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Your Old, Broken, Discarded Toys Will Help Bring Christmas To the Poor ? Call 46 for a Messenger Watch tho Label on Your Paver, as It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Plod Oar Col umill a Latchkey to Oyer l.M* Homes of Martin Canity. VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 100 V/illiamston, Martin County. North Carolina. Friday, December 13, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 Boy Scouts Get Fair Response To Second Canvass for Old Toys Here Need Still Great and Bundles Will Be Sent For on Notification Voluntary Cash Donations Will Be Necessary To Care for the Needy A second canvass for old toys and 1 other articles to be used in bright ening poverty-stricken homes in the town this Christmas season was giv en a fair response last Wednesday afternoon when Professor D. N. Hix and several Boy Scouts handled the work. A fairly large collection of toys has been assembled, but it is ] certain just now that the supply will be exhausted long before all the needy little children are reached. Realizing that the toy supply will not be sufficient to meet the needs, the sponsors of the movement again call attention of local citizens to the 1 opportunity of sharing a part in the | undertaking by making cash contri butions to the Christmas Cheer fund, j Participants in the-undertaking arc assured that every effort will be made to effect a proper distribution of every article collected and every penny contributed. The extent of the movement's success will be meas ured by the final response made, and the people of Williamston have the power to determine just how valu able and successful will be the mis sion of cheer and happiness. If you have not participated al ready, plan now to have a part in making this Christmas a bright one for the less fortunate by making some contribution today. All con tributions will be received and ac knowledged by The Enterprise- j In making the hurried canvasses, the Scouts might have missed some homes where toys are available In those cases a direct call to The En terprise will bring a special messen ger. Just call telephone No. 46. Oak City Parent-Teacher Group Have Big Meeting The Oak City Parent-Teacher as sociation, the largest in the county, held a very successful meeting and enjoyed an unusually entertaining Christmas program in the audtiori um there last Tuesday evening. The entertainment, portraying the birth of Christ, was preesnted by the program committee of the organiza A report by the membership com mittee featured the business session, the roll now carrying the names of 109 active members. It was also pointed out that this figure would be increased by the next meeting The attendance prize went to the seventh grade for having the largest parent representation at the meeting. Club Women Conducting Special Sale This Week A Christmas sale, sponsored by home demonstration club women of this county, was opened in the store just recently occupied by Gander son's, Thursday afternoon. The sale will be held through Saturday of this week. All money taken In at this sale goes to the Jane S. Mc Kimmon Loan Fund, created some *6? lor the higher education of girls living in the country All articles for sale were donated by the club women for this purpose. The agent is dependent upon home demonstration club women for as sistance at this sale. It is hoped those who failed to contribute an article for sale will lend assistance at the store during the short time the sale is underway. Williamston Stores Will Be Open Nights All Next Week With Christinas a little more than one week away, local mer cantile establishments will re main open evenings. beginning next Monday, for Ihe conveni ence of shoppers over this sec tion. The shopping season is short, and as is always the cus tom. local merchants are doing all in their power to make the trading period pleasant and prof itable to their patrons. Visit Williamston merchants today or any time, and be assured that your visit will be both profitable and appreciated. The Christmas season is upon us. Decorations, already exten live in their scope, are being added to dally. Lighted Christ mas trees dot the night here and there over town, giving evidence that WilUamston is anticipating a cheerful time this Yulrtide season. Sheriff Roebuck and his assist ants are still in the dark with their decorations at the court house. compared with those of Mayor Haasrll and Officer Alls brook on the Town Hall. The sheriff avers, however, that a special decorator will he in here from Richmond to help the court house push tne town group into the dark. County WP A Workers Still Waitingfor Pay \ LICENSES ON SALE I: Slate automobile license laes go on sale at the motor club bu reau in thp Williamston Motor Company building on Washing ton Street here tomorrow morn ing, N. C. tlreen, manager of the bureau announced today Prices are considerably lower than,.they were a year ago, and a record sale is expected at the local bu reau. In the early purchase of li censes, car owners wil avoid a last-inute rush that has for years marked the plate sale, and they will eliminate all possibility of embarrassment when patrolmen start making arrests of those who operate caryVrith old plates on and after January 1. Two Fires at Oak' City Friday Provide| Plenty Excitement Homes of T. H. Johnson and Louis Johnson Are But Slightly Damaged The progressive and peaceful town of Oak City in the upper part of the i county had an exciting day in its history last Friday, when two fires broke out, one in the morning and one in the early evening. Starting from sparks out of a chim ney, the first fire damaged the roof of the T. H Johnson home, but the loss was not great, reports stated. Church bells were used to summon the aid of neighbors, and the bucket ! brigade, although unorganized, had the fire under control in a short while. That evening about 6:30 o'clock, the home of Louis Johnson was fired by an oil stove, causing a damage amounting to several hundred dol lars. it was reported. The fire spread rapidly, flllirtg the house with smoke, but a general alarm brought hun i dreds of volunteers to the scene, and with buckets and what little other Are-fighting equipment they could lay their hands on, soon had the Are out. While the Are and water caused a considerable loaa, the main damage was done by smoke, it was : reported. Hog Killings in County Are Later Than Usual This Tear Following a late peanut harveating season as a result of rainy weather, farmers are expected to be late with their hog killings in the county this season, reports stating that very few ' have killed any meat so far. While the main packing season falls in Jan- 1 uary and early February, a goodly number of farmers ordinarily kill' and pack their meat before the hol idays. A few will continue the prac tice this year, but for the most part the killings wil lbe delayed for sev eral weeks. Farmers were unable to get their' peanuts out of the fields early this year, and the practice of fattening hogs on the peanuts left on and in the ground was necessarily delayed. Reports state that some farmers have not been able to get their hogs in the fields even up to the present time. Reports vary as to the quantity of meat that will be killed and packed in the county this year, but the gen eral belief Is that a majority of farm ers will have supplies sufficient to meet their own demands. No sur plus of any size is expected. The local demand for pigs has far exceed ed the supply available here during the past several weeks, and fatten ing hogs have been sold at a premi um. Some, Checks Long' Overdue, Forced to on Streets Begging Relief Discontinued. Many Families Experiencing Serious Hardships Following I he closing th, Emel. fndCyi|R,1,e' Adm,n,!"ratio? off ice "id the unaccountable delay Works Progress Administrai io? wage payments. the Fedeial rehef pro gram in this county has reached an uncertain stage, apparently proving .,nre^ " We"k ",,k 'he wh.te lief^'o ' POlt,lcaHjr maneu\ ered re u. administration somewhere Jus* where the trouble is. no one seen, I know Reports, reports, and tr i" r?P"rts are ?oing into the dis trict office daily. ,( understood but until ,?day nu ,.heck; rsUaa'; approximately 175 WPA J L a <.^r:s;:r;Lrs'r beg on the streets And while their as that of th "0I n<ar *? h,,pelos s; that of the approximately 91 fan, , 'y heads dismissed from tl,c PR \ and few prospects for aid from oth er sources Just how the anor Li ma'ely 9, family heads whT^e thrown on their own when the KRA office suspended operations. haVe tared, could not be learned w ,oMhem has been ,0 ^ tztl r h.nvenoet,rbcLMrLy ^ d?"L I*1 face hunger and rZZ I Christmas time. ,rTha' there might be aid for -hose iwere^ot T 'he ERA r",ls a,,d who (Were not absorbed by the WP \ likely bu, no. certoto Jux, Z A distribution agent has bee, named by the county, and clothing and olh er article, have been turned over to the agent by the WPA. but d.siri ' received'f'trUCt'0nS h'VF ?>een Reived from somewheer up the re administration line The sue ">r of.ercd in the future will be a mere pitUnce compared with the in * ? ?? - ? derstood. Word will reach the lex. ortunate in a hurry, no doubt when the organization, probablv the ois g^min^^^t. wo^LLL' ,h'rne-ntim' Patient WPA worker, continue at their assigned eTofhrUUy #Wa",n< ^liv ery of their pay check, long over PaperAdvances Schedule During Christmas Season Beginning next week. The Enter vL!!LT""^ f'bRshed on an ad ? Kuuii.Mira on an ad vanced schedule, the Tuesday edi fon leaving the pre? early Tuetoay ntorninff an/1 4L. ; > ? p.c? t any Tuesday morning and the rrid.y edition go Tbucaday The edition for the following Tuiday will*Z ??d over the week-end. according to Pt^r,,hPUn; P"t?' ?k,ci ml^T s advanced schedule in mind when offering material re publication. . ,or TEACHERAGE AT BEAR GRASS IS DAMAGED BY FIRE Overheated Fireplace First Day of Occupancy Is Given as Cause recently completed at a cost of ap proximately $4,500. was threatened I by fire early Tuesday evening, when i a sill and other floor timbers were i fired by an overheated fireplace. A portion of the sill and room partition | base next to the back of the chim- I ney were burned, and a fairly large area under the floor was charred, | | but damage caused by the fire was . I considered small. The main loss re- | suited when a hole was cut in the ; I floor to get to the fire, but repair j costs will not exceed $30 or $40, it is j estimated. An alarm was directed to the Wil- | liamston fire department, and a call was made of its volunteers, but be fore the firemen reached there the five was out. Neighbors rushed to the home and assisted in bringing the fire under control. Principal Hickman grd family and teachers in the school had just moved into their new home that a<i. ernoon. When the fire was discov ered neighbors moved them out. and later in the night another move was completed. A medium size fire was !burning in the fireplace, and one that could hardly have caught the wood work under normal conditions, but (apparently there was some defective construction somewhere about the chimney. Head of Notorious County Family Dies ?? I ou Manning Sawyer, head of a notorious roving elan in this county, died in Murfreesboro last Monday, according to reports reaching here this week Said to have been brut ally beaten by her estranged hus tiand. Ed Sawyer, some time ago, the woman was believed to have re ceived injuries that resulted in her death. Arangements for the funer al and burial could not be learned here, county welfare authorities and the sheriff's office explaining they had not been notified of the reported death. According to the woman's daugh ter who lives in this township near Mobley's Mill. Sawyer disappeared some time ago with his youngest daughter-in-law. Jamesville Victorious Over Plymouth in Double Bill The Jamesville High School bas ketball teams won two games from Plymouth here last Wednesday eve ning Coach Satterwhite's sextet showed considerable improvement. ! since the last game, and registered a 23 to 8 win over the Washington I | County girls. Hardison led in scor-j ing and Miss Jackson was runner . j up. Misses Brown and Gardner also ? featured for Jamesville Miss Hop-, ' kins was high scorer for Plymouth, and Miss Clagon was next best Miss ! Gurkin also featured the play for Plymouth. In the boys' end of the double-header, Ange was high scor er for the winners with 16 points. Hassell was next with 6 points. As kew and Mayo featured for Plym outh with 4 points each. ^ Jamesville meets Rocky Mount in a double header at Rocky Mount next Tuesday night Minister Stresses Value of Scholarship in Talk to Club i The real value of a scholarship! club in the high school was pointed out by Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, Presby-| terian minister, in an address before 1 the Jamesville chapter of the Nation ] 1 Honorary Beta Club in the school' auditorium there last Monday eve-^ ning. Following the address, the minister awarded certificates to the] club members, the program in its entirety being regarded as a valuable boost for scholastic activities All members of the club and a few special guests were present for the meeting. Several Hunters Fined for Violations of Game Laws Seven alleged violators of the game laws were earned before a justice of the peace in Gooae Nest Township recently, the court find ing all of them guilty. Fines were imposed in all but two cases, and in those the defendants drew short Jail sentences, it eras reported. Award Contracts for Five School-Building Projects Postal Facilities Here Taxed To TakeCare of Heavy Mai Is Handling already one of the larg est seasonal mail volumes in its his tory, the local post office is facing what has the prospects of being the largest holiday business in years. De cember activities iu the office art pushing toward a new record in come, while the incoming mails are J causing postal employees strenuous j schedules. The holiday rush has hardly been felt so far. and with the facilities of the office already heavily taxed, it is believed the Christmas mails will literally swamp the office here. Real izing the heavy demands on the postal department at Christmas time, officials are urging early mailing of packages ard cards this year more than ever. Probably additional help will be made available, but even then delayed mailing is likely to re sult in late deliveries Patrons of the local office are urged to bear the circumstances in mind, and cooperate in the efficient ; I handling of the mails by properly I [addressing letters, cards and pack ages and mailing all articles early County's Last Veteran Of Confederacy Passes David F. Roberson, Age 87, Passes at His RobersonvilleHomt Saw Action In Lee's Army Around Richmond When Only a Young Boy David F. Roberson. 87-year-old Confederate veteran, died at his home in Robersonville early Thurs day morning, his passing leaving on ly memories of those brave young men from Martin County who so nobly defended the cause of the South in the early sixties For sev eral years, Mr. Roberson was the lone standard bearer of the Line of Gray in this county, but the infirmi ties of age and a complication of ail ments sapped his strength, and jus', as he laid aside his plowshares to answer the call of Lee more than 70 years ago, he laid aside the battles of life to answer the call of his Maker just after midnight yester day morning. The son of the late H. Baker Rob erson, the veteran lived nearly all his life in the Robersonville section Except for that brief but hectic per- 1 lod when he laid aside his plow handles to shoulder a gun in behalf ; of the Southland, Mr Roberson farmed until his health begaj& to fail him several years ago. lie was a strong member of the Primitive Bap- , tist church, and leaders of that de- , nomination are conducting the last I rites this afternoon. He is survived by one daughter, I Mrs. Annie Riddick, and three sons. Willie, Thomas, and Leland Rober-' son, all of Robersonville. He also leaves four brothers, T. W., Ed, and A S. Roberson, all of Robersonville, and James Roberson, of Stokes. Seventy-two years ugo this fall, Mr. Roberson, then only 15 years of age, entered the service as courier between Hamilton and Greenville A few months later he was moved to Wilmington, and from there he joined the forces of General Hoke and saw the town of Plymouth re captured from the Federals. Things were fairly quiet until he went to Berumda Hundreds, near Peters burg, to join the forces of General Lee. There he saw the first blood shed in the struggle, Col. John C. Lamb, brother to the late Wilson G. Lamb, of this county, losing his life in action just a few hours after Mr. Roberson reached the scene of con flict in that sector. During the spring and summer of 1864, Mr. Roberson and his regiment continued with Lee in all his maneuv ers around Richmond and Peters burg, and after a short stay on Mor-. tar Hill, near Petersburg, Mr. Rob-i erson and his regiment left to de fend Fort Fisher. Reaching there on Christmas Day, the Federals gave them a warm reception with shell | fire, but the attack failed. Three weeks later the Unionists were suc cessful, and Mr. Roberson and his regiment evacuated the section and followed a trail to Goldsboro and Kinston. At the latter place they fought the Yankees under General Burnside. Lieutenant Theodore Hassell, son of the late Elder C. B. Hassell, was killed in this battle. Leaving the Kinston section, Mr. (Continued on page four) OLD SOLDIER DIES I * David F. Robrrson, Martin bounty's last Confederate vet earn died at his home in Rober sonville early yesterday morn in* at the a#e of 87 years. County (lotion drop Is One of Smallest Reported for Years Ginnings To December 1st Are 800 Bales Behind Those Last Season As the cotton harvesting season nears a close, the production de crease this year compared with that of last season becomes larger, a re port released a day 01 two ago by Mrs. Luther Hardison, collector of cotton ginning reports for this coun ty, shows. Up to the first of this | month farmers in this county had ginned 3,015 hales, or 802 less than the ginnings up to the first of De cember last year. A good crop year would lAive re sulted in a production in excess of the county allotment, hut unfavor able weather during the growing season reversed the situation, and now many Martin farmers have ex-, cess allotments for sale. A few grow ers in some sections of the county exce??ded their allotments, however, and are buying extra marketing cer tificates, it is understood. H Prices So High Two Other Projects Are Discarded Entirely Contracts Are Now Before P. W. A. Authorities For Final Approval Thrown upon the mercy of build ing contractors last Wednesday aft ernono, Martin County's $100,000 school expansion program was bad ly battered and disfigured, and fin ally gained approval of local authori_ ties but not until two projects had been eliminated in their entirety and other short-cuts had been made to hold the total expenditure down. The bids using the lowest for com parisons, averaged around 20 per cent above the estimates, and after two projects . had been eliminate*! entirely they were larger by slight ly more than $1,000 than the origi nal estimates. County officials, com missioners and members of the board of educatn^i, were bitterly disap pointed, and at one time they con sidered junking the whole program, but urgent expansion needs called for reconsideration, and contracts I were let for an addition at Farm Life, a new high school building at | Jamesville, a primary' unit at Wil jliamston, an eight-roonT colored ? school building with an auditorium at Kobersonville, and a primary unit [at Oak City. Construction of gymnasiums at Oak City and Jamesville were forced out of the program when it was fig ured their costs would carry the ex penditures. over the appropriations ? by around $20,000. The board, fully ? realizing the need for the buildings, delayed the elimination process un itil late in the evening, but when the cold money facts were considered they shifted their attention to save |the remainder of the program. i More contractors entered bids than I were expected, but they were all J considered high. Variations were ! little less than 'astounding, one con tractor bidding double the amount of another on one project, and a differ ential of $5,000 or more was common from one end of the program to the other. Perspiration started rolling down the faces of the county author ities, they pulled their hair and al most sighed as the war-time prices were called out. Late in the eve ning thcrvontracts awards were an nounced us follows: Jamesville High School, eight room unit, A L. Goode, of Charlotte, $21,950. Williamston, four-room primary unit A. L Goode, Charlotte, $12, 800 The highest bid on this par ticular project was $24,400. Farm Life, addition and altera tions to old building A L. Goode, Charlotte, $13,200 Kobersonville, eight-room colored school with auditorium, W. L. Jewell of Sanford, $22,750 Oak City, four-room primary unit and sewage disposal plant, A. L. Goode, Charlotte, $15,600. Plumbing and heating increased the proposed expenditures by $16, 400, the Williamston. project going to W K. Dunn, of Williamston; Oak City, to Home Equipment Company, of Koanoke Rapids; Farm Life, to Harris Hardware Company, Wash ington; Kobersonville, to C. L. Kuss, of Greenville; and Jamesville, to W M Wiggins, of Wilson. The general contract figures, in cluding plumbing and heating and furniture and fixtures and architect fees call for a total expenditure of (Continued on page four) Joe Lawson Gets New Trial On Error in Judge's Charge Joe Lawson, Bethel white man, adjudged guilty of manslaughter by a Martin County Superior Court jury last June, was granted a new trial this week by the State Supreme Court on an appeal entered through his attorney, Elbert S Peel. The ease will probably be ached-' tiled for trial again next March, when the killing of little Peggy Har-1 diaon and serioua Injury to Mra. C. O. Godard on the Jameaville high way the Ulh of November, 1934. will be reviewed once more. A new trial was granted when the court found that Judge R. Hunt' Parker, in his hasty charge, had not properly instructed the jury, Johnnie Williams, defendant in the same case, did not enter an appeal and is now servjng a sentence of not less than 18 months and not more than three years. Lawson was sen tenced to prison for not less than two and not more than four years. The little Hardison child was killed when the Lawson truck, driv en by Williams, darted off the road and crashed into the carriage be ing pushed well to the aide of the road by Mrs. C. O. Godard, the baby's grandmother.
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