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THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 88 Williatnston, Martin County. North Carolina. Tuesday. November 3, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1899
YOUNG WOMAN IS
BADLY JIURT BY
UNKNOWN PARTY
Miss Wilson, of Greenville,
Struck by Brick Hurled
Through Windshield
llist Elroy Wilson. Greenville
vsiul woman, was critically hurt
in a mysterious attack near Ever
etts early last Sunday evening
Struck in the face by a brick hurled
throuch the windshield of the car
in which she was ridins. Miss Wil
son had one of her eyes put out
and 25 stitches were taken to close
gashes in her face. Officers work
ed a greater part of yesterday, all
last night and are still on the case
uday. but the attack has not been
cieared up.
Riding with Harry Taylor, young
li llUamston boy who was driving
the car, and Miss Alba Paul, of
Greenville, and Harold Summerlin.
of Williamston. Miss Wilson was
thought to have been shot at first
and it was not until they reached
R ibersonville, where she was rush,
ci t? a doctor that a brick was
f-und in her lap. The party was
traveling toward Robersonville and
had just passed through Everetts
when the brick was hurled through
the windshield No one in the car
saw any person along the highway,
and the direction from which the
buck was thrown could not be de
termined
A cash reward leading to the ar
rest and conviction of the guilty
party is being considered, but the
amount had not been announced to
day.
' Commenting on the case. Sheriff
C. B Roebuck said this morning
that he believed the young people)
were mistaken for someone else and
fell victims of an attack intended
for another party.
Three Drunks Tried
Saturday by Mayor
Charged with being drunk on lo
cal streets last Saturday night. Wal
ter Gurkin. white, and Robert Lee
and Elmer Rogers, both colored,
were fined 2250 and taxed with the
m?i by Mayor J. L Ha ?.sell in his
court that night.
Unable to raise the money. Gurkin.
an employee on a lumber barge, was
placed in jail His employer later
paid the fine and cost and Gurkin
II. released Sunday morning He
got drunk again and about 3 o'clock
he staggered into the path of an
automobile driven by a man named
Armstrong from Norfolk. Gurkin
who was badly skinned but not ser
iously hurt, tried to explain to the
car driver that he would not have
walked into the road had the lights
been burning as they should have
been After receiving treatment.
Gurkin was placed on the barge
All Landon Not Without
Support In This County
Although weak, mighty weak it
is. Alf Landon. the republican
nominee for President, is not with
out support in this county. After
Roosevelt drew a hearty hand when
his picture was flashed on the screen
at the Watts here last evening, a
young lady from Jamesville ap
plauded all by herself Nominee
Landon when his picture was flash
ed on the screen a few minutes
later. The single applause attract
edmare attention than that accord
ed Roosevelt
That man * f?*?- National Union
party nominee for the presidency,
was just another man on the screen
lor he fsitrd to get any applause
when his picture appeared.
Car Wrecked On Main
Street Here This Morning
Mb VMS t? heart, ?t Pile side of
Jack Dixon's car was torn off when
he ran his machine into a telephone
pole to avoid a wreck with snot"
car at the intersection of Main
Pearl Streets here this morning
Flossie Burgess. Washington col
ored woman, started to turn her car
around at the intersection, forcing
Dixon, operator of
into the pole, it
Sales on Local Market To
Reach Five-Million Mark
Selling
tor mi average of $2552, the local
tolnrro market reported its best I
in several days, and the price f
500Pieces Property Sold at
Sheriffs Tax Sale Monday
Around 500 pieces of property
?ere offered for sale by the county
lax collector Monday, individuals
buying only Ore tracts. Sheriff C B.
Roebuck stated following the sale.
Bid in by ??? ?*?? ipprori ?
matrty IB areounli will be record
ed within the next fews days in the
register of deeds office and then
they will be turned over to the coun
ty attorney for collection In accord
ance with the law. suits to foreclose
on the delinquent property are to
be brought within two years, the
foreclosure proceedings requiring
from sii to eight months In those
cases where the taxes and costs are
not paid within 31 months from date
of sheriff"s sale, the county or others
bidding in the property trill receive
i deed to the property.
FAVOR IS COSTLY
faraatr.
a ?rigtfcf curt
a dtak kamv ud
the ?? af a lackt aaUaMc
Irailn to kul it TV luwr
feat did ad laiptil aa)lkiai
Three Wen Arrested
Here Charged ^ itli
Pitt Tobacco Theft
Officers Trying To Connect
Beaufort Men With Leaf
Thefts in This County
John and Charlie Ross. Beaufort
County men. were caught here early
yesterday morning marketing In
oacco stolen from Fanner Winfield
in Pitt County lire ~ nigh I Del ore XI
third party. Jesse Ange was arrest I
id Mar in connection with the al
leged robbery The three men are
tiring held in the Pitt jail for trial.
>flicers of several counties having
interviewed the Ino accused in an
Jfort to connect I hem with a series
of tobacco robberies in this sec
tion during the past several weeks.
As far as it could be learned today.
[?oof implicating any or all the
sen with thefts in this county had
not been established
Stealing a trailer from a garage
i or near Gnmesland. the
three men were flapped when they
eft the trailer on a local street.
The trailer was identified by the
iwner. and Officer Ramey arrested
the two Rosses. Ange having leturn
ed home after bringing the tobacco
MR
Fanner Whitfield, a resident of
Beaufort County, left the tobacco
? the local warehouse floor, and so
sell pleaied was he with the sale
that he planned to sell more of his
sop here within the next few days
New Chevrolet To
Be Shown Saturday
The people of Wdliamston and vi-j
rinily ?B gn ihmi *i H !?? W
Lhc new 193T Cl.e\luk! Saturday 1
anil go on public display at the Bo
-noke Chevrolet Company early Sat
urday morning, nmnediatelv after
the breakfast which Mr John Henry
Edwards is holding in honor of his
The breakfast is one of some 1?,
D00 similar affairs bong held thru
tail IKa i
K'
af the the
displayed by the
Chevrolet dealer cir.pt. >ees tr.ii pa t
Cars win be delivered to purchas-.
ers in the rotation in which the or
ders are received. Mr. Edwards I
, I
adding that production in the Chev
relet plants is worn going on al a'
rate which mini prompt delivery1
on all
a new llf Chevrolet was given by
Mr. T. C C riff in He wdl lereste
one at the three cars on
here i
Legion Anmiliary To Meet
In Bear Grass Saturday
Ccpoid ais m addition to car
rying a 4 per cent penalty and the
coat of handling the sale by the sher
iff and K foreclosure allowance.
bear interest at the rate of S per
cent annually far two years, and
during the remainder of the tune,
or while the foreclosure suits are
in progress interest at C per cent is
charged
have been bcoug. t in this county
in recent years. The county attor.
ncy's office stales that only two or'
three deeds will be passed for the!
year 1929 and 1939. when the final
foreclosure proceedings are handled
'for the years 1929. 1929. 1930. 1931.
and 1932 hetaceu now and the first
of
PUBLIC WELFARE
TO BE TOPIC AT
MEET HERE 20TH
Conference Recognized As
Outstanding Event Of
Year in This Section
Public melfare and social security .
mill fealiue the program of the!
Northeastern Distract Welfare con
f<rente to be- held here *he lMh of j
this month. Miss Maty Taylor, sup {
erintendent oi public melfare for
this county, referring to the meet |
ing as one of great importance to
this entire section Embracing 22
cnuntm, or all of the northeastern
section of the state, the conference
m ill bru^ here around 300 people
interested in public melfare and so
rial security, including Mrs W T
Best, state cuanmissionef of chart
ties and public melfare. and other
members of the state board, and
Howard W Odum nataeaally known
sociology scholar and teacher, and
three members of the social securi
ties stall, of Washington City
Sessions beginning at 10 o'clock I
am| lasting until 3 an the afternoon,
mill be held in the local Baptbt I
chUrch. and dinner m ill be served
in the high schwl gymnasium
Miss Taylor, head of melfare work
m this county, states that an unusu
ally interesting and valuable pro
gram ks being planned for the event.
Auto-Trailer Wreck Near
Here Yesterday Morning
A small load of tobacco was scat. ,
treed uo the Jamesville highway
near Sweet Water Creek, early yes
terday morning when a car driven
by Gus CidifM. Rofaeranni tile col
ored man. and a light nailer
er than the tobacco tuss little dam
age wan done, reports slate
Hallowe'en Party In School
At Everetts Raises $5121
ty Hallowe'en
party last Thursday night, the Ev
rrettsschool raised ill Tl. Principal
Kav.it afpi?Mir.g his appreciation
to the merchants oi Everetts, Hob
ersooville and Williams!on and out
err who helped make the program j
a success The party was much en
joyed.
County Farmer Grows
Potato ol Record Sixel
Fanner G D Grimes holds th
Tecord so far this season for produc
<ng largesweet potatoes?Lhggm
hts crop on the Taylor farm, nea
Williamston. Mr Grimes probabl
thought be bad struck a small stum
'when he got hold of and pulled ou
a tuber waffcag near C pound:
The potato was of perfect
Services Saturday And
Sunday at Piney Grove!
I Bee. W. &
| duct the regular Saturday and Sun
i Grove BaplHt church at 11 o'clock
I The puhlw a BYited to attend both
Two Reportable Disease
Cases in Ctmnty in October
56 CIVIL ACTIONS
ON CALEND AR OF
SI PERIOR COURT
Joe Lawson Defendant In
$2,500 Suit Brought By
Mrs. C. O. Godard
Very little interest is attached to.
nearly all the 56 cases placed on the
calendar for tral m the Vnitnbe;
! term of Martin County Superior
Court, which cootvrnfs the 23rd of
this month The court, scheduled to
run two weeks, will observe Thurs
day and Friday of the first week
as Thanksgiving holidays Judge
Clayton Moore will preside
Joe Lawson and Johnnie Williams,
convicted of manslaughter and as
sault in the courts of ttaas county
J following the death of Lisle Peggy
Hardison and critical cyury to Mrs
C. O Godard on the JamesviUe high
way two years ago. are defendants
in a S2.500 suit ftlnl by Mrs C O 1
Godard Lawson. after serving about ]
4 months of a two year sentence in
Ihe ca.^ heard by Judge Itoe. w as]
paroled juat
liams completed hr> sentence some |
lime if& '
Other cases on the ch*rket ate
Monday. November 23 In Re
Wilt of laicy ModLr vs
Bailey. Bailey et al \s Taylor. Co ,
burn \s- Holhday. lee Ceeapamy ^
Roger son. Ice Company vs Holliday
12 cases>. Fertilize* C?? *> Wilam
et al. Davis Co vs. South A. Co.
Hardware Co vs Str.ih A Co, Wa
ters A Martin vs Smith A Co, Gold |
berg vs. South A Co. Trouser Co |
vs Smith A Co. Prats Co vs Smith
A Co
Tuesday. November 24 Kiw?mle>
vs Griffin et aL Keel is Taylor ,ti .
al. Fertiliser Co vs Jt^inaxi. For j
tilizer Co vs. Phelps Gtimes vs Hy
man. James vs Green. B?slon vs
Watts
Wednesday. Ni>vmu*s 2a Cntrh
er vs Franklin H>nun vs. Mac!
thews. James vs. Matthews
Monday. November 3M Minion vs |
Lumber Co. Grimes vs Riddle. Le j
toy Pitt vs Edmondacm. Harris vs
Edmondson. Godard \> Ednxaidsuti
13 cases*, Han elk vs Darnel rMo
tion) . _!
Tuesday. December s Dams \T|
Price, Mrs C O GoAatd vs---Jo*- ?
Lawson and Johnnie Wiilums. Ilol
liday vs Roberson. Davis vs Smith |
[wick, Fertilizer Co vs Bsiai, Fc: I
tilizer Co. vs Wommernsucik. Coun
cil vs. Wenrk et aL John**! vs
Weict et al (2 cases
1 Wednesday, December 2.
vs L.erett. Lefortl is Haw Is
Moor t vs. Legged. Fertilizer Co vs
Edwards. Fertilizer Co vs Bi wn
Land Bank vs James
Thursday. Decembet 3 Buflake
vs Mudlm. Fertilizer Co vs Brav.
Roberson v - CimtoiiszL Mitchell
vs. KeeL Many is SUverthurne,
Taylor vs. Francis. Hodges vs
Hodges, Koberson is Town
Stolen Our Left on
?ji
Road Near E\eretts
Dr.ving a car safeJ to fcm been
stole.i from A J Brrant Tarturo
man, and three c?n|iarik?s escaped
injury when ihe nurMnr turned
over on a secondary h jlm; -ear
ert Ho tin and l?? jtiiiif fffh cmse
names could not be tearne
riding with GrtSin They
firtflin at Sfnnc-fliM i
the party was traveling to highway
64 when lirtflln u sard to have tried
to turn a curve while driving around
?0 miles an hour
The machine nan righted.
Griffin started drr. w< cat toward
Robe r.r.v tile, hut the ad leaked out
w hen the machine turned over and
the motor hearings turned out be
the highway, the car was fiart m
storage by Jttlluh n.
The stolen car vat the second re
week end An old model A Ford
was stolen from a man named Pa
in Greenville last Friday night
Gib Whitley. County Home
Inmate Died There Sunday
Gib Whitley. 75 year-old inmate
of the ** ?' ~
there Sunday i
plication at
the home about ran ,
Bear Gram To
in feeble health
there Funeral
ducted
ho
Grass
Record Vote Expected in County
As Well as in State and Nation at
Polls Today; Early Voting Heavy
Peanut Market Is Unsettled
With Top Price 3 3-4 Cents
While peanut prices continue a-,
round 3 1-2 cents for good bunch
and 3 3-4 cents for fancy jumbos,
the peanut market remains unset- i
tied, the millers awaiting the out-!
come of the election today before
entering the market on a very active
scale. Just a hat effect the election!
mill have on prices, no one seems
to knoa. but because of the election
the market is likely to drag during
the remainder of this week
With an increase in business al
most assured, regardless of the out
' come of the election today, it is npa
stable to believe thai the market
I kr the crop will be 1
TOf N BOARD UN
RECILAR MEET
HERE LAST NICHT
Plan Made To Put Police
Department Here On
Wheels
AJliT dtSftisxing and taking nn aC
jticWr in several matters, William -
sum's tovin commissioners unani
Imously voted to put its police force
I ??n wheels. the authorities explain
i'?H that they wanted "Police Car"
; a in ted on the "Black Nlanah" to
I it! a bit of show to the progressive
(step Officer Ramey. experiencing
I ill health, was partially retired, and
| John Roebuck was added to the
! night force
During the remaindei of this
imonth, the city courts will place all
! fees m a special fund, the commis
sioners planning to finance the pur
chase?and op<*rali..n of the poliro
'<<?t from this fund Prior to this
klinie. all fees were allowed the ar
I zesting officers
| The old question of handling trash
(aud garbage was discussed at Jength,
|the authorities limiting action to
The discussion After duecting the
' street department head to start fill
Uig m trie gulley on East Church
Street at the ieque.-t of certain prop
erty owners, the Commissioners, up
on the request of others. ordered the |
dumping ground changed Tlie de
i-l fable situation in back lots will
probably continue unchanged, the
commissioners advancing no definite
method for merchants to box their
!iash to await arrival of the trash
wagon When possible, daily trips
.ill be made by the trash wagon
instead of the three clean-ups week
ly in the store back yards now.
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Free Movie at Local
Metliodhst Church
' 'The Trail of the Circuit Rider."
| a sound motion picture. ?i|l be pre
| 41.ted in the local Methodist church
I Thursday evening of the* week at
7 10 o'clock. Rev R R Grant stat
ing there would be no
charge
, TV .
1 influence of the early church on the
[solution of our pressing social prob
' iems of today and shows the origin
and the work of the Duke Endow
men! for orphanages, hospitals, rur
al churches and universities
"The Trail of the Circuit Rider"
? authentic Every scene from coal
life in the Carolines No profession
ifg w many rapOEUr
sees and hears our own people, col
lege presidents. business men,
preachers, physicians, tenant faiiu
ers. and negroes, as they move in
the glare of the moving picture cam
era and as they speak in the micro
Teacberk To Hear State
Board Psychologist Here
On Wednesday afternoon in the
high school auditorium the teachers
[of Williamstoa and Martin County
will hear Mr Harry W. Bice, pay
chotogist of the state board of wel
fare and a faculty member of the
mental hygiene division of the Uni
versity nf North Carolina Mr. Bice
is conducting a behavior clinic this
?reek for the benefit of the child
a-etfare atiene program. It is hoped
that m this meeting with the teach,
era a distinct ????! will be ren
dered to the i
Growers should remember that
the condition of their peanuts affects
the prices to a greater extent than
many believe. Making small pur
chases these past few days, some
cleaners are already finding wet
stock on then hands, and wet pea
nuts depress the market as a whole.
It is claimed that peanuts are sim
ilar to tobacco in that they come
in order or certain winds and go
out of order on certain other winds.
When the wind is from the south,
the kernel swells, but a cold wind
from the north dries the kernel out,
and it is agreed that peanuts with
PICKER LICENSES
license* to operate peanut
pickers in this count.v have been
issued to 4t> owners so far this
season, as compared with the
record number or more than ISO
in 1934, according to information
coming from the office of J.
Sam Getsinger, register of deeds
for Martin County.
While a comparatively small
number of peanut pickers is op
erating. it is believed that some
of the owners have not procured
the permits in accordance with
state law.
Peanut Committee
Thinks 4e Pound
Fair Price for Crop
Farm Bureau Committee In
Favor Of Diversion To
Maintain Price Level
The Peanut Committee of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau and
representatives of the Virgrma Farm
Bureau met in a joint meeting at
Jackson. N. C\, on Friday afternoon.
October 30, and canvassed the indir
rated yield and quality of fhe I936
peanut crop and the carry-over of
1935 peanuts into the approaching
rparketing season It was the con
census that the carry-over of 1935
peanuts was negligible, and that the
cost of producing the 1930 crop of
peanuts na.s much gieatei than the
cost of producing the 1935 crops.
In view of the yield and quality
of the 1936 crop of peanuts and the
small carry over of 1935 peanuts, it
was the opinion of this meeting that
the minimum price of Virginia type
peanuts grading 60 per cent sound
meats should not be less than 4 cents
Iter pound at the farm; and that the
farmers should not sell under this
price.
It was unanimously agreed that a
diversion of low-grade peanuts into
oil under a plan similar to that in
augurated by the United States De
pal tment of Agriculture during the
early part?of?the 1035 -marketing
season would be helpful and would
stimulate and sustain the price on
letter-grade peanuts.
' Plana were formulated looking -to
an early conference between mern
t>ers of the Peanut Committees of
the Farm Bureaus of Virginia and
North Carolina and officials of the
United States Department of Agri
culture for the purpose of working
out some oil diversion plan for the
1936 crop of peanuts
Mrs. W. A. Had ley
Is Struck by Auto
Mrs Willie A Hadley, 78 years
old. was painfully but believed hot
seriously hurt this morning when
i she was struck by a car driven by
! George Peel, farmer living near
here, on Main Street in front of the
Atlantic Hotel The cST knocked
Mrs Hadley down but the wheels
did not pass over her. She suffered
a cut on her head, and an injured
hip and both knees were painfully
skinned A complete examination
of her injuries could not be immed
iately made, but the attending
physician believed the injurlee
would not prove serious. After re
ceiving treatment, she was put to
bed in the hotel.
Mrs. Hadley started to cross the
street just about the time the car
turned into Main Street at the
Washington Street corner.
County Total Likely
To Pass 4,000 Mark
Before Day Is Done
Democratic Party Victory
Predicted In the County,
State and Nation
One of the largest votes ever re
corded was in the making at noon
today ih the 12 precincts of this
county, reports received from sev
eral of the voting places at that
time indicating the total vote would
exceed the 4.000 mark in the battle
of ballots Voting was unusually
heavy from the start, several pre,
anxious voters were waiting at the
polls before opening time this
morning at 6 23 o'clock.
While the outcome-in this coun
ty is definitely certain, the margin
of victory for the democrats begins
to dwindle when one turns to state
and national contests, but even
there the t>rog motivators predict a
sweeping majority for the demo
cratic party. Evidence of "scratch
ing" was reported in at least two
of the 12 precincts, including the
one here. The action will place
President Roosevelt m the leading
position on the ticket Just what
the good peepul are doing to the
five proposed amendments, no one
seems to know, but it is believed
that they will be defeated one and
all
While Martin County voters are
establishing a record, voters in the
state and nation are doing just the
same thing. Around bOO.OOO votes
will likely be cast in this state be
fore sun roosting time today. Indi
cations point to a vote approaching
the 45,000,000 mark in the nation,
or about five million more votes
than were cast in the general elec
tion four yeafS aga: ?-??
The voters are carrying a greater
grudge to the polls today than prob
ably at any other time in the history
of the nation.?Of com se, the ma
jority for the democrats is so pro
nounced here that the real bitter
ness is not at all evident. The cam
paign, marked by its bitterness and
questionable tactics, was closed just
a few hours before the polls were
opened this morning, bringing re
lief to millions, and regardless of
who wins it is great to have the
mud-slinging and attacks on a na
tmn.widp scale over with for an
other four years.
This evening about 7:30 o'clock,
the first returns from the nation
should start trickling in. If the
President sweeps the country as
many are certain he will, tne fact
should be well established by au
thentic Returns before midnight.
The Enterprise has effected con
nections with various news gather
ing sources in addition to tiie radio
service that will be broadcast fr^m
the second"floor of the ne wspaper
office over a York radio loud speak
er
County Board Holds
Short Meet Monday
Holding one of the shortest ses
sions in recent months, the county
commissioners in regular session on
Monday handled very little business
other than that of a routine nature
and adjojurned early in the after
noon, Various reports were receiv
ed, Treasurer C A Harrison report
(IfiQ OR nn h?r>H
? I1|? ^IU,l>UU.IFU TtTT iihiiu.
W. G- Knl was given a relief or
der for $550 excess valuation placed
on a new building.
Due to physical disabilities, Wil
lie Edmondson, Hamilton Township
citizen, was exempted from poll tax.
Herman Saurvders, colored, was
exempted from poll tax in Goose
Nest Township as he is a war vet
eran and is receiving compensation.
?
Locals Show Up Well In
Game Against Edenton
Meeting the strong Edenton team
in Edenton last Friday afternoon,
the Williamston High School toot
ball boys showed a fighting spirit
and held their opponents to a IS to
0 score. It was one of the best
games of the season, and the game
although a loss tor the locals, boost
ed the Green Wave stock imwtdar
ably. Coach Larry Wade'a boys
are acheduled to meet Tarboro at
Tarboro Friday of thia