HffiJKNTERPRISE Advertiser! Will Fled Oar Cat alans a Latchkey to over UN ? at JSmM* Watch the Label ea Tew r?ptr, u U Carrie* the Date Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 30, 1938. VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 69 ESTABLISHED 1899 Seventy County Club Girls And Boys End Camp at White Lake Large Group Returns Home Saturday After Week's Outing e Seventy young 4-H club girls and boys from this county ended a great week in their lives last Saturday when they broke camp and start ed home from White Lake. Experiencing no sickness or acci dents, the youths reported one of the most successful encampments ever held by 4-H club girls and boys from this county. It was by far the largest number to ever participate in the annual event. Reaching camp on Monday of last week, the youths were divided into four groups and untiring work was done by all, but the No. 1 group, chaperoned by Miss Evelyn Everett and Rev. James H. Smith, won high camping honors. Saturday morning, a close vote choose Susie Rawls and Herbert Leslie Manning as the best' campers, the two of them to receive free trips to the State Short Course in Raleigh next year. During the week instruction in various subjects was offered, but plenty of time was given to games, swimming, boating and visits were made to interesting places. The youths were chaperoned by the home and assistant agents. Rev. James Smith. John Thigpen, Archie Griffin, Clarence Woodard, Misses Gertie Turner, Marjorie Daniel. Ev elyn Everett and Mary Ellen Pritch ard. The 45 boys and 25 girls trav eled in two trucks driven by Archie Griffin and B. F. Lilley. Names of the club boys and girls: | m?- it?* ? vsasw a *na gins: I Charlie Harrison, Garland Smith, Polk Burroughs, Bill Burroughs, ( Jn. v.-- r> 1, - ? uunuusns, Joe King Powell. Ottis Coltrain, Mil ton Malone, E. H. Manning, Jr.. Rob ert Whitley, Herbert Leslie Man ning, Joseph Daniel, Thomas Daniel, Benjamin Daniel, Carlyle Manning, B F. Lilley. Jr.. Slade Peel Revels. William E. Williams, Haywood Mob ley, Jack Modlin, Rufus Gurganus, Howard Whichard, Lloyd Respess, R. J. Rogerson, Billie Peele. Henry Clyde Williams, Fred Hardison, Dick C- " *" . -..Uiier, William T. Everett, Lacy Ward, Luther Cratt, Joe Winslow, Henry Winslow, Harry Peele. Walter Ellis Everette, Jack Roberson, Stewart Van Nortwick, Simon A. Perry, Jr., Harmon Mod lin, Cecil Roberson, James Menden hall, William Thomas Staton, Reg Griffin. Brownie Harrington, Louis, Barber Nina Bennett, Elsie Biggs, Francis Brown, Mae Cratt, Lois Everett, An nie Hardy, Audrey Hardison, Elva Leggett. Bettie Louise Lilley, Mar jorie Lilley, Delia Lee Lilley, Gladys Mizelle, Beulah Modlin. Ethel Pow el. Esta Martin, Susie Revels, Mar tha Roberson, Doris Rogers, Ella Faye Roberson, Olivia Rogerson, Selma Tice, Pauline Smith, Vera Pearl Williams, Bettie Wildman and Lillie Weathersby Georgia Seeking Marketing Cards Planting considerably-in excess of their acreage allotments. Georgia farmers are now calling for surplus marketing cards, a single call out of Gainesville stating that between eight and ten million surplus pounds were needed if the farmers are to escape the fifty per cent penalty TBSnr ? ' The transfer of surplus poundage from this or other states to farmers in Georgia is permissable under the law, but Georgia farmers cannot [ transfer their cards to farmers in another state. North Carolina farmers bought surplus poundages from Georgia back in 1035, but it isn't likely that Martin County farmers and others in this State will offer cards for sale until they are certain they have suf ficient quotas to care for their own marketings. Small Number Applying For Cotton Payments Comparatively few Martin Coun ty farmers have applied so far for their cotton price adjustment pay ments due them on the 1037 crop. Approximately 1,300 are eligible to file for the payments, but less than 275 have entered their applications to date. The marketing of tobacco has claimed much attention these past few days, but even then few er farmers than were expected are applying for the payments. Martin County is due approxi mately $35,000 in the special cotton price adjustment payments. Mrs. C. B. Hassell returned here today after spending the summer in Washington City with her daughter. Will Clear Block on Tobacco Market Here This Afternoon Overrun by heavy offerings on two of the four selling days so far, -the Williamiton Tobacco Market is clearing its floors this afternoon, re ports from here and all over the belt proving disheartening to far mers, warehousemen and others. There was little encouraging news to come out of the tobacco area to day as the buying companies appar ently placed Into effect a strict grading system that tended to weak en prices from the opening day fig ures. No official averages for today are available, but it is certain that they are considerably under the opening day prices which were de scribed as satisfactory. It is estimated that the local mar ket has sold in excess of three quarters of a million pounds, that the price average prior to late yes terday and today would approxi mate 23 cents That the prices are holding up as well on the Williamston market as on any in the belt was proved fol lowing visits by observers late yes terday and early today. There was some talk about the farm^fs want ing to have the doors closed on at least one of the larger markets, and farmers were generally disappoint ed on all others. "We split barns and sold on different markets, and there is little or no variation in prices." several farmers voluntarily explain ed here this afternoon. One farmer was reported to have moved his to bacco to the market here from one of the larger ones and made money. Some few piles were selling for 30 cents here today, and prices of 27 cents were fairly frequent, but grades ranging around 2S cents a few days ago apparently were com manding less. Farmers Oppose Any Change in Peanut Base PROXIES y. A drive is on In this county to get fanners to name proxies to a meeting of the North Car olina Stabilisation Cooperative to be held in Edenton on Fri day morning of this week at 11 o'clock. It is believed that by giving the meeting a quorum, peanut farmers will stand a better chance on getting the govern ment to stabilise the peanut market through the cooperative this coming fall. Directors will be elected and other business of the organisation that pegged peanut prices at 3 1-4 cents last year will be transacted. Ask Federal Bureau! Analyze Med i cine A sample of the medicine concoct ed by George Barnes. Tarboro color ed man, and given to Chaney Wig gins, colored woman, just before her death, near Hamilton, on August 13, has been forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washing ton City where Martin County offi- ] cers are hopeful they can get an' analysis made of the contents. The sample sent to the State laboratory was returned here last Saturday. Pending a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a hearing in the case scheduled to have been held last Tuesday and postponed un til today has again been delayed. Samples of the "medicine" were sent to the State laboratory short ly after-the Wiggins woman died, of ficers stating at that time that the woman apparently died of poison ing. The laboratory authorities ex plained there was no approbation for such work. Officers then contact ed a private chemist in Durham and when he made a 3100 charge for an analysis they called the medicine in and forwarded samples to Washing ton City. Officers Seize Big Quantity of Liquor Raiding the B. M. Haislip home in Hamilton Township last Friday af ternoon, county and federal officers seized a large quantity of liquor and cited the owner to the federal court for trial in Washington next Octo ber. The officers, Special Enforcement Deputy J. H. Roebuck and Assistant Deputy Hewitt Edwards and Feder al Agent Piper, found 116 pints of legal liquor, 64 pints and three i quarts of illicit liquor. It was the largest seizure of legal liquor re ported by the county enforcement bureau in three years or since the legal stores were opened. Succeeds Froneberger As Deputy Revenue Collector Mr. A. H. Ricks, a native of Whit akers but who has been located in Hickory for some time, is succeeding Mr. E. Ross Froneberger here this week as deputy collector for the State Department of Revenue. Mr. Ricks is trying to locate a home here, and will be joined later by Mrs. Ricks. Mr. Froneberger who has made many friends here during his stay of about three years, has been transferred to Hickory. He plans to leave for his new post of duty to morrow or Thursday. Jackson Meeting On Record Against Plan To Alter Croi) Status! Peanuts Arc Likely To Be Placed in List General Base Crops Peanut fanners of Northeastern i. n ? North Carolina will make a deter mined fight to preserve their prin cipal crop against the threat of mo nopoly by Southern and Southeast ern producers of oil stock peanuts, who are seeking to influence the Department of Agriculture to change the status of the peanut in the 1930 farm program from a special base crop to general base crop, "and re solved last week at a meeting at Jackson to attempt to overcome the part of the Department of Agri culture what Congressman Lindsay C Warren declared had been "de termined opposition since the begin ning of farm legislation under the Democratic administration against doing anything for peanuts." The meeting at Jackson was call ed hurriedly by E. F. Arnold, secre tary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, upon learning of the pro posed change in the status of pea nuts in the new farm program by | the Department of Agriculture. Such a change would open the acreage of peanuts to a wide in crease without penalty under the Soil Conservation program, and the change is being sought only by the producers of oil type peanuts in Texas and Alabama, where heavy acreage increases have already been made in the past four years. His opinion was confirmed by the state ments of county agents and repre sentative peanut farmers from elev en of the principal peanut producing j counties of North Carolina .who an swered Arnold's hurry-up call anc were in attendance at the meeting. Congressman John H. Kerr, of th< second district and Lindsay C. War ren, of the first district, attended the meeting which was held in the Northampton County agriculture' hnilding, with --Br-B?Stepheusun,I president of the Northampton coun ty farm bureau, presiding. Both Congressmen Warren and Kerr promised their support in the fight against the proposed change in the status of peanuts from a spec ial to general base crop, and against the attitude of opposition which they both declared had predisposed the Department of Agriculture to discriminate against the peanut when formulating farm programs. There has been much misinfor mation and loose talk around Wash ington about peanuts," declared Warren. "And it has been the dispo sition of the Department of Agricul ture to act on this misinformation rather than to consider the real facts and needs of the peanut farm er. I promise you I will do every thing I can to aid you combat this ^attitude and give* peanuts the place in the farm program that iu im portance to the farmers who depend upon it as a principal cash crop, and iU importance in the national farm program, both deserve," he declared. The fight will immediately be taken to Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace by Congressmen Warren and Kerr, and R, C. Hol land and E. F. Arnold were appoint ed a committee to lay the matter be fore J. B. Hutaon, AAA administra tor. Hutaon will be in Lexington, (Continued on page four) Cotton Buyers And Ginners to Attend Meeting Here Soon System of Handling Rec ords and Reports to Be Explained Scheduled to meet in the agricul tural building possibly during next week, cotton ginners and buyers in Martin County will have reviewed lor them the system of handling rec ords and filing reports in accordance with the regulations pertaining to cotton marketing for the year 1938 39. It is very important that all gin ners and cotton buyers be present, it was pointed out by T. B. Slade, of the county agent's office. The reviaw of the marketing plan as far as the ginner is concerned will center around the preparation of records and reports, while the buyer is familiarized with the meth od of collecting penalties in those cases where acreage quotas have been exceeded. The following is an outline the ginners will be asked to keep: He shall list on forms supplied by the government the date of ginning, the name of the operator of the farm on which the cotton was pro duced. the name of the producer, the gin bale number of mark, the county in which the farm on which the cotton is produced is located, the gross weight of each bale, or lot of cottdh if less than a bale, ginned for each producer, and the serial num ber of the farm on which the cotton is produced. Reports are to be made twice monthly to the treasurer of the county committee in which the cotton was produced, and a copy will be retained by the ginner. In case of failure to file reports, the ginner is subject to a $500 fine. Each buyer, under the regulations governing the marketing of cotton, shall keep records and make reports with respect to each transaction in which he purchases cotton during the marketing year. The records arc to show whether cotton purchased was subject' to the penalty, the name and address of the producer from whom the cotton was purchased, gin bale number or mark, number of pounds of lint cotton, a statement as to whether ,the buyer collected the] penalty witft respect to the market ing of the cotton and the amount of penally if it was collected. Failure to handle reports properly subjects the buyer to a $500 fine. Allotment cards will be distribut ed to farmers, those complying with the program to receive white cards and those who are not cooperating will receive red marketing cards. Downie Bros. Will Be Here Sept. 9th Thrills, spills and spine "chillers" are the three words pointedly de manded by the circus going public today and likewise are the same three factors which are the basis of consideration given circus features being constantly sought by modern circus managers of this day and age. Charles Sparks, manager of the Downie Bros. Circus, which comes to Williamston on Friday, Septem ber 9th, for an afternoon and night performance considers these funda mentals for the engaging of his ga lax of circus stars and with these essentials foremost in their minds, in addition to the entertaining value (of the act, the circus scouts for tal ent judge the worthiness of their "finds" by this basic rule. When a representative of the Downie Bros. Circus in Brussels, Belgium, witnessed the intrepid feaU upon the silver wire performed by the Royal Five, European wizards of the wire, he sensed, by their presentation, the worthiness of this as a possible feature for the Downie | Bros Circus for its new seasonal tour. Cabling Mr. Sparks of his "find," and the possibility of having this internationally famous contin gent of wire walkers under contract I as an exclusive feature of his circus. I he was advised to contract the act, regardless of cosU or salary, if, in his trained mind the act was truly and really as sensational as he de scribed it to Mr. Sparks. Arrange ments were made for the migration of the Royal Five to America and I with their properties and personal I paraphernalia the troupe arrived in this country preparatory to the open ' ing of the Downie Bros Circus for their initial bow and public appear ance in America with ths big show. Two handsome boys and three Continental beauties comprise the personnel of this act and the speed poise and agility with which they perform hazardous and tricky stunts upon the slender silver wire make easily one of the outstanding features of this big show's interna tional conclave of arenic stare. More Than 7,000 Children End Vacation Days in Martin County When Schools Open on Thursday Officials Expecting Increase In High School Enrollment A slight increase in the high school enrollment was predicted here this morning as officials con tinued plans for opening the term Thursday morning at 8:45 o'clock. "We are looking for around 220 high school pupils, but no increase is an ticipated in the elementary depart ment," Principal D. N. Hix said. Nearly 200 students who plan to enter high school here Thursday have already registered and selected their courses of study. Others will arrange their courses ?of study on Thursday. Fifteen graduates from this and other high schools in the county have enrolled for courses in ad-, vanced English and business educa-! tion. No format program will mark the opening of the schools here, Prin cipal Hix explaining that the first day will be devoted to the classifi cation of students and to the distri bution of free text books. Prelimi nary work will be completed Fri day and the regular class schedule) will go into effect Monday morning . I The first-day activities will continue! until about noon. Tomorrow morning the teachers will meet to discuss plans for the year's work. Professor HiX stating that quite a few teachers have al ready repprted and that the remain-] ing ones will be here late today for' the meeting tomorrow morning Announce Opening Plans At Oak City) The Oak City schools open the new term Thursday morning at 9 o'clock with bright prospects for one of its most successful years. No for mal program^ will mark the event, Principal H. M. Ainsley explaining that general announcements and an outline of the work schedule will constitute the chapel period, that the perfecting of class organization schedule and lesson assignment will require some time. Pupils returning this term are asked to bring any old school books that can be used in exchange with those in other ^grades, the school head pointing out that in the high school the pupils may rent or buy new books in the office of the coun ty superintendent of schools. ?Those pupils?planning twelfth grade subjects are asked to report direct to the principal's office Thursday morning and register there. Preparatory to the opening on Thursday morning, members of the faculty will meet in the high school building Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock for instructions. The teach ers are asked to bring pencils and | paper for recording notes and sug gestions. "The Oak City school with a co operative local school board, a select group of teachers and pupil interest expects to accomplish some real work this session. Looking to the beginning of the school gymnasium and the organization of a commer cial department we hope to keep pupil interest and patron coopera tion growing until pupils will learn to like the school work and make it a pleasure instead of an institution of drastic suggestions and punish ments," Principal Ainsley comment ed. * Justice J. L. Hassell Hear# Several Cases | ? A slight increase in court activities was reported by Justice J L. Has sell last week-end following the ?opening?of-?the tobacco?markets, ? Cases handled by the Justice in clude the following: William Midgett was fined $2,501 and taxed with the cost in the case] charging him with public drunken nets. Judgment was suspended uponl payment of the cost in a similar case| against Eli Raynor. Charles B. Hardison, colored, charged with stealing a $3 pig from M K. Bennett in the Poplar Point section, was bound over to the coun ty court for trial under a $50 bond. William Melton, young colored boy who stole a cow from M. D. Wilson here year before last, plead ed guilty when he was carried be fore Justice Hassell for a prelimi nary hearing. Unable to raise the I $200 bond he i?as returned to Jail North Carolina Grouped With Eastern Section\ a When the major farm-producing areas in which the four million dollar research laboratories will be established were designated, North Carolina was grouped with the New England and North Atlantic states rather than with the Southern group. LAST CHANCE I J Tomorrow is (he last day for those Martin County tenants who desire to own and operate their " purchase loans from the Farm Security Adiminixtrmtlon at its district office in the Martin County courthouse. Between 250 and 300 tenants have already applied for loans, but it has been known that the last man to apply is the first to get a loan. It isn't likely that . the organisation will advance more than a dozen or so loans this year. Dog Owner (lulled Into Court Here Alphonso Kwell, Poplar Point col J. L. Hassell's court here last Satur* day for not vaccinating his dog against rabies in accordance with State law. The defendant was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days, Justice Hassell suspending the sen tence upon payment of the cost and upon condition that Ewell either kill or vaccinate the dog. The man is said to have 1iad the dog vaccinated. Officers are serving additional warrants for ownOT who have ne glected or refused to have their dogs vaccinated, and it is under stood that several additional cases will be docketed for trial in Justice Hassell s court within a short time. Reports show that more than 2, 000 dogs were vaccinated in the drive agiiinsL rabies in this county,, and that there were between fifty and seventy-five owners failed to comply with Jhe law. 4 Bear Crass Home Destroyed By Fire . ??? riro of undetermined origin de stroyed the home of Mrs. Joe Rober son in Bear Grass Township last Sunday night Mrs. Roberson and her children used lamps in the home earlier that evening i.,,i ...),Tn th0y left to attend services at the Rose of Sharon church they recalled ex tinguishing them with care, and there is a belief that the fire was of incendiary origin. Discovered shortly after nine o'clock, the fire was burning in the front part of the house when neigh bors ahd other friends of the fam ily reached the scene. Nothing was saved from the main part of the house, but a few cooking utensils I were carried from the kitchen and part of the furniture in one bed room was saved. Neighbors over turned the smoke house and 3aved the family's supply of meat. The house, although single story, had about ten rooms. No insurance was carried by the owner. An esti mate of the loss is not available. Annual Revival At Holly Springs Began Sunday The annual revival at Holly Springs opened Sunday night with a large congregation. The services are being led by the pastor and will be in progress for twelve days with one service each night at 8 o'clock. On the closing day, September 8, Rev. B. B Slaughter, of Elizabeth City, will preach twice and also conduct the business session of the f fourth quarterly conference. On this date services will be at 11 a. m. and 2 p. m. A picnic dinner will be aerved at the church. Thirty-Five Schools Have Total Of 200 Teachers This Year White and Colored Schools Start New Term on Same Day ? Vacation days (or aproximately 7,000 Martin County children will end Thursday morning of this week when the thirty-five schools? ten white and twenty-five colored ? start the 1938-39 term. With one of the strongest faculties ever employ ed, educational^ authorities today predicted a very successful term just ahead for all the plants in the county. Members of the various fa culties are already reporting for du ty, and final plans for opening the term are virtually complete, J. C. Manning, superintendent of the county system, announces. The school organization remains virtually the same for the coming tenn as it was last session. Two schools, one each in Farm Life and Robersonville, but increased enroll ments were reported-, among the colored schools in the same two dis tricts and a colored teacher will be added to the lists at Robersonville and in the Farm Life district. Twen ty-three new teachers, thirteen of whom have teaching experience, are included in the faculties this year, county school authorities pointing out that twenty-five colleges and universities from Pennsylvania to Mississippi are represented in the county system this year There are 106 white teachers in the county this year, the State pay ing the salaries of 100, the county, state and federal governments pay ing the salaries of the six vocation- ' al instructors. In the colored schools there are 92 state-paid teachers and two vocational instructors paid by the county, state and federal govern ment. Last year, 3,208 pupils enrolled in the ten white schools of the county. It is estimated that 3,300 will en roll the first day and that the en rollment will possibly before the term is very old exceed the last year figure of 3,444, In the colored schools last year there were 3,369 children enrolled, but an opening day enrollment of not more than 3. 100 is predicted for Thursday of this week. Thirty-five busses have been de livered this week to the special driv ers, the authorities pointing out that while a few drivers have been changed, the routes will remain vir tually the same as they were last year. The busses, handling about 2, 200 white children, operate a com bined total of about 1*000 miles a day. One colored bus, purchased partly by colored patrons and the county, serves the Parmelc school. Starting at tlassell, the bus serves the northern part of the county and goes into Parmele via Robersonville, a trip of about 66 miles dally. It carries 60 high school children on an average Commenting on the early opening, school authorities point out that last year the September 1 date met with general approval and that the attendance record was higher dur ing that time than in any previous year. Anticipating a decrease in the average daily attendance among the colored schools, the officials may order some of those schools closed during four or five weeks. "A close check will be kept on the at tendance and when it gets below 75 per cent of normal, it will be nec essary to close them," it was ex plained. Most of the schools are planning no formal program for the opening which in a majority of cases will get underway about nine o'clock Thurs day morning. Faculty Personnel Names of the teachers in the sev eral white schools are: Williamston: high school: O. N. Hix, principal: Mrs. Garland Barn hill, Miss Lillian Alridge, Miss Nan cy Glover, Frank W. Neely, Sam Edwards, C. B. Toxey, Miss Irene (Continued on page four) Dare County Fishermen Turn To Agriculture Many Dare County fishermen, af ter experiencing failure in the wa ter for years, have turned to agri culture aa a means of livelihood.