Watch the Label on Your Paper, Aa It Carries the Date Your Subacription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1,800 Homes of Martin County. VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 63 W' illiamston, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, in pus/ H. I'f.Vt. , C ESTABLISHED 1899 Fire And Hot Sun Claim Ten Percent County leaf Crop Value of Tohaeeo liiirnnl in Field* F*timated at $200,000.00 Fire and the hot sun continue to claim a big portion of the tobacco crop in this county, late reports in dicating that Martin farmers have toil $20u.uuu worm oi the leaf m their fields while fire was another exacting a toll of approximately $15, 000 in the curing barns and pack houses. With six losses reported over the week-end, the number of curing barns burned in the county now stands in the neighborhood of thir ty. John Hadiey, farmer living near Williamston, lost his second barn of the season Sunday. Using an oil burner, he left the barn and was in his home when the barn caught fire and burned. Farmer State Ayers, of Cross Roads, and Farmer George Taylor, each lost a barn during the week-end A barn belonging to Mrs. Arthur Wynn was burned Monday morning in Cross Roads Township. A barn on the Carson farm in Rob ersonville Township was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. Zeno Bed dard, Hamilton Township farmer, reported a barn burned on his farm Monday morning. Eleven barns have been burned within a radius of five miles of Oak City this season to represent the center of the losses. The fires have been fairly numerous in the Rober sonville and Cross Roads sections. Unofficial records indicate that the losses this year have been more num erous than ever before While the curing barn loss~Eas~ iablished a new record, the loss there has been small compared to the dam age experienced by the growers in the fields. At least ten per cent of the crop has burned in the fields, the reports indicate. Upon that ba sis, it is estimated that the loss there, will run close to-$200,000. Most grow ers saved their sandlugs, but as the curing season progressed, the crop began to ripen so rapidly they got behind in the work and in many in stances three and four leaves were skipped on each stalk. In a few ex treme cases, farmers were able to save only every other curing, leaving groups of leaves at intervals on the stalks. Nearing the completion of the har vesting work this week, Martin County farmers now maintain that the crop is not curing out as heavy ?asTThey"~orrc? believed it. Some state that the crop will weigh ten per cent less than the first estimate indicated it would ? c lian ges Affected In School 1 Faculties The Martin County school teach ing personnel, recognized as fairly stable just a short tune ago, is un dergoing quite a few changes, ac cording to Tate reports coming from the office of the superintendent of schools Professor Foster Fergerson, able hepd of the cuiiinitrcial department in the Williamston schools during the past two years, resigned last week-end to accept a year-around job in Chi rlotte. The position made vacant by his resignation has not been filled, but several applications are being considered, it was learned. Miss Grace Talton, of Clayton, was appointed yesterday to succeed Miss Rebecca Harrison as teacher of the local first giade. Miss Talton. a grad uate of Meredith College, has had several years' experience, having laught at Warsaw and Fairmont. .Miss Harrison resigned week be fore last to accept a position in the High Point schools. Principal C B Martin resigned last week-end after Several years ot successful work in the Farm Life school. He goes to Pantego to head the schools Uuu-A. Hie hrnthpr pnp ulai' Professor hussell Marfin~ieaves the history and science department in the Jamesville school, to head the school at Farm Life. No appointment has been made to the position made vacant in the Jamesville schobl. Several other shifts in the faculty personnel are anticipated, but they have not been officially announced by the office of the county board of education Mrt. A. F. Lilley It The Champion Pepper Grower It's a hot time out in the A F. Lil ley garden, near here, according to reports coming from the little' spot in the fair grounds where Mrs. Lil ley has been acknowledged as the champi^ pepper grower for the sec aond season in succession. looking into one of the several patches that are spotted around her little home yesterday, Mrs. Lilley harvested six large bell peppers from a single stalk. From another stalk she harvested seven large pods at the hot stuff. On another hill she pulled nineteen long green peppers "And they are just medium sample," the champion gardener's husband TownBadgetEstimateA waits Raleigh Commission Sanction Intimating that every effort will ; be made to defeat any increase in the I town tax rate, town officials in reg ; ular session last night postponed a discussion of the new budget figures until the local government commis sion in Raleigh has an opportunity to look the financial situation- over and offer any suggestions deemed necessary. "We want to and will, if allowed, to hold the rate at the same figure, $2.60 the $100 assessed prop erty valuation," Tieasuiei N - ? Green said a few days ago. It is ap parent that the $10,000 swimming pool burden is bearing heavily on the town's financial pillar, and ac cording to a statement offered by $2,200 in cash and bills amounting ! to $3,700. including $1,600 due on the swimming pool filtering plant. However, the town financiers have" ' been able to meet all bond interest and principal payments and virtually hold the. treasurer's head above the water when it came to meeting local obligations. No time was set for hold ing a meeting to discuss the new budget figures, and it is possible that no action will be, taken before the next regular meeting in September. Advised the budget estimate was not yet ready for consideration, the board discussed a few minor ques tions and ordered proceedings start- j -ed to open a IP-font alley between I the Simpson and George Reynolds Hotel property. The board was ad vised that other owners would grant easements. The'commissioners de cided not to sell a small piece of land on Sycamore Street, adjoining the ! municipal water plant, for $750, the ! sentiment of the board being that the . land might be needed in later years I lor a niuhiclpal tTghT plant for some other public enterprise. VICE PRESIDENT /1 Tom K. Brandon, Martin Coun ty's farm agent, was highly hon ored in Raleigh last week when the State Association of County Agents made him vice president of their organization. The elec tion is a stepping stone to the presidency w hich carries with it a free trip to the national live stock show in Chicago next year. Mrs. Silverthorne Dies At Her Home In Poplar Point $ i Last Kite* Are liein^ lleM Then* This Afternoon At 2:30 o'Cloek ' ' ? Mrs. Avaline Roebuck Silver thorne, one of the oldest residents in the county, died at her home in Pop lar Point Township yesterday after noon at 4 o'clock following an illness of nearly eight years' duration. Up until'two yea ffc. ago "she was able to rest in a rolling chair, but since that time she was confined to her bed. The end came peaceably and grad ually The daughter of the late George and Martha Purvis Roebuck, Mrs Silverthorne was born in Edge combe County in November, 1854 She spent her early childhood there, and after experiencing the privita- i tions and hardships of the war per iod, she moved with her parents to this county, locating in Poplar Point Township. In early womanhood she was married to William Robert Sil verthorne, of Washington County, and who drove the mail from Plym outh to Hamilton for a number of years. Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs Silverthorne started a home of their own on a farm not far from Spring Green. He died about twelve years ago. Four children, George R. Silver thorne and Fred Silverthorne, both of Poplar Point Township; Mrs Sam Clyde Silverthorne, of Williamston, survive. She was the last nhember of a family that was well connected in Edgecombe County prior to the Civil War. Mrs. Silverthorne was not a mem ber of any church, but she was an uprighteous woman and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Funeral services are being con ducted at the late home this after noon at 2:30 o'clock by Elder William E. Grimes. Interment will follow in the family plot on the home farm. NEW DOCTOR v_ Dr. E. T. Walker, of Kansas, has formed a partnership with Dr. Victor E. Brown and will lo cate here tomorrow for the prac tice of medicine, it was learned here today. During the past sev eral yean, Dr. Walker has been associated with Duke and Watts Hospitals, Durham, and with one in Charleston, 8. C., and comes here hifhly recommended as an able doctor and citisen. The doctor and his wife have not yet loeatod a honaa Dr. J. H. Saunders List Kites largely Attended Friday IliindmU Overflow Church To Pay Tribute To Pop ular Ph\>ician The last rites for Dr. Joseph H. Saunders were held m the Church of the Advent here last Friday after noon at 4 15 o'clock when hundreds overflowed the church to pay tri bute to the memory of a man who played the dual role of a leading citi zen and a popular and able physician in this county for more than a third of a century. When the church was filled to capacity, several hundred stood silently on the outside and heard the services from there Music was rendered by a special choir, and pallbearers were young men whose medical care the kind physician had tenderly cared for from their birth Their names are Messrs. Rossell Rogers. Claude Baxter Clark. Jr . Paul Simpson, Pete Fowden, Jr., Reginald Simpson and II II Cowen. ji Rev John W Hardy, rector of the Church of the Advent, and Rev. Mor risoil Bethea, of Reidsville, and Rev. K F Moseley, of Kinston, former lectors, conducted tin- last rites. At the conclusion of the service at the grave 111 the family |dot in the local cemetery, taps were sounded by Scoutmaster Horace Ray for the lo cal American I^egion post in which l)r Saunders held membership dur ing most of the time following his return from France in 1911) The floral offering was one of the largest ever seen in this section, and the last rites attracted hundreds from all parts of the county and from centers in many other oastenr Carolina counties. Among those attending from out of the county were Mrs Sam Hanff, Miss Mary Wel don Smith, Mrs. Jim Hall, Mr. Is aac Smith, Mr Charles Smith, Mr Stuart Smith, of Scotland Neck, Dr W. F. Evans, New York, N. Y , Dr. Spencer Bass, Tarboro; Rev. Morri son Bethea and daughter, Mrs. John Dangerfield, Reidsville; Rev. Sidney Matthews, Plymouth, John?Bonner, Washington; Dr. C J. Sawyer and C. C. Castelloe, Windsor, Dr. Kdgar Long, Hamilton; Dr Joshua Tayloe, and Dr. John Cotton Tayloe, Wash ington. Mrs. Dave Carter, Washing ton; Mrs. Demsie Grimes, Mr and Mrs. June Grimes, and Mrs. JuBtus Randolph, of Washington; Rev. and Mrs. E. F Moseley, Kinston; Mr and Mrs. John Hire Saunders and Miss Teeney Faulkner, Kinston, Miss Naomi Bryant, Tarboro; Mr Edward B Darden, Norfolk, Va.; Dr. and Mrs J. E Smith, Wind sor; Mr. and Mm. D. C. Barnes, Miss Helen Barnes, D C. Barnes, Jr., Miss Annie Barnes, Miss Sarah Barnoo, Miss Vaughn. Mr. and Mrs. Mcl^iw horn, all of Murfreesborn; Mrs. Hcu ry D Cook and Mrs W. D. Wash burn, of Hopewell, Va.; Dr Clay bourn T. Smith, Rocky Mount; Drs T L. Bray, E W Furgurson, Alban Pappineau and Claudius McGow an, all of Plymouth; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flynne, Mrs. Mary Bellamy, Miss Ida Grimes. Miss Annie Nich olson Tayloe Mr and Mrs. Clay Car ter, Dr. Graham Ramsey, Mr. Frank Cox, Mr and Mrs. Frank Bowers, Dr. Harry Hackler, Mrs Dan Taylor and Junie Grimes, Jr., all of Washington; Dr. and Mrs. R. J Nelson, of Rober sonville; Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Ward and Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Ward, of Robersonville; Drs. Pace and Wat son, of Greenville; Drs. J G. Raby and Edward Roberson, and Miss Vel ma Keel, of Tarboro. Tobacco Uroir* Tall Doirn In The Jametville Seel ion They go in for high tobacco down around Jamesville, rcpurtg fiom the section stating that Paul Holliday has a stalk more than nine feet tall on the farm of his father, Mr. L. P Holliday. There are about 26 leaves on the stalk, and even after several "pullings" there are quite a few leaves left on the stalk. Grown from "Gold Dollar" seed, the field of tobacco will measure about five feet high, as a whole. Local Mail Is Held III Counterfeiting Case At Lumiierton W'illifonl Sparrow Keporteil lo Have Admitted IW ioj{ Itopu* Kills * |, Wlll|ford Sparrow local man tv'SSl^r in ",e Cumb, r'orid Colin eau ,,f V,el,t V bv F"d"al Bu? pondin. Inv;s?'Kot.o" authorities pending a preliminary hearing there tomoi t ow atlern(K>H in .1 ,..,st ?dh passing counterfeit five l"lls Sparrow , strongly denv "-""ledge Of the Uu l ,F~^?cS , ^httmmstnn hneehrrtt-nnrk n few days earlier faking the ease Kriduj the K n ?-d Photographer'";";:, sa,dC"f1?ave admitted making the motn.y and told ? - ^.m.s that he had issued ten Wllliamston. Joyd It I lift,'it for ad'nnt'ted h~ " ? | other h declared t|M. the bogus Znev'nM """""" a,n,,,t When 1! ti ins- possession 1 sSSKSSf 3?r?.aa5? Thinhirig Sparrow Way try KS?iSs.Ks! sS?S&s?3jafe< ?'tevdh/'toid onle,.;'11;;""";', ?" ty that they felt sure II "'1 i ar?und Spam^ hiuj0'1 formal hearing eoulil no, he h, , V," '<>f Dr. .J S Chamhlee, acting health ? fficer for the county "There has been a marked im provement in the epidemic there," I)r Chamhlee said, adding that there ate only ten other cases of the cough, in the town that are now under quar ,intine The ban in those cases will he lifted August 20 Parents and others an requested to report any new cases to the department and assist in checking a possible outbreak sim ilar :to the one reported on Griffin Street Highway Accident Record ?? > Martin County's automobile accident record took <>n .1 more serious turn last week when a machine tore into a small child ;jnd all but took its life 'The onslaught against property, after reaching comparatively high proportions, subsided a bit, but the records show that the automobile iu well ahead with the dastardly business of injuring and killing human beings and damaging property. No cause is advanced for the accident that maimed a four year old child in Jamesvillc last Sunday morning, but suffice it to say it could have been prevented easily It offers just another glaring reason why little tots should be taught the potential dangers lurk ing on the streets and highways and why the speed laws should be enforced At least a dozen cyclists gambled with their lives on Williams ton's main street during the period just ended when they rode the streets unconcerned of the vehicles that darted in front, in back and on the side of them. It is legal to ride a bicycle on Main Street here, BUT it isn't sab And it is a hame mothers will allow their children to take those chances when, sooner or later, some child pays for the ?privilege with he) life 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 1 e< "id 1 1 0 $ 000 no LPrior Record 27 24 7 7,250 00 ? ( / TOTALS 28 25 7 $7,250.00 ^ illiamston Native Dies At Sanatorium Alter Cong illness ?*> Funeral Servieen Thin After noon For Mr*. Walter Gre?hnm ? Mrs A Walter G res nam, a native of Williamston, died in a hospital at Sanatorium Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock following a long illness. While \ iMting relatives here in May of last vear. Mr Grc^iini Miffl,tl"1 .m attack.'of pneumonia and linger- . ed near death for w eeks, |lor condi tion improved, however, and she en tered a hospital at Sanatorium for continued treatment and she contin ued to got better there until just a short tim?- crjio .She experienced a rehrpse and tin- end came gradually Ann mom! > : of the family at her bedside The daughter ot' Mrs. Fannie Craw ford and t he late J C Craw lord, pop ular sheriff of Martin County for a long number of years, Mrs Greshatti was bom in Williamston 34 years ago next November. She received her early education in the local schools aiid at the North Carolina College for Women. Greensboro. Completed her education, she en tered the teaching profession and while a member of the Beulahville school faculty, she married Mr. Gres ham about 11 years ago He with two L ?children. William and Anne Craw ford Gresharn, survives. She also leaves two sistei s. Mrs Harold Clark of Jacksonville, Fla . and Miss Es telle Crawford.- of Williamston. and two brothers. Messrs. Koland C. Craw ford. of Beck ley, W Va . and W Thomas Crawford, of Williams ton, and her mother. Mrs Fannie Crawford., also of Williamston. Since Ihm mother's illness Little Miss Anne has made her home with her grandmother here where she has juany. little friends Mrs Gresham is remembered here as a. young woman possessing a pleasing personality and a marked fnendlirtess she was held in high regard by both young and old She was thoughtful of others, and was a devoted w ife and mother When a young girl she joined the local MWhndist- church, later mov ing her membership to the Beulaville Presbyterian church Her pastor, Kev. Lacy Hose, Will conduct the last rites at the homo there this after noon at 3 o'clock, and interment will follow m the Beulaville cemetery. Among those attending the funer al services from here are Mr. and Mrs it. L. Coburn, Mrs. V. J Spivey, Mi W H Coburn and Mr S H Grimes N (uianlsmen Invade Town For \ Night Gathering then forces m the vicin ities of Greensboro and High Point, appmximatcly MOO National Guards ho 11 spent Sunday afternoon and night hen- and all but took ever the tow n before their departure the fol lowing moinine for Camp- StufV^Va:, wJiere they w ill obserye strict mili tary rrgntnffoils iTuiilfg th? next two weeks - __ i. . Traveling in MO aims trucks and forty or more private cars, the guardsmen camped on the grammar grade school grounds during those few hours they Were not busy ex ploring the town. Caught short, the illicit liquor stations were not pre pared fun"thriving business, but the beer retailers almost sold out before the troopers left at 5:30 yesterday morning A few of the boys tried to settlo-M hen differences among them selvt with their fists, but the group was out for a jolly good time and no casualties or arrests were on the po liee blotters the following morning. Two youngsters were found sleep ing .in an alley shortly after the camp broke, but they are thought to liave overtaken their command in a shon lime. ~~ ' Shortly before the western con tingent moved in, approximately 200 guardsmen moved in from the south, and aftei having dinner in local ho lds and cafes they moved into Eden ton to make camp for the night. Major M. L. Lewis, of Greensboro, w as m command of the boys here. They are expected to return from camp within two weeks. I.oenl \lim. III II ith An bye Infection, In llonfiitul Bitten by a snake while swimming in Jack's Branch, near JpmesvilleT tS3l Sunday morning, K H Williams, 12 years old, was reported to be get ting along very well. A Hardison youth, swimming with Williams, scratched himself with a briar, and thinking he had been bitten by a snake reported to the offices of Drs. Rhodes and McAllister along with Williams for treatment. ) onn ft Hoy Hi It en By Snake While In Stcimming Hole a With one of his ryes infected, Mr. Ernest Ethcridge entered a Durham hospital for treatment Sunday. Re ports state that the infection is ser ious and that he will be confined there for a week or ten days.