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THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XL?NUMBER 95 Wiltiamston, Martin Comnty, North Carolina, Friday November 26, 1937. ESTABLISHED 1899
Needy Get $1,156.00
Under Security Plan
In County Monthly
County Pays $306.08 As Its
Share Under Se
curity Plan
a
The aged, dependent children and
in Martin County are now re
a combined total of $1.15*
monthly under the aoctal security
this amount nc
county
and interest, hospital!
i and other relief activities that j
he associated with the
it's yoint welfare plan.
As the first five months of the so-|
rial security program come to a
done, it b apparent that the allow
ances are hardly sufficient to bb
tam life and that the program is tar
(ran inclusive Even though the quo
tas have not been reached in this
county, it is believed that they are
not large enough to meet the existing
neada. Reports from the county wel
fare office stale that the quotas have
jwt about been reached m some of
the claasaficatioas which apparently
?mi that the presence of any
naady after the allowances have
been exhausted will necessarily have
to await openings that may be cre
ated by death or the inheritance of
a tidy sum by one of the recipients
from an unheard-of relative.
From IB applications, the welfare |
authorities in this county have ae
91 deserving ones in the ad
These 91 old per
sons are receiving $759 a month, the
county paying $199.50. the State
3199 50 and the federal government
the remainder Five of the 305 appli
cants have died since the program
was inaugurated the first of
July, and 141 applicants have been
rejected Quite a few of the 305 ap
have died since the pro
inaiignnted
July, and 141 applicants have |
rejected Quite a few of
i applied for relief just
they were over 05 \ ears uf
age Twenty-eight old-age applica
tions are pending in the welfare of
fice of the county
Applications have been received
tram 33 blind persons in this coun
ty. At the present Ume IS are re
ceiving a total of $193 monthly
M average of $10.72. Martin coun-l
ty pays $4S25 as its share of the!
cost incurred in supporting
blind Two applications have beenj
rejected and two are pending
Nineteen families in the county
have applied for aid to dependent
children. To date, thirteen of these
rawi representing 44 children, have
been approved Three applications
have been rejected and three others
are pending The 44 children in the
13 families are receiving a total of
$395 each month or an average of
$4*5 per child Martin County pays
$9174 of this amount.
On an average, each of the 1531
Martin County persons participating |
in the social security program
carve $7 55 a month, a sum that B
mighty, mighty wnall for one to
hve on for a month and a sum that
is considerably below the
for the country, it b understood
Plan Second Eye
Clinic In County J
An eye clinic, the second sched
uled m this county m recent days,
will he held in the offices of Or
Chas J. Sawyer m Williamston an
fill rmluj 9. it was announced to.
day by Mas Mary Taylor head of
Mew Ford To Go Ob
Display Here Tuesday
Owner Hastens To Claim
Money Lost Last Monday
Richard McLawhora. the PlC
County fanner who lost $293 i
nenr the han at Mr and Mrs. D C.
Mi I nlwn just west of
the i
Laixn for its return. But
i he fanner who three near Win
ville. only paid a $19 reward, a I
icasety. to say the I
Cefehratm. and for what he did
money in his sock when he stepped
out near the Mr La whom home The
pocfcetbook was found the next
moraine beside the road by
Duggin. cook for the McLawhorns
who are distantly related to the Pitt
county farmer. The cook turned it
over to Mr. lie Lam-horn who im
mediately advertised for the owns
The huMcaty of the young colored
woman itandi out in the case, and
proves beyond, all doubt that there
are still some honest persons left in
this world.
Mr! awhorn stated that w hen he
missed the money he was about
ready to end his life, explaining that
the $293 represented all his savu^s
for the year. After recovering the
money, he was a happy person, and
apparently considered the $10 re
ward ample
Thanksgiving Holiday
Observed Quietly Here
24 MORE DAYS I
James L Liliey
*r
Dies At Home In
Griffins Township
Last Rites For Well-known
Fanner Are Being
Held Today
James Lawrence Liliey. well
known fanner of Griffin* township,
died at his home in the Lille* s Hall
10mm unity Wednesday night al 10
o'clock following a brief illness. Suf
fering a stroke of paralysis about IS
rr jy Mr Liliey nid been
declining health since that time, but
he aras able to be up and visited in
Williamstnsi only last Saturday be
fore he fell victim of pneumonia a
day or two later.
The son of the late Staton and
Catherine Leggett Ltlley. he aras
ago Starting from humble circum
stances. Mr Liliey worked hard and
was a substantial otuen and si
thought of in bis community alien
be died
I
In early manhood he was married
to Miss Lula Leggett who
with one daughter Mrs. 1
Griffm. of Gnffins Township He
also leaves one brother. Paul Liliey.
of nonr WUbamstan. A brother. Joe
ear here, just a few
Young County Man In
Airplane Wreck Thursday
No Serious W recks
Are Reported Hen
During The Period
More Than Two Hundred
People Pause to Offer
Thanks
Thanksgiving Day was quietly ob
served here and throughout the
ownly according to reports coming
'torn law enforcement offices and
from a number of individual sources
So senous wrecks were reported,
end there were no hunting accidents
An occasional firecracker was fired
by a youth here and there, but the
day was marked by quietness from
early morning until late last mght
Travel was heavy on the highways
of the county during the day but
only one minor accident was report
"wiily An employee
the sound bridge turned his big car
over on a curve just this side ol
Gardners Creek late yesterday af
ternoon While the car was damaged
considerably, no one was hurt there
More than 200 local people paused
long enough to attend sereins in
the several local churches and offer
1 hanks Heretofore, union services
were held to mark the observance
at the day. but Uus year the individ
ual worship schedule were arrang
ed and more people are reported to
have issued the churches to adhere >
to the real meaning and purpose ?i
The day was marked by sadness in
nay hemes over the county, death
claiming six lives during the holiday
period Mote deaths were reported
in this county during this Thanksgiv -
ing than on any other holiday in re
cent years.
Not a single arrest was reported
by county officers or by the local po
lice department during the day. One
arrest was made in Jamesville to
mar a record that promised to be
near perfect earlier in the day.
Williamston people, for the most
part remained at home holding close
to their firesides While turkey was
not found on every table m the com
munity. few people were in want of
food. for this section has expenenc
bt few or no Thanksgiving* m
f" when there were more of the
good things in life for everybody
Visitors- day at the country club,
near Plymouth- attracted many of
T people Quite a number attend
ed the football game in Chapel Hill
and many others visited relatives in
parts at this and adjoining
the holiday period
at a standstill with
workers in several
piaees and trades asking the oppor
tunity to continue at their tasks that
they may enjoy a longer holiday
Nancy Fay Darden Dies
In Washington Hospital
Nancy Fay. infant daughter of Mr.
^ Mrs Deed E Darden, died in a
faahmgton hospital yesterday af
wnoosr She was only three days
old- Death was caused by a cerebral
funeral services were conducted
** M?e yesterday by Rev
Jam. H Smith, pastor of the Inral
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck
Returns From Hosprta
Handle Four Cases
In Superior Court
First Three Days|
Court Suspends Session Un-1
til Next Monday For
Thanksgiving
After clearing two cases the first
day the llartin County Superior
court settled down to a slow pace on
Tuesday and Wednesday and av
eraged one case a day. the tribunal
spending the greater part of two
days on the Samuel Rogerson will
case. A second divorce of the term
was granted late Wednesday after
noon when the bonds of matrimony
between William Huff and Mildred
Huff were severed upon the petition
of the husband
A win and a loss for both sides fea
tured the outcome of the Rogerson
will case The effort of the caveators
A. B Rogerson. Mrs Claudius Rog
erson. Mrs W S Gurganus and the
Cow en heirs, to set the will aside
failed, but certain provisions were
ordered entered in the judgment by
consent of the caveators and pro
pounders
The caveators maintained the late
S. -*iuel Rogerson did not have com
plete control of his mental capacities
when the will was dictated about
two months before his death in 1931
The propounded Noah and Gilbert
Rogers, maintained otherwise Trial
of the case w as started Tuesday and
evidence was offered until just a
short tune before noon Wednesday
Toe attorneys argued the case be
fore the jury until noon, and Judge
Burgwyn. presiding, completed his
chaige and turned the case over to
the jury at 3 o'clock A verdict was
reached one hour and a half later
The judgment directs the pro
pounders to pay to Mrs Robersoo
and Mrs Gurganus the sum of $S00
and pay MOO and give a house and
lot in Beai Glass U> the Cowen heirs.
To Make Study Of
Property Classes
In Martin County I
Classification Group To Di
rect Survey in This
County
A special study to determine thi
value of twsnes occupied by owner
wiU he started in this county with
in the nest few days, according t<
Register of Deeds J Sam Getsinger
The survey is being under the direc
lion of the North Carolina Classify
cation Amendment Com m ission, am
will last us weeks or more, it wa
slated
A year ago the people voted ar
amendment to the state constltutlor
pruviduig a $1 000 maximum exemp
turn on homestead listings The last
Legislature hesitated to place tin
amendment into effect, claiming a
that tune no racurale estimate could
be offered as to the amount it would
reduce taxable property listings and
what effect it would have on the tai
structure in the several counties A
tunmimn was named to mike a
study of the number of homestead!
in the state and the approximate
amount mould reduce assessed prop
erty values
It was proposed to allow a $3011
exemption the first year and finally
increase that allowance to the maxi
mum uf $1,000 The last legislature
deemed it advisable to make a sur
vey of the tax structure before al
lowing any exemption to the person
owning and living in his own home
The pe event system of listing
taxes makes it difficult to determine
the value of any certain piece ol
property or whether it is occupied
by the owner or a renter. No exemp
turn M allowed the property ownei
on a home when the property ? oc
cupied by a renter. The survey is in
tended to reflect a true picture ol
taxing conditions as they relate ta
hoarsest end exemptions and the
amount of taxable property will be
removed from the books by an ex
emptJoei of determined sire
Just how the commission plana tc
go about seeking this information u
not definitely known at this tune,
but a fairly accurate survey is ex
pected. The Works Progress Admire
stratum s cooperating in making
It baa been estimated that a $I.0M
e xi milium allowed every owner ac
hat own home would reduce
property valuations a
by about one million dol
lars.
m favor at a
1 while the last
the real issue it is
that the law makers will have
t definite action at the next
a year from next Ji
Agriculture Bills Now Before
Congress For Consideration
Both the Senate and House agri
culture committees have completed
their bills, and argument over the
farm situation is already underway
on the floor of the Senate and will
likely get underway in the House
next Monday The Thanksgiving hol
iday interrupted argument in the
Srnate. but Majority Leader Bark
ley stated yesterday that he plans to
hold the body in session today and
tomorrow in an effort to pass the
farm measure by the middle of
next week. The house bill was only
approved by the committee Wednes
oay. and it will take a week or more
to complete argument which is
scheduled to get underway next
Monday
Action on the farm bills is eager
? ?*>
ly awaited by Martin county farm
ers who are,trusting Congress will
provide compulsory' control for the
major crops
Crop control of a compulsory na
ture is included in the bills that are
now before the Congress, but there
is a strong opposition lurking in
both houses, and farm leaders in this
section are doubtful about the out
So far the Congress has accom
plished nothing during the special
: ession getting underway on Monday
| a week ago Several major issues are
s ated for consideration between now
I ?.nd Christmas however and far
icaching legislation is expected be
| fore adjournment
Survivor of the 'Maine*
Dies atHome in Countv
J as. M. Jones Last
Rites Tomorrow at
Jamesville Home
Was on U. S. Battleship
When It Was Sunk in
Havana Harbor
?
James Milton Jones. Spanish-Am
erican War veteran and survivor of
the "Maine." died at his home in
Jamesville yesterday afternoon at
1 IS o'clock, his death marking the
end of a long period of declining
health He had been confined to his
bed for three weeks and was un
ronscious for more than seven days
Pneumonia a?as given as the immed
iate cause of his death.
The snn of the late Milton Elijah
Junes and a-ife. Mr Jones was born
and reared in Washington county,
near Roper When a small lad. he
entered the navy where he served j
fourteen years He was on the Unit |
ed States battleship "Maine" when
it was mysteriously sunk in Havana,
harbor on the night of February 15.'
ISM More than 2S0 men lost their
lives there, but Mr Jones was one;
of the few to escape
Soon after the Spanish-American
war he returned to his native home
and a few years later was married
to Miss Alethia Reason, who sur
vives Twenty-six years ago he mov
ed to this county and located in
Jamesville where he lived and quiet
and unprentious life. He was well
known in that community and was
highly respected as a citizen. He
was a member of the Christian
church there, and his pastor. Rev D
W Arnold, of Washington, assisted
by Rev J H. Smith, pastor of the
Baptist church here, and Rev W B
Harrington, county Baptist minister,
will conduct the last rites at the late
home tomorrow afternoon at two
o'clock Interment will follow in the I
family cemetery, near the home
Besides his widow he leaves eight
children. Mrs. Ezrah Bailey, of Rich
round. Mrs W T Barro. of New
York City. M E. Jones. Mrs Albert
Wilson and J. B Jones, all of Rich
mond. and Rudolph. Floyd and Bob
bie Jones, all of Jamesville He also
leaves two brothers. Major Jones, of
Colerain and Con Jones, of Rich
mond. and two sisters, Mrs. tmmi
Reason, of Dardens. and Mrs Hen
ry Mayo, of South Creek, Beaufort
County
Young County Man
Gets Law License
Presented to the court by Attor
ney H. C Horton. member of Mar
tin County Bar association, Clarence
Walton Griffin, young county man.
was granted his license to practice
law in North Carolina by Judge W.
H S. Burgwyn in Superior court
here Tuesday The young man, now
working for his doctor of jurispru
dence dtgier in the University of
North Carolina, was granted leave
of absence to appear before the
Lawyer Griffin is the young son
of Mrs Mary E. Griffin, of Griffins
Township During his stay in I
University he has maintained
scord. and i
i of sterling qualities.
Mr. Gnffm stated yesterday that
he had made no definite plans for
the future, that he will continue to
- has attention on his studios in
he University until the middle of
' when be completes his
i is a possibility he
' in his home county or in
I LETTERS TO SANTA I
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t-ittlr l?lk\ mi WilluutM and
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vkal <M want this Christmas
by wntnt In ha through thr
*?ln*?? ml Thr Enterprise these
?en ten nrrhv This paper will
be (lad In nuke kaana roar
"ants to the kind aid geatlenun.
Jwst nuke yanr letters brief and
to the paint, net begetting to
the* u "Santa Clans
U|U* The Enterprisr. WU.
?temsten. "? C." Every letter nill
reeeire attention, and those that
"??" be pnbhshed nill be far
warded to Santa Clan.
Mrs. Roxana Cowen
Dies \l Home Here
Earlv List E\ening
Was One of Town's Oldest
Citizens: Funeral This
Afternoon
Mrs Roxana Boyette Cowen one
of Williamston's oldest citizens, died
at the home of her son. Joe Cowen.
on Main Street, here last night at 9
oclock Taken ill with pneumonia
about two weeks ago Mrs Cowen
was thought to be getting along very
well until day before yesterday
when she suffered a relapse and her]
condition became critical over nigh'
She lingered at death's door all]
Thanksgiving day. the end coming!
peaceably early that night
The daughter of the late Richard
and i'enelope Boyette. Mrs Cowen
was born near Williamston 86 years
ago last August In early woman
hood she was married to llenry Cow
en who died in 1914
I or more than half a century she
was a faithful member of the Prime
live Baph-t faith, holding member
ship in the church at Skewarkey
About three years ago she fell and
broke her hip and has heen an in
valid sinre During that time she
suffered much, but she bore tier
suffering without complaint She
was a member of the old school that
placed more value on the finer
things than on the passing fancies of
name generations She enjoyed the
friendship of many and while the
last few years of her lite were mark,
??d by the suffering of an invalid
she looked on the bright side of
things and held a great hope for the
future
She was the last member of a fam
?IV of twelve girls, and leaves three
sons. Messrs. Joe Cowen and Herberi
Cowen. of Williamston. and Chas
Cowen. of Washington county
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the late home at 3 3#
o'clqck this afternoon by Elder B S
Cowin Interment will follow in the
family plot in the Baptist cemetery
here
Fir men Called To Fire
On Washington Stree
Williamstoi i volunteer firemer
were called to a grass fire on Wash
mgton street yesterday afternoon a<
* o'ttock. the alarm breaking the
peace and quiet that marked the
cheer vanre of Thanksgiving Day in
this little town
The fire burning in thick grass
?nd dead weeds Ihreatened nearby
buildings Unng a small hose and
water from the truck tank, the fire
men had the In out within a few
Peanut receiving warehouses in
Williamston are two days behind in
Finish Survey Of
Unemployed Here
Early This ^ eek
???
Is Doubtful If Census Will
Prove of Any Great
Value
A voluntary census of unexnploy^
ed in this section was completed this
week when the survey cards were
classified in the local postoffice and
forwarded to checking centers of
the government.
No official count or reports on the
findings of the survey could be
had here officially, but reports com
ing from various sources indicate
that the census will not reflect any
thing like true conditions in this
immediate section Many who had
employment but thought they may
be able to get better jobs by partici
pating in the survey filled in the
answers to the questionnaire and re
turned the cards. Numbers of cards
were returned, by tenants after fann
ing all the year under some if not
very favorable conditions. Probably
they are DOW out of employment, but
they have been busy during most of
the year and under those conditions
were not subject to participate in the
survey
It is estimated that fewer than 100
cards, claiming unemployment were
leturned to the office here out of a
territory of approximately 10.000
people. Possibly 300 cards claiming
only part-time employment were re
turned Industry and the trades in
this immediate community report no
surplus labor just at this time, and
it would appear that few if any
cards claiming unemployment or
only part-time employment would
have been returned But after all
there is some unemployment, but the
numbers are comparatively small,
and most of the unemployed cases
are not trained for the class of work
available here
There were a few who failed to
pay any attention.to thprarrf^
l^Tar^ey^smcerely believed
it was aiuntui drafi for''war ser
vice, and that a signature on one of
the cards was just as good as a guar
anteed pass t*t the battle front
against the Japanese some w here in
China These cases were rare Then
some of those unemployed just could
n??t find lime to fill in the cards. Oth
ers without work wanted no work,
and they did not trouble themselves
about answering the questions and
returning the cards.
(yeorge S. Li I ley
Diet! Last Night
George Stubbs Lilley. highly re
spectable Martin County citizen,
died in the county home near here
last evening at 7 10 o'clock follow
ing a stroke of paralysis suffered a
j week ago today He had been un
i onscious since shortly after the
stroke Mr Lilley, 68 years old. had
been in declining health for several
j yeMkis
[ He was the sqn'of the late Thom
as and Mariah Lilley. and lived in
j ?his county all his life except for a
' lew months spent in Washington
i < ounty A tiller of the soil until his
I health failed Mr. Lilley was the fa
l ther of a large family, all of the
! children hut three preceding him to
I the grave He was a hard working
man. but he met with adverse cir
i umMahces and experienced much
sadness during most of his life Mr?
Lilley valued honesty and the
ttiendship of his fellowman. and
welcomed the opportunity to aid
others when he was able to do so.
He was a devout member of the
Primitive Baptist church, holding"
membership in the Skewarkey
.church hin- fui iiiafty years.
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the grave in the Lilley
cemetery. Griffins township, his na
tive home, this afternoon at 3 30
o'clock
lie was the last member of his
immediate family and is survived by
three children, Mrs. Maurice Grif
fin, of Jamesville. Daniel Lilley, of
Williamston. and Miss Dellah Lilley.
of Jamesville
Young Child Dies In
Hospital Wednesday
Li l tie Bet tie Jean Harrell, four,
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E N. Harrell. of Oak City, died in
a Tarboro hospital at ? o'clock Wed
nesday morning following an illness
of only a few days Funeral atimi
were held at the late home Thanks
giving afternoon, and burial was in
the family plot in Oak City.
The little child was taken 01 the
early part of the week, and waa re
moved to the hospital the following
day.
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Miss Alta Critcher is attending the
Army-Navy football game i