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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 70 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. August 30.1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 CLEAN-UP DAY IS HELD IN COUNTY COURT TUESDAY Number Cases Hanging Fire For Some Time Are Disposed of Th? Martin County Recorder's court held a clean-up session last Tuesday when it cleared from the docket several cases continued from previous sittings and brought the work up to the minute. Increased marketing activities did not trans pire in time to cause an increase in the number of cases on the docket last Tuesday, but more action can reasonably be expected next week. I Augustus Williams, charged with1 damage to property, was found not1 guilty. W. M. McClenny was adjudged i guilty of an assault and the court' fined him $23 and costs. Joe, Theo dore, and Harry Roberson, young' men, were defendants in the same case. Joe and Harry were adjudged not guilty, the court suspending judgment upon the payment of the cost in the case against the other young Roberson. Roy Eborn, the small colored boy who was slapped down, lost a piece of candy and landed in jail, is to ap pear before Judge L. Bruce Wynne, the county court having sent the case to the juvenile court. Laddin Jones was fined $25 and taxed with the cost in the case charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon. He was also -re quired to pay $10 to the prosecuting witness for doctor's bills. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case charging James Henry Brown with simple assault. "Butcher" and Dick Corey, charg ed with stealing a generator, were sentenced to the roads, 'Butcher' for six months and Dick for 90 days. Judgment was suspended upon the payment qf the cost in..the case charging LeRoy Roberson, and Ma jor Lloyd with an affray. Final Sermon by Mr. Dickey Sunday Rev. Charles H. Dickey, pastor of the local Baptist church for the past number of years, will preach his last sermon In the county in the Rob ersonville Christian church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock before entering upon his new duties with the State Baptist committee in Raleigh next Monday, It was learned here today. The minister will occupy the pulpit in the Everetts Baptist church that morning at the 11 o'clock hour, and Rev. E. C. Shoe, of Robersonville, will preach in the Baptist church here at the same hour. Mr. Dickey preached his last ser mon in the Baptist church here in July. County Will Get Forest Wardeq Service Soon In cooperation with the State De partment of Conservation and De velopment, Martin County will in stitute a forest-fire protection pro gram within the next few days, it was learned today. An organization for handling the work will be per fected here tomorrow or early next week, reports stated. Several com munity wardens will be named, and other personnel appointed shortly. Local Colored Man Is Jailed for Bootlegging Willie Green, colored man and an alleged strong competitor of the le gal liquor stores, was arrested this week by Officers J. H. Roebuck and J. H. Allsbrooks on Leggett's Lane here. The officers found three quarts of domestic liquor, two 5-gallon jugs, a stone jug, and a gallon glass jug in his home. Green was released under a $100 bond for his appearance in the county court next Tuesday. e County Commissioners To Hold Meet Monday An uneventful session of the coun ty commissioners is expected here next Monday J. Sam Getsinger, ex officio clerk to the board, stated yesterday that nothing but routine business had been scheduled for con aid oration at that time. The rou tine busines, including the appeals from the needy and less fortunate, will likely keep the authorities in session a greater part of the day. i No meeting of the county board of education will be held here next Monday, it was announced by the office of the superintendent here this morning. Building & Loan Will Begin Sale of New Series Next Week The Martin County Building and Loan Aaaociation opens its 37th stock series next week with prospects for one of the largest subscriptions in a number of years, officials of the organization stating this morning that several hundred shares have al ready been spoken for by people from various parts of the county and even some outside the county. While most of those planning to subscribe for shares are considering the con struction of homes, quite a few are turning to the association for one of the best investments to be found. Commenting on the opening of the 37th series next week, an official of the organization said yesterday that the present was the most ideal time for a large stock sale. He explained that the demand for homes locally had reached an all-time peak, that an investment in a home now has the promise of increasing value with ? in a very short time. Many of the homes constructed .here within the past few years have been advan tageously financed through the Mar tin County Building and Loan As sociation, and much of the progress of the town is traceable to the or ganization. Many applications have been filed with the Federal Housing Adminis tration, but that organization is func tioning slowly, and it is believed that prospective borrowers from the FHA will turn to the building and loan association immediately and start building operations within a short time. The building and loan | way, both from a building and sav-1 ing standpoint, compares very fav orably with the FHA system, and has advantages that the FHA does not and cannot offer. The local association is in position to advance loans to almost any rea sonable amount, and inquiries are solicited. Only Few Days LeftTo Seek PWA Allotments RETURNS HOME J After spending 12 weeks in a , Rocky Mount hospital, Wheeler Martin, prominent local lawyer and former assistant district at torney, returned to his home on Main Street here yesterday aft ernoon. Accompanied home by Mrs. Martin and their son, Wheeler, Jr., Mr. Martin is now well on the road to recovery. Few in County To Observe Labor Day Labor Day next Monday will be observed as a holiday by the post offices and liquor stores in this county. Other business houses will continue activities as usual, includ ing the tobacco market. No rural or town deliveries will be made from the post office, but mails will be dis patched and placed In the lock boxes as usuaL The holiday next Monday is the first enjoyed by the liquor store op erators, and an increased sale is ex pected Saturday to tide the thirsty over until Tuesday, when regular business will be resumed. ? Change Made in Hours Of Presbyterian Services The usual services will be held at all points Sunday, but some will be held at different hours. Williamston church school at 9:4S a m. The worship service and sermon hour will be held in connection with the union service to be held In our church at 8 p. m. There will be no 11 o'clock service. The Poplar Point church school will be held at 2 p. m. Not change in hour from 4 p. m. The other services, at Bear Grass and Roberson's Chapel, will be held at the regular hours. The Boar Grass quartet will sing at Roberson's Chapel at 4 p. m. Liquor Sales This Week Nearly Double Week Ago Liquor sales in the local county store (or the first (our days o( this week were almost double those o( the first (our days o( last week. Man ager C. R. Mobley said today, and the number o( customers increased (%>m 582 to 1,150. During the first (our days of last week the sales a mounted to 8515.50, but when the tobacco markets opened last Mon day sales started Increasing and amounted to $005.80 up until today. Several Towns Have Made Applications For Share of Funds Status of County's Applica tion for School-Building Projects Unknown A last call for Public Works Ad ministration and Works Progress Administration loan aplications was issubd by authorities yesterday, the warning stating thaf nb"applications would be considered after Septem ber 4 for the PWA and September j S for WPA grants. As far as it could be learned here today, only three applications from this county have been considered by the Public Works Administration authorities and a very small one by the WPA group The application for funds in launching a $100,000 school building program in this coun ty has been approved by the author ities in this State, but no approval lias been given the proposed proj ects by Washington. The lone WPA application was for the laying of wa ter and sewer lines on Williamston's new street, Marshall Avenue, but apparently that has been lost in the shuffle, and local officials are at loss as to what and how to do. The sewer and water lines project was started under the old ERA, but the white-colar authorities stopped it, stating that it would have to be transferred to the Works Progress Administration. Town officials are now considering completing the proj ect themselves, and passing up any further attempt to push a $30,000 ap plication for an extension of water and sewer lines and the digging of another deep welll as an additional water source. Everetts and Robersonville filed | applications for PWA grants Wed nesday of this week, Robersonville planning a $93,000 improvement pro gram to its water and sewer lines ond streets, and Everetts planning a water and sewer system. Jame ville was considering a water and sewer system, but Mr. C. C. Flem ing said today that the program was not expected to go through. Some time ago, Williamston of ficials considered several projects under the works program, and went so far as to submit plans and cost estimates. They were informed that municipalities with past due bonds could not participate in the funds. Immediately the officials undertook to refund past-due bonds, but the local government commission has not been heard from in about three weeks, and it now looks as if Wil liamston will have its past-due bonds on hand when the date ex pires for filing applications for loans or grants with the PWA authorities. If is hardly posaible to participate in the PWA program with past-due bonds on hand, it is understood, and that being the case the 130,000 im provement program will go or has already gone up in smoke. Town officials last night were try ing to thrash the problems out with officials over long distance tele phone, buf their efforts resulted in nothing definite toward getting the grants through. It is believed that the school pro gram and those at Robersonville and Everetts will have to absorb all un employed labor in this county when (hey get under way, if they ever do. PATROLMEN WILL BE BACK ON JOB BY SEPTEMBER 1 Assignments Being Made in Raleigh by Department Officials Today North Carolina's 120 patrolmen, SS new and 85 old patrol members, are being assigned to their stations throughout the state by authorities | in Raleigh today. The patrolmen will leave the capital tomorrow and start active work Sunday, informa tion coming from Raleigh today stat ed. Patrolman W. S. Hunt has been on a special assignment here this week, and it is hoped that he will be re turned here with an assistant tomor row. It is expected that a final dress parade of the new patrol will be held Saturday morning on the grounds of the training school at the State Fair Grounds and that it will probably be reviewed by Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. This may be extended to include a parade thru Raleigh before the 120 patrolmen are sent to their new posts in every section of the state, and where here after their sole duty will be the pa trolling of the highways in the en forcement of the highway and motor vehicle laws. The patrolmen will ride motorcycles, while the three liteutenants and 24 non-commission ed officers will drive Ford roadsters and supervise and check the activi ties of the patrolmen. Jail Young Man for Disorderly Conduct Said to have disturbed the peace in the neighborhood, about three miles out of Everetts toward Cross Roads, and threatened the lives of hi* wife and parents, 'Joe BWchf a young white man, was placed in the county jail, to await trial in the county court next Tuesday on a dis orderly conduct and attempted as sault charge. The young man is said to have run his parents from their home re cently, causing them to stay out in the rain and weather the greater part of one night. He is also said to have threatened the life of his wife with a pistol and also threat ened to throw her in a creek. A few months ago, Beach is said to have extracted $50 from his father on the promise that he would leave for good: He went to Raleigh and returned after a brief stay there. The return trip was made in a taxi, the fare amounting to more than $20, reports received here stated. Jasper Williams, who was said to j have accompanied Beach to Raleigh, landed in jail there when officers found a pistol in his possession. Methodist Minister Announces Services The following services are an nounced for Sunday by Rev. R. R. Grant, pastor of the Methodist church: Church school, 9:45 a. m. Preaching and communion at 11 o'clock. Holly Springs, 3:30 p. m. Union service at Presbyterian church at 8 p. m. ?O Small Transferred To New Bank in Elizabeth City Plans were completed this week by the Guaranty Bank and Trust Com pany for opening a branch in Eliza beth City the 18th of next month. Mr. A. G. Small, cashier of the local branch of tha bank since it opened se\YraI months ago, will be trans ferred to Elizabeth City as cashier there. Mr. Small's successor here has not been named, as far as it could be learned today. Episcopal Services for Sunday Announced Church of the Advent: Rev. E. F. Mosley, rector. Eleventh Sunday after Trinity: Church school, 9:45 a. m. Holy Communion and sermon at 11 a. m. Holy Trinity Mission Church school and preaching at 2:30 p. m. Many Believed To Be Hunting Squirrels Now Although the season for hunting squirrels is still more than one month away, reports from certain parts of the county Indicate some hunters are already in the woods. Numerous gun reports have been heard in the Jamesville section and along the Roanoke River swamps during the pest few days, according [to reports reaching here. Half Million Pounds Leaf Auctioned Here To Date Farmers Advised Not To Sell Tobacco Below 6 Cents Pound Tobacco farmers who have small poundage allotments will find it to their advantage to hold off the markets their poor quali ty grades, according to the opin ion expressed by many who are acquainted with the marketing situation under the AAA rulings. It has been stated that it will be to the advantage of the farmer to hold off the markets and throw away, if necessary, those grades that do not sell for more than 6 cents. It was explained that the farmer will probably be able to sell his surplus poundage at 4 cents and save grading market ing expenses, which will amount to about I cents a pound. Even if the excess poundage is not sold to another farmer, the holder of the card will receive a parity payment when the sales are held below SS per cent of the base. Reports indicate that many farmers are marketing their bet ter grades first to make sure that they do not use the cards in their entirety in marketing the Inferior grades and leaving the better quality of tobacco on hand There is still some doubt if there will be sufficient excess cards to handle the excess pound age, and in case there is not, the farmer who sells all his com mon tobacco might find it impos sible to market all his best grades. New Textbook System Outlined T o Principals Rental Fee Will Be Third of Wholesale Price, Officials State New Plan Is Expected To Raise Many Problems in Schools This Yea* The State rental of books to school pupils was outlined by Mrs. C. D. Douglass, of the State Department of Education, at a meeting of the county school principals held in the office of the county superintendent here Wednesday morning. The book rental system is expect ed to cause many problems the first year, but once established a saving is predicted. Just how the rental business will be handled is not defi nitely known just now, but school authorities will discuss the system further at a meeting to be held in Kinstun tumunuw: The present plans for renting the books calls for a rental fee of one third the wholesale purchase price, the collection of fees and bookkeep ing being left to the individual teachers, principals and county edu cational authorities, it was ex plained. Rental is not compulsory, the authorities making it optional for any pupil to buy his books out right. Those children wishing to buy their own books will find them on sale at wholesale cost in the of fice of the superintendent with the possibility that they can be pur chased later in the several schools. Six thousand textbooks have been ordered for use in this county, and they will be delivered here before the schools open the new term the 16th of next month. It was stated. Other than the discussion of the book rental system, the principals did little other than to complete rou tine arrangements for starting the 1933-36 term next month. Names of principals attending the meeting are J. T. Uzzle, Jamesville; C. B. Mar tin, Farm Life; T. O. Hickman, Bear Grass; D. N. Hix, Williamston; R. I. Leake, Robersonville; Geo. Haislip, Hassell; Ernest Edmondson, Hamil ton; and H. M. Ainsley, Oak City. Rev. E. C. Shoe at Local Baptist Church Sunday e There will be one preaching serv ice at the Baptist church Sunday morning, though none at the eve ning hour. The Rev. E. C. Shoe will have the Sunday morning Baptist service. As there will be but one minister in town Sunday night, and that the Rev. Grant, he will hold the union service at the Presbyterian church at 8, to which the general public is invited, snd which will, in all probability, close out the sum mer union services. Newcomers to Williamstan are especially invited to the Sunday services. Revival Begins at Piney Grove Church Sunday Beginning Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock, Rev. W. B. Harrington, the pastor, will conduct a one-week re vival meeting in the Piney Grove Baptist church. Services will be conducted at the 7:30 o'clock hour each evening, and the public is cor dially invited to attend. FEW CARDS LEFT ? > All but about 35 of the ap proximately 1,545 marketing cards have been delivered to to bacco farmers in this county, it was learned from the county of fice of the farm agents here to day. Nearly all of the remain ing ?5 cards now oq. ({and are awaiting the owners to calf for them, but a few are being with held in those cases where farm ers failed t<* comply with the terms of their contracts. No names were given, but two farmers were refused their cards because they had not kept the same number of tenants they had the previous year on their farms, it was stated. Editor Manning in Jerusalem: To Be There Seven Days Message States He Is Get ting Along Fine But Is Anxious for News W. C. Manning, Enterprise editor, reached Jerusalem on his extended tour of the "old country" last Wed nesday, a cablegram received hare at noon that day stating that he Was getting along well but a bit anxious for new from home. The message was filed at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and reached here a few minutes before 12 o'clock that morning, apparently indicating that the mesaage was received be fore it was sent. The time in Jeru salem is several hours earlier than it is here, accounting for the early arrival of the message. Mr. Manning will be in Jerusalem about seven days, where he is visit ing Jilate's judgment hall, Mount Zion, David's tomb, the synagogues and other places of interest. He will also visit Bethlehem, Mount of Olives, Jericho, Bethany, Dead Sea and view the Mount of Temptation. He goes from Jerusalem to Haifa, seeing Joseph's tomb and other in teresting places, reaching Damascus on September V After a two-days stop there, the party continues on to Beyrouth and Tripoli. On Septem ber 17 and 18 a two-days stop will be made in Istanbul. The trip con tinues to Italy, France, and Switzer land. The party is scheduled to sail from Havre, France, September 28, on the S. S. Georgic, reaching the United States about the 6th of Oc tobcr. . ? Bowman Galloway Heads Tobacco Association Here Bowman Galloway, popular buy er on the local market for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, was named president, and J. M M. Greg ory, new buyer on the market, was selected vice president of the Wil liamston Tobacco Asaociation her" this week. Mr. J. E. King was ap pointed chairman of the association. At a previous meeting some time ago, Mr. R. W. McFarland was made supervisor of sales and Mr. N. K. Harrison was named to continue as treasurer of the association. Fair-Sized Break on Floors Today; Look For 20-Cent Average Farmers Generally Pleased With Sales; Many 30c Averages Made The Williamston tobacco market as nearing the one-half million pound market in sales as the first week of the new harvesting season drew to a close today During the first four days of this week, the mar ket had sold 436,832 pounds for $79, 942.43, a resulting average of $18.30. Sales today will probably fall short of the half million mark by only a few pounds, reports from the ware house center at 10 o'clock today in dicating that there was a fair-sized poundage on the floors. Considering the weather today and for the past two or three days, sales have been heavy on the local market, and with fair weather over the week-end an unusually large break is expected here next Monday. Farmers have been unusually busy during the past several weeks trying to handle a fast-ripening crop, and since the harvesting activities have ended they have had little time to prepare any of the golden leaf for the markets. Sales have been fair ly light over the belt so far, and while the offerings are expected to increase next Monday, no series of blocks are expected for several days yet. Considering quality of the tobac<&>; *pf fees"W*Hie have been considered very favor able, and farmers from many sur rounding counties are coming here. Yesterday sales were made for farm ers as far away as Craven County, and the customers were said to be very well pleased with their receipts. Opening at a little above 18 cents Monday, the market here has con tinued to show strength, tyte re ports today indicating that an aver age in the neighborhood of 20 cents could be expected today. Probably the increase is due to better quality tobaccos, but close observers were of the opinion that the better grades were bringing?higher?prices than they did earlier in the week. Thirty-cent averages and better have been frequent on the market this year, and the complaints have been comparatively few. Present in dications point to a very successful season, and reports maintain that Williamston is right at the top. Liquor Store To Be Opened Next Week ? Legal liquor will be placed on sale by the county control board at Jamesville either next Tuesday or Wednesday, board chairman V J. Spivey announced today. Arrange ments for opening the store are be ing completed as rapidly as possible, it was stated. Stancil Brown has been named to manage the store, which will be lo cated in the Martin building there. Rumors heard here this morning maintained that ?/Torts would be made to keep the store from open ing, but, as far as it could be learned plans for placing liquor on sale there will go forward. ? Two Bitten by Snakes Near Here This Week ? ? Sallie Ruberson, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Roberson, of Williams Township, was bitten by a snake at her home a few days ago. She is getting along very well now. The little girl was the second vic tim of a snake attack in that dis trict this season, and the third re ported in this section of the county up until yesterday afternoon, when David Hardison, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hardison, was bitten I by a moccasin in a watermelon patch The young boy started to get a wa termelon when the snake bit him. He was treated here and is getting along all right. All the others are getting along well, also. e Jamesville Methodists Begin Revival Monday Rev. K. V. Duvall, pastor, will conduct a series of revival aervicas in the Jamesville Methodist church, beginning next Monday evening, it was announced yesterday. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend.