Give Local Merchants First Chance With Your Christmas Shopping?Hundreds of Bargains Await You
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THE ENTERPRISE
A4rartteen Will M Ou Cel
I a Latchkey to Oeer MM
?i Martin Ceuty.
VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 101 Williamston. Martin County. North Carolina. Tuesday. December 17. 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899
TABERNACLE TO
BE RETAINED IF
FUND IS RAISED
Religious Leaders Consider
Bringing National Church
Figure Here In Spring
After experiencing serious re
verse* in their efforts to promote a
cunty-wide religious movement here
recently, religious leaders of this
community are reorganizing to hold
the present tabernacle intact and
bring a nationally known church fig
ure here, probably early next spring.
Details have not been completed, but
just now the leaders are seeking to
keep the meeting plac intact and!
hold eterything in readiness for a|
religious meeting in the future.
Sever al prominent preachers have
bene mentioned, but no definite ar
rangements have been made to bring
any one of the number heie. How-.
ever, it is understood that a second
effort will not be made to bring here
a minister strictly of the evange
listic type. A preliminary survey
conducted at random during the past
few days clearly indicates that a
strong cooperation will be offered to
advance a meeting led by some prom
inent minister or ministers. Invita
tions will probably be extended to
several nationally known preachers
withi nthe next week or two, and
further announcements will be made
later.
In connection with the movement
as it requires immediate attention,
one of the religious leaders of the
town said: The local expenses of
the county-wide evangelistic serv
ices just recently closed have all
been paid, with the exception of one
or two small bills, and the money to
pay these will be in hand in the next
few days. ?
The lumber out of which the tab
ernacle is built has a resale value
of $12*. and when this is sold all k>
' cal expenses will have been met.
But anumber of interested men have
expressed a desire to keep the taber:
nacle intact for a few months. In i
order to do this it will be necessary
to meet the lumber bill of $118. A
small part of this has already been
pledged and it is hoped that the rest
can be secured to prevent the de
struction of the tabernacle just now.1
"If you are interested in this'
movement and would like to have
a part in making this possible, hand
your gift or make your pledge to
Norman K. Harrison, secretary and
treasurer of the union evangelistic
committee."
I
i
Junior Order Not To
Have Meet This Week
I
No meeting of the local Junior
Order council will be held Thurs
day evening of this week. Officer J I
H. Harrell explaining that the ses
sion has been cancelled because a
I
number of the members would be
busy in local stores at that time
Bear Grass Faculty To
Give Play Friday Night
The faculty of Bear Grass School
will present Katherine Kavanaugh's
"Oh, Susan'", which is a four-act
comedy, Friday evening, December
*, at 7 30 o'clock. A small admis
sion will be charge. The public is
invited to witness the play.
Bear Grass Girls Win Over
Plymouth Team 18 To 13
The Bear Grass girls' basketbsll
earn defeated Plymouth's sextet'
I
last Friday night by a score of II
to IX
Just Six More Days To Shop;
Watch Out for the Big Rush
With just u more (hopping days
Whtt Chnstmat activities in local
? are now well in high gear,
buying throngs readily finding)
i an ideal trading center.
Christmas
can be solved as
right in WU
i as any place, and the'boom'
la on
tion and other factori, thU trading
center ia now in the midat of its
greatest business period.
Dozens of sound reasons can be
advanced for shopping in Williams
ton this Christmas season. For in
stance, stocks are larger and more
varied. Prices are strictly in accord
with values received. Pleasentness 1
marks every transaction, and no
greater effort is made anywhere to
afford a quick and dependable serv
ice. And last but not least, every
consideration extended by the pa
tron is highly appreciated by the
WiUiamston merchant.
Jbin the throngs in the cheery
holiday shopping season in WiUiam
ston. Remember, the times is short
to finish the shopping choree.
Stores wUl be open each evening
untU Christinas for your conven
5c and Old Toy To Admit Child To Special
Show at Watts Friday?For Benefit of Poor
With the collection ot toy* end
cash donations far from ade
quate to net the appeals of poor
children in WlUianuton this
Christmas time, Mr. J. W. Watts,
manner of the Watte Theatre,
has arranged an extra special
toy show for Friday afternoon
of this week. Every child will
be admitted for the price of 5
cents and a diacarded toy. Adults
carinc to see the special pro
cram will be charted 15 cents.
Children will find it necessary
to carry a toy of some kind. If
no diacarded toy can be found
around the home, purchased ot
new ones will suffice, it was
pointed out. The collection el
toys will be assembled in the
theatre foyer and immediately
turned over to The Enterprise
for distribution neat week in
connection with the movement
to carry cheer and happiness In
to needy homes.
Special pictures have been
booked for the show, including
Oswald cartoon, Merrle Melody,
Pop-Eye cartoon. Our Gang
Comedy, Flip the Frog cartoon.
Kraiy Kat and Travelogue. The
show, especially selected for chil
dren, is certainly worth the ad
mission, 5 cents and a toy. The
program will appear in the aft
ernoon at t:15 only. The local
schools will be dismissed at t
o'clock so that the children may
attend.
The management is offering
the unique program with little
hope of offsetting half the ex
penses, but with the expressed
aim of aiding the Christmas
Cheer campaign. Hundreds of
children are expected to be pres
ent
Christmas Cheer Drive
Fast Gaining in Favor
Checks for WPA Workers
Finally Delivered Here
Alter a wait of many days, work
en on WPA projects in this county
Anally received their pay checks for
their Ant two weeks work last Fri
day and Saturday. The payment
was well received, it was learned.
Requisitions have been made for
two more weeks pay, and it is hop
ed by the workers that their second
checks will reach them before
Christmas.
Series of Robtaries
Reported in Section
In Past Few Davs
Losses Have Been Small in i
Most Cases; Believed To
Be Work of Boys
A series of petty thefts and
robberies, mostly minor ones, have
been reported in this immediate sec
tion during the past few days. Sev
eral turkeys were stolen from J. A.
Sugg, farmer living near here, and
an attempt was made to enter the1
Coast Line station Friday night, i
Sunday night, the Williamston Cafe
was robbed of about $18, and numer
ous articles have been stolen from
time to time from cars parked on
the local streets.
The attempted robbery at the
depot was traced to several little!
negro waifs, but the cafe robbery
had not been solved this morning,
according to reports coming from
police headquarters.
Efforts to clarify the attempted
depot robbery have failed so far, of
Acers explaining that the little clan
of wayward negro boys here had
split, and each side was accusing the
other with the crime. The group
has been responsible for numerous
other thefts here during recent
months, it is believed, but efforts to
check their activities that are rapid
ly becoming serious, have failed.
Some of the boys sleep in stables
and around the warehouses, befging
on the streets for the bread of life.
Some time last night, robbers
broke into the C. O. Moore grocery
on Washington Street by smashing 1
the plate glass in the front door
with a large rock. Several dollars
were missed from the cash regis
ter, but the owner could not tell
how much if any merchandise had
been stolen. Officers questioned
several suspects this morning, but
at noon no arrests had been made
Final Appeals Being
Made in Behalf of
This Week
Needy
Two Surveys Completed Re
veal That Needs Were
Underestimated
An aged colored woman, her rag
ged handkerchief containing only u
few pennies, wanted to buy an old
second-hand doll carriage that was
on display in an Enterprise show
window a few days ago for her or
phaned granddaughter, and the# old
woman, so anxious to spend the few
pennies to cheer her little charge a'
Christmas time, wai more than dis
ippointed when it was explained to
her that the toys had been collected
by the Boy Scouts for distribution
among the town's less fortunate chil
dren next week. Sad as it may
seem, none of the cheer that the'
toys are calcula'-.d to bring to the
little on :s will ever reach that home, I
for the supply is inadequate forj
needs right here.
Two surveys of needy homes have
been completed here, and it war
found the needs were underestimat- j
ed. .Several hundred children, an
astounding number of them orphans
with little better than a dog's chance
in life, are dependent upon others I
for what ever cheer and happiness I
are generated in their very souls
this Christmas I
Frankly, the Christmas Joy cam-'
paign, planned by The Enterprise,!
will hardly more than scratch the
surface, making another call for co-1
operation on the part of the people
of this town. If you haven't already
done so, and wish to take part in'
this golden opportunity to make
others happy, plan a contribution
today. Many people of the town
have donated discarded toys, and no
complaint can be registered against
the response, but a greater need
calls for a greater response. Surely,
iribst everyone of us can picture the
real hunger that must exist in the!
hearst of the several hundred little!
children at this aeasbn?hunger for
a small toy, a little candy and an
orange or two, but to the appeals
most of the parents are forced to say
they are not able to meet the cos* I
of even the necessities of life, and
Christmas will have to be just an
other ordinary day.
Several dollars have been con
tributed, and the attention of other
citizens who can spare a small a
mount, is called to the need. Cer
tainly there is a bit of hunger in
the hearts of older people, though
they seldom admit it, to get a real
joy once more out of the opportun
ity that Chrisamts alone affords. On
the flies in The Enteprise office are
the names of a comparatively large
number of families, and if any one
would care to handle a case indivi
dually, the list will be gladly opened
to them. One or two of the oppor
tunities have already been Uken,
and those cases are marked off. but
there are many others.
Red Cross Fell Short
Ot Quota by About $35
The Martin County chapter of the
American Red Cross fell short of iu
membership goal of MO by approxi
mately $36, Chairman Harry Biggs
reported this week. Since the last
report, the EveretU school, H. Bruce
Russell, principal, turned in MM
to the chairman and $9 was added
to the membership call in William
ston, making a total of HM.M No
'?Porta from other centers in the
county have been received.
MR. A. D. MIZELLE,
COUNTY NATIVE,
DIES IN TARBORO
Pneumonia Cause of Death
After Lengthy Illness;
Funeral Sunday
Alonzo D. Mizelle, a native of
Griffins Township and a resident of
jWilliamston for a number of years,
died at his home in Tarboro last Sat
urday night about 9:30 o'clock. He
ihad been in failing health for some
I time, but pneumonia was the im
mediate cause of his death. He had
been a sufferer nf cj,iid
hood, but despite that and failing
health during recent months, he
continued active in his chosen pro
fession up until a short time ago.
I The son of the late Ashley D
and Susan Mizc" ? t)orn in
the ilardison Mill sectkin of this
county 35 years ago After com
pleting the courses of instruction of
fer ed in the district schools of that
time, he took a business course and
started a successful business career
as clerk in the office of the Martin
County register of deeds' office La
ter he was head bookkeeper for the
Dennis Simmons Lumber Company
and the Hamilton Pants Manufar<,.r
ing Company After some time as
assistant cashier of the Farmers and
Merchants bank and a business con
nection with the mercantile firm of
Harrison Brothers and Company, he
moved to Tarboro where he was
prominent in business, civic and j
religious circles until his death He
was cashier of the Farmers Bank
and Trust Company there for some
time, but resigned that position to
head the Edgecombe Building and
Loan Association, hwich position he
held until his death.
Mr. Mizelle was an active mem
ber of the Episcopal church for
many years, serving as a warden
much of that time. He had the
character and ideals of the true
Southern gentleman, and his every
transaction commanded the respect
Of his fellowman. He was held in|
high esteem by hosts of friends over!
this county and in his adopted town
His lite was marked by its quiet and
friendly manner, and a willingness
to serve his home, his fellowman and!
conynunity. |
About 20 years ago he was mar
ried in Norfolk to Miss Will Sherer
of South Carolina. Mrs Mizelle and
one son, Dan, survive. He also
leave, two brothers, Messrs John
Dave Mizelle. of Jamesville, and
Joe Mizelle, of High Point, and one
iltoJT' Manning, of Ham
funeral services were conducted
Su^!v P^C0P" Chur"h Tarb"r?
b" '' afternoon at 3 o'clock by
M YT E BroWn' as8i"'?* by
V* , 4 Alexander, Presbyterian
minister. Burial was in
tery there. ,B ,he Cem?"
Legion Auxiliary To Mee
Saturady with Mrs. Legget
Thf American Legion Auxiliary c
he John Wlton Hassell post wil
... .. , " post wi
hold its regular meeting with Mn
J R Leggett, Williamston, Saturda
Aflfirnrinn a SLI
w- ; ?....wil, r>aiurda
afternoon of this week at 3 o'clocl
All members are requested to atteni
Special Meeting Skewarkey
Lodges Members Tonight
There will be a special meeting of
the local Masonic lodge tonight at
' 30 Important business is to be
considered and the master, V. J.
Spivey, urges a representative at
tendance.
Mr O. W. Blount, ill at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. E. P Cunning
ham here for the past two weeks,
was reported some better yesterday
and today.
PEANUTS MOVING
TO OIL MILLS IN
BIG QUANTITIES
Premium Being Offered By
Government To Divert
Portion of Crop
Following a plan announced a few
days ago by the Department of Ag
riculture to divert a portion of the
crop from the open market, thous
ands of bags of peanuts are begin
ning to move from this county to
,oil mills in various parts of this state
|and Virginia. While a few farmers
have already made deliveries direct
1 to the oil mills, numbers of others
Isrre completing arrangements this
week to start the direct marketing
of their crops, it was learned today.
One farmer is completing arrange
ments to move more than 4,000 bags
at once, according to reliable infor
mation disclosed here this week And
jas long as the market hovers around
2 3-4 cents and the oil mills can han
dle them, farmers will likely con
tinue to divert their crops, it is be
lieved.
While the oil mills are paying
3 1-8 cents a pound for peanuts run
ning 65 per cent fat, open market
prices are around 2 3-4 cents top.
Through an arrangement with the
government, the oil mills are able
:to offer a price above the market,
I but the farmer must deliver his own
|crop to the mills.
I Activities on local markets are de
scribed as quiet, one local Arm stat
ing that fewer peanuts were mov
ing this week than at any time since
jthe market opened.
, Many farmers who had planned to
store their crops are now investigay
ing the oil mill prices with a view
of diverting as many of their pea
nuts as possible. However, a great
number are holding their peanuts
off the market until some time next
year, it is understood.
Race in Decorations
Ends as Town Crew
Reaches New Height
I Star on Top of City Hall
Flagstaff Puts County
Crew in Dark
Mayor Hassell and Officer All
brooks made the finished touches '
j the town decorations yesterdu
when they placed a star on top i
the city hall flagpole, the last tout
leaving Sheriff Charlie Roebuc
Deputy Joe and Roy Peel an
others\almost in the dark except f<
their small forest and its jumblt
up lights on the county courthoui
tower. The town group had ni
forgotten how badly they wei
shown up last Chrisamts and th<
went after the boys down about tl
old county hall of justice in a bi
way this season. About all tl
credit, Charlie, Joe and Roy cs
claim is the original idea of sk:
line decorating. Their tree on tl
courthouse tower attracted commei
| from farm corners last year, but th
I season Officer Allsbrooks copped tl
honors.
| The city hall dome with its va
colored lights placed in symmetrii
| form and the bright star at the
of the flagpole are a very pleasi
|sight, indeed, especially when vie
^ed from the west.
Individual Christmas trees a
beginning to appear in greater nui
bers, and by the week-end chee
spots will be seen in yards all ov
town, no doubt. Thieves have be
I actives, reports stating that one
two trees have been robbed of thi
lights and another almost knock
down by a weak-kneed drunk,
might be that sky-line decoratii
will be the order of the day in tl
future.
Have Close Call When
Car Runs Into Mul
John Edward Gurganus, young
white man, and his father, Officer
John Gurganus of the local police
force, escaped with minor injuries
when their car crashed into and kill
ed a mule on Highway 64, near
Jamesville, early last Sunday morn
ing. The animal, one of three loose,
walked on the hardsurface just as
the car rounded a curve, the driver
failing to see the mule in time to
stop or avoid a crash Damage, esti
mated at more than $126, was done
to the Ford car, It was stated.
The mule was the property of
Sam Oodard, Jamesville man, it was
reported.
Building Program To
Decrease Unemployed
LICENSE SALE
The sale of state automobile li
censes was off to a (ood start at
the bureau in the Willlamston
Motor Company buildinc here
last Saturday, the manager stat
ing that II tags were sold for
around |9N. It was the largest
opening the bureau here has ex
perienced during the several
years it has handled the sale of
automobile tags.
The first plate was sold to Mrs.
Fannie Chase Staton.
Sales yesterday and today were
reported above the average, in
dicating that some automobile
owners are steering clear of a
last-minute rush.
Beaufort Man Held
For Su|>erior Fourt
On Assault Charge
M. U. Hodges Placed Under
$200 Bond at Hearing
Before Justice Here
Probable cause appearing in the
case, M. U. (lodges, Beaufort Coun-!
ty man, was bound over under $200
jbond by Justice John L. Mussel 1 here
'Wednesday morning for trial at the
,fMarch term of Martin County Su-j
perior court for an alleged felonious
assault upon Meber Cox, white man
also of Beaufort County, on Tuesday,
|of last week at the Old Mill tilling
[station a few miles from here on the
(Washington Road
Representing Cox, Attorney Bon
ner, of Washington, questioned the
witnesess at length, and brought out
the details of the brutal attack. Cox
stated that Modges followed him all
the way from Washington to the fill
ing station, and, overtaking him!
there, asked if he was going to swear!
to another lie against him (Hodges)J
I Cox further stated to the court that
he explained to Hodges he had not
sworn to a lie. and pleaded that h?(
be left alone. According to his story \
the man was attacked by Hodges
and knocked unconscious. A blow
landing on the right eye has im
| paired the man's eyesight, he
claimecj.
| Hodges, while not denying the at
jtack, attempted to point out that the
[trouble started over some tobacco
flues, and intimated that Cox ac
cused certain parties in connection
with the theft
Henry Dennis Griffin, operator ol
the station, verified Cox's testimony,
but did not know how many times
Hodges hit the man. Dr. J. A. Eas
on stated that he attended Cox and
it appeared to him that the man was
struck at least three times
Officers Destroy Large Still
in Griffins Monday Morning
[ Officers J. H. Roefmck and Roy
Peel are interrupting domestic li
quor prospects tor the holiday sea
son in these parts. During the past
few weeks, the raiders have de
stroyed a large number of stills and
poured out thousands of gallons of
beer.
I Ye
wrecked a plant in Griffins Town
Yesterday morning, the raiders |
| ship and brought in a copper kettle
?of about 100 gallons capacity. The J
Iplant was not in operation and no
Iarrests were made.
Expect Relief Rolls
To Furnish About 50
Of 150 Men Required
Minimum Wage Scale For
Projects Announced
By Authorities
Martin County's *100,000 school
building program, advanced mainly
to effect a decrease in the number
of unemployed, will have to go out
side the relief rools to get its labor,
it is generally believed- Unofficial
reports indicate that not more than
50 of the approximately 150 men
the projects will employ can be had
from the relief lists However, there
| are no restrictions on the labor
source, and anyone who registers
with the federal employment bureau
will be eligible for work on the
projects.
| As far as it could be learned to
day, every man working on the
projects will first have to register
1 with the employment bureau at its
headquarters in Edenton. The con
tractors will make its requisitions
for labor one week in advance, and
men will be assigned them by the
employment bureau. While no rec
ord of the number of unemployed
in this county registered to date
with the bureau is available here,
it is believed that not near enough
men have sent in their application^
as yet. Since this condition exists,
those men who have jobs now, but
who will be out of work within the
next few days or weeks, will prob
ably find it to their advantage to
register with the bureau at their
earliest convenience. It is report
ed thut the employment service is
planning the establishment of a
bureau in Williamston to handle the
labor needs for the school building
projects in this county, but no office
has been opened at this time.
The minimum wage scale adopted
by the government authorities for
the projects in this county varies
from SSVents for unskilled labor to
BO cents ail hour for general fore
men The scale is thought to be
slightly under the average, but very
nearly in line with other wages now
in effect in this section, especially
when considered on the 40-hour
.week basis It is understood that
|the workers will not be allowed
more than 40 hours time each week,
1 placing the lowest income at *10.
I Bricklayer, 60c; bricklayer ap
prentice, 45c; mortar mixer. 25 cents;
.bricklayer tender. 25c; carpenter,
50c. carpenter assistant, 35c; wheel
bariow operator, 20c; plumber, 60c,
plumber helper. 30c; electrician, 75c;
electrician lielper, 40c; skilled iron
worker, 75c; hoisting engineer, 50c;
'plasterer, 50c; plasterer helper, 35c;
;lather, metal, 50c; lather, plaster
'board 35c; roofer, compostion, 60c;
iroof and sheet metal worker, 60c,
!roof helper, 35c; roofer kettleman.
35c; steamfltter, 85c; steamfltter
helper. 35c; painter, 50c, painter,
! rough and priming. 35c; mixer oper
ator 25c; general foreman, 80c; skill
ed foreman. 70c, labor foreman, 40c:
'truck driver, 1 1-2 tons and under,
30c; truck driver, over 1 1-2 tons.
35c, teamster, 25c; cement finisher,
troweling, surface finisher, 60c; ce
ment finisher, paving and sidewalk,
40c glazier, 55c; handyman, 25c. un
skilled laboroer. 25c; night watch
man. 25c and window 'leaner 25c.
Work on the projects will hardly
get underway before early next
month and last until about May or
June
13 Fail and 13 Pass Drivers'
Exams Here Friday the 13th
Examination! given to applicant*
for automobile drivers' licenses con-1
tinue to reveal a startling ignorance,
on th? part of many when it comet'
to operating motor vehicles on the'
highways. A comparatively large'
number do not know how to inter-!
pret the simple road signs, on^ re-1
cent applicant stating that "R R"
meant drive to the right and keep'
on driving to the right. Patrolman'
Hunt, in charge of the examining
work in this county, has heard simi-|
lar answers by the hundreds since
the flrst tests were given back in
November.
The most startling happening re
ported in this county in connection
with the examinations took place
some weeks ago. A young illiterate
man applied for a license and, of
eoure could not pass the examina
tion if he could not read the road
signs. A week later he returned
and passed the examination, the
man's wife having taught him to
read during the meantime. It Just
appears that people will do most
Anything to be able to drive a oar.
There are many cases where the ap
plicants can neither read nor write,
but that does not stop them for ap
plying for drviers' licensee.
Last Friday, 13 applicants suc
cessfully handled the tests and 13
failed, the unsuccessful ones blam
ing their fate to the number "IF,"
while the successful ones pooh pooh
ed such an idea.