THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 63 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. August 7, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1899
LOCALS STILL OUT
IN FRONT WITH
LEAD 3 1-2 GAMES
Larry Wade Hurls Second
Shutout for Martins
This Season
While Greenville lost to Ayden.
the Williams ton Martins defeated
the rejuvenated Tarboro team here
yesterday to tighten their hold on
the top position in the Costal Plain
League, the Walker lads leading the
field by 3 1-2 games today The
G'reenies, after commanding the best
positions in the league during much
of the current season fell into a tie
with Ayden yesterday for second
position. Tarboro still maintained
its position over Snow Hill and is
trailing Kinston by 1 1J
Coming here last Tuesday, Snow
Hill was favored with the breaks
and took a 4 to 2 decision over the
Martins. Both teams batted on ev-|
en terms, but errors proved costly I
for the locals and turned the score I
around. Earp led at bat, with 2 hits, I
for the Martins. Hampton went the
route for the visitors, while Dean.
Livengood, and Armstrong did the
mound work for the Martins.
Over in Snow Hill Wednesday, the
Martins staged another of their bat
ting attacks and annexed 16 hits
off four of Snow Hill's mound staff
Walters batted 1000 with his four
singles in as many turns at bat. Sud
duth, recently included in the line
up for the Martins, featured the at
tack with a home run, two doubles
and a single in his five trips to the
bat. Cherry held the Greene Coun
ty boys to 3 hits until the eighth,
when they tore loose to score 4 runs.
Armstrong finished the game, the
Snow Hill team getting a total of 9
hits during th econtest. Gay lord
Corbitt, Ferrell and Cherry got 2
hits each to push the toUl to 16.
Tarboro, after cutting a swipe in
the league for the past week, was
turned back by the Martins here
yesterday, 6 to 0, Wade pitching his
second shut-out?and the only two
for the Martins?this seaaon. He
allowed the Bunnies only 4 hits,
while Williamston touched Virant
for 12 safeties, one a home run in
the first by Walters with one on
Corbitt. with 3 hits for 4 tries, led
the locals, followed by Walters and
Wade with 2 each. Tarboro got
only one man as far as second base
after the first inning.
Nation Building Contracts
Up $13*00,000 In a Week
New Ynrk, Inly 3Q-^Symptoms
or continued improvement in heavy
industry dominated the business
scene yesterday
Engineering eontsruction awards
jumped to $34,600,000 for the week
ended Tuesday from $21,054,000 in
the like week a year ago. Engineer
ing News-Record reported
Observers were heartened by the
faster flow of private dollars into
the building field. Private contracts
were up to $8,780,000 from $7,477.
000 in the corresponding period of
1935.
This acceleration of some 30 per
cent in the rate of private spending
indicates two important factors an
alysts said
First, it means that the pace of
recovery has put industrial manaw.
ments and other owners of funds
into a more aggressive spending
mood.
Second, it bears witness to the
wear and tear imposed on plant and
equipment during the depression
years.
Health Report
For Last Month
With only one cue of typhoid re
ported *0 far, Martin County u hold
ing its own against the fever this
year. A lone case wu reported in
the Hamilton section dpring last
month The only othe^ communi
cable diseases reported during the
period to the county health office
were two cases of whooping cough
and one case of chickenpox.
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No One Hurt When Truck
Sideswipes Car Near Here
Jas. L F.rrell and his young child
and Mr. Ezzell's mother escap
with minor injuria when their car,
a Chevrolatsadan. wu salasnipod
by a truck, owned by W. R. Daven
port, of Creswell, near Holly
Springs church on the Jamesville
highway late last night Consider
able damage wu done to the car,
JLBLRil.
The Ezzdls were on their way
from Jamesville to Rocky Mount
Messrs. Beny Holden. John Hill
and BUI Hendricks, of Youngsvllle,
are spending a few days here fox
hunting. A big
tide
Possibility of Warren Getting
Job Keeps Candidates Active
While there have been no new-de
velopments in connection with the
prospective appointment of Repre
sentative Lindsay Warren to the
position of comptroller general, as
pirants to the office now occupied
by the Congressman are said to be
continuing their campaigns for the
seat and when and if it is vacated
by Mr. Warren. Probably as many
as 20 names have been mentioned
in connection with the campaign,
described by some as being a bit
forward. Solicitor Leary, of the
first judicial district has made a
canvass of the First Congressional
District, and M. K Blount, of Green
ville, has traveled from one end to
the other one or more times, accord
ing to reports.
Although President Roosevelt has
not appointed anyone to the position
the Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People has already
become active and died protests a
gainst the prospective appointment
of Mr. Warren .It was this associa
tion that plaWi an active part in
the Senate rejection of Judge John
J. Parker, of Charlotte, for the U.
S Supreme Court during the Hoov
er administration. Probably the as
sociation became active as a result
of Mr Warren's connection with the
operation of the House restaurant
some months ago.
Housing Shortage Is
Still Serious Locally
START WORK
Preliminary construction work
on a 7.600-volt power and light
line to the town of Bear Grass
was started yesterday, represen
tatives ot the Virginia Electric
ft Power Company, builders of
the project, stating that stand
ard volt lights could be turned
on in the little city within the
next7 three weeks.
The line, probably the longest
considered in this county in con
nection with the rural electricll
cation program, will serve at
once around to customers, and
there is a possibility that the
line will be extended later on
to serve a considerably larger
number. Plans for an extension
from the town of Bear Grass
have been considered, but they
have not taken definite form at
this time, it is understood. ?
HALF DOZEN ARE
TRIED IN COUNTY
COURT TUESDAY'
Summer Slump in Activities ]
Reaches Court Session
This Week
Ttie summer slump finally reached
Judge PpvI'jc county court this week
Ihe tribunal disposing of only a halt
dozen cases in its Tuesday session,
and most of them .were minor ones
Frank Smith, the colored man |
who shot and painfuly hurt Wil
liam Williams, colored, the 21st of |
July, was found not guilty. The ev
idence tended to show that the shoot |
ing was all in fun and purely acci
dental. The evidence did not offer
to explain what the outcome would
have been had Smith been mad with
the victim of the pistol shot.
Pleading guilty of violating the I
liquor laws, B. M. Haislip was fined |
$25 and taxed with the cost.
Robert Moore was sentenced to
the roads for two months in the.
case charging him with larceny and
receiving.
Iia Edmondaon was found guilty
of an assault with a deadly weapon,
but the case was continued under
prayer for judgment.
Charged with assaulting another]
with a deadly weapon, Walter Free
man was sentenced to the roads for
four months. Freeman was tried
on a larceny and receiving count
in the county court last March, the
judge suspending judgment upon
condition he pay the cost. Freeman
failed to meet the judgment re
quirements and 30 days were added
to his sentence this week.
Charged with reckless driving, Ce I
cil Whitehurst was fined $10 and|
taxed with the coat.
Judgment was suspended upon
payment of the cost in the case
charging Carl Shelton with reckles
driving.
Federal Agents Wreck
Liquor Plants in County\
Starting yesterday what appears
to be an extensive drive against the
illicit liquor manufacturing busi
ness in this county, federal agents
with the aid of county officers de
stroyed six liquor plants in three
districts and poured out several gal
lons of beer according unofficial
information reaching here today.
The raiders, numbering nine, con
ducted drives in this and Bertie
County yesterday, but as far as it
could be learned not a single arrest
was effected.
Three of the six plants wrecked in
this county were in Jamesville
Township, two in Griffins and one
in Bear Grass.
Number Employed|
Here Are Forced To
Live in Other Towns
Construction Program Now
Underway on Large
Scale Here
Although experiencing one of its
greatest building years, Wilhumiton
is still confronted with a marked
shortage of homes and business
houses, a survey of building activi
ties revealed this week. Present in
dications point to one of-the- worst
congested periods this fall ever ex
perienced here. Rooms are already
Ht a premium, and dozens of appli
lations are received by owners of
houses when one is vacated. To
bacconists haye_ already canvassed
the town for quarters during the to
bacco setson opening next month,
and while local people, hotels and
others are doing all they can to
meet the emergency, it is quite evi
dent that the demands cannot be
-adequately handled.
the present time there are J
nearly half hundred people holding
steady jobs in Williamston who live
in near-by townanr in the surround
ing community. Th^y come from
Jamesville, Everetts, Hamilton,
Washington and other places in the
morning and return late in the aft
ernoon, some often remaining over
tor the evening show or leisurely
chats around the drug stores, hotels,
and even on the sidewalks Manv
of these commuters want to locale
here, but suitable living quarters
cannot be found.
The extensive building program
now underway oilers no great re
lief, and a home for rent brings a
greater premium now than at any
time since the war. Expenditures
for construction of new homes and
business houses so far in 1936 are
nearing the ?100,000 mark, the build
mg activities apparently now at a
peak for the year Construction
work on 14 new homes hai already
been completed this year, or is now
underway here, and plans are be
ing prepared for others Three busi.
?ngsnrctraar will be added tu the hst
of new buildings before the year is
spent, and repairs, some quite ex
tensive, have been madt in eight
cases.
A new primary building has just
I been added to the local school sys
| tern, the rapidly growing enrollment
I bidding to tax the plants to capacity
within a few short months.
The extent of Williamston's ex
pansion program attracts no unusual I
<l?y fey dayr feut *picture
of the community 10 years ago com
pared with one today will reveal
that the town has doubled itself in
population and property values dur
ing that time. And prospects for
?he immediate future are even
'brighter than they were a few years
back.
L. T. Fowden Bady Hurt
By Unknown Assailant
Leslie T. Fowden, local postmas
ter and president of the William
ston baseball club, was attacked but
not seriously hurt near the river
_diackj last Tuesday night about ID
o'clock. -He has almost recovered
"from wouhdi Thmcled with a pine
slab on his head and chest and will
be out shortly.
Mr. Fowden, With others, was look
mg for a dog near the river. The
car was stopped 80 or 75, yards from
the river warehouse, and the other
parties remained, in it while Mr.
Fowden continued on to the ware
house He had been there only a
fey minutes when he called for aid
and explained that he had been at
tacked. No motive for the attack
has been advanced, and no arrests
have been made in the case.
COTTON SALES
SUPS MUST BE
IN BY AUGUST 15
Farmers .Urged To Return
Certain Cotton Forms
Immediately
August IS has been set as the
deadline for filing applications for
cotton price adjustment payments,
Mr. T. B. Slade, assistant in the
county agent's office, said today.
These payments represent the dif
ference in price received by the
farmer and the price on 10 spot
markets on the day he sold. How
ever, if the farmer received as much
as 12 cents or more, he is not eli
gible to participate in the price ad
justment payments. It is believed
that-all farmers to this county eti
gible to participate in the payments
have filed their sales certificates and
applied for the price differential.
Producers who had cotton under
the 10-cent loan are not eligible to
receive price adjustment payments
011 such cotton and it is not neces
sary for them to file cotton sales
certificates, Mr. Slade said, explain
ing that the price on July 31 was
above 12 cents a pound.
Mr. Slade pointed out that many
farmers in this county who had re
ceived cotton price adjustment pay
ments have not returned certain
papers, known as Form N. C. A P. 3
To participate in any future pay
ments of any kind, the farmer must
return this form properly executed.
In other words, a farmer who has
not executed and returned the form
mentioned cannot participate in any
soil program payments.
Corn Not Allowed as
Soil-Building Crop
Many farmers in this and other
counties have been led to believe
that corn is acceptable as a soil
conserving crop under the govern
ment's soil conservation program,
but this is not the case, Mr. T. B
Slade, of the county agent's office,
pointed out today. Mr. Slade said
that corn is recognized^ as a soil
building crop only when it is sowed
broadcast and disked under while
gree/i.
In a news released from Washing
ton a Tew days ago, it was stated
that corn and other soil-depleting
crops are now acceptable as soil
conserving crops for 1936. "This is
erroneous and untrue," authorities
of the progrum hastened to explain.
Since such a statement pertained
only to sowed corn?that is, corn
broadcast and turned or disked un
der green, also the fact that spring
oats can now be classified and ac
cepted in the same manner as fail
oats and other small grain were clas
sified, it was explained.
Contract for River
Warehouse Ls Let
Awarded a contract Wednesday
for the construction of a $3,000 ware
house for the Norfolk, Baltimore &
Carolina Boat Line on River here,
c?ntrnfi.,r Aii.mt T Perrv started
work on the structure yesterday.
The warehouse, measuring 34 by
155 feet, will be located just to the
right of the main structure now
standing at the river's edge. Sev
eral of the older buildings at the
dock will be removed, giving an
outlet from the river just to the
left side of the main structure, it
was stated. Several hundred dol
lars will be spent improving the
The foundations were laid for two
small one-story houses by Herbert
Cowen on West Main Street this
week, and construction work is well
underway on several other homes
here
Union Service at Church
Of Advent Sunday Night
The union lervice this Sunday
night will be held at the Episcopal
church, and if the weather is good
the service will be on the church
lawn. A Bible drama, "The Rais
ing of Jairus' Daughter," is being
piepaied for this service. ' Men are
invited to coma without their coats.
a J
New Town Teams Downs
"Doodle Hill" Lads 14-4
"Doodle Hill's" baseball nine went
down in defeat. 14 to 4, at the hands
of the New Town boys here Wednes
day morning, the boys from the hill
using three' Ditchers in an effort to
stop lite opposition. Roberson, New
Town star, hit 3 for 4 to lead at bat.
Batteries: "Doodle Hill," Wynn,
Bunch, Wynn and Wynn; New Town
Edmondson, Ward and Roberson.
PWA Districts 1 and 2 Will Be
Consolidated and Headquarters
Located Here First Next Month
Farmers of Section Are Half
Done With Tobacco Caring
! Tobacco farmers, as a rule, will
reach the half-way mark in their to |
bacco-curing activities this week in
this section,, the completion of the
exacting task resting with the wea
ther and other developments during
the next two or three weeks. Pres
enl indications are that some farm
ers will be curing well into Septem
ber, if the worms leave enough of
the crop to cure until that time.
The quality of the crop is gen
erally described as good, many farm
ers reporting their best curings in
several years The curings are ex
' ceptionally light in some cases.
1 farmer after farmer stating that the
average poundage will be close to
[500 pounds to the acre.
Tobacco harvesting is proving to
be quite a problem this year The
[growers found it unusually diflicul;
U> gel a stand last spring, making
the crop uneven and bad to handle
Numerous farmers have gone over
their tobacco as many as six times
and are hardly half done with the
harvesting work. Ordinarily six
curings wil care for an entire crop
Town Property Value
Up About 10 Per Cent
Tax Hate Likely To
Remain Same; Local
Valuation Still Low
Total Property Values Are
Placed on Books at One
And a Quarter Million
Town property values upon which
the new tax rate will be based stand
at $1,354,025, as compared with $1,
223,743 ~a year ago. The increase,
$130,28H, was not as large as many
believed it would be, and is not of
such size as to materially affect the
rate, especially in the face of in
creased demands on the budget
These figures do not include cor
poration valuations and corporate
excess, which are expected to in"
crease the valuation to about $1,440,
220. The corporate values, certified
i)y ttre ?rtatr~taxtng authorities
times as late as November, are ex
pected to show little, if any, change
from the listings a year ago.
The $1,354,025 vuluation. repre
senting strictly local?personal and
real property, is divided $1,264,125
to white owners and $89,900 to col
ored property owners. The corpor
ation valuations will amount to
some over $80,000, the Atlantic Coast
Line valuing its holdings in W:l
liamston at around $60,455 to ac
count for a greater part of that u
mount.
While the total valuation is larg
er than at any time in a number of
years, the listings, it is quite appar
ent, are too low when compared
with actual values. And while the
i ate may be considered high, de
valuations are low enough to offset
to some extent the big levy. It is
believed that a property listing of
around $3,000,000 would come near
er representing the true value of
local property, ancf if the "values
were placed on the books at that
figure a rate of only $1.87 on the
$100 valuation would be necessary
instead of $2.75, the old rate.
Hunting-Fishing
Licenses on Sale
Combination hunting and fishing
licenses are now on sale in various
towns of the county. County Game
Warden Bill Ahbitt announced this
week. Other types of hunting li
censes will be on sale in ample time
for the season opening, the warden
explained
The combination hunting and fish
ing licenses are the only type on
sale other than those for fishing, the
warden explaining that some sports
men may want to fish now and
hunt later and would want a com
bination license at $3.10.
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Wade Elected Member of
The Local School Faculty
Larry Wade, of Birmingham, Ala.
was elected a member of the local
high school faculty by the school
committee this week, succeeding
Professor James Peters, wKo ,1*^
signed a few days ago to accept a
position in the Burlington schools
Mr. Wade, member of the Martins
pitching staff, hold e Master of Art<
degree from Oglethorpe University.
For two years he has played base
ball in the Costal ^lain League, and
in addition to hia teaching duties hi
will serve as athletic coach here.
I GEORGIA MARKETS 1
Following the opening day
rush, tobacco markets in tin*
(ia started checking their prices,
which are officially reported at
slightly under 25 rents, or a de
crease of about 2 cents from the
"'"mates given last Tuesday.
t "uuglas, an average of ??' ?f
was reported officially, the re
P?rt. offered by W. R Ingram.
Willianiston man who is on the
market there, stating that the
crop was good, that it was sell
n* *uod and everybody was ap
parently well pleased. The Key
nolds, American, and Imperial
were said to be buying most of
Ui? offerings.
etttRLES-PHWI
TO BE WITH HKm|
HERE THIS YEAR
Chas. Highfield Auctioneer
For the Planters House
Reports for Work
Charles Pliaup. veteran tobarron
ist and a well known ligurc in the I
tobacco warehouse business through
out eastern Carolina, will to
nected with the Planters Warehouse
here this coming season, it was an
nounced yesterday by Mr Ifolt |
Evans, one of the partners operat
In? the house Mr Phaup was on
the local market a year ago. and
made a large number of friends a
mnng tobacco farmers m this see
and 't "s with pleasure that
tbey learn he w,l be hack again and
Willi the hustling firm of Foxworth
and Evans at the Planters (Brick.
Warehouse.
- Charliojjighfleld well. I. aur
tloneer, will also be with the Plain
nTo|hrU.!.e ,,"S "'mmR SWson Mr
Highfield, a Kentucky man. is at
n-ady known to thousands of farm
era in this bell, gaining a wide rep,,
tatlQn as auctioneer on the Green
ville and Robersonville markets
hor the past two years he auction
ccred for Mr Evans and comes here
highly recommended as an able and
capable auctioneer.
Both Mi riiaup and Mr tttgh.
field have already reported for work
on the local market and will renew
"Id acquaintances during the neat
few weeks, preparatory to some
heavy work when the local market
opens on September I.
Boston Negro Jailed Here
for Drunken Car Driving
Arrested by Patrolman Hunt yes
terday morning about 3 o'clock for
alleged drunken automobile driving.
Oliver Lane, Boston negro, had on
ly a vague idea of his whereabouts
when he sobered up later in the day
When asked where he was. Lane
**?">!! through
Norfolk, but did not know what tail
was holding him Lonnie Young.
Norfolk negro, was arrested with
1-ane, and the two are injail await
?ng trial.
Tin- lame car, a large Graham.
I aige, mowed down three ports an
the river fill and landed in the
swamps. Neither of the men was
hurt and no great damage was done
to the car.Tifirn required a wreck,
mg crew about four hours to re
cover the machine. It wm
The two men ere expected to ?
$50 bonds for their
55 To 100 Workers
To Be Located Here
As Result of Order
Arrangements Are To Be
Made Immediately To
House Headquarters
rnnsnliriaiing ^fTt^ 1 % mrw
centered at Elizabeth City and New
Bern. State Works Progress Admin
istration authorities will locate head
quarters for 19 counties here about
the first of next month, it was
learned following a joint meeting of
the Marlm County and Town of
Williamston commissioners held
here last Wednesday night The
new location for the combined head
quarters was officially announced
TaFe yesterday by George W. Coan,
jr. administrator for the WPA in
this state, after arrangements were
handled by Lee' A Wallace, assist
ant director of District 1.
Immediate plans will be made to
house the headquarters in the City
Hall building, the county commis
sioners agreeing to withdraw its wel
fare forces from the building and
locate them in the county court
house temporarily or until the new
agrwuIfuraT building is completed,
it was said Additional rooms will
be built in the old City Hall audi
tortum. and plans are being consid
ered Mr* rent any other offices that
may be needed Mr. G H Harri
H?n. member of the local town board
said this morning that all require
ments of the WPA would be ade
quately met He referred to the lo
cation id the district offices here as
one of the most valuable assets the
town and county have experienced
in many months
Details in connection with the con
solidation have not been announced.
Tut it is understood that al least 55
persons will be employed here/and
that number may be increased to
nearly IUU Eleven offices will be
tequired to liouse the workers Spec
I lal committees will be appointed the
* arly part of next week by the com
missioners to complete' arrange
ments for housing the headquarters.
Miid work will ptubably get under -
way by li?e noddle or latter part
of next week It is planned to have
offices ready for the headquarters
by the first of next month
A director for the new district
[has not been selected E S. Askew
| is at present director of District 1
and E J Hill director of District 2
As many of the present personnel
of the two offices in the reorgani
zation. said Administrator Coan.
"North Carolina is not the only
States w hich has been caused to re
duce the number of its WPA dis
tricts to effect greater economy in
costs of administration." he added
"Various other Southern States have
?reduced their districts, some of
them -by two districts."
? A? tlw lesull of the nmsilMlitMtn
in Eastern North Carolina, three
counties. Halifax. Greene and
Wayne wil be added to District 3,
with lieadquarters in Raleigh Four
counties. Lenoir. Jones. Onslow, and
Duplin will be added to District 4,
with headquarters at FayetteviUe.
Thc remainder of the counties in
Districts 1 and 2 will be included in
the consolidated district, as follows:
Northampton. Hertford. Gates. Pas
quotank. Camden. Currituck. Per
quimans. Chowan. Bertie. Martin,
Washington. Tyrrell. Dare. Pitt,
Beauf??rt. Hyde. Craven. PamliCO
and Carteret
Although there m il be 19 counties
in the new district, more than in
any one off the other seven, its quota
of employable persons wil be 4,481.
the smallest in the State. At least
four districts have quotas of 7.000.
and the Asheville district has 9.270
Consolidation of the two far-est
districts is the first major change in
the WPA distract organization since
the early days of the program, a
year ago. when some adjustments
were ?ads ??
A similar consolidation of districts
inaugurated a program of
trati ve economy m the old ERA.
which preceded the WPA. as the
former
Christian Church Philatkaa
Class Meets This Evening
at th*
I I N o'clock with
P?t* Tnjrlur mi Chwn.ll !