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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 11 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 5,1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 MRS. SOPHIA ANN TAYLOR PASSES AWAY SATURDAY Last Rites Held from Her Late Home In Everetts Monday Afternoon Mrs. Sophia Ann Taylor, one of the oldest and most highly respected women of the Everetts community, fell dead at her home there last Sun day morning at 7 o'clock, after being up a few minutes. Enjoying good health nearly all her life, Mrs. Taylor suffered an attack of influenza during the fall and was confined to her bed for a week or more. It was learned then that she had high blood pressure, but for an occasional headazhe she seemed to continue in fair health, and was out with her daughter the eve ning before she died the following morning. White and wife, Mary Latham White, Mrs. Taylor was bOrn in Pitt County 69 years ago the Nth of last month. When a small girl she moved with her parents to this county, living on a farm until four years ago, when she and Mr. Taylor moved to Everetts to make their home and be near their children. Fifty one years ago > he mar ried Dana Taylor, and during the more than half a century she was a faithful wife, a loving mother, and a friend to everybody. She was a faithful member of the Primitive Baptist church for nearly 30 years and attended services regularly. Besides her husband she is survived by four sons, Messrs. W. L. and E. G. Taylor, of Williamston; Geo. W. Tay lor, of Everetts; and D. C. Taylor, of Johnson City, T^nn.; and two daugh ters, Mrs. L. C. Taylor, of Hamilton; and Mrs. D. C. Peel, of Everetts. She also leaves one brother, Mr. W. A. White, of Williamston; and one sister, Mrs. Maggie Taylor, of Washington; two half brothers, J. E. White, Wil liatj)?ton; Hober sonvilTe; two halt timers, Mrs Joe Powell, of Robersonville; and Mrs. P. M. Carney, of Clarksville, Ya. Funeral services were conducted at the home on Monday by Elders B. S. Cowin and A. B. Ayers. Interment ?want-in the family plot on the farm where she spent a large part of her life. COTTON CHECKS BEING MAILED OUT THIS WEEK ? About 105 Checks Are Still Due Cotton Farmers in Martin County An additional number of second rental payment checks are being de livered to Martin County cotton farm ers this week, Miss Mary Carstarphen, secretary To the county agent, an nounced today. The 111 checks amount to $2,245.35. bringing the total distributed to 532 of the 637 cotton contract signers up to $11,386.16 on the second rental pay ments. There are still due about 105 checks, which will amount to about $2,(XX), it is estimated. No parity payment checks have yet been received, but they have been ap proved and should reach the farmers shortly. In addition to the cotton checks, payments are expected soon for tobac co contract signers. Virtually all '.lie marketing cards have been checked in this county, and many have already passed inspection in Raleigh and arc now in Washington, where the checks are to be prepared. Just as soon as th? rhfrln rfach here, the owners will be notified direct. BOY LOSES RIGHT ARM IN ACCIDENT James Peel, 12 Years Old, Shot His Arm Nearly Off Last Saturday ? James Elbert Peel, 12-year-old fos ter son of Mr. John H. Jackson, of Cross Roads Township, shot his right arm nearly off while hunting there last Friday afternoon. After receiving first aid treatment in the oftice of Dr. Jos. H. Saunders, the boy was carried to a Washington hospital, where doctors amputated the arm about two inches above the elbow. Although he lost much blood, the boy is getting along all right. Hunting birds, the boy started to climb a fence. He was pushing the butt end of the gun through the wire when the gun hammer struck against the wire, causing the gun to fire. The load of shot tore away all the elbow, leaving the lower part of his arm hang ing by a small piece of skin and a lit tle flesh. As far as it could be learned here, the accident was one of the most ser ious reported in this county during the hunting season just ended. Surveys of Peanut Acreage Now Being Made in County Plans are now being rushed to complete the peanut control cam paign in this county, Assistant Agent M. L. Barnes stated yes terday. Applications are still be ing received at the county office, but the campaign will likely close any day now. Surveyors are now completing the check on the acreage represent ed in 1*0 per cent of the contracts, but no official findings have been announced. If the acreage claimed by the growers does not vary to any appreciable extent from that determined by the government surveyors, the agent's office plans to complete the contracts and have them reedy for shipment to Ra leigh by the early part of next week, Mr. Barnes said. It was learned unofficially that the surveyuis are finding the acre age claims to be correct in a ma jority of cases. However, the sur vey had not been advanced to any great extent when the report was heard, and there may be such a marked variation at the ent that an additional 10 per cent of the number of contracts will be meas ured. Should a second survey be necessary and the discrepancies are found to be too great, then the matter will be referred to State authorities for consideration. Schools Are Forced To Remain Closed I GROUNDHOG As far as little Mr. Groundhog is concerned, there is nothing to prevent six more weeks of bad weather, for he certainly could see his shadow last Saturday. A farmer is said to have seen the animal view his shadow for 8 minutes and then return to the earth to await warm weather. However, since the visit of the strange animal, delightful weather has prevailed, and the government weather forecasters say there is no immediate sign of a sweeping cold wave in sight just now. CASE OF NEGRO PROVES VALUE BIRTH RECORDS Willie Outlaw Is William Outterbutter When He Gets Married Born as Willie Outlaw, married as William Outterbutter. and dying as Willie Outlaw is the unusual record of a Martin-Pitt county negro, a form er service man, for whose orphaned j children efforts were made to secure ; compensation as the children of a World War veteran. This negro, horn in Martin and mar- ] ried in Pitt, entered the service in the World War, and a year or two after i his discharge contracted tuberculosis and later died. His wife also died,! and four minor children were left. A search to establish the claims of the orphaned children revealed the three names under which the important events of his life were recorded. Fin ally, Senator Arthur B. Coreyrof Pitt County, lawyer in the case, got the threads together and secured the com pensation for the children. The negro talked indistinctly and with a long drawl. If his birth had betMl properly re corded and registered, none of the mix up would have occurred. Thousands of cases develop every year, especially among World War veterans, when a registration of the birth would have saved incalculable work and expenses. This* would have been avoided with complete birth registration. The State Board of Health, the U. S. Bureau of the Census, and the N. C. Emergency Relief Administration are seeking to complete the registration of births in North Carolina during the past years, while parents remember the occasions distinctly, in the "Register Your Baby" campaign now in prog ress. Parents are asked to fill in the blanks and mail the postal cards they wftt be receiving the next few days. * I COUNTY NATIVE DIES IN VIRGINIA L. A. Mizelle, a Native Of Jamesville, Was Buried In Rocky Mount ? L. A. Mize41e, a native of this coun ty, died in a Hopewell, Va., hospital on January 21, and was buried in Rocky Mount the following Thursday. Mr. Mizelle was born in Jamesville 55 years ago, the son of the late H. H. Mizelle and wife. He married Miss Etta Mobley, also of Jamesville, and she survives at Rocky Mount. Leav ing home when a young man he work ed with the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Company for a number of years, going to Hopewell about five years ago to make his home with a sister, Mrs. R. E. Long. Besides his wife and sister, he is survived by two brothers, S. T. Mizelle, of Manatee, Fla., and W. D. Mizelle, of Thomas ville, Ga. 219 NOT PRESENT IN ELEMENTARY GRADES MONDAY Plan To Reopen the School Here on Monday of Next Week Reopening schools here yesterday and finding 219 of the elementary pu pils missing, the local board immedi ately ordere I another holiday, hoping o> next Monday the measles epidemic tiiat has swept this section for sev eral weeks >vill have subsided to the extent that at least a representative attendance will report f >r work at that time fhfffliirfr fTdni liw l iituwiiU health: office indicate that the epidemic in iiniu subsiding nt'ter ho'ding >CVCld! hundred children at home during the past three or four weeks The school closed the 21st of last month when the measles reached what was then believed a climax. Only 6. per cent ?f the children in tlie elemen tary shchool were present the day the I school closed, 238 being out in the jhigh and elementary schools. At thai time it was thought work could he I started again on Thursday of the fob lowing week, but the casta "f measles increased and the reopening was de Ilayed until yesterday. A full schedule was in etfeCT~ycstcrdayt hut-in the tdc imentary school 219 of the 601 pupil enrolled, or 47 per cent, were absent The high school reported 19 of its 171 enrolled pupils absent, .making a total | of 238 out of school or the same num ber that was absent when the schools w>ere closed on the 21st. Principal D7 N. Hix pointed out to day that the forced closings were cre mating an .unfair situation for the teach ers, hut that it was next to impossible to continue school with so many chil dren absent. All the out-of-town teach ers left for their homes immediately after the first holiday was announced, and returned here during the past few days. Many of them plan to spend the current holiday here, Professor Hix said. SWIFT JUSTICE FOR NEGRO MAN Returned To Prison Thirty Hours Following His Release Here "Golden Bryantrco 1 ored, fi g u red in a case of swift justice over the week end. Bryant was released from the prison camp near here last Friday morning by Superintendent Charles Mobley. Sheriff Roebuck immediately arrested Bryant and turned him over to the sheriff of Tyrrell County a short while later. The Tyrrell officer carried Bryant to Columbia, where he was tried on three counts, carrying a concealed weapon, shooting a school house and beating a school teacher. Within 30 hours after he had pulled off his prison clothes, he had been hauled 60 miles, fried on three charges, hauled another 60 miles, and was back wearing the same clothes he pulled off and assigned to the same bed and 'lin ing room seat in the camp. Bryant had just finished a sentence of 30 days for a crime committed in Pasquotank-County when he was ar rested and carried to Columbia. He is now working on a term of three years and three months. ? Kiwanians To Hold Their Regular Meet Tomorrow The regular meeting of the local Kiwanis Club will be held Wednesday evening at 6:30 o'clock, it was an nounced by the president today. All members are urged to attend. HOLD BOY SCOUT COURT OF HONOR IN COURTHOUSE Many Scouts Are Advanced And Horace Ray Is Now An Eagle Scout Holding a meeting ?" the courthouse here last Sunday afternoon, Scout of ficials advanced a number of boys in the realm of Scouting, the court of honor being considered the most suc cessful ever held here. Members of the court, \Y. C. Manning, chairman; S. T. Kolb, C. H. Dickey, and J. D. Woolard. were present, and Scout Ex-I ecutive John J. Signwald, of Wilson, examined the aptdicants coming from this and Bertie County. The feature of the meeting was the; advancement of Horace Ray to Eagle Scout, one of the high honors in the organization and the second boy in this~ connty ? to ever attain that rankr Wheeler Martin, jr., received an Eagle badge some time ago. The names of Scouts advanced to second class: Bill Holloman, of Wil liamston; Carter Bell, Raymond Con nor, Joe B. Davenport, Francis Gil liam, Ralph Hobbs, T. A. Moore and Joe B. Spivey, all of Windsor. Scouts advanced to first class: Ed gar Gurgauus, Charles Dickey, jr., and Burras Critcher, jr. The folo\ving merit badges were presented: Civic: Horace Ray, pi Williamtston; Steve Kenney, of Windsor. Camping: Horace Ray. Book binding: Carter Bell, of Wind sor. Handicraft: T. A. Moore, Joe B. Spivey, Francis Gilliam, Joe B. Da venport and Raymond Connor, all of Windsor. Personal health: Charles Dickey, jr. and Tom Crockett. Music: Francis Gilliam, Windsor. Fircmanship: Boh Everett, Clayton Moore, Charles Dickey, jr. Bunas t i iti her, jr. ' Hirst aid: Burras Critrhcr. jr. Life saving: Burras Critcher,^jr. iiardemng: TJiad llanisnn. 7 1 harm mechanics: I liad Harrison. kReading: Charles Dickey, jr. Safety: Charles Dickey, jr. Reptile study: I liarles?Dickey, jr. X-rockctt ami Thad Harrison. REQUIRE ALL DOGS IN TOWN TO BE TAGGED Ordinance Passed at Meet Last Night Does Not Increase Tax Finding the town overrun with stray dogs, the local commissioners* last night passed an ordinance'directing owners to buy tags for their dogs or face court action, l ags diave been pur chased and the dog oWner,s will'he al lowed until the first- of March to tag the animals. All dogs without tags after that time will be impounded and killed, it is understood. The new ordinance does not create a new tax, the dog owner being credit ed on the tax books when he purchases a tag. The new law proposes to have owners pay their dog taxes and to kill those dogs apparently unclaimed. Re cent attacks by mad dogs upon hu mans are said to have prompted the creation of the new ordinance. Some owners have created a regular dog racket At tax-listing time they send the dog to the country and declare they own none. Immediately after tax listing is completed the dogs are returned, or they just wander back. The new tagging system, similar to "that used for tagging-automobiles, is expected to call a show-down on the dog situation. Machinery for working the streets was purchased by the board for around $lr100T ami street-improvements are to get under way in the near future. Lit tle attention has been given the dirt streets in recent months because the machinery was out of repair. Additions to the water and sewer systems uqder the PWA program were discussed, but no definite action wa taken at the meeting last night. Big Demand Reported for Gold Dollar Tobacco Seed Learning that some farmers received unusually high prices last season for tobacco grown from Gold Dollar seed, other growers have created a big de mand for that particular type of seed, it is said. According to reports, it is next to impossible to get enough of the seed to supply the demand Unable to get the Gold Dollar, farm4 ers in this section arc using principally the White Stem and Bonanza varieties. Farmers in this section are now busy preparing plant beds, reports indi cating that a majority of them is plant ing from two to three times as much as will be required if the plantings prove sdccestful. Urgent Need of Additional School Buildings Reviewed Measles Epidemic Is One of Worst in History of County One of the worst epidemics of any contagious disease recorded in this county since official records were introduced was reported by the county health office last month and late reports indicate the dis ease is continuing to spread in new territory. During the month, 379 cases of measles were reported, the authorities pointing out that there were probably many addi tional cases that never were re P .? While the epidemic is about on a standstill in Williamston, it hav ing about included all the eligible white subjects, tnany cases are be NUMBER CASES f BEFORE MAYOR PAST WEEK-END Angered Wife Is Said To Have Attacked Sporting Husband on Streets After an umi-ually quiet period dur ing January, Mayor J< On In Hassel' ! reported a Imi-y time in I. cou*t here i during the past week-end, die trial jus- | tice handling eight ease*. Vlie ? mt i narrowly escaped a ninth cm,?.on :ts docket when partita .to i light He <1. s" j quickly a,Iter the battle their namcs tould n??l he learned. n 'tTraiged "vvrliT driving" a car v\Tiitcf" [under tire i n d tie nee ?f fiqtwFv 1 "in ReveN was.In>undf over to the record King David ( arson ind Ed Purvis, [charged with disorderly conduct, were i l each fined $7 ami taxed with the cost J ' ( I verged with, disorderly e. nduct, |1 rnr; i ?...i....??......?m;-,;t?< i So ~-i ml ? I Eddie (faultier was fTTTTTt $2 .sO and taxetl with the Cost I oy Rogers was fined $7 in addition to the . ">t in the ea?c c harging-liiui j j w ith -iniitle assault. The ease charging John H -ggard * with driving .. mule and car!_at night | without lights and Asa Tom Lanier ! with operating a truck without lights the comity court (barged with assaulting his wile, ,( I. Rogers was hound over to the n ec'order's court. " Probable cause appearing in the I >se, Raymond Peel, Plymouth white " lan, charged with Seduction, was oi - v cred held unde r a $1,000 bond for his ii ppeaiaurr at the March term of. Sn-tn erior Court. ' A married man from \V'axhingtOiy.lt I ...iose name could not he learned, wai 'a said to have been badly scratched and jn scarred when he was attacked by two women from Washington on the streets here Sunday night. I he man was said to have Jift'll spoiling a Wn tJ man m this town. ? SINCLAIR OIL OFFICIALS HERE Distributor Clears Premises of Competitor Preparing For the Visitors I .earifix that XV. Karl Sinclair, chari nian of the Sinclair Refining Company hoard of dire, tors, and several prom incnt associates would vi?>it here the following day, Iverson Skinner, local g distributor for the company, made ar- j b rangements 1'riday for "tidylngu~Up the S hmTk plant on Roanoke River! The 'c several colored men hired hy the dis tributor were directed to report for work early Saturday morning, hut through misunderstanding or report ing so early they could not tell the difference, the workmen cleaned and j scraped the Standard Oil grounds near ! the river. Mr Skinner, visiting the ?plant that morning, discovered the friendly act in ttime to transfer the worker* T71 right location ami have the grounds cleaned before Mr. Sin clair and his party reached here. Certainly, it's a friendly aid world, hut whoever thought one oil company would sweep the yard of a compcti tor. Mr. Sinclair, brother to the re nowned Harry Sinclair, and his party traveled in three large automobiles, They spent mu.1i time here, and, ac cording to local officials, were im pressed by this section and the town especially. ? Mr. Carlyle Langley is expected home tomorrow from Abingdon, Va., where he has been on the tobacco market. il ?ng reported in other section*. Poplar Point is reporting a goodly number of cases among its col ored population, and Williamston has the possibility of i clean sweep among its colored people. The health office reported 73 cases over the week-end. Aside from the measles, the health report was a "measley" . thing, only three cases of whoop ing cough and three chickenpox cases being reported in the coun ty during January. The climax to the report was found in a lone colored family where eight of the group were' down with the measles. PENSION SPEAKER W. B Fisher, State organiser for the Townsend Plan old age pension, will explain the bill to the | people of Martin County in the courthouse in Williamston on Friday of this week, February 8, at 1 o'clock p. m. In announcing the date earlier this week, it was stated that the organiser would speak in this county Tuesday, February 8, the day announced being in error. After tracing Mr. Fisher from the western part of the State to Clinton down in Sampson Coun ty, it was learned at noon today that he would be in this county at 1 o'clock Friday ol this week. He goes- from here to Edenton later that day. It is believed a large number ?will be lieie for the meeting: , j BOARD ASKS FOR BID ON ADDITION TO COURTHOUSE lans for Building Studied By Board at Regular Meeting Monday t lulling ill session a greater part .1 the day lien Monday, the Martin "?niiiy commissioners, in their regular iH'i'tiriK. discussed a number <>I busi (ss '"afters, taking final action in mi" V a few Plans f?r the construction i an addition to the Were Hulled at> length, the authorities .all ! "K for hiils t<> be opened at a siicei.il oeellUK thr |Ht)l nf ,(tt^ f the cost is not considered excessive, he authorities plan tn let the contract I that time and start construction im hatcly on tlie proposed four-room ddition, it was said. A slight increase in the salaries of hf court recorder and solicitor, > a- or.lere.l, Judge g.mmg a aise Iroin $(.-4 to $70 and SAlu itor Co unt getting an increase of t0 month. I he hoard recommended thai tin tale Highway Commission lake over hfee-auarters of a mile of road, lea,I ng from the Hines farm in Goose ? est rownship from Highway No. II ' Highway 125, via the Nan Council l">ry Bryant and (i R Baker prop rtics. H M I'eel was a|>|>oiiited constable "aniiltmi Township. I he following allowances wer rantcd to needy parties: Frances ? eys, colored, of Jamesvillc, $3, Bruce mill!, $4; Sandy Brown, 0.1-year-old "hoed matt of Kolicrioiivilhr Town hip, $2; anil Mrs. Minerva and Frank lewman, $10 a month. A jury list was drawn for the two -eeks term of superior court convrn ig the third Monday in March ? 'anuary Rainfall Slightly Above the Average Here ? This sc.tion had its heaviest Janu ry rainfall last month since 1932, the all during the past moi.th totaling 2 53 nchcs, according to the local station <{ the State weather bureau. There vere II rains during the period, In.t one was over an inch. The fall this >ast January was just about 1 inch [rcater than it was'in January, 1934, nd about the same over the January, 933, recording- The rainfall for Jan tary, 1932, was about one-quarter of n inch larger than it was last month. Mr. YV. R. Ingram's mother is very II at his home on West Main Street. Mrs. II. G. Petty, of Petersburg, is pending a few days here with hei rother, Mr. W. R. Ingram and Mrs. ngram. DELEGATIONS AT MEETING SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY * Authorities Approve Plans for Building Subject to the PWA Program ? Reporting unusually crowded con ditions and an urgent need for addi tional buildings, committees from Bear Gras%, Farm Lite, and Jamesville ap pealed to the Martin County Boa id of Education at its regular nfceting held here yesterday, the board members as Miring the delegations that everything possible would be done to relieve the situations in the three districts. Headed by Professor James Uzzle and Messrs. Ferd Hplliday and Lester Davis, the Jam< svillc delegations stat ed their case, showing that eight ad ditional rooms would be necessary to relieve the present crowded conditions ami handle tin- needs of the future. The committee suggested that a build ing be constructed for the high school ami gymnasium. Two rooms recently added to the Bear dirass building has relieved con gested conditions in the school there, but an urgent need was expressed for a teacherage. Twenty or more strong, the .delegating, representing probably one of the most interested people in schools to he found in the county, meant business and went so far 4s to offer 20,(MM) feet of timber for the con struction of a teacherage that will cost approximately four or five thousand dollars. Messrs. T. O. Hickman, prin cipal, iind Messrs. Crhin Rogers and Calvin Avers headed the delegation. k^ atittAylrUn tfftSdaiMM} * he Heed?for ' -kddkitTnal ro?nTfs t<\ its building to ^ handle the iitVreasing numbers there, the uiiolTu i.il ciist IxMng estimated at about $4,000. M?ssrs Charles Hough, principal, and I' F. Getsingcr, and George Griffin headed that delegation -vets -wtff amount?to "atioin~ $18,000 or $20,000, the school authorities estiniat e<l, allowing about $10,000 for the Janusvillc building. $4,000 for the Bear (irass teacherage and $4,000 for the harm' Life addition Already acquainted with the condi tions, the board ot education Immedi ately approved tbc proposed projects, subject to participation on the part I of the Federal Government's Public (Works Administration. No definite public-works program has been decid ed upon h\ the government for the coining year, and the fate of the pro posed and nui. h needed projects in this county certainly depends upon the government program, it was stated. -There is a possihijity that the Federa 1 agency will gladly participating, lend TtTg the required amount of money and do uating* outight .10 per cent of that sum. The county superintendent was instructed by the hoard to make the necessary applications to Mr. Baity, head of the public-works program in this state, ami a decision is expected shortly, it is understood. 1 JOE MATTHEWS DIED SATURDAY Parmele Man Passes In A Greenville Hospital Last Saturday Morning ? Joe L. Matthews, 44 years old, diet! in a Greenville?hospital?early?last Saturday morning following an oper ation for appendicitis the day before. His natural death followed by only a few weeks an attempt at self destruc tion with a shot nun, reports stating that the self-inflicted wound did not listen his death The son of John M.^ind Jane Har rell-Matthews, he was born near Rob ersonville where he lived until a few weeks agov He recently ?old his farm and moved to Parmele where funeral services were conducted Sunday aft? ernoon by Rev. J. M. Perry, Robcr sonville minister. Hurial was in the family plot on the Matthews old home place, near Robersbnville. His wife, formerly Miss Mary McClaron, sur ves. Local Woman's Club To Hold Meeting Thursday The regular monthly meeting of the VVilliamston Wotfian't Club will be held Thursday afternoon, February 7, at 3:30 o'clock. Election of officers will be held and a good attendance ?* urgently requested. Dr. Clarkson, who was to be present and deliver a talk, will not he able to be present at this meeting, due to the cold and bad weath er and so much illness, but the club expects to invite him again in the near future.
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