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Watch th« JUM On Tour Piptr Aa It Carrie* tba Data Whan Yoor Sabacription Bxpiras VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 83 LARGE CROWDS HERE TO ATTEND SUPERIOR COURT Will Hardly Complete the Criminal Docket Before Early While there were large crowd* pres ent for the opening day of the super ior court now in session for the trial of both criminal and civil cases, very little business of much interest was handled by the tribunal that day. The more important cases, or those carrying much interest, are being pre pared, and while one or two are sched uled for trial today, it will probably be late this afternoon or tomorrow be. >fore they are called. During the first day, the grand jury returned six true bill*, as follow*: Lester Whitaker, seduction. - Dennis Whitaker and Coy Bland, housebreaking and larceny. Azarith Williams, Jim Ed Johnson, and Jasper Wiggins, larceny and receiving. Ellsworth Holliday and A. J. Har dison, housebraking and larceny. Roy Lanier, housebreaking. Harvey L. Gardner, murder. The jury will probably complete it* work late today or early tomorrow. Judge Frank A. Daniels, presiding, called thirteen tuei yesterday, with holding heavy fines and long sentences. A nol pros resulted In the case charging Fletcher Bryant with seduc tion. — —— The case charging Lester Whitaker with being drunk and disorderly and resisting an officer was continued un til the March, 1933, term, giving the defendant that much time to pay the fine and cost in the case. John R. Whichard was allowed un til next March to pay tl\f fine and costs in the case charging him with operating a car while intoxicated. The case charging Clayton Wilson with arson, was continued for the de fendant. A nol pros resulted in the case charging J. W. Barnes with a felon ious assault upon a female. A true bill was returned and the case charging Lester Whitaker with •eduction was continued. The cases charging Rufus Spruill and Wm. Ed Teel with seduction were remanded back to. the justice of the peace covrt. The case charging Andrew Jackson Wiggins with an assault on a female was nol prossed. Rowena Wilkes was sentenced to jail for a period of three weeks in the esse charging her with violating the liquor laws. Burt Gorham was found not guilty of abandonment. EUxrt Green was given a six months suspended road sentence in the can charging him with an assault withes deadly weapon, Judge Daniels suspending the sentence upon the pledged good behavior of the defend ant and the payment of S2O to Dr. Pittman and $22 to Eli Bryant, the prosecuting witness. Whit Briley was fined $75 and tax ed with the costa in the cast charg ing him with operating an automobile while intoxicated. His license to operate a car was revoked for a period of six months. The court called the case charging Asariah Williams and others with larceny, bat took a recess before com pleting it. Asariah Williams, Jim Davis and Jasper Wiggins were foflnd guilty of stealing leaf tobscco and were sen tenced to the roads for a period of five months when the court opened its proceedings this morning. Wm. Ed Johnson, chsrged in the same case, was found not guilty. EUfworth Holliday, charged with housebresking snd larceny and receiv ing, pleaded guilty of receiving, and was'sentenced to the roads for four months. A. J. Hardison, pleaded gmilty of both charges, and was sen tenced to the roads for eight months.-' Coy Bland and Dennis Whitaker wore found guilty of housebreaking and larceny, but sentence hod got been pronounced at noon today. The case charging S. L. Rogers with an assault with a deady weapon was continued. The grandjory failed to return a true bill in the case chsrging Ottis and Jasper Roebuck with burnifig their home in Everetts last August. The following true bills were re turned shortly before noon: Dennis Whitaker, Clarence Wynn mad E. L. Williams, house breaking md Urceny. Charlie Ben lie Keel and Elder Lee Gardner, house breaking and larceny. W. A. Respsss, house breaking and larcmy. Theodore Lawson, larceny and re ceiving. To Serve Turkey Supper Here Thursday Night . The Baptist Philathea class will f«rvi a turkey supper at the Woman's 'Club kail here Thursday from 6 to S p. m. The public is invited. THE ENTERPRISE Everetts Faculty Will Play There Friday Night "On Friday night of this week the faculty of the Everetts school will present "The Red-Headed Stepchild," a three act drama in the school au ditorium there. The play contains much lively dialogue and humor, and should prove very entertaining. Ten and fifteen cents admission will be charged, the proceeds being used to purchase playground equipment for the school. The play will begin promptly at 8 p. m., Friday December 16. LICENSE BUREAU HERE WILL OPEN NEXT THURSDAY Present Indications Point To Smaller Sale Than One of Last Year Arrangements have been completed for handling the' sale of state automo bile license plates at the Williamston Motor Company here, beginning on Thursday of this week.and continu ing for one n)onth. Car owners can display the 1933- tags on and after the ISth of this month, but will be subject to prosecution if they fail to display them on and after the Ist day of Jfcwuary: The local bureau will issue licenses for all types of passenger cars and all truck and trailers up to two and one half tons capacity each. Owners of trucks or trailers with a greater load capacity than that will buy direct from Raleigh. Finding that many car owners dis played the- wrong kind of license plates on their cars, the State is is-, suing them in three series this year. The No. 1 series for cars weighing not over 2,750 pounds will sell for $12.50 to $14.85. The No. 2 series for cars weighing from 2,751 to 3,650 pounds_will sell for sls-40 to $19.80. The No. 3 series, for cars weighing more than 3,650 pounds, will sell for more than S2O, according to weight. The three series will be designated by numerals, making it impossible for the owners to buy cheap plates and place them on more expensive cars than the plates call for. There will be a plate for the front and rear. It is believed the call for new li cense plates will cause many owners to drive their cars to "roost," espec ially the older models. The number of old Model T Fords was greatly de creased last selling time, and there will be but few left when this sale gets a whack at them, it is believed. No unusually Urge sale of tags is looked for in this immediate section this year. Main reason: The low price offered for peanuts and other farm products. HONOR ROLL AT EVERETTS » - Sizeable Increase Reported In Attendance Figures for the Paat Month An increase of 23 children in daily attendance was reported in the Ever etts elementary school last month over the figures for the preceding month, it was announced yesterday by Prin cipal D. N. Hix. There were 291 ele mentary and 60 high school pupils en rolled in the school there, 2SS in the elementary and 51 in the high school attending regularly. The honor roll for the third month, recently ended, carries the following names; * '» • First grade: Billy Clark, Walter Keel. Second month: Dora O'Neil Bailey, Bill Donald, Harry Edmonds, John Mobley, Naomi Rawls, James A. Stalls Dallas Taylor, George Wynne. Third grade: Susie Ausbon, Florine Clark, Agnes Mayten, Mary Louise Mobley. Fourth grade: Susie Ayers, Grace Clark, Ruth Forbes, Edgar Taylor. Fifth grade: Mary Mai lory, Jesse Rawls, Dillon Wynne. Seventh grade: Joseph Barnhill, Jen nie Lou Willikms. Tenth grade: Roy Harrell. Eleventh grade: Hasel Faulkner, Helen Keel. To Hold Cottage Prayer Meeting Here Tomorrow ♦ A cottage prayer meeting will be held in the home of Mr. J. H. Dixon on West Main Street Wednesday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today by Rev. C. T. Rogers, of the Methodist church. The public is cor dially invited to attend. Wet Weather Has Delayed Planting Of Small Grains Planting of small grain has proceed ed slowly over most sections of pied mont Carolina due weather. From many counties, growers report little grain sowed to date. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 13, 1932 COMMISSIONER ARRESTED FOR TAKING BRIBES Being Held In Martin Jail In Default of $5,000 Bond Required at Hearing Thomas E. Beaman, United States Commissioner and former minister, was arrested in Greenville last week and charged with receiving bribes from bootleggers and conspiracy to violate the national prohibition laws. At a hearing held here yesterday afternoon, Beaman was placed under a $5,000 bond, in default of which he was or dered held in jail until next April, when he will be tried in the Federal court at Washington. Given the pref erence of entering either the Martin jail or the one in Pitt, Beaman chose the Martin hoosegow. While he waived preliminary exam ination at the hearing held yesterday afternoon, Beaman is said to claim the charge was a frame-up, that he was in the insurance business and was col lecting the regular premiums when arrested. Offers presented different evidence, maintaining that they had heard him bargaining ~ with alleged bootleggers and that they had trapped him in several cases. He entered the jail here good-nat uredly. - . The arrest of Heaman, who for the past three years has been prominent in the prosecution of whisky interests of this territory, followed a four-weeks investigation conducted under the di rection of Sheriff Sam Whitchurst and Chief of Police George Clark and reached its climax when Heaman. walked into the draKnet of the law at W. A. Shine's, in Greenville. Officers -said Heaman was the head of an organization and hung around law enforcement offices of the city, supposedly for the purpose of giving them government aid, but principally for the purpose of informing bootleg gers and whisky interests of the move ments of the law and then demand ing bribes. They said Ueaman told his victims that if they would pay him a certain amount of money he would defend them, that he represented all of the law-enforcement agencies of the county and could prevent their prosecution. Acceptance of bribes had been check ed on three different occasions prior to the visit to Shine's place, officers said. As Beaman approached Shine for a $3 bribe, Sheriff Whitehurst and Chief of Police Clark suddenly made their appearance at both entrances to. the building. Beaman was told he was under arrest, and in searching him the officers found a revolver and three one dollar bank note* which Shine had just paid him. Sheriff Whitehurst said he had pre viously marked the bank notes before delivering them to Shine, who instead of being a bootlegger, as Beaman sup posed, was being used by the officers in obtaining final on |he former preacher. In addition to his position as U. S. Commissioner, Beaman was said to be the head of a local detective bu reau which over a year ago was used in rounding up violators of the na tional prohibition law. Over a year, ago Beaman directed raids on numbers of whisky sellers in this immediate section. Hs obtained the information, it was said, and Fed eral officers prosecuted the raids. Many of the defendants arrested in such in stances found their way to the Fed eral penitentiary. Prior to entering the law-enforce ment field, Ueiiinan was pastor of the Free Will Baptist church in Green* ville. Five County Boys Are Enrolled at Wake Forest —■ ■ Wake Forest.—Five sons of Martin County cfSzeits are included in this year's record-breaking enrollment at Wake Forest College. One is a senior, one a sophomore, and three are fresh men. Three are from Williamston, and two are from Jamesville. The Williamston contingent is made up of J. W. Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Price; and H. H. Cowen, jr., and R. H. C°wen, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Cowen. E H. Ange, jr., a sophomore, ton of Mr. and Mjs. E. H. Ange; and C. A. Askew, jr.f a freshman, son of Mrs. C. A. Askew, are both from James- ville and are bath taking the regula* academic courses. These two men are also officers of the Martin a County club, Askew being president and Ange vice president. Masons Will Select New Officers Here Tonight The Skewarkee Lodge, A. F. and A. M., will hold its regular election of officers for the coming Masonic year at a meeting to be held in the lodge hall tonight at 8 o'clock. AH members are especially urged to at tend the meeting. To Meet With Seed Loan Farmers Here Tomorrow J. Haywood Jones, field inspector (gr the Government Production Loan Office, will meet with those Martin farmers having loans at the court house here Wednesday afternoon be tween 1 and 1:30 o'clock. It is understood Mr. Jones will dis cuss the holding of peanuts off the market by postponing the collection date for the loans floated in anticipa tion of peanut production and sales in this territory. It has been unofficially learned that the government will con sider postponing the collection date un til next March, but definite action will probably be taken at the meeting here tomorrow, making it important for all farmers possessing government loans to attend. RED CROSS DRIVE IN THIS SECTION NETS TOTAL sllO Gained Membership More Than One-sixth of the Assigned Quota Conipleting its final drive of the an nual Red Cross roll call a- few days, the Martin County chapter of the or ganization annexed a" total of $110.55, it was reported yesterday by Mrs. A. R.. Dunning, chairman' of the chapter. The gained membership was slightly more thai Hone-sixth of the quota as signed. The names of those making dona tions since the last report are: Miss L, E. Sleeper, Mrs. John Man ning, Virginia Electric and Power Company's force, $4; rhe first five grades of the local schools, $4 35; Mayo-Misell, G. M. Anderson, R. C. Sexton, Mrs. I. T, Coltrain, O. \V. Hamilton, Misses Annie V. Horner, Emily Smithwick, Blanche Mizell, Opal Brown, Charles Martin, R. O Martin, Professor A. L, Pollock, all of Jamesville; and Rev. E. C. Sexton, of Rocky Mount. All ihe grades in the jamesville school contributed $6.00. In making the final report of the membership drive, the chairman pub those who aided the soliciting work licly expresses her appreciation to those who aided th esoliciting work and whose names are: Mrs. Rome Biggs, Mrs. J. S. Rhodes Mrs. J. G. Godard, Mrs. Rush Bon durant, Mrs. Roger Critcher, Mrs. H. G. Horton, Mrs. Oscar Anderson, Mrs. Roy Gurganus, Mrs. M. D. Watts, Mrs. R. L. Coburn, Mrs. G. H. Harrison, Mrs. Robert Everett, Mrs. Jack f'rank, Mrs. Gahe Roberson, Mrs. Kathleen Lilley, J. R. Manning, Pro fessor H. M. Ainsley, Professor A. L. Pollock, Mrs. VV. B. Watts, Miss Rutli Manning, and Mrs. Leinan Barnhill. COTTON CROP IN COUNTY ALMOST DOUBLED IN 1932 Crop at Present Price Will Hardly Pay One-half of County Tax Bill Martin County farmers have al ready ginned 1,736 more bales of cot ton than they did up to the same time last year, but the growers will hardly get as much the larger crop as they received la*t year. With the price of peanuts touching a new loi% point and cotton ranging around 5 cents a pound, it now looks as if the old live-at-home program will be followed more extensively next year than at any time since or before the Civil War. Food and feeds are just as valuable as ever for the indi vidual farmer'i consumption, and since he makes little or nothing on so-called money crops, he is expected to turn more and more to providing his own food and none for others. Up until the first of this month, 4,- 555 bales of cotton had been ginned in the county, as compared with 2,- 792 bales ginned up until the same time last year. Estimating that each of the 4,555 bale* weighs 500 pounds, and figuring the 2,277,500 pounds at 5 cents, there wouldn't be enough revenue from the sale to pay but half the tax bill in the. county, not men tioning the numerous mortgages, cur-i .rent debts, or living expenses. I While the crop for the nation is 'more than 4,000,000 bales below the 'MI production, the price is lower. Last year there was a crop of 17,086,- KM) bales as compared with 12,727,000 bale* this year. North Carolina's yield was estimated to be 640,000 bales. Junior Order To Elect Its Of Beers Thursday Night The annual election of officers for the local council. Junior Order of United American Mechanics, will be Held Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Ame'rican Legion hall. All [ members are urged to attend. Many County Growers Favor Peanut Marketing JUDGE BLAMES EXTRAVAGANCE FOR TROUBLES Stresses the Importance of Checking Crime In Its Beginning Making a charge that embraced the very essence of good citizenship, Judge Frank A. Daniels in superior court here yesterday declared that ex travagance was one of the main foun dations for our present crime wave and distress. "We have rushed too fast in our demands for luxuries," the able jurist said. Continuing, he said, "We have torn down our old houses and built greater ones. We have placed debts on all we have for au tomobiles, radios, and other articles of pleasure, and in all we have build ed too extravagantly." j—t. Judge Daniels addresses the jury members as men of character and in telligence. The law requires and makes it the duty of the county com missioners to provide a jury list of such qualifications, takiug the names of such persons from the tax list and depositing them in the jury box every two years. The judge stated that the same rule should apply to all offices. He condemned the practice of the sel fish unscrupulous, and unintelligent class who too often' clamor for office by going out among -such - classes as they themselves are and enlist their help when their only qualification is the art to mingle with and enlsit help from classes who are not concerned in honest government. In outlining the duties of the grand jury, the presiding judge stated that he assumed the members would ad here to the instructions of the court and to their oaths. He explained that no bill could be passed until twelve of the jury members voted for its pass age, and that no man cpuld be tried for a felony until indicted by the grand jury. The jurist stressed the importance of checking crime in its infancy, be cause little violations finally grow un til some of the greater crimes are committed. All public offices should be regular ly inspected, the judge adding that we need to check our individual business in order that we may know whether or not we arc keeping within due bounds. Headed by Sylvester Peel, foreman, the jury was made up by the follow ing: G. R. Haislip, A. L. Raynor, L. A. Thompson, W. L. Bland, Dewey Per ry, A. R. Osborne, Dennis L. Peel, S. L. Andrews, ~N. S. Cherry, Levin Ange, George W. Ayers, G. L. Keel, S. C, Griffin, J. E. Edmondson, Noah R. Rodgers, Lester House, and I, F. Andrews. PLAY FRIDAY AT OAK CITY Literary Societies To Stage Production In School Auditorium There On Thursday, December 15, at the Oak City School Auditorium, the Es therian and Wilsonian Societies will present Myrtle Elsey's play, "The Al- 1 ley Daffodil," a comedy in three act*. The setting is in the Roberts' home in a small village. Mrs. Roberts, a social climber, clearly shows the greed of many moderns to become famous through means of securing a title for her one daughter, Frances. The father is quite henpecked, though he clearly shows his wife sh« must accept his 1 ideas as the last analysis to every sit uation. The Robert*' family becomes wealthy by mean* of manufacturing mouse trap*. Adeline Stone i* a part ner to Mr. Robert*. Cherry Rogar, the Alley Daffodil, i* the only char acter to whom we extend our sym pathy. She i* the daughter of a soap maker and is very poor until her father 'selft hi* soap formula.'. Cherry i* in love with Larry Roberts, but feel* her inferiority and know* she can not mar ry him. As the plot thickens we see Cherry and Adeline changing place*: the Roberts becoming poor, Cherry wealthy; France* eloping with Mitchle De Goresse, limply because he ha* a title. Each role add* vim and vigor to the play, but we couldn't forget a good laugh with the two colored ser vants at the Robert*' home. None other than Vengeance and Rumpu*. About 40 girls and boy* feature in three chorused that will be given be tween acts. Those* directing the play are Miss Rountree, home economics teacher, and Ml** Zetterower, English teacher. Regular Kiwanis Meeting Will Be Held Tomorrow What wiir doubtless be the last Ki wanis meeting in the year 1932 will be held Wednesday noon of this week. There are two or three new members to be recived at this meeting, and a full attendance of the membership is requested. Solicitor Don Gilliam has been invited to be the guest of the club on that day. YEAR'S SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY HOME AGENT Annual Report Submitted At County Board Meet First Monday L Miss.Loft E. Sleeper, county home I demonstration agent,' submitted the following summary of her work dur ing the past year to the Martin Coun- ty Board of Commissioners at their last regular meeting. The agent traveled 10,721 miles and held 240 meetings, with a total attend ance of 3,018, attended 31 other meet ings related to the work with an at tendance of 4,568. There were 171 women enrolled in the home manage ment project. The. women have had work in rearrangement of equipment in the kitchen to make the kitchen more convenient, adjusting the heights of work surfaces, improved .practices in laundry, ironing problems, adequate lighting, making of time schedules and making the kitchen more attractive. Approximately 100 have either rear ranged their kitchens or adjusted the heights of work surface's. A smaller number have improved laundry prac tices and ironing problems. The minor project was food preser vation, and in this the women have canned 35,600 containers, which if val ued, at 20 cents each, would give the county $7,120. This was, however, the saving to the women in the county canning food products (or the winter months. Club girls canned 702 con tainers making* the total 36,302. Total sales on the curb market were $1,425.44. There were a total of 738 sellers during the 52 market days, which is an average of-14 sellers each Saturday during the year. There have been wellare chairmen in each club the past year and the clubs have held special sewing meet ings. - A total of 133 garments were passed on during the year. Two bolts of cotton domestic were donated to the club women and garments were made and distributed. An order for coats, blankets, shoes, was placed at Fort Bragg, and these garments were distributed through the organization. Twenty-eight women attended the State Farmers' Convention this year, and the total travel expense to the women was under 50 cents each. This included the round trip to Raleigh and round trip to Duke University and Chapel Hill. -For the first time a Martin County girl is receiving Jane S. McKimmon loan fund money this year. The coun ty women should he pleased, since on ly S2O has been paid the organization. The home demonstration club* are af filiated with the state organization, Three $3.00 dues are paid each year from the county, and in additiqji the women pledged $lO to the,loan fund, which has beep paid.. The annual district meeting of the home demonstration organization was held In Williamstoti this year at the Baptist and Methodist churches. Each county contributed to the program. There were 347 in attendance. In addition to all work done in the projects reported over 300 garments have been made by the women at a saving of from $1 to $5 each. VITAL STATISTICS FOR PAST MONTH Forty Births and Eighteen Deaths Reported Irf the County During Period Forty birth* and 18 deaths were re ported- in this county last month, live townships having no births and deaths. Hamilton Township reported no deaths and 7 births. Robertonville Township led with the greatest num ber of births and deaths. Statistic* for the period, as covered by five registrars: Deaths Births Jamesville 2 4 Williamiton 6 11 Robertonville 7 16 Hamilton 0 7 Goose N«»t 3 2 Totals .1 18 40 Advertiser* Will Pnd Our Col am* • Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Home* ESTABLISHED 1898 RETURNS TO BE MADE AT MEET HERE TODAY First Of the Early Returns Are Considered Very Encouraging While definite results will not be available until 3 o'clock this afternoon, early reports indicate that the canvass made during the past few days in an effort to establish a uniform market ing agreement throughout the peanut growing area was meeting with much success. The reports were not near complete, however, and there may be a different outcome when all the town ship chairman turn in the complete returns here today. One canvasser, having. completed his territory, reported a 100 per cent support for the proposed marketing agreement. Approximately 2,000 bags \«cre represented in the particular area and the growers were reportd as be ing very eager to have a part in pro •noting the marketing Igreement. In one or two cases, the growers owed money, but they immediately visited thcif Creditors asking that they be al lowed to hold their crop and support the marketing agreement. Just what percentage of the crop will bfc included under the proposed marketing plan is not .known, but it was certain from the early reports to day that the agreement was meeting with marked favor in nearly every sec tion visited by the canvassers. In the meantime, the crop is mov ing very slowly. Marketing activities are hardly noticeable at all, and stor age operations on a large scale are be ing made locally,, it Is understood. Several thousand bags have been put in storage and warehouses here so far, and no marketing activities will be started until there is a favorable change in the price, the owners de clared. As far a> it could be learned here yesterday, less than I,ooo' bags,have been shipped from this -point to the markers. Two carloads of farmers' Stock were moved a few days ago, and there is little prospect for ship l ments of any size just at this time, l.ast year up'until about this time, approximately 100 carloads had been moved, from this shipping point. A few small sales ire being made in those cases where extreme neces sity*? demands the exchange. Many Martin farmers have sworn they will feed their peanuts to the hogs before they sell at the present price, and un der that condition, there will be hut very little activity in the peanut mar ket as long as the price ""continues" a round three-quarters of a cent and one cent a pound. Parent-Teacher Group To Serve Lunch at Jamesville The serving of a free -for all hot lunch three times a week to the ele mentary school childrn during the lunch hour is one cf» the most recent projects undertaken by the Jamesville Parent-Teachers' Association. The need of it was keenly felt in that about 85 per cent of the children had no chance of getting a hot meal in the middle of the day. At present, this is made possible through the aid of the grade mothers and the children who bring food supplies from their homes. These supplies arc divided in the aft ernoon and sent Jo the grade mothers. It is prepared and returned to school at the lunch hour next day. A well-constructed kitchen and lunch room is being built and equip ped in connection with the school. This will, no doubt, facilitate the serf l ing of lunches and increase the menu. It is hoped that soon these lunches will be served daily. Blue and Red Globes May Return To Drug Stores The mortar and pestle and those in triguing large glass globes of red and hlue-r-eniblems of pharmacy—may a gain soon grace the windows of local drug stores, a* the result of a definite "back to pharmacy" movement report ed to be making rapid headway all over America. The movement seeks to remind the public that the local drug store is a professional service institution of the highest character and centers atten tion on the many invaluable services to the sick and well rendered by the pharmacist. Though drug atorei have changed appearances in the course of years, the spirit ol the old pharma cist, friend and counselor of old and young, still hover* over today's estab lishment.