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Ml X? THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 54 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 6, 1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 Martins Win Three Of Last Five Games; Split With Tarboro L<?a ? ^lav Fast Brand of Ball To Feature Three La?t Wins at Home Winning three of the five scheduled during the week-end Art H?u*ers Martins today are holding third place in the Coastal Plain Lea Sue. trailing Goldsboro by one game ?nd Snow Hill, the le^ue leader,. oy threp mntnete T?L .. Greenvi f ? "* ,""Ty Wade over Greenville here last Friday after noon and divided a four-game se rt^with^ on the foUow - ten"?n^!y ?roWds ,eatured the at-j lthida?morn,ng he aftemoon, but they were not as 8M lu** ^PeCtCd Approximately 800 attended the game here yester n^rmTing;J"rb0r? claiminS 1.800 present for the contest there. ?,tChing clear)y featured - * , !:? ,V'ctorv ovrr Greenville here wf|en he tuTnedlh^T ck with three hits. McCay buf A8,"1^ led at bat for the locals but Artie De.m batted in the lone run in the e.ghth inning. Ace VU Sn"!hevd MC?ay featUred afleld to t?o y eXBCUted Perfect throws The FridT6" "! ,hird and at home. The Friday contest was just a plumb good exhibition of baseball *?"ney to** charge of the game Martins^8',Tar.boro and turned the Martins back with 5 hit, to feature WUhaLCt?nteSt- R?UinS Pitched for Williams ton and allowed S hits a ^?Pr0Xrateiy ,-0()0 fan? -w Wh^t? J here Sunday -fternoon. by To ^ Marttns evened the count ?or, t0 8Wh'u intr8Un,k3h,eld ,he ViSi" the"' '?h 'hhe CirCUit W'ib'iwo'on^n gameelt,h- R?Ulns flnished the game. Stevens, with 3 for 4, ond Deim, with 2 for 3, featured the bat ng attack for the locals. Jefferson took charge of the sit here"1 yeste'rT h0ljday con,e"' t_ , erday morning, allowing Tarboroomy^hitsund winning* ningrnLtHe?^^a^ in Cthe?rk h0"0rS WUh a home run the hr?,eVen mnin? Stanley led The M "t* attack with two safeties. SaflaeldnrP^edag?0dgameof light wdh' ^ at0* takm? 'be spot light with a difficult chance success ^uly handled between first and sec The Martins had an off-day yester ond 8 rnoon and dropped the sec 7 toT t 0t 'he Senes to Tarboro, . eonnt for three bases Saclv d!? tW? hita t0 hia U". and hjfayaddad a couple, one for two inT' ke<J ?nly a foot of be ng a 380-yard homer, to his record lected D"lm and Labato, col iected one each. Cassell member of the local cluh' / ^ four and allowed 7 hits. ' Government To Aid Peanut Growers In Time of Low Prices New Plan Makes Available Advances When Market Price Is Low Plans to spare peanut growers the necessity of "dumping" their crop at the beginning of the marketing season or when prices are off, were made at a meeting of the peanut committee of the American Tarm Bureau Federation in Washington week before last. Edward O'Neal, president of the organization, was present, as was Dr. Myers, head of the Farm Credit Administration. The plan outlined provides that the farm Credit Administration will advance to cooperatives money which may be loaned to farmer members on peanuts to be stored in a period of low prices. The de tails of the program are to be worked out and announced later. It was stated that it would be im possible for the government to deal with the ind'vbt'"' ''"-vrr in this matter, but that the law makee it possible for the Farm Credit Ad ministration to loan money to co operatives which, with their local connections, will be able to determ ine conditions and needs in their market communities. This plan gives promise of protecting the growers from losses which many of them suffer every year because, being in need of money, they am their pea nuts regardless of the current prices and the prospects. Welfare Board To Consider Applications Recently Made Meeting in the county courthouse Thursday morning, the Martin County Board of Public Welfare will consider the first group of applica tions filed by the needy aged, de pendent children and blind persons for assistance. Action by the board this week and at other meetings to follow shortly is expected to advance an idea, more or less definite, as to what the old-age assistance program is going to cost this county. While the recommendations of those in ry considerable weight, allowances are to be determined by the board. Fields surveys are underway to day in those homes where the self claimed needy filed applications. Up to today, the county office had handled *75 applications, and a num ber of those were rejected on cer tain principles outlined in the law. It is quite apparent that most of those eligible for assistance under the program will come from the county's indigent list. However, many of those applying for aid have never received any direct aid from the county, and they have a right to present their claims. OPENING DATES Eastern North Carolina tobac day, August IS, It was announced following a meeting of the To bacco Association of the United States at Old Point Comfort, Vs. last Friday. The opening is al most a week ahead of the open ing date a year ago. First auction sales will be held in Georgia June 10. the buyers moving northward for the open ing in South Carolina on August 10 and then here on August 26. Senators Draft New Measure for Aiding 1937 Farm Program Control Provisions Depend Upon Two-thirds Vote Of Producers A measure, called a "thoroughly democratic" method of improving, and stabilizing agriculture is being drafted in Congress by two senators this week. Senator Pope, of Idaho, and Mc Gill of Kansas, said their legislation, which is a revision of the pending "agriculture adjustment act of 1937," wil be introduced at once. They added they expected the ad ministration to back it. The pending AAA act of 1937 pro vides. among other things, for an ??ever-normal granary" and crop con trol would be "democratized A referendum of producers would be held before any control measures are undertaken. The new measure also deletes a flexible tariff provision of the older measure?a provision to which Sec retary Wallace and Hull objected. The Pope-McGill legislation de Clares that one of iU aims is to as sure farmers A j;parity" Jncome-^ That is, an income wnicn would have the same purchasing power attauv ed in the pre-war years 1909 to 1914. The measure also would establish an "ever-normal granary" by pro viding for storage of surpluses in years of heavy yields and for the marketing of such surpluses in lean years. , Certain provisions of the existing soil conservation act, under whic | farmers are paid for such practices as shifting land from commercial production to soil building growths, would be continued under the new act The older AAA biU, which was drafted by the American Farm Bu reau federation and on which Con gress has not acted, proposed a quota system of crop control in case excessive production threatened. The new measure, however, will require a two-thirds vote of pro ducers of affected commodities be fore control measures could be tak en. Pope is unwilling to predict that Congress will pass the legislation at this session, but advocated commit tee hearings with the idea of put ting it into effect next year. "A 200 000,000-bushel wheat fur plus is in prospect this yew and another such surplus would beat prices down to a serious degree, he said. Local Town Commissioners To Hold Meeting Tonight Williamston's board of town com missioners will hold its regular monthly session at 8 o'clock this eve ning, Mayor Hesse 11 stating today Lhat no special businen had beep placed on the calendar for consid " The" session, scheduled to have been held last evening, was post poned as yesterday was a general holiday Mr and Mrs. W. T. Palmer and daughters, of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Mlng_Ship^^^u?hteT,rt.nd jMlM Virguui ??? _ I spent the holidays here with Mrs. I Jordan Ward. Activities of Forest Protection Service Reviewed iii Report Warden Henry D. Hardison Points Out Benefits Of Program "I am reasnnahly murtil 'het large acreage of valuable land has been saved from the fires because of the service, and the public is read ily realizing the resulting benefits," Henry D. Hardison, county forest tire warden, said in his annual re- , port this week to the county com missioners. covering the activities of the forest protection service in this county during the past fiscal year. In a detailed report, the warden reviewed the activities of the serv ice, There are nearly 200,000 acres of timberland under protection, Mr. Hardison stating that Ores burned over only 1,321 acres during the past year. The resulting damage | was estimated at $2,405. In addition to the approximately $800 appropriated by the Martin County commissioners, the State and Federal governments have dune much to further the program. The government built one of the fire tow ers at a cost of approximately $2, 000, cleared miles of truck and foot trails and did considerable mapping. The government forces spent 10,000 man days in the forests of the coun ty, the labor cost, figured at $1 a day, running well over $10,000. "This work was made possible on ly because the county joined in the cooperative Are control program of the state and federal governments. We are now permitted to call in CCC boys and this alone is a great pro tection," Mr. Hardison said. The CCC boys were called into this county twice during the year to fight fires, one in the old Dymond City area and once in Jamesville Town ship. Forty-three fires were handled by the wardens, most of them being confined to plots of only a few acres. Seven of the fires burned over areas slightly more than 100 acres each. Mrs Caroline Rogers Died Early Monday Mrs. Caroline Rogers, highly re spected citizen of Bear Grass Town ship and one of that section's oldest residents, died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. J. J. Rogers, yesterday morning following an ill ness of only a few weeks. She was 89 years old, and lived in this coun ty all her life, holding the esteem of all who knew her and possessing a large circle of friendship. Despite her advanced age, she was fairly active until her recent illness. Mrs .Rogers was a faithful mem ber of the Primitive Baptist church for many years. Two sons, Messrs. Alonza Rogers and Tom Rogers, and two daugh ters, Mrs. James Henry Ward and Mrs. Harriett Harris, of Bear Grass Township, survive. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the late home. Burial will be in the family cemetery In Bear Grass Township. Elder A. B. Ayers is con ducting the last rites. Conservation Payments Total $172j645 in County Forty checks, totaling t3.389.96, were received in the county this week for participants in the soil con servation program, Miss Mary Car starphen, secretary, stating that ap proximately 21 checks representing 7 applications were still due farmers in this county. To date, 2,443 farmers in this county have received a total of $172, 845.68 benefits under the soil con semilOd program. These figures' are baaed on 1,08$ contracts or ap plications. County Board Holds Meeting Today With Lot of Work Ahead Work Early Today Centers Around Adjustments In Property Values i Enjoying a holiday with almost everyone else Monday, the Martin County Commissioners started their regular monthly session here this morning, the authorities facing an intricate schedule of work and the probability of having to hold anoth er meeting shortly to clear their calendar. The program today calls for a continuation of adjustments in prop I erty vfllimtions, tho study -of- bud^6t figures for the current year, the re ceiving of petitions for roads and the handling of a ci uwded routine work calendar. Adjustments in property valuations are about completed, how ever, and the commissioners are ex pected to give much time to the pro posed budget for financing welfare activities and assistance to depend ent children, the aged and the blind. Griffins Township Htir.ens ?*v pected to appeal to the commission ers for the improvement of a road in their district, leading from J. R. Corey's via Lilley's store to U. S. Highway 17 at the Old Mill Inn. Appeals for aid were heard from the less fortunate hardly before Chairman J. E. Pope could call the meeting to order. The appeals were directed to the welfare department. Messrs. C. C. Fleming, of James ville; R. L. Perry, of Bear Grass; J. E. Pope, wiuiamston; C. A. Rober son, Robersonville; and R A. Hai slip, Hassell, are present for the meeting. Health Board To Hold Meet Soon The Martin County Board of Health will consider applications for the position of full-time health of ficer for this county at a meeting of the group to be held within the next few days, possibly the latter part of this or early next week, it was learned today. Several applications for the posi tion have been received, it is under stood. Members of the county board of health when questioned were unable to say today when the full-time service would be made available. It is possible that the offices will be opened the first of next month if experience requirements of the suc cessful applicant meets approval of the State Health authorities. Pend ing Ilia appointment of a full-time health officer, the county health au thorities have taken no action in lo cating the offices for the work. Mrs. Bennett Representing Hospital Saving Association Mrs. Eloise Bennett has just been appointed local representative for the Hospital Saving Association of North Carolina, Inc., Chapel Hill, it was announced yesterday by Miss Tarca Tolar, the organization's field supervisor, who will be in the coun ty for two weeks training Mrs. Ben net in the new work. The Hospital Saving Association is a civic non-profit organization ren dering a social service to the peo ple of this State. It was organized through the North Carolina Hospi tal Association and Medical Society with a $25,000 grant from the Duke Endowment. It offers many bene fits at a nominal cost, and the asso ciation is growing rapidly. Miss Tolar, the eastern field sup ervisor, was formerly a member of the Farm Life school faculty in this county. e Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Rea Dies In Roanoke Rapids Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Rea, of Roan oke Rapids, announce the birth of a son, Robert Edward, on Sunday, July 4th, and the death of the child on Monday, July 5th. Mrs. Rhea is the former Miss Hazel Brown, of Williamston. Revised Farm Tenacy Measure Gets Approval The house agriculture committee in Waahington last week approved a revised farm tenancy bill authoriz ing an appropriation of $10,000,000 for liberal loans to tenants and share croppers in 1938. A previously approved measure, which met opposition in the rules committee, would have authorized $50,000,000. Mlsees Edith and Kate Stalling! spent some time at Rea's Beech dur ing the holidays. Sanitation Projects Of WPA Regarded as Of Most Importance Build More Than 100 Privies In County Since First Of This Year Of all the many worth-while proj ects fostered by the Works Progress Administration, possibly none has had such a far-reaching effect as has the community sanitation projects lo cated all over the entire state. This program is not merely confining it self to the construction of sanitary privies, but at the same time it is, by means of suggestion, educating the people of the state to the use fulness of sanitary surroundings. Since January 1, 1937. the Works Progress Administration has furnish rri free of charge lahpr has oon structed, in this county, over 118 sanitary privies. The only cost to the property owners has been the materials necessary in order that the privies might be built of the type approved by the State Board of Health, which is sponsoring this movement toward a more healthful state. At present excellent privies are being built over the county at ma terial costs of from $10 to $18. In view of the fact that the privies con strueted by this project are planned to give service for from five to eight years without resetting, the advan tage to the public is very obvious. Four laborers, seven carpenters, and one foreman now comprise the active personnel of the Martin Coun Uy privy project. However, behind the scenes of this work are the pub lic-minded officials and engineers of the Works Progress Administration and also the sanitary inspectors of the State Board of Health. Plans are, if they are finally ap proved by the WPA, to solicit the aid of the county board of commis sioners and the boards of the several towns of the county so that the proj ect may be worked 22 days per month rather than the present max imum of 18 days per month. This assistance would amount to the lo cal units of the government contrib uting toward the wages of the proj ect employees after theif normal periods of work under the WPA has expired. Every man on the project would be on those days employed by the local units rather than by the WPA. However, the supervision would still be furnished by the WPA. In view of the forthcoming Public Health Service for the county and the clean-up campaign now in prog ress in Williamston, the program is a most timely one. Considering the many benefits that may be derived from such a program, the county iinrl towns mig'1' ?" tlie sponsorship of such a project. Sanitary conditions throughout the county at Urge are utterly de plorable. Laborers and carpente of the projects are daily toleratir the most repulsive of filth in ord< that the county may have betti standards of health. That one fat together with the fact that work r lief is being provided by the proje makes it doubly worth while. " The employees of the Mart County project of community san tation arc perhaps the best, whe taken as a group, of any that is i vailable in the country. Because i that, the project is probably tl mots efficient of any of the type i Eastern North Carolina. Teamwoi on the project is excellent, and eac man evidently is striving for a moi and better organized work group. H. B. Jones Dies After Operation Henry B. Jones, father of Mrs. George A. Stewart, until recently of Williamston, died in an Elizabeth City hospital yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, following an operation performed the day before. He was 58 years old and made his home in Buxton. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at 5 o'clock, and burial will follow in the Epis copal church yard in Edenton, the old home of the family. Betides his daughter, he leaves one son, Meredith Jones, of the U. S. Navy, and hit widow, who was 1 Ethel Webb before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Courtney are among those from here attending the last rites today. Many Local People To Attend Exhibition Game Between thirty-live and forty peo ple are leaving this section today for Washington City where they plan to see the all-star exhibition baseball game tomorrow. Among the group were a number of far mers. Double Holiday Very Quiet in This County RAINFALL June was a dry period for this immediate section. the weather station on Roanoke River report lng 1.62 inches of rain, as com pared with 7.45 inches for the same month last year. Some com muni ties in this area have had considerably more rain than that, while others have not had as much as was reported locally. Nearly an inch of rain has fall en here since the hrst of the ???1h ' 1) urine the Rrst six months of last year the weather station re ported 27.24 Inches of rain, edm pared with 23.M inches record ed locally during the llrst six months of this year. County Agriculture Conservation Group Reorganized Friday J. F. Crisp Elected Head of Agricultural Conservation Association for 1937 The reorganization of the Martin County Agricultural Conservation Association was completed at a meet ing held in the county agricultural building last Friday afternoon, when J. F. Crisp, of Oak City, was made president; L. A. Clark, of Everetts, vice president. F C. Stallings, of Jumesville, member; and J. R. Win slow, of Robersonville, alternate, on the county committee. Messrs. Sidney Beacham, J. C. Ross, George C. Griffin, D R Ed mondson, P. M. Holliday, J. R. Win slow, W. L. Ausbon, C. L. Daniel, Fred Taylor, and H. S. Everett con stitute the board of directors, and they named the committee. The personnel of the several com munity committees includes: Bear Grass: Sidney Beacham, W M. Harrison, J. D. Wynn and H. U. Peel. Cross Roads: W. L. Ausbon, Gas ton James and H. D. Peel. Goose Nest: J. C. Ross, Wilson Outterbi idge, H. A. Early, and L. H. ilux. Griffins: George C. Griffin, W. B Harrington, J. C. Gurkin and S. E. Manning. Hamilton: D. R Edmondson. C. L. Nelson, J. H. Lillard, and George A. Qglatby. Jamesville: P. M. Holliday, C. C. Martin and J. L. Knowles. Robersonville: J- R. Winslow, S. T Everett, J. R. Daniel, and R. S. Everett. Williams: C. L. Daniel, R. J. Ilar dison, W. J. Gardner, Joshua L. Col train. Williamston-Poplar Point: Fred Taylor, John R. Peel, Walter Halber btadt, and W. L. Taylor. The county committee at the meet ing last Friday approved a list of supervisors. Forms for handling the compliance details are expected to reach here on Saturday of this week and the work is likely to get under way the early part of next week. Completes Curing Barn New Tobacco Harvesting the primings from a few acres of tobacco transplanted early in the spring. Farmer Alonza Allen, of Cross Roads, finished cur ing his first barn of the leaf last Friday evening. Hie farmer re ported fair quality, and stated that he had good prospects for an excel lent crop. Rains later in the week made the crop turn green, and Mr Allen said it would be probably some time be fore he harvested the second barn from his 6.7 acres. Mr Allen is a bout the second farmer in the county to complete the curing of a barn of tobacco this season. Farmer K. B. Etheridge harvested one in the Has sell lection at Hamilton Township on Saturday, June X, and he is thought to be the first to start the Young Son of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Wheeler Dies Here James H. Wheeler, S months old, died at the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs. Moses Wheeler, here Sun day. Services were held yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and burial was in the local cemetery. He was the only child and had been ill witn malaria for only a few days. Traffic Is Heavy on Roads But No Major Accidents Reported Cars Crash on Lower Main Street Here Monday; No One IIuil Quietness marked the observance of the double Fourth of July holi day here and in the county, no teri 5 accidents. untimely deaths, or disorders being reported by county and local officers. Several arrests were made during the period, but each of the defendants was booked for minor infractions of the peace. Business activities with one or two exceptions were stilled and joy riding came into its own on a large scale. Busses were operated with capacity loads and extra rolling stock was placed on the runs through here by the bus-line operators. Au tomobiles passed over the Roanoke bridge at the rate of 120 an hour from mid-morning until late last night, the parade of cars indicating that North Carolina was headed for Virginia and Virginia was coming home to North Carolina, the trend of reversed traffic going into effect late in the day. The only accident reported in this vicinity took place early Monday morning when a car sideswiped an other and crashed into the fence just this side of the river bridge. No one was hurt, but considerable dam age was done to one of the cars. Several colored men, traveling in a _ hurry from Philadelphia to see New Bern relatives for the first time in about 20 years, tried to round the curve with their new Dodge sedan running about 60 miles an hour. .Wil lie Johnson, Washington negro who was meeting the speeding outfit, parked his car just as near the fence as he could, but the speeding car bore down on him, knocking off one side of the body and tearing down a wheel. Early reports from over the na tion placed the double holiday deaths at more than 400, the beaches and highways claiming the most lives. No single major accident was re ported. Traffic accidents established u new record and cost the lives of at least 228 people, or 20 more than were reported in the corresponding period a year ago. Nearly 100 peo ple were drowned and at least 70 e thers met violent deaths in other ways over the United States. i J. B. Hutson Speaker At Farmers* Rally in Greenville Friday More Than 3.000 Farmers Express Themselves In Favor Crop Control Holding an annual picnic in Green ville last Friday, more than 3,000 farmers and Farm Bureau members passed a resolution calling for the immediate enactment of the 1937 soil conservation bill, with the ever normal granary feature. When asked if they favored a con trol provision, the farmers stood in a body and not a single vote was cast against control, it was learned. Addressing the meeting. J. B. Hut son said. "The present system of control through conservation, valu able as it is, might not meet the sit uation which would arise in connec tion with some crops if we had an other siege such as that of 1936. "Nor will our present plan meet the situation caused by a series of years when growing conditions are unusually good It will eliminate tlte fluctuations which arise from heavy surpluses only to a certain ex tent. Many feel that something more is needed if all is to be done that can be done to mitigate the fluctua tion in production, prices and in come." Only Two Contagious Disease Cases Reported June was a healthy month in Mar 7in lounty. as tar aa conlsgtmis <u?-~ eases were concerned, according to a report from the county health of fice this week. Only two cases of contagious One whooping cough i ville Township and se in Williamston health officer's report lor the | A case of reported in Gold Nat but that will appear tat for July.
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