THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 4 Wilhamxton. Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. January 14.1933. ESTABLISHED 1899
Twenty-one Cases
Handled In County
Court Last Monday
jury Deliberates Nearly
Five Hoars in
One
the county court officer* settled
don for a Ion* and busy session
last Monday- Judge Peel called and
handled XI of the case*, continuing
six for trial at later date* It was the
suon held by the court in
__ nt
Calling for a trial by jury before
Christmas. Lawrence Lilley appeal
ed to the higher courts when he was
found guilty of drunken driving ana
Judge sentenced turn to the
roads for three month* Appeal bond
wan placed at $*? Hemes It A
ltoore. J. Dawson Boberson. Johnnv
Griffin. C. H. Manning. Mihs K- lil
ley ??wi Jesse Stroud were chosen
to pass on the man's gull* or inno
cence. They took the case at about
II o'clock Tuesday morning and re
sumed a verdict of gmhy about 4 30
ihat afternoon after taking a short
Charged with violating the liquor
taw* Isiah Hantoon was found not
guilty.
Judgment suspended upon
payment of a $25 fine and costs
charging Joe HoUis with drunken
and reckless driving He was found
not guilty on the first count
Roy. Eunice and Joseph Bonner
snd Herbert Reese* faced trial for
an affray, the court nolproasing the
i to r
Herbert Reeve* and Roy
tanner was required to pay a $10
line and one-fourth of the costs of
the caae.
paytrsMit^of a $10 fme and costs m
ihe case charging James Johnson!
with an assault with a deadly vet
. charging V- H Rober
drunk and disorder
, the court for ?ts|
I the action and or
fees or coats of any j
kind be allowed.
Willie Faulk, charged with violat
ing the liquor law* was found
guilty
mhbr ? days m the ease charg
ing h
charging R- B Turling
ton. Fenner and John Respass witnj
an affray and an assault with t
deadly -a. nol nrosaed wiU.|
Curtis Imrr charged with enter
mc and larceny, was sentenced to
the roads lor 11 month* In a second |
case. James was found guilty of lar
ceny and the court sentenced him to
IX months on the road* the a
to begin at the eapuation of the first
L y cofaura. charged with larceny
Ale* Bonner, the colored man who |
the automobile given away last Fri
day night by the American Legion
Post, faced the court on two e?h.
and whs he gets through courting
hell he fortunate to have the PJ*c|
Young Man Passes
Near Hamilton
34 yrarr old.
? oI ha patents. Mr
and Hn Ob Warren, near Hml
ton. last Tuesday a?ht at l? o'clock
at |iii 11? naii He kad been U11
ad ky three keathaia. Lacy Mack.
Vernon Mid TWa Wan
On Bel
tnt ikaeik by
Seventh Electrification Line
To Be Constructed in County
A seventh rural electrification on the Inc is started. * father being
way when farces of the Virginia
Electric and Power Company start
construction of a four anile extension
in the Croea Roads section between
?otne oaueis in the
community have contracted for ser
vice. and wiring contracts have
been let. The contractors are slated
to complete their work tomorrow or
the early part of Use next week It
could not be officially learned whe
ther the line forces would start their
work Monday or later in the week,
but it was pointed out that the line
construction would be in progress
some time during the week Service
will likely be made available to the
seventeen customers within a week
or ten days after construction work
The new extension will tap the
EverettvReur Grass line about half
way between the two towns. It will
touch Cross Roads sad branch out
to several hrnw i from that point
Promoted aMaost entirely by Mrs.
Gaston Jisii i a prominent citizen
of that community, the electrifica
tion project will serve one of the
best farming sections of the county
Other rural clei.li ifmh'.i projects
are possible in this county, but no
definite action has been taken to
promote any of them, it is under.
Projects already completed include
the following Carsun. Gold Point
Poplar Point. Bear Grass. Lilley
Brothers. Cedar Blanch and Oar.
Officers Capture
Two Distilleries
Raiding in the Brar Grm section
Tuesday morning. Special Enforce
ment Officer Joe H Roebuck assist
ed by Deputy Bill Haislip and Roy
Peel, captured and destroyed a large
distillery including more than 1.000
gallons of beer. 20 let men ten and
other equipment The still was cen
tered around a 100-gatlon capacity
topper kettle, and was about ready
for operation Seven lanterns were
used by the operators in keeping the
beer marm. Officer Roebuck said.
Just as they were apptoachit^ the
manufacturing sate, officers heard
signals warning the ope i a tors No
one was at the plant when the offi
cers mark ad it
Thai afternoon the mdin visited
JamesviUe township, but it a as t
in the Free Union sect* . thai they
i entered theu activiUes . the da>
Going along what is km a n as Son
mons ditch, the office- found a
crude plant. An old gasoline drum
mas used as a boiler, and lead pipe
connected the parts There were
only about 100 gallons of beer and
the plant was not in ofriitna
On Wednesday, the officers raid
ed in the Hassetl section of Hamil
ton Township and destiuyed a 00
gallon capacity copper nil I and JSO
gallons of beer That alteneiea they
wrecked a steam plant aid poured
out 1.000 gallons of U f. in Bear
Giass Township
"Die raids were made by Officers
Roebuck and Haislip and Warren
Hearing Set For Next
Week In Fatal Accident
Roy Keith driver <-l the truck
figured in the accident costing
the lives of Mr and Mrs fi nest Da
vis and their four yrai -old son.
Charles, is scheduled to appear be
fore Judge H O Peel in the <ounty
recorder's court nest M?day and
answer in the case charging ha.
with violating the mot-r .etude
laws
A hearing in the case' a as to have
been held this week but it was con
tinned when it was learned Jasper
Davis. drrveT of the car. had not been
unwed as a witness
was reported soon after
three people I
Improving After Fire
Weeks In A
Squirrel Season
Closes Tomorrow
The season for shooting squirrel
in this county ends tomorrow. nar.
rominf the hunting season down to
wild turkey quail and rabhits The
season for taking deer closed the
first at this month Closed ~season
will be in effect for all game, with
ine or two exceptions, after the fif
teenth at next month
Hunters us this section declare the
game season has been only fair, that
weather conditnms in recent ?eek>
has not been favorable for gaming
The number of squirrels taken dur
ing the season ts believed below the I
average t^iail kills have been more
deer season was hardly up to an av.
Cornpwratis Hj fen hunting law
I lllllltr" Kav'1 uprlirl ??? IK.
county Uus season Several weie
charged with takmg gane befpre the
season opened, and one or two were
carried before the courts for hunt
ing without license Two hunters
were fined OS each and taxed w ith
the cost for killing does But as a
whole .the hunters chserved the
game laws in this counlv. it was
yowled out
Fined For \ iolatin*
Oyster Regulations
Four oyster am n who were
rested Tuesday night in Elizabeth
City for nobuig the state regula
tarns fur the sanitary handling of
oysters, were convicted and fined
Wednesday momu^ by H P Davis
lust ice of the peace
Those cons acted mere Dave Gibbs.
and L L Hodges, of Elizabeth City.
Shannon I upton of Lowlands, and
B E Payne of Stumpy Punt Each
was fined ISM and court costs of
DM each fine suspended upon con
?film that defendants refrain from
marketing oysters until such time
Out they arf equipped to handle and
market same m a way that will meet
the state's marketing regulations
Those handlmg shell oysters are
required to have clean boats, health
cards, proper excreta disposal facili
ties. etc, and to properly pack and
:? shucked only in bouses approved
by the Slate Board at Health
Persons desiring to meet either
shell stock or shucking requirements
with A. W Pet
ty, district
Fire Company Called To
Home On Main Street
fire company
?ras called am yesterday afternoon
at 4 to the home of Bell Uoyd.
colored, on Wot Main street Start
inC from a spark, the fire mas burn
iBC rapidly on the root when on
ployees at the Williamson Sheet
Iron and Metal Works saw it They
put a ladder to the roof and had the
tire out when the frr fi(hUQ| ap
paratus reached the scene Very lit
tle dam ape was done to the home
The fucmcn pot the call fancied
up and weed first to Nona' Sheet
Metal works on Washincton strs
to W K Parker's
nd Iron
Works on West Mam street
It was the second call the company
Sunday Services In
Church At Jamesrille
will bold
a the
\lbemarle Church
Croup In Special
Meet Here Tuesda\
Religious Leaders Informed
of Conditions in
Far East
?
The Presbytery of Albemarle was]
called to order in the local Presby
terian church last Tuesday morning
at 10 90 a. m by the moderator. Rev
H J Dudley of Kinston The Stated
Clerk. Rev R E McClure. advised
the moderator that a quorum was
present and the work of the Presby
tery" was begun
The Rev John C Whitley madej
the report of the steering eommit
tee advising the Presbytery that aj
special hour had been given, begu
ning at 11 a m to the committee on I
foreign missions, at which time the|
Presbytery was to hear the Rex
Frank F Baker. D D. of Lavras. |
Brazil The Presbytery was to re
cess at 12 45 for luncheon at the Ho
tel George Reynolds and reconvene
for business at 2 15 p m and then|
to adjourn at will
The Rev D F Waddell. chairman I
of the foreign mission committee.!
presented the foreign mission re
port
At 11a nv Dr Baker w as heard |
by an attentive audience that filled]
the church auditorium. After an in
piring and heartwarming and op
timistic message on foreign mis-1
sions. the Rev Norman Johnson
called the attention of the Presby
tery to the present condition of th?
mission stations and missionaries in
China under the direction of the
Presbyterian church in the United
States
The section of Chin^ whih->
Japanese forces have landed and
where the war now rages is the
section assigned to this church. Fixe
of its six principal mission stations
iiaif ainviij fallen iiup in* hand*
of the Japanoc Practically all of
its many stations 'hatve been sub
jected to bombings and strafings
The w ix'es and children and in many
cases the missionaries . themselves,
have been taken to places of safety
in Kulmg and the international set
tlement in Shanghai Hie missionar
ies themselves make hurried trips I
to and from the stations directing the I
native christians in their work Up|
until the present tmi none of the
missionaries has been killed, but
many haxre been under fire and all
have been in danger of death at
times. Many of the missionaries have
refused to lave their stations in
spite of fervent pleas from relatives
and th^ national government Not
able among these are two women,
Dr Nettie D Gner who has stuck
to her work m the hospital *t Such
owfu and who has done such splen
did work that A. T White, well-j
known foreign correspondent for
merly with the Associated Press and
the New York Tunes and now with
the New York Daily News, has
(Continued on page six)
Skewarkey Lodge Installs
Oflicers For New Year ]
Officers of the Skewaikey Masonic I
lodge lui the newt year mere in>U
ed in an impressive ceremony here
last Tuesday evening with District
Deputy Grand Master Phelps, of
Winrtmr. in charge of the program
L B Wynne succeeds J C Man
ntng as Worshipful Master Charles |
Davenport is the new Senior War
den, succeeding I. B Wynne K H
Goodmon succeeds Charles Daven
port as Junior Warden J D Wool
ard, re-elected, succeeds himself as
treasurer, K D Worrell succeeding
S. H Grimes as secretary. Edwm
F Museley succeeds ft i! Goodmon
as Senior Deacon and Carter Stud
dert succeeds Mr. Museley as Junior
Deacon S. S Brown was reelected
tyler Stewards for the new year are
R L Perry and W. H. Harrison
Undergoes Operation In
Washington Hospital
Mr. A Hasieli. deputy court clerk,
underwent a serious operation in a
Washington hospital today. He was
the operating room more than
two hours, reports stating that he
stood the operation very well
Kiwanis Club Installs
Officers For New Year
The local Kiwanis Hub recently
installed its officers for the new
year J. D Woo lard succeeds K S.
Peel as president of the organization
and L B Wynne and J. C Manning
amnil themselves as vice president
d secretary-treasurer, respective
ly
a
Mrs. Sljrrester Lillry is undergo,
ng treatment in a Washington hoe
Highly Respected
Citizen Passes In
Griffins Township
Funeral Services Will Be|
Held Tomorrow (or Mrs.
James Roberson
.Mrs. Sarah Malmda Bolwim.1
wife of James Asa Roberson. died at|
her hjnie in the Farm Life cc?.
mumty of Gnftms Township this]
morning at 5 o'clock following -I
stroke of paralysis suffered earls ]
last evening. Mrs Roberson. one
of the section s most highly respect
ed citizens, was with members of nei
family at the dining table for the
evening meal when she was taker
I suddenly ill. She explained that he*
hands felt as if they had gone to
sleep, and that her mouth and throat
were hurting She was carried to
her bedroom and soon lapsed into
unconsciousness, the end coming
peaceably and gradually
Mrs. Roberson had been in fail ,
I ing health for some time, and during |
last summer her condition was cri
tical for weeks She improved how
I ever, and was able to be out w ith the
assistance of others. Early this month
she made a short vert to Williams
|on
Ttie daughter of the late James
and Bettie Daniel Manning Mrs
Roberson w as born in Griffins Town
ship on January IS. 1879 At an early
age she was married to James Asa
Roberson who survives with the
follow ing children Mrs Tom Robe*
son. Mrs Johnson Corey. Mrs A T
Whitley. H. Gabe Roberson.. Mrs
Bruce Edwards. Dalton Roberson.
Mrs Dewey Hardison Miss BeuLah
Robert*" find -n
of Griffins Township and Mrs Col
on Martin, of Jamesville She lis'
leaves three brothers. Messrs Ben
R . William Dave and Stephen Man
mug. and uhp sislt'i.?Jlr>
Griffin, all of Griffins Township :
Mrs. Roberson was a member of
the church at Smtthwicks Creek for
a long number of years She was a ?
good woman, a thoughtful wife and
an understanding mother She was
held in high esteem by all who knew
her, and she enjoyed a large friend
ship circle throughout this section
No selfish thought was ever c-nter
tamed, but always she considered
the happiness and well being of oth
ers, giving her undivided attention
I in the service of her family and
many friends Her motherly advice,
offered in an understanding fash
ion, was welcomed in the home, and
her quiet unassuming character en
deared her to the community where
she was born and lived all her life
Funeral services will be conduci
ve*! at the lafp txmu- hrmirrn-w after
noon at 2 30 o'clock by Elder P E
Getsinger, of the Smithwicks Ci?i
church, assisted by Res W B Har
rington. county minister, and Rev
ID. W Arnold, of Washington Inter
ment will follow in the family plot
I in the cemetery at Hardbuns Mill
Colored Women In Mayor's
Judgment was suspended by Jus
lice J L. Hassell upon payment of
the cost in the rase charging Caro
line Eborn and Estelle Malay with
an affray The case was aued ui the
[mayor's court Wednesday evening -
Mildred Stokes, charged with an
assault with a deadly weapon on
Willie Rogers, waived her right to
a preliminary hearing, and Justsre
Hassell bound her over to the coun
ty court for trial on January 24
Dr. Winn Addresses
Junior Woman's Club
At Uke January meeting of the
Wiiliamston Junior Wt man ^ Club
Dr. Washington C. Winn gave a mo?i
interesting and instructive lecture
on syphilis, a subject which has so
recently been allowed to be discuss
ed and brought before the public
Mis K D. Worrell was elected
chairman of the nominating cm
mittee for new officers of the incua
ing club year At the close of the
meeting, refreshments were served
by the social committee
Bear Grass Splits Double
Bill With Hob good Teams
The Bear Grass girls basxctbalJ
team continued its
ord for the season h
when the strong Hohgood sextet
was turned back by a 24 13 score
The winners performed sell to
up s lead early in the contest .<
hold it.
While the girts were adding
other victory to their hat. the
Grass boys lost to the Huhgood five
by the narrow margin of II to IT.
It was a
victors ware hard
their opponents.
Building Reaches New
High Here Last Year
STREET
Acta far Ike
lain I*
art a ill be riart by I'lrrfc ?!
('?art 1.. B Wyaae tbr early part
at aeil aeek R U t'ebara. at
lacaey far the lea a. raid May
Mrs. Mam it* Rotlt'fer
Addresses Session of
Local Roman's (Huh
Reviews History of Adult
Education in Foreign
Countries
The Woman's Club held Us regu
Lar monthly meeting in the club
room Wednesday at 3 30 p m At the
request of the president. Mrs Thig
pen. chairman of the P T A"s Lunch
Room Committee, gave an interest
ing refH?rt on the lunch room and
lhe splendid service it is rendering
the school children She reported
that they are serving free lunches to
23 undernourished children Feeling
that these children are a community
tvvjw.ncil.ililv nioniKart of the
Wtman's Club voted to contribute
live dollars a month toward the free
lunches given
At the conclusion of the business,
the meeting was turned over to the
educational department, who had
the program for the afternoon Mrs
Thigpen. chairman, introduced as
ttieir guest sp? Act Mrs Mamie
Rodeffer, distrii' supervisor of adult
educatioci
Mrs. Ro.Ieff* i prefaced liei re
niarkj, by -tar ng that the purpose
of 1I?' adult ? lucation program was
to educate for living rather than for
information She gave the history of
the adult edmation movement in the
Fuiopean count- ?es and in the Unit
ed State Pi >grt sive educators rec
ogmze t1 n- d for a continuous edu
<atK*na pr> am so that the lives of
individuals it. ?> t?c enriched and ai
jti lrd .mil i nan nv"iit>>> conirrv
ed
With the- U -4 inning of the present
national adr illustration a federal
adult educational program was start
ed to give unemployed teachers gain
ful employment and to educate the
American pttkple so that they might
becortie intelligent citizen* and par
licipate effectively in a democratic
mict) Our pub ticscrroot >> stem lia>
been too interested in educating
youth for a particular job and has
given that y??uth no concrete values
T??i living wheh~such a |ib fails i??
materialize In other words adult
education attempts to fit a person
to tree mmt lumpily and most sue
cessfully in this rapidly changing
economic and social order
North Carolina secured a small
appropriation from the last state
legislature to establish a permanent
program of adult education in North
Carolina. The success of the federal
adult educational program showed
the need for a permanent program
when federal aid may be w ithdrawn.
This state aid program cooperates
with the W P. A. phase of the pro
gram However to participate in the
state aid program a county must
match state funds on a 50-30 basis
Very* few of the Fast Carolina coun
ties are participating in state aid
programs this year. However, it is
tiOped that Martin County along
with other eastern counties will
make appropriations for a perma
(Continued on page six)
County Man Promoted By '
Bank In Robersonville
Djtnrd K Everett, ^rutnmetil
Martin County ritiren. was elevated
o the vice presidency of the Bank
of Robersonville by the stockholders
and directors in the annual meeting
in Roberaaivitle a fear days aco Mr
Everett has served the bank for a
one number of years and is well
'rnown in banking circles throughout
the State
Under his leadership and that at
his board and assistants, the bank
rnded its most successful year last
December, the institution
in excess at an
Cain Is Rej)orted in
Building Values for
Tli in! Straight Year
Twenty New Homes Built
During Period at Cost
of Nearly $100,000
The march of progress in home
and commercial building in this Ut
ile thriving town continued unabated
uuring 1537. building reports re
leased this week by Inspector George
Harris show ing a slight gain for the
third successive year
During the period ouilding con
tracts valued at $130,895. were
awarded for twenty new homes and
several commercial structures. While
there were several sizeable contracts
awarded during the period, the gen
eral average contract price was de
cidedly above that ,of a year ago
Sixteen of the 20 homes were built
Iby white owners, and they, with the
four built by colored residents, car
? ned a total value of $96,630 accord
J ing to Building Inspector Harris,
i A second classification of build -
1 ings carried a contract value of $31,
480. a modern new store and thea
tre being included in this list..
According to the reports the sat
uration point in the number of fill
ing stations has not been reached
here as yet Contracts for filling sta
tions amounted to $2,785 in the third
..f ni?tt ?iin.trur finn t.u
1.1937 The total amount spent on new
buildings and repairs will approxi
mate $150,009
In 1936. budding contracts here
amounted fu-$7257750" New home
ex list ruction during that period was
valued at $58,000 During 1936 the
average cost per hdtne unit was 3
2u0 as compared w ith an average of
$4,800 last year
The year 1935 was quite a busy
one for new building, too. During
that period 52 building permits were
issued, quite a few of them being
for the construction of tenantvhomes
oh East Main Street. The total build
ing cost that year was placed at
$117,090
Despite the heavy building pro
gram during the past three years
there continues a scarcity of homes
and commercial buildings. Rents
continue at a fairly high level, and
new enterprises desiring to locate
here are unable to relit buildings at
any figure
No one can predict just what the
future holds, but it is certain that
present conditions warrant a con
tinued expansion m Wrtliamston's
building program A goodly num
ber of people think so anyway, and
if present plan* develop the value
of building contracts in 1938 should
show a decided gain over that of
1937 program by a sizeable margin
Plans are already underway for the
construction of several new homes,
and contracts are pending for the
| const ruction of several commercial
J buildings
Locals Lose Two Games
To Bear Grass Teams
The Williamston High School bas
ketball teams lost a doubleheader to
the Bear Grass girls and boys here
last Tuesday evening, the girls win
ning 23-11 and the boys taking their
contest by a count of 21-14.
Continuing to show- improvement,
both the visiting teams held the
advantage throughout the contests.
"Die visiting girls have not lost a
game this season, but tied one
Raw Is. Bowen. Roger son and Ward
led in scoring for the visitors. Hil
Jreth Rogerson for Bear Grass, and
Junie Peele, for Williamston, led the
scoring activities in the boys' game
Roger Rtddick was a high scorer for
the locals The Anderson twins and
Carlyke Hall also performed well.
E Mishoe led the local sextet with
eight points
Bear Grass won the county champ
ionship last year, and the two teams
are out to repeat the feat this sew
on
Teams of the local high school
continue their play with a double
deader in Aulander tonight.
?
Two Go Through Auto
Crash Without Injury
Waller Hasaell and James Henry
Thomas, both of near here, neaped
uninjured when their cars collided
on the Washington rood at the Sta
ton farm last night. After the colli
ade at the road and the
jped in a ditch on the Of
? at the rami