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THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Flad Our Cul unutt ? Latchkey to over 1AM at Martin County. VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 17 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. March 1, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 Find Dead Fish In Bachelor Bay Near Month of Roanoke People Not Certain as to What Is Killing the Pish While not certain as to the i on Bachelor Bay and the Sound a few miles from the mouth of the Roanoke River do know that something is killing the fish there this season. Their proof n dead fish in numbers, reports stating that quantities of shad and that sea gulls have been attracted there in recent days for the first tune m the mommy at the oldest residents in the section Other re ports state that vultures are flock ing to the shores here for the dead fish. "We believe the refuse from the pulp mill at Plymouth is killing the fish, but we don't know that to be a lhct." one of the Bachelor Bay naUses said this week. At no other time^have dead fish been seen along the bay and sound have found similar condi areas not far removed from Bay. Authentic information coming from pulp mill authorities states that lasts made almost daily by chemists of the water below the plant show no foreign matter that would kill the fish. It was also pointed out that the acids used in the manufacture of pulp are wash ed four or five tunes before they into the stream Ac cording to these reports there must be some other cause for the death; at the hah. C. C. Fleming, operator of fisher at Camp Point and Jamesville. states he can see no reason why the, refuse from the plant should kill the fish lfr. Fleming points out that the refuse is poured into the stream through a 30- or 36-inch pipe, that he can't understand why, such a small volume of refuse could pollute as large a body at water as the Roanoke. Bachelor Bay and the Albemarle Sound proper Roanoke fishermen will know within the next two or three weeks whether the acids from the pulp plant are killing the fish, for it is about time the fish were starting thew annual pilgrimage up the"~m-~ land streams If there are no fish, they will certainly believe the pulp |m?hI acids are either killing them or turning them back. A few fish have been taken from the Roanoke near Jamesville in re cent days, clearly indicating that the acids will not kill them all and possibly none of them. Just what action will be taken if it is )*araed the acids are killing the fish, no one knows at this time, but some fishermen are wondering if the plant could be closed down during the season if its operations interrupt the fishing industry. Banking Organ Says Business Is Better Signs that business, in specta, is batter than reports indi cate. were cited in a recent issue of j w.niin| publication of American Bankers Association. "At the beginning of February. the publication said, works and utility construc tion contracts were closed amount ing to more than twice the total of the same period last year. Simi lar contracts by private activities will require the at supplies in a lar I the orders do not yet of long range outlook. for the steel bu better than they have which began two years Ash Wednesday Service To Be Held Tomorrow Non-Support Case Continued Mondayfor Drunk Defendant Nyrnf ihus James, colored man. for alio the iiwiiity i,wi t "yesterday pad mm support of his wife and ai he coul little children, but before Id clear himself of that he eras boohed for public inem and ordered placed in jail tor PceL seven days by Judge H. O. held up lion n attempt ha owe k plending his own case, well when questioning state es. but his drunken condi s brought to light when he ed to get up and tesify in behalf. The court was sus of his action from the first, Ipe Peel called a halt and continued the case when it became clearly evident that while possibly not guilty of non-support James was certainly guilty of being drunk at the bar of justice And now he is defendant in two cases. Vigorously denying his guilt in the non-support case, James argued with the witnesses rather than question them. He is said to have miserably failed in handling his own case yesterday, but he is like ly to do better when Judge Peel calls the case next Monday. He is expected to be sober at that time, at least. Clerk L. B. Wynne stated that it was the first he had seen a defen dant in a drunken condition attempt to try his own case. COMPLETE will be (really ia Ibe taint by at tbe Iwa tall Will Meet Friday for Rewiew Of New Farm Bill ^^inii i ii ill T D O i Murptiy L. Barnes to Speak to Farmers in the Courthouse E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive of ficer at Slate College, has announc ed the complete schedule of fann er to be held in connec tion with the cotton and flue-cured Eighty of North Carolina's 100 counties will be affected The re maining twenty counties are locat ed in the mountainous section of the State where either little or none of the two crops is grown. Martin County farmers will ga ther in the courthouse, Friday, March 4, at 1J0 p. m to hear de tails of the new farm program ex plained by M I*. Barnes, of the AAA State office. Floyd explained that office work with the county ering the program will meet during the morning pre to the mass meeting to have of the new act explain The cotton and tobacco referen da win he held March 13. On that will vote for or against on the two crops in ISM. If two-thiids or more of the fsi mm note favorably for quo. ?nil be clamped on tobacco, the quo ta it will probably and 500,000, Floyd said will be handled different lint growers al an allotment of <01,535 and htey will be allowed to oe all the cotton they can on acres without penalty. Club Here Now New Mmnmgement D. Amber* r, GajOord and Henry S. Manning at of the Mr. u making ar Machinery Set Up For Farm Bill Referendum Farmers To Vote At 11 Regular Election Precincts March 12 County Committee in Meet Monday Names Poll Holdrs Machinery for holding the to. ?mcco 'and cotton referenda in this county on Saturday. March 12. was set up by the County Agriculture Committee in a special meeting here yesterday afternoon Poll holderi and judges of election were named for eleven of the twelve reg ular voting precincts in the coun ty. the committee explaining that Poplar Point and Williamston far. mers would cast their votes at the polls to be opened in the County Agricultural Building. Continuing in session for several hours, the committee studied the provisions for holding the referen da, and it is believed the question can be handled without any mark ed difficulty by the officials name.! to hold the pojls. J. R. Winslow, member of the Martin County Board of Elections, a member of the county agri explained?thai the voting would be conducted un der rules very similar to those con. trolling a legutar election There are no age requirements, and every fanner who grew tobacco or cot ton last year is entitled to cast one vote. However, the landlord own. ing more than one farm will be able to vote only once, each and every one of his tenants who grew tobacco or cotton last year is enti tled to cast one vote. If a landlord owns a farm and there are ten ten ants on that farm who grew tobac co and cotton, then there are eleven eligible votes. The referenda will be explained it a series of community meetings getting underway in the county to morrow evening and at a mass meeting in the courthouse here Fri day evening at 7:30 o'clock The officials appointed at the Monday meeting for holding the polls are, as follows: Jamesville Township. J. L. Knowl?*. chairman, P. M Holli [ day and C. C. Martin Williams Township: C. L. Daniel, chairman; Joshua L. Coltrain and W. J. Gardner. Griffins Township: George C. Griffin, chairman. W B. Harring ton and S. E. Manning. Bear Grass Township: Sidney Beacham. chairman. J D Wynne and William Harrison. Williamston and Poplar Point Townships: Fred Taylor, chairman; I Thy lor, Mayo Hardison and L c- Taylor. two from each dis trict. Cross Roads Township W. L Auibon. chairman; Gaston James, and J. S. Ayers Robersonville Township will have two voting places. At Robersonville S T. Everett, J. n. R- S. Everett will hold the polls. At Gold Point, Harry Rober son, as chairman, and Mayo Little and L A. Croom will hold the polls Two voting places have been es ihlishcd in Hamilton Township for the convenience of the farmers. At Hamell D. R. Edmondaon, as chair man. and Claude Nelson and George Ayers will hold the polls At Ham ilton, the town. W. J Bench, as chairman, and F L Haialip and J. H LUlard will keep the polls. The polling places will be open ed at 7 o cluck Saturday morning, March IX and dose that evening at 7 o'clock. Indiretinos are that near ly MM votes will be cast in the county or about 1.000 las. than sr. ? a general elec Rev. John Hardy Begins Work With Church of Advent Rev. E. F. Moseley Reluc tantly Leaves for New Work in Kinston Rev. John W. Hardy, rector of St. Andrews Episcopal church. Col umbia, and Christ Episcopal church. Creswell. and priest at Galilee Mis sion. near Lake Phelps, during the past four years will enter upon his new duties as rector of the Church of Advent, Williamston, and St. Martin's, Hamilton, tomorrow. The minister, with his wife, the former Miss Sue Martin, of Scotch Hall. Bertie County, are moving into the Haughton Street rectory today. Rev. Edwin F. Moseley, rector of the churches here and at Hamilton for more than five years, with Mrs. Moseley and their two children. Miss Katherine and Master Edwin, left yesterday for Kinston where Mr. Moseley will serve St. Mary's church. Having enjoyed an extensive friendship among the people here. Mr. and Mrs. Museley found it a bit difficult with their parting greet ings when the last bit of furniture was packed and made ready for the move to their new home. "I have certainly enjoyed my stay in Wil liamston and Martin County." the minister said, the hesitancy in his speech suggesting that possibly he even regretted he had ever consi dered the call from the larger field. 'The people have been very cordial to all of us. They have been accom modating and considerate, and all of us have enjoyed living here," the minister added The minister and Mrs. Moseley. too, have done a valuable work both in and outside the church dur ing the past five years. Neither of them sought the spotlight of pub-' licity. but their work touched near ly every field of endeavor that af fected the spiritual life and the gen eral welfare of the community and section. They have been prominent in the work of civic organizations, in the library movement, in relief work, and lent their support to ev:< ery worthy cause They will be missed greatly not only by the church but also by all the people of the community including the poor, white and colored. While the people of the church | regret the withdrawal uf Rev. Mi. Moseley from the field in this coun ty, they are fortunate in having a promising young man take over the work here and in Hamilton Mr. Hardy is a native of Kinston. He] attended William and Mary Col lege in Williamsburg, and was grad uated from the Virginia Theologi cal Seminary in Alexandria, Va. During his work in Washington and Tyrrell Counties, many accom plishments have been made by him Special work has been handled at. the Galilee Mission, near Lake Phelps. In Creswell, a young peo ple's service league was organized, under his direction. At the time he1 offered his resignation to enter the] service of the churches in this coun ty, the minister was leading a movement for funds for the con struction of a Parish House in Cres-| well by the members of the church) there. He has confirmed 29 and bap tized 41 at the Mission and Christ] Church in Creswell. He was ordained to the priest hood at St. Andrews Epicopal church, Columbia, by the Rt Rev Thomas C. Darst, bishop of the Dio cese of Eastern Carolina. Full-time Health Unit Files Its First Report Twenty-two communicable dis eases were reported in this county last month, Dr E. W Kurgurson, head of Martin County full-time health department, pointed out in his first monthly report released today. There were four cases of chick enpox, three cases of measles, four cases of scarlet fever and eleven cases of syphilis. PRE-EASTER EVENT Be*. w. R. Burrell, popular pastor oI (be local Baptist church for a loaf number of yearm, will return to him old pul pit for a special scries of pre Easter aerslcee. beginning on Monday, April 4 and coo Una iaf through April IS, it was aa asoared today by an official ef the eh arch here. Mr. Barrett's return here le eagerly awaited by many la. eluding both thoee within aad Farm Bill Will Be Discussed At Nine Meetings in County The new 1938 farm control bill will be the subject for discussion at a series of eight community meet ings to be held in this county dur ing the next few days. In addition to the schedule of community meet ings, a county-wide mass meeting has been scheduled in the county courthouse at 7:30 o'clock. The first of the district meetings will be held tomorrow evening. County agriculture authorities including county and local commit-j tee will lead the meetings, discuss] various features of the new bill and answer questions that farmers may wish to ask them. These com munity events are educational in | nature, and farmers are ugred to| attend the nearest one to them. Re ports coming from the office of the I county agent indicate that the far-] mers are anxious to have these I meetings held and that they will be well attended. | The schedule for the meetings: | Bear Grass. Wednesday evening, j March 2, at 7:30 o'clock. Oak City. Thursday. March 3. A mass meeting will be held in Williamston Friday evening. March 4. at 7:30 o'clock, and no meetings will be held on Saturday night. ? Robersonville.' Monday. March 7. Cross Roads. Farm Life and Jamesvilie on Tuesday, March 9. The agriculture forces will be di vided that evening so that all three meetings can be held at the same time. On Wednesday. March 9. farmers of Williamston. Poplar Point and Williams Townships will meet in the agricultural building for a joint meeting li was pointed out that there were no places to hold meet ings in Poplar Point and Williams Townships. On the same evening, a meeting will be held in Hassell. All these meetings will be held at 7:30 o'clock p m and in school building with one exception, the agent's office pointing out that meetings in Williamston will be held in the courthouse and agricul tural building Death StrikesTwiceon County Roads in Week Coffin Salesman Strikes And Kills Free Union Child Delmar James, Six Years Old, Knocked 84 Feet by Truck Delmar James, six-year-old color- | ed boy of Jamesville Township, was killed instantly last Saturday | afternoon at 3 o'clock when he was struck by a light pick up truck duv en by Joseph Gordon, 21-year-old! coldredman of Rich Square, on Highway 64 a short distance this' side of Hardens. The front of his skull ripped open, and both legsj and arms broken, the boy, son of Tommie James, never knew what struck him. It was the second death on U. S. Highway 64 within a week, Robert I Coltrain, 14, having lost his life here the Saturday before. Playing along the highway, the boy is said to have run teisurely on I to the hard surface into the path of the approaching car which wit nesses at a preliminary hearing held here yesterday morning de scribed as running between 50 and 65 miles an hour. The strike was made by the radiator which was knocked back into the engine, the lifeless form of the child being thrown a distance of eighty-four feet The car continued down the road a distance of 399 feet before Gordon brought it to a stop, an examination of the car's mechanism showing that its brakes were not functioning properly Gordon, a salesman or an em ployee of the Bishop Casket Com pany, of Rich Square, was said to have passed a car just before reaching the boy, that he did not slow the truck down, and that there were no signs on the road where he applied the brakes before or after striking the boy. William Woolard. Greenville man was traveling toward Williamston and Gordon passed him just before reaching the child. The Greenville man stated at the preliminary hear ing that he saw the child before Gordon passed him, that he brought, his car to a stop before reaching the spot where the child was struck. Charged with reckless driving and manslaughter, Gordon was ar lested and placed in the county jail by Patrolman H. V. Rothrock short ly after the accident. Justice J. L. Hassell found probable cause and tequired bond first in the sum of $1000 but later released the de fendant under a $800 bond. Attor neys Matthews, of Windsor, and Strickland, of Rich Square, repre sented the defense and H G. Hor ton appeared for the private prose cution at the hearing held in the courthouse yesterday morning Gor don offered no testimony. former Convict Steals Meat From County Farm Three hams were itulen from the ?moke house of M. D. Ayers in Bear Grass Township early last Saturday evening, officers stating that they were certain a former convict recently released from the camp here raided the smokehouse. Sold to a local store, the meat was recovered a few hours after it was stolen. LIBRARY Plans are going forward rap idly for opening Williamston's public library on or about April 1. leaders of the movement an nounced today. More than $600 in cash has been turned over to the treas urer and several canvassing committees are yet to report their collections. A study of book orders Is now befog made, and arrange ments for opening the library in the American Legion hut on Watts Street are >v?|ll under way. (Ion Luiier Speaks To Martin Farmers More titan 300 farmers heard cussed the new farm bill at a spec ial mass meeting held in Roberson vdie's high school auditorium last night. Farmers from all over the county were present, and the ad dress was well received "If the farmers fail to give the to tobacco and cotton sections of the new bill a two-thirds majority at the polls on March 12, it will be absolutely useless for them to turn to Washington for aid," Mr. Lanier, said, explaining that he was no paid agent of the government, that he was campaigning for the bill be cauM he considered it the only hope for the farmer. The speaker discussed . the bill, and reviewed agricultural activities from 1932 to the present. "Look out for your hog and hominy, for if this bill fails in passage, you'll cer tainly need them," Mi Lanier told the large assembly. Martin Man Fined $75 For Reckless Driving J C Downs, Martin County man, was fined $75 in the Chowan Coun ty Recorder's Court last week, for reckless driving and failing to stop! his truck while children were being discharged from a school bus near Eden ton on February 16. Downs, driving a fertilizer truck for Slade Rhodes and Company, was clvared in the case charging him with an assault with a motor vehicle. Struck by Downs' truck, Her man Radford-, nine years old, of Valhalla, continues critically ill in a Windsor hospital, where he was taken immediately following the accident. His shoes slung from his feet, the youth suffered a broken leg, hip, collar bone, shoulder and a fracture of the skull. ? Legion Post Members To Meet Monday, March 7, An important meeting, of the John Walton Hassell American Le gion Post will be held in the hut at Williamston on Monday evening, March 7, Commander J. E. Boykin announced today. The meeting next Monday is be ing called for a discussion of im portant business matters, and all members are urged to be present. Plans will also be considered for a big barbecue dinner in the near fu ture, the post official said. Churches Observe Day of Prayer on Friday Afternoon Service Will Be Held in Christian Church at 2:30 o'clock On Friday afternoon at 3 30 p. m. | all the churches of the town will | unite in observing the World Day j of Prayer. The services as carried : out over the whole world will be used and it will be held in the j Christian church. In view of unsettled conditions over the world this year's observ i ance is being stressed and a con centrated effort is being made to ( get Christians of every color and clime to meet on common ground I w ith a plea for a return to Chris tion principles of living in their relationships whether individual or national All the Churches of the town will join in the service and i a great meeting is planned for Wil ' hams ton. Brief History of the Day As far back as 1887 Presbyterian I women in the U S A came togeth er at the suggestion of the president of the Women's Board of Home Mis sions of the Presbyterian church to pray for missions Interest in the Day of Prayer increased and the Foreign Missions forces chose a day for united prayer in the early nine ties. and m 1920. both in Canada and the United States, church wo men of all denominations united in I prayer the first Friday in Lent be | ing selected as the "Day of Prayer j for Missions." In numberless places around the 1 world, from missionaries returning I from the homeland, the thought of I a day of prayer, spread until at the request of many far-away friends, fi World Day of Prayer was first j observed in 1927. In 1936 Christians | of more than fifty countries kept j the day together. The day begins in New Zealand ' and the Fiji islands, and as the day I progresses, new groups in city, j town, countryside and hamlet, join j in praise and prayer until after some forty hours the day ends at Gambell on St Lawrence Island off the coast of Alaska thirty miles from the date line and about the same distance from the Arctic cir cle. All these groups are praying that we may be one in our service 4rn?Jl*>UK Christ?ihat harriers ot race and class may be broken down ?that we maytruly leanrfor follow 11 un wliose way is the way of life for all men?that we may be faith lul witnesses of His love and His life?giving power and that men may find the way by which indi viduals and nations can live togeth- - cr in peace and understanding More lYiiiiuts Are Sold To Crushers The movement of peanuts to the oil mills has slightly strengthened the open market, but late reports from the North Carolina Peanut Stabilization Cooperative more of the goobers will be sold to the crushers. Nearly 8,000 bags have been moved out of Martin County to oil nulls in Wilmington, but no lids have been asked for those goobers stored in cooperative ware houses at. Williamston and Rober sonville The recent offer together with peanuts already place by this asso ciation for crushing, aggregates 5, 500 tons of which quantity 2,400 have already been crushed into oil up to this morning, according to daily reports received by the asso ciation It was learned from the of fice of the association that peanuts acquired by the Virginia and Geor gia associations are being sold each week in increasing volume for crushing into oil and that it is the present policy of the three associa tions to continue to sell peanuts for oil so long as there appears to be a surplus above normal edible trade demands. ? Infant Of Mr. And Mrs. C. E. Jenkins, Jr., Dies Stephen Jenkins, five-weeks-old son of Mr and Mrs. C. Elmer Jen kins, Jr., died at the home of his parents near Merry Hill in Bertie County early last Sunday. The child was found deed in its crib when the parents got up that morn ing. Funeral services were held at the home of the child's grandparents near here yesterday morning by Elder A. B. Ayers. Burial was in the Cherry Cemetery just outside the Williamston town limits on the Hamilton road. ? ?? Mr and Mrs. C. O. Moore visited relatives in Fuquay yesterday.
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