THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 68 Williamstou, Martin County. North Carolina. Tuesday. August 25.1936 ESTABLISHED 1899
DR. JAMES EDWIN
SMITHWICK DIES
LATE YESTERDAY
Funeral Services Will Be
Held In Jamesville at 5
O'clock Wednesday
Dr. Junes Edwin Smithwick,
prominent citizen end ? lending
physician in thin county for a ions
number at years, dindjn^ Dur^^
hospital Monday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock after an illness lasting only
a few weeka. Pneumonia, growing
out at a complication of ailments,
was given as the immediate cause
of his death.
The son of the late Joel and Ma
liM. Gibson Smithwick, of Tyrrell
County. Dr. Smithwick was born on
a farm in what is known as the
"Islands" section of Williams Town
ship. this county, in 1869. He spent
his early life on the farm, devel
oping a keen interest in the out
of-doors and agricultural pursuits,
an interest that never abated al
though he turned when a young man
to the study of medicine A few
years before he entered the Univer-j
sity College of Medicine. Richmond,
he taught in the small country j
schools of his day In 1897 he was |
graduated by the medical college,
and he first began the practice of
his profession in Ed en ton and later
went to Tillery A few months aft
er that he settled down in James
vine close to his old home, where
he began a work that reached into
every home, no matter how humble,
?h?ring year after year for almost
40 years. During his long and sue- j
cessful practice in this county, the
physician toiled long hours in re-1
lieving suffering humanity, never j
hesitating to offer his services when
one was in need. Enjoying vigorous
health and slightly roughened by
his work that carried him out in
all fronts of weather, night and day,
he pi si < ?ir?i underneath a heart
that throbbed with understanding
and one that was as sympathetic
and tender as that of a little child
In his profession he was recog
nized as a leader and was often call
ed into consultation by practicing
physicians throughout this territory.
He enjoyed a Urge friendship in
all walks of life, and proved a loy
al friend to many. Few men have
done a greater unselfish work than
that accompliahed by Dr. Smith
wick in his community, both in and
out of his profession, and he will be
missed both as a friend and as a
servant of suffering humanity
Dr. Smithwick enjoyed the hunt
ing trail and enjoyed the simpler
things of life that were far removed
from a tangled social order. He en
joyed splendid health up to a few
weeks age. when he was token ill.
and from the first seemed to yield
to the disease that soon cost him his
life. It was thought that some
gi.n^.lsr trouble developed
He is survived by his widow, who
was Miss lj"fr Burr as before mar
riage, and one son. Jamas E. Smith
wick, jr.. and one grandson He al
so leaves two sisters. Miss Delia
Smithwick. of Jamesville, and Mrs
Joe Mayo, of Clayton.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed it the late home In Jamesville
Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock
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Intermen will follow in the Burras
trwr,,lf plot in Jamesville |
Plan To Hold Bible
School at Bear Grass
Plana are being made lo baglh a
daily vacation Bible ichool in the
Bear Gram Presbyterian Church
next Monday afternoon at 3:30 or
4 p m. Since the infantile paral
ytic prevented the holding of a
timiltr erhnnl last year, the re
ligious leaden of the community
wish to hold one before school opens
this year and are urging the
mothers and fathers of the com
munity to send their children. It
fa hoped that the afternoon hour
win make it possible for the chil
dren to do their chores around the
home lint and then be able to at
tend the school afterward.
Plans are also going forward to
bold a tern weeks meeting in the
church the early part of Septem
ber and to does the
the church is now entirely free of
Start Work on Agricultural
Building Hera Immediately
Following the recording of the
deed to the Main Street site, next
to the county
uiday, wok la i
Still Need Few More Rooms
For Workers in WPA Office
The task ot locating t$ WPA of.
fice worker* here If going forward
rapidly, late reports stating that
there was still need for more rooms,
apartments and homes. Just how
many of the workers coming here
with the recently combined district
headquarters could not be learned,
but Mrs. Eloise Bennett was placed
in charge of the location work to
day. and she hopes to complete a
canvass of the town within the next
two or Ana days.
Mrs. Bennett has established tem
porary quarters in the clerk's office
in the city hall, and local people are
asked to cooperate by listing rooms
for rent with her and directing in
quiries to the office in the clerk's
office,
It is quite evident that more room
will have to be provided to care for
the people who are expected here
during the nrrt ft"" ?'?y, ""1 '""P1
citizens are again urged to aid in
meeting the emergency.
Strict Enforcement of
or Law Is Sought
TOBACCO CURING
Mwtii County former* ere
rapidly completing the harvest
Inf of their tobacco this week.
I will be occupied
the work next week.
Dry aad hot weather prevail
lac la the section for seme day*
bow la exactiaf a heavy loan la
much of the late crop la badly
diseased aad that much ha* been
burned la the fields. However,
no treat damace ha* resulted
from what is knowa a* the
Oraavllle Wilt la this immediate
LITTLE HOPE FOR
GRIFFINS ROAD IS
GIVEN TO GROUP
Construction on Road For
Hassell or Bear Grass
Expected Soon
Appearing before the State High
way and Public Works Commission
last Friday, a delegation of Griffins,
Jamesville and Williamston citizens,
headed by Mrs. Charles T. Rober
son, was given very litUe encourage
ment in their request for the sur
facing of the road from Jamesville
by Hardison Mill to the Beaufort
County line The commission mem
bers said that gravel would be
placed in the bad places this winter
if necessary to continue traffic over
the route, it is understood.
It was explained to the delega
tion that prior requests had been re
ceived for surface roads from N. C.
125 through Hassell to Fountain's
Crocs Roads, and from U. S. 17 to
Bear Grass, but up to recently no
requests had been filed for an im
proved road from Jamesville to the
Beaufort line. Jt is understood,
however, that the late C. T. Rober
son and others requested the com
mission to prepare an adequate out
let for that section.
While no definite action has been
taken so far, it is thought that the
commission will consider ere long
tho aurfaftirfl ot tithtr HbbbpII
projects are completed, the commis
sion is expected to consider the re
quest of the delegation that went
to Raleigh last Friday.
G. H. Harrison, local man, accom
panied the delegation to Raleigh last
eek, others going from Jamesville
and the Farm Life community.
Colored Woman Injured
When Struck by Truck
Dealie Allen, US years old, was hit
by a truck while walking the high
way below the river hill here last
Saturday evening, officers stating
that while she was badly bruised her
condition was not considered seri
ous The old colored woman was
said to have been drinking, officers
investigating the accident stating
that the driver of a vegetable truck
was driving very slowly and that
the findings indicated he was not
at fault. He was released.
The woman was bruised on the
shoulder and suffered one or two
small cuts on her head.
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Music Teacher To Offer
Private Instruction Here
Miss Lyda Nixon, of Sunbury, is
considering locating hare during the
ming school term to give private
music lessons, school authorities
stating that no appropriation was
available for adding a music teach
er to the public school system. It
is understood that few, if any, lo
cal people will offer private music
instruction, and that Miss Mixon,
who has had several years' training
at Paabody, can pat a large class
ABC Board, Sheriff,
Recorder, Others at
Meet Held Monday
Recommendations Will Be|
Made To County Board
Early Next Month
Checking the report on liquor
conditions made by Sheriff C. B.
Roebuck the early part of this
month, county authorities, includ
ing Judge H. O. Peel and J. E. Pope,
chairman of the board of county
commissioners. Sheriff Roebuck, and
members of the county alcoholic
beverage control board, went into
a huddle at a special meeting of the
group here last evening and consid
ered ways and means of effecting a
stricter enforcement of the liquor
laws. Several plans were discussed
in an effort to bring about "better
enforcement and create greater re
spect for the liquor laws, the group
making arrangements to offer rec
ommendations to the county com
missioners at their next meeting for
a more concerted action in the drive
against illicit liquor activities
The employment of special depu
ties was discussed, the board decid
ing to leave enforcement of the laws
in the hands of the sheriff. In
creased allowance for still captures
and arrests were also discussed, and
it is believed the recommendations
to the county commissioners will
ask greater compensation for the
officers, the increase scale to rest
with the county authorities.
Thfe report unofficially offered by
the sheriff the 11th of this month
was considered, the ABC board
learning that the greatest trouble
in the illicit liquor business was cen
tered around home consumption, es
pecially among those ranked in the
lower brackets of the social scale.
The officer reviewed his activities
carried on since last January 1, his
report showing that 75 stills had
been captured and a large number
of alleged liquor violators had been
arrested during the period.
It was further pointed out by the
officer that bootlegging on a large
scale was not In evidence in this
county any more, the activities now
being center among the colored pop
He esti
uor consump
tion was from 50 to 75 per cent less
now than it was before the liquor
stores were opened a year ago last
month.
Checking the present activities of
illicit liquor manufacturers, county
officers explained that they believed
there were not more than 12 plans
now in operation in this county,
raids on several of those were pend
ing.
Asked by V. J. Spivey, chairman
of the county ABC board, about
conditions as they exist today and
as compared with those before the
legal liquor stores were opened.
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said unre
servedly that he had rather work
under the present system. He< ex
plained there was a greater coop
eration on the part of the people in
the enforcement of the liquor laws,
and added that the laws were not
strict enough when it came to break
ing up the peddling of liquor in
small quantities.
The events taking place at the
meeting gave evidence to the fact
that the ABC board will give more
consideration to the enforcement of
the liquor laws, the chairman ex
plaining that it was one of the prin
cipal aims of the new liquor laws to
break up bootlegging Incidentally,
{the other aim was to make money
j for the county. During the first
year, the ABC board spent around
?500 for enforcement of the liquor
laws, the amount representing about
2 1-2 per cent of the liquor sale
profits The full amount, and prob
ably more, will be spent in the fu
ture, if 'neceasary, to effect a greater
respect for the laws, it was pointed
COLORED CHILD
FATALLY HURT IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Martha Frazier Was Second
Member of Family To
Lose Life on Highway
Martha Frazier, 5-year-old colored
child, was struck and fatally hurt
by a car driven by C. P. Hardy, of
Greenville, -o?- the- Hamilton re?
near Mobley's Mill, Sunday evening
about 7 o'clock. Hurt internally and
rendered unconscious, the child died
| at the home of her parents at 4 o'
clock Monday morning
Hardy, an employee of the State
-Highway and Public Works Commis
sion, was exonerated following an
investigation by Patrolman George
Stewart. Witnesses to the accident
stated that the girl ran from a side
road into the path of the car, ex
plaining that the girl was walking
from the side road with several oth
er children and broke away from
her sister just as the Hardy car ap
proached. The car driver made a
-quick turn to miss the child, but
failed, the right side of the bumper
striking her. Mr. Hardy rushed the
child here for medical treatment,
but attending doctors explained
there was little or no hope for her
recovery. Mr. Hardy, with a party
of friends, was traveling toward
Hamilton and was driving about 40
miles an hour, witnesses said
The girl was the second child of
Leman Frazier to lose her life in an
automobile accident, the other child
having been killed about two years
ago just a few feet from the scene
of the Sunday accident.
The death Sunday was the sixth
reported on the highways in this
county so far this year, four of the
deaths taking place on the Hamil
ton road.
Bowman Galloway
Is Seriously Injured!
Bowman Galloway, popular buyer
on the local market for the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company during
the past several seasons, is criti
cally ill in an Atlanta hospital, fol
lowing an automobile accident near
Moultrie, Ga., the early part of last
week. Details of the accident could
not be learned here, but reports
state that Galloway's leg was frac
tured in three places. Gangrene set
in and amputation of the limb was
considered necessary. He was said
to have stood the operation very
well and was reported yesterday to
be getting along as well as could be
expected.
Mr. Galloway, who made his home
in Wilson, was on the Georgia mar
kets and had planned to return here
the latter part of this week for the
coming season. His successor has
not been named today, but the com
pany advises they will be well rep
lesented when the market opens
next Tuesday.
Compliance Work Moving
Along Rapidly In County
Compliance work in connection
with the government's soil conser
vation program is progressing very
ranidlv. the supervisors reporting
sume mighty hut weather out in the
fields just at this time.
None of the findings have been
checked, but those in charge of the
work- are of the belief that Martin
farmers have generally complied
with the program regulations.
Firemen Called To Home
On Dinah's Hill Today
Starting from a kitchen flue, Are
burned a" small hole in the roof of
Phillip Purrington's home on Din
ah's hill this morning at 11 o'clock.
The fire company volunteers, reach
ing the scene after a chase down the
river hill and back, found the fire
out. Very little damage was done.
a -j
A and P Leases Store
Building on Main Street
The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com
pany is making arrangements this
week to open a store here the early
part of next week, a lease having
been obtained for the building next
to Harrison Brothers and Company
on Main Street.
D. M. Frank, manager of the San
itary Grocery Company, is moving
his stock from the building and tern
porarily storing it until his new
store building is completed on
Haughton Street, between the Roan
'oke-Dixie and Planters Warehouses.
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Cotton and Tobacco Checks
Are Distributed in Wayne
The Wayne County farm agent re
cently distributed 228 AAA cotton
price adjustment checks, for a total
of $4,112. and 227 tobacco parity
checks, totaling $14,#72,
Claim for $562,260.09 Filed by
County Authorities With Road
Debt Adjustment Commission
Local Market Getting Lined
Up for Initial Sales Tuesday
Increased activities are being no
ticed here daily as the town makes
last-minute preparations for the
opening of the local tobacco market
neat Tuesday. Tobacco men are
making their appearance from day
to day. the iparket operators explain
ing that everything would bf- in
readiness for the opening
Already tobacco has started mov
ing to local warehouses. Mr M M.
Hoggard, of Scotland Neck, deliver,
ing the first load last Friday. Other
farmers will place tobacco on the
floors during this week with the
rush starting to take on added life
about Saturday. Monday promises
lb be the Busy day, however, with
prospects (or a good-sized break on
the opening. *
Warehousemen are getting every
thing in readiness, and the town is
preparing (or an unusually busy
fall While very few are expecting
record high prices, almost everyone
is optimistic over the outlook.
Local merchants are having new
merchandise shipments moving in
(daily and a fall unlike one expert
enced here in several years is ex
pected this season.
A general and cordial welcome is
awaiting everyone, and record-break
ing crowds are expected in this lit
tle town all during the season now
at hand
Martins Finish First;
Lose Opener in Series
Locals Down Ayden
Once, Bunnies Twice
In Final Trio Games
Comedy Antics Pleasing To
Fans In Last Schedule
Game Here Sunday
FINAL STANDINGS
Club: W. L. Pel.
Williamston 4S 25 .643
Greenville 42 27 .607
Ayden 4* 27 .597
Klnston _ 44 J2 .556
Tarboro M 27 .479
Bam dill M 41 .423
ttoldsboro 26 42 .400
New Bern 21 49 .300
Holding a two and one-half game
lead, the Williamston Martins ended
the Coastal Plain baseball league
schedule with a nine-inning comedy
here last Sunday afternoon, the
sporting Tarboro club, furnishing
the opposllon, losing 4 to 3. The
schedule ending was a happy cli
max, the fans enjoying the perform
ance of Coach Bunn Hearne for the
Bunnies and that of Skipper Walk
er for the Martins
The locals took the last three
games on the schedule, downing
Ayden here Friday afternoon by a
10 to 2 count. Circuit knocks fea
tured the one-sided contest. Wil
liamston accounting for four and
Ayden two. Gaylord led off with a
long homer over right Held fence
Black hit one in the third, and Fcr
rell followed suit in the seventh.
Corbitt ended with one in the eighth
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The Saturday game at Tarboro
was without consequence, D. Dean
pitching flye-ha. ball to feature the
8 10 1 Wlh.
Patterned after an exhibition at
fair, the game here Sunday pro
duced some good ball including 7
hit pitching by Manager Hearne foi
the Bunnies in the first three in
nings. Skipper Walker was in then
with a hit and a bit of stellar field,
ing in the third-sack territory, bu
diamond and they finished the game
from the pilot houses, Livengood
turning the coaching duties back
after performing masterly. Hold
ing the visitors at 3 to 0 in the ninth,
the Martins faced Alexander who
pinch hitUng for Levan, hit a home
run with two on to tie the k< ore
,Wade walloped out a homer in the
Martins' half of the ninth with one
out to end the game 4 to 3 and close
the
Start Work Remodeling
Haughton Street Home I
Work on remodeling the Ciiarlc
Mobley home on Haughton an
Church Street was started yesterda
the contractors, Perry and Martii
stating that the home would b
ready for occupancy some time i
November The remodeled horn
will be two stories instead of th
one before the house was wreAe
by Are i
Good Will Tour To Start
From Here Early Ft id a.
Plans for the Williamston lobat
co market and fair good will tou
in seevral counties- were virtusll
complete today, the boosters, nun
baring around 80, planning to leav
here Pnday morning at 8 o'clock.
Eagles Get l(K> ^ in
Monday; Pla\ Here
Again on Vi ednesdav
Winners of Three Out Of
Five Game Series Play
Ayden or Greenville
Starting the semi 6naU here yes
terday that are to lead up to the
little world series in the Coastal
Plain country, Williams ton lost to
the Kinston Eagles by a 10 to 3
count, giving the visitors the first
edge in the series of three out of
five
The visitors started the game
with a bang, scoring four runs on
three hits, a walk and two errors
The Martins, going in for extra base
knocking, accounted for two runs
at their turn to bat. adding a last
|acuie in the fourth -Wade pitched"
eight-hit ball through the sixth in
ning, Eivengood allow ing four safe
ties during the remainder of the
route There were no home runs,
but doubles and triples were nu
merous, Walters leading with twu
three-baggers Ferrell hit for two
liases on two occasions, Earp and
Gaylord hit for two bases each, and
Corbitt added a triple Humphrey
led at bat for the visitors with three
hits, two singles and a tuple
The Martini are in Kinslon this
afternoon, and the Eagles come here
tomorrow with prospects that the
semi-finals will be brought to a
close here Friday afternoon, maybe
Yesterday's box'
KINSTON AB I H TO A E
Humphreys 3h 5 2?3?0?i?ft
Stoncbreakur,?Ik?4?I?3?1?7?Ik
Michael, If 4 112 0 0
Keller, cf 3 1 2 2 0 U
Morris, ss 3 2 0 3 4 1
Humbert, rf 3 2 2 2 0 0
Cheek, lb 3 0 1 14 1 0
Wagner, c 5 0 12 0 0
Smith, p 4 1 ' 0 I 0 0
Totals 38 10 12 27 IT 1
WILIIAMSTON AB K H PO A E
Gaylord. cf 5 113 0 0
Corbitt, ss 5 0 1 3 2 0
Walters, c 4 12 3 11
Sudduth. If 4 0 0 0 0 0
Black, 2b 4 0 1 3 4 1
Ferrell, rf 3 1 2 3 0 0
Douglass, lb 3 0 19 10
Earp, 3b 4 0 12 2 0
Wade, p 2 0 O I 3 0
Livengood. p 1 A ft * 1 0
xArmstrong 0 0 0 0 o 0
Totals ? 3 9 27 14 2l
xBatted for Livengood in 9Ui
- Score by innings:
Kinston 4o0 012 201?10
Wiliiamston 200 100 Ouo? 1
Runs batted in Humphrey. Stone
breaker, Morris, Cheek 2, Wagner 2.
Walters. Sudduth. Earp Two-base
hits: Keller. Gaylord. Ferrell X
Earp Three-base hits Humphrey.
Walters 2, Corbitt. Stolen base.
Stonebreaker Sacrifice Micha
Double play Stonebrenker to Mor
ris to Cheek. Left on bares. Km.
ston 7, Wiliiamston 8 Bases on balls
off Smith X oil Wade 4. off Liven
good X Struck out: by Smith 1, by
Wade 1, by Livengood 1. Hits, off
Wade, 8 ui 8 innings, off Livengood
balls WaL
4 in 3 innings. Passed balls: _
ten 2. Losing pitcher Wade. Um
pires: Flowen snd Allen Time of]
game 1:40.
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Skewarkee Lodge at
hold its regular
8 o'clock tonight in the
it was announced this
addition to regular
expected there will be
$r>0,000 for Koanoke
Bridge and Paving
ITS. Highway No. 17
County Asks That Bridge
Completing a detail audit of the
records showing amounts advanced,
I donated or lent the State Highway
I Commission about 15 years ago,
county authorities last Saturday re
vised its claim to road money re
| funds and is now asking that it be
repaid $562.260 09, the figure being
about $161,000 greater than the orig
inal amount tha and
brief were filed with Senator Carl
L Bailey, chairman of the commis
sion investigating the claims, in
Plymouth last Saturday. Today is
the last day claims will be received
[from any counties in the State, and
| the commission will start within a
short time hearing arguments by
the various claimants.
| An accurate review of the money
| advanced by this county back in
1919. 1920. 1921. and 1922 for the
construction of main highway routes
shows the following division: $161,
506 13 foi the Koanoke River bridge
and- causeway $190.353.26 for the
paving of U S 17 from the riVef
bridge to the Beaufort County line;
$210.400 70 for grading and con
structing road and bridges on N. C.
125 to the Halifax County line, mak
fiig a total of $562,260.09.
In the argument advanced by Mar
tin authorities, it is pointed out that*-;
the state borrowed $18,000,000 from
ether counties, and that all but $4,- S
000.000 of the amount has been re
paid The claimants now point out
that the Slate l^egislature never con
templated that some counties should
be paid back $18,000,000 that they
put into the highway system, while
other counties would have to pay
$8,000,000 that they put into the
same highway system.
The brief filed with the commis
sion chairman goes on to say, "Of
course, we realise that those coun
ties (the ones furnishing $18,000,000)
have a valid contract. Of course, we
realize that we have no standing in
a court of law. But we are not in
a court of law. This commission is
appointed to determine the fair and
reasonable amount of money, if any,
each county should be refunded in
order to place it on a fair and equit
able parity with each other county
in the state with respect to contri
butions made to the state in the
construction of state highways "
The brief, filed by County At
torney Elbert S Peel, continues:
"The question here is to examine the
highways of Martin County and to
consider the amount uf money the
county has put into those highways
as these propositions relate to the
l.igiiwiiyi ol each utliet UOUtlty hnd
me amount of "rribndy expended
by each other county. If such an
examination results in finding that
Martin County has paid more than
its share then we have met the teat,
and we are entitled to a recommen
ds lion from the commission for the
amount so found Without making
particular comparisons we believe
that- Marl in. County has no more
roads than the average county of its
si/e and population."
Argument is set forth in the brief
in suppoi t of the claims as they af
fect the three projects, the authori
ties explaining that the Roanoke
bridge reclaimed "The Lost Prov
inces" and opened up one of the
mam north-south traffic lanes.
Continuing, the brief reads: "The
citizens of Martin and Bertie Coun
ties are paying an ad valorem tax
for the construction of one of the
most important and most-used
bridges in this state In 19S5 the
bridge across the Chowan River at
Eden House was made toll free.
This was fine and should have been
done We now suggest that the
Roanoke River bridge should be
made land-tax free for the citizens
of the two counties"
In conclusion, the brief says: "We
are met with the proposition that
you made a bad bargain and you
ought to be man enough to stand by
it Chir answer to that is that ere
have carried the load for IS years.