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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 78 ~ Williamston. Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. September 27. 1935 < ESTABLISHED 1899 TAXING OFFICERS WILL HOLD MEET HERE NEXT WEEK Plan Discussion of Pressing Problems Involved In Tax Collections A discussion of prenins problems involved in tax collections and fore closure proceedings will be held at a meeting of attorneys, tax collect ors and others from all over north eastern Carolina, to be held in the George Reynolds Hotel here on Wednesday of next week at 1 o'clock it was learned from an announce ment made this week by Albert Coats, director of the Institute of Government. Similar meetings are being held in seven other districts in the state in an effort to bring! some clarity out of the confusion in . the laws controlling tax collections and foreclosures, the .institute direc tor .explained. Representatives are expected here j from Currituck, Dare, Camden, Tyr rell, Pasquotank, Kates, Perquimans, Chowan, Northampton, .Hertford, Bertie, and Washington Counties. Small collections of taxes during the past few years in many counties, and resulting confusion from ordeis restraining sales of land for taxes, discounts allowed and penalties im posed and laws conrtolling foreclos ure proceedings and costs will be seme of the problems that will be discussed at the meeting, it was stat ed. In connection with the work o( the Institute of Government in try ing to straighten out a bad situation in which many taxing units are now finding themselves, Atiorney Gener al A. A. F. Seawell has the follow ing to say: "I wish to emphasize the timeli ness and y>e importance of the dis trict meetings of county and city at torneys and tax collecting officials to be held within the next few days to discuss the many pressing prob lems involved in tax collections and foreclosure proceedings. "The tax laws and procedure have become exceedingly intricate and very complex situations have arisen which render these meetings all the more valuable. I wish to congratu late the staff of the Institute of Gov ernment on the very thorough study it has made of these problems and the very accurate conclusions a*, which they have arrived. "Tha practical discussion of these laws and procedures in district meetings will be productive of very valuable results in clarifying the ex isting confusion and in giving city and county authorities and tax-col lecting officials tha most valuable as sistance in getting a uniform under standing of these problems at a time when it is most needed. . . Presbyterians Announce Schedule Sunday Meets Williamston: Church school at 9:43 a m. Worship service and sermon at 11 a. m. Sermon by the pastor. Bear Grass: Church school at 9:30 a. m. Worship service and sermon at 7:30 p. m. Young people of the church at 8:48 p. m Roberson's Chapel: The aeries in progress now and attended by large congregations, will be con tinued through next Tuesday night. Please notice that the church school will not be held at 4 p. m., but the service will be held at 7:48 p. m. Poplar Point: Church school at 2 F m. There is a service and some place in every community in the county each Sunday by some church. Go to church this Sunday. Farm Lite Parent-Teacher Association Reorganiseff The reorganization of the Farm Life Parent-Teacher association was perfected at a meeting of interested patrons there last Wednesday eve ning when Professor C. B. Martin was elected president; Rev. Malcosn Pennie, vice president, and Mias' Brownie Roberaon, secretary and1 treasurer. Membership, program and social committees were appoint ed, and plans for tha year's worki were outlined and discussed. One. of the matters coining before the meeting was the purchase of song books. Virtually enough money w*j| raised then and there to offset the book costs The association will hold its next meeting on October 17 when further matters of importance to the school will be considered. One Service at Methodist Churoh Sunday Morning Sunday school at 9:48 s m. Regular worship service, 11 a. m. No service at night, but will aaa our congregation to worship with the Baptist congregation and greet the new pestor, Rev. Mr. Smith. New Baptist Minister Takes Up Pastorate Here $unday Rev. June* H. Smith, recently! 3Jled at pastor of the Williamston emorial Baptist church, will meet hi* regular appointment* there Sun day morning at the 11 o'clock hour and in the evening at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today. Member* of the congregation are planning a large attendance upon the morning serv-j ice and that evening all the other churches will suspend their regular worship to join in the service at the Baptist church, it was stated. Mem bers of other congregations are cor dially invited to attend, and the church membership is urged to be present for both services. At the morninf service, the newly railed minister will speak on "No*. Forsaking the Assembling ol Our selves Together." "Prayer" will be the sermon iopiif at trte evening hour. The minister also announced that a prayer service would be held the following Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. * Mr. Smith, at one time a school teacher in this county, recently com pleted his ministerial training at Louisville, and comes here from Marion, his home. He has served churches in this county, and during the past two summers, assisted the Rev. Mr. Peacock at Tarboro. Prices Climb on Local Market; Sales Nearing Four Million Pounds PRAISES OFFICERS "I wish to commend the offi cers of this county for their ef ficient service," Judge E. H. Crsnmer said during a lull in the superior court proceedings here Wednesday morning. The way Clerk of Court Wynne ad ministers the oaths of witnesses and Jurors was especially cited by the judge, who said he was well pleased with the selection of officers by the people of this county. He praised the Jury for its capable decisions, apparent ly forgetting that he had set aside a verdict that was said to have been contrary to the weight of the evidence Just two days before. The affairs connected with the court were rated above the av erage, the Judge explaining that even the lawyers were good when they were asleep. ROBERSONVILLE NEGRO FARMER ROBBED OF $184 Tricked and Held Up By Two Strangers There .Last Wednesday The robbery of $184 from Henry Jonea, colored farmer, in Roberson 1 orted to the sheriff's office here yesterday morning, the facta in the caae clearly indicating that the farm er haa very little or no chance of ever recovering all or even part of the cold caah. Jonea told a pitiful atory to the county officers here, explaining how some one had befriended him earlier m the day and laid a trap into which he fell that afternoon Jonea said that a man claiming Ed Wallace for his name, saw him that morning and explained that he had married a relative of Jonea, that she wanted to see him. The farmer paid little attention to the invitation, but after much persuasion he .decided to visit his cousin. Wallace, or the man claiming that name, started off with Jones to see the relative, and they had gone only a short distance be tore another man joined them. When they had reached a quiet section, the two robbed Jones of all his money and ran. Jones said he start ed running after the two men, but the chase was ended when the man giving his name as Wallace pullsd a pistol from his pocket and threat ened to shoot. The description offered by Jones of the two men failed to At any of the group that figured in a Aim flam ming game here about two weeks ago. In connection with the Aim flam case here. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said this morning that he had heard nothing from any of the four men alleged to have Agured in the hold up gams with Willie T and and pulled on Wdtaley and Taylor, two colored farmers in this county. Land is now serving a three-year sentence in the State penitentiary for his part in the crime. Coach'Peters To Play with Cardinals in Sunday Game Coach "Trusty" Peters has signed up with the Elizabeth City Cardi nals, professional football team, to play against an organized eleven out of Norfolk In Elizabeth City Sun day afternoon at 1:10 o'clock. It was learned today. Average for Season A!)ove 18 Cert ts; Over 20 Cents Yesterdav Noticeable Price Increase For the Better Grades Reported Today Sales on the Williamston Tobacco tnarket today were nearing the four million-pound mark with a decided increase in prices evident over those of last week. Up to last night, the" market had sold 3,743,084 pounds for $877,533.50, a resulting average for the season of $18.10 per hundred pounds. Averages this week, how ever, have been well over the 20 cent figure, with prices ranging slightly upward, many farmers said yesterday and today. Yesterdav the sales totaled 138,262 pounds, bringing an average of $20 20 the 100 pounds. The poundage today will total a round 140,000, the sales supervisor | stating this morning that selling ac [tivities would be completed abouV 13 00 or 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. During the week several new or ders have been received by inde pendents buying on the local mar ket, one of the orders figuring fairly large in the sales early today. Some lemoh wrappers appeared on the market yesterday and ranged around 45 cents. The piles were not small"ones, and went to the buying ^companies. They were not bid in by the warehouse for adver tising purposes, the seller and other farmers noticing the sale agreeing that the prices were as high as any they had seen anywhere this season, quality considered. Much inferior quality tobacco is cn the floors here today, including large comparative offerings of sorry tips, but the average is almost cer tain to pass the 20-cent figure. Some grades are bringing slightly higher trices, and others are just holding their own, and although the quality ,f'id class of tobacco are said to haye much to do with the receipts, prices (do not compare with those of last season. Some farmers are dissatis fied, but the complaints are not numerous. Some are switching to other markets, but ordinarily when one switched to other markets, two switched from the larger markets to Williamston. A large Halifax far mer said this morning that he had tried several of the larger markets, but that he was experiencing his best sales on Williamston warehouse floors, and that the remainder of his crop would be sold here. Other i oporta indicate the reverse in some rases, but for the most part Wil liamston is more than holding its own this year among them all. The market continues to draw from a hrger territory than ever before, and present prospects point to a new sales record this 1835-38 sea son. > President Ask Ministers in County for Their Advice Several clergymen in this county and others all over the country have been asked in individual letters by Fresident Roosevelt for "couQsel and advise" on how the government can "better serve our people."' "Because of the grave responsi bilities of my office I am tarning to representative clergymen for coun sel and advice, feeling confident no group can give more accurate or un biased views," the President said, in part. Several of the ministers receiving letters in this county plan immed iate answers, It is understood. WORK SUPERIOR COURT FINISHED HERE THURSDAY Plaintiffs and Defendants Appeal To High Court In Several Cases Completing the work schedule! ,!or the two-weeks term. Judge E 11. Cranmer yesterday noon ad journed court here, marking the tlose of what was described one oi the most uninteresting sessions held tn the county in recent months Law >ers were said to have remarked jtnat it was the poorest term in many moons, the fees hardly more than '?meeting even moderate grocery bills ; in some cases, it was alleged. The trial of several rases was com pleted in their entirety, but many were continued to future terms, ITr i eforrod to one agency or another for consideration, none of them be uif considered of any great import ance. Non-suits were fairly num erous, and appeals were noted in two or three cases by both the plain tiffs and defendants. ~ ^ cross" action was taken In the cases uf Worsley add Raynor a gainst the Green Oil Company, the [court granting the defendant a judg 'nient of $200 against Plaintiff Wors 1 ley The plaintiffs were asking $2 [500 damages alleged when an oil truck of the defendant crashed into their car at a street intersection in (Ouk City last March, j A judgment in the sum of about I $700 was granted the Standard Fer tilizer Company against Gerald. The case of Preston Rogers against W. L. Bailey was non-suited, and an appeal was noted. I Judgments in the sum of $711 and $217.50 were granted the Standard Fertilizer Company against W. C. Waters and N. C. Cotton Grower-i Association, respectively. The as sociation entered suit against the other defendant, and. the case wus srt for trial at the next term of court. Sylvester Peel was named court [surveyor to make surveys of certain lands as necessary procedure for set tlements in the case of Z. D. F. White against Jesse Matthews an 1 ir. the Case of Taylor against llad !ey. Hie case of J. A. Powell against j_G H Manning was settled by agree ment, the plaintiff recovering $50. A non-suit was ordered in the case of Nancy Bullock against Allie Bui lock and others, and an appekl was noted. The case of C. M. Minton against the Farmville-Woodward Lumber Company proved a baffling one. De murrers in the case were overruled and both the plaintiffs and defend .ants appealed to the supreme court I A voluntary non-suit was accept ed in the case of Mrs. L. C. Daven port ahd others against Cassie Dav enport and others. Appeals were also noted in the case brought by property owners against J. T. Wildman, town of Par mele tax collector. He was re strained from advertising land upon which taxes were due prior to 1934-. and ordered to sell 1924 taxes on *he first Monday in November ol this year. The plaintiffs gave no tice of appeal and so did the tax collector. ? New Ruling Admits Six First - Grade 'rs The recent ruling by the State School Commission changing the en trance requirements of school be ginners admitted six children to tho first grade in the local school, Prin cipal Hix said today. Any child be coming six years of age on or before January IS is eligible to start school. Heretofore, the beginning had to ? each the age of six years on or be lore November 15 after schools cpened several weeks prior to that time. " Principal Hix pointed out that the attendance in the local schools this season broke all records, explain ing that the percentage had been greater than at any time during u similar period since he came here. bowman Galloway Called Home by Father's Death Bowman Calloway, popular buy on the local market for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, was celled to his home in Winston-Salem last night by the sudden death of his father, Mr. J. B. Calloway, who was killed in an automobile acci dent. No particulars of the accident could be learned here today. Mr. Buck ClilT, former buyer on the local market, is following sales Tor Reynolds In the sbsence of Mr. Galloway. ' Little Tangible Results Are Seen As Result of Conference on Leaf Prices in Washington Wednesday Farmers of County Turn To Harvest of Peanuts and Cotton Tobacco Sales Will Likely Decrease for Next Several Vi eeks Peanut Crop Quality Said To Be Above Average; Production Smaller While the marketing of tobacco continues as the main task just now, farmers in this section are starting the harvesting of their other crops, end next week and the week follow ing will find peanut digging the main work on many farms. A few j have already started digging their peanuts, but the harvesting will hard lv get underway on a very largo i scale until next week and the week j following. Cotton picking is now being carried on in some areas of ..the county, but the harvesting of I that crop is generally handed at the convenience of the farmers, aa a rule. During the peanut harvesting seasons, tobacco sales throughout the peanut belt can well he expected to show a decrease in sire. While there are some exceptions, general reports indicate that the pea I nut crop is of fair quality, but that i the production will hardly exceed I two-thirds of a normal yield. The upper part of the county, reports in 1 d.cate, has a crop of unusually good 'quality, and while the quality for \ the county, as a whole, is consid ered better than average, some farm ers report near failures. It is un derstood that the acreage .this year is about the same, probably a little larger than the average of the part j t.itee years, but no increase in yield i is predicted just now. Mr Buck Gardner, Williams Township farmer otTered a report that is found to be fairly common over most of the county. He said, ' "The bunches I have pulled from my fields have solid nut I ut the nuni ,bcr of peanuts is smaller, indicating TTnat the quality is fair or good, and the quantity slightly smaller." Recent reports maintain that the market for the old crop has been i stronger, but the activities of the old I crop can hardly be advanced as a criterion for new crop prices. How ever, some believe the 1935-36 prices will open around 3 cents a pound. ' The cutton crop in the county is hardly expected to exceed the 1935 ailotment, reliable reports indicate Questioned when they called for their tax-free certificates for market ing, their crops, most of the cotton farmers state that boll weevils and weather conditions had reduced their production, especially late cot ton. Over 1,000 of the tax-free cer tificates have been delivered to the fumers in tlitf county already, and owners are calling fairly rapidly for the approximately 1,000 remaining ones, it was stated. As a whole, the sweet potato crop is of the poorest quality of any crop in this section In several seasons, furmers explaining that the wet : weather had damaged the crop con siderably. Very little of the potato I crop has been dug so far, however Associate Justice To Speak At Episcopal Church Here Church of the Advent. . Rev. E F. Moseley, rector. Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. Church school, 9:45 a. m Morning prayer and sermon, b. m. St. Martin's, Hamilton -Church whuul, to a. w. II Evening prayer and sermon, T:30 p. m. The guest speaker at WiUiamslon In the morning and at Hamilton at night is Associate Justice Herriott Clarkson, of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Justice Clarkson is l vestryman of St. Peters' Church. Charlotte, but spends a good bit of time in Raleigh when there are ses s ons of the supreme court The public is cordially invited to hear Justice Clarkson at these services Sunday. In the morning his subjec'. will be "Two Biblical Lawyers" and in the evening It will be "Esau. MORE ELIGIBLES 1 r- - - - t The recent rescinding of cer tain rules and a widening of the age limit will make a number of Martin County youths eligible for entrance into the Civilian Conservation Corps. Heretofore the young man. after completing a term of 13 months in the ramps, was not eligible to re enter. but that ruling has' been altered, and many of those boys once in camp are expected to return to the service. The ago limit, once from 18 to 25, has been changed to include those from 17 to 28 years of age. it is understood. Just how many the new rul ings will make eligible for serv ice from this county is not known, but quotas are expected within the next week or two. FOREST WARDEN SERVICE TO CET UNDER W AY SOON CCC Workers Expected To Start Cutting Fire Roads In Griffins Soon Preliminary arrangements for in slituting a cooperative forest-ftre protection service in this county are I going forward rapidly at this time, 'and definite action can be expected within the next two or three weeks ri: the program, County Warden Hen iy Hardison said this morrijng. Dep j uty wardens have been named for ' several districts and surveys for fire lanes or roads in portions of two districts have been made by engi neers of the State Department of Conservation and Development, Warden Hardison, and representa tives of the CCC camp in lieaufurtj ;Ccunty i CCC workers will be brought into J this county from Beaufort, and the lost tire lane or road will be cut fioin Wilmer Barber's in Jamesvillc ? Township to the old Fisher place. ;From there the road will be cut jdowri the old J. and W. railroad line jio the old Dymond City site and Tn?m there to the Beaufort County ilinc, a total distance of about eight imiles, it was octin-atcd. The next tire-break or lane has been proposed ifrom Wheeler Gurganus's a west ] course to the intersection of the old J and W. line, about one nule south of the Fisher place and about 4 1-2 imiles in length. A third route is I proposed from the Wheeler Gurgan us place an east course across Welch Creek into Washington County, a 'distance of one mile. The roads are to be 16 feet wid< and open to traffic, shortening th? routes of travel to a considerubli extent for a few people in the dis ti icts. The names of the deputy warden named and the territories are: Marvin Leggett and M W. Bissell Criffins Township; Leo Gardnet Jamesville; Stuart Tetterton, Wil hams; Oscar Peel, Bear Grass; Johi Andrews, Kobersonville; E. T. Smiti Palmyra, and C. C. Hawls, liamil ton Township. The wardens are equipped wilt certain apparatus and are paid 31 cents an hour when on duty. The} trt empowered and directed by la* to call into service any one to hel| check a forest ftre. Nineteen County Youths Apply for Special Fundsl Nineteen youths, seven white and | twelve colored, entered applications j yesterday with the National Youth Aoministration for funds to aid them through the current high school term in this county. The applications call for an appropriation ot $114 monthly, each of the youths to re ceive $6 each. The allotment for this county wa based on the number of unemployed the first of last May, It was learned. Hojm1 Better Prices This Week Will Last Throughout Season Crop of 650.000.000 Or Less Being Considered for Next Season A tobacco -.inference growing out df a mass meelin *>g 3.000 farmers ill Raleigh last Saturday to protest 'against low tobacco prices was held in Washington Wedresday, reports Irorn the Washington meeting leav ing one in doubt as to whether any good was accomplished, or whether the confab made any difference at aQ. or whether it actually harmed ti.e chances of farmers for better [prices for their tobacco. The com ; nuttee, composed of Governor Eh ! rir.ghaus. Senator Bailey, Dr. Clar ence'Poe, and several congressmen, [vras divided in its Opinion as to the 'success of the conference, some thinking that no good had been ac jcomplished. while others believed the strengthened prices reported on |the tobacco markets this week will 'continue through the season, and 'certainly during October I As for advancing any direct meas ure for boosting prices, the confer - 'erce did nothing, according to re 'ports. Indirectly, the meeting might have some effect in that-the dissatis faction of the farmers was impres sively called to the attention of the ! AAA officials and the big companies v Inch were r< presented I Governor Lhringhaus has found |lhe attitude of the administration, as signified by the contents of a let ter he received from Secretary Wal lace. and by the attitude of Mr. ! Hulsoo. as "very disappointing." and the governor clearly indicated thru 'oul the day that he did not feel any 'ixiter about the situation. He said that the department had left the im ipression on the farmers that parity would be 21 rents a pound this year, and Mr. Hutson found himself on the defensive, measurably, when Rep Ires* nlative Hancock produced a newspaper report of a speech deliv ered by Mr llutson last winter. In his speech Mr Hutson had expressed himself as "assuming" that parity | would be 21 cents this year. Mr Hutson considers it likely that he should have "hoped" instead of assuming. Parity, it seems, varies from month lo month. For August, it was brought out by Senator Bailey, the figures, when all the factors were considered, stood at 156 In Sep tember at 16 6. while the 1934 figure was given as 18.9 cents a pound for flue-cured The parity price for 1935 (estimatedI now stands at 19.5. I The spit it of hope was due chiefly lo an apparent general sentiment that the slight upturn in prices not ed this week will likely continue It was pointed out that prices after (k-tober 1 have been in the past 23.5 per cent above prior to that date. That would mean this year an aver age of about 21 5 cents from now on and an average for the season of between 20 and 21 cents. E. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist of thi State Extension Service, report id that the sign-up for the new AAA contracts now being offered for 1036 39, inclusive, is already under way in all but five counties and will bo practically completed within 10 I days. A sign up of 98-per cent already i has been obtained in both Pitt and I Finder counties, with Martin and |several other counties over 90 per I cenl J. 8 Hutson. chief of the AAA 'tobacco section, who attended all thiee sessions of the delegation and hi Id a fourth session with the To tccco Advisory CommlUee, at which 'it was concluded that possibilities fi i a change in parity prices of great benefit to the growers are decidedly limited, was somewhat more specific than he has been heretofore in re jartl to >?"? ??"cUon%. w .ir" ; ..j "The crop certainly will be placed I Continued an page six) Jamesville Man Hurt When Struck by an Auto Tuesday Johnson Modlin. Jamesville Town ship man. was painfully cut on tha head, but not serious hurt, last Tuesday afternoon when ho was struck by an autosnobils on High way 64 in tha town of Jamasvills. He was given treatment hero, and is said to be getting along all right new.
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