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Advertisers WIU Find Oir Col- ,, rnnns m Lstchke j to over 1.M4 I Homes of Martin Oonady. THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 102 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 23, 1938. Mrs. Martha Philpot Dies At Home Here Wednesday Morning Funeral Services Are Held Thursday Afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Philpott, one of Williamston's oldest residents, died at her home on Warren Street here Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock following a long period of declining health. Eighty years old J she had been in feeble health for several years and spent the last four months in bed, the end coming peaceably. The daughter of the late Henry R and Katherine Davis Purvis, Mrs. Philpott was born in Goose Nest Township near the Halifax County boundary on September S, 1858. In early womanhood she married John L. Philpott and continued to live there until 1902 when the family moved to Williamston to make their home. In early life Mrs. Philpott joined the Primitive Baptist church, holding a strong faith in its doctrine until the end. Soon after coming to Williamston she moved her mem bership to the old Skewarkey ehureh here, and during the long years she remained faithful in its service. Mrs. Philpott walked humbly in the sight of her Maker, and cherished the friendship of everyone, both old and young, and the end found her at peace with all the world and her Ma ker. No greater devotion could be shown for any one than that held by her for her children and family. She was thoughtful of others, and her happiness was gained through a kindly service to her fellowman and loved ones. Only two children, Miss Kate Philpott and John Philpott, both of Williamston, survive, her husband having died in July, 1916. She also leaves one brother, K. B. Purvis, of Tarboro. Funeral services were conducted from the home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Elder B. S. Cowin, pastor of the Skewarkey Church, as sisted by Elder A. B. Ayers. Inter ment was in the family plot in the Baptist cemetery. Martin Farmers Are Killing Hogs The annual task of killing hogs on Martin County farms is getting un derway, a spiall number of farmers having already killed their supplies of meat for another season. Most of the farmers will wait until after Christmas to handle the task and about the middle of January all farm work will be secondary to that con nected with hog killing. Reports state that Martin County has an ample supply of meat for the coming year. With plenty of meat, a surplus of sweet potatoes and col lards in their gardens, the farm pop ulation is not likely to go hungry during the next few months. In addition to an ample supply of meat for home use, the county has sold thousands of dollars worth of meat during the past twelve months. Auto Tag Sales Increasing Daily s . Warned there will be no days of grace in the new year, Martin Coun ty automobile owners and others in surrounding counties are buying heavily these days at the State Au tomobile license bureau fat the Wil liamston Motor Company building here. More than 1,000 tags for automo biles had been sold up until Wednes day evening, netting the State ap proximately $10,000. Comparatively few licenses have been sold for big freight trucks, Mr. Joe Gray Corey, assistant manager of the local bur eau, stating that less than a dozen and a half of the expensive plates had been sold up until Wednesday night Licenses have been sold for about 80 pick-up trucks. The largest single customer the bureau has had was the North Car olina Pulp Company. Plates, costing nearly $800, were sold to the firm for its fleet of trucks and cars this week. Employment Office Spreads Christmas Cheer To Many Christmas cheer will be added to many homes of working people ? particularly the unemployed, this season because of the distribution of unemployment compensation checks over the five county area served by the Williamston State Employment office. For the past five or six weeks the local office has distributed on an average of around $2,500 to $3,000 a week to eligible unemployed claim ants who are out of work. The Williamston office has ap proximately 500 claims in force ? scattered over the counties of Mar tin, Beaufort, Washington, Tyrrell and Hyde. Around 400 new claims have been taken in the past six weeks. There is no such thing as an "av erage" amount t or the weekly check; the benefit amounts ranging from less than $2.00 to as high as $15.00 a week. The amount and dur the worker's previous employment record, period of service, and totat" wages with a "covered" employer. The local employment office has placed over 130 applicants and claim ants in jobs, both temporary and regular in the past aix weeks. All unemployed workers are not covered by the regulations. A work er must have worked for an em ployer with eight or more employees and earned at least a certain amount or more in total wages since Janu-| ary 1, 1937, in order to be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. Monthly Welfare Cost Is $4,067.00 in Countv HOLIDAY v Activities in offices and in other places of business outside the general stores will start grinding to a stop Saturday about noon. The stores will re main open late to accommodate late shoppers. County and town offices will close in the early afternoon Sat urday, and since Christmas comes on Sunday, next Monday will be observed as a general holiday here. No mail deliveries will be made that day, and the business schedule will be pat terned closely after the one in effect on Sundays. Plans Co Forward For The T.B. Clinic Plans for holding a county-wide tuberculosis X-ray clinic here dur ing the early part of next month for Martin school children are virtually complete, County Health Officer E. W. Furgurson said today. The X-rays will be taken in the offices of Drs. Saunders and Brown by a special technician from the Several months ago, more than 2,000 school children were examin ed for tuberculosis in the county. Out of this number between 350 and 400 showed positive signs and the X-ray work will be limited to that number. Dr. Furgurson points out that it does not necessarily mean cause for alarm when a child shows a positive reaction to a tuberculin test, but that an X-ray should be made to determine the status of the disease. There are but few cases that cannot be cured by proper treatment, and it is hoped that treat ment where it is found necessary can be provided for the children in this county. A fee of $1 to cover actual cost of taking the picture is asked, and in those cases where a child cannot pay appeals will likely be made for funds to carry on the work, it is un derstood. White children will be received in the clinic during the first day, and colored children on the second day. Several hundred pictures can be taken in STsnlgle day. NO MARKET Hopeful the market will ex perience a recovery after the holidays, fanners in this com munity are holding their pea nuts off the market Just now. Only a few sales have been made in recent days and most of them were unusually small. With prices ranging around govern ment storage figures, the open market has Just about suspend ed operations here for the pres ent. It is estimated that at least M per cent of the crop has been sold in this county. State And Federal Agencies Pay $2162 To Needy In County Aid To the Aged Is Almost Trebled During the Past Year Martin County, state and federal agencies, spent $4,067.79 to support the combined welfare and public assistance program in this county during the past month, according to a current report released yesterday by Miss Mary Taylor, superinten dent of county welfare. The total cost to Martin County was $1,905.59, ly $500 than the cost in November of last year. The amount includes expenditures for the blind, aged, dependent children, county home, hospitalization, travel and adminis tration. There has been a marked increase in the cost to the aged, the number jumping from 61 a year ago to 171 last month, the larger group receiv ing $1,557 compared with $462 re ceived by the smaller group in No vember, 1937. In addition to the regular depart | mental work, the welfare group ar ranged an eye clinic during the per iod. The summary "of activities, outlin cd by the department head follows: Since last November the county welfare department has added two case-workers to the staff. One of these Workers U a permanent addi tion to the department and .she is paid by the county. The other case worker is a temporary addition and her salary and travel is paid entire ly from Federal funds. A temporary stenographer who is also paid by the Federal government is employ ed at the present time. These emer gency workers were granted Martin County because of the excessive number of tenant farmers, farm la borers, share-croppers, and small land owners who applied for WPA work as a means of providing for themselves and their families until the farm work began next year. A resume of the expenditures in curred for all work done through the various channels of the welfare department during the past month are as follows: A/lminifil rnl tun utKioli in nulTlInlBt 11xtr V tr tUln, WiixCft tfr eludes all salaries (7 persons) and travel for four?$767.35. Approxi mately one-half of this amount or $285.85 is contributed by the State and Federal government. Office expenses (including tele phone)-^38^3! General relief and drugs to 17 sin gle persons and 22 families?$151.22. Boarding home car for two chil-i dren?$40.00. Two pauper burials and one am bulance trip?$30.00. three patients at the State Sanator ium and five tonsillectomies ? $270.45. Publis assistance expenditures (Continued on page six) Dr. E. W. Furgurson To Resign As Head Health Department Health Board Will Meet Shortly to Name _ Successor Dr. E. W. Furgurson, capable head of the Martin County Health De partment for almost a year, will of fer his resignation to the Martin County Board of Health at n mwl ing to be held here soon, it was un officially learned yesterday. An nouncing that he plans to enter pri vate practice, Dr. Furgurson will j continue on in the county service un til a successor can be named. He has volunteered his services at no cost to the county until his successor can get acquainted with the work, and [ it is likely that he will continue here until the latter part of next month. During early February he contem plates entering a hospital for con tinued training. Learning that Dr. Furgurson plan ned to offer his resignation as headi of the county health department, six doctors have been here this week to look over the field and enter their applications for the job. Most of the doctors applying for the post are completing a special course of train ing in the United States Public Health school in the University of North Carolina this week and will be ready to start work within a short time. J. C. Manning, member of the county board of health, stated this morning that a meeting of the group would be held next Tuesday morn ing at 10 o'clock. Plans To Advance Improvement Plan Here Are Pending Board Hesitates to Sell $72, 000 in Bonds at Six Per Cent Plans to advance a $124,000 gener al improvement program here con tinued uncertain Thursday morn ing as the town board of commis sioners hesitated to sell $72,000 in bonds at the high interest rale of six per cent. Buyers were reported anxious for the bonds at that figure, but at n speriai meeting of the com missioners Wednesday morning there was some doubt expressed if the sale would be prosecuted at the high interest rate. Going before local government commission authorities in Raleigh late Wednesday, town officials pro posed a lower interest rate. The bond companies took The proposal under advertisement, but shortly before noon Thursday they had not an nounced whether they would consid er purchasing the bonds at a rate be low six per cent or hold to the orig inal figure. "i During the meantime, plans are being made to open bids for the con struction of streets, sidewalks and the extension of water and sewer lines and the sinking of a fourth deep well for the town's water sup ply. Several contractors have stud ied the plans and specifications for the improvement program and were making arrangements to submit bids. Every effort is being made to ad vance the program and share the $32,20(7 grant from the Public Works Administration. If plans can be completed for advancing the program, construction work is to get underway by January 2 or 3. 1 Jamesville Methodist Church To Hold Services Rev. Wade Johnson, pastor at Jamesville, will conduct a Christ mas service at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. His sermon subject will be "The Magnetism of the Manger." Holy Mr. Johnson preaches at James ville the first and second Sunday mornings at 10 a. m , the third and fourth Sunday afternoons at 3 p. m., and the fifth Sunday evenings at 7:30 p. m. Appeal Goes Out for All To Support Spirit of Christmas Christmas day approaches with a Christmas Cheer fund inadequate to meet the needs of an unfortunate people in this community. Some have liberally?contributed, -others have given willingly of their time and still others have supported the movement in one way or another, but the response in a section of plenty has been disappointing. Plans for advancing the move ment have baen announced virtually complete, and the sponsors and oth er willing assistants are making fi nal arrangements for the distribu tion on Friday and Saturday. As the Christmas Cheer movement sponsors wind up their thoughtful task, a last appeal is made to u thoughtful people, urging them to extend wherever possible direct aid to some needy person or family in their respective communities. The Christmas Cheer fund and collection of toys will hardly more than scratch the surface on the destitute front in the community this year, and an ur-1 gent appeal is addressed to every one who will and can to go into some less fortunate home with a few Christmas spirit. Up until yesterday noon, $150.14 had been contributed. Nearly $100 has been acknowledged, the jyllow ing making donations of about $20; Julius Peel, $2; John Hassell, $2; N Iaroel, $1; J. Dawson Lilluy, $2.50; Bruce Wynne, $1; W. J. Hodges, $2, J. C. Anderson, $5; Mrs. C. T. Rober son, $3; C. D. Carstarphen, $1; Mrs Sam Getsinger, $1; W. 11. Carstar phen, $1. In addition to that $10 comes from far away Delhi, India, i Dr. Will Jacock, visiting his niece, | Mrs. John Hardy, here this week, having contributed that amount af ter reading an appeal in behalf of the less fortunate in this commun ity. Other contributions will be ae knowledeged later. I GREETINGS Appreciative of the friendship expressed and the patronage ac corded them during the past, Williamston merchants and oth er business men pause at this Christmas time to extend their sincere greetings to all people of this section through the col umns of this paper today. A new hope and a greater un derstanding are created at Christmas time, and to enhance the value of these, the business forces of this town express, in a most sincere way, their wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Kead the lit tle messages, without which Christmas would he no more than just another day in the year, and know OTarfhese firms" are interested in your happiness at all times, and especially at this glad season of the year. County Recorder's Court In Lengthy Session This Week Court Will Not Meet For Another Session Until January 9th Faced with a crowded" docket, the Martin County Recorder's court was in session a greater part of last Mon day when Judge H. O. Peel cleared sixteen cases from the docket. The judge and Solicitor D. Elphonia Johnson were ready to call it a day, that afternoon about four o'clock. The Christmas season offered a "break" for several defendants, the judge showing mercy as the long docket was unfolded. It was the first session for the court since December 5, the "big" court having "rooted out" the coun ty tribunal last week. With holidays falling on the next two Mondays, the county court will not meet again until Monday, January 9. Most of the defendants placed in jail either had their cases tried or bond was arranged for their freedom during the Christmas season. The last Monday proceedings: The case charging James Walston with non-support was nolprossed when the prosecuting witness failed tu appeal In cuuil. James Curtis Roberson, J. D. and Benson Swanner, charged with dis turbing religious worship, were found not guilty. Bill Person, charged with disturb ing religions worship, was sentenced to jail for 19 days. He had spent that much lime in jail awaiting trial, and following the trial of his case he gained freedom. Charged with assaulting a female, Preston Spruill was given a six months suspended road sentence, the court directing him to pay the costs of the case and give the prose cuting witness $25. John H. Cow in, charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, was (Continued on page six) Gala Decorations Brighten The Olc Town Tor Holiday Judges Will Face Big Task Between Six and Ten Friday Night Gala lights and decorations, care-, fully arranged almost overnight, have chased gloom and darkness! away and today the Christmas spir it bursts forth in all its beauty and fullness in nearly 200 local homes and yards. A preliminary survey of, the individual -holiday decora timvsj last evening points to a difficult task tor the judges when they make their I inspect ion toor Friday night between 1 the hours of six and ten o'clock. The names of the judges have not been disclosed, but all decorators compel ing in the contest are asked to be ready and have their tree and porch lights burning between the hours ot 6 and 10 p. m. Friday, December 23. Exclusive of the municipal and other decorative arrangements on public buildings there are by actual count, 66 trees and 20 porch decora lions. Nearly 100 homes carry inter ior decorations in one form qr an other suggestive of the Christmas season. Last year there were fewer trees and porch decorations. The judges will find work of real ? artists w-hon-thcy start.out to decide the-winners of the $30 in prizes, $5 and $2 50 for the beft and pecond bestyard trees, $5 and $2.50 for the best and second best porch decora tions; $5 and $2.50 for the best store best store interiors. Public buildings,, while subject to attention of the judges, are not included in the con test for prizes. Lighted trees and doorways out I shone the regular street lights in the residential sections, and much fav ; orable comment has been heard on! a number of the decorations, but the| opinions await the approval of the [official judges. It is agreed that Wil liamston, with the exception of one dark spot down the courthouse way, is expressing in lights and decora tions a gayer Christmas spirit than ever before. Many outside people are seen traveling through the streets at night to see the extensive decorations. ITiii*! kot- rhi'^ihu I'ii t u ii i u fur V tcM' I - r UT ITIcI piTJmltf*!' Mtf* 1??? - rv " ' " ' ing the decorations are being ad vanced tuday. I WON'T BE LONG Instead of days, one now turns to the hours in telling how far off Christmas is. It just won't be long now! Holiday shopping, stalked by adverse weather conditio:.*, is now getting underway on a greater scale, and in the few re local people are cordially urged to remember local merchants. Local store slocks are complete, and the prices are right. Do your shopping in Williamston! The ?tores are open evenings. Williamston Merchants and Other Business Firms Extend Every Good Wish for the Christmas Season
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