THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 83 WiUiamston. Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. October 16. 1936 ESTABLISHED 1899 APPLICATION FOR SOIL PAYMENTS TO BE MADE SOON Blanks for Filing Expected j By County Agent Within Next Week or Two Blanks for filing applications for payments under the Federal Govern ment's soil conservation program are expected in this county within the next week or two, according to in formation released today by the Ra leigh office of the extension division. Few applications trill be prepared, however, before the latter part of this month, or/ until the time ex pires for farmers to comply with the requirements of the program. The latter part of last month there were fnore than 300 farmers who had not complied with the terms of the soil program, but most of them are meeting all requirements, and it is believed that few will be penal ized for failing to plant sufficient | soil-conservation crops. No estimate is available at the" present time as to the amount Mar tin County farmers will receive un der the new program this year, but the total benefits will compare fav orably with those received last year, it is believed. The amount of payments, it will be remembered, depend upon the extent to which | Martin farmers have and are partic ipating in the program Complete participation in the program would have brought them more benefit money this year than they received last or even the year before, it is believed. In addition to the direct benefits, the program has already advanced valuable farming practices. Winter cover crops are growing on lands over the county for the first time in history, and hundreds of farmers are becoming soil-conserving conscious Gives Temperatures For Curing Sweet Potatoes I The proper temperature for best results in curing sweet potatoes is from 80 to 85 degrees. This should be continued until the sprouts be gin to appear, which usually re quires about two ^eekj After this I curing period, the storage tempera-1 ture should be lowered to 50 de-' grees and kept at that point until removed for shipment or use The temperature should never be allow ed to go below 40 degrees nor above 50 as high temperatures during the storage period causes excess shrink age. c Eva Jessye Choir To Giv$ Program Monday Night\ The Eva Jessye Choir, famous singers of Radio City, New York, will appear in a concert program in the colored school auditorium here next Monday night. Directed by one of the nation's outstanding mu sicians, the choir is recognized one of the best musical aggregations I on tour in this country at the pres-1 ent time. Special invitations to white people are extended. Tickets for reserved seats are on sale at Clark's Drug Store. 200 Pounds Tobacco Stolen From Farmer Near Here The seventh tobacco theft in the county this season was reported ye terday morning following a raid on Lester Rogers' packhouse, near here, the night before. About 260 pounds of tobacco were stolen from Mr. Rog themselves with the tobacco that was graded, leaving that not ready for market. Officers are working on the but no arrests have been made, far as it could be learned at noon today. Regular Services Sunday At Church in Jamesville Rev. W. B. Harrington will coo duct the regular preaching services in the Jamesville Baptist church on 8unday morning at 11 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. ' S Says Prisoners At Rocky Mount Are Treated Badly ? Returning to his home in this county a few days ago after serve 2$ months on a Rocky Mount chain gang, Russell Perry, white ma maintains he had fare hardly espial that given a dumb beast In direct ing the. strong charge against the camp superintendent Perry said the conditions there should be Imasti gated In the name of humanity. "The steward is a good man. b that superintendent is the man who should be investigate." Parry i lowfcd. Farm Work Is Keeping Many County Children Out School First Lot New Peanut J. Crop Brings 5c Pound FAME SPREADING I reputation as a ? I May* J. L I -af - a letter Ina Mrs Dae B. Big gles. af nr.anal Calif. TV letter is aae af many received here alaaaat weekly fraa all parts af Ike twain Mrs Big gies said ia her letter that he had heard aaaay fararable re Farm Bureau Plans Membership Drive Starting Next Week Will Be Launched at Meet To Be Held in Court House Wednesday An estensive drive for member-] ship in the Martin County Farm Bu reau Federation will formally get underway at a meeting of the or ganization directors, farmers, and State Bureau leaders in the court house here next Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Urgent invitations have been directed to more than 100 farmers to be present for the meet ing and help start the campaign Officers of the State Farm Bureau will attend the meeting, county lead ers explaining that the meeting will prove well worth while to everyone who attends According to county officers head ing the organization- plans will be advanced at the meeting next Wed nesday evening to push the mem bership campaign to a goal of around 4,000 members Warehousemen in the county and other business and prnfemiinnl men are being urged to line up behind the movement and help make it prove successful. With important legislation pend ing in behalf of agriculture. Farm Bureau leaders in state and nation are lining up their forces to push the farm program m both state and national legislative halls To sup port their demands an extensive membership is necessary Presbyterians Announce Schedule of Services At Winiamxtaa the church school in* about the church. Come and join us in this disriiation. The wor ship Miiiu and sauioa be*ins at Haw At Poplar Point there will be no church school at 2 p m_, due to the (act that the week of special serv * being held Mch night at 7:10 pjn . will come to an end on Sunday night at 7H. At Bobenoo's Chapel the church school hour is 3 JO p. m. At Bear Grass church school is at 10 a. m. The young people meet at 6 p. m The wosship sat ska. and A two-weeks revival will befin at Bear Gram Sunday night, October ? The Rev a If Wilson, of Farm ville, will do the preaching. During this masting, the chmtfc. which is now frae at debt, wfll be dedicated. The Rev. John C. Whitley, who First Offering Said To Have Been ol Extra Good Quality Farmers Warned Not To Rush Picking and Cause Weak Market The first lot of peanuts from the new crop was sold on the Suffolk market this week at 5 cents a pound, the highest figure reported since 1927. information received here to day from the peanut town slated The purchase was made by the Planters Nut & Chocolate Company whose officials explained that the initial purchase was of unusually good quality. Opening prices a year ago were reported at 3 1-2 cents a pound. The S qent price can be expected to attract much attention among th< farmers of this section, but the grow ers should remember that the fancy price paid was for fancy peanut* that were dry and in good condition The hasty harvesting of the crop without douht. will beat down prices and cost the growers thousands ol dollarm. all cTeaiicrs point out. While the task is near completion there are a few farmers in this cour ty who are still diyymy their pea nuts, with the possibility that a scar tered dozen or so have not yet start ed the work. A large portion of the crop has been dug and stacked, and next week will see the work just a bout completed in its entirety Several weeks should elapse be fore picking operations should b< started, but some few fanners will likely start that work the latter part of next week or the week fol lowing, taking chances on the |oaK ers being thoroughly dry by thai time. The main picking work will hardly get underway before the mid dle of next month. Delayed week after week during two months ol last season by bad weather, few farmers are expected to gamble oe the chance of fair weather, but to complete the harvesting of then crops just as soon as the peanuts and hay have cured. Just what the icynt price on the Suffolk market means, no one knows exactly, but the opening price indicates that the crop will command more money this year than it did a year ago. The condition of the crop and orderly marketing are two im portant factors to be reckoned with. and either one na ?e iff ttwl the market. Truck Burns on Highway Here Ftae destroyed the 1935 Ford truck of H- V. Godwin. Ahnririr ??? ? front of tbe Spruiii Filling iIiUm near the river here at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The truck, fully insured, was a total loss, bul the fire was confined to the truck and cab by the local fire company, saviM the attached H ? load of flour from loss. There were around 45 gallons of gasoline in tbe two truck tanks and all of it burned. Godwin, who was not certain bow the fire started, discovered the truck river bridge. Traveling Williamston. the driver stepped tc the running board and steered the truck and trailer annual tbe mm and stopped it at tbe ode of tbe ruac just in front of the filling station One or two bags of flour an th> truck were bunted, but other tfaac the damage to tbe truck cab ami TOWN TAX LIST IS ADVERTISED FOR SALE NOVEMBER <1 Number Delinquents Shows Decrease From Past Several Years Preparatory to thr collector s sake the second Monday in next month the town is adverttsin* today for the first tune its 1935 delinquent tax lis* Recognized as the smallest in recent years, the list carries the names of Id property owners. 43 white and 106 colored, and represents unpaid taxes in the sum of 13.65412 g Starting off with a levy of H2. 383.70. the collector has turned mto the town treasurer appruxmiateiy $38,777.18. There have been nihstatnial gams in town tax collections during the past two years, records show In 1934 there were around 3M drier quenl tax accounts representmg an unpaid amount of $7.11325 Last year there were 177 unpaid accounts and taxes past due in the sun of ?VTf" The marked feature m the collec tion record this year is the redur Hon in the number of accounts oi white property owners. A year age there were 77 such accounts, as com pared with 42 this year Thr nan brr of colored delinquents this yeal one less than lor the 1934 las year Following a system not so long is effect, the town taring authorities ill probably turn the drtinqurn accounts over to its law enforcement officers for collection Many of tlu accounts will, in all probability, be settled before the sale ?hc jnuc Monday in next month, and thr re ?naming ones will be turned over u the officers, it is expected Contributions Mill Bein and Moms Heckxnan Lynch -accompanied by Glenn Long, white woman The liquor ?ru thought to have been twoked for distribution in Halifax County All threb of the persons mere from Roanoke Rapids. At a preliminary hearing last eve ning before U. S. Commissioner W. C_ Manning, the alleged ram run ners mere placed uiader bond for their appearance before Judge L M. Meek ins in federal court at WTHon next week Unable to raise the Amount d the bonds, all three of the defendants mere placed m the Mar tin County jail Mu