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THE ENTERPRISE
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VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 12 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 8, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899
120 APPLICATIONS
FOR LOANS MADE
IN THIS COUNTY
Number Is Expected To Be
Greater This Year
Than Last
More than 120 applications have
been received by the Washington Pro
duction Credit Association from farm
ers in this county so far with the pos
sibility that the number of borrowers
will exceed the 168 served by the or
ganization last year, it was learned
from W. H. Carstarphen, who is re
ceiving applications here. The 120 ap
plications call for loans amount to ap
proximately $58,000, it was said.
The expected increase in the num
ber of loans this year is attributed to
several causes, Mr. Carstarphen ex
plained. Last year many applicants
were refused loans because mortgages
were held against their mules or other
chattels. Last fall many farmers paid
off those obligations, leaving them'
without necessary finances to produce j
crops this year, but, at the same time,
they made themselves eligible to bor
row from the association this year.
No official notice has been received
stating that there will be seed loans
available to farmers in this county
this year. And while such a fund is
likely to be created, it is not known
when it will be available. Many farm
ers in this county are eagerly awaiting
some definite seed and feed loan an
nouncement as they are unable to qual
? ify for loahs in the production credit
association.
BADLY HURT IN
TRAIN ACCIDENT
Colored Man Run Over by
Train at Hassell Last
Sunday
Ben Frank Little, 30-year-old col
ored man, continues in a critical con
dition at a Rocky Mdttnt hospital as
a result of injuries received -when he
was run over by an Atlantic Coast
Line passenger train at Hassell last
Sunday afternoon. Jumping from the g
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moving train, Little is said to have
? caught line foul imt track switch, causjy
ing him to fall. One leg, falling on
the track, was cut off above the knee
by the train wheels, and his skull was
fractured in the fall.
Little, a farmer in Cross Roads
Township for many years, claims he
boarded the train to pay the fare of
a cousin to Stokes and did not have
time to do that and get off the train
before ft started. A colored-"associa
tion" had been in progress at Hassell
that .day, and many colored people
were riding the train. Company em
ployees did not see the accident and
they did not learn about it until later,
according to reports reaching here.
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STOCKHOLDERS
WILL MEET 18TH
Annual Meet of Warehouse
Owners Called; Expect
Dividend
The annual meeting of the Martin
County Warehouse stockholders will
he held in the courthouse here Mon
day, February 18, at 2 o'clock p. m., it
was announced yesterday by W. H.
Carstarphen, secretary and treasurer.
The meeting is the first for the stock
holders since 1933, the directors and
appointed committes handling all nec
essary matters since that time.
While no official statement has been
made, it is believed a dividend will be
declared at the meeting, the amount
depending on the treasurr's report, of
course. Two dividends have been de
clared, but only one was paid and that
was back in 1931, when the stockhold
ers received 6 per cent on their invest
-ment, The second dividend was con
ditionally declared in 1932, but rent ^
collections were delayed and the re-J
cipts were used to meet current obli- ^
gations later, it was said.
The Planters Warehouse was built ,
in 1929.
No Preaching Services
At Episcopal Churches
There will be no preaching service*
in the Epiicopal church this Sunday,
a* the rector, Rev. E. F. Moseley, is
attending a church school in Wash
ington City for t week.
Large Shipment oi Rough
Lumber Being Made Here
One of the largest single orders for
rough lumber ever received here is be
im
ing loaded on a barge in Roanoke Riv
er this week. The shipment is being
handled by the Farmville-Woodward
Lumber Company and include* about
430,000 feet of all types of rough lum
ber. Loading operations are now un
derway, but it will be probably the lat
ter part of next week before the barge
starts for New York, its destination.
n as
To Reopen Schools
Here Next Monday
EAGLE SCOUT
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Receiving his Eagle Scout
badge at a court of honor here
last Sunday. Horace Ray has at
tained one of the highest honor*
available in the organization. He
is the second boy in this county
to reach the high post among Boy
Scouts. Horace has been a main
stay in Scoutmaster Martin's
group for several years.
SIX CASES TRIED
\ND 7 CONTINUED
3Y JUDGE PEEL
*Jo Fines Are Imposed and
Only One Person Given
Sentence
With H ?*?r
ounty court last Tuesday called 6 and
ontinued 7, the containuances being
ranted for various reasons acceptable
r> the court It was a day of little im
urtancc, as far as fines were con
erned, the court centering its judg
lents on one defendant, and sentence
n that case is to start at the direction
f the judge.
The first speeding charge aired in
he court was handled at the Tuesday
ession, Judge Peel suspending judg
ment upon the payment of the cost
n the case charging Jesse Bullock
Charged with Jhe manufacture of li
uor, Luther Clark was sentenced to
he roads for three months, sentence
3 begin at the direction of the court.
,Bruce Rollings, charged with steal
ig chickens, was adjudged not guilty.
Charged with bastardy, Alexander
dad* wm found not guilty. s
Ttre case charging LeRoy Carrol!
rith carnal knowledge and an assault
rith a dedly wepon, was ordered
laced on docket for trial at the March
erni superior court.
A nolpros resulted in the case
barging Milton Barnhill with aban
lonmcnt and non-support.
MEARING END OF
PEANUT SURVEY
Acreage Control Program
About Completed; Is
Declared Success
???
The program advanced for the con
rol of peanut acreage was today an
lounced just about complete, the au
horitivs adding4ht+ movement
ras nearly 100 per cent successful.
Acreage surveys are being complet
d this week on 10 per cent of the
ontracts, but no official information
n the findings has been released. It
vill be several days before all the fig
ires can be checked, and until that is
lone it cannot be learned whether an
other 10 per cent of the contracts will
?e chosen for an acreage survey.
Completing his survey early this
veek, committeeman W. B. Harring
on said that the claims advanced by
armers in Griffins Township were
veil under the government measurc
nents.
Two Fiie Calls Answered
By Firemen This Week
For the third time in recent months,
ire threatened the little one-story
tome of Perlie Williams on West
street here Wednesday evening, none
tf the fires causing much damage. The
ire company was called out, and the
oof of the house was wet to prevent
iparks from a blazing chimney firing
the shingles.
Early yesterday morning the firemen
vere called to the home of Bell Lloyd
>n West Main Street, where a holt
ibout one foot square was burned in
he root. The fire was out on arrival!
>f the fire-fighting apparatus.
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NUMBER CASES
MEASLES IS NOW
ON DOWN GRADE
Total of 536 Cases Measles
Reported in County So
Far This Year
The local white schools will open
next Monday with faily bright pros
pects for an attendance near normal,
school authorities said today. After
sweeping over the entire district and
extending into other sections, the 1
measles epidemic is fast subsiding
among white children and compara
lively tew ahsaiuas are expected as .>
result of that disease when the school
reopens Monday. Colds and influenzt
will likely cause a number of ab
sences, hut with favorable weather and
fair r?>ad conditions a large majority
of the children should find their way
to their respective classrooms next
week.
According 10 a report from tfnr
health office today, the. number ??f
measles cases reported underwent a
marked decrease Wednesday and yes
terday. During the first five days of
this month, 161 cases were reported,
and most of the number were in this
school,district. Wednesday there were
only 14 cases reported and yesterday
that number was decreased to 11. So
far this year there have been 5J6 cases
of measles reported ift the county,
nearly all of which were in the Wil
liamston section.
Late reports indicate the epidemic is
now reaching into the population sup
porting the colored schools in this dis
trict and Poplar Point. The Poplar
Point colored school closed this week
when only six of the 42 pupils enrolled
reported for class instruction. There
are a few absences in the colored
"school here, but it is understood that
a hundred or more children could re
main at home and still Principal Hayes
and fiis teachers would have their
rooms?almost?crowded.?-The school
in Poplar Point is not expected to re
open until Mnday week.
With the exception of one day, when
the local white schools attempted to
reopen last Monday, children in this
ection have enjoyed a holiday since
the 21st of last month The forced
period of inactivity in the schools has
proved very inconvenient for all the
teachers, and the children will realize
the holidays was not so pleasanL after
_al.l when the warm days in late May
roll round.
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Father of Mrs. Rodman
Fatally Hurt in Wreck
Samuel Mills, father of Mrs. Archie
Rodman of this place, died early yes
terday morning in a Wilson hospital
from injuries received in a truck-au
tomobile wreck there a short while
before. Mr. Mills, a lesident of the
Blount's Creek section of Beaufort
County, never regained consciousness,
it was said His heaJ was fractured
when he was thrown from the truck
to the pavement. Mr. Mills was 45
years old.
Funeral services are being conduct
ed this afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the late home in Beaufort County.
Mrs.. Rodman, wife of Patrolman
Rodman and an only child, survives
with her mother.
Romantic Comedy To Be
Presented At Bear Grass
The Senior Class of the Bear Grass
High School will present "Her Heri
tage," a romantic comedy in three acts,
in the school auditorium there next
Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. A
small admission fee will be charged
Eli Hoyt Ange Appointed
Postmaster at Jamesville
Washington, D. C.?Representative
Lindsay Wirren today announced the
appointment of Eli Hoyt Ange as post
master at Jamesville, a fourth-class
office. Mr. Ange stood No. 1 on the
eligible list as announced by the Civil
Service Commission and at present is
acting postmaster.
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Mrs. Anna Bell Brown
To Buy Spring Goods
Mrs. Anna Bell Brown left this week
foe 'New York, where she will make
large purchases of spring goods for
Barnhill Brothers and Company here
Two Preaching Services at
the Baptist Church Sunday
The membership ol the Baptiat
church will obaerve communion at
the Sunday morning tervice, follow
ed by another twilight worahippinn
period at S o'clock in the afternoon
To theae aervicae the public ia in
cited.
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BOARD DRAWS
JURY LIST FOR j
MARCH COURT
'Judge N. A. Sinclair Sched
uled To Preside Over
Two-Weeks Term
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Jurymen for the regular March term
of Martin County Superior court wen
selected by the county commissioners
at their regular meeting held last Moil
day. Judge N*. A. Sinclair, of Ravette
ivillc, is scheduled to preside over the
two weeks term beginning Monday.
March 18. It might be that the jurist
will effect an exchange with another
judge, bur if he docs come here it will
l>e his first official visit since the Smith
, wick Creek case first reached a jur\
hack in March, 1930.
i Already there are a goodly nuinbei
of cases on the docket for trial, in
| eluding those of a criminal and civil
nature.
The names of the jurymen are, ?>
follows:
First Week
Jamesville Township: J. K Hed j
rick, \. IV Lillev. J \. Cooper, and
I!.. W. An?e
Williams Township: W J. Chcrfy j
j and J. H. Heath.
Pleny Feel, and Ben Ira Hardisoti
| Bear (irass Township: G. \Y. Hai
Williatnston Township: J. Ben An
drews, J. S. Meeks, H H. Cowen, and
Exum L. Ward.
Cross Roads Township: W. A.
Mobley, H. 11. Williams, W. l>an- |
iel, and C. James.
Rohersonville Township: J. W. ?
Brown, Carl Oakley. Jasper Perkins, |
A. H. Grimes, O. 1*. Robcrson, W. W. !
Taylor, 1. M. Little, W. 11. Mat j
thews.
Poplar Point Township: Bruce
Johnson.
Hamilton Township: L. A. Weaver,
J. S. Haislip, J. B. Barfield, and E.'M.
Johnson.
Goose ftest "township: S. V.* Sills,
A. H. Hale, Fred White, J T. Mat
thews, jr.. and R. C. Brown _1
Second Week
Jamesville Township: Stancil Brown]
and W. I Ange.
.Williams Township: J. Herbert J
Moure. ?? r
Williamston Township: Charles
Rawls, W. H. Carstarphen, and J. C
Anderson.
Cross Roads Township: J B. Wyn.j.
Rohersonville Township: C. S. Rawls
nd W. J. Ayers.
Poplar Point Township: J. D. t ?>1
train.
Hamilton Township: R H. Sals
bury, Dennis L. Holliday, S <7. C-?w
ing, 1., H?Rouse.
Goose Nest Township: K. L. Kth
eridge, Mayo Price, J. I I ouncil ami
J. F. Crisp.
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FILLING STATION
HERE IS ROBBED
Telephone Pay Station Box
Removed; Colored School
Is Also Entered
Break i 77k into TTTe Siand.trd frw ;
station, corner Main and Haughton
streets, here about 4 o'clock Wednes
day morninK. robbers tore a telephone
and pay-station box from the wall and
stole a few articles from the station, I
the operator, Jack Daniel, statin# that i
Tie roulit nor definitely determine what j
had beep stolen. Officers fouiul the
telephone back of the station, but the ^
telephone pay box, containing several
dollars, was misSing. The robbers
broke a window glass and entered the
station through the window, ami it i-?
I believed they" worked with the light
burning.
In tearing the telephone wires from
the instrument, the robbers signaled
the operator in the local exchange at
4 o'clock that morning, but she re- J
ceived no reply when she asked for a I
number.
Earlier that morning two men broke j
into the * colored school basemen'.1
where they stole an axe. The janitor,
sleeping in the building, heard the rob
hers and chased them away, hut not
until they had . stolen an axe which
was later found hidden on the -Stan
tain that the two men who broke into
the schoolhouse also robbed the filling
station. ? -
Rev. C. H. Dickey Makes
Hour Broadcast Tuesday
Telling about the Hauptmann trial
and offering many interesting side
lights dn what has been termed "a
three-ring circus*" in an hour's broad
cast over the radio last Tuesday, Rev.
C. H. Dickey said, upon his return,
from Rocky Mount that he was as
tired as he could have been if be bad
plowed qll day in the fields.
It was an inconvenient hour, and it
is understood that comparatively few
people in this section heard the parson
in his broadcast.
Many Farmers Applying for
Leaf Allotments This Year
SILVER ANNIVERSARY FOR SCOUTING
scouis os Afv'::;. a
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Boy Scout organization in Ametica
will be observed by local Scouts at a meeting to be held in the courthouse
Sunday afternoon, Scoutmaster Wheeler Martin announced today. Be
ginning today the anniversary will he observed during an entire week by
Scouts over the nation.
T. G. MANNING
DIES THURSDAY
Well Known Poplar Point
r Ib Vic
Cancer
T (i. Manning, 57 -ycar-ohl fanner
f tins county, (lied :if Ins home
t*ivplar IN tint Tow nsliip. near hrrrTT.-v
terdav afternoon from cancer. He had
been in feeble health t?-r some time
The son of the late Rev 1 \ and
Sallie Manning, he wa- horn in Pitt
(ounty, where lie married and livd
4Wtil about-4^ V4*acs age?,?14-u.?a uh tw
survives with .six children,* Larry <
Manning, "f Richmond; Leslie 1... T.
(i , jr., and Dallas NL.lining, Mr- i.. R
White, of W illianiston, and Mrs Mark
W'ilktTso!!, of KirtllllMld. Mi1 L.IIO
one brother, (J. ( . Manning, of Xydt'u, )
and two sisters, Reba Nelson and Mrs.
Dora Razntiore, both of (ireetiville
Funeral services wtje c uiducte-l
from the late home today at 1 /clock
ister Tntcrmcnt followed in tlu
Nobles -cemetery in Pitt County
K. B. Crawford Represents
Insurance Firm 2.5 Years
K II Crawford, in uran < agent,
nth olfice- at A\ iIIi.iiioton, s\a> today
presented with a gold sfgir by Di^-ie I
l ire insurance < oinpahy. of tircen - i
horo, in recognition of his agency hav
ing faithfully represented the company j
for over a quarter of a century. I Ik
presentation was made by a home of
fice representative of flic coin"l>an\.
Presiding Eider To Preach
At Methodist Church Here
Sunday; "Teh i uary 10:
Sunday school at 9;45.
Communion service 11 a. m.
Regular service at 7:30 p m. Sermon
by Rev. J. II McCraeken, presiding I
elder, who will hold the first quarterly \
immediately after the sermon.
Band Concert at Double
Header Here Tonight
A hand concert will feature the!
double-header basketball game here to
night at 7:30 o'clock between the lo
cal girls and hoys ami those from j
Jamesvillc. All members of the band,
are urged to be present.
Program of Services
At Christian Church
Christian church scrvi rs Sunday at j
a ni and 7:30 p in. A cordial wel
nie is extended to these services.
Sunday school, 9:45. You are in-j
ted, and bring a friend.
Regular Services Sunday
A t Presbyterian Points
Rev. /. T. Piephoflf announced this
morning that Presbyterian church scrv
ices will he held at all point* Sunday
at the regular hours. A cordial in
vitation to all is extended.
I BIRD SEASON OVER
:ij:-Cfi$fe*ed'by legislative action last
week, the closet! season for tak
ink quail in this county i s_ be i n g
very well observed, as far as it
could be learned, Countj?Game
Warden W. O. Abbitt said today.
A few hunters are said to have L
followed their dogs durng the
early part of the week, but since
the law become known there has
been very little bird hunting.
A law sponsored by Senator R.
L. Coburn closed the season for
taking quail in this county the
first ? of this month. It is under
stood that the closing date for
taking quail is fairly uniform thru
out"the state since the passage of
the law.
TWO MORE STILLS
ARE CAPTURED
Raiding Officers Pick One.
Up Accidentally While
After Another ?
Raiding in Hear Grass t ownship for '
a Mill that had been reported. (>IFi ,
errs J II Rochtit k and Jailer Roy J
IVrl stumbled over another manufac-j
tilling plaiit m -eatih "1 thr tnM, tlict
deputy said \ i Merday, adding that the
find was juM accidental arid that It
tftlor stills in that -r ri??n air real'y
not very nimirroii
Alter destroying the first plant, the
officers continued thru search and
found thr second one. One plant was,
r^mTtdrtr with a 5b--gallon strain stillj
about Kbit gallons of liter ami equip-,
ment. The second plant had a still
similar to the first and was of 5b gal
Ion capacity. About 1,35*1 gallons oft
brer were turned out of seven I la rrels
and four vats at our of thr plants raid
ed lloth plants were rold, and no
arrests were made.
Yesterday the drput . ami his assist-1
ant raided in the LainrI Pocosin in
JaifiCsville Township and found a
small steam plant and about Ibb gal
lons ??f beer. The plant was etdd, and
no one was caught.
Large Crowd Here For
Pension Plan Discussion
The old folk- are here today in
large numbers from all over tin* coun
ty to hear W. II. l isher, State or
ganizer, discuss and explain the Town
sen Old Age pension bill, a plan pro
posing a $200 monthly pension for all
persons over 60 years of age.
Lm ii the prospect* of such an elab
orate mm liavcreated hope among the1
aged, one old gentlemen! Imping that
he will share in the fabulous fund and
share right now is said to have
brought a sack along to carry his
money home in.
Another wondered if he would
have to pay income tax if the money
ever got into his hands.
Hal Higgs, 86-year-old colored man,
a bit dubious about the forthcoming
of the money, explained that $10 a
month would look good to him, that
$200 a month was entirely too much.
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150 APPLICATIONS
OR MORE ON FILE
AT COURT HOUSE
'ancy Prices Last Season
Bring Flocks of Would
Be Tobacco Growers
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Remembering the fancy price* re
eived for tobacco last year, those
armcrs wjio were ineligible to sign
on tracts for that cr-p are applying
n large number for allotments in this
ountv at the present time. More
han 150 applications have been re
rived to date, Assistant County Agent
>1. L. Barnes said yesterday, and thev
,eep coming and pleading for an al
otment even if they know they ran't
jet more than an acre or two. And
t is believed that a large majority of
hose applying wTlt not he qualified _
o receive any allotment whatever.
I he distribution of allotments was
eriously delayed this week when ail
rror in the forms v as discovered.
oaking it ueccssar\ to prepare new
ornis. Blanks for handling the ap
dieations were tb have reached here
ast week, and now local authorities
lave no idea as to when to expect ttie
onus. In the meantime, the county
igent's office is recording all informa
ion offered by the applicants and plans
(o announce the allotments just as
0011 as the blanks and rulings reach
licrc In those cases where there is
?easo\iablc doubt to believe an allots
nent tV not justified, the fanners will
i11< 1 it t\ their advantage to go ahead
ind plaiithe 19J5 farm program with
>ut considering tabacco. it is believed.
:r CORN AND
CONTRACTS
Contracts Available at Of- ?
fice of County Agent on
Monday, Tuesday
banners in this county desiring to
participate in the 1935 corn and hog
control program will be given the op
portunity to sign contracts at the
county agent's office next Monday and
Tuesday, it was announced today.
There are very few farmers raising
hogs mi ~a -c? ?n+meccial scale
county, and naturally the number of
participants will be small, hut any one
eligible |'< sif{n ;i lontr^if in-iy do tn.
on the days announced. y\uv farm
er desiring to sign one of the con
tracts should bring his bills of pur
chases and sales to the county office.
Last year there were 19 farmers
participating in the movement in this
county, and a number of those?ai??
planning to sign again, ft is under*,
stood.
PRIZE OFFERED
FOR BEST ESSAY
from Nine
Counties Expected To
Speak Here March 19
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l'lit Will ianistnii High School has
been .selected as Him place for the pre
liiiiiiiarv iiiii ? ?tf, foi high schools of
Dare, Tyrrell. Washington, Beaufort,
Maiftn, Bertie, Pitt, (Jrcen, and Hyde
Counties, in the state-wide oration
essay contest to he staged by High
Point College in March.
This run-off will take place at 7:30
l>. in , Tuesday, March 19, 1**35, in the
auditorium of the Williainston High
School One contestant will be select
ed to compete with tlieTepresentatives
of the other 17 districts of the ^tate in
the finals which will he held at High
Point College March
The successful contestants in each
of the districts will he given a $50
scholarship to the High Point insti
tution. The one winning first place in
the finals' w ill he awarded an addition
al $J50_.tu-be added to-tbe $50 district
prize, to make a total scholarship of
$400. The second prize will be an ad
ditional $150, which with the district
award makes a $200 scholarship for
this place. The third best contestant
will receive a total scholarship of $100.
Those not winning a place in the fin
als will be given the $51) district achol
arship.
Only two contestants from a high
icliool may participate, and they must
he seniors and must register for the
contest on or before February 20. All
contestants must be recommended by
the principal or a member of the
school faculty.
The subject for the oration or essay
is: "Do I Expect My College Train
ing to Make Me More Useful to My
Community, or to Increase My Earn
ing Capacity?" It is to be confined
within 800 words, and must be in the
hands of the contest directors on or
before March 1.