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EEI THE ENTERPRISE ^9 VOLUME XL?NUMBER 7 Williaautan. Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. January 22. 1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 3 COUNTY BILLS ARE INTRODUCED) IN LEGISLATURE County To Have Right To Establish an All-time Health Department Representative H. G. Morton intro duced two local bills in the House of Representatives, Raleigh. Wednesday, one having to do with the election of county commissioners and the other allowing the estab lishment of an all-time health set ice in this county. Details of the two bills have not been released, but the one offered in connection with the election of county commissioners is believed to supplement an act passed by the legislature in 1935 The 1935 law provided for the nomination of com missioners by districts, the nomi nees then going into the general election to be voted on by the en tire county. The newly proposed law. as it is understood here, would hold the election of the commission ers within the several individual dis tricta. Referred to the committee on counties, cities and towns, the bill is expected to become law without opposition. The health bill introduced by Mi Horton carries no provision for the creation of an all-time health de partment in the county. It merely empowers the county commissioners to provide the service if and when they consider it necessary, it is un derstood. The need for a full-time health service in this county was recog nized when the matter was brought to public attention two years ago, and already plans are underway to have a department established as soon as possible The service will feature a program in the William ston Kiwanis dub within the nest few weeks, it was learned yesterday from the club's program committee Other organizations, especially those of the women, are expected to strongly support the prupused health program. Yesterday Representative Horton introduced a bill extending the time for tax sales in the county and sev eral municipalities until the first Monday in December of each year. I The bill, as it is understood here, is more of an amendment to the one passed by the 1935 assembly granting the county and town ai Williamston the right to postpone tax sales The 1935 law made do provmnn I0f postponing sales in uie other municipalities, and it is thought that the proposed law would make the sales for county and all towns in the county uniform. Theodore Kam pas Dies Here Suddenly Theodore Kampas. native of Tur key but a citizen of the United States for the past 23 years, died suddenly in a rooming house here yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock from a stroke suffered a short while before. In failing health for some tune, Kampas had retired after op erating cafes in Scotland Neck, Rob ersonville. and Plymouth, and came here to spend some time with Gus Rigas He had been here several months. Kampas is without relatives in this country but leaves two sisters, Hiooie Kampadgi. No. 11 Rue Boa ton, lloda Constantinople Turkey; and Olimpia Sotiriady, Xanthe. Greece He was 51 years old. Funeral arrangements had not been completed at noon today, bat burial will probably be made Son day at 3 o'clock. "Poss" Brown. Plymouth man, named executor of the estate by Kampas in a will writ ten in March. 1932, will handle the funeral arrangements, it was learned from S. R. Biggs at the Biggs Fu neral Parlor, where the body now rests. A priest from Raleigh or Wil will conduct the last rites, and will follow in the ceme J. A. Borneo, 76 years Old, Dies at Jamesville Home Indications Are Coastal Plain League Will Play "Pro"Ball will retain its flaw line in the Coast al Plain hawball circuit this corn baseball leaders of the as aod others at New Tuesday night, when it was virtually agreed the association dwnld adopt |e iifienml bail Pend ing receipt of delayed votes from two of the dubs, no official an nouncement has been issued by the league president, but L. T. Fowden. president of the local club, said he felt sure the league would turn to professional ranks. In pot seasons, only college youths or others outside the profes stout ring wet* eligihle to play in the league. The college lass of ball proved very cosily, Mr Fuadm slat ing that u would be pas able to ef feet a considerable saving L bj Chang ing to the |a nfi ssaaial b rand, it is passible some major U will sponsor one or moi ague clubs re clubs la the Coastal loop this con Ling seaso.1. but as far as it could be learned, no arrangements have beer advanced in this connection. One or two applications have been received from nugjijiad pilots ask ing the job of managing Ibe Martins this canung season, but no action has been taken on the applications by club officials, it was earned. Sentiment Growing for 2 Per Cent Sales Tax [ SCHOOLS OPEN ] ml the rear. Four Cases Tried in Recorders Court Dockets with few cases and recog nised of little importance or inter est have featured the weekly ses sions of the Martin County Record er's court so far this year Only four cases were called by Judge H O Peel at the Monday session, and the docket was cleared in a com paratively short tune. The case charging Albert Lee a ith laiterij?ana?receiving?was?ran Charged with an assault, Walter McDonald was adjudged not guilty Thomas James, charged witti manufacturing liquor, was sentenced to the roads for three months, the sentence In begin at the direction ol the court any tune within the next two yean. James was ordered In pay a *S0 fine and costs Sam James, second defendant in the case, failed to answer when called. Henry Herman Hollis was fined $25 and taxed with the costs in the ae charging him with reckless dnv g and operating a car with im proper license and lights Palmyra Roads In Bad Condition Handicapped nearly the yeai around in their travels and cum plrtely bottled up during sucti rather as existed in recent days county citizens from the Palmyra section are said to have directed i personal appeal to the highway in Raleigh yesterday for Probably in no other section ol the caaty are the roads in wont condition Una they are there, re ports indicate. The schools in the part of the county were ached uled to done just when the tun mad* its appearance yesterday, and unless the weather is mote favorable the possibly othcri ?a the county next Dr. W. F. Evans To Head Martin Medical Society meeting her* the Marti* Society elected Dr as its The aocsetj Tyrrell, Washington and si the i by M. Would Reduce Rate' 1 Per Cent Permit !No Exempt Vrticles Proposed Bill and Several Amendments Are Now Before Committee North Carolina's General Assrm bly continues to mark time %s the third neck of the session dr??* to' ? close tomorrow There has been, a great deal of maneuvering during that tune, but few accomplishments in completed legislation are on the record The -good peepul" are still being heard from back home, all wanting increased budgets for this or that nearest them and all want ing reduced taxes, if not complete exemption. The legislators are luung up for some major battles, several skir mishes having already been report ed U1 connection with important legislation The latest turn has lol do with the sales tax. reports mdi-| eating that a reduction of 1 pre centj will possibly he effected and no ex empt a-ns allowed It is quite ap parent that something mil be dime with the sales tax. but. as Tom Host intimates, it mill be Ihe same "Id devil dressed up in different clothes There is nothing so far to indicate fhgf Ihe fix mill be lilted in its en luety Reaching the senate this meek, the child labor bill is expected to call for a showdown before so very long Support for the bill railing for an amendment to the U S- Constitution is believed to be gaining strength in the assembly but passage of the bill L indeed doubtful The ail I to the state con stitution passed last November was ratified yesterday by the bouse eot I ing for the supreme court to have six associate justices instead of loui. The bill goes to the senate where its passage is predicted Mired in the mud. rural citizens from many sections of the state arc calling to the Irpslatorv for help, and apparently those pleas are be ing heard. A S2jmuH#>, increase in the road maintenance fund was pen poaed Thursday However it was not explained whether the increase, if allowed mould be for ihe "sys tem" or for country reads Many believe the proposed increase could be only for country roads. Final iln worn are expected next week on many major matters coo frentirg the assembly The six-day more or km observ ed by U < kgisla tore records last meek-end shorn Rural Light Meet Is Held In (xronty by citizens of Bear Grass and Grif fins Townships in a proposed rural The proposed districts is one of the Ivfrsl About T3 for the Wed Commercial Course In School Favored By Parents-Teachers Plans of Organization Call For Lunch Room In Grammar School? FVvhaps the most important mat ler brought to the attention of the ?<*al parent-teacher organization Wednesday at lU third regular meet ing was that of supplementing the curriculum of the high school de partment in the local school. Real the importance of vocational training in our schools, the parents ?nd teachers discussed freely Pt?~ for requesting an additional teacher for typing, short-hand, and book keeping here next year. Those who * ere in attendance voiced unani mous approval, and the president. M**- J- F Thigpeh. appointed a con mittee. including Mrs Clayton Moore. Mrs E S Peel. Mrs Hugh Horton. and Miss Annie VanDyke lu meet with the school board at its next regular meeting. Other business included plans for a lunch room to be sponsored joint ly by the parent-teacher association and the county welfare board 10 serve hot lunches in the grammar school. The lunches will be free to the needy children As soon as space IS provided, this service will begin As an aid to the study of art, the finance committee granted the local school S2U to invest in framed pw tures A sum of money was also set aside to secure the serv ices of Carl Bolander. an eminent speaker on the subject of art. to address the People of Wilhamston some time U,er In conjunction w ith the sub jert of art. the high school will hold an exhibition of famous paintings the week of March IS Leaders among the boys and girls of the high school entertained ""-n present with talks about the extra cumcuUr activities sponsored here Mary Helen Boykin very ably pre sented the plan and objectives of the Beta Club, while Addle Lee Mrador talked on the srhool news paper Junie Peel on the Boy Scouts Jerry Clark on the debating club and E G Wynne on the srlxxd band Ixiad of Fertilizer ^ reeked in Swamp A big truck ahd sem. trailer i owned by Newman and Ellington of Henderson turned over w.th lot tons of costly fertilizer in a swamoi between Parmcle and Robersonvilh Wednesday afternoon about 2 >.| ' "?* Turned bottom side-up the! ?op at the truck was partly lu6 : merged in water, and it first! thought the driver had been pinned! doln and drowned ft was bi??l learned 1* left the scene hurriedly I and without reporting the wreck authorities. Upon reaching t scene. Patrolman W S. Hunt wa ed into the water without b.. t. ai tore a hole through the bottom the truck to learn if the driver hi Wrapped in a heavy tarpaulin, the fertilizer, or a greater .part of It was not damaged afid was recover The truck was pulled from the raamp reports stating that it was damaged to ihe extent of about $IM Rev. J. M. Perry To Preach In Jamesville This Sunday Rev James M Perry w.U conduct morning and evening services in ?he JamesvtUe Christian church ? S?n?l?y ?? II a m and 7 30 p. m The publn u. extended a cordial m citation Orthopedic Clinic To Be Held In Tarboro Monday The Tarboro Rotary Club will conduct its regular orthopedic clinic next Monday from 11. m lo I p. m. in the Presbyterian Sunday school roams there. The club is anxious for all unfortunate cripples who are unable to pay for treatment to at ??ML. ? \ Gunshot Victim Reported Recovering in Hospital Critically injured when shot by Hoyt South last Sat urday night in the free Ui I suns u ills Ti traba M, young colored eras was given a chance to bee by tors in a Rocky Mount hoof where die was carried Sunday, no developments set in, the em is expected to recover, a the iKapetal Several Thousand Farmers Meet In Raleigh, Urging Legislators To Pass Tobacco Control Legislation Poultry Car To Be Operated in j FourCountyTowfisNext Week \ Martin County agents, cooperating Kith the Farmers Cooperative Ex change. will operate a poultry car j in this county next week, beginning with bladings in Jamesville on Tiies- , lay. January 26, it was officially an- i nounrcd by Agent T. B. Brandon today Moving from Jamesville on Tuesday afternoon, the car will be in Williamttpo the following morn leg I bladings will be made in Rob ersoevillr on Thursday and in Oak City Fnday afternoon A definite schedule as to exact hours could no* be determined today. Mr. Brandon stating that he hoped it would be [wwahlf to get two cars so that a full day's loading would be possible at RobersonviUe. Prices this year are slightly un- j tier those of a year ago. but. con- j side ring present market conditions. | the prices are recognized as very favorable. Colored hens, selling for 18 cents last year, are quoted at 16 cents for the loadings next week. The car operators?are of -the opin ion that hucksters will not *'horn in" on the offerings at the prices quoted Additional shipments from the county this season wil depend en tirely on the extent of the patron-: age given the undertaking, it was explained. Building Reaches New High Here Last Year Is Second Successive ^ ear for Records To Fall: Total $l25,lf>0 Eighteen New Homes Built During Period at Cost Of About $58,000 Building activities, setting a high record here ui 1935. when $117,090 mas spent on new construction and repairs. continued upward last year an official report released yesterday by Building Inspector Henry D. liar nsun shorn s During 193t? the inspec tor issued 4(1 building permits, rep ovpeqHiturtN ^ni"1 ?n < 1 "f to $125,150 In the prevMHis year, the inspector issued 52 permits, more than one-third of the number being foe construction of colored tenant houses. The 1935 total was considerably trrrrasrd by the cost of one struc ajj < Mhiib??"1 at i.W TSie 1936 program included 18 near homes. He construction cost ar-ounting to $58,000. according to :he building inspector's report The largest single construction job was the primary sHkwI building carrying a cost of $I2.*I0 An agricultural ^.tnHding. not yer complete. cost $10. Nearly W.tWO was spent on nem ??e nuilduigs. and two Idling gjtMtt ?m built at a total cost of Repairs and construction of office buildings cost approximately SIJOw Repairs to other buildings cent more than $7,000. and an ad dition to the Baptist church was es um&ted to have cost $4,700. H-?* construct **? costs did not exceed S5JM** per unit ami ranged as ?* as $400 f?#r a tenant ii.-usc. the average cost ranging around $3 - Several building permits have al ready been issued this year. Inspec tor Ilani5<c*n stating that an all-time building record would likely be es tabl^hed here during the year Bear Crass Boys Lost First Basketball Came of Season The Brat Grass buys' basketball winning right straight1 1 their first games of the snaa Tuesday night, when Hob good turned m a 24 to 17 victory Thr teams played on even terms j during the first three quarters neither team leading at any tune by more than three points The Halifax lads took the lead in the held it for a 7-point ; While the boys lost their pae the Bear Grass girls won Blot River-sun leading both teams y night. Bear Grass won Williamston.' 31 to IS, and the thr long end of a 25 11 ten Lost In Dismal Swamp Since Wednesday J- P. Pkrtrr. white aw mill oper ator. and a colored man, are the ob teets of aw extensive search now a the diwnal of Griffins it was learned here at calls were made to DOC awthiiiitiia to send searchers Wed [2 LARGE STILLS ARE CAPTURED IN FREE UNION Liquor Making Apparently Under Way on Large Scale There Again Illicit liquor manufcturing, de scribed by Deputy Sheriff J H. Roe buck on what appeared to be a com-1 paratively large scale, is underway again in the Free Union section of) Jamesville Township, this county Raiding in that section recently, the officer found two large plants and several thousand gallons of beerT captured one operator^and cited an other to appear in court for trial this week Other evidence was f<?und that led the officer to believe that the illicit operations have been handled recently on a large scale. Aix>art*fit lv tilll?Hill Id for tW manufactured product is consider ably removed from the scene of manufacture, the offfficer saying "possibly so" when asked if he sup posed the legislature had created a demand for the particular Martin County brand up Raleigh way. The deputy is at a loss to explain just where the outlets are, but the scale r U4?manufacture?is of such" size to lead him to believe thai regular) shipments are being made to points' out of the county. The first plant destroyed by Dep-1 uty Roebuck and his assistants, Roy Peel and Warren Roebuck, was complete A lUU-gallon capacity copper still, bricked in furnace, 6001 gallons of beer and 15 gallons of liquor were destroyed. A shoit dis tance away, a second plant was found, but nearly all the equipment had been moved. _ Nearly 5QU gat ions of beer were poured out at that stop. On Tuesday of this week, not far from the scene of the firs, laids. the deputy and federal offi cers located two other manufactur J ing sites, destroying 800 gallons of beer at one and 1.600 gallons of beer arid, three 10-galIbn kegs at the sec ond one. Credit Association Hold Meeting lit tc The annual meeting of the Wash trig ton Production Credit Associa tion Was held in the courthouse here Wednesday with approximately 300 stockholders in attendance. J B. Patrick, president of the or ganisation. presided, and repoits were rendered by E. L Greene, sec retary and treasurer, L N. Daven I port, director; and by the president R R Pearson, of the Federal Land Bank, briefly addressed the gath ering Hiram L. Gardner, execu tive vice president of tho Columbia. !i O. PiutlutHun Cittlll Cuiyuidloii made the main address The new board of directors are J. B Patrick. L N Davenport. J. W. Jarvis. H H Cowen and M. Luther PeeL The association operates in Beaufort. Hyde. Tyrrell, Washing ton. and Martin Counties. Following the business meeting, the group had an oyster roast and bariieciie dinner in the Roanoke Dixie Wa Want (lompact Law Amended To Protect Small Farm Owners Road Maintenance Fund To Get Extra $2,000,000 If Proposed Bill Passes Thousands of farmers?one state paper said 2 000 and another 3.000? left no doub'. an the minds of the__ North Carolina General Assembly's agricultural cwnmitlet> that they wanted tobacco production control, but were not so sure as to who should be controlled w hen they met before the legislative representatives in Raleigh's auditorium last Tues day. The demonstrations were such as to direct the committee to report favorably the proposed legislation that would create a compact law for Hie control of tobacco production in several states The farmers were together on the need of controlled production, but there seemed to be differences as to the means of accomplishing it. re ports from the meeting indicating that the growers wall accept the com pact bill as it is with the hope that relief fur the little farmer can be obtained from the several county committees. The meeting, apparent ly well attended by "little" farmers, would make sure that crop control was to start at the top and come down with great weight resting on the big producer Amendments to the act. except those relating to its administration within the state, will, automatically render the compact law invalid, it is understood. In oth er words, if-each the tobacco growing states attempts to amend the proposed control ad. the result w ill be no act at all ?Explaining the ex?mpact. ErY. Floyd said that it fits hke a glove into the soil conservation program. It replaces trie Kerr Smith act, and payments from >??il conservation compliance replace old AAA bene fits The measure as drafted met the unanimous approval of the North Carolina Tobacco Advisory Committee, the advisor> committees of other states and the administra tion at Washington, and was ad judged practicable by attorney gen erals of the various states. Considering the bill Wednesday. I the joint house and senate agricul tural committees were unable to ef feet a solution, and turned the prob. lem over Jo a >ubcummittee. Five amendments have been proposed, none of which, if embraced in the bill, would affect the compact law, it is understood One amendment .would guarantee tne small farmer a ; allotment of 32 acres and a maxi mum i f 35 per cent ?f the cultivat ed acreage Around .us po nt is ex I pec ted - trc? -? :h' main bone of con tent ion. i A second w ould re . quire publi?-aiiu? ??3 grower* names | their cultivated arn^e m tobacco. An ' other aiurn^meiit would ' allot the same number of pounds 1 per acre to every farm in the state. Still another amerxlmerit would es tablish allotments on the basis of | percentage of cultivated land in to bacco and other cash crops; to de | termine allotments by comparison with other faim> indei TTmlUr con ditions Kentucky. Nor lb Carolina. Tennes see and Virginia must effect a com ? trol of barley and dark fired tobacco before the compact be comes effective Kentucky and Vir ginia have already passed the act. For flue-cured crop control, there .must be a o up part among North. Carolina. Virginia. South Carolina, and Georgia Virginia is the only one in the group that has already passed the act. Belk-Tyler Company Has Successful Opening Today Belk-iyirr Company. opening their new store here this morning. '?lliaLlnl?liuililfMs of moppers irum > ?ia? hrea. the stating at noon that the opening The store was parked and the clouds continued to i as the first day of business for the new firm here fipnail __ Coming here for a brief stay this morning. Mr. A. stafed be Ml ad the promecta for