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Waicfc At Lahtl Oa Taw At It. Canitt At Dttt THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 66 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 16,1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 MARTINS, BACKS TO WALL, PUT UP FIGHT FOR LIFE Now Following the Ayden Aces by One and One Half Games Their backs to the wall, the Mar tins started fighting for life and | fourth position in the Coastal Plain League this week, local fans con tinuing to hold high hopes that the boys will make the grade and get in the semi-flnal entangelements week after next. Ayden, now in fourth position, is leading the Mar tins by only one and one-half games. After today, the Martins have nine games to play, four of them with Greenville, and a great many things can happen before the schedule is completed. The two rained-out games with Greenville will be played one next Sunday at Greenville and the second here on Sunday week. Holders of top place in the league will meet the fourth place club, and the holders of second and third po sitions will meet in the semi-finals, the winners of three out of five games meeting in the little world series for the league championship, which will go to the club winning four out of seven games. Coming out of a slump that cost them six straight losses, the Mar tha reentered the league last Tues day by defeating Goldsboro 2 to 0, at Goldsboro. They had to wade through 12 innings to do it, but the victory apparently proved a firm foundation to stand on, for they then took two striaght contests from Kinston Wednesday and Thursday. That 2-0 game at Goldsboro Tues day was an exciting affair, accord ing to all reports reaching here Cherry held the Bugs to 8 hits dur ing the lengthy contest, 'and the Martins touched Culler for IS, Cor bitt and Goodmon getting 4 each to lead at bat The Martins almost won the game in the flJilfth, Whin Corbitt attempted to reach home from second on Goodmon's single, but Bill Herring threw him out at the plate. The same thing happened again in the seventh, when Corbitt again attempted to come home from second on another single by Good mon and again missed the goal by skimpy inches, with Bill Herring a gain making a perfect throw. These two scoring attempts having failed, the game continued with the score 0-0 until the 12th. In that frame, House opened with a single, was forced at second by Leary, who lat er scored on Corbitt's double, and the second run came in when Cor bitt scored on Goodmon's single. The Martins made 12 hits off Tay lor to defeat Kinston 6 to 3 here Wednesday afternoon. Gaddy, pitch ing for the Martins, allowed only 0 hits. Abbitt went to the mound in the ninth with two on and none out. The visitors scored one run in that frame and made one hit off Abbitt. Leary had a perfect day at bat, making good on each of his five trips to the plate. Gay lord made 3 hits to follow with a good average. Yesterday, the Martins turned Kinston back at Kinston by the same score, 6 to 3, House hitting safely 4 out of 3 trips to the bat. Goodmon made 2 out of 4 to bat .300, the team as a whole touch ing Joyce for 13 hits. Cassell held Kinston to 7 hits, one of them be ing a homer in the second by Mor gan. Chappell was out of the game yesterday on account of malaria, and he is not expected in the con test with Greenville here this aft ernoon. Abbitt was also in bed with a temperature of 101, and Goodmon, although still in the game, has a mighty bad thumb. ? Planning Construction of Apartment House Here Mr. Robert Brown is planning the construction of four three-room apartmenti next to his home on Hassell Street here, it was learned today. Contract for the structure estimated to cost approximately $6,000, will get under way within the next wedk or two, it is planned. Rev. Fred Weaver Starts Revival at Bethany Soon Rev. Fred Weaver, of Mount Olive will occupy the pulpit in the Beth any Holiness church, near here, dur beginning next Tuesday night, it was announced today. The meet ing will continue two or three ing a series of revival services there weeks, and is to be started by the pastor Sunday. ? Mrs. Frank Qorham and son, Frank, and daughter,' Miss Mary Elizabeth Gorahm, of Tarboro. visil ed Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Burras hare yesterday. Will Rogers and Wiley Post Killed in Crash Last Night Will Rogers, humorist, actor and writer, and Wiley Post, famed aviator, crashed to their deaths at a small Eskimo vil lage, IS miles from Point Bar row, Alaska, last night. Meager reports from the most northern point of civilisation this after noon stated that the two men, figures of world-wide promi nence, were killed instantly when the plane, piloted by Post, nose dived fifty feet to earth. Their bodies are being removed by Coast Guardsmen to Nome, Alaska, and will be flown borne from there, the reports falling to Indicate when the bodies would reach the States. Shortly before the crash, the plane was forced down by en fine trouble. Repairs were said to have been made at the small Eskimo villsf e, and the two men started to continue their journey. The plane had gained an altitude of only about fifty feet when trouble developed, causing the ship to crash to the earth. First news of the tragedy was not received here until about lb:M this morning, the happen ing coming as one of the great est shocks to the American peo ple in years. RELIEF WORK IN STATE BEING ABANDONED BY NATIONAL AGENCIES CARDS MOST READY ] i I ) The approximately 1,SM to bacco farmera in this county are being notified directly this week to call for their marketinf cards next week, beginning Monday. 411 of should reach the growers not later than tomorrow. Assistant Agent M. L. Barnes explaining that it will be necessary for the farmers to bring the notification cards when they call in person for the slips. Where cards are to be issued to landlords and tenants, each will have to sign his own card. In other words, the landlord can not sign a card for his tenant. It was pointed out. Negro From County Is Killed in Halifax Wednesday Night Shot, Believed Intended for Another Man, Kills John Spruilj John Spruill, 30-year-old Martin County negro, was murdered about midnight Wednesday just across the line in Palymra, Halifax Coun ty, reports indicating he was killed by Curtis Baker, colored, of Hali fax County. Spruill, struck in the head with a bullet, died almost in stantly, it was said. Curtis fled and had not been arrested this morn nig. Spruill a married man, went with "Bo" Savage, colored, to see some of their women friends in Pal myra early Wednesday evening, it was said. It seems that Savage's girl, accompanied by Baker, hatT gone to a party. Spruill and Sav age followed her there and she is said to have turned down Baker for Savage. Baker is believed to have ambushed himself near the girl's home, and as Spruill and his girl, riding on the front seat, and Savage and his girl, riding on the back seat of Spruill's Ford car, came along he fired twice, the first shot taking effect in Spruill's head and the sec ond missing its mark. No one else was hurt. It is believed that Baker planned to kill Savage and shot the wrong man. Ten From County Go To CCC Camps Ten Martin County boy?, one white and nine colored, enrolled thia week for service in the Civilian Conservation Corps camps and re ported yesterday morning at Wash ington for entrance examinations, just where they will Be located could not be learned. The only white boy in the group is Eli Staton Stalls, of Everetta. The names of the colored are: James Oliver Andrews, William Rogers, Jr. *"n Henry Kwnrfli. Trf Jmmii Leroy Smith and Kader Harmon Green, all of Williamston; Leamon Sherrod and William C. Parker, oi Oak City; and Wilton Boggs, of Jamesvilla. ; t Episcopal Services At Two Points Sunday ?? 1 Ninth Sunday After Trinity Church school, 9:45 a. m. Morn ing prayer and sermon, 11 o'clock. Church school and pfeechmg a< 2:90 p. m. 264 Family Heads on Rolls at This Time In Martin County Not More Than Half Of Those On Relief Will Qualify for Jobs While the liquidation of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Admin istration gets under way over the State, no definite plans have been announced for shifting around 264 family heads in this county to the new Public Works Administration wing, according to unofficial re ports heard here this week. Other than that the relief business is be lieved nearing an end in this coun ty, very little oatr be learned about the government programs as they are planned to effect this county. Relief activities continue here to day, but it is understood that the quotas have been exhausted, or vir tually so, and those administering the relief do not know whether they hold Jobs or are playing Santa Clans to the Federal government. Press reports this week indicated the county units of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration would continue intact, but as far as it could be learned yesterday no official order to that effect had been received here at that time. Much has been said about consolidation of districts and the ap[?>intment of ad ministrators, but no Information as to how the authorities are going to shift 134 women workers and 130 employable men in this county to jobs that have not yet been creat ed; The only work program that has been given any consideration at all in this county is the several pro posed school projects that call (or the expenditure of approximately $100, 000. Until these projects are ap proved and work is started, there will be; very little employment to offer the unemployed. To be sure, there is a sewer ditch that was left incomplete for one cause or another over on Marshall Avenue, and some of the "unemployed might be as signed work there for a few weeks. And then the mosquitoes are still with us, and it might be possible tc cut a few more ditches in the name of sanitation and give employment to some deserving person who hai diligently, untiringly and hopeless ly failed to And work. Many of the unemployed now or the relief rolls In this county havi registered for any jobs that might be offered. Very few of them art skilled workmen, and this existinf ' condition can hardly be considered favorable in handling mechanical projects. Hardly more than half ol those registering," and there are a few who have failed to register, will qualify for the jobs that can be ex pected if and when the school build j^g program jcti under way. ? - Present plans call for the liquida tion of the ERA in North Carolim by November 1. Employment must be furnished clients now on reliel rolls by the WPA, PWA, road-build ing program, CCC, Resettlement Administration and other agencies Mrs. O'Berry, in a recent state ?aent, declared that some of tlx 66,000 cases now on relief would not be employable under the new works program and warned Iocs communities to be prepared to tak< care of those who are not given jobi Methodist Church Sunday Church school at 9:43 a. m., anc preaching service at 11 a. m. The union service will be held it this church at 8:00 o'clock Sundaj evening. The public is eordiali] invited to attend. COUNTY'S DRIVE AGAINST RABIES BROUGHT TO END Report Shows 3,002 Dogs Were Vaccinated In County Recently Martin County1! drive against rabies was brought to a close this week, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck in charge of the campaign, stating this morning that the movement had been very successful. During the campaign 3,002 dogs were vaccinat ed, the sheriff explaining that ap proximately 500 other dogs had been vaccinated by the owners be fore the campaign was started by the county. Vaccinations were re ported by townships, as follows: Hamilton, 274; Goose Nest, 392; Poplar Point, 149; Robersonville, 501; Cross Roads. 238; Williamston, 476; Bear Grass. 254; Williams, 123; Griffins, 175, and Jamesville, 320. The sheriff estimated there arc about 50 dogs in the county that have not been vaccinated. Nearly 100 dogs have been killed over the county, most of this number having been unclaimed. Very little trou ble was experienced in carrying on the anti-rabies drive, the sheriff saying that the owners had co operated splendidly. Checking the 1934 tax books, the sheriff found only about 1,500 dogs listed for taxation in the county, ever, probably 1,000 of the number were too young for listing, the officer estimating that the 1935 listings will show an increase of a bout 1,000 or 1,200 dogs as a result of the anti-rabies drive. Records are being carefully checked, and numbers of cases have been found where dogs, several years old, have never listed for taxation. It is not known Just what the county com missioners will do in those cases of non-listing, but it' is believed tbey will order the dogs entered "for 1D35 itgxes and probably at twice the regular amount. Money paid by the owners in having their dogs vaccinated will be credited to the dog owners' tax accounts, and to get the credit, the owners must present their vaccina tion receipts. The campaign cost Like county ap FToximately $1,500, most of which will be regained by the increased number of dogs to be listed during the current tax year. ERA Worker Gets Transfer to WPA W. R. Copeland, for several months connected with the local county unit of the mergency relief administra tion, has been appointed assistant labor supervisor to W. O, Saunders, who is slated to head that work in the new Works Program Administra tion set-up, it was learned here this week. Mr. Copeland, who will like ly have headquarters here, will work in 14 counties, it is understood. As far as it could be learned to day, no other members of the local office of the Emergency Relief Ad ministration had been transferred or would be considered for positions in the new set-up. Miss Huldah Rob erson, an employee in the local of fice for some time, resigned recently and is now employed by the Wil liamston Motor Company. Rev. DuBose To Preach In County Next Sunday The usual services will be held al all points next Sunday. Rev. S. W , DuBose, of Pocomoke, Md., will b? with us at some of these services. Go to church every Sunday, ever i if it rains, for rain On Sunday is no wetter than rain on Monday. All members are urged to attend the Union Service at Ngfiit. Man Narrowly Escapes Drowning in Roanoke i John Long, Jamesvitle man, wai reported to have narrowly escaped ' drowning when fell into the Roa ' noke River there yesterday. Henry 1 Holliday saved the man, it was said Long, with others, was attendini 1 a plenid on a barge and was leaving when he fell into the water. ? I Old Town Nine Loses Another To New Towr. The New Town baseball boys last Wednesday proved their ability tc win at will over the lads in Old Town when they ran up a score ol 17 to 8. The Old Town pitchei claimed 5 strike-outs in one inning but no records of hits, errors, and umpiring slips were kept. r It was about the fifth victory foi the New Towners this season. Tobacco Growers With Excessive Poundage May Sell Surplus by Purchasing Additional Allotments Nearly All Leaf Contracts Forwarded To Washington Nearly all the tobacco com pliance contracts, and many of those covering the peanut crop In this county have been for warded from Raleich to VVash infton, and rental checks on to bacco lands and benefit pay ments on peanuts should start reaching here some time In early September. Government forces started preparing checks for tobacco farmers in the lower belts last Monday, it Is under stood, and It will be at least two weeks before checks for that section can be completed. It Is understood. Contracts from this county are amon| the first to reach Washington from this belt, it is understood, and Martin farmers should be among the first to start receiving their rental checks. REHABILITATION OF RURAL WORKERS IN COUNTY IS SUCCESS Farm Crops Valued At $30,000 Raised bv 30 on Countv Farms Most of the Rehabilitation Farmers On Road To Economic Freedom Reliable information gathered here yesterday clearly indicates the Rural Rehabilitation program spon sored by the Federal Government, will prove highly successful in the county this season if favorable ppice trends continue. The thirty-farmers under the rehabilitation program ,wing in this county are expected to produce, or they have already pro duced, crops valued in excess of $30,000 this season. So far unoffic ial esitmates place the total expen diture in financing the work at a for each of the families. The farmers, with an average of eight children and prospects for one or two ere long, are successfully cul tivating 160 acres of peanuts, 30 acres of cotton, 62 acres of tobacco, 500 acres of corn, and the remainder of the 900 acres handled under the program in soybeans, hay, sweet po jtatnes, and so on. David Modlin. t heed of the work in this county, said yesterday that nearly all the crops are in splendid shage, that with fair prices prevailing this year, skveral of the farmers could make a sizeable purchase on a farm and have some left to start operations next season A few are not doing so well, he add ed, and explained, when questioned, that he did not know what could be done with those who have failed to take full advantage of the opportuni ties afforded them this year. Mr. Modlin was certain that near ly every one of the 30 farmers would be able to pay back with interest the money and supplies advanced them this season and pay for their mules and farming equipment. These items are fully charged against the rehabilitation farmers ^id a strict settlement can well be expected this fall. It is understood that many of the 30, grnbably 20. will be recommend ed for individual settlements anoth er year, with the opportunity to buy I their own land and establish their own homes. Details of the settle ment program are not definitely 'known here at the present time 1 Several rural families, including those of Toby Barber, Fate Roebuck Andrew Dixon and Roy Taylor, al white, and James Louis Wiggins, col ored, are doing well on governmenl lands down in Tyrrell County, ac cording to reports reaching here this week. The Magnolia farms in Tyr rell and the rural rehabilitation pro gram have removed nearly 300 peo ple from the relief rolls in this coun ty, and it is believed that a large majority of them will not And it | necessary to ask succor when the ! jprogram is completed Rev. James Smith Preacher In Baptist Church Sunday The Rev. James Smith will speak at the Memorial Baptist church or Sunday morning In a pulpit ex change with Mr. Dickey. Mr. Smith who la well known in Martin Coun ty, is now sullying the Baptist church of Tarboro in the absence ol Dr. Peacock, the pastor. Sundsj night the union service will be held in the Methodist church at 8 o' I clock. f STARTS WORK Approximately 100 people were given employment, here yesterday morning when the to bacco plant of the W. I. Skin ner Company started operations for the season. There were two applicants for every job. it was stated. Large shipments of tobacco from the border markets are ar riving here daily, but the plant is hardly expected to start night shifts before the market opens here on Monday, the 26th of this month. liiw Violations Hit Summer Slump; Few Cases for Recorder Number Arrested for Break ing Liquor Laws Also Is Declining A marked decrease in the number of liquor law violations in this coun ty has followed since Judge H. O. Peel began bearing down on the al leged violators in the county court since the pnssage of the new liquor taws: Probably trimo Is in its UI1U al summer slump, and a real test of the new liquor laws will not be .made until the tobacco markets open land other crops start moving to mar lict. However, a sufficient -number of liquor cases have been called in the courts of this county recently to serve as a timely warning to those who wodld chance a violation now and then. Last Tuesday, Judge Peel sen tenced Jesse Williams to the roads I for a period of four months for the 'alleged operation of an automobile 'while intoxicated Williams is to rc I appear before the court on October 1115 to begin the sentence, the court j requiring bond in the sum of $300 I Clarence Teel, charged with lar Iceny, was given a 00-day sentence II the court assiging him to the county jliome superintendent to work ttierc during the period. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case charging Mack Peterson with violat ing the alcoholic beverage control laws. Edgar Taylor was sentenced to the I roads for 60 days in the case charg ing him with larceny. Albert Wilson wax adjudged guil ty of reckless driving, the 30-day sentence to begin at the direction ol the court. The cases charging W. M. McClen ny, Joe, Theodore, and Harry Rob I erson with- assault, were continue*! | until the 27th of this month. Chas. Daniel, Accidentally Shot, Home from Hospital Charles ifcot at hia home near Holly Spring: church in Williams Township, twe weeks ago yesterday, was able tc leave a Washington hospital yester day, reports stating that he was get ting along unusually well. The bal let lodged in his back and was nol removed, t Young Daniel was hit by the small bullet when Henry Lee Har dison, young man, fired at a cat and missed. The bullet traveled under the Hardison house and struck Daniel more than 250 yard! Sale of Allotments Allowed by Ruling Of AAA Authorities Cards for Excess Will Be Available Only at Office of the County Agent The Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration this week announced the approval of an amendment to an administrative ruling under which contracting growers of flue cured tobacco who have complied . with their contracts and who have produced tobacco in excess of their allotments may obtain immediately increased allotments through the of fices of county agricultural agents. Under previous rulings, growers with production in excess of their allotments could obtain additional allotments only after sales had been completed by contracting growers with allotment deficits. The reason for the amendment announced this week is that in some pai ls uf the fluc--curcd tobacco beh, ? where markets were opened early, contracting growers with production beyond their allotments are having difficulty in finding producers with deficits who have completed their marketings. The new ruling permits contract ing growers with excess tobacco to purchase additional allotments from other growers, either before or aft er the latter have finished the sale of their tobacco, provided those sell ing allotments retain a sufficient a* momj,t of a 11mment undef their con ? tract* /:th?.;a^;-all of their which has not already been sold. In such cases, the transfer of al lotments will be made through the offices of county agents, but the payments will be made to the grow ers who sold the allotments. If a contracting grower with ex - cess?production is tinahle to pur chase additional allotments from other growers, he may go to a coun ty agent and obtain the additional allotment he requires by signing an agreement and by delivering to the county agent a certified check or postal money order made payable to the order of the United States Department of Agriculture in an a mount equal to 4 cents per pound ffir coch additional pound of sllot ment required. The funds accumulated through these direct payments will be used in making benefit payments to grow ers who cooperated in production adjustment. Under the terms of the Kerr Smith act, contracting growers of flue-cured tobacco were given al lotments of tobacco which might be sold and for which tax-j^ayment warrants might be issued, provided they had complied with their con tract wiht the Secretary of Agri culture to adjust production. To bacco of contracting growers in ex cess of allotments may not be sold unless additional allotments are ob tained. Producers under both Production Adjustment Contracts and Special Base Contracts may taken advan tage ot the plan. Producers who sell their unused allotments will a gree to forego the 1935 adjustment payments under their contracts. A producer who sells his unused allotment agrees to divide the mon ey received from the sale with any tobacco share-tenants and share croppers on the farm in the same proportion that the 1935 adjust ment payment provided by the con tract would have been distributed had the sale not been made. Mr Hutson pointed out that un (Continucd on page four) ? Call Received Here from London Late Yesterday In the first trans-Atlantic tele phone message to this town. Editor W. C. Manning yesterday afternoon told relatives he was getting along unusually well and was preparing to leave London for Paris dsortly. Mr Manning plana to continue 1o the Holy Land and will be away for about 10 weeks. The telephone call reached here at 5:20 from London, the editor en plaining that it was 10:20 p. m. there. His voice could be heard very distinctly, and the convefaa tion was handled as successfully aa a local or a long-distance call In this country. He did not call col lect and the cost of the could not be learned.
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