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Our Very Best Wishes for a Most Happy and Prosperous New Year To All of Our Family of Readers THE ENTERPRISE AdTSrtiaen Will Find Our Col umu a Latchkey to Over 1JM Homes at Martin Count) VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 104 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday. December 31. 1935 ? ESTABLISHED 1899 CHEER BROUGHT TO MANY HOMES HERE CHRISTMAS 39 Families and 200 Chil dren Share in Distribu tion Last Week The cold bleak homes of 39 fam ilies were brightened and the lives of nearly 200 little children in this community were made happy when the Enterprise Christmas Cheer cam paign went into action last Christ mas Eve. Short-lived as it might have been, the campaign was con sidered unusually successful, and clearly indicated that the movement was well worth while this Christmas time and that it will be well worth while during the Christmases to come. Unbelievable suffering was found right here in our midst, most of it gnawing at the souls of little orphaned children. And while many homes were necessarily missed, the appreciation expressed by those fam ilies visited was sincere and great without exception. Nearly all the homes presented pitiful circumstances, but two or three were downright more than pathetic. At one home, three of the seven children were without shoes of any kind and those worn by the others would have offered protec tion only on a dry summer day. One of the tots had clothes more appro priate for wear in darkest Africa rather than in enlightened America' during a deep snow. A second in spection made another visit to the home urgent. The young ones and' a Widowed mother almost shoo|c the hut off its blocks when they opened1 the gift box and the three tots walked in with brand new shoes. In another home the father was com pleting three months in bed, the chil dren showing signs of privations, but every hope in the world. These two cases are mentioned that some one would like to relieve the suffering that exists. No or-1 ganized relief is available to them,| and it is quite evident that any aid will be of great help. The cases are still in the Christmas Cheer file at The Enterprise office, and will be made known to any one desiring to offer individual aid, regardless of how little. w lin a lairiy large collection of I toys, most of them second-hand that! had undergone repairs in The En-1 terpriae workshop during off-hours, and a cash subscription of $84 23, the Enterprise force, aided by Messrs J C. Manning, N. K. Harrison, and D. N. Hix worked a greater part of Tuesday distributing the baskets. For the most part substantial foods were given, the little tots having their attention specifically called to the season of the year by the inclu sion of a toy or two, a small quantity of mixed candies, a few nuts and raisins and an orange and an apple. Divided among the needy ones, cases of beans, salmon, soup, breads, boxes of oranges and a barrel of ap ples did not overstock any pantry, and Monday of this week, pleas were made to the office appealing for any food that might have been left. The distributors turning to their own homes late that Christmas Eve were called out again after supper and only left after handing out what little cash they possessed individ ually. Certainly there must have been some cases overlooked, but not in tentionally, and surely there were other cases that were in need, but the Christmas Cheer fund was limit ed. Before another Christmas sea son rolls around, some charitable or ganisation would, it is sincerely be lieved, find it appropriate to han dle such an undertaking on a larger than the one this season. 1 Cash donations, not previously acknowledged are: J. L. I|sssili, $9; Woman'* eiub, IJOi J. H- ffllsbeook' ?? aanUi #, e. Manning Mi and Da vid Modlln, $1 For the cooperation of everyone in making the movement successful. The Bnterprise extends Its thanks, and readily adds that an even great er appreciation was MJFfoMl * Dm r. U. RmwIm DM at County Horn* 20th Thomas V. Bawls. Martin County home Inmate, died there on Decem ber 10, following a long period of falling health He was born in the r Ores* section of this county 11 I Funeral services ware conducted the following afternoon by Hd*r B. 8. Co win, and interment followed in the Biggs Robemon burial i in Begr Oraas Township. F. H. A. Closing Local Office; Applications Go To Edenton The Federal Housing Administra- McMullan is to be in Williamston tion office in the Martin County will be announced shortly, the coun courthouse has been crdered closed, "j?' . .. .4 We believe the new arrangement effective January 1, according to in- ? wj? prove utlsfKtory; Mr Harrison formation released yesterday by an(j E(jded that anyone wishing County Chairman Geoige H. JIarri-|t0 majie application for a Federal son. Plans were made immediately j Housing Administration loan should to recall the secretary and office as- Ket in touch with him and he will sistant, it was stated. advise Mr. McMullan direct. The field representative of the ad- So far the activities of the FHA ministration, Mr. J. H. McMullan, have been limited in this county, no with headquarters in Edenton, will loans having been recorded to date, handle all applications in the fu-jThe apparent failure of the organi ture, it was stated. While arrange- j ration to function properly or meet ments have not been completed for. the requests of deserving applicants handling the work, it is understood is said to have been disappointing, that Mr. McMullan himself will re- i A goodly number of applications are ceive applications in Williamston one | said to have been received from day each week. The day that Mr. prospective builders in this section Christmas Season One Of Quietest on Record KILLS MARKED BIRD [ Shooting Into . flock of bUfk. bird* a few days ago, L V1 Ante. of Jamesvlle. brought down 12 o, them wUh one ^ wRhT u !hT "rr,ed ? band with a biological survey tag WrJ "7 P?b">,y PUced K. "? * - The killing Of 1J birds at one :h?' "V COB"Me'?? ??x>d until port came from out Grif ?"? way maintaining that a hbouun';^7.brou?h? ??? Report 12 Weddings In County Durin^ Christmas Holidays ?> ? J I"uance Slightly Smaller than Number in Same Period Year Ago Twelve marriageT^ere reported county d"6 Whi,e population 'n this county durmg ,he Christmas holi the 1 mber ?f Weddm? trailing same ^1" rep0rted during the ?me penod in 1934. Up until Mon ,ay n??n^ 19 licenses had been is Deeds J r"*" ?' Regl8,er 23^ cn. Getaln?er white and 23 to colored couples for the month During the holiday period licenses1 were ..sued to the following 3 andd?"n t Wil<?u*hby, son Of Mr il and Mr. W. W. Willoughby, of th[s county and Mis, Mildred Adela Sd!U,hter of Mr and Mr,. Lu ther A. Leary, of Roper. and Mr' ^i'so" Griffin. son of Mr. Mane pJ " E Griffin' a"d Miss Mr. Ent dlUghter of Mr. and Mr. Ephram Peel, all of Griffins,1 Wvnn * ^yn,"' *?" ?' the late J. S. Wynn and wife, and Miss May Belle I Bullock, daughter of Mr and Mr. 1 Cui Bullock, of Poplar Point I M.?mp ? P?rter' ?' s*v?rn, and ton ITT miliU- ot Wa'bing M? " wP?rter '? the daughter of Son Mr' W R Wl11"' ?* Wash L R. Ausbon and Miss Elsie Viola tauL d "amilton Mr. Ausbon ?a the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E Purvis, of Hamilton, and Mr Ausbon u the son ?f Mr Ab Ausbon of Rob?rgonville. Robt. Pritchett, son of Mr and and mT Is Hamilton * d Mamie Price, daughter of Mrs Eula Scott, of Goose Nest. C B Allen, son of Mrs Kale Leg ??tt, and Miss Mildred Bullock.' p/ ? ?"d Mr< Gua Bu| 1 rok, nil of this county. ?mAr!.fred ?toclt burger, of South-1 ampton, Pa., and Miss Addie Wil liams, Of Robersonville. Mrs Stock-' fcuf%fi?ithC da"?hter ?' the 'ate scth Williams and wife, J /aa B Raw Is and Miss EUa Mar Leggett, both of this county Mr? n D, a8n M Mr. and ".J*"1*1, U?ett, of Hobgood, and Miss Daisy Mae Parker, daugh JT b Bunch- w? of Luther f*!. ^,G??" N*" Township, * *?, GUdy* B House, daughter ?r?LMV"d Mr' W B Bennett, ;of Goose Nest Township | 8am Pate, Jr? son of the late Sam Pate and wife, and Miss Pearl Cut tar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J 'Cutler, of London Bridge, Va. 2 IN umber Arrests for Drunkenness About Same as for Year Ago No Fatal Shootings Report ed and Auto Accidents Below Normal ? Probably without exception, the 1935 Christmas holiday season in this county was the quietest on rec ord, the office of the sheriff and re ports over the county clearly indi cating that' peace and quiet were more evident than at any time in their memory. No fatal shootings were i eported, the record of drunk e.i arrests carrying about the same number of names as were on the docket last season. The eai ly part of the holiday sea son pro| er, last Saturday a week ago, wu.i marred by two serious au tomobile accidents in the upper part of the county, but none of any con sequence lias been reported since. Snow-covered roads caused many cars to skid off the thoroughfares, but no one was hurt, as far as it could be learned, Highway Patrol men Hunt and Stewart explaining that they had not received a single call since the two accidents near Hamilton and Oak City more than a week ago. Despite extreme temperatures during a greater part of the season, no deaths from exposure or serious fires were reported. At Williamston the volunteer fire company received two calls, one on Sunday, the 22nd, whe nthe colored Methodist church on Cemetery St. caught fire, and again on the 26th, (Continued on page six) 1 DEAD, SEVERAL' hurt IN 2 AUTO, ACCIDENTS 21ST : Dick Bland, 25, Is Fatally Injured in Collision . Near Hamilton Dick Bland, 25 yea" old, lost hi? We in an automobile wreck one ' mile out of Hamilton on the Oak City road, Saturday evening, ue ' comber 21st, bringing the total num ber of motor vehicle fatalities in this county to 7 for the year 1935 Bland, skull was injured, his chest crushed and a leg broken. He died a few minutes later in a Hamilton doc tor s office. Russell Godard, 19, suf fered a broken wrist and bruises, and Garland Godard. 12 years okL suffered a broken arm, a sprained shoulder, and a probable fracture of the pelvis bone. Linwood Knox, 21. Bob Harris. 40, and LeRoy , also passengers in the 1936 mode I Ford belonging to Roy Edmondson. 'wire hurt, but not badly, according 1 to reports reaching here. I Garland Gurganus and Claiborne I Godard, riding in a truck that flg-| 'ured in the accident, were hurt but 1 not badly, Gurganus receiving a 'slight knee sprain. Driving toward Oak City, Bland I is said to have been driving the al most new car so rapidly he could not round a curve and i machine into the truck that Gur ' ganus had pulled all the way off the hard-surfaced road to his own right. 1 The car was demolished, and thej 'steel bo3y was stripped from the truck, it was stated. , I.ater that night, C. B. Savage manager of the A B. C. store in Oak city, was dangerously hurt when _a. car without lights was backed sud denly into the road in front of him bv a man named Goodrich. Savage was unable to stop or turnout'1 avoid the crash, it was stated. Mrs_ Goodrich, accompany her husband in the Model A Ford, was P*>?i but not seriously hurt. Mr. age was thought not badly hurt at .first, but peritonitis is said to have developed, and little hope was con-. 'sidered for his recovery atonetime ? Later reports, however, stated that hi. condition was some better and that the attending physician was more hopeful for hi. recovery The young man is at his home in Oak^ K?'h'bTZ* 'B"rt"S was fll Hobgood. ^ I Deer Hunters Busy /4s | End of Season Nears ' With the deer !ea*>n drawing to la close today, hunters are taking every opportunity to hunt the ani mals A few days back, a party brought in two from just ""o" the river, and yesterday Pete Hall and | 'Dick Clayton brought in two more. Past Week Sees Coldest Weather Here Since 1917 To Arrest All Driving With Old Tags Starting Tomorrow Highway Patrolmen Hunt and Stewart are warning motorists that there will be no warnings after December 31 for owners to display the new 1936 State li cense plates on cars operating on the highways. In accordance with an act of the legislature, new license plates must appear on all cars traveling the high ways. In other words, the own er who has purchased his plates and has not displayed them will be subject toarres t on and after January 1. The legislative act also pro vides a minimum line of $10 and coats. Of course, the courts might suspend judgment, but the order makes it necessary for the patrolmen and other officers to effect the arrests. When asked if there would not be some leniency shown since the weather has been un usually bad, and almost im possible for people to drive their cars, the patrolmen stated that it would be advisable to send to the license bureaus for their plates. No excuses will be ac cepted, it was stated. F ew Registering W ith Employment Bureau Lxpect La 11 tor Men With Beginning of New School Projects Work Will Begin Within Few Days; Held Np By Weather Early reports coming from the county office of the State employ ment bureau indicate that there are not as many people wanting jobs in this section as mahy believe. Since the office was opened week before last, approximately 75 men have reg istered for employment. Manager Gilliam pointing out that many of those were skilled workers and only about one-third were colored. How ever, real conditions in connection with employment in this county will hardly be uncovered until the weath er modifies, and the jobless have a better opportunity to place their names on the office rolls. There are several hundred names on file with the unemployment of fice, but many of them are probably inactive, the owners, in some cases no doubt having procured jobs or left the section. Regardless of whether one had registered with the thr district office in Edenton, it is believed advisable, especially for those who really wish to wc|k, to register again at once. It is possible that if necessary labor cannot be (Continued on back page) I COTTON GINNINGS Cottons finning* for 1935 con tinue to run about 1,000 bale* behind those for the 1934 season, a report released for and up to December 13 shows. At that time 3,107 bales of cotton had been finned from the 1935 crop, as compared with 4,150 bales from the 1934 crop. The report was released last week by Mr. Luther Haridson, collector of ginning statistics in this county. Two Robersonville Filling Stations and A.B.C. Store Robbed Series of Daring Robberies Believed One-Man Jobb; Officer Fired on o I A series of daring robberies was reported in the business district of Robersonville some time after mid night last Saturday. Reports reach ing here stated that the Number 2 liquor store of the Martin County Beverage Control Board, the Sinclair | and Texaco stations were entered land robbed, Night Ollicer Griffin running the robber away when an 1 attempt was made to enter and rob the Public Oil Company station. The liquor robbery, the first re ported in this county since ihe con | trol stores were opened last July, | netted the robber about $15 in cash and 14 pints of liquor. The brand of 1 liquor missed was said to have been comparatively low in price and in dicated that the robber was not fa miliar with the better trade marks. Breaking through a window, the ' robber is believed to have entered the Sinclair station first, taking a small amount of change and some cigarettes. Approximately $17 was stolen from the cash tegister in the | Texaco station. When the robber?reports stating only one was seen?attempted to en ter the Public Oil Station, Officer, Griffin fired on the man and met a I return fire As far as it could be learned no trace of the thief has been fuund, reports stating that the man was last seen running out of Robersonville Two Stills Captured By County Officers Two Illicit liquor stills were de stroyed by Officer J. H. Roebuck and his assistant Roy Peel in the coun ty last week. The day before Christ mas, the officers trodded through the snow to a plant near Hassell, where they found a 40-gallon capacity li quor still and several barrels of beer. The plant. Just recently op erated, was destroyed. Last Friday, the officers destroyed a 50-gallon capacity copper still in Bear Grass Township, but the weath er was apparently too cold for the operators, and the plant had been idle several days. River Freezes Over For Its Fourth Time Within Pa?t Century Nine-Inch Snowfall Record ed; 9 Degrees Lowest Temperature With apologies to old Mark Twain, the weather in this section so far this winter is the coldest in many years, records showing that the ther-^ mometer readings so far in Decem ber, 1935, were the lowest since 1917. Starting with a nine-inch snowfall on Sunday afternoon, December 22, the mercury started dropping, reach ing a low reported at 9 degrees. Several times the mercury climbed above the freezing point, but over night it would go down again. Then early last Sunday morning, nearly 5 more inches of snow fell, and Mon day the white blanket still measured 7 inches. The Roanoke froze over just above the bridge, the bridge keeper, Mr. Hugh Spruill, walking across and at ease He returned on the bridge, however. The ice was reported 12 inches thick at places. Only four times during a century has the Roanoke really frozen suf ficiently to carry any great weight. In 1857, the stream was a solid mass of ice. and again in 1892 and 1893 ice clogged the stream, people liv ing close by, and driven by the bit ter cold, taking their teams and driv ing across the stream for firewood on the other side. During the winter of 1917 the stream froze to a depth of 12 inches or more just below where the bridge is now located. People turned out by the hundreds to skate and play on the ice, but no teams were driven across at that time. During the present freeze, ice has blocked the stream at bends as far up as Hamilton. Recalling the freeze in 1917, older resident state that a strange thing happened when the mercury started rising. After people had played on the ice all one day, a strong wind started blowing from the west and by the next morning there was not a block of ice of any size in the river, the strong wind apparently having ground the ice into a melting pulp. fl HAPPY MtUU TO YOU (Courtesy of Mia* Kffia Waldo, Hamilton, N. C.) Health enough to make work a pleasure; Wealth enough to support your needs; Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them; Gi ace enough to confess your sins and forsake them; Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished; Charity enough to see good in your neighbor; Cheerfulness that shall make others glad; Love that shall move you to be useful and helpful; Faith that shall make real the things of God; And hope that shall remove all anxious fears concerning the fu ture. THE ENTERPRISE NEW WAREHOUSE CAVES IN; $2,000 TO $3,000 DAMAGE [Directors To Meet During Week To Decide on Repairing A damage estimated at between $2 000 and $3,000 resulted when the floor and roof of the Planters Ware house caved in here early last week. Some damage also resulted to pea nuts stored in the building, it was reported. I Reports state that the floor gave away some hours before, and that the roof, including must of that cov ering the new addition and a part of the old structure caved in from' the weight of the snow that fell Sunday afternoon and night. has not been determined wheth er the structure was overloaded, the foundation improperly laid, or the snow was the main cause for the collapse of the building. The old part of the building was even more heavily loaded last year with stored peanuts, and the weight was suc cessfully carried by the foundation. Repairs to the building and other matters in connection with the col lapse will be discussed at a meet ing of the warehouse company di rectors probably some time this week, Mr. C. O. Moore, president, said yesterday morning. The addition to the warehouse was completed only last fall at a cost of approximately $S,000. Efforts will be made to repair the structure as soon as possible, the jjmipany president intimated. Sheriff Victor Meekins, of Dare County, passed through here on his way to his home after spending the holidays In Mooresvllle with rela tive*.
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