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Watch the Label on Your Paper, Aa It Carrie* the Date Your Subscription Ezpirea II LI [?HE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umn* a Latchkey to over 1,000 Homes of Martin County. - VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 57 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 18, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 Martin Farmers To Make Tour Of County Tomorrow Between Fifty and Hundred I'lanning To Make Study Of Farm Method)* ? Between fifty and one hundred far mers are planning to participate in the third annual farm tour in this county tomorrow, County Agent T. B. Brandon said today in releasing the schedule of travel that will talce them into nearly every one of the ten townships. Special guests will include Dr. E. C. Blair, agronomist of the State College Extension Di vision. and possibly R. W. Graeber, State Extension forester Agents Brandon and J P Woodard, D. G. Modlin of the Farm Security Admin istrative office. Vocational Agricul lurc Teachers Arthur Benton, of Oak City, and S. L Andrews, of James ville, and others will ride the route with the farmers. The tour is open to everyone, and farmers who can possibly leave their work for the day are urged to join the group at convenient points and make as many visits as they can, Tom Brandon said Leaving Williamston at 8 30 to morrow morning, the group will go to the farms of Marvin Jones and El mer Modlin, near Jamesville, for a study of the Farm Security Admin istration program in practice. Dave Modlin, of the FSA office in this county, promises some interesting facts on the visit to the two farms At y 45, the farmers will look over J. Linwood Knowles and observe how he farms. Leaving the Gardens area, the par ty is scheduled to report at B. Frank Lilley's in Griffins Township at 10:45 where the farmers will check up on the methods followed by Mr. Lil ley in raising tobacco. V - After a short period for lunch at Williamston, the travelers go to Rob - ersonville to see Farmer A. E. Smith's pure bred Poland-China hugs at 1:30 o'clock. This stop has been of unusual interest in the past two tours At 3 30, the farmers will visit W Robert Everett's farm in Goose Nest for an inpsection of power farming practices and to view the fine herd of beef cattle. A last stop is scheduled at five o'clock on the farm of Bob Everett in Poplar Point where the farmers will inspect a comparatively new to bacco barn curer in operation. Scheduled at a busy time of the year, the tours have attracted com paratively few farmers, but the value of the visits are beifig recognized more fully and larger crowds are expected in each succeeding year. Finds Jobs For 1,458 Last Year Up to July 1st, the Williamston of fice of the N. C. State Employment Service made a total of 1,458 place ments, for the past fiscal year. This figure represents job placements made in each of the five counties served, by the local office?Martin, Beaufort, Hyde. Washington and Tyrrell, both public and private em ployers were served in all the five counties. Placements thus far in 1939 have run considerably ahead of the same period of 1938, according to C. W. Bazemore, manager of the office. Out of the 1,458 placements, a total of 852 were made, in the first six months of 1939. March was the best place ment months this year, with 206 per sons being placed in employment through the local office. The Williamston office has carried on its employment service activities, while during the same period a large number of unemployment compen sation claims have been handled, for claimants in all the five counties al so, and weekly checks distributed ov er this area to eligible claimants. Orders are received and filled for many different types of occupations, both private and public. State em ployment offices refer persons whose experience indicates suitability and qualifications for the particular jobs to be filed, as specified by the em pioyera rwaing iv-ip. MW ana more private business concerns are now using the local state employment of fices to obtain their needs for regu lar and temporary help, which is us ually available on short notice. Young Woman Fails In Suicide Attempt Sunday Driven almost to distraction by domestic troubles in her home, Mrs. Hubert Everett attempted to end her life in an upstairs room at the Ever ett home in Parmele early last Sun day evening. Using a rifle, Mrs. Everett, about 27 years old, aimed the weapon at her heart, the ball passing just above it, cont Jiuing upward until it struck a bore in her shoulder where it glanced and came out her left side. She was removed to a Greenville hospital where her recovery is ex pected barring complications. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leonard are now at home in an apartment with Mr. and Mrs. Lex Thigpen on Mar shall Avenue. LAq uorLa wE nforcement Unit Ends Busy Year in the County An all-time liquor law enforce mint record was established by Spec ial Enforcement Officer J H. Roe buck and his assistants in this coun ty during the fiscal year ending the 30th of last month. Submitting his report for the period to the State Alcoholic Beverages Control board, the speeial officer lists 182 liquor plants wrecked in the county or 14 more than were ever wrecked in the county during a twelve months per iod, including prohibition days. A close study of comparative re ports clearly shows, however, that the illicit business was advanced on a cheaper scale. More cheap plants were found, the operators, anticipat ing visits from the raiders, preparing small runs as a rule. In the previous twelve months, the officers poured out 264,40'J gallons of beer, but dur ing the fiscal year ending last month I they poured out only 97.750 gallons of ihe mash. They captured 715 gal lons of non-tax liquor last year against 442 gallons this year How ever, they seized 116 pints of tax paid liquor this past year as compar ed- with a very small quantity the year before. A detailed report as filed with the | State board this week, follows: Arrests, 67; convictions, 45; total of sentences imposed. 334 months; fines imposed amounted to 1,385; non-tax paid whiskey seized, 4421 gallons; tax-paid whiskey seizures,) 116 pints; automobiles seized, three stills captured. 182; total mash de-' stroyed (estimated) 97,750 gallons; defendants turned over to federal court, 15; number of places padlock ed, none; number of enforcement of ficers employed regularly, one; to tal number of miles traveled by en forcement unit, 10.354 Intangible Tax Law Is Costly to the County | THIN \ While there are some heavy crops here and there, the tobac co crop is curing out thin and light in the county as a whole, according to reports coming from nearly every one of the ten townships. "My first curings are so thin that the leaves will hardly cast a shadow," Farmer Henry I). Peel, of Cross Roads, was quoted as saying last week-end. A few farmers state that they will make In excess of 1,20(1 pounds to the acre, but those cases are few, it is believed. Review Of Health Work In County During Past Month More Than IVrsons Were Immunized Again*! Typhoid During the month of June 3,067 persons were immunized against ty phoid fever, and 113 children were immunized against diphtheria Our anti-typhoid-diphtheria cam paign has covered only half the county and the attendance at the various dispensary points has been excellent. Heretofore there has been no accur ate records kept on previous typhoid campaigns, but in the future we ex pect to eliminate any difficulties arising from our schedules. Our monthly maternity and infan cy clinic was held on Tuesday, June 6 at the health department with Dr R. G McAllister in charge. A rec ord attendance of 32 patients was ii'ai'lnKl."lin.u'jsing interest in?thr pre-natal woman and newborn in fants has swelled our only center for tills wuik to capacity, and we die in j need of at least two other centers in the county. The venereal disease clinics have dropped in attendance, probably due to our necessary concentration on the anti-typhoid drive. During June 841 treatments were given for sy philis, 178 blood specimens were tak en for the Wassermann test, and clinics for either treatment, exami nation, or advice. The Robersonville venereal disease clinic has been ren ovated and the working conditions there are much better. Whooping cough is still prevalent to a considerably extent in the coun ty, more cases being reported this month from the district around Ham ilton and Oak City. One case of diph theria was reported in Hamilton. On the first of June,-the Williams ton Municipal swimming pool open ed and has been run on recognized standards fur a month with all meeh anieal operations working success fully. The sanitary officer, during the month of June, made frequent visits to the pool in order to be a sured that correct sanitary methods were being used by the manager and his staff. Although it took some lit (Continued on page six) SOME DOG ?> Verified reports declare that Farmer Toramie Holliday has a dog ?worming" tobacco down in the Jamesville section. And the animal is "showing up" his mas ter, one report stating that the dog followed the farmer on one row and picked worms that had been left ' The reports also state that once the dog picks the worms from the tobacco he takes and bites them in two and swallows "Kinston has nothing en its," Revenue Tli is \ ear Is $6,699.36 Less Than 1937 Amount Current Allotment I* Slijrhlly Below Thai For tin rai?l ? For the second consecutive year, Martin County and its political sub divisions have taken a licking under the provisions of the law regulating tile listing and rate on intangible properties. Compared with collections in 1937 when intangibles were listed along with other properties, the county and several towns are receiving approx imately $6,699 36 less this year un der the new-fangled system that is proving disappointing as far as get ting revenue from hidden proper ties Apparently there has been no strong tendency for the holders of intangibles to lLst them even at the low rate of levy specified in the leg islative act. To aggravate that bad situation, the State comes along and takes forty per cent of the amount collected as its part and grabs an ad ditional amount of nearly $42,000 for handling the collections. Starting off in 193H with an agree ment to split the intangible tax col lection fifty-fifty, the State this year occupies the short end of a 60-40 split but according to unofficial figures, Martin County and its several politi cal subdivisions are actually receiv ing less than they did under the agreement in effect last year. According to unofficial figures re leased this week, Martin County will get $1,807.94 this year as compared with $1,826.45 received last year, a decrease of only $18-51. In 1937, the last year the county and towns list ed the intangibles along with other types of property and anphi 'I the same tax rate to all types, a total of approximately $8,507.30 was collect cri. State leaders, maintaining that a lower rate classification would bring much intangible property out of hid ing, are obliged to be disappointed because the additional listings have failed and failed miserably to offset the loss suffered when a marked re duction in the rate went into effect. The 1,807 94, according to the al week, will be distributed to the county and several towns as follows: Martin County, $1,349.08; Williams ton, $347.67; Robersonville, $102.51; Oak City, $6 87. and Hassell, $1.81. Jamesville, Everetts and Parmele, other incorporated towns in the county, apparently do not share in the fund. For the year under consideration, the State collected in intangible taxes a total of $1,043,931.85 as compared with $904,633.33 collected the year before. Where there was a discrepancy wunin the counties under the old system of listing intangibles, there is a discrepancy among the counties under the new plan. It is apparent that some counties are listing more intangible property than others m proportion. The county listing more in proportion to another county is contributing to the State, and in some cases is actually sharing with the "poorer" counties under the method employed in distributing the collections. Town Life Appeal* To Run-away (Country Mule There hu been a marked migra tion of country youthi to the town* and citiea in recent years, but the lateat reports on the migration move ments maintain that town life is now appealing to dumb animals. Coming here early yesterday morning. Willie Roebuck, who lives seven miles from here on the Ham ilton Road, was looking around in the backlots for his stray mule. "The old mule breaks out every now and then and comes to town to see the sights," Farmer Roebuck said. Storage House And Contents Wrecked In Spectacular Fire Duiuu^r To Hurrinou Proper tv KHtimated in Excen# Of $5,000.00 Williamston's low fire-loss record for 1939 was riddled early last night when the large storehouse of the Harrison Brothers' Estate went up in smoke a few feet back of the estate's big Main Street store. Said to have been fully covered by insur ance, the building and contents were valued in excess of $5 000. Workmen closed the warehouse yesterday afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock. Apparently starting from spontaneous combustion, the fire was mine rapidly over a greater part of the long one-story wooden struc ture and bursting through the sides and top when it was discovered. Ex pencucing difficulty ih getting lines of hose laid to the burning building, firemen were only able to keep the fire from spreading. Water from two -lines of hose was poured on the fire during the greater part of three hours, and the apparatus was not re turned to the station until well after midnight. Firemen and other volun teers dug 23 bales of cotton from the burning building and picked the burning lint from the bales uytil af ter 2 o'clock this morning, but up until a short time before noon the cotton was still burning. Firemen shifted hose connections from the water lines on Main Street to Wash ington Street late in the night and water was poured on the burning timbers and cotton until early morn ing Lindsley Ice Company's coal and wood yard when- hundreds of cords of dry wood were stored, but the fire was checked and damage lunged to the warehouse structure. Light from the fire was seCTi from a distance of several miles, and the large volume of smoke hovered over a large area of the town. It was one of the most spectacular fires seen here in many months. Up until last evening, the fire loss for 1939 was l',s* than $4?' h??r" An unofficial inventory gained from reliable sources showed the fol lowing losses: 23 bales of cotton, $929; 389 bushels of corn, $342; 100 bales of hay, $25; pig feed, $59; three thousand peanut bags, $249, forty five tons of fertilizer, including a number of bags of nitrate of soda, $990; tobacco flues and equipment, $300; miscellaneous property includ ing plows, $500. The building was valued at approximately $1,800, Bruce Sennet Dies Early I*ist Sunday Bl'UCe Sennet, 46 yegrs old, dud at his home in Jamesville at 2 o'clock last Sunday morning, following an illness of more than two years' du ration. Stricken with infantile para lysis, he had been a semi invalid since he was three years old. How ever, he was able to get about some -dttfrng-mogt of his life until uImiuT two years ago when his condition be came worse. About three months ago his condition became grave, the end coming gradually Uis aged mother, Mrs. Estelle Gardner, patiently nursed him for forty-three years. Unable to enjoy a normal life, the young man spent long hours reading the Scriptures and was an authority on them. He was a devout believer in the Bible, and despite his physical handicaps, he led a beautiful life in the rnm pany of a devoted toother and a few thoughtful friends. Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. W B. Harrington, Baptist minister. Interment was in the Holliday cemetery, near Poplar Chapel in Jamesville Township. Besides his aged mother, he is sur vived by one brother, Clyde Sennet, of New York. TJuring I tarns Are Destroyed IIv Fire Although the curing season has been underway on a large scale only | a short time, two tobacco barns have already been destroyed by fire and, a third damaged Farmer Tan Cherry lost a barn near Williamston last week. 'Die far mer had removed the tobacco from the barn, but, finding about forty sticks with wet stems, he replaced them in the barn and was running high beats when the fire started On Monday, fire destroyed a barn packed, full of tobacco on the farm of Perlie Lilley in Griffins Township. It was one of the first if not the first curing barn equipped with an oil heating system to be destroyed by fire in this county. Several days ago, fire wrecked the tobacco in a barn on John A Man ning's farm in Hamilton Township. The farmer removed an oil burner from the barn and replaced it with furnaces, the fire following a short time later. Patrolman W. S. Hunt was home from Manteo a short while today. Martin County Tax Rate lor 1939 Is Tentatively Fixed at $1.45 by Commissioners in Special Session V iolators Of Do" Vaccination Law In On Court Saturday Fifteen Defendant;* Carried liefore Jii^tiee llanaeM In Williamson # "Every dog has lius day," reads the old saying, but the owners of dogs had their day last Saturday when lllleeu-of-^Hit-mi alleged to Have vio lated the dog vaccination law. were arried before Justice or the Peace J L. 1 tassel I. The action constituted a last round-up in the drive to have all dogs in the county vaccinated against abies in accordance with the state law The drive is still underway and other alleged violators are soon to be scheduled for trial in various jus tice of the peace courts in the coun .ty, ? 7T? After repeated appeals and warn ings to owners urging them to have their dogs vaccinated, the sheriff's >ffice started the law enforcement drive about two weeks ago. It is evi dent now that the xjaJue of the law is fully recognized by most dog own ers, and it is also evident that the law enforcement agent does not pro pose in sit by and allow some own ers to ignore the law. Anxious to uphold the law and at the same time desiring to be lenient with the alleged violators of the law, Justice J Lllassell imposed no fines, but meted out 30-day jail sen tences suspended upon payment of the cost. 'Che cost in each case amounted to $5.50. Lossie and Loin Outterbridgc, Dock Jones, Kd Bell and Oscar Biggs Were adjudged not guilty when they appeared rn couri and proved that their dogs Were either vaccinated in the names of children or the dogs had been killed prior to the vaccina tion'drive The names of those defendants made subject to judgments in the court arc L. IJ. Mi/.elle, John A. Has scll, Anglo Outterbridgc and James A. Hassell, all of Williamston Town ship; Hansom Knight, Laura Gray and Wiley Lanier, all of Williams Township; Robert (!????, of James ville; Bert Gorham and Spencer Pip pen, both of Bear Grass Township ( onfill l\pill<>mil ls lli'porti'il lli'ri' : --?' ' .? ? An epidemic of whooping cough swept over the town yesterday and settled in Griffin Street of the color ed section where nineteen cases were reported in a few hours. Investigat ing the spread of the cough, health authorities threw a tight quarantine around Ihii-ikigtthfrrhnnrt^niT'Mrflpr. ed the street closed. _____ Starting a few weeks ago in James vilh', the cough was next reported in Hamilton, then Oak City, the blunt of the attack apparently centering over the small colored settlement just off the Jamesvillc Road here. In connection with the spread of the cough, Dr. F. E. Wilson, health department head. warncd jiaranU to observe their children closely and upon the first sign of a cough take them to their physicians. Where a jliild is made subject to the cough, the health official recommends that it be given whooping cough vaccine. Whooping cough accounts for an unbelievably large number of deaths among children under five years of age. it has been pointed out, and the cough should not be Considered light ly. 9 Rpv. Tyndall To Tondnvt Service* it Poplar Point Services will be conducted by Rev. John W. Tyndall, of Texas, at Pop lar Poiill Chapel Sunday afternoon, July 23, at 3 o'clock. PEANUT MEETING Expected to experience some tough sledding in the depart ment of agriculture during the next two weeks, the lowly pea nut will be a topic of discussion at a district meeting of farmers and farm leaders in Windsor on Thursday of this week. Pointing out that pr<?durtion has steadily increased, the department pro poses to lower stabilization prices. Congressman John II. Kerr will arid rims th?? firm?tV meeting and explain the price outlook at 11 o'clock that morn ing. [Martin County farmers are in vited and urged to attend the . meeting. C. I). (Wow Will Contact Tobacco Curers Thursday Nrarly 100 tVlarlin Farmer* Waul To Cure* Tobacco In (lauaila In connection with a tobacco ex pansion program in Canada. Mr. C I). Grove, former buyer on the Wil liamston market, plans^to contact a number of farmers who. will go to Canada this season and. cure tobac co fur the Canucks Between BO and 100 Martin Coun ty farmers have filed applications for the curing jobs, it is understood. La Cooperative des Tabacs Lauren tiens is seeking around 300 Bright Belt farmers for the jobs. ?Mr. Grove; technician ; for the company, is scheduled to lie in Wil liamston on Thursday of this week at 10 o'clock to interview the appli cants and make arrangements for the trip north. While here he will prob ably establish headquarters in the offices of Harrison and Carstarphen in the Geo. Reynolds Hotel building. Applicants will be asked for valid recommendations from either a to bacco warehouseman or a curer who has made a trip to Canada during the past year or two. In a letter written from Quebec last week-end. Mr. Grove said: "Those chosen will be given Per mit of Kntry into Canada together with full information and instruc tions for the trip. It is our plan to I furnish round-trip fares via Carolina ; Coach Company and everyone will leave from Itocky Mount, at a date ! to be given you later. You will make this trip in groups of ten men, with a leader to be chosen when I reach there. This - lender will notify you j time and date to catch bus at Itocky Mount. I ?m giving yu *h'q inf'?r~i mation in order that you rpay line up yinir E*rniip frnm llw snim. iwi^h : borhood. "For the benefit of those who were liOt up In rt last year, w ill state that we pay transportation and meals both ways, and board and lodging while lu re and a daily wage of $500. Anyone desiring to make tin- trip other than outlined above, we will , ?allow-only such arnounlns the tmy' fare and meals enroute " The ; (lonatruciion Of llomcn I Permits for the construction of j two new homes were issued this week, one to Mr. and Mrs. W Hu bert Coburn and one to Mr. and) Mrs. W. H Harrison. The Coburns are building a ten-room brick du plex home on Simmons Avenue, the contractors having already placed material on the lot preparatory to starting twist ruction work The Har- r riions are planning to build a seven- { room brick veneer home on Haugh- i ton Street. Construction work will : g? t underway within the next two i weeks. Highway Accident Record The automobile continued Us assault on limb and property in the county last week, the victims commit through the attacks with only minor injuries. While officially no wrecks were reported dur ing the period, reliable reports state that trucks, cars and trailers, figured in two wrecks at a street intersectuw in Robersonville and along the Robersonville-Everetts Road. With seven killed and twenty-two injured in this county so far this year, the law of averages is apparently cooperating in advanc ing the safety of human life and property. Observations show that many drivers continue their wild rides, ignoring the little signs in the streets and along the road sides An unofficial comparison of accident records in the county for the past week and for previous weeks in the year follows. Property Accidents Injured Killed Damage Last Week's Record 2 1 0 $ 150.00 Prior Record 24 22 ' 7 , *$,800 00 TOTALS 28 23 7 *8,950 00 Four-Cent Raise Needed To Offset Shrinking Income (!ommi**ioncr> Unfile I'rob leni During \ll-|)uy Ses sion Here Monday Successfully holding appropria tions to virtually the same "figures in vogue last year, the Martin Coun ty commi.vouncis in special Session here learned for the first time in re cent years that ecl'tpm source*; nf revenue were drying up and that their only recourse was the ad val orem tax As a result of shrinking revenue; the 1939 county tax rate was increased from $1.41 to $1.45 the $100 assessed property valuation. Fixed tentatively, the.rate is subject to attack by taxpayers between now and the first Monday in August when it is slated for final adoption. There was iTiOTo head scratching and actual hair pulling at the meet ing yesterday than had been witness ed in any session during recent years. Filtering the meeting fully determinr ed to hold appropriations down, the commissioners faced an "entirely dif ferent problem when a study of rev enue sources was made. Income from liquor sales was off more than $5,000. The sale of beer licenses showed an $800 decrease. Fifties and forfeitures and court cust collections" Wert; ieduced by $l,8oo. That was on one Side of the ledg er On the other side v\ an irnpera tivc demand f<7r additional funds to care for the aged, the "outside" poor and their hospitalization The ap proximately $3,000 increase there was almost offset by a decrease in debt service requirements. ?The 1030 budget anticipates a~dr crease of $7,000, as follows A. B. C. liquor profits, $5,500; sale of beer li censes, $800, fines and forfeitures, $1,000. and court cost collections, $800. Wlnle the $5,500 decrease in li quor profits is attributable to a de crease in sales, a sizeable portion of tin- amount will go to the State in an increased rate of tax on gross sales Collecting seven per cent last year, the State is getting 8 1-2 cents this year. Last year, beer retailers paid $1,400 for licenses. This year tffe county expects to bfH hardly more than $800 of such licenses. The beer dealers are just going out of business A large portion Of the $7.WOO loss yvill lie reflected in the general fund rah* w I lie Il_w1U?be increased from six and one-half cents to eleven. The poor fund, including old age assist ance-, aid to dependent children and the needy blind and "outside" relief, calls for an increase in the rate from eighteen and one-half to twenty and one quarter cents. A quarter of a cerit increase is shown in the health rate, leaving it at six and three-quar ter eents. A decrease of two cents is shown in the. county debt service rate which now standi? at fifty-one and one-half cents. The debt service rate for schools was reduced from thirty-nine and three-quarters to thirty-seven and one-quarter cents, but the rate for current school ex pense was increased front eight to eight and three-quarter--ccntS;--an4~ the capital outlay fund rate was in creased from eight and one-quarter to nine and one-half cents. ?I ..ist year the total tax levy was $172,671.97. This year the budget calls for a total tax levy of $176,900 or approximately that amount. Appropriations in several depart ments were decreased a few hun dred dollars by the commissioners, and before an accurate estimate of tin- appropriations can be made for those departments the auditor will have to make final adjustments which will be shown in the budget < timatc A review of the budget es timates, amount of appropriations for the several departments will be made public the latter part of this week In the direction of the board ol commissioners. Condition Of Physician Remains About The Same Undergoing a second operation within two weeks in a Richmond hospital Sunday, Dr. J. H. Saunders local physician, was reported about the same today, reports stating that barring complications he was ex pected to recover. Given a blood transfusion yester day, the popular doctor was said to hove shown some improvement and that his eondiion remained un changed today. He continues quite ill, and it is understood that he will have to remain in the hospital sever al weeks before he can return home. ? ? Revival To Regin Sunday At l)arden? Christian Church Rev. John W. Tyndall, of Texas, will open a revival at Dardens Chris tian church on Sunday night, July 23, to continue for ten days or two weeks. Everyone is cordially invited. to attend these services.
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