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THE ENTERPRISE Williamstnn. Martin County. North Carolina. Tuesday. February 8, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 Town Board Holds Its Regular Session Here Last Evening Orders Laying of $400.00 Water Line Extension on Smith wick Street Wilbamston's town commonon held their "regular monthly meeting last evening. Commissioner L. P. f ? 1 ' j a hurried return from Florida fishing grounds to at tend the union. A short business calendar eras before the authorities and it eras handled in le hour Receiving complaints about the dumping of rubbish and garbage near the grammar school grounds, the board ordered the practice stop, ped at that point, and instructions were given to have the rubbish heap covered with dirt Town trash will be dumped near the river in the future. The warm a-eather during the past few days stirred the flies to action and the school rooms were filled with them at times, it was pointed out. The board ruled that it had no authority to meet the request of Mrs Fannie Staton who, after pointing out several reasons, asked that she be relieved of $100 town taxes. A relief order was granted N C. Stone when it was pointed out to the board that the property in question was just outside the tow-n limits A $100 water line extension was ordered to connect the lines between Simmons Avenue and Grace Street The connection was ruled necessary after the water department superin tendent. R. E Manning, pointed out that the present system on Grace street and Smith wick street, extend ed. did not provide adequate fire protection to the property there. At the present time the territory is served fro ma four-inch line connect ing at Simmons avenue on Haughton Street and forming a dead end down Haughton. to Grace Street and down that street to Smithwick and then Id the high school building, a dis tance of possibly more than 1.500 feet. Arrangements are to be made for the immediate laying of the con necting line. Big Sports Program Here Friday Night There will be plenty of action in the local gymnasium next Friday * night when the three games arrang ed for the benefit of the high school teams are played Service clubs m ill furnish the "highlight" of the triple bill when Irving Margolis. manager of the Leans, sends his team against a team made up of Klwanians Har em Grimes. Kiwanian manager, in accepting the challenge to "combat" through basketball, said that the Kiwanians would fight to the last ditch in an effort to gain athletic supremacy Since plans for the game were perfected, it has been ru mored that Doc Mercer. George Bar. riooo and John Pope are being groomed far play in the closing min utes if the amateurs fail to save the day for Kiwanis A lively contest may be expected in this game. In the second contest grammar grade and high school teachers with the assistance of several former high school players will do battle with the high school girls. Josephine Harri son. Mildred Talley, Dorcas Know lea. Mis. Charles Godwin. Coaches Re becca Harmon and Mary Forte Car. roll. Mary Exum Kinsey, Mrs. Dick Daniel. Mrs. Leia Roebuck Cowan. Mary Carstaiphen and others will of. fer the opposition to the local girls. In the nightcap Farm Life boys will play the boys' team of William Washington County Boy Is Accidentally Killed The first hunting fatality section of the State this year was reported near Creswell yesterday Jr, I bled to death within three hours. M land's house to ! on the pur ill floor, he start ' his gun from the ground is believed to have hit t of the porch and the entire Comnty Insurance Exchange In Monthly Meeting Here Street Commission Will Hold Hearing Here on February 16 ChanCCf in the personnel having been effected by Clerk of Court L B Wynne last Saturday, the special commission named to appraise the damage, if any, the opening of a street will cause to the Cherry property near Smith wick street and the railroad track leading to the river, is scheduled to hold a hearing on Wednesday of next week at 10 o'clock on the site, it was announc ed last Saturday following a hear ing in the office of the clerk of court for Martin County. W. O. Griffin, J. E King, and J. O. Manning have been officially named on the com. miltee. Mr. Griffin serving instead of Mr 3. F. Ferry as was fi ~st sug gested A commission, appointed some lime ago to appraise the damage the LIFESAVERS I a t savers by SZ fa of the paay here this week. Oat of week since the latter part of last year, the B pnpli. mostly col in months The checks avenge in amount hardly in ex cess of B, and although small they are rsmiag in aaighty han dy. The unemployment office here is handling a goodly number of the insurance cheeks, nearly CM applications have been received to dale. Mr. John Earight said today. Texaco Dealers In Big Meeting Here Last Friday Night Formulate Plans for Busi ness Expansion During Present Year Meeting in the high school gymna sium here last Friday evening, the Harrison Oil Company's one big family of 250 Texaco dealers and as sistants listened with marked inter est to plans for a continued business iiyressr during the current year. Comuig here fiom all part of Mar tin and Bertie Counties and a few from Bethel, the Texaco dealers lormed new friendships among their group, and enjoyed a big barbecue supper plus all the trimmings. Ar ranged by Messrs. Geoigc and Gus Harrison, th- event proved an en tertaining affair, and brought to gether 90 per cent of all the com pany's dealers for the second time in six years The large auditorium was necessary to accommodate the graup The event attracted J It. Walker, manager of the district comprising several states and the District of Columbia, and Messrs R B. Allen, R W Debdman. J K Famuli. J. D. Woodward, his assistants, all of Nor folk Miles L Clark, representative of the company with headquarters in Elizabeth City, was also present. The visitors cxpres-rd themselves as be ing well pleasrd with the Martio Bertie Texaco family, and were im pressed with their sale-- record and their interest in offering an ade quate and willing service to the mo toring public (he mr *ting. Mr. Woodward explained that the Tex as Company holds a ranking posi tion in the trade with quality prod ucts. "We know we have the qual ity. and I want to stress the import ance of making available the most efficient, courteous and complete service to the customers possible at all times." he said. The company is planning an e Urged program of activity during this year, it was pointed out by the visitnig officials who appealed to the dealer i to offer every cooperation in their power to make it successful from the standpoint of everyone During the past six years, the Har riaow Oil Company has experienced annual sales, "and we are PUT history." Mr G. following the meeting. "We are doing everything in our puwei to give the motoring public their money's worth for every pen ny wot at one of our stations, plus a courteous and efficient service at all lasts," he added. That, Texaco is gaining in popu larity and now commands a leadi pnaMhm in the oil and gasoline fields is evidenced by the M Texaco stations to the long list in opening of the street would cause, was dismissed when it allowed $750 to the property owner, the town counsel and authorities considering the amount too high. The defense last Saturday filed an exception to the order of the court appointing the new commission, the defense counsel maintaining that there was an action pending between the parties and about the same sub ject matter. The court overruled the exception, maintaining that no such action was pending. An appeal to the high courts was noted, but that is not expected to interfere with the work scheduled for the commission It is proposed to extend Smith wick street straight across the Cher, ry property and have it connect with Marshall avenue. Martin County Has 289 Unemployed Persons At Present Control of Hours and Wages Is Seen As Remedy for Unemployment Martin County has 289 persons to tally unemployed and who want to work, 89 employed in Federal em ergency projects and 364 who are partly employed and desire more work, according to the census on to tal and partial unemployment re cently made public in Washington In the entire State there are 205.110 men and women who are entirely or partially unemployed or are work ing on WPA. NY A, CCC or other em ergency work. Figures for the nation show 5,821,035 totally unemployed and desiring work, 2.001.877 emer gency workers and 3.209,211 part time workers who need additional employment, making a grand total of more than 11 million men and wo men in the army of unemployed and partly employed. Legislative proposals to control hours and wages by the Federal gov ernment are now pending in Wash ington and are advocated by their sponsors as a remedy for unemploy ment. However, many labor leaders fear that the application of Federal administrative law to wage rates, hours of work, and working condi tions would have the opposite effect and prevent normal, peaceful nego tiations between labor and employ er. This threatened deprivation of freedom led the American Federa tion of Labor to oppose basic pro visions in the proposed fair labor standards bill Th The last' sesMon of Congress and brought fortn the fol lowing declaration from a high Fed eration official in an address deliv ered in Philadelphia last December: "Labor is unalterably opposed to any department of government attempt ing to control or direct the relations of labor and industry from a Wash ington office." Such opposition is well founded for the power to fix a minimum wage either carries with it or will lead to the authority to fix maximum wages and the gradation of wages between the minimlum and maximum. Employers of labor in a recent meeting in New Orleans declared that the passage of any such legis lation would result in serious eco nomic disturbances, create more unemployment, and would in effect place both labor and industry under bureaucratic control This confer ence also pointed out that every similar effort to control wages and hours by law in foreign countries signally failed except under com plete dictatorships and then with a total loss of freedom of action by la bor and lower living standards. Farm groups oppose Federal con trol of hours and wages on the ground that the inevitable increase in production costs would result in a lower price the farmer receives for his raw materials and an in creased price for the finished prod ucts he purchases. Southern Con gressmen led the fight which block ed passage of this measure Judge Meek ins Delays His Ruling On Slot Machines Judge I. M. Meekins. scheduled to rule yesterday on the legality of the slot machine, "silent salesman." de layed action pending the submission of briefs by plaintiff and defer counsel in connection with a ruling by the supreme court recently. During the meantime, approxi mately 2.000 machines continue in operation throughout eastern North Carolina. Possibly a ruling will be handed down by the dislikt judge within at few days, but it is puaaihh the issues I ' srill be undecided during more weeks. Little Likelihood Vet Hospital Vi ill Be Located Here Recent Ruling Almost Cer tain to Leave Williams ton Outside Site Area ? While all hope for having the mil lion and half dollar veterans hospi tal located in Williamston has not been abandoned, chances of having the institution placed here were con sidered more doubtful following j ruling announced during the week end by General Frank T. Hines. Vet erans' Administrator It was point ed out in the ruling that the site for the new hospital will be consul eied in connection with the relative distances to Norfolk, where hospital ization is available to former service men. With one exception. Williams ton is nearer Norfolk than any oth er town bidding for the new hospt tal Local people continue sending ap peals to Congressman Warren, urg. mg him to have Williamston consul ered as a site for the hospital How ever. it is quite apparent that Gen eral Hines w ill have much to say in locating the institution , General Hines has informed all inquirers that the first step will be to determine the area within which the hospital will be located, with reference to distances from the has pitals at Norfolk. Va When the area is determined, all towns in the ai will be visited and hearings con ducted on the spot. No hearings will be held in Washington General Hines told Mr Warren that after a thorough study had been made in Ins office, an area of the State would be designated and in cluded in a circle. No towns out side of the circle would be consid ered. After the area has been desig nated. a board will be appointed to visit the area and will conduct hear ings at one or more places at which eyery town within the circle would be given the opportunity to present its claims General Hines informed Mr Warren that it wotfld be useless for delegations to come to Washing ton. as their claims could not be considered there. The bill carrying the appropria tion has not yet become law. and the money for the construction of the hospital will not be available until after July 1. No town will know if it is eligible for considera tion until the area has been deter mined definitely. J. W, Griffin Dies In County Friday John W Griffin. Martin County farmer, died at his home in the Spring Green section of Poplar Point Township, last Friday afternoon fol lowing a long period of illness. Mr Griffin, apparently as well as usual, suffered a heart attack while sitting in a chair and died suddenly He was 68 years old and lived in this county all his life. He was the son of the late R F and Polly Knox Griffin. He leaves the following children. Mrs. Fred Clark, Misses Allie and Carrie Grif fin, Thomas and Joseph Griffin, all of this county, and Mrs. W S. Eaton, of Tarboro, and Mrs. Harry Jones, of Williamston. His wife who was a Miss Cooper before marriage died in 1932 Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. C Shoe last Saturday af ternoon at 3 o'clock, and interment was in the family cemetery on the home farm He was a member of the Baptist church in Everetts Time Magazine Man Kills Turkey And Quits County John Stewart Martin Time Maga zine founder and editor, quit the county last week-end after bagging a wild turkey in the lowland, near here. Hunting in this community since the early part of last month. Mr Martin pointed out that he would not leave until he bagged a wild tur key. Daily he saw numbers of the birds, hot fhl>y manage fo slay 1 yond gun range or find safety with ?n gun range in more than one in stance Finally out of a drove of about 14 turkeys, he bagged* one CLUB MEETING Ik regular monthly miitl of the WHIio?ton Warn Clah will he heM We First Herring Caught At Jamesville Friday 'Key to Smokehouse* Is Found Last Friday Br^THmim^oltraiii Preparations for Big Season Will Get Underway in Next Few Weeks I ? Dipping the first 1938 herring from the Roanoke at Jamesville last Fri-I day afternoon about 3 o'clock. Til mon Colt rain is credited with having found the "key to Martin County's smokehouse" and turning attention j again to one of this section's biggest industries The catch this year comes about seventeen days behind the opening a year ago when U. S. Has sell and Carl Martin dipped three of the fish from the stream at Jamesville Using a dip net. young Colt rain, son of the veteran fisher man and hunter. Mr. Ira T. Coltram. caught the fish in a comparatively short time The news of the catch is weJJ re ceived by thousands who have no meat or even a smokehouse to store meat in As the farmer looks to his meat as his main food supply, those removed from the farm look to the Roanoke herring for their main source of food, and the main fish-* mg season is eagerly looked forward to each year Herring and griddle corn bread furnish the brawn and muscle for large numbers who do liard manual labor at low wages, and at the same time the fish is a recog mzed delicacy on thousands of ta bles throughout the land. A success ful fishing season in the Roanoke is about the best insurance known to all classes against hunger 3ui ing the dull summer months. The catch by young Cnltrain car-' nes double significance in that it gives notice of the'approaching sea-l son and that fish are expected to I pass through the pulp mill refuse in I the lower part of this county unham-' pered Many entertained fears that the acids from the plant would turn the fish back Reports from the several |>oints along the Roanoke state that the fishermen are already making ex tensive preparations for the coming season, that a good year in the in- j dustry is expected. A fair season was icported last year, but the two pre-, ceding seasons were disappointing] to the fishery operators. A continuance of the springtime weather felt in this section over the *w>lt *?nH "ipectcd to start the herring up the stream in numbers, and they will be on sale within a few, days, no doubt. The first sales gen erally command a price of five cents straight, the market dropping as a1 rule overnight to six fish for a quar ter. The average price for the sea son ranges around a penny each The busy fishing season come*! along in early April, but the seines are placed in operation about the middle of March, depending upon weather conditions, and continue un til about May 10 Basketball Tourney To Start Next Week Arrangements for a county basket ball tournament were completed at a meeting of the several high school athletic coaches in the Williamston school building last Friday after noon. Coaches Edwards, of William ston: Leidy of Robersonville; Martin of Jamesville, Vann. of Bear Grass, and Kilgo. of Farm Life, prepared the following schedule. February 1C. 7:00 Bear Grass boys vs. Ruber, son vi He boys. > 00 Jamesville girls vs Bear Grass girls 9 00 Farm Life, boys vs Williams ton boys February 17. 7 00 Jamesville boys vs. winner Bear Grass Robei sonville game - 9-00 Williamston girls vs winner Jamesville-Bear Grass game. 9.00 Robersonville girls vs. Farm Life girls February IS. > 00 Winners of girls' games ui first two rounds 9M Winners of boys' games in first two rounds. 9 Mr. W. T. Hunter Quite ? III'At His Home Here a lfr W T. Hunter, one of the town's oldest and most highly re *prr!H residents, continues quite ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs Joe Godard. here. He has been con fined to his bed for several weeks X NEARING END I The hunting season for the sportsman in this county is ?caring an end. Conptjr Game Warden Abbitt pointing out to day that next Monday, February 1*. was the last day that quail ran be taken legally. Hunting on Tuesday. February 15. is illegal and anyone taking quail an or after that day is subject to arrest and prosecution. Warden Abbitt also pointed out that Sunday hunters are subject to prosecution, that the law prohibiting hunting on the Sabbath would be strictly en forced in this county in the fu lure. It is not illegal to fish on Sunday, however. Paul (l!emmoiiSs~>Os Explosion Victim, Dies Monday Noon Two Sons Injured in Explo sion that Wrecked Build ing. Recovering Paul Clemmons. local colored man. died in a Washington hospital yes terday about noon from injuries re ceived in an explosion that wreck ed the Star Light Inn. colored cafe on Washington street here, and nearly cost the lives of his two sons on last Friday evening a week ago. The man's death was described as horrible Scalded from his head almost to MS foot ( Irmmrms as jmnri ?t> vk ??> examined foliating the accident. given only out of a hundred to recover, and for ten days he suffered almost unbearable pain The flesh !*egan disintegrating be fore death came, reports reaching here from the hospital where he was removed following the explosion, stated Clemmons, a veteran of the World War. had cooked in local cafes for a l??ng number of ybars. and had just completed anangements to open a restaurant of his own for his own people when the tragedy struck and tost him his life. The explosion, shaking h?mses more than a mile away, partially wrecked the foundation of the build ,nK and scattered timbers and glass "m .11 ana of several hundred yards Tin* tank itself was found sev ?al hunarou leet from the small one story building. Clemmons had just startod a fire in the stove used for heating hot water a short time before, and frozen pipes under the house prevented the generated steam from backing into the water lines Elisah Clemmons was badly burn ?d and bruised on his body and he has spent much time in the hospi tal Another son, William Hardy j Clemmons. who suffered bad cuts on i his head and chest, is recovering at the Clemmons home on Sycamore street here. FunoraI s? fvices for the father will be conducted tomorrow afternoon, and the burial will follow in the cemetery just off the Washington highway Williamston Churches Organize Choral Club ? The Williamston Choral Club held its organisation meeting at the Wo man's club Monday night. The fol lowing officers were elected Mrs Jim Smith, directer Mrs Wheeler Martin, assistant director. Mrs K I* Lindsley, pianist; Mrs. J F Thig pen, secretary and treasurer Meetings will be held each Mon day night and the dues are only five cents per meeting. Drunk Wanders Into Home And Retires Early Sunday ? Esse Moore, colored man. wander ed into the George Moore home on Snnthwick street about two o'clock Sunday morning and retired on day bed Mr Moore called police and they found the drunken negro asleep No trespass charge was brough' against the intruder, but he booked on a drunken and disorderly charge, and the court fined him |T. costs added Locals Lose Doubleheader To Robersonville High Both of the local teams were oa the short end of the score in played In Robersonville last Friday right The girls lost by a score of It to 23. and the boys were < ed 17-8. County Board Of Commissioners In Meeting Monday ? Set Machinery in Motion for Issuance of Road Refunding Bonds ? Holding l heir regular monthly meeting Monday, the Martin CVmn ty commissioners were in session un til late afternoon handling a varied business calendar that had Co do with road bonds, property values, jurymen for the next term of court ;*nd the inspection of reports and (.urrent bills Final action was taken m only a few cases, however The motion to issue $50,000 refund ing road bonds in Cross Roads Town ship is recognized as the foundation tor clearing the huge debt over a long period of years No schedule of payments was ad \ a need, and final action will possibly have to await a special act in the legislature It is possible for the county to purchase a certain number of the bonds as an investment and underwrite them at a cheaper rate of interest to the taxpayers in Cross Roads Township. Since the original bond issue amount is not being increased, it is not nee essary to submit the refunding ia a-uanre to a vote of the people Cross Roads has the heaviest road bond aebt of any district in the county Several others have paid off their indebtedness to the last penny and W illiamston and Goose .Nest have materially decreased their bonds from the original $40,000 issue Ham ilton has also made progress in re ducing her special road debt The other districts have no special road bonds outstanding except Robereon ville and that district handles that rarticular debt through a special road commission Adjustments in property assess nienji were, .effected in three catw,? the board fixing the values where er rors had been made in listing the properties of La/zie Griffin in Goose Nest, and those of S S Slack* and W. T Baker in Williamston Township Jurymen for the two weeks term of Martin County Superior court con vening next month were drawn, and considerable time was spent reading reports of the several county agen cies and the inspection of current bills Board Of Education In Meeting Monday Holding their first meeting of the calendar year here yesterday, the meuiber> of the Martin County Itoarrl ..f Miu-itmn InitH. A ?jIiiih tn duties arising in connection with the sale of abandoned school sites in Williamston and the confirmation of the sale of a site in Jamesville The site of the old colored school t uilding in Williamston next to the I Baptist cemetery on Rhodes street *as ordered offered for sale to the highest bidder The lot is about 200 t.y 2U0 feet Tl?e other piece of prop erty o*n^il by the school and which is to lie offered for sale, adjoins the grammar . school grounds and the property of B S Courtney in Wil liamston There is only about l-40th of an acre in the plot. The rales are to be held on March 7. the board re serving the right to reject any or all bids and sell the sites at private sale. The sale of the ??id Jamesville white school site to Mrs Luzie Smithwick for S75 was confirmed Ail members of the board were present for the meeting which last ed only a short time Part-time Health Office Files Its Last Report Suiiendering its duties to the new set-up. the part-time health de partment in this county last meek filed its last monthly health report, and it was a corking food one. too. According to the report there were only three cases of contagious dis ease in the county during January. Two rases of scarlet fever were re ported in Robersonvtlle and one in Williamston Required by taw. all reports of contagious diseases in this county will be handled by the full-time de partment m the future Man Is Tried For Knife Attack On tecif Pippen Brutally attacking Cecil colored with ? knife in a Was ton Street beer garden here Saturday night. Akxua colored, was taxed with the
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