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m Year aa It Carries the Date Yaar AahacripUaa Expiree. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will flsd Oar Cei ubuu a Latchkey to Over MM Homes of Martla Coaaty. VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 86 Willimmston, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday, October 25,1935 ~ ESTABLISHED 18% FINDS SANITARY CONDITIONS BAD AT LUNCH ST ANDS Many Operators Are Given 15 Days To Close Up or Make Changes Making an inspection of hot-dog stands and other eating places here (His week, Inspector E. C. Hubbard, of the State Department of Health, uncovered a "multitude of sins," it was learned yesterday from Mayor J. L. Hassell A complete report on the inspection has not been released, the health department representa tive withholding his findings until he returns to make a second inspec tion in about 15 days, it was learned. It was unofficially learned that two eating establishments had been fined $10 each for the gross viola tion of the sanitary laws, and that nearly all, if not every one, of the' hot-dog joints were given notice to meet health requirements or close up within 15 days. It is understood that many of the eating places will be unable to meet the requirements, giving rise to the belief that the I town's 15 or more eating places will' be considerably reduced in number | Snd that very shortly. Withholding j all names, the inspector is^reported , to have said that he had yet to And I conditions any worse than those ex- j ifting at one place here. The George Reynolds Hotel was the only place earning an A-l rat- I ing, it was learned from the prelim inary report. It is to be added in fairness to others, however, that no reports were available for all the j cafes, giving rise to the hope that j there might be yet one or two estab Ifhments entitled to respectable sanitary ratings. The drive against filth and insani tary conditions, in general, is expect ed to reach a climax here when the inspector feturns within the next two or three weeks, it was said. Detects Mechanical! Defects in Watches The Peele Jewelry Company on Main Street here has recently install eti a Faulson time micrometer, a scientific instrument developed for detecting mechanical defects and rat ins watches to accurate time. This instrument is one that en able the jewelr to repair watches in approximately half the usual time And permits him to regulate it in ? few minutes, it is said. The in strument is equipped with two crys tal microphones. One holds the mas ter watch which is perfectly timed, and the other holds the watch to be rgled. The head set enables the jew elat to analyze defects by amplifica tion of sound. Leading watch manufacturers for rating and timing their products use the new type micrometer and have fot^nd it is to be unusually satisfac tory in timing watches, it is stated Early Communion Sunday At Church q/ the Advent As usual on the fourth Sunday at the Church of the Advent, there will be a service of the Holy Com-| munion at,8 a. m. The women of the auxiliary are urged to bring their United Thank Offering envel opes to this service. Those who can not get to this services are asked to send their envelopes or bring them to the church on the following Sun-' day. Rev. J. H. McCracken 9 j To Preach Here Sunday Church school, 9:45. Morning service, 11 o'clock. Bvening service, 7:30. Rev. J. H. McCracken, presiding elder, will preach at the evening service and the fourth and last quar terly conference for this year will be held. We cordially invite you to these services. Oak City Parents and , Teachers Staging Play Sponsored by the Oak City Par ent-Teacher Association, the play, "Here Comes Arabella," will be pre sented in the high school auditorium here Thursday evening of next week v'ifh local talent taking most of the parts. Proceeds will be used for li brary needs, and the pulic is invited to attend. Miss Louise Drewry is coaching the cast. Rockingham Farmers Going for Lespedeza Farms In Rockingham County on which no lespedeza was grown four years ago now have from S to U Estimated 200,000 Pounds Tobacco onSaleHereTodav Passing the six-million pound mark this week, the WiUiamston tobacco market today is nearing its sales record for the whole of last season. Supervisor R. W. McFarland scid this morning. Up until today the market had sold 6,084,424 pounds lor (1,218,017.67, a resulting aver age for the whole of (20.0S. The poundage up until last night was 356,110 pounds short of the record for all of last season. For the fiscal week ending yester day, the market sold 627.652 pounds fot an average of (24.60 per hun dred. making the week the high spot in the marketing season so far. Probably some of the best tobacco raised in the east this season is be ing sold on the local market, and sales have been highly satisfactory. The price level has been very en couraging. but today the average | was considered slightly weaker, but even then the market was said to be holding its own in every respect , There were not very many com- [ plaints, and numerous farmers were reporting good sales. The quality' ol the offerings was not quite so good as it was yesterday and the day before, but a fair average was in the making as the sales progress ed. Indications this morning were that the market would miss blocked sales by only a few minutes, the estimated poundage running in the neighborhood of 300,000 pounds, j It is estimated that between 75 and 80 percent of the current crop hai been sold "If this is true," Mr McFarland said, "the Williamston market will show a gain of 20 per cent in poundage over the sales of 1934" Othe estimates claim that not more than 70 percent of the crop has been sold, but reports in dicate that the golden leaf is mov ing to market rapidly since peanut digging operations were completed I Today tobacco is being offered for sale on the Williamston market from fifteen counties, and undoubt edly the market this season has been drawn from a larger area than at any time since the market was es tablished 34 years year. r armers Are T rading In Excess Allotments PEANUTS MOVING Peanuts started moving to the markets in this county this week, the offerings naturally be ing small. Picking activities, getting off to a fairly rapid start earlier in the week were slowed down by a change in weather conditions yesterday. Quality of the offerings was described as above the average with the pro duction running a little below. Opening prices ranged from 3 to 3 1-4 cents, it was learned. Peanut millers are urging the farmers to make certain that their peanuts are dry before starting picking operations, as nothing depresses the market to a greater extent than wet goobers. ? With new peanuts moving, the plant of the Columbia Company, after remaining idle for some weeks, will start operations here next Monday, it was learned to day. sale Certificates tor Cotton Sold Prior to October 23 Called in - Must Be Presented at Office Of County Agent by Next Friday ? Following telegraphic instructions received yesterday, the office of the county agent is calling for certifi cates of sale of all cotton sold in this county prior to last Wednesday, Oc- j tober 23. Those farmers who sold cotton prior to that time are urgent ly ?reques' ed to see the buyer and get cotton sale certificates for pre sentation to Mr. T. B. Slade, assist- j ant in cotton control in Martin Coun ty. not later than Friday of next j week. No definite reason for calling in , the certificates just at this time was ' I iven in the instructions received yesterday, but it is believed that to, rhare in the cotton adjustment pay-; rents, farmers selling cotton prior j tc October 23 must present the cer- ? tif cates to Mr. Slade at the county j courthouse. The cotton adjustment payment has been explained, farmers rem em be i : ng that if they sell their cotton for 10 cents a pound now, they can file for adjustment payment and re ceive the difference in the market price at time of sale and the virtual guaranteed price of 12 cents. Big Increase in. Soil Fertility in Pastures A tremendous increase in soil fer tility on 20 acres of land seeded to Korean leapedeza and grazed by 30 ccws is reported by Knox Brothers, of the Steel Creek section of Meck lenburg County. Singing Contest To Be Held in Colored Church A singing contest featuring the Silvertone and Harmonizing Four quartets and sponsored by the local colored Methodist church, will be held in the colored school building this evening at S o'clock. Seats will be reserved for white people. Believe Production And Allotment Will Balance in County 56,000 Has Pounds Changed Hands Here in Past Few Days Evidence showing that a large percentage of the 1935 tobacco crop has already been sold in this county comes from the office of the county ogent. where a goodly number of excess marketing cards have been sold during the past few days. Up to this week, there was little activity cn the marketing card exchange, but a marked increase in the sale of the cards was reported yesterday, a check on the sales showing 56,000 pounds exchanged. Most of the cards were issued by the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration, since few farmers have completed their marketing, and those who have apparently did not have any excess to sell Another factor that is limiting the sale of local cards is tlje desire of the farmer to par ticipate in the parity payments, ft is possible for a farmer to gain more by holding his card if he has not exceeded 85 per cent of the pound age allotment. Numbers of farmers have carried their cards to the of hce of the agent asking advice as to whether it would be more profitable to keep their cards or sell the ex cess. Conditions determine the proper course, and they should be given careful consideration before the excess on a card is offered for sale. Asked if the sudden call for excess j cards did not prove that the coun- j ty's production was well over the, allotment, a local representative of the AAA explained that it did not necessarily mean just that. He wen'.| cn to say that those farmers who have an excess on their cards, are waiting to complete their selling be fore offering the surplus poundage for sale. It was the representative's opinion that the production and al-1 letment would both be about the! same in this county. Change Homecoming Day Date at Hassell Church1 The home-coming and dedication! service in the Hassell Christian | church scheduled for the fourth Sun- i day in this month will not be held until the fourth Sunday in Novem-1 ber, it was announced today. Beginning on November 15. the church will hold a series of services nightly, bringing the meeting to a close with the home-coming and dedication set vice on November 24 Orthropedic Clinic To Be Held Again Monday Another orthopedic clinic for crip ples in this and other near-by coun ties will be held in the Presbyterian Sunday school building at Tarboro next Monday noon, it was announced by the Tarboro Rotary Club, which organization is sponsoring the clinics A neuro-psych is trie clinic will be1 held there some time next month, it| Mrs Elbert N. Manning returned home today after spending four] weeks in a Washington hospital. RECORDER JUST ABOUT CATCHES UP WITH WORK Ten Cases Are Cleared from Docket At Session Tuesday Handling 10 cases at the session last Tuesday, the county court just about cleared its docket for the first time in recent weeks Judge H. O Peel continued two or three cases to await certain developments before hearing the actions. Several sub-' stantial fines were imposed, and sev-j eral road sentences were mentioned in one or two cases, the court mak ing the judgments optional. J. R. Pierce was fined $50 and! taxed with the cost in the case charg! ing him with drunken driving. Hi3 license to operate a motor vehicle was revoked for one' year t Charged with assault with deadly I weapon, Hardy Williams and Cora' Whitehurst were found not guilty,! and Emma, Mabry Tyson was sen tenced to jail for 30 days, the sen tence to begin at the direction of the court. The Tyson woman.is a relief subject, and the court readily, surrendered all rights to the costs oi the action. Illegal though the method might *be, the Tyson woman explained that she considered a di vorce in order when the husband is' imprisoned for life, that she furtheri [considered it unnecessary to carry, 'the matter before a court. She also explained that her second husband died and a third was killed in an' automobile wreck. Eli Evans, charged with bastardy, was required to pay to the prosecut ing witness the sum of $1.50 a week' for six months or go to the roads for six months. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case( charging Clayton Smith with reck less driving. The case charging Hope Brooks and Estella Hill Howell Brooks with I bigamy was sent to the superior court for trial with the defendants under bond in the sum of $200. | O. E. Hardison was found not guil ty in the case charging him with |disposing of mortgaged property, i Charged on two counts with vio lating the alcoholic beverage con-j tiol act on two juccessive days. Charles Ayers, jr., was fined $75 in each case and sentenced to the roads foi six months, and James O'Brien Winborne was fined $25 in each case and sentenced to the roads for 39 'days. The road sentences are to be gin at the direction of the court, and failure to pay fine will automatically 'put into effect the sentences. I | Judgment was suspended in the cose charging W. E. Bass with pass ing a school bus while it was unload ing school children. Charged with drunken driving. James Smithwick was fined $75 and. taxed with the cost. His license to L operate a car was revoked for a per-i iod of one year. Failing to appear in the case charging him with reckless driving, Otcar Bryant forfeited his $50 bond. High School Boy Is i Assaulted, Robbed Pete Egan, young school boy, was brutally attacked and robbed of a Waltham wrist watch and a fountain l>en neST the municipal water plant here early last Wednesday night Riding his bicycle in a lane that leads by the plant to the tennis courts, the boy was pulled to the ground and struck twice in the face by two grown colored men dressed in over alls. One blow landed on his right} jaw, and a second striking the fore head rendered him nearly uncon scious. He was left lying on the ground, his attackers taking the bi cycle and hiding it in a di?ch back of the water plant * Pete was almost an hour regain ing his senses and finding his wheel, but officers started an investigation soon after that time. Bloodhounds I were called from the prison camp 1 and placed on the trail, but no ar rests were rfiade. Local Parent-Teacher Association Meeting The Williamslon Parent -Teacher ' Aisociation held its first meeting of the school year Thursday ?nc -non, October 24, in the high school audi torium Apptoximate'y 60 parents ?nd teachers were jpresen at the meeting and joined in discusaing plans for the year's activities. It was agreed that the association should devote itself to building up the libraries in the elementary and high schools. After the businet ses- I *,on the entire group was entertain -1 ed at a lea served by the home eco nomics depa^ment Many Farmers Reported To Be Selling Scrap Leaf Average Income Per Farm In County Is Nearly $2,000 in aciaiuon 10 me **. luy.uou com bined value of 12 of their major crops. Martin County farmers re ceived $319,792.48 in benefit pay ments of one kind or another from the Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration in 1934, making a total of $5,028,872.47. not including several minor crops, such as cane, fruits, and vegetables. The benefit pay ments were divided as follows: to bacco, $250,791.52; cotton. $58.113 79; and corn-hog, $10,887 26 Fruits, vegetables and other farm produce not included in the list of major crops will, when taken into consideration increase the income by many thousands of dollars, it is be lieved. The early part of this year, when a census was made by the Federal government, there were 2,683 farms i.i the county Figuring the total farm income at about $5,250,000, a fairly conservative estimate, it is found that the average farm income v as $1,950 Using the 1930 popula tion census as a base, and subtract ing the number of people living in the 10 towns of the county from the number of people living on farms, it is found that the average income for each of the 17,123 persons living in strictly rural communities is a lound $361. interest Is Growing in Greater Roanoke Fair Exhibit and Racing Entries Now Coining In in Large Ninnhers Many Weil-Known Horse men To Be Here; Some From Grand Circuit "Interest in the 1931V Greater Ro anoke Fair is rapidly increasing a niong exhibitors in th?s and adjoin ing counties," Resident Manager Harvey Walker said yesterday in as suring again the people of this cn t're section that the exhibition open ing in Williamston the 4th of next month will be second to none in the tast this year And with favorable weather prevailing, it is believed record-breaking crowds will attend the event on each of the six days. 1 Exhibit entries are being received in fairly large numbers daily al icidy, Mr. Walker said yesterday, and judging from present indications this section will see a return to i real agricultural event, in connec tion with which there will he plenty and varied amusements The fail here will have many of the exhibits that were seen at the State Fair, and many more than the exhibitors found impossible to carry to Raleigh. The various boys' and girls clubs in this end neighboring counties are prepar ing special exhibits, and special demonstrations will tax the main hall and woman's building to ca pacity, it was pointed out by the management. Old-time racers are returning to Williamston this fall for the first time in years, bringing with them around 100 horses of recognized cir cuits. Included in those alrcudy fil ing entries is "Doc" Parshall, noted Grand Circuit driver. Remember ing the sporting events at the Roan oke Fair several years ago, the track followers were said to have ex pressed much pleasure in the oppor tunity to return to this section again The management is exercising due care to avoid a one-sided program, hewever, and horse racing will be one of the features during three days only. When asked if it were possible to get all the midway attractions on the grounds, Manager Walker explained that there would be little room to spare, but thai the engineer for the World of Mirth showr were noted for their genius in arranging a unique and compact midway. There will be around 50 shows and rides on the midway, may of which will be seen in this section for the first time. The midway features, handled on a special train of 35 cars, will reach here early Sunday week from Wilson ready for the opening) Monday. bloody Knife Battle To Be Aired in County Court The bloody knife battle In which Warren Ange, young white man, and Herbert Brown, colored, nearly cut each other to death on Waahington Street the 5th of this month, is like ly to reach the county court, next Tuesday, it was learned tod??f Brown, who had his belly ripped open, and who reached the hospital with part of his intestines hanging out, has returned to his home near here and was seen yesteray driving a car. D. V. Clayton, Local Bank Cashier, Hurt When Cars Collide Two Autos and Buggy Fig-1 ure in Accident Near Here Last Night D. V. Clayton, cashier of the Guar- I anty Bank and Trust Company here, end W. A. Davenport, State Highway employee of Washington, were pain j I fully but not seriously hurt at 6:30 | last evening, when their, ears crashed in a head-on collision on the Sweet Water Creek bridge, about two miles I from here. Mr. Clayton suffered an , injury to one of his arms and sev eral cuts and bruises about .the head. Mr. Davenport had one of his knee caps badly injured, and he was also cut and bruised over the body. Both cars were demolished. Davenport, driving a light truck, was traveling toward Williamston when' he ran up behind a horse and j buggy driven by Mr. Tom Hadley i The buggy was said to have carried I no light, and Mr. Davenport saw the I vehicle, too late to stop and turned to the left and into the path of the! Clayton car. However, he tinned too (late to nViss the buggy and,all three ivehicles went into a pile. Mr. Had ley was thrown front the buggy un tht buggy unhurt. Traffic was| blocked on Uie' joad for more thani jone-half an hour. I Charges were brought against the 'owner of the buggy by Patrolman 'Hunt for driving a vehicle without proper lights. Program of Service At Baptist Church Bible schol, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a m. B. T! U.. 6:30 p m. : Evening worship, 7:30 p m. I Mrs. D. E. Darden is our new B T. U. director, and we want every one who should be in the junior intermediate and senior unions to bt present Sunday night for a new beginning. The church is fortunate tr have Mrs. Darden, a graduate of the W. M. U. training school in Louis 1 ville, to direct this work with our 'young people. Will the parents, please, cooperate with us in enlist ing everyone for tins fltlO training which the church offers'.' A special offering for state mis sions will be received Sunday. Let us remember this worthy object and come prepared to make a contribu tion. t Umtlammet Held in Jail; Unable To Raise $500 Bond Ike Spencer, colored man arrested in Fayetteville last week-end and brought here to face a robbery charge, waived examination at a hearing held before.'Justice J. L. Hassell this week. Unable to raise the $500 bond, Speticer was returned to jail to await trial in the superior court next December. Spencer is lharged with robbing King Riddick. colored man, of $256.25 near the At lantic Hotel here last June. George Thomas, colored man be lieved to have been Spencer's part ner in the crime, was returned yes terday from Fayetteville to face the courts. He will be given a prelim inary hearing shortly. Officials of A A A Are Planning to Enforce Penalties Provided Ruling on State Act To Be Made by Judge Frizzelle Within Few Days Pending a ruling by Judge Paul Frizzelle in superior court within the next day or two, Agricultural Adjustment Administration authori se; are making plans to throw a net around those tobacco farmers who i.i c selling their scrap weed illegally, it was learned from the office of the county agent today. Agent Brandon called for special agents from Ral eigh yesterday to investigate the sale of scrap tobacco that is said to have increase overnight in this and sur rounding counties. Until the courts act. the AAA authorities will have to direct action against the seller, and reports clearly indicate that contracts of violating farmers will be cancelled at once, and all bene fit;. withdrawn. The scrap buying and selling ac tivities were reported on a large scale in this section yesterday, when it was learned that five cars with trailers were touring several coun ties and buying scrap tobacco by leading farmers to believe that it was all right to sell scrap tobacco without entering the sales on mar keting cards. The depth tment has pointed out time and again that there is no way under the sun for tin contract signer to sell scrap to bccco legally except by entering the sales' on the marketing card. Charles Yelverton, Smithfield man was carried before J. L. Hassell here yesterday for the alleged buy ing of scrap tobacco illegally. Un i i his interpretation of the law, Mayor Hassell dismissed the case be d.usc no penalty is provided. Prob ably the ruling by Judge Frizzelle in a similar case in Wilson will give the law some meaning. In the mean time, Inspector Froneberger is pre paring warrants against five alleged buyers who have been operating out oi a camp in Bertie. County. It is possible that violators of the act may be fined $1,000. Reports reaching here yesterday afternoon stated that the five men with cars and trailers would oper^ ate during the day, carry their pur chases ty the Bertie camp and load it on one truck there for delivery in Smithfield. According to the county agent's office, very few farmers ? in this county have risked losing their con tacts and resulting benefits by sell ing their scrap tobacco, but some few sales are known to have been made, the agent explaining that they will be investigated Poplar Point (>irl Is Married at 12 Stepping from the cradle to wed lock sumed up a story coming from the Poplar Point section of this county a few days ago, when Edith Whichard, 12 years old last June, was married to Frank Weathersbee, 2<> years old. Although the match was sanctioned by the mother, of ficials in this county refused the couple a marriage license, and at 1< ast one preacher said he would not perform the wedding ceremony. They were married in another coun ty. it was learned The attractive young girl, with a brand new permanent wave in her l air, has the appearance of a girl 10 years or older, partly relieving the tension thrown around the match by her tender years, it was said. Furniture Auction Sale Tomorrow Afternoon The Good and Bad Furniture Com pany, Guthrie Strawbridge, manager will hold its first furniture auction sole in recent months tomorrow aft ernoon at 1 o'clock at its two stores on East Main Streethere. The sale begins promptly at 1 o'clock. Program of Services At Hamilton Church St Martin's, Hamilton. Rev. E. F Moseiey, rector. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity: Church school, 10 a. m. Holy Communion and sermon, U a. m. Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30 p m.
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