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Sax! THE ENTERPRISE ?? Jm VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 71 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 3. 1935 ? ESTABLISHED 1899 TEXTBOOK PLANS TO BE TAKEN UP AT BOARD MEET Possible That Text Rental System Will Not Be Used In County This Term ? Meeting in special session here to morrow, the Martin County Board of Education will determine whether or not the state school book rental system will be adopted in this coun ty. There is a possibility that the system will not be followed in the county this coming term, since it will be impossible to get the books here before the first of next month, it is understood. Just how the sale of books will be handled could not be learned, but it is believed that pri vate Arms will again offer the texts for sale. The matter will be dis cussed by the education authoriUes tomorrow, and (dans will be made immediately to get the books on sale as soon as possible It is now be lieved there will be a book shortage during the first few days of the term beginning Monday week, since pri vate interests have not stocked the texts because they were of the opin ion that the state rental system would handle the demands. The board will also discuss the 100,000 school building program that was turned down by WPA authori ties in Washington last Saturday. Just what they will do in the case is not known, but it is posisble that the board members will reduce the amount by about half and urge con sideration of those buildings that are badly needed. Just what part of the program will be abandoned is not known just now, but it is believed that a new building for colored chil dren in Robersonville and a teach erage at Bear Grass will be included first. County authorities are taking the matter up with Congressmen and Senators this week, and the county superintendent is in Chapel Hill- to dxy.J-tffiinfi ? recorjfideration of the program. Other business beore the meeting tomorrow will be of a routine na ture only, it was learned. Drivers' Licenses m Must Be Secured By Auto Owners ? Application Blanks May Be Procured at Various Places in County I ? i i ? ?? Completing a course of training in Raleigh last week, Patrolmen W. S Hunt and G. A. Stewart reported in this county last Saturday for regular duty, the two men centering their at tention on the distribution and han dling of applications for drivers' li censes. ApplicaUon blanks are available at the Williamston Motor Company, Roanoke Chevrolet Company, Sher iff's office and Mayor J I- Hasseli's office in Williamston, and at the Con Motor Company, Better Chevrolet Company, Plymouth Sales and Serv ice and Mayor C. M. Hurst's office in Robersonville. The applications must be Ailed in before a notary public with type writer or printed with black ink. The aplieation must then be present ed in person by the applicant to the feeident patrolman for his approval or disapproval before being forward ed to Raleigh for consideration. Ap plications must be filed before No vember 1 if the applicant is to escape | an examination and escape a regu lar license fee. No examination and no fee are required if applications by private operators are in before that date. Chauffeurs and truck op erators are required to have a spec ial license, costing $2, it was stated. Shain and Israel To Open New Store Next Week Shaln and Israel will open their new ready-to-wear store on Main Street here next week, Mr. Nat Is rael, who comes here from New York to manage the business, an nounced today. Mr. Shain will di vide his time with the store here and his business in Washington. The store, located in the Peel Building, has been completely reno vated and is now one of the most modern here. The operators are now busily engaged in stock their store for a big opening next week. County Had Favorable Health Record in August Martin County almost had a deer bill of health last month, the health office reporting only three diss cases during the period. Two ci of whooping cought were reported in the Derdans section and one pel sse was found near William Local Market Starts Week With Capacity Sale Monday II of the MUM with blocked sales yes terday, the offering totaling Z1J 7Sg pounds with the block re pairing about U minutes of the sale time this msrnlng. Tester day's official average was $11.71, the total sales for the season, not including these e( today, a mounting to 7ZS.S56 pounds. The offerings today were esti mated at 1S5.9M pounds with the price hardly as strong as it was yesterday. One or two com panies limited their buying ac tivities today, it was said, caus ing a small drop in the price for certain grades. A few com plaints were heard, bat an loud protests were reported. Accord ing to unofficial reports received berc, aomc himm selling on the larger urktb yesterday were said to have favored the suspension of sales for a while, bnt their action is understood to have had very little weight, If any, and sales were being con tinued as usual today. Quality leaf continues to bring fair prices on the local market, but there are not many of the better grades appearing as yet. Including the sales today, the local market will nearly reach the million-pound mark, a very clooe compulsion with sales for the flrst few days of last season. Farmers are generally agreed that Williamston is offering mar keting advantages unsurpassed in the belt, and additional cus tomers are coming here daily. Rev. Gluts. H. Dickey Leaves for New Work 12 LICENSES TO MARRY ISSUED IN P AST MONTH Number Is Smallest In This County Since May Two Years Ago An even dozen marriage licenses were issued in this county last month to set a new low record for the year. In fact, the issuance last month was the smallest since May, 1933, when only H licenses were sold by Regis ter of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger. An other unusual feature about the mar-' riage license issuance last month is the large proportion of white as com pared with the colored, the whites outnumbering the colored Ave to one. Licenses were issued to 10 white and 2 colored couples last month, as follows: White Bill Courtney, of Suffolk, and Lou ise Cowan, of Williamston. James Smithwick and Ruby Leg gett, both of Poplar Point Town ship. Marlon A. Leggetl, of Burtonville, Md, and Maude Cleo Lilley, of Jamesville. James Henry Scott, of Hamilton, and Eula Price, of Goose Nest Town ship. Dennis A. Roberson and Margaret Ross, both of Robersonville. Hubert D. Beach, of Hamilton, and Ethel Louise Whitehurst, of Speed Robert L. Mobley and Nellie Rog eison, both of Williamston Linwood Knox and Evelyn Gray Godard, both of Hamilton. Linwood Lane and Fannie Bell Hatslip, both of Robersonville Hakotn Sterling Berry and Made line Moss Thompson, both of Wash ington. Colored Johnnie Williams and Cora Hop kins, both of Martin County. Jerry Bennett, jr., and Annie Mae Land, both of this county. Liquor Stores Must Pay State Chain Store Tax While liquor sale profits are being garnered by the 18 wet countiea in North Carolina, the State Govern ment is intent on getting its share of the rum revenue through the chain store and sales tax levies. County ABC stores must pay the chain store tax just as any private concern, declared Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell this week. There is no tax on the first store, but there Is a $90 levy for each ad ditional store up to five. No county yet has more than Ave stores. Nash County was reported yester day to be the only county which has paid the chain store license fees. All of the ABC stores have been required to pay sales but these fig ures have not been segregated by, the Department of Revenue. Band To Hold Practice Here Thursday Evening Williamston's High School band will hold ita Ant practice of the i ion Thuraday evening of this week at 7:30 o'clock, in the high school auditorium. Principal D. N. Hlx an nounced today, and all mem ben are urged to be present Director W. S. Bobbitt will again bo ta charge of the band, and he it planning to make this hit home dur ing the earning school term. He is al so planntog on organizing bands in several other towns in this section, it en Large Congregation Hears Final Sermon In County Sunday Church Passes Resolutions In Recognition of His Work in Town After nearly 10 years of service as minister of the Williamston Me morial Baptist church. Rev. Charles H. Dickey left yesterday for Raleigh, where he will be with the State Bap tist Association as director of pub licity. During his ministry here Mr. Dickey interested himself in all phases of community life, ending his every effort in the promotion of worth-while undertakings. He has gained wide renown as a minister and writer, he having contributed to national periodicals and represented the large press associations of the country. Mr. Dickey preached his last ser mno in the county at Robersonville Sunday evening before a large con gregation in the Christian church there, a number of people attending from here. In recognition of his work here, the Episcopal congregation passed the following resolution at a regular service Sunday: "Whereas, the Rev. C. H. Dickey has been a faithful minister in our town for the past ten years, and is now leaving for other work, be it resolved by the congregation of the Church of the Advent: "That we expres our appreciation to Mr. C. H. Dickey for the fine serv ice he has rendered the whole com munity, and ? "That we?wish for him and his family every good thing, and pray God's blessings upon them." The resolutions are signed by E. F Moseley, rector, and N. C. Green, senior warden. Mrs. Dickey and the children will remain here for two or three weeks, or until alterations can be complet ed to their apartment in Raleigh. , Car Sales Increase In Rural Sections During Past Year Nearly Twice As Many Car Sales Reported In 1934 Than the Year Before Sale* of new passenger cars to resi dent* of small town* and to farmers in Nortn Carolina last year increased 78 percent over 1933 while sales in cities of over 10,000 population increased only 29 percent, figures released by the automobile manufacturers association show. North Carolina stood 17th in the states in total motor vehicle registra tion last year with 4^9,351 car* and trucks listed but it was fuorth in the nation in municipal increase over 1933 with a gain of 50,043. South Caro lina led all states in percentage in crease over 1933 with a gain of 24.6 percent and North Carolina wall fifth with 14 9 percent increase Tarheelia ranked 40 in the list of state* showing population per motor vehicle, having 7.45 persona per car or truck. It was shown that gasoline taxes collected by the State in 1934 aggre gated $16,482,000, a gain of nearly $2, 000,000 over 1933, nad that registra tion receipts of $7,070,000 in 1934 top ped even the 1929 figure of $7,045,116 and were nearly $2,000,000 ahead of 1933. REGULAR MEET COUNTY BOARD HELD MONDAY County To Urge Governor To Name Comtnitte for Study of Roads Martin County'* commissioners met here yesterday in what was de scribed as the most uneventful ses sion held in many months.- No offic ial action was taken in any import ant problems, the authorities recom mending that the state take over two roads. One name was added to (he relief Rst, and the commissioners interested themselves in the appoint ment of a committee to make a study of state roads with the view of re funding certain amounts to those nil. counties participating tn the road program several years ago. The last legislature passed a lawl directing the governor to name a| commission to determine how much, if any, several counties were entitled to receive from the state. It has been three months since the legisla ture adjourned, and the commission ers of this county understand no commission has yet been named. They decided to call the matter to the attention of the governor in the hope that he will name the com mittee and that a report will be available by next January. The commissioners recommended that the state take over the road in Bear Grass Township beginning near the home of Samuel Rogerson, ex tending westwardly via Roy Harri son's to road near N. D. Gurganus' residence, a distance of about one mile. The other road the commis sioners would have the state take over is the one beginning at the home of Sylvester B. Lilley, running westwardly to the Bear Grass road, a distance of about one and one-half ipiles. Mozella Wiggins, of Hamilton Township, was allowed $2 monthly Hunting Season Still Month Off, But Many \re Buying Licenses Unlawful To Hunt Squirrel Until After First of Next Month ? Although the hunting season is nearly a month off, many Martin .County people have already pur choned their licenses, a recent report from County Game Warden W. O. Abbitt shows. The flrst license was sold to Mr. Simon D. Griffin, one of Griffins Township's oldest citizens. Warden Abbitt explained that the squirrel season does not open until October 1, that some hunStrs were of the opinion that the season opened the ISth of this month. The State laws provide that the season may open the 15th, but a recent ruling by the Department of Conservation and Development places the opening date on October 1, making it unlawful for one to hunt squirrels prior to that time. The rabbit season opens Thanks giving Day and so does the season for taking quail and turkey. The season for male deer opens the flrst of October. It is unlawful to possess inure than twu deer, two wild luf keys or two days' bag limit of other game birds or game animals at any time. Mr. Abbitt also pointed out that it is unlawful to hunt in low lands bordering Roanoke River dur-j ing a freshet when the water is out. of the banks of the stream. The squirrel law limits the hunter ( to 10 a day and directs the season to close on January 15. j New Town Wins Another \ from Old Town Players The Old Town baseball nine went down in defeat again this morning at the hands of the New Town boys, C. T. Roberson pitching his team to a 7 to 5 victory. John Ward caught for New Town, and Hall and A. An derson formed the battery for the Old Town group. Ten errors were recorded. Came Law Violation In J. P. Court at Everetts The flrgt case charging a violation of the game laws in this county this season is slated for a hearing before a Justice's court in Everetts tonight, it was learned from County Game Warden W. O. Abbitt today. Rob ert Beach, TZross Roads man, is charged with killing squirrel out of >n. a An agricultural society has been or ganised in Wayne County to promote rural welfare, home beautificatioa, | rural electrification and better mar keting. Application Rejected for School-Building Projects Rev. James H. Smith Accepts Call To Baptist Church Here Rev. James H. Smith, young min ister of Marion, N. C , was called by the-local Baptist congregation at the last Sunday morning service to All the position made vacant by the resignation of Rev. Charles H. Dickey several weeks ago. Mr. Smith plans to enter upon his new duties here next week, preaching his first sermon in his new charge on Sunday morning. September IS. The minister completed his train ing at the Louisville Theological I Seminary last June, but prior to that time he had served churches at Ev erett*. Hobgood. and Hamilton. Dur ing this and ast summer he served the church at Tarboro. Mr. Smith taught school in this county at Rob ersonville several years ago, and is highly regarded as a citizen, teacher and minister. His call was unani mous, and his acceptance was given Sunday afternoon. He left Tarboro this week lor his home in Marion, where he with resign as pastor of the Baptist church there on Sunday morning, and nfake arrangements immediately to enter upon his work here the folowing week. Mr. Smith is a comparatively young man and not married. Waif, Orphaned by Murder of Mother, Returned To Welfare Officials by Would-Be Adopters Departure for New Home Grieves Those Who Cared for Her Child Raised Such a Howl, Mr. and Mrs. Holliday Give Her Up Elizabeth Baker Davenport, two years old, was returned to her tem porary home with the Joe Cowens here last Saturday after she had spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Gaynor Holliday over in Hert ford County with the possibility of adoption by them. The little tot, mothered and fathered by Mr. and Mrs. Cowen since her mother was killed in the "Islands" section of Williams Township one year ago last April, did not like her new home and raised so much devilment that she was returned here. Tilling from the arms of her dy ing mother upon the mercy of the world about dusk on April 3, 1934, Elizabeth, only 7 months old then, was lifted from a hlnnd-soaked her! by an Enterprise reporter and brought here three hours later, her tiny legs and left hand bearing the mark of more than half a hundred gunshot. While her mother lay dead in the county's most isolated sec tion, Elizabeth was not expected to recover here, the numerous wounds pouring forth blood at near ly every beat of the heart. Sym pathetic welfare authorities here summoned medical aid, and quickly located Tr borne fui Elizabeth. Death was expected almost any minute, but hour after hour passed, days went by and the baby lived. Doc tors were astonished and others, who experience difficulty in pro tecting the health of their own able bodied children, just reckoned that it was an act of providence that one so young and helpless eould sur vive the ordeal, tragic in its every detail. Weeks passed. Old man Joe Dav enport was tried for muifler, and Judge Walter Small sentenced the 84-year-old man to prison for not less than 15 and not more than 20 years. Little has been heard from the old codger since he started the term that will never be completed in its entirety. Through the long days of suffering the child cried little, whimpering [and fretting mostly when its many wounds, pouring forth blood and cor ruption, were dressed. After several months, the wounds healed, leaving scars, to be sure, but interfering lit tle if any in the development of a robust, happy and good-natured red headed "young-un." She grew rap idly and was walking at about the same age the average child begins to walk. In the meantime she had readily accepted Mr. and Mrs. Cowen as her own parents, and Elizabeth came first with them. Other mem bers of the family joined in to make I life pleasant and happy for the lit tle tot. And when the time came for her to depart last week, the Cowen fam ily literally wept. Mr* Cowen lis tened patiently all the first night for a sound from the baby, but nary a sound could be heard, for the crib where the tiny bit of humanity had been nursed back to health and where she had rested peacebly in her innocence for many months, was empty. The Cowens were gald to (Continued on back page) FAIRLY DRY Checking up on the domestic liquor traffic over the week-end, county officers found conditions fairly dry, especially in the low er section of the county where alleged liquor addicts are said to have complained they were dry and could not And a drink. Sunday morning the officers worked in Williamston Town ship, but found few signs of li quor [aw violations. Later in the day, the raiders found a li quor plant in (iose Nest Town ship and destroyed it The still, one of the steam type, was cold and no operators were seen. Monday afternoon the officers ' found a red-hot still in Poplar Point Township and conffscated 16 gallons of liquor. The two operators escaped. PLANS COMPLETE FOR OPENING OFl OAK CITY SCHOOL Teaching Staff and Assign ments Announced by Principal Ainsley Arrangements for opening the Oak City white schools the 16th of Sep tember were announced complete by Principal H. M. Ainsley follow ing a meeting of county school men here Wednesday morning. No for fnal exercises are planned for the opening at 10 o'clock Monday morn ing, Mr. Ainsley said Oily one change in the faculty has been made Miss Eunice Mae Rountree, of Sun bury, and a former teacher in the school, succeeding Miss Mary Walk er as home economics teacher. Other members of the faculty and their assigned grades are: First grade: Miss Ruth Matthews, of Murfreesboro. Second grade: Miss Lena Alls brook, of Scotland Neck. Third grade: Miss Adeline Tew, of Portsmouth, Va. Fourth grade: Miss Ruth Pittman, of Falkland. Fifth grade: Miss Julia Holloway, of Bon Air, Va. Sixth grade, Miss Ernestine John son, of Robersonville. Seventh grade: Miss Mildred Ev-. erell, o7 Hamilton. High school: mathematics and English, Miss Ann Early, of Wind sor; English and French, Miss Be atrice Stalls, of Robersonville; his tory and science: Mr. J. B. Boykin, of Wilson; vocational agriculture Mr. T. E. Mullen, of Gates; higher mathematics and principal, Mr. H M. Ainsley. The principal stated they were looking for another successful school term during 1035-36, but that he was a bit dubious about the success of the School book rental system to be used this coming term for the first time in this state. Bear Grass Circle Meeting Postponed by Group Head The first meeting of the circle of the Roman's Auxiliary of the Pres byterian Community Church at Bear Graaa set for next Friday night at H p. m., haa been postponed, due to the fact that all auxiliary presidents are to attend tile yearly president's conference in Wilson next Friday. I rr*? Authorities Hope To Cet Reconsideration Of Adverse Decision Might Ask That At Least Part of Program Be Given Approval Martin County's $100.00(J school buildin? ? ?.>n last week by Federal authorities in Washington, the action causing much surprise among county authorities and other interested in the proposed projects. Declaring there was insuf ficient labor available in *his section to handle the work, Mr. Ilarry Hop- - kins, of the Works Progress Admin istration rejected the application a long with a number of others _in the State. Applications filed just a few days before by Robersonville for $93,000 and Everetts for approxi mately $28,000 have not reached Washington as yet, but they are al most certain to be rejected by the higher authorities' County authorises "are hustling here and there in an effort to have the authorities reconsider the oro posed program, but it is doubtful if they will meet with any success. The first move is to try and get Mr. lit p kins to consider a progiam just a bout one-half the sizj of the original one, and it is possible that the re duced project will go through. Sen ator Bailey will be asked to investi gate the matter, and congressmen ? have already been approached in the matter. In entering the application the county authorities were almost cer tain that the projects would be, ap proved and that work would be start ed immediately. State authorities approved the projects and openly stated that there should be no troier-? ble in advancing the piogram. Har old Ickcs, of the Public Works Ad ministration, approved the loan, but Mr. Hopkins knocked the props from l ufider the projector | The proposed building program I includes new units or additions to the schools at Jamesville, Farm Life, i Bear Grass, Wiltiamston, Roberson ville and Oak City. Unless the Fed I oral government reconsiders the ap plication, the county will find it nec essary to handle some if notall the projects itself and without aid. The refusal of fhe federal author ities to grant the loan and partici pate in the program is expected to draw some bitter protests from rep resentatives in this state. Already the state is trailing others in secur ing loans, and the margin is increas ing almost daily. Regular Meeting oi Town Officials Held Here Last Evening Town To Wait No Longer ?fot^Goveiiiment^To Dig? Water and Sewer Lines ? An uneventful session marked the regular meeting; of the local town commissioners last evening, the au thorities limiting their activities, mainly to the handling of routine matters. The purchase of a new truck for use in handling trash and for service in the water and sewer departments was considered, the board naming the mayor and plant superintendent to handle the matter. Appreciative^ of course, for what the old ERA did in sarting the water and sewer ditches over on Mar shall Avenue, the authorities decid ed to wait no longer on the govern ment and will complete the project with private labor. The project was started several weeks ago and pro gressed only a short while when the ERA blew up or something happen ed, and the free labor was pulled from the ditches. The WPA was supposed to have takeft over the project, but nothing has been heard from the application. Woman's Club Members To Meet Next Thursday The regular monthly meeting ot the Williamston Woman'i Club will be held Thuraday afternoon. Septem ber 9, at 4 o'clock in thr club rooms. As this is the first meeting of the fall, it is hoped that a good number of members will earnestly try to be present. A list of the new members of the different standing committees will be published soon.