Have Your Old Broken, Discarded Toys Ready When the Boy Scouts Call at Your Home Friday Afternoon
THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XL?NUMBER 98 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday. December 7.1937. ESTABLISHED 1899
Additional Storage
To Be Provided For
Current Peanut Crop
Approximately 60,000 Bags
In Government Hi
Here Today
?
Their houses newly fulL
Curkiri at the Planters and Barnhill
at the Farmers, will hardly be able
to handle peanut deliveries after
this week, but the North Carolina
Peanut Stabilization Cooperative is
completing plans to provide addi
tional stance place. Reliable infor
mation received here n?i?
stated that the
hold the market open at 3 1-4 cents
for every bac of peanuts crown in
An agreement with the
Peanut Company has just been ef
fected whereby the government will
be able to store peanuts in the com
pasty's plant in Williamston and
tuhsn. it was officially learned
this morning No allotment has been
gnren for the new storage houses of
company, but ar
ats will be effet ted where
i can deliver to the plant
i as the two houses oper
ated by Gurkin and Barwhill are
filled Both these houses are being
packed, and it a now difficult to
handle the deliveries rapidly Farm
ers will find it to their advantage to
' arrangements for storing their
before delivering them to
the
Up until last night the two I
of peanuts, and trucks were lined up
this morning with additional offer-1
The quality of the crop continues
to hold up. the inspectors stating
that a very small percentage of thoae
the grade requirements. Two lots fell
below the grade requirements here
yesterday and one last Saturday did
not measure up to standard Sales
were made on the open market in
Quite a few peanuts are being
handled by the open market, but the
activities are far below those of a
normal season The plant of the Col
umbian company was closed tem
porarily here last Thursday, the
no date for reopening had been d?
lermined
Red Cross Roll Call J
$150 Below Quota
The -ruial Bed Cross member,
ship drive was announced virtual
ly complete in the county today with
the drive short of its $3SO by more
than $150 A few more canvassers
are to be heard from, but their re
ports are not expected to materially
Last year the chapter with a quo
to of 200 members nearly
:ts goal This year about the
amount of money has been
the organisation in the county chap
ter. but the canvassers fell far short
of reaching the new goal
not previously ac
Hn J. T. BarahilL J Sam Get
singer. Mrs David Modlm. Mrs Har
ry Meador. Mrs Dallas Frank. Mrs
Titus Cntcher. W J
L Speight.
Decrease la Number Of
Arrests la The County
The
aade in November since IBM
by the sberifTs office
$1
record at 7$ aa
IMS. There were only 301
ed in the county hooaegow m No
vember. IBM
: to reports i
the sherifTs office 1
Pima Organisation Of
All-Star Ball Te
Local Boy Scouts To Collect Toys, Clothing
For Needy, First Canvass Friday Afternoon
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etc af rloUuac Uul cu be tea
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nal yaa kiadly plan M u*
aad bare tw affrriac ready far
Ike ScaaU okra tfcry rail Fri
day afleniaea af Uus week be
Iweea J M aad S:Jb .clerk
Af IV '
Willie T. Padgett
Of Near Jamesville,
Critically Wounded
Clayton Beacham Arrested
For Shooting Late
Last Friday
Shot by Clayton Beacham i
a quarrel curly last Friday night |
Willie T Padgett, young white I
of near Jamesville. continues m a
critical condition in a Washington
Last reports from Padgett's bed
side stated thit_d8UIL little
chance for his recovery, that the
load of gun shot entered his abdo
men and ruptured the gallbladder
lloaetei. he was aid today to I
resting a well a could be expert
Arrested by Sheriff C. B Roe
buck Friday night. Beacham talked
freely of the shooting, maintaining
that it wa* m sell-defcost
testing officer said that Beacham
had been drinking, that the argu
ment started when one he
wa furnishing the most groceries
lor the combined use of the two I
?lies who lived in the same house a
few miles out from Jamesville on
the Washington road The two i
are said to have decided to go into
the yard and settle the argument
When one took his gun, the other
got his Just a they left the porrh.
Beacham claims that Padgett struck
him with his gun barrel and knock
ed him down Beacham also avers
that a he wa falling, his gun fired,
the entire load striking Padgett in
the abdomen at close range
Beacham made no effort to i
and peaceably surrendered to offi
cers at his home. He is being held in
the county jail, a preliminary hear
mg for him being delayed
the outcome of Padgett's wounds
Dr. Gibson, of Jamesville. w
called to Padgett and after exai
ming him advised his removal to a
hospital
Later reports from the hospital in
dicated that Padgett was more than
holding his own. and that he 1
peeled "to come around for the pres
ent "
Aged Man Is Badly
Hart By Falling Tree
Zachanah Keys. 62-year-old color
ed man. was critically hurt by a fall
in* tree on the Hadley farm,
here, last Saturday noon. Following
first-aid treatment in the offices of
Drs. Rhodes. Eaaon and Van. Keys
was removed to a Washing
pitaL His right hip was badly <
ed and his injury is considered per
Keys eras injured as he tried a
run out of the reach of a falling tree
He fell and the full force of the bk
struck him on the right hip The old
man is without a home or means He
had been living with Chaa Willi mas,
a friend- There is a sister lnriag
Griffins Township, but she is said to
be unable to help him
?
To Hold Second Eye
Clinic Here Thursday
I IS SHOPPING DAYS I
\ t
Advance Plans For
Pro|)ose<l Library
Plans uc virtually complete lor
instituting a drive (or a $1,500 pub
lic library fund here. Die leader*
staling today that they are greatly
aging user the outlook Wed
at next week will be pro
claimed library day in Wilhamstun
and an earnest appeal is being di
verted to every citizen in this com
munity, urging than to participate
in and support generously the worth
while undertaking
Martin County is the only one
in North Carolina mithout any li
brary service. Wilhamstun is one of
the few towns in the State liaving
no library facilities whatever It is
admitted that our educational sys
tem b incomplete and will remain
incomplete until puliln libraries are
tailed m the reach of everyone *
Objectives at the Williamston li
brary movement have been briefly
outlined, as follows
A library ?twt? mill serve every
man. woman, boy and girl in Mar
tin County and which will provide
opportunity and encouragement
To educate themselves continu
ously
To improve their ability to partici
pate as useful citizens in activities
in which they are involved
To keep abreast of progress in
sciences and other fields of knowl
To make such use of leisure Ume
s will promote personal happiness
Urge Local Ow ners
To Keep Cars Home
an effort to relieve the congest
itmci here during the
William stop's board
of cmHUdoam in regular meeting
a resolution urg
at home from
until after Christmas Believing
the local people will be glad to co
rn leliesmg the parking ran
the board did not take any
toward passing an ordinance
g parking to an hour or two.
It is possible the authorities will
this year and the
I for 1*37 Aa in
with the
series ill H recks
In This Vieinitv
During Vk eek-end
Several Are Badly But Not
Seriously Hurt on
Sunday Night
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Several people were badly I
not seriously hurt and considerable
property damage resulted in a see
of automobile wrecks reported in
this community over the week-end.
D Gray, colored employee of a lo
cal pressing club, suffered a bad
fracture of his right arm clone to
the shoulder, when his car. a Nash
sedan, was struck from behind by a
Chevrolet driven by Bennie Griffin,
young white man. on the Washing
tun highway a short distance from
| w nliarnsldn Sunday night at 1 11]
o'clock After receiving first-aid
treatment in the offices of Drs
Rhodes, Eason and Winn, he was re
moved to a Washington hospital
Tim Alexander, driver of the Gray
car had one eye closed, and Doro
thy Purvis, a passenger, was badly
cut about her knees, hands and head.
About two dozen stitches were nec
essary to close the lacerations
Young Griffin, riding alone, was
badly cut on his right hand Both
cars were traveling into Williams
tun when Griffin started to pass the
Gray car He increased his speed and
just as he started to pass, he met an
other car and pulled back to the
right side of the road, crashed into
the rear of the Gray car which was
traveling at about 25 miles an hour
The Nash was demolished and dam
age to the Chevrolet was estimated
at between $150 and $200. according
to reports released by authorities
No one was hurt and very little
property damage resulted when the
wife of i E Stokes. Richmond ctri
ored man, backed a Terraplane from
under the Central Filling Station in
to a Hoick traveling down Main
Street here last Sunday morning
Stokes accepted the responsibility
and paid the damages The Buick
was occupied by Greenville peoplr
Yesterday afternoon. Former Sher
iff Thad Roberson started to turn
off Main into Sycamore street and
crashed into a car driven by Mrs W
O. Donald A small child, riding in
the Donald car. was bruised on the
forehead, but believed not badly
hurt Very little property damage re
sulted.
Frank Krudup. driver of a Shef
field cheese truck out of Raleigh, es
caped injury when he was forced off J
the road into a ditch by an alleged
drunken driver between here and
Washington early last eveim* Bev
erly Woo lard. Raleigh man, eras ar
rested shortly afterwards by Pa
trolman Thompson, near Washington
with the aid of the highway radio
patrol system
I VALUABLE HINTS I
Board Of County
Commissioners in
Meet Here Monday
Report on Tax Collections
For 1936 Is Received
From Auditors
Ununi in regular
day. the Martin County i
ers effected their reorganisation focj
the coming year without mak ing any
changes in the official family Mr J i
E Pope continues as chairman of
the group E S Peel was reappoint
ed attorney for the county, and John
W Bland continues as the county
home superintendent The rrorgani
ration, slated as a routine duty na
quired little of the board's time
The annual audit of county tax
collections was received, the report
showing S7.113.2S uncollected from
the 1938 levy This amount, repre
senting about 2.7 per cent of the to- i
tal levy for the period, is consider-,
ably less than it was for the tax year.
I93S In addition to that amount
land sales represented 89.229 89
making a total of S1E323 94 uncol
levied for the period The board or
dered the insolvent list of $7.11325
turned over to S Harrom Cranes for
collections under the same contract.
that he has been working during the ?
past several years. Mr Gram works J
on a percentage basis, and his col
lections are turned into the counts
treasury daily. Certificates of land
sales have been turned over to the
county attorney for collection or
foreclosure
Corrections were ordered made in j
property listings by Ed Jones in
Goose Nest Township
Other than the reorganization task
and the receipt of the audit, the
board handled minor duties falling
into the routine group The
afternoon Messrs J E Pope. C C
Fleming. R L Perry. C A Ruber
son and R A Haislip were present
for the meeting
No Farm Bill H?*
Been Passed So Far
"Theip ain't no" far btU pasnl the
Congress as yet. but the tobacco sec
tk>n providing compulsory rontrvl uf
that crop gained approval in the
House yesterday, late advices (roan
Washington indicating that an agri
culture bill of some kind mil prob
ably pass the House tomorrou The
agriculture problem is mapped up
in confusion Numbers of amen
merits have been offered and vol
untary control will be provided in
-mmrcams If those amendments are
adopted
With tobacco well out m front,
measures for the other crops are
lacing serious trouble
Over Ml the Senate ycaterdsy tie
bate was desultory and that body
did n-it complete considrralinn of
committee amendments A light is
brewing in the Senate over a as
turn to recommit the bill but Sen
ator Josiah W Bailey, to whom the
lenders of the fight were looking
for support, today disappointed them
by announcing that he would op.
pose such a course Instead, be said
he would favor sending the bill to
conference with as many amend
merits as possible, including his own
of which he now has more than M
and all of which will be called up for
action later in the week
Selection Post off ice Site
Here Expected Shortly
With the selection of a tik mm J
ed within the next two or thru
a new $71,000 postoffice hmlrtm< for
Williamston m expected to Bet un
derway the eoriy part of next year,
according to unofficial
received here today The
ing will be ready far
within eighteen or twenty won I hi. it
The definite selection of a uV
the buildmg now rests with
Treasury department
Dauch of the Fostoffwr
completed his survey of the
sites for the new
Friday, and his
$60,000 Dj
Settled by
I NEW MINISTER I
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r. S. A. Maxwrll. rirrtlli
lH?l i to tor M illiun>tua
cku(r to* thr North ( iroliu
prnrhrd hi* first
?? Uk Ural Mrlbodtst
Smdt) morn inc. and
>t> ? rlc.mrd to thr rommunil*
at a ????? srnicr that rvratac
i
Rev. S. A. Maxwell
Gets ^ c Iconic Hen1
CitUiin^ upon his new duties as I
pasltir of the Williamston Methodist
I
(fauich. Rev S A Maxwell until re- J
oently of Jenkms. Kentucky was f
given a w arm welcome by members
of his denomination Sunday morn
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ing and by the several religious
groups of the town at a union ser
vice that evening No services were
held in several of the other churches
ariH lht* ministers participated in the
evening worship which was attend- f
ed by more than 150 people repre
senting the various denominations of
the town ??; ?" ? ~t
Coming here as a learned ?.tudcnt
in the religious f ield.... the, numster
delivered a strong sermon, and the
Methodist church and the commun
ity as a whole, are very fortunate in
having such an able leader in their
Rev Mi Maxwell ha- earned de
grees at Duke. Asbury Seminary,
Yale. University of Kentucky. Har
vard and the Gordon School of Re
ligion. Boston, where he received th>
degree of doctor of religious educa
tion He headed the Department ?>f
Religion in Asbury College for nine
years and was for two years head of
He same department in Kentucky
W*yan College He is known an a
w riter on religious subjects and dur.
ing his ministry over ten thousand
have joined the church in evangel
istic meetings Just before asking
that he l?e transferred back to his
nati.e state, Dr Maxwell was pas
tor of the- Rockefeller Foundation
community church in Jenkins K>
"D?e minister with his wife and
their three young daughters reach f
ed here last Thursday and are at;
home in the parsonage on Church
street
Small Child Hurt When
Struck By Truck Here
J<4inme Gurkin. Ji . about 6 years i
old. was painfully bruised but not j
badly hurl when he was struck by a
track on Main street here y esterday
noon Chas. Pate was driving the
truck, and witnesses stated that ac
cident was unavoidable "
The little fellow was knocked
about 10 feet and has several teeth
knocked loose lie also was bruised
but be is in school today
a
Oak City Seniors To
Present Play Dec. 10
TV mors <if Oak City are giving
a play. "A Poor Married Man." Fri
day. Der 10 Roy Manning plays
the pan of the poor married man as
Profeaaor Wise, the effects of too
much mother in-law on him being
too great to stand Robert Haislip
a ill add more laughs to the play in
the role of Jupiter, the negro serv
ant who thinks he Is poiaoned at
oar Ume Edna Mae Jones, acting
the terrible mother-in-law of the
pmfemor s first marriage is confus
ed by his friends as Ills wife and has
an many different names that poor
it's brain u in a whirl
h the whole play there is
a aaystery connecting Lobster Salad
and the disappearance of apparent
> antral of the
image Suit
Agreement
Su|Mrior Court Ends
S|Hf ial Gvil Term
Earl\ List Saturday
R. Howard Stone Awarded
$6,000 in Case Against
Tobacco Finn
The special two weeks term of
Murttrt Count> Superior court was
truugbt to ar. end last Saturday
mvnunc by Jodge W H S- Burgwyn
alter an agreement was effected pv
ng K Howard Stone $<000 an tus
$5O.0*JD damage suit against W L
Skinner arid Company, Incorporated
M L Lemroond. ow ner of the car
that was struck by the tobacco com
pany's truck, was awarded a verdict
^ the suit, of $12$ He was asking
$10,000
rke i Lose of trie trial. marking the
end ,tif a hectic week m the superior
court of this county came uneipect
edly Opening the case on- Ia>t Wcd
the o urt heard evidence in
the case ur.til Friday noon. Judge
Burgwyn denying two motions for
non-suit during the meantime Some
little time was spent arguing the
issues to present to the jury, and the
presiding officer rev tewed the mass
of ev idence ui his charge to the jury
m a o-mpaialiieiy adiurt tune. Coun
se! m the case was well advanced in
its argument to the jury when At
torney P W ilclfulian was taken
ill late that aftetouon and adjourn
ment was ordered by Judge Burg
?I opening j" in'oris* ii.uiiiiiig:?
Judge Burgmyn mas ?d\ bed that an
agreement had been reached in the
iae. Prs r to that tame the insurance
company had withdramn from the
i jit-, ina:nuiii.f i :-vai ns policy only
*a> effective trucks of the de
fendant company mere being oper
ated in !^>- mt?r*sT 4J th?*.aimp>wy<
luetncv It mas Hundred. Kmrver.
that the company partxipated to the
jakst id &2-AiH. iaui *h? participa
la?n u*uld not be established
I'nder the agreement reached
car&> Saturday morning, it ts under
stood that Ss^-ne was lt< receive $6.
000 and that the defense mas to ac
cept the court oostsmhieh will run
vi el! ml hundreds of dollars It is
further uuJri. >k^4?%CRtys for
the planttfh mill ;^are ti? the ex
tent of ihrnt XJ per cent of the $6.
tun Stot^ ' ^ fifM e}e fone and
object U* k?e the >agh! of his other
eye. has -|*n-: 4f*-wnuirijr SI 000
??** h*jtsptlal betas and has been unable
to mofk -nee the accident mhich
took place on the WilLamston-Wind
sor road tn Mart?. %A last year
The court handled fewer cases
dursng the term than any one on
record or since the ipecal term m-as
created sever at years ag< Horn ever,
the* Ui^iTi?il a ^ifil steadily during
-nrtt tnth tie exception of two
clays m .? n it was rile f?c Thanksgiv
ing
Seve ral dr. tee? mere granted and
a fern other r ir> r cases mere settled
during the term
(.lirislma> Savings
( ImtLn \re Mailed
M i. Uwa IS rixtfck rfpcMfnt
ing it 'Mi in Oinriam aviocv srere
u- u? in llmranmtm
ity tv the Guaranty Bank and Trust
Coo.pany here yesterday Starting a
year <f> the thrifty and a tattle
crrti week in the hank's Christinas
saving! rhib and now they are reap
ing their reward
Cashier Clayton anmeinred this
morning that the Itn Christmas
savings club ? nam open and that
he 15 tonungtd over the outlook
for a much larger parucipatsoo in
i he savings plan durnag the i
year
County Legion Post
Plans Dance Next Year
lean ia ttai
hosrse here en Fhdajr n
the poet will give away a