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m B THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 52 Williamston. Martin Connty, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 29.1927 ESTABLISHED 1899 Locals Trail League Leaders by But 11-2 Games; Win 3 Last 4 Stellar Fielding and Power At Bat Feature Games In Recent Days Winning three at their last four pines. Art Haupr's llartins a now only 1 1-2 games out at first place in Coastal Plain League play, and the trend is decidedly upward, while their close competitors are lor a few setbacks that always come under the old law at ntragu. Stellar fielding and power at the bat, as well as some superb pitching, have featured the past several games played by the Martins, the exhibi tions rating as among the best of the sea am Earp at short and La ke tos as second have been doing boos, while Deun is holding his own at third despite an injured wrist. Ace Vilepique. with his starring in the Held and repining his bat ting eye; has just about forgotten I about that had ankle injury. The half-way mark at the season, nc at hand, finds Bill Sharkey still working hard behind the bat, ai the other lads are very much in the fight as the season progresses. Biggie pitched a 5-hit game for the Martins over in New Bern last Friday to feature the S-l win. He batted in two runs to add to that feature. Vilepique and McCay led at bat with two hits each. The 2-1 win over Ayden on the local grounds last Saturday proved there is real hai*hill in these Coast al fields Wade held the visitors to T hits, and his teammates played superior brand of ball to give him air tight support. Until the seventh inning, the visitors were leading ting bigger all the tune. Stanley opened home half of the seventh with lus second single of the day Stevens sacrificed and McCay sin gled. Stanley stopping at third. Ar thur "Pappy" Deun batted in Stan ley but was out at first on the play. I akalns. after starring afield, dou bled to bat in the winning run. The Martins suffered a reverse in Ayden by a 1 run margin Sunday, the Aces winning 3 to 2. Fields started for the Martins and allowed only S hits in f innings. 3 of them coming in the sixth to score 2 runs Biggie completed the work, a walk, a sacrifice hit and a single giving the Aces the winning run in the scv tilth. After trailing Kinston here yester day afternoon until the ninth, the Martins, led by Earp. started a rally that netted two runs and gave than the contest by a 3-2 county. In the ninth. Earp rlnuhlcd. Villepique laid down a bunt and beat it out: Stan ley hit a bounder and the play was made at the plate. Earp counting when the catcher dropped the throw. Stevens then ?l?fH ??? is ifc? winning ran and end the game. Rol linea held the visitors to ? hits, one of them a homer by Gillenwater. Kinston finished its scoring in the third when Vidt drew a walk and scored on an out by Schulte after Dirmann doubled. Villepique led the lilt less with a double and two singles. Earp and I akalns had a pair of doubles each and Stevens two singles. Stevens' hits came at the right time, his first b ingle account breaking up the game. MrCay's sin gle in the fourth marked the 10th rnnetcutrve game m which he had| collected at least one hit. Skipper Hauger showed up in the play yesterday for the first time when ha took Sharkey's turn at bat m the eighth with two out and two on. He was purposely walked, but died on first when Gadd took Rol lins' drive near the left-field fence behind the bat in the ind ended the visitor's when for the third In/ant Son oi Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dies in Hospital The seven months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Thomas, of ne in a Washington I ? o'clock He had been m the during only Local Business Is Likely To Observe Monday as Holiday d?J l? hilidi j by the Federal imn meet- Last year the Feerth feU ee Satarday. aad local beaaera pea that day day. The tiaial all local for the da; Monday, bat d. Bite action ia this connection I not been taken at this than. The county hoard of will their meetings from Tuesday. The poet office will dose and no deliveries will he made either ia the raral I or ia the town, ai will close for the day. i of the action the other Arms take toward operations for the day. To Take Applications For Benefits Thursday RAINFALL -? is this KtllM almost daily. mmt r?with i too vat far the yintlv of plow and laariac ether still dry. Hoary rains were re parted all past week-end. bat hardly more than 2-3 of an Inch of precipi tation was reported here daring the period- The weather station an deensfce Hirer leportod .38 of an inch Satnrday and JZ of an inch Snnday might. One of the hearieat rains in years was ear Oak City Snnday Congressman Kerr Introduces Bill for Survey of Roanoke Proposal To Effect Flood Control' and To Aid Navigation No official cost figures were re leased. but a considerable sum will be spent on the improvement of the Roanoke River if a bill introduced in the House of Representatives a few days ago by Congressman John H. Kerr, is enacted into law. The bill is based on a regional development similar to the TVA, and the survey proposed by Ken is to be advanced from the stand point of navigation, reclamation of farm land and the elimination of flood hazards. In introducing the measure, the Congi i ?inn said: -?? "I have today introduced two bills which provide for a comparative study of the Roanoke and Netise Riven and their tributaries as they affect navigation, reclamation of farm lands, development of power and a study of the economical and social aspect of the areas surround ing these riven "There have been previous sur veys dealing largely with dredging for improving navigation, but this is a broader approach and contem plates a comparative inventory of all the resources in these areas. 1 hope that because the nation has become more reclamation conscious and with advanced thinking along these lines, that much more can be accomplished. I especially hope to enlist the support of members of Congress and interested parties well up in Virginia of the Roanoke River improvement. This improvement has been the cherished hope of this section for many years. My idea is to have this great waterway, it be ing the most important on the South Atlantic Appalachian slope, incor porated in the national planning for waterways program. There are thousands and thous ands of acres of the richest bottom lands in Halifax, Northampton, Ber tie and Martin Counties that were prior to the Civil War diked at pri vate expense, and much of these lands still are in cultivation, but un are enacted, this ele ment of ijsngss will be removed, end cultivation can continue with out the haranf of destruction of crops by floods "On account of the tremendous in crease in barging commerce, if navi gation is i ssi aim! as far as Weldon on the Roanoke it will see a new life given to this wsterborne traffic which will not only result in provid will add several dollars per acre to the rtianpam price on timber in this vallayandi 1,000 Applications Expected, With 700 To Be Disappointed] Big Rush Certain As 01d| . And Young Enter Bids For Assistance Everybody will be coming to town next Thursday, when the Martin County Welfare office holds open house for dependent children, the aged and the blind. The first ap plications for assistance under the social security act will be received by the welfare department in the welfare offices, on the second floor of the courthouse that day and each day thereafter. Preliminary Estimates offered by tl.e welfare department indicate that at least 80 persons over 68 years of age, 72 dependent children, and 8 blind people will qualify for assist ance under the program. But near er 1,000 applications for assistance are expected, and that means that there are going to be around 700 persons, more or less, disappointed when the final showdown in the first round of the business is over. Every person over 65 years of age has the right to file an application for assistance, but every person ov er 65 years of age who has any prop erty, or who has transferred any property within the past two years is not eligible and wiU not share in the program Every person over 65 years of age who has relatives able to care for them will not get any aid. It is understood that some old timers have recently transferred property in order that they might qualify for assistance, but if that transfer was made within the past I wo yean, they'll find il jnyl about useless to file an application now. Dependent children really have to Be dependent Before Uiey cln quali fy for aid, and they must be under 16 years of age. too. Any mother less or fatherless child who is now living with relatives well able to care for them will hardly receive consideration under the social se curity program, it is understood. Briefly stated, the old-age assist ance feature of the social security program is designed to give aid to those who need aid, and not to those who expect *to get something far nothing when they are not entitled to it. The welfare staff will receive ap plications and in those cases where the applicants are deemed not en titled to aid, rejection notices will be given before the applicant leaves the offices. All other applications will be turned over to the county welfare board for consideration after investigations are made by the wel fare department forces. There are methods of appeal when applicants are refused aid. Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Williams Dies in Hospital The ten-months-old son of M and Mrs W. B Williams, of Cra Roads Township, this county, dM in a Washington hospital late Sui day night from colitis. He was ei tered in the hospital for treatma last Friday. Funeral services were conducts Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock h Rev. J. M. Perry. Interment Township. Seek Pardon for Howard Griffin, Young White Man A petition is being circulated her today for the parole aI Howard Gril fin, young county white man, sen fenced to the roads for two yean i Superior court here last March fo alleged forgery. The petition car ries the nam as of a goodly numbe of citizens. Two Men Hurt, One Critically, in Wreck Near Here Sundav Young Mt. Gilead Man In Hospital With Broken Back and Paralyzed Alexander Andrews, 21 years old. of Mount Gilead. suffered a broken back, skull fracture, a broken col lar bone and other injuries, and Bar ton H. Owens, of Roseboro. suffered a back injury and lacerations about the face and head Sunday morning at 11:35 o'clock, when their car, a Packard sedan, crashed into an elec tric light pole and turned over in front of the radio station near here, on Highway 14. 4i. F. Blue. 21 years old. of Parkton. driver of the ear, escaped with only minor injuries. Andrews, who was removed to a recover, although his condition was described as critical He was par alyzed from the waist down, hos pital doctors stating that only care ful handling of the young man from the scene of the accident to the hos pital prevented his death. Owens was removed to his home in ' Sampson County late Sunday night in an ambulance. Blue and his cousin. Alexander Andrews, were on their way from Parkton to Plymouth, and Owens was their hitch-hiking guest. Blue started to pass a car just opposite the highway patrol radio station, and the left wheels ran off the concrete and dropped about 6 inches to the dirt shoulder. The car was said to have been traveling around 50 miles an hour, and when he tried to drive it back onto the road, the machine went out of control and skidded into the electric light pole, tearing down the pole, two transformers and high powered lines before crashing into a large pile of building tile and stopping about 30 feet away in a ditch Andrews was thrown out and fell under the car when it came to a stop. Patrolman W S. Hunt, who was at the station and who saw the ac cident. stated that he could not un derstand how any of the three es caped with their lives. First-aid at tention was given within a few min utes at?the direction of Patrolman Hunt and others. The car. driven only about 4,600 miles and virtually new, was wreck ed beyond repair. New Laboratory To Increase Benefits Of State Health Service Will Enable Department To Produce Two New Kinds Whooping Cough Serum Ctiru Una citizens will be extended upon the completion of the new labora tory of the State Board of Health in Raleigh," it was pointed out by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health of ficer. a few days ago. "The mere erection of a new build ?"I h?iui?nme though it Will be. will by no means tell the whole story The underlying purpose will be service, demonstrated by the production of immunizing and neu tralizing agencies used in prevent ing and combating disease and con sequently, minimizing suffering. "We will be able." Dr. Reynolds went on, "to produce two new kinds of whooping cough vaccine, known as Sauer*s and Krueger's. The for mer contains eight or ten freshly isolated starins of the pertussis ba cilli, and each cubic centimeter con tains ten thousand million organ isms An immunizing treatment comprises some eight or ten cubic centimeters. In Sauer*s, the or ganisms are killed by heat, and the vaccine contains some of the by products of the growth of the organ "Kruger's, instead of containing the whole pertussis bacilli," Dr Reynolds continued, "is treated by being ground up in a ball mill, and the fluid is passed through a filterer to exclude any organisms that have not been destroyed in the grinding process This is essentially an ex tract Of living "We will also be able to produce here in our own laboratory, vaccflne available for several years, but we position to pro it. In fact, it is not now pre pared in this State for distribution. 'Anti-poeumococcus serum for the treatment of lobar pneumonia will be prepared in this new plant. This has proved very suc cessful in the handling of this dis formerly fatal to such an ex In add it inn, we to furnish media, re to County Commissioners End Five Day Review of Property Values With Number Increases Ordered Avalanche of Cotton Blooms Gives Promise of Early Crop The Martin County cotton crop j came into bloom last Friday and, i Saturday, dozens of fanners bring 11 ing red and white blossoms here to j i establish the fact that the current crop is possibly the earliest in sev eral years Farmer George Jenkins brought in the first two last Friday from the Garrett farm, near Williamston Oth er farmers were certain that they had some even earlier than those but they just did not find them un til later. Asa Ward, farmer living near here, brought in blossoms yes terday, explaining that they were found last Saturday, a id that pos sibly they had been open for a day or two when found. Weather conditions in this im mediate section have been consid ered very favorable to the crop, most farmers stating they have good stands and that the cotton is grow ing rapidly Farmer Bob Everett from up Pal myra way, brought in several blos soms last Saturday that John Hardy. I is tenant, found tlie Tiiejday?be fore Mrs. Raymond Harrison and Hugh Bennett and George Keel found cot ton blossoms last Friday Willie Lassiter brought in a blossom from Mr Joe Cherry's farm yesterday, and numbers of others reported, plenty of blossoms Damage Suit Started Slade-Rhodes Store By Speeial Officer Is In Hamilton Robbed Settled Out of Court I^ist Friday Night Bootlegging Activities Are \ Expected To Cost Man Around $1,100 The $2,000 damage suit brought in the Martin County Superior Court H last week by Special Enforcement t? Officer J. 11. Roebuck against Eddie Burnett has been settled out of court it was learned today. The defend ant is s^id to have paid the officer $300 in full settlement of the case, si in which the plaintiff was asking t< $1,000 actual and $1,000 punitive n damages. Burnett, wanted for violating the liquor laws, resisted arrest when the officer attempted to arrest him in a woods in Goose Nest Town ship on May 28. Mr Roebuck suf fered bruises on his hands, and his life was threatened Burnett, after evading arrest for several days, sur rendered and pleaded guilty in the county court last week He was fined $500 and taxed with the cost, reports stating that the account has been settled and that Burnett, a col ored man of about 60 years of age, cured. Joe Gainor, aiding Burnett to gain his freedom and interfering with the officer while in the performance of his duty, also surrendered and faced trial in the county court yesterday the cost. Gainor alleged that Bur "ell haH asked hn, aid if the office! found hidden liquor on the Burnett premises, that he followed Burnett and the officer into the woods and aided the escape at Burnett's re quest. It was rumored that Burnett, a successful farmer of Goose Nest, would pay Gainer's fine and case cost. If he accepts this added ex pense, Burnett will have paid ap proximately $1,100 and that is some toll illegal liquor exacts 'ackhouse Burns Near Oak City Fired by a bolt of lightning at 9 30 o'clock last Sunday evening, the packhouse and most of its contents were burned on the farm of Mr J B Whitfield three miles west of Oak City. Implements, stored under the packhouse shelter, were saved, but tons of hay and other feed and quantities of nitrate of soda and land plaster were destroyed. Mr. Whit field estimated the loss at approxi mately $1,000. with only $210 insur ance. A second bolt of lightning struck tr?e in the Whitfield yard. Mr. Whitfield stating that had it not been for the heavy rain accompanying the electrical storm other near-by build ings would have been burned. The rain was described as the heaviest falling in that section in many years Lightning was reported to have struck in Cross Roads that night, de stroying about a quarter of an acre of cotton on thf r***1"1 farm next tl to Herbert Roebuck's Special Supper at Cedar Branch Church Friday A benefit ice cream supper will be held at the Cedar Branch Bap list church, near Jamesville, Friday evening of this Week at ? o'clock, the benefits to go to the ahuich. mm. cake and pies will be served, and a quilt will be awarded. ICS. lee Is red.|n \? Villiamston Colored Man Held in County Jail for Investigation Breaking into the store of Slade. hodes 8c Company in Hamilton >metime during the early part of ist Friday night, robbers stole a Dund $65 in cash and 25 or 30 car ins of cigarettes. No other articles ere stolen, it was learned. The tore operators had an arrangement y draw oil through a small open ig in the back of the building from barrel. The robbers removed the arrel and crawled through the hole. ^ _ , J D. Wiggins. Williamston colored lan, was arrested Saturday night nd is being held for investigation i connection with the case He isi od to have sold some cigarettes! aturday. Jake Edwards. William-' ton colored man. is believed lmpli ated in the robbery, but he has not | een apprehended, officers stating aat they believe Edwards is hiding y a near-by town. Two colored len were seen on the Hamilton 1'ilhamston road about 11 o'clock n the night of the robbery One arned a peanut sack almost filled tth something. The other approach d a resident along the way and sked passage to Williamston. but /as refused. Wiggins' identity uuld not be established when the lan was carried before him in the ounty jail Monday, officers believ ig that Edwards was the one who ned to arrange a ride home Colored School at Gold Point Burned The four-room colored school inkling at Gold Point was destroy - d by Are last week, reports reach ig here indicating that the fire was f incendiary origin. The building 'as insured for $850 with the Farm rs Mutual Company According to noflicial information received here, re building was in bad repair, and s value was hardly more than $1. 00. It was pointed out. however, ial approximately $3,000 or $3,500 ould be necessary to replace the Iructure. A new building for Gold Point was iven consideration the early part f this month by the boa id of edu ition Making an investigation on le grounds, the board members de ided to repair and add to the old uilding. Apparently the plans ad anced did not meet with the ap roval of all the patrons who clear d the site for a new building or one. Valter Holberstadt Hears 7ase as U. S. Commissioner Garfield Williams, colored man ar ested in Bertie County a few days go by Federal officers for allege! peration of an illicit itqtior still, iss given tnlln?i?[ a reliminary hearing before United tales Commissioner Walter llalb^r tadt at the commissioner's Church tree! home here last Friday. Wil lams was arrested an meager evi ence, and the commissioner re rased him. It was Mr. Halberstadt's flnt case ince he was appoint usssoner by Judge Way Left Open for Further Study When Adjudged Necessary Five Per Cent Horizontal Increase on Cleared Land Ordered in Hamilton Ending a five-day review of tax values in Martin County, the com missioners. sitting as a board of equalization and renew, quit their? work last Friday after effecting a number of changes and ordering a 5 per cent horizontal increase in the listings of ail cleared land in Ham ilton Township. That the job was not completed, the commissioners will admit, and they are leaving the work open for further consideration, if necessary. It is possible that the authorities will investigate other listings, but it is believed that they will not grant reductions in those instances where the values were in creased over the figures placed on the books by the List-takers and the boards of assessors. Those owners whose property val ues were increased are to be notified by mail of the changes, the authori ties explaining that the individual changes will not be made available to the public just now. Probably when the values are definitely set up. the minutes of the five-day meet ing will be released to the public. During the five-day review, the commissioners increased values in nine townships by $26,000. and at the same time allowed reductions in the amount of $9,000, making a total gain of $17,000. It could not be learned definitely, but it is believed that most of the $26,000 gam is traceable to homes and business properties in the several towns. Finding cleared land m Hamilton listed at an average of $32 an acre, the commissioners are said to have effected some adjustments and then proposed a 10 per cent horizontal In crease. A compromise was ad vanced. and the 5 per cent increase was adopted, the increase not to ap ply on listings of any property oth er than cleared land The $32 aver age compared with about a $40 av erage for the county, it was pointed out. and the increase does not bring cleared land listing* in Hamilton hardly up to the county average, it is believed. Hamilton Township ex tends from Edgecombe County on the west to the Roanoke on the eart and south almost to ' W:ILamston. There is some poor land in socne sec tions of the district, but on the oth er hand there is some valuable land in there, the board finding few in stances, where the cleared acreage ^alue exceeded $32. A review of the Listings in Griffins showed some pains taking work was done There by the hst-taker and as sessors A fellow with good land is paying taxes based on a $45 acre age valuation. The man with medi um land is to pay on a lower valua tion. and so on. In sev eral districts, little attention was paid the various land classifications, and naturally the 1937 tax values are not in perfect accord with what is and what is not. Civil Service Examination For Position in Office Here The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open com petitive examination for the position of substitute clerk-carrier, for filling vacancy in the post office at Wil liamston Applications for this position must be on file with the manager. Fourth U. S. Civil Service District, Wash ington, D. C , not later than July If. Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the secretary of the Board of U. S Civil Service Examiners at the poet ' in Williamston. Mother and Son Continue In Jail in Default of Bond -tillable to raise hoods aggregat ing $7,500, Mrs. Jrase Ben Brill? and her lOyemi okl i Roberson. remain m the County jail where they await trial in the Martin Superior Court nest September for an with intent to kill father a week ago k Probable i bonds. $5,000 for the bey and for the mother, were bed kg. C M. Hunt at a
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