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THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers WU1 Plod On Cat ?uu a Latchkey U Over 1JM ones of Martin Gouty. VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 82 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. October 11, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 JURY LIST DRAWN FOR NOVEMBER SUPERIOR COURT No Colored Citizens Drawn; Term Begins Third | i Monday No colored citizens were drawn bj the commissioners this week for Jury service at the November term of the Martin County Superior court, convening the third Monday of that month. As far as it could be learned, no judge has been assigned to pre side over the term, but it is believed Judge Clayton Moore will occupy the bench during the two weeks term when only civil cases will be han dled. The names of those drawn for service during the term are as fol lows! First Week Jamesville Township: W. J. Holli day, jr., and H. L. Davis. Williams Township: G. C. James. Griffins Township: John R. Col train and Howard Coltrain. Bear Grass Township: A. B. Rog erson, Sidney Beacham and H. S. Harris. Williamston Township: J. A. Suggs H. E. Ray, O. S. Cowin, and J. C. Downing. Cross Roads Township: G. W. Tay lor, jr., H. L. Roebuck, J. A. Ausbon. RobersonviUe Township: H. B. Roberson, W. L. Baker, and L S. Curtis. Second Week Jamesville Township: G. H. Mi zelle and Arthur Modlin. Rriffiiw Township: Lewis H. Rob erson, J. Leonard Coltrain, Geo. C. Griffin and John A. Hardison. Bear Grass Township: W. A Brown, Haywood Rogers and Seth Bailey. Cross Roads Township: Raymond Stalls and D. A. Ausbon. RobersonviUe Township: E. M Coburn, Mayo Bryant, Leo Everett, Karl Oakley and J. C. Martin. Poplar Point Township: W. O WiUoughby. Goose Nest Township: Z. D. Co*. Draw Salary Checks for County Teachers Salary checks, amounting to $15. IHJO, are being drawn today for tatribution among the 185 teachers in the county within the next few days, it was learned from the office of the county superintendent this afternoon. Checks will be distribut ed just as soon the principals get their reports in for the Arst month ending tdday. The combined salaries show an in crease of $2,928 80 over the schedule in effect last term. Former Resident Is Accidentally Killed Junes Allen Parker, a former lo cal resident for about 5 years, was instantly killed yesterday morning in the office of his garage in Suffolk by the accidental discharge of a shot gun which he was cleaning. Mr. Parker, a mechanical engi neer, married Miss Eva Hodges Wolfe, of Williamston, and she with thiee children survives. runeral services will be conduct ed in Suffolk Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and interment will fol low in Cedar Hill Cemetery there. Christian Church Program Announced by Rev. Perry Bible school at 9:45 a. m. Our sup erintendent, Mr. W. C Manning, has returned from the Holy Land an J, will be at his post The pastor, after a fruitful season of revival meeting;, will All his place both morning at 11 and at sight at 7:90 p. m. Theme of the morning sermon will be: "Spiritual Examination Time" and at the eve ning service: "Watch-Dogs of Zion." AT members of Bible School and church are urgently invited to be in their places Sunday for the be ginning of the autumn program. The public is cordially invited. Riding Circus End Week Engagement Tomorrow Operating under the auspices of the Williamston Aathietic Associa tion, R. C Lee's riding circus will complete a week's engagement next tc the Planters Warehouse here this week. Many kiddies and some old folks, too, have enjoyed the ride*, and Ray Goodmon, president of the local athletic association, is stressing the importance of patronizing the riding circus as a means of offset ting the Lass ball operating deficit ABC Board Favors5 Per Cent Profits for Law Enforcement Martin County's Alcoholic Bever age Control Board met in called ses sion here last Wednesday evening foi a discussion of routine business matters and the handling of a few matters of minor importance. Cur rent bills were approved, and orders j were planned for stoves to be used in the four stores. Recommendations were offered that S per cent of the net profits be expended for enforcement of the li quor laws, and the remainder of the profits be placed in the county's general fund. Distribution of profits in the end rests with the county, but it is generally understood that the r.ynmmcnriatinni advanced by the control board will be considered fav orably by the commissioners. The county board continues its interest in law enforcement, and it is cer tain that S per cent of the liquor sale profits will be used for that purpose, and considerably more than the specified S per cent will be ad vanced in an effort to curb liquor law violations. Ai complete audit of the liquor store sales is now being made, and some reliable information can be expected shortly in connection with the handling of liquor sales at the four stores, Oak City, Robersonvillc, Williamston and Jamesville. Messrs. Jesse Crisp, of Oak City, Irving Smith, of Robersonville, and V. J. Spivey, chairman of William ston, attended the Wednesday night meeting here. Offer Little Chance for Sale of Scrap Tobacco FILE BUT ONCE Patrolman W. S. Hunt (minted eat this moraine that one auto mobile driven are duplicating their applications tor driver's li cenaes, and explained that only one application is necessary. Since lllinc their applications, some auto ownen are receivine forms throufh the malls, and are preparinc the second request for who have Bled their applications are instructed to ienore the ap plication forms they are subject to receive directly from the mo tor vehicle bureau. Case From County Is Decided by Supreme Court This Week Bill Henry Modlin Loses Appeal in Case Against Sovereign Camp The North Carolina Supreme Court this week upheld the decision of the Martin Superior court in de nying Bill Henry Modlin, Jamesville township man, disability under the ferms of a policy carried in the Sov ereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World. The higher court handed down its decision this week in the Modlin case, no action having been announced in the several other cases now pending before the tribunal. The Modlin case, while no doubt settled correctly from the standpoint of law, has its peculiarities tbst are considered favorable to the plain till. Modlin, after paying the Sov ereign Camp the annual premiums for, a number of years, experienced falling health. He entered his claim for disability, but the camp, armed with by-laws that apparentlyftoere more favorable to the company than to the insured, countered the claim on the grounds that it had not been entered within a specified time, and that the insured was entitled to nothing. The claim for disability benefits, it is understood, was entered just shortly after the expiration period set up by the company. ? School Attendance At Jamesville Is Continuing Climb People There are Anxiously Awaiting Action On Building Program Starting the term with an Increase of 80 in its enrollment figures, the Jamesville school this week report ed additional pupils entering there and that the attendance is holding up unusually well. Conditions are very crowded there, and the school is entitled to another teacher under a reasonable teacher-load limit, but according to what Lloyd Griffin told representatives from this county this week the school will hardly get an additional teacher right away. Pupils in several grades of the cchool there hsve been earnestly working this week preparing a school exhibit for the four-county fair at Plymouth next week. Patrons and pupils there are anx ioualy awaiting action on the pro gram calling for a new high school, building and a gymnasium. Some difficulty is expected in the selec tion of a lot, unofficial reports indi cating that condemnation proceed ing might be necessary. Farmers Who Do So Are Likely To Have Contracts Cancelled S in? Li"nSe Law Believed Illegal Since No Penalty Is Provided in Act oo!i:rin? * i ^0",^ S fPOm healers ii7 scrap tobacco are invalid, AAA au orities are Pointing out substantial penalties for the sale of scrap t. rtofent' ^rmerS When ,he sales a'e Cr,? U>a allotment cards jet!, . T ' IW would delude ai sessments in addition to forfeiture under a" "is there Pr?hibit ,He prom'scu' us selling Of scrap tobacco, the re cent legislature enacted a law re "* ?p dealers to buy a ? 000 "cense but no provision for pen alt es was included, making the ac'. iny fa^ tT invalid At' carried hef T "lleged v",lator carried before the courts tn ihi? county escaped without any ?0^ Ur:hi,Vhe bUyer be tr.r^Lbbteh?A'?AbarKain l-e headmg off the sale oAh.^ grow^nA,^"^ duwn ?n Ihe the ?/ remembered that the grower can sell his scrap ( ' ?o desires, but remembering to ac (keting cards8 pounda,fe on "le^nar i"'; ^ia county are being trolling h esatAofr7U,a"0nS """ A. "eir m",tg thfr:PeerbAAA mend.Ut,o?n;red ^ ^m ?o advTA*ta/rflmed,"te S'epS be takm tr.c hue-cured tobacco con XnfT with re,pec, to X temts of the contract concerning the *ale of scrap tpbacco. The contract Provides that all ,a,/ -rap, must be enterXon thfafX' ment cards and covered by tax-pay ?r c?ntra<?"? payment warrant, violate the.r con agAsXL*'0*6" Wbose b<"* "Cre te e?ttoe!,',CX0r Ie" ^ ""owed e'ect to plant their full base acre 3 That a public meeting be held curXA.TX' f?int "> 'he flue rsn, ,0 another SESSION HELD IN COUNTY COURT iJudge P?1 Clears Fifteen, Cases from Docket and Continues^ 11 Others | Judge H ? pL held anoth I long and tiresome session ,n the county recorder's court last Tu<* day, the tribunal continuing lts ac Lv.Ue. well into the evening, han dling fifteen cases and then 11 oth-r cases were continued for considers-1 nond THe dockct was of nondescript type, attracting little at ! I tention from the general public. | W,'llam Thompson, charged wt?h txTwiTh t and non-supP?rt' was ~*ed with the cost in the case J. R. Pierce was found not guilty ins an Caf Charglng him with driv ing an automobile while intoxicated tr^ iU,dged 8UiUy of drivin? an au ne cost. He appealed to the higher courts, and bond was fixed ,n .iT J sum of $200. Xed ln the ! f?,Und ?u'lty of violating the al coholic beverage control laws, Fran' ' ?hh.l W"S flned $25 and taxed "h the cost. The case was an Poa ed under $100 bond, but the ao Pea, had not been perfected tslt the clerk a minutes show Judgment was suspended in the C"e ar^ing Ira and Martin Whit aker with simple assault ciTngCdSe? :ere ?n the docknt mo"* vehlt.ndwUhiWi,h ?I)Cra,"ly ., '"S.Wlth 'mproper lights. P^aded gu?tyd and'the"^: SsuU; 'rrrrentu^th^~ lli?eandlZehdRGr,am SprUi?' J""n I the court eh ..a "8" Were ^'oro w th a dead 'arged Wi,h an a?aul, I. a deadly weapon and disorde |.,v conduct. Coffield was fined $ (V ' t<Mhe<othersUSPCnd'ng j"d~ ? A non-suit was granted in the case! L.7 UiU?rd Brown with an ( Charged with gambling, Vernon ' jwere suspended. mencesj J Lewis Sheppard, charged with vi not guilty" liqU?r laWS' was Claude Matthews, the colored man colored"! ,8rged WUh akoo'ing colored woman in (he back with shotgun about two weeks ago ^ j found not guilty. ( Cited for contempt of court, John I Hudley was fined $50 Piney Grove Service Called Off On Account of Revival The regular preaching service scheduled at the Piney Grove Bap tist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock has been called off since a revival service now underway at the Maple Grove Christian church will be in progress at that hour, the? pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, an nounced yesterday. Members of the Piney Grove church are cordially invited to worship at the Maple Grove service, it was announced. Reports state that large crowds have been attending at Maple Grove since the meeting was opened ther* last Monday evening by Rev. M". Ambrose. ? Episcopalians Announce Sunday Services Here Rev. E. F. Moseley, rector. Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity; Church school, 9:45 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon, 11 a m. Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30 p. m. Prices Continue Climb on Tobacco Market Here; Average for Week Is Nearly 24 Cents Patron* on the Williamaton tobacco market, and there are hand red* today laid tobacco was aellinc better than at any time this year. The very atmos phere surrounding the market ing activities was brightening, farmers were well satisfied and the market was holding steady with the price trend upward. Tobacco was here from an In creased number of distant coon ties for the hrst time, the sta bility of the market attracting new patrons almost daily. Sales were lively, hot It will be late afternoon before the floors are la pound*, the market Is lead ing Its record of last year, con servative estimates pointing to total sales for the season of more than 1,000,000 pounds. Activi ties on the market here are more encouraging than at any time this year, and there Is every rea son to anticipate a very success Yesterday the market sold lltjtti pounds for a feneral av erafe of 124.96, bringing the sales for the fiscal week end ing yesterday up to S21.22S pounds. The average for that period was just slightly under 24 cents or about $2 a hundred higher than the average for the preceding fiscal week, Sales Su pervisor R. W. McFarland ex plained. Today's sales of approximate ly 215,000 pounds will advance the sales just about one hundred thousand pounds over the flve mllllon mark, and push the av erage for the season to-date to around $10.22. lip until last night, 4,884,78* pounds had been sold for $931,303.40 or an aver age of $19.11 the 100 pounds. Tha facta and figures prove beyond all doubt that William ston is one of the best, If not the best market for Uie sale of tobacco In the Bright Belt. Better Conditions Shown By Delinquent Tax List County Farmer Raises Cane And Makes Good Money at It Fully lealizing the advantage of! diversified fanning, Mr. I.. M. j Brown, Jamesville Township farm- 1 er, found time in the spring to plant j about one-half acre of cane, think ing that he would harvest about 90 or 100 gallons of molasses this fall for use on his own table and some lcr sale. He completed the harvest ing just a few days ago and made lbC gallons of molasses to establish a production record. In short, Mr. Brown just raised cane. Good old home-made cane molas ses is hard to beat, and besides be ing a delicacy on his table Mr. Brown is finding a ready market at 80 cents a gallon. There is consid erable expense attached to the pro duction and making o? molasses, but according to Mr. Brown's yield fig ures, he will gross at the rate of about $265 an acre for his cane. To bacco hardly averages that much an acre, and the production cost is equally as great as tiiat connected with the making of cane molasses. Board Again Refuses Additional Teachers Arbitrary Change in Rules Relating To Teacher Toad Made T cacher\ Load from 36 To 38 and Then from 38 to 40 Claims placed before the Stale I School Commission in Raleigh this week by local and county school au thorities in person for additional teachers amounted to nothing, the State Commission heading olT the demands by jumping the per teacher I load first from 36 to 38 and then from 38 to" 40 pupils The last in ci ease blasted all hopes for another teacher in each of three schools: Williamston, Jamesville, and Robei sonville. Hamilton, with a teacher load of 42 pupils, was defeated on another front some time ago, when the commission advised county au I thorities to transfer a few " pupils | from Hamilton to Oak City, where the teacher load is understood not to be quite so great. Senator K. L. Coburn, member of the Williamston school committee| and spokesman for the party ap pearing before Lloyd Griffin, of the| State School Commission, in "Raleigh i last Tuesday, was of the opinion to-' this county is settled, fir "in the bag," so to speak. Should attend ance figures increase, one can look for the teacher -load to go up and up, he said. The action of the state commis sion in lowering the age require j ment for beginners continues a mys tery to many, and the whole busi ! ness becomes more mysterious when the state authorities pass edicts ad mitting more children to the schools and then all but refuses to allow | more teachers. It is hardly likely that William ston school authorities will press their claims further for an addition-1 al teacher to relieve the crowded conditions and reduce the teacher load. Victim of Cutting Affray Improving In Hospital Herbert Brown, coloied man who had his belly ripped open in a bloody fight here last Saturday' night, is said to be getting along very well in a Washington hospital. While his condition continues critical, recov ery is considered possible now, it was learned. BAPTISTS MEET NEXT WEEK AT ROBERSONVILLE Large Crowds Expected- for Two-day Meeting Be ginning Tuesday The Roanoke" Missionary Baptist Association, one of the 69 associa tions in the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, will meet in an nual session next Tuesday and Wednesday, October If) and 16, with the Robersonville church. Each of the 69 associations meet yearly, this constituting, this year, the last important gathering of Bap tists in this section until the North Carolina State Convention goes to Asheville November 12 to. 14. The annual convention is always preced ed by the yearly Baptist pastors' conference, which meets in the con vention city a day early. The associations are the smaller units composing the convention prop er, and their meetings this year are ol vast importance to the denomina tion. From leaders of the Baptist Work in the state rep< rts are being released to the effect that this is the best year the denomination has had since the depression. The Baptist hosts of this state are definitely oil the defensive and~afe on the march again. The local association prom ises to be well attended, and the general public is invited to its ses sions. Hardware Store To Open Wednesday Arrangements are fast nearing completion for the opening next Wednesday of the Williamston Hardware Company, Inc., store, the latest addition to the business life of the town and community. In the remodeled Flatiron or Staton build mg on Washington Street, Messrs. J. C. Anderson, local man, and Wheedbee, of Ahoskie. are placing one of the largest hardware stocks to be found in this section. During the past two weeks employees of the new firm have been ..unpacking and placing on the shelves a brand new and nationally recognized line of general hardware. In addition to a large stock of hardware, the company will handle building ma terials and other items associated with the particular business. The firm will be under the pers onal management of Mr. Anderson who will be assisted bv Mr. Wheed bee, of Windsor. (x)tton (/innings Total 205 Bales Martin County'* cotton i* now be ginning to movefyairly rapidly to the gins, recent reports indicate that thj harvesting of the particular crop is somewhat advanced over that of last year. Up until the first of this month 205 bales of the 1B35 crop had been ginned in this county, late reports maintaining that the ginning activi ties are increasing daily. The size of the crop in this county is expected to fall under the 1034 production figure, some observers es timating that the poundage will hard iy moreJ<Jhan exceed the allotment this year. 721 Unpaid Accounts Representing $12,001) In Taxes Advertised All Real Estate Taxes In Poplar Point Paid To Set Unique Record Martin County's delinquent tax list, making its first appearance to day and representing unpaid ac counts on real estate for the year 1934, reflects decidedly improved conditions in collections, and es pecially is this true when collection comparisons are made for the past three years. Reaching a deadline for publication last night, the tax list had dwindled from nearly 8,000 down to 721 unpaid accounts on real property, the number being the smallest in years. These accounts icpresent unpaid taxes on real estate in the sum of $12.069 58. The 721 .property holdings will be offered for [sale by the sheriff the fifst Monday ir. next month unless the principal, interest and cost are paid prior to that time. Probably the number of unpaid accounts will be reduced by one-fourth or even one-third before November 4. Hy way of comparison, the 1934 unpaid? is ? leas than?ottc-? tiiird of the uncollected amount for the year 1932, and just about $6,000 under the delinquent amount for the year 1933. The number of delin quent accounts has not decreased in proportion, the 721 unpaid accounts being just 31 less than the total list last year and 462 smaller than the number for 1932 when the property 6f 1,183 owners was advertised. For the most part, the strictly farming communities show a continued de le rease in the number of delinquent \ accounts, colored owners of small property holdings continuing with numerous unpaid accounts that are, ns a rule, very small. Five townships reported an in crease in the number of delinquent accounts, but only two, Jamesville and Bear Grass, show an increase in the amount of unpaid taxes. Pop lar Point, for the first time in the tax history of the county and the first township to make such a rec ord, reported no delinquent accounts and no unpaid taxes on real prop erty. Bear Grass, although showing an increase in unpaid taxes over last year, had only $24(3.52 in arrears on real estate there. Goose Nest ac counted for (he largest decrease in the number of delinquents and un paid taxes, that district reducing the number by 29 and the amount by nearly $2*000, or about one-third of the total decrease for the county. Hamilton, Robersonville and Wfl liamston each reported a decrease in excess of $1,000. Below are offered comparisons in cc llections and number delinquents for the tax years of 1934 and 1933: Amount Uncollected I ownship ?JameSVille Williams Griffins ?Bear Grass Williamston j C mss Roads Ronersonville | Goose Nest Hamilton Poplar Point 1934 2,0IB 42 404 10 366 68 246 52 2,542 43 495 26 2,169 45 2,921 90 1.022.90 0.00 1933 1,886.13 598.16 689.93 188 66 3,566.36 1,082.58 2,604.06 4,831.34 2,303 31 317.24 Totals $12,089 66 $18,067 81 Number Advertised | Township i * Jamesville Williams ?Griffins ?Bear Grass ?Williamston Cross Koacls ?Robersonville Goose Nest Hamilton Poplar Point 1934 142 40 28 21. 132 31 127 107 43 0 1933 127 44 18 18 181 33 114 138 69 6 Totals 721 7S2 'Indicate 1934 gain over 1933. Presbyterians Close Meet At Poplar Point Sunday All regular service* will be held thii Sunday at all points, with the exception of the Church school at Poplar Point at 3:30 p. m. This will be held at night in connection with the evangelistic services now in progress. The Rev. S. W. Dubose is bringing the messages each night at 7:30 p. m. This meeting will close Sunday night. The men oI the rhtirch of Dear Craas will meet tonight (Friday) at 7 p. m. a*
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