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Watch th« Labal On Toor Pmr Aa It CarriM tba Data Whan Toor Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 77 LICENSE BUREAU HERE WILL OPEN ON DECEMBER 15 Two Thousand Plates Are Delivered to Williamston Motor Company Time rolls on, and in just a little ■lore than a month from now North Carolina car owners will either have to purchase new license plates or park their machines. The expiration of the 1931 tags will bring to an abrupt end many joyrides, many business and pleasure' trips, but time and the li cense tax collector must exact their toll. In preparation for the rush for 1933 plates, the Carolina Motor Club has established a distributing branch here and in 49 other centers of the stats. Two thousand plates have been de livered to the Williamston Motor Company here for sale to automobile owners in this section beginning the 15th of next month. During the re mainder of December and through JanOary 15, the local bureau will sell the little tin plates with white num erals surrounded by a blue back ground. Class "1" licenses for the smaller and more popular cars start with the number 315,001 and run to 317,400. There are 400 class "2" tags and class "3* plates here for sale. In making arrangements for the han dling of license plates here, Mr. A. M. Huggins, manager of branches for the motor club, said: "Prior to 1924 North Carolina motor vehicle owners were required to re piit to the state capital for their li cense tags. Title applications and sup porting and supporting papers were often incomplete, requiring long drawn-out correspondence to correct. In the spring of 1924 the Carolina Motor Club contracted with the state to issue these licenses through club of fices. Branch offices were set up in a number of cities and license service brought to the doors brought to the of motor vehicle owners, so to speak. "The number of offices has increas ed steadily from year to year until the club now maintains 27 license-issu ing offices throughout the year. In December and January of each year thia number is augmented by tempor ary offices. Last season 23 temporary offices were operated, making a total of 50 during the rush season. These offices are located at convenient cen ters throughout the state. Ovar 2,000,000 Plates Sold The club has issued over 2,000,000 sets of license plates, handled thous ands of titles and collected nearly a half billion dollars for the state. Of the total issue of 1,900,776 sets of plates in 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1931, club offices issued 1,270,030, or 67.3 per cent. About 70 per cent of all plates issued by the club are handled in December and January, and 30 per cent during the other 10 months. "Under this arrangement the club brings this convenient service to car and truck owners at no extra cost to the taxpayers. In fact, it is handled for laaa than the poatage alone would coat to order and mail the plates di rect from Raleigh to individual mo tor vehicle owners, not to mention the jam and resultant delay which is a voided by having wide distribution. "Not only is it convenient for citi tens to step into a local office and get their plates, but there is a lot of worth while aervice rendered by the club through ita branch managers in help ing applicants straighten out tangles in their titles. It is surprising how many different things can get wrong with a title, and how much explain ing and work is necessary to get these troubles cleared. Branch Jmanjagers are trained and are familiar with the motor vehicle bureau'a requirements and are able to handle papers at once and issue the desired license. This work is closely supervised by the club. NOTE APPEAL IN JOHNSON CASE Judge Daniels Signs Judg ment in Tarboro Last Friday • Notice of appeal to the supreme court was given in the Johnson vs. Boney-Holfler Transfer Company case in Tarboro last Friday, when Judge Frank A. Daniels signed a judgment granting the plaintiff, Edgar Johnson, of Roberaonville, the $13,400 allowed by a Martin County jury last Sep tember. .e-- The defendants, through their at torneys, had made a motion to set aside the jury's verdict immediately following the trial, Judge Daniels tak ing the motion under advisement. Losing the right to gain a new trial when the judge refused to set the verdict aside, the defendants gave no tice of their appeal to the higher court. ft is understood the case will be carri%4 before the supreme court next February. THE ENTERPRISE Lumber Firm Starts Work On Big Project Preliminary work on what ia be lieved to be one of the Largest timbering project! undertaken in thia aection in aome time was started at Jamaaville yesterday, whan the Foreman and Blades Lumber Company unloaded log ging equipment there. Only a few man were given employment yes terday, but a considerable number will be given work by the com pany within the next few weeks, it is understood. According to information receiv ed here, the company ia making arrangements to build a tram road from Jamesville to the Dymond CURB MARKET t v ■> Miaa Lora E. Sleeper, home agent, reported thia morning that sellers on the curb market here were bringing in large supplies of produce for the Thanksgiving trade tomorrow. The agent aolicita a large patronage between 8:30 and 9:30 tomorrow (Wedneaday) morning. SEVERAL HURT IN WRECK NEAR ROBERSONVILLE Local People Have Narrow Escape As Car Burns After Accident Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hardison, Mrs. Bettie Griffin, Mrs. George William*, and three children nartowly escaped being burned to death last Friday aft ernoon, when their car turned over and caught fire three miles out from Robersonville on Highway No. 90. Travelers reaching the scene shortly after the accident helped the wreck victims from the overturned car as the flames spread, and it is believed that some of the car's occupants would have been seriously, if not fa tally, burned had no immediate aid been given them. Mrs. Williams is believed to have suffered a punctured lung, and her con dition was said to be serious a day or two after the accident. Mrs. Griffin, mother of T. C. Griffin, chairman of the board of county commissioners, suffered painful injuries to her shoul der, but it was said that she was not seriously hurt. Other occupants of the car were badly bruised and scratched, but their injuries were only minor. Mr. and Mrs. Hardison and party were on their way to Florida to visit friends and relatives for a few days. Rain earlier in the day had made driv ing dangerous, and as Mr. Hardison, driver of the car, met another one coming around a curve he applied the brakes, causing his car to skid and turn over, the machine catching fire by the time it had landed. The car was destroyed along with much bag gage and other traveling equipment. The victims of the wreck were given medical attention at Robersonville and were later removed to their respect ive homes in Williams and Griffins Townships. THREE HELD FOR SHOOTING AGENT Assailants of C. S. Coats Are Given Preliminary Hearing Friday Mack Jennings, Wayland and Grady McPherson, charged with the shoot ing of Federal Agent C. S. Coats near Elizabeth City the latter part of last month, were bound over to the next term of Federal court by United States Commissioner Thompson in Elizabeth City last Friday. Jennings and Grady McPherson were required to give bond in the sum of $3,500 each. The other McPherson was released under a SI,OOO bond. The three men are said to have at tacked Agents Coats and Hughes when the officers were raiding a li quor still near Elizabeth City last month. Coats was painfully ahot in the hip and struck over the head by one of the trio. Since that time, Agent Hughes resigned, declaring he had had enough after being attacked on several different occasions before the attack made upon him at Elizabeth City. V Starts Revival at Bethany Church Here Next Week Rev. Mr. Dickens, Holiness minister of Tarboro, will start a series of re vival services at Bethany church, near here, next Monday. The meeting will continue for two weeks, it was an nounced. The public i* cordially in vited to attend. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 22, 1932. City section of Griffins Township, several miles from Jamesville. The road will follow the old James ville and Washington rail route. Thousands of acres of timberlands bought several years ago by the Montgomery Lumber Company are'now in the hands of the Pore man and Blades Company, it is understood. It could not be learned juat how the operations would be carried on. However, it is believed the company will haul the loga over the tram road to Jamesville, where they will be reloaded on barges and carried to the milla in Elizabeth City. SHAFT HONORING WRIGHTS NAMED BY WOMAN HERE Dedication of Memorial Re calls Its Naming by Miss Hattie Thrower The memorial erected on the Kill Devil Sand Dune, facing the ocean down in Dare County, was named by Miss Hattie Thrower, local citizen. Suggesting "Wright Beacon" as the name (or the memorial, Miss Thrower was awarded a handsome gold watch several years ago. The dedication exercises were held at Kitty Hawk last Saturday while a northeasterly storm swept the beach and a hard rain fell. Hardly more than 1,000 people gathere there, when at least 10,000 were expected. ' Only three airplanes visited the scene, while the Akron and 69 airplanes were scheduled to fly over the hill during the unveiling exercises. Despite the weather conditions, Miss Ruth Nich ols, flyer extraordinary, Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley, and other no tables were present for the exercises. The photographers, microphones, and news-reel men were there, and during the next few days the exercises planned to do honor to the men who first conquered the air will be seen by millions o;f people throughout ( t|ie country. Early nianeuvtrs of the Wright brothers back in 1903 were witnessed by the late A. Anderson, of this place. At that time, the attempt was given little attention by the outside world, and the first reports of the success ful flight were discredited by many. The first story was thrown into waste baskets by a number of newspapers throughout the country, the editors referring to the attempt to fly a lieav icr-than-air craft as a foolish under taking. —— — Time passed, and in 1912 the act of 1903 was recognized by the United States Government. Today air travel is recognized as the latest in trans portation, due to the Wright brothers. Through a misunderstanding between the Wrights and the Smithsonian In stitution, in Washington City, the original Wright plane was carried to England and presented to a museum there. It is believed, however, that efforts will be made to bring it back here. SUPERIOR COURT NOW IN SESSION Term Began Monday With Judge Moore Presiding; Lasts Two Weeks The two weeks term of Martin County Superior Court convened on Monday morning for the trial of civil cases only. Two were called yesterday, the court granting the plain tiff Edmondson a $129 judgment in his case against W. W. Griffin. Evi dence was heard in the case of Jones against Matthews, but the case did not reach the jury until this morning. Judge Clayton Moqre, presiding over the first week of the term, announced that a recess would be taken tomor row afternoon until next Monday morning, when the Smithwicks Creek church case is scheduled for trial. Very few case* are expected to reach the jury during the remainder of to day and tomorrow, but several will likely be compromised at the last min ute, it is believed. Fire Destroys Oarage and ,-Packhoue At Jamesville Fire of unknown origin destroyed the packhouse and garage of J. G. Long in Jamesville late last night, it was reported this morning by Wen dell Peei, student in the schools there. When discovered at 11:30 o'clock, the fire had gained such great head way the bucket brigade formed by citizens there, was unable to check it. The fire-fighters were able to save the residence. The loss was patrially cov ered by insurance, it was stated. FEW INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS TAKE PLACE IN COUNTY Last Fiscal Year Shows Drop in Number From 65 To 49 Martin County reported 49 indus trial accidents during the year from June 30, 1931, to June 30, 1932, ac cording to- a recent report released by the Industrial Commission, Raleigh. The victims, two of whom were par tially but permanently injured during the period, received a total compen sation of $1,814. In addition to that amount, $1,190 were paid to doctors and for medicine, the report shows. In the preceding year, there were 65 industrial accidents reported to the comtnisssion, the accident victims re ceiving $2,876 as compensation. Ap proximately $2,525 were paid to doc j tors and for medicine during that [ time. The decrease in accidents is prob ably the result of less employment and ' the introduction of better safety meas ures. The compensation act is justified, it is pointed out, in that the several counties of the State are relieved of many charity case heretofore result ing from industrial accidents—that many civil terms of the courts, with attendant costs paid from county funds it is claimed, have been saved. The physically handicapped worker now receives 60 per cent of his average wage for varyjng'periods of time com mensurate with his disability, permit-! ting him to carry on while readjust- j ing himself to his changed condition.! To assist him in this rehabilitation these cases are followed up by the vocational training board. During dis ability the very best medical and hos-' pital care is furnished. Thus the over burdened charitable organizations of the counties during the depression 1 have been relieved of the care of the worker injured in industrial accidents. The total compensation paid or ap proved for the year 1930-31 was $979,- 078 00 and for 1931-32 was $710,849.00. The medical profession and hospitals, have not Ijad the "charity charges"! and both the doctor and the hospitals reeeive prompt cash payment for services, which it is pointed out was not the practice before the act was adopted. They do not have to await! the "settlement" or the obtaining of: a judgment by the worker from his employer, with attendant delay and. the possibility of charging the bill up to charity. The medical and hos pital costs for the year 1930-31 was $532,728 and for 1931-32 was $431,- 653. STEALS SIOO FROM BOSS; IS CAUGHT Driver Parks Oyster Truck Here and Skips; Caught In South Carolina Parking an oyster truck here early Saturday morning. Mack Brinn skip ped with approximately SIOO paid him for oysters, but when entering Charles ton, S. C., that night he was arretted. An employee of George N. Baker, Belhaven oyster dealer, Brinn had told most of the load and returned this far to leave the truck. He asked a worker in the cafe here to call the owner and tell him where the truck was. Receiving word late that after noon about his truck, Mr, Baker came here and learned that Brinn bought a ticket to Charleston, S. C , and had boarded the 10:30 train here that morn ing. He got in touch with Charles ton officers and when Brinn got off the train he was placed under arrest and is being held until extradition papers can be obtained. A new driver was on the truck yes terday. Found Not Guilty Of Hunting Out of Season Charged with hunting quail out of season, John and Jim Gurkin and John Weir, sr., and John Weir, jr., were found not guilty at a hearing held be fore Justice of the Peace J. L. Has sell here yesterday morning. GOES OFF GOLD The subscription department of The Enterprise went off the gold standard temporarily today, when it announced acceptance of peanuts in exchange for subscript ions. A two-year subscription, worth |3.00 is being offered for one bag of peanuts weighing approximately 100 pounds and of fairly good quality. Several hundred bags were ac cepted by the company last sea son, and it is hoped the subscrib ers and ethers will take advantage oI the offer when the peanuts get dry. * District Meeting To Be Held He KIWANIS MAKES BIG PLANS FOR LADIES* NIGHT Old-fashioned Box Supper Will Feature Meeting December Ist An old-fashioned box supper, so old that it's new to most of us now, is going to bj held as the feature of Ladies' Night program which the lo cal Kiwanis group is putting on at the Woman's Club here on Thursday evening, December 1. Each year it has been the practice j of the members of this organization to 'have a ladies' night program, at which time each member has been bringing ( along his wife or friend. That's what ■ they're doing this time, but the pro. I gram is going to be so different 1 I For this time when the wives and ' young women friends of the Kiwanis i boys started out for this occasion, they ; will not be going down to the club rooms to be served a supper—they themselves will be carrying along I their supper (and some man's) under 1 their top coats, in a beautiful box, I neatly done up with ribbons 'n' every i thing. For this is to be a box sup | per. And whenever there's a box sup i per it means that the women attend | ing must ' fix v these boxes. I Once the group gets together at their meeting place, one of two courses of procedure will be put up on the t boxes, one at a time, the ladies have i brought, and sell them off to the high est bidder—the man buying a box in j this way eating supper with the lady i whose box it is; or, as has been sug , gested, the auctioneer may follow the | course of selling the woman to the highest bidder, the lucky purchaser eating the box lunch with her, of course. If this course is followed | tiut (and who can tell what they'll do 1 on such a night) the method of auc tioneering off a lady would be this: A great white sheet would be prop erly placed in the room, and the wo men, one at a time, marched across the room behind it, only her shadow or silhouette showing on the impro- I vised screen. Thus the man would buy, or not buy, depending upon the impression he formed of the shadow she cast, not being ablt 1 to actually recognize the identity of the woman bought. One imagines that this would give Bill Feel a nervous fit, for if he ac cidentally bid off the, wrong . woman it would cause a revolution. Norman Harrison will have to watch his p's and q's, too. And C. 1). Carstarphen. To say nothing of Dill Spivcy. For it would be hard to imagine their consternation should they pay a par ticularly high price for a box or a lady, then have it turn out to be what they weren't expecting. And, too, it ir guessed that under the above pro cedure, many a man will see his wife dining with some one else on that first evening in December. It is believed by the membership of the club that this is going to be one of the most popular get-togethers held in Williamston in a long time. The boys in the club are all worked up over it. Even Percy Cone was for it. John Pope is not expected to get around to the supper, but he'll be for it, all right. And if there isn't a night football game somewhere, Gus Har rison is sure to be on hand. It is heard on good authority, that Harrell Ev erett is renewing his membership in the club for the occasion. And it has been reported over Kiwanis grape-vine system that a number of the teachers at the schools have already postponed out-of-town visits for that night. In addition to the box supper sale, with auctioneer and everything, there will be a lightweight program. Just how light the program will be will be determined by how heavy the supper turns out to be. More details about this open-house program of Kiwanis members will be announced in an early issue. In the meantime, those who arc concerned will bear in mind the date, Thursday night, December 1. Many Seeking Job of Postmaster J. T. Price More than a dozen local people have their aye on the postmaster's job here, according to rumors circulated about the streets. While the present term of Postmaster J. T. Price does not expire until March, 1934, already solic itations for support are being made. It is not known just when an ap pointment will be made, as the time for a change in the office is more than a year away. ' • Six Edgecombe farmers sold 130 fat hogs in a cooperative shipment for $790.18. The hogs weighed 25,085 pounds. THANKSGIVING 1 Thanksgiving Day will be close ly observed in this little communi ty Thursday, when all business, with a mighty few exceptions, will suspend operations that owners, employees, and others might en joy the holiday and take part In the programs of thanks planned for the occasion. The public schools of the coun ty will close Wednesday after noon, and they will not reopen un til the following Monday morn ing. The post office will observe the day as a holiday, no rural or village deliveries being scheduled that day. No window service will be offered at the offices. County offices will be closed, and the day will be another Sunday for stores and other business houses. PEANUT PLANT RESUMES WORK HERE MONDAY Around 120 Are Employed; Fully That Many More Turned Away After a short period of inactivity, the plant of the Columbian Peanut . ompany began operations here yes terday morning, Captain Pritchard Stating that tliey did not know just how long operations would be under way, as uncertainty 'surrounded the peanut crop just at this tjine. Employing nearly 100 women and 17 men yesterday morning, Mr. Frit chard slated that they were forced to turn away nearly that many. more. When the first whistle sounded at 6:30 yesterday morning, the many jobless here jumped from their I)wis and start ed running In the factory, forgetting all about breakfast and hardly before tlity could get all their clothes on. Some are said to have actually reach ed the factory before the last buttons were fastened. The plant will likely run through I luirsjday, continued operations de pending upon - the v weather and the condition of the crop. At the present time the cleaners are urging the farm ers to hold their peanuts until they are dry. Immediate delivery, under present weather conditions, is believed tojic very detrimental to the market, and it is hardly expected that tiiere will be any market until the crop is sufficiently dry so as not to rot in storage. The manager of the plant here yes terday displayed a quantity of new. stock that hud just been milled, and many of the kernels were apparently too soft to keep. HOTEL MAN HERE IS HURT IN AUTO WRECK FRIDAY A. R. Moseley and H. V Staton, of Bethel, Are Seriously Injured A. R. Moseley, local hotel manager, suffered a broken leg and other in juries and H. V. Staton, Bethel man, was seriously injured in an automobile 1 accident near Bethel last Friday aft ernoon. Vance Hunting, a third party in the Moseley car, was slightly in jured when'the automobile turned over. According to latest reports, it was feared that Mr. Staton would de velop pneumonia and that his chances for recovery were not very encour aging. » Mr. Moseley was removed to a Wilr son hospital, where it is reported he is getting along very well. The three men were on their way to a football game in Wilson when the accident occurred. It was rain ing and the party met a model T Ford. Both cars were fighting to hold their positions without driving off the pavement. The drivers miscalculated the positions of their cars, they side swiped, and a general smash-up took place. None of the occupants of the Ford car was seriously hurt. • Poplar Point Farmer Grows Big Potatoes • Among the Martin County farmers reporting unusually targe yields of sweet potatoes is J. P. Harris, of Poplar Point: Mr. Harris exhibited one here last Saturday weighing 6 1-4 pounds, and said he had many more about that size. Cultivating three quarters of an acre, Mr. Harris har vested 200 bushels of the sweets,- a bout 130 being of the number one grade. Advertiser* Will Pod Oar Col. ami • Latchkey to Orer Sixteen Hundred Martin County Honee ESTABLISHED 1898 PROGRAM IS NOW IN PREPARATION; MANY EXPECTED Field Secretary E. V. Har ris and District Deputy To Be Here Plans arc ncaring completion for a district meeting of the Junior Or der of United American Mechanics here Friday night of next week, ac cording; to information just received from District Deputy S. L. Roberson, of Roliersonville. The district, com prising four counties, with ahout 18 councils, lias a membership of about WO, and many of them are expected here for the meeting, it was stated. The business meeting will be held in the council hall at 3 p. m„ at which time the business of the various coun cils will be discussed It will be of much importance to most Juniors to know that E. V. Harris, of Tarboro, N. C., held secretary of Eastern Car olina, will be the presiding officer. The public meeting will be held in the school building at 7 p. m., with S. 1.. Roberson, district deputy, of Roliersonville, presiding. The speak ersMor this occasion will be men who are representing the national council, names of which will be announced in this paper later. .The complete pro gram will be finished soon and made public, it was stated by 11, S. Court ney, chairman of the program com mittee. Added feature for the night program will be a moving picture, giving the main work, benefits, and progress of this noble order. Plans are also un der way to have special music, both vocal and instrumental, for the night program. Ihe following committees have been appointed to serve in .connection with this meeting: 1 .trade committee: 11. D. Harrison, J■ 11. Allsbrooks, L.. 11. (lurganus. Publicity committee:: \V. H. Har rison, J. Sam (ietsinger, T. M. Hrit ton, V. D. Godwin. Preparation committee (for supper): John A. \\ ard, R. D. (Jurganus, \V. I). Mishoc, W. T. Harrison. Entertainment Committee: Julian Harrell, Marvin Hritton. With this nice ting following a big cjass initiation in Washington tonight, it is believed that the Junior spirit will be so high that there wll be more than 300 present for both meetings. An appeal to all business enterprises and the citizens of the town is being -made for--their full cooperation in milk ing this meeting a great success. # Thanksgiving Service At Methodist Church Ihe annual Thanksgiving service, always of a community service nature, will In* held in the local Mcthodiit church on Thanksgiving morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. J. M. Perry, Chris tian preacher, delivering the sermon. So far as is known, this will be the only service held in town that morn ing. The general public is cordially invited to assemble in the House of God at this hour for a service befit ting the occasion. HONOR ROLL AT EVERETTS • Girls Attend School More Regularly Than Boys Do, Report Shows That girls attend school more reg ularly than boys is indicated in a re port released by Principal D. N. Hix of the liveretts school this week. Dur ing the second month ISO of the 186 boys enrolled attended regularly on an average, leaving 36 on the outside. Of the 155 girls enrolled, 134 attend ed regularly, leaving 21 on the out side. Nineteen pupils in the school there were listed in the honor group during the second month, recently ended. Their names: First grade, Billy Clark. Second grade, Dora Bailey. Third grade, Susie Ausbon, Fabian Barnhill, Charles Coltrain, Florine Clark, Agnes May ton, Louise Mobley, fjlade White. Fourth grade, Grace Clark, Ruth Forbes. Fifth grade, Mary Mallory. Sixth grade, Ernestine Forbes, Gladys Leggett. , Eighth grade, Loyce Cullipher, Den se! Simpson, Annie Louise Taylor. Tenth grade: Roy Harrell. Eleventh grade: Haxel Faulkner, Ella Cherry, Helen Keel. Granville County farmera have start ed an onion-growing project as a source of cash for the coming year.