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?M UW Oa Taar Ai It Carriat it Daaa THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVII?NUMBER 61 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. September 28, 1934 ESTABLISHED 1898 Averages Above 50 Cents Are Made Here by Many Farmers PRICES HIGHEST IN MANY YEARS; ALL ARE PLEASED Local Market Has Already Sold Nearly As Much As All Last Season With nearly all the companies show ng a greater demand for tobacco, of ferings on the Willianiston market to iay were commanding, without a loubt, the highest prices in many sea tons. Prices soared to almost un heard-of ' levels, hundreds of farmars iveraging 40 cents and more, *a con siderable number passing the 50-cent average. Complete satisfaction was expressed on the sales in their entire y this week, leaving no doubt in one's nind that tobacco on the Williamston narket is bringing prices as high as hose on any market and higher in oroe instances. The sales organization has not let ip in its efforts, but continues day by lay to put more push and vigor in the irt of selling tobacco for the high dol ar. The selling forces have builded i favorble reputation among farm ers from 18 counties, and new custome rs are turw?ng_to th* market in gr*at r numbers. Fanners referred to the prices re eived today as doggone good, and dded there was only room for rejoic ng. Several colored farmers beamed trith serene contentment and bubbled ?ver with happiness this morning vhen they saw their offerings com nand high prices. The farmers had et up prices in their own minds, and fter the buyers had passed they com pared their guesses with the actual I igures and in every case the prices re ived were higher by wide margins. According to Mr. McFarland, sales upanrlaor, statistics on the local mar et continue to show new and better ecords. Yesterday the market sold 57,210 pounds for $49,926.28, an av rage of $31.79. "In this, as is always 1 he case on the Williamston market, i verything sold is reckoned," Mr. Mc arland said. "Nothing is left off so s to inflate the verge," hedded. The upervisor explained that had 86 piles | ?f tobacco which was "damaged" been |? et aside and not included, the gen-1 ral average would have been around ' 33. Up to yestedray, the Williamston irket had, within 26 selling days, sold vithin 557,834 pounds of the entire mount sold last season. During that ime the market has. paid out $452,772 raore than the entire receipts of last j eason. With approximately 190,000 ounds on the floors today, the market I /ill come within about 367,834 pounds ! f the entire amount sold last season, i , Sales for the season jap to today '! mount lo 4,275,60b pounds and i rought $1,137,187.48, or a resulting av-^ rage of $26.59 per 100 pounds. FIRE DESTROYS NEGRO HOMES! Four - Family House On Leggett's Lane Burned Late Yesterday The first fire of the fall season lo ally wrecked the home of four col ored families on Leggett's Lane late i esterday afternoon. Its origin un- 1 letermined, the fire was burning rap dly when the alarm was received at . he fire station, and only a few of | he contents were 6aved. Believed to have started in tlie ipartment of Rosetta Rascoe, the fire apidly burned its way to other rooms . n the long one-story building. The ! Rascoe children were playing in the treet when the fire started, they said, ind did not know its origin. Owned by the W. H Leggett es ate, the connecting huts were occu pied by Wiley Perkins, Will Scott md Rosetta Rascoe and their families. No insurance was carried on either he building or contents, it is under stood. Two Negroes To Be Given Hearing in Assault Case Jamr, and Elmer Rogers, colored men, charged with brutally aaaaulting Sylvester Wynn, white man, near J. D. Gray's preening club on Whshing lon Street laet Saturday night, will be riven a hearing before Juetice of the Peace J. L. Hateell here tomorrow Horning George Perkine, a third dc iendant to the assault charge, hae not been arrested, reporte received from the sheriff*e office yesterday stated. The two Rogers men are out under bond. Details surrounding the attack hart not been learned, but they will likely be advanced at the hearing to HUTSON TO BE HEREl Representative Lindsay Warren announced this week that J. B Hutaon, chief of the tobacco eec tion of the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration, will apsak at Williams ton on October Hat, at the pageant portraying the ben efits of the New Deal in Eastern Carolina, which is being sponsored by the Eastern Carolina Cham ber of Commerce as a feature of the Roanoke Pair. While Mr. Hutson's work is well known to avery tobacco farmer in the state, interest is added to his coming because he has recently been placed in control of the pea nut situation, and he is expected to draw a great crowd of tobacco and peanut farmers. NEW MILK LAW TO BE EFFECTIVE IN TOWN OCtOBER 5 Producers Have Until Next Friday to Secure Their Handling Permits While ratings have already been posted in several stores and hotels, the town's new milk ordinance will not go into effect until next Friday, it was officially announced yesterday following a visit by a representative af the State Health Department. Pro ducers and distributors of milk prod ucts will have until next Friday to procure their handling permits, and those continuing to operate* without permits after that time will be sub icct. tn ronrt action, a fine of $50 and imprisonment being in order in the discretion of the court, it was an nounced. . a. . Distributors have only one require ment to meet, and that is the proper trading of their milk. After the per mits,are issued, the dairymen will be given a reasonable time to purchase :aps for their bottles, it was said. Applications for handing permits will be received by the inspection de partment at the municipal water plant >r from the mayor's office. EXPECT COTTON WARRANTS SOON Applications From County Have Been Approved - By State Board - Application! frtrtt Martin fOOTF" ty cotton farmers for tax-free war rants for marketing the current crop hgy* heen rrrrivoH Tint Rpt.g. .nui I... the State Allotment Board in Ralejgh, it was learned here yesterday follow ing a visit of Messrs. T. B. Slade and T. B. Brandon to Raleigh. The tax free certificates are expected here within the next ten days, it was an nounced. The amount of cotton that can be marketed tax-free in this county has not been announced, but it is estimat ed that approximately 3,500 hales Will be allotted the 1,200 or more cotton growers. State allotment authorities comment cd very favorably upon the work iu preparing the applications, adding that the blanks were prepared more accur ately than any others they had so far received. ? 1 Many Vendors Want Free Permits Locally ? ? Apparently realizing a marked im provement in the financial situation has followed the opening of the to bacco market here, vendors of various articles, including "sure-shot" rente dies for all ailments, are applying one after another for telling permits at the office of Mayor Hasselt. A self-styled traveling evangeliat wanted to aell hit religion from a box in the busy and congested warehouse district, but the mayor advised him to find a building. No permits were refused directly, but when the town official explained that a license fee of $25 would be nec essary, the applicants turned away. Homes Are Found lor Three Davenport Children Their mother murdered and their tether in priaoo, three of the Joe Dav enport children were given permanent homer under the direction of the ?u perior court. Gilbert, i yeere old, ie already happily located with hie new parent*. Mr. and Mta. George Wil liama, of Roberaonyillc Townthip Ed ward. 7, and Clifton, S yeare old, arc being adopted by Mr. and Mra. Wood ard Ceggett, alio of Robertonville Townnhip. PROCEEDINGS IN MARTIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Several Cases Disposed o{ Since End of Church Case Thursday While the trial of the Smithwick's Creek church case held the limelight, the superior court disposed of several bther cases yesterday a"d is hearing motions this morning.. The jury was | discharged following the trial of Colt company against Barber. A verdict favoring the 'defendant was returned in the case, which had previously been 1 heard by Judge Hunt Parker and then forwarded to the state supreme court, which granted a new trial. The judgment rendered several months ago in the case charging M . I L. Bunting with embezzlement wa corrected and the matter was sched uled for trial at the next ttfrm of crim inal court here. A settlement was reported in the case of Standard Fertilizer Company against T. T. and G. E. Moore. Harrison Wholesale Company and J M fchrhiM. Inc., were empowered to institute certain proceedings against E. G. Anderson, receiver. The case of P. L. Salsbury against J. F. Flanagan was settled out of court. Sadie Coburn was granted a divorce from Calvin Coburn, the action being based on the grounds of adultery. While the judgments had nut been entered early today, it is understood that Mrs. Annie Beach won in her suit to recover a one-third interest in the S5.000 bequest made her mother bv the will of the late F. L. Gladstone. The issues in the case of Branch itions of Farmers and Merchants Bank against Ernest Griffin Bagley, execu tor, were decided in favor of the plain tiff, it is understood. The defendant ' claimed that 17 shares of certain stocks were the property of the Simpson es tate, and that he was not liable for them. It is further understood that the late J. D. Simpson willed all his property to his wife, who in turn gave it to the Bagleys, and the action yes terday recognized the stock as a part I of the property. BIG PREMIUMS AT ROANOKE FAIR Indications Point To One In This Section ? Indications point in mir iif ill* h{|l| fairs ever held in this section, when the Greater Roanoke Fair opens up at Williamston, October 29th, accord ing to a statement made by Secretary N. G. Bartlett, of the Eastern Caro lina Chamber of Comerce, the spon soring organization of the fair. Mr Bartlett stated that the program now is complete and that everything will be done to have a creditable showing j of exhibits in all the different depart-. nients. $1,500 is being offered in cash ' premiums in the various departments 1 usually recognized by the fair. Secretary Bartlett particularly called attention to the attractive prjzes being offered for community and individual f farm exhibits. The community exhib it, which must be participated in by ( at least threer individuals carry first I prize of $30, second prize $20, and fttifnf prize $10, pRj* $15 for expense* of booth. In other words, whether 'you win a prize or not, each commun I ity farm exhibitor will be paid $15. Individual farm exhibits will be $25' first, $15 second, and $10 third, with tfie same $15 expense. The poultry department also offers attractive prizes as well as in the hog and cattle division. . " Miss Katherine Tiardison, of Wil liamston, has been appointed assistant secretary and an office will be opened in the down-town section immediately. Mr. Bartlett stated to just remember that this will be "A Real Fair." Local High Gridders Play in Ahoskie Today Their (in? with Ayden postponed at the laet minute, the local high school football boys are playing Ahos kie at Ahoslrie in the aeaaon'a opener this afternoon. The failure of Oacar Anderson, jr., to return left the captain'i position on the team vacant. At a meeting of the boyl this week, Walter Cooke was chosen to lead the team. This is young Cooke's last year on the squad, and in addition to his duties at captain he will also direct the team from tlie quarterback position. NEGRO MAN SHOT IN FIGHT SUNDAY DIES IN HOSPITAL Haywood Scott Died Tues day Afternoon; Wilson Held in Jail Here j Haywood Scott, young colored man shot by James Wilson, also colored, here last Sunday morning, died in a Washington hospital late last Tuesday afternoon. | Wilson, only 20 years old, continues i in the county jail here, no formal 'charges having been preferred against 'him up to this time. A warrant charg ing first-degree murder will probably | be issued today and a hearing arranged for the early part of next week j Wilson, on the eve of Scott's futter- j al yesterday afternoon, was unusually nervous, claiming that he had no 111- | tention whatever of killing or even ! hitting Scott. He explained that he wanted to frighten him. "1 shot three ' times into the air,M Wilson said, and ! "I did not know I had hit him when I I fired through a side door to Ed Brown's Barber Shop" The man was not long learning what he had done, for he was off to the woods a few minutes later. According to Wilson's story, the trouble started when Scott crawled out of a barber's chair and interrupted a conversation he (Wilson)) was having with Herbert Mason. "He slapped me down and choked me," Wilson claims, "and- after they pulled him off of me, T went home and got the pistol." A bout 30 minutes later Wilson saw Scott at the barber shop and opened fire Scott ran into the side door seeking a place of safety. He pushed the door to, and Wilson fired, the bulletin pass ing through the door and into the belly of Scott, puncturing the intes tines in 12 or 14 places. Wilson said yesterday morning that he would like to attend the funeral that afternoon. COTTON STYLE SHOW OCT. 4-5 25 Local Merchants Are Cooperating in Event Here Next Week Judging by the interest local mer chants are taking in the fashion revue and cotton style show, Williamston's first observance of cotton?is develop ing into one of the biggest trade events staged in Williamston in quite .some time. Twenty-five bu.->iiie->s firms of the town have enterd i eprescntatives in the "Parade of the cotton queens" the feature of the attraction to be presented at the Watts Theatre on Thursday afternoon and evening and ; Friday evening, October 4 and 5, as an added attraction to the regular screen program and at the?regular prices of admission. Twenty-five local lovely young la dies will anpear as models, displaying stores, and interspersing these model ing numbers, several local entertainers will be introduced in singing and dancing numbers. In the cotton parade, at which time "Miss Cotton Queen" of Williamston ' will be selected, each young lady will I be introduced as the representative of her local merchant sponsor. Much rivalry is expected in this part of the performance, as the winner will be se lected by the aplause of the audience. Miss Ernestine Poston, who was giv en this title at New Hern, will appear here as guest of this show. Merchants of Williamston have co- J operated whole-heartedly in staging the event, proceeds of which will go to - i ward purchasing school-owned hooks 1 for the sixth grade. The home eco nomics department of the local school is also working on the project. Presbyterian Services for Next Week Announced Sunday, September 30: Church school at 9:45 a. ?n. Worship service and sermon at 11 a. m. The message of the morning will be brought by the Kev. M. O. Summers, of Clinton, N. ('. Bear Grass Church school at 9:30 a. m. Worship service and sermon at 7:30 p m. Young peoples' service at 7 p. m. Poplar Point Church school at 4 p. tn. Message by Rev. M. O. Sommers. Rober son's Chapel Worship service and sermon at 7:45 p. m. There will be no Sunday school hour in the afternoon. The series of serv ices being conducted by Kev. M. O. Sommers will continue through Thurs day night of next week. A packed house has greeted the minister each night. A cordial invitation is extend ed to all to join with us in either or atl of these services. Go to church and Sunday cshool, too, each Sunday. | Jury Returns Verdict in Favor Majority Side in Church Case AAA Is Expected To Take Hand in Peanut Situation While no definite price has been assured for the current crop, it is certain that something is being done to protect peanut farmers, acording to reports reaching here. Two factors are expected to en ter into the fixing of the peanut price this season. One of the fac tors will be the curtailment of the crop through the purchase of a bout 20 per cent of the crop by the Federal Emergency Relief Admin istration. The other main factor is advanced by the AAA, probably under similar methods as followed in handling the tobacco crop. Prices ranging from $45 to $47 have been tentatively set for pea NOT TO VOTE ON ( CONSTITUTION IN NEXT ELECTION! Court's Decision Decreases Interest In November Election in District Interest in the next November <> election was reduced to a minimum in this county when the >>tate supreme court ruled that the proposed new constitution cannot he submitted at that time. An election will he held, all right, for the people to vote for xongressmeU, one m t wo?judges- ^uul county-.officers, hut the constitution will not he an issue. As the election 'of Democrats to the man is certain i:i this se-.-ti.ni tlw .... ill.- nm.ii tution was about the only tiling left to cieat^j^^^twwe thaw pasxiug inter jest. Surely, a substantial vote will he cast in the county next November, hut the action will hardly be more than one of mere formality. Action ot the supreme Court in hold in# submission at the coming election unconstitutional sends the question of I constitutional revision back t<? th General Assembly, which may rrsub niit the entire new constitution, any ) separate amendments, or call a con vention of the people to write a new ' organic law to replace the present con- ! stitution which was adopted in IH08 I Attempts in recent years to call a ' ?constitutional convention have failed, and the fate-of virtually every recently ' submitted amendment has been defeat- * cd at the polls. / com I Three factors combined to make ( submission of the proposed constitu- ' tion this jxar?iaitali*Lw#They were: The repeal election held'Ignt.Novem ber 7, the act of the 1933 General'As sembly calling that repeal election, I and iMe 4-1 olWUhni of the MinrniH: Court on which the 1933 General A sembly relied in terming the 1933 peaL-dection "a general election." The constitutional hitch was: The ? present constitution provides that any ' constitutional amendments must be submitted at the "next general elec-'i tion" following the General Assembly which passed them. Under normal ? course of things, the election in No vember would luve bveu the next gen. J eral election, but the repeal fiction | upset that normal course of things. ( October "Loyalty Month" At Methodist Church Here ??? . C. T. Rogers, pastor. October is to be known as "Loyalty Month." Every member of the church' j is asked ami urged to make art wmrmef - effort to make this a great spiritual success. Every day, and especially ; every Sunday we are to be found do ing what God would have us do. Play four-square with God this month Every member every Sunday at church Sign one of the cards taken to you, and may God bless you in keeping the vow. Strangers and friend* invited to meet with us. Preaching services, 11 a. m. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. No services at night. Our congregation has been invited to worship with the Pentecostal Holi ness at the tent meeting now going on Sunday night. Episcopal Services in County Annoi\aced ? ? Church of the Advent Rev. E. E. Moseleyv rector. Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity: Church school, 9:45 a m. Morning prayer and sermon, 11 o' clock Holy Trinity Mission Sunday school and preaching serv ice, 3:30 p. m. St. Martina, Hamilton Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30 p. m. nut* on the vine* by the ton. The peanut* would be dug and stacked in the held* to cure, and would be hauled away by relief force*, ac cording .to present plans. A one-cent processing tax on the crop goes into effect next Mon day, it was announced in Wash ington this week. Returns from the tax will be used for rental and benefit payments to grower* in the Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration's effort to restore the peanut, declared by Congress a basic agricultural commodity, to a paying basis. Peanuts used for oil will be exempt from tax. it was stated. FIRST MONDAY I Very little new business has been scheduled so far for consideration by the county commissioners at their regular monthly meeting here next Monday, Mr. J. Sam Getsing er, clerk ex officio, said this morn ing.. A jury list will be drawn from the box to serve during the November term of court, and rou tine matters wil be handled. Work is progressing rapidly on the new 1934 tax books, and they will be turned over to the collect or probably next week. SCHOOL NOTES OF JAMESVILLE Attendance Shows Increase After Opening; Parents Visited by Teachers Increase in Attendance The first two weeks ??t school'end "(I with an increase of 27 students, 5 hi tlie high school urUl 22 in the ele nentary school, making a total of I Id n high school and 396 in the elenien lary school, Mr. I'zzle expects a flu thcr increase in the next few day - Visiting Program The teachers have been visiting the ,?arents of the school district. Every ionic represented in the district has >een visited. In order tliat the teach rrs and parents might get to know rach other and that those students out )f school might he encouraged to at' lend The faculty expects to make nore visits and keep in close contact with the parents of the children. Attitude of Students The attitude of the students toward !heir work and the school in nr'"""jl * till- In-si lli.it it )i:i< Ill-Ill in war. The principal is exceedingly pleased with the interest the students, faculty, ind parents are showing toward the school. Parent-Teacher Association The parent teacher association will be reorganized the latter part of the week uud plans will he formulated for the mining year's work. Athletics ?Plans aic being made for the basket ?all season. With all the regulars re luriiing except two, the girls are again iiitieipatiug a good season. The ranks ttf the boys will 1>tT filled hy regulars if last season.- Reported. -? Juror On Church Case Jailed lor Being Drunk I Vr played tlit* mischief now, for I came down to church, got drunk and landed in jail," I'erlic Nelson, of near Robersonville, when lie ini hihed too freely of the spirits at noon Tuesday and unable to continue a* a juror in the Smith wick's Creek church case. Feeling a bit under tin weather that morning, Mr. Nelson said he drank a bottle nf her, and-followed it with a drink of liquor at noon. Before the iiooii recess he napped while on duty and when he returned for the after noon session, the judge ordered him to jail to await the termination of the trial. "I hate it worse than anything in the world," Nelson said, explaining that he had never pulled one that bad in his life before. "I'm not expecting any pay for the time I did serve, and I just hope the judge won't fine me or semi me to the roads," The man was very happy when the judge ordered his release at noon on Thursday. ? Profitable To Inoculate Austrian Winter Peas Austrian winter peas make bettei growth where the seed are inoculated and the. soil is given an application ol ground limestone. CASE IS BROUGHT TO END IN COURT HERE THURSDAY Jury Out Only 15 Minutes In Reaching Decision On First Ballot . Ano.hcr chapter jn hj q< I wick's!"" cT a Cf ",ur> -old Smith in II,, ? P"m,l,v? Baptist church , Was cl,"ed' ?? '? ? a XI . concerned, yesterday when [?< Mart,n tounty Superior CourP jury urned a vrrdic, favoring ,he pU,n 1 f thTnr '? ""?on 'I- property an.I have r, h .nark- lh, cK,, ' , a *"?"day tahle rllr,;1; lon? rcgret ;r,^n,i?"d,?while x; ' trial wa, concludeU when the few he fT"' cause to 'hurlh h" r,V,-r "" k^? "> 'he I he tew mem hers ?f ,|,e df. apaprently remained hopeful to i ; f,,r ?'"> liad to go to their homes for ?,e keys. The veridc, X the same a, the one returned ,? IVdo -^h,eh Judge \ A. Sinclair ^ | \o appeal to the h.gher courts ,s group I '?> the minority UP. burdened will, Ihr cos, of ,he ,h* ' have inquired after "'v amount with the intention of ?,ak "'""Vd.ate settlement The cost - estimated a, $,50. Ieay,?g . X countyt br "",i" "" ,U? hy the U U A "??' ? < .day morning at II o'clock. J,M a'""" one half the 1111 r1111 a t one |] ""r r,n""ri11 1 " f mi ,,ai. ago ?cngthy ,.y,deuce was offered by ' ' final analysis apparently ls separate ami , . ca?var , rr ^'""".iniatiDii separa e and ih.ttnc, from ,he Ar? f a.th goyerning the church 1 ''e Ida...t.ffs are said to have ad vatued ,he,r claims to ,he property * ".aintained that failure si I, ,i lo the absolute predestina tion theory did Inra? lhev were "" '"iiger Primitive Baptist, Wit "esses for the defense admitted they om " 1, abou? "ahsolui <-?<? the burden of the defense falling ???? the shoulders of Elder Hut hins ho astutely maintained the theory to th. final analysis of the word. 'rom early Monday afternoon X Wednesday. The lawyers, Clay Car ?" and Wheeler Martin, for tlde I v.,se. and Elbert Peel, J |j pau, "f*. stalled their argument Wednes day afternoon. Attorney Ward bring " ?? a close yesterday morning --.dndge-Uevor made a sb.^ l'"."ot ?' ,| | I,,...- ? .. II to it. I""- at? j I -HI. I .fteen minutes later the jury |w. bout a dissenting y?,e on the Hrs, ''allot, offered verdict declaring ,he Jidaiutiffs are entitled to the exclusive | use and possession of the church build ing and property of Smithwick's Creek | I rimitive Baptist church, and adding ilhat the defendants have wrongfully occupied and withheld possesion of the property from the plaintiffs ^-ptTtoTTyT-rrr-rt^ judgment follows. - I ls "fdcre.l and adjudged and de creed that the plaintiff, are owners as trustees of the said church property, I To wit the building and grounds and all Other property of the said chur-h with the right ami duty to possess', hold and occupy, and use the same in accordance with the laws of this state and the order and authority of their atipmumenpaad are emitted to such | possession, use and exercise of au I "t'.rity with respect to the same in j exclusion to all other parties and per j sons, and the key to the door of the said church and that the defend (Continued on page four) ? ? 50 Marketing Cards lor Surplus Loaf Delivered Approximately 50 .illotment cards for marketing tobacco have been de livered to farmers in this county, As sistant Agent Murphy Barnes said yes terday. Additional cards are ready for delivery, and it is almost certain that contract signers will be able to market all their excess tobacco through the use of the Georgia cards. Boy Bitten by Snake Near School Building Waller Brown, 13 years old, waa bitten by a snake while playing near the grammar grade achool here jree terday afternoon. He was given medi cal treatment immediately and ia get ting along very well at thia time. The ton of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Brown, of Poplar Point, he waa playing on a log near a ditch when the moccasin bit him on the ankle.
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