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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 61 Willimston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 30. 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 County Budget and Tax Rate To Be Considered by Commissioners At Special Meeting Next Saturday Generally Believed Rate Viill Be Same As For Past Year Authorities Not Expected to Consider Revenue from Liquor Next Saturday ? Martin County's budget for the fis cal year ending Wxt June will be con sidered at a special meeting of the commissioners next Saturday morn ing at 9:30 o'clock, it was announced yesterday l>y Mr. J. E. Pope, chalrmalT of the board. Property valuations and dther sources of revenue are being consid ered by the auditor in the preparation of figures for final consideration by the commissioners at the special meet ing.. which, it is believed, will last a greater part of the day. County officers hesitated to com ment on the expected rate that will be in effect, but it is generally believed the figure will be held at $1.50, the rate in effect for 1934. It is possible that a slight reduction might be ef fected .-when- all figures are entered and estimates are considered. An official report on the school re quirements is not available just at this time, but it is understood that the school budget will reflect a decrease despite the proposed $100,000 building program now pending. Bonded in debtedness, the main item in the bud get, will not vary very much, it is be lieved. Other funds will remain about the?same^ any increasing -probably be ing offset by decreases in. other de partments. Profits, should there be any from the legal liquor store sales, will not be considered in preparing the new bud get, Auditor J. Sam Getsirtgcr said. It is Possible that any money from liquor sales will be used for the pur chase of county bonds by the county, isue would only add to the confusion already surrounding the liquor laws, it is understood. Very little revenue is expected from the liquor store sales this year anyway, and inclusion or the leaving out of any revenue from that source will cause little variation in the budget figures, it is believed. Five Apply fok Farm Debt Adjustments at Meet Held Saturday Definite Action Postponed Until August 12 When Committee Meets Five applications for farm debt ad justments were received at a meeting of the Martin County Farm Debt Ad justment Committee in the county courthouse last Friday, but no definite action was taken at that time. A sec ond meeing will be held on August 12, when efforts will be made to effect adjustments. Facts in each of the five cases will be studied in the meantime, and a member of the committee said that they were hopeful agreeable set tlenients coutd ire rcachcd -nrraoitirtf" not all, the five cases before the group. Other applications will be considered at that time, and those wishing to have their farm debts considered should file notice with Miss Jones, secretary to the committee, at the courthouse promptly. Messrs. J. W. Hines, chairman, of -Oak City; and Eli Rodgers, ol Rob ersonville, represented the committee at the meeting last Friday, t ? Beaufort County Tax Rate Is Set at $1.07 ? ? Beaufort County's 1935 tax rate was tentatively set at $1.07 last week, or 11 cents above the figure for 1934. The rate is based on a property valuation of $19,938,820, not including corporate values. Darden's Department Store * - + d ? t ? ar ? mm a fl-J 1 otdaa oa/e Next oattiraay Darden's Department store here will observe its second aniversary with a big sale beginning Saturday of this week, it was announced today. Lespedexa Doubles Crop Yields for Union Farmer -o Including leapedeaa in the crop ro tation hat doubled the average yields of other crop* on the farm of J. B. Hnggfnt, of Lane'a Creek Townthip in Union Connty. Tobacco Said To Be Ripening Unusually Fast in Fields as Result of Recent Heavy Rains Activities on tobacco farms in this section reached an all-season busy peak this week, when farmers threw all their resources to the task of har vesting tobacco. All facilities for handling the crop have been brought into use, and even then' many farmers are already finding the task too great. A few reliable reports indicate that many farmers are finding their barns loo' small to handle the crops, which is said to be ripening unusually fast following heavy rains last week. As a rule, farmers are harvesting their third curings this week, while a few others are working on their fourth and fifth pullings. Successful curings are generally reported, and present prospects for a good crop are consid ered fair or about as good as usual for the most part. Some curings have turned out very light, but heavier to baccos are expected to follow the rains of last week, one of the few farmers seen here yesterday said. That there is something doing, and plenty of it, on the farms in this sec tion, is evidenced almost daily by the very small number of farmers on the streets these days. At one time yes terday there were less than a dozen people on one of the main business blocks and not one of them was a farmer. Local Building Boom Still Behind Demand OAK CITY STORE Martin County's third liquor ?tors will be opened for the sale of legal whisky at Oak City Thurs day morning. Chairman V. J. Spivey, of the County Control Board, said this morning.. Mr. Savage will be in charge of the store there, it was announced several weeks ago. Applications for store* at Hamil ton and Jamesville have been re ceived, but action has been delayed in those cases for the present, the members of the control board said. Officers Conduct Big Drive On Violators of All Liquor Laws Six Defendants Are Fined By Justice J. L. Hassell in His Court Last Night Town officers conducted one of the most effective drives against drunken ness and resulting disorder here over the past week-eTid i Ian at any time in recent months, a review of Justice J. L. Hasseir* trial docket this morn ings shows. Six of the defendants, charged with being diunk and dis orderly were fined by the trial justice last evening. John Lincoln, Joe James, Leroy Lloyd, Daniel Ryan and Jasper Wig gins were fined and taxed with the costs, amounting to 7 in each case. They were charged with disorderly conduct. William Speller, facing a similar charge, was fined and taxed to the tune of $6. W. M MeC'lenny waived examina tion and the case charging him with assaulting Theodore Roberson, young white boy, was sent to the recorder's: court for trial. Bond was field at $100. MeC'lenny then swore out a warrant charging Roberson and his brothers, Harry and Joe .with an as sault with a deadly weapon, and they were bound over to the county court for trial under $100 bonds each. Attorney Martin Reported Better in Hospital Today The condition of Mr. Wheeler Mar tin was reported some better yester day following an operation in a Rocky Mount hospital last Saturday- Re ports from the hospital where he has been confined for about two months were said to be encouraging. Two Medical Doctors Are Locating Here This Week Dr. W. JL JjciUon. of Hamlet, and Dr. W. F. Evans, of Richmond, are making arrangements today to locate here. Definite plans had not been com pleted this morning, but it is under stood the young doctors will open sep arate offices on the second floor of the Margolis Brothers building. The two young men come here high-, ly recommended, each having made ex cellent records in their studie^ and in terne work. Dr. Evans was graduated from the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond. Dr. Benton is a graduate of the medical college of the Univer sify ofSyracb**, Syracuse, N. Y. Housing Shortage Will Become Acute When Market 0|>ens Several New Homes Will Be Built Httt Within the Next Few Months Williamson's greatest building boom continue* unabated with the an nouncement that construction on sev eral new homes will be started just as soon as labor i? available. Many new Homes have been recently completed here, but even with those and others that are planned, Williamston is still faring one of the most acute housing shortages in its history. New apart ment* are being opened frequently, hut in nearly every case apartment* and homes are rented before alerations or construction activitis are even started. It is quite apparent that the hous ing shorage will present a serious problem when the tobacco market opens within e month. Hotels are filled and overrunning almost daily now, and apartments are not available at a premium. And while there is no solution at present to the situation, it is certain that some provisions can he made, and no matter how crowded j conditions may get,' Williamston peo ple will continue to say there's al | ways room for one more. Messrs. J. A. Manning and David I Modlin are considering the-construc tion of a 10-room duplex house on the corner of Warren and Haughton Street Extended. Mrs. Theodore Koberson is understood to be planning a 12-room duplex house on Simmons Avenue, and 8 or 10 lots have been purchased by prospective home own ers who plan to start building within the near future. j?Construction?work is?being pushed rapidly on the J. A. Manniug houses on Haughton Street Extended and on [the Norton home on Haughton Street. Foundations have been laid ami tim i bers have been raised for homes on the new street, Marshall Avenue, and .on Beech Street In front of the Mead lor home. The Nelson home on Haugh Uo? Street?has 4wen added to?eon siderably, and Dick Wynn has en larged his garage in the next Mack <??? the same street. Construction work on the handsome new brick home oi Mr. and Mrs. Iverson Skinner, on West Main Street, is progressing rap idly, and numerous homes are hping repaired and beautified/ A sizeable addition to the Planters Warehouse was only recently com pleted, and an addition to the New Farmers Warehouse is now nearing completion. Construction of a $25,000 lumber mill by Messrs. Saunders and of this or early next week, and the plant will be placed in operation im mediately. Business property is just not avail able at this time, one business having been forced to fold up a few days ago .when ordered to vacate for an other tenant. Tenants are now shar ing office space with one another, and business is branching out all the time. The new bos station wilt be opened on the corner of Haughton and Railroad Streets within the next few days. LOCALS TOLD TO FIFTH POSITION IN COASTAL LOOP Gaddy Pitches 4-Hit Ball, But Martins Lose Game To Greenville 2 To 0 The Martins held their position in the Coastal Plain loop over the week end even though they dropped both of the games played since last Friday. Rain apparently saved the locals a defeat at the hands of Greenville here last Friday afternoon. The visitors, were leading 4 to 0 when rain started falling in the last half of the fourth, cutting short what appeared certain victory for the Greenies. Parker's home run in the first with one on fail-1 vd to get into the records, adding to the visitor's disappointment. The Greenies won the second game of the series Saturday by the close count of 2 to 0 at Greenville.?Gaddy ,pitched a splendid game (or. the Mar* tins, allowing only four hits. It was a hard game to lose, but the Greenies just got the breaks and the credit I Yesterday Kinston turned the Mar tins back at Kinston by an 8 to 4 score. Keller upset the 4-all tie ii\the seventh when he hit a home run with three men on bases. Lyter started the game for the Martins but was re lieved in the first by Cherry. Chap pell was fined $5 when he went to his knees and pleaded for consideration jylicii L'mpirr Morgan called what ap peared to Chapped to be a strike a ball. Two >twkes were-on Keller at the time, and Chapped maintained that the batter should have been called out on the next pitched ball. The next offering by Cherry was knocked for a home run. This afternoon the club is observ ing booster day with a double header with Kinston here. New faces are in the line-up and more new faces will likely be in the game for the Martins tomorrow and Thursday, club officials announced today. 500 COUNTY DOGS ARE VACCINATED LAST SATURDAY To Complete Anti-Rabies Campaign In County As Soon as Possible The anti-rabies campaign was off t a good start last Saturday, when ncai ly 500 dogs were vaccinated in Hani ilton and Goose Nest Townships, r< ports from those centers indicatin that the owners are cooperating spier didly in the movement. Inspects Steve Kwcll vaccinated^07 in the tow of-Ttamiltnn, and Inspector Geo. Ley gett vaccinated 150 at Hassell. A Oak City Inspector J. W. Hines vac cruated 164 Saturday^ an J 46 Mondaj The number of dogs vaccinated, i one instance, was almost twice a great as the number listed in the sam district for taxation, it was reporte> by the sheriff's office. More dogs wer vaccinated in the two townships tha there are on the tax books, and ther are still others to be vaccinated o killed. Following the clinics Saturday, in spectors started killing those dog whose owners could not be found an< those whose owners refused to hav vaccinated. One or two of the in spectors were given supplies of am munition today to continue their driv< on stray dogs, it was said. ?Wednesday afternoon, clinics will lx held at the courthouse here and a the old Ballard sclioolhouse in Popla Point Township. A goodly number o dogs" have beCn vaccinated here al ready, hut even then several hundre< will likely be brought here fur treat ment tomorrow. Sheriff Roebuck, in general chargi of lh? (Mink's, plans to carry the cam paign into Cross Roads and Rober sonvillc Townships within the next few days or just as soon%as arrange ments can he made after the serum ii received. Definite dates will he an nounccd shortly, the sheriff said. Vac rinations will be held ar Three points, in Robersonville Township, one al Parniclf,, another at Gold Point and still another in the town of Roberson ville. It- is understood that all vac cinations fo/ Cross Roads Townships will he held at Everett*. but definite announcement of places will be made a* stren xaa. b? de termined. Man Badly Assaulted By Another Here Sundayj Ben Scolt, colored employee for I the Saundcrt Z Cox mill here, wat| bidly beaten over the hexd by a col ored nun, named Alkrittou, from Waehington, Sunday afternoon at Scott'a home below the river hill here. Atbrlllon i? laid to have unpad after striking Scott over the heed teveral timet with a board. Scott it expected to recover. T* .BBB 4-Year Contracts Will Be Given Tobacco Farmers Three Big Corporations Have Already Paid County Taxes Even Before Rate Determined A new record for the early payment! of taxes in this comity was reported yesterday, when the Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph Company, the Standard Oil Company, and the Vir ginia Electric and Power Company settled their 1935 accounts, totalling about $3,646. The payments were made _cyen_,before the new rate was determined, but the money was passed on the condition that any resulting~dif ferencc would be paid by the com panies or refunded by the county. The rate for the fiscal year ending next June will not be tentatively set until the latter part of this week, ant the tax accounts will not be due un til October. In other words, the coun ty will not be properly prepared tc receive payment of 19J5 taxes until after October 1? when the buoki. art scheduled to be turned over to the tax collector. Saunders and Cox Mill Expected To Begin Actual Sawing Work Here Early Part of Next Week Logging Operations Began Yesterday in Swamps of Roanoke Machinery Will Likely Be1 Tested Latter Part of This Week Operations will likely net underway attire Saunders mnl Cox lumber-mill-. on Roanoke River here sonic tim<* next week, Mr. Saunders, a partner in the firm, said yesterday "We stil! have eight much work to .do, \>ut we plan to raise steam in the boilers this week and complete other arrangements in time to start sawing operations next week," Mr. Saunders said. Tracks have been placed in the woods, and actual logging activities were started yesterday in the swamps and low lands along the upper Roanoke. Prep arations for sawing the first board arc being rapidly completed, and it is cvi dent now that the plant, one of the largest, if not the largest, in this en tire section, will be a scene of much activity within a short time. Fqtiipped with the latest type ma chinery, the plant has a capacity of bout 30,000 feet of lumber daily, and will furnish employment to the largest number laborers of any plant in this section. The plant, occupying three stories, grades the lumber as soon as 1 *t,av*'s tfie saw, and takes the out ?ut to the kilns, where heat circulated by a number of large fans condition-, the lumber for shipments. The three large boilers are automatically fired with sawdust and slabs that are ground to pieces by special machinery Logs arc pulled on cars to the sec ond story, where steam apparatus is used to place them on the carriage, which is also handled with steam. The mill is equipped with band saws in stead of the circular saw commonly seen at small mills in this section. The plant is owned by substantial men, whose coming here is regarded las one of the.most fortunate events fo [the town in recent years. ? Paul Godwin Critically III In Asheville Sanatorium Paul Godwin, popular young VY'il liamston man, continues critically ill in a private hospital near Asheville, reports received here yesterday indi cated. The young man was removed several weeks ago. Mrs. Godwin left yesterday to be with him. Maurice D. Watts Seriously III In Washington Hospital ? Mr. Maurice Waits, removed, to a Washington hospital last week, is described as critically ill there. Fatt reports indicate that he is about hold ing? his own, that recovery is not ex pected. Mr. Watts has experienced ill health for more than two years, but he was able to be hp most of the time until early last Friday when his condition suddenly became critical. ? ? Court Again Bearing Down On Liquor Law Violators ? Parly reports from the county court today indicated that Judge H. O. Peel was continuing to bear down on deal ers in bootleg liquors and drunken drivers. Six months road sentences were being considered in several cases, stating that the defendants had not definitely decided on appeals at that time to the higher courts. LATE OPENINGS That the schools in this State would be late in opening the new term was indicated in a report re leased by the State Board of Health this week. The health board advises that openings be de layed until the early part of Oc tober on account of .infantile pa ralysis. The dates for opening the schools are determined*by the county authorities, but it is likely that the advice of the health oT ticials will be fol*?we*i. -wra It is possible that fairs sched uled for September will also be de layed until October in accordance with advice from the health board. Several Changes Art ? Made in Line-up of Martins by Officials Winning Team Is Promised by Club Officials During Remainder of Season Making several changes in the local me Up and considering one or two iiore before the time limit expire* on Wednesday, officials stated this mo ru in# that a real hall team would he on lie field this week. "We believe the Martins will start climbing toward the op tdfis week," an official of tlm club ?aid this morning. Numerous changes have been made n the line up during the past two veeks or more, but the shifting is about >ver and .some real baseball can he ?xpccted from now on, it was stated? On the pitching staff now for the Martins are daddy, t'herry, Cardner, l.ytcr, Allen and Cassell. Boh Cassell, ?f !? ront Royal, Va . reported here last light and is scheduled for action un ucdiately. Johnnie Doyle is now he lind the hat. Cheek is on first, ( hap n il at second; Lcary, third; ami VVah er at short. Corbitt, injured in the icctcd to be back in the game the lat i'i part of this week at his old posi ion. Charlie Wood, of Richmond, >lavcd his first game yesterday in ight field. House continues at center ind Hack (jaylord is still in left field. <oodmon is working at various posi ions on the diamond and field. No changes in the line-up will lie illowcd after tomorrow, rules of the raguc requiring each club to finish the .rason without adding new players. W. C. Manning Sailed For England Yesterday I'.ditor W. C. Manning sailed yes erday afternoon at 4 o'clock from New York for England on the Brit anic. He will attend an international hurch conference in Leicester, Kng and, for several days. Leaving there lie latter part qf next week, he plans i tour of 1 ranee amf piobabljr a visit o the Holy land. He plans fo be a vay about two moutlis. Bryant Carstarphen Here On Visit From Texas Mr. Bryant Carstarphen, professor n the University of Texas, at Austin, -eturned to bis home here last week, lie spent several weeks visiting rel.v ivitiln Wisconsin after leaving ms lutics in the university, and will be ier< until about the 6rst oi Septem >er. Tobacco Production Program Extensions Outlined at Capital New Contract Forms Will Be Available Soon After Opening of Markets . Washington Tlit Agricultural Ad justment \dministrati<?n Monday an nounced tlut growers ot flue cured to bacco will I>e offered an adjustment program, covering the crop years of 1936 f 1939. inclusive, which is in effect a continuation of the program in force>lor the crop yeai > 1VJ4 and llU5. A> a result ai adjustment oi acre age and production in 1934 and 1935, surplus stocks which depressed prices have been removed. J. B. Hutson, di rector of the division of tobacco, sugar, rice, and peanuts, -aid. however, that indications were that without an ad justment program production of flue cured tobai h in 19.15 would he out of balance with ciisurnptiou t>> such an extent that prices would do line below parity price or. lair exchange value. Ninety-eight per cent of the growers . who V"T?'d?in?the tint vuii'd tohucco referendum held in June, 1935. voted in favor ot a program having the pro visions incorporated in the new "con tract. The program for the 1936-1939 per iod will: carry forward acreage and production basis already established willy such downward and upward ad-, justments as will result iiTmore ojui table bases; provide.ior one adjustment payment at'tltfc' cttd 'ot each contract? rrfiif imfi1 tch ?*????? . ? the acreage and,-production reduction which may be required in any one year. The new contracts wil be signed"by persons who are operating, farms as owners or cash or standing rent ten ants. In case a landlord does not supervise operation of his farm and xLc?entire farm is operated l>v one share tenant or share cropper, either the landlord or his tenant or share cropper may sign the contract. The ciintra t priides T5f 1 pay ment which will give growers a return "not less thafi the difference between the average farm price and the avcr avc parity pi ice" for that portion of the crop which is equal to domestic consumption. In other words, the payment will he of such an amount as will make up any ddlcttncy hvtvvvvu aUual Urm price received and pat My price on the domestic portion of the crop. A little over -40 pel cent of the flue- ured crop -t->?doim -ttt allv?consnnied The?rate of tlu adjustment payment for each year wilt be determined after sate of the crop. New contract forms will he avail able at county offices in the flue-cured belts after the opening of the markets. Notice of acceptance of contracts sign ed by growers must he given by the secretary of agriculture b> lebruary I. 1936, in order to he eltc tive lor that year. Heaviest Rainfall in Any Month in Years Is Reported for July Record for Period Expected To Show Nearly Twelve Inches of Rainfall * The heaviest rainfall for any month vim c A ugint, 1'Ml, Iihalready been reported this month and there's anoth er day to go lie lure records will be completed for the current period. An unusually heavy rainfall for July was tepoited prior to last Friday, whcti 2.27 inches of lain fell to set a new record for a single xaiu dming recent months. All in all, July has been a wet month. Just about the time the county voted for more and better liquor, rains be gan to fall, and up until today the on ly thing or thing** about to dry up, arc the bootleggers, reports declare. I.a-st month was the driest month siiKc last October, and the driest June in many year-*. Farmers were fran tic and some arc said to have prayed for rain, and conditions were beginning to get seciods along about ttic nrrty part of July when the first rain for weeks fell. Rut the situation reversed itself again,- for farmers became fran tic and prayed for dry weather, and a few more showers would have really dampened the crop hopes at one time, it is believed. ? # Mr. and Mrs M. L. Barnes return home todnv after visiting relatives and friends in Raleigh.
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