EsSI THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 14 WUliamston. Martin County, North Carolina. Friday. February 18.1938. ESTABLISHED 1899
Last Rites Are Held
Here This Afternoon
For Julius Bennett
Well-known Citizen
Wednesday Following
Short Illness
lane, he ufltwJ
life and he re
ef nihil i until
The am mi the late John A. and
Martha Jones Bennett, he was born
S3 yeais ago Af
enrtr life farming
in thaa community he moved with
ha family tn Gooee Nest, located on
a farm near Oak City. With the ex
ot a stunt tune spent i
til he returned to WUlmnston about
eight yean ago to make htm home
with his sister. Hit Mack G Tay
lor. He retired from
of his sister's hmmrti
Mr Bennett mm mimed and
spent htm life in the interest of oth
ers. He
?ty to
snd in ha large friendship circle he
Mimmg. he lived a life that was
marked for its nnar Ifllhium ai
thought fulness at others Although
he mm joined any church, he w
a firm believer of the Primitive
Baptist faith, and led the life of a
He is survived by four sisters.
Will Stinnett, of Ouk City. Mrs M
L. Bellamy, of Raleigh, and Mrs
Mack G. Taylor, of WUhamston. and
three brothers Mum. V B Ben.
mtt and John T Bennett, of Oak
City, and M. E Bcimcti of Roan
oke Rapids
Funeral services are being con
ducted at ha late home this after
noon al 1 o'clock by Elders B. S
Cow in and A B Ayers of the
church at Bear Grass, and inter
meat wiO follow m the family plot
un the home farm m Gooae Nest
Township, near Oak City
Sweet Home Church
Has Crowing School
Supported bp an ever
church now has one at the largest
Sunday schools in the county, re
ports fiiae Superintendent Herbert
that 75 membe
tea's claw. 27 of a
ship of ? being present last Sun.
day
ton. will leach the awn's Bible
Class this Timilaj. and Attorney
Hugh G Horton. local man will all
dress the men on the follmnag Sua.
day. February ?- Mr J. D. Taylor.
LMge r ouitr
fa Com.
^nb7(ct
g| pouJ
ard ddM Him i
?nt J. P. Wood.
jMesnlr owl WiDxmbsIcmi Wed
? r-?
BdV Hearty |3U
'tELT'jr
fanoi at the two
?nferway at Bah
o?a. M^.
I be k Oak City
Commission Allows Cherry
$350.00for Street Extension
by Clerk of
Court L B Wynne, filed their
J. &
which they
alleged will result by extending
Smithwick Street across the Cher
ry piopci ?y The amount set up in
the report filed this week ? only
half that granted by a former cam
mneiisi several months ago.
Town Attorney H. L Cobura yes
terday stated that he thought the
allowance was fair, and that the
action of the commission eras ac
ceptable to the town He added,
however, that he believed tl e $3S0
would certainly offset any and all
nam age that may result by extend
ing the street across the Cherry
have been (tied by de
fendant's attorney. Hugh G
ton. and the
takes its place on the :
calendar Reports (rum the
in the case state that it will likefy
be scheduled (or tnal during
March term of court.
Defendant ChcTry is said to cl
that the proposed street napn
men! project will damage hts p
trty to a considerable extent,
has offered to sell it to the town foe
$5,000. the amount he has invested
there.
It is possible that action
propused project will be cheeked d
the amount to be determined by
court jury is considered exressne
New Interest Is Shown
In Boy Scout Program
I NEW POSTOFFICE 1
Dr. Evans Enters
Virginia College
Dr W F. Evans, prominent m?
bcr of the local medical profession
during the past severs! years, e
tend the University of Virginia.
Charlottesville today to take ad
vanced courses in medicine The
doctor plans to study then for about
rut months and then continue hi*
work m the Harvard Medical Col
lege. Boston Before leaving hero
Wednesday. Dr Evans stated that
he is coostjcring a few months of
study in Germany, but plans for
European trip are not definite, h
Asked if he planned to return to
WUliamston upon the completion of
his special work. Dr. Evans said I
hoped to return to this section
Dr Evans made many strong
friendships throughout this section,
and the people regret his leaving.
He was accompanied as far as Rich
mond by his mother who will make
her hosne there in the future.
Dr. V. E Brown, a native of
Greensboro and well known to
many people at this county through
his association with the Taylor hos
pital during the past eighteen
months, has taken over the offices
of Dr. Evans on Smithwick street.
Two Hundred Checks Are
Delivered In This Area
to CI
the counties served by the WUbam
stoa offer at the State Employ
ment Service, up to February 1?. it
was announced this week by
?sr
wa
tte. Hyde. Tyrrell and Wa
H a tab if pom
m cane he does I
he h
Citizens Front Two
Towns Hear Plans
For New Program
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Organization Is Set Up a*
Meeting Held Here
This Week
?
At a melting held here last Wed
nesday evening nineteen Willi?'
ton and Rohetsooville cilirtm ex
pressed a renewet
Boy Scout movement
themselves to a greater
extension of an effective hoys" pro
gram
Scout Executive J J Suguald of
the Eastern Carolina Council <4
Boy Scouts of America in
the discussion briefly reviened the
history of Scouting and pointed
the great opportunities
and physical growth through a In*
Boy Scout program "Each year ox
er three hundred Martin counts
boys reach the age of 12 years
which they are eligible for Scow*
in* yet we are touching only forty
Martin County boys betwe
ages of 12 and It years' said the
Scout executive 'We are barely
scratching the surface" With the
Cubbing program for the nine, lew.
and eleven year old boy. Scoutmg
cow offers leadership and trauung
for boys between the ages of sari
and eighteen
The meeting resulted in the for
mulation of definite obyectnes for
the county and establishment of the
Martin County District of the East
ern Carolina Council. Boy Scouts
of America Wheeler Martm. kx
r- !jrout leader in Willimmlim w
elected district chat?an and "coo
mittee chairmen were appointed
follows:
Organization and ex teuton J C
Manning
Em?. D V Clayton.
? Camping. Mayo Little, of Refers
sonville
Health and safety. Dr E F For
guroon
Training. David Hix
Advancement Paul
RuberounvUle
Present at the
Wheeler Martin. D V Clayton E
U. Trahy. John Henry
Rev John L Goff. Ja
Dr. E W
Garland Woolard. C. A Ptylcr. Jack
Osteen. Hugh Hortou. Jodie Waai
ard. Irving Margobs. E R
brtgar. Bill Manning. Paul
son and Mayo Little, of Rat
vilie. David Hix and J J
Church Might Program
Very Well Attended
The Church Ni*ht
Williamston Christ 11
very well attended bat Vi
ban the carious church iggna
tsons and a isufian of net sua .
lined by the pasta
reports the election of
yean; H T. Taylor. N K
John A Ward and J C
W. O
Mrs. Hailie Pender
Dies On Thursday
At Hamilton Home
Funeral Services Held at
Home of Mrs. Lucy
Meyers Yesterday
lln Hall* Prober, one of the
county's oldest residents and mem
r of one of this section's oldest
d ?not prominent families, died
at the home of Mrs. Lucy Meyers
in 11 ?iWiw at 12:20 o'clock Thurs
day morning following a short ill
ness Mrs Pender, widow of Joseph
Prndrr, had just returned last
week from a six months visit with'
her daughter in Sanford and was
Uira ill last Saturday with pneu
TKr daughter of the late Dr and
Mrs Loary. of Eden ton. Mrs Pen
drr mas bora in Chowan County S2
year* ago Following her father's
retirement from the practice of
she traveled with the
several of the states, lo
i young woman in
Hamilton She spent most of her
life n this county Sixty-three years
ago she was married to Joseph Pen
der who died about ten years ago.
Hespite her advanced age. Mrs
Pender was unusually active. She
made friends readily and was held
?1 tugh esteem by all who knew
her She was educated at St. Mary's.
Raleigh, and was the oldest member
of St Martin's Episcopal church. , in
11?linn. She made her home with
her granddaughter Mrs. J M Pugk
bat ranted often with her children
iptndmc .much tune here with her
wa. Joseph Pender
She was the last member ol her
mwmcdiate family, and is survived
b> three daughters. Mrs Thad
Lawrence, of Sanford. Mrs. John
Valiums and Mrs Bessie Williams,
c4 Gold Pool, and Mr Joseph Pen
?hi 11 IIlllllninn
Fuonal services were conducted
yesterday aftenw?on from the Mey.
home by Rev E. F. Muse ley.
racier of St Martin's Church, i
sxsftrd by Rev James H. Smith, pas
lee ?l the Wiiliamston Baptist
kuich Burial was in the family
|4<ji in the Hamilton cemetery"
If Hart" Board In
Meet Wednesday
here last Wednesday af
lenwacen the Martin County Welfare
boord ipiirwedl sixteen applira
fir <?ld age assistance and
three- for aid to dependent children.
T*o other applications for old age
aswlawe mere rejected and two
| mere held pending a detailed mves
| '.gktxn <?l claims The three appli
\ ?atmu. for aid to dependent chil
<ami represented nine relief sub
jrcts
Three applications for aid to de
children mere rejected, a
<4 the board stating that a
of the families mas plac
?d m a CCC camp, private employ.
found for tmo adults 11
family and that the fa
ther ?f the third group had return
ed fran the roads, making aid to
all three families unnecessary
To? date 124 applicants have- been
approved by the county welfare
hoard to receive old age assistance
and 1SZ applications have been re
jected either on application or af
ter fed interview at the local of
fice or after a home investigation
and necessary collateral calls were
?ade Six who were already r
checks have since died and
died before the
could be completed.
Thnty applications are pending or)
Mdn nfeuplMii at the present
taar The average grant per reel,
farm! ? Martin County is ttiO
Twemty.tmxj applications invoV
eg n children have been approved
by the board with the average
ctaM hong $3 S3 per
SUPERVISOR I
V : ;
Dr.FurgursonT alks on
School Health Service
Addresses Loeal
Pareiits-Teaeliers
(?roii|> Wednesday
Department Plans to Ex
amine One-third School
Children Annually
Following ts an address by Dr E
w FUrguraoo. fulltinte health of
ficer tor this county, before the
tegular meeting of the Willi Million
Parents Teachers association last
Wednesday afternoon
There are two extremes which
may be practiced tn the school
health service For instance. exam
ining 25 or 30 school children in
one hour is working too fast and to
this extent the work must be un
sound That however, is not much
worse than the physician who
spends half an hour on every child
when in many cases 2 or 3 minutes
is all that is necessary to determine
that no common defects are pres
ent We hope to strike a happy med
nyti which will provide for an un
hurried examination of each child,
giving only a short time to well
nourished children with clear
throats and sound teeth, and a rel
atively longer and more careful ex
amination to those children whose
history and inspection cause one to
suspect some disturbance
We are planning to examine a
little more than one-third of the
grammar srhuol population each
year, taking for example, the first,
thud and seventh grades, thus in
suring three examinations during
the elementary schooling of each
child It is highly desirable to have
the parents of each child present
duiuig the examination, as it gives
the physician an opportunity to dis
cuss the findings with a responsi
ble person
In reference to the physical ex
animation of a child, weight has
probably iwcupied loo much atten
tion in the past The weight tables
lor infants is a g>??l index, but it
dues not necessarily apply in older
children The adoption of a nuddle
Ki.Wind attitude, that is. taking in. |
to consideration all those factors
such as depth of chest, width of]
hips, and ia<e or nationality, which
appears to siene extent to deter
mine the height - weight-age ratio
Alter having determined tliat a
child is definitely under-weight of
over weight, the exanfiner may nor
safely assume that the condition is
-necessarily one to be remedied by
diet, for there are other important
factors
The term "mainourishment" is
used without mercy In some cases,
any variable from the normal, such
as pallor.- underweight <10 per
cent or morel, diseased tonsils, tu
berrular infection, poor muscle
tune, listlessness. dryness of skin,
etc. has been classified as malnu
trition However, it may be general
ly ""1 that if the health physician
is consistently finding malnutrition
?n more than 20 per cent of school
children examined, one of a number
of things is happening First poor
economic conditions may cause the
lack of quality or quantity of food
The meals may be too hurriedly
falcn or there may be a greater
amount of physical exercise (work
or play* than can be compensate.!
lor by food
The eyes are ordinarily tested
with Snellen cards, however this
method has its limitations Hyper
ofwa < farsightedness? means that
front to back axis of eyeball h
shortened so that tays of light come
to torus behind the retina Fre
quently this is largely offset by the
child's posh of accommodation, so
that only the severer types are dis
covered by tests with Snellen cards
Myopia (near sightednessi is when
(Continued on pace iu)
Purchase Cleaning And
Pressing Establishment
Geylurd Hamsun and Henry S
purchased the cleaning
works of W D. Am
bers here today The new owners
will take over operation at the es
tablishment March 1 with Mr Har
Banks And Postoilice Will
Hare Holiday On Tuesday
Next Tuesday. George
ton's birthday, will be
a holiday by the local
The day will not be ah
by i
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Loral Ball Club
Receives Number
Players* Contracts
Nine Games Scheduled on
Wednesdays and
Sundays Here
Arrangements are going forwari
for opening the baseball season in
the Coastal Plain Loop on Tuesday.
' April 36. R H Goodmon, president
'?*( the local club stating that a num
1 t>er of players' contracts had al
i ready been executed and that there
! mas a vide field' for player selec
tions Six contracts have been
handled and at least that many
ntore are pending. Mr Goodmon
said today
Contracts ate now on file for
Steve Lakotas. second baseman of
last year: Bnce McCay, right field
ler. also ??f last year's team. Howard
t Carps, a mainstay at sliort. Todd
1 IVyntef. caichei fium Borger. Tex
I as. Joe Barnes third baseman from
; Alabama, and Art llauger. manag
er
Mr G *diTH n stated that othe*
contracts are expected within the
| wit l?* days, and that the Cin
[ cinnati K. i> who hold a working
agreement with the Martins had
invited him and Manager llauger
t?? vbit the training camp in Col
umbia. S C during early April to
fmt-lft i~mi?Iu.< out the team per
sonnel The kwal club president is
quite ? ,*???? stic over the player
outluiA. jmd predicts a much
?tr??ngft tv^m this year than last
tie sen ?? n schedule, while not
yet officially adopted, has been
made pubi c and is likely to stand
unchanged WiUiamstou holds a
very good place in the game ar
I rangenw nt m ith nine Wednesday
I games and nine c*n Sunday. . the
| Fourth of July contest ctcning here
j in the afternoon on that day Wil
hamston opens the season with Tar
la? 1 Ttn flfcf April 26. and
Tarboro comes here for the Mar
I tins' first home game the following
day The Martins meet Snow llill
i en the next two days and go to New
I Bern Saturday , returning home for
the first Sunday game The season
closes on Fiiday September 2 with
Snow Hill here
(lar (Crashes Into
(louiitv School Bus
No oar *a> hull but consider
able pointy ibnuce resulted when
a car rrashed into a Martin County
school Uu. mr hrrr on the Ham
' iltoa Road Ian Tuesday afternoon
Leon Alphin. laGranfr man. vu
uiiiiiui mtn WtHisimlisi and Jill'
as he approached the stopped truck
a child started across the road. He
turned to miss the child and plow,
ed into the IVunt of the bus. dam
aging the hint part of both the
truck and the car No one in the
bus was hurt, and Alphin escaped
injury afeo Min D Harrison, Jr.
IC years old. was dnIin| the school
bus and had stopped to discharge
Alphin was given a preliminary
heating later that afternoon befor>
Just ire J L. Hassrll who bound him
over to the county court for trial
os a reckless driving charge
Named Member Advisory
State Textbook Committee
I?11 C Manning, superinten
dent of Martin County schools, wss
named recently as a member of I
ly committee of the
The
af fifteen a. the State,
hi State Supennti
Clyde ban.
Plan Electric-Line
Extension to the
Farm Life Section
Farmers Are Holding Meet
in School Building
There Tonight
One of the largest proposed rural
elect nc line extensions in this
county will be given consideration
at a meeting of Griffins Township
farmers in the Farm Life School au
ditorium this ev ening at 7 30
o'clock. Considerable interest has
already been shown in the propos
ed project, and it is thought that
the residents in the territory will
pledge it their support at the meet
ing tonight
| Plans for the < ?i>!ruction of a
I line in that area have been prepar
ed by Virginia Electric and Power
company engineers and Ray HL
Goudmon manager of the local
district, will meet with the farmers
tonight and explain the proposed
project
The line, hooking on to the La I ley
Br other > extension about six miles
from here, will run by W A Man
ning. Jordan Peel. Arthur Rober
son. Farm Life school and to Gur
kin's store, a distance of about nine
miles Short extension* are also pro
posed from the main line at various
points Tliere are approximately 49
potential customers, and the aver
age monthly cost to them will be
between $250 and S3 00 it is esti
I mated
No official figuies have been re
leased. but the extension will cost
approximately $10,000 Based on
i this figure, the monthly income
from the entire line will necessar
' ily have to be around $135. a com
paratively small amount to care for
the fixed charges and pay for the
current used
Th?? pr.t^H-i?is the eighth to ? be1
prop. *sed in this county in coopera
tion with the Virginia Electric and
Power company, a seventh one
having just recently been' ownplet
| ed m Cross Roads
Parents-Tearhers
In Regular Meet
The Williamston P T A held its
monthly meeting on Wednesday af
ternoon. February 16 The minutes
were read and approved Reports of
committees were done away with
at this time The number of par
ents and teacher? representing eaeh
grade was noted and it was found
that the first and seventh grades
again won the attendance prizes.
The meeting was turned over to
the chairman of the program com
mittee. Mrs Charles tn?dwin. who
gave an interesting reading on
Founders Day
County Superintendent of Schools
James Manning introduced the first
speaker of the afternoon. Dr E. W
Furgurson. who is to be in charge
of health work in this county.
The second speaker of the after
noon. Scout Executive John Sig
w aid. was introduced by Mr. David
N litx Mr Scgwald u in chargi
??f scouting and cubbing in the Wil
son area of which Martin district
is a part He explained his work in
scouting and cubbing and what he
wanted and hoped to accomplish in
this work He also told of cubbing,
which is a new project for this sec
tion. and why he thought jre
should have cubbing as well as
"routing in Willumston Cubbing is
for boys. ten. eleven and twelve
jears of age and prepares them for
scouting
After Mr Sigwald's interesting
address, a motion was made and
passed that the W illiamston P -T. A.
should sponsor cubbing in William
ston
Health Detriment
Nurses A|>|>ointed
???
Has Maiy Stokes Robinson. 1?
S. Fifth Sum. Wilmington, and
Miss Christine Mae High. Duke
Nurses' Home. Durham, have ac
cepted appointments as nurses with
Martin County's full time health
department Dr. E. W Furgurson.
department head, announced to
day Misses Robrrson and High ale
to enter upon their new duties m
the county March 1. At the present
tune Mt? Robinson is taking bdd
training in Durham and Miss Hglh
a studying in the Pet sun County
walth unit. Rosboro
High am