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THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers WUI Pled to Cat unuu a Latchkey to Over MM Homes of Martin Coenty VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 85 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 22,1935 ESTABLISHED 18% MUSICAL REVUE IS FEATURED AT FAIR THIS YEAR "Sensations of 1935" Only One of Many Features at Fair November 4-9 Spectacular scenes with the vari hued kaleidoscopic effects brought by the newest inventions in electri cal lighting, glorifies the musical, the "Sensations of 1935," which will ap pear nightly before the grandstand, of the Greater Roanoke Fair, com mencing the week of November 4th All of the principal numbers to te seen in the "Sensations of 1935" were originated for the show, and, so far as is known, are not being of fered in theatres or on outdoor stages by other shows this season. A huge revolving stage is one of the novelties. The aspect of the whole show can be changed by the mere click of a switch. Delicate pastel shades are brought to the field of outdoor lighting to play over the show's beautiful scenery. Miss Gertrude Avery, producer of the "Sensations of 1935," desired a show that would move with the same swiftness that characterizes screen musicals and the modern pror ductions of Broadway, with speed, color and life. Musically, vocally, figuratively, the "Sensations of 1935" is complete in all respectivts. In the galaxy of high-class fea tures are such acts as the Comets, pyramid builders and tumblers, who hzve won much acclaim all over the country; the De Liberto Four, a group of gymnasts who work with machine-like precision during a thrilling exhibition of teeterboard work; Don Tranger, master of cere mones; Randolph Avery and his "Stooges" in an uproariously funny comedy act, the Three Clovers, in comedy head and shoulder balanc ing and acrobatics; and the Tranio I Trio, slapstick comedy novelty on the style of the Four Marx Brothers. "The Sensations of 1935" has a group of 50 people touring the east for the first time, under the exclu sive management of the George A. Hamid office. The show carries pre tentious scenic settings that spread out before the grandstand for 140 feet. The "Sensations of 1935" is an effort on the part of its producer, Miss Gertrude Avery, to bring to the outdoors a type of entertainment that can well be compared with pro ductions of its kind seen on Broad way. The prima donna part will be sung by Pauline Stephens, whose fine lyric soprano voice has won high praise in concert, operatic and musi cal comedy work. ? More Than 7,000 Notices Go To Martin Taxpayers Statement! of 1933 county taxei ere being mailed to the more than 7,000 property owneri in this county thif week, and already lettlements of the account! are being effected fairly rapidlly. Until the flrit of next month, taxes are diicounted by 1 per cent, the diacount dropping to 1-2 of 1 per cent after that time. Taxes are paid at par during the month! of December and January, pcnaltiei going into effect after Feb ruary 1 at the rate of 1 per cent each month. County Officers Capture Two Liquor Stills Friday Two liquor plant!, one in Bear Oraia and the other in Crosa Roads Township, were destroyed by coun ty officers, led by Deputy J. H. Roe buck, last Friday. The plant in Bear Grass had a steam still and about 10 barrels of beer. It was not in operation at the time, and no arrests were made. The Cross Roads plant had a cooper kettle and a small quantity of beer. No one was at the still when the officers reached there, e About 75 Percent of Seed Loans Colleced in County Approximately 79 per cent of the seed and feed loans advanced in this county last spring have been col lected, Inspector Wordsworth said yesterday. The borrowers are re paying their loans very rapidly, leav ing about *0,000 of the *26,934.50 lent in this county uncollected. The loans were made to 221 farmers in this county this year. Griffins Farmer Said To Have Been Robbed of $59 Hoyt Lilley, Griffins fanner, was reported to have been robbed of *99 there last Sunday night Few de tails of the robbery could be learned here, however, and no report had been tied with the office of the sher iff this morning. It was learned. "SENSATIONS OF 1935," FAIR FEATURE HERE "The Sensations of 1935" will be one of the nightly features of the Roanoke Fair, opening in Willlamston November 4. The revue, pro duced at a cost of 55g,000, carries 59 people, including 16 girls, union orchestra of 12 men and a number of artists. Martin-Beaufort Boundary To Be Determined by Court A controversy over the location of the Martin-Beaufort boundary line is in the offing, according to un official reports heard here yester day. One of the reports stated that i epresentatives of the officials of the two counties could not agree on a proposed border line, Charles Swin dell, of the Beaufort board, inform ing R. L. Perry, of the Martin board, that the matter would be referred to the courts for settlement. The boundary line dispute centers in the old J and W. tract, the Beau fort officials claiming about 35,000 EXPECT CHECKS The long-overdue peanut ben efit checks are expected here shortly for distribution in this county, according to reliable In formation gained yesterday. The checks have been prepared, and they are expected here any day. The distribution will be some what slow, it was pointed out, since the office of the agent will be required to point out proper divisions of the payments to tenants and landlords. Proper notification will be giv en the owners just as soon as the checks are received, it was stated. County Operators Of Peanut Pickers May Be Organized Much Interest Expressed in Establishing a Uniform Price for Picking While many peanut-picker opera tori, have expresaed interest in estab lishing a fair price for picking pea ruts this fall, no plans .have been mode for holding a meeting to dis cuss the uniform charge Last year a meeting was held, and the prices agreed upon by the picker operators were for the most part observed in the county. Mr. Joshua L. Coltrain, heading the old organization of picker op erators, could not be reached today jfoi a statement in connection with Itlie possibility of holding such a meeting again this year. | Vhe peanut harvesting season is at hand, and if the operators are planning on doing anything about establishing a uniform charge for picking peanuts, it is believed they will discuss the price schedule with ir the next few days. e I Some Real Boxers Among Youngsters Hardly large enough to partici pate in any of the spotlight sports, a group of small youngsters 'round or Simmons Avenue formed a box ing commission, and scheduled matches are held ever so often. The first bouts were held last Saturday morning in a squared ring in a back yard. Referee Billie Mercer paid little attention to the technicalities cf the fights and waited for plain old knock-outs to determine the win ners. , Bernard York fell in the third round under the heavy pounding of Hal Dickens, Jr., but the gamecock came out of the ring with no scars. Nardi explaining that he could not get his wind while in the bout. Bob tv Orissotn won over J. D. Woo lard II, in two rounds to end the card scheduled for the day. acres, leaving Martin about 5,600. Martin officials are of the belief that about 15,000 acres of the tract arc in this county, leaving Beaufort a bout 25,000 acres. Commissioner Perry explained that he proposed a line from a designated cypress tree straight across to the Jamesville and Washington road, coming out a short distance the other side of the J. J. Roberson property. Should the boundary be located in accordance with the claims of the Beaufort of ficials, the dividing line would fall right much nearer the Roberson property, it was pointed out. Heavy Toll Taken By Auto Accident^ During Week - End Colored Woman Killed In Jump from Moving Car Near Here Sunday The untimely deaths during the week-end of more than a dozen peo ple, and the injury of a number of ethers were carried in North Caro lina papers yesterday. One of the Slate papers had 13 accounts of the untimely deaths and injuries on its front page alone, and it is certain that there weie other accidents fail ing to get recognition in the rush. One death, that of a colored wo man, was reported between here and Windsor Sunday niglil on the high way. This county wa3 free of acci dents over the week-end, maintain | inp a low record of untimely deaths so far this year. Lazt year there were a dozen highway fatalities In this county. So far only two un timely deaths have been reported on Martin highways, and both, of them followed accidents occurring within sight of each other. Henry Purvis, colored, was killed by a hit and run driver on West Main Street 'and Miss Tetterton, young white girl, was fatally hurt just this side of the Edgewood Dairy. The year 1935 is fast drawing to a close, but there is yet time for an increase in untimely deaths. Rec jords show that most of them in 1934 j happened during the closing period |cf that year. I a Damp Time Reported At Colored Association Sunday Guthrie Mason and two or three others were about tp dampen the Belmount (colored) association meet iif in Cross Roads Township last Sunday, when officers, headed by Deputy J. H. Roebuck, interrupted and destroyed about seven gallons of liquor right on the church grounds having enough for evidence when the case is called. ? The dispensers were doing a thriv ing business among the association visitors when the officers reached the scene Parents-Teachers To Hold Meet Here Thursday 3:30 The local parent-teacher associa tion will hold its first meeting of the current term in the high school building Thursday afternoon at 3:30 when plans will be discussed for the year, Principal D. N. Hix announced this morning. Patrons are earnest ly urged to attend this meeting. Fol lowing the business program, the heme economics department, under the direction of M'ss Josephine Grant, teacher, will Jerve the meet ing. ? ? More than 2,300 ears of com were selected and entered at the recent Cleveland County fair by farmers of that county. CONFIDENCE MEN ARE ROUNDED UP OVER WEEK-END Ike Spencer, Colored Man, Admits Fleecing Farmer Out of About $250 The group of flimflanimers-robbers operating in this section and in other parts of the country, was just about rounded up over the week-end when Fayetteville police arrested Ike Spencer, John Currie and George Thomas there Spencer and Currie were arrested !ast Saturday night and weie returned here Sun day by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and Officer Allsbrooks. Thomas, arrest ed shortly after the officers left layetteville Sunday, will be brought here tomorrow to face Rev. J. A. Taylor and King Rid,lick, two vic tims of a flim-flamming game, for identification. Spencer, admitting relieving Rid- | dick of $265 25 near the Atlantic! I * ' . Hotel here last June, denied the rob? fcery charge brought against him. He( 1 admitted that he pulled a "fast one",] and Riddick fell victim. Riddick, M however, maintained it was plain I eld highway robbery. Judging from* a heated conversation between Rid- < dick and Spencer in the sheriff's of-' flee here yesterday morning, it ap-j pears that Riddick and another man j believed to be George Thomas, start 1 | ed to flim-flam Riddick, but some (hitch developed and they then pounced on the man and robbed him Spencer admitted that he had Aim flam victims as far away as Ohio arid Georgia, and calmly explained tc officers that he had promised Rid dick a hundred per cent return with in two hours on an investment of $256.25, the amount of money Rid dick claims he had drawn out of the } i bank to purchase a car. Currie, while a njember of the . flim-flam crowd, denied any con- . nection with the King Riddick case, ' ar.d since other flim-flam victims j here could not identify him he is to , be returned to Fayetteville, where warrants for various offenses await 1 him. Spencer and Currie came herp , broke, explaining that they had in vested all their ill-gotten money in lii. uutomobile. The arrest of the two men virtu- !( ally brings to an end a long search ( , conducted by county officers. Since last June Sheriff Roebuck had made ( trips as far aWay as Washington City, Richmond and Durham,sbut al ways missed his man by a few hours. i ( A hearing is pending before Jus-1 tice J. L. Hassell this afternoon or ' tomorrow. Representatives of Travel Bureau Pass Through Yesterday Details of Trip To Reach 15,000 Travel Directors In America and Europe ? Fifty or more travel bureau repre [ tentative*, riding in a special bus 'and several private cars, and escort-1 ]ed by members of the highway pa- ' jtrol, passed through here yesterday afternoon. The group is touring the [state and was on its way to Manteo 1 [Tomorrow the bureau representa- 1 jtives will come inland, spending the [night in Raleigh and continuing fiom there to Charlotte, where the trip ends. The tour started a week ago in Greensboro, and spent four days in U,e mountain sections of the state, w here the party of travel experts, representing more than 19,000 travel land tour directors throughout the {United States and Europe, were as-1 tntmded at the scenic wonders of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Moun tains. "The reports I have had from those who have accompanied this tour part of the way are that its members have been more than pleased and delighted with what they have seen and that they and their organizations will be the means of sending hundreds of thousands of people to North Carolina who have ne ver been here before," Chairman Wcynick said. 'This will mean that hundreds of thousands of additional dollars will be spent in the state by tourists." Displays Sweet Potato Resembling a Snake Frank Bell, fical colored man, pro duced the unusual in sweet potatoes a few days ago. The potato resem bled very plainly a snake while coiled. Could it be straightened the potato would probably measure IS inches or more. Dai ly Sales on Local Tobacco Market Are Holding Up Well With daily sales continuing larger than they were at the same time list season, and with the better grades appearing in larger quantities, the local to bacco market is in line (or an other record this season. While some farmers are said to be di verting their better grades to the larger markets, more farmers are learning every day that they can get just as much when they sell their entire offerings here. Reports heard today were to the effect that one farmer had car ried l>ls best grade to one of the larger markets and sold the re mainder here. When prices were compared, the farmer had aver aged more for all his offerings here than he had received for (lotton Ginning Tax and Certificates Cost Have Been Reduced Farmer Can Market Excess Cotton Production At Four Cents a Pound A reduction has been made in the rate of tax on ginning cotton i from 6 to 5.45 cents a pound, and' the price of cottpji.jiiarketing cer- | t.ficates has .been reduced from 5 j to 4 cents a pound, Mr. T. B. Slade, i assistant in cotton control for this | county, announced today following. Ilu receipt of information from fed eral authorities late yesterday. The! transfer of certificates will he made under the new price in the future, but no refunds will be allowed on sales already made, it is under stood. Martin farmers are advised that local certificates will not be available just now, but purchases L'un be made shortly, It was stated by Mr. Slade. Very few farmers In this county urc not eligible to participate in the purchase of certificates, and they i v ill have to pay the- 5.45 ginning ] tax. Contract signers and others re- , ctiving Dankhcad allotments ure j eligible to buy the certificates at 4 cents instead of 5 cents a pound, as j was the custom last year and the" early part of the 1935 reason. Very j few certificates have been pur- . lbased in this county, as the mar keting season has hardly gotten un- I, dciway to any great extent. the best trade sold on another market, one of those that boasts about its largeness. Yesterday's sale on the local market was described as one of the best, if not the best, of the season. The 179,650 pounds sold for 646.091.53, averaging $25.76. So far this season, the market has sold 5,770.084 pounds for $1, 146.998.06. an avrrage of $19.88 Many baskets sold for 50 rents a pound yesterday, and several piles brought 60 cents. Little change In prices was noticed to day as the market handled ap proximately 100,000 pounds. The percentage of better grades w as less, and probably will affect the average, but grade for grade the price 4las little changed, ob servers said. HORN BLOWING v ^ Now that the large busses have quieted their excessive horn blowing, why not extend the same requests to the many frivolous and thoughtless auto mobile drivers a local citizen asked yesterday. A short time ago, the town authorities direct ed a request to the bus o|>erating companies asking them to elim inate unnecessary horn blowing and excessive speeding within the corporate limits of the town. The requests have met with suc cess, and attention now centers on the excessive and unneces sary tooting by a number of lo cal auto drivers. Bill Peel Again (?et8 flail To Serve Court! |f] Escaping possible jury service1 down in Hyde County last week.j when he could not be readied by th?j summons server, Bill Peel met an other call to court in Wilson this week. It was the Federal court call ing him this time as a witness in a case, and he was caught by the dep uty marshall. It so happened that he Was taken sick right after that and is bad ofT at his home on Sim mons Avenue. Other witnesses, in cluding C. D. Carstarphen, left for Wilson this morning to appear in the particular case, but Bill, remain ing at home, sent a certificate from hir physician and regtets that he could not accommodate the court just now. Hearing that Bill was sick and had been called to court, Mayor Has sell jokingly said that it looked as if they just couldn't get the man toi court, but suggested that it might be possible to get him to jail some of these times. 1 I Stabilized Potato Prices To Benefit the Consumer Washington.?Ginget ly preparing for its efforts to increase the price Ihc farmers get for potatoes, the AAA sought to show this week that Die consumer would be better off it prices were "stabilized." It issued a statement saying that studies indicated "the consumerj would pay lower prices for potatoes! than he has averagedCtover a period' o' years in the past, if prices were stabilized at a fair return to the: grower.". Neary Dozen Arrests Are \ Reported Over Week-end. Crime, although of no serious con-j sequence, was quite evident in this section over the week-end, county end local officers making one or two under a dozen arrests. Fight ing featured the crirrte activities, only one person, a colored woman, reaching jail for being drunk on the streets. Williainston Plays Elizalxdh City To 0-0 Tio Last Friday Koberson and Ramey Given Recognition for Action in Hard Fought Game Meeting the strongest team of theii i I'preer, Williamston's high school! football boys played Elizabeth City's eleven to a scoreless tie there last Friday afternoon, reports clearly in dicating the members of the Green! Wave aggregation offered one of the' scrappiest scraps ever participate i in by them. The only scoring threat I d1 the game was made by-William I i t on when the ball was carried deep' into the enemy ten-lory, but the! Pasquotank lads offered a stubborn! defense that held. Elizabeth City led in first downs,] to 5, but in the other departments. C'< acli Peters' boys played a better] brand of ball than did their oppon ents. ""V, While nil the Green. Wavers played! a splendid game, Robcrson held the' spotlight in carrying the ball, and Htmey featured the defense at ten -i ter. It was the first time in recent months that Elizabeth City's team] bad been held scoreless by a small| eleven, the Pasquotank boys having defeated Chowan College only a few days before the last Friday game. | Ordain Minister at Bear Grass Friday The Rev. S W. DuBose, who ha accepted work in Martin County a a co-pustor with the Rev. Z. T. Piep hoff, will be ordained and installe< by the Presbytery of Albemarle ir the Bear Grass Presbyterian Chape next Friday night at 7 30 p. m. Thi Rev. W D. Mclnnis will preach th< sermon. The Rev. E. Carlyle Lynch of Wilson, will charge the pastor and Elder J. B. Sparrow, of Wash ington, will charge the congregation The Rev Chester Alexander, o Tarboro, will preside The public is invited to this serv iec; Bankhead Cotton Control Act Now Up To Court Washington.?The Supreme Coui Monday greeted the United State by November 11 why Geor Kin should not be permitted to file suit to test the constitutionality c the Bankhead cotton control act. i petition to file the suit has been pre scntcd in behalf of Governor Tal madKe of Georgia. The Bankhead legislation aimin tr control production imposes a ta of SO per cent of the market pric en all cotton ginned above a flxe quota. Talmadge seeks to prevent-Secre tary Morgenthau, Secretary Wallac and other ofTiclala frr.m enforcln the taxing provisions. VALUE OF CROPS IN THIS COUNTY SHOWS INCREASE The $4,709,080 Income Last Year Nearly Double That of 1933 With only two exceptions the values of crops grown in this county last year showed an increase over those for 1933, s review of the an nual issue of the North Carina Farm Forecaster reveals. The crops of tobacco, oats, sweet potatoes, pea nuts and soybeans more than dou ed in value, while the cotton and lriah potato crops showed a slight decrease, the drop being traceable to acreage decreases more than to the p?ce trend ^, dozcn ? listed had a total value last year of $4,709,080, or nearly twice as much as they did the year before. Tobacco led the list with a value of $3,002,511 Peanuts came second h a value of $719,411, and mtn was next with a value of $397,267. "I'tton, at one time bringing to the farmers of this county more than one million dollars annually, holds fourth place with a value of $292 - During the past two or threi; >ears, the sweet potato has tisen in importance, the value of the crop ?ast year being placed at $110,629. y beans also occupied at a rank ing position in the list of minor crops with a value of $75,319. Val ues of other crops grown in 1934 are as follows: Irish potatoes, $61,204. eats, $24,812; tame hay, $18,445; cow peas. $4,867; rye, $1,417; and wheat, Present indications are that the total value of 1935 crops will equal that of those produced in 1934 with tl? posibility that the farm income u. this county will exceed the five ni ill ion -dollar mark. Commenting on the crop situation as it exists in the State, the Fore caster said: North Carolina's 12 leading money cops netted farmers in the State a total of $353,445,682 in 1934, a gam 11 almost 100 percent over 1933, and indications based on price trends of tarly 1935 are for a further increase this year. I he Forecaster estimated total t production of a majority of leading crops in North Carolina will be be low that of 1934, but if prices con tinue improvement manifested last yiur and early in 1935, the State's total farm income should be virtual ly as much, if not more, than in 1934. 1 he federal-state crop reporting service, through which the figures are obtained, estimated decreased production in corn, cotton, irish po tatoes, wheat, oats and sweet pota toes. A slight increase was expect ed for tame hay with a slight drop in peanut production. Tobacco was ine only crop for which a substan I a! increase was noted. No estimates were given for cowpeas and soy beans. Chances for the State exceeding its 1934 total crop income' rested largely on the price of tobacco, fig ures indicated. Through September, the crop reporting service's official report showed, tobacco producers had taken in something more than $40,900,69(1 for the 39 percent of the cop sold at prices far down in com parison with 1934 levels to October 1st Improvement in price coupled with the fact that 60 percent of the crop remained to be sold after Oc tober 1 indicated the possible in crease for this year. With no further increase in price averages, it was Indicated the crop would bring in excess of $100,000, ('00. The 1934 income from tobac co was $116,049,005, the largest of any crop in the State. The State ranked third in the na tion in value of all crops in 1934, being exceeded only for Texas and California. Local "B" Team Defeats Windsor Coach Frosty Peters' Green Wave lets, all weighing under 135 pounds, chalked up their second victory over Windsor's junior* team when they turned the llertie youngsters back in an entertaining game here yester day afternoon by a 20-to-14 score. Clayton Moore and Thad Harrison engineered the victory, with all the members of the squad strictly obey ing orders and each man doing hia best. Moore turned in the feature play of the season, breaking through to block a punt he took the ball off the kicker's toe and ran about 50 >ards for the locals' Arst touchdown Windsor led at the half, 7-0. The local high team plays Tar boro High here Fridry afternoon of this week at 3:30, and a good game ,is expected.