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THE ENTFRPRISE mm VOLUME XL?NUMBER 77 WUliamstoa. Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. September 24. 1937. ESTABLISHED UN Special Program For Farmers At Fair On Wednesday. Oct 6 #ai Williamston Fair to Present Best Entertainment Ever Witnessed Locally A i Martin will be | Fair on Wednesday. October C. Resi dent Manager Harvey Walker an The fair will be held at Williams ton October M. with wane of the in a local i R. S. Everett will be in charge of the Farmers Day program, and ef forts are underway to secure a i her of the North Carolina Congres sional delegation to address the thousands of rural folks expected an Wednesday of fair week. Two har ness races will be run Wednesday, with some of the nation's neediest trotters and pacers taking part L. McDonald of Rocky Mount will be the offirtal starter Two addition al horse races will be run on Thurs day. which wiH be Martin County Day Agricultural exhibits to which a big livestock shew has been added Urn year, will be m charge of T. B. Brandon. Martm County farm agent Agricultural premiums will total SUM, with all of the prize money limited strictly to producers in Martm and adjacent counties. Manager Walker explained that this policy eliminated the stiff competi tion of profimaaisl exhibitors who tour fair circuits over the Premium books have been mailed at a rapid rate; indicating record breaking interest in the agricultur al angle of the fair, he said. Tuesday. Oct. 5. first day of the fair, has been set aside as Children's Day, and all youngsters in Martin and adjoining counties will be' ad mitted free to the fairgrounds until 4:30 p m Outstanding entertainment fea tures have been secured for the Wil liamston FSir by Manager Walker through the cooperation of General Manager Norman Y. Chamblias of Rocky Mount These include a re turn engagement of Lucky Teter and his Hell Drivers on Friday. Oct. >. and the colorful Continental Re vue before the grandstand ench night. Number County Men To Serve On Jury Fifteen Martin County men were recently drawn to serve as jurors in the federal court convenue Washington on Monday. October 4. This county is believed to be furn ishing about the largest number of jurors as any in the district A short session of only three days is planned, but reports state fairly large docket will be placed before the court for W. J. Jones. Parmek Williams ton. Marred Brut. Wil hamston. S a Mob ley Williams ton; Wade ? Vick, Rubes sunville; Harry Everett. Robersonville. J. Daniel Biggs. Williamstim; John A Manning Williamston. Van G. Taylor. Everetts; Geo. A Pee). Wil liamston. David Cranes. Roberson ville; James F. Terry. Robersonville, Chas L. Daniel. Williamston Keel. Everetts; and John W. Criminal cases will be called by rl Tuesday and Wednesday Will be spent hearing civil ?? To Enforce Health Laws At All Fairs on State ho tel and cafe laws and governing the b?thng of food, will he at all county fairs this fan fay the I of I Williamston Tobacco Market Sets New High Price Record New high price records for the season were established on the Wil liamston Tobacco Market this week as sales went beyond the four-mil lion-pound mark and to almost equal sales of last season. Authentic reports supported by statements coming direct from the growers themselves clearly show that prices on the Williamston mar ket this week are the best of the season to date. Everyone possess ing tobaccos of any quality are more than pleased Averages in many cases are exceeding forty cents, and the prices are ranging above SO cents. The advance adds encouragement to the outlook for marketing during the next few day*, at least. To date, the market has sold ap proximately four and a quarter mil lion pounds, an dlarge sales are ex pected here next Monday. "Come early and avoid the rush," the ware housemen are advising their custom Reports received at noon indicated that the market had approximately 300,000 pounds of tobacco today, that a block would be missed by a matter of a few minutes. More farmers are selling on the Williams ton market than ever be fore and the reputation of the mar ket for being one of the best in the belt continues to spread far and wide. County Farmers' Vote Favors Potato Control POTATO VOTE AaMul Canty Afcat J. r Waadaid will held aa Irish pa late u (madam ia Hasaell Sal arday afteraeon fraaa t to ZJt o'clock whea aay farmer meet in ttt reeairesaeats will have the eppeilaalty te vote ia fa vor or agaiaet having that crap ia the IIH farm pro Arsaaceaeeala te hald the ref rrimdaas there were made whea M was learaed that saaay farm en (ailed te receive ballots that were te have beea delivered threash the mails last Saturday. Finds Pocketbook And Part of Money The pocketbook lost by Miss Vcr die Heath on the main street here early last Monday morning was re covered yesterday along with (30 of the (41.75 in the purse at the time it fell from the running board of Miss Heath's car Reading The Enterprise story of the loss. Mr. Jim Bowen Wednesday evening recalled seeing a colored man pick up a pocketbook two days before. He thought little of the man's find until he saw the account of the loss, and he reported to Sheriff C. B. Roebuck The man's name wasn't known, but Sheriff Roebuck picked him up from the description offered toy Mr Bowen. Frank Cross, colored man, admit ted finding the pocketbook. and willingly surrendered it and that part of the money he had not spent There is a possibility Cross will be prosecuted for concealing property found by him. Sheriff Roebuck left this morning for Raleigh and will turn the purse over to Miss Heath who is working with the WPA there. Miss Heath's home is in Elizabeth City, and she was on her way to Raleigh about 5 o'clock last Monday morning when she stopped here to rearrange some baggage in the car and dropped the purse on the running board. ? I of mat of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Roberson Died Wednesday Sarah Adeline, 2-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eh Rob erson died at their home in the Cross Roads community of this county Wednesday of colitis. Funer al services were conducted yester day afternoon and burial was m the family plot on the home farm Not One Ballot In Opposition During First Days of Vote Both Producer and Consum er Would Benefit by i Government Plan Martin county farmers vot ing on the question of acreage con trol for Iris potatoes have regis tered an-overwhelming sentiment in favor of the government program. Approximately two-thirds of the farmers who are elegible to vote I have done so and not a single vote has been cast in opposition to the proposal. Mr T B Slade in the 'county agent's office, said today W1U1 similar sentiment reported in other counties of this section and throughout most potato growing areas of the country, it is expected that the necessary two birds vote required to put the e'ati into ef 'eet will tw. meily I If, as a result of this reft rendum. the Irish potato is made a basic commodity and given government aid- like that available for cotton, peanuts, and tobacco, production will become more stable and both producer and consumer would bene fit. government experts maintain. Two factors enter into the price of potatoes, according to County Agent *f B. Brandon. "First there is the supply avail able for sale; and second, the pur chasing power of the consumers The amount of demand is about the same from year to year. "As a result, when production is excessive, a substantial portion of the crop is not needed for human consumption, and it is that excess which has a depressing effect on the entire potato market. "Available figures show that both potato acreage and yield per acre fluctuate materially from year to year "But there is no doubt that tka total crop produced is influenced to a great extent by variations in acre age. Therefore, some program for preventing substantial yearly fluc tuations in acreage appears to be a promising method for bringing about greater stability. "American potato growers have an outlet for from 360,000,000 to 370,000,000 bushels under present conditions. "Reliable studies show that pota to producers in the United States could expect to receive approximate ly $75,000,000 more for a total crop (Costumed on page six) District Employment Offices Experience Delay in Opening Par a short time, until the office equipment and furniture can be in stalled. the work of the Williamston branch offices of the N. C. State Em ployment Service, is be in* conduct ed from the Eden ton district office headquarters, and service is being given to the counties of Martin. Washington, Hyde and Tyrrell, out of the office there. C. W. said today calls for the location of the Williamston offices in the town here, and the person bo losatsd here as soon as ip can be arranged, equip talied. etc. C. W. Bazemore, of the Williamston branch. five ocun nvke ia banc f iven to the counties >f the Williamston are* from the Chowan capital, which is district of fice headquarters. In addition to the manacer. the iff ice force at Williamston will ID :lude at the beginninc, Curtis B. Silliam. of Northampton county, as tenior interviewer, James W. Peele. if Everett*, as junior interviewer, ind the receptionist-stenocrapha. ?ppointment of which anil be an al workers in all trades and occupations, skilled and imshilled. who rtsain positions, field visits to employers in each of the five counties of this area, occupa tional and employment surveys, and other work, will be included in the of the branch office force County Farm Group Plans Petition For Committee Hearing To Support Their Appeal for a Crop Control Pro gram Next Year Thnr attention centered on the United States Agriculture Commit tee hearing in Winston-Saletn in November, directors ot the Martin County Farm Bureau Federation framed a petition for circulation throughout the county to support their appeal for a crop control pro gram nest year Action taken by the group, led by Mr. Sam T. Ever ett. president of the farm organiza tion in this county, was unanimous ly advanced at the meeting, the farm leaders pledging their support in seeing that the dirt farmer would be considered by "Cotton Ed' Smith's commute? , The petition Considering the fact that the prices of major farm commodities are steadily declining while there is an equally steady increase in the prices of things wmch farmers must buy. and Believing that a general, nallun aiiy cn acted and enforced farm program which includes parity of price for farm commodities. Ever Normal Granary, equitable distribu tion of bases and crop control for the avoidance of excessive surplus in all major commodities would be beneficial to agriculture directly and to business generally; We. the undersigned farmers of Martin County. North Carolina, do hereby petition, request and urge the Senate Agricultural Committee, and through them all the members of the National Congress, that they use every effort to enact such a measure with control features and penalties at the eailiesl possible date and in ample tune for its provision* to apply to the crop of 1938. Members of the board of directors attending the Wednesday evening meeting are. S T. Everett. J. Mar ion Griffin. E. C. Harrison. L. N. Hux. W R Everett. K. B Etlieridge, W. S White. C. A Roberson. C. U Daniel and C O Mooie The farm bureau is appealing for members, and it is hoped that hun dreds of Martin farmers will offer their support of the organization. The petition, however, will receive farmers' names regardless of mem bership. it was stated. Secretary T H Slade stated this morning that many Martin farmers had already joined the bureau, but that hundreds ? >f others are needed to assure the organization necessary support in its work of representing agriculture. Grand Jury Report Filed ^ itli Court Completing iU work, the Martin County grand jury filed a report on its activities and went on Tuesday afternoon, making only two recom mendations A few school busses were found to be operating with in adequate brakes, and the jury mem bers directed the authorities to have repairs made at once The long time,leak in the county home cellar floor again attracted the attention of the jury who ordered repairs made All justices of the peace in the county had filed their reports and fines had been turned into the county treasurer The county home, jail, county offices and prison ramp were found in good condition, the jury pointed out in its report. It is understood that the jury, headed by Mr. C. L Nelson, of Mas se 11. found true bills in all the eases coming before it for consideration. Martin Teachers To Get Added $1,000.00 Approximately $11,023 40 will be paid the IM teachers in the white schools of this county next Thurs day. according to estimates offered by the office at the superintendent of schools here today. The estimates were based an unofficial figures, and a small variation can be expect ed. County school authorities have not been notified of the salary in cases, and any delay in the de livery of the new salary schedule may hold pay checks back over the The total salaries for white teach ers in the wis nils at this county will - *- ?? >t Mgk - * I ? I " "Ut 91 .WW JTrltrT TTTBTi 11~7 were a year ago. it is estimated. Colored teachers will not receive their pay checks until about Octo ber 7 or g, their schools having started a week after the white Superior Court Clears Criminal Docket Early This Morning and Starts the Trial of Civil Actions Mother And Son Get Long Prison Terms For Brutal Assault Begin Sentences Today of Not Less Than 5. Not More Than 7 Years Adjudged guilty by ? County Superior Court jury last Tuesday evening at ?:20 o clock. Mrs Annie Ruber son wife of lltn Roberson. of Ruber son v. lie, awl iheir 19-year-old son. C?w|e Din Roberson. are being transferred u> Raleigh today to start sen lessee* of not less than 5 and not more seven years. Sentence Wednesday afternoon at 3 15 o'clock by Judge Walter J Booe who saal open court that the case was t hardest to come before turn his brief experience on the bench The trial, pathetic m its every de tail, marked the close of one ol the most brutal attacks reported in Uus county in a decade Only the scruaw ness of the attack that nearly oust the life of the aged husband lather cleared the way for Judge Booe to perform his duty. _ The State completed its evidence in The rase Tuesday afternoon wJsen insurance men explained that Mrs Roberson had bargained for an n surance policy, and learn if the double indemnity would apply should her killed or burned to death It was al so pointed out that the prem xrwe tjrBe"eonerted aTa nearby ant house and not at the home Attorney J- C. Smith the jury for the defense, and Solici tor Gilliam demanded a verdict against both the mother and son Judge Bone used a greater M1 of an hour in his charge to the jury The case went to the jury at >1* Tuesday afternoon and the verdict was returned at 6 25. The court de layed passing judgment until the following afternoon Pathetic facts in the lives of the large family were oted in open court by Attorneys Smith and Jus tus Everett, of Greenville, when they addressed appealing plews for mercy to the Jurat. "Mrs Roberwm has given birth to 20 children ? twenty-one years to the day. and her life has been hades on earth." Judge Smith said, the court specta tors perking up their ears when he^ explained that three single births followed in a period of 24 mootbs The "startling" fact apparently had its weight with the audience Seven uf the children are now living, he explained to the court. The sanity of the defendants was and the plea suggesting unity had its weight passed a conditional sentence "There"' r.o cr.minality in the blood of this family." Attorney Jus tus Everett said in explaining that "the wh.de trouble ? traceable So unfortunate circumstances. A chal lenge to society was advanced when he cited the atmosphere in which the youthful defendant had been reared, adding "You ran t expect much of a boy reared under conditions " He appealed for " Pro tective sentence, the mother weep ing as the lawyer pointed out the unfortunate conditions that could lead to nothing but crimes and mm cry Young Roberson never broke hu (Continued on Back Page! [ SEEKING SELLERS 1^ V I / to man dim (mi fierji T. Fcton nii toiit Aaymr ?to wiitoI, to atfcr far olr a ?? P"? tocal part affice. it Ta date aal) tva a?mi ka?r ?r aalr. M ?*- Tto affen will to fMitly ciaruMt aw Salwtoi. Detain Z. at It Corey Damage Suiti! Is Finally Closed In The SujHTior Court; Total Cost of Case Believed To Be In Excess of Six Thousand Dollars TV final chapter in the 565.0001 j B by H: F lm-|i . advm:.biralor of John Leav . and Roy Andrew s. administra tor of Marshall Andrew s, against J Lloyd Corey Pitt farmer, was fi nally closed in the superior o art of this county this week, authentic 5 reports stating that the defendant i j had satisfied the judgments and will . pay the court ousts probably before e the last of thb week s combined judgments allowed 1 by a jury in the superior court last j * April amounted Jo 54.000 It is esti- s mated the court cost> will total $750. and when the defendant's time. * ers" fees and oilier items are c the total cost will ex- % eeed $5.5uu ; t The $05,000 suits. $50.0(10 by Ad- i*1 Leavister and $15,000 by 1 Administrator Andrews, were the r outgrowth of an automobile-truck 1v wreck on tlie Robersunville-Stokes'll road in September. 1934 John leav ester and Marshall Andrews lost IJ their lives in the accident and two filbamston girls. Misses llolloman and Williams, were injured but not i badly The case charging Oiite f! Pift. colored driver of the Cotej r truck. was no! prossed A new trial was ordered by Judg--f Clayton Moore in March. 1935. when ^ the jury allowed $20i judgments to ? each administrator The case was *' continued and continued, one trial blowing up for no known reason !! . ,a I Parents-Teachers Will Reorganize Neat Week l 9 t? The reorganization of the local t j, parent teacher association will be d effected at a meeting of the teach ers and interested patrons to be i, held in the high scliool building next f y Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock. > Piincipal D N ffiz announced this n morning Mrs J F Thigpen. re e tiring president, will preside over, the meeting. reports stating that r Mrs W K. Parker, now vice presi t] dent, is in line for the presidency i? of the organization During the past year, the P T A handled a splendid work, and those leaders interested in the welfare of the little folks are anxious that strong organization can be perfect cd and that the worth-while work i 1 w ill continue on a larger scale Swift Justice Available To A lleged Imw Violators Here That the vhtets of jutxe apidly and surely icre this week when litre were arrested, tried and four hem started serving wenty-four hours following irrests Barthoma Bennett, rloyee of liai Company, and his fellow Sen Ward, started nonths sentences on the reads yor about M hours were arrested for the thrfl gfak (uentity of flour Iran thew rloyers Julius Williams. a thud ,'endant. was cleered by the trinl ury. and he was bach lob with the store after A Joe Mobley Whitley. white youths, arrested onf Monday an Wilmington tot the al leged fcogery of about $65 worth ot hrrti are already at work paying heir debt to society The tsro boys. 15. and Whitley. 17. were late Tuesday from by the llobley boy's fa Young Joe was sentenced to from one to two yean, the that he could be entered ta the Stonewall Jackson Train ins School. Concord Your* Whitley was Ca|>|ks Sentenced To Roads For 2 Years For Serious Assault Verdict of "Not Guilty" Is Directed by Judge Bone in Murder Case Considering the evidence insuffi ?lent. Judge Walter Bone early to lay directed a verdict of "not quil y" in the case charging Miles i rimes colored, nth the murder of aus White colored, on Williamston's ?last Mam Street on August 7. the iction marking the completion at he court's criminal docket for the erm The trial of civil cases was tarted immediately, and the court rill continue its work through next nek ?? The Grimes case came to a quick ?nd when the court ruled evidence filered by Gus White on his death wd was not acceptable as he was lot under oath Grimes is believed 0 have escaped poe*ib!~ death by 1 harrow margin. The strong desire to administer ustice fairly and squarely has kept he court machinery turning slowly ut steadily all the week At no time n recent years have more than three lays been spent on clearing a crim r.al docket in the court. Every bit >f evidence has received careful at intion by the court. Judge Bone how ing much patience in the finches and listening intently to "th sides in every Tli? Hn- - d defendant received the same con sderation along with his fellow-man n cv imc but in all cases the law was ?ppbed in strict accordance of tht tatutes *.K-j:ir.g ine KowTsao assault atp from its docket, the court ailed the W charging Will Capps rilTi fek*uuus assault with intent o kill Mrs A T lalley. Williams rownship citizen. Mrs lalley. vic un of the attack, was the first wit less to take the stand, and she in terned the happenings o the shooting "On the f July 31, Capps came to my fidd nd said he was not going to per mit his wife to work for a woman ike me.** she told the court. She ad mitted cursing Capps and ordering nm from her ffie'd She told how he was shot ... thai evening an he sat in the dir.ing loum Louis Gardner, seated at the sup er table, was the neat w itness call d and he told about the nd added that he went for nd passed Capps walking along the uad toward the Capps home with gun under his arm Joe Perry, neat witness, told the ourt he was walking toward the alley home and met Capps who turn that he had shot Mrs. Lil e-y and wanted him <Perry I to call lector lb J S Rhodes, the victim's at ending physician, stated that an w-ray showed more than 200 shot ntered Mrs Lalleyr's arm and chest ust above the heart, that he consul red her permanently injured Sheriff C. B Roebuck who ar ested Capps a short while after lie shooting, stated that Capps,. soon Iter the arrest, asked if he had kill d Mrs Lalley. that if he did there .as just one more he wanted to get. No name was mentioned, however.) (Continued on Back Page) I Irs. Esther W vnne Died bte Tuesday Hn Olhrt IhmifH Wynne I her heme on the Hamilton Road, ear here, last Tuesday about ? '(lock follominc a kmc period at erluunc health The dauchter at the late Cahna r.J Matilda In Wynne was I r M years ago and Imd all I t tlus ! 1 the home at her true! Lai ley. an North
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