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Advertiser* Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1,600 Homes of Martin County. THE ENTERPRISE Watch the Label on Your Paper, As It Carries the Date Your Subscription E x p 1 r e a VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 9 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 31, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 i Meat Stealing Case Solved Bv Officers In County Saturday Two Admit Theft and Third Man Charged With Re ceiving Meat Working night and day during most of last week, Sheriff C. B. Roe buck last Saturday solved the theft of about 300 pounds of hams and shoulders from Herbert Manning's smokehouse in Griffins Township the Saturday evening before. Recov ering most if not all the meat from the home of W C. Bedwell, white man. in Jamesville, the sheriff gain ed confessions from Nicodemus Bar tow and Sam Andrews Moore Bed well, offering flimsy excuses, plead ed not guilty when Justice J. L I Hassell at a hearing held Saturday1 afternoon charged him with receiv-1 ing stolen goods. ! Admitting their guilt. Barrow and Moore, both colored, were placed un der bonds in the sum of $500 each Bedwell was detained under bond in the sum of $300. Piecing bits of evidence gained i here and there, Sheriff C. B. Roe buck arrested Barrow and Moorei and a colored woman named Alber ta Brooks early in the week for in vestigation. Early Saturday morn ing, the officers gained a lead to tlie place where the meat was hidden Packed in two boxes, the meat was found in a closet in the Betfcvell home covered with other boxes. Testifying at the hearing, Man- i ning said the robber or robbers cut' the back porch screen and gained an entrance to the kitchen, but he _eould not say that anything was stolen thereTlfe then~fbund the smokehouse door open and about J00 pounds of meat missing According to the evidence offer ed at the hearing by Sheriff Roe buck, Barrow vigorously denied any connection with the theft, but admitted the charge when he learn ed the meat had been recovered Barrow, convicted and sentenced to the roads several years ago for steal ing hogs from Herbert Manning, told that he delivered the meat to Bed well in Jamesville. Supplementary information gain ed by officers alleges that Bedwell advanced the colored men ten cents when the meat was delivered the case investigators believing that a| partnership had been formed for disposing of the meat. I did not know the meat was stol en," Bedwell said in pleading not guilty Continuing Bedwell said, "I was sitting n a car with a man nam ed Stone at a filling station in James ville when Sam Andrews Moore call ed me and said that he wanted to1 leave some packages at my home. 1 consented," he concluded. Bedwell admitted that he knew the two col ored men had some meat, but he I never explained who packed it in the two boxes, the sheriff stating that Barrow and Moore carried it to the home in sacks. According to the story told by Mrs. Bedwell, she and her husband were home when Moore and Bar row went there and called Bedwell out. "A few minutes later they brought the meat in," Mrs. Bedwell was quoted as saying. Bedwell, Who hauls pulp wood to the plant at Plymouth, moved to this county from Alabama about a year ago. James Gilmore, Jamesville color ed man, was arrested yesterday for allegedly receiving some of the stol en meat. He was released under *10? ^nd. Officers are continuing work on the case today, and an ar rest in Washington County is ex pected momentarily in connection with the theft. Brotherhood Dinner Tomorrow Evening The second Brotherhood Dinner, fostered by the Disciples of Christ, will be held tomorrow evening when some six thousand churches around the world will participate in this fellowship. The Williamston Christ ian Church wil hold their supper in the American Legion Hut on Watts Street at 6:30 o'clock. Aside from the supper there will be a program which will include a radio broad cast through station WPTF at 7:15 at which time Dr. Roger T. Nooe, the president of the international convention of the Disciples of Christ, will speak on the subject, "I believe in the Church." Mrs. Charles Reign Scoville, a nationally noted evan gelistic singer, will render two solos. Tickets for the supper may be ob tained from Mrs. Henry D. Harri son or Mrs. John A. Manning. Plans are being made to take care of more than half of the congregation. Rev. John L. Goff urges those members not being able to attend to tune in on the radio broadcast from 7:16 to 7.S0 o'clock. Little Done in First Month by Legislature, H. G. HortonSays The North Carolina General As sembly is completing its first month's stay in Raleigh today, Rep resentative H. G. Horton, home for the week-end, explaining that the lawmakers had done very little and accomplished virtually nothing in the way of constructive legislation as it affects the State, "The stage is set for a hot battle this week," Mr Horton continued. The squabble over who is to get a few million dollars from the gaso line tax is expected to occupy the attention of the legislature during a greater part of this week. The North Carolina Petroleum In dustries Committee is leading the fight against diversion of the gas funds, and the admlnistraton forces are offering a strong plea for diver sion. It is going to be a nip and tuck fight with the odds slightly in favor of the diversionist group. The administration lines are hold ing fairly firm to date, the leaders averting a vote on a proposal to re linquish to the counties and towns taxes collected on intangible' prop erties. A "crown" tax on bottled drinks, claimed to be covering a million-dollar tax, is being propos ed. Building supply men are work ing to get the sales tax lifted on ma terials. Reports indicate that the finance and appropriations committees are about ready to emerge with their proposals, and it is likely that the 1939 Assembly will be waking up shortly. Sweet Potato Growers To Meet Friday Night ERWIN TO SPEAK 1 \ y The YVilliamston Parent Teacher Association will meet in the high school auditorium next Friday afternoon at 3:30. The regular February meeting was postponed until this time in order that Clyde Erwin, State Superintendent of Public In struction, might be present for the meeting. Dr. Erwln will speak on school problems, and it is hoped that a large number of school patrons will be present to welcome him on his first of ficial visit to Willamston. Apportion Tobacco Quotas To Several States Last Week North Carolina Flue-Cured Belt Gets Total of 588,500 Acres - ?* The Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration last week apportioned the 1939 tobacco quotas to the sev eral belts, North Carolina receiving a total of 588,500 acres. The new quotas, virtually the same as they were last year, will apply only to the soil conservation program, the tax on excess production having been ruled out by the farmers them selves in a referendum last Decem ber. The state allotments will be ap portioned among individual grow era under a~ formula prescribed n the crop control law. Only growers who comply with their allotments will be eligible for government benefit payments. The payment rates are as follows: flue cured and burley, 0.8 cents per pound; dark type^ 1.4; cigar filler and binder, 1 cent; Georgia-Florida type, 1.5 cents. The department allotted a total of 1,540,000 acres among the tobac co states divided as follows among various types: Flue-cured, 884,400; burley, 405, 000, dark types 160,000; cigar filler and binder 88,000 and Georgia-Flor ida type 3,000. The flue-cured apportionment: Alabama 500 acres, Florida 15,600, Georgia 86,000, North Carolina 588, 500, South Carolina 96,000, Virginia 90,000, national reserve 8,800. The burley apportionment includ ed North Carolina 8,377 acres. The allotments for the several counties and then to themdividual growers will be released "^>ust as soon as possible, but hardly within the next several weeks. ? Funeral Yesterday For Mrs. Samuel Hardison Mrs. Clotildc Needham Hardison, of Route 1, Washington, died at her home at six o'clock Sunday morn ing. She was born in Camden coun ty, November 28, 1867, and was a daughter of Seth and Margaret Mitchell Needham. Mrs. Hardison is survived by .her widower, Samuel S. Hardison, of Martin County, whom she married on January 20, 1891; two sons, C. C. Hardison, of Richmond, and A. L. Hardison, of Norfolk; three daughters, Mrs. W. A. Woolard, Mrs. G. T. Rogers and Miss Deane Har dison, all of Route 1, Washington, and 11 grandchildren. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. L. B. Jones, Methodist minis ter, Monday, at 2:30, and burial was in Oakdale Cemetery, Washington. [To Disc ?uss Better Seed And Control (Common Disease 1 Specialist Is Expected Here To Meet Commercial Growers Recognized- as one of the most rapidly expanding crops in the county, the sweet potato will be a topic of discussion and study at a meeting of Mart,,, County farmers' to be held in the agricultural build ing here Friday evening at 7 30 o dock Assistant County Agent J. J Woodard announced this week I A specialist from the Stale Col lege Extension Division is expected to meet with the growers and lead the discussion as it relates to seed1 improvement and the control of dis eases common to sweet potato pro-l auction and curing. Recent demonstrations, conducted T>n a small scale by individual far-1 mors, will be reviewed and the findings will be released at the meeting. It wasn't so long ago that the sweet potato was produced on a comparatively small st.ale m this county. Before the current market ing season is over, it is estimated that Martin farmers will sell in ex cess of $100,000 worth Of ?weet po tatoes this year. There are approxi mately 100 curing barns in the county at the present time as com pared with less than half a dozen just a few years ago. The importance of usingjjood seed >s apparent each day the receiving station is open here. Some farmers using a high grade seed developed on their own farms or imported, are selling 95 per cent and more in the best grade Other farmers, using inferior seed, lose half of their de iveries or are unable to get the top market price. I A second advantage, Assistant Agent J P Woodard points out is the increased production ordinarily received from ,he use of good seed We had one farmer who used a high grade seed last year and plant ?t them along with an Inferior grade. The high-grade seed produc ed from five to six bushels to the row more than the inferior seed," Mr. Woodard said. In Louisiana much work has been done in building up a high-grade seed, and Louisiana potatoes are brin?in? a premium on the northern markets. "If we Can form ? Martin County Swo i?n,?n Growers Association, and promote the use of certified seed, there is a good possibility that Martin Coun ty potatoes will command a nr,.m. lum price on the markets," the as sistant agent added. All farmers whether?they grow ?J ' trii'j' sweet potatoes on a commerc scale or not, are invited to attei the meeting Friday night. Everetts Man Continues Serious III In Hospital Gordon G. Bailey, prominent Ev erett* man, continue! critically ill in a Washington hospital where he underwent an operation for appen dicitis last week. GriHins Township Farmer Reported Much Improved James L. Coltrain, well-known county citizen who has been critical ly ill at his home in Griffins Town ship, was reported to be improving today, and that his recovery is ex pected. Number Of Homes Threatened By Fire Saturday Afternoon Volunteer Fire Company Gets Two Calls Dur ing Week-end Fire, starting from an oil stove, damaged the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Newborn on the Slaughter House Road near the Wiiliamston fairgrounds last Saturday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock. Gaining headway rapidly, the fire could not be stop ped by neighbors and other friends, and the town's volunteer firemen were called. Without a direct wa ter connection, the firemen turned to the small booster tank on the truck and brought the lire under control. "It was the best piece of work I have ever seen the firemen do," an observer remarked The ceil ing in the kitchen was burned and the weather boarding in the back gable of the house was charred, but by throwing water on the fire through a gable window with a small hose, the firemen had it out in ten minutes. It was quite evident that had the fire gained sufficient headway to burn down the Newbern home, it would have spread to three or four other homes located within just a few feet of each other. Neighbors and other friends, an xious to offer a helping hand, dam aged the contents moving them out of the burning house and then, arm ed with axes and sticks, started tearing out windows and doors, the owner, Sanford Roberson, stating that the "helpers" did more damage than the fire. Orfe person was said to have suffered a cut hand when he pushed his fist through a window pane. No estimate of the damage has been definitely advanced, but the owner believes it will take $500 to repair the house. Approximately $1, 500 insurance was carried on tlie building, but there was no insur ance on the contents. Mr. and Mrs. Newbern rented an apartment in town and are living here until the damaged house ran be repaired. The call was the second received by the fire company during the week-end. A first call was sounded Friday night when fire was discov ered in an abandoned stable just off Academy Place. Mr B. S. Courtney, tlx* owner, was having the small structure torn down, but the fire came before the wreckers could complete their job Two Boy Scouts discovered the fire and turned in the alarm. Prominent Halifax Man Dies Saturday Funeral services were conducted at the Madry plantation home, near Scotland Neck, Sunday afternoon for Mr. H. Jarrett Madry, prominent Halifax County citizen and widely known farmer and business man. Rev. W. E. Goode, pastor of the Scotland Neck Baptist Church, as sisted by Elder A. B. Benson, of Rocky Mount, and Rev. Harry J. Goodwin, of Suffolk, conducted the last rites that were attended by hun dreds, many from distant sections of the State. Interment was in the Bap tist cemetery. ? Mr. Madry, father of Mrs. C. W. Bazemore, of Williamston, died Sat urday morning at nine o'clock fol lowing an illness of several months' duration. He was 72 years of age, but despite his advanced years he operated the Madry ^Vholesale Com pany, the Dixie Theatre in Scotland Neck and handled his extensive farming operations until a short time before his death. Besdes his daughter here he is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Lena Taylor Aiisbrooks, and five sons, Messrs. Robert W. Madry, of Chapel Hill; W. Dennis Madrv. of Burlington; H. Raymond Madry, of Rocky Mount; C. J. Madry, of Greenville, and J. Thurman Madry, of Scotland Neck. Mr. Madry had many friends in this county and was widely known throughout the State as a Christian gentleman. Locals Meet Jamesville Cage Teams This Evening Wililamston High will meet the strong Jamesville High cage teams in a bargain bill tonight at 7:30 p. m. The games will be played in the well heated local gymnasium A pre liminary girls' game is scheduled after which the feature?a boys' bat tle will be run. There will be only a small admission fee and two good games are expected. The public is cordially invited to attend. Martin County Farmers Build Up Strong Unit of the Farm Bureau Federation at Meet Last Evening Seed - Feed Loans Are Again Available to Martin Farmers Applications for emergency crop and feed loans for 1939 are now be ing received at the farm agent's of fice in this county by Roy Hearne, field supervisor of the Emergency j Crop and Feed Loan Section of the! Farm Credit Administration. past, only to farmers whose cash re quirements are small and who can not obtain credit from any other source. The money loaned will be limited to the farmer's immediate and actual cash needs for growing his 1939 crops or for the purchase of feed for livestock. Farmers who can obtain the funds they need from an individual, pro duction credit association, bank, or other concern are not eligible for crop and feed loans from the Em ergency Crop and Feed Loan section of the Farm Credit Administration. The loans will not be made to stan dard rehabilitation clients whose current* needs are provided for by the Farm Security Administration, formerly known as the Resettlement Administration. As in the past, farmers who ob tain emergency crop and feed loans wilt give as security a first lien on the crop financed, or a first lien on the livestock to bo fed if the money borrowed is to be used to produce or purchase feed for livestock. Where loans are made to tenants, the landlords, or others having an interest in the crop financed or the livestock to be fed, are required to waive their claims in favor of a lien to the governor of the Farm Credit Administration until the loan is re paid. Checks in payment of approved loans will be mailed from the Re gional Emergency Crop and Feed LoaHjQffice at Columbia, S. C. Tuberculosis Survey in County Is Successful Fifty-Seven Out Of >i'i2 Sliovv Fvidence fI. IF Infection * HonJe Treatment Advised In All But Two Of The Cases * By IMt. K, w. FUHtHtHSON A total of 332 X-ray, were n|ade chiWr. TUlljt;"'Ul"SLS r'inie for school children held recently this eou? ty Of this number, 104 were white and 108 colored. There were 57 of . w,io showed X ray evi dence of tuberculosis. Fortunately however, home treatment was rec-'l ommended for all of 57 two new cases who showed definite ?ydcnce ?f m,tlvo tuberculosis. *h.ch cases sanatorium treatment' was advised. The two public health nurses have1 made personal visits to all of the 57 ""nes ,n which there ,s a case ?owing evidence M and instructed the parents referable I All of uIpPer "Carc of these patients All of these case's should, of course Physician. In view of the above finding, ? 'X fvlt that this survey was ou, 1 successful. The purpose of such ? ; ,a *? '"?? oh,idre? wht, 1 tuberculous infections fore any active tuberculosis developed. If such a he has auen a child does not Km any further infection and n ,i!'n,'r resistance is kept built up. there w.Il be little or no danger of his developing tuberculosis Good resistance is obtained by proper habits of eating, resting and sleep ing, by correcting any defects sued, as diseased tonsils, by protecting him against preventable diseases and by seeing that he gels proper car, in case he should develop any disease. If lhe child's resistance ,s maintained, and if he does not get ^Tobereow infectmn, thc^ little danger of a simple infection developing into tuberculosis disease Jl" a ?'tter ?' treat importance ptcious or positive for tuberculosc mi'1T fr?m. get'in" 'n> Atr Ihlecuon. Tn^~Tacnit5FrR?c-}TOr -positive tuberculin test his bodv"'/"1 ,uberc,e bacilli into y from some source. The sTinfeTm0n S"UrC" 'uherculo - is infection is someone with tuber rulosis in the home, a relative a boarder or a servant It is best for all members of the wXa ? vWhiCh 'here is a child with a positive tuberculin test to have a thorough examnation. It fc S hit for thc' sa""y of ?" chUd that every member of the household who has . chronic cou^ or expectoration, or who is not in good health, be examined. Anyone eithe H have '"barculosis should Uu/ht ^ "ent '? a sana,?ri um or taught to practice rigid precautions against spreading infection. Mrsjt E Manning and son, visit | ed in Washington today. Series 01 Wrecks On Highway No. 17 One person was killed and sever al others were injured, some ser iously, last Saturday afternoon when an automobile and truck crashed on the Woshington-Williamston High way, several miles from Washing ton. Dave Shaw, middle-aged man of the Old -Ford community, was fa tally injured- in the wreck, dying shortly after he was carried to a Washington hospital. Shaw, accom panied by three other men, was driving toward Williamston when he started to pass a car traveling in the same direction and his machine was struck by another driven by Lonnie Bell Griffin. Leslie Hodges, occupant of the Shaw car, and Griffin were said to be in a grave condition. Dr. Ft K. Wilson, traveling High | way 17, arrived upon the scene shortly after the wreck and render ed valuable assistance to the injur ed. The scene of the accident resembl ed a battlefield, witnesses said. Sunday afternoon about 4:45 1 o'clock a light pick-up truck driven ; by Phillip Swain and an automobile ! driven by Simon Gardner crashed | on Highway 17 at the Staton farm near here. No one was hurt, but con siderable damage was done to the car Swain was cited to the Courts for entering a highway without ex ercising due care and for operating a motor vehicle without a driver's lixense. Gardner was charged with reckless driving Reports state that Gardner started to pass a car when Swain drove into the highway. Early Sunday evening Theodore Roberson, driving W. B. Watts' car during a heavy rain, struck an au tomobile parked on the highway near the Sunny Side Inn. No one was hurt and very litHe damage was done. Mr. Roberson was driving less than 15 miles an hour and the lights of aji approaching car prevented him from seeing the parked machine in time to avoid hitting it. Native Ot County Dies Near Washington Monday Mark CI Carraway, nativr of this county, died at Ilia home in the Ti i.nli.r.i' f r. ? lf <f?nl inn <if Beaufort County early yesterday?morning following a brief illness. Fifty-eight years old, Mr. Carraway was a well known resident of Beaufort County where he lived and farmed for a long number of years. Funeral services are being con ducted from the late home this af afternoon by his pastor, Rev. D. W. Davis. Interment will follow In the family plot near the home. Besides his widow, Miss Addie Rogerson before her marriage, he is survived by seven daughters, Marvin, Isabella, Kathleen, Irene, Ruth, Pearl, and Mrs. Hugh Moore, and one son, Allen Carraway, of near Washington. He also leaves two sisters, Miss Jane Carraway, of Williamston, and Mrs. Arnold Rog erson, of Pitt County; and one bro ther, James Carraway, of Beaufort County. Organization Now Has Nearly Half \ Thousand Members Plan Big Barbecue Dinner For Entire Membership At Early Date created'?m? the past through the efforts of the State and American Farm Bureau federation's, Martin County farmers came 'together'in a determined way and in big numbers to offer a solid support to the organization in its work to advance the welfare of agriculture. Starting out three weeks ago to bolster the number ship of the Farm Bureau Federation in this county, the membership teams closed the first drive last eve ning when Farmer Van G. Taylor and his men literally walked away with the contest and ate turkey at the expense of Farmer Charlie Dan iel and his teammates; The supper, served by the American Legion Auxiliary and suffice it to say here, it was a delicious one, was financed by the losing team members. Farm -er- Taylor reported?244 new mem hers and Farmer Daniel reported 138, bringing the total membership up to 471 in tlie county. Joe Wins low, the hustling farmer up Kober sonville way, led the field with 38 new members signed in the drive and 23 before the drive was started Impromptu talks, made by first ?>rw and then the other, were heard during the evening, the general theme being to organize the farm ers and fight for the rights of agri culture not only as those rights re late to parity prices of crops but as' they relate to the general leg is la tye program, the advancement ul the general welfare of the farm home and all members of the farmer's family. There was dynamite 111 the informal talks, and it is apparent that Martin County farmers have awakened to the important task of organizing their tanks to gain and hold a place alongside the various organizations of business, labor and professional men There were some exceptionally good talks made, and the ideas and thoughts advanced at the meeting plainly show that the farmer is ready to step out for him self, not to attack or injure anyone hut to maintain his just rights along with industry. State Farm Bureau Federation, and Mr. B B. Suggs, of Greenville, ad dressed the meeting briefly. The Farm Bureau official briefly re viewed the recent activities of farm leaders relating to future legislation. "We feel that we have a good farm bill'at the present time, and that it is not advisable to attempt to amend it," Mr. Winslow said. "If we can hold what we have, we can expect parity prices in the future," he con tinued. The administrators, of the tobacco control bill, according to Mr. Wins 4+tWr-lettnech backwards to keepthG law within the constitutional limi tations, but if the quotas are re-es tablished for 1940 it is certain that many of the injustices created under the administration of the act in 1938 will be eliminated. Showing a keen interest in the welfare of agriculture, as he has of ten done on previous visits to the (Continued on page four) Woolard Purchases Furniture Business Garland Woolard, manager of the VanDyke Furniture Company since its establishment here several years ago. has purchased the business and store and will operate it as the Woolard Furniture Company. Spend ing several days on the furniture markets last week, Mr. Woolard purchased a complete new stock of furniture which will start arriving here the latter part of this and the early part of next week. M. Woolard will have associated with him in the operation of the new firm an experienced personnel including Messrs. H. O. Jarman, for merly of New Bern; W. J. Woolard and C. S. Whichard, of Greenville. Mr. Jarman, connected with the Dowdy Furniture Company in New Bern for the past nine years, will move his family here within a short time.
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