THE ENTERPRISEVOLUME XXXIII?NUMBER 54 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 2, 1930. ESTABLISHED 1898

OPENING PRICES AROUND 81-2 CENTSBreaks Much Smaller Than Usual on AllMarkets-100,000Pounds HereELECTION BOARDPROVIDES EXTRAVOTING DISTRICTHamilton Precinct Divided

To Accommodate VotersIn Hassell Community

12TH IN THIS COUNTY?

County Board of Election* MakesOthers Changes at Meeting

Held Here Yesterday\u2666

A twelfth voting precinct was cre-ated in this county yesterday when theMartin County Board of Elections di-vided the Hamilton precinct into two

for the convenience of about 150 regis-tered voters in the western end of

..Hamilton Township. The polls in thenew precinct will be located at Hassell,and the district will be known as Has-sell precinct. The new arrangement

will care for all voters in the HassellSchool district in which there are now140 eligible voter*.

The change was made, Chairman Syl-vester Peel stated yesterday afternoon,

when the voters in the Hassell Schooldistrict petitioned the board and point-ed out that they found it necessary un-

der the old precinct divisions to drive10 miles to vote and 10 back. It is

believed that the number of voters will

l>e increased under the new arrange-

ment.Mr. C. L. Nelson was appointed reg-

istrar for thtnew precinct, and Messrs.E. R. Edmondson, jr., and G. S. Hai-slip were made judges of election.

That the Republicans might have a*

member on the Itoard of election in'Robersonville precinct, the county

hoard appointed Adkins to »uc-jceed his son, R. K. Adkins as a judgeof elections.

The farm of E. C. House was remov-ed from the Gold Point precinct and

included in the Robersonville precinct, j

COUNTY 'AGENT'S^AUGUST REPORT

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More Than Thousand HogsTreated by Agent In

The Past Month?

Two outbreaks of cholera in the low-er part of the county last month kept

County Agent Tom Brandon busy treating hogs, more than a thousand of theanimalr having been treated during theperiod.

In his report rendered the county

commissioners at their session hereyesterday, Mr. Brandon pointed out

that it would soon be time for the farm-

ers to prepare permanent pastures, and

that they might get the best results

he has much valuable information a

vailable.The report in detail, jollows:19 days spent in field work.

7 days spent in office work.130 office conferences.128 telephone calls.162 letters written.

61 farms visited on official duties.1,034 miles traveled during the

month on official duties.2 articles written for local papers.1,064 hogs treated during the month

for farmers in the county.

/. J. Stroud Dies At HisHome In Southern Pines

J. J. Strowd, 50 years old, died athis home in Southern Pines yesterdayfollowing an illness of several weeks,

during which time he suffered from

Brights' disease.A native of Wayne county, Mr.

Stroud had lived in several sections of

Eastern Carolina, making his residence

here during several years while build-ing the City Hall and other buildings.

He married Miss Lela Brown here a

r.umber of years ago and she with twochildren survive.

The funeral wa« held at his home in

Southern Pines this afternoon, inter-

ment following in a cemetery there.

Many Wells in HassellsSection Have Dried Up

While dry weather has been men-tioned principally with the severalci ops, some sections of the county arereporting a shortage of water for gen-

eral house use. "Many of the wells

in our section of the county have gone

dry," Mr. J. W. Eubanks, of Hassell,

stated while on a business trip here

yesterday. "And .the peanut and corncrops have apparently been damagedby the drought," he continued.

The cotton and tobacco crops have

done very well in that section, accord-ing to Mr. Eubanks, who stated that

Hie drought was more apparent in that

part oi the county than it was around

Many Visitors From SeveralCounties Here For Opening

TOWN TAXRATEFIXED AT $2.10FOR YEAR 1930

REPORTS VARY ON THE DIFFERENTMARKETS AS TO QUALITY OF WEED,

PRICES LOWER THAN LAST YEARAlthough the break on the mar-ket here today la the smallest inseveral years, the number of vis-itors is believed to be larger than

ever before. Strictly an agricul-tural section, the residents closedtheir homes in this and surround-ing counties to seek first hand in-

formation on the market activities.

window* in the Branch Banking

and Trust Company banking room,

but even there the rash was wellhandled. Approximately 300 checkshad been handled for tobaccogrowers up unt 1 1 o'clock. Very

few of the checks were above SSO,Mr. C. D. C irstai phen, cashier,stated.

Aside from the warehouse sec-tion, the center of the crowd was

at the Watts theatre where freeahows have been tunning sinceearly this morning. The numberof people seeing the show couldnot be determined definitely at

noon, but the manager stated thatapproximately 3.500 had seen or

will have seen the picture beforethe day was over.

Board Passes Order to PaveSeveral More of the

Town's Streets COMMISSIONERS BEAT EDENTON AVERAGE ABOUT3 CENTS UNDERPRICES FOR 1929

SAME AS YEAR'SChurch, Academy*

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Smithwick AndWatts Streepr Are Included In

The Paving Program

IN SESSION HEREAllowed $660 Addition To

1930-31 School TermBudget

MAN TO DEATHJohn Hollowell Dies After-Fight With Two Nixon

Boys and Their FatherLong before the noon hour here,

the viaitora were so many thatmany of them were forced to park

their cara aeveral blocks from thebusiness section, and at timestraffic could hardly move on theprincipal streets. Business opera-tions were increaaed in leapa andbounds, but the business housesoffered an efficient service. Prob-ably the greatest rush waa at the

I The town's tax rate for the year1930 was officially fixed at $2.10 for

the SIOO valuation at a special meetingot the town commissioners held lastFriday, there being no change made inthe rate in effect during 1929.

Opening On All the EasternCarolina Markets Said

To Be Very Small

FARMERS DEPRESSED

First One Hundred Piles Sold on theLocal Floors Averaged $8.60

Per Hundred Pounds

I housatids of farmers selling to-bacco on afid visiting tin- several East-ern Carolina tobacco Markets todayjfaeed low prices?prices lower than thelow ones paid lust year?causing adown trodden spirit to "prevail general

ly throughout the section. The disap-pointment was p, 1 so ureal, for the

j low prices were evpe.'ted, but the lastray ol hope en; named up until thela->t minute began to fade when_esti-

j mated averages were limited to around! eight and one-half cents per pound

i Breaks on all tile markets in thehilt, according to reports receivedlure at noon, are {he smallest in sev-

J erar years, the late season and . the un-certain.ity ot prices being advanced a-,

tile main causes for the limited offer-ings. (JualitN has been described as

[good, medium. poor and unusually

| poor. The offerings 011 the local niar-

!kct were said to lie unusually poor by

some farmers, poor by others and goodby still others. It believed that the

jqiiulity is better today than it was at

I the same tinie last year.Official reports on poundage and the

'average price were not available at

jnoon today, but it is estimated thatbetween 85,000 and 100.000 pounds ol

jtobacco'are on tin- three warehousejfloors here. Actual figures tabulatedby this paper placed the average at$8(>0 per one hundred pounds. I'll?tabulations were made 011 one hundred

'piles and a slight variation might re

'suit when the complete reports art

tnadt*.As lar as it could be determined, the

price tor the poorer grades was aboutthe same as it was last year 011 theopening day. I he belter grades show _a

marked hiss, the prices ranging from'three to twenty-one cents.

Approximately 750,000 pounds were: reported on the Greenville market

1 this morning, the price averaging fromseven to eight cents jkt pound.

Robersonville reported about 100.000! pounds on its three warehouse Hoofs,

1 the average being around 7 to Bcentsfor the .first sales.

\Ya *hmgton -reported a break ol135,000 pounds and an average price ol

, aiound eight or nine cents. Qualitywas considered good.

Many farmers selling on the localmarket today had their tobacco grad-

led and tagged by the governmentgiader. While comparative prices can

\u25a0! not be determined at this time, "thegeneral belief this morning was that

1 the sold satisfactorily as com-pared with the ungraded.

While the growers are getting low' prices, many of them expressing theni-

l selves stated that the prices were real-

-1 l> better than they expected.

Announce West Point andAnnapolis Appointments

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Washington, N. C., Aug. 30.?Rep-resentative Lindsay C. Warren todayannounced his appointments at WestPoint and Annapolis for the hirst Con-gressional District. The examinationswill be held in March and April andsuccessful candidates will enter next

June.Leslie Harrell Pierce, of Sunbury, is

named as principal to West Point; AsaJames Manning, of Williamston, firstalternate, and James Blow Wilson, ofGreenville, second alternate.

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Play Tonight PromisesTo Be A Marked Success

The successful production of theplay, "It Happened at Midnight," waspromised yesterday following a seriesof practices. The comedy tonight in thenew high school building has a cast ofmany young folks who have been welltrained in their respective roles.

| Held under the auspice* of the local

! Methodist church, the play has beenjgiven careful preparation and promisesto" be one oT the best staged here'insome time. The proceeds will go to

' the church sponsoring the production.

"We had about as little to do as wehave hail in some time," CommissionerT. C. Griffin remarked following theregular monthly meeting of the countyboard of .commissioners held here yes-terday. "Several tax 'matters, and afew other things of minor importancewere discussed," Mr. Griffin said.

After examining the calculationsmade on the school budget for the1930-31 term, the board allowed $660to be added to the fund approved sev-

\\ hat appears to be a perfect ex-ample of ancient barbarism was dis-played in F.denton last Sautrday whenLevi Nixon, Kermit Nixon and theirlather, J. T. Nixon, attacked and'(tealJohn Hollowell, deputy game wardenot Chowan county, to death. The

jNixons were placed in jail and are be-fog held for trial without bond. SlierirtGoodwill is said to be keeping a closewatch to prevent possible violence onaccount of the feeling against theNixons.

| Upon the request of many of theproperty owners, the board reopenedjthe paving program and included sev-eral more streets,-Church from Flni to

I Watts; Academy from llauglitoii to

jSmithwick; and Watts from Main to

IWilliams.| In a meeting held with highway of-ficials here yesterday, the cost of pav-

ing 18 of the 36 feet on HaughtonStreet was accepted by the State. Ac-cording to present arrangements theState will pay for paving 18 feet inwidth the distance i\t three and one-

half block*.

TRUCK DAMAGESBRIDGE AT RIVERDriver Appeals Case When

Found Guilty of Reck-less Driving by Justice

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Several yards of the guard rail on the

Roanoke River bridge were domlithcdnear the river draw last Saturday morn-ing when a large truck loaded withfurniture plowed its way iuto the con-

crete rails.S. S. Tilth ill, of Portsmouth, was

driving the furniture truck when, ac-cording to his story, big truck withtrailer, managed by Kussell Wiggs and

P. M. Harris, of W'inton, forced himinto the guard rails. The two Will-ton men were arrested by Bertie Coun-ty officers and brought hack here fortrial.

At the hearing held before Justiceof the Peace J. L. Hassell, Tuthill wasfound guilty of reckless driving. Heappealed to the recorder's court, thejustice requiring bond in the sum of

SIOO.

DEATH OF MRS.A. F. MANNING

Dies at Middlesex Home;Burial Near Here This

Afternoon at 3:30

eral weeks ago.

J. W. l.eggett was relieved of thepayment of .special license required nithe sale of proprietary products, phys-ical disability accounting for the re-

lease.

The assault resulted following atrial in which the Nixons were lined$o and taxed with the costs for fishing

with nets in a creek in the RockyHock section of Chowan.

Watson White, a friend of the Nix-ons, was held and required to furnishbond of $5,000 for aiding and abettingin the killing. He is said to have pre-vented others from stopping the as-

sault. J. Fernando White, recorder,wa,% also said to have taken part in theatlair, and is alleged to have hit OutenGerock, a baseball player, who at-tempted to stop the Nixon attack onHollowell.

Mrs. A. F, Manning, formerly ofthis county, died at her home in Mid-dlesex early yesterday morning fol-lowing a stroke of apoplexy sufferedseveral days before. She never regai lied consciousness following thestroke, the end coming gradually.

Her husband, stricken with apoplexywhile on his farm near Middlesex, pre-ceded her to the grave by eight weeks.

Mrs. Manning, before her marriage

thirty" years ago, was Miss FanniePeel, the daughter of the late WilliamH. and Martha Godard Peel, of Grif-fins township. She is survived bytwelve children, seven boys and fivegirls, and three brothers, Louis H.Peel, of Williamston, Noali Peel, ofFort Bragg, and Homer l'eel ofWashington 1). C.

Just prior to her illness, Mrs, Man-ning, like her husband, was apparentlyin the best of health.

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The sum of $2.50 was allowed toElla Nick and 7 Newton Hardison, olJaniesville Township, the amounts to bepaid to them monthly.Plymouth Man Loses Life

In Auto Accident In Ohio

Jack Swain, young Washington .County man, died in Maysville,K>., last Friday of injuries received iuan automobile accident there, death fidlowing a short while after the accident 1

Haled Into Court Here forFishing Waters with NetsCharged with fishing with nets in

Gardner's Creek, Dempsey Roberson,of near Janiesville, was haled into a

J. P. court here last Friday anda lieariitlT Evidence in the matter was

deemed insufficient for a continuationof the cause, and the case was dismiss-'

Mr. Swain, a brother of Mr. TomSwain, of Plymouth, was graduatedfri.m the N. C. State College last yearand at the time of the accident he was

working in the Ohio Slate Departmentof Agriculture.

Interment was made in the cemetery

at Edenton yesterday afternoon.

Minor Change in MailSchedule Now In Effect

17 PRISONERS INCOUNTY'S JAIL

Another case, charging violationsagainst the fishing laws, was startedin Justice J. 1.. Hassell's court herethis morning, but final dispositionof the matter had not been made aboutnoon. The case charges SylvesterWynn, Joe Henry I.illey, James PaulLilley, Joe I.illey, John Wynn, GeorgeDaniel and Leanion Wynn wilh sein-iiH .in the waters of Little Creek.

Six of the Number AwaitingTrial in Federal Court;

One Serves Sentence*\u2666 .

Another high peak in the numberof prisoners in the local jail was reacli ;e<l this week when Sheriff Roebuckplacet! his seventeenth alleged law vi-olator in the "cooler" for safe keepinguntil superior court convenes hereMonday week. Six of the seventeenprisoners are awaiting trial in the fed-eial courts, two in the recorder's courtand the remainder, with one exception,will face Judge Moore at the regularterm of Superior court. Sheriff Roe-buck stated. Joe Wheeler James isserving a sentence of undeterminedUngth for failing to list his property.for taxation.

In practically all the cases, thecharges are minor in their nature, thesheriff pointed out.

l.ast year at the same time, thenumber .of prisoners confined in thejail was 12 as compared with the 17now.

Steve W. Kenney DiesSuddenly In Windsor

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Steve W. Kenney, one of Bertiecounty's must prominent' and highlyrespected citizens, died in Windsorsuddenly at 1:20 this afternoon, follow-ing an accute attack of indigestion.News of his death came as a decidedshock to friends and acquaintancesin this county.

Apparently iif the l>est of health,Mr. Kenney, for sixteen years thepopular register deeds of Bertie coun-ty, was in his office handling the var-

ious duties there.Funeral arrangements had not been

I lade complete' at 2 o'clock today, butit was stated that interment w oil Id bemade in a Windsor cemetery.

| He is survived by his widow and| two children, Mr. S. W. Kenney, jr., ofCharlotte, and Miss Rose White Ken-ney.

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Escaped Convicts ArrestedIn This County Sunday

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C harlie Alexander and William Cope-land, two young; white men of Wash-ington County, were arrested by Con-stable O. G. Carson in Jamesville lastSunday afternoon and brought here foran investigation. When the constablearrived with his prisoners, Sheriff Roe-buck and Chief of Police Daniel identi-fied them as escaped prisoners from theWashington County chain gang. Theywere carried back by Sheriff Reid, ofPlymouth.

Return* form Market!? Upon his return from the northernmarkets, Mr. Frank J. Margolis, oljthe Margolis Brothers firm, stated thatthe store is receiving daily all the lat-Jest in men's and women's ready to

wear, the prices being much lower'than one would anticipate them to be.'

B. AND L. OPENS |ITS 27TH SERIES

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Expect Sale of Between 300and 500 Shares In SeriesOpening Next Saturday

The Martin County Building andLoan association will open its twenty-

seventh series for the sale of its stockSaturday of this week, it was an-

nounced by the president, Mr. C. AHarrison, yesterday. While no record

sale is expected during the scriesopening next Saturday, the officers ofthe association stated this morning

that between three and five hundredshares would be bought.

At the present time there are ap-proximately 4,500 active shares,in thebuilding and loan organization, thenumber showing a graduaK increaseat each succeeding series.

During its operation here, the Mar-tin County Building and loan associ-ation has formed the basis for a syste-

matic and reliable saving for both

I large and small investors. At thesame time, the organization has financ-ed the erection of a large number ofhemes in the community, and has madehome-owners who without its assist-ance would be tenant* today.

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Announce Date for SundaySchool Convention Here

j The Martin County Sunday Schoolconvention for Sunday School work-ers of all denominations will be held|in the Presbyterian church here Fri-;day, September 19, according to anannouncement made yesterday by Mi**

Davis, State Superintendent.The convention is being held under

the auspice* of the Martin County and

the North Carolina Sunday School[ associations. The officers of the local

| association are, R. A. Phillips, presi-dent; Jas. L. Roberson, »ecretary.

I While the complete program for the'convention has not been announced,it was stated that Miss Davis wouldspeak to the convention, that other

prominent Sunday School worker*would take part in the program.

Meetings For This WeekAt the Methodist Church

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With September, prayer services atthe Methodist church add new inter-eft*. The service begins at 7:30. Aone-verse Bible study will be taken up.The public is invited.

Stewards' meeting immediately aft-er prayer service at 8:30.

Hi-League Tuesday evening' at 8. j

Mr. and Mrs. Manning had lived outof the county most of the time sincetheir marriage, residing ill Kenly,Wakelon and Middlesex.

The funeral was held at the homein Middlesex at II o'clock today bya local pastor and closed at the gravewith a short sirvice by Rev. C. B.Mashhurn, of Robersonville. She wasburied by the side of her husband on

their farm in Grillis township at 2:30this afternoon.

A minor change in the mail here wasmade yesterday when the Bethel-Col-umbia bus line advanced its schedule.10 minutes. Mail handled over the bushue will reach here each day with theexception of Sunday at 12:20 p. m., in-stead of 1 o'clock. The change willnecessitate the closing of mail going to

Plymouth and other points along theroute about 30 minutes earlier than hasbeen the case.

Other mail schedules will remain thesame.

Baptist Philatheas MeetWith Mrs. Martin Friday

The Philathea class of the Baptistchurch will hold its regular businessand social meeting with Mrs. LinaMartin at her home on East MainStreet Friday night September 6th.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ASA BIGGSFormer Congressman, United States District Court Judge, and United States

Senator; Material Used Herein Was First Published in 1915 By TheNorth Carolina Historical Commission

Resignation From the Senate

\u25a0(?From the Tarboro Southerner of

May 15, 1858.)Hon. Asa Biggif. We publish below

a letter from Mr. Biggs, addressed to

the people of North Carolina in whichhe informs them of his resignation ofthf office of Senator and returns histhanks for honors heretofore conferredupon him. The people of the Statehave never had a more faithful or con-scientious public servant than AsaBiggs. He goes now from politicalservice to a more quiet position butone in which his usefulness will stillbe widely felt and appreciated. Thefollowing is his letter.?Standard.To the People of North Carolina,

In resigning, as I have, the elevatedposition of Senator of the UnitedStates I cannot sever the relation ofrepresentative and Constituent, with-out expressing my feelings of gratitudefot the high confidence reposed in meoy you: and whatever position Ihereafter occupy, I shall always re-

member and acknowledge wfth greatsensibility the kind partiality of thosegenerous friends, who placed me in oneoi the highest, most dignified ;'andresponsible offices in the world. Myresignation became a dtuy ,to myfamily, those and those only who havea higher claim upon me than the claim Iof my countrymen to serve in public 1office. I feel the less regret, becausefrom the Senate I go with the public 1service in a different capacity more icongenial to my feelings and habits, jand one in which I trust I may be ableto serve my Country not lest usefully, 1though in a more retired and (fuiet 1sphere. It is also with less reluctancebecause I am confident that in the 1

Upon hi* resignation from theSenate, the Tarboro Southerner!ias to say of Judge Biggi, "Thepeople of the State have neverhad a more faithful or conicien- |tious public aervant than AaaBiggs." ?

, IIn thia, the 13th installment of

the autobiography, we learn ofthe handicapa experienced intravel nearly 100 years ago. Mr.Bigga relates in connection with Ihia trip many interesting facts |about the placea viaited by him.

In the 14th installment, we

follow him from Norfolk on histrip to .New York.

Executive of our State, we have the

assurance of an appointment of such

a successor to me as will faithfully re-

flect your wishes and maintain thehigh character of North Carolina in

Councils the Confederacy?acharacter although hot pressed uponpublic attention with arrogance is sus-tained with inflexible fidelity: and as

: I have reason to know is properly

and highly appreciated by the wise,considerate and patriotic. Whatevererrors I may have committed as yourRepresentative, I entertain an abiding

1 1conviction that no tarnish has attach-ed to the fair fame of our venerated

1commonwealth: and in this I have abecoming pride.

,I Suffer mc in conclusion to repeat: my profound acknowledgements and

, 'gratitude for th* distinguished honor'you have conferred upon me; andupon my retirement to impress uponali my country men the importance of ?

sustaining in all our public measuresand public men and in all our inter-course as Citizens of this great Union

< I States, the well earned and cherish-ed reputation of North Carolina as the

I "honest old North State," although wemay occasionally, in this degenerate

I day. for such an ambition, incur thesneers ot witlings and spendthrifts.

ASA BIGGS.I Washington, May 4, 1858.Journal of a Trip from Williamston to

| New York and Back in 1032.

Williamston, N. C,

April 18, 1832.

Left Williamston about 9 o'clockwent to I'owells to dinner where therewas cackling and crowing in,the ex-

treme and among the crowd someyoung men who revel in dissipation andwhose heedlessness is a good lessonto those who indulge in vice. Arriv-ed at Nickoles where we staid allnight. Here 1 met with Mr. SimmonsSheriff of Halifax whom I found to bea very pleasant and agreeable man.

(April 19). I-eft Scotland Neck 19th?four, passenger?arrived at Wintonabout dark ?to this place hi# a fineccach and good horses.

(April 20). Left Winton 20th aboutfour o'clock with eight passengers andafter jolting and considerable fatiguegot to Norfolk 1-2 after three?cross-ed the river in a steam boat which pliescontinually. Portsmouth, we passed sotoon that I cannot tell much about it.Norfolk has the appearance of con-siderable business?many of the streetsare very dirty. Should'ent suppose thecorporation art very vigilant Wetravelled in the stage with Genl.

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AdvartiMn Will Find Our Col-tuns a Latchkey to Over SixteenHundred Martin County Home*

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