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S^l THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 44 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. May 31. 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 FARM AGENTS OF 15 COUNTIES MET HERE THIS WEEK Compliance Requirements Of 1935 Tobacco Act Are Discussed A number of farm agents from about 15 counties in this section of the State met here last Wednesday and discussed compliance requirements for the 1935 tobacco, peanut and cot ton crops, Assistant County Agent M. L. Barnes announcing that vir tually the same compliance methods will be followed this year as were in effect last season. Messrs. E. Y. Floyd B. Troy Ferguson and Compliance Engineer Ellis attended the meeting and discussed certain features of the program. Mr. A. K. Roberson, of the Federal Housing Administration, also was present and discussed rural hous ing under the FHA. More details on this particular feature will be released latar, it was stated. Plans for handling the compliance work in this county are now being formulated. About 30 surveyors and County Supervisor D. N. Hix will meet here next Wednesday to com plete arrangements for making the ac tual measurements. Compliance mea surements will likely get underway next Thursday, the surveys for cot ton, peanuts and tobacco to be made at the same time. Using tapes and pins, the surveyors are to make more accurate measurements this year, it was pointed out. Acreages for all three crops will be made at one time, and any excess will be reported to the county authorities who will take the matter in charge. Farmers are advised not to plow up any excess plantings urilfil notified by the county authorities in charge of the compliance work. It is possible for a farmer to have a greater peanut acreage than the allotment allowed for marketing. The excess or the amount over the acreage allotment may be hogged down or may be des troyed at the discretion of the fann er. If he has an excess peanut acre age and decides to hog it down, the entire crop will be measured but rent all payments will be delayed until the terms of the agreement are fully complied with at harvesting time. Several weeks will be required to complete the survey it is believed. 4-H Club Girls From County Leave Next Monday for Camp Truck Leaves Robersonville At 12 M. Monday; Here At 12:30 P. M. Girls from organized 4-H Clubs in Martin County who have submitted satisfactory records and three pieces of required work will join club girls from Washington and Beaufort Coun ties in an annual 4-H encampment at Camp Leach June 3-7. Girls from the different sections of the county will meet the truck at the nearest potrif, Robersonville at 12:00 o'clock noon or Williamston at 12:30. Detailed information has been mailed to all girls who have to date complete records in the Home Agent's office. This year for the first time simple canning lessons will be given all the girls, previous to the training of eight (demonstration teams. Miss Violet Alexander, Home Agent in Beau fort County, will have charge of this work. The daily schedule will feature a morning sing on the river shore just before breakfast. Following the break fast hour there will be a general clean-up of tamp buildings and grounds. The campers will be divided into groups, and alternating they will assist in this general clean-up prog ram and the preparation of meals. A life-guard and two swimming instruc tors will lead off the daily swim be fore the lunch hour. A rest period of one hour will follow the dinner peri od. The afternoon will be devoted to rehearsals for the evening programs which will follow the vesper services. Instruction in the making of corn shuck table mats will be the only handwork given the campers during the week. Visitors' day, Friday, will be the big day of the week, when contests in canning, first-aid, handicraft, and dra matics will be held. Board of Education To Hold Meeting Monday A meeting of the Martin County Board of Education will be held here next Monday when, it ia understood, the proposed building program for several schools trill be discussed. The program includes a teacher age at Bear Grass, an addition to the Fa Life School, a new building at Jsmesville and- a colored school at Robersonville. R. W. McFarland To Return Here as Supervisor of Sales R. W. McFarland, able super visor of sales and statistician for the local tobacco market last year, wilt return bare this coming sea son, it was officially announced this week. It was reported that Mr. McFarland had scented an offer from the Henderson market. This report was unfounded, but it was learned that he had received sev eral attractive offers from other towns. Visiting here this week, Mr. McFarland stated that he thor oughly enjoyed his stay here last season, that he was anxious to be on the local market again this sea son. From now until he locates for the season he will make regu lar visits here in the in tar est of the market. Under his direction the Wil liamston Tobacco market made one of the largest percentage gains of any market in the world. Mr. McFarland made many friends while Here la* year, and they are glad to learn that he will be on the local market again this season. Health Program In County Not Likely HALF HOLIDAYS Following the utuel custom, Willismston stores and business houses will close each Wednesday afternoon, be ginning June 12 and continuing through August 14, it was announced yesterday follow ing the circulation of a petition that received ready support. The consideation shown clerks and employees of other business firms has proved advantageous to all concerned, and the half-holi days are greatly appreciated. Pa trons are asked to cooperate in the movement by keeping the holi days in mind and arranging their purchases and shopping tours ac cordingly. Since the stores are closing for the baseball game next Tuesday the regular Wednesday half-holi day schedule will not become ef fective until Wednesday wllk 1 Case of Infantile Paralysis Reported In Hassell Seetion County Health Officer Sees No Cause for Alarm In Situation A case of infantile paralysis was re ported to the county health officer here last Wednesday morning, the report coming from the Hassell scc tion where a colored girl, Susie Woo7 ten, 16 years old, fell victim nearly have been reported in other counties in this section of the State recently, the one near Hassell is the only one reported by doctors in this county. Commenting on the situation this week, Dr. Jos. H. Saunders said he did not consider it alarming, that the number of cases so far was not auf ficiently large to cause any great fear, he thought. The health officer said that he believed the danger from i fantile paralysis was not half as great pg that one fare* in walking or riding the highways. Store Is Robbed At Robersonville The D. A. James store in Rober sonvTTl was entered last night by rob bers who carried away merchandise valued at between three Snd four hundred dollars. An entrance was gained to the store by boring around the latch in the back door. Two colored men, working for W. T. Hurst and sleeping near the back end of the store, heard the robbers but they declared they were afarid to investigate what was happening. The store was entered around ten o'clock, it is believed, and the goods, includ ing watches, knives, cigarettes and other articles, were hauled away in a car about midnight. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck was called there, but a report on his findings was not available at noon today. Carpenter Badly Hurt in Fall Here Robert Farrow, carpenter working on the Planters Warehouse addition, was dangerously hurt last Tuesday when he fell from the top of the building 22 feet to the floor. His head was badly cut, but he is expected to recover. He was removed to a Wilson hospital where his discharge is ex pected in about 10 days. A man named Wheeler fell the next day while working on the same pro ject but his injuries were not consid ered serious. His back was hurt and he was removed to a Wilson hospi tal. DOUBT RAISED BY ACT OF RECENT STATE ASSEMBLY Martin County Exempted From Act Permitting Joint Action A public health service program that was virtually assured of adoption for Martin County by the county com missioners at their regular meeting next Monday is now considered doubt ful, according to information gained here yesterday. Through an act of the recent legislature, it is understood that this county will be prohibited from joining with another county in advancing a satisfactory health pro gram. However, the terms of the bill are not definitely known a?d it might be possible for .Ibe. autluirities to advance the proposed program or consider another plan for increasing better health facilities that are so bad ly needed in this county It is understood that the matter will be placed before the commissioners next Monday when details of the law are expected to he available. If the law prohibits the county from joining with another in advancing a substan tial health program, it is likely that plans for a better public health pro gram will he abandoned until the leg islature meets again when the county representatives will he urged to re peat the act. In a letter to Dr. J. H. ?aundcrs, Dr. K. K. Mix, directum of the di vision of county health work said, in "Since the Legislature adjourned and we have had the opportunity to look over some of the bills which were presented at the last session, I find in the bill enabling the North Carolina State Hoard of Health to create dis trict health departments with the consent of the comities involved, that . . . Martin County was exempt ed front the bill. "I would appreciate your finding out just what was meant by exempt ing Matlin CuuiUy,~and as to whether or not the action is to be interpreted in such a manner that it would pro hibit Martin County from joining with another county in public health serv ice. "In the event that Martin is prohi bited by the terms of this Act front joining with another county, we will endeavor to arrange a public health service in your own county provided your commissioners will appropriate the amount I requested of them on the occasion of my meeting with the hoards on my visit to Williamston. The amount requested was $4,500. I believe that if this amount con be appropriated, we may be in a posi tion to secure sufficient funds from the United States Public Health Serv ice with funds from the North Caro lina State Board of Health, to estab lish full-time health service in Mar tin County." The most objectionable feature to the single county plan is that is may be .necessary to omit in the proposed ; five-piece unit type of service, either the sanitary inspector or the dental program. Dr. Fox stated that he belived that I if the commissioners will appropriate the amount requested, the service may be estabttsfted with thetMttrance that State health officials will do all they can to make possible the com plete five-piece unit. " ? Fire Company Colled To Colored Home Here Today The local fire company for the first time in several weeks was called out shortly before noon today when fire threatened the home of Ozella Wiley, colored woman, on Railroad Street Fire, starting from a spark (falling from the kitchen flue, did very little damage. SPEECH FULL OF INTEREST MADE BY Dr. D. B. BRYAN! Wake Forest Dean Praises! High School Band for Its Achievemen Delivering the main address at the closing exercises in the local school last Tuesday evening. Dr. 1). B. Bry an said that the public school was the greatest agency in the country today through which the people may regain their independence. The Wake Forest dean, while fully recognizing the val ue of the courses of study in the pub lic school, maintained that the devel opment of self-reliance and charac ter was more important. Basing his subject on the vast changes in our country during the past 100 years, Mr. Bryan said our independence had been lost and our independence had been regained, ex plaining that the school is the best agmcy for coping with whatever so cial change that migh come. The in dependence enjoyed by our tore la thers when they opened westward frontiers and had laws to suit them selves is no more. The independence enjoyed in the South when the farmer raised cotton and made it into cloth is no more. Independence now calls for the service of millions that are necessary in providing our needs and meeting our desires, he continued. Control has been centralized, the speaker citing the trend of school authority to Raleigh with the possi bility that it might continue on to Washington. "It might be for the best, but we are losing our indepen dence and we are finding ourselves in a different world," he said. Mr. Bryan 'continuing pointed, out that now is the time to magnify our spiritual being and develop our per sonality. The school offers the best means of re-establishing our personal independence, and there is a ray of hope since the State has provided an enght-months school where an inter feeling of s^lf-reliance and achieve ment can be advanced. We may have lost our independence as enjoyed in | the days of old, but in the public school we have the opportunity to re gain it through achievement, and the elements to achievement is imt neces sarily limited to auccesg m book learning, but achievement is possible in so many realms, and the pupil should do those things that will en able him to find himself and assure personal independence and a sense of power. The speaker, heard by a large at ience, paid a deserved tribute to i local high school band, stating tl the organization afforded the |b< gtiIs an opportunity To do sTTn thing worthwhile, something that v enable them to find themselves a assure them a personal independen FIND MAN DEAD NEAR DARDENS Jerry Smith, Colored Man, Is Believed To Have Been Poisoned ??? Jerry Smith, 30-year-old colored man, was found dead in his automo bile in the back yard of liis home in the Free Union section of this county early ?this morning, apparently the victim of a poison plot. .County of nrs investigating the death, said tlie man was foamiiiK at the mouth and that they believed he had been poisoned. Smith visited the home of Koanna Peel, colored woman living near Har dens, iand had to be moved to his home. The man carrying him home thought Smith was drunk and made no effort to take him out of the au tomobile about midnight last .night. The Peel woman said that Smith went to her home and when he start ed to leave she and her children re tired. When Smith could not start his car she claims to have gotten up and went for aid, and a neighbor came and carried Smith home. County Officers Raid Still Location Last Wednesday Raiding in Hamilton Township, near Poplar Point landing, county ufflcerl Wednesday found live bar rels of beer, but apparently the plant owners had anticipated a visit from the officers and the kettle had been removed to a safe hiding place. ? School Board Holds Meet Here Thursday The locjl school board held a meet ing yesterday morning when several teacher resignations were accepted, it Was learned today. Many applications are being considered for the several v?.anciei, but the appointments were not completed ti was learned. Machinery Set Up for Liquor Election in County on July 6 County Board Has Very Busy Day in Prospect Monday; To Get Tax Books Holding their regular meeting next Monday the Martin County commis sioners are expected to have a busy day handling scheduled duties, it was learned from the clerk today. The of ficials will receive the tax hooks that day, but there is some doubt if the listsings will be reviewed at that time. Only one or two books have been turned in by the listers. In two districts heard from, the listings are said to have been increased by about $140,000, giving rise to the belief that the combined values should reflect Ian increase of well over a quarter mil lion dollars. | A revision of the jury box is sched uled for consideration at the meeting, hut the several commissioners are likely to revise their respective dis trict lists indivdually. The proposed health service pro gram is likely to he given considera tion, action depending upon the pur l>osc and intent of the provision ex empting this county from the law making possible cooperative health units. All Set for Opening Game Here Tuesday PARADE WILL BE BUT ONE OF PRE GAME FEATURES Mayor Hassell Will 'Chunk' First Ball, With Pete Fowden Receiving With the whole town and country side planning to turn out, the Wil liamston Baseball Team, reliably known a> the "Martini", opens the .season in the Coastal'Plain League with Tarbofo here next Tuesday after nrroifSt^ci Clock shaTpaFter a gala fashion. Stores and other business houses are closing their doors at | o'clock, and many will take step in the parade, led by Wilhahiston's high j school band, from the Central Service Station to the high school diamond 01 j avlor Field Clnh players official* boy scouts and others will form the parade that is to form at three o'clock. | Two hundred admissions and that many seats in the grand stand have already been sold in a block, and present indications point to a rec ord breaking attendance upon a base ball game here. Mayor J. L. Hassell will pitch the first ball, and Pete Fowden will work behind fTfe fial Tor the preliminaries, it was announced today. ?Daily woikouts for the team are be ing held daily, and tomorrow will see nearly all the contract players on the job. The remaining players will reach here during the week or just as soon as they get through with commence nient exercises in colleges: Manager Bill Spivey announced today that his team was all set and anxious to stall the season, that he was well pleased with the outlook for a winning club. Just who will pitch the opening contest for the Martins has not been determined, the manager staTmirThaT probably Gardner would take the mound. The probable line-up includes (iillespic or House catching; kaylor, first; Goodmon, second;Corbitt, short stop; Deary, third; Brake, right field; House or Scott, center field, ami Gaylord, left field. Gaddy, Moore. Scott and Edmonds are expected here ? tomorrow and Monday ready for duty I on the mound or centerfield. Extension Nutritionist Holds School Tuesday Miss Mary K. Thomas, Kxtension Nutritionist, held a very successful leaders' school here Tuesday, with twenty women representees from nine Home Demonstration Clubs in the county attending. A special fea ture of her demonstration program was instruction in the making of po tato yeast (liquid yeast), a recipe for which will he published later. ? Construction Is Started On Skinner Home Here Construction work on the two story brick home for Mr. and Mrs. Iverson Skinner was started this week on West Main Str+4i next to- the fun ninghams. Episcopal Services for Sunday Announced Church of tha Advent Rev. K. F. Moseley, Rector. Sunday after Ascension Day. Church School, 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion and sermon, 11 a.m. Evening prayer and sermon, 8 p.m. Holy Trinity Mission Sunday School and preaching at 2:30 p.m. SUMMER SCHOOL Professor D. N. Hix announced this morning that a summer school would be conducted here during the next several weeks if there were enough pupils to justi fy its operation. Those pupils de siring to take advantage of the proposed instruction are asked to meet at the high school building Monday when definite arrange ments will be handled. 21 GET DIPLOMAS TUESDAY NIGHT AT SCHOOL HERE Awards Are Made To Stu dents With Outstand ing Records Twenty-oiu* voting men and women, a few le>> titan the number last year, were graduated from the local high; school last Tuesday evening when diplomas were awarded. Sixty one pu-j pils completed work in the seventh grade and were given passable creden tials for entrance to the high school next fall. I Following the address of Dr. 1). 11 Bryan,?awards were made To Grace Wilson Manning, class valedictorian; James Darrel Bowen, best athlete: Kiefferlle (Iriffin, best home econom ics student. T he home economics dc partment was awarded the civic cup f<?r the most meritorious service dur ing the term. Millie (iriffin \ws iiketltiohed fof' his record of only four absences in his II years in school. Men Manning, a tenth grade pupil, completed his tenth year in school without a single absence, it was announced. The names of the graduates are, as follows: James Harrel Howen, Presi dent, Mary Belle Kdmondson, Vice President, Pattie Kay Bennett, Alta Anna Critchcr, Salutatorian, Thomas Whittington Crockett, Annie Myrtle Cullipher, Viola Marie Ldwards, Fula Green, William Howard Griffin,! Blanche Moore Harrison, Ruth Fve lyn Jenkins, Lawrence (iano Lindsley, Grace Wilson Manning, Alma Fay Peed, Francis Woolard Peele, Calvin Shaw, Alena Belle Swain, Christine Jenkins, Wilda Ayers Jenkins, Kllis (ieorgc Kamey, Kxum Louis Ward, Jr. Young Child Dies at Home Near Oak City Kmcly Grey Harrell, 6 years old, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Archile Harrell, near Oak City last Sunday morning at 6:15 o'clock. She was taken with measles about a week before and pneumonia developed, causing her death. Funeral services were, conducted Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock 1STnnday"I>y" Flder W. F Grimes. In terment was in the family cemetery near the home. Besides her parents she is survived by four brothers and two sisters. County Magistrates To Attend Greenville Meet Several magistrates from this county are planning to attend a meeting of the N. C. Association of Magistrates in Greenville tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. Judge J. Paul Frixzell will address the gathering, it was an nounced. REGISTRARS AND PRECINCT JUDGES ARE APPOINTED Registration Books Will Be Opened Saturday of Next Week i ? Under an order of the Martin County Board of Commissioner* in special session last week calling an election for a vote on the liquor ques tion the sixth of July, the County Board of Flections this week set up the machinery for opening the regis tration book- and holding the contest in accordance with the provisions of the* act pa-sed recently by the State legislature. .. ??" Registration books- will l?c opened on Saturday. June H and will be clos ed on Saturday. June 22, the follow ing Saturday being recognized as challenge day lor any contest of reg i-t rations* Ballots will carry the following wording: "For Control Act," and "Against Control Act." The following persons have been named to handle the registration of new voter- and-the election: Jame-ville Precinct Luther Hardi son, Registrar; R. L. Stallings and Russell Martin. Judges of election. Griffin- Precinct: S (). Peel. Regis trar; \V. T. Roberson and C. M Feel, Judges. William- Precinct: L.T). Hardison, Regi-trar; C. L. Daniel and R. J. Hardison, Judges. Bear Grass Precinct :? C. I*. Rogers, Regi-trar; A B Rogerson and W. A. | Browiv Judge- of. election - ?? William-!-*!! Prrcmct: l.ujhor ..P?el, I Registrar; J. (laywood Roger- and I C. H. Cow cn, Judge - 1 ross Roads Precinct I S. Aycrs, I Keci-trar: B Rainliill nnd?Willie Ausborn, Judges, Poplar Point Precinct \\ . S White. Regi-trar. 1. G. l.egg?tt and Herman llarri-"i). Judge!*. I Rollers->n\die Precinct Kli Rogers, I Registrar; A B. Robe r-on arid C. JL. j \ ick, Judge;-. Gold Point Precinct;? Harry Roher Uon, Registrar: J. L. Crooui ami Ray Keel, Judge Hamilton Precinct: J. A. Daven I port, Regi-trar; -Sr-H: Matthew- and J S Aver-. Judges. 1? Giin-r?Nest?Precinct J.?W. Hines, Registrar; J ( . 11. John-on and T. W. Savage, Judge-. ilasscll- Precinct: T\ L^ Nelson, Registrar; F. R F.dmoiidson and George Aver-, Judge-*-.? Dr. W.Harvey Dixon Died Suddenly in Ay den Wednesday Was Brother ol Mrs. V. G. Taylor, Paul and Jack Dixon, This County ? .. Dr. \V Harvey Dixon, a brother to Mrs V. (i. Taylor, Paul Dixon ami Jack Dixon, oi this county, died sud denly in Aydyn at 10:30 o'clock We?l nesdav night from -? twnrt jtta.lr H< was in his -office at the time writing a prescription for a patient when he was stricken ati<T died a few minutes later. Dr. Dixon headed the"" Caswell Training School, near Kinston, for a ntuuher of years, hut had engaged in private practice during the past year <?r two. He was 62 years old. In ad dition to Mrs Taylor and two broth ers in this county he is survived bv three brothers, I'd Dixon, California, Henry Dixon, High Point, and Kobt. Dixon, Pitt County. Funeral services were conducted in Ayden this morning afc 11 o'clock and interment followed in the cemetery there. Mrs. W. J. Lilley Is No Better Today Mri. XV. ). Inliey wbo Ml the porch steps at her home last Mon day morning in Griffins Township and accidentally stabbed herself with a case knife, continues critically ill in a Washington hospital, it was learn ed here today. While she is believ ed to have partially regained con sciousness,^ she is still unable to speak, it was said. M rs. Lilley had started into Ike yard when the top plank in the steps broke and she fell. She was holding the knife in her hand, and the end of the blade entered just below the eye and continued for about aix inches into her heed.
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