THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ »I OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 38 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 10, 1946 ESTABLISHED 18 Approximately 2,000 persons were present for the Martin Coun ty Farm Bureau's annual barbe cue held in Williarnston week be fore last, it was announced by T. B. Brandon, secretary, this week. The meal cost $1,009.20, it was learned. Preparing a bill of cost, the secretary listed the following expense: Six bushels of corn meal, $17.75; 2,000 paper plates, $10.30; soft drinks, $56.40; pickles and dress ing, $40.62; bread and cabbage, $33.26; ice, $7; 3,333 pounds of dressed meat, $831.00, cooking and vinegar, $180; spoons, $16.39, jani tor, $7. The ladies of the Piney (Jrove Baptist dhurcli served the meal, including the cooking of the eornbread and preparation of the other Hems, for $70. The total amounted to $1,210.19, but the nearly 2% pounds of surplus bar becue was sold for $200.90. Developing into such a big event, the barbecue will be held in larger quarters next year, Reviews Work Of Club Members In County Last Year . T..+ Club Women Are Donating Food For Starving In Foreign Lands - ■■■#.. Martin County homo demon stration club wott.ctv ■ jid iwoiw fective work or. the home front, the home agent, Miss Elizabeth Parker, stating that the 234 mem bers made many garments and re paired 468 others, in addition to their work in preserving foods and aiding programs directly or indirectly connected with the war effort. The club women made 500 gar ments for the Red Cross, knitted eighteen sweaters and donated 500 other garments to the organiza tion. Preservation of foods figured prominently in the club program duf ing the period, the home agent staiing that 26,000 quarts of fruit were canned along with 32,000 quarts of vegetables and 19,000 quarts of meat and fish. The club members also brined 41 gallons of vegetables, dried 465 pounds of fruit, 318 pounds of vegetables and stored 22,000 pounds of vege tables. During the year, twelve homes were painted and pumps were in stalled in fourteen. Several mem bers had cabinets built into their kitchens and several homes were wired for electricity. Of the 2,406 farms in the coun ty, 1,230 families were contacted by extension workers, including the agents, neighborhood leaders and at community meetings. During National Home Demon stration Week this week, Club women are being asked to eon tribute one quart of the following, meats, vegetables and fruits for the United Nations Rehabilitation Relief Association program which is urgently needed in so many areas where millions are now fac ing starvation. If there arc otheis who would participate in the worthy cause, they are asked to contact the home agent. The drive for food for the starving will continue through this month, Miss Parker said. $l,249jTRak'-, Evangelist Begins Work In District ■ 1 • Harvey C- Bream of Cincinnati, recently entered upon his duties as evangelist for the several mem ber churches in the Roanoke Dis trict, Disciples, it was announced this week by C. C. Coltrain, chair man of Griffins Township. The evangelist’s first work was in the Phillippi church in Washington County. OPERATION A A patient in Howland Ward. several weeks. Little Miss Peggy Harrison of Bear Grass continues quite ill. Late re ports state that she is slated to undergo an operation just as soon as her condition per mits. The patient little victim of some type of anemia sent word back this week that friends had been very good to her, that she received addi tional gifts during the past few days. $25 from Bill Cher ry and $25 from the Mace donia Ladies' Aid. and that she was opening a bank ac count with the Branch Bank here and saving every penny to help pay her hospital bill and get well. USES Office Here Reports Activities —t— During the month fo April, 1217 persons visited the local Employ ment office, Mrs. Alvis R. Jordan, manager, announced today. Of this number 1088 were veterans. Approximately 50 percent of the total reception contracts were made by persons who are engaged in self-employment. During the month, 50 veterans were placed in industrial employ ment in the area of the local of fice which comprises Martin and Bertie Counties. On April 30th the fiscal count of the active ap plication file revealed that 143 persons had registered with the Employment Service during the * month and indicated their avail ability and desire for employ ment. In order to place these workers in suitable employment, the local office is in need of ord ers from all employers, most par ticularly in the better type jobs. Employers in this section have been in general very cooperative, said Mrs. Jordan. However, there are still too many who are not dealing with us. If employers would realize that we have the best type ot help available for al most any kind of job, if they would realize what we are up against and place all orders wit1' us, we could not an even better job of replacement. Employers are urged to have their plant approved to give the veterans “on-the-job training.” Information may be received from the local Employment office. Those veterans engaged in self employment who wish to file a re turn of income and expenses may contact representatives of the lo cal office for information. Mrs. Jordan announces that ef fective Monday, May 6th, all Em ployment Service offices will ob serve office hours from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. Monday through Fri day rather than the old schedule of 8:30 a. m to 5 30 p. m. -h Alleged Violator Is Returned Here —•— Willie Savage, young colored man, wa.s returned here from Halifax County Tuesday for ob taining money and clothes under false pretense, and is being held in jail in default of bond. Thought to be a native of Suf folk, Savage came to Williamston several months ago and worked on various construction jobs Last Monday he went to the home where his former employer, J. C. Block, roomed and obtained three suits of clothes explaining to the landlady that his “boss" had in structed him to get the clothes and take them to the cleaners. Prior to that time he had obtained $(10 in cash from Edward Early. As soon as he got the clothes, Savage boarded a bus immediate ly for Weldon where he was ar rested at the direction of the local police department. He was re turned here Tuesday afternoon. Savage claimed he sold two of the three suits of clothes fur $10. All three suits wort recovered and it was learned that the man hud sold two of them for $25 to a man in Weldon. More County Men Are Called Into The Armed Forces Draft lioanl Unable To Fill The May Fall For Final Inductees -% More Martin County colored Iflfe "• a!! "i !■■■■ pro ■••duHion examinations and final induction into the armed forces last Mon day and Tuesday, Draft Board of ficials stating that the final induc tion call could not be answered in its entirety. Five men were called for final induction, but only two were available. Charlie Oscar Jones, RFD 1, Hobgood, and Henry Lee Clark, RFD 1, Robersonville, left last Monday for final induction. One of them is 22 and the other is 18 years of age, and both come from the farm. Twenty-five colored men were called last Tuesday for preinduc tion examinations. A twenty-sixth one, George Caraway, volunteer ed and went down with the group for a physical examination. The names and addresses of those called last Tuesday follow: Clarence Burnett, RFD 1, Pal myra and Portsmouth. Berlin Briley, RFD 2, Roberson ville. James Willis Lloyd, Williams ton. Percy Dorsey Evans, RFD 3, Williamston. Thurman Lee Little, RFD 1, Robersonville. Fl ed C. Howell, Hamilton. Samuel Wesley Hooper, James ville and Washington, D. C. Andrew Jackson Spruill, Wil liamston. James Junior Langley, RFD 1, Janesville and Robersonville. Rufus Lynch, Jr, Oak City. Tom Davis, Jr., RFD 1, Rober soii v ilk-. David Black, RFD 1, Williams ton. Andrew Jackson Everett, Wil liamston. Lonnie Rodgers, Jr., RED l, Williamston. Robert Williams, RED 3, Wil liamston. Jasper Lee Chance, RED 2, Kob ersonville. Frederick Anderson Jones, Hamilton. Nazerine Joseph Griffin, RFD 2, Hampton, Va. Eli Davis, Jr., RED I, Oak City. Lester Griffin, RED 2, Rober sonville. William Isaac Latham, RED 3, Williamston. Floyd Peele, RFD 1, Williams ton. Randolph Alexander Saunders, Robersonville. William Baker, Jr, RFD 1, Oak City. James Shepherd, Jr., RFD 2, Williamston. Andrew Spruill, James Langley and Nazarine Griffin did not re port,, and Samuel Hooper was transferred to Washington, D. C. (Continued from page five) -— Ayers Electric Least's Main Street Building -$ The Ayers Electric Company and Ayers Wheeler Plumbing Company have leased the building next to the Enterprise Publishing Company on Main Street, and plan to occupy it sometime next month, it was learned this week. The property was leased from B. A. Ct itcher, owner. IK \NSPLAI\TING j \ following a gloomy and al most desperate outlook exist ing a little over two weeks ago, the tobacco plant situa tion has greatly improved in this county and it is estimated that possibly 75 percent of a full crop will have been trans planted by the end of this week. A few farmers completed the task last week, but trans planting did not get under way on any appreciable scale until this week. It is not fairly certain that the plant supply will be ample to transplant the entire acreage allotment in this county. Their plants completely de stroyed by blue mold which was described as the most deadly this year than ever, some farmers are turning to their neighbors and finding ample plants to meet their needs.