North Carolina Newspapers

^ THE ENTERPRISE _ VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 33 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 23, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 HONOR ROLL OF LOCAL SCHOOLS FOR PAST MONTH Names of 134 Students Are On List for Sixth Month, Recently Ended With the nagnes of 134 pupils on the roll a new high number of honor pupils was reported in the local schools for the sixth month ending re cently. The names appearing on the list of honor were reported by Prin cipal D. N. Hix as follows: Grade 1-A: Grace Burroughs, Shir ley Cowan, Frances Griffin. Roenell Lee. Kathcrine LiUey, Etles Mizclle, Frances Raynor, Ella Fay Rogerson, Dora Twiddy, Sylvia Green, Grace Price, Bunk Burroughs, Tom Ches *?n. John Daniel, Jesse Gurgauus, Billy Myers, Clifton Pate. Norman Godard. 1-B: Edward Beach, Ellie Cherry,' Joseph Coltrain, Wilbur Jackson, Al ma Jones, Dorothy Lowe, Marjorie Martin, Gloria Robertson, Ida Grey Cherry, Mariod Rawla, Wilburn Ward. 2-A: Isabelle Anderson, Alberta Knox, Betsy Manning, Angela Mc Lawhorn, Violet Phelps, Betty D. Rogers. Alberta Swain, Lyman Ange, David Dickey, John Whitley, Freder ick Wheeler. 2-B: David Roberson, Eatelle Corey, Addie Clyde Modlin, Susie Revels. 3-A: Donald Dixon, Fred Hardison, Maurice Moore. Richard Margolis, Luther Peele, Bill Peele, Collins Peele, Burke Parker, Jackie Browder, Jerry Raynor, Virginia Hines. Courtney Jenkins, Nancy Mercer, Lenora Mel son, Sue Moore, Mary Trulah Page, Sallie Hyman, Elisabeth Gurganus Flossie Peaks, Susie Wobbleton. 3-B: Arthur Edmondson, HJlig Mae Lee, Willie Grey Lee, Ray McClenney, Rhodes Jones, Eliza Daniels, France! Thomas. 4-Ac Mille Biggs, Evelyn Griffin, Velma Perry, Mary O'Neal Pope, Madelyn Taylor. Mary Warren, Patsy King, Bill Griffin, Joseph Gurganus, Robert Jones, Benny Weaver 4-B: Virginia Everett, Helen Rawls Charles Mizzelle. 5-A: Dolly Godard, Sybil Roberson Elizabeth Parker. ~ S-B: Virginia Corey, Sallie Brown Griffin, Lettie Hines. 6-A: J. E. Boykin. Stuart Critcher, James Daniel Nicholson, Warren Pope Nancy Biggs, Doris Bullock. Marjorie Gray Dunn, Katherine Manning Maude Taylor. Mary Ruth Ward. b-B: Ethel Bennett Grade 7-A: Bill Ballard. Jerry Clark Gordon Manning, Junie Peele, Zula Bond, Minnie Chcason, Bernicc ( ntvan TlaLl. C ?_ a rsi ? ~ wiivouwti, "VI aaivt Cowan, Delsie Godard. Elsie Gurganus Sallie Gray Gurkin, Margaret Jones, Louise Melson, Doris Moore, Irene Perry, Martha Ward, Virgil Ward. Reid White. 7-B: Bculah Bennett, Annie Ruth Moore, Leroy Perry. High School Grade 8: Wilbur Culpepper, Reg Manning, Be mice Ward, Grace Barn hill. Delia Hines. 9. Mary Helen Boykin. 10: Ben Manning. II: Tom Crockett, Alta Critcher, Eula Green, Billy Griffin, Grace Man ning and Lawrence Lindsley. Supply of Bottled in Bond Liquor Seized By Officers Saturday Nick Carson, Robersonville . Man, Placed Under Bond Aa Result of Raid The first supply of bottled in bond liquor taken in this county in years and years was seised in the home of Rick Carson at Robersonville last Sat urday morning by Deputy Sheriff J. H. Roebuck and local officers. Living just back of the Methodist church, Carson is said to have had his sup ply behind a trap door, but the hiding place was quickly found by the offi cers, it was said. Said to be of the cheap variety of bottled in bond, and very little better than the bottled in the bush stuff flow ing around here, the liquor was im ported from points in Virginia. Ap proximately SO pints and several "short" quarta of the spirits were Carson was placed under bond for his appearance in the county court the last day of this month. ? County Man Sentenced in Federal Court Yesterday ? ? ? Dennis Whitaker, young llartin County white man, urns sentenced to jail for one day and placed on proba tion for II months in the Federal court at Washington yesterday when pleaded guilty of the possession for sale of untaxed liquor. I Hundreds Here for Fishing Monday; Rock Start Running and Herrings Are Plentiful Fishing operations on Km Roan oke at this point were under way in full blast Monday, whan more than a hundred fishermen from miles away started dipping their nets for herring. All day and all last night the fishermen, mostly farmers, dipped the herring out of the stream in large numbers. Vis itors from a distance of 100 miles or more gathered by the hundreds along the banks here to watch the activities and replenish their food supply for another year at unusu ally low prices. Fish direct from the net* were telling at low at 300 lor a dollar at one time, it waa taid, but the price waa reported higher today. Handicapped by clear water dur ing the day, the fiahermen made comparatively amall catcher, but buainett picked up tt night, re port* stating that aeveral machine! picked up to many fith the flata Rock, by far the moat popular fith here, itarted running in larger num her* laat night. One fiaherman took two dozen of the fiah from the stream, the catch hardly meet ing the demand locally. High water at Jameaville con tinue* to hold the aeine* inactive there, but the operator* hop* to ?tart operation within the neat day or two. Alter remaining idle for several weeks, the seines were put in operation at Camp Point yesterday, reporting stating that more fish were being take than the operators could hardly handle. Very few shad and rock were be ing caught there yesterday, how ever. ORGANIZATION IS COMPLETED FOR LOCAL BALL CLUB Only One or Two Vacancies To Be Filled on Team; Cooperation Asked "Arrangements are fast taking shape lor a top division team in the Coastal Plain Baseball League this year," Bill Spivey, who recently * officially ac :epted the big task of managing the Williamston club, said yesterday. Complete plans for the favorite sport will be completed within the next few lays. Manager Spivey stating that | many of the players here last year had alrea<J(y signed contracts and three, players from the Edenton club had been hired, leaving only one or two vacancies to be filled. "We are satis-1 lied the Martin will rank with the first livision teams, "Mr. Spivey added. Meeting last Friday evening, officials md directors of rhe club raised the $500 guarantee and named Ivcrson Skinner and Paul Simpson as business managers, completing the club's offic al family.' In accepting the manager* ?hip, Bill Spivey will act without re muneration, and he only asks the co >peration of the fans and others inter ested in the pastime. He assured the iirectoA his untiring efforts in guid ng the club to the league pennant, >ut he equally assured them that a tearty cooperation would be neces sary. < Plans were made at the meeting to ence the park, Mr. S. C. Griffin ac cepting the task of supervising the project. The Messrs. Lilley Brothers lave already planned to enlarge the grandstand, work to begin on both projects within a very short time. league officials plan to make a schedule of play within the neat few lays, with the first game to be played here with Tarboro on Jane 4th. Garden Contest in County Ended 31st The county garden contest came to I i close here lest month. Eleven com plete records were turned in to the home agent and the records have been judgedb y a few home demonstration club women and submitted to the Raleigh office. Some contestant ihould receive $5 as first prize and ?2.50 second. The records were kept aver a period of six months. Each contestant was required to submit her record and story at the completion of the contest. ^Three high scorers in the contest as judged by the women were Mrs. J, D, Griffin, Mrs. C H. Ange and Miss Bettie Cooper. The three women had an average of 11 dif ferent vegetables in their gardens dur ing October and an average of six in December. Excellent records came in snd good work has been accomplish ed by all. Lanier Opposes Bill To Grade Tobacco Speaking over a radio itation last night, J. Con Lanier, former tobacco specialist in the Department of Agri culture and now code administrator lor the auction and looae leaf tobacco warehouses, fired a broadside against pending legislation in Congress which, if passed, will require government grading of tobacco before it is sold at auction. He will speak on the same subject uvei a Richmond itation Thursday evening of this week at 6:45. "The most objectionable feature of the bill, aponsored by Representative John Flannagan, is the compulsory feature which will compel all growers selling on markets designated by the Secretary of Agriculture to have their tobwcco inspected and certified by an authorised government grader," Mr. Lanier said. While the details of the bill were not explained, Mr. Lanier did say that he favored an amendment providing an expression of the growers on this question. Local High School Band Will Leave for State Contest at Greensboro Thursday The Williamston High School band I will leave Thursday afternoon to par ticipate in the State High School Band Contest, which will be held at Wom an's College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on April 25 and 26. Thirty-six students, traveling in cars and accompanied by a number of parents, will make the overnight trip to Greensboro, where they are sched uled to play Friday. Director Wilkes S. Bobbitt has en tered the local band in Class D, the class for which bands qualifying in the contest the first time are eligible. Uni forms being made by the Home Eco nomics Department of the local school will be finished Wednesday, which will enable the students to play dressed in regulation band capes and caps for the first time. . ?: Students making the trip are as fol lows: Billy Biggs, J. D. Bowen, Jerry Clark, Howard Cone, Louise Cooke, Wilbur Culpepper, Ned Cunningham, Ben Daniels, Bennie Daniels, Charles Dickey, Pete F.gan, Kay Goo'dmon, Reg Griffin, Edgar Gurganus, Eli Gur ganus, Carlyle Hall, Ben Hardison, [Verne Hardison, Thad Harrison, El mer Jenkins, Jim Manning, J. L. Mob ley, Clayton Moore, Junie Peele, Rob jert Peele, Whit Purvis, Ellis Raniey, Horace Ray, Frances Peele, Jack Saunders, Calvin Shaw, Harry Taylor, Joe Thrower, Dale Wagner, Frank Weaver, E. G. Wynne. Program of Finals Exercises at Local School Is Outlined ) First Event Is Operetta by Primary Grades Friday Of This Week The first of the closing exercises on the commencement program for the local schools will be held Friday evc ning of this week in the high school auditorium, when the first five grades present an operetta, "The Wedding of the Flowers." Other events on the program are as follows: Tuesday, April 30, the senior class play, "The Little Clodhopper." quet. Sunday, May 5, band concert, cel ebratmg the beginning of Nation*! j Music Week. Friday, May 10, an operetta by ] grades six and seven, "Sunny of Sun nyside." Friday, May 24, senior class day ex ercise*; * S u n d a y, May 26. comm c ncemc nit J sermon by Rev. Charles H. Dickey. Tuesday, May 28, graduation exer cises. Speaker to be announced later. All commencement events except the two scheduled on Sundays will begin promptly at 8 o'clock in the evening. The commencement sermon will be preached at 11 o'clock in the morn ing, and the band concert will be giv en at 2:30 in the afternoon. Big Crowd at Farm Life Event Sunday Attended by more than 400 people) the program of exercises by the Mar tin Council of the Junior Order at Farm Life last Sunday afternoon was well received and very much enjoyed. About 30 members of the Williamston High School band appeared in con cert and the singing of the Farm Life choir was a feature on the program. John L. Hassell, Williamston may or, made the main address of the aft ernoon. Mr. Chaa. L. Daniel present ed the school with a Bible with the school's name printed in gold letters on the cover. Rev. W. B. Harrington accepted the gift. E. S. Peel pre sented the school with a large Ameri can flag, Professor Z. H. Rose accept ing the gift for the school. Will Repair Fair Ground Buildings' Arrangements for making extensive repairs to and the painting of build ings at the Roanoke Fair Grounds here were made yesterday by Man ager Norman Y. Chambliss. Work will be started on the projects within a short time, Mr. Chambless plans. Considerably work will also be done on the grounds in preparation for what Mr. Chambliss describes as one of the best fairs ever held east of Raleigh. EASTER PARADE HERE SUNDAY IS SPOILED BY RAIN Cold Weather Also Factor; Church Attendance Not Up To Expectations The Easter parade was rained out here last Sunday, bringing disappoint ment to many who had j'iiim.1 in t^ make the pre-Easier season the most profitable one enjoyed by shops in this section during the past several years. Occasionally an Easter uni form would brave the weather, but the style revue, as a whole, remained indoors while nearly an inch of rain showered to earth during the early part of the day. A falling mercury that afternoon was too great a chal lenge for those purchasing wearing ap parel not-only for Easter, hut for the warm days expected to follow. Attendance upon the religious serv ices was not as large as had been ex pected, but the unfavorable weather fell far short in holding every one at home. Warren Deprecates Tobacco Decision By Federal Judge Advises Farmers To Abide By Provision of Kerr Smith Tobacco Act Repreacntativc Lindsay Warren of the First District made the following comment on the decision of Federal Judge Chas. I. Dawson, of Kentucky, in holding the "Kerr-Smith Tobacco Act unconstitutional; "It is not divulging a secret to say that those of us who are vitally in terested in the tobacco program have expected ' for the last month that Judge Dawson would declare the act invalid. His pet aversion has been in declaring Mr. Roosevelt's legislation to be unconstitutional, and this de cision from him was looked for. The Department of Agriculture today ad vises me that the case will be brought to the Supreme Court with all pos sible haste. It is my opinion that the act will be sustained both from its legal aspect, and from the standpoint of public policy. This measure has brought happiness and security to a people denied even the necessities of life, and its collapse would be tragic. I will have a copy of the entire opinion immediately, and if it develops that any remedial legislation is necessary we will see that it is promptly sub mitted to Congress. In the mean time I advise our farmers to have no fear and to strictly abide by their contracts and by the provisions of the Kerr-Smith Act, for I assure them every resource of this Administration will be exerted in their behalf." Mr. Warren also stated that the decision Involved his Potato Control Bill as the tax structure in that meas ure is similar to the tobacco act. SEVERAL HURT IN TWO CAR WRECKS SATURDAY NIGHT No One Seriously Hurt, but Four Cars Are Badly Damaged ? Several people were badly but not seriously hurt and four cars were dam aged considerably in two wrecks in this section last Saturday night, Pa trolman Hunt said yesterday. Meeting on the Beaver Dam bridge, between here and Everetts, about 9 o'clock that night, Ben Hardison, young white boy, of Williams Town ship, and Will Spruill, colored, of Rob ersonville, ran their cars together, in juring Charles Daniel, jr., a passenger in the Hardison car, and Maude Spruill, wife of the driver of the oth er car. Young Daniel's face was cut and the Spruill woman's shoulder wa-? dislocated. Spruill, driving a 1934 Chevrolet, was said to have been been blinded by the lights of the Har dison cat and drove tod far to the left of the road. 11 i> car turned over two or three times, damaging the top and tearing the fenders nearly off. Not a glass was broken. The Hardison car was damaged considerably. Besides Daniel, Harrison was accompanied by Henry Hardison and Misses CleO Guns and Edith Morris. Four colored men, Arthur Rogers, William Riddick, Coy and LeRoy Rogers, had a bloody time of it early Sunday ' morning when their cars crashed into each other and they Went through the windshields, the glass shaving off a piece of meat here and a piece there. Dr. Saunders sewed on Coy Rogers for a long while, finally closing the several gashes. The oth ers were not so badly cut. The crash occurred near the Eason Lillcy store a short distance off the Washington Highway, when Riddick started to turn oujk for another car and entered the path. o? the old Ford driven by Arthur Rogers. Thenars formed a kHcH iiiitf'niuch difficulty was experi enced in separating the two wrecks. SCHOOL NEWS OK OAK CITY The vocational apiculture boys and their teacher have been busy for the last few days constructing bulletin fil itiK cabinets and filing the various bul letins. They have on file at the pres ent time around 4,500 bulletins, com posed of aroud 250 different kinds that cover all the important farm enter prises in Martin County and others, as well. " The Oak City agricultural depart ment members have also constructed a sturdy work bench in the workshop, which connects with the class room. They have also recently constructed a small table, lunch hooks, and other im provements in this new department. They are now planning to make anoth er window in the workshop. All vocational agriculture students are required to carry some"" type of project on some farm enterprise that is approved by the agriculture teacher. A failure of any student to carry out and hand in a complete record book on his projects leaves him liable to have his grade for the year cancelled until his work is made up. As a result of this, all of the Oak City hoys have selected their projects, which will continue throughout the summer. Some of the boys have two each, while a few have only one, and two or three are contemplating car rying three projects, which is very creditable. Parent-Teacher Meeting The Oak City Parent-Teacher Asso ciation met for the last time in this school term on Tuesday night of last week. The association has 87 mem bers. This is the largest membership it has ever had. The attendance thru out the year has been good. At the first meeting of the year the association decided to have for its goal this year stage properties. A play was sponsored by the association in order to make money that this goal might be reached. After an investiga tion, it was found that there was not enough money in the treasury to pur chase and install a cycloranu for the stage. At the last meeting the asso ciation decided to start a chicken drive with the hope of making enough mon ey to cover the expenses of the cyclo rama in order that it might be installed The school children have shown their cooperation throughout the year by bringing us very interesting pro grams. After the program of Tues day night, refreshments were served. Seniors Review Trip The seniors have been working con scientiously for the past week on a res ume of their educational trip to Wash ington, D. C. Prizes totaling $10 have been offered by local organizations for the best papers. These will be judged as to correctness of detail and gram matical construction, as well as origi nality of style. 200 Are Examined At County Clinics EXPOSITION Th? local athletic aaaociation'a graduated circua got alowly under way here on Hatighton Street Ex tended last evening. Arrange ments were hardly completed for the opening, but the outfit is ex pected to gain momentum today. Several of the rides scheduled to operate here during the week were delayed, the management stating that it hoped the equipment would reach here by tomorrow. Several attractive booths have been prepared in the main tent, with various concessions forming a midway just back of the exposi tion building. A dance in the Planters Ware house tomorrow night with Jack Stern and his orchestra is expect ed to attract a Urge crowd as an event of the exposition. FARMERS START TRANSPLANTING TOBACCO CROP ? ? Blue Mold Found in Many Beds But No Shortage of Plants Is Expected ? Starting their tobacco transplanting >perations yesterday, farmers in this (rction are believed to he further ad ranced in their farming activities at :he present than at any time in recent years. Many farmers will have com pleted transplanting dheir (nhaf.-cu crops by the end of this yeck when the work ii expected to get underway on a large scale banners in near by sections are reported to have start ed transplanting their crops several days ago, establishing what is "consider rd a new record in the raTty setting of tobacco plants. Blue mold is said to he damaging many plant beds, hut nothing ntort ssi uius than individual shortages?m plants is expected. Kt ports indicxtt thxt there are sufficient plants to can for tiie planting needs, as a whole. A few farmers in (iriffins Township art saiil to be without plants, but the) will he able to borrow from theii neighbors, it is expected, and no cur taihnent of the crop is likely in thii section from a plant shortage. Statements coming from many far htera tndtcaje that lew will take ad vantage of the maximum aorcage al lotment. The farmer with a una! poundage! allotment will, no doubt find it to his decided disadvantage 11 increase his acreage when he can, uu der normal conditions, raise mori pounds than he will he able to market tax free or any other way. The gov eminent has already announced no ex cess marketing cards will he available this coming season, that the only way to handle a surplus crop will he It destroy the amount over and abovt llic alloted poundage. Parmele Student Wins State Contest ??? I lie Parmcle Training School wnr first place in the speaking contest heh at the A. and 7. ' liege, (ireenshoro last week, under the auspices of th< organization known as the North Stat< farmers. The speaker was Oliver Car trr, jr., a senior, fie spoke on lln subject, "Production Control as ar Assel to the Farmers." Several voca tional schools rntrred the contest. Tht winners -Ure lo represent the state ir the nation-wide meet at Tuskrgee. In ther senior contest held in 12 stan dard high schools of the stale lasl year the Training school stood third 1 he school also won second place ii the musical contest held at the Stall Normal School, Elizabeth City, lasl year. Local Masonic Lodge To Hold Meet Tonight The local lodge of Masons will hold its regular meeting at the lodge hall tonight at the usual hour. Membeh etwf visitor* are ruidially invited ant urged to attend. Work in the second degree. To Start Work On Street Project Here At Once ? ' Equipment for widening Wishing ton Street from the A. C. L. statioi ?o a point near the colored schoo building was unloaded here today and work is expected to get underway shortly. The contract was let the Klime con Struction company for approximately 110,000. . NUMBER LITTLE SMALLER THAN TH AT YE AR AGO All But 29 Had Some Physi cal Defect; Bad Teeth, Tonsils Predominate ? Nearly 200 children were given physical examinations in this county last week in preparation for entering them as beginner', in the several Mar tin schools next fall. While the num ber of examinations was slightly small er than the number a year ago, the pre-school clinic last week was con sidered the most successful ever held. Physicians and other persons, includ ing dentists, and nurses, cooperated splendidly in making the clinic's valu able. Using the number of examinations as a Criterion, a smaller regi'tration is predicted iit nearly all the schools of the county in the beginners' classes next fall. JamesviMe, with 26 exam inations this, year, as against 10 a year ago, was the only school in the coun ty to report an increase. William ston, with 54, had two less than it did a yem ago. Twenty-two report ed at harm Life or one below the IV34 number. Last year Hear Grass had 35, the number this year dropping 17. The number dropped from 33 at Everctts last year to 15 this year. Rohersonville had 22 this year against 25 in 1934. No comparisons were available for Oak C ity and Hamilton, but there we re 21 at Oak City and 14 at Hamilton last Friday Out of the 191 children, attending the clinics, all but 39 had '*>me physi cal defect, bad teeth and tonsils ac counting for most" of the ailments. Six 'had defective heating-., and 17 had "trouble with their eve-r. Seventy : right of?the?chifJren?had hail?teeth and K5 had had tonsils. Twenty of the number were 10 per cent or more underweight, and nearly all of that number?were?uu Williamson and r t J^tnesville, Everctts reporting none underweight Offering free vaccination against smallpox to all the children, the clinic operators vaccinated 441 children, in cluding nearly all those planning to enter school next fall. Drs. Saunders, Kason, Rhodes, Spen cer and Mercer, of Williamston; Ward and Kilpatrick, of Rohersonville; Pitt - man, of Oak i ity; and Long, o! Ham ilton; and Miss Mary Ann Cfockett, [ |nurse,?cooperated without remuiicra" tion in making the clinics successful. Similar clinics are being held in the several colored schools of the county Former Williamston Boy Now Prominent In Chemistry Work Burke Haywood Knight, Now New York Resident Gains Recognition Burke Haywood Knight, a former Williamston boy and a noted New York chemist, gained recognition re cently foi his chemical research activi ties and his preparation, in 1^34. of a handbook on the official methods of analysis, specifications, and general in formation for the U. S. Shellac Im porters Association and the American Bleached Shellac Manufacturers Asso ciation, for both of which his firm, Knight and Clarke, are official ana lysts. In a recent issue of "The Per colator," monthly organ of the Chem-" ists' Club, Mr. Krftght had a lengthy I *and interesting article, "What's All This About Shellac " Mr. Knight, son of Mrs. and the late Dr. J. B. II. Knight, is one of the ] trustees of the Chemists' Club and was recently* appointed a member of the Research Control Board, which has the technical direction of the joint shellac research program of the U. S. Shellac Importers' Association and the Calcutta Producers. The work is be ing conducted at the Brooklyn Poly technic Institute. |[<4". C. L. To Replace Track On Spur With Heavy Rail ? Its traffic increasing, the Atlantic Coast Line Company is replacing its rails on the Roanoke River spur with heavier iron, the first shipment of six cars of rail arriving here yesterday. Work will not be started immediately. Cotton Contract Signers Increased 200 Percent ? The number of cotton contract sign er* in Pasquotank County increased 200 percent this year over 1934.