' hardens 5(1 50 jjatuesville i ' 368 1 Williamston 516 182 698 j Everetts }• 218 60 278 | Gold Point ~ , - No Report ' 1 lassell 62 . 62 | Hamilton 135 i 135 Oak City 279 ')7 376 i Robersonville" 323 '192 515 ' I'armele 75 75 Macedonia 25 25 . Totals ' 1,083 531. 2,582 | Last year's opening day figures were I as follows: ••••'• Ele HS Total Dardeiis 85 jjatuesville ™ 375 Williamston . . 529 175 704 ' Everetts 190 66 25(> 1 Gold Point 70 70 ' 1 lassell '* «2 62 ' +iamilt"o'n " " 125 125 Oak City 275 108 383 Robersonville 320 180 500 Parmelc 76 _ 76 1 Macedonia No Report I Totals 1,732 529 2,630 Gold Poiut failed to report in time for the tabulation today,' but placing its enrollment at about 70, the open ing. registrations would have totaled 2,(61, or an increase of 16 over last year (However, was nof\in the list last year, and wlieri its enrollment of 25 is denuded this )e«yv'ther? is a result ; ing decrease of 9 in the registration ' figures this year as compared with the figures for the opening last year. In short, it is believed the figures in • ilicatr thaLtherr will have to J>c mttch | charity and welfare " work among the | people of the county and a concerted i effort on the part of school authori- I tics to get the approximately 265 chil ' dren who' are not now jjttending into I the various schools. | After the tabulation was completed for the county as a whole. Gold Point ' reported 6l children enrolled there yesterday in "the elementary depart ! ment. No high school is maintained Uheire. Cotton Coop Association Names Receiving Agents The following four receiving agents have been appointed to receive cot ton for the cooperative association in Martin County, it was announced this week: G. C, Peel, Everetts; P. C. Ed mondson, Hassclfs; W. C. Andrews, Oak City; and J. H. Harrell, Wil liamston. Kiwanians To Hold Their Regular Meet Tomorrow ♦ The Kiwanis Club will have its reg ular session tomorrow at 12:30 o'- clock. Ihe full membership is requested to be in attendance.
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