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
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Merchants Exposition Will
Be Held Under Canvas
Next To Warehouse
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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<; tli<e week beginning- April 22...
More interest is being shown in the i
undertaking, and the outlook is now (
considered very promising for aiding
the athletic association to recoup its
finances and to enter the Coastal Plain;
Baseball League in a sound condition
That the association is planning to
stage a week of varied and extensive
.entertainment was substantiated in the
I announcements released yesterday.
I The Work's Shows have been booked
to play here during the exposition in
addition to a number of special free
jacts. The Work's organization carries
six rides, including the merry-go
Iround, ferris wheel, cliairplane, whip
and rides especially created for chil
Idren. Plantation shows and numer
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Junior Program at
Farm Life Sunday
The Williamston Council of the
Junior Order will present r Bible inct
flag to the Farm Life School in an
appropriate program of exercises
) there Sunday afternoon, April 7, at
3 o'clock, and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Mr. ( has Daniel will present the
Bible, one of the convenient size car
rying the name of the school on the
cover, and Attorney K. S. Peel will
present the flag. Mayor J. L. Hassell
will deliver the address. The Farm[
Life choir and the Williamston High
School band will have parts on the!
program as well as Rev. W. B. Har
rington, Principal Chas. Hough and
Rev J. M Perry.
\ Presbyterians Announce
Regular Services Sunday
Sunday, April 7, l'J5;
Church school at ?? m- __
~Wor?Tup~t*r*l? inJ termon at It
a. m
m
The regular aervicea will be held at
Bear Graaa, Roberaon'a Chapel, Pop
lar Point, and the priaon camp.
Thia ia the first Shnday in the new
church year and the Sacrament of the
Cord'# Supper will be obterred. The
?ubject of the sermon will be "Leaaoni
From the Religioua Experience of
Martin Luther."
34 First-Graders Ride Train To i.verett.
Thursday Morning; First Trip for Many
Boarding th? train bar* yesterday
wnrnbtg. 34 of tb* 37 children in th*
second section of the first grade of
the local schools, enjoyed their first
ride in their lives on the "rails." Ac
companied by their teacher, ldias Jo
sephine Harrison, th* little tots went
as far as Everett*, where Mrs. Gar
land WooUrd. Mrs. R. L. Coburn,
Mr*. George Harriton, Mrs. Joel Muse
and Mis* Eva Harrison met them with
car* and returned tlie group to the
cla**rootn here.
Planned by The teacher and p(iprti
the day before, the trip waa to be can
celled early yesterday on account of
rain, but the young tots broke down
and began crying. Principal Hix was
called and when hi* pleading* for a
postponement failed by a wide mar
gin, the children were bundled up and
placed on the train. When Agent V.
D. Godwin finished serving the dots,
he had one ticket to Everett* left.
NEGRO YOUTH, 17,
DIES RESULT OF
DYNAMITE BLAST
Thomas Goss Succumbs To
Injuries Received in j
Explosion Tuesday
Thomas Goss, injured in a dynamite
explosion 011 the Staton farm near |
here last Tuesday at 12 o'clock died
here about four hours la tar . UlnMt feoj
move the 17-year-old negro to a hos- ,
pital on account of his condition, lo
cal doctors called for equipment and I
aid from a Washington hospital, but
before oxygen tanks could be air
ranged the man died.
Goss, with Mr. Willie Goff and a'
colored boy, William Stokes, was us
ing dynamite blowing up stumps, Goss
and Mi*. Goff lighting -three fuses
each. They ran to safety while five of
the charges exploded. Connected by
a longer fuse, the sixth charge failed
to explode alongkwith the other five,
and Goss started to examine it. Both
the white man and Stokes warned him j
to wait, explaining that it was danger
ous to investigate the fuse at that
time. As he continued to the stump,
he was told to stop, hut he insisted
there was no danger. Just as Goss
reached the spot and bent over to ex
amine the fuse, the heavy charge ex
ploded throwing him into the air from,
8 to 12 feet. He fell several feet a-j
way and never fully regained con-j
sciousness.
The explosion did not break the
skin, but the concussion was so great!
that death followed a few hours later.
Goss, moving from the Poplar Point
.section, had been on the Staton farm;
j for only a short time over a year.
Local Band To Take
Part in Festival at
Raleigh 011 April 14
138 Members Expected To
Make Trip; Mass Parade
Will Be Feature
An invitation to participate in the
spring tnusica festival at Raleigh on
Sunday, April 14, has been accepted
I by the Williamston High School
j Director W. S Bobbitt announced
this week. Mr. Bobbitt, who has
made marked progress with the group,
states he plans to have all his 38
players take part in the program to be
held in the Kaleigh Memorial audi
torium.
Sponsored by the Eastern Carolina
j Bandiiiastcis' Association,-the- spring
festival program' provides parts for
bauds, including several frnin
j colleges.
I A feature of the festival this year'
will be a mass hand parade following
| the regular program, Mr. Bobbitt
! said.
Cloth for the band uniforms was
received -here yesterday, hut it isn't
hardly possible for the home econoni
ics department to make the suits in
time for use in the festival.
Introduces Bills
Affecting County
Three new bills were introduced in
the legislature yesterday by Repre
sentative Hugh G. Horton relating to
this county.
One of the bills will divide the coun
ty into five districts for the nomina
tion of county commissioners. A sec
ond bill authorizes the commissioners
to declare a two-year moratorium on
sinking fund mortgages and deeds of
trust held by the county.
The apointment of a fiscal agent
for the county is provided in a third
bill. The agent, as the bill is under
stood here, would permit certain per
sons or institutions to handle funds
of guardians.
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Program of Services
At Church of Advent
Rev. E. F. Moseley, rector.
Church school, 9:45 a. m.
Holy- communion and sermon, 11
a. m.
Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30
p. to.
At the evening service the chil
dren's choir will ting.
Holy Trinity Mission
Church school and preaching at 2:30
p. m. The children of the community
are requested to be present for a prac
tice of an Eastern pageant.
I Mrs. W. J. Hodges Suffers
Broken Shoulder in Fall
Mm. W. J. Hod nr. (ell and broke
Her shoulder while visiting at the home
Of Mra. Kate York on Simmon? Ave
nue here jreaterdajr afternoon. She
waa ft ported to be reefing easily today
and getting along at well as could be
expected.
$128,000 in Tobacco Parity
Payments Made in County
Tobacco Plants Developing Rapidly; *.
Transplanting To Get Under Way Soon;
It won't be Ion it now before farm
ers will have to start transplanting
their tobacco plants in this section,
according to numerous reports heard
Jrum several districts. "If the plants
continue to grow as they have grown
during the past two weeks we will
have to start transplanting operations
it; about two more weeks." banner J
Rome Corey, of the Hardison Mill1
community, said while cn a visit here'
Wednesday.
1'lants, measuring almost four inches
across, have been reported in other
sections and if the farmers plan to
u>e 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.