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B33 THE ENTERPRISE ^9 VOLUME XL?NUMBER 32 Williaaaston. Martin County. North Carolina. Tuesday. April 20. 1937 ESTABLISHED MM FEWER BIRTHS MORE DEATHS IN COUNTY IN 1936 Death Rate Shows During 1936 Over the Previous Y< m 1939 There wrrr 22 still- ( baths and 95 illegitimate baths.' There were 8 untimely - - s hnmiridrs. 2 1* sa the 1 bated total at 49 1ms. There 14 tuberculosa deaths. 2 from ? from cancer, and 15 at Rh ?W CmL 1SX 55?1 193S James Ml le 35 VI 14 74 Tt Gnfas 25 9 34 45 31 Bear Gn ?s 44 23 C7 SC Wilhams torn IS 95 ICS 154 Cross Re ?as xi 25 52 49 mile 51 77 12i 151 Poplar P tasas It 21 42 35 Hamilton 39 54 94 49 Goose .V mt , 27 _ tt M 102 Totals 1M 155 251 112 Resume lork on Legion Hut Here H. u" nXZ! *g!m Varying Progress in Property Listing Reported by Districts While prupqly listing has not got ten underway in at least one town ship and is advancing slowly in one or two others, most of the districts in the county are reporting a decid ed increase in the tax activities dur ing the past few days. Two town ships, Goose Nest and Robersonville, are over one-third completed, and Williamston had 25 per cent of its property on the books last Saturday. Reliable reports indicate that per sonal property values will show no has in any of the townships where the listing work is fairly well ad vanced and that sizeable gains are expected in a majority of cases. The real estate values are expected to reflect two districts and their own in the I Revaluation started, but the list-takers are re cord inf the and the revaluation boards trill start their work shortly in most at the townships. Tax Supervisor Clarence Stalling* is keeping a close connection with the work over the county and is urg ing a uniform revaluation It n un derstood that the lists will be sub ject to close study by the authori ties. and that there may be changes effected if they necessary $65,000 Suits Promise To Continue All Week SCHOOL LEADER ville eity Ju ?t of for the i N. C. Education As i will take ! at the state wcttaf of the > in Durham Friday of Asa J. Manning Is Seriously Injured His right arm almost severed at the wnst, Asa J. Manning, operator of the Sinclair Service Station here, was reported to be getting along as well as could be expected, reports Ifnan a Ml aslllgialnn 1*^ 1 nf n $ ??tWB mvVwBnlnfwII * ltld|rttw a II Ml It. u today. It is uncertain just how much use he will have of his hand, taut it is hoped thai lie can use the two smaller fingers and thumb at least Accidentally cut shortly after the noon hour, the young man was rushed to the hospital after receiv ing first-aid treatment here He was on the operating table the greater part of five hours, hospital doctors making every effort to restore the use of his hand. Manning was replacing the glass in the headlight of a Dodge car, when it broke and his arm was forced down on the sharp edge. He much blood but, despite his condHibn, he is getting well as could be expected the circumstances. He is ex pected home within a few days, but it will be some time before he will be able to return to his work. Two Local Young Men Slightly Hurt in Accident John Hatton Gurganus and Hu bert (Puddin'l Cooke, local young each received a knot on his head, but were not at all seriously hurt when their car, crowded off the highway between here and Windsor early last Sunday evening, crashed a filling station Damage, esti l $75, eras done to the car. Cooke, driver of his own car, was ?eemg another car when the driv r of the second machine started ?nung into the filling station and forced him into an iron post to the right side of the road. Condition oi S. C. Peel Remains Unchanged el Mr. S. Collins Pad. ill with pneumonia at his oa Wat is Street here for two ported today to ha as it has been for the The reports stated as quite critical. Outgrowth of Auto And Truck Collision In Which 2 Men Died Plaintiff Rests Case Shortly Before Noon; Dismissal Motion Is Denied After granting a divorce i ing one or two other mu from the docket, the Martin County Superior Court yerterday afternoon pulled from its near-ancient files the $50 000 Leavister and the $15,000 Andrews damage suits against J Lloyd Corey and started a trial that promises to last all the week, includ ing Saturday, barring blow-ups or blow-outs Tue case, originating bark ui Sep tem'.cr, 193-1, when John Leuvister and Marshall Andrews, two young whi ? men, "weie killed in a truck car accidents, near Robersonville, was getting so old that considerable tiro - was required getting the whis ker., oil and getting the court ma chine hopper oiled and nonafi Only one member of the regular jury was acceptable to the ultra particular group of si* lawyers? four for the plaintiffs and two for the defense A special venire of M men. called in from Gome Ntsl. JamesVille and Bear Grass Town ships, was exhausted, leasing one needed Several visitors, coming to town in their work clotnes. were trapped by Sheriff Roebuck at the direction of the court, and Clarence Wallace, Jamesville nun got the 12th seat More than an hour was spent challenging the appointed can didates for jury service Considerable time was spent lead tng -the comptamts and answers, but before the court adjourned at fi o' clock it had heafd the testimony of two witnesses. Miss Jessie Mae Hoi Ionian, one of the occupants in the death car, is training tor a nurse in a Baltimore hospital and could not be present. Her written testimony was read, and L. T Yarto iiijaj^j character witness for the plaintdf Leavister, was the last to take the stand Monday afternoon After offering the emtonce of tour witnesses this morning, the plain tiffs rested their case shortly before noon. Attorney J C. Iniilli. tor the defense, asked Tor a non-suit, hut rie Overton, i- rmerly Mas Came Williams before her recent marriage and a passenger in the death car; Geo. Ward, farmer living near the scene of the wreck; Mrs. Boy An drews, mother of one of the hoys killed; and H F Leavister. father of John Leavister who lost his bfe in the accident, were placed on the stand by the plaintiffs this morning The defense has eight witnesses and it its testimony some if not before, court c that it might be possible for case to reach the jury late Thursday. The names of the jurymen are; J. H. Bailey. J. S. Ayers, jr. H- I Hy man, M T. Gardner. P V. Bawls. M. D. Beach, W S Rhode*. A. L Keel, W. C. Wallace, R E Ooorm_ Joe Perry and J. W. Hams The tti.000 suite were triad by Judge Clayton Moore two J tors ago last month The tnal went the hmit that time; J. Calvin Smith, attorney for the defense, got all wrapped in ha speech to the jury and MM his false teeth Judge Mum set aside the t*00 jury vendwt The enne was continued for oat reason or a other until last September, when it was again called for trial fey Henry a Grady, it i Tooth Infection Is Cause for Death of Eight-Year-Old Boy Funeral Held for Lucian G. Peel, 8 Years Old. At Macedonia Sunday Lucian Gay lord Peel. S yean old_ and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucian G. Peel, of Corey's Crc Roads in Bear Grass Township, this county, died in a Washington hos pital last Friday morning following an illness of a few days, lie suffered an attack of pneumonia, but was re covering when a tooth infection de veloped blood poisoning and caused his death The little fellow was very likeable and had many friends in the school here, where he was a member of the second grade PolilC. thoughtful and courteous, he had not missed a single day in school until he was taken ill His death was the first in a family of 47, that number including his grandparents, uncles and aunts and first cousins The last rites, bringing a deep sad ness to the entire community, were held in tha church at Macedonia Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock by Revs D. W Davis and John L Goff The church was crowded to over flowing. and the attendance upon the services was said to be the largest ever known in this county for one so young. Interment was in the cem etery of his mother's relatives, near Hardens Mart iiis Have Player Who Once Stole Four Bases in One Inning Ace Villepique Accomplish ed Peat In Arkansas League Back in 1935 <The following article was pre pared in the office of the publicity department of the National Associa tion of Professional Baseball Lea gues. Durham, the informal win being taken from official records on file there > Ace Villepique. one of the young outfielders brought to Williamston by Manager Art Hauger, has an en try in the record books of baseball which few. if any professional per formers can match. While playing with Bentonville of the Arkansas State League in 1935. the Ace stole four bases in one in ning That's q^e a feat, for three is the maximum which a player can pilfer in any one turn at bat No i one has yet invented a way to steal ? first I Viliepique's team scored a H-lo-l 1 victory over Fayetteville that after non, and in the fifth inning wait on a spree that netted nine runs. Thir teen bases were stolen by the win mng club, and in the round when Ace made his notable record, he bat ted twice and got on each time He stole second twice and third and home once each Ace batted 295 that year, his first season in professional baseball, and! stole 23 bases While he was ac corded honorable mention for a berth on the league all-star team, he was nosed out of a place in the out field Last spring Hauger took over the management of the Bentonville en try and inherited Villepique for his Ifield The An- impn.vrd ui,<f?-i his new pilot and at the end of the year had a .310 batting average to show for his summer's efforts. The! scribes of the loop took cognizance of his improvement and voted to place him in right field on the lea gue's annual all-star team When Hauger made a switch that brought turn to the pilot's ???i of the Williamston Martins, he was fortu nate in that several of the players under him last year were available for the Coastal Plain season. Ace was one of the best, and Hauger ex pects him to have a banner year during the 1937 campaign In the Ban Johnson League of Kansas City, a strong amateur loop named in honor of the late president of the American League. Villepique pitched and played first base. In "t be was advised to switch to the outfield and. taking the tip. he has Born of French parentage in To eka. Kan be will be 33 years oh on June 38 He IS a 8-footer witi pounds of heft and is remark ably lad far one at hie build. Hi n either side of the piati bwt does his throwing with hw ngb No 1 Full-Time Health Program for County Will Be Considered at Health Board Meet Wednesday Ma rti ns PlayFi rstExh i bition With Collegians Wednesday Manager Art Hauger's wandering Martins will make their pre-season debut here tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock when they meet the strong Campbell College team in an exhibition eye-opener Station as signmenls. calculated to be more or less permanent with one or two ex captions, were announced this aft ernoon by Skipper Hauger for the' contest tomorrow Activities on the afield tomorrow will have much to do with the final team selections that are to be made soon All positions on the team are fill ed by regular candidates except1 the shortstop post and "Alabama" McCay will take that spot tetnpor arily. Rollins will start on the mound for the Martins in the exhi bition contest tomorrow. Manager Hauger holding Strunk. Grant and; Fuller hand for pitching wort] Charlie Stevens will be on first. Steve Lakotas on second^ Diem on third. Dick behind the bat. Stan Hodge will hold the left field posi-1 lion. Ace Villepique in center and Leu is in right. s?.id:.y afl.?r?hk>? iW Mar tin are slated to meet Portsmouth's. Seaboard Red Sox here. Manager Goodmon stating that other exhibi tion games are pending "Slim" Gardner found his way up from Jamesville yesterday and took | his first work outs with the aggre i gat ion Howard Earp. candidate for ! the short-stop position is due here this week Stradel. another candi date for short-stop territory is ex peeled any day Largest Run Herring In Years Is Reported Hauls of 20.000 Art* Matlt* by Fisheries; Few Shad and Rock Approximately 100.000 Of The Fish Taken Monday At Jamesville Plant Equalling, if not surpassing, all records, fishery operators yesterday and this morning were dipping her ring from the Roanoke* at Jamesville | by the twenty-Thousands The stream is teeming with millions of the fish, and even operators working on a small scale are taking the fish in by the thousands. Fishing machines have sunk from the weight of their catches, the activities on the stream reminding one of the heavy run of herring back in 1917. rStuarl Ange, an employee of the Jamesville fishery for around 40 years, said this morning that the catches of only one season, 1917 even approached those made yester day and today. The capacity of the [ plant is laved to the limit, and net j operations are delayed for hours while the thousands of fifh are pre . pared and packed. Twenty thous and of the fish were sold right off the battery yesterday, the entire catch for the day nearing the 100 - 000 mark, or about one-half the number that could have been taken if the plant could liave handled them. ? Starling operations this morning about 6 o'clock, the owner had the battery hip-deep in fish 45 minutes later. Sufficient labor was not: available to handle the catch and net ting operations were temporarily! suspended. Yesterday not more than a half dozen "hauls" were made, and in handling each of them the huge times. The net was "cut," or sec tionalized, nine times this morning, when certainly not less than 20.0UU of the fish were dumped on the bat lery. Comparatively small catches had been made up to yesterday, but the Jamesville plant owner. Mr C. C Fleming, said last Saturday that heavy runs were expected the early part of this week He did not antici pate such large catches, how, . er The shad have all but disappeared from the Koanokc, and few ol any type fish are being taken other than the herring tine small rock, a big carp and a smell catfish weie taken eaily today, and fishing operations all day yesterday netted only three email shad and a rock or two other than the thousands of herring, which are larger than usual. Markets are holding up wHl. and sales are being made right of! the I battery at (S a thousand The pre pared fish are bringing from II to ?1Q per 1,00. Hundreds of fishermen^ using small dip nets, are taking large quan titles of herring from the river at this point, and rock are beginning to run here in fair numbers. Unfavorable seasons have been experienced for the years, but present to Pageant \\ ill Be Feature at State Teacher Meeting P Local High School Band To Take Part in Program Friday Evening The outstanding feature of the an nual meeting of North Carolina's IHibiic school teachers, which con I \ in Hnrhim ?n fluidify i day and Saturday of this week, will l?e "The Quest." an historical pag .?ant and masque commemorating the centennial of public education ! in North Carolina, to be presented j in Duke University stadium cm Pri day night April 23. at 7 30 A total of 3.500 costumed players | from the various school of the state j and 1.200 high school musicians, among whom will be the member ship of the Witliamston High School band, will present a story of the de veiopment of the public schools in the state, which must make a last m|? imprpccinn pn^ff and beauty upon the thousands of teachers and : friends of the free school system I The script for the pageant writ I ten by students and teachers of the schools and colleges of the state un der the supervision of Dr Frederick Koch, professor of dramatic litera , lure at the University of North Car olina, and a whole year of preluni nary work has gone into the prep arations for the actual presentation, reduction has been placed in the 1 hands of Miss Edith Kus-clI of Ashe ville, who is being assisted by dra matic teachers in the high schools The whole of the large stadium will comprise the pageant held, at the open end of which will rise the prin opal stage, a massive architectural I selling 40 feet in height Upon its : various levels and towers, players in ?he pageant will be seen during the two-hour performance The story of the pageant is an in spiring one because it reveals the far beginnings of the system of free education and traces the develop ment of those early efforts into the extensive state system of today] which attempts to provide equal ed ucation opportunity for nearly a mil lion children. The principal divisions j of I he pageant are as follows: Part 1: The Tradition < History j Part t: North Carolina's Hundred! . Years of Public School Educationi j 11837 19371 Part 3 A Symbolism of the Fu lure (an attempt to show how the school will meet the needs of the future) Native of County Died Last Week at Petersburg Home \ Grover Rogers, native of this| county, died at his home in Peters burg last Saturday, funeral services following in the home and burial in Mr. Rogers was the son of Mr. and Mrs Walter Rogers He moved with his parents to the Virginia City about IS years ago. He leaves, be af relative. In thisl Believed Service To Ee Established If Re|)ort Is Favorable Generally Believed Health Board Will Unanimously Favor All-time Service The proposed establishment of an all-time public health service for this county will be discussed by mem bers of the Martin County Board of Health in called session here tomor row morning at 10 o'clock. Chairman J E Pope announced today. While the board has no power to establish the service, the meeting tomorrow is abnost certain determine action by the county commissioners. If the health group approves the plan at its meeting tomorrow, it is beloved the commissioners will favor the es tablishment of the department at a meeting to be called during the early part of next month. The full board has not committed itself, but it is believed that the county health authorities will unan imously approve the plan. Consid erable interest has been advanced by the general public toward having the service created, but no delega tions are scheduled to appear before the meeting tomorrow Interested citizens are expected to go before a joint meeting of the board of health and county commissioners some time m May. provided, of course, the meeting tomorrow approves the establishment of an all-time health department 0 Members of the board are: J. E. Pupe. chairman; J. C. J. L HmwII, Drs W C Mercer V. A I Ward and J. S. Rhodes. Endorsing the proposed full-time health service. Dr. J. H Saunders, health officer for the county. a few days ago that while he | lose the small salary he now re I from the county, he could not i I to stand in the way of a service so I badly needed by the people of his j county. It is his belief that an ail I time department will accomplish much for the people and that the returns would offset the cost times. Band Boys Leave Thursday For Contest In Greensboro Accompanied by then instructor. Mi- Aiken, -a membei* of the lo j cal high school band will leave here I Thursday morning at 8 o'clock ia ? chartered bus for Greensboro, where I they w ill compete in a state-wide contest Hundreds of band members and hundreds of other young music ians are going into Greensboro this week for the event. On their return trip Friday, the band boys will stop in Durham to participate in the North Carolina Education Association program that evening Auctioneer on Local Mart Dies Suddenly in Kentucky Charles High field auctM the local tobacco market, fell -trr Eminent!*, Kyv last Siiurdajr. the victim of a heart attack. Mr. High field, a native of New Castle. Ky. had auctioneered on the Roberson vilie tobacco market two years be fore coming here to continue that work with Mr Holt Evans. Funeral services and burial will be at his home in New Castle this afternoon. fie is survived by h? widow .who was formerly Miss Frances Ross, of Robersonville. Surgical Instruments Car Stolen Irom Doctor The Chevrolet coupe to Or. J. S. Rhodes wa his garage here early last Saturday morning. In addition to the oar, the thief stole costly surgical in struments that were in the at the time. Insurance on the car, but none an the ments None of the I has been recovered Farm Life Seniors To Ghre Play There Friday Might The Farm Life Senior I -Lighthouse Nan." will be | in the school suditorw* Friday I ning. April ?. at ? o'e will be n
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