LtM ?a Tan THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 50 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday, June 23. 1936 ESTABLISHED 1899 Nomination Conceded To Robert L, Coburn T. B. Attmore Issues Statement Declining To Ask 2nd Primary Only Candidates for State Offices To Be Voted On In County July 4th Robert L Coburn, Martin man who captured second position in the June 6 primary for one of the sec ond district's two seats in the State Senate, but who failed to get a ma jority, was conceded the nomination when T. B. Attmore. third high can didate, said in a written statement that he would not ask a run-off. Mr. Attmore's action, although delayed to almost the last minute, substan tiates predictions made week before last that he would not ask for a sec ond primary. The withdrawal by Mr. Attmore from further participation In the contest for senator chops off consid erable interest in the primary July 4, when Martin voters will have on ly the state ticket to consider. The elimination of a second contest for senator will, it is believed by some, reduce the second primary vote by one-third or more of the county re corded the 6th of this month. Mr. Attmore's statement reads:: "In the primary election hetd on June 6th, I am advised that Mr. C. Local and County Officers Had Busy Week-End Period Nine People Arrested and Placed In Jail To Await Action of Courts Making nine arrests and conduct ing several liquor raids, local and county officers yesterday reported a busy week-end. The liquor raids, conducted in Jamesville, Williams, and Hamilton Townships, proved fruitless, but Deputy J. H. Roebuck barely escaped with his life when an alleged liquor dealer in Hamil Ion threw a half gallon jar of spir its out of the window and missed the officer's head by inches. The arrests included three young men charged with the robbery of the FCX warehouse here and Jack Oakley in Cross Roads. Robert Winbush, young negro, was arrested here for carrying a concealed weapon. Officers, mak ing the arrest, learned after ques tioning him that he stole the pistol from Farmer Daniel Gardner, near here, sometime ago. Winbush da nied stealing about 100 pounds of hams from the farmer about the time the pistol was stolen. Jaff Whitehurst was arrested for being drunk here. John Edmonds, Everetts colored man, was arrested there to face a similar charge. Ed Briley, Everetts colored man, was jailed to await removal to a hospital for the insane. Bollie Council, colored man of Hassell, was arrested for drunken driving following a wreck on the Hamilton road early Sunday morn ing. ' ? Wet Season Now Menace To Crops in This Section Threatened by dry weather up until a few days ago, farm crops in this section are now facing wiiat may prove an even more serious condition caused by a wet season. Up until noon today more rain had fallen in this section during June than in any month since last July. The heaviest rain of the month fell yesterday and last night, the weath er station placing it at 2.31 inches, bring the total for the month so far to 7.28 Inches. MARTINS WON 5 OUT OF 6 GAMES IN WEEK S -PLAY Now Within Half Game of Top Position In Coastal Plain Standings Registering five wins, four of them at the expense of the strong Ayden game, and only one loss dur ing the third week of play, Peahead Walker's Martins annexed second plact' in Pli*in league stand ings, and are now bidding for the head position With 11 victories and 7 losses, the Martins are trailing the league leading Greenies by only one-half game, and a show down for the top rung is expected today and tomorrow when the two teams aro scheduled to meet. After dropping a close contest to the Bruins here last Thursday, the Martins with Dick Cherry leading, went to New Bern Friday to break sort of an old custom <>f all losses and no wins in New Bern territory that had been in vogue since the present league lme-up was perfect ed. The mighty Kennel and long time Jonah man for the Marlins, ,was knocked from the box in the fifth after Walters and Black con nected for a double each. Cherry went the route for the Walker boys, turning the Bruins back with only seven hits. HouSe, Walters and Black led with two hits each at bat for the Martins to feature the 7 to 4 contest. Douglass, coming .here from Ay den early last week to hold down first base, figured prominetnly in the 5 to 3 victory over the Aces here last Saturday afternoon when he hit a homer on the gymnasium with Black on base to straighten out a score tied in a three-way knot. Dean, pitching for the locals, allowed an average of one hit dur ing each of the 12 innings, but he proved a master in the tight spots. Black and Ferrell, with two hits each, led at bat and accounted for one-half the runs for the locals. With the law of averages against them, the Martins invaed Ayden teritory again Sunday and returned honre with ail H to B victoryLivin good allowed the Aces only 5 hits The Martths "backed him' up with real ball maneuvering, and made the mighty Aces show up like high school boys. Avden tied the score at one-all in the first inning when Johnson hit a home run, and the Aces went ahead in the second with another run, hpt that ended their scoring for the day. Ferrell tied [ihe ^or^ih The To'urth wTfh a" hom cr, and from then on the Martins scored often. Douglass, Walters and Gaylord, with two hits each, accounted for two-thirds of the Martins' hits Colored Woman Is Hurt in Wreck Fannie Brayboy, local colored woman, suffered a broken arm and internal injuries about 2 o'clock Sunday morning, when the automo. bile in which she was riding with Bollle Council, colored, of and l.ena Roberson and a yo^inj colored boy crashed into a ditch bank and turned over near Mill Brajic'H "bn the Hamilton road. She was removed to a Washington hos pital, where she is expected to re cover. None Of Tfwoihers was hurt it was said. Council, arrested later for drunk en driving, said they were travelinf toward Williahiston and that wher they were rounding the Mill Branch curve, the Brayboy woman snatched the steering wheel and caused the accident. The driver was released under I 1100 bond signed by Mr. J. W. Eu banks, of Hasaell. County Rate To Be Fixed on Valuation Total of $11,000,000 ? Increase In Values Is Not Expected To Decrease Tax Rate Much Martin County will have a prop, erty valuation of iusi akmi til nnn two to base its 1936 tax rate on, ac. cording to a preliminary survey made unofficially of the listings turned in by the IU township list takers recently Corporation values, placed at $2,163,352 last year, were accepted in the preliminary survey without variation pending their cer tification to the county authorities y ?corporation ronimisminp the near future. The figures, while subject to change, show a valuation of $8,895,999 for personal and real property luted by the local taxing authorities, the corporation Jax in creasing the figure t? $1^059,351, based on 1935 corporation listings Compared with a gain of more than 8 pe r cent last year, the values this year are considerably less, the 1936 gain representing less than 2 per cent over the 1935 values. Ilow ever, it was expected the valuation this year would actually show a de crease because of a change effected 111 the tax laws by the last general assembly. The legislature increased th list of possible exemptions, and while the change probably accounts for decreases in personal properly listings in five townships, the in crease in the five others is a bit dif ficult to understand, especially in thuse districts having . uidy farm property, for instance, Grifrins and Poplar Point reported sizeable gains 111 percentage, and those two dis tricts are strictly agricultural. Despite personal property losses in .Jamesville, Williams, Kar Grass,? Cross Koads and Kobei sonville, the values on this type of property show a gain of $73,1411, the total personal property listings standing at $2,261, 372, as compared with $2,188,232 last year. Williamston Township led the gains with an increase of $89.(125, or 17 80 per cent Poplar Point, one of the smallest townships in the coun ty, had an increase of 7 22 per cent, or $4,525 above its 1935 personal property listings. Of iff ins had a sizeable,gain and Hamilton had a good Increase: Over III William*." ? where a few dollars make a big dif ference in the percentage column, there was a decrease of nearly 7 per cent. Cross Roads had a drop of slightly more than 6 per cent, while Jamesville and Kobersonville were under by between 2 and 3 per tent their 1935 personal listings In the real estate column, all but two townships, Williams and Ham ilton, show gains, some fairly large, but most of them small The de crease was a fraction of 1 per cent while the next increase fell slight ly under the I 1.2 per cent mark. Williamston again Ted the list will! a gain of $57,274, or 4.23 per cent. Goose Nest was second with a gain of $14,432, an increase that probably is tlie ingti spiit in tin? listings, bmh? personal and real, in the entire frramy The actual gain in real values after deducting the nearly $3,000 combined loss in Williams ^ Hamilton 'lints In |tt5.f|H4 or 1 46 per cent more than the 1935 real property values. The combined personal and real values dropped in five townships. Jamesville, Williams, Bear Grass, Cross Roads, and Robersonville, but the other districts overcame those losses and made possible a total in crease of $168,604, or just about 1.93 |ier cent over the 1935 total values. Getting down to the meat of the cocoanut, taxpayers will find very little reduction possible in the tax rate, as far as the increase in values will affect the levy. The increase in values will raise about $2,500, and, other things being equal, may effect a cent or cent and a half reduction The figures offered here and in the table appearing in this paper are preliminary, and while they I effect some rather marked varia tions in listing, a detailed survey tham?may?fnr changes. That some idea may be gained of the trend of valuations, the listings of this and the past two years are given, as follows: personal property values, 1934, $1,604,814; 1935 $2,188,. 182; 1936, $2,261,372; reaT property values, 1934. $6,444,848; 1935, $$, 538,763; 1936, $6,634,627, ? Regular Masonic Meeting Here Tonight at 8 O'clock There will be a regular meeting of Skewarkee Lodge, No. 60, A. F. and A. If., at the Masonic Hall to night at 8 p m. Members and vis I ting Masons are urged to attend.