Watch the Label On Tour Paper Am It. Carries the Data Whan Tew Subscription Expirea VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 84 PROCEEDINGS IN MARTIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT —♦— Court Adjourns Wednesday Afternoon; Heard No Civil Cases • The Martin County Superior Court had a busy day last Wednesday, turn ing out the cases in rapid order and at the same time handling the murdet charge preferred againat Harvey L. Gardner. Proceedings of the court not prev iously reported: The case charging Hubert Clark with embezzlement wafe continued for the state. A not proa with leave resulted in the case charging Leland Roberson and John E. Wells with arson. This caae developed more than a year ago when several buildings were burned at Ray'a Camp on Gsirdners Creek, near Jamesville. A nol proa resulted in the case charging Cloaa Roberson with larceny and receiving. Percell Keel was given a six-month suspended sentence in the case charg ing him arith larceny and receiving. The case charging Bryant Hill with an aaaauit with a deadly 'weapon and the one charging Jim Davis with lar ceny and receiving were nol prossed. Roy Lanier was sentenced to the roada for a period of 65 days for en tering a house in the night time. A nol proa resulted in the case charg ing John Haaacll, colored, with false pretense. Coy Bland and Dennis Whitaker, pleading guilty of entering and lar ceny here several weeks ago, were aen tenced to the road* for a period of four months. For the alleged theft of tobacco in Croaa Roads Township, Whitaker was sentenced to the roads for a period of fourteen months, the sentence to be gin at th« expiration of the first. Clar ence Wynn was found not guilty in the case and E. L. Williams was aen tenced to the roads for a period of nine months. Pleading guilty of larceny and re ceiving, Theodore Lawaon waa sen- tenced to the roads for a period of 18 months. Joe Wheeler James was sentenced to the roads for nine montha on a house breaking and larceny charge. Charged with entering and stealing, Charles Ben McKeel waa sentenced to the roads for four months, and Elder Lee Gardner was given a six-months suspended road sentence. CAROL PROGRAM AT SCHOOL HERE ♦ Collection of Gifts Will Be Given To Needy Next Tuesday Morning The local high school will stage t program in keeping with the Christ-, mas season next Tuesday morning at o'clock when a collection of gifta will be turned over to the Wo man's Club welfare committee for dis tribution among the poor. Under the direction of Miss Bessie Willis, the juniors are staging a play at that time patterned after Dicken's Christmas Carol. The following will take part: Scrooge, Walter Cook; Bob Cratchett, Wheeler Martin, jr; Mrs. Bob Cratchett, Lavinia Lilley; the Cratchit children, Maynard Mobley, Shelburne Hall, Hazel Martin, Kath erine Harrison; nephew of Scrooge, Raymond Matthews; and Tiny Tim, Peter Julian Ray nor. The Christmaa carol is regorded as the most popular Christmas story out side of the Bible, and well seta forth the joy one gets by serving others. Old Scrooge looked upon Tiny Tim with contempt and without a thought for the poor, but after the old miser becomes acquainted with the cripple he aaw life ift a broader way and was made happy. Laat Wedneaday was potato day in the school. Yesterday was canned goods day. Miscellaneous articles are being collected today, and next Tues day a round-up of the gifts will be made in connection with the enacted atory. • Baptist Sunday School To Help Community Needy "Each Member of the Sunday School Bringing Some Food' Article for Diatribution to the Needy Diving Christmas Week" is the slogan at the Baptist Sunday school Sunday morn ing. In this way the church is trying to teach the children the great lesson of sharing with others. And it is expect ed that a sizeable amount of eatables will be brought into the church at this service. A committee will then be ap pointed, charged with the task of prop erly distributing the same daring the immediate days before Christmaa. The pastor will preach Sunday morn in« and again Sunday evening follow ing the sessions of the B. Y. P. U. THE ENTERPRISE Santa Disappoints To Arrive Tomorrow by Air There might be a Santa Claua next week deapite the depreaaion, but there waa no Santa Claua here last Monday or Tuesday aa sched uled. Advertised to viait here laat Monday in hia airplane, the jolly old gentleman from the north juat , failed to arrive, the landing field being too wet for a aafe landing. And there waa much diaappoint ment among the kiddiea and a few grown-ups, too. Many children aearched the akiea Monday until * dark hoping to glimpae die univer aally loved man winging his way to earth here. But he did not come that day, and when Tueaday waa apent, the little tota gave up in deapair. Gardner Given 7 To | 12 Years for Killing 1 LICENSE SALE I v—_________ j The tale of 1933 State automo bile license tag* was off to a fair ■tart here yeaterday when IS pairs of the platea were told by the bu reau located in the office of the Williamston Motor Company on Washington Street. Griffins Township, usually tak ing the first of the series, was not represented in the sale. Nearly * j half of the sales were made to automobile owners residing in near by or adjoining counties, two *ets going to, owners as far away as Murfeesboro. TWO MEN HURT , IN AUTO WRECK Roxobel Man Removed To Washington Hospital This Morning ■■■ ■ # ' i Im S. Russell Lane, attorney, and L, P. Peel, both of Roxobel, were badly hurt in an aittomobile wreck near here on the Washington Road early today. The extent of the young men's injuries could not be determined shortly after the accident, but it was feared that Peel was seriously hurt. Lane was badly cut about the face. Traveling toward Washington, Peel the driver, apparently went to sleep at the wheel. The car ran off the road and into a tree, near the home of Mr. H.-C. Green. Every glass in the Chevrolet car was broken and the front end of the machine was smash ed. An ambulance was called and ar rangements were made to carry Peel te a hospital. The wreck was the third one re ported on the particular road this week, two cars having been wrecked near Washington yesterday, and an other wrecked near Skewarkey Tues day evening. PLANNING WAR AGAINST RATS Orders for Poison Will Be Handled Cooperatively, Home Agent Says Mr. A. E. Oman, connected with the United States Biological Survey, was in the county Wednesday morn ing of this week to determine the a mount of interest in "rat extermina tion" in the county. Many women in the county have asked the home agent to secure such help from Raleigh. Every one knows the rat is the most destructive rodent in the world. Rats destroy produce worth several mil lions of dollars each year and owind to the rapid increase an epidemic of rats can be realized in a short time. It has been estimated that a pair , of rats could, in three years, produce 359,709,480 individuals. Keeping this in mind, peanuts, corn, and other grains in storage become products of the destructive rats and money wast ed. Invite the rats on. your place to a dinner of fish, grain, and meat, in which amounts of red squill have been added, which will kill rats. Th» baij; is 50 cents, given any one at cost, and will be ordered for any one interested in destroying rats. If interested, place your order with the home agent that a combined order may be sent in di rectly. • ■ " ■ Usual Presbyterian Services Iji The County Sunday The usual Presbyterian services will be conducted here, at Bear Grass and at Roberson's Chapel Sunday, it was announced today by the Rev. Mr. Piepboff. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 16,1932 Hia failure to arrive haa not dis heartened the children one bit, for they are betting big on a viait next Christmas Eve, but Santa will hardly be in an airplane. He'll probably be on foot in moat caaes. Finishing their work for the day the Macedonia school children commandeered Mr. J. L. Holliday and hia truck and came here to mapt the plane and see Santa in person. Imagine their diaappoint ment when failed to see him. Santa Claua, scheduled to viait here laat Monday but failed to show up on account of the wea . ther, ia expected to land at the Skewarkey field tomorrow morn ing- - , REPORTS MADE BY ONLY 3 OF TEN TOWNSHIPS Canvassers Are Said To Be Still at Work In the County This Week —— Early reports encouraging to the perfecting of a marketing arrangement ; for the present peanut crop met with , disappointment last Tuesday afternoon' when only three townships reported ' any canvassing activities. Hut the thne to say die is not now, as it is ; understood that the canvassers named ! at a meeting held Thursday of last I week arc still at work in their respect ive territories and a county-wide re port is expected within the next few days. Only three townships reported any activities at the scheduled meeting last 1 uesday afternoon. The committees in the seven other districts just failed. No county chairman was named, and while the undertaking is on the edge of failure, there is still hope for a con jslructive organization. When the can vassing is completed, it is understood a county chairman will be selected and contact made with other units through out the peanut-growing area. One hundred and thirty farmers in Griffins, Williams, and Williamston j Township favored the agreement, pledging 25,561 bags of the goobers. The canvassers said they found it al most impossible to visit every farmer, but they were of the firm opinion that the agreement would meet with almost a 100 per cent success in their respect ive districts. A few of those agreeing to hold their peanuts off the market, refused to sanction the proposed sell ing arrangement; that is, through the Central committee. A few favored the agreement from end to end, but re fused to offer one out of every 100 bags to offset the expenses of the mar i keting plan. Despite the starvation price offered at the present time, one or two "farm ers said they would not decrease their peanut acreage net year. A goodly j number said they had their next year's crop, meaning they would not sell un less the price was materially increased. If the price fails to advance, then they will not raise a crop next season. '■ Many farmers stated they planned to reduced their acreage 50 per cent next year. Of the 130 farmers filling in the in formation blanks, 60 were in Griffins Township, representing 7,844 bags; 29 were in Williamston Township, rep resenting 8,865 bags; and 41 were in VVjlliams Township, representing 8,- 851 bags. The canvassers are urged to com plete their work as early as possible and report their returns that the coun ty unit might be formed. Announce Sermon Topics * at the Church ot Advent Sunday morning in the Church of the Advent, Rev. E. F. Moseley will have for his sermon topic, "The Choice of Second Place," it. .was an nounced this morning by the rector. At the 7:30 evening hour, he will preach on the subject, "Does the Prince of- Peace Have a Principality?" The public is invited to hear him. Minor Wreck on Main Street Here Wednesday The front end of D. Gray's Chevro let sedan was smashed when he bump ed into the rear of a large truck on Main Street here late Wednesday eve ning. The truck stopped when a car was backed from its parking place in to the street. The Chevrolet driver was unable to stop in time to avoid hitting the truck. No one was hurt, j SANTA CLAUS IS GETTING PLENTY MAIL THIS YEAR —• — No Depression When Time Comes To Call On Ole Santa Claus There's no depression when it comes I to calling on Santa Claus, judging from 1 a few letters addressed to the jolly t old man with the great big 1 by little boys and girls in the primary j grades of the local school. However, j there is a marked feeling expressed j for their fellow chums, including all j the less fortunate tots. The letters for a cross-section of the ! wishes of the children in tire first and ' second grades. Some of the children | appeal to old Santa by referring to their unusually good conduct; others just take the visit front hfm as a mat ter of course. The letters are self explanatory: Dear Santa Claus: 1 1 am a little girl seven years old. I have been good. Please bring me a rubber doll and a crib. . Come to see the poor children, too. , Thank you. Love. MARY WEAVER. # Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl seven years old. 1 am in the second grade. My birth day was December 5/ Please bring me a doll carriage and a Patsy Ann doll. Thank Jrqu. Love. PATSY KING. IV S.—l live in Williamston, N. C. t on Main Street. • Dear Santa Claus: 1 want an air rifle, oranges, apples, raisins, and a ball. Good* by, WILLIAM GARDNER. j,~ Dear Santa Claus: I went out to the air field yester day to see you, but you were not there. 1 guess the weather was too bad. I surely hope you will get here Christ mas Eve and please bring all the other little girls and boys some things. I'lease bring me a pair of skates and a doll. Dear Santa, please remember all the i little children everywhere. Love. Thank you. EVELYN GRIFFIN. I Dear Santa Claus: 1 went to the air field yesterday, but I you were not there. I am sorry you! did i)ot come I hope you can come; Christmas night. Please fill the poor! children's stockings well. Please bring me a bicycle and a leather coat and some fruit. Thank you. Love. ,■ *. DOROTHY WATSON. iWj i Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a police outfit and a pool table. I gave some of my toys to poor children- CONRAD GETSINGER. - - Dear Santa Claus: I am a good boy in school, Hring me a drum and an automobile. MARSHALL ANGE. • - Dear Santa: I looked for you yesterday. Please come, for I want to see you. Bring me a dolly in a trunk. I love you. DELLA JANE MOBLEY. Dear Santa Claus: A dump truck. Confectioneries. JOHNNIE WHITAKER Dear Santa Claus: 1 have been good this year. Please bring me a doll, a carriage, and some confectioneries. I thank you. DAISY MANNING. ♦ Dear Santa Claus: I want you to bring me a doll, some blocks, oranges, apples, and raisins, 1 and a tea set. Good-bye, LILLIE MAE. Dear Santa Claus: I want an apples, orange, some rais ins, English walnuts, and negro toes, j One box of pop-crackers, and a ball. I love you., CLARANCE PATE. 9 Beaman Starts Habeas Corpus Proceedings Habeas corpus proceedings were started this week by Thomas E. Bea man, United States commissioner held in jail here for the alleged acceptance of bribes, in an effort to have his bond of $5,000 lowered. Federal Judge I. M. Meekins, now in Greensboro, is expected here ne«t Monday,"and will consider the case at that time, it was learned here today. > Beaman was arrested in Pitt Coun-~ ty Tuesday of last week and formally charged with accepting bribes from bootleggers. He was given a pre liminary hearing here last Thursday j when hi* bond was set at $5,000. Peanut Holding Movement Is On Verge of Failing in County WILL MAKE NO ADDITIONS TO PENSION LIST . Might Not Send Checks to Widows and Veterans Before Christmas That there will be no increases in ! pensions allowed widows of Confeder ate soldiers or no new applications | considerations within the fiext sixty days was made certain in a letter from State Auditor Baxter Durham to Clerk of the Court R. J. Peel here yester day. And there was sdme doubt as to whether the regular pensions will be paid at this time. t Mr. Durham's letter, addressed to Mr. Peel, follows: "You filed in this office certain ap lications for increase in widows' pen-, sions and others for the pension roll. I regret more than 1 can say that there is not sufficient money in the appropriation to allow for any addi ■ tions to the roll. "1 hope that within 60 days we,will j be able to pay the applications from your county now before us. \ "I understand what a severe disap pointment this will be to the appli cants, and 1 regret the circumstances that make this letter necessary." Heretofore,-pension checks were re ceived by the court clerk here by or before this tifne of the month, and dis tribution was completed before Christ mas. It is hoped, however, that the checks w ill reach here within the next day or two, and that the increases and additions will be approved within 60 ( days. Several new applications have been I made since the last payment six ; months ago, the applicants being in dire need of assistance. GROWERS AND ' CLEANERS MEET Advised Against Rushing Peanuts To Market At This Time Peanut growers carrying their j grievances to the door of the clean j ers in Suffolk this week were urged J to check the indiscriminate rushing of I peanuts on the market and advised j them to inaugurate a curtailment pro-j gram calling for a 40 percent reduc-1 tion in acreage next year. It is the opinion of many that the orderly! marketing of the peanut crop and an epected acreage reduction next year will strengthen the market. Peanut sections are pleading with the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion to purchase more than a million bags of the goobers and distribute them among tlie hungry just as the Rid Cross is distributing flour and clothing at the present time. There is little hope for the government en tering into the peanut market, and the main hope rests in the formation and maintenance of a selling agree ment assuring the orderly marketing of the peanut crop, and a reduced acreage next season. Announce Schedule oi Curb Market Operations The curb market will be, open here Saturday morning of this week, and Thursday morning of next week pre-! ceding Christmas, and Thursday morning of the following week pre- j ceding New Year's Day. It is hoped the patrons will keep the dates in, mind. Holly, mistletoe and trees can be secured through the market. All sellers appreciate the patronage of, those who have in any way helped to j make our little market grow this j year. Order your turkey at the mar ket here Saturday. A few prices fol-1 low: Eggs, 33' cents; butter 25 cents; turnips, 3 cents a bunch; potatoes, 1 cent a pound, irish and sweet;- meal, 1 cent a pound; cream, 25 cents. 9 Masons \ Elect Officers For the Coming Year Members of Skewarkee Lodge, No. I 90, A. F. & A. M., elected new offi cers for the ensuing year at their reg ular meeting Tuesday night, as fol lows: Milton J. Moye, master; J. C. Anderson, senior warden; V. J. Spivey junior warden; W. R. Watson, secre tary; R. J. Peel, treasurer; and Irving M. Margolis, assistant to the secretary. The new officers will be installed at the next regular meeting of the lodge, Tuesday night, Deceptber 27, at 8 o'- clock, at which time the retiring and - incoming officers will provide light re freshments for those who attend. Milton J. Meye, the new master, is expected to announce the names of the appointive officers within the next few days, t % ■ . f 7 MORE DAYS 1 i j It is too late to shop early, and | there are only seven more days to ( shop at all before Christmas. The ' longer one waits now, the more doubtful it will be for one to com plete the task and have the gifts in ths hands of the receivers be fore Christmas day. Postal authorities state there will be no deliveries at all on Christmas Day or the day follow ing, meaning that packages des tined for delivery through the mails must be mailed within the ! next day or two. Local merchants are receiving | additional goods daily for the late shoppers, and you are invited to visit them. Beginning next week the stores here will remain open evenings, giving an added oppor tunity to shoppers to carry on their shopping. LONGEST RAINY SPELL BROKEN ♦ Promise of Snow In This Section Today «.Or Tomorrow This section experienced its long est rainy spell this week than for months, old J. t'luvius pouring forth 1 five days and nights, beginning last Saturday. But despite the frequent rains, no- great amount of water fell during the period,' according to Hugh Spruill, official measurer ;►! the river, | who. reported two and eighteenths j inches from Saturday up to Wednes day; night. • ... I The rains had little upon the streams in the section, but they soaked the earth, making many roads almost impassahle in various parts of the county. The road* are said to be in the worst condition now than at any time since the State took them over, | hut no serious traffic handicap has re sulted. At least superior court follow ers were not handicapped very much, for they turned out in large numbers | 'front all parts of the county while the tribunal was in session. The skies cleared up yesterday morning, but rain or snow was pre- I dieted for today. Local Kiwafiis Club Elects New Officers for Next Year The Kiwanis Club elected the fol lowing officers for the year 1933 at their meeting here Wednesday, George H. Harrison, president; Frank J. Mar golis, vice president; and Cortez Green, secretary treasurer. - M r N. G. BirtUtll M ( Mttary 1,1 tin I'.ast ( arolina ( handier of Commerce, Was present and explained the object of his organization's efforts in perfect ing a holding movement among pea nut growers of this section. Mr. Hart lett had just returned from' a meeting with a group of Suffolka, Va., clean j crs, who assured him that better prices for peanuts would he obtained if the farmers could be'persuaded to stop rushing the commodity to market fast er than the cleaners could take care of them. The Kiwani.s Club passed a resolu ! tion asking the Congress of the Unit ed States to purchase a substantial i quantity of peandts for distribution !by . relief agencies throughout the ! country in :the same manner as gov | eminent-owned wheat was converted ! into flour and distributed hy the Red Cross. The price suggested was two j cents a pound. This resolution will ! he forwarded to Congressman Lind- I say C. Warren and Senators J. W. i iiailey and K. R. Reynolds. R. G. Sexton Is Champion Hog Raiser in Jamesville Dry weather might have wrought havoc with the crops in Jamesville Township this past season, hut the section still has its champion hog raisers. Mr. R. (j. Sexton recently killed four one-year-old pigs weighing 1,397 pounds, an average weight of 349 pounds. He also killed a 2-year-old hog that weighed 646. pounds net. The loss in dressing was only 64 pounds, a very low. .percentage of loss. Sunday Services At The Jamesville Baptist Church Rev. W. B. Harrington will conduct the regular preaching services in the Jamesville Baptist church Sunday at the usual hours, 11 in the morning and 7 o'clock in the evening. These two services will be the last held in the church there this year, and the pastor is anxious to have large congregations attend. . ~ -r— - Advertiser* Will Fnd Our Col um» a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes ■ 1 ESTABLISHED 1898 JURY FINDS AGED MAN GUILTY OF KILLING HIS SON —.— Calmly Hears Verdict and Registered No Complaint About the Sentence Harvey L. Gardner, aged farmer liv ing near here, was sentenced by Judge I'rank A. Daniels in superior court here Wednesday afternoon to serve from 7 to 12 years in prison for killing his son, Willie Gardner, several days ago. 1 aking the case, the jury is un derstood to have immediately agreed upon a verdict, finding the old man guilty of manslaughter, but the de cision was not announced until after a discussion that lasted for about 35 minutes. Ihe defendant calmly accepted the verdict and registered no complaint against the sentence. He was re moved from the county jail yesterday and turned over to State prison au thorities in Raleigh. The defendant will likely be transferred to the State I farm at Caledonia, where he will have an opportunity to continue farming. I Good behavior on Ifis part will lessen i Ilia sentence by one-third, giving him a minimum sentence of four and two thirds years, unless a parole or par- I don is granted him. Believed to have figured in more unnecessary trouble than -any other man in the county,- the defendant re ceived this week his first sentence of any length. His activities were re viewed at length by Prosecutor' Gil ; Irani in his talk toTTie jury, but lie on ly touched the high spots. Defense Attorney 11. G. llortou, preached his argument before the jurors, finding little foundation in the evidence or the old man's record upon which to base a substantial plea for acquittal. Octavious Gardner. 11 -year-old son of the late Willie* Gardner, was one of the main witneses in the case, and despite his tender age be made a good witness. Following the Gardner trial, the i court heard one .or two other criminal I case* and continued the few civil is sues scheduled for trial yesterday and today. I lie court adjourned late that afternoon. - _ TWO HURT WHEN CAR TURNS OVER 9 J. W. Garris and M. W. Rea Are Recovering from Wreck Injuries J W. .Garris and if. W Klu-a, of the \ irginia I'.lectric and Fower Co. maintenance w-vre-- pain- fully but not seriously hurt in an au tomobile accident at Skewarkey, near here, earlv last Tuesday evening. Both young men were hurt about the back, one receiving a bad cut on the elboW in addition to the injury to his back. Driving a new Chevrolet roadster, the boys attempted to make the cur,ve too rapidly, causing the ma chitfe to skid on the wet pavement and turn over. The car body was wrec!" f ami some damage was done !to the working parts, it was stated. Both young men were forced to their beds and arc said to be getting along very well at this time. —St Gift Day at the Everetts School Next Monday «. N'ext Monday has been designated ! as gift day at the Everetts school. On that day the si hoid chjldren will bring contributions of food and clothing | which will be distributed among the > : needy people of Cross Roads Town ship. On the same night at 7:30, a ' Christmas program will be presented in the school auditorium. Patrons and friends of the school who do not con tribute through the school children are asked to bring whatever they wish to contribute to of the needy at that time. ; - r i Monday evening's program will con- • I sist of several short playlets, a Christ mas pageant, and the singing of the Christmas carols by the high school glee club. ' . « Bethel Defeats Jamesville Basketball Team IS to 13 ♦ .. The Bethel High School boys met the Jamesville their first bas ketball game of the season Friday I night at 8 o'clock on the Roberson i ville town court. A large crowd wit nessed the game, which was . hard fought and very exciting. The score at the end of the game was 15-13 in Bethel's favor, ... • • ' v* ' , •?,.- .v

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