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IlUt ?y to ?r tor Cai rn um a?? " 1 THE ENTERPRISE tkm UM ? Tser M U Cmrrtai Um VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 32 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 22, 1938. ' ESTABLISHED 1899 _Plans Complete For Safety Day Program Here Next Tuesday HU1?r*drl Ar,C ^cted to ? vrless Car ?n Operation Here wide ?f Peopl* from over a wide territory are expected here to obaerve > "Big S?fety Day" program, plans for which were annmm^ #ki . WTfe enounced complete nH-0"1?* by Mr ,nd Mr" G A. Fuher. advance representatives of Captain J. J. Lynch, safety crusa dsr, who* control of , driverles, -- ?w a ar] ? Ien**tion in more t*ui_L ? wu"uon more than thirty North Carolina cities in recent wesks. The program s"n tori n .100,1 builneM f'rms and individuals, has been acclaimed for it* value in promoting safety on ?treet. and highw^^nd JpuL Lynch and his assistants come here With Unqualified endorsement for their work by ?fety leaders, may or? more thah SO North Carolina towns and others. ?e program for the day opens wito an address by Captain J J uj ^apiain J. J to 0,8 h'?h school pupil, at 48 Tuesday Morning. At 10:30, the -u!!h ,^rUMder *nd operator of the "**iC?C*r' wUI "ddres, the gram mar grade children. These talks h?ve been endorsed and CapUin v..uUiacu ana ^aptair ynch has been encouraged in mak ing them by educators who recog mie the value they have in training youth against dangers lurking on the streets and highways. That afternoon at 3:30 o'clock the L -u ?d"y p,rade will form or North Watts Street, the "magic" car leading the procession into Main and on up the main thoroughfare to Serv'ce Station, corner Washington streets. The ^ J" will bt ?topP?l there bntf 2fLynch wiU make a brief talk. The parade will continue from that point to H?ughton Street the -magic" car making a left-hand Hirn there and continuing to the in tersection of Haughton and Wash ington street. The parade will trav el up Washington street to Main and down that street to the county court house. A new 1038 Chevrolet car, lent by the Roanoke Chevrolet Company, will be used by Captain Lynch, buf there 11 be no driver for it. Riding in a new 1838 Ford, lent by the Wil hamston Motor Company, Captain Lynch will operate the lead car by radio control. The entire day has been proclaim ed as "'Safety Day" by Mayor Johr "astell, the members of the high way patrol and police force and heads of civic organizations cooper ating in the safety movement. -Boy Scouts will appear as a unit in the parade under the direction of Scoutmaster Horace Ray The school authorities are making arrange ments to enter a special bus in the parade, and other are planning ti enter units, it was announced. CapUin and Mrs. Lynch and theii young daughter are expected to ar nve here during the week-end from Kinston to be ready for the big safety day program on Tuesday. National Youth Group Holds Exposition Here Over One Hundred Articles Displayed In Club Hall Here Exhibits Represent Splen did Work on Part of Youths An expedition showing the handi work of members of the National Youth Administration and others outside the organization in the Wo man's Club hall here Wednesday and yesterday attracted high praise from those viewing the exhibits. However, few people are said to have visited the exposition, btat those finding time to inspect the ex hibit displays got a keen insight to the work that is being done by the youths under the direction of Mrs. W. R Hampton, of Plymouth, and Miss Adelaide Tuttle, of Ed en ton Taking an old barrel, an orange box or most anything at hand, the youths produced many worthwhile articles, the displays by colored youths from Bertie County and by members of Professor Walker's manual arts class in the colored school here attracting unusual at tention. Possibly one ef the most unique and useful articles in the exposition was a chair made from (Continued on page six) [ ' CLEAN UP j Anxious thai the people of Williamston will ntoalnlj participate ia "Clean up, Paint up" movement next week, May or J. L. Haaueil today issued the following proclamation: "Spring is here and the time to paint houses, plant flower* and clean up back yards, front yards and vacant lots. "All rubbish, tin cans and Junk should be gathered together In piles and the town truck will be around to remove H. "Let us take the week of April M-M, and clean ap our town and pat it en a pedestal far cleanliness and beauty. Plymouth Exhibition Game Is Culled OH Heavy rains falling at 3 o'clock this afternoon made it necessary for local baseball authorities to call off the exhibition game with Plymouth. Large crowds were expected to wit ness the game and be on hand for the free car drawing. The car will be given away Sunday regardless of weather conditions, it was announc ed this afternoon. Approximately 2,000 tickets com bining a free chance on a new au tomobile had been sold for the game this afternoon. Town Clock Is Ticking Again After Several Days of Rest Williamston's thirty-year-old town clock, out of commission for sever al days, is ticking again, relieving the uncertainty of correct time that has interrupted activity schedules since last Saturday. Watchmaker Charlie Peel repair ed a worn cog yesterday, and the clock was put back to its ticking task yesterday at 11:40 a. m. by its own time. The clock's strike recalls the oam paign conducted for the purchase of the timepiece ' a little over thirty years ago Appealing for the public clock, the late Joe Sitteraon who was well advanced in years at that time, went to the authorities. "Gentle men," the old man according to an accepted story, told the commis sioners, "we poor folks who have no clocks or watches will find a public I KEYNOTER Lindsay Warren, congress man from (hi* district, has been chosen to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic State Convention in Raleich on May 1*. Mr. Warren accepted Toes day Local Firm Is Conducting Unusual Guessing Contest Barnhill Brothers and Company are conducting an unusual guessing contest, the expert to receive a pair of shoes June 1 for his good guess ing. A pair of shoes has been wrap ped in a large box and placed in the show window. Guess the number of the shoes and you receive a pair free. Season For Taking Shad Closes Monday, April 25 According to a ruling isued yes terday by the Fisheries Commission, the season for taking shad closes next Monday, April 23. While the shad have been more numerous this year, the catches have been far from normal. timepiece convenient and valuable. When one has to get up in the dead hours of the night and give a dose of medicine to a sick member of the family, he can follow the exacting directions pf the doctor by the strike of the clock." The old gentleman is said to have mentioned the hour of three o'clock when he addressed his appeal to the authorities. The argument offered by the citi zen is said to have proved success ful, and an experyive clock was bought and an arrangement effect ed to have the timepiece sound the hour by striking a fire bell higher up in the tower. Its time has varied a few minutes at times, but for thirty years the ac tivities of thousands of people have been scheduled by the hands of the old clock. Few Cases Handled In Superior Court So Far This Week Much Time Required Hear ing Cases Considered of Little Value The special two-weeks term of Martin County Superior court con vening here last - Tuesday morning is making little progress in clearing the calendar, reports from the court room stating that considerable time is being required in the handling of cases that are considered of little importance. Very little attention is being given the court by the gener al public. The court, presided over by Judge Clawson Williams, is now complet ing the case of K. G. Straw bridge against Joe Cherry. The plaintiff al leges that he and' the defendant Cherry agreed to purchase a piece of property, that the defendant was to pay for the property and later is sue a deed for half interest upon payment of one-half the first pur chase price by the plaintiff. Straw bridge further maintains that he had tendered payment for one-half interest in the property, but that de fendant refused to issue a deed to him. In the case of Sam P. Briley against V. L. Roberson, the court, upon motion of the defense, grant ed a non-suit. The plaintiff was su ing to have a deed, allegedly gained through fraud, set aside. No evi dence of fraud could be established and the case was non-suited. E. G. Anderson was granted a $200 judgment against the Harda way Contracting Company and the Town of Roberaonville for damages alleged to have resulted when the defense removed sand from a cer tain piece of land in Roberaonville. Considerable time was spent hear ing the case of Oscar Jones against T. S. Hadley. The court found that the defendant was due a note in the sum of $50, and that the plaintiff is entitled to recover $100 for a lost steer. <? In the case of Mattie Perkins against Tim Williams, the court rul-| ed that the plaintiff was entitled to recover $80. Tax Listing Nears Close In County Tax lilting in thi* county is pro gressing rapidly, but all indications point to a big rush as the period for handling the task comes to a close on Saturday of next week, Tax Su pervisor S. H. Grimes announced to day. Several of the districts are further advanced with the work than they were last year, but in others it will be almost next to im possible to complete the lists in the allotted time. Listing of Intangible property is said to be causing much confusion. Supervisor Grimes explains that there has been no provision for an extension of time for listing proper ty, that those owners who fail to give in their lists on or before April 30 are subject to penalty of double listing provided by law. "Most of the districts are going to show valuation gains," Mr. Grimes said, "but the developments during the next few days will denmlne the size of the gain," the supervisor added. Jamesville with the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company appearing on the list for the first time, is expected to show a greater gain than all the other districts in the county combined. The property of the pulp plant has not been en tered on the tax books, but the own ers are preparing a list for submis sion to the authorities for considera tion the early part of next month, it is understood. Tuberculosis Clinic Will Be Held in This County Next Week ? Examinations To Be Made In Robersonville, Oak City and Williamston ' Incomplete reports from the Mar tin County Health Department and private physicians cooperating in the movement indicated today that the special tuberculosis clinics scheduled in this county nexfc week will be largely attended. More than 300 people have been tuberculin tested by the health department alone, a report from Dr. E. W. Fur gurson, head of the department, stating that the people throughout the county were taking advantage of the service and that the private practioneers are cooperating splen didly in the movement to check up on a disease that is costing many lives in this county each year. "Most of those tested so far "have come from those homes in which there was a known case of tubercu losis, or those who have been in close contact with the disease," Dr. Furgurson said today , Continuing, the health officer said: "The people throughout the coun ty are showing unusual interest in the clinic, and a few of them who have had tuberculosis in their fam ily have walked several miles in or der to get the test. We are particu larly interested in giving these peo ple the opportunity of being exam ined because if any of them are found to have tuberculosis in the early stages, they can in almost ev erv case he cured or t rested." The clinic will be held in William ston at the grammar school on three days of next wee, at Oak City school on Thursday, April 28th, and Rob ersonville grammar school. Friday, April 29. All those showing a posi tive tuberculin reaction willibe giv en an x-ray examination of the chest without cost Appointments for these examinations must be made through your family physician or at the Health department. Schedule for clinic: Monday, April 25' Williamston grammar school. Tuesday, April 26: Williamston Grammar school. Examination of colored people on Tuesday. Wednesday, April 27: Williamston Grammar school. Thursday, April 28: Oak City school. Friday, April 29: Robersonville. ? Ask Strong Support For Clean-Up Week Extensive appeals for support of the National Better Homes Week which gets underway next Sunday are being addressed to hundreds of people in Martin County by Miss Lora Sleeper, chairman of the move mint In this county. Sunday school and church leaders have been asked to assist in the pro gram by centering their lesson and sermon topics around the better homes movement. The county chair man points out to the religious lead ers that "if some program could be conducted at the beginning of Sun day school hour, I am sure it would be far more reaching as many at tend Sunday school and do not at tend church." Merchants are being asked to give the movement their support and make as many improvements in their stores as possible In a special letter to a number of county citizens, the chairman said, "Let's put this county on a pedestal. All can help clean up, paint up, plant up and make Martin the most beautiful county in North Carolina. Let's do our part in this county wide clean-up campaign which be gins April 24 and lasts until April 30." Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne is in Greenville today testifying before the grand jury in a case against Sheriff Whitehurst. NO RESIGNATIONS Appointed by the Martin regular Marion bore lart Satar day, all the precinct officials ap parently pian to serve la the coming elections, H was learned (ran Mr. Sylvester Peel, chair man el the beard, last evening. "Not a single one W the ap pointees ha Mr. rsei hi (srsgstag a dinner at Para Lite today and holding eh eeive Horton Re-enters Contest for Seat In General Assembly; Hardison Is Out for Judge of Recorders Court Record of School Bus Driver Cited by School Authorities Martin County education authori ties cited an unusual bus operating tecord maintained by the Jones boys during a seven-year period now drawing to a close Starting out with a new bus in the (all of 1931, Woodrow Jones, then 19 years old, hauled hundreds of children to the local schools without mishap. Two years later he was fol lowed by his brother, Eustace Jones, who took over the truck two years later when he was 17 years of age. Today, the seven-year-old truck is in fairly good condition, and the op erating record is mighty nigh per fect, school authorities declare. Dur ing the period, the two boys operat ed the truck 25,500 miles and haul ed 45,890 children without injury to a single one. The drivers hauled an Op|)ositioii Forms Lines To Test The New 1938 Crop Bill Disgruntled Farmers Plan t/\ EJ fun a 1 CAAA 4 a r* tO AtttsC v* Jvvv lO vaiiy Case to Courts Diiwtisfied with their tobacco and cotton allotments, farmers from sev en counties have started a move ment to test the constitutionality of the new 1938 crop law, hundreds of growers attending recent meetings in Johnston and Sampson Counties pledging the undertaking their sup port. Another meeting of the dis gruntled farmers is to be held in Goldsboro next Monday night. Headed by B. T. Starling, Johns ton County man, the dissenters have started a drive for $15,000 to fight the crop law and maintain "the priv ilege of a proper use and enjoyment of their property." Unanimously the hundreds of farmers endorsed a resolution calling for legal action to enjoin committees and county agents from what they described as the unlawful depleting of their in come. Big lawyers who ordinarily work for big fees are stirring up agitation at the meetings against the new crop law. At the Smithfield meeting, the several hundred farmers are said to have responded liberally to the call for funds, some contributing $20, others throwing a nickel into the hat, but the majority squaring their conscience with a 50-cent do nation, ~ If these preliminary meetings are successful financially, then it is be lieved the agitation against the bill will spread to other-counties in the tobacco and cotton areas. There are quite a few farmers in this county who will likely offer their moral support to the movement, but if the fate of the bill were placed in the hands of Martin farmers tomorrow, many believe they would support it rather than set the stage for a re turn to 1932. Many of the complaints, and all of them entered in this county, are now before the proper authorities for conaideratjpn, have little foun dation, the complainers in most cases merely "begging" for increas ed acreages. T ? Commencement Exercises At Colored High School Principal E. J. Hayea has an nounced the following commence ment schedule for the local colored high school: . Sunday, April 24: Annual sermon by Rev. Richard A. G. Foster Monday, April 23: Seventh Grade graduation exercises, and a play. Tuesday, April 28: Industrial ex hibition by home economics and work shop departments. Wednesday, April 27: High School Night. Thursday, April 28: A. 8c T. band. Friday, April 28: Class night. Sunday, May 1: Father-Son and Mother-Daughter hour. Monday, May 2: Graduation exer cises. Sunday Services In The Riddick's Orove Church Rev. W. B. Harrington, the pastor, will conduct the regular preaching services in the Riddick's Grove Bap tist church Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. average of 41 children .*ach day dur ing the 1.110 daya Uw truck has been in operation. In addition to their regular route, the drivers were called upon fre quently to haul children in other sections where schedules were de layed by broken-down busses. The two boys valued the safety of their charges, and they rated high as drivers, finding time to look after the truck and help keep it in good repair. On an average they receiv ed $9.50 a month. Traveling mostly on dirt roads, the truck has been operated at an average cost of five cents a mile, the figure taking into consideration the purchase price. Jones is scheduled to drive the truck in the "Safety Day" parade here next Tuesday afternoon. SCHOOL CLOSING The schedule of commence ment exercises In the local schools was announced today by Principal D. N. Hix, as follows. Sunday, April M. 11 A. M. sermon* Rev. John Goff. Music by the Choral Club. Tuesday, April 2b. 8 P. M. Class day exercises. Wednesday, April *1. 8 P. M. Graduation exercises, princi pal address by Dr. Herbert Re Barker, Eastern Carolina Teach ers Collefe. G. T. Johnson Dies Near Robersonville George T. Johnson, 66, died on Thursday night at 11:20 o'clock at his home near Robersonville. ,Mr Johnson, a prominent farmer, was a son of the late Joshua and Martha Johnson of this county. Funeral services will be conduct ed from the home Saturday after noon. Surviving are his widow and six children: Herbert, Willie, and Louis Johnson, Mrs. Vernon Jenkins, Mrs. Johnnie Edmondson and Miss Beu lah Johnson and thirteen grand children, all of Robersonville; two brothers, Charlie Johnson, of near Robersonville, and Louis Johnson, of Oak City. Two Contests Now Scheduled for June Primary in County ? : No Contests Expected For Several Offices; Two Positions Open ?? Late developments today altered the color of the forthcoming Dem ocratic primary in this county, the announcement of Attorney Henry D. Hardison for judge of the county recorder's court creating a second contest and Attorney H. G. Horton's decision to re-enter the race for the house adding interest to the politi cal situation. Early reports today indicated that several candidates would be with out opposition, that the office of county commissioner from the Rob ersonville-Cross Roads district and a seat on the Martin County Board of Education were open. C. Abram Roberson, present commissioner, stated several days ago that he was waiting to see if anyone else want ed to file, intimating that he would not enter the primary against oppo sition. Now that no one else has filed, Mr. Roberson, according to his statement of last week, is expected to be a candidate to succeed hirrt self. Unofficial r-p"--i? is?t Mr ? J F. Martin, o. Jamesville, is not planning to enter the primary, leav ing that post open to anyone in the county. Considerable interest was added to the county's political hne-up this morning when Attorney H. G. Hor tou. at the request of several hun dred citizens, reconsidered his ac tion of a few days ago when he an nounced he would not be a candi date to succeed hgnself in the leg islature, and this morning definite ly decided to enter the race against Attorney W.- "Clarence Griffin and A. Corey, Jamesville man A secbnd county contest was created when Attorney Henry D. Hardison an nounced for the judge of the county recorder's court in opposition to At torney H O. Peel, incumbent. ''I am enclosing a petition which I% circulated among our citizens around here today, asking that you please reconsider and announce your candidacy for House of Repre sentatives," a citizen in Hassell wrote to Mr. Horton this week. Con tinuing the petition reads: "In do ing this we realize the sacrifice you will have to make at the present, but we hope the future might re pay you . . . Hoping to see your an (Continued on page six) Place Markers on the ? \ V Martin - Beaufort Line EX-SLAVE DIES Pompey Daniel Williams, nearly 94 years old, died sudden ly at his home here last nl(ht at IMS o'clock. Born In slav ery near here In November, 1(45, the old man was appar he was taken ill suddenly and died a few minutes lathr. Be was unusually active for his aye, and was keen of mind up until tha day of his death. Fun eral services will be conduct ad Sunday. Large crowds were reported at Farm Life and Bear Grass at noon today when picnic dinners were served. Incidentally the closing ex ercises were well attended, too. Long Controversy Between Counties Is Finally Settled ??? Mo Estimate on Project Costs Available at This Time The Beaufort-Martin boundary ine dispute amicably raged by rep esentatives of the two sub-politi cal divisions for more than a cen ury, is now definitely at end, Sur veyor Sylvester Peel stating this veek that a definite line has been officially recognized and that mar ble markers are being placed to (uide future generations. Fourteen marble markers, eight 5y five inches and five feet long, are toeing located on the line this week jnder the direction of Mr. Peel, rep -esenting the county, and Mr. Dick Leach, representing Beaufort Coun ty. The survey called for only thir teen markers from Welch's Creek to the Prtt-Martin-Beaufort junction in Turkey Swamp, but the survey ors, a bit dubious about the number decided to place two near together ?t that point where U. S. Highway 17 crosses the boundary line a short distance from the Burras Ward hprae. Starting from Welch's Creek, the surveyors are placing the first mark er two miles away at the old cross ing of the Roanoke Railroad and (Continued on page sU)
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