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^1 THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 49 Williamston. Martin County. North Carolina. Tuesday, June 18, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 MARTINS DROP 2 IN ROW; ARE NOW IN FOURTH PUCE Get But 1 Hit Saturday at New Bern; Lose To Kinston, 18-5 s* After chalking up three straight vie tones iaft week, the Martins dropped two in a row, one to New Bern Sat urday and one to Kinston at Kinston yesterday, to drop from top to fourth place in the Coastal Plain League standing. Despite a lop-sided gatm lost to the Eagles yesterday by an 18 to 5 count, the Martins are trailing the league leaders by a very small margin, and the situation is far from being as bad as the figures of the yes terday contest would indicate. Mana ger Spivey's club had an off day, and the boys just could not get going Brake was out of the game with a sore ankle, and Edmonds, it was later learned, had pitched in Virginia the d>y before. The little right-hander gets his release today, and Bradley Slagle, of Emporia, is coming in at once as a member of the pitching staff Yesterday's game was marked by plenty flf action. Gardner started on the mound for the Martins. The first man up hit for three bases. Green berg. brother to the slugging Hank ot the majors, was next up with a single, and Irwin hit for the. circuit. Keller was next with a double, and Edmonds went in with nobody out. He retired the side in order and went well until the third, when he walked two, hit one and allowed two doubles. Morris, who has been receiving some heavy assignments, relieved him in the third, and the first man up got a two-bager. The next man struck out and the third out was on a fly to left field. Three more runs were pdded in the fifth, four in the seventh, and three in the eighth. Marable.. lead-off man for the Mar tins. batted .500 with one for two* and reached first base safely five times in as many trips. VVilliamston scored once in the second, and two each in the third and fifth innings. Leary. Gaylord, and Gillespie got two hits each to bat 500, while Corbitt got one out of four tries'. Meeting the lvague leaders here last Friday afternoon, the Martins pushed New Bern from the top position by a score of 2 to 1 in one of the most exciting games of the season. The visitor* offered kren competition from the start, hut ^te stellar base running by Corbitt in the sixth accounted for the Martin's winning . run. (iaddy held the Bears by a close margin and allowed only six hits to get credit for the win. Edmonds relieved him in the eighth with a nunun Uiiid and none out. The former Elizabeth City pitch er struck out the first man and the next?Two were out on?short?flies House copped the honors at bat with three hits, a double and two singles. It was on one of his singles, which did not get out of the-infietd, that Gay lord and Corbitt scored in the ?axtty. Gay lord* Goodmon, Cortjjtt, and 1-eary accounted for one hit each against Kennel, another left-hander. Making only one hit against New B?y:n there last Saturday, the Martins tasted their first shut-out of the sea son, while the Bears made?fhre-- rune and regained top position in the league. House made a single, the only hit for the Martins. Cherry was relieved in the fourth when three scored after two were out. Cherry allowed only 4 hits, but he walked 5 men, 3 in the fourth. Morris allowed a like number of hits, but no more scoring was done. Brake hurt his ankle in the sixth, but the injury was not severe, and he is expected back in the line-up shortly. Take Applications For Student Nurses Applications for [*>sitions as stu dent nurses in government hospitals will be received until July 6 by the Fourth U. S. Civil Service District, i' was announced here today. Examina tions for this division will be held in Washington and Rocky Mount, it was stated. Studvnt nurses are paid $288 a? year, wfth quarters and subsist ence. Those who complete the cout%? of training and are graduated will be eligible for a salary of $1,620 a year Details in connection with filing ap plications and the time for holding the examinations can be gained from F.j flrat or second class post office. Local Men Named District Bar Association Officials Attorney# E. S. Peel and Hugh G. Horton were named for place# at of ficers and committee members for the second district of the North (,'arolina Bar Association at a meeting of the group in Wilson last Saturday. Mr. Peel is the new rke president, and Mr. Horton is a member of the execu tive committee. Few Names Being Added To Books As Time for Liquor Election Draws Near A few names are being added to the registration books in many of the precincts preparatory to voting on the liquor question in this county the 6th of next monh, according to reports re ceived from several of the registrars yesterday. Sixteen new names have been added to the Wilfiam&ton pre cinct books. The books will receive new names through next Saturday only, the following Saturday having been set aside for chalenge of any names <yi the list. According to a new ruling auy per son who changed his residence before the first of last March, and who has not registered in his respective pre cinct will not be able to vote any place unles she enters his name on the books In other words, a person will not be allowed to vote in this county, or in his old precinct if he moved to anoth er county or precinct before the first of last March. Neiether will be he allowed to vote at his present place of residence unless he registers there, it is understood. The person who previously registered *nd who has not moved wilj apt find it necessary to register again to vote in the election next month. Many of those registering in this precinct during the first two Saturdays the books were open are believed to favor the liquor question as advanced. JUDGE PARKER STARTLES COURT BY INQUIRIES AS TO STATUS OF TURLINCTON.ACT IN THIS COUNTY i CAR RECOVERED The 1935 Ford sedan stolen from Mr. K. P. Lindaley here the 23rd of last month was recovered near Spring Hope last Friday. The car, considerably damaged, was return ed to Mr. Lindsley the following day. The thief had driven the car about 4,000 miles. According to reports reaching here, an escaped convict, Alfred Denton, stole the car, but he was not with the car when it was found by a farmer in a woods near Spring Hope last Friday. He is said to have been seen later near Wilson, that he escaped deputies after they had shot him in the back. BEGIN BALLOTING IN REFERENDUM ON TOBACCO ACT General Opinion Is That 99 Per Cent Will Favor Continuation """Nearly 2.UUU tobacco farmers in this! county started balloting today in the tobacco adjustment referendum, the general opinion being that around 99j per cent of the growers in this county will favor a continuation of the tobac co control program. The office of the, county agent started distributing ihe ballots this week, and the farmers have until June 29 to express them It it important that every toliacco farmer, whether he be landowner, ten ant, or renter, vote in the referendum, Assistant County Agent M. L. Barnes! explained Landowners arc asked to see that their tenants receive the cards and vote. With the hrnffits accruing from the vir program well in their minds, and vir -tually assured that many of the in equalities in the program will be re-! moved, farmers in this county are be lieved to favor the program almost unanimously. Since the program was started Martin County tobaoco farm ers have received a total of $273, 361.72 in equalization, rental and par ity payments, not to mention the marked increaseNn tobacco prices. Many of the inequalities have been eliminated, the farmers of this county being allowed to produce 11,985,194 pounds this year as compared with 9,? 161,732 pounds tax free in 1934. ?While the time for balloting does not close until Saturday of next week, farthers in this county are cordially urged to mark and return by mail or person their cards. Nine Bdys Leave Monday f or C C C Panning the preliminary examina tions in Washington Monday,' nine Martin County boys entered the Ci vilian Conservation Corps camp at Swan Quarter this week. The names of those entering the service are: How ard Franklin Griffin, William Clayton Whitley, Johnnie Harrell, and Bruce of Williams ton: Robe it Claiborn Harris and Qeorge Claiborn Godard. of Hassell; Joseph Alton Mod lin, Karly Woodley Griffin, and Henry Gilmer Bateman, alt of Jamesville. Plans for Story-Telling Club Here Abandoned Plan* for a Shakepearr story-telling club here were cancelled this week on account of infantile paralysis cases m pastern Carolina, Mrs. Frederick Hoyi, who was to have headed the club, announced today. I Recent Action of Legisla ture Leaves Courts in Dark on Procedure Spectators in the county courthouse Monday cocked .their ears ami bent their heads "forward with eyes wide open when Judge R. Hunt Parker asked Solicitor Don Gilliain if the Turlington Act had not been repealed in this county. When the jurist fur ther asked if it would not be lawful for a person to seM a barrel of liquor a drink at a time in front of the court house, the spectators began to won ih r with sheer amazement as to what the. legislature really meant in the passage of the Pasquotank liquor bill. While the judge offered no opinion, he did leave the impression that the Tur lington Act-'had been repealed (of this coqnty. Solicitor ?fiilliam stated he, did not know i(v^iad J^ccu repealed in this county, that he had not had a case charging violation of the 'Furling ton act since tfie legislature passed the Pasquotank hill. Judge Parker, when ouestioned pri vately by officers, offered no solution to the matter, hut mi -rly explained that be was asking for information It has been claimed that the legisla j ture did not know the full intent of | the taw, and that he people were ig norant as to what it was all about, but the incident in the courthous Monday 'dearly indicated for the first time that the courts were in the dark, and very much so, as to the proper course of procedure to follow in han dling alleged liquor law violations. Regardless of the incident, it is safe to say that the liquor laws will be en forced in the future as tbeyhave been in the past in this county until some change is officially effected. It is certain there is a law against the sale of bootleg liquor, since the Fed eral government recognizes only tax paid goods. Colonial Oil Co. Is Erecting Big Tank At River Plant Here! Will Be Leased To Gulf Company; To Make This Distributing Point The Colonial Oil Company is erect ing a large tank at its distributing plant on Roanoke River here, trained rkers coming here from Pittsburg to handle the project. __ According to unofficial information received here the Colonial Company plans to lease the tank to the Gulf Refining Company. Reports state that the Gulf company plans to op erate four trucks, each with a carry ing capa.ity of 4,000 gallons, night and day, for distributing gasoline to points as far away as Goldsboro, Wil soi}, and probably Raleigh. Ik* tank .now under construction will be 40 feet high and is 30 feet in diameter. It will hold approximately 5,000 barrels, or about 215,000 gallon* of gasoline. Plans have been completed hy the Colonial company to alter loading ar rangements at its plant here to han dle its own trucks and those of the Gulf company. Distribution from the local plant by 1 the Gulf company will be started a bout the first of next month, it i* un derstood. Choral Club Practices Suspended for Summer Choral club practices here have been' ^suspended for thq^ summer, Mrs. Wheeler Martin, leader, announced yeaterday. Regular practices wtH lw held early in the fall for the organisa tion, it is understood. JUDGE PARKER OUTLINES BUSY WEEK FOR JURY Orders Investigation of All Auto Fatalities Since Last Court Judge R. Hunt Parker, presiding over the regular one-week term of Martin County Superior Court Mon day assigned quite a task to the grand juy duing the week, the wok assign-r nients calling for the careful handling of all indictments presented and other alleged law violations that they know about; the investigations of guardian^ and the accounts entrusted to them; a sudy of the county sinking fund in vestments, and a sympathetic and thorough inspection of the county home. lit outlining the detailed work ot' the grand jury, Judge Parker pointed out that no man was too high or too rich for prosecution when such case> pre sented themselves, and that no man .was too poor or too humble not to jmerit the protection of the courts. He explained that the enforcement of 11 te la w rests with the grand jury .and that it was the duty ot the jury members to report crimes. h.x pressing a keen * sympathy for the fatherless ami motherless child, the jurist pointedly charged the fore man and a committee of two other jurymen with the task of examining bonds of guardians, reports filed, and vestments. Bonds of guardian should he renewed every three year and reports should he liled annually it was pointed out. Investimnts of uch trust funds are often made to the advantage of the guardian and hot for the benefit of the orphan, Judge Par ker continued. The law says such funds are to he invested in first mort gages and in government bonds, that! the guarian violates the law when lie lends it to a member of his family Any irregularities found, in the funds or methods employed in handling the [funds are to he reported to the solici tor, tin* judge ordered. | The jurymen were then instructed I to inquire of officers about the opera (ions of autos and fatalities, on the highways in this county. In any case where there had been a fatality and the ..'Hse had not reached the court, the facts were to he reported to the court. Judge Parker explaining that 'the time ha* come when reeklc*s drtv |ing should be stopped unless we want, the highways stained with human | jblood every few hours. The insurance companies report an increase in kill-j lings on highways by drunken drivers since the repeal of national prohibition the judge said, and the jury can do no [greater service than to investigate fa tal accidents on the highways. | The Roanoke Rapids jurist, htddfhg his third- term of euuit hcie, pie acted for the proper care of inmates in the county home, explaining that the man of -means today might die in the poor house. Jurors were instructed !?? ex amine with sympathy ?and with thor oughness the home. A review of al1 justice of the peace reports was ordered to make sure thai fines and forfeitures are properly turned over to the school funds. The inspection of all county buildings was pointed out as another duty ot the jury. In examining the county sinking funds, the jurymen werv instituted to see that the loans are well secured, that adequate insurance is carried on property and that interest on the loans is paid, the judge explaining that the tax rate is reflected in the safey <>f| the sinking fund investments. Bringing his 30-minute charge to a I close, Judge Parker stated that public, office was a public trust and that the public is entilicd-lo know all the facts. ? However, he reminded he jury of nec essary secrecy in handling indictments. . - - Garland Jones Hurt in Truck Accident Sundayj Garland Jones, son of Mr. Sam I Jones, got the fingers on one of his J hands almost cut off and other riders were bruised in a truck accident in the Sandy Kidge section of Williams Township last Sunday afternoon. Jones was riding with several others on a truck on their way to see a base ball game at Sandy Ridge when Leo Andrews, driver, lost control, and ran the truck into the woods. Local Juniors Win Over Jamcsville Team Sunday Fred Suninvrrlin established a new pitching record in thin section last Sunday afternoon, when he struck out 21 to pave the way to a 17 to 10 win for hit team, the Williamston Juniora, over Jamesville. The game was played at Sandy Ridge, a report stating that records of hits and errors were not kept. Jamesville was said to have changed pitchers every inning, while Summerlin worked the entire route for the Juniors with Bruce Chesson be | hind the bat. Sixteen Cases Disposed of in Superior Court Here Monday Two-Year-Old Child Dies Near Bear Grass Saturday After Eating Box Lye Hating a small quantity of box lye last Kriday morning, I .in wood (iur ganus. two year* old, died at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. 4L? Gurganus, early Saturday morning aft er much suffering The little child's throat wa> in a terrible condition be fore he died. Mrs. (iurganus was using box lye | in doing some washing. Leaving the two-year-old boy in the care of an older child. Mrs. (iurganus stopped I washing long enough to go to tlx-' ! mail box. llpring the t\ w minutes she was away, the child got hold oi tlu i ail of lye and ale enough t" cause loath a few hours later. | Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, and burial was in the Meeks Cemetery, near ('.old Point Several children are understood t.?j have 1 ? ? st their lives from eating hox l\e in this county, hut thciiagic death last Saturday was the first of its kind reporcd in this county in recent years JOINT MEETING OE BOARDS TO BE HELD TOMORROW Postponed Last Friday on Account of Absence of Several Members The consideration of a proposed school building program in tliis own ty in connection with the govern - ment's public work administration plan, was postponed last b'rida> aft ernoon, wlitn several members of the board ot county commissioners wyi ? unable to attend tlie j ?int meeting ot that body ami the members "t tin county board of education. Vnotbcr meeting has been scheduled to be held here tomorrow morning, when the proposed school building program will be discussed before tbe authorities b\ Architect Fla una pan. While' they were lure last T"rida\ members .of the county aboard ? du cation studied the proposed' program and considered it not advisable to post pone the construction ot gymnasiums at Oak City a lid Jamcsvilc. While this decision is not final, it is likely that the authorities in joint session litre tomorrow will .?>iunr in tin?m? lib n. And it might be that several^ > t the oilier projects will be postponed tor a teacheragc at Bear Crass-, ,t four room unit for the barm l ife school, a new high school .building for J ami s vifle, an addition of four rooms to the Williamstoii elementary building, t new building tor colored pupils at Kobersonville, and a new primaiv unit for Oak City. Cost estimates will not be availably until the authormfs decide upon tin program propositi by citizens in ...the several communities. Whatever tin costs are, the Federal government participates to the extent* of 45 per cent,?j ?? Mrs. Jack Hunter, Former Resident, Dies in Greensboro Succumbs From Effects of Operation Performed Several Weeks Ago Mrs. Jack Hunter, a former resident of YVilliamston, died in a Greensboro hospital Sunday morning at 'C.10 o' clock, following an operation per* feflttcd several weeks before. I*\? mrat services were conducted there yesterday?afternoon?ih?5 ..10 o'i lor k and burial was in the family plot. The daughter of Mrs. J. K. Hunt and the late Mr. Hunt, prominent family of Greensboro, Mrs. Hunter lived here for about two years follow ing her marriage about 12 years ago She was a native of Greensboro, and after her residence here moved back to Greensboro, where Mr. Hunter en t ere ft the contracting business. She was only about .15 yra.*s old and v\ ;i held in high esteem by all who knew her. ? Mr. Hunter and two daughters, 'tgrs 8 and 5 years, survive. She also leaves her mother, Mr Hunt having died a few years ago. Mr. and Mrs. YV. J. Hunter, Mr> J. W. Watts, Mrs. Carry Godard and son, Joseph, attended funeral services, returning home late la^t night. Farm and Home Week July 29 To August 2 The date* of Farm ami Home Week to be held at State College this year are July 29 to August 2 "Conserva tion of Rural Resources of North Carolina," will be the topic this year, -ami all the trew polities and programs affecting North Carolina farmers will be reviewed. CHANGE SCHEDULE The first variation in the Mar tins' schedule has been announced for next Thursday, when they meet the Greenies on the local diamond at 10:30 that morning, to make an opening for a game that afternoon at 4 o'clock between the two teams at Rocky Mount's big Gallopade. The two teams will go directly from here to Rocky Mount following the regu lar league game that morhing. Williamston's high school band leaves here Thursday to partici pate in the Gallopade that day. and many people are expected to see the game that morning and journey to Rocky Mount for the festival and game that afternoon. EXPECT PASS ACE I I VNNACAN BILL f\ HOUSE SOON Hill Provides Free Grading! of Tobacco When Asked j For By the Growers V\ .1 11111kt11'i I' .i i I \ p.i sice ~ I Ih' L'l.i.iin.ip.aii ,i> madiuc lull in tli. j 4Um*? wa>i predicted l?\ it ,pt ? pi iiifiit?alti r?Liu:?I.nircaii?. t he h'udwef approved ilw ?200,000 appro pii.iti?iiv it arries. |'xv\iously tin bureau had denied tin ai'|?ii.?pfiaiiuil, "In'it with ap | pfoval t"ila\, i hauniaii Smith,' oi 11 < ?-i naif agricultural ?oiuuiittei . reiter at'ed hi. own Ik lit! hi the hill's oiu'tid i | tif".^, and pi < >im>f?l n? ?? vpeditc TT^ [passage in the higher hod\ a- >?*???t? as ' the iiHMMir' cutin - < vcr from tin hr.tiTc ? - " ;? ' I lif hill, a,s it 11? ? v\ stands, pjpavuh I??r free .government - yiadtttK ol tohac on markets win-it- a majority ot thf grower-- re?ptr M ~tt tfrrmrtrH - a ret TfHthwn The agriculture depart niftit believes ahuut a third of the markets will ask I??r the KradiuK ^u" hi-t vear, at a eost t<. the govern inetit of about $200,000. Ihid^ft bureau aetiou followed i?>nft-1elice this week participated in T7y A i ti-tiK I > i r ?? i t??r Hell, Re pre sen tativi l laimaK'tti, of \ ir^inia. aflttmr of thf hill; Representative Vinson, of Keiitin kx, and R? pre.sentalive I o?dey, of North ( arolina I he lull originally provided for compulsory federal grading on .ill markets, at the expense of tin buy er.s. It w as praised and condemned by many witnesses when hearinKs wen held before the lion >e a^rienl tlire onnnitter. The hill's >npp?>r?.-r> believe that within a tew years i mhiiik and rlhi n in?.i strut M irdt Ml Kradirttf will he developed which will prov> ol benefit to the growers of Hue enied, hurley and all types .if to lyicco sold at auction. Weather Meal for Weevils This Year htlvtlfiK 1(1 Control Cotton boll weevil should begin as snomi as 10 percent <?l tlit* squares arc punctured Tin weather lias In t n ideal for the weevil this yar and for that reason a count of punt tures should lie made as Soon as the squares are formed Count.100 srpiarts and where as many as it 11 are found punctured the first apjdn atioTiv-shniihl lie made ~l Sr from fou rto six pounds of (allium arsen ate 1 ? ? the acre and repeat the appli cation 11 \? days alter tin lust dust iim. 1 ..iinla for iiifr?iati.in should bt made eat h week and applications made as may he necessary to keep damage below 10 per ent. Postage Stamps Require Large Amount of Paper ?iuir?'<l <ath year to print postage stamps ?>l the United States. CHAMP SCOTT IS FREED ON PLEA OF SELF-DEFENSE Lawson and Williams Are Sentenced to Prison In Manslaughter Case -of ?cases ? yesterday, Ju<Ik<* K Hunt I'ajkcr Completed the criminal docket in the luperipr court here at noon today and arranged to start hearings in two or three minor civil actions. A climax in the proceedings was reached just before adjournnunt for noun when Judge I'arker hurried the case charging Joe Law sun and John Williams?with manslaughter to x close Kvidence in the case was coni jdetcd in a short time and the judge made his charge in les> than two ? minutes. It is instructions leaving lit tle tor tlW jury to decide or do other than to announce a verdict ot guilty as t?. hoth I.:iwshu. and Williams. I lie .jury returned within five minutes and; Law son was sentenced to State's prison tor not less than two and not tpore than four years. Williams was sentenced t?? serve not less than IK months and not more than three years in State's prison. An appeal was im mediately noted by the defense and bond in the sum of $3,000 was re quired <?1both defendants. ? Law son and W illiams were booked Ho manslaughter last November fol lowing a truck accident in which 1 it - tie IVggie jlurdison was killed and Mrs Opticus < iodard was injured on the Jamesville Koad. Williams testi fied against Law son, the judge asking Ins attorney it the evidence ottered rby . ?AViiflantv n*?t';-'ftuvvtet1 him ( Williams). ?\ < barged with entering the D. A. 1.1 allies and I arson's stores m Kober [strnvillc. Clinton Avers- and J. *F. I j.u kson pleaded guilty In the first ? ast the two defendant:- were sen 1 It'll., rtl??I ? ?ads?Uu 11 molltlu, and in tin second they were sen-. Te5iced to serve TTTiioiillls, th? seCUlld (Continued on back page) Annual Meeting of Dennis Simmons Co. Held Here Saturday Is Oldest Business in Con tinuous Existence in Williamston I In titty-fifth annual nutting of the stockholders was held in the Branch Banking ami I t list Company build ing here last Saturday, when Mrs. Value I ilghtnan Me ham was elected prctiidfnt; Marry A. Biggs vice presi ilent. and 1 >i John l> Biggs, secre tary treasurer. Organized by the late Dennis Situ-, minis, the Company hearing his name i-. the oldest business in continuous existence in W'illiauiston. Mr Sim nioivs. recognized ?'*s one of the most prominent lumber men In the S?????*? at one time, had associated with him his nephew Daniel Simmons who lived, in the residence now occupied hy Mrs I It II Knight on Main Strxet her" \ few years later Mr. Simmons incor _pi>rated the-?business.?with- the?late? lohn D. Biggs, nf W'illianiston, and -f?Vr?1 ilgliui.iii, of W'iDon. as part itet> Ihe business developed into -.in of the largest in Kastern North Carolina and was probably th ? sneer ssful ever operated in this coun ty Its Astoria Mills, near Jamesville. were of tremendous size and they han dled timber from -miles away. The company continued active bus- ? iness until 1918, when many of its timber holdings wcrt sold to the NJoiitgomei y Lumber Co., of Buffalo, N V Although now inactive, the company has considerable timber ins trrests iu this .county..-and in other sections' of eastern Carolina. The onipany made shingles from Martin County timber to cover Mount Vernon, when the building, was re shingled in 18.52. When the building was again reshingled in 1915, a re TfiTFsl was received by the company to furnish the shingles. Howv??*-? ?' machinery for making shingles had i been discarded aC that time, and the Those attending the meeting here last Saturday were Mrs. Fannie S. Biggs. Mrs. T. W\ Tilghman. Mrs. Mamie Tilghman Herring. Mr?. Vance Tilghrpan Mcbanc, Mrs. Hariett H. Tilghman Cooper, T. C. Tilghman, Mrs. Carrie Biggs Morrison, Harry A Biggs, Dr, John H. Biggs, and Asa Crawford, executor of the estate of Asa T. Crawford.
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