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THE ENTERPRISE A4T?rtlwn Will IM Ou Cal maa a Ukkitr la Ovor Ijm ?am of Martin Caoaty. VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 76 Williumston, Martin County. North Carolina, Friday. September 20. 1935 - ESTABLISHED 1899 PROCEEDINGS IN MARTIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Age-old Celtrain-Roberson Case Finally Cleared From Docket No great number of cases have been cleared trim the civil docket by the superior court here so far this week, but the court finally set tled an old. old case, the completion of which is sufficient for calling the entire term a success. Centered around a small tract of land in the Hardison Mill .pond in Griffins Township, and which is gen erally of very little value the case was brought by John R. Coltrain and wife against S. D., I* H and W. T Roberson. The case lias been hanging fire in the courts for several years, the evidence hav ing a volume second to that record ed in the Smithwicks Creek church case. Evidence in the case rested with a referee, and all decisions were contested, the litigants this week waiving rights of jury trial ana accepting judgment handed dcwn by Judge Cranmer. The Col trams were declared owners of a'.l that tract of land conveyed to them by deed from Joshua Griffin, the court allowing >1 damages alleged to have resulted by the trespass of the defendants. The Robersons were declared own ers of that tract of land deeded ta them by Nicholas Manning The court further ordered the plaintiffs to pay their own witnesses and the defendants to pay theirs Plaintiffs are to pay Surveyor John B Res pass, and the defendants are to pay Surveyor Sylvester Peel. The $100 referee fee is to be paid by both, the defendants paying $75 and the plain tiffs $25. Deeds were ordered re corded in the register of deeds' of fice. In the case of Lucy Whitehurst against E. L. Whitehurst, Judge Cranmer dismissed the action where in the plaintiff had served notice on the defendant to show cause why he should not pay plaintiff alimony and plaintiff's attorney fees Notice of appeal was given. A divoice was granted R L. Ed mondson against Mary Edmondaon, the plaintiff basing his plea on statu tory grounds. Judge Cranmer, before adjourn ing court at 1 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon, non-suited a number ol cases and cleared the calendar for the week. Two cases, Slade, Rhodes and Company against Ferd Barnhill. and Barnhill against Rhodes, involving title to certain lands, were sent to referee. Attorney J. C. Smith, ref eree, is to have the reports ready foi consideration at the November The case of Davenport against Davenport was non-suited. A judgment in the sum of $718.1# less two small payments, was grant ed the Standard Fertilizer Company against Waters and others. The case in which Lloyd Warren claimed fertilizers bought of the de fendants, V. L. and J. H. Roberson were improperly mixed or of in ferior quality, was non-suited. A judgment in the sum of $5,#12.7"l was granted the Hines Estate againsl J. W Hines. A non-suit resulted in the case ol Nathan Lilley against Ben Lilley the *?* centering around the own ership of one acre of land. Two cases, Ayers and Keel against W. T. Thomas, and W. T. Thornaj against Ayers and Keel, were set tied by consent judgment The court will continue the tria of civil cases rest Monday morninj at B?30 o'clock, a review of the cal endar showing no important matter, oi any of any great public in teres being scheduled for trial. Grand Jury Report Finds Little Faull Martin County's government wai given a stamp of approval by th< grand Jury following investigation! ordered by Judge E. H Cranme this week. Only two recommends lions were made, the jury orderini repairs made to the county harm cellar and |he water pump then overhauled. The report stated that all magis trate's reports had bean properl; filed, end that all guardians' ec counts were up to date The count; home tree found clean end sa niter and the inmates well satisfied. Ai inspection of the prison camp wa ordered for the first time since i WM located in this county, the Jur ? stating that the camp end count; jail were In good condition- All th county offices were reported in gon order. Comparison of Enrollment With six of the eleven white srhesis reporting on increase in en rollment Sgures, a record - breaking opening was experienced for the schools in this county last Monday morning when 9.M1 children reported for work. The enrollment this year exceeded that of last term by 1C pupils, the elementary departaaent showing a gain of IS pupils and the high school division reporting a gain of 58 students. It was the Srst time in recent terms that the high schools of tho county had not reported a decrease la the a umber of advanced stu dents, and it was a siseable increase, too. The Sgures below gtve an enrollment comparison in the elemen tary and high school departments for the opening this year and the one last term. 1935-M 1934-35 H.S. Ele. Total H.S. Ele. Toalt Dardens MM MM Jamesville 1*8 M7 415 IK 2S9 395 Farm Life '* 64 172 232 M IK Z28 Bear Gram 6Z Z4S MS 51 Z55 3OS Williams ton 185 5M IIS IK, 599?159 Everetts 979 979 Z73 Z73 Robersonville 944 3K 649 997 S74 601 Geld Point tt H 99 99 Hassell MM 65 65 Oah City 149 955 995 197 251 988 Hamilton 999 298 178 178 Totals . 799 2.592 3.391 741 2,514 9,915 Rigidly Enforce Law Barring Sale of Scrap TAX WARRANTS The distribution of tax-free cotton marketing certificates to the l,WI farmers la this county is now under way, Assistant of Cotton Control T. B. Slade stat in* today that the farmers are in no hurry to call for them, since the main cotton marketing sea son is still a few weeks off. Martin County has been al loted 1,797,474 pounds, or about 3.790 bales, of tax free cotton this year, the amount beinf a bout the same as It was last year. In marketing the 1934 crop, Martin farmers found it neces sary to purchase warrants for around 354,000 pounds of cot ton. It Is believed that very? few surplus warrants will have to be purchased in the county as a whole, since many farmers re dwood their cotton acreage, and apparently increased their to bacco output Washington County Man Sues to Recover ^Leaf Marketing Tax Government Collects $200. On Tobacco Sold Here Several Days Ago A. L. Alexander, well-known Washington County man, started suit in the Federal courts a few days '{ago to recover around $300 tax paid jby him for marketing tobacco. Mr i Alexander, not a contract signer, sold a quantity of tobacco on the , Williamston market, and, having no marketing card, the government rep resentatives required payment of the f 33 1-3 per cent tax, which amounted t to approximately $200. The suit was filed before Judge f 1 M Meekins, but a hearing in the . case has been postponed pending a decision to be handed down by the United States Supreme Court in a ' case similar to the one in question. ' Although a widely known farmer. Mi. Alexander did not grow any to bacco pn his farms during the years ol 1931, 1932 and 1933. This year 1 ho applied for a contract on the par tly basis from the government to 1 plant 15 acres, but it was not grant ed However, Mr. Alexander plant ed the tobacco anyway. When he sold his tobacco at the Planters Warehouse in Williamston the tax penalties amounting to $200 was ask ed by the government. This is 33 per cent of the amount that he re vived for the weed, and the gov ernment demanded that he pay. This fund has been deposited in tlx Branch Banking and Trust Com pany at Wilson to the Joint account of S. A. Ashe, clerk of the Federal court, and Mr. Alexander. As soon as it is decided whether the govern ment has the constitutional right to collect these penalties the money will be drawn by the winning party Gardner and Cherry To Pitch In Game Sunday Slim Gardner, pitching for Rob ersonvtlle. and Dick Cherry, twirl ing for Everetts, his home-town team, will face each other on the mound in a special game to played in Ro hereon villa Sunday afternoon at 3:10 o'clock, H was announced to day. Violators ill Be Prosecuted and ^Contracts Revoked Scrap Buyers Are Required To Pay State License Fee of $1,000.00 Iron-clad rules will be enforced in the marketing of scrap tobacco in iiie Stale Qua year, according to re l-orts reaching here this week from state departments of revenue and agriculture. No one was prosecut ed in this county for the alleged il legitimate sale of scrap tobacco last seuson. but several contracts were [revoked, it is understood. This "year however, violations will be prose cuted and in addition to the agri ' culture department will cancel con tracts, it was stated. It was pointed out that independ ent dealers in scrap will be required to pay a >1,000 license fee in each county he buys scrap tobacco. Com mitteemen will be instructed to re port any sales of scrap in their com munities to special dealers, and the authorities will investigate each case E Y. Floyd, extension tobacco specialist, said in a letter to the county agent here this week: "The only legal way to sell scrap tobacco will be fore a grower to i?li? his scrap tnharro to the ware house or the redrying plant and have this tobacco put on his allotment card as he does any other tobacco No grower can afford to sell tobac co for less than 6 cents per pound, and I believe by really stopping the sale of scrap tobacco, we will keep at least 25,000,000 pounds off the market this year that generally sells for a very low price, which should ! increase the price of tobacco from 1 'to 2 cents per pound that is sold on the warehouse floors "I hope that everybody will co operate to help keep the low grades ofl the market, such as scrap, and in case you find that you are unable t< do this, please let me know, and wc will see if we can get a man to come into your county and clean up the illegal sale of scrap tobacco for your county." V ictims of Wreck Are Improving Late reports indicate that C. B. Hardison, Raymond Heath and P. H (Fons) Coffield, victims of an automobile accident here last Fri day night, are getting along very well Hardison continues in the hos pital with a badly injured knee, but Heath, released from the hospital this week, is able to be up and ap parently is all right. Coffield, probably the most seri ously injured of the three, was re ported some better today, but his condition continues critical. While his injuries are now considered not as serious as first reports indicated, it is feared that developments will follow and probably prove fatal as his physical condition before the wreck was weak. Coffield is said to have described the wreck, explaining thet he start ed by an automobile and trailer, that he did not see the Hardison cat until too late to pass or pull back behind the car and trailer, which he said had no rear light on it. He is said to have claimed he was not driving fart at the time. DISSOLVE ORDER HOLDING UP TAX SALE IN PARMELE I Charges of Irregularities In Town Affairs There Are Proved Unfounded The temporary order restraining the officials of the Town of Parmele from selling property for delinquent taxes was dissolved by Judge E. H Cranmer here this week, automati cally making the sale necessary, it is undeagtood. Judge Walter L. Small granted Utc temporary restraining order at the request of R. S. Bullock and W tained that the tax collector, J. T Wildman. was not legally qualified to handle the collections and had not given bond. Other complaints were advanced in the application for the restraining order, but none could be maintained when the matter was car ried before Judge Cranmer this week. In fact, it was pointed out that the affairs of the town, while conducted on a small scale, were conducted after a strict business fashion, and the order issued 011 last August 31 stopping the sale scheduled for the 2nd ot this month, was without foundation, it was de clared ? Young Man Admitted-To 'Bar In County This Week John Robert Jenkins, jr., promls ing youn^ lawyer of the Parmele section, was admitted to the prac tice of law in this and other coun-. ties of the state by Judge E. H. Cranmer in the Martin County Su perior court here yesterday morn ing^ The young attorney has not an nounced his plans for locating, it was teamed. He attended Duke" University and the University of North Carolina law school. Mrs. Elizabeth Biggs Rogerson Dies Here Yesterday Evening Funeral Services Are Being Conducted from Home This Afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth Biggs Rogerson, widow of William Henry Rogerson. died at the home of her son, Mr. J. Kader Rogerson, on William Street here yesterday evening' at 7:10 o' clock, following a stroke of apo plexy which she suffered just a few minutes before. Mrs. Rogerson had finished the evening meal^jnly a^ short time when she was taken criti jcally ill, and died within a very few minutes. Just prior to the stroke she appeared in her usual health and was enjoying the company of the children when she was taken However, she had been in failing health for some time, and had only recently recovered from a week's illness. She was fairly active for her advanced age, and interested herself in the activities of the home and the care of the children there Mrs Rogerson was born in Bear Orass Township 84 years ago last July 14, and was the last member of a large vand old family in that I section. Since the death of her hus 1 band 14 years ago she had made her home with her sons, and had been here for about two years. About four years ago she Joined the local Baptist church, and in the absence of the pastor, Rev. E. C. Shoe, Bap tist minister of Robersonville, and Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, local Presby terian minister, are conducting the last rites at the home this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Interment will fol low in the local cemetery. Six children were born to the unibn, but only three, Mrs J. S. Gurganus, and Messrs. J. Kader and Eli Rogerson, all of Williams ton, aurvive. 4,000 Colored Children To Return To School Monduy Pour thousand or more children art expeted to enroll when the 20 Negro schools start the new term in this county next Mondsy morning. Arrangements (or the opening are King completed at a meeting of the principals and county school au thorities in the colored school build ing here. The superintendent's office offered no comments as to the expected en rollment the flrst day, but It is be lieved that the Williamston plant will be crowded considerably more than it was last year. The Rober sonville school (aces many disad vantages and much confusion is ex pected at the belt when classes are started in the Holiness and Baptist church buildings there The school building was burned last spring, and it-; replacement has been delayed pending action by federal authori ties on an application for funds to advance a large school building pro gram in the county. Last year the 26 schools enrolled 1,804 children in the elementary de partment, and the two or three high schools reported 178 pupils, making a total of 4,072 pupUs. Low Prices Are Causing Confusion in Bright Belt Sales on Local Market Pass Three Million Mark Today Sale* on the Willlamston to bacco market carried the pound axe well over the three-million mark today, conservative esti mates placing the sales at about 225.040 pounds to be sold^be-^ noon. Up until last night. the market had sold 2.967,170 pounds of tobacco for $539,416. 52. the resulting average up to that time being $11.15 per 100 pounds. The average represents every pound sold, and it is a greed that the inferior quality trades have predominated the offerings on the floors here so far this season. Willlamston is believed to be one of the few markets in this belt to show a gain in pound age over the sales up until the same time last season During the first four weeks of the sell in* period last season, the mar ket handled 3,138.60*1 pounds. The sales today will carry the total considerably above that figure. Hut a Ion* with all the other markets, it has suffered the slump in prices, as for the same period last season Its av erage was $26.03. Despite prevailing low prices, farmers in this section continue to market their crops fairly rapidly, and while they admit they are disappointed with the price the crop is bringing, as a whole, they are agreed that Wllllamston is selling tobacco Just as high and the advantages more ronveninet as any market in the belt. Fair Premium Lists Being Mailed Out bv Manager This Week Premiums and Prizies Total $2,550 at Roanoke Fair Here November 4-9 Several thousand pamphlets car rying attractive premiums offered by the Greater Roanoke Fair here on November 4-9, are being distributed this week by Resident Manager Har vey Walker. The premiums total a round $1,500, with the racing prizes adding another $1,050, and compare favorably with any offered at district Department heads, named some time ago, are making arrangements for numerous and elaborate exhibits and the agricultural feature of the exhibition is virtually assured a rat ine considerably above standard. The names of the department heads and their respective departments are as follows: Agricultiffift"- and" horticultural products: T. B. Brandon. Livestock: D. M. Roberson. Poultry. C. B Siceloff; Walter Halberstadt, assistant. Vocational agriculture: R. C. Jor dan, J. E Mullins, assistant. Home Economics: Mis* Lara E. Sleeper, Mrs. Myrtle Brown, assist ant. School exhibits, girls: Mrs. Murphy Barnes Girls' 4-H club exhibits: Miss Lora E. Sleeper. Boys' 4-tt club exhibits: M. L. Barnes. Plants, Flowers, and Fine Arts Mrs. Murphy Barnes Farm Machinery: K P. Lindsley. Colored home makers: Mary Gray Visiting Minister at Local Church Sunday Evening Preaching service at the Christian church at 11 o'clock a. m. and at 7 30 p. m. The pastor will preach Sunday morning on "Getting the Most Out of Our Religion." Every member of the church, as well as visitors and friends, is invited to be present. The sermon deals with the joy side of the ledger of Chris tianity. You will be glad you came 5f you come. Rev. Gilbert Davis, of Plymouth, will preach at 7:30. Come and en joy his message. Fill the house. All young people are urged to attend all the services Sunday. Bible school meets at 9:45. Let's step into the old-time stride Sunday in Bible School attendance. I CALL FOR CHECKS All but a few of the 635 to bacco rental check* have been distributed to farmers In this eounty. The checks, amounting to $16,056.79, were only made ready ready for distribution a day or two ago. Receipts from their tobacco sales failing to care for plan ned purchases, the farmers, or most of them, immediately call ed for their rental checks to re lieve the situation. Other checks are due, and just as soon as they reach here, the owners will be notified di rect to call for them. Crowded Conditions Ke|)orted by Many Sehools of County Enrollment In Williamston .Schools Nearly Reach The 800 Mark All vacancies were filled in the white school faculties in the county thit week, and activities in the schools were said to be approaching normal as the first week of the term drew if* ? rlngji trirth'y The last faculty vacancy was fill ed when Miss haura Boreaux, of Wilmington, accepted the position of second grade teacher at Everetts, filling the place made vacant by the resignation of Miss Williams just a few days before the term opened Miss Bordeaux entered upon her new duties yesterday morning. Crowded conditions are reported in many of the schools, Principal D N Hix reporting about 00 begin ners in one and about 00 in another loom here The high school en-j rollment jumped from 185 the first day to 195 yesterday, and tne local elementary enrollment has also been increased, very slightly, how e\er, Professor Hix said. Of the 195 pupils in the high school, 190 attended regularly this week In the elementary department 572 of the 590 pupils>.so far enrolled at tended regularly this week Today there were 785 pupils enrolled in the entire school, 702 of the number re-porting each day this week, on an average Weekly reports from schools over I The countyTwill hardly reach the of-J fice of the county superintendrnt ] before late tomorrow or Monday,{ and until they are received and re viewed it cannot be learned whether I any of the several faculties will be| increased Orthopedic Clinic To Be Held at Tarboro Monday\ Another orthopedic clinic will be held in the Presbyterian Sunday ichool building in Tarboro next Monday at noon, it was announced today. Free examination and treat ment are given to all who are finan cially unable to pay Construction of Two New Homes Underway Here I ? Material la being placed on Mar shal! Avenue .for the construction of two new homes, actual building ac tivities to get under way within the next few days. The houae* will face each other end ere located about two-thirds of the way down the ave nue from Haughton Street. Closing of \larkets Advocated bv Some Farmers of Section Few Martin Farmers Plan To Attend Mass Meet In Raleigh Tomorrow Low prices prevailing, for the cur lent to harm ?_*rop je t'aujing ? confusion among farmers, slate of ficials and AAA authorities of late, farmers in some sections are talk ing the closing of the markets, white others are urging an immediate rul ing by the AAA for a large reduction in the crop next year, and the with holding of inferior grades from the market this season, explaining that these two factors should be suffic ient cause for a rise ,n present prices While tpany protests have been entered with the governor by farm err over the bright belt and others in the old belt just opened, no defi nite action has been determined, and light now there is no concerted ef fort for a marketing holiday. A rul "ig to decrease the crop considerably next year and hold off all inferior grades U..s season apparently are considered as the most logical weap ons to use right now in a fight for higher tobacco prices during the re mainder of this marketing season. Martin farmers, as a whole, have roiced no open protests against PVe. vailing prices, but they are agreed that tobacco is cheap and, no doubt they will fall ,n tfneHf a call to con certed action is made. In the meantime, the domestic companies are offering low prices for tobacco, leading some observers to believe that they are attempting to create ,11 will among the farmers AAA and m policies. ' Tobacco quality might be consider ably inferior this year, but the poor quality will not justify the price de crease, it is generally believed Wil ?on, the largest market in the world, reported an official average of $16 55 Wednesday, and reliable reports will show that tobacco is cheap every where Kinston is said to have ?splurged- Itself tins week when n - I broadcast to the world fabulous |prices that are believed to have mis j ,he general public, and sank a point in favor of the companies Much has been said about tobacco |for export, but one exporting com |Pany. observers say, ? leadjng in prices, While the domestic companies * donot seem to be able to find any thing thai will suit them, is the opinion of some that if prices do not advance and advance quickly action will be brought to effect a market ing holiday A protest meeting lias been called for tomoriow morning at Raleigh at 10 o'clock, but very few farmers are expected to mt-.?i from this immediate section. The meeting was called by 300 repre sentatives of growers in a meeting held 10 Raleigh yesterday. No defi nite program of action was outlined by the 300 representatives yesterday ,he Possibility of closing the markets was mentioned as one way nf tackling the situation Farm Life School Off ro Good Start # The school at Farm Life had an ai .spinous opening last Monday re ported Principal C. B Martin' to day Exercises* were held in the tradrtortum where a targe number of friends and palfons hadassembl-? ed The devotional was conducted by Rev W B Harrington and Mr. Frank Lilley, a member of the local board, welcomed the teachers, pu pil.' and patrons. A very interest in# talk was made by Mr. C. C Coltrain. The principal made a talk em phasizing the need of cooperation in school work, the preliminary activi ties pointing to a very succeaaful term this year. P. T. A. The patrona of the school will as semble Tuesday night. September ' 24 for the reorganization of the parent-teacher asociation for this term. Presbyterians Plan Meeting At Bear Grass Next Week Services will be held at all points Sunday at the usual hours. Revival service, will begin at Roberson's Chapel Monday night at 7:45 p. m.. with the Rev D F. Waddell, of Ahoskie, bringing the messages.
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