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m m SI THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 89 Williamston. Martin County. North Carolina, Friday. November 6.1936 ESTABLISHED 1899 ROOSEVELT SWEEPS NATION Carries 46 States by Plurality of 10 Million USE OLD CANNON TO TELL NEWS OF DEMOCRATIC WIN Celebration Limited When Powder Finis To Arrive From DuPont Plant Oat tf innijiaioB for- 38 years, an old CSnl War cannon was again brought into use here late last Tues day night, when young Democrats pouted a half pound of powder and a alMilt lot of wadding into the old muzzle loader and fired the charge down by the riser in celebrating the The wind was the southwest and t heard the report, but authentic word was received from points as far away as 13 miles in Bertie County stating 'hat the report was heard very distinctly and a slight jar was felt at that distance Unable to got an order of powder from the Arch-Republican Mr Du Ponl. to ceiabratr a Democratic vie lory, the boys had to cut the pro gram short. They bought fireworks and removed enough powder from them tar the one shot. Officer J H Alhbrooks and George Hatton Gurganus were the chief gunners. The cannon had been out of use i since IBM. when it was used in a j Democratic celebration here On I r lertirm night that year, a young ; man was badly hurt by an accident ' al dtwharge at the weapon, and it was hurled on the Rhodes property shortly thereafter. Frank Rhodes, now of Montgomery, Ala. helped to bury the cannon, and while visiting here a few seeks ago he and sei eral others recovered it The offi cer cleaned the gun and made i* Answer False Alarm! Here Election Night I Celebrating Uie overwhelming victory at his party, some Demo erotic prankster slipped in a false tee alarm here shortly after mid-1 night Wednesday The firemen were directed to the home of Mrs W. T. Meoihia I on Mam Street, and while the volunteers went there in good faith they were not long in i realising a false alarm had been en tered. but the tnp offered just as many dangers as does an answer 10 a S&0.000 fire Checking the call firemen learned that it was tele phoned in from a Main Street office, the Ire station The owner left the prank Town To Sell Delinquent Tarn Accounts Monday : of property the auction block for taxes of Wilbamston. The SWEEPS COUNTRY WITH RECORD VOTE President Franklin D. Roosevelt was endorsed in no narertnin terms by (be American electorate Tuesday, wben they accorded Una one ol the largest rotes in th ehistory of the nation. Incomplete returns to day gire him M of the IS States, and an electoral vote at SU out of the total at SJ1 in the nation. Clayton Moore Resigns As Special State Judge I MART CLOSES 17TH November 17, was the Williamston ?uiM for the season by the local HIhii board of trade 10 asdH Ihis moraine. It was pointed ont that near ly all of the crap in this section has been oaarl.rted. and that the few rtauhiit thousands of be placed on the aow and Tues of other belt are plan nine to losprod sales week aft er next or a boot the time the lo New Chevrolets Go On Displmy Here Tomorrow The first showing of the new 1937 Chevrolet in the show room of the Roanoke Chevrolet Company on Washington Street here tomorrow is expected to attract record crowds The firm is displaying three cant? and a large truck. lluch larger and carrying many improvements, the new Chevrolet m recognized as one of the flnost products ever turned out by the manufacturers. Messrs Edwards and Peel are extending the public a cor Plans To Return To Practice of Law; A.j 1). Folder Ap|)ointed Will Make Known Definite Plans Within the Next Four or Five Days Resigning his commission as spec Judge Clayton Moore yesterday ex plained he was quitting the bench | that "I night return to the practice of taw at an early date." Asking that his resignation be made effect-1 ive mintedlately - Judge Mwie with-1 held announcement of an)' definite! plans that he may have for the fu-1 lure, adding that he would have no statement for public release during the next four or five days Judge Moore's resignation came as a marked surprise to close friends and others here, and while his ac ulation by i hi public as to his fu ture plans, the jurist reiterates that he has no statement for release just at this tune. A. D. Folger. of Dobaon, Surry County, who managed the campaign (Coahnacd oa |?age sis) 'LIST JLRORS FOR DECEMBER TERM SUPERIOR COURT Judge M. V. Barnhill Will, Preside Over One-week Term In County Thirty-six Martin County citizens were drawn by the county commis sioners in regular session Monday for jury duty during the one-week term of Superior Court convening the second Monday in next month. (Judge M. V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mt. i will preside over the term, which is scheduled to handle both criminal and civil cases. Judge Henry A. Grady was scheduled to preside over | the term, but an exchange was I made \ Names of the jurymen are: Jamesville G M Anderson and Bruce Fagan Williams: E. G Godard, Simon D. Percy, Robert Parrisher. I.. J. Hardi son and Charles Pate GrdTins: R Henry Peel, B. K Man ning, Hodges, N. E. Roberson, Wtllianjflf. Hardison, James L. Col train, iww Asa J. Hardison i__ Williamston: R. B. Brown, K D. Worrell. Eli Marion Taylor, S S. Cox, Jessup Harrison. Ilewett Ed wards and B. S. Courtney. Cross Roads Roy Bailey, R. F Crawford, and B. F. Coburn. Robersonvilie: S. A Ward, W. W. Taylor, F A. Taylor, P. C. Williams, Ernest Ward, and H. T. llighsmith Poplar Point: G W. Bland, E. W Jones and' W. S Merritt. Goose Nest Ernest Bunting, B A. Long, and X Daniel. Local Patrolman Is TTurt in Accident George Stewart, popular member tHe- state Highway Patrol, with I his headquarters here, was seriously I hurt yesterday, when his motorcycle I crashed into the side of a car near I ' Apex in Wake County. Stewart, only 23 years old. suffered a broken jaw and nose and a slight fracture of the skull. Several of his teeth were knocked out. Removed to Rex Hospital, Raleigh, he was re ported today to be'getting along I very well The patrolman, after a short visit with relatives up in Macon County, was ictinning to his post here when Eddie Thorpe, colored, started to turn into a side road and blocked the officer, who was ciding his mo torcycle?Tliui pe?was?jailed ELECTION PARTY Gathering returns from press ageneirs and the radio. The En terprise election party last Tues day night was shortlived, most of the large crowd present call ins it a day when returns re reived long before midnight in dieated a landslide fur Mr. Roosevelt. Tabulations were posted on the bulletin boards and high spots in Pie voting were broadcast over "Cap" York's loud speakers. Some difficulty was expert enred in getting the complete county returns, but a Anal drive at midnight brought In the final figures. 523 Out of 531 Electoral Votes in A Democratic Column; Gains Made In Both Houses Nat ional Congress County's Amendment Vote ? 1 While probably not well acquainted with the proposals, but bt lieving that some good may be accomplished in equalizing the tax ing system ?>f county and state. Martin volets i emitted sizeable ma? jorities for four of the five proposed amendments to the state con stitulton. And for good measure they supported the lawyers in their campaign for two additional judges on the supreme court bench. However, the passage of the proposed amendments is prob ably due. in a large way, to those who did not favor any change.* and who just failed to vote against them In this county, the com bined vote for the most popular proposal, income-tax inrrfasp was just a little over half the total vote cast m the county And then the Controversy centering around the Federal document may have led some to believe that a few changes are necessary in any old Con stitution. Only two minority votes were reported. Gold Point turning strong against the provision for more judges and voting against property classification. 98 to 25. Reports from the vote over the State indicate the passage of *dl five of the proposed measures The vote, by precincts, in this county was (No 1 proposal allows 2 additional Supreme Court judges and provides for divisional sittings; No. 2, $1,000 maximum exemption on homes; No 3. classification of property. No 3. increases income tax limit from 6 to 10 per cent; No. 5. limitation of public debts* JamesviUc Williams Cii ifTins Bear Grass Wiiliamston Cross Roads ilobersonville Gold Point Poplar Point (lasM-ll Goose Nest Totals 1 2 3 4 5 *- For Vs. For Vs Foi Vs. Fur Vs For Vs 152 38 104 50 150 38 143 61 135 47 63 19 68 16 65 10 72 7 55 13 47 56 114 42 76 22 104 23 85 19 41 88 100 70 49 38 140 23 114 29 618 178 457 353 487 216 587 192 527 169 142 31 174 39 150 27 173 21 143 35 225 149 275 135 220 114 239 120 230 101 20 1U7 115 15 25 98 102 25 100 22 73 7 71 13 55 6 62 15 37 31 85 1 \ 170 ?? Tt 1 n _ u 75 109 4 50 36 100 U 95 9 54 43 85 56 66 30 78 41 60 36 1595 749 1011 815 1467 655 1876 561 1657 527 Short Session Held By (lourt Tuesday Convening the regular session of county court Tuesday, Judge H. O. Peel continued every case on the docket one week and adjourned the tnbunal While the court judge and clerk were present, the prose cuting attorney was unable to at tend the session, and a continuance (if the six cases on the docket for i i rial were ordered continued One uf the six men tailed to serve as Jurors in one ol Wie six cases was sick, and only four witness's were present to testily. The court plan ned 110 holiday, hut it was appai ent ly forced to take one and charge it against the election. Fifteenth Tobacco Theft Reported in This County Another tobacco theft, the 15th raid on pack barns in'the county so Jar 44ns reason, was reported by J. B. Barficld, fainter police man, there early yesterday morning. Approximately 1,000 pounds of grad **d tobacco of good quality was trucked away from the Barfield premises sometime during Wednea Jay night. The officer, assisted by county authorities, investigated the case, but not a single clue was found that would lead to an arrest. LEADS TICKET I v Polling 4.244 Titot. Sheriff ( K. Roebuck led (he county ticket in the last Tuesday elec tion, the support being the greatest ever- given a Martin County officer. Washington County Plans Cucumber Crop Next Year Fifty Washington County fanners met recently with the representative of a pickle company to make plans for growing cucumbers lor the company next season President Leads in jTliis (lounlv, 4.477 To III: Record \ote ? Voters of Griffins Favored President With Largest Majority Yet Recorded j Polling approximately 26.000.000 (Mipular vohmi against around 16,000, ten M Landon. Republi an presidential nominee. President Franklin f> R' n as leekv'ted to the nation's highest office last Tuesday by one of the greatest ma jorities ever recorded ?n the history of the count > Given 523 of the 531 electoral votes, the President earned every State???i the Union except Maine and Vermont, leaving the Kepubhcan party leaders hard ly enough giound to stand on. While the Democratic or New Deal lead er polled the larges' vote ever re corded, he ri eared the .eecrd ?et by Washington arid James Monroe in annexing electoral v? Washing - | ton got the entire electoral \-ote of every state voting, and Monroe got <nl hut one when they ran for the presidency;?? ?? While the Piesider*t was polling a record vote, the Democrats were ilia* cst ihlishing a rene ?1 with gains in U?lh the Hruje and Stiuic.?The Democrats will have T5 o.' '.V et> Senators, and 334 of the O rts in the House. In the o!J Sen- *ne Democrats had 70 senators an J .n the old House Uwy i^d 321 niff?" i bers With about 5u*i pr?cinc*> yet to hear from, Clyde lljcy wis today leading Gilliam Grt> m W the North Carolina governorship by more than 3 to 1 Mi re than 600. $00 \<?tes have been counted A this time, the indications pointing to a somew hat smaller vote than was ex pected. While state and nation were es tablishing new records. Martin County democracy went to front position to lead them all The vote lot President was 3*7 to 0 in Grif fins Township, a i^tio nut equalled ;.nv where m the nation, as far as it could be learned Landon failed to register a single vote in three other districts. Roosevelt leading him 4, 477 to 111 lloey. while trailing the President, polled 3 929 votes, as compared with 211 for his oppon ent The county ticket was without op position, and the little interest given it was centered around the sire of the vote Sheriff Char he Roebuck led with 4,244 votes and J Sam Get singer was next with 4.148 yules. C. C Fleming led in the mrnmit sinners' group with 4 '.M5 votes. * ? Tfrr- rive proposed constitutional amendments attracted the attention of the liberals and were carried in the county by <?^blr majorities The same was true in the State. Al ready it has been proposed by prom inent men in the state to set the y (Continued ?n back page! RETURNS, BY PRECINCTS, FOR NATIONAL, STATE^COUNTY OFFICERS ?w Marik HimihiU JriMi with fellow member* of (be party throughout the nation to register one of the greatest Democratic victories ever recorded la eoaalj. stai of the entire voting strength, established a record that will be hard to surpass la year* to come. Giving President Roosevelt a vote ot confidence, the voters rilrWH rae. The vote dee* net iarladt the returns fee the Judiciary, which are: For Supreme Court Judges: Devin tDl 3,121; Connor ID) 3S2S, Gudger and Hramham <Keputilicaasl, M rsrb For I Oil, >1; Uth district. Arssstroug (D) SJ9I1; and WUIiama <K>, 92. The oddity of the Tuesday voting was the leae vote which was east in Robersoaville for Norman Thomas, Socialist Party Gototmt IX Got. SwJIUk Anditor Trot. SipUuL Att> Gen. Com. Ac- L'om.Lab. In*. Com . Sot. ISKep State Sea. xu 177 1 M ? S I 111-? us MS Ml US m s 14 SI s M 1 ? ? 1 1 Oi i m m 1XS 1 zs 1 ? 7? ? 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