THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 28 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday, April 5.1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 TO HOLD CLINICS FOR CHILDREN OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE Will Be Held in 8 Schools Of County Week After Next; Plans Made Meeting with a marked success and , proving of unusual value last year, an other series of pre-school clinics will ; be held in eight schools of this county | Week after next, it was announced by i the office of the board of education , this week. Arrangements have been j made for more extensive clinics this ? year than last. Superintendent J. C. | Manning said. County physicians,; dentists, members of the various par ent-teacher groups, nurses, and spec ialists have already willingly offered their services free, and the State Board of Health will cooperate in the move ment. Parents whose children plan to enter school in this county for the first time next fall are urged to make arrangements to have their children attend the clinics in their respective districts. No charge for the exami nations will be made, and the oppor tunities to correct physical defects are many at the clinics. Last spring more than 250 children or about 65 per cent of those begin ning school in the fall for the first time were examined in the clinics, and | the results were more than encourag ing, school people declare. The first of the clinics will be held ; in the Williamston school on the morn ing of April 15. The following morn ing Tuesday, children in the James ville and hardens schools will be ex amined at Jamesville. That afternoon the clinic will be held at Farm Life. Wednesday morning Bear Grass will be visited and Everetts that afternoon. Robersonvillfe and Gold Point begin ners will be examined at Roberson vilie Thursday morning. The last of the clinics* will be held at Oak City Friday morning, April 19, and Hamil ton that afternoon, the children of the Hassell district going to Hamilton for examinations. Parents are urged to accompany their children, but where it is impos sible for them to do so, the authori ties suggest that the beginners aocom the clinics. Local Highs Drop Close Contest To Greenville, 8 To 7 Ninth-Inning Rally Is One Run Shy; Roberson Hits Homer In one of the best games of the sea son, Coach Peters' baseball nine lost to Greenville here last Tuesday after noon, 8 to 7. Up to the fourth in ning, the locals were leading .4 to 0? when the visitors started a hit-and run attack. In a ninth inning rally, the locals made two runs but fell short by one run of tying the score. Roberson established a new record in high school baseball here, when he knocked a ball on top of the gymnasi um to score a home run. The ball struck the "O" in the Havoline sign on top of the building. He also made a single. Hardison also featured at the bat. making three hits in four trips to the bat. Strawbridgc and Shaw formed the battery for the locals. Jamesville Farmer Said To Have Shot Neighbor's Cows Claiming they were eating his p< tato slips, Tommie Holliday, Jamei ville Township farmer, is said to hai shot and badly injured two cows tx longing to George Mizelle, neighb< farmer. Holliday maintains he she the cows during Wednesday nigh that he did not know what he wi shooting at until the next morning. According to rumors heard hei the cows were said to have been sh< early yesterday morning. Office! were caled, but no formal warrar had been drawn in the case as far i it could be learned here today noon. Complete Arrangements for Seed-Feed Loans in County Machinery for advancing Need and feed loans to farmers in this county was set up in the county courthouse Wednesday morning and shortly thereafter applications started com ini in from those who have been unable to finance their activities from other sources. Application taker, W. B. Watts, is located with his assistants temporarily in the courtroom to handle hte applica tions. According to Field Supervisor Roy Hearne, loans will be advanced more rapidly this year than last, that many handicaps experienced la>t season had been eliminated. A farmer wishing to borrow $100 or less is directed to apply direct to Mr. Watts. Those wishing to bor row $100 or more must apply to the Production Credit Corporation in the old Dennis Simmons Lumber Company office, NUm Street, Wil liamston, and obtain a slip showing that they were not entitled to bor row from the production group, and that they are eligible to borrow from the -seed and feed loan fund. M r. Carstarphen, of the production loan office, issue* the refusal slips im mediately without referring them to other authorities. Loans will be advanced in the sum from $10 to $500 to the individual, and as much as $1,000 will be al lowed to a landlord and tenants on any one farm when the 9onditions justify an application for that a mount. Tlic amounts based on acre ages of certain crops have been ad vanced in some cases, the farmer finding it possible to borrow as much as $13 for one acre of tobacco as compared with $10 last year. Contract for Widening of Washington And Haughton Streets Is Let by State A contract for the widening here of Haughton Street front the Atlan-( tic Coast Line station to the inter-, section of Washington Street and on out that street to a short distance be yond the Washington road crossing near the colored school, was let by; the State Highway Commission in Ra leigh this week to F. D. Cline, of Ra leigh. The contractor, bidding $10, 309, is expected to start work on the project within the next three weeks, it was unofficially learned today. The present Haughton Street from the railroad to the Washington Street intersection will he widened to about 50 feet, the 18-foot strip from the in tersection on out getting an addition of six feet on each side. More Interest Being Shown in Exposition Williamstoii Will Play in ( oastal League This Year Scaxon Ta Open Jtine 4 and Close August 23; Six Games Weekly Williamston's hid for entrance intOj the Coastal Plain Baseball league was unanimously accepted by the officials of that organization in a meeting held at Aydcn last night. It might be a long jump?from the old Albemarle! circuit, but the new company is ex porter! to arid vfm and vigor to the situation, and even better sailing for the club is expected this year than was experienced last season. Golds boro was also admitted to the league, making it an eight-club circuit. The season is scheduled to open June 4 and close August 23 with the 1 possibility that Tarboro and William ston will play the opening game here. Six games are scheduled each week except during the week of July 4 when seven games will be played. While the dope has it that Bill Spivey will manage the Martins, be maintains he will not accept the post, but organization arrangements Will be made at a meeting to be held shortly, it is understood. It is hoped that Mr. spivey will accept the managership The eight teams in the circuit are, Kiftsten, Greenville, Tarboro, Golds boro, Ayden, Snow Hitt, New Bern and Williamston. Preliminary arangements for hiring again maqy of the players on the lo cal club last season have been made, and entrance requirements into the league have aTfeady-feeerr met, tt ts understood. - Announces Services At Cedar Branch Church There will be services at Cedar Branch Baptist Church Saturday at 11 o'clock and Sunday morning at the same hour, Rev. W. B. Harrington, pastor announced. The evening serv ices Sunday will be held at 7:30 o' clock. All members arc urged to at tend and the public is invited. ATTRACTIONS TO BE PROVIDED BY WORK CARNIVAL I Merchants Exposition Will Be Held Under Canvas Next To Warehouse ^ II Dance To Be Feature: Anouncements released by the Wil liamston Athletic Association this week for its circus and merchants' ex ! position indicate that plans arc rap~ idly being completed for the event [ Ucr<; tlie them they will' have to start trans planting not later than the middle or third week in this month, it was stat ed. No great abundance of plant* has been reported, but the farmers are of the opinion that they have them ' sufficient numbers to meet contract allotments. While the work i* almost certain to get underway within the next two weeks, transplanting operations, it believed, will not be carried on on any large scale before the first of next month in this territory. BUT 10 CASES IN COUNTY COURT AFTER HOLIDAY Fines Totalling $170 Are Imposed at Session Tuesday After suspending operations for two | weeks to give way to tlie regular term of superior court, the county record er resumed activities Tuesday of this week, a comparatively small .locket I having been created during the en forced holiday. Only 1(1 cases were on the docket for trial, and none of them was hardly of more than pass ing interest Several fines, amounting to about $170, were imposed, but no unconditional road sentences were met ed out by Judge H. O. feel. tbarged with -violating- the-- liquor laws, Ilelmer Ilardison ?i, fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Adjudged guilty of disorderly con duct, George Lucas was sentenced to the roads for a period of three months, the court suspending the sen . tem p H|?rm?tin:?payment?nf anf| ?n the condition that the defendant ? move to another neighborhood. I I he ?axe charging Edward, Julia (and Bertha Mae Ormotid with dam aging property and an assault, was continued until April .10. I Join, McKeel and G W Hoel were (each fined $35 and taxed with the cost (for violating the liquor laws. jjw case charging Caroline Eborn and Buck Outlaw with tormcation and ???? ???" 'II dim adultery was dismissed upon motion ,?f the defense"attorney: ?rank and Lawrence VVoolard were each fined $35 and taxed .whh one-half the costs for violating the liquor laws. Caroline Eborn. arrested several weeks ago in a r^i.l made by officers on her house-just.hack. of Xh.riff p?. | buck's home was fined $25 and taxed with the cost for violating the liquor law*. Clarence Little was fined $50 and taxed with the cost f?r operating an automobile while intoxicated. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the justice of the peace costs in the case charging William Bellamy with an assault. Bellamy's wife, the prosecuting witness when the 'charge was madc,-hr sard to have ral lied to the other side to his defense Ia|u "'C court ordered that .be pay | *he costs of the case I The case charging Clyde Tyner with an assault with a deadly weapon was [continued. Planning To Open Beauty Shop Here Arrangements are under way for the opening of a beauty shop in the At-' lan.ie Hotel building Washington I . treet here just across the street from1 the offices of the Eastern Bond and Mortgage Company. Mrs. James i eters, wife of "Frosty" J'etcrs, popu lar athletic coach and teacher in the I local schools, Will operate the new) ?hop. Mr,. Peters, well experienced'! ill beauty culture, is equipping t|,e ?hop with all modern equipment and t ,he la|c?t design While the opening dele bss not been definitely determined, Mrs. Peters plans to start operations next Tuesday. Program ol eSrvices At Baptist Church I repsratory to the community se ries of services which begin in all the churches a week hence, the pastor of Memorial Baptiat church will preach twice Sunday from the con textual Scripture in the Lord'a last, ministry, the subjects being, "Killing the Soul," and "Present-Day Religi ous Experience." COTTON CONTRACTS Planning to complete this week the handling of cotton contracts for those farmers who were in eligible to sign last year, the cot ton committee plans to canvass the old signers for their optional base seelctions next week, Mr. T. B. Slade, in charge of the work, said yesterday. Cards will be mailed to the old contract signers, telling them when and where to report to complete the program. Comments Offered By Those Getting Tobacco Payments Several Hundred Qall at County Courthouse for Their Share Calling i? almost unbroken line from early yesterday morning until late afternoon. Martin County tobacco farmers had many interesting com ments to offer when they received their parity payments in the" court house. Approximately $40,000 was placed into the bauds of farmers in the Williamston district that day, the cards although mailed at the same time, failing to reach faring in other sections until today. farmers on the Williamston K. 1*. I), routes were said to be waiting for the carriers yesterday morning, and the notification cards had ' been out minutes before the owners started calling for their checks. Several hun Ired people called at the couthouse yesterday, and the lines were forming thick and fast early today, with hun dreds of people moving about the town. Upon hearing one farmer say that he believed there was an error in his check, another farmer said, "Well, T don't know if I got too little or too much, hut it is the first time in my life that anything was ever given to me, and I'm not going to say one word. In fact, I am plctny happy,'' lie concluded and showed his check for nearly $400. All of the farmers seemed to he very happy over the checks, hut they were a hit dubious about what could be expected next season in the face of an increased crop. Those farmers who increased their acreage from 70 to 80 percent of thefr base last year soon learned that a part of the rental payment advanced last season was deducted from the parity checks. That there are some errors in the checks is almost certain, the agent's office announcing that corrections would be made as soon as the rush is over. District Meet ot Home Clubs To Be Held 10th All home demonstration club wo men and federated club women are invited to attend the district meet ing of home demonstration clubs to he held in Greenville next Wednes day beginning at 10 a in at the campus building K. C. T. I . CHECK DIVISION SAID TO CAUSE SOME TROUBLE Growers Should ^?eacquaint Themselves With Terms Of Contracts Method Is Outlined ??? Receiving nearly $128,01)0 in tobac co parity payments this week, Martin County farmers will find it very ad visable to reacquaint themselves with the terms and conditions of their con tracts regulating the division of the payments, with tenants and share cropps, Assistant County Agent M. L. Barnes sa*d today. In some instances a proper division of the parity money will prove a bit difficult, but an equitable distribution lis possible, and no haphazard method wilt prove advisable on the part of the landlord, it was pointed out. If a farmer lias a marketing card providing for the sale, without tax, of 8,000 pounds, and he uses the allot ment in its entirety or he sells (>,000 pounds and sells the remainder of the allotment to another farmer, then his payment is based at teh rate of 8 per cent on the, established parity price of 21 cents a pound. In other words, 8,000 pounds is multiplied by 21 cents payment is based at the rate of 8 per cent of the resulting figure, or $134.40. If there are two tenants on the farm, unc growing 3,000 pounds and the second 1.000 pounds, they will'be en titled to share 8,000 into 3.000, or 37.5 per cent and 8,000 into 1 .*KH*, or 12.5 of that percentage depending upon the terms under which the tenants and landlords operated the farm. This di vision is mandatory under the terms of the contract. However, if the farm er and his tenants failed to produce it.str -.ill, .tinent and the card was sold to another farmer, to make the divis ion ideal, the landlord should divide the amount received for the card. If (the tenants failed to market "70 per cent of their allotment, they would have been entitled to a payment based at the rate of 12 1-2 per cent of the (Continued on back page) Drunken Drive Is Jailed Last Night A man named Davis, said to be of Windsor, was arrested near Dardens late la>t night by Patrolman W. S. Hunt on an alleged charge of oper ating a car while intoxicated. He was placed in the county jail and later re Ileased under bond for his appearance iin the county court here next 1 uesday | Davis is said to have turned his car over, causing no injury to himself |and little damage to the machine. When found he was lying Jiear the ;oer turned car, fnd when asked if any one accompanied him he said, ("George Washington." higuring that George had been dead for years, the ' nfftrcrs were of the -opinion that Davis was alone and dreaming. i ? A. C. C. Glee Club To Give Concerts in County With concerts at Williimston Sun day morning at 11 o'clock, and'at I'obersonville that night", the bitee '('lull of Atlantic Christian College will open its Ib35 concert program which will carry it into every town and section in Kastem North Caro lina There arr thirty members compris ing the glee clul), including Miss Marjorit Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hoore. ?nd Mr- Ku,,e" Roebuck, son of Sheriff and Mrs. C. B. Roebuck,, of Williamslon, and Miss Lou Klten I'erry, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J M Perry, of Roberton ville. Guaranty Bank and Trust Company Has Successful Oj)ening Here on Wednesday The Guaranty Ban kaml Trtiat Com stitution, entered ' hpon its financial activities here last Wednesday, the formal opening being regarded an very successful by Cashier A. G. Small. Many accounts were opened and de posits were described as larger than I.ad been expected by some of the of ficials. The bank here, ,a branch of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, with headquarters in Greenville, ia lo ?fatett m the old Karmsttand Met chanti Bank building on Main Street. The building has been renovated and modern fixtures installed. Caahier Small will be assisted ?y Joseph Griffin, promising young son of former County Commissioner T. C. Griffin and Mrs. Griffin.' The young man was graduated with honors from college in Norfolk and has held a re liable position with the Norfolk Coun try club for several years.