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VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 53 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 5, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899
Martin Farmers To
Get Around $40,00(1
r In Cotton Payments
Price Adjustment Money Is
Due Between Now and
Late Fall
The several hundred cotton far
mers in Martin County will receive
approximately $40,000 in price ad
justment payments between now
and the late fall, according to esti
mates released by the county agent's
office this week.
Application blanks will be made
available within a short time, and
the farmers will be notified direct
by the agent's office when to ap
ply for the price adjustment pay
ments. In making the applications,
it Was pointed out, farmers will be
asked 10 onng eacn tenant who
grew cotton on their farms last year
as it is likely the signatures of both
the landlord and tenant will be nec
essary in filing claims for the pay
ments.
Under an amending act passed by
Congress near the close of the re
cent session, cotton price adjustment
payments on cotton produced in
1937 will be distributed to fanners
who certify that they have not
knowingly overplanted their 1938
cotton acreage allotments, as soon
as forms and instructions 'can be
prepared and issued and producers
make application for payment, the
Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration has announced.
The?legislation autliui mug?the
-payments previously required proof
of compliance with cotton acreage
allotments before the payments
could be made.
The amendment also puts into ef
fect a flat .payment rate of 3 cents
per pound on the amount of cotton
eligible for payment which was not
sold prior to September 10, 1937.
Under the legislation as it was shap
ed before the amendment,, it was
necessary in all cases for the pro
ducer to sell his cotton before his'
payment rate could be determined.
the rate being the difference be
tween the average price of 7-8 inch
middling cotton on the ten designat
ed spot markets and 12 cents per
pound on the date of sale, provided
that the rate was not to exceed three
cents in any case. Under the amend
ment, all cotton not sold prior to j
September 10, 1937, the date on
which the ten spot market average
price of cotton first fell below nine
cents during the marketing season
of 1937-38, will be treated as if it
had been sold on a date when the
ten spot market average price was
less than 9 cents, giving the produc
ers the maximum payment of three
cents. This means that producers
who put their cotton under the nine
cent government loan may receive
cotton price adjustment payments
on that part of the loan cotton that
is eligible for payment without
transferring title.
The rate applicable to cotton sold
before September 10, 1937, will be
governed by the spot market aver
age price of cotton on the date of
sale, as previously provided. For
example, if a farmer sold his cotton
before September 10, 1937, and on
a date when the spot market aver
age was 10 cents a pound, the pay
ment rat* applicable to the eligible
part of his cotton would be the dif
ference between 10 and 12 cents, or
2 cents per pound.
Farmers To Tour
? County Tomorrow
Quite a few Martin farmers will
tour the county tomorrow and in
spect various farm projects that are
being advanced under the direction
of the county agents and assistants.
Any one is welcome to accompany
the group.
The schedule and projects the far
mers will inspect are. as follows:
8:00?Assemble at Agricultural
Building.
8:05-8:25?J. G. Staton, Lambs,
Permanent Pasture.
8:30-9:00?R. L. Perry, Timber
Thinning.
9:15-9:35?E. H. Manning, Jr., 4-H
Cora.
9:40-10:10?B. F. Lilley, Jr., 4-H
Pigs.
10:30 ? Williamston, Agricultural
Building.
Afternoon
1:00 ? Williamston, Agricultural
Building.
I;I5-I:JO?W. M. Hardison, T?b*C
co.
1:35-1:50?V. G. Taylor, Perma
nent Pasture.
2:15-2:30?B M. Worsley, Ter
_J . 1
2:40-2:55?R. A. Haislip, Potato
Curing House.
3:15-3:45?A. E. Smith, Pure Bred
Hogs.
4:00-4:20?J. R. Winslow, Tobacco
Oil Burner.
Quietness Marks Observance
Of Holiday in Martin County
July Fourth was quietly observe,
and without serious accident in Mar
? 2= SJtSSTS
arsfa-.rs5t:
?h.r'7,the ??*?ng?d holi
Last Saturday night two cars, on.
"V!l Mr Au*us'us Williams
and the other by Lin wood James ol
Stokes, crashed on the Stokes rc*d
but none was hurt Considerabl,
d0ne 10 *** C4"' h"w
lidt? morning Miss Cora Hoi
day was run down and badly but
not seriously hurt by an automobile
dr ven by Melvin Roundtree, youn,
iffored man of Greenville' MiJ
JlUUldi.^ was sulking along the
highway near the county hnm.
when Roundtree started to pass
LANDMARK falls a
sJ^e ?'lBi"S *nd Davenport
tore, used as a warehouse in
***?? year* on Smlthwick
Is falling before the
,he old
to gtre way for ?
-WHion to the George Reynolds
?at? D.wse Biggs
1884 .h k T Davenport, about
18M. the building was used dur
ing several years or until the
firm constructed a new brick
^j*U?7her? the George R?,.
""?da hotel now stands. The
structure was one of few that
e-caped the big fire .bout the
close of the century.
Employment Office
Has Busiest Month
? aU"g i?bs 'or a total nf >ao
Persons dUHHTTFriiionth of June
the Williamston office of the State
Employment Service reported more
Placement activity in that time than
herenu7nth ,ln? 'U Mt?b"?hmenl
1 year Placements made
included workers from each of the
IVrreT W?H ?f BeaU,ort
i y ' Washington and Hyde the
J counties served by this office. '
, Manager C. W. Baremore of the
local office stated this week that
demands for qualified worker
I ranged from waitresses and cooks "
highly skilled tradesmen, such a"
ighway machinery operators
I "'oncmasons, brickmnsons, plaster
| en, painters, etc. A number of car
penters, form builders, and assist
C'strTT ,k? PUeed' in building
construction and highway project
The local employment office re
port, that there always ex.,, jol
and work opportunities, ,of a gener
| variety; adding that skilled ex
| perienced and qualified workers are
I fr)f tho,le in demand Many
( unskilled and untrained workers al
?o find employment, but have tr
compete with large numbers of oth
I Leker.PeAenCed "nd un*hilled jot
seekers Any person may regutei
'or employment, without charge o.
1>ligation. H" application is then
placed in the proper classification
ready for referral when any job U
bTert f ?l,cPe "nd occopation h.
'* Z* fl"ed '?r Many contacts arc
made with employers of labor con
?tractors, business men, and others
all vacancies luted as found, and
referrals made of qualified appl,
Hamilton School Faculty
For New Year Is Named
Hamilton'* school faculty for th<
coming term was announced "com
plete yesterday following the re
election of three and the election ol
three new teachers.
Professor B. B. Castellow return
to the school for the third year ai
principal. Misses Kathleen Smith, ol
Vanceboro, and Dorothy Whitehurst
of Bethel, return as teachers of th<
second and fourth grades respect
ively. The new teachers are Misi
Price, of Scotland Neck; Miss Edru
Barnhill, of Stokes, and Miss Haze
Jarrett, of Grifton.
SPECIALS
' The highways of this section
possibly bore the heaviest traf
fic during last
isuusd. No
the heavy flow of traffic Is
available, bat daring certain
periods last Saturday there was
of 1M automobiles
?Iv
or bridge here.
truck and lost control of the car
She was treated in a local doctor'i
office and was later removed to het
home near here. Roundtree was
booked for reckless driving and as
sault and is to appear in court or
July 18
The last count on the holiday
death toll for the nation stood at
378, nearly 200 of that number los
ing their lives in traffic mishaps.
Pennsylvania with a death toll o(
29 led the states. A year ago 583 peo
ple lost their lives in holiday acci
dents in the nation.
Business activities were slowed
, down to a slow pace here, but a ma
: jority of the farmers finding it pos
; sible to run their plows for the first
I time in quite a while held to their
fields. However, a goodly number
( quit their tasks early in the after
, noon to attend the ball game here.
Seventeen Marriage
Licenses Issue d In
County Last Month
Issuance to Colored Leads
Whites for Sixth
Straight Month
Seventeen marriage licenses were
issued by the Martin County regis
l?r nf rteoflc l?.t Mnnlli the imiania
to colored couples leading the white
list for the sixth consecutive month.
Seven of the licenses were issued to
white and ten to colored couples, the
last month count for colored couples
being the same as it was for April
and May
Licenses were issued to the fol
lowing:
White
Howard Thomas Rose, of William
ston, and Bergie Glyn Bailey, of
Robersonville.
n yf FthoriHgp of Hassell, and
Hattie Wynne Bailey, of Roberson
ville.
H. C. Kinckley, of New York, and
Elva Cora Phillips, of Plymouth.
Jesse Rudolph Respass, of Pante
go, and Marie Carter, of Wenona
Rodney Alexander and Hattie
Spruill, both of Columbia.
Garland D. Jones and Marjorie
Corey, both of this county.
Colored
John Robert Andrews and Mollie
Council, both of Robersonville.
John Boston and Mable Ellis, both
of Washington County.
George Salsbury and Verna Jen
kins, both of this county.
Sheppard Lynch and Hattie Bry
ant, both of Martin county
Velmar Chance and Emma Knight
both of Everetts.
Major Lloyd and Evelyn James,
] both of this county.
Lonnie Green and Mittle I^ee
Eborn, both of this county.
Mildra Eborn and Bettie Spruill,
both of Martin county.
Cleveland Godard, of Martin
County, and Eliza Riddick, of Rop
er.
Mark Hardy and Louise Best, both
of this county. ?
Farm Lire School
Faculty Is Named
Hopeful oVreguining the teacher
lost by a decreased average daily
attendance, Farm Life school offi
cials are making plans for boosting
the attendance and starting opera
tions the early part of next Septem
ber. The apointments to the seven
faculty positions were announced
complete this week by Professor C.
B. Martin who returns as principal
of the school.
Two new teachers, Mri. Stella
Blount Hyman, of Plymouth, and D.
| T. Ward, of Tyner, have been em
' ployed. Mrs Hyman, a teacher in
the Scotland Neck schools for sev
eral years, will teach the subjects of
French and English in the High
' School. Mr. Ward will, in addition
to teaching mathematics and science,
coach athletics.
e
Large Number Expected
To Attend County Clinic
Indications are that the county'i
second maternal and infancy clinic
will be largely attended in the high
school- bunding here Thursday af
ternoon of this week between th<
hours of 1.30 and 4:30 o'clock. Drs
Brown and Furgurson will be in
charge of the clinic which is being
" held for colored expectant mothen
and children.
Dr. Furgurson explained a few
days ago that white cases are han
dled in the health offices in Wil
liamston's town hall by appoint
ment.
County Allotted
Teachers For The
New School Term
Total Number of Teachers
Is One Less Than
Year Ago
Martin County has been allotted
191 teachers for the coming school
term by the State School commis
sion, the total number feeing one less
than the total a year ago. In the
group allotted strictly by the com
mission are 95 white and 96 colored
teachers, two white elementary
schools, Robersonville' and Farm
Life, losing one each, and the white
high school at Williamston gaining
one teacher. In the colored group,
tha slamantary oehuola ul Everetts
and Hamilton each lost a teacher,
but the elementary schools at Par
melp and Smithwick's each gained
a teacher.
Commenting on the allotments,
county school officials explained
that the loss was not as great as had
been anticipated, three other schools
in the county falling under the re
quirements to hold their faculties
intact by two or three pupils. ?
In addition to the number of
teachers allotted by the State com
mission there are eight vocational
instructors who will continue in the
schools of the county, receiving sal
ary payments jointly from the coun
ty, state and federal governments.
The list of?these teachers follows:
Jamesville agriculture teacher; Wil
liamston home economics and com
| mercial teachers, Robersonville com -
i mercial and home economics teach
ers- Williamston colored vocational
trades teacher, and Parmele voca
1 tional-agriculture teacher, making a
total of 101 white and, 98 colored
teachers >
Nearly all if not all the positions
in the various school faculties have
been filled, it is understood.
The allotments made by the State
School Commission?to the?vui'ious
schools in the county are, as'follows:
White
Ele.
H.S.
Jamesville .
9
4
Farm Life
3
Bear Grass
7
3
Williamston .
15
7
Everetts .
8
0
Robersonville
9
8
Gold Eoint
2
0
Hasscll .
2
0
Oak City
7
5
Hamilton
6
0
Totals
69
26
White Vocational
Ele.
U.S.
Jamesville .
1
Williamston .
2
Robersonville .
2
Oak City
1
Totals
6
Colored
Ele.
11.8.
Williamston .
11
4
Biggs
4
0
Woolards .
3
0
Q
o
Burroughs
O
Poplar Point
1
0
Parmele .
. . 6
4
Robersonville .
6
0
Everetts
3
0
Gold Point .
4
0
Oak City
6
0
Hamilton .
4
0
Salsbury
3
0
White Oak
2
0
Jones .
3
0
Whichard-James
3
0
Bowers .
2
0
Jamesville .
4
0
Dardens .
0
Keys
1
0
Piney Woods
1
0
Coreys .
1
0
Smithwicks .
2
0
9
A
Bear Grass
?
u
Cross Roads
~~ 1
0
Totals
84
8
In the elementary school the basis
of allotment is:
Twenty-five average daily at
tendance, one teacher,
Forty-fiye^ average daily attend
ance, two teachers; ?
Seventy-five average daily at
tendance, three teachers;
One hundred and ten average
dally attendance! four teachers;
One hundred and forty-five aver
age daily attendance, five teachers;
One hundred and eighty average
daily attendance, six teachers;
For each additional 36 elementary
pupils in average daily attendance,
one additional elementary teacher is
assigned
In high schools the basis of allot
ment Is:
Twenty-five average daily attend
ance, one teacher;
Forty in average daily attendance,
two teachers;
Sixty in average daily attendance,
three teachers;
Eighty-five In daily average at
tendance, four teachers;
For each additional 35 high school
pupils in average daily attendance,
one additional teacher is assigned.
Local Tobacco Market Will
Open Season on August 25th
Williamston's growing tobaccc
market will open the 1938 sqjtson or
Thursday, August 25, the dab*. set
by the United States Tobacco Asso
elation in annual meeting at Whitt
Sulphur Springs, W Va . being ont
(Jay earlier than the opening lasl
'season Farmers and warehouse op
erators had hoped for an opening
not later than Tuesday, August 23
The fixing of the opening dates for
the various belts was marked by
heated arguments, and long hours
were spent before a decision could
be reached by the committee.
Last year the markets in this belt
opened on Thursday, August 26,
but farmers and warehouse opera
tors pointed out that the crop was
fort lior nHvnn.e.t lh,? UwU
last and that an earlier opening
should be provided. Efforts were
made by those markets in competi
Ask Information
For Determining
Leaf Allotments
Committeemen to Receive
Facts During Next
Three Days
?Plans were completed last Satur
day for receiving information neces
sary 111 determining individual to
bacco marketing allotments and be
ginning tomorrow nine community
committees will sit in the various
districts through Friday to get the
required facts. The county agent's
office is urging every tobacco grow
er to offer the information asked,
and explains that a farmer must re
port before he can receive a market
ing allotment. If he has lost his Sales
records, the farmer must so report
to his respective committee,
The information received by tfTe
community committeemen will be
forwarded to the Raleigh office
where the allotments will be deter
mined.
During Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday of this week, the community
committees are located as follows:
Williams Township Joshua L.
Coltrain and C L. Daniel at the
township house near No. 90 filling
station.
Witliamston and Poplar Point:
| Fred Taylor and John R. Peel at the
county agricultural building
Hamilton Township: D. R. Ed
mondson, C. L. Nelson and J. H. Lil
lard at Hasseil.
Jamesville Township: C. C.- Mar
i tin, P M Holliday and J. L. Knowles
at Jamesville's town hall.
I Robersonville: J. R Winslow, J.
i R. Daniel, R. S. and S. T. Everett,
next to postoffice in Robersonville^
Bear Grfiss: J. D. Wynn, Sidney
Beaeham and W M Harrison In
town of Bear Grass.
Cross Roads: W. L Ausbon, Gas
ton James and Henry D Peel at Ev
eretts.
Goose Nest: J. C. Ross, A. W. Out
terbridge and L. H Hux at Oak
City. . ,v_
Griffins: S. E Manning, W. B
I Harrington and George C Griffin
at Farm Life school.
TRAFFIC
As an aid to housewives, a
number of Williamston mer
chants are offering extra spec
ials in their stores tomorrow
morning. Prices have been ma
terially reduced for the buying
ing, and attention of Enterprise
readers are directed to the
group of specials carried in the
several advertisements appear
ing on the back page of this pa
per.
> tion.with those in the Border and
i South Carolina area to have the op
t enings fall nearer together, but the
association committee's action calls
? for activities to get underway on
? the Border three weeks ahead of the
'."eastern markets. The dates caused a|
long debate on the floor of the meet- j
;i mg last Friday, but representatives
of the North Carolina and Old Belt;
territories were unsuccessful in
their efforts to have the report ta-j
i bled and other opening dates con
sidered
Georgia will open its markets on,
the 28th of this month, the markets:
in South Carolina opening aboijt a
week later. Opening dates for other ?
1 belts are: Eastern North Carolina.
'lT i-v-hi;1. Align il ill! Mill II " " 1
September 13; Old Belt, September j
27. and dark fired Virginia on No-,
vember 28.
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POSTPONED
I
The regular monthly meeting
of the Martin County Commis
sioners scheduled to have been
hetd this morning wa* postpon
ed until 9:30 a. m. tomorrow on
account of the death of Mr, I,
E. Pope's mother.
In addition to routine duties,
the calendar tomorrow includes
a scheduled visit from Griffins
citizens who are planning to
?protest the action of the board
last Friday when the authorities
recommended the surfacing of
the road from Butler's Bridge
to the Hassell school house.
Tenth Electric Line
Has Been Completed
????
The Virginia Electric and Power
Company completed Its' tenth rural
electrification project in this coun
ty last Fiidaj mining wliui fifty
I four customers in Griffins Town
| ship were added to the extensive
I power and light system. Additional
customers in the territory will be
added latpr, it is understood.
Tile line completed last Saturday
is the longest in the county. Start |
ing at Pulley's store, the 7,600 volt
line runs about teil miles and fur
nishes service principally in the
Farm Life area of Griffins Town
ship
At the present time, the V. E. and
P Company has approximately 50
miles of strictly rural lines in this
county and is supplying current to
several hundred homes. The mile
age does not include those lines Con
necting towns.
The program of the Virginia Elel;
tric and Power Company and those
of one or two independent concerns
I are now almost fully developed in
I this county, service being available
lo customers located in every town
| ship.
Local PTA Asks Jars
For Lunch Room Project
*??
An appeal is being made by the
local parents teachers association for
quart and half-gallon jars for use in
pi eparing<v,food for the lunch room
next fall and winter Anyone who
can spare a jar ot two is asked to
call cither Mrs. A J. Osteen or Mrs.
J J. C. Manning.
Sfafe Sells Only Small
Part Of 1937 Corn Crop
?
While North Carolina produced a
45 million dollar corn crop in 1937,
the state sold only $3,000,000 worth,
ryports Chief Statistician W H.
Khodes of the State Department of
' Agriculture. , "
Prominent Citizen
Dies at Home Here
Monday Afternoon
Funeral for Mrs. Pope Will
Be Held at Home on
Haughton Street
? ?
Mrs. Elizabeth Waters Pope, prom
inent citizen and one of Williams
ton's oldest residents, died at her
home on Haughton Street here yes
terday afternoon at 4 3(f^'clock fol
lowing a long period of declining
health. An invalid for nearly four
years. Mrs. Pope was taken serious
ly ill about two weeks ago, the in
firmities of age and.bronical trou
ble combining to cause death which
came peaceably.
?The Haughtu of the late?Ha illy?
and Elizabeth Ayers Waters, Mrs
Pope was born in Washington
County near Plymouth, on October
23. 1851 When a young girl the
experienced the hardships visited
on the South by civil war, and al
though orphaned when just a child,
she never complained but ever look
ed forward to the bright side of life.
When sixteen years of age she mov
ed to Williamston to make her home
with her sister, the late Mrs. W. H.
Roberson. A few years later on May
4,?1871, the was married to John ?
Edward Pope, a ^native of Halifax
County, and who died a long num
ber of years ago
\ More than half a century ago she
jt^ncxi the Methodist church, re
maning a faithful member until the
end\ She was a devoted mother and
founqi great pleasure in looking af
welfare and happiness of
hildren. Mrs. Pope was inter
in her fellow-man, offering
sound advice that was marked
ng years of experience^and un- ^
deritanding. She enjoyed life and
shqwed a keen and friendly interest
in all activities about her. She was
th? last member of a large family
children who figured prominent
m the affairs of Martin and
hington counties for a number
years.
ro sons, Messrs. Herbert Pope,
of iRobersonville, and John E. Pope,
chairman of the Martin County
ird of Commissioners, of Wil
liamston, and one daughter, Miss
Anna Pope, also of Williamston, sur
vive.! She also leaves seven grand
children and seven great-grandchil
dren
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the home this afternoon at 4
o'clock by Dr. S. A. Maxwell.. her
pastor, and Rev. Charles T. Rogers,
former local minister, now of Roan
oke Rapids. Interment will follow in
the family plot in the local cejne
tery.
A. C. L. Hearing Is
Delayed Two Days
The Utilities Commission last Fri
day postponed from July 6 to July 8
petitions of the Atlantic Coast Line
for discontinuance of passenger ser
vice between Washington and Par
mele and between Plymouth and
Tarboro.
The action followed a request by
delegates from Eastern North Caro
lina towns that the hearings, along
with a third involving the Kinston
Weldon route, be postponed for 45
days while the protestants 9tudy the
A. C. L. petitions and further infor
mation regarding the road's finan
cial condition. . .
Utilities Commissioner Stanley
Winborne gave the delegates until
July 7 to present their requests for
further information to Murray Al
len, special counsel for the A. C. L.
who appeared here yesterday along
with the protestants
On July 8, when the hearing con
venes, Commissioner Winborne will
determine whether to allow the re
quested 45-day postponement.
Sanitation Program Making
Marked Progress in County
Marked strides have been made lr
recent months in advancing a gen
eral sanitation program throughout
Martin County, the construction oi
privies standing out as a feature ir
the valuable work.
Since the first of last February
tthe Martin County Health Depart
ment through its sanitary divisior
and associates and with the coopera
in of the Works Progress Admin
istration has constructed and actual
ly placed 256 sanitary privies ir
various sections of the county, anc
according to Sanitarian Charlai
Leonard the work is gaining in mo
mentum. Last month the depart
ment placed 44 of the little units
-scattering them along the hillsidei
and in the bottoms in nearly everj
section of the county.
Construction units have beet
i' inanifuint'd . fur the j55SI ieVCTSIT
weeks in Jamesville, Williamston
I and Hamilton. Plans have been com
1 pleted' and work is already under
i way in the western part of the coun
ty. Nine jobs were handled in the
Parmele section, and a drive will
jget underway in Robersonville
shortly
The number of WPA workmen has
been reduced; but the department
heads hope to continue the work
without a marked reduction in the
average number of units.
The average cost to the property
owners averages around $16 per
unit, and for that amount a strict
ly sanitary and lasting house can be
built. Outside the cost of the tnater
lals, there is no cost to the piupeity
owner who wants one of the special
units. ' v
County Health Unit Gets
Recognition From Officer
11 ?
The sanitary division of the Mar
tin County Health Department was
complimented by Dr. Carl V. Rey
nolds/ State Health officer, a few
dajfs ago when the head of the
state's health work stated that he
had found the work of the inspec
tor highly satisfactory.
Mr Charles Leonard, sanitarian,
was placed on the honor roll, an
accomplishment that comes ordinar
ily only after a year's work is com
pleted with the department.
-?'? ? ;
Improving
George Harrison, Jr., ill in a
Washington hospital since May 21,
was reported greatly improved yes
terday, and he is expected home the
latter part of this or early next
week.
Last night he had a little temper
ature, but his general condition con
tinued to show marked improve
ment