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IHIsll THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 16 Willimmstoa. Martin County. North Carolina, Tuesday. February 23,1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 NIGHT COP FOILS ATTEMPT TO ROB WHOLESALE FIRM One of Two Robbers Taken By Officers Saturday In Perquimans County Bar to the store. The mMieis had cot their way through a lattice dear to the driveway, where trucks are loaded to the cer da owe of his officer and fled. Giving buck trailed one of the i distance, but was unable to overtake him. The officer fired fixe shots in the general direction of one of the robbers, but each sh man to increase his jaul and Baker sped right on by their borrowed car at the plant of the Wil! amston Supply Company trav eled around the edge of town and wall ed acTom the river fill hoys boerded a bus m Windso following morning mid went to Bateman's home, near Elizabeth City, where Baker was arersted Sat urday by Sheriff C B Roebuck. Chief W. & Daniel, ami Officer John Roebuck from this county, listed by members of the Slate High way Patrol w-??T- tan home only a short while not be located by the officers Baker, admitting ha part m the in a local cafe, planned the robiery more than a week ago Baker hut towed Ellu Williams- car about *30 last Friday night and drove over he with Batman, but the plan for "easy pickings" did not materialize just as Bateman had pictured it to Baker. Ownership of the car was traced through the state license bu reau. and when Williams was ques tioned. be maintained his car had been stolen When officers threat ened to jail him. be admitted lend ing the car to Baker, who mas ar rested a short tone after that near the Bateman home in Perquanans County. Lives of the officers were threat ened by Wilidord Bateman. father of one of the alleged robbers, when they went to the home m search of the boy to have prison lermils. unofficial in formation retailed here indicating that Baker was a regular employee at a liquor still lor sled near Eliz abeth City. Two Are Hurt in Wreck Last Night Kate Staling* waa painfully nd her astrr. Mm Edith Stalling*, was cut ?a the dim m automobile crash at Dvqr*t Cross Roads on Highway IT last Sunday night Driven by Mas Kate Stal ling*, the car dgpal off the hard surface and went out of antral. shoulder Owned by R C Coward, of Ayden. the car was damaged the extent at about 575. it was ed It will he several suli before g s i Street W. Tom Crawford, Local Young Man. Takes To Air <partaCI Lodge Masons To Bold Meeting Tonight Watson Hearing Before Gill Set for Friday of This Week Mrs. B. W. Watson will appear in person to address a plea of mercy to the pardon commission in Rahngh an Friday of this week in behalf of her son, Alvin W. Watson, convicted in this county last December of: the murder of Thomas Hulliday young Robersonville man last No vember, it was learned this week Friends of the Georgia mother arc, raising funds to finance her trip, it is understood. She m ill be accom panied by another one of her suns, from their rural home near Jeffer son, Ga., according to information received by Henry D. Hardoon, the convicted man's attorney. Last reports received from a pe tition prepared for the trial jury to sign in urging the pardon authori ties to commute Watson's death sen tence to life imprisonment, stated that at least six names had been affixed to the paper and the remain ing six were expected monetarily. The hearing is set before the com mission for Friday morning of this week at 11 o'clock. Attorney H. D. Hindi son will present the mercy petition of the trial jury and plead lor commutation Revenue Bill Gets Past First Hurdle in Senate CLUB PRESIDENT I 4 '? D. E. Johnson. you ? saa at Mr. ud Mr*. Dan Jol luaa. at this coonly, ?a* ram lUy haa oral at Wake Fare* C atleca by him election to the pre* ideary of the Barristers' Ctab. Bear Grass Honor Roll for 5th Month Fifty-eight pupils in the Bear Grass school forged ahead in their scholastic activities during the fifth month recently ended. Principal Hickman reporting M names on the honor list for the period, as follows First grade Mattie Faye Brown. Christine Harrison. Evelyn Clyde Harrison, William Rogeraon. Polly Peele, R L Leggett, Joseph Marshal Boyette Second grade: Joseph Melton Ter ry. Susie Gray Taylor. Ruth Hazel Whitaker, Betty Ray Leggett. Peggy Jones. Eugene Rogers. Ralph Ross Bullock. Magolene Bo men. L B Wynne, Edna Earl Hanson. Alice Ward Cherry. Louise Taylor Third grade: Mildred Norris, Anna Lou Leggett, Mandy Bullock. Regi nald Peele, Dillon Cherry. Atung Fourth grade: Baby Gray Cherry. Brownie Roberson, Lorraine Roger son. Harry Ayers, Cecil Whitehursl. Fifth grade: Luke Mizelle. Ver non Roebuck. Gilliam Rogers, Hay wood Mobley. Herbert Hyman. Sixth grade: Sybil Peele, Olivia Rogerson, Ruth Evelyn Terry. Ed ward Bullock. Rufus Gurganua Sevrnth grade: Nine Lee Britton. Mary Lou Hodges, Rebecca Rober son, Elbert Harris, Claude S. Griffin. Eighth grade: Came Delly Terry. Rachel Ayers. Ronald White. Ninth grade. Atla Britton. H. D. Harrison, jr., Amanda Wynne, Char lie Hariraon. Tenth grade: Effie Davis Britton, Ruby Wynne. Mildred Ward Eleventh grade: Bessie Mae Terry. Elizabeth Bailey. Leon Rogers Township citizens and turned id by Mrs. T. A. Peed. The Enterprise ?de another one of those enms and gave the amount donated by Mr. Mamie Lanier, as 17 when it shouM ue Lanier, as $7 when it should have been $S. As usual, the error is Cladly Arknowledcinc the flood relief contributions made by Williams Nash Farmers To Try System Crop Rotations Five Nash County farmers have on the results. Strawberry Growers Haul Straw To Mulch Fields Revised Bill Calls For Tax on Building Materials and Meals $25,000,000 Road Bond Issue Slated For Discussion in Session Tomorrow Bucking the administration tor once and bent on wresting every: cent possible out of the people, thej North Carolina Senate last evening passed on first reading the $7?.000. 000 revenue bill calling for a tax on meals and building materials be sides the countless other items It was virtually agreed in the begin ning that the sales tax would not in clude meals and a few other items, but the money-cravers apparently had in mind only a banker's budget ?a budget that is to be balanced whether or not people starve or freeze as a result. The administration and the high way commission apparently have a big headache in the proposed Hal stead bill calling for a bond issue of $25,000,000 for improvement of sec ondary roads. Those opposed to the bill are already hiding behind the constitutional amendment passed last November, limiting public bond issues to certain amounts Figuring they are safe, the boys are said to be ready to compromise and scale down the amount to nine or ten millions or to a "reasonable" bond issue to be effected by the governor and council of state ~if and when needed." The prospects now are believed brighter for secondary road improvements than earlier in the session when a decrease was recom mended in the appropriations for secondary roads In a abort session last night, the Hwm pasted a bill authorising State to erect a $100,000 gasoline terminal "if necessary" No loca tion for the terminal is specified. The county option liquor bill was at last ratified last night, ending 1$ years of state prohibition. Under the terms of the measure. 81 dry counties may hold liquor elections on or after Tuesday, April 13. The question of homestead ex emption from taxation is before a subcommitee of the joint finance group today Requests have been filed for a $300 exemption instead of the $1,000 limit allowed by an amendment to the constitution voted last November. The fertilizer law in all probabil ity will be amended, the general opinion being that an open formula would prove impracticable. Centering its attention on the rev enue bill, the Senate is expected to pass the measure on second reading this afternoon. Amendments to the bill include a $250 tax on peddlers displaying goods for retail orders, and a tax of $4 for each gasoline pump in operation. The building material tax, opposed by Senator R L. Coburn along with the tax on meals, will ed lumber but will include brick, mfllwork, sand, rock and metals. Once the revenue bill is handled, the legislature is expected to look toward adjournment which is pected to follow about the middle of next month. Escapes Uninjured When Car Turns Oeer Near Here Hia LeU Brown Barnhill miracu lously escaped serious injury last Saturday evening when a large Buiek car turned over with her just this side of the Martin County home She was slightly bruised and shock ANNUAL MEET OF GROUP I BANKERS IN SESSION HERE Dr. John B. Woosley Makes Feature Address To 100 Financiers Speaking before the annual meet ing of Group I bankers of the North Carolina association in the high rchool here yesterday afternoon. Dr. John B. Woosley, University of North Carolina economics professor, said "We arc in a stage of maturing prosperity," the university man add ing that he believed it was on a sound basis and due to the govern ment's pump priming. His address, featuring the after noon program before an assembly of nearly 100 bankers. Dr. Woosley interestingly reviewed the "Recent Trends in Bank Assets," explaining there had been decided shifts from commercial loans to bond accounts. In 1914 only 17 per cent of all na tional bank assets were represented in bonds, the speaker said. The ratio increased to 24 per cent in 1929. and last year 40 per cent of the assets were in bonds Commercial loan accounts dropped in size from 56 per cent of the total in 1914 to 49 per rent in 1929 and then to 26 per cent of the total assets in 1936. The shift in assets was far-reaching, banks all over the nation and in foreign countries reporting increases in their bond accounts and decreases in commercial loans. Five strong forces caused the shift. Dr. Woosley explaining that the increasing power and resources of a few big corporations had enabl ed those concerns to raise money by the favorable sale of stocks and bonds. Since 1909, the big corpora tions have earned 6 per rent annu ally while other business had to be satisfied with a 2 percent return. If this ratio is maintained, the big cor porations will own 70 per cent of all the corporate wealth by 1950 and all of it by 1970. Improvement in transportation facilities and resulting quick de liveries made possible reductions in inventories and made unnecessary many bank loans by thousands of retailers, the speaker continued. Better internal business manage ment has decreased dependance up on the bank in many instances. The American people are acutely securi ty conscious, and those who never heard of bonds learned of them dur ing the big war issues and they are in the market in a big way right on. And then the government debt makes bonds plentiful, and a fifth force in the shifts from commercial loans to bond accounts. - Dr. Woosley predicts some big in vestments in the future, explaining that 60 per cent of the locomtives on the rails today are 20 years old or older. Electric output is far from a saturation point, and sales are still far fium a normal point. The banks can accommodate the demand for credit and without a great increase in interest rates. The professor warned of danger areas that might interrupt the march of recovery and that the government might have to step in and effect changes in discount rates. Runaway speculative activities on the markets and a runaway stock market and in flation in either or both will disturb the balance, he said. Banker J. T. Green lief. of Eliza beth City, was elected to head the group during the coming year. D. R. Everett, of Robersonville, was elected vice chairman and A. G. Small, of Elizabeth City, secretary treasurer. Last evening the bankers and a number of their friends were enter tained at a banquet in the Woman's dub. Car Crashes Into Parked Oil Truck on Street Here Joe Keel escaped injury but wrecked his car when he crashed into an oil truck parked on West Main Street here early last Saturday evening. A passenfcr was thrown part of the way through the wind shield, but he was not badly hurt. The engine of the car was driven several inches from its moorings. A. and T. Glee Club To Sing Here Thursday Noon The A- and T. Collage glee club will appear in a concert in the col ostaJ |i fra Th 11 rail wf thin Ticiv sirvs^ni^ sag aassM week at noon, it was announced to day by Principal Hayes. There are 33 members of the club and the pub lic is invited to hear them. CORRECTION The signature to a contractor's ad vertisement appearing on an inside page at this paper, reads, "Albert Perry and R. O. Martin" It AnuM read. "Albert Perry and J. C. Mar tin." The correction is gladly notad. Bill Introduced To Provide Ten Million Dollar State Bond Issue For Making Refunds To Counties Finals of Building and Loan Essay Contest Held Monday The finals of the annual essay con test, sponsored by the Martin Coun ty Building and Loan Association were held at the local high school yesterday afternoon, with Miss Nan cy Glover presiding Three contest ants from Williamston High School, two girls and one boy appeared be fore the judges to present prepared essays pertaining to thrift, saving, and home ownership as exemplified in building and loan associations. The first pri.-e of fifteen dollars was awarded to Edgar Gurganus, and second and third prizes of five dol lars were awarded to Mary Helen Boy kin and Mollie White Ray. The winner will represent Martin Coun : ty in a district contest tc be held | in Rocky Mount next month. The cash prizes were given by the Martin County Building and Loan Association, sponsor of the t contest, and were presented by Wheeler Martin, secretary. Tluniias f,* . C"t ill i. - i nomas >?iouni, or JamesMiic. won first prize in the first of the contests which was held in 1935. and i Bolton Cowen, of WHliamston. was | second. No contest was held last year on account of the forced cloc* Ing of the schools. I All county school a. ... ei iparticipate each yc-i?, but or.* , Wilhamston sent contes:ants this COUNTY RETAIL SALES TOTALED $3,584,000 IN 1935 Survey Just Released Shows There Were 215 Stores In This County The 215 retail stores in Martin County reported a business of $3, 584.000 during 1935 or approximate ly one million dollars more than in 1935. On an average, each person in this county bought $158 worth of merchandise of one kind of another The 215 stores employed 395 clerks, paying them $241,000 or ah average salary of $50 a month. In 1935, the 29,642 stores in the State handled a business valued at $463,210,000 compared with $363. 111.000 in 1933 according to a sur vey of retail trade released through the University of North Carolina News Letter recently. The per capita sales for the State as a whole in 1935 was $136, the 60,207 em ployees receiving an average salary of $736 each. Martin County ranked 21st in th? list of per capita sales. Pitt and Beaufort Counties leading by very small margins in this section. Meck lenburg, wit ha pier capita average of $265 in sales, led the State. Avei v County, with only $70 spent by each of its inhabitants on an average, trailing the list of counties. Probably the most startling fea ture advanced by the survey com paring 1933 sales with those for 1935 is found in Tyrrell County In 1933. Tyrrell reported only $73,000 worth of merchandise sold compar ed with $437,000 for 1935. That coun ty ranked 100th in 1933 and 64th in 1931 Young Man Admits Hardens Robbery Leman James, young colored man. I was arrested at his home in James | \ ille Township yesterday afternoon by Deputy J. H. Roebuck for the I alleged robbery of Haywood James' I store, near Dardens, the night be I fore. James is said to have admit ted the robbery and is now in jail j awaiting action of the courts. Borrowing bloodhounds from the Martin prison camp and their driv ers, Deputy Roebuck went to the I scene of the robbery early Monday morning. The dogs picked up a track and followed it across the -highway and railroad to an old barn about one-quarter of a mile a-va> Most of the stolen goods, hidden un 1 der a pile of corn shucks, were found there. Suspicion led to young James and his arrest followed that I afternoon. Going to his home, the officers found all doors lucked, but - ! the deputy saw the man in bed fast asleep. Getting no answer to his calls, the officer removed a small window pane with his knife, raised the window and crawled in to get his man. James ripped off several board* to gain an entrance to the store and get a supply of tobaccos, canned goods and other articles that would have lasted him several months. Winslow To Talk On Farm Program Recent developments in connec tion with the farm program will be reviewed by J. E. Winslow, presi dent of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, at a meeting in Scotland Neck Thursday afternoon of this week at 2 o'clock and again that evening at 7 30 o'clock in Tarboro, County Agent T. B. B? an* Son an nounced here today A special in vitation is extended all Martin Cbunj ty farmers to attend either one of the meetings. Mr. Winslow has just returned from Washington, where he was a] member of farm leader groups hold ing conferences with President Roosevelt with reference to the na tional farm program. He is expected to offer information on the latest developments in state and national farm programs. Windsor Rector To Speak In Church Here Tomorrow The Rev. William Latta, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal church, Wind sor, will ba the guest speaker at the Church of the Advent Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Smokehouse in Bear Grass Robbed Sunday Evening Breaking into Toby Rogers' smoke house in Bear Grass Township last Sunday evening, a thief stole five nice size hams and carted them off in l aack on his back. No arrests were maae, officers having failed to And any trace of the meat after a long search along the Beaufort boundary line. Name Champion 4-H Oub Member Garlon Warren, of Parmele. has been declared the club member with the best all-round record for 1936 in Martin County, and as a result will be awarded a free scholarship to the 1937 State Short Course, held at State College the latter part of July He was selected on the basis of his p production record' as shown by his 4-H record books; his participation in club and community activities such as exhibits, judging contests fairs, achievement day program?,, etc ; by his leadership in his club, community, and other organizations. by his story of his 4-II club expert ences, and his high jfci^ol ico * Clarion's record has L%.t-n r r .va: t d to State College, where it will b considered in connection with iiS liar records from other counties in the state for the 4-year scholarship to the North Carolina State College of Agriculture, offered by the Chil 4 ean Nitrate Educational Bureau, to'1 the boy who is selected as the most, outstanding 4-H club member in the state. Firemen Called To Everetts Suiula\ Williamstun volunteer firemen were called to Everetts Sunday aft ernoon at 2 SO o'clock, when lire threatened the home of Mr and Mrs |< J. B. Barnhtll there The large twari and pumper was carried there, but . the Are was under control when the volunteers reached there and no, use was made of the equipment. Starting in an upstairs room at a chimney outlet, the Are burned a bed and other furniture and A lied the upper story with smoke It was thought at Arst the large home would be destroyed and that the fir spread to near-by buildings, ing a Ailing station. Local help hur ried to the Are and brought n un der control with water carried in tuba, buckets and other Measure Is Sent To Committee on Raods In House Last ^eek Doubtful If Proposed Bill Will Ever Get Out of Committee Room The cnu-red by a number of counties for refunds of money advanced for the construction of sfa'e highways were mentioned In the legislature last week for the first :.:rc ince *eo ill'.ringhaus c^mirus 'ii ' ?? ? ;epcrt that i. ? ? .v " -i.> s^cre . err G J - s, frcm V y vy :n Sv..? iC? introduced a b'.U cat.: u. . : a Sld.JOo.GOU ap pevfTTr?irorr n-'T-rtnrh to settle llie claims. T b 1 was sent to the committee on roads where some be lieve it will di? a natural death. Rep resentative H G Horton, while not fully acquainted with the details of the bill, stated while at home this week that be believed it would be reported out of committee. Prospects for a settlement of any kind are not considered very favor able. and if any consideration is show n the claims it will be the form of advancing a road-building pro gram. it is believed. The trend of events in the current legislature is in that direction where the people aie beginning to realize they are to consider themselves fortunate if they s?oi any consideration whatever. And there is no doubt but that the people of this cotfnty would readily accept a settlement whereby they could get two or three roads sur faced and call the claim square. The title of the bill introduced by Representative Jorvs and others reads as follows: "Making an ap propriation to the State Highway and Public Works Commission to be used exclusively for the purpose of payments to counties equalizing cost of construction of highways within the state and providing for a bond issue in a sum not to exceed $10. 000.000 to secure funds for payment of such appropriation." The $10,000,000, a Sizeable sum all right, is made to appear small when the lavish expenditure of ? on a. single bridge project in the Al bemaile region is recalled. Details of the Jones bill could not be learned here, bur ttranHWgerln formation leceived states that the proposed measure w.mlH authorize -.he gmmn'i to appoint a claim ad justment commission to determine the correct amount due any county for highway construction costs, and authorize $ 10.000.000 state bonds to pay all claims. The provision is made thai should the total claims exceed the amount appropriated, payments would be made on a pro rata basis The bill further speci fies that payments to the counties will be used only to retire bonds is sued for highway construction. Since Martin County has what is stiongly believed a valid claim to approximately one-hp If mill'on dol . r re** n i. ihe procres* of the J^nes _ ? . * With keen in . i I Martin peopfe. Yotttrg County Kan Makes Record at Wake Forest D t Jahnx^, Martin County >oung n jn, i making quite a rec ord for himself at Wake Forest, where he is a student in the law thool In a recent issue, "Old Gold and Black" students' weekly, said. We Wake Forest students think highly of Johnson, i specially since he is active in college affairs and good in his studies, in spite of the fact that he is perhaps the only man in the two professional schools who is earning every cent of his college expenses " Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs Don Johnson, of Poplar Point, was recently elected to the presi dency of the Baristers' Club, one of tin i kit if -T*rH ? lions on the Wake Forest < Masons Of Local Lodge Thursday Concluding an attendance contest last week, members of the I key Masonic lodge will with a turkey supper at the i if the contest Instrt is the 1 Club hall Thursday evening of week. Each members will be wewpanied fay a guest Dr. Peacock will
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