THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUMT XXXVIII?NUMBER 55 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 9, 1935 . ESTABLISHED 1899
RAIN HALTS MOST
GAMES IN LEAGUE
IN PAST FEW DAYS
Martins Lose Only Game
They Played Here Since
Last Friday
Teams in the Coastal Plain loop
have been inactive for the most part
purine the past several days, showers
'fnd wet grounds giving the players
one holiday right after the other. Ex- 1
hibition games were rained out also,
giving the fans a rest from their heat
ed conversations that went on almost
continuously up until old J. Pluvius
entered the scene.
The Martins, although losing to the
strong(~Snow Hill team, an unbeatable
aggregation last Saturday, still have
a strong hold on fourth place in the
Coastal outfit, and are trailing Ayden
by only a half game, and there isn't
such a great divisionbetween the
fourth position and that held by
Greenville, the league leaders, at pres
ent.
Pitching for Snow Hill last Satur
day afternoon on the local diamond,
Briggs soon got the Martins' number
and let them down with 2 runs and 7
hits, Goodmon accounting for 3 of
the hits. House got two and Mar
able and McCready hit safely once
each. Crump, visiting ceirter fielder,
turned out to be a clever robber when
he wrapped himself around the flag
pole in deep cCDttT llld snatched ffom
the air a line drive from Corbitt's bat
that had three bases written all over
it. The vis^ors bunched 'their 12
hits off Cherry and Gaddy to make
their nine runs, the first two scores
being counted on two hits and aft er
ror. Cherry started the game and
retired his opponents almost in order
Turing the first three innings. In the
foitrth, Snow Hill made two runs, and
duplicated the stunt in the fifth. A
fifth marker was added in the sixth
and another in the 7th before Cherry
retired in favor of Gaddy, who allowed
three hits,-one a homer with a man
on base.
The visitors played a class of ball t
tTUt the Yankees would have had
trouble in matching. The visiting
* center and right gardeners made
catches that they had no license to
ball with the exception of the second
inning, when the Martins started and
ended their scoring.
Box score of Saturday's game: .
SNOW HILL ABRHPOAEl
------ ? ~ ?? rwn th i
Cheek, lb 5 I 0 it | o
Parmelee, rf 5 2 3 4 0 0
Williams, 2b
Griffin, 3b
Crump, cf
Neuman, If
?Pa r ris h
Perry, ss
Briggs, p
Tool* 39 9 12 27 7 t
WILLIAIUTON UIHPOAI
Marable, 2b 4 0 16 3 0
4 0
w ? U
Corbitt, ss 4 0 0 1
Gayloid, - 4 0 0 0
House, cf _ 4 I 2 1 u u
Leary, 3b 3 0 0 0 3 2
0 0
0 0
Goodmon, rf 4 13 1
McCready, lb 4 0 1 10 0
0 0
Gillespie, c 4 0 0
0
0 0
, , . -r V U O U U
Cherry, p 2 0 0 0 4 0
r r ? V V V ?
Daddy, P 1 0 0 0 0
0
Totals 34 2 7 27 14 2
Score by innings: r!
Snow Hill 000 221 202?91
Williamston 020 000 000?2
Runs batted in: Williams 2, Griffin
2, Crump, Neuman 2, Briggs, Good
mon, Gillespie. Two-base hits: Grif
fin, Briggs, Goodmon 2. Th/ee-base
hit: Goodmon. Home run: Williams.
Sacrifice hit: Leary. Double play:
Corbitt to Marable to McCready. Left
on bases: Williamston 5, Snow Hill 6.
Hits: off Cherry, 9 in 6 1-3 innings (1
out in 7th); off Gaddy, 3 in 2 2-3-in
nings. Bases on balls: off Brings 0,
off Cherry 1, off Gaddy 1. Struck
out: by Briggs 2, by Cherry 3, by Gad
dy, 4. Wild pitches: Cherry 2, Gaddy
Losing pitcher: Cherry. Umpire:
Mitchell I
First Newspaper for Dare ,
County Issued Last Week |
Sheriff Victor Meekins and associ
ates of Dare County last week issued
the original copy of "The Dare Coun
ty Times," the first newspaper ever
published in that county.
The original issue is well balanced
with interesting news and attractive
advertisements with good editorial bal
last from the pen of Mr. Meekins. Bhl
Elisabeth Hooker, promising young
lady of Wanchese, is the paper's busi
ness manager.
Seed and Feed Loan Man ,
Has Headquarters Here
Mr. J D. WadswotIh, teed and feed
loan inspector for Hertford, North
ampton. and Bern- Countiei, with
headquarters in Ahoskic, ia now lo
cated here permanently. The terri
tory has been changed, and Mr. Wadt
worth now baa the counties of Ber
tie, Martin. Washington, Tyrrell, and
Dare la hit district
Mr. Wads worth said yesterday that
he planned to moire hie Until-' here
just as soon at be could dad a house
Number Improvements Being
Made on Local Leaf Market
construction ol a BisiMt anai
tion to the W. I. Skinner Com
pany tobacco plant is under way
here, plans calling for the com
pletion of the new building within
the neat sis weeks, Mr. Iveraon
Skinner, one of the firm partners,
said yesterday.
The addition, costing savers!
thousand dollars, trill increase the
plant's storage capacity by about
10,500 square feet and will have a
capacity of about one and a quar
ter million pounds of tobacco. The
new addition is located to the rear
of the present building.
Construction work on a aires bis
addition to the Fluitui Ware
house has only recently been com
pleted. and construction work on
a large addition to the Farmer*
Warehouse ia now under way, the
three projects a Mitring William
ston a lively tobacco market this
comin gseason.
Other arrangements for an en
larged market are being made, and
present indications point to a suc
cessful season here. The W. I.
Skinner Company ha* recently in
stalled a new and larger boiler for
use in operating its steam plant,
and other improvements in equip
ment are being made throughout
the tobacco center.
County Goes Wet by
5-To-l Vote Saturday
^ OFFICIAL VOTE
The official vote last Saturday
in the county, by pracincta, aa cer
tified by the County Board of
Rlections Monday, U aa followa:
Precinct
Dry
Wet
Jamesville
Williams ?
61
132
Griffin.
21
103
Bear Grass
36
136
WiUiamston
64
434
Cross Roads
13
132
Robtraonville
33
363
Gold Point
11
63
Poplar Point
6
39
Hamilton
19
86
Haaaell
30
29
Goose Neat
17
133
County Totals
331
1,746
J. R. Tyson Died at
Home in Oak City
Section Last Sunday
?#?
Funeral Held Monday At
Late Home; Burial In
Greenville Cemetery
J. R. Tvtonr farmer living near Oak
City, died at his home there Sunday
morning from angina pectoris. Mr.
Tyson had experienced declining
health for about two years, but his
condition was not considered critical
until just a snort while before lie died.
A native of Pitt County, Mr. Tyson
with hi? familymoved to the Oak City
section about eight years ago. He
was highly respected as a citizen and
neighbor, and diligently followed his
chosen profession. He wa# -49 years
old and leaves, besides Mrs, Tyson,
several children.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon from the late home
by Rev J. M. Perry, and interment
followed in the Greenville cemetery.
9
Explains Variation
Of Property Values
In Williams for 1935
Listings Are Shifted Prom
Personal Property To
Real Estate List
m
The variation in Williams Town
ship personal and real property valu
ations this year and last were explain
ed by List-taker Lucian J. Hardison
yesterday. The 13 percent decrease
in personal property values there this 1
year as compared with the listings in
1934, Mr. Hardison said, resulted
when property valued at about $10,
000 was shifted from the personal
column to the real estate list. Here
tofore, certain transmission lines had
been listed as personal property, but
later rulings classified it as real hold
ings.
Mr. Hardison went on to explain I
that had there been no change, an |
increase of about $5,000 would have
been noticed in the personal property I
list, that the real list would have re
mained about the same as it was in I
1934. In total values the change jnade
no difference, the township showing a
gatn of nearly two percent over the
1934 listings
Joe White Accepts Piece
with Ganderson and Sons
?
Jo* White, popular young man, has
accepted a position will.S. Gander
son and Sons here, and enter* upon
his new duties there nest Monady
Mr. White has been with the B. F
Perry store here for some time.
Precinct at Hassell
Only One To Return
Majority for Drys
Quietness Marks Election
In All Twelve County
Voting Precincts
?
Martin County continued unbroken
its wet record last Saturday, when 2,
099 citizens participated in an election
and favored the sale of legal liquor by
a vote of 1,748 to 351, a majority or
nearly 5 to I, as perdicted by some
wets. Quietness marked the election
activities throughout the county, no
disorders "or trouble of any kind hav
ing been reported. A-. far as it could
be learned,, there was no open cam
paigning for or against the question,
which, with the indifference of th>
majority of citizens, resulted in what
is considered a very small vote iii this
county.
Other than approval of the vote l>>
smiling wets, there was little to indi
cate there had been an election. And
*bprp wa< littb- fAnimqit heard from
either side, the people as a whole,
waiting for developments and to see
the working of the control business
for themselves.
The high spot in the returns was at
Hassell, where the wets lost by 1
vote. The* citizens there might not
approve of the conditions existing un
der the old prohibition period, but the
vote indicates they are not so "hot"
for the hodgc podge tyntem advanced
by the Pasquotank liquor act. The
Hassell precinct was the only one to
vote dry in the 1933 repeal election
The wets about held their own, but
the number of drys apparently indif
fcrent to the liquor question was dc
creased by 8 votes, the wets having
cast 29 each time, and the drys drop
ping from 37 in 1933 to 30 last Sat
urday.
Kobersonville led for the wets with
a ratio of 11 to 1, closely followed by
Cross Roads and Poplar Point, where
the wets ruled, 10 to I, Next to Has
sell, Jamesville had the closest vote,
but even there the ratio was about 2
to 1. The dampness for so long a
time charged against Bear Grass
proved drier than the average for the
county, the ratio being less than 4
to 1 wet. Goose Nest, where officers
say they have the most trouble with
liquor and its allied disturbances, as a
rule, voted wet 9 t<> 1.
Seven other counties voting on the
liquor question last Saturday wfcnt
wet, reports state, leaving only two to
vote on the matter. So far the wets
have been victorious by substantial
majorities, and victories for the wets
are expected in the two counties yet
to vote.
Since all the counties so far have
voted wet, some people are of the opir
ion that the governor will call a spec
jial session of the legislature to placa
the liquor problem under State con
trol and divert the revenue to the
state
Man Jailed tor Alleged
Theft Welfare Clothing
??
Willie Jones Williams, colored, wai
placed in the county jail last Saturdaj
night for the alleged theft of a smal
quantity of cloth from the welfare sew
ing room in Kobersonville on.. Tout
different occasions last weak.
Williams was arrested by Chie
|Gray and placed in the jail here lap
Saturday evening.
Prepare Land Now For
Planting Alfa!fa in Fall
?
Farmers planning to seed alfali
this fall, should keep in mind tha
preparation of the land should begi
in July, say extension workers a
State Collage.
40 APPLICATIONS
FOR HOME LOANS
HAVE BEEN MADE
Arrangements For Federal
Housing Campaign
Not Completed
Applications for Federal Housing
Administration loans are being re
ceived at a rapid clip by the county
office in the courthouse, H. M Stubbs,
supervisor, said this week. Approxi
mately 40 applications had been filed
up to Tuesday, and 2 of them are vir
tually in the process of completion,
it was learned. Nearly every one of
the remaining 38 applications are in
line to receive careful consideration,
with the possibility that a large ma
jority will be completed.
The approximately 40 applicants
are asking loans for the construction
jI new homes, Mr. Stubbs said. Ap
[dicatiomr?buvt^--beett-? received from
nearly every section of the county, but
principally from Williamston. Both
wrhite and colored are said to hf g?-*?a?
ly interested in the program
A county canvass to determine* re
pairs needed to homes has been de
layed because canvassers could not be
had. These canvasses have been con
tacted in other counties and states by
foung women on relief rolls, but it is
understood there are insufficient num
bers on the relief rolls in this county
to choose the required workers. Just
when the canvass will be made, ami
are both highly problematical. Prob
ably the Federal Housing Administra
tion will consider loans for making
repairs and improvements to buddings
without a canvass by the relief forces.
In the .meantime, applications for
loans in constructing new buildings
will be considered when entered at the
FHA office in the county courthouse.
19 LICENSES TO
MARRY ISSUED -
IN PAST MONTH
Second Largest Number of
Year Go To White
Couples in June
The second largest issuance of mar
riage licenses This year to white cou
ples in this county wasTecorded ir
ihe register of deed**- offiet?last mprrtir
maintaining the popularity <>f June as
the month of brides. However, the
colored lovers frown on the month as
i time for marriage, the number of li
censes dropping from 12 the month
before to 0 in June, the smallest issu
?nce of the year.
Nineteen licenses were issued by
Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsingcr,
10 to white and 9 to colored couples,
last month, as' follows:
?Arthur K. Lilley and Lula A Hem
bridge, both of Williams Township.
Herman Bowen, of Williamston, and
Mae Dell Wynne, of Kveretts.
Joseph Sheppard Holliday, of Bear
Grass, and Fannie Long, of James
irille.
Richard W. Raynor, of Goose Nest,
and Louise Fulford, of Cross Roads.
Ernest Knox, of Pitt County, and
Nellie Aytrs, of Robersonville.
B. B. Wynn, of Robersonville, and
Lessie Ayers, of Robersonville.
John Taylor BarnhiH and Maude
Congleton, both of Pitt County.
Leon D. R ooks, of Raleigh, and
Martha Elizabeth Rawls, of Hamil
ton.
D. W. Hartfison, of Jamesvtile, and
Martha Hopkins, of Plymouth.
Raymond O. White and Elizabeth
Conner, both of Bertie.
Colored
Andrew Council and Lillian Parker,
both of Hassell.
Thomas Mabry and Lillian Earl Ty
son, both of Cross Roads.
Joseph A. Gilliam and Esther God
ard, both of Griffins.
Joe Everett and Florence Sheppard,
both of Martin County.
Joseph Best and Annie Bess Lee,
both of Washington, D. C.
Daniel Williams and Sallic Wil
liams, both of Martin County.
Oscar Whitley and Emma Cr?rHit
both of Williamston.
Rhodcn Jones and Lucile Staton,
both of Martin County.
Wm. Thomas. Bland and Martha
Purvis, both .of ^Martin County.
?
No One Hurt When Truck
Turns Over Last Saturday
Considerable damage?was done t?
the vehicle, but no one was hurt when
a truck, belonging to Harrison Broth
ers and Company, turned over near
the home of Mr. Jesse Whitley on the
Hamilton road last Saturday mornigg
Ben Ward, colored, was in charge ol
the truck at the time, but another man
was driving when the machine wai
traveling too rapidly to make the curve
near the Whitley home.
Control Board Appointed
For County This Morning
Measurement of Crop Lands
To Be Completed Next Week
Measurements ot cotton, tohaccc,
and peanut lands to determine compli
ance will He about completed the lat
ter part ot this or early next week,
County Supervisor IXrN Mix said this
morning The work has progressed
fairly rapidly, and very little difficulty
has been experienced in carrying on!
the work, it was said.
As a general'1' rule the peanut allot-'
nients have been exceede I over the
cotton have been held w?hin the al
lotments, as a general rule. In ;iearl>
every case where the tobacco and cot
toil plantings were exceeded. the farm
ers are said to have willingly com
plied with the terms of their contract*
by destroying the excess.
Work has already been completed
in Jamesville. William? and 1 i riff in*
Townships, and is nearly completed
in several other districts at the pres
ent time The, office of the county
agent is busy checking the measure
ments and determning the compli
ance. and will i usli the compliance
blanks to state authorities for con
sideration before sending the in to
Washington, where rental and parity
checks will be prepared. _
Towns Can t Share
In Whiskey Profits
Robersonville and
Williamston Were
After Part Profits
Control Board Has Right
To Spend 5 Percent of
Profits for Control
That' the several towns will share
with the county in profits derived front
legal 1 i?|U??r sales was ?*4^>idered iiiv
possible in an opinion teat! by the
County attorney. Ivlbert S. Feel, he
fore'a special .meeting of the county
I commissioners Monday. The opinion
,v\u> accepted at its full face value, tie
spite that urgent appeals had been en
tered by Williamston and Rohersoit
villc representatives for a division of
the profits. ?
The opinion reads, in part, as fol
lows:
"It seems t<> me that a proper an
swer to this question ? dependtip?ni
what the act does with the money de
rived from the sale of liquor. Section
17 of the act says. "The profits so de
termined shall he paid to each of the
sevcral respective counties described
in section 1 hereof." I'nder the terms
I said kl l tilt' pnihls derived from the
sa|e of liqu<tf are tnagje a county fund j
? "It if contended that tW u>wu? will,
have to increase their expenditures ini
the enforcement of this act, and. fori
that reason, part of the money should j
he turned over to Hie t+nvm*. The .act|
itself takes care of that proposition,
section 17 reading as follows: 'Pro
vided, however, that before said dis
tribution is made, a sum equal to 5
per cent of said profits -shall he set
aside for the enforcement of this act.'
Ondcr the terms of the act, 5 per cent
of the determined profits from the sale
of whisky is set aside for the enforci
ment of this act. It is my opinion
that 5 per cent can he expended as
the county ?commissioner's see fit in
enforcing the act.
"I find nowhere in aid act author
ity given to the county commissioners
to allot or give any part <?f the pro
reeds from the sale of whisky to tliej
|toums-ofc-thc county. ?U is my opin
ion that the act as written sets apart
the profits as a county fund for the
benefit of all the ritizens and ait ttir
taxpayers of the county of Martin.
Tt is my opinion that the board of
county commissioners lias no right,
under the terms of said act, or under
the provisions of any other law, t<?
give or appropriate any of said money
for any purpose other than a county
wide purpose, and that the board of
county commissioners,,,does not have
the right, under thermovisions of said
art, or of any ofl^r law, to give any
part of the proceens from the sale of
whisky in Martin County to the towns
in Martin County."
Big Freight Truck
Wrecked Near Here
One of the large freight trucks op
erated by the I). Fender Company was
wrecked on the Washington road
when it left the road and crashed into
the front porch of Sylvester Webb's
home. The large truck, of the semi
trailer type, turned over, spreading
hundreds of watermelons and num
erous hunches of bananas all over the
porch and yard. The driver, who is
believed to have dropped off to sleep
as he traveled late in the night, es
caped with only slight injuries.
I SUNDAY EVENTS
With a bate ball game scheduled
for the afternoon and a regular
picture show at 9:15 p. m. last
Sunday, a severe jolt was given
the Sunday blue laws in WiUiam
ston, and there's a possibility that
other bars will be lowered, open
ing the town wide open on the
Sabbath.
There was a rumor that the pool
room would open Sundays, but the
proprietor, Mr. John Wier, said
the rumor was unfounded.
Town authorities have been ap
proached on the subject, it is un
derstood, and it is likely that the
Sunday activities will be discussed
at a regular meeting, if not before.
Whether the commissioners will
consider the strict enforcement
blue laws already on the books
ox make certain exceptions remains
to be seen.
Spivey Resignation
As Martins Manager
Is Effective Today
Starts Work Immediately
as Head of New Liquor
Control Board
After trading Wal baseball club*
t<? three f'haiitpioiiships in the old
Albemarle League 'and holding the
Martins well up in the top bracket of
ttu (oast a I ('lain loop this season,
Manager V. J. Spivey today resigned
the ta^k to accept the chairmanship
of the Martin County liquor control
hAard His irsignation became ef
fective immediately.
At noon today, the loeal baseball
club officials were hastily making ar
langement* to replace Mr. Spivey,
temporarily if not permanently, that
Mi. Spivey continue a* advisory
manager. Mr. House accepted the
new assignment just before leaving
this afternoon to pilot the Martins
against the Kimhm Kaglv?
Mr Spivey wa?. forced to with
draw from the managership of the
hall club at once when the commis
sioner planned a joint session of the
liquor board ami their members this
afternoon.
Baseball Game Scheduled
Last Sunday 'Rained Out'
?
I he exhibition baseball game sched
uled between the Martins and Wind-*
sor here fast Sunday afternoon was
rained out. I'lans are being consid
ered for a game next Sunday, hut the
Martins are likely to play on some
one else's lot and probably in a reg
ular leagur contest to make up the
several already postponed either by
rain or wet grounds.
Fire Destroys Clothes In
Jones Home Last Friday
???
Starting from a hot iron left on the
ironing hoard by a young member of
the family, fire burned a few clothes
in the home of Sam Jones on Biggs
Street here last I riday evening at 6:30
o'clock. The Are company was called
out, and when the apparatus reached
the scene the family and neighbors had
removed all the burning clothes and
!woie of the furniture into the yard
I No great loss resulted, it was report
?d.
V. J. Spivey, Irving
Smith, J.F.Crisp Are
New Board Menders
Preliminary Plans To Open
Stores At Once Being
Made Today
?
After experiencing much difficulty
in getting their appointments to hold,
it ml after deliberating all of yesterday
and much of this morning, the com
missioners shortly before noon today
finally named a liqUor control hoard
for this county. V I Spivey. well
known local man. was named chair
man, upon the motion ot?K ?Per-* ~
ry, seconded by t ommissioner L. C.
Fleming. Messrs. Jesse 1*. Crisp. Oak
C ity farmer, and Irving Smith, popu
lar young merchant of Kohersonville.
were named as members <?t the board.
Mr Spivey accepted the appoint
ment in a few words, pledging his ef
forts in efficiently and properly han
dling the task and t<? make as much
money for the county as possible.
The Commissioners and control
board nuinlnn me inmidei nig the
problem today, and Chairman Spivey
said immediately following his appoint
ment that a meeting of his board
would he held as soon as possible,
probably tomorrow, with the idea ot
opening stores within the next few
days. The chairman informed the
commissioners that he was planning
to resign as manager of the \\ illiam
ston Baseball Club at once, his resig
nation to take cffjgyt today.
The selection of a hoard was con
sidered virtually settled late yesterday
when the hoard named I 1>. YVoolard ,
chairman, J. F. C risp, ami K. L
Smith members. -Mr Woolatd consid
ered the offer at length hut decided to
decline the position this morning- Mx-?
Smith was ruled ineligible as a mem
ber of the hoard, as lie was commis
sioner for the town <?f K"bersonv %
an elective office. Othei names were
considered, including ot Messrs
J K Winsb.w, J W Hines. Sylvester
Feel, l.eon Wilson, and S H (iriiue-.
Other (ham the -irpt^dntrncTit of ~3T
board for handling the sale of legal
liquor, nothing has been done How
ever, general plans are being formu
lated at a joint meeting of the board
and commissioners at - .10 this after
noon, and definite plans will he ad
vanced la??' to'hiy i'-irlv?loiiiut I u W
for opening stores
?It? iv TictnrvcTi ~that ttre board will
center its attention upon opening
stores at Williamston and Koherson
ville at first, probably within 10 days
or two weeks.' jum where the board
will find a store building here is ex
peetcd to prove a problem At Kob
ersonville it was unofficially said that
it would he possible to get the old
bank building or tip- building housing
Dr. Nelson's office on Main Street
there. These maters will he among
the first to 'he handled by the board^
Some discussion, unofficial of course
has been given the possible opening of
a store in Oak City, but the location
of a unit there will rest with the
board.
As soon as the commissioners com
plete their joint meeting with the
control board this afternoon, the^t will
have ended their business in arrang
ing the sale of legal, liquor.-- They
will, however, fill vacancies should any
occur before the four-year terms ex
pire.
Searching for Odd
Variety Palm Tree
The Jiurcau of Plant Indu>try of
Washington City is conducting ap
parently a wide search for (lie blue
palm tree Mr. Walter T. Swingle,
representative of the bureau, was in
this section a few days ago seeking
information on the particular palm.?
described as the most hardy of all the
palm family The plant usually is un
der three feet tall and seldom attains
a greater height.
It is not thought the palm grows
in this county, though it is possible
that the 'n iheltrcd?
spot where the conditions are ideal.
If any one knows of the palm grow
ing in these parts, the information will
4N?-bigWy-welioiiieU Uy llw bUHSIU.
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Local Kiwanians To Meet
Tomorrow at 1:15 P. M.
The regular meeting of the local
Kiwanis Club will be held in the Wom
an's Club Hail at 115 tomorrow aft
enoon, Pesident E. F. Moseley an
nounced troday.