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AdrartiMrm Will Pod Oar Col mna a Latchkey to Ovar OUta— Hundred Martin County Hocnaa VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 27 LOCALS NOW TIED FOR TOP PLACE IN LEAGUE RACE Appear in Best Form of the Season Against Ahoskie Here Yesterday Williatnston's position in the Albe marle League was made slightly un comfortable this week when Windsor registered two victories over the lo cals on July Fourth, giving the Eden ton Colonials an equal claim to top [rtace in the Albemarle League. Aft er meeting defeat in both the holiday games, the staged a comeback yesterday afternoon when they fatten ed their batting average by defeating Ahoskie 12 to 0 on the diamond here. Edenton and the local nine with 13 wins and 6 defeats each, are hotly contesting for the top position, the holders to be determined in the lait period of play for the first half end ing next week. The two teams will meet Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Before a large holiday crowd, Wil liamston loft its home game to Wind sor, 5 to 3, last Tuesday morning, "Lefty" White, for the visitor*, hold ing the locals to a few scattered hits. Herring pitched for Williamston, al lowing 12 hit*, which coupled with er rors aided the progress of the visi tors. The locals made their three runs on 6 hits and 7 errors. Windsor won the afternoon name by a 6 to 5 count before one of the largest crowds to see a game in. the league this season. Watkins held Williamston to eight hits, but he was relieved in the ninth by White after two were out, "Lefty" getting credit for the win. Kugler, allowing 12 hits, was relieved in the eighth by Cherry, who yielded up one hit and was charged with the loss. A wild pitch in the ninth gave Windsor the decdi ing run. Williamston took on new form here yesterday afternoon when they con nected for 17 hits and played errorless ball for the first time this season, win ning over the Ahoskie Indians by a 12 to 0 count. With the shifting of Brake to centerfiehl and putting New some on second, the locals appeared in their best form of the year. Two Ahoskie twirlcrs were driven From the mound, one in the first, when the lo cals made 5 runs, and a second in the third inning, when 6 more runs were counted. "Country" Davis went on the mound at that stage of the game and held the Martini scoreless from then on. It was the first game the locals had played without a single er ror being chalked against them, and their hitting was the best of the sea son. Cherry was in fine form, allow ing only 4 hits and walking one pur posely. Next week marks the close of the first half of the season, and right now no one team has a claim on the top position. Bo* score for Thursday: WILLIAMSTON AB R HPO A B Earp, ss - J... 4 2 2 1 2 0 Gaylord, If .5 2 2 0 0 0 Latham, c 5 2 2 0 0 0 Brake, cf 5 2 2 3 0 0 Uzzle, 3b 5 110 3 0 Taylor, lb 5 1 2 11 1 0 James, rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 Newsome, 2b 4 0 1 2 4 0 Cherry, p... 3 12 12 0 Totals 41 12 17 27 12 0 AHOSKIE ABRHPOAE Harrell, 2b ,401110 Gerrock, lb 4 0 0 7 0 0 Carr, p-cf 4 0 2 4 0 0 W. Davis, rf-p 4 0 110 1 Tomko, 3b 4 0 0 2 3 0 Corbitt, ss - 3 0 0 0 3 0 H. Davis, rf-p 3 0 0 3 0 0 Askew, If _ 3 0 0 1 0 0 Rogerson, c 3 0 0 5 0 0 Totals 32 0 4 24 7 1 Score by innings: R Ahoskie 000 000 000— 0 Williamston 516 000 OOx—l2 Summary: Two-base hits: Uczle, Cherry, Brake, Carr, Gaylord, Latham 2; home run: Brake; base on balls: off Cherry I, off Carr 1, off H. Davis 0, off W. Davis 1; struck out: By Cher ry 6, by H. Davis 3, by W. Davis 2. Hits: off Carr, 4 in 0 (none out in first ); off H. Davis 9 in 2 1-3 in nings (1 out in 3rd); off W. Davis, 4 in 5 2-3 innings. Umpires: Joyner and Wyatt. Local Fire Company Gets Call Yesterday Morning The local fire company was called out yesterday when fire threatened the hay bam of Mr. L. B. Harrison on Church Street. Very little damage was done, as the bla?e was brought under control by water from a garden hose. A boy about the lot was burning some trash near the barn, and the fire caught the building when he stepped away for a few .minutes. The scene of the fire wa* laid to hart been Harrison's stable, and the truck was driven to the rear of the Harrison fctore before it was learned that the fire was threatening the barn on Church Street. THE ENTERPRISE Team Batting Averages • Drops From The Martins, both as a club and as individuals, suffered a slump in batting last week, the team as a whole getting only 31 hits out of 127 times at bat for an average of .244, and dragging the team average down to .291 from .303 the week before. Only a few individual players man. aged to hold up as well or do better than they did the previous week. Brake, second baseman, kept his eye on the ball and managed to main tain his .395 average for the season, thereby holding first place. Jim Uxzle is still secopd, although he clipped from .370 to .357. Earp climbed ahead of Taylor with a mark of .351 against .308 the previous week._ Taylor dropped from third place to fifth, his average going from .358 to .318; Gaylord is ahead of him by 2 points, with 320. The other team members are all batting below .300 with the exception of l'age, who has only 2 times-at bat and a .500 average. In addition to leading the club in batting, Hra':c also has collected the largest number of hits, 28, and two-baggers, with 8. Uzzlc ijrfhls in total bases, with 42, including 2 homers and 3 Jriples. Earp ami Wy lord are tied in number of runs scored with 20 ea:h; Lathom, Herring and Earp have each garned 4 three-baggers to show the way in that department; and Gaylord has the most sacrifice hits with 4. Following is the table for all games up to and including Friday, June 30: Player tt Position Page, cf ..... Brake, 2b Uzzle, 3b Earp, ss Gaylord, If Taylor, lb James, rf Latham, c Herring, p-cf Cherry, p-cf Frank, cf Kugler, p-cf Newsonie, p Team Totals FOURTH PASSES QUIETLY HERE No Disorders or Accidents Reported In Section During the Day The. nation's birthday anniversary last Tuesday was very quietly observ ed in this community, no disorders or accidents being reported during the clay. No arrests were made in the county as far as it could be learned. Hundreds from "Stores, other busi ness houses and farms around at tended the baseball game here that morning between Windsor and Wil liamston, and the crowd followed the | teams to Windsor that afternoon. Finding the weather unusually cool and pleasant, very few people from this community visited any of the beaihcs or watering places that day. Those who did brave the cool lea ther and visited the beaches are said [to have sat around the firesides most of the time. Approximately 200 accidental deaths were reported throughout the nation during the day, the automobile death toll leading the list of casualties. MUST PAY WATER BILLS AT OFFICE Reduced Department Force Makes Direct Collect ions Impossible Reducing its water department force to a minimum, the town find* it necessary to insist on water cus tomers paying their accounts at the office of the treasurer and discontinue the services of a collector. AH ac counts are due and payable at the of fice of the treasurer on or before the 15th of each mouth, and where ac counts are not paid, service will be discontinued between that time and the next reading without further no tice. There are about 300 water accounts to be handled each month, and ordi narily about 275 of that number are paid promptly. Lately, however, the collector has been confronted with an ever-growing delinquent list. At the meeteing last Monday, 57 delin quent accounts were reported. Prac tically all of that number will have been collected before the 15th, but the collection work is fast reaching ihe problem stage and the authorities found it necessary to ask that accbunts »e paid at the office. Martin County Jail Now Has 'Two Men Boarders The Martin County jail, after be-| ing empty for about 10 days for the first time in years, started receiving' boarders again over the week-end' when officers entered three prisoner*.! Two of the prisoners were arrested 1 and placed in jail for alleged stealing! of meat and clothing, and the third was held in connection with driving an automobile while intoxicated. No arrest* were made on tbl Fourth, and at the present time only two men are in jail, the third having I been released under bond. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 7, 1933 G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB SH Pet. 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500 17 71 13 28 8 1 0 38 3 .395 17 70 11 2S 5 3 2 42 1 .357 M 7 74 20 26 2 4 0 36 2 .351 17 72 20 23 4 1 1 32 4 .320 17 667 21 500260 .318 17 67 4, 18 4 0 0 22 2 .269 17 69—tS 17 4 4 0 29 2 .246 16 51 6 12 3 4 1 26 0 .235 10 22 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 .136 10 25 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 .120 • I 24 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 .083 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 17 616 102 179 36 17 4 261 16 .291 ATTEMPT IS MADE TO BURN CHURCH HERE THIS WEEK Fire Discovered Under the Old Episcopal Church Here Last Monday Ah attempt was made to bum the old Episcopal church building lure last Tuesday morning, neighbors dis covering and checking the blaze be fore any damage resulted. Mystery surrounds the act, officers investigat ing it stating that they were ut a loss to even learn the motive behind the crime. About 12:30 that mornitg, members of the P. H. Brown household, ad joining the church property, heard a noise in the yard and upon investi gation saw a man run from the church, but his identity could not be established. Later they saw a small fire burning under the front part of (he wooden structure, used now for the Church of the Advent Sunday school. Mr. Brown hurriied out of his home and with a bucketSif water extinguished the small blaze. It was later learned that the party attempt ing to burn the building had saturat ed two newspapers, one of which was printed in New York, with kerosene carried to the scene in an old coffee pot. It is believed by some that the party or parties attempted to fire the building to attract the attention of the town to the spot and make it pos sible for them to rob in other parts of town unnoticed. Vital Statistics for First Six Months Reported Sixty-eight births and 27 deaths were reported in Williamston Town ship during the first six months of this year, it was learned yesterday from Mis. Mary Andrews, registrar. Forty of the births and 16 of the deaths were reported in Williamston. WITH THE EDITOR AT THE CENTURY 01 PROGRESS EXPOSITION IN CHICAGO Returning a few days ago from the world fair in Chicago, Messrs. C. A. Harrison, Edwin Feele, Chas. Man ning and W. C. Manning had many things to tell, but each of them ad mitted thai a complete word descrip tion of the amassed sight* there is humanly impossible. Traveling in a special train chartered in Asheville by members or the South and North Carolina Press associations, William son's four representatives reported a wonderful trip upon their return. The editor gives a brief sketch here, and explains that months would be required to tell about rtie spectacular sighta of the exposition. He says: Upon approaching the vfcinity of the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, one's eyes glimpse a new type of architecture made even more striking with its bright colon. Bril liant by day and made equally bril JULE BUNTING, HAMILTON MAN, KILLS HIMSELF Former Large-Scale Farmer Shoots Self at Noon Wednesday Jule B. .Punting, at one time a prominent and large-scale farmer of Hamilton, ended his life at his home there early Wednesday afternoon by firing a load of shot into his side and heart. Death resulted immediately. Going to his second-story room shortly after the noon-day meal, Bunting was heard walking around by his wife who was in the dining room just under him. After attend" ing to, several duties in and about the home, she went up stairs and opened the door to the room, finding her hus band dead. A shot gun was resting against his left knee, and a yard stick was found lying on his right arm and log, the body reclining on the bed. No report of the gun was heard, and when Mrs. Bunting entered the room he had been dead almost an hour, it is believed. Mr. B. M. Wotsley anwsered the call for help, and he says the man had been dead for quite awhile when he reached the scene of the tragedy. It is believed Bunting placed one end of the gun on the floor and the other to his side, near the heart. He then apparently took the yard stick and pushed the gun trigger, causing the entire load to enter the side and heart. The man fell over backward on the bed with his feed resting on the floor. Hunting, S3 years o{ age, is said to have met with adverse financial con ditions during the past, and within the past year or two he is said to have talked about ending his lite. How ever, as far as it could be learned here, there was nothing about his re cent actions to indicate the tragic ac tion. Only the day before he was here talking and joking with many lo cal people, and is reported to have said that he was finding it difficult to make a living, but that he thought everything would turn out all right. A sealed note, addressed to one of his sons, was found in the room with the body, but its contents were not disclosed. Coroner S. R. Uiggs was called, but no investigation of the case was considered necessary, The scene of the suicide is only a few steps from the spot where Ernest Pippen, young Hamilton mechanic, fatally shot himself on April 26. Hunting is survived by his widow, two sons, Messrs. Hay Hunting and Jnle R. Hunting, jr., and one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Everett. Funeral services were conducted from the home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. J. M. Perry. Hurial was in the Baptist cemetery at Scotland Neck. Negro Found Dead In the Lower Part of This County Claude Davis, colored nun believed to have wandered to this section from some where in West Virginia, was found dead in the lower part of this county, near the Washington County line, a few days ago. An is vestigation was made by authorities of that coutjty, the evidence indicat ing that the man died of natural causes. Coroner S. R. Biggs was called, but he considered an inquest unnecessary following tihe investiga tion made by the authorities "of Wash ington County. Coming to this section only a short while back, Davis was caretaker at the Towe fishery on Welch's Creek, exchanging hi* services for room and board there. He was said to have complained of some stomach trouble and a weak heart. The body was buried near the Washington County home, accord ing to information received here. liant by an elaborate lighting system at night, the buildings stand out in their varied colors. The fountains of water, sparkling in the brilliant flood lights, mark a lasting impression on the visitor's mind. Inside the fair one doe* not find the howling mobs common with gala gatherings of thousands of strangers. Instead of a semi-inob spirit, there prevails a noticeable gentleness and a marked friendship. At every turn in the vast maze of sidewalks extending to and fr for a distance of about 85 miles, one finds accommodating guids and information booths where valuable service is freely offered. And re ceiving correct information, one .is made to feel that he did the informer a favor by questioning him. We from our little country town and strangers to the people of that great city, traveled in an air of refinement a Williamston and Other Leaf Markets in Belt Open Aug. 29 Sales Tax Proves With Variation in Charges Other than being declared a nuisance by the public and causing concern to merchants and other sellers. North Carolina's three per cent sales tax has caused no great commotion in these parts since its introduction a week ago tomor row. Just how successful the tax is going to be if at all can hardly be determined until the first re ports on collections are made by the State Revenue Department Finding it inconvenient to col lect on S and 10 cent sales, local drug stores and soda fountoins introduced a scheme of their own and one that is said to be work ing out all right. The fountains DRIVE AGAINST TYPHOID ENDS NEXT WEEK Marked Decrease Reported In Number Visiting Dispensaries Marked decreases in the numbers taking the last "shot" of the anti-ty phoid vaccine have been reported af several of the dispensaries in the coun ty this week, doctors stating that the preventive measure is causing inanx.sore arms and that numbers of subjects balked when time rolled a round for the third and last dose. T|jc busy season on the farms is also said to have held many away from the dis pensaries this week. Yesterday Dr. j. H. Saunders said the number taking the va cine was less by 15(1 yesterday one point than on tie same day' last week. Ap proximated 4110 failed to return here today for the last treatment, the number dr >pping from I,Hill last Fri day to around 7(10 today, the health officer said. ; The vaccine iliis year is said to be more effective than in years, and re ports from all over the State indicate that the preventive measure is caus ing more >'>rc arms than is ordinarily the case. The campaign conies to a close in Iliis county next week, and all are urged to make Complete the pre ventative measure The - last dose is saiil to be less painful. The total number taking the vac cine~*will not be known before the latter part of next week or the early part of the following week, it was said. County Man Back from Long Preaching Tour Completing a tour extending into ' several States of the Union and into Canada, Elders Hutchinson and E. C ' Stone last Tuesday offered very fav- 1 orable reports on their visits with many of the country's Primitive Bap tist churches and congregations. The two men traveled 3,386 miles on their ' trip, started list May. They spent ' $37.50 for gasoline anil oil, the gas j price ranging front 11 to 29 1-2 cents 1 a gallon. The elder pri ached 20 times during the trip, once in New York City, three j times in Toronto, and once in Ekfird, 1 Canada, and .it otliSr points in both! 1 Canada and the United States. They attended two associations and one ' yearly meeting. I 1 marked by its friendliness and help fulness. There was absent all smart ness, pertness and rough stuff. The incorrect meutal picture of the pick pocket and gung.teris in Chicago faded and our estimate of humanity was raised high by the friendly atmosphere. Not a single uncloth remark or a word of discord was heard in the spa cious fair grounds, the very cross roads of the earth during this period when men and women front almost every land and clime are thrown en masse. There were no beggars, no lords; there was only a great mass of humanity reviewing the achieve ments of man and grasping whatever opportunities startled minds could grasp. The general exhibit* building, cov ering more than 4 acre* of ground, is a marval, and is too extensive in (Continued on page two) continue to sell drinks at 5 cents when they are served in a glass. If the purchaser desires a paper cup, the drink costs six cents. The scheme is said to cut down paper cup costs considerably, and sales that are made in cups createo a one-half cent revenue, which it is estimated about offsets the sales tax. Some stores issue coupons with small purchases. For instance, a person buys a 10-cent article, he pays a 1-cent tax and is given two coupons. When he makes a sec- j ond and third purchase at the store I issuing the coupons he surrenders J the coupon and pays no addition- | al tax. REGULAR MEET OF TOWN BOARD MONDAY NIGHT Pledge Cooperation in Civic Undertakings Planned By Woman's Club ♦ In a • two-hour meeting held last' Monday night,.the local town commis sioners handled routine duties and discussed several other important is sues, taking no definite action in any I of them, however. In full charge of the meeting, May or J. 1., llassell reviewed the current j bills, and announced that they were: the smallest in many months. Appearing before a recent meeting of the local Woman's Club, the mayor read to the board 1 a number of sug gestion-. offered by that bud).. and the coin-mis doners went on record a' pledging their cooperation in the car- | rying out of the suggestion!) in every way possible. The club urged action J in connecetion with improving sani tary conditions in those districts where water and sewerage connec tions are not available at the, pres ent time. And then the club mem bers asked that the board arrange a fire alarm system whereby it would be possible to determine the direction of a lire without following the .mnaraijaaiij lo the scene An alarm code lia's been discussed a number of times, but with the present alarm system it is' next to impossible to signal lire loca | tioiis.' The hoard plans to take tl»e.j mailer tip with the members of the | fire company in an effort to arrange a better alarm system. The sprink I ling of the streets was also suggeset ed for hot days. l aced with the la t that many ten- Mils were leaving, sizeable water bills I'lipaid, the hoaid tipped the water de posit from $1.5(1 to $3 fur residences and $5 for tilling stations and stores. N'o deposit is required of property owners. All deposits are refunded less the amount of water bill when the riliter moves. his report, the' treasurer •stated that about one-half, or $20,851 ! of the 1 ( >32 tax levy had been collect ed'. Approximately $7,000 of the 1931 levy remains unpaid. Including the uncollected amount on the 19.12 levy, the town has a tax delinquent ac count of approximately $.15,000, nlorfr than enough to gesture the town's credit and offset all current obliga tions. l?|i until the first of July, the town had defaulted $19,205 in its bond and interest obligations. There is around si,ooo in the bank. I he need of a Pied Piper for ban dling the thousands of wharf rats thai are ravaging the town was discussed, and steps were taken to start an anti rat campaign within tire near future. The large rodents are doinLf*'a great damage in many sections of the town, entering chicken houses and killing biddies in large numbers. As many as .10 or 40 of-the large rats have been killed at one time, it was said. Services at Piney Grove Baptist Church Sunday Rev. W. B Harrington will con duct the regular preaching services at the Piney Grove Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. Sermon Theme at Baptist Church Is Announced "The Laymen in the Church," is to be the theme of the sermon at the Baptist church Sunday morning. At the evening hour the union serv ice will be held with the Christian church at 8 o'clock. Watch the Label On Your Paper Aa It. Carrie* the Data When Your Subscription Expiree ESTABLISHED 1898 IS WEEK EARLIER THAN DATE SET FOR LAST YEAR Crop Larger But Not Ex cessive Says President of Association The Williamston Tobacco Mar ket will open the season August 29th, or one week earlier than the opening date last year, it was determined at a meeting of the Tobacco Association of the .United States held at Virginia Beach recently. Georgia opens the first of next month, followed by South Carolina and the border markets m j the 15th. I President Carrington, of the asso ciation. described the 1933 crop as be | ing considerable larger than the last season crop, but he declared it was not excessive. 11ibaccoirists attending the associ ations 33rd annual convention would make no prediction'as to what will be the effect of the farm relifcf bill on tobacco prices this year. I order to stabilize tobacco pri nces," said President Carrington in his annual address, "they have got to inaugurate a tremendous amount of governmental, machinery, and that j will be the outcome neither the sec retary of agriculture nor anyone else is able to predict at this time." | "As 1 undedstand it, the object of | the farm relief bill is to avoid over- I production and establish a moder ately safe prices" at which tobacco I can be raised and marketed. If they I can do this they will have accom plished .something of great benefit to I the trade. j Considerable opposition was ex pressed on tlu' floor of the conven tion to the new federal tax of six u cent* a- -pound i>n all cigar tobaccos— first of the government's moves jtn an attempt to aid the tobacco fir mer. | It was the consensus that it would be better if the tax were placed on I a percentage basis of the value of the tobacco rather than a straight tax of six cents on both poor and good grades. iJr. Julius Klein, former assistant secretary of commerce, principal ; speaker at the convention's closing "Tha liquet session stated governmental | price lifting in no instance should be allowed to run beyond' the corres ponding increase in wages, j Any price change," be said, "that impairs consumption defeats its own j purpose." MRS. MARY WEBB DIED MONDAY Funeral Held at Home Near Here at 2:30 O'clock Last Wednesday Mrs. Mary Ann Webb, widow of I the late John Webb, died at the home lof her son, SI wester Webb, on the I Washington Road in Bear Grass lownship last Monday morning about 5. o'clock About 89 years of age, Mrs Webb had been in feeble health for some time, but she was not taken seriously ill until shortly after mid night Monday. The day before she had been active in the home, prepar ing the noon-day meal and caring for . her several grandchildren whose mother died only a few months ago. She was born in Bear Crass Town -1 ship and lived there all. her life. She j was a member of the Christian church at Macedonia for years. Funeral services were conducted by Lewis T. Holliday assisted by Jos. L. llolliday Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in the Macedonia cemetery be side the grave of her husband. Four daughters, Mrs. Mozella Gard ner and Mrs. Armatida Biggs, of Bear Grass, Mrs. Eva Rogers, of Stokes, and Mrs. Ida Robersori, of (iriftins, and tvyo sons, Jack Webb, of Texas, anil Sylvester Webb, of Bear Grass, survive. • i Williamston Players Lose Tennis Match \To Raleigh ♦ Local tennis players loat a series of matches to champions there last Sunday. However, the William ston players offered interesting com petition, despite the fact that the Ra ' leigli netters made a clean sweep of the matches, i Messrs. N. C. Green, P. B. Cone, Joe ! Godard, Rush Bondurant, Jack Book er, Fred Taylor, and Aaa Crawford, making the trip, were, cordially enter i tamed' during their stay in the Capi tal City.