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? fc. J. 1 THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBERt33 Williamstoa. Martin County. North Carolina. Friday, April 23.1937 ... ESTABLISHED 1899 MARTINS GET 1-0 WIN IN OPENER WITH CAMPBELL J. Rollins and Strunk Hold Visitors Hitlcss During Full-time Contest Here Forming a temporary organization J but one that strikes at Art Hauger, Martins' 1997 pilot, and his squad entertained the Campbell College Camels on the local lot Wednesday afternoon, the pre ns aon contest attracting only a fair sized crowd. WiUiamston won, 1-0.1 A little dust storm swept by a| strong wind out of the southwest i terrupted the competition, but the] activities eliminated all doubt as to| the pitching power behind the Mar tins this season. .Manager Hauger used two of his boys, Jim Rollins and Raymond Strunk. on the mound and they combined their services to turn in a no-hit. no-run perform ance, the Aral on record here. Rol lins pitched to 20 men m the first | six innings before voluntarily retir ing He fanned 11 and not a single bell was knocked out of the infield during that period. Strunk. the Norwood. Mo., man with a record of 19 wins and 7 defeats while with Hauger at Bentonville last season, fanned 4 during the last 3 innings and only one ball went to the out field. It was a dull day for the out er gardeners, but Ace Villepique. the four-baae rogue, admirably handled the one chance there of the day Facing Jim Satterwhite. Campbell pitcher who will make 'most any old league, the Martin had a weak day with the stick. Three clean hits were recorded. Villepique account ing for two single and Charlie Stev ens, first baseman, for a three-base | knock against the right field fence Several balls hit over the left-field| wall went foul before a strong wind Skipper Hauger. knowing what his boys can do with the stick, was not worried a bit, in fact, he was well pleased with the exhibition Bill Dick, the youngster from Pennsylvania, played a nice game' behind the bat and worked hard. Box score found on page six. The next pre-season competition for the Martins will be offered by the Seaboard Red Sox of Portsmouth I here Sunday afternoon at 3 30 o' clock Closing Program at Farm Life School The finals program for the Farm Life school has been arranged in de tail, the first of the exercises getting underway there this evening, when the seniors present their annual play "Lighthouse Nan." Principal C B Martin ahnnunred The complete commencement program follows: Wednesday afternoon. April 27, from 1 to 3 p. m, the projects that the grades earned out for the year will be on exhibit. Parents and pa trons are invited and urged to visit the various rooms The elementary commencement by grades 1, 2, X 4, 5. 6 and 7, on April 30, at ? p. m. is an outgrowth of the units worked out during the year. May I P m. Music recital by pupils of Miss Rusk May 9. II a m. Commencement sermon by Rev. Z T. Piephoff. May 13. at ? p. ? , r"tTTI Pay Ex ercises by senior class May 14, ? p m literary addreaa by Hugh G Morton Plan Dance To Liquidate High School Athletic Debt In an effort to liquidate a $350 debt that has been handed down year after year for the past several. Hie local high rchool athletic asso ciation is holding a dance in the gymnasium here next Tuesday night and those in tlirge arc general public to participate Prin cipal L W. Anderson states that one half the proceeds will go to the or chastra and the remainder will be applied in its entirety on the debt. Local Seventh Graders Visited Raleigh Thursday by their J* Gut Faye Parker, Mary Charles Godwin, Be telle Perry. Rose Davenport. Mary Alice Cherry. Daisy Peaks Griffin. Rosa Mobley. Ann Biaa Jackson. John Peel, S. Claudi Griffin, jr, Virginia Corey. Im L son and Otis SCENE OP LARGE-SCALE FISHING Taking herring hj Ike twenty ih.ar.nfr, the Honing KcJktt at Jamcville npntri ranri catcher Ihh week. Hnadredi af th.nnnili of the h lining hare heen caaght. pnpand and park an at the plant pictured here Inihg this if on Comparatively small catches are be ing made at the IfrllJ today telle wing the letecd "hauls." President To Speak at Fort Raleigh August 18 SEINE PISHING 1I Marshall Beach Dies In Hospital: Final Rites Here Sunday Held Position with Local Furniture Manufacturer For Past Nine Years Marshall Beach, local young man. died in a Washington hospital ha night at 10:30 following an opera tion for appendicitis un Tuesday of last week Beach. 35 years old. was late in reaching the hospital, his ap pendix haung ruptured before the operation could be performed, it was stated The son of Henry Beach and the late Mrs la-Ilia Boaili. the 1 man was bum in Cross Roads Town snip 35 years ago. Dung the past 19 years the family made its home here, and young Mr Beach entered the employ of the Hand-Made Fur r.iture Company when it was estab lished about 10 years ago He wa. an able mechanic and an industrious worker He was a quiet and unas suming young man and stood high in the estimation of his friends. Sertral years ago he was mimed to Miss Oma Faye Beach, who sur vives with three children Ronald. 4 years old: Lois Beach. 3; and Pearl Annette Beach, f months old He also leaves his father and two us ten, Mrs. Eliza Bunch and Mas Dei lati Beach, and three brothers. Si mon. George and Henry Bench, all of Williamston He was a member of the i~-?i Pentecostal Holiness church mm* the Rev J. G. Crocket, pastor, assisted by other minisfhrs, will conduct the last rites there Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock Bunal will be in the local cemetery. Funeral Home At New Location The undertaking establishment and offices of the Biggs Funeral Home were moved yepterday from the old Biggs Building on Street to the firm's newly renovated home on West Mam Street neat to the Standard Filling Station The 1 until as a ?y iag of the Ce)?ual type In additionthe i display room, chapel, offices have been < ly arranged m the Address To Feature ftOth Anniversary of Virginia Dare Birth Visit Nearest Ever Planned To This Section by the Chief Executive The announcement that Present Franklin Roosevelt will speak F? Raleigh in Date County on August Uwas received with much interest here this week The^ PresP lent s Visit and address wiU feature Che celebration of the 050th anniver^ sary of the birth of Virginia Dare st* a.y of the disappear, inc, ,.f Sir Walter Raleigh s Dost Cok I.v The Visit of the President !S tl * nearest to this immediate sec lam ede or plai ned and it is cer^ lain", a' hundreds of people m ??? car ..unity will be in Dare for the p epuralions are being "n ? est -nsive scale for the ??*?. ,K.r Of the historical event, and fren all over the nation and M, y I.om foreign countries are ei peeled to attend The President has approved the asuenc. by .he Post Ofl.ee DeparP ??r.l of a special ..mimemo at.ve Stamp for the occasion The Pres. jeni told Congressman Lindsay War L that .he only thing that .xjuW, reep him away won* Iw ifthefinal adyiaiirpnent of Congress should oc . cur that week Br Warern wen! to llie While House alone and d* not divulge t.is mission until after his visit Th.s special commemorative stamp* be issued for the occasmo Will he the first one ever issued pertaining to North Carolina At the last session of Congress Mr Waren secured the passage of a bill tor a commemorative coin and this week presented the President with the first one that was issued 1 <5 ? W Clean-up Week Planned la County. April 26 To May As a part of the Better Homes progiam in the county, all folks are asked to set apart Ap il 26 through Uav 1 as a week of g-mnl^ctom u p a rsl painlup alb through ? county T s week w.U begin . ctcanuhcampaign throughout the. county to 1.1 ' ne month, but much, can be done in the national week Kt apart each year as Belter Homes Week Lora E Sleeper, home agent Condition S. Collin P?' Beleived Better Today s Collin Peel, ill with pneumonia ? i.-" two weeks, was for more IMn lwu w Though! U. be some better this morn mg. his father. Kr Sylvester Peel, of Griffins Township, said His con dition, however, continues serious. it was karswl Property Listing Now Going Forward Rapidly in County At least three, and posably that ??W naflire. townsfripr ?"?>l l"? completed property listing work i county before the tune allotted expires next Friday Jamesville. Bear Graaa and Goose Nest have ninilj three-fourths of their 1937 values an the books, Tax Supervisor Clarence Stalling* said today. The work is progissaiiig rapidly all over the county with possibly one or two the last minute rush erty owners to wait several hours tc list their holdings and make a Oiev Win aw be double ngd No the listing work has been meoUboed and 11 none is granted all prapot] not listed by Friday night of will be hie TRY FEW CASES IN SUPERIOR COURT HERE THIS WEEK Court Adjourns at II This Morning Alter Case Is Amicably Settled While center in* its attention on the trial of the Lenvislcc-Andrews suits afiiiut Carry. the Martin County Superior Court, completing the second of a two-week term here today, found lime this week to hear a motion or two and dispose of a minor case or two. Today the court had set the Long against Long case for trial, but an amicable settlement was reported, and the court called other cases. The Long case. Mrs. Lqng suing for alimony without divorce, was tried ?" ik.. r-nir* ? a i.-w?works ago but it was placed on the docket a gain when Judge J Paul Fnzrelle presiding over the Marrh term of the county tribunal here, declared the verdict favoring the defendant was contrary to the weight of the evidence and he sat it aside Suing for alimony. Mis Game R Jefferson was awarded $150 cash and interest in acertain Washington lot in her case against Mdlord Jef ferson Eighteen cases, including wane un usually large damage suits, were on the trial calendar this week, but 15 of them were continued The court adyoumed at II oclock this morning Judge Cowper. com ing here for his first tune to pre side over a term of Martin Super-j Kir court, kepi the court ma chinery moving steadily forward, court observers readily agreeing he accomplished much when he cleared the Leavistet-Aialieas rtipikf auiaj against Corey from the docket Virginia Gurkra Hams was grant ed a divorce against Luther Harris The action was based on two years separation The Standard Fertiliser Company was granted a judgment in the sum of 52U9 44 against E W K inlaw and others. Four Rum Plants Raided This ^ eeh Raiding in two townships this week. Enforcement Officer J H Roe buck, assisted by Federal idmv destroyed four liquor plants, two in Bear Grass and two in the Free Union section of JamesviUe Town ihip No arrests were made Twenty gallons of liquor and 1. 700 gallons of beer were poured out at the two plants in Bear Grass and I he two sulls of the steam type were destroyed Plant owners had moved the copper kettles in Free Union, tout the officers found and wrecked the doublets and other equipment and poured out about 500 gallons of beer AU lour of the plants were idle when the raids were ? A. C. C. Glee Club at Local Church Sunday Evening The Atlantic Christian College Glee Club, accompanied by Presi dent H S Hilley. will appear in the Christian church here Sunday eve ning at S o'clock and render a pro gram in song. Dr Hilley will speak briefly during Ihc OTV1CC. public is invited to attend Everett Nine Defeats Sandy Ridge Rattlers Five to One Opening the season this week the Everetts All Star baseball team <*e feated the Saigiy Ridge Rattbwa. 5 to 1 Cherry, working on the mound for Everetts. allowed only J hits, his teammates touching Sum merlin for 7 safeties, one a besner by Bamhill Peaks. Everetts Arst t n i. led both learns at taT w itii two hits. Batteries Ever ells Cherry and Langley. Sandy Ridge Sumaamiin 1 and Chesaon Blue Mold in County Plant Beds; Little Damage So Far Blue mold b reported in tobacco plant bed* all over the ewnty. but reliable reports maintain that the resulting damage has not at this time reached set una proportions Nearly evety farmer questioned in the past few da>s sates that the blue mold is attaching his plants in spots, but only in a very few case> has the damage been alarming Just what toll the blue mold will exact cannot be predicted at this time, the extent of the damage de pending on weather conditions dur ing the next (c# day* Reports irom the border rmintirs and the tobacco-growing areas of South Car olina and Georgia indicate that ser ious damage is to be expected, that the plant disease is proving deadly on a large scale there. ? Plants on (arms in this section ai growing rapidly now, and a fe (armeis are making preparations to start transplanting their crops. Inquiries have been received by the Martin County agent Irom tarra ers in Georgia asking if there were any plants available for sate Leavister and Andrews Awarded $2,000 Each Agreement Reached r By Jnr> Last Ni?ht Ends Lengthy East4 Notice of Appeal Is Filed By Defense Counsel This Morning ? The $65,000 damage suits of H F I Leavister. administrator, and Roy! I Andrew a. admimstraU?r. against J lJoyJ Corey Pitt County farmer were cx?nsidered closed shortly be fore last midnight, when a Martin County Superior Court jury award ed each plaintiff the sum of $2,000 Set for trial five tunes, the damage ! suits have plagued the courts of this county for two years, sru the action of the jury last night mas recog nired as an end to the actions On September 6. 15*M. Jofin Leav ister. son of Artam; !ra: . H F Lravtster. of Raleigh and Marshall Andrews, son of AdminisSraD>r Roy Andrews, of Wilhamston. were kill ed when their car was in collision with a truck owned by Defendant Corey and driven by Ollie Page, col ored. near Robersonviile on the Stokes road Details of the wreck trere carefuly reviewed in evidence I offered b> both iide> during the greater part of three days. Judge G Vernon Cow per. of Kinston having called the case last Monday noon The ev idence was completed sooner than was first expected, and the lam yers started addresses of thousands of words to the jury Wednesday afternoon The last speech mas heard yesterday just after noon, and Judge Cowper started his charge to the jury His instructions mere handled in much less tune than many thought all the high spots in the evidence muld possibly be han-1 died. ih? jhf juryj at 5 o'clock in the afternoon A hung jury mas immediately in the making. Some of the issues mere not clear and instructions mere; [asked, the 12 men apparently mak | ing up their minds for a long wran 1 gle when tu allowed them b"- ? . for supper Returning to their room | after the meal the jurymen mi an J 1 gled and argued, taking tune out for an occasional big laugh The argu met11 waxed warm at tunes and late in the evening they were still unde < ided Unofficial reports stated the argument centered around the ' members were agreed that the truck] i driver was negligent On?, jurst J*. I""-" sard to have lavored awarding dam axes in the sum of UMt to each defendant and another is sard to have favored holding the award to meager sum The tl SM figure I was sard to have been dropped to 12.500 and yet no agreement could1 be reached Further reports, all un official, stated that each of the 12 men wrote the amount he favored awarding and the figures were to i-rled and ilnslnl by II?F' ? mm* reason, the $2 To the an?ui?r ru da rived, was not ag.'eeabte. and in the next I .our they agreed on the an of 12.000 for each of'the two |.iain I tiffs. Judge Cowper nad returned to tlie court room aouut II or lock, and at 11 05 the fury lad its detisaou ready The old courthouse hell was sound ted. and lawyers in hearing dwtxnre and one or two spectators hurried i lor the detismn The serrmd issue in the Andrews I w hether Marshall Andrews by his | own negligence, contributed to his To SPEAK HERE v / Thad l.urr. Secrebn u( Slate, hu accepted an invitilMa I* make the cummeaceaeal ad dress in the high vhwl audi torium here1 on Tandai ere ?ins. May II. Principal I W Anderson announced today. Little Interest Bciii" r Shown in Miiniei|>al Election on Mav .'?nl Names of Only Five Newly Registered Electors Go On Books So Far Williamston's municipal election j Tuesday week is expected to attract very little attention, judging Iron, the number of citizens who have icgistered since the books were < pened the third "^>f this month Registrar J. E. Pope had added five new names to the books to date and this number is expected Jn-shnK-Qo^ material increase tomorrow, the las: < day the books are open Challenge j day, tomorrow week, will be juslj another day, the election ofltitais ar? ! tinpatmg no complaints whatever | It is estimated there are around 200 citizens here who are entitled to register and participate in the Town ejection on May 4 Several ot the five wjjto have registered so far this month had lived here for a r.urr. ber of years The town's political policy was determined in convention held the 12th of this month leaving the etec tion as a mere formality. Methodists To Heat Radio Program This Evening Local Methodists and as many friends as will join them are meet ing this evening promptly at 7 30 o'clock in the church here to get the addresses of Bishop Moore and Btsh- j i>p Smith over the radm The S?ar ritt College choir will be heard dur ing the program, Rev R R Grant, pashm, aiiuuuiifWl "We are anxious for every odist and every friend who pow sibly can do so to attend. Come and bring ar. offering and help us pay our Mission Board debt," the pastor urged. The ladies will serve free sandwiches and lemonade Car Stolen from Local Mian Is Recovered In Raleigh The Chevrolet coupe stolen [Dr. J S RlMB B ti. home early last Saturday morning was re covered in Raleigh last everung I wrec ked on the streets there. A young boy and girT-were riding ua the car when it was wrecked, re ports reaching here stating that the couple escaped and their could not be learned The was advised that the car in the wreck. Costly surgical imtnum ills. m the car when it was stolen, wen aha i ?covered, it was i FAVOR PLAN TO SET I P FULLTIME HEALTH SERVICE Action Is Unanimous at Meet of Board Held Wednesday The proposed establishment of an all time health department for Mar tin County was unanimously ap proved by all members of the Martin County Board of Health in session here Wednesday morning. Discussing the important service ouring the greater part of an hour, the board heartily endorsed and ap ; mod the propo.-a-d department on motion of Dr V A Ward, of K.-Person ville. which was a i rimla l by John L Hassell, Williamston mayor ?Xa-jwmt meeting of?the?health ? i.r.r.f iml the hoard of nainlv ones Ksners has been called. Mr. John t IVpe. chairman of both groups, stating that it is likely that the com missKiners will give the proposal i, ' oderation at their regular nieet rig Monday after next If the com missioners act upon the suggestion f the health group and recognize tie wishes of many prominent citi zens and several leading civic or ganizations it is believed that the service will be provided, making a fo.n* meeting of the two boards tin necessary However, if the commis osmv call for an extensive inves tigation. it is likely that the two buards will be called into joint ses mi and liear representatives of the i ublic and pussibly a representative ? I the State Health Department. Members of the board of commis sioners have not been directly polled in connect in with the proposed serv ice. but it is reliably understood that niost. if nut all. of them recognize the need for an all-tune health de partment in the county and that they can be expected to give the matter every consideration possible Uhildmi Narrowly Escape Death in Fire L The small colored children of j Ulysses and Mabel Speller barely escaped with their lives when the Speilei home caught fire on South Bigg> Street here last Wednesday i evening at 9 15 o'clock Believed to base started when the wind blew a w indow curtain against a lamp chun ney. the fire was spreading to the | bed clothing and mattress where the children were sleeping when they awoke ar*d tied to the street in their night clothes unharmed The moth er w as just returning home from worn when the fire alarm was ! sounded Neaily ail the bed clothing and [two mattresses were burned and the ; window frame, where the fire is be ?JiOScd W have first gtartwd. was ! charred Volunteer firemen used a ?nail hose direct from the truck to . i ut the fire out Damage to house [luraismngs and i??i two-room house was estimated at shout $25. John E. Pope Moves Office Next To Hall's Barbershop ? Imuimc Man John E Pope moved tin office Uib morning from the i Id Biggs Drug Store Building to the Atlantic Hotel Building, where he -ill share temporarily the office of Attorney Henry D. Hardl seal Mi Pope is doting a greater part if his office equipment until he can get larger office room The Williamston Radio and Elec tric t'eonpany. now located in the Atlantic H.<tel Building, will occupy the Biggs Building just as soon as necessary repairs can be made " County Officers Make 11 Arrests So Far This Week Fighting and drinking in thooe parts apparently liave not gone into a spring slump that ordinarily marks the activities of many legiti mate businesses. So far this week the county officers have jailed 11 persons. 7 drunks and 4 fighters. The infractions of the law were con sidered of little consequence and, de spite the jail activities and the daily wiismm of the superior court, things have been unusually quiet around ?be county hall of justice Uus week. ' V I Local Young Man Better in Washington Hospital High right hand almost severed at I the wrat while he was workup on
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