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THE ENTERPRISE ?? VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 6 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January 18,1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN CONTRACTS GIVEN GROWERS ? Farmers Who Did Not Sign Last Year Are Given Another Chance ? ' - Those farmers, if any, failing to par ticipate in the tobacco reduction move ment last year now have the oppor tunity to sign contracts, Assistant County Agent M. L. Barnes said yes terday. They will participate on the basis that contract signers have op erated on during the past year, it was explained. There are less than a dozen frmers in this county who were eli gible to sign and who refused to do so, it is believed. The agent also explained that those farmers who were not eligible to sign a contract last year will have an op portunity to participate in the program In the future. No definite participat tog policy for those farmers has yet been determined, but their applica tions for contracts will receive con-1 sideration, Mr. Barnes added. While it is not at all certain that the marketing tax for non-signers of tobacco contracts wil be increased, 4 majority of the farmers is said to favor a heavier levy on the non-participat ing farmer. In case the tax is in creased, the mm-jHgner will probably realize the necessity of getting on the "inside" by signing a contract. Non-signers eligible to sign will not be urged to participate in the pro gram. An opportunity for them to sign was made possible meredy as a favor for that group of farmers who failed to apply for contracts and those others who were ineligible to sign at that time. WRECK VICTIM IS RECOVERING Miss Levora Grimes Is Still In Hospital; Will Not Lose Sight Seriously injured when six of herf companions were either killed instant ly or fatally hurt in an automobile wreck near Raleigh last week, Miss I.evora Grimes, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Grimes, of Kobersonville, is rapidly improving in'a Raleigh hos pital, according to reports received from her bedside this week. Losing the sight in one eye several years ago, Miss Grimes, it was thought by specialists, would lose the sight in her other eye as a result of a serious injury to her forehead. Her forehead was crushed badly in the wreck, but it was found upon removal of band- ~ ages over left eye that the sight would be normal. Miss Grimes has not been told that any of her companions lost their lives in the accident. It could not be learned when Miss Grimes will be discharged from the hospital, but it is believed that she will continue there for some time yyet. Methodist Church Sunday Regular services at the Methodist church next Sunday. "Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock and evening service at 7:30. Services at Holly Springs Metho dist church at 3 p. m. A collection for our Methodist or phanage will be taken at Holly Springs ?R. R. Grant, P. C. ? Many Cases of Mild Type Influenza Reported Here M any cases of influenza have been reported here during the past few days the reports stating that it is of mild form. Jim Cook, Herbert Clark, Mrs. Cr G. Crockett, Bud and Miss Mary Ann Crockett, Mrs. T. B. Brandon and Garland Woolard being numbered among the recent victims. ? 'Country" Boy Reports Big Time in Great City Spending a short while in New York the early part of this week, Jno. Hatton Gurganus reported a great time in the little ole town upon his return here early Wednesday morn ing. Annexing a little of that Yankee Brogue, the popuiarcTfug "slofe* em-j ployee, explained that the "umpire" State was the biggest "hoose" he had ever entered. Meeting so many of the the people there the young man de clared he did not have time to visit many places of public interest. ' Dr. Thigpen Returns from Visit to Western States Dr. Joohn F. Thigpen retnrned last nighl from an extended trip to teveral Western states purchasing a large number of mules. The animals wilt arrive here today, it it expected. Peanut Campaign in County About 75 Per Cent Complete The peanut reduction movement described a* 75 per cent com plete. will be centered in the coun ty agent's office after tomorrow, Aiaiatant M. L. Barnes announced this morning. Those farmers de siring to participate in the move ment, and who fail to sign with their respective committees will^ have a last opportunity to do so at the county agent'* office here next week, Mr. Barnes announcing the campaign will close Saturday, January 26th. Farmers have the opportunity to establish their hue on either the 1933 or 1934 crop, agreeing to a 10 per cent reduction on either the 1934 or 1933 acreage. The oth er method ia to take the average number of acrea for the two years. Mr. Barnes explained that the farmer who planted no peanuts last year wil receive a benefit payment based at the rate of 12 an acre on his 193S plantings. It is generally understood that the grower may tell his entire pro duction on the allotted acreage. Addition To County Courthouse Planned COST ESTIMATES BEING PREPARED BY CONTRACTORS Crowded Conditions Acute;! Will Cost Little for Four New Rooms Plans for an addition to the Martin! County courthouse are being consid ered, and definite action on the pro posed building program will be taken just as soon as contractors complete their cost estimates, it was learned from Mr. J. E. Pope, chairman of the hoard, this week. Crowded conditions have prevailed in the courthouse for some time, the shortage of room reaching a climax last court, when the grand jury was forced to hold its deliberations in one of the jait sections proper. If the jail population had been as largest that time, as it was'a,few dv> *.?, ihe jury wyuld probably hare,found it neces sry to investigate the bills in the open air. Ever since the agricultural pro gram was launched, the county agent's offive has called for additional room, forcing the commissioners from of ficc to office until they finally settled I in the courtroom proper. With all j tax records cm the lower floor, the commissioners find it inconvenient and difficult to conduct their work, it was said. No definite building plan has been decided upon, hut it is understood that four additional rooms may he built, one for the grand jury, one for the commissioners and one for the home demonstrator, leaving an extra room for emergency use. It Ts also pro posed to establish the jailor in the quarters now occupied by the demon strator's office, carrying out, in this particular, the original plans followed in the construction of the new jail several years ago. Should the proposed building pro-J gram go through, the rooms will be | built on the east side of the court house, between the old structure and the jait and register of deeds' office, making necessary the construction of only one wall. Early estimates place the cost at about $2,500, it was said. Regular Services at Baptist Church Sunday t The pastor of the Memorial Baptist church will preach twice Sunday, and the other services of the church or ganization will be carried through, as | usual. Word comes from Baptist headquar ters in Raleigh that the receipts from the Baptist state are very far ahead of last year's receipts, and that all long the line a new spirit has seemed to take hold of church people, indi cating that they are setting their faces to the future for a new advance, after the years of depression, which have slowed down the churches along with| other agencies. The people and the general publicl are invited to this church's religious] services Sunday. County Teachers Being Paid Off This WeeIf * The approximately 191 teachers in the Martin County schools are receiv ing their fourth month salaries this week, the pay roll representing an ex penditure of nearly $12,500. TfTaddi tion to that amount, approximately $1,500 is bejng paid other employees of the county schools. Episcopal Services for Sunday Announced ? Rev. E. F. Mosley, rector. Second Sunday After Epiphany: Church school, 9:45 a. in. Morning prayer and sermon, 11 a. ni. Evening prayer and sermon, 2:30. Holy Trinity Mission Sunday school and preaching at 3:30 p. m Hugh Horton Favored in Committee Appointments Entering the General Assembly of North Carolina for the first time as representative from Martin County, Hugh G. Horton -received eight com mittee appointments, several of which ire considered valuable, while some of the others arc hardly more than of a routine nature. Taking everything as a whole, Martin's representative and the Senators from this district were favored by those making the appoint ments. Mr. Horton is a member of the im portant committee on education, Ju diciary No. 2, Propositions and Griev ances, Courts and Judicial Districts, Corporations, Manufacturers and La bor, Federal Relations, and Game. Senate appointments, in which Scn afbr Coburn shared liberally, were an nounced earlier this week. V. E. P. LAIJNHCES DRIVE TO RENT OR SELL RANGES New Plan Offers Many Ad ?vantages to Prospective Customers Announcing recently its "rent-a-, stove" plan, the Virginia Electric and ; Power Company is now offering an ' unusual and valuable service to its pa trons, a service that makes possible modern and convenient cooking in nearly every kitchen at a nominal cost. A study of the plan, described as one of the--most liberal and - encouraging i announced for the electrical consumer in many months by any company, clearly indicates an advantage for the customer. Under the terms of the plan, the company rents and maintains a stove for any of its patrons at a small month ly cost, allowing at the end of one year the rental payments 011 the purchase price of a new stove at the discretion of the user. In short, however, it ap pears cheaper to rent than to buy, the company agreeing to rent and maintain a stove for as long a period as the customer may dcaiic and at the small rental charge, Mr. R. H. Good-1 mon, manager, of this district, said today. The range is not a cheaply construct ed stove, but is made of the best ma terials in enameling, iron, frame, base, balanced oven and standard units, and is recognized as one of the most mod ern manufactured by leaders in the industry. Already these stoves are being in stalled, and it is believed a large num ber will be put into use within the next few weeks in'this territory. ? ASSEMBLY STILL MARKING TIME Number Bills Introduced, But Little Work Has Been Completed While many bills have been intro duced the state legislature has hardly completed its preliminary plans on any major legislation so far. GPovernor Ehringhaus made his budget recom mendations this week, advising an in crease of $6,000.000 for highways, inc luding one and a half millions for re lief, the money to be spent on high way work. He recommended an i crease of two and one-half millions for schools, and increases in salaries of state employees. That the General Assembly will pass a law in an effort to curb highway accidents is certain, but the nature of the bill is yet to be determined. One representative is sponsoring a law pro viding a 60-day road sentetKe for drunken auto drivers. The alcohol question is bobbing up every now and then, and the sales tax problem is still before the lawmakers. ATTENDANCE AT LOCAL SCHOOL IS BELOW NORMAL ? Number Factors Combine To Keep Children Out: 170 Out Thursday Measles, influenza, ami hog killings are playing havoc with attendance rec ords in several schools of the county, while others are operating with their figures fully above the average, ac cording to reports received from the office of the county .superintendent to day. However, none of the plants is planning to suspend classes unles the situation becomes worse next week, it was said. In the local elementary school 170 pupils were absent yesterday, drag ging the attendance down to 70 per cent of the enrollment. If the per centage continues to drop next week the school will, in all probability, dis continue operations for a short while.' While there are many absences in the Bear Grass and Jamesville schools,1 the * situation in those two plans is considered far better than it is here. Professor James Uzzle said yesterday the attendance would run around 75 per cent in the Jamesville school, that the low point had apparently been reached, as many pupils who had been out arc returning about as fast as new ones drop out. Nearly 1(H) cases of measles have been reported in the three school dis tricts since the first of this month, 21- of the cases bobbing up in this dis trict yesterday and the day before and many others that were not reported GETS CHANGE IN QUAIL LAWS Believed Law Provides for Closing Season First Of February Senator Robert L Cobtirti saw his first hil' through the state senate 'this week, the proposed law to establish a uniform season for hunting quail in the state. The -bill--was-later eomid ered and passed with amendments by the house and it now goes back to the senate for concurrence. While the terms ot the bill are not definitely known here, it is understood that the proposed law would open the quail hunting season on November 20 and close it February 1 At the pres ent time, the season closes on that day in all but this and a few oilier coun ties, where it remains open until Feb ruary 20. Hunters from those dis tricts where the season closes early are said to center their hunting ajtivi iies afPcr-Fehruafy-4?hi this and the \\ other few counties, creating an unfair situation for the birds as well as for the local sportsmen. Should the bill receive favorable ac tion, it is likely the hunting season will close in this county the first of nyirt month HONOR ROLL FOR EVERETTS Total of Thirty-Two Stu dents On List for Fourth Month Thirty-two names appear on the honor roll in the Everetts School, it was announced by Principal Russell. The nai nrs: First grade: Susan Corrife1 Bailey, Ellen Clark, Norma l'carl Harrison, Glenn Spiers, Elizabeth Stalls, Billy Johnson, Whitnmrc Donald, Bruce Stalls. First v ude, section A: Irene Ed mondson and Jonah Mar Stalls. ?Third grade; Jih*t*er Bowden, Har mon Modlin, William Elbert Clark, Clara Dail Taylor, Janie Margaret Ayers, Mary Alice Cherry. Fourth grade: Louise Wynne, Polly Bailey* Pauline Swain. Irene Wil liams, Bill Donald, J.eland Hardison,) John Moblcy. Fifth grade: Mary Louise Mobley, 1 Florinc Clark, Fabian Barnhill. Seventh grade: Dillon Wynne, Eu-|! nice Wynne, Norma Hitrdy, Sally Mohley, Burnicc Roebuck and James Harry Wynne. 9 Jamesville Teams Forge To Front in County Play Janicsville'iT~teanis forged ahead in the county basketball play last evening when they defeted the Bear Grass girls and boys a second time this season. Both scores were Jose, the James ville girls winning 28 to 2o, -Liid the boys winning 22 to 13. Williamston dropped two more games last Tuesday night in Ahoskie, the girls losing 29 to 4, and the boys holding the short end of a 2d to 17 score. ' .. '? " . '? The local boys meet Washington's team here this evening, and Bear Grass will send its girls' team to meet Wil liamston's sextet. Observations of Local Pastor Writer at Hauptmann Trial Trip Dominated by "13s" Is Not Unlucky to Local Party On January 13, Sheriff Charles B. Roebuck, the Rev. Charles H. Dickey, Troy Goodmon, and John Hatton Gurganus left Williamston with 13 gallons of gasoline, took Highway No. 13 out of Cape Charles, Va., bought 13 gallons of gasoline at 13 cents per gallon in Delaware, continued on Highway No. 13 through that state, wait ed 13 minutes for a ferryboat at Naw-Oastle, and, 13 hours after arising from theirs beds in Wil liamston, were in Fiemington, N. J., in the Union Hotel, which is headquarters for the big figures in the trial, and where Roebuck and Dickey (believe it or not) were Local Bank Will Observe Holiday Tomorrow, 19th The Branch Banking ami Trust L'ompany will be closed all day to morrow in observance of Robert E. Lee's birthday anniversary, Cashier C. D. Carstarphen announced yesterday. No other business houses will ob serve the day a-? a holiday*: ? NUMBER CASES TRIED TUESDAY BY RECORDER Work This Week Brings Docket Up To Date; Many Are Fined rn?. jJ??c.Trn?? TasT week- andVTcw others "m. were a,1,1,-,I i? ?,e meantime ?imuly recorder's o,?,ri Gfl| . '"'Ua"y b",Ut<l" '??- docket up I., dale falli?? hayk to at,out nor nal following the holiday season crim ^-toL-MlfnJanttal lines wrr, n'",'OM'1 5Cv"ral fad sentences were meted by Jutitle }j G pcc| week, and the court continued to failed "t* "" "'T <lcf,"di""k wh? h?d d I., i'imply W,ll. its judgments. < Icrk I. I! Wynne said that 25 or arrc?,s "'??l '>cen made i? . wberc "1C defendants had failed " W fines and cost,, ,|lal nios, of ?"-I -i iM Vht ''ad l,cc" I a "iter u""' bee" 'fie roads, a P r u ,gg,?s was the latest defend ?" to "'e roads for non-pay nenI of his fine and court costs. ' hslr'l T r '"r l,ci"K <lr""k a"d J ??orderly, VV.ggnu had failed to com P_> with the judgment of the court and this week he wa, ordered placed "'e r""|f two months. John Mohlcy, charged with assault mt^m-Uak. City uilkcx.iaikrLto gj. ZdiZT!1,l,e u,cr "r?ted ?id jailed to await trial next Tuesday - 'I Manning, a defendant ,,i the failed to appear, and Manning, a third defendant the case ?as fined $50 and taxed with the costs.' Directed to pay to the court $12.50 . Weelk '"r months, Luther Har! r"' cl,?r?ed with abandonment and! non-suppor,, appea,ed highJ Oscar Manning was fined $50 and l?ed with the cost, when the court' adjudged him g?j|,y 0,K.r!||i ,| ar while he was intoxicated A sentence of four months dura-' Hon was the judgment in the ease' charging VVif'ie Gainor with larceny r Hassell, charge,I with lar -eny, was found not guilty U.argcd With larceny, John Henry "?dim, a minor, was turned over to lie juvenile court, Judge Wynne plac ?Iff a suspended sentence on him for . ni"l"h' wi'h I he provision that he 'how good behavior during that time avid and Leamon Jame, were found not guilty of larceny ch?krNo| WKa P",iMg a WnrM<" heck, Nol.e hdmonds was fined $J5 'id. with the cost, She ap pealed to thus higher courts I.eKoy Hardy was jailed for 10 days f"i an assault. , J'm" 'a,tardy and carnal knowledge was directed to pay ,he cour, $4 , ^ for three months. He appealed. law yer .scoffery, Durham negro who fig. ured in a perjury charge it, this sec eMon" y"r" defended Rob Charles brands Gray was found not air U v,ol,,in? 'l|e liquor laws. Adjudged guilty of violating the li uuor law. Panel Bland, one of the Reuben Bland tribe, was fined $10. I raycr for judgment wat continued 'he case charging Lonnie Purring ton with larceny. assigned to room No. 13, right directly across the street from the cell of Richard Bruno Haupt mann. The local party left Flem ington Tuesday afternoon, where 30,000 people in Trenton held them up for an hour and 13 minutes while the new governor's inaug ural parade went by; they then took route No. 13 back to Cape Charles, and drove off the ferry boat at 13 minutes past 12 o'clock, and in just 13 hours after leaving Flemington were back in Wil tiamiron, where their emptied tank was refilled with 13 gallons of gas oline, and where the party found that they had left, each, about 13 cents. PEANUT PRICES REACH HIGH OF 'S POUND Market Weakens, However, As Rush To Market Materializes Peanut prices in tliis section reached a new high record for the season this week when good farmers* stock was commanding 4 cents. A new rush for market immediately got under way, late reports indicating a slight weak ening of the market. The price conies a bit late for the majority of farmers who sold for an average of about 3 cents. Much of the crop was sold'tpf as low as 1 ami 2 1 2 ii uh, tin 3/ami .3. J. 2 and 3 4 4 bring thc-avcragc np to about 3 cents An average for the season is now expected to gxcrrd 3-cont mark with a reasonable support from the 4-cent quotation. Estimates as to the crop portion un* s6ld vary, some placing the figure at 25 per cent and some as high as 30. The general belief of farmers over the county is that from 75 to 80 per cent of the crop has laready moved to mar ket. Two or three reasons have been mentioned supporting the price ad vance, the main one resting in the control movement now under way, it is believed. Reports clearly indicate the eontiol movement is going to meet with a marked success, and a curtail ment in the crop can well be expected next season. Production this past sea son was not as large as first estimates indicated, and an inorescd demnd for the crop supported by improved busi ness conditions are also believed to have figured in advancing the price t< While no one knows what the price will be tomorrow or next week, it is generally believed farmers are fairly well pleased with the 4-cent quotation and will complete selling arrange ments soon as possible. The record price is proving very popular and that, witli the benefit pay ment of 40 cents a bag from the gov ernment, will gross the farmer about $4 a hag for his crop, provided he had not sold before the recent price in crease. To Open Woman's Shop In New Hotel Building Arangemcnts for opening a new store. the Woman's Shop* in the Ho tel George Reynolds Building the early part of next month, are being com pleted here this week by the shop owner, Mrs. Edison Swain, of Ply mouth. The shop will be locatfU in the hotel building right next to the lobby on Main Street. Mrs. Swain leaves the early part of next week for New York, where she plans a care ful and personal selection of women's apparel for the opening. Town Team Wins Thriller At Bel haven Last Night The local Sanitary Grocery basket ball team defeated Belhvcn there last night in a thrilling contest, 34-32. In the last three minutes of play the lo cals were trailing 26-31. Holding, of the locals, was high scorer with 14 points. The town team plays in Tarboro to night, and the game will be returned here Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. John Pate, 22 years old, continues critically ill in a Washington hos pital where he has been for the pas! four months. t J. W. Watts made a busines trip to Charlotte this week. STIRRING DRAMA BEING UNFOLDED IN JERSEY COURT ? Says Hauptmann Himself Dominating Personality Of Entire Trial By C. H. DICKEY Hunferdon County Courthouse, Fleniington. N\ J., Jan. 15.?One sits in the crowded old 107-year-old ocurt house in. the New Jersey town on which the eyes of the nation are fo cused, and watches a door to his left, through which Richard Bruno Haupt mann is momentarily expected to cn ttr. He is not kept* waiting long, for a few moments before the opening of court the door swings open and the ex-German machine vgunner walks briskly towards his seat, while two stolid-faced guards hold his arms tight ly. All eytv turn towards the criminal suspect, and the packed and jammed Spectator* focus their peering eye* up 011 hint, fearing they may tniss tome thing. Hauptmann hurries toward his little chair, where he has been sitting each day for we^ks, apparently seeing nothing. He quickly drops into his chair, his back toward the staring eyes of the curious' who have come from many states over the nation, hoping against hope that they may see the man who, many think, has commit ted the most heinous crime of the cen tury. The jurors file in next. Four of them are women, eight are men. They slip quickly into their seats, and no sooner have they done it than Col. Charles Lindbergh enters through the same door wjiieh .only a few moments iircviftu iv ifoiVfitoTt fOuij.tmaii'n The photographers and movie cameramen begin "shooting" pictures, and Lind bergh (lucks Imu a corner. When they have finished he starts for his chair and walks within four feet of the man who, he believes, kidnapped and mur dered his first child. The eyes of Hauptmann do not turn toward Lind bergh, neither does the bereaved fath er seem to be conscious that Haupt mann is in the room. Lindbergh slouches down into his scat and while the spectators are look ing at him, the wife of Richard Bruno Hauptmann conies meekly in through the same door which has just admitted her husband and Charles Lindbergh There is not a moment of dullness, for the presiding judge enters, the people stand until he is seated, and before you know it the trial is in progress. There are so many spectacular char acters and so many points of interest, one does not know where to center his thoughts^ There aits the youthful looking Hauptmann, separated from his sad-fared wife to the left by only? two guards. To the right of the pris oner is Charles Lindbergh, in the same row <>( scats, three paces removed. Immediately fo his right is the jury, while grouped closely in between the judge's bench and Hauptmann are the tables of the ptusciuiMm and the dc ense. Some one takes the witness stand, md the case is off on another day's ourse, while the most talented and rilliant writers in the nation are (Continued on page three) Everetts Parent-Teacher Meet Held Monday, 14th ? Everetts.?The Everetts Parcnt Tcarhcr Association held its regular monthly meeting Monday night, Janu ary 14. A short business session was held and the following topics were discussed: Providing tnilk for under nourished children, to -be donated fay parents; means of raising funds; ap pointing a committee to visit homes of needy children to investigate their needs. A count of parents and friends of each grade was made and the B sec tion of the fir*t grade won the picture. At the conclusion of the business session, the association was entertain ed by the Robersonville Junior Or chestra under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rogers. Between orches tra numbers, the music pupils of Mrs. Russell an<J Miss Williams rendered solos.?Reported. ? ? Mrs. Anna Harrison Buying Spring Goods in New York ? Leaving for New York this week, Mrs. Anna Harrison is making exten sive purchases of spring wearing ap parel for Harrison Brothers and Com pany here. She will spend lboat 10 days there completing the selections of merchandise which will start arriv ing here immediately, it was an nounced.