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Am It- CMtiM tba Data THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVII?NUMBER 79 Williamston, Martia County, North Carolina, Friday, November 30, 1934 ESTABLISHED 1898 NEW OFFICERS OF COUNTY TO TAKE UP JOBS MONDAY Only Changes in Clerk of Court and Board of Commissioners ? A change in the county's official personnel will feature the activities scheduled for the first Monday in De cember here. While many of the of ficers and officials succeed themselves, a complete reorganization is sched uled in the governing body of the county commissioners, and the 91 tranee of a new clerk of the court will necessitate the calling in of a Justice of the peace to administer the first oath of office. Immediately after tak ing the office oath, the new clerk, L. Bruce Wynn, will administer the oaths of office for the several other officers. Very little has been said about the election of a chairman for the board of county commissioners, that duty resting as an obligation upon the com missioners themselves. The old board will clear its calendar in a short meet ing that morning, and then withdraw that the new board might effect its organization and hold its first meet ing. Two new members, Messrs. C. C. Fleming, of Jamesville; and R. Lee Perry, of Bear Grass; enter upon the duties as commissioners for the first time, while Messrs. J. E. Pope, of Wil liamston; Joshua L. Coltrain, of Wil liams; and Van G. Taylor, of -Ever etts, themselves on tha gov erning body. The major change in the person nel of officials will be in the clerk oi court's office, L. Bruce Wynn suc ceeding Mrs. Sadie W. PeeL Follow ing the death of herdiusband, who had served in the ojfice for a number of years, Mrs. Peel was appointed to fill the unexpired term, and since Aug ust, 1933, she has efficiently handled <he duties of the office. She will turn the duties of the office over to Mr. Wynn immediately after he takes the oath of office administered by Justice of the Peace J.- L. Hassell. tH Other than the two new commis sioners and clerk of court, the court house official family will be the same: Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger, Treasurer C. A. Harrison, Coroner S. R. Biggs, Re corder H. O. Peel succeeding them selves in the respective offices. So licitor W*. H. Coburn's nomination in the June primary virtually assures his appointment by the county commis sioners to that position for another term. Assistant Clerk of Court A. Hassell, Assistant Register of Deeds Mrs. Mary Andrews, and Deputy Sheriff J. H. Roebuck will continue at their re spective posts. The new board of commissioners have no major business matters sched uled for consideration next Monday, and the inauguration of officers will feature the entire program in the court house that day. LARGE SALES OF CARS REPORTED Nearly Twice As Many Car Sales This Year As Record of sain of new automobilea and track* in the State continue to be *et up. In October, 9,216 motor ve hicle* were *old, 7,311 automobiles and 1,905 truck*, as compared with 4,776 automobile* and 994 truck* in October, 1933, and 4,893 automobiles and 1,047 trucks in September. Automobiles sold this year, new one*! number 40,383, as compared with 24,683 to the same date, through October, last year, while 9,690 trucks were sold the trst 10 month* of this year, as compared with 5,505 last star. Chevrolet carl led with 3,934 new car tales, Ford 2,054, Plymouth 1,243, Dodge 174, Oldsmobile 164, Terra planes 152, Buick 149, Pontiac 146, Chrysler 101, Studebaker 60, Hudson 44 aad of the higher priced cart, two Lincoln* and Packard* and one Cad illac. Trucks sold were 1,165 Chevro let*, Ford 450 and Dodge 209. ? Larger Enrollment in Red Cross in County Forecast While a survey of the Red Cross membership drive hat not been com pleted, reports from several communi ties indicate a larger enrollment than the one last year. The local school reported 29 memberships, it was learned today.. A complete record of the drive will be made pnblic by County Chairman H. A. Biggs shortly. County To Get Several New School Busses Soon 9 Several new school busses will be added to the Martin County ieet over the week-end, it is understood. Three or four bosses were added only re cently, and additional ones are looked for shortly. State Urged Take Over Road Bonds Thanksgiving Quietest Day in Years Locally ? With nearly all the filling stations, Jrtif stores, and soda fountains sus pending operations during a greater part of the day. Thanksgiving here had the appearance of a Sunday all right It is the first time in many months that so large a majority of all types of business houses closed their dMfi litre. SCRAP TOBACCO SALES BECOME HARD PROBLEM Many Farmers Have Been Misled by Listening To Unscrupulous Buyers ? The illegal sale of scrap tobacco Vs proving to be one of the most per plexing problems in the tobacco con trol program in this county, Agent Murphy L. Barnes said this week. Lis tening to alleged misrepresentations by scrap buyers a goodly tiumber of farm ers have sold their scrap and unin tentionally violated their contracts. Many of these farmers have reported to the agent's office and are straight ening out their contracts. Latest developments uncovered by the agent's office recently were sales of scrap by a contracting grower thru the name of a neighbor who grew no tobacco. When the names of scrap sellers reach the office of the agent, less than one mifiute is required to find who cultivate and who did not cultivate tobacco ni 1934. The neigh bor who obliged the contract signer by allowing the scrap to be sold in his name will likely receive a summons to visit the agent's office and explain where Tie got the scrap. Several such sales have already been traced, and explanations were readily made, it was stated. Farmers participating in the tobacco control movement should remember that they must either sell their scraf only when it is entered properly on a marketing card or destroy it one way or another. The contracting growef cannot give the scrap to his children and then let them sell it without vio lating his contract. SEEK TO CLARIFY HIGHWAY LAWS Defines Aims and Purposes of Recently Formed Highway League George Rosa Pou, Raleigh, general counsel of the Highway Protective League of Nuiilt Carolina-has Issued the first BUlrinem defining the aims and purposes of the organisation with which he has recently become identi fied. "We have been asked," said Mr. Pou "to inform the general public on the necessity nf clarifying present lliffh way laws "We have one of the finest state highway systems in the United States ?a system that people put side the state admire and try to copy. A sys tem pointed to as the chief reason for North Carolina's remarkable ad vance during the last ten years. "But it is not completed. Many miles of inadequate roads still con nect important communities. Many county roads, cared for by state funds need to be graded, drained and sur faced. "Motorist* of the state are paying for these roads in the form of gas tax and license fees. They pay every day Mr maintenance and construction they aren't getting because highway funds are being diverted for uses foreign to highways. Highway money is being withheld from its legitimate use in construction and maintenance. Why, the highway department itself is being depleted because of lay-offs and low wages. "The league has for its purposes (a) the prevention of further legisla tive diversion of highway funds, (b) the enactment of an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting diversion of the funds, (c3 a sound and proper revision of motor license fees, (d) the promotion of safety upon our high ways' and (e) the adoption of a ration al highway plan for North Carolina. "It is the purpose of this new or ganization to find ways to avoid these difficulties, take them to the people so they may judge whether the cause of such difficulties should be correct ed. "Able men and interested organiza tions have joined hands with all North Carolina motorists to insure perpetua tion of the best state highway system and most efficient highway department personnel in the land. A partial list of the sponsors of this organization is indicative of its ultimate success. uumu-? iilin 1P' a INTEREST SHOWN IN PROPOSAL BY MANY IN COUNTY Bladen Representative Says People Should Demand Action at Assembly # With a bonded indebtedness for roads and bridge mumming lu $715, 000 in this county, Martin citizens are greatly interested in statements com ing from a number of legislators urg ing the state to take over and refi nance the bonds at a lower interest rate than that now paid by the local units, Citizens in those counties where debts were incurred to advance the present highway system are eagerly watching the controversy having to do with the diversion of highway funds to other funds. It is believed that a vast majority of Martin County tax payers are agreed that highway funds should be usectsoley for highway purl poses. They are also agreed, and right ly so, that the highway commission should carry its just load and accept the indebtedness incurred by the sev eral counties in ,'bijilKling highways and bridges which are main arteries tirthe state highway- system. The statement made by Representa tive U. S. Page, of Bladen County, was well received here this week. Mr. Page said, "If the people, would only demand it of their legislators, every road and bridge bond now outstanding against the counties of North Carolina will be turned over to the State High way andi Pubic Works Commission for refinancing. The highway depart ment could take over local road and bridge bonds and renew them at a lower rate of interest, probably 3 or 4 per cent, and thereby real property I would go up and" taxes would go 1 down." j Mr. Page also stated without equiv ocation that tlx other state depart ments, including the general fund ma nipulators, would "do well to get their eyes off the $10,000,060 surplus now in the highway fund," and that "every ' dollar of that money should remain in the highway fund and T>e used for i roads and bridges only." Martin County has been burdened by highway debts that are considered by nearly every one to rightfully be long to the state. For the construc tion of three main highways in this section, U. S. 17 and 64 and N. C. 125, the county has already ppid thousands of dellaes-en^tfi* principal and in in terest charges, leaving a balance of $555,000 to be raised from general tax ation. It is rather difficult for the I general taxpayer in Martin County and I in other counties where highway debts ; are taxed against general property to understand whv the road fund aruar dians register a strict opposition to diversion ot highway funds and casu ally sit by and ignore the large sums raised from general property for high way purposes. >. Bridge tolls have been lifted in near ly all instances, but Martin CoUnty property owners are straddled with a $140,000 debt outstanding 6tt the Ru1 anoke River bridge, $260,000 on the Washington and Hamilton roads, and , $155,000 on U. S. Highway No. 17. j These amounts do not take into con- i sideration approximately $250,000 ad-1 vanced by the smaller road districts I in the county and of which amount I approximately $160,000 is still out- j standing. Several attempts have been made to ( have the state take over these bonds, j and while each effort has failed of sue- I cess, it is understood another attempt will be made in the next General As sembly. Town Board To Hold Meet Monday Night Meeting next Monday night at 7:45 o'clock, the local town commissioners will order the strict enforcement of ordinances prohibiting the promiscu ous shooting of fireworks in the busi ness district and other places of pub lic activity. Several violators of the particular ordinance were prosecuted in the mayor's court laTst Christmas season, and no exceptions will be not ed in the enforcement of the law this year, Mayor Hassell said this week. Other duties scheduled for consid eration at the Monday meeting are of a routine nature, it was said by Mayor Hassell. ? Two Cars Damaged in Collision Last Tuesday ? " No one wu hurt, but the old Model T. Ford, owned end driven by Joehua Meeka, of Pitt County, and the new Chevrolet aedan, owned and driven by Claude Wootard, were badly damaged when the cara figured in a aide-to col liaion near the fair grounda on high way 64 laat Tueaday. Damage to the | cara waa eatimated at well over $100. PROCEEDINGS IN MARTIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Court, Under Guidance of Judge Moore, Sets New Record for Work ] Clearing the docket of more than 30 p cases, several of which were of a com- 1 plicated the Martin County * Superior Court completing this week a term for the trial of civil cases only, established, under Judge Clayton Moore, an all-time record in the a mount of work accomplished. "Dur ing my 28 years as a member of the Martin County Bar Association, there has never beeu as much work accom plished ij\ the same length of time as that handled this term under Judge Moore," Attorney B. A. Critchcr, dean of the bar, said today. "We settled many baffling cases amicably, and the work accomplished during the term proved very satisfactory for nearly all concerned," the bar dean continued. Proceedings not previously reported are as follows: The cases of E. G. Anderson, receiv er, against J. T. Barnhill, et al, were compromised or settled, it being ad judged in one that the defendants were not indebted to the plaintiffs in any amount whatsoever. It was further ruled that the receiver was the declared owner of certain properties as receiver. Two divorces were granted, one to Edward Cordon against Lunetta Cor don, and another to G. W. Vallers against Nettie I/. Vallers. Last re ports showed that the costs had been paid in neither case. A non-suit resulted in the case of Carrie Blackwell against receivers of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Com pany. The plaintiff was injured when the car in hicli she was riding crashed into a freight train, near Plymouth, several months ago, and she was ask- i j ing damages. f A judgment in the sum of $101.32, was granted R. A. Critchcr and Broth-1 ? er against the Atlantic Creosote Com-1 i P?ny. |, John Statun Gurganus;?claiming ; total disability and a right to certain policy benefits, was awarded a favor able verdict against the-Life Insurance Company of Virginia. An appeal was noted in the case. Many other cases were settled with out reaching the court, it is under litood. ? ? ???"" ? ' ? ? ? ? CHURCH GROUP IN MEET HERE Albemarle Presbytery Ses sion in Local Church Last Tuesday Albemarle Presbytery met in the Presbyterian church here on Tuesday morning and granted Rev. F. Marion Dick, of Ahoskie, a letter of dismissal to Granville Presbytery in order that he might take the pastorate of the First Vanguard Presbyterian church of Raleigh. J. C. Cherry, in behalf of the Ahos kie congregation, presented a paper i in behalf of that church expressing ap preciation of the work Mr. Dick had done in and around Ahoskie. Rev. A. J. Crane, of Tarboro, who was superintendent of the home mis sion work ot the Presbylify at the time the Ahoskie church was organiz ed, also expressed his appreciation of the services of Mr. Dick. Mr. Dick was dismissed to the Granville Presbytery to become pastor of the church recently vacated by Rev. C. J. Hollandsworth. He ex pects to begin his ministry in Raleigh next Sunday, although he will not move his family to Raleigh before the I first of the year. The call was unan- < imously extended to him on October 28th. ? Officers Thanked for Arrest by Negro Man Arrested last Saturday night for bc ing drunk, Thad Martin, colored of the Spring Green section, thanked Offi cer J. H. Allsbrooks and Mayor J. L. Hassell last Monday following his re lease for taking care of him over the week-end. The man had $140 in cash on his person when arrested, and the arrest, he believed, saved him his money and probably prevented bodily harm. Fines and costs amounting to about $6 were taxed against the defendant, who went merrily on his way with the remaining $134. ? Nineteen Cases Scheduled For County Court Tuesday With an accumulation of work re sulting from a two-weeks period of inactivity caused by the session of a higher tribunal, the county recorder's court carries 19 cases on its docket for consideration at the next Tuesday session. The nature of the cases is about the same as that found in ac tions on previous dockets. Taking the oath of office next Mon day, L. Bruce Wynn will serve his first court as clerk on Tuesday. Rental and Parity Payments On Cotton Are Due Next Week LOCALS DEFEAT OXFORD TO END PERFECT SEASON 14-0 Victory Offsets Only Loss in Two Years by Williamston Defeating Oxford here yesterday ITternoon. U to 0. and 'winding rt* .enth straight victory in as many tarts this year, the Williamston High school football team established a new , ind unique record in the history of .ports for the school hare. While the tame yesterday afternoon was the high ,pot in the season and the brand sail was slightly improved over that of the previous games, in which a letermined squad under the superior teaching of James Vetera forged a .cad to annex the enviable record. Unfavorable weather during the morning and overcast skies m the ifternoon limited the crowd to a * ?? rate but the weather did not dampen the spirit of the locals, and they clear |* vindicate the J4 to 0 defeat handed them by Oxford in a Thanksgiving game here last year The teams were .cry evenly matched, each making six hist down, and the game was one of the most interesting seen on the local held in many months. Kicking off to the visitors, the lo cals yielded to a first down only thru an off-side penalty in the first tew minutes of play. Oxford was forced to kick when it tailed to make the next yardage. The halt exchanged hands two or three times, \V illtamston finally taking I he Ml about the mul lie of the field and set sail for the first score shortly before the end of the first 'Alter. Taking the hall on the tO-yard lino. Kobersoli, on a reverse, made a splendid run for touchdown, Holloman adding the extia .point-1>5" placement kick. Oxford came back strong in the sec mid quarter and probably had the ail vantage, but their only threat to score was lost when the half closed. I he visitors led in first downs in the third period, hut they never threatened to score. ., Williamston, captained by \N alter Cook in his last game as a high icliooi player, staged a strong and nil piessive comeback in the last quarto. Three of the six first downs of the game wei* made in that period, the locals completing several #?sses. W ith the ball on tlic b-yard line, the locals started a drive through the line lor ? touchdown. Three plays filled, but . penalty for off-sides against Oxford put the ball on the one-yard line, Cook taking it from there and carrying it aver with a plunge through the line. Kick from placement by Holloman brought the scoring to a close Unusual roughness marked the final nmiirrrrT'TTn^ir~^-^ J*' ^ reported among the players. Spec lator Theodore Uobcrson suffered an injured knee when a play ran into him on the sidelines. Starling the season off with a <> to 0 victory over Ahoakie, the f,ree" Wave defeated Scotland Neck 27 to 0, Taibui" II to (|. Ayilci Jl to IK, Heil ford 25 to 0, Washington 13 to 0, Windsor 50 to 6, Dunn 32 to 0. Ki-b Square 27 to 0, and Oxford 14 to 0. making a total of 239 points to the opponents' 30. It was the last game for Look, Bowen, Ward, Gurganus, Kamey, Shaw, Hardison, and Crockett. The small margin of score in the game yesterday held the Wavelets on the bench for the first time this season. Young Girl Badly Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Everetts ? One person was badly hurt and several others were slightly injured in an automobile accident between Everetts and Kobersonville this morn ing. The injured person, a young lady from Edenton, was removed to a hospital for treatment and the others returned to their homes in Edenton. Just how badly the young girl was hurt could not be learned here. Eew particulars could be bad on the accident, but it was >tated"that the car belonged to Mrs./Emily Bad ham, or Edenton, and was I being driven by a colored chauffeur. ?One report stat ed that a Model T Ford figured in the accident. Mrs. Uadham is a sister of Mrs. S R Biggs here, and was on her way with several young ladies to Chaptd Hill. . ? Form Two New Clubs In Union County Lately Two new 4-H clubs have been or ganized in Union County recently by County Agent Tob Broome, t Misses Josephine Anderson, Alver eta Weaver, Marjorie Moore and Rus sell Roebuck, of Wilton, are home for the holidays. TWENTY DAYS With only 20 more shopping days before Christmas, William ston merchants are now busy com pleting preparations to display one of the largest assortments of hoi. iday goods ever seen in this sec tion. Purchases, running into many thousands of dollars, have stores will be crowded with ap propriate wares and goods for careful shoppers. With Thanksgiving Day just a few hours gone, many local mer chants have already started dec orating their stores and placing Christmas goods of latest design on display for what promises to be a busy season. Make your plans to visit Wil liamston's many stores this sea son. You'll find complete lines of all goods and at very reason able prices. NUMBER ATTEND UNION SERVICE Rev. E. F. Moseley Speaks Thanksgiving Day at Baptist Church I While Thanksgiving was observed in various ways by the masses, the [rial spirit of the day was advanced in I a union service held in the local Bap tist church, with Rev. E. F. Moseley, of the Episcopal church, delivering the >ernioh. Despite unfavorable weather the attendance was equally as large as it' generally is upon such events. And goodly sums were raised from a free will offering ft?r the various church orphanages. Basing his subject on the 11 Oth Psalm and James 1:17, the minister ?vt teased the principle" Td thankfulness" ! for the blessings that we have already enjoyed and actually needed as being jut" more importance than greater 'things that we do not need so much eXCCpt for pleasure. The action of the tlarly fathers who gathered with their family to offer thanks for the few potatoes, pumpkins, and corn to sustain life through long and hard winter, was stressed more as a real thanksgiving than is the formal service we now hold to extend thanks for the abundance of things which we sometimes do not really need.?; ? ? ? TWO ACCIDENTS ARE REPORTED George D. Wynne Suffers Broken Nose in Accident Wednesday Night The Thanksgiving 'liolnhay passed with no serious accident reported in this immediate section. There were two minor auto wrecks, one on Main Street here and another between here itnd Even-Its, I nit no one was hadly Inn t. Charlie Rhodes, said to have been under influence of liquor, wrecked his old Ford right in the path of George 1). Wynne's V-8, and both cars were damaged, and Mr. Wynn suffered a broken nose. Rhodes, a colored man living in the Everetts section, said he started to turn into a side road, but finding no road where he thought there was otie he turned back to the hard surface, causing the old T-model to do a nose dive. The car was still drTTTs hose w?tTf the rear wheels m the air when the Wynn car, just purchased a lew hours before, plowed into the wrejk. The Wynn car was said to have been traveling at a very conser vative Tpecd, throwing the Tespuusi bility entirely upon Rhodes, it was stated. Mr. Ed Taylor struck a parked car on Main Strecttate Wednesday night, damaging the cars slightly and mash ing his mouth considerably. Program of Services At Episcopal Church ? . Rev. E. F. Moseley, rector. First Sunday in Advent: Church school, 9:45 a. m. Holy Communion and sermoii, 11 a. m Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30 p. m. As this is the first Sunday in Ad vent, and the name of the church has a significant connection with the sea son of the church year, it is appro priate that all our members come to (he services this Sunday. After the rvening service there will be a con gregational meeting for the purpose of electing the vestry and transacting other business of the church. Holy Trinity Mission Sunday school and preaching at 2 p. m. -38r NEARLY $15,000 TO BE PAID FARMERS OF THIS COUNTY Asked By County Agent Not To Come for Checks Until Notified Approximately $14 OK8 in pirily m.l rental payments will be available to Martin County cotton growers within the next few days, probably the mid dle or latter part of next week, it was learned yesterday from Miss Mary Carstarphen, secretary to County j Agent T. B. Brandon. Cotton con | tract! signers are reminded, however,. ! not to call for their checks until they are notified directly by the agent's o? j fice. The second rental payment, amount | ing to $9,140.61, is about the same as j the first, it is understood. The parity i payment, amounting to $5,547.46, is I the first of its kind to go to the farm ers in this county. The more than $9,000 rental pay ment goes to the farmers for reilue I ing their crop, and was i>sucd fol I lowing compliance with the contract ' terms. The parity payment, based on 41) per cent of the average acreage times the average per acre yield for the five year base period, 1928 to 1932, amounts to about 1 cent a pound. In other words, a farmer planting an average of 10 acres of cotton and averaging 324 pounds an acre during the base period will receive $12.96 for his ifar ity payment. These figures are de termined. by government allotment and are already known to the individual farmers. The contract expressed the method of basing the parity payment as follows: "The farm allotment is 40 per cent of that figure expressed in pounds which usulU from multiplying I the annual average number of acres [planted on the farm during the years j 1928-1932 by the average yield per acre during these years." The adjust j ed average acreage for the five-year period times the adjusted average per acre yield for the same period gives the amount upon which the 40 per cent parity payment is based. These benefit and rental payments 'go to 600 of the 637 cotton contract signers, the remaining 37 payments having been held up for non-compli ance of contract terms or some other cause that will be adjusted later. ? Lorn-Hog Compliance Records Are Completed * Records showing compliance with terms embraced in the earn-hog con tracts, have been forwarded to the proper officials in Raleigh from ibis county. A second bendfity paymenT is" i' x pec ted w Ithin the next few weeks Several weeks ago, the 20 corn-hog contract signers in this county were pa hi nearly $5,000 as their share in the Control program, and it is under stood the second payment will be a round $4,500. Full Program of Services At Baptist Church Here # The Baptist congregation will carry through its full program of services Sunday. This church extends to the Rev. Charles T. Rogers and his family its good wishes as they go from tt*, and cxtendts to their successor a hearty welcome into the community This congregation misses Mr. J. E. King, who will be detained in the Washington hospital for something Tifce a week. Large Crowds See Worlds Fair Picture Here Tuesday ? The moving picture showing the World's fair in Chicago was seen by large crowds at the local theatre last Tuesday night. Unusually en tertaining, the picture was shown free by the Williamston Motor Company. ? Gives Formula for Dry Curing Pork ' ? In dry curing pork, (or each 100 pounds of meat use 8 pounds of salt, 3 ounces of saltpetre, and 3 pounds of brown sugar. Mia these ingredi ents thoroughly and rub half of the mixture in the meat. Pack all the meat in the same vessel, skin side down, except the top layer and put this skin side up. Repack in seven days and rub on the other half of the mixture. Let meat remain in cure three days for each pound per piece and then wash and hang in the smoke house. If the meat is properly pre pared before tha curing begins this method will give nice, evenly cured meat. ? Buck Saunders, of Chapel Hill, la spending the holidays hare. 1 I. M
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