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VOLUM XXXIX?NUMBER 44 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 2, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1899
REGULAR MEET
OF TOWN BOARD
HELD LAST NIGHT
Officials Agree To Forget
About Paving Amounts
Due From Churches
Williatiigton's
in( >n regular session last evening,
half-heartedly agreed to quietly for
get the hundreds of dollars in pav.
ing assessments due the town by the
several churches of the town, and
thus more than $1,000 is shifted
from the Christians to general tax
ation to be borne by the ragged, the
hungry, the agnostics, the poor, the
colored and others who parade in
dirt and mud to their humble places
of worship without even a decent
dirt mound to walk on.
The town authorities recognized
the collection of the paving assess
ments as a problem, Commissioner
Green explaining that he had been
informed that some were unable to
pay, and it further being under
stood that some others would not |
pay if they could. And so the com
missioners washed their hands of
the problem that has been drifting
for several years. Measley pay
ments said to have been made by a
lone church are due to be refunded,
but that feature of the bewhiskered
problem was not discused but very,
very little. The action last evening
can be expected to bring a delega
tion from the church in question,
and rightly so, it is believed.
The commissioners reversed their
liberal stand when the matter of
fixing two rooms in the City Hall
for firemen's quarters was brought
to their attention, the group finally
agreeing that an appropriation not
to exceed $50 would be all right.
With complaints fresh In their
minds, the commissioners directed
commanding orders to the police
department to arrest and Jail
all drunks, and suggested that road
terms be given the habitual offend
ers.
A.called session was planned for
the near future, when bids for the
town audit will be considered, the
commissioners quitting the meeting
after Mayor Hassfll
current bills. ^*
High School Awards
Presented Students
Last Friday Night
Certificates Are Presented
To Fifty Completing
Seventh Grade
The diligent efforts advanced by
students in the local high school dur
ing the past term were recognized
at the commencement exercises last
Friday evening when special awards
were made by Principal D. N. Hix.
Honors went to the high school
band, when the civic cup, donated
by the Woman's Club, was present
ed the young musicians Benjamin
Z- Manning received thevalaHirtnr
lan's cup, donated by W. C. Man
ning. Young Manning also won the
attendance and scholarship cup do
nated by the local Junior Order
council. Miss Bernice Ward, lead
ing the home economics class, was
awarded the Sarah M. Manning
home economics cup, donated by W
C. Manning. Clayton Moore, jr., the
outstanding athlete, received the
Goodmon trophy.
Certificates were awarded the fol
lowing seventh graders:
Arthur Anderson, Martin Ander
son, Josephine Andrews, Nancy
Biggs, Eleanor Brown, Mary Lou
ise Bland, Nina Bland, J. E. Boy
kin, Doris Bullock, Leslie Cherry,
Roland Cherry. Stuart Critcher, Ned
Cunningham, Marjorie Gray Dunn,
Bennie Godwin, Sadie Mae Gur
ganus. It J. Hardiaon, Annie Belle
Hollidur, Edna Earle James, Otis
James, Carrie DeU Jones, Grace
Jones, Warren Jones, Verble Jones.
James Lee, Ray Leggett, Carolyn
Lindsley, Jerry Manning. Katherine
Manning, Janie Newton, James Dan
iel Nicholson, Mary Gwen Osborne,
Dare Perry, Warren Pope, Raymond
Rawla, Clarence Revels, Lee Savage,
Maude Taylor, Sarah Taylor. Joseph
Thigpen, Dale Wagner, Mary Ruth
Ward, Ruth Ward, Jamas Wiggins
Watts, Prances White, Virginia Wil
liams, Hazel Wynne.
Katherine Manning completed the
seventh grade with the highest ache
seventh grade with the highest
scholastic standing, according to
records released by the principal.
Skewarkoy Masons Matt
At Usual Hour Tonight
There will be a special meeting ol
the local Masonic lodge tonight at
the usual hour, it was announced
this morning by 8. H. Grimes, the
master Work In <he third degree
85 To 90PerC
County Sign V
M and on p?r -ft ia
crop acreage.in Martin County ?
included in the government's soil
conservation program, according to
a preliminary survey of the work
sheet sign-up coming from the court
house this week. Nearly 1,400 work
sheets have been signed, represent
ing more than 75 per cent of the eli
gible signers, Assistant Agent M. L.
Barnes said.
Nearly every large farmer in the
county is participating in the pro
gram,' it was pointed out.
ent Farmers in
p for Program
?Work?on?tabulating?the?work
sheets is under way In the offices of
the agent this week, and those farm
ers who have not signed and who
care to participate in the program
will be given an opportunity to sign
work sheets, the agent said, explain
ing that no concerted drive would
be made to further the program.
Arrangements will be formulated
within the next few days to handle
applications for funds and the meas
urement of crop lands.
Coastal Plain League
Opens Season Today
MARTIN SKIPPER
D. C. "Peahead" Walker, an
old hand In baseball, who is pi
loting the Martins this season.
He comes here from Eton Col
lege, where he is director of ath
letics.
STRESS NEED FOR
BOARDING HOME
IN THIS COUNTY
Child Welfare Worker Is
Finding Underprivileged
Children In Numbers
By MI8S MARGARET OWENS
(Martin County Child Welfare
Worker)
There are children already who
have been found by the Child Wel
fare Worker who are neglected,
who are exposed (o unwholesome
environment?and others will he
found as the work goes on?these
children need the care, discipline
and training that only a substitute
for that which they have lost can
give them. The emphasis is laid on
the need for. a licensed boarding
home as a temporary home or a
permanent home as the case de
mands, where children may be car
ed for or for Martin County to
initiate its own plan for a project
to care for its own children.
We are reminded of a bright, at
tractive, interesting girl, eleven
years old, the innocent victim of a
marriage where two people were
mis-mated. Time gnd circumstances
brought on incompetency, depend
ency, the ^ecrepid condition of the
father, the youthful inability and
irresponsibility of the mother. The
child became the ward of the de
partment of welfare. The father
is In the county home, the mother
has left the coupty, her whereabouts
being unknown. She needs a home
where she may obtain the necessi
ties of life, where love and under
standing will be given and where
she will have a chance to develop
her mind and body, where habits
and attitudes may be formed that
shall lend to normal growth. Whose
responsibility is she? Whose respon
sibility are the other children in
Martin County who are underprivi
leged through no fault of their own
and who are still with us, deprived
of parents and relatives? If we are
to rest assured of giving our chil
dren equal opportunity we must
face this responsibility.
Does Martin County need to work
out some plan for caring for its
children? Or shall we pass them up
and allow them to cause us no grave
cSSCMBT
Preparations Made
For Record Crowd
Here Wednesday
High School Band To Lead
Parade of Teams and
Officials&t 2:30
A big opening day rally will fea
ture the first home baseball game
of the season here tomorrow, when
Manager Walker sends his team
against the' Tarboro nine On Taylor
field promptly at 4 o'clock, Manager
Walker just about having perfected
his line-up and seasoned his players
for whatever the season might offer.
A record crowd is expected here to
morrow afternoon, when Mayor
John L. Hassell tosses the first ball.
A short formal program has been
planned and a yardstick will be
placed on the team strength for the
first time in an official fashion by
the Yollowers of the sport from all
over Martin and adjoining counties,
Led by Williamslon's high school
band, members of the two teams,
officials of the club, and celebrities
from lliuim oonr Ihti iy.iii.ly1 r.ra
scheduled to parade from the Cen
tral Service Station to the high
school diamond, the line of march
forming at 2:30. Practice will be
held a short while by the two teams,
Club President Pete Fowden stat
ing the game would get underway
promptly at 4 o'clock.
Winning five exhibition games
during the past five days, the Mar
tins are all set for the tee-off in Tar
boro this afternoon when wins and
losses count.
Manager Walker said the follow
ing would probably constitute the
batting order in the game tomor
row:
Gaylord, left field; Earp, third
base; Patton, first base; Black, right
field; Griffin, center field; Corbitt,
short stop; Male, second base; Roye,
catcher. Either Armstrong or Dean
will pitch.
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Doj>estens Doping
On Outcome Next
Saturday Election
Fountain Rated Favorite In
Race Against Josiah W.
Bailey for U. S. Senate
With the primary just three days
away, the various candidates are
working night and day to bolster
their strength, the three main guber
natorial aspirants still claiming top
position over the State. Little is
being heard about most of the other
candidates, but they are still in the
race, to be sure.
Locally the latest dope offered by
Washington Street?thf little Wall
Street of Williamston?McDonald is
certain of a majority in this county.
Main Street, or the River Road as
the Wall Street group would have
you know it, is pointing out gains
for the other candidates, with Mc
Rae still lending strength. No bet
ting was in evidence on the Mc
Donald majority claim, but the ab
sence of gambling does not detract
Trom the McDonald camp claims.
Fountain is rated a favorite in
this county over. Josiah Bailey for
a seat in the United States Senate.
Paul Grady is expected to make a
showing in the contest for Lieuten
ant Governor, and R L. Co burn and
Carl L. Bailey are expected to lead
the ticket in the county for State
Senator. Thad Eure is holding his
own for Secretary of State, and as
for the other candidates very little
dope has been advanced. Reports
have it that O. W. Hnmilton is mak
ing a concerted drive for a seat in
the General Assembly, but a trend
in the three-oci nered race for that
office cannot be had.
A. A. F. SEAWELL IS
MAIN SPEAKER AT
srHooi, closing
Thirty-two Young Men and|
Women Graduated Last
Friday Night Here
Thii
iirty-two young men and -wom
en were urged to consider the im
portance of graduation and take a
tighter grasp on the situation in life
by Hon. A. A. F. Seawell, Attorney
General of North Carolina, in an
address marking the end of another
successful-term in the local schools
tkst Friday evening. Held in the
high school auditorium, the final
event on the closing program was
well attended, the awarding of di
plomas to the 32 seniors and cer
tificates to 5U seventh-graders and
the recognition of promising stu
dents marking a climax to the prog
ress accomplished during the past
school year.
Centering his address around the
"run-of-the-mill" or average group,
the speaker did not discredit the
attainments of torch bearers, but he
challenged the position of the aver
age person, upon whom all progress
is dependent in the long- run. he il
lustrated by the-growth and devel
opment of the chrysanthemum. The
average of that flower is five times
larger than the best was 5lT years
ago but a few years of neglect would
have reduced it to nothing, he said
Advancement is not made by the
one who lags behind or by the man
who advances to the front line, but
it is made by the throng who trod
along with the main load. Advance
ment rests upon the shoulders of
those men and women who can and
will bear the heat of a midday sun,
and the main reason behind the ed
ucational movement is to advance
the average.
The 20,000 girls and boys graduat
ing from the high schools of North
Carolina this year, the attorney gen
eral said, mean social justice and'so
cial security, and decency cannot be
maintained and society cannot be
kept without our educational sys
tem. To insure this security and
raise the average standard, the state
must raise its appropriations for ed
ucation, pay the teachers higher sal
aries and reduce the teugher load,
he continued.
"We are living in a restless world,
and there have been many changes
in material things and in morals,"
Mr. Seawell said, but the speaker
took no stock in the old saying that
the world's going to the dogs, ex
plaining that after this period of
chaos, there will still be found some
shining social stars.
Mr. Seawell, introduced by Judge
Clayton Moore, is nearing his sev
entieth birthday.
Big County Rally Planned
For Graham Thursday, 8:30
A big county rally for Sandy
Grahawi, candidate for Governor,
will be held in the courthouse In
Williamston, on Thursday evening
at 8:30.
At this time there will be a con
cert by tlte high school band, begin
ning at 8:15, after which D. P. Mc
DufTee, of Fayetteville, who is said
to be one of the best speakers in
North Carolina, wil make a speech
in favor of Graham for governor.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend, even if all are not for Gra
ham.
May Rainfall Here Totals
Just Fraction Over an Inch
This section had the lightest rain
fall last month for any May in re
cent years, the weather station on
the Roanoke recording only 1.09
inches during the period. In May
a year ago, the rainfall was 2.54
inches, and prior to that time the
precipitation for the period aver
aged more than 5 inches. New dry
records were established over the
State during the period, reports stat
ing that the drought conditions are
considerably worse in many sections
than in the Martin area.
The average rainfall in this sec
tion was about 3 inches below nor
mal?.?-?;?
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Crop Conditions-Are Little
Relieved by Recent Rains
Scatered rain falling in this sec
tion last Friday and Saturday eve
nings greatly relieved the crop sit
uation, but conditions continue ser
ious for the most pafC. The rains
last week were not general, some
sections reporting sufficient rain to
aid the transplanting of tobacco
without watering on Saturday. Oth
er areas reported hardly enough rain
to lay the dust.
Tobacco transplanting was under
way all over the county on Satur
day, however, following the rain of
?a than one-flfth of an Inch.
County Voters Have Grand Total
Of 33 Candidates To Ballot on for
State and County Offices June 6
Are You Good at Guessing?
. ???
There's been much, probably too murh. said in the current politi
cal campaign, so now get down to farts and guess the vote to be
cast in the county next Saturday.
The Enterprise will give a one-year subscription to the person
guessing nearest the actual vote cast. As an aid to those taking part
in the contest. The Enterprise lists by precincts the new registration,
the total registration, the vote cast in the June, 1932, gubernatorial
primary, and leaves spare for your guesses, as follows:
Precinct New Reg. Tot Keg. 1932 Vote Your Guess
Jamesville 22 723 368
Williams 10 334 149
Griffins 28 474 279
Bear Grass IS Ut-- 208
Williamston 150 1.592 714
Cross Roads 30 350 282
Robersonville 48 948 362
Gold Point 12 166 82
Poplar Point 13 187 94
llassell 24 147 66
Hamilton ~a 128 98
Goose Nest 37 434 189
Totals 452 6,131 2.889
As an additional aid. the total number of votes cast in other pri
marles are given, as follows: 2,640 cast in second primary, 1932; 3,787
cast In the general election in November. 1932; 3,380 votes In June.
1934, primary; and 3,785 votes cast in second primary that year.
All guesses should be returned to The Enterprise not later than
Thursday evening of this week.
Valuation in County
Shows Slight Upturn
Losses Shown in But
3 Townships, Based
On Initial Figures
Commissioners In Regular
Monthly Meeting All
Day Yesterday
The Board of Martin County com
missioners, meeting in regular ses
sion Monday, made preliminary ar
rangements for a continued cam
paign against typhoid fever in this
county. Definite plans for the vac
cinations will be formulated short
ly by Dr. J. H Saunders, county
health head. Three years ago a aim
liar campaign was conducted by the
county health officer and thousands
were vaccinated. The general pub
lie has become anxious for this serv
ice since the preventive work has
proven very effective following
years of a high deatli rate from the
fever. Vaccination dates will be an
nounced within the next few days,
it is understood.
As a whole, the meeting of the
commissioners was the most pleas
ant in recent months, the tux list
takers making verv encouraging re
ports and giving tfit; authorities the
first decent break they have hud
since they have been in office A
preliminary survey of the lists
shows an increase in property val
ues of approximately $170,000, the
gain coming after early predictions
pointed to a loss of about one quar
ter million dollars. Ordinarily,
$170,000 property vaiue increase
raises about $2,500, effecting a van*
tion of about 2 1-2 cents in the tax
rate. Of the nine lists turned in
this week, only three, Jamesville,
Cross Roads and Kobersoriville,
show a loss. Griffins, Bear Grass,
Williamston, Poplar Point, Hamil
ton and Goose Nest show gains
The greatest gain, $147,896, was re
ported by W lUiamston, the- greater
part of the increase being traceable
to new buildings in the town itself.
The board members were favor
ably impressed with the child wel
fare movement recently established
in the county by the federal govern
ment. Mist Margaret Owens, head
ing the work, went before the com
missioners, outlining the program
and pointing out specific cases that
were deserving of attention.
The minutes of the meeting, cov
ering hardly more?than one-half
page in the records, carried only
two other official acts, R. C. Sexton
was appointed Jamesville Township
constable, and Goodman Hamilton,
Jamesville man, was allowed $5 a
month.
Messrs. J. E Pope, chairman;
Joshua L. Coltrain, C. C. Fleming,
R. L. Perry, and V. O. Taylor cas
ually discussed the situation as ir
affects the county affairs, adjourn
ing at S o'clock after agreeing the
country la still lafe.
VOTING HOURS
The approximately 6.100 ell
gible voters In this county will
have, according to Turner's Al
manac, exactly 14 hours and 25
minutes in which to visit the
polls next Saturday and sup
port their respective candidates.
The polls are scheduled to open
at 4.46 that morning and close
at 7:11 o'clock that evening.
Wllliamston precinct voters
will vote in the showroom of
the Roanoke Chevrolet Com
pany on Washington Street.
SOIL CONSERVING
PAYMENT RATES
FOR THE COUNTY
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Farmers Will Get Around
$9 An Acre for Other
Than Main Crops
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The average rale of the soil.con
serving payment under the IB361
farm program in Martin Coun
ly has been fixed at $8.60 per acre,
according ^o Dean I O Schaub, of |
State College.
This rate applies to general soil
depleting crops other than cotton,
tobacco and peanuts, the dean said,
'and will vary with individual
farms.
The general rate for each county
has been determined according to
the average productivity of general
soil-depleting crops in that county.
The rate for an individual farm
will be above or below the county
rate in the same proportion that
the productivity of general soil de
pleting crops on the farm is above
or below the county average
The general productivity of each
farm will be bused upon the uver
age past yieiux oi soil depleting
crops others than cotton, tobacco
and peanuts.
For tobacco and cotton the rate
of payment has been fixed at five
cents a pound on the average to
bacco and cotton yields of the farm.
The rate for peanuts is 1 1-4 cents
a pound.
be made for shifting land from soil,
depleting into soil-conserving crops
this year. +
A farmer who takes high produc
tive land out of cash crops and puts
it into soil-conserving crops is
making a bigger sacrifice than the
farmer whose land is low in pro
ductivity.
For this reason, the dean explain
ed, the rates of payment Rave been
based on the productivity of the
land.
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Irving Bennett, student at Christ
School, Arden, has returned home
for the summer vacation.
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Majority o! Contests
For State Ofticials;
took for Large Vote
Gubernatorial Contest Will
Be Main Drawing Card
In Martin County
?
Twenty-five candidates for state
offices, 5 for district. 3 for county,
and 2 for commissioner, will lace
the political firing squad in this
fmrnty-nexi Saturday froirr sunrisi?-"
to sunset. With some few excep
tions, nobody is for anybody, the
majority training their guns against
the other fellow, and although the?
battle is a bit far removed from
home there is-still much reason to
believe Martin voters will visit the
noils in faipWtarge numbers next
Saturday.
The candidates for governor, state
senate, house of representatives and
county commissioner in the Jumes
Ville-Williams district will be re
sponsible for whatever votes are
casl, the voters taking time to fin
ish marking the ticket while at the
polls, however.
Following is the line-up for Sat
urday's bombardment:
For County Commissioner, James
ville Williarrts district: C. C. Flem
ing, Joshua L. Coltrain.
For representative In GeneralAs
sembly Jos. W. Bailey, O. W. Ham
ilton, Hugh G. Morton.,
For .State Senate, Second Senator,
lal District (two to be chosen): Robt.
L. Coburn, Carl L. Bailey, Julius
Dees, W B Rodmah, jr.; T. B Att
more.
For United Stales Senator: Wil
liam* H. Griffin, Josiah W. Bailey,
Richard T. Fountain, David L.
Strain.
For Governor: John Albert
Rar, Clyde R lloey, Ralph W M.c
Donald, Sandy Graham.
For Lieutenant Governor: Paul
Grady, Wilkins P. Morton, George
McNeill.
For Secretary of State: Stacey W.
Wade, Thad Eure, M R. (Mike)
Dunnagun. ?
For Auditor: Willard L. Dowel!,
Charles L Miller, George Ross Pou.
Baxter Durham.
For Treasurer; Helen Robertson
Wohl, Charles M. Johnson.
For Superintendent Public In
struction:. Clyde A. Erwin, A. B. Al
derman, Gilbert Craig.
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
W. Kerr Scott, William A Grahan,)
One candidate will be selected for
each office except for state senator,
and the voters are to nominate two
out of -the five.
Bible and Handbag Stolen
From Car'on Street Here
?
A handbag containing a Bible,
a specially prepared sermon, and a
few other articles, was stolen from
Rev Charles M Dickey's car on the
main street here last Saturday night.
Wlule the minist'er deeply regrets
the loss of the Bible and was put
to a decided disadvantage, he filled
his appointment and featured the
home-coming day program with an
impromptu sermon in the local Bap
tist church Sunday morning f
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Martin Man Arrested In
Bertie Last Week-end
?
Joe Godard, Jamesville Township
man, was arrested in Bertie County
for alleged drunken driving. He
was tried in Bertie court yesterday
and appealed from the sentence, ac
cording to information reaching
here. J. Leander Hardison was ar
lested for being drunk, but was re
leased yesterday.
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Legion Auxiliary To Meet
Saturday With Mrs Ward
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The regular monthly meeting ot
the American Legion Auxiliary of
the John Walton Unwell post will
be held Saturday afternoon, June 5,
at 3 o'clock, in the home of Mrs. J,
A. Ward, Williamston, N. C,
Mrs H. M Clark and daughter,
Bettie Sue, are expected home this
evening from Durham where "they
underwent treatment in a hospital
for several days.
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Currituck Agent Vaccinates
12,000 Hogs In Three Years
During' the past three years, the
farm agent of Currituck County has
vaccinated 11,00 hogs. Since 1831
it hogs have died from