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I THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 78 W illimmston. Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday. September 28, 1937. ESTABLISHED 1899 Many Civil Cases Are Geared From Court Docket Here Judge Walter Bone Holds Second Week of Court In This County Completing the trial of the i rial docket last Friday morning in the Martin County Superior court Judge Walter J Bone immediate ly started calling civil actions. More than a dozen cases were cleared from the docket during that day and yesterday, reports coming from the courthouse at noon today indi cating that the congested condition surrounding civil calendar win be greatly relieved before the court adjourns the two weeks term about Thursday or Friday. Quite a number of cases have been compromised, and the court is mak ing progress in removing other ac-j tions from the docket by the trial' route. The case of W. L. Griffin against! S. A Perry was settled out of court. The court directed the defendant to pay the cost and the plaintiff take nothing in the case of Mrs. Mary C. and W. E. Roberson against Town of Robersonville. A sale under deed of trust confirmed and debt settlements were ordered in the case of Cecil Brown by his next friend. J. C. Gurkin. against Mrs. A W. Griffin and others. R. H. Warner and E. E. Memtt were awarded a $40 judgment against R. S. Edmondson. A $200 payment was ordered made to the plaintiff in the case of Frank Shields against W. J. Johnson and Co. In the friendly suit of Milton James against the insurance com pany, a settlement was effected out of court, the defendant receiving $200 In the case of J. B Greer against Veiiiun Wlulehurst. the plaintiff : ceived nothing and was directed to pay the case cost. A judgment in the sum of $IS5 1$ was awarded the Standard Fertiliz er Company against J. C. Spruill In the case of Mrs. Effie B Ches son against L. T. Chesson it was shown to the court that ? for allowance of alimony had settled, and the court established certain property rights for the plain tiff and defendant. Bertha Clemmons was given $650 judgment against P H. Coffield. the defendant to have claim to suranee carried on a house burned in Robersonville. The plaintiff directed to pay the cost. A divorce was granted Mary H. Coltrain against C. B. Coltrain. IN umber Of Papers Readers Increasing The lize of The Enterprise** : lly of readers continues to the circulation man pointing out that the paper is now going more than 1,600 homes mostly in Martin County. The names of recent subscribers are: H. F. Williams, of Williamston. Ear ley Whitehurst and Allen Grif fin of Jamesville, Miss Ruby John son. Norfolk; Ben Manning, ham; J. D. Wynne, Roberaonville; E. P. Cunningham. Williamston. S. R Coburn, Jamesville; DarreU Griffin, Washington; C. C. Whitaker. Williamston; Sidney Mallory, Onk City; Mrs. C. D. Browning. Raleigh; Mrs. J. G. Hege, Suffolk; Ben Rid dick, Everetts; Judge W. J. Nashville; T. M Whitaker. J ville; J. G Bryant, Oak City; G. E Hyman, Everetts; Mrs. Clara Ever ett, Hamilton; Irving Coltrain, Wil liamston; C. C. Walters, Cobaia; Staton Gurganus, Williamston; Mol lis Ore, Stokes. Senate Experts Open The Study Or Relief Agencies Washington ? Committee began gathering data today for extensive Senate investigation eg I gaged in administering Federal ! lief. Alan Johnstone, courted for I special Senate Committee to lasts and Relief. the agencies to with their activities These agencies include the Works Piugreas Administration, the Works Administration. 1 Corps attd I Administration the I Two Lose Lives in Car Accident Near Here DESTITUTE Price Adjustment Payment Will Not Be Made Until 38 ??? Proof of Compliance with '38 Program Could Not Be Given Before Spring I W Duggan acting director of thr Southern Division. Agricultural Adjustment Administration, said to day that under provisions of the law setting up the cotton price-adjust ment payment plan, no payments could be made before 1938 Dr Duggan said a large number of letters and telegrams had been ( received urging the AAA to make payments available immediately to cotton gioneis who cooperated with the 1937 program. "Under the act. Congress appro priated $130,009,000 for price-adjust ment payments on cotton grown in 1$37.~ Mr Duggan stated "Pay ments at the rate established by this act may be made to growers on proof of their compliance with the 4939 agricultural adjustment pro gram. legislation for which will be the first business of the next session of Congress. Proof of compliance with the 1938 program could not be given, of course, before late next "Participation in the 1937 pro gram of the AAA is not required of those applying for price-adjustment payments." Payments will be made to grow ers on that part of their 1937 crop not exceeding <5 per cent of the cot ton production base which was, or could have been. established for each farm under the 1937 AAA pro gram. Growers must support their applications for payments with orig inal sales receipts or certificates on all their 1937 cotton sold before July 1. 1938 The rate of payment will be the difference between 12 cents per pound and the average price of 7-8 inch middling cotton on the ten des ignated spot markets on the date of sale, the amount not to exceed 3 cents per pound in any case. Mr. Duggan said that communica tions also had been received asking that payments be made on the full 1937 crop rather than 6$ per cent of the grower's cotton base. "Payments were limited to 65 per cent at the base production to brug the total estimated amount of the payments within the fixed ap propriation of $139,000,000." Mr. Duggan nd "However, payments ?rill be made on an additional amount at cotton, above 65 per cent of the base, if sufficient funds re ?? available bom the appropria tion Mlowxg payments an cotton sold up to the 05 per cent limit." limmie Edmondson, And J. R. Sykes Are Victims Of Wreck Wreck Was Described As One of Worst on Rec ord in This County. Jimmie Edmondson. of 243 E. Cawson Street. Hopewell. V?, and I Russell Sykes, of 103 Brass Street. Wilson, were instantly killed when their cars were in a head-on collision just west of the Beaver Dam swamp bridge near Everetts cn Highway 64 yesterday afternoon about 3 30 o'clock. Highway Patrol man W S. Hunt stating that ap parently the spedeing of the Ed mondson car cost the t*-o men their lives. Riding alone. Edmondson in a new Terraplane. and Sykes in a Plymouth, the two men went to their sudden deaths without an rye witness to the crash Edmond 100*5 skull was ripped open and his orains were torn from their socket His neck was broken and bones in ill parts of the body were crushed ?nd n angled Sykes suffered a skull fracture, reports from the coroner's iff ice stating that neither man ever tnew what struck him. W R. Cobb, traveling toward Ev tretts and just ahead of the Sykes sr. stated that he met Edmondson lnving rapidly toward Williamston. hat the Edmondson car was swerv ng from one side of the road to the ither. Cobb, a Bertie farmer of the Merry Hill section, said that just icfore he met the Edmondson car t went off the concrete, barely missing his own. Apparently the rTdmondson car went out of control ind plunged into the Sykes machine, linking the front part and somer saulting over the engine. Edmond ?on was penned under the car as it ?ame to a stop bottom *ide up on he left side of the roac Sykes was rushed in the seat <-f i.:i i-ir which aas slopped~aimos: in it-T tracks on he right side of the load The ma chine did not turn over and only the front end was damaged. Ed - nondson's car was damaged beyond repair, the top part having been orn from the chassis. The wreck was described as one if the worst on record in this coun y. Said to have been driving care ally and in accordance with the aws of the highway. Sykes was re ported on his way to join his fam ly hi Wilson. His aged mother, a Norfolk citizen, was to have met um there. In a letter which was used to identify him, his mother itated, "maybe we will see you loon." Sykes. a traveling salesman for a Richmond hardware firm, was SO rears old. Son of Mr and Mrs H M Sykes, of Portsmouth, he mar ried Miss Myrtle Rea. of Edenton. who survives with one child The body, prepared for burial at the Biggs Funeral Home, was removed it noon today to the parents' home in Portsmouth where funeral ser vices will be held tomorrow. Burial will follow in a Norfolk cemetery. Edmondson. a native of the Spring 3reen section of this county, moved to Hopewell several years ago where >e made his home with his mother. Mrs Asa Edmondson. His father lied in this county a few years ago Besides his mother, he leaves one lister, Mrs. Staton Gurganus, of Bear Grass, and three brothers. Dil lon, of Hopewell. Nancy Edmond ?n of Poplar Point, and Bob Ed-, nondson of Hamilton. He married Miss Alma Jane Powell, formerly | (Continued on page six) Predict Small Peanut Yield In The County This Season PM iqiulti from peanut fields an i larje scale indicate there will be ? small crop yield in the county this season. However, the that the qual ity w consadembty above the aver the beat crop they Reports from over the county state that the crop is spotted, that some farmers have fair yields and few vines, but the general opinion is that the county will produce a bumper hay crop and actually few peanuts Digging was started in the county last week, and is now fully under way. With favorable weather pre vailing the task should be com pleted within the nest week or ten days Picking operations will be started within a few weeks the time depending largely upon wea ther conditions Advanced market information on the crop is larking, some believing the crop will fair return (Tax Collections Increase As Date For Sales Nears Property Owners Have Not Paid Taxes As Well This Year As Last Warned that the delinquent tax list will be advertised next week Martin County property owners this week are paying thousands of dol lars into the county treasury the collector stating that more money had been collected these past few days than in any other period since the books were turned over to him about a year ago "Most of the ac counts were small, but there are quite a few large ones still un paid." Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said. A review of the collections show that Martin property owners have not paid their taxes as well this year as they did a year ago Start ing out with a total levy ol $183, 029.02 about 12 months ago, the sheriff collector reported early Mon day that only $137.273 09 had been collected, leaving a balance due at that time of $45,755.93 A year ago when the delinquent list was ad vertised, the unpaid accounts, num bering around 700, totaled about $25,000. If the hst is to be smaller this year than it was last, the tax collector s office will have to handle approximately $20,000 in these last few remaining days. Property owners in several of the townships have just about paid all their accounts, but in others the owners are just not taxpayers?so far. sheriffs office is now prepar ing the delinquent list for publica tion next week preparatory to the sheriff s sale the first Monday in the following month. Repeated warnings have been issued to the property owners urging them to settle their accounts and save added costs. Quiet Now Marks Jamesville Politics a Rumors heard here a few days ago and Mating that plana were hem. considered to overthrow JamesviUe's lown government have just about been proved unfounded The alleg ed plan to oust the officials never received serious consideration, i citizen from Jamesville said today. Disgruntled over first one thing or another, one or two citizens there were said to be considering address ing a petition to the court for a special town election. It was point ed out that there was some doubt as to the proper handling of the last election One of the officials ex plained. however, that the board properly ordered the machinery set up for the election, that if no one attended the conventions or failed to vote in the election they could not help it. Under the law, it is un derstood that a town governing board continues in office until cessors are named and they qualify themselves. It was pointed out by one or two persons that the board was criticized for allowing school busses to be parked on certain streets, that oth ers did not favor the business-like methods of forcing tax collections Those on the sidelines state that JamesviTje's town government if functioning properly, that the town's finances are in the best shape than at any time in recent years. Road Repair Work Is Delayed By Weather The resurfacing work on Highway 17 to the Beaufort line was delayed by weather conditions today, high way forces stating that it could not be determined when the project could be completed. It was planned to finish the work late today, but rains interrupted the activities. With favorable weather prevailing tomorrow it will be pos sible to complete the work and open the entire road to traffic within 36 hours, it was explained. Much of the road is already open to traffic. -a Father Of Mrs. Barnes Dies At Clayton Home H. W. Allen, father of Mra. Fran cis Barnes, of Williamston. died suddenly from a heart attack at his home in Clayton early Sunday morning He was 83 years old. Fun eral services are being conducted this afternoon at the Creedmoor Baptist church in Granville County, the old family home. Besides his daughter, Mr. Allen is survived by his widow, one son, and a brother and sister. a Mrs. J. D. Woo lard returned this afternoon from a Washington hospi tal where she underwent an opera tion week before last. Prospects Bright For Largest Agricultural Fair Here Next Week Than in Numbdr of Years Prices Continue to Advance On Williamston Mart Today Tobacco prices oo the Wll lianistoo market continue to climb, reports stating that they went to a new high peak here yesterday and were holding strong today. Indications are that they will hold up well and possibly advance as the season progresses. Williamston's growing market is experiencing its most success ful season, farmers comparing prices with those of past war days, and the sales breaking all previous records. Big loads of tobacco are averaging right at M cents a pound, and prices that apparently reached a top at 39 cents a week or ten days ago are going right on up to 49, at and higher. Fanners are more than pleased with their sales, and Williamston's tobacco buy ers are literally holding each other's (eet to the fire in 'bow ing keen competition for all the medium and better trades. Farmers are agreed that there is no better place to sell than on the Williamston market, and the lon( list of satisfied customers is trowing longer day by day, growers coming here every day from as far away as 100 miles. Yesterday the market exper ienced block sales, but had re turned to a normal schedule in about an hour this morning, Su pervisor Henry Johnson esti mating that there were around 100,000 pounds on the floors for sale today. General reports indicate that about one-half the crop has been sold. Heavy sales are ex pected to continue on the mar ket here for some time, how ever. ABC Store Patrons Not Sure Of Names Thai quite a few customers of the Martin County ABC stores are not familiar with the brand names was evidenced a few days ago when the Williamstcn store received three un usual calls Asking for a 75-cent brand, a col ored man was directed to the price list after the clerk had called over several names and failed Jo offer a suitable brand. Getting the price list mixed up with the store's holiday schedule, the customer studied and studied the schedule and then ask ed for a 'pint of that Labor Day." A colored woman explained to the clerk that - she wanted a pint t>L[ "Friendly Five." Explaining that the store did not stock any of that par ticular brand, the clerk gave her a bottle of Five Crown, allowing that ? hat would have its "friendly" ef fects. "I wants a bottle of that there Cobweb." another colored custom er told the store clerk who readily surmised that Cobbs Creek was wanted. a Parent-Teacher Meeting Tomorrow In High School . # The first regular meeting of the local parent-teacher association will be held in the high school building tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. A reorganization of the association will be perfected at that time, and parents and patrons are urged to be present. No Meeting Of Masons Be Held Here Tonight The icgular meeting of the local Masonn lodge has been postponed, the master explaining that the ses sion had been called off on account of the religious meeting now under way in the loctil Baptist church. Williamston 11 iirh r Battles Kins ton To 6-6 Tie In Opener Windsor Lions to Play Here Friday at 3:30; Lively ' Battle Is Expected ,1!"* ?/\|'|vnFPg? The 1937 edition of Williamston High School's /rid team turned in a 5-6 tie in the opening game with Kinston The team showed up re markably well in their first game under Coach Sam "Edwards. AI - J though slightly outweighed, and in foreign territory, the youthful giid sters furnished styut-opposition to the more experienced Kinston elev en. Some of them were playing their first game Williamston won the toss and elected to kick-off. William Wier booted the ball to Kinston's 35 yard line, Evans returning five yards. Carlyle Hall brought him down, thus larning the distinction of getting the first tackle of the year. | The Red Devils took the lead with | a touchdown early in the second period. With the ball in mid field, jne of the home boys went off tackle an a 45 yard jaunt. On the next play) an off-side penalty put the ball on Williamston's one yard line from where it was taken over for a six pointed for Kinston. Pete Egan | proke through to smear the try for| sxtra point. Kinston put on anoth-1 ?r drive, but an intercepted pass by Joe Hardison stopped it. The clubs aattled on even during the remain ier of the half. The few minutes of rest between he halves seemed to help, for the j joys registered two straight first Jowns, with Hardison doing most ofi the running. Kinston held on their jwn ten to take the ball on dow4as.| \n attempt to kick out failed when the punter fumbled, Hardison re-, covering for Williamston. A line plunge counted the touchdown, Har Jison carrying the ball over. The ittempt for extra point failed when Wier's pass to Ray Goodmon was wide. In the final quarter, Kinston made i strong bid to win with an aerial ittack. but each time the Green (Continued on Back Page) Aged Colored Man Dies In Washington Hospital 1 Ben Jones, familiar colored fig ure here for nearly 70 years, died in a Washington hospital last Saturday. A well digger by profession, he was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery here yesterday afternoon. Highway Patrol Goes on the 4 ir Early Monday Afternoon lis lUUMdi u^uuig mia;?u UIUU next Monday, the North Carolina Highway Patrol informally went on the air over its new five-station ra dio system yesterday afternoon. To day, the messages are going out thick and fast, directing the patrol men here and there over North Carolina's vast highway system chasing drunken drivers and inves tigating wrecks. Williamston's station, WANI, un der the direction of C. D. Caven augh. chief operator, sent out its first call at g o'clock last evening when Assistant Operator Stuart Da vis. young man from LouiSburg, di rected Patrolmen W. S. Hunt and H. W. Roth rock to pick up a drunk walking the Jamesville highway. A car eras reported stolen a few min ites later, and owners of short-wave ?adio receiving sets today are get :ing a pretty good idea of just how nuch activity there is going on on he highway of the good ole North itate daily; ? The public is asked to cooperate n the operation of the radio system jy reporting highway irregularities, wrecks, drunken drivers and so on in this section to Station WANI, Williamston When a patrolman is needed, just call 250, WANI's tele phone number and a patrolman will be directed to any location by ra dio. All reports are treated conli dentially, and the leaders of ^ the highway patrol are hopeful the pub tic will cooperate in making the op eration of the radio system success ful and aid toward lessening acci dents on the highways.' Premiums Added To List For Students In Home Economics Nearly Every 4-H Club in the County Will Have Special Exhibits Present indications point to one of the largest agricultural fairs here ! next week this section has seen in recent years, according to Manager Harvey Walker, who said that ar rangements were being completed today and tomorrow for creating ad ditional exhibit space. "There?is? I more interest in the exhibits than at any time during the three years I have been here." Mr. Walker said, 'and it certainly looks as if the ^agricultural exhibits at the Wil I liamston- fair will rank right with I the best east of Raleigh this season," i he added. I More entries have been received to date than at any time during re cent years, and the supply of entry I forms has been almost depleted. The I approximately $3,DUO in cash prem I liims has been placed in local banks I for distribution to the exhibitors [ just as soon as judges furnished by I tiie State departments can make I their awards. i According to Manager Walker ad (ht mal premiums have been cre lated to care for exhibits that will be [displayed by the several home eco nomics departments in the schools high as $25 in these departments, I and it is understood that represen tative displays of the work now be ing accomplished in the schools will be seen at the fair. Individual school t xhibits are also expected to feature the educational divisions at the fair. Kight of the ten 4-H boys' clubs are planning exhibits, County Agent J. P. Woodard said this week. The youths are much in terested in the corn exhibits, but they will compete for prizes in all the 4-H divisions, it is understood. Larger entries are expected in the swine and poultry department^ Manager Walker explaining that the 1 fair operators were more interested in limiting the prizes to farmers of this section rather than throwing [the field wide open to commercial exhibitors. At least, the exhibits in I these departments will be represen I tative of the section, and it is' pos sible that farmers in this and near I by counties will find it profitable to j)lace some of their stock and birds Ion display. v.' i "We are stressing the agricultural side of the fair this year, and pres ent indications are very encourag ing toward that end," the manage Iment said. It was pointed out that | the cash premiums equal those of fered by any district fair in this I section of the State, that the compe tition was limited to the section, giv ing eastern Carolina farmers the ad | vantage in annexing prizes. I "With favorable weather prevail [7ng, the people of all eastern North I Carolina can expect a big fair at , Williamston all next week," Man ager Walker said after recalling that rain had dampened the events dur ing recent years. v Fire Company Called Out Late Saturday Afternoon ?? ?Thc?tocalTtre company received its first call of the fall season last Saturday at 5:10 o'clock when fire threatened the home of William Midgett on Elm Street. Starting I mm a box of paper and rags, the lire burned through the kitchen wall and into the ceiling, causing a damage estimated at about $50. The house belonged to Mr. R. S. Critcher. Record Number Arrests _ Made During September ??? The number of persons jailed in this county so far this month has established a new high record. To .late 70 people have been placed in he county jail, the number not in cluding those arrests made by po lice forces in several towns of the | county. The number also does not include those persons arrested and released under bond without their entering the Jail. During the past week-end there were six arrests, four of the defen dants facing charges of alleged vio lation of the Jiquor laws.
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