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THE ENTERPRISE Will iw On Cai a Lalekkay U Ortr MM VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 61 * Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. July 31. 1936 ESTABLISHED 1899 MARTINS STILL IN FIRST PUCE: WIN, LOSE WITH BE ARS James Sudduth Signed Up Tq Play with Martins . In Centerfield ?"Peaheud" Walker's Martins con tinue to fly high in the Coastal Plain baseball reservation, and are now holding top position by 1 1-2 games over the Greenies. runners up While Williamston is holding tight the top rung. Ayden and Greenville are battling tor second place, with Greenville holding the edge. So far this week the Martins have been in action only twice, the boys enjoying a rest last Monday and the rain keeping them idle yesterday And the weather this morning indi cated there would be no game this afternoon In the two games played this week, the Martins divided with the New Bern Bruins, the locals drop ping one of the best games of the season here last Tuesday afternoon. 3 to 2. The visitors scored in the first on a home run by Burnette Walters duplicated the feat for the Martins in the fourth to tie the score. New Bern made another score in the eighth, and the Martins knotted the count in the same in ning. No scoring was recorded in the ninth and tenth, but in the elev enth frame. Pete Jacobs. Arst up. doubled and scored on Mew bom's double after two were out Black opened with a single for the Mar tins at their next turn at bat. but the next three men went out, end ing the game Wade allowed 10 hits, but kept them pretty well scat tered. Joe Webb getting 3 of the number Corbrtt. Walters and Black with 2 each, accounted fur 6 of the Martins' 8 hits. Overcoming a 3-run lead the| Bears annexed in the first inning, the Martins staged a comeback in the second and third innings to score 4 runs and added 2 more in the fifth to register a ? to 3 win Cherry started for the Martins, bui was relieved in the second by Arm strong, who allowed only 3 hits dur ing the remainder of the game and received credit for the win Seven ~of~ the Martins got one hit each to account for # ram. Starting tomorrow, the clubs will be allowed to make no new addi tions to their rosters, several of the teams announcing last-minute changes. Henry House gives up hi? position in centerfield. a young re emit, James Sudduth. of South Car ^dina^ taking over the midway post Sudduth came in yesterday from Shelby with a batting average of around .360 and a number of home runs to his credit. Joe Webb was seen traveling through here yester day from New Bern to his home in Edenton. Hail Losses Being Paid bv Insurance Firms This Week No Action Taken In Storm Stricken Area by Red Cross Organization Very liberal allowance* were re ported today following a three-day inspection of hail damage in the Parmele. Bethel, and Hasaell sec tions. Adjusters working out of Williamston insurance offices have already paid out approximately $6,000 to policyholders, one report stating that the allowances were complete and highly pleasing to those fortunate enough to have had It could not be learned just how much insurance was carried in the storm-stricken area, but it is thought that tes than ? per cent of the terri tory was protected against lam. Reports stated early this week thgt It was possible the Red Crass would extend aid to thorn suffering tots) Inmrs. but if the organization has taken any action in the area its activities could not be learned here today. Services In the Cburcb of The Advent tor Sunday ?RHTTT Eighth Sunday after Trinity Church School. * 45 a. m Holy Cru?maw and wuioa. 11 a. m. Schedule ot Services in the Baptist Cburcb Sunday ifible school. MS a m. jeet. "Rest for the Toiling and RT.U,7pla Evening worship ? ansa at Preabyterian church. I y a. Storm Threatens But Passes Over,; Doing Little Damage One of the blackest clouds seen here m years, passed over this sec tion early Wednesday evening, but comparatively little rain fell locally. Accompanied by strong winds, the cloud darkened the sky in a very few minutes, and the roar of the wind could be heard above the sound of an automobile motor. As far as it could be learned no great damage was done to crops or other property in this section, a few farm ers stating yesterday that their corn was tangled right badly, but that the damage was only slight. Hail was said to have struck be tween Bethel and Conetoe to the West of here and in the Sunbury section of Gaits County la Pitt County, where the storm struck, damage was limited to a small area, it was said. Several farmers re ported total losses on their tobacco and most other crops there. Short but heavy showers fell son after the storm struck here, but only a fraction over an inch was re ported up to 8 o'clock the following morning During the remainder of yesterday about 2 inches of rain fell here, the precipitation of about 3 inches being general over a large Over in Pasquotank a tornado struck, tearing down a $2,000 negro school building and damaging tim ber over a mile-long p*'h ?*"?"? 100 leet in width. Georgia Markets To Open Next Tuesday WEATHER CHANGE _ / After sweltering in IM4? ' tree heal for several day*, local people crawled under blankets by ai(ht and started Bring their stoves by day to cope with one of the most marked tore changes felt time. After hanging aronnd the IB# degree mark during the early part of the week, the mer cury started tumbling Wednes day night, and this morning it was down toH, a change of M and large rains during the past Zi hours are said to be bail on NUMBER CASES TRIED TUESDAY COUNTY COURT Ten Cases Disposed of De spite Heat; Large Crowd Spectators Despite the unusually warm wea titer large crowds were in attend ance upon the regular session of the county court Tuesday, when Judge Peel disposed of 10 cases. In the absence or the solicitor, Attorney R L Coburn prosecuted the docket, making a perfect score. Several road sentences were meted out, and the court imposed fines amounting to $100. A three-months road sen tence was suspended upon the pay ment of the cost and a $50 fine in the case charging Clayton Bailey, with violating the liquor laws. A similar judgment was entered in the case charging Clayton Beachani with violating the liquor laws Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case charging George Mizelle with speeding. 'V Will D. Bell was sentenced to the roads for a period of 90 days for al leged violation of the liquor laws ?Clarence Teel drew Ox months oir the roads for larceny and receiving John Henry Mills, charged with larceny and receiving, was sentenced to the roads for three months Champ Scott, rharged with carry ing a concealed weapon and an as sault, was found guilty of disorder ly conduct and drew 30 days on the roads. A three-months jail sentence was suspended in the case charging Jes sie Mae Cooper with larceny and receiving upon condition the defend ant leave Martin County for two years. Clyde Silverthorne, charged with disorderly conduct, was given a 30. l\ -a V l.likid flidJ 'I. t*'I it ? Ulit-I. the state hospital reported they were unable to receive him under order of court as of July XI Legion Post Wins Membership Cup The John Walton llnirll fimrri can Lesion Poet was awarded a trophy at the State Lesion meeting held in Asheville this week for the largest percentage of increase in mmebership of any post in the State during the past year' The post re ported a membership increase of 223 par cant during the period and w the clasa "C" trophy. This post had previously won the class "D" trophy H L Swain, retiring commander of the county poet, was made cm mander of the fourth district, a bracing posts in Martin. Bertie, and Number of Local Men Are Leaving For Opening Sales Much Interest Attached To Sales This Year; First Since AAA Death __The opening of the Georgia to bacco markets next Tuesday is be ing awaited with probably more in terest this season than any in recent years The marketing season opens for the first time since the three A's were invalidated and with no defi nite control plans for the future. While Georgia has a substantial in crease in the crop this year, other belts are predicting a considerable shortage, advancing the problem as to whether the large Georgia crop will tend to hold prices down or the short crop in otherx belts will tend to hold prices up to a reasonable figure. Ordinarily the marketing activi ties in Georgia offer no definite criteria for predicting prices in this tobacco belt, but it is possible to get some idea of the price irend. Probably it may be that prices will open in Georgia Tuesday slightly higher than they were a year ago, but not as high as those expected in this belt. Last year, the markets in Georgia average around 20 cents opening day, the prices ranging from 6 to 33 cents. No great increase over that figure is expected when the season formally geti underway there next Tuesday South Carolina opens August 13, the markets in this belt starting the season Tuesday. September 1, or al most one ueek later than the open ing last season Local tobacconists are leaving this week to figure in the marketing of the Georgia crop and a part of the Florida offerings. W R Ingram will be on the Doug lass market. James E. Griffin leaves Sunday for Valdosta, where he will be on the market this year. Rob ert Edwards leaves today for Doug lass E. P Cunningham left last night for Vidalia. Others are plan ning to leave for the markets in Georgia and South Carolina later, it is understood. Marketing activities last a very short time in the Georgia belt, and the local tobacconists will leave in ample time to handle the activities in this belt Mrs. Mary Jeifkins Dies at Parmele Mrs Mary Jenkins, highly respect ed citizen of Parmele, died at the - Oanrann flUflli OT fin unugTitri , win inrwrnrTT Matthews, there early last Wednes day morning following a long per iod of declining health She was around 80 years of age. and a na tive of this county. In early womanhood she was mar ried to George Nelson, who died a number of years ago Three chil dren. Tom Nelson, of Wilmington; Will Nelson, of Petersburg; and Mrs Henry Cohurn. of Wackstnne Ya_ survive the union. Her second husband was Bob Jen kins. who died several years ago Two children survive that union. Their names are Jim Jenkins and Mrs. Dawson Matthews, both of Parmele. She also leaves a num ber of grandchildren and great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. Funeral services were conducted in the Primitive Baptist church at Rubes susrviUs by Elder B. S. Cowin Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Bur ial was in the New Cemetery at Rob EXPECT SETTLE BOUNDARY LINE LOCATION SOON H. G. Connor. Wilson Man, Member of Arbitration Committee of Three The dispute as to the location of the Martin-Beaufort boundary line is expected to get attention some tune during the latter part of Au gust or early September, according to Attorney Hugh G. Horton, repre senting this county as a member of the arbitration board of three men Plans for handling the controversy have been pending for some time, -but with the recent appointment Mr Henry G. Connor, well-known Wilson attorney, as a third member of the arbitration board, it is now believed a settlement can be effect ed within the next four to six weeks. Mr Horton represents this county, and Attorney W B. Rodman is rep lesenting Beaufort County on the board Just why and when the old \xj cosin land took on so much value after all these years and the cause for the controversy have not been learned Martin's neighbors are said to be claiming a good-^i/.ed strip of land, but the commissioners of this county are disputing their claim Unable to settle the matter between themselves, the board of commissioners agreed to have a board of three men, one from each of the two counties and another from neutral territory, to settle the controversy and locate the line. According to present plans, the three men will make a personal in spection of the disputed territory hX walking from one end of it to the other. In planning an early~in spection of the territory, those ap pointed to handle the controversy probably did not consider the large number of rattlesnakes reported in the vast stretch of woods. Probably the possible danger will be consid ered, prolonging Uie efforts to have the controversy settled Defendants in Suit Select Attorneys at Meet Last Tuesday Attorneys E. S. Peel And Hugh G. Horton Will Represent Defense Holding a meeting in Hamilton last Tuesday night, defendants in the $20,1)00 damage suit brought by J. A. Davenport made preliminary plans to fight the case, it was learn ed here yesterday. Elbert S Peel and Hugh G. Horton, local attor neys, were named to represent the 20 defendants The complaint was filed in the case by Attorneys Coburn and Co burn for the plaintiff last week, giv. ing the defense until the 23rd of August to file an answer. The an swer will be prepared immediate ly, however. Attorney Peel said this morning. The nature of the an swer and a definite date when it will be filed could not be learned. Claiming his characlar?was?de famed in a peUtion signed by the 20 defendants to have him removed as registrar of Hamilton Precinct, Mr Davenport included every one of the petition signers in his suit The complaint intimates that the trouble was the result of keen in terest shown in the first primary held on June 6 by the plaintiff, fav oring one candidate, and the defend ants favoring another No mention of the candidates' names was made in the complaint, but it is under stood Davenport was a McDonald supporter and members of the de fense were for Sandy Graham Paper Issuing Last Call To Delinquent Subscribers IA accordance with an announce ment made several days ago, The Enterprise will revise its mailing list tomorrow, and all those sub scribers who have not paid their subscriptions in advance are urged to do so at once These sshrdlshrdlu to do so at once. Those subscrip Finds Two Developed Hearts in Chicken Here m Two hearts both fully developed, were found in a chicken by Mr Thodore Roberson at his Sunny Side Inn on the Washington Road last Tuesday.' The chicken weighed a bout 2 pounds. Mr. Roberson stated that he had dressed thousands of chickens, but that was the first time he had ever us with two distinct hearts. County Plans To File Claim for $401,908 Immediately With State Commission Recently Appointed Baseball Booster Day Rained Out; To Be Observed Tuesday Kained out yesterday, the bit booster day planned for the William-stun baseball rlab has now been set for neat Tuesday, it was officially announced to day. The ti booster tickets will be accepted that day and plans for a complete pro* ram, Just as had been arranted for yester day. will be followed, it was said. Several hundred tickets have hern sold, and the program with its Ml prizes to be awarded dur inn the game is attracting more attention. With favorable wea ther prevailing that day, a large crowd ts expected for the event neat Tuesday afternoon. The Martins meet Show Bill thai afternoon, and "Skipper'' Walker is planning to have the fans receive their money's worth to the penny. Budget Estimate lor County Summarized Increases in Ilealtlu Debt Service Funds Keeps Kate at $1.1) Budget Likely To Be Ap proved at Meeting of Board Monday With its budget requirements in creased by nearly $17,000 for tin* current fiscal year. Martin County will be unable to effect a reduction in its $1 43 tax rate duiing the per lod, 'it was learned following a re ? view of the budget at a recent meet ing of the commissioners, and it is expected that the same rate will he levied by the commissioners at their next regular meeting next Monday. The skimping ami saving made last year to hold the rate down nre sent a problem this year, the budget showing necessary increases in the rates for public-health activities, cuunty debt service, and capital out lay and debt service for the schools this year. A reduced rate to finance the county's general activities was made possible by a $300,(MMI increase in property valuation and revenue from liquor sales. Tins year the health fund is several thousand dol lars more than it was a year ago. To meet the county debt require ments this year approximately $4,000 more are needed The poor fund, while carrying the same rate, calls for an increase of about 1,200 Cap ital outlay for new school buildings and a teacherage at Bear Grass in creased the budget requirements by about $3,300. Debt service for the schools, including that added to lian die the new building program now nearing completion, jumped the i ate 4 cents, the amount increasing from $49,061 to $53,900 The only reductions in the budget come in the county general fund, a drop of 7 cents on the $100 property valuations, and in the current ex pense funds for the schools. which is lower by 1 1-2 cents than it was a year ago. The total budget requirements this year are $196,084 52, as against $179,168 02 a year ago. the differ ence of about $17,000 being cared for by an increased property valu ation, liquor sale profits and an ex pected increase in other revenues, including sprh items as court exists and Ones, and schedule H taxe; I Other than the final adoption nt the budget and definitely fixing the tax rate, the county commissioners are understood to have very little business scheduled for consideration at their regular meeting Morula > of superior court convening the third Monday m September wit; W4 drawn, and other routine matters will be handled Schedule ol Presbyterian Services In the County WilliamUon 9:45 a. m?Sunday school, Mr K -B. Cunningham, uipenntrnrtmt There will be no morning preach ing service, but the union service will be conducted in this church at 8 o'clock. All are Cordially invited to worship with us 10 a m ?Sunday school, Mr Pete Mendenhall, superintendent. 7:15 p. m.?Young people'- ves per service on church lawn 8:15 p. m.?Evening woiship Bahama's Chapel 4 p. m?Sunday school, Mr. Che, ley Jones, superintendent. 2 p. m -Preaching antic* \ FARM BUILDING 'I With an appropriation of ap proximately $7,000 now avail able fro mthe Works Progress Administration, construction of an agricultural building for this county is expected to get under way on the project about the middle or latter part of August, it wasi" officially learned today from Mr. J. E. Pope, chairman of the Martin County Board of ('omvnissioners. WPA officials were here this morning making arrangements for starling- the work just as soon as a deed is passed for the lot facing Main Street and ad joining the county courthouse. TOBACCO MEET [favors state COMPACT LAWS C. U. Rogers. County Man Made Alternate on State Advisory Committee County tobacco committeemen from over the several belts, meeting in Raleigh yesterday, perfected an organization and went on record as strongly favoring some form of compact legislation. The tobacco farmer representatives heard J B. 11 utson, former chief of the AAA tobacco section and now director ol the soil improvement program to the East Central region Mr Hut son explained that the compact plan as passed by the last Congress would give growers control over to. bacco productionx and marketing similar to that obtained with the Kerr-Smith act. Mr llutson added that the advisory committee and the North Carolina General As sembly may work out o Hun of ? trol somewhat different from that, howevei The State tobacco advisory com mittee, including C. Urbin Rogers, of this county as an alternate, was named, and the committee is ex peeled to meet soon with Clyde R Hoey, Democratic nominee for gov ernor, to work out a legislative pro gram designed to aid tobacco far mers, it is understood Messrs. J G. Staton, H. S. Ever ett, C U. Rogers ana M L. Barnes attended the meeting from this county. ? Officers Destroy Plant Li<|uor Sheriff C B Roebuck and Roy Peel destroyed a liquor plant in Williamston Township on the old Greenville road late Tuesday after noon. The operator had just moved the still and quit the plant, but the <officers destroyed several hundred mwmm ptmmt ment. The Are at the plant was j?till burning when the officers reached the scene. lor Work In School at Jamesville J. C Eubanks, recently elected to .succeed R. C. Jordan, resigned, as teacher of agriculture in the James. ville High School, entered upon hia new duties there today Mr. Eu banks is a native of Lucedale, Mis sissippi. and holds a master of arts degrees from Mississippi State Col Croup Perfects Its Organization; Carl Bailey Is Chairman Road Debt Commission To Hold Next Meeting " August 28th Martm County will make immedi ate plans to file its claim to $401, i*08 road refunds at the invitation of the County Roaif Claims Com mission received yesterday. The commission, just recently appointed by Governor J C B Ehringhaus, perfected its organization at a meet ing held in Raleigh Wednesday, with Senator Carl L. Bailey, of Washing ton County, as chairman Its organization perfected, the commission directed invitations to the 44 counties already asking re funds and to the 56 others to file any possible claims by the 25th of August that they may be considered by the commission three days later. During the month of September, the commission plans to hold regional meetings, probably at Kinston, Ra leigh, and Asheville, where the counties may support their claims. Just prior to the holding of the reg ional meetings, the commission will call on the highway commission to present it.s evidence and comments on the claims. The commission has until November 1 to file its report, it is understood The total amount claimed by the 44 counties already asking a refund is approximately $K.500,000. Sold on the idea of advancing a good roads program and with the assurance that the counties would participate in the revenue raised by gasoline taxes, many of the coun ties advanced sizeable sums of mon ey In some instances, 11 is mider stood that the money was paid into the highway fund and the roads were actually built in other sections of the state. Other counties, not depending upon the revenue from gasoline taxes, stipulated that the loans ahtmld be repaid, arret they have been repaid. Another group of counties participated in financing the construction of main highways or those highways connecting coun ty seats There will still other coun ties to advance money for what may be termed local roads. Martin County advanced around $400,000, a greater part of which was used for the.construction oT the Ro anoke River bridge and causeway, an Improved road to the Halifax [Coupty line, the surfacing of high way 17 to the Beaufort line and for paving Highway 04 from near Par mele to the Washington County line. | During a short period the county shared in the gasoline tax, but that Lsource of revenue was discontinued to this and other counties, throwing the burden of financing the program Ion owners ol real property. Mar tin County's rate and the rates in I some of the other counties, as a rule, jare almost double what they would be bad the road debt been cared for I by gas tax revenue. At a meeting held in Washington Jasl Tuesday, officials of the Eastern | Carolina Chamber of Commerce and lepresentatives of several counties, including Mr John E Pope, chair - I man, and E S. Peel, attorney for This countyT -outlmed plans Tor pre senting the claims of this and a num her of the other counties Require $300 Bond in Albritton Case Gordon Albritton, jr., young col ored man, charged with killing Otis Spencer, colored, on East Main Street here on July 19, was released under $500 bond by Justice John L. Hassell following a preliminary hearing held yesterday morning. The father of the alleged killer his freedom until the third Monday in September, when his case goes before the Martin County grand jury. -Albritton, through his attorney, Elbert S. Peel, waived examination, the justice fixing the small bond aft er questioning officers who had in vestigated the case. Statements made by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and Officer Allsbrooks clearly indicated Albritton killed Spencer in self defense, but it was not specifically pointed out at the hearing yesterday how and why the trouble that led to the fatal climax started.
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