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Watch The Label On Your Paper, At It Carriaa The Data Your Subacription Expiree THETENTERPRISE Advertisers Will rind Our Col Homes Of Martin County. umni A Latchkey To Over 1.800 VOLUME XLUI?NUMBER 34 ftilliamtton, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday. April 26. 1940. ESTABLISHED 1899 Superior Court Is Drawing Term To Close Here Today Delayed Decisions By Jury Feature Special Term Activities After remaining in session only one day last week, the special term of Martin County Superior court this week settled down to a heavy sched ule of work and as the end draws to a close this afternoon it leaves the docket free of quite a few baffling cases. With only one more case on the schedule for trial, the court was expected to complete its work and pack up not later than four o'clock this afternoon. However, the jury in the Williams-Harrell rase was mak ing little progress about nppn today after deliberating the issues since 4 o'clock yesterday, and it is possible that adjournment will be delayed. This morning the court called the case of P. W. Williams against Lil ley. An agreeable settlement was re ported in the offing just before noon. The last case scheduled for trial is that of A. E. James against Mrs. Min nie Leggett, the plaintiff asking the right of possession of certain prop erties. Delayed jury decisions have fea tured the court activities this week. The Parker-Harrison jury was out over night, and the Williams-Harrell case jury had already broken that record about noon today. In this case the plaintiff alleged that undue pres sure was brought to get her to deed away certain properties. The defense maintained that the deed transfer was perfectly legitimate, that he of fered a very reasonable considera tion for the property in question and further maintained that the deed ? should not be set aside. Apparently the jury is finding room for argu ment over the allegations. The warmly contested case brought by W. K. Parker against George Harrison, Jr., was finally brought to a close Wednesday morn ing at 11:15 o'clock when the jury, after deliberating the issues for near ly four hours, returned a verdict fav oring the defendant. Ruling that the plaintiff by his own contributory negligence was tespunslble fur the' accident near Everetts on June 16, the fpry denied him any p?n nt ih. $5,700 damages claimed by him. and awarded the defendant a judgment in the sum of $700 for personal damages and $60 property damages The de fendant, entering a counter suit, ask ed damages in the sum of $7,275. Argument in the case was com- j pleted by Attorney B. A Critcher for I the plaintiff at noon Tuesday. Judge Johnson turned the case over to the jury about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon following a charge lasting a little over an hour. No decision was reached during the first two hours that afternoon, and the jury was dis missed with instructions to continue their deliberations the following morning. The jurymen were prompt reporting Wednesday morning and were back in the little ante-room ar guing before 0:30. About two hours later they returned their verdict in open court. Juror Laster Rogers, of near Wil liamston, fainted during the early morning deliberation Wednesday, and threw the group into a near pan ic for a while A local doctor was called, and Rogers soon continued his work In the case. The man's sud den sick spell apparently hastened a decision for the jury was not long coming out of the room after that time. A review of the Issues possibly ex plains the delay experienced in de ciding the case. The Issues and an swers are, as follows: Was plaintiff injured by negligence of defendant as alleged in complaint? Answer: No. Did plaintiff by his own negligence contribute to his injury as alleged in answer? Answer: Yes. What per sonal injury damage, if any, is plain tiff entitled to recover? What prop erty damage, if any, is plaintiff en titled to recover? The answers to these two questions were dependent upon the answers to the first two questions. Since the first two were answered "no" and "yes", no answers were necessary in the third and fourth questions. A fifth question read, "Was defendant injured by negligence of plaintiff as alleged in (Continued on page six) First Excution Sale Is Held For Collection of Sales Tax The North Carolina Department of Revenue raaorted to the courte in thia county thia week for the flrat time in forcing the collection of taxea un der the aalea achedule. Claiming the C. and W. Motor Company, Rober aonville firm, had paid no aalea tajrea aince 1918, the Revenue Department ordered an execution aale, and in ac cordance with the law, Sheriff C. B Roebuck eold the company'i atock, furniture, fixturea, lock, atock and barrel. According to reporte reaching here, the atock waa eold at a great aacri fice, the aale netting hardly enough, to pay the tax, aatidfy a few Other claima and pay the handling ax penae. Automobiiea, in fair if not ex cellent running condition, were eold far a* little aa >18.80. The tugheat price received by the ahariff waa >74, the buy was a bargain. Eight cars, the models ranging up to a (airly ripe age, were aold. Less than 1100 was received (or the motor parts, and o((ice equipment and other fixtures went (or a song, one report stated. The State held a 1500 sales tax claim against the company, other claims, the cost o( the sale and inci dental expenses ran the total to slightly more than $910. The sale netted a total o( $909.57, the sheriff accepting a small loss of a dollar or two in the percentage cost allowed by law in handling the transactions. Delayed, payments, some running several months behind, have been reported in this county, but it ts un derstood that this is the (irst case in which the Department o( Revenue really bore down to gather in the accumulation of pennies collected .un der the three per cent sales levy. Juniors Are A bout Ready to Oust Seiiiors It has been a hard struggle these past ten years, but the Williamston High School Juniors are now just about ready to oust the dignified seniors and claim the positions that arc so longingly sought after by the rising stu dents. Officered by Elizabeth Parker, president; Roosevelt Coltrain, vice president; S. C. Griffin, treasurer. ana mary unaries Godwin, the group of forty-two promising young boys and girls move up to the final high school notch next Wednesday. The names of the class members are seated, left to right: First row: Billy Peel. Carlton Phelps. Joseph Gurganus, Jack Bail^ ey, Billy Mercer, David Hardison; Second row. Ann Fowden, Doro thy Jones. Edith Andrews. Carrie Jones, Mary Alice Cherry. Susie Griffin. Bina Jackson, Sara Taylor. Mary Lewis Manning. Virginia Cor ey. Elizabeth Parker, Evelyn Wynne,' Mary Kate Swain. Faye Gurganus. : Miss Nancy Glover, teacher; i Third row: Rosa Davenport, Daisy Peaks. Eloise Hopkins, Ruth Ward, Mary Charles Godwin, Penny Rose Waters;' Fourth row: Susie Grimes, Joseph ine Andrews, Haywood Rogers, Charles Coltraine. S C Griffin. Gar land Wynne; Fifth row. Benny Godwin, Onily Cowan, John Miller, James Willis Ward, Leroy Perry, Melbourne G. Hardison, John Peel, Roosevelt Col I traine. Ellis White, was absent. Places Announced For Registrations According to information gained yesterday from the thirteen precinct registrars, books for the registration of voters will be held open.at places convenient for the citizens in the re spective districts on Saturday, April 27. Saturday, May 4 and Saturday, May 11. Registrations may be effect ed by special appointment with the respective registrars at any time be tween Saturday, April 27 and May 11, inclusive. The names of the registrars and places where the books will be held open on the three designated Satur days follow: Jamesvillc Precinct: R. L Stall ings, town house in Jamesvillc Williams Precinct: Lee D. Hardi son, township house near Godard's No. 90 filling station. Griffins Precinct: Oscar Peel, Manning's store at Piney Grove, Church, ? Bear Grass Precinct: J Rossell Rogers, Rogers Supply Company's store. Williamston No 1 Precinct: Oscar Anderson, Fowden and Gurganus Soda Shop. Williamston No. 2 Precinct: S. Har cum Grimes, Clark's Drug Store. Cross Roads Precinct: J. S. Ayers, Ayers' store. RubersilhVllle precinct: Alvin M. Hasty, Town office. Gold Point Precinct: Harry Rob rrstin, 11. 11?Rohersnn's filling sta tion. Poplar Point Precinct: W. Slade White, Log Cabin filling station on Highway No. 125 Hamilton precinct: Charles D. Per kins, Perkins' filling station. Hassell Precinct: E. C. Edmondson, Edmondson's store. Goose Nest Precinct: R. R. Rawls, 1 J. A. Rawls' filling station. Announces Closing Events in The Williamston High School several of the prelimin ary events cleared from the schedule, the local high school will offer a concerted commence ment calendar program during day of neat week, Principal D. N. Hiz announced today, as fol lows: Sunday, April 28, 11 a. m.: Processional for Seniors, "God of Our Fathers"; "The Lord's Prayer," Malotte, a sin is? ? . . I,, , I, Dj r.iirn ibjiot, Hymn No. 1, "All Hall the Power of Jesus' Name," Choir and Congregation; Scripture Reading; Prayer; "Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains." Mendelssohn. Girls' Trio: "The Sleep of the Child Jesus," Gevaert, Mixed Chorus; Commenrement sermon, Christ and the Young People of Today, Rev. J. H. Smith, pastor, Memor ial Baptist Church: Hymn No. 2, "Fairest Lord Je sus," Choir and Congregation; Benediction. Class Day Exercises, Tuesday, fltpTtf W, u:i3 O ClOCK. Graduation Exercises, Wednes day, May i, 8:15 o'clock. Principal speaker, Dr. Frank Porter Graham, president, Cni versitv of North Carolina. $220,000 Available to [Farmers This Season r CANDIDATE 1 V Mr. George < Griffin, who for several terms as a member of the Martin County Board of Edu cation, has shown a marked in terest In the advancement of the schools, is seeking re-nomination in the primary, May 25. Orphan* Appear In Special Concert Here Thin Evening Arriving here at 10:3(1 this morn ing, members of the Oxford Orphan age Singing Class were immediately located in private homes for an over night stay during which time they will appear in a special concert In the high school auditorium. Headed by Miss Sadie Hutchinson and Manager Paul, the youthful singers will pre sent their program at 8 o'clock this evening. No admission fee is asked, ...111 : 11 I ... uui a irrt-wni niieiing win uc ic ceived. Una afternoon the fourteen chil dren will be special guests of Mr. J. Eason Lilley at the baseball game. Nearly 100 Percent Of Martin Growers Sign New Contracts Compliance Will Determine \mount To Bo Received Under Program According to unofficial estimates released this week, Martin County farmers can earn a total of approxi mately $220,000 under the soil con servation program this season, the fi nal amount to be determined by per centage of compliance by the grow ers themselves. The 1940 Agricultur al Adjustment Administration act provides a total of $182,000 or ap servation payments and about $28, 000 in cotton price adjustment pay ments. The schedule of appropria tions makes available the largest to tal amount ever offered Martin County farmers for participating in the government's farm program. Up until now, Martin County far mers are in an enviable position to claim 99 per cent of the amounts ot tered. According to a reliable report, ninety-nine per cent of the farmers in this county have signed the new believed that there'll be no excess acreages planted to tobacco and cot ton It is possible that a few farmers will break over the bounds and plant slightly in excess of their peanut al lotments. However, such a practice is almost certain to prove costly, agricultural authorities pointing out that excess peanut plantings will be (Continued on page tlx) Grade Operetta Is Well Received Here The grammar grade operetta, "Lit tle Red Riding Hood," was presented to a large and appreciative audience in the high school auditorium last Wednesday evening. Leading sing ing roles were played by Elizabeth Manning as Little Red Riding Hood; Zach Piephoff as the Woodman; Frances Griffin as the Grandmother, and J. D. Lilley as the Wolf. The characters from Mother Goose were portrayed well, and the dances of the Bunnies and Jack and Jill were received with applause. The en tire cast of more than a score of lit tle folks combined their efforts to make the operetta a success. The second grade toy orchestra of 24 members, dressed In their striking red uniforms, rendered three num bers at the beginning of the program, and a sextet of seventh grade girls sang several numbers between the acts. The small admission fees charged total $27.80 which will be used to purcha^ needed equipment for the music department. Transplanting Of Tobacco Begins In County This Week Martin County tobacco farm er! this week eniafed in the sec ond round of the bif task of pro ducing another crop. While the transplanting of the crop is un derway on a very limited sched ule at the present time, a bee in nine has been made and by the latter part of next week and the early part of the followlne week, Martin rarmers will ig nore their other farm duties and even their families, possibly, while starting their tobacco crops. Farmers Chester Taylor and Buf Mobley launched the trans planting program out in Cross Roads Township the early part of this week, their work being the first of Its kind reported In Last year at this time, trans planting activities were being advanced on an extensive scale. until the early part sf May. Urges Legislation By The Towns For Mosquito Control Health Official Say* Main Supply of MoM|ttitoe* Louies From dan* Investigating the mosquito as a menace to the peace and health of Martin County people. Dr. John Wil liams. county health department head, said today that the main sup ply of mosquitoes comes from old tin cans and back yards, that compara tively few oi the insects wander far enough from the swamps and low lands to pester the residents, with some few exceptions, possibly. In attacking the problem. Dr. Wil liams is urging the passage of or dinances hy th?? several Idwik prn viding the services of an inspector and oiler. The following statement was re leased by the health department head today: "Ours is a county health depart ment and naturally there is no mon ey budgeted for mosquito control work in the different incorporated towns of the county. The department will supervise such control work if the different towns interested, will appropriate funds to buy spray oil which has.to be used where drain age is impossible, an oiler, who can be used as a premise inspector, and lastly, but by no means least, each town will have to pass a specific or dinance making it compulsory for ises and remove the rqeeptides that Lara?potential?breeding?places -for mosquitoes. "As far as Williamston is concern ed there is being made , a spot map of all areas on which water is pond 6d ^d**^TTu^preseTTrTi7m^^hnorH^ drained. At the next meeting of the city officials, we are asking for an ordinance arid inspector to be fur nished us for supervision for the season. "Later we may get WPA assistance for drainage work, after which oiling will riot be necessary, hut at the pres ent time only continual premise in spection and weekly oiling of all standing water is our only method of pest control as well as the control of the mosquito which transmits ma laria " Debt Adjustment Bill Is Approved By Henry Wallace Brnpowd Mcunure To Lower liilerent (iliurgeH On Farm Mortgage* Washington, D. C.?Secretary Wal lace told the House^Committee on Agriculture that there has been "too much soft-headedness, too much ducking of the facts" in the handling of farm credit problems and gave strong endorsement to the Debt Ad justment bill introduced in the house by Rep. Marvin S. Jones, chairman of the House Committee. The hill has the backing of the National Farmers Thatcher, and M. F. Dickinson, have already testified in support of the measure. Wallace's statement was in sliarp opposition to the arguments present ed to the committee by Elbert S. Goss one of the officials recently removed from the Farm Credit Administration because of his stringent credit and collection policies. In answer to Goss' charge that the Debt Adjustment bill (HR 8748) would jeopardize the co operative credit features of the sys tcm, Wallace replied that the system has never worked cooperatively. Wallace^ pointed.out that the, origi nal plan, whereby a farmer is com pelled to buy bank stock to the ex tent of 5 per cent of the principal of his loan, was borrowed from the "Landschaft of Germany, founded (Continued on page six) ? e Lveretts School Seeking Hearing A special committee named by a mass meeting in Everctts several weeks ago has not yet been able to schedule a hearing before the State School Commission to present an ap peal for the re-establishment of a high school in the county town The committee was to have made ar rangements for the meeting with T. B. Atmorc, member of the board in Washington yesterday, but Mr At more was called out of town and the meeting there was postponed at the last minute. ' Mrs. Tease Keel and Mrs. A. P. Barnhill and Messrs. Herman Wil liams, V. G. Taylor, J. S. Ayers, An drew Clark, J. T. Barnhill, Paul Bail ey, Herbert Roebuck and J. Q Pa trick, members of the special com mittee, were to have asked Mr. Al more to arrange a hearing and pre sent their appeal to the commission. The commission holds a meeting in Raleigh the early part of next month, and TTTs possible ~TRal ihe Evefells citizens will be accorded a hearing at that time. "We plan to carry a large group to Raleigh for the hear Ing," Paul Bailey, chairman Of the committee, said. County's Registration Books Open Saturday CAMHOATK Mr. J. Linwood Know Irs. prominent county citizen and well-known farmer of Hardens, has announced his candidacy for a place on the Martin County Board of Education, lie is one of four candidates to announce -far one of the three openings on the board. Property Owners In r List Taxes For l(H0 Crow<lr<l Docket la Awaiting Attention of Jinl^e l'eel In Recorder"* (iouri Four county property owi\ers will be called into court next Monday to explain to Judge H. O. Peel why they did not list their property holdings sworn out a few days ago by County Tax Supervisor S H. Grimes against Alwood Tetlerton. Elmer Riddick, Heber Taylor and Tilmer Riddick. This is the second year that such warrants have been drawn in the county, but defendants in the first easts are not included in the group scheduled for trial in the recorder's court next Monday A fairly crowded docket awaits the attention of Judge Peel after his court remained idle while the su perior tribunal was in session two weeks. To relieve the congestion next Monday one justice of the peace bound over several alleged violators of the law for trial on Monday. May b, instead of next Monday Other cases on the docket are, as follows Joe Purvis, larceny; E. L. White hurst, violating the liquor laws; liar ry Augustus Robinson, drunken driv ing; Grady Hardy, non-support; h'loyd Lai ley, bastardy, Hen OctrfVius Nichols, cruelty to animals. The de fendant in this case is alleged to have given a mule box lye. Tobe Rogers, assault with --a-deadly wea pon; Columbus Ward, drunken driv ing; Elmer Swain, carrying a con cealed weapon and disorderly con duct; King Staton, assault on a fe male; Hardy Smallwood, carrying a roiwi'tilffl u/<>:.pon jis.Sillllt Wltll a deadly weapon, Robert Year, vio lating the liquor laws; Woodrow Ip ocks, assault with a deadly weapon. Local Youhk Man To Give Recital In Duke ( lui/tcl Ben E Manning, Duke University senior, is extending invitations to local people to attend his organ re cital in the Duke Chapel, Durham, Sunday afternoon, May 5, at four o'clock. Reistrars Attend Special School for Instructions Here Everyone ^ ho Partu ipateM in Primary Elation Munt Advised that there is not a single name on the registration books in Martin County. Chairman Sylvester Peel of the county board of elections m a special school here yesterday advised the thirteen registrars that it was their duty to get the names back on the books 111 accordance with a resolution adopted under state law by the county election officials several weeks ago Immediately most of the registrars expressed doubt if the county's voting strength could be returned to more than 80 per cent of normal during the registration per iod opening tomorrow As far as it was disclosed at the meeting yester day. no extra consideration other than the $5 for each Saturday the books are open, will be allowed the registrars, and ll IS reasnnnhle tn as- _ sumo that if there is any marked movement to get the people to reg isU r the aition will have to be taken.? a KpC3t extent, by the candidates themselves and by party lead,*? :,n,J assistants. Culling the School to order at 9:30 o'clock, Instructor Peel and his col leagues. Messrs. J R Winsluw and Wade Vii'lt, re< u u td biii fly ,th*. laws governing the new registration and briefly touched on a "few prob lems as. they relate to the primary electior\ itself, . A. brief review of the instructions follows Every citi/fli ??fVl*WaClrto" par^"" Ucipate in the primary _election ?n May 25 and subsequent elections inust register between April 27 and May 11. inclusive Today there isn't a -single name .on the registration hooks, and it does not matter how many times a citi/en has voted here wfwer-iu' must register again.?A? new registration has been ordered, ?uid the order means that everyone who will participate in the primary next month and other elections to follow, he must register again. Be cause a man's name was placed on the books at some time in the past, it does not mean ihai ne can vote iri? future elections. He MUST register again In registering, each citizen must declare his party affiliation; that is. Socialist, Communist or member of some other political group' cannot register for the primary election, but he may register in the general reg istration hook with the view of par ticipating in the next November gen eral election. In declaring his par ty affiliation, the elector determines which primary he will participate in next month If he is listed as a Dem ocrat he will have to vote a demo cratic ticket or none at all. If he is listed its a Republican tie will to vote a Republican ticket, or none at all No provision is mack- for vot ing for candidates of other parties * in the primary. Before any-^r4izen can become a legalized elector he must subscribe to the following oath or one of close similarity 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the I 'rot. ,1 ryn stitution of the State of North Caro lina not inconsistent therewith?that 1 hav. been a resident "f the State of North Carolina for one year, and bf the precinct for four months; or that I was a resident of precinct on the day of (being four months preceding the election) and removed therefrom to precinct, where I have since resided; that I am twenty-one years of age; (Continued on page six) 7 ownship Census Taker Faces His Own Individual Problems Claude smith, since the first of April, has had the huge task of counting all the men, women and children, both white and colored, in Robersonville township "I have al so been asked to determine and rec ord each individual's status in life and list their earthly belongings," Mr Smith said. Before his task is completed Mr. Smith will have to visit every nook and corner and hack road in the township. It is a gigantic undertaking, this business of finding out exactly where each of more than 150,000,000 people live and what they do for a living, and what they have to show for what they have accomplished. One hundred and twenty thousand enum erators will get the answers to more than 2,000,000,000 questions before the census is complete and before "Uncle Sam Ttas "TinlsKSl KB hose counting. The enumerators will have traveled more than 25,000,000 miles. Mr. Smith said yesterday that he was not making as much progress as he first anticipated and without the I cooperation or the people it win lane several days longer than first esti mated. "The census is not taken to check up on the individual but to let the government know how to better serve the people. While tome of the questions we ask approach the liersonal side of life, the information is not to be regarded as personal, and it will be treated confidentially," Mr. Smith said. "ft is a most difficult job- The la dies will not receive you early In the morning. In the late morning some of them are preparing dinner and In the afternoon they are playing bridge. At night they are either out riding or at the show. What are you going to do." the census taker asked. "When you get to the Negro sec tions of town, the trouble really be gins. I ask the head of the family for the name of each individual living under that particular roof. I get Jim's name and age. I then ask how old Jack is, only to get this reply al ter I have already recorded two names "Jack and Jim ti de same one," Mr. Smith lamented.
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