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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 60 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. July 26, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1M9 GOING GETTING HARDER EVERY DAY IN LEAGUE Martins Win Three Out of Last Five But Drop To Fifth Place Competition in the Coastal Plain League is getting stronger daily as the teams complete this week two thirds of the season, and almost any thing can happen T>etween now and the 24th of next month, when the last games are scheduled. The Martins won three of the five games played since last Monday, but even then they slipped into fifth place. The other teams in the lower postiions were picking up in the meantime, Goldsboro having handed Greenville, the leaders, two straight defeats. Numerous changes in the line-up featured activities locally this week, Chappell replacing Marable at second and several new pitchers coming tn, with other changes in the making. Doc Allen, of An^onville, and \V. E. Lyter, of Whistler, Ala., reported and played in the double bill with New Bern here Wednesday. A third new pitcher, Cassell, is expected in the next day or two from Culpepper, Va. Johnson, Morris, and Abbott have been released from further duty on the mound, aud Johnnie Doyle left West Virginia this morning for work behind the bat. Other changes in the line up are pending, but none can be made after next Wednesday, it is under stood. Last Tuesday, the "Martins divided a double bill with Snow Hill at Snow Hill, 8 to 5 and 3 to 4. Gardner pitched the first game, and Abbott started the second. Gaddy relieved Abbott in the sixth, and, although he held Snow Hill hitle.ss, he got credit for the loss House and Leary fea tured'at bat with home runs, each get ting bn't in the firs't game and Leary another in the nightcap. House also got two double and a single in^the ."Oprftf^making it 4 for 5 trips: Two of the Martins' new pitchers, Allen and Lyter, showed up well in the double victory over New Bern ! here Wednesday afternoon. Alten turned the Bruins back with 8 hits, the Martins winning 6 to 3. The Mar-1 tins took the second game 6 to 4, with errors, accounted for all of New Bern's runs. Gaddy relieved him in the fifth and held his opponents hit less during the remainder of the game. The Martins had an off-day yester day and blew up over at New Bern, when they dropped the contest by the lop-sided score of 12 to 2. The Bruins made 12 hits, which they converted into 12 markers, with the aid of 5 er rors. Cherry started for the Martins but was relieved in the fifth after al lowing -b hits. .jjohmon yent_ in and they touched him for a like number of hits during the remainder of the game Officers on Track of Men Who Robbed Negro Here in June Trail Leads To Washington City and Arrests Are Expected Soon Piecing together fragments of in formation over a period of several weeks, County and local officers this week are believed to have struck the trail of the two negroes who held up and robbed King RttMick, Gfiffw* Township colored man, here the 21st of last month. The trail led the offi cers to Washington City, but up to today no arrest had been effected. However, the officers are almost cer tain that they are on the right track and that an arrest can be expected some time within the near fuure. Kiddick was seen in he Chevrolet sales room here making arrangements for the pucliase of a car on the 21st of June. The two men followed him to the bank and robbed him of $256 on his return to the garage. They fled in a Ford car, escaping the police at thatlttt Mr. Martin Undergoes An Operation at Rocky Mount Mr Wheeler Merlin, prominent lo cal attorney, confined to a Rocky Mont hoapital dnrinf the paat sev eral weeks underwent an operation there this morning, reports received here this afternoon stating that he was getting along very well at that time. "He stood the operation very well," a hoapital official said. Mr. Martin's condition continues guile serious, however, it ia understood. At one o'clock he had not come (rom under the anaesthetic, but he was expected to regain consciousness shortly liter that and receive a Wood transfusion, according to information Opening of New Street Being Held Up by Public Works Office Mix-Up Work on the opening of a new thoroughfare ? Mrashall Avenue ? through the Godard property from Haughton to Watts Street, continues at a standstill. Something has gone wrong in the ranks of the public works, group handling the labor free to the! town, reports stating that the author ities just overlooked sending the mon ey down for the payroll and the ac tivities, progressing mighty slowly be fore then, were stopped altogether. It is not known just when the project will be completed. Apparently all the engineers and bosses have not had time to get around, and work might be delayed for -their convenience. Several engineers were said to have visited the project recently. One counted the tools on the job, while another entered the inventory^ A cli max to the project came to the front when an engineer is said to have di rected that all ditches over 5 feet deep must be walled for the protection ot the workers. The ditch for the water and sewer lines on the new street is only about 5 1-2 feet deep and in firm dirt, but if free labor is used the sides of the ditch must be walled. Three houses are now under con struction in the particular property development, and other homes will be started soon, it is understood. Mr. Julius Peel started construc tion of a home on Beech Street just in front of the home of Mrs. H. L. Meador this week. Court Bears Down on Alleged Bootleggers; BOOSTER DAY Baseball officials and fans are planning a high spot in the sea son's play, with a boster day pro gram here next Tuesday afternoon when the Martins are scheduled to play Kinston a double-header. Special tickets are going on sale crowd is expected to witness the twin bill. Baseball booster days have been successfully held in other towns in this league re cently, and it is believed local fans will rally to the support of the plan next Tuesday. Regular admission fees will be charged at the gate, fans having the opportunity to see the two games for the price of one. 10 CASES CALLED INCOUNTY COURT LAST TUESDAY Attention Centered Around ?Violation of Liquor Statutes Ten cases were called in the county recorder's court last Tuesday, with interest centering around allied li quor law violations. Attorney Rob ert L. Coburn prosecuted the docket in the absence ??f his brothe.*, Solicitor W. H. Coburn. The case charging Harvey Manning] with firuig woods was nol prossed. Charlw Broun was fiml $50 and] taxrd wifti tire costs or g > to ihe rosdr for violating the liquor laws. Maik Lyons, another colored man up (or a similar offense, drew thr same sen tence as was imposed on Brown. Hen ry Jones, also colored, was lined. $25 and taxed with the costs for the al leged violation of the liquor laws. Failure U pay means four months on the roads for him. James Henry Walston, c.ilorcd, was sentenced to the roads for 60 days for the theft of a watermelon. His part ner, Frank Powell, charged with aid ing and abetting in the theft, was found not guilty Walston purchased a watermelon from Merchant L. C. Nurney, and it was green. Walston asked that it be replaced, but Nur ney maintained that he did not guar antee the melon was ripe. Walston is said to have "walked oft" with anoth er, and the act placed him on the roads for two mnths. Howard Cherry was fined $100 and taxed with the costs for the alleged violation of the liquor laws. If he preferred to do so he could serve five months on the roads and not pay the fine. He appealed, however. Annie Bellamy was sentenced to i jail for 60 days on a liquor law viola tion count. The Robersonville col ored woman was trapped, so to speak, in the sale of bootleg liquor. Officers marked a 50-cent piece, shifted it to a customer who bought liquor from her and then raided her home, found liquor and the marked money. She appealed to the superior court, and bond was required in the sum of $100. Lester Whitaker, a fairly clever young white man, pleaded guilty of driving a car while intoxicated. The court continued judgment until next Tuesday. Tlw case charging t-oiion Hardy I with carnal knowledge was continued | until the first Tuesday in October. Nobody Hurt in Wreck Near Here Wednesday \ Messrs. T. B. Slade and Joe Hop kins escaped uninjured when their cars crashed just ofl^lVN^hard surface on the Hardison Milt roam,.pear Holly Springs church, Wednesday afternoon. Considerable damage was done to the | Hopkins cats, it was said. Fines and Sentences Are Handed Down Despite Uncertainty $50 and $100 Fines Levied, With Alternative of Jail Sentence A1U4uLhauUci!KCts m tinj' ?'?n>y |?st-a.ul dcci.le.IW ?o-.n *''"r fi,r5t contest in the courts since the I as quotank Ac. became ^ttve. whc. Judge H o p-cl bore down . n them with a heavy hand in the recorder, court la,. Tuesday Fines to the tune of $50, and even $100 m qne-case. and road and jail sentences were impo-ed and meted out after a businesslike an stem fashion. There miftht he sonic uncertainty as to the legal.-v of some liquor laws, hut Judge It made certain his position thai the person caught vrth bootleg liquor .? guilty in his sight. The judge is un derstood to have.Jtone _so JSLM-S. suggest that alleged liquor Joint, might be padlocked at any time. A test ease originated in the coun ty ,-o.irt last Tuesday, when Hojvard Cherry, employee in a hot-dog stand at Williamston, was fined $100 or t ic alleged possession of a hah gallon of liquor for sale. Cherry, said to be only IV years of age, faded to prove that the liquor he had was not tor sale. The judge handed down an al ternative judgment, making it pos sible for the young man to escape the payment of the $100 fii* by serving five months on the roads, llr.wcver. neither of the provisions was favor ably received and Cherry appealed to TTrTffghrrronrt, Judge Peer requirm* bond in the sum of $200. Until the Cherry case, or others ot nr...,. rearh ihe?higher courts, it is likely that the county tribunal will continue to bear down on alleged violators of the liquor laws.l And if the superior court concurs in the county court doings, then it will continue just to bad lor the bootleg gers falling into the hands of the law. Presbyterians Announce Services for Next Sunday Williamston: Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preaching service, 11 a. m. Mis. Mary Ann Crockett will sing at the morning service. i Poplar Point: Sunday school at p. m. ?' . . Roberson's Chapel: Sunday school at 4 p. m.?Mr. Chesley Jones, sup erintendent. Bear Grass: Sunday school, 9.30 a. m. Mr. J. H. Koberson will teach the adult Bible class. The Y"un? People's 1-eague will meet at 715 in the church auditorium. Preaching ai 8:15. " _ ' Regular Service Sunday at Riddicks Grove Church Rev. W. B Harrington will con duct the regular preaching services at the Kiddick's Grove Baptist church onj Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. CAPTURE YOUNG MAN AT STILL IN POPLAR POINT Is First Arrest for Making Liquor Since New Law Became Effective Aubrey Pierce, young while man. and a cupper liquor still were capiured in Poplar Point TowmSp >e-terday afternoon by Officers Joe H. Roebuck and Roy Peel, marking the first shot set off by the law against illicit lisuor manufacturing in this county. The young man was operating the plant jalone and had about one gallon* of li uqof on hand when the officers ar 'rived. The plant and equipment were destroyed. Pierce was placed under a $100 bond tor his appearance rn the county court here next Tuesday. His ca-^c is ex pected to attract right much atten tion, since it is the first to come he fore Judge HO. Peel since~Ttre~pass age of the Pasquotank act. The new liquor law provides heavy penalties foi illicit-manufacturing."it is under stood. Reliable reports indicate that liquor manufacturing is progressing on an unusually small scale in this county, the operators of the illicit plants hav ing ceased operations in a majority of eases two weeks or more ago. Liquor supplies heretofore considered inex haustible are running dry rapidly in the woods and swamps of this county, ilie reports stated. Officers are un derstood to be keeping in close touch with the situation, and - explain -tbaC the small number of arress is due to the fact that illicit manufacturing is now carried on on such a small scale. Idle plants are reported over the county, and patrons of the manu facturers are said to he finding it next to impossible to get liquor in this county. ? ? Lightning Kills Two Mules and Sets Fire To Barn Near Here Little Damage Done by Fire But Mules Were Valuer!? At $250 Each Two mules, valued at $500, were kilted 1>y lightning and the stable of Ira Rogers, farmer living a short distance from here on the Washing ton Road, were fired about 10:15 las night. Williamston volunteer firemen answered a call from Mr. Rogers, hut neighbors and others had the fire out when the town's fire fighting apparatus reached there. Very little damage was-'.done l?y the fire. Pile bull struck a tree and jumped to the barn, traveling to the far end of the structure before striking the ground. Tfrr?mules?were?killed?rm* stantly, hut two chickens in the same | stall with "one of the mules were not hurt. 'The electrical storm wa? one of the most severe to strike here this sum mer, but other than the damage at the Rogers farm, no property loss was reported in this community. A little over one-half an inch of rain fell, bringing the t<*la 1 so far this month up to nearly 8 inches here. Local Furniture Men At High Point Show Messrs. B. S. Courtney and Joe David Thrower, of the Courtney Fur ard, of the VanDyke Furniture Coin pany here, are attending the High Point furniture show this week, and are placing orders for the late sum mer and early fall business. Services for Hamilton Church Announced St. Martin's, Hamilton. Rev. K. F Moscjcy, rector, i Shurch school, 9: 45 a. m. Holy, communion and sermon, at 11a. m. ^?F.vening prayer and -sermon at 8, Liquor Stores in Wet Counties May Bar Sale Wine Except in The recently enacted laws for the , legal sale of wines and liquors in tlx Slate continue to present new prob lems as to the legality of certain acta. Until the State Supreme (.'our gets a test case, it is agreed that the sale of liquors isjegal in those counties vot ing for control. The Coburn wine law is affected in those counties sell ing liquor, it is understood. The Pas quotank Act, reports state, makes it unlawful to sell any alcoholic bev erage of more than 5 per cent potency except in the control stores of those counties voting wet. Wine U otj sate generally over many of the counties with control stores, it is reporter!. At the same time it i# legal for any store to sell wine in the dry counties. No effort has been made to confine wine sales to the control stores in the w?.t counties, it is understood, and it is-hardly likely that any will he made. Beer, with its limitation of 5 per cent alcohol, is not affected Recent lower-court rulings make the sale of wine manufactured out side of the state legal in this state. Preliminary Plans Under Way To Boost Local Mart Recent Survey Shows Local Light and Power Rate Is Among Lowest in State William*ton and other towns served] by the VirKinia Klectric and Power Company have the lowest power and, light rate in the state, according to a recent survey made and released by I the Federal Power Commission. The rate here for 25 kilowatt hours is! $l.f>3, as compared with $1.73 for the next lowest rate reported in the sur vey. Throughout the scale, the V, K & P. Company rates compare favor-' ably with atry and alt of those report ed in the survey. The .towns ci>vercd -by?the?survey arc served by 24 utility companies and b8 municipal plants. While some of jthe municipal plants have low rates, most of them havfc very high rates. | One reason for the high rate-, is the I disposition of some towns to use plant I proceeds for tax reduction; another is the high rates paid by some for the I purchase of power at wholesale from | the utility companies. The survey discloses one fact that lis no doubt a surprise to most people; i that it is in the largest cities of the [state that the highest rates prevail | whether for small, medium or large ? consumers. It will strike most people a- rvmarkabkv liuil_ laita arc SO much higher itt some of these cities than in others. Vaccination All Dogs Now Required by Law Campaign Will Get Under W ay 7n Two Townships Saturday Inspectors To Be At Oak City, Hamilton, Hassell Saturday Martin County will launch it^ anti rabies campaign in* this county tomor row, with vaccination clinics '--whvd ulftl for Hamilton ami Goose Nest. TiVwh ships, Sheriff C ' 'TC Koelfuck '.iii uouucetl today?Next Wednesday alt ernoon clinics will he held in Poplar Point and Williainston Townships, the officer in charge of the work stating that A>a Tom Kdwards would he at the old Ballard schoplhouse for Pop lar 'ol'viivl he at the courthouse here to handle the vaccinations for this township. Other dates for clinics will be an nounced shortly, the sheriff explaining that the campaign would he rushed to completion with the possibility of end ing it Saturday of next week or the early part of the following week Mr. J. W. Hines will handle the vaccinations for all of Goose Nest Township, and Messrs. Steve Ivwell and George l.eggett will he at Ham ilton and Hassell, respectively. I^j^va Township. Inspectors have been named for near ly all the other townships ami during the Hext week anti rabies activities will he handled a-, rapidly as possible The vaccinations in this county have been delayed several weeks bec&use vaccine was not available. The first 300 of an order of approximately 2,000 doses was received this week, and ai Irangeineiits for the clinics were made immediately. Several hundred more doses will he available next Wednes day for the clinics in Williamson and i'oplar Point Townships. Under the law, every dog owner must have his dog or dogs vaccinated If lie fails to do so, inspectors and officers are directed to kill the dogs. While the owner is required to pay 50 cents to the inspector when a dog mount when settlement of P>34 taxes is made. In other words, the vacci-l nation costs the owner nothing in tin end. While the, anti-rabies law was de I signed primarily to eliminate as far as possible the danger of hydrophobia, it| is expected to thin out considerably the number of worthless stray dogs over the county. Clinics have been declared highly successful in several near-by counties, and the dog crop was considerably re duced in those cases where the own ers failed to cooperate in the campaign, it was stated. Each dog will he tagged following the vaccination, and certificates will be given the owners and duplicates will he hied with the state, it is un derstood. i One Service Sunday at Local Baptist Church Sunday morning the pastor of the local Baptist church will preach At II o'clock, and at 8 o'clock that eve ning thin congregation is asked to wor ship at the Methodist church at the union service. During the summer weeks the people who arc concerned about the churches at all should find themselves meeting regularly for the j stated worship. Visitors and new PASS GRADING ACT The Flannagan bill, designed to establish government grading of tobacco, was passed by the Na tional House of Representatives Thursday and now goes to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain. As the bill is understood here, government grading of tobacco will be effective only after two thirds of the farmers have favored it in a referendum. COUNTY NATIVE SERIOUSLY HURT IN AUTO WRECK Mrs. Paul Alford in Tarboro Hospital; Three Others Arc Killed Mrs. Paul W. Alford, native of Rob eisonville, and daughter <>f the late John Smith, was critically injured,J|icr four-year-old son and Mr. and Mr*. Clarence t Harris, of h'arniville, weie killed in an automobile truck collision between Tarboro and l armvillc about 11 o'clock last Saturday inght. Mrs. AlforcT who was Miss Ida Smith be Tarboro,' where her injuries are con sidered critical. She.suffered a brok en nose, two fractures <>f the hip, and other injuries. The child died a few niljiuics after he Was placed lit U hos pital. Mr. Harris, 28 years old, died ?f a fractured skull Monday morn ing, Mrs. Harris having died the prev ious morning, or about seven houis following the Wreck. Miss l'olly Hundy, 16 years obi, and sister of .Mrs, Harris, suffered a frac ture of the skull, and Mr. Alford sits tained minor injuries. The two-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harris was hurt internally, but lire three people arc expected to rectWer, according to last reports reaching here. The truck <1 river, Raymond Harris, of Old Spar ta, was said to have sulfercd only min or injuries. The 1'armvillc man and the dx oc cupants of his small automobile were en route to their homes in 1'armvillc From Rocky Mount when they met the truck. The latter was said to have been going at an excessive rate of speed and weaving back and forth across the highway. As the two vehicles approached each other, the truck cut across the road and struck the loaded automobile, it J was stated. The car was overturned and demolished. I ? $25,000 Suit P iled Here Yesterday A $45,000 damage suit was tiled tlif Martin County Superior Court here yesterday by Attorney K. S. Peel for Mf. T<U? Mat it'll against Mr. J, Henry llarrell and the National Lead < ompany, a* a result of injuries re ceived in an automobile a rident. Mr. Tom llarrell, farmer living in the Gold Point section of this county, suf fered critical injuries to his back when the defendant's car was wrecked near Morganton last November. Mr. llar rell was confined to a hospital for a while and continues in feeble health as a result of the wreck, it was reported. It is understood that the defandant carried insurance on hii car. Warehousemen and Business Men Hold Meeting Wednesday > Steering Committee Named And Will Get Busy Immediately ? Plans for advancing the William ston tobacco market?the market that made the greatest gain in aal? of any market in the country last season? were tentatively formulated at a meet ing of tht' Ten Million 1'ound Booster Club in the Atlantic Hotel last Wed nesday evening. Following the very, vcrv successful season of the market last year, people in this community have and are willingly pledging their efforts to boost this market this year and in the years to come. That a combined support can be expected was virtually assured this week, when Sales Manager K. W. Mc Far land called a meeting of ware housemen and business men together for a discussion <>f the situation, and things were done then and there, that are expected to help place this market in the top size class. eral sticks could be easily broken in dividually, but when bound together the sticks were too strong to be brok en. He went on to explain that this market, its operators, the merchants, anil the people in this community had formed a solid drive that could not be checked With every one pulling to gether1, the market can well he expect ed to advance, for it lias every advan tage to he found iti the business, in cluding a mutual uuferstanding among ^?ricwrnesl; .? The sales tatistician, who will b? here permanently within the next tew days, named a steering committee, and the members immediately started for mulating plans for advancing the uiar kit. Mt W. I Skinner was named chairman of the grolip, and he will be assisted by Messrs" (T FT Ha rrisoii, Frank J. Margolis, I (). Moore as business representatives, and Messrs. "W. tt Ingram, S A*, (iriffin and Car lyle Langley as representatives of the tobacco warehousemen No definite plans have been an nounced by the steering committee, but some are being seriously consid ered and arrangements for an effective campaign -will likely be completed within the next few days During the meantime, an appeal is going out to all the people of this section to starr talking and continue talking the ad vantages the Willianiston Tobacco [market holds for its natrons. Never in its history has the market had more talking points than it has today, in lutling able warehousemen, ideal To latioti, shipping advantages, personal attention and genuine friendship, with considerate buyers and ati experienced and capable leadership in the service ? I Sales Director K. W. McFarland. The Willianiston market made an itviable record last season; (he stage s all set for an even greater record this season. All it asks of the farm ers is a lair trial to prove that tobacco ii In sold on equal, if not better, terms at Willianiston than on any mar icrt in the entire belt. ? federal Officers Active in Bertie Federal officers nave been active in Bertie County this week, capturing one or two stills, 52 gallons of liquor, and several alleged liquor manufacturers. M. ti. Myers,and C harles D. Phelps, white men, were given a preliminary hearing here last evening, when they were formally charged with aiding and abetting in the manufacture of liquor without paying any tax. They were hound over to" the Federal court under $1(H) bonds each. Agents Dempsey, (?. W. Mallard and A. E. Bennett were in the raid. ' Myers was arrested when officers saw him leave his field and rush to I his home and return with his gun. He is alleged to have fired into the air as I a ngnali but wh?t questioned be said ' that he was~shootinK a snake. The reptile could not he found, however, it was said. Program oi Services At Methodist Church ? Following ifr the program of serv ices at the Methodist church for Sun day, July 28: The usual Sunday school, 9: 45. Worship service, 11 a. m. Union !eryk|Ll_y. m,
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