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Advertiser* Will Fnd Oar Cot ami • Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hndnd Martin CMMtjr HOM ♦ VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 54 TOBACCO GROWERS MEET SATURDAY ★ ★★★★★★★★_ Contracts Will Be Explained and Drive Started Here WILL REGISTER SCHOOL PUPILS HERENEXTWEEK High School and First-Year Students To Be Entered Before Term Begins Principal D. N. Hix, of the William ston schools, this morning announced a complete schedule of registration for high school and first-year pupils next week. The schedule follows: Thursday, September 14: Juniprs and seniors, between the hours of 8:30 and 12 in the morning and 1 and 4:30 in the afternoon. Friday, September 15: Freshmen and sophomores between the hours of 8:30 and 12 in the morning and from 1 to 4:30 in the afternoon. l'arents who have children entering school for the first time are asked to bring them to the graded school build ing Friday, September 15, between the hours of 9 and 12. Teachers will be there to receive them and record information required of beginners. Only children who are 6 years of age or who will reach that age by No vember 15 wilt be allowed to register and attend at the opening of school. Parents are asked to cooperate by having all first-year children vacci nated and by encouraging all school children to observe the above sched ule for registration. Roanoke Rapids Man Hurt In Auto Wreck in County Mr. George Murray, of Roanoke Rapids, Ls in a hospital there as a re sult of an automobile accident which occurred between Oak City and Ham ilton Tuesday night about 11 o'clock. Mr. Murray, driving a Chevrolet coach, collided with a car entering the highway from a side road The Chevrolet turned over three times and was practically demolished and Mr. Murray's leg was broken in the crash, but according to advices received heie yesterday he is resting comfortably and is expected to be out within a Vhort time. Mr. Murray is well known here, where he visited Mr. Troy Goodmon i>everal times. lie was enroute to Tennessee and expected to pick Mr. Goodmon up here for the trip when the accident occurred. Program of Services At Methodist Church Rev. C. T. Rogers, pastor. You are asked to be on time for Sunday school at 9:45. The Sunday school has beeu reorganized and the program changed. Preaching service at 11 a. m. There will be no service at the eve ning hour. Epworth League, Monday at 8 p. m. Holly Springs We will begin a series of services Sqnday evening at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Sunday school at 10 a! m. Presbyterian Services In County Announced Sunday, September 10, 1933. "The Church With an Open Door." Church school at 9:45 a. m. Worship service and sermon at 11 a m. Bear Grata Church school at 9:30 a. m. Worship servce and sermon at 7:45 p. m. Roberson'a Chapel Church school and preaching at 4 P. M. Balard'a Farm Church school at 2 p. m. Prison Camp Services by Rev. G. T. Hill (col ored), at 3:30 p. m. Yon are invited to any or all of these services. Regular Services Sunday At Piney Grove Church Regular services w»ill be held at Piney Grove Baptist church Sunday, September, at 2f30 p. m. Rev. W. B. Harrington, the pastor, will conduct the services. C rot alaria Being Used As Summer Legume Crotalaria teems to be finding a place as a summer legume in the peach orchards of Richmond County, says A. D. Robertson, County Agent. THE ENTERPRISE Outlook for Pean Poor; Crop Hu The peanut crop in Martin County ii expected to be poor this year, according to the peanut buy ers, who have made a careful ex amination of the crop in various sections of the county. The poor crop is attributed to the excessive rains that have fallen within the past few weeks. During the lat ter part of August, most of the nuts are formed and made on the vines, and a wet August usually prevents the development of the peanuts, which will figure in the poor crop this year. Within the p«st few days the price of peanuts has advanced. In some cases, the best quality goob GIVE BANQUET FOR BALL TEAM Players and Invited Guests Have Enjoyable Affair Wednesday Night The 1933 baseball season had its ending Wednesday night in a blaze of glory, culminating with a most ap propriate feast in the Roanoke Hotel. Gathered around the festive board, adorned with good and wholesome food and fine boys that composed the victorious team representing William ston, carried on in the same manner which the players displayed on the ball field. Mayor John l>. Hassell, after (lie liny, hail consumed enough food to last ihem until they, return again next year, paid due, homage to the team, their tine spirit, and their great vie tory After these few introductory remai ks lie called upon the member ■« of the team, in the hatting order, to again face the pitcher in the matter of speech making. Every man dis played the same spirit that was shown on the diamond, except the silent sage, 1 Jick Cherry, who, when it came his time to bat, defaulted and was found missing. That popular umpire, Lew Kearney, declared Dick had struck out. Representing the Williamston fans, particularly those who love clean sport, Mr. Leslie Fowden caused the walls of the dining room to echo ap plause for remarks made equivalent to those of a Mark Twain. Numerous other speeches were made after refreshments were served a la bottle. Frank I'ittman, Wilbor An derton, and Garland Barnhill, in a few appropriate words expressed the ap preciation of the, merchants for the club and players. Jack Frank pre sented the manager, Bill Spivey, with a small gift purchased by the club. The loving cup or trophy, emblematic of league championship, was present ed to the club' by H. M. Stubbs, who in a unique manner told the players and their manager, Bill Spivey, how much the town appreciated their or derly conduct while here and the fine spirit they had shown on the playing field. The program was concluded with a few remarks by the secretary, Bruce Wynne, who made one of the most popular speeches of the evening to the players, by announcing that lie would pay them off immediately aft er the dinner. Program of Services At Christian Church Regular preaching services will be resumed at the Christian church Sun day morning and evening. The pas tor, who has ust returned from High Point, where he held a twoweeks meeting, will fill the pulpit both morn ing and evening. He will preach Sun day morning ar 11 o'clock oh "The Soul Cure for Individualitis," and at the 8 o'clock evening service on "Je sus Preaching to the Spirits in Pris on." This is perhaps the most mys terious mission and ministry record ed in all the world's history. Bible school at 9:45, as usual. Let's get back into autumn form and swat the summer slump. Public cordially in vited to all services. 0 Curb Market Sales Last Month Amounted to $124 The Martin County curb market sold $49.63 worth of cake during the month of August. The total tale* for the month were $124.59. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina , Friday, September 8, 1933 era have been sold for as much as 2 3-4 cents per pound, and the local buyers are hopeful the pres ent prices are indicative of what may be expected for the 1933 crop. Practically all of the entire 1932 crop in this county has been sold. A careful check reveals that there are about 15,000 bags in the coun ty, and Lilley Brothers are hold ing about 4,000 or this amount. The other 11,000 are distributed about over the county. Peanut patches that have been examined this year show from 15 to 25 peanuts to the bunch, with the quality varying, of course, ac cording to the land and the farm er. LOCALS DEFEAT EDENTON 7-5 TO CAPTURE TITLE Win Deciding Game, Played In Steady Rain Here Wednesday The Williamston Martins won the championship of the Albemarle Lea gue here Wednesday by virtue of a 7 to 5 victory over the Edenton Co lonials, winners of the first half, in the seventh and deciding game of the "Little World Series." The Martins won the first of the post-season tames Tuesday of last week and then turned around and dropped three straight, entering this week's play with Edenton needing only one win to cinch the series and the cup. Starling in here Moutlay,■ tin- Wil lianiston club won three straight and t lit* league championship, winning Monday by a 20 to 0 count; Tuesday the Martin;,.,.came out on the long end of an 8 to 2 score; and then in the seventh game winning, 7 to 5. "Red" l'roctor was on the muund for the locals Wednesday, while the great O'Brien, Edenton's are, oppos ed "Him in a game played in a steady rain before more than 500 of the sure enough "faithful." Neither pitcher was able to do a whole lot with the. wet hall, but neither were the bat ters. The locals were aided by five misrues by the Colonials. Howard Karp and Troy Goodmon made sev eral spectacular plays for the Mar tins. Parmele Training School To Open Next Thursday The Training School, an accredited colored school, of l'arrnele, will open for the 1933-34 school year Thursday morning, September 14th. All stu dents, according to the principal, will be epecteil to be present and register on the morning of the opening. A basket dinner will be served by the patrons of the school immediate ly after the opening exercises, Fol lowing the community dinner 'an in 11erecting program, which includes ad dresses by several prominent men in the educational .field, wil Ibe given for Ithe benefit of the friends of the /icbool. Program of Services At Church of Advent Sunday morning at 8 o'clock there will be a communion service at the Church of the Advent. The Rev. Sid ney Matthews, of Washington, will be the celebrant, assisted by the lo cal minister, Rev. E. F. Moseley. At the 11 o'clock service the sub ject of the sermon will be: "Religion That Wins." At the evening service, 8 o'ckpk, the subject will be ".The Message of Str Piul." * W. G. Peel Moves Office To New Location Here Mr. W. G. Peel, who was recently appointed general agent for the Lif* Insurance Company, of Virginia, moved his offices from the Branch Banking and Trust Company building to the Staton offices to the rear of the Davis Pharmacy this week. Since receiving the appointment as general agent, Mr. Peel's o ce work has increased considerably, which necessitated more room and later ad ditional clerical help, he said this morning when explaining his moving to his new quarters. RECORDER HAD HEAVY DOCKET PAST TUESDAY Number Defendants Appeal After Being Fined or Sentenced In spite of the heat, a full day's ses sion of the county recorder's court was held Wednesday, with Judge I'eel presiding and Hubert Coburn prose cuting, the civil and criminal docket not being completed until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The following cases were disposed Dillon Wynn, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was adjudged not guilty. Junior Wynne, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assault with deadly weapon, was found guilty by the court and sentenced to the roads (or a period of three months. The defendant appealed from the sentence and bond was fixed at S2OO. The case in which W. H. Bryant was accused of violating the liquor law was nol prossed by the recorder. Frank Fonwell was fined sls anil cost for violating the liquor law. He was also charged with transporting. Herman Williams, Roosevelt I'ark er, James Munch, Tilghman C'arr, Bryant Hill and Lawyer Davis were j brought into court under three in dictments: Blockading street, high i way, and hindering traffic; injury to property; and larceny. Found guilty, I each of the defendants was sentenced Ito the roads for a period of 90 days except Carr and Hill, who drew sen tences of four months; and Herman Williams was given a sentence of 60 days on the three counts. However, the case against Williams was later nol prossed when it was found he is a minor. His case was referred to the juvenile court. The rase against Burleigh Mines, charged with larceny, was referred t> Ihe juvenile court. Obediah C'lemmons, arraigned nil a charge of violating the prohibition law, was found guilty and fined sls in adition to the cosis. He appealed to the superior court and appeal bond was fixed at ss(l, The case against Krnest Pagan, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, was continued for one week. James Rawls, charged with larceny, plead guilty and was sentenced to the roads for six months, Notice of appeal to the superior court was giv en and bond was fixed at $75. Ned Slade, charged with operating an automobile while intoxicated, was found guilty and fined SSO and his license to drive a car was revoked for 6 months. Appeal was noted and bond fixed at SIOO. Clinton Clark, charged with house breaking and larceny, was sent on to the juvenile court when it was dis covered he was a minor. William Staton was found not guil ly by Ihe court for violating the pro hibition law. Will Ayers, charged with slander, was found not guilty, I-eKoy Harris, charged with at tempted rape, had his case nol pressed with leave. i'ound guilty of abandonment and non-support, Jeff Taylor was ordered to pay $4 a week, begining Septem ber 4, for the care of his family, and he was also ordered to appear in re corder's court the first Tuesday in December lo show that the order 6f Ihe court had bene complied with. Third District Teachers Will Meet Next Friday In announcing the school faculty for the Hassell tirade School, which is in the third county district, last week, an error was made. Mrs. El mer EdmOndson will be a teacher at that school ami not Mrs. F.lmer Har dison, as was stated. Mr. 11. M. Ainsley, who lias charge of the third district, will hold the first teachers' meeting Friday, September 15th, in the high school auditorium of the Oak City High School. The meeting will be held at 10 a. ill. Christian Church To Have Business Meeting All members of the Williamston Chrstian church are requested to at tend a business meeting at the church immediately following the Sunday morning service, it was announced to day by W. C. Manning, chairman. Government Aid Provided Production Is Cut STATE GROWERS OF TOBACCO ARE FOR REDUCTION Unanimously Endrose Drive For Smaller Acreage at Meeting in Raleigh The New Deal for tobacco grow ers was launched in Raleigh Wednes day. Upwards of 8(H) farmers and business men, including more than 100 official delegates from the 57 Hue cured producing counties of the state and representative from South Caro lina, Virginia, and Georgia, gave uuan imous endorsement to the government plan for raising prices contingent up on production control over the next two years. The action was taken at a meeting at State College Wednesday which re sulted in a permanent organization of tobacco farmers for this State. About this organization will center a light tiing sign up campaign, beginning on Saturday, with local mess meetings throughout the tobacco territory. The meetings in most counties will not be held until Monday, hut in this county it was decided to hold the sessions Saturday as soon a-, it was learned that contracts would be avail able. Official Proclamation The campaigners will have behind tlicm a proclamation from (iovernor ,Fhringhaus calling upon every grow er to cooperate. A million copies of the tentative acreage reduction contract is sched uled to be in the hands of the local organization f,,r the meeting Mon day, From the mass meetings the sign up movement is expected to spread out fanlike in hope that by the end of the week signatures have been obtained on sufficient contracts to jus tify approval of the Agricultural Ad justment Administration and to bring about reopening of the markets, clos ed since last week by proclamation of the Governor. Simultaneously signup activities will be in progress in the other Hue cured producing States. Success in all of them is essential to operation of the Federal program to secure par ity prices for this year's crop- both for Ihe growers who have sold their tobacco and those yet to take it lo market. Signers To Benefit "We promise you that the plan will make it so thai the grower will re ceive more for his tobacco if he par ticipates than if he does not," stated J U. 11 utsou, chief of the tobacco sec tion of the AAA, who came down from Washington to lay the plan be fore Ihe folks who will be responsible for ils success in the field. Led by Governor Khringhaus, who headed Ihe delegation which impress ed officials with the emergency and secured double-quick Federal action, members of the Washington delega .tion were present at the meeting. The Governor, in a stirring address, said that the delegation was assured thai Ihe government would do its part to bring a fair return for the flue cured crop, and that it was now up lo the producers to do theirs. "Unless we meet the challenge," the governor declared, "God help us, we are at the end." Program oi Services For Baptist Church The Baptist church, along with the other churches in town, will resume its schedule of regular evening serv ices with the 8 o'clock srvice" Sunday night. There will he a baptismal service at this time, and the entire service will he grouped around the baptismal idea. And if there are others in the -congre gation who would like to be baptized at this Sunday night hour, they should present themselves as candidates for baptism at the Sunday morning serv ices. The orJer of services Sunday is as I follows: Sunday school at 9:45 o'- clock; morning worship at 11; and the evening baptismal service at & To these services the people generally are invited. ■ ★ ★★★★-★★ ★★ f AGREEMENT I The text of the tobacco-acreage reduction agreement being submit ted to all tobacco farmers is as follows: "The undersigned will, when it is presented to him by or on be half of the Secretary of Agricul ture, sign a formal agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture by which the undersigned will agree to reduce his production on his farm of flue-cured tobacco for the years 1934 and 1935 in such a mount as the Secretary, in his dis cretion, may designate for each such year, provided that in no event shall the required reduction during any year be more than 30 per cent of the average production of his farm during the years 1931, 1932, and 1933; such reduction shall be based on acreage and-or pound age; and the consideration for such reduction shall be the pay ment to the undersigned by the Secretary of rental and-ot benefit payments in such amount, and at such times as the Secretary may determine." The blank also contains blanks for describing acreage and produc tion of tobacco for 1931, 1932, and 1933, as well as description of the property farmed by the signer. AGED COLORED WOMAN BEATEN LATE TUESDAY Sarah Brown Badly Hurt At Home by Would-Be Robbers Sarah Brown, an old colored wo man, living oil the farm of Van Tay lor, on the Williamston Hamilton highway, was badly beaten -Tuesday night by men who entered her home with the intention of robbery. Bleeding through the eais indicat- Ed a fracture of the skull, according to an examination made by Dr. Nel son, of Robersonville, who visited the old woman Wednesday She will very likely survive, the doctor said', but had the punishment been a little more severe she would have died be fore assistance was given by the neighbors. There was no one in the home with the aged woman except a giandson, who. was too small to be of any assist ance in hindering the attack of the men, who unmercifully beat the old woman, thinking that she had money on Iter person or in hiding in her lit tle shack. The Hrowu woman did not know how she was attacked or how many men there were in the gang, but blood spots leading from the porch indicat ed that they enterd the home from a window which was broken out, and left through the door. Ihe sheriff was notified yesterday of the attempted robbery, but with little important evidence to work on it is not likely thai an arrest will be made. • * Revival To Begin At Cedar Branch Sunday A special meeting will lie held by Kev. W. B. Harrington at the Cedar Branch church in Jamesville next week. The opening service will be held > Sunday night at 7-45, and at the same hour each night through the week, including Sunday, September 17th. The pastor extends a cordial welcome to all, regardless of church affiliations, to attend these services. Services at Smithwicks Creek Church Sunday There will be an all day meeting at Smithwick's Creek church next Sun day, September 10, it was announced yesterday by Mr H. F. Hutchens. Elder F. W. Keene, from the Country Line Association; Elders Jabie Harris and J. L. Boss, of the Kehukee As sociation, and other ministers are ex pected lo be there . The public is cor dially—invited to attend this service. K| ' WMtWMar ESTABLISHED 1898 PRICES DEPEND UPON SUCCESS OF MOVEMENT Government Has Definitely Promised To Help If Crop Is Reduced Sign-up in the government tobacco crop reduction campaign will get un der way here Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the courthouse, when every landowner in the county is urged to be present (or a mass, meeting, at which time individual contracts will be offered farmers and details worked out for the community liieettngs to be held Saturday night at 8 o'clock throughout the county The govern- ment has definitely promised to raise prices of this year's flue-cured tobacco crop if the growers will sign up to re duce their acreage for 1934 and 1V35, and all warehouses in North and South Carolina are closed and will i emain closed until the contracts have bene signed, and the sooner the farm ers sign the sooner the markets will be reopend. I he meeting Saturday was called by I B. Hrandon, county, agent It was first thought that the ->ign-up would not begin until Monday because con tracts could not be secured before that time, but the agent was advised today that the contracts would be available in time for meetings Satur day. I lie meeting wil lalso hear a re- port from the committee, composed of J l. Staton, \'. (j, Taylor, and J H. l.theridge, who attended the meeting in Raleigh Wednesday rela tives to the contract to be used in connection with the crop reduction for 1934 and 1935. The meeting will be held promptly a| I o'clock, and the county agent is anxious that a laige representation be at the meeting, lor delegates and .speakers will lie appointed to meet at 8 o'clock Saturday night at the following places in the county: Rob- ersonville, Hamilton, Fveretts, Sandy Kidge schoo if louse in Williams Town ship. J aihesville, Dai dens, Bear Grass, Oak ( ity, Hassell and Farm Life. Mayor John I. Hassell will act as temporary chairman for the meeting here Saturday afternoon, and a gen eral discussion wil Ibe entered into regarding the whirlwind drive to get 100 per cent cooperation among the tobacco farmers of Martin County. The contracts will he distributed throughout the county at the various meetings Saturday night. I According to reports reaching here from several sections of the county, a better cooperation may lie expected tin the tobacco acreage reduction cam paign than was secured in the cotton acreage drive. Reports have been heard that "night riders" may be or ganized, as they have in some sec ' lions of South ( arolina, to pull up I the tobacco and cotton in the fields jof those refusing to sign. The feel ing is strong against those who failed Ito cooperate with the cotton reduc tion movement, and many are deter ' mined to see that 100 per cent co- I operation is extended in the tobacco | reduction campaign. Peter C. Rives Dies At His Home in Bethel Peter C. Rives died at his home in Helhel Septemhr 2, after an illness of eight weeks, four of which he was confined to his bed with typhod fever. Mr -Rives was born in Martin Coun ty on the Hives farm on highway No. 'A), and was 49 years old last May. He married Miss Annie Tucker, of Maryland, who survives. They had no children. He also leaves five broth ers, YV. R , of Graham, W. S., of West Virginia; Frank L., of Tarboro; H. L. and B. L., of Bethel; and two sit ters, Mrs. M. D. Wilson, of William ston; and Mrs. F. L. Wiggns, of Tar boro. He was highly regarded as a citizen and friend, ond was a steward in the Methodist church, of which ha hut long been a member. The funeral was held in the church by his pastor on Tuesday, September 5, and burial followed in .the Bethel cemetery.