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Watak the UW Om Tow PMk Aa It_ Carries dw Data When Tear Baliti|«hiM Kzpfeaa VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 7 WILL NOT FINISH TRIAL CRIMINAL CASES THIS WEEK Court Adjourned Today at Noon Until Monday Morning For the first time in a number of years, the trial of criminal cases in •the superior court is continuing thru one whole week with one important case scheduled for Monday morning at 10 o'clock of next week. White many of the case* called and heard this week were considered of no great consequence, the trial of a number of them was long-drawn-out. One or two small fines have been imposed so far, and one or two substantial road sentences were meted out. Judgment in the Poole, Berry, and Bailey rob bery cases will not be announced be fore next Monday after one J. P. Watson, Roseboro merchant, alleged to have received cigarettes stolen from the Harrison Wholesale Com pany here, is tried. Watson finally appeared on the scene of battle here Wednesday, the court requiring a $3,000 bond for his appearance for trial Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Only two or three criminal cases re main on the docket for trial, and it might be that a few civil actions will be heard before Monday. Proceedings since last Tuesday noon follow: Charged with larceny, Bruce Mose ley was found to be under 16 years of age, and the case was remanded to the juvenile court. Robert Hollis, second defendant in the case, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for 12 months. The sentence was suspended upon the condition that the boy pay a $29 fine and costs of the case. John T. Hadley was found guilty of reckless driving and was ordered to jail for a period of 90 days. The case charging Julian Peel and Lee Peel with an assault with a dead ly weapon was remanded to the re corder's court for trial. John R. Colt rain was found guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, but apparently upon the recommenda tion of the jury that mercy be shown him, Judge Parker suspended judg ment upon the payment of the cost. Harry Hopkins, having paid $25 to the court in the case charging him with aiding and abetting an abortion, was given until the June term to pay the remainder of the court costs. The case charging George Andrew* with an assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon, was nol prossed. A mistrial was ordered in the case charging Ananias Keel with house breaking and larceny. « The star case of the week was the one charging Will Brayboy, colored, with assaulting his wife. The negro pleaded his own case in hjs own way, furnishing the audience moje than one good laugh when he would straf from his task and start arguing with his ivitneis. Brayboy claims his wife had been running around with one Clarence Whitaker, that he cut his wife with a butcher knife when e (Continued on page four) Young White Man Jailed for Entering Home Here Clyde Cahoon, young white man, was jailed here yesterday afternoon when be was found wandering in an intoxicated condition in the home of Mr and Mrs. Dick Daniel on Smith wick Street. He was given a hearing before Jus tice J. L. Hasaell here this morning, and was given a 30-day jail sentence, suspended upon the payment of the coats and the condition that he stay out of Williamston for six months. Dardens Man Is Jailed For Being Drunk in Courthouse Wtimer Tetterton, of the Dardens section, was sentenced to jail for five day for being drunk in the courthouse here this morning. Judge Parker saw the man, and directed the sheriff to hold him until next Wednesday at 12:15 o'clock. Tetterton, at noon, did not know what it was all about, it was said. Dr. J. A. Campbell Will Preach in Baptist Church The pastor of the Baptist church is out of town, and Dr. J. A. Campbell, President of Campbell's College, at Bole's Creek, will occupy the pulpit in the church here Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour. There will be no ehnrch service Sunday evening. Dr. Campbell is well known in this section by a large group of men and women who have attended the old Bute's Creek school and in more re cent years, the college. It is a monu mental thing Dr. Campbell has done there through thm long years of hjs life. And those who have an oppor tunity of hearing him Sunday morning will be glad of the unusual-privilege. THE ENTERPRISE Recent Warm Help To Tobacco With hprincfks weather 'pre vailing daring much of the put week or two, tobacco plant* hare advanced in we greatly, accord ing to reports heard throughout the county. Some farmers report plants aa large as a silver half dollars, and that they are picking their beds regularly to free the plants from weeds and grass. Plant beds have been increased by about one-third In this section this year, and if no trouble is ex perienced with blue mold or oth er diseases, a matsrial increase in TONSIL CLINIC AT BEAR GRASS Nineteen Childred Operated Upon Getting Along Very Nicely The tonsil clinic held at Bear Grass last Friday was very successful. There were nineteen operations performed, and from last reports all the patients are recovering rapidly. The opera tions were performed Friday morn ing and evening, and the pupils spent the night in the school house under the care of their parents, nurses and doctors. They were able to leave the school building Saturday morning. Senior Play The seniors of the Bear Grass School are going to present their an nual play, "A Noble Outcast," F"ri day night, March 31. Honor Roll First grade—Ruth Terry, Haywood Mobley, Wade Mobley, Vermin Roe buck,- Luke Mizelle, Mayo Harrison and Dallas Cowin. Hight First—Mildred Bowen, Na omi Cratt, Ula Mae Gurganus, Mary Clyde Gurganus, Mildred Wabbleton, Catherine Cratt,- Sudie Martin, Clyde Martin and Gilani Rogers. Second "Grade —Jeannett Rogerson, Rufus Gurganus, Henry Rogers, Bes sie Harrison, Edward Bullock, Evelyn Cowin, Naomi Brown, Laurel Leggett and Sybil Peel. Third Grade—William Ward, Mary Lou Hodges, Elbert Harris, Harry Wynn, Elva Leggett, Lucille Jones and Dennis Marion Bailey. Fourth Grade—Rachel Ayers, Mag daline Harrison, Rachel Hardy, Car rie Dell Terry, Ronald White and Cora Ruth Shaw. Sixth Grade—Hilda Roberson, Ruby Wynn, Delia Mae Jones. Seventh Grttde—Vada Shaw, Lou allie Whitehurst, Catherine Wynn, Grace Rogers, Bessie Mae Terry, E lizabeth Bailey, Lee Cherry and Leon Rogers. Eight Grade—Susie Gray Hines, Lois Mae Bailey, Hilda Roebuck, Evelyn Mobley, Dan Peel, William Mizelle, Virginia Bell Whitehurst. Ninth Grade—Mary Elizabeth Keel and Clifton Malone. . Tenth Grade—A. B. Ayers, jr., and Theresa Rogers. Eleventh Grade—Taylor Malone, Ralph Mobley. BANQUET HELD AT FARM LIFE Juniors Honor Seniors with Big Banquet There Last Evening With the first senior class nearing completion of the year's work in the Farm Life School, the junior class honored the dignitaries at a banquet there last night. The event was care fully planned and greatly enjoyed by the students and a few invited guests including the faculty and members of the Khool committee. Following a three-course dinner, an interesting pro gtam of songs, short talks and games testing the knowledge of the atend ants in history and poetry, was en joyed. The graduating class there this year is composed of 12 pupils, six girls, Eva Brown Coltrain, Eva Gray Manning, Estelle Lilley, Veona Roberson, Hazel Ward and Mildred Roberson; and six boys, Robert Peel, Maurice Peel, Jno. E. Manning, Archie Coltrain, Felton Daniel and. Raleigh Harrington. Beer Legal Nationally but Not Yet in North Carolina The Congress of the United States has legalised beer, but at the present time, or after April 6, only in a few states can the beverage be sold leg ally. The sale of beer will be unlaw ful in North Carolina unless the leg islature amends certain laws prohibit ing the manufacture ami aale of cer tain beverages. The question has been advanced in the legislature, but no definite action has resulted. At the present time, Maryland is about the nearest state that will be Xeady for the legal sale of beer. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 24, 1933 the crop acreage can well be ex pected. Blue mold, aided by wet weather, is damaging plants in the fields of South Carolina and Georgia, but it could not be learned whether the condition would effect a de crease in the acreage or not. It is believed that farmers will realise as much from a crop two thirds of normal six* as they will from a big crop, but despite the advantage to be had in small acreages, indications now point to a crop just aa large as can be planted. UPHOLD VERDICT IN JOHNSON CASE Robersonville Man To Get $13,400.00 for Injuries Received in Wreck The North Carolina Supreme Court this week upheld the Martin County Superior Court in its judgment award ing Edgar Johnson, Kobersonville cit izen, the sum of $13,400 for injuries received in an automobile-truck wreck near Wilson more than a year ago. The suit Was brought against the Boney-Hoffler Transfer Co., of Wal lace, the plaintiff proving to the court that he was permanently injured by the negligence of the company em ployee. Mr. Johnson was critically injured when he ran his automobile into one of the transfer trucks parked on the YVilson-Goldsboro highway, and was confined to a Wilson hospital for weeks. The action of the supreme court brings the case, one of the largest damage suits completed in the county in years, to a close. TO STAGE PLAY AT EVERETTS Elementary Children Will Appear in Operetta There Tuesday The elementary grades „f t | ie jrver etts school will cooperate in present ing an operetta "Are Fairies Real" on Tuesday night of next week, March 28, at Bp. m. Practice on the oper etta has been in progress during the past week, and the program was orig inally scheduled for Friday, March 24, but a recurrence of mumps among the school children has caused postpone ment. Children of all grades will take part in the operetta, which is the on ly elementary grade commencement program to be offered this year. The senior class has already select ed a play for presentation this spring and will begin practice next week. The play entitled "George in a Jam" will be offered during the first-week In April. Attendance reached its highest level during the fifth and sixth school *months, despite the bad weather. Dur ing the school month just closed the attendance was 309; 261 in the ele mentary school and 48 in the high school. Attendance figures for the six-months period of the shcool year are as follows: Elementary, 245; high school, 50; total, 295. HOLDING SCHOOL FOR ILLITERATES Several Pupils Taking the Course of- Study at Robersonville According to information received here much progress it being made in a class conducted for illiterates at Robersonville. Ten or twelve pupils are studying there under the direc tion of Mrs. Pitt Roberson, it was said. The Reconstruction Finance Cor poration allows so much for the work, making the instruction free to pupils. However, aa far as it can be learned here, the claas in Robersonville is the only ona that has been organized so far in thia'county. According to latest available figures there are 2,865 people 10 years of age or older who can neither read nor write in thia county, indicating that instructional work ia badly needed. The government will pay any un employed person prepared to handle the work a small salary for teaching illiterate*. Special Service at Local Methodist Church Sunday Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Preaching service at 11 a. m. At the night service, the young peo ple will give a play, "The World Builders." You will find it interest ing and instructive. All sre cordially invited to attend. POULTRY CAR TO BE IN COUNTY 3 DAYS NEXT WEEK Slight Increase In Prices In Effect for Leghorn Hens; Only Change County Agent T. B. Brandon, coop erating with the Roanoke Mutual Ex change, will operate a poultry car in the county three days next week, it was officially announced here today. Loadings are scheduled for Jamesville on Tuesday, here Wednesday, and in Robersonville on Thursday. With one exception the price list remains the same. F.ight cents in stead of seven are offered for leghorn hens. The other prices, 10 cents for colored hens, and so on, are the same as those offered when the first car was operated several weeks ago. The prices are as high as any received on any market this season. It is hoped that a liberal patronage will be given the car, as it is operated on a no-profit basis by the exchange and the county agent. The operation of these cars has certainly had its effect in holding up prices for poultry, and it is reason able to believe that had theer been no cooperative shipments made, the prices would have been as low as 7 and 8 cents. At the present time, it is not known whether another car will be operated after next week or not. The prices offered for loadings next week appear elsewhere in this paper. LIMIT POWER OF TRIAL JUSTICES Bill To Restore Jurisdiction of Justices In Traffic Violations Killed The bill sponsored by Representa tive J. Calvin Kniitli, of this* county, to restore justice of the peace • juris diction over certain minor traffic vio lations met opposition in the House of Representatives this week from members who recalled the magisterial speed trap graft of not many years ago. t f However, the House did pass a bill placing violations of "horse drawn ve hicle light law under the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. The Smith bill frowned upon by members of the House was not intro diKed to create graft among those prosecuting speeding outoists, but was offered in an effort to limit the cost resulting when a defendant was car ried into the higher courts for speed ing and where the expense is neces sarily greater than it is in a justice of the peace court. In other words the bill would have permitted justices of the peace to handle cases growillk out of minor violations, whereas the higher courts now handle them but at a very high cost to te violator. SEES SUNSHINE; CALLS FIREMEN ♦ ■ Woman Sees Sunlight In Roof and Thought Her House Was Afire Opening her eyes early Wednes day morning, Roscoe detriment's wife, colored, saw the bright sunshine pouring through the roof over her head, and thinking the house was burn ing she called for the fire department. It was just another case where one could not tell the sunlight from a Are, or a case similiar to that old story about a man, his donkey and a well. But the surroundings were new to the woman, she having moved from Evert tts into the humble abode on Sycamore Street only the day before. The fun pouring its bright light into her eyrs through the faulty roof was apparently something new to her. The fire company returned to the station after straightening the family out as to what was sunshine and what was fire. Schedule of Presbyterian Services in the County The Church with an Open Door Church school, 9:45 a. 111. Worship service and sermon, 11 a. m. Bear Grass Church school, 9:30 a. m. Worship service and sermon, 7:30 p. m. Roberson't Chapel Church school at 3:30 p. ir. Prayer meeting, Thursday at 7:45 p. m. Ballard's Farm - Church school at 1:45 p. m. State Prison Camp Preaching every Sunday afternoon by Rev. Hill. The church is in the world to serve. We wish to be of service to you. Come and join us in our service at one of the above points. How To B« Rich If you want to be needy—Hoard. If you want to be poor—Grasp. If you want -abundance—Scatter. If you want to be rich—Give. Many Guardians Delinquent In Making Reports To Court CHANGE METHOD IN APPLYING FOR REGIONAL LOANS Change Is Almost Too Late To Be of Much Help to Martin Farmers After a goodly number of Martin farmers have applied, ,worried, and waited for loans from the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation, Ra leigh, and at much inconvenience, in formation reaches here stating that a new plan has been developed sim plifying the method of making appli cations for loans. Several farmers asking loans thru the credit corporation have withdrawn their applications for various reasons. One farmer, pledging a number of mules and farming implements worth more than twice the loan, was still waiting favorable developments this week khen he learned the application was returnd to have the tenants sign as a further security to the loan. Many of the applications have been approved however, and upwards of SIOO,OOO will be lent to the approximately KM) ap plicants in this county, it is under stood. The new plan is offered here for the convenience of those farmers \whose mule is not mortgaged and who wish to apply for a loan from the credit corporation. Comparatively few applications have been made to the credit corporation since the seed and feed loan agency opened shop about two weeks ago. "The new plan simplifies the mat ter ami method of in:ikin» applications for loans, and will tend to expide the handling of applications, so that when the applications are approved the mon ey will be made available to farmers much more quickly than under pre v lotis plans. The present plan pro viiles that only the application and an additional sheet, completely describ ing the property to lie mortgaged is to be made out and signed by the persons seeking the loan. This paper is then submitted to the county com mittee, who will pass on the credits involved, then the application in dupli cate will be forwarded to the corpora tion in Raleigh. "The application will then be sub mitted to the loan committee, and up on approval by the loan committee of the security offered,, a copy of the ap plication will be forwarded l to the borrower, who will lie instructed to present the application and the sheet dscrihing the property to he mort gaged to the attorney whose Certifi cate is acceptable to this corporation in the county where the applicant lives. "As soon as the attorney can de termine thai the property to he eiii , bracrd in Ihe mortgage is unencum bered and the title is in the person offering the same as security, he will prepared the note and mortgage and have it executed, acknowledged, pro hated, and placed on record, lie will then notify the corporation in Ra leigh, which will immediately order the loan to he disbursed." PITT OFFICER IS BADLY SCARED Papers Issued for His Ar-j rest When He Fails To Appear in Court Here —' —• I Greenville Reflector) Claude Gaskins, affable register of, deeds of Pitt County, was a terfibly frightened man this morning, and a* superior court judge was the cause of it all. Several days ago Claude received a summons to appear as a witness in the Williamston court. The date was set for yesterday. Yesterday came, and Claude, busy as always, had his mind on his business and forgot to go to Williamston. When he appeared at his desk in the oourthouse this Sheriff Whitehurst faced hint with a capias ordering him to appear at Williamston at once or show reason why he could not. . Speaking of action, it is needless to say Claude put his legs. into circula tion, and when he came to a halt to catch his breath he was all set to go to as fast as a high pow ered car could carry him. Known as the incomparable charac ter witness, Claude was expected to play an important part in the Wil liamston case, but just how import ant will not be known until he comes back home and becomes more articu late than when he "aired out" for the Martin County capital this morning as [a witness in the Wilson arson case. COUNTY RAISED $2,318 FOR RELIEF Amount Supplemented the SB,OOO Received from the Government Martin County, through its regular relief agencies and various private con tributions, raised $2,318 for relief work during the past month, according to a statement released from the Gov ernor's office of relief this week. This amount supplemented the approximate ly $8,00(1 received from the Recon struction Finance Corporation during (he period. Approximately 30 per cent of relief funds used in the various counties of North Carolina was raised from local sources. Federal funds totaling $896,000 were allotted to the various counties for relief purposes during February. This total was supplemented with a total of $334,802 raised by local communi ties. The local funds were derived from both private contributions and public appropriations from city and county. More than 90 counties re ported that they hail made some lo cal contributions with which to sup plement Federal allotments. LOCATING MILL IN THIS COUNTY Slade Family Expected To Arrive Here Today from Columbia, Alabama ! MCJSIS. Whittle and Slade, of Ma con, (ia., are completing arrangement* for locating a lumber plant in thi.s I county, according to information re leived herf this • week Mr, A. K Whittle has been liere Ibis week sup ervising tlic unloading of equipment which will be located temporarily on the Washington Road near here. a. The company is locating in this sec tion for the first time They are op erators of several mills in Alabama and Georgia, it is understood, and only recently purchased large tracts of timber in this county, Mr. Slade, who will have charge of the operations in this county, is ex pected here today with his family from Columbia, Ala. They will make their home in the Dr. John I). Higgs house in New Town. 2ND BIRTHDAY FOR CURB MART Sales On Market During the Period Are $2,621.79; Announce Prices (By Mios Lora E. Sleeper) The curb market will celebrate its second birthday appropriately here Saturday morning. We hope to have some more vegetables and more va riety for the birthday In the two year period not including this Satur day which makes exactely two years j produce-sold through the weekly sales on the market have returned to the sellers $2,621.79. Tlie market is small and has a big chance for growth, and can do more than this for the sellers i* pA-tmns r.re satisfied customers. | All sellers who have been on the I market have made many improve- I ments in attractiveness of display, I quality of products sold, but improve ment can lie made in the variety of 1 products sold by the individual. We | are hoping patrons will help us to have more variety by calling for prod j ucts which, as yet we do not have, but will try to supply. Prices for this week are as follows: I'-ggs, cents a dozen; onions, 3 cents a bunch; carrots, 3 cents a bunch; sweet potatoes, 1 1-2 cents a pound, irish potatoes, 1 cent a pound; meal, I cent a pound; cream, special, 20 cents a pint; turnip salad, 2 1-2 cents; special birthday sale of all akes will be 20 cents a pound. Robber 'Enters B. F. Perry Store Here Last Night A. negro entered the B. F. Perry store on Washington Street here early last night, stole three or four dollars in cash and made his escape. Using a ladder, the man entered a bark upstairs window and was seen by a Mr. Sugg, who thought the man was doing gome repair work. Going to the front of the store, Mr. Sugg saw the negro dodge behind the counter. Storekeepers in the block were called but before they could get to the rear of the store the man had made his es cape. Mr. J. L, Peel fell into . an auto grease pit and was slightly hurt as he started to the rear of the Perry store. Advertiser* Will Fnd Oar Col ama a Latchkar to Over Sixtaan Hondrad Martin County Homaa ESTABLISHED 1898 38 ARE LISTED AS FAILING TO KEEP BONDS IN ORDER Unless Requirements Are Met Guardians Will Be Imprisoned A startling condition existing in the handling of funds belonging to or phan children was reported this week by the Martin County grand jury fol lowing an investigation of the guar dian books ordered by the Hon. R. Hunt barker, judge presiding over the term of Martin County Superior court now in session. The investigation fol lowed a pointed charge of the judge in open court Monday, when he or dered that all guardians whose ac counts show discrepancies be impris oned. rile jury found 38 guardians who bad failed to renew their bunds within the past three years, file annual reports, or set forth how their wards' funds are invested. It was a sweeping in vestigation and in those cases where the accounts are not put in order im mediately, the guardians will be im prisoned according to strict instruc tions handed down by Judge Parker in his charge. While it is understood that there are some irregularities in the Uccounts, it was learned that most of the funds are intact and that they have not been mishandled. However, it is learned from the grand jury report that the guardians in the 38 cases cited have failed to comply with the law requir ing bonds, filing of annual reports set ting out how and where the ward*' funds are vested, Clerk of the Court K. J. I'eel, when asked for a more complete explanation of the accounts, said that some had been left off that should Tie on there and that some in cluded in the report should have been left off. Mr. I'eel explained that the jury hail handled its work in so far as it was able to do so, that it would require two or three weeks to in- vestigate all the accounts and estab lish the true status of them. (■uardians are supposed to prepare their own accounts or have their re spective attorneys handle them, Mr. I'eel stating that he will find it im possible to handle - the work for the guardians as lie will be pccupied with the courts during the next several weeks. All guardians are reminded of the jjulge's orders, and no doubt it will be advisable for them to get the accounts -mlrunted -to—them -in order at once Ihe clerk of the superior court was ordered to issue citations "in the cases and have the guardians file accounts and renew their bonds. If they fail in this duty, the clerk was ordered t>)ia.vc_ihtuu-adj.udKed.i n cun tempt of court and ilirect tfieir im prisonment At the direction of the court, a list of guardians and their charges appears alsewhertf in this paper. ( Turning their attention from the orphans, the grand jurymen investigat ed the depositories for the "taxpayers' money. The two accounts, one in the Branch Hanking and Trust Company and one in the Bank of Kobersonville, are amply secured, the report shows. The report shows the county has $26,215.2.1 of its sinking fund invest ed, the amount being secured by nine mortgages and title to one house and lot. The loan principal is not due, or rather the due date is to be set at the discretion of the county commis sioners, but the loans are to be paid within the next two years, according to provisions set out in a recent law enacted by the State legislature. In terest payments are behind in one or two cases, the report shows. The jury found all the school busses in the county in good condition ex cept three, and the brakes and lights on those three have already been re paired. No drivers were found to be under 16 years of age. inmates in both the county home and jail stated that they were receiv ing satisfactory treatment. Various county offices were found in good condition. Eight justices of the peace entered their reports,, the grand jury receiv ing them without comment. The re port is one of the most complete re turned by a grand jury in this coun ty in many years, and Judge Parker's comments were carefully listened to by a large crowd last Wednesday aft ernoon. Services at the Riddick's Grove Church Sunday Rev. W. B. Harrington will con duct the regular preaching services at Riddick's Grove Baptist church Sun day afternoon at } o'clock, it was an nounced yesterday. The public is ia vited.
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