THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLt, XLIX—NUMBER 43 THE ENTERPRISE Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 28, 1946 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED J899 ' 4-H (Jub Members Leave Monday For Camp In Virginia Nearly 100 Ilovs and Girls Plan To Spend Week At Jamestown -* Nearly 100 Martin County 4-H dub girls and boys plan to leave next Monday for Jamestown, Vir ginia, for a week's pncampment, Miss Garnette Crocker, assistant home agent and 4-H club leader in the county, announced this week. Traveling on a special truck, the youths will join 58 others from Bertie County. They are slated to leave at 6:30 that morning. Miss Crocker will be assisted by the home agent, Miss Elizabeth Parker, Assistant Agent L. W. Cone and Tom Brandon, Jr., from this county. The staff also in cludes several extension workers in Bertie County, and quite a few from the Extension Division in Raleigh. The names of the youngsters from this county planing to make the trip aTe: Bear Grass Club: Ruth Hazel Bailev. Mahue Bailey, Jean Bow en, Eloise Griffin, Joyce Harris, Julia Mae Leggett, Mattie Louise Leggett, Willie Faye Leggett, Ron nie Peaks, Emily Grace Rogerson, Amanda F. Rogerson, Edith Rog erson, James Rogerson, Jimmy Terry, Jack Williamson and Mil dred Wynne, Everetts Club: Anna L. Barn hill, James T. Bullock, Dorothy L. Clark, Jean Edwards, Lillian Forbes, Dorothy Johnson, Joe Ann Keel, Clifton Matthews, Myrtle A. Nicholson, James Stanley Peel. Farm Life Club: ,1. C. Gurkin, Jr., and Paul Harrington. | Hamilton Club: Spencer Ayers, Annie Faye Hopkins, Beatrice | Hudgins, Joe Rawls, Durward Taylor, James Dare Whitfield, Bannie Whitfield. Hassell'Club: Sue Edmondson, *^tn*t* Etheridge; Jr.y -I[l»hihj<|>j Leggett, Peggy Rose Leggett, Dal las Purvis, Donald Ramsey, Joe Roebuck. | Jamesville Club: Fred Gurkin ' and Jean Holliday. Oak City Club: Modolen Hudg , ins, B ll Thomas, Celia Stokes. Al bert Thompson, Mary E. Harrell, Lynerre Haislip, Alice Edmond son, Cherry Edmondson, Elleanor Eubanks, Elmer DavenpOrt. Robersonville Club: Edward Andrews, Lowell Everett, Bobby Britton, Gussie Bunting, Jean I Cargile, Clifton L. Crawford, Mary Louise Everett, Rudolph Everett, Mayo Griffin, Noah Hais | lip, Jr., Berry L. House, Jr., Sonny Boy James, Wayne Johnson, Joe Johnson, Peggy Sue Johnson, Clif ton L. Keel, Jr., Everett Parker, Jr., Charlie R. Powell, Mary E. Roberson. Williamston Club: C. Smith Biggs, Ben Bunting, Corrine Bry ant, Paggy Carson, Henry Gray f Corey, Mary Lou Coltrain, Sallie ! M Hardison, Marie Peel, Jimmy Peel, Johnnie Price, Melba Revels, Mary Jane Rogers, Ira Rogerson, Jr., Taylor Rogerson, Burnell White, Jack Woolard, Dolly Wynne, Phillip Lee Coltrain. The encampment is the first held by county club boys and girls since before the war. -<*> Marriage Licenses Issued on Saturday Four marriage licenses were is sued to young white couples in this county last Saturday, the is suance almost equalling the re cord established for any day since before the war. Licenses were issued to the fol lowing: Reuben Leland Bailey, Jr., of Rocky Mount, and Alma Louise Jones of Williamston. Zeno H. Rose, Jr., of Williams ton, and Nolie Kee! Highsmith of Robersonville. Geo. W. Revels and Ruby Dell Beach, both of Williamston. Francis R. Bourque and Farease Manning, both of Newport News. ■ii A ■ — - • ■ i ■ Town Native Died In Connecticut Recently -« Mary S. Hines, highly respect ed colored woman, died at the home of her son, Rev. Cape Charges Brown in Stanford, Conn., Friday, May 17th. Her body was brought here for burial, the place of her birth and where she lived until a few years ago. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 22. Series Of Accidents Reported J»-€ounty f...—, j ROUND-UP v, With one minor exception all was quiet on the crime front in this area last Satur day, the jail records showing that only one drunk, a young white lad, was arrested and jailed. A colored man was arrested and jailed earlier in the week for allegedly assaulting an other with a deadly weapon. No fights were reported, but there were several automo bile accidents here and in other sections of the county during the period. Native Of County Suicide Saturday At Norfolk Home Funeral Held Monday For Walter Hardison In South Norfolk Walter Hardison, native of the Jamesville section, this county, ended his life at his home, 1135 Hawthorne Avenue, South Nor i folk, last Saturday afternoon ! about 3:00 o'clock, relatives were notified here later that day. Cnm ! plcte details could not be learned ■ here, but one report stated that. ! he shot himself with a pistol and! ; that he died while being removed to a hospital. Employed as a watchman at the Norfolk Naval Base, Hardison was ' .said to have talked with friends! ! lunch in the kitchen when she heard the pistol shot in another room. The son of the late Isaac Hardi son and wife of this county, he was born in the Jamesville section about sixty years ago and was the ! last of three children. He spent j his early life on the farm in this j county and moved to Virginia , about thirty years ago. He mar ried there and engaged in various , types of work, going with the J Naval Base as watchman several years ago. Surviving are his widow, several nieces and ne phews and cousins in this county. Funeral services were conduct ed at the late home Monday after noon and interment was in Berke ley's Riverside Cemetery. Mr. and M> s. E. IV. Hardison of j Jameville, Miss Isolene Gardner of Williamston, and Mrs. N. H. Lockhart of Grifton attended the funeral. Funeral Friday For Infant Son Funeral services were held at !he graveside in the Dardens Methodist Churchyard cemetery last Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock for the infant son of Mr. Grady Davenport and Mrs. Bruce Modlin Davenport of Jamesville. The in fant was born in the local hospital that morning. Besides his parents, he is sur vived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Modlin of Jamesville, several uncles and aunts. Rev. P. D. Nickens, Plymouth minister, and Rev. W. B. Harring ton, county Baptist minister, con ducted the services. Two Farm Life Teachers Resign Two teachers in the Farm Life School have tendered their resig nations, it was learned from the principal, Mrs. Ethel G. Roberson, this week. Miss Elizabeth Manning, teach er of the eighth grade, and Mrs. Louise H. Parker, teacher of the fifth and sixth grades, will not return. It was also learned that at least one other resignation is pending in the school there. No applications for teacher posi tions in the school there have been received, it was stated. lake 130 Stitches To Close Wounds^ In Victim’s Ain? Nine Hurl, Several Radiy, In Five Truck And Car Wrecks ♦ Nine persons were hurt, several badly, in a series of five automo bile-truck accidents in this area last week-end. The injured in clude: Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Modlin and daughter, Lois, of near Williams ton, Hattie Clark, Mary Howell, Erie Lee, Dollie Lee and Jesse B. Black, of the Robersonville com munity, Melvin Biggs of. the Dardens section. Four of the accidents were in this county, two in Williamston, one near Dardens and one in Rob ersonville. Property damage was estimated at $1,150 by investigat ing officers. The first in the series of acci dents was reported on Washing ton Street here near the Sinclair station late Friday night when two cars, one driven by Ben Frank Little and the other by Eh Ayers, locked fenders. Officer Keiscler, investigating the acci dent, estimated the damage to both cars at $25, and stated that the action was settled when Ayers accepted the costs. No one was hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Modlin and their two children, Florence and Lois, were driving on Smithwick Street toward Maip late Saturday atter noon when M. E. Reid, Parmele school teacher, driving west on section and struck thc^fodlin car, a 1937 Ford sedan, causing it to turn over on its side. Occupants were pinned in the car for a short time. No one was badly hurt, but Mrs. Modlin suffered back injuries and Mr. Modlin had his arm and hand cut slightly. Theii daughter, Florence, wasn’t hurt at all, but Lois was slightly scratched. All suffered shock. Investigating the accident, Officer Ballard stated that the Modlin car was wrecked beyond repair, that the loss pos sibly would run two or three hun dred dollars. Damage to the Reid car, a 1938 Chevrolet, was esti mated at about $25. Reid was said to have agreed to accept the dam ages. On Highway 17 on the curve just beyond Conine Creek bridge, two cars, a taxi driven by Thad G. Briley, 4614 Nash Avenue, Newport News, and the other by James Burnard Rascoe of Bertie, tore into one another, ripping wheels, fenders and doors off each side. Traveling toward Williams ton, the taxi, with one wheel torn off, came to a stop 650 feet away from the scene of the crash. H. A. Bunting, former Martin County man, was riding in the taxi and was on his way from Hampton, Va.. to visit in this county. No one was hurt, Patrolman W. E. Saunders said and he estimated the damage to each car at $300. Three colored women, Hattie (Continued from page five) Graduate At East Greenville School ■ • — Greenville. — Among the 95 students scheduled to be graduat ed from East Carolina Teachers College in June, Martin County is represented by Josephine Everett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Everett of Robersonville; Marie Whitehurst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Whitehurst of Rober sonville; and Dora O’Neil Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Bailey of Everetts. Commencement exercises will begin with an alumni luncheon on Saturday, June 1, and will con tinue through June 3. Programs will include a baccalaureate ser non by Dr. Charles Sylvester jreen of Durham, and a com ■nencement address by the Hon. M. M. Neely of West Virginia, nember of Congress and former jovernor of the state. Graduates will be entertained at a series of varied social events. Trains Movr Here j Monday Following | Two-Da^Sioppage ——*—— Marinrs Move Some Mail; INo Marked Effect Fell Lorally cancelling sckefarit's *pt ^^days on account of a general railroad strike, operators started moving trains into and out of Wil liamston yesterday. A special train, generally known as the pulp wood special, moved through here Sunday after holding to its base in Rocky Mount for two d; ys. Nominal freight movements were reported here yesterday, railroad men declaring that the train stoppage had made it possi ble to catch up with their work, that the embargo had turned back very little freight at this point. Three employees in the local of fice were released for two days, Saturday and Monday, but they are back on their jobs today. Coming at a time when very few farm products move to mar ket, no marked ill effects were felt locally as a result of the two-day strike. However, some shipments of manufactured materials were delayed, but they were not per ishable and no loss resulted. In other areas quite a few potatoes were sidetracked. Freight shipments to this sec tion had such tough sledding dur ing and since the war that a two day delay hardly was noticed. However, trans-continental traf fic and travelers were cought in a jam, and at least one person, Mrs. V. G. Taylor, of this county was delayed between California and home. Mail deliveries were held up for the most part, but service between here and Norfolk, Rocky Mount and Columbia was maintained without interruption. Mail and newspapers from other areas were under embargo, and the local post office would accept nosecond class matter or parcel posFmmntr the two-day strike. Marines started moving the mails through here during the strike, but they handled most sec ond class material ordinarily han dled over the Norfolk-Raleigh trains. They brought mail here from Norfolk and turned it over to star route carriers for delivery to Plymouth, Roper and Colum bia. The strike was settled last Sat urday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock just as President Harry Truman appeared before a joint session of Congress and called for drastic legislation to meet the situation. -a Vote For Senator In This Distriet The vote for state senators in this district follows: County: Hort’n Hanipt’n Kodtn'n Beaufort 1597 1455 3319 Dare Hyde Martin Pamlico Tyrfell 475 575 2698 542 188 Washington 826 593 307 1231 412 198 1248 122 697 914 514 212 710 Totals 6905 5444 6488 The vote above Is based on in complete returns, but later fig ures, it is believed, will not alter the standings. Bonner S weeps~0istnetrln IJtU'p For Congress; Horton Leads for State Senate And Coltrain Wins Bonner Receives Big Majority In Thirteen Counties Gatos Only County To Give Huniher a Majority, Late Reports Show Receiving a big majority vote in thirteen of the fourteen counties in the First Congressional district, Herbert C. Bonner, Washington man, was returned to Congress for another two years in the demo cratic primary last Saturday. Complete returns are not yet available, but latest available re ports give him more than a two to-one majority over his opponent, Robert Lee Humber, Greenville man. In the state second senatorial race, Hugh G. Horton, Williams ton attorney led his nearest op ponent by almost one thousand votes, while John Rodman of Washington defeated Roy Hamp ton, Plymouth man, by about 1000 votes. In the one strictly county con test, Joshua L. Coltrain, incum bent, defeated Leslie W. Hardison of Jantesville by 2,'l(i votes for county commissioner from the JamesviHe-Williams District. The total vote, falling slightly under 3,000, was from 750 to 1,000 below expectations in this county. It was smaller by approximately 200 than the one cast in a similar primary four years ago. In the congressional district the vote last Saturday was nearly 4,000 below ^hc count recorded four years pre viously, the winner failing by just about 000 polling as many votes in Beaufort Jounty as he did four years ago. According to the latest figures based on unofficial reports, Bon ner polled 11).70(1 votes to 9,167 by Humber, and carried all of the fourteen counties in the district except one, Gates. Most observers, including those in both camps, had expected a much closer vote, and the outcome was surprising to most everyone who had followed the campaign. Without a doubt, the congres sional campaign was marked by the cheapest and most underhand methods employed by politicians in many years. Some observers were actually expecting John L. Lewis to enter the county on election day. It was rumored that Lewis McGowan, an alleged strikebreaker and representative of John L. and the CIO came into the county from Charlotte the day before the election. Few facts could be learned about the man’s work, however. At the same time, one newspaper in the district in directly, intentionally or uninten tionally referred to the support ers of one of the candidates as be ing “fellow travelers” or “com munists.” The campaign even reached such a low point that in nocent women and children were attacked, and slurs reached Hit (Continued on page six) Primary Vote In County Falling short of a predicted total by almost 1,000, the Mar tin County vote in the last Saturday primary upset observers’ calculations, but failed to influence the results outside the county and senatorial contests. In some instances a lopsided vote was recorded with Bonner and Horton leading in every one of the thirteen precincts while Coltrain forged ahead in ten to win over Hardison by a 236 vote margin. The vote follows, by precincts: Bonner Humber Hort'n Ifampt’n Kodm'n llardis’n Coltr’n Jamesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass W’mston 1 W’mston 2 Cross Roads 145 Rob’s’nville 333 Gold Point 72 P’pl’r Point 137 Hassell 72 Hamilton 116 Goose Nest 165 204 86 201 168 234 324 82 3 40 59 110 161 73 123 16 7 8 21 29 256 80 202 190 323 441 190 422 82 132 72 133 175 143 30 87 79 171 262 91 161 22 17 32 58 78 67 21 76 76 93 115 64 167 44 81 34 34 42 243 25 59 116 117 185 56 190 33 18 22 51 91 32 62 167 66 210 275 105 209 44 104 49 52 67 Totals 2257 732 2698 1231 914 1206 1442 hrmrs 'Club To Head Food Collection In This Area Moved by the pitiful pleas com ing from overseas, the local Lions Club in cooperation with other or ganizations are mapping a county wide drive to help relieve the starving condition in foreign lands. A committee headed by Hil dreth Mobley and composed of K. P. Lindsley, Roy Ward, D. V. Clayton, Clyde Griffin, William Everett, Clarence Griffin and Homer Barnhill, is rapidly com pleting plans for carrying the most urgent appeal to several dis tricts in the county. It was point ed out that posibly the Roberson ville Rotarians and the Oak City Ruritans would push the drive in their areas. The local committee plans to start the drive next Monday, June 3, centering first in the business districts, and then spreading out into the other towns and rural communities. A booth is also be ing planned, the committee stat ing that it would call on the Boy Scouts and Lions’ wives to ad vance the drive there. Since food can be handled in cans only, the committee points out that the drive will be for cash donations, that conditions in so many lands are so appalling that liberal responses are vitally nec essary if our people are to play the role of real humanitarians. The national director of the col lection, Lee Marshall, stated in a recent letter that the need is so great and the situation so critical that it would help if the solicitors would not wait until the end of the drive to remit their collec tions. He urged them to send the money just as soon as possible. Our people are asked not to wait until they are solicited, but for ward their contributions to the Lions Club, Williamston, or hand it to a member of the committee personally. Contributions will be acknowledged. Measles May Lead To Complications For Young Victim —4>— I'liriinioiiiii ami TiiWrculo his SoilH'lilllO# Follow ('.JIM* Of Mcuitlos -■». .. ■ (The following is one in a series u'’-y ,*’1’ North. Carolina Tuberculosis Association and sponsored by civic organiza tions.—ed.) Measles is such a common child hood disease that mothers are apt to look upon an attack as inevit able for their children. They think of measles as a necessary evil, calling for extra attention to the child, but nothing to worry about. It is a good thing, of course, for the parent not to get excited when junior has the measles—or any other disease, for that matter. But measles may have serious conse quences, especially if the patient is very young, and should not be dismissed lightly. Measles itself is seldom a direct cause of death. It may, however, lead to complications which will cause death or gravely menace health. Children with measles, or just recovering from an attack, may catch pneumonia, diptheria, even tuberculosis. They may also develop ear trouble, The child recovering from measles is par ticularly susceptible to other in fections. The first symptoms of measles are a head cold, sneezing, run ning nose and watery eyes. Some times vomiting occurs and there is a slight fever, Red spots break out on the skin about the fourth day. They last only a few days. The disease usually runs its course in two weeks. Measles is common because it is highly contagious. It is often spread because its early symptoms are confused with those of a cold and children who have the disease are permitted to play with well (Conti nued on page six) Name Miss Bailey To Local Faculty —•— Miss Dora O’Neill Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bailey of Everetts, was named a member of the local school facul ty last week-end by the commit tee, Messrs. R. L. Coburn, R. H. Goodmon and C. B. Clark. Miss Bailey, an honor graduate of East Carolina Teachers College, Green ville, is succeeding Miss Lucille Bell who recently resigned as fifth grade teacher. Miss Bell had been a member of the faculty here for the past two years. Miss Bailey, a graduate of the Rnbersonville High School, spec ialized in grammar grade work for teachers at the Greenville col lege, and is receiving her A. H. degree there next month. IN HOSPITAL ■s r K. Taken ill while delivering primary election ballots to the various precincts last Thurs day noon, Mr. Sylvester Peel, chairman of the Martin Coun ty Board of Elections, was brought to his sou's home here and later removed to the local hospital. Ill* condition was reported late yesterday was pre cinct election officials this morning and canvass the county vote. He will be a patient in the hospital for several more days, at least, it was learned. unable to meet with the Native Of County Dies In Norfolk —«— Mrs. Bashie Bland Bembridge, a native of Williamston, died in a Norfolk hospital at 5:20 o'clock Sunday morning, friends were ad vised here yesterday. The daughter of flic late Clifton and Mary Roberson Bland, she was born in Williamston 67 years ago. Following her marriage to John H. Bembridge she moved to Norfolk about forty years ago, making her home there since that time. She was a member of the Baptist church, joining here near ly half a century ago. Besides her husband she leaves two sisters, Mis. Charles B. Tuck er and Mrs. E. li. Pritchard, and a brother, W. T. Bland, all of Nor folk. Funeral services are being con ducted at a Norfolk funeral home this afternoon at 3:00 o’clock, and interment will follow in the For est Lawn Masuoleum there. Neighbor County Has Close Races —$— Washington County reported several close races in the primary last Saturday, and it was intimat ed that the vote in at least one of the precincts would be challeng ed. Irregularities were alleged in one precinct, according to reports l eaching here. In the sheriff's race, Joe Reid polled 826 votes to 742 for Tom Terry, winning by a margin of 84 votes. W. M. Darden, clerk of court, held the office by a 20-vote mar gin, his opponent, Jack Peel, hav ing polled 828 votes. John Darden defeated Ben Sum ner for county representative in the state legislature, 931 to 797. Volunteer 11 To Clean Tice Cemetery Saturday ——»—— A call for volunteers to report and help clean the Tice Commun ity Cemetery in Griffins Town ship was issued this week by Mr. Geo. C. Griffin. The volunteers will report Saturday morning, Appeal Far EocmI _ Getting Siij>|K>rt In This Country —*— Drive To Help Starving Mil lions Progressing In Thoiisaiuls of Cities -% TIk' American people are spending with their trim'i generosity to the nation-wide Kmergency Food Collection for the hungry and starving millions overseas, Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace, national chair man of the drive, announced this week. The drive in this county is be ing directed by Misses Elizabeth Parker and Garnctte Crocker, of the home agent’s office. No re port has been released, but the movement is meeting with suc cess, it is understood. The appeal for money to buy food and for gifts of food canned in tin for shipment to famine areas is now under way in more than ti.500 cities, towns and vil lages, of which 500 have been or ganized since the campaign of ficially opened May 12. Addi tional local chairmen are being enlisted daily, he stated. Mr. Wallace said that every mail is bringing cheeks and money orders made payable to Lee Marshall, executive director, at national headquarters of the Emergency Food Collection, 100 Maiden Lane, New York City. The conti ibutiuns received, he de clared. indicate that the average American is willing to make more than an average effort to give di rect and personal help to some desperately hungry human being overseas. The contributions include money saved in many communi ties by boys and girls who are giving up between-meal snacks, ice cream and sodas. Many local groups and organi zations, Mr. Wallace reported, are arranging "famine” luncheons and dinners, with meager fare on which hunger vic tims overseas are trying to sub sist. The proceeds are being turned over to the Emergency Food Collection. Adults who are skipping meals are also giving the price of tnose meals. Cheeks covering costs saved at breadless, cakelecs and pieless meals now being instituted at many public restaurants, college and university dining halls have also been pledged to the Food Collection, Mr. Wallace added. Local chairmen of the appeal include leaders from every walk of American life, with the collec tion in big cities under the chair manship of Newbold Morris, New York City; Mayor Edward J. Kel ly, Chicago; former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts and Mrs. William H. Biester, Jr., Philadelphia; Mayor James G. Stewart, Cincinnati; Mayor Wil liam F. Devin, Seattle, Washing ton; PostmusU r Bernard F. Dick man, St. Louis; and District Com missioner J. Russell Young, Wash ington, D. C ; and Mayor Fletcher Bowron, Los Angeles. -* Vote For Congress In First District —»— The last Saturday primary vote for congressman from this district now stands at 19,796 for Herbert C. Bonner and 9,167 for Robert Lee Humber. The count is unof ficial, but believed fairly accur ate: County: Beaufort Camden Chowan Currituck Dan Gates Hertford Hyde . Martin Pasquotank Perquimans Pitt Tyre 11 Washington Bonner 3389 1016 850 1420 694 290 1549 581 .. 2257 1067 521 4651 277 1234 Humber 556 267 684 296 68 337 394 335 732 431 365 3966 165 571 Totals 19,796 9167 Pupils Presented In Ensemble Recital Friday -®—— Mrs. W. K. Parker presented thirty-eight of her piano pupils in an ensemble recital at the high school here last Friday evening before a fairly sizable audience. The program reflected a success ful year's work on the part ox thn pupils and teacher.