THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 46 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 7,1946 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 1 Senate Approves Draft Extension Until July, 1947 —»— Aftrr Brief Respife, Teen* Apers Faein^ Induction After This Month The Senate passed a draft ex tension hill this week which would continue the act until May 15, 1947, permit 18 and 19 year olds to be drafted again after this month, and raise the pay of enlist ed men. The vote on final passage was 69 to 8. It came after the Senate defeated, 63 to 14, a proposal that actual inductions be halted while the volunteer system got a further trial with the pay of an Army pri vate raised from $50 to $75 a month. The main features of the Senate bill, which grants most of the ad ministration's requests, are sub ject now to House action. That chamber voted an extension only to February 15 with a ban on teen-age inductions, and approv ed pay increases in a separate measure. The Senate and House, in seek ing to adjust their differences, will work against a July 1 dead line when the temporary draft extension expires. Senators Revercomb, Wilson and Wherry had proposed the stop on inductions, arguing that Congress should await results from the pay increase. “I don’t want to draft American boys to march into Spain," Rever comb said, adding that he does not know what this country’s commit ments might be. ‘‘And I don’t want to draft boys to take part in a civil war in China.” Administration leaders con tended it would be dangerous to ban inductions and leave future manpower needs of the armed forces to the uncertainty of vol unteering. A Senate House committee will have to compromise differences between the two branches. Three days of Senate debate drew the issues. The chief point of controversy between the two chambers is whether 18 and 19-year-olds should be subject to the draft. The House voted no. The Senate decided, 53 to 26, that they should. Talk already is going around of a possible compromise dropping boys 18 but taking those 19. The House voted to extend the draft only until February 15 and to suspend all inductions from May 15 until October 15. The Senate approved an in crease from $50 to $75 a month in pay of "buck” privates, increase for other enlisted men, but no pay boost for officers. The House m a bill separate from its draft measure, voted comparable in creases for enlisted men. The Senate and House agreed that the service of future induc tees should be limited to 18 months and that fathers should not be drafted. The Senate bill, as drawn by the military committee, took ac count of the possibility that vol unteers may meet future needs through a section directing, in ef fect, that no one shall be drafted if sufficient volunteers do step forward. This section requires that the Army shall be reduced “consis tently month by month” from the current figure of about 1,550,000 to 1,070.000 by July 1. 1947 D- aft requisitions, it adds, “shall not exceed the number of men re quired after consideration of the actual number of voluntary en listments during the three months pieceding that month in which the requisition is made.” Senator Edwin C. Johnson, vig orous critic of “peacetime con (Contir.ued on page six) -» Legion Post To Select Officers —#— Meeting in the Hut in Williams ton next Monday night at 8:00 o’clock, members of the John Wal ton Post of the American Legion will elect officers for the coming year, it was announced this week. Other business also wall be dis cussed at the meeting, it was learned. A special invitation is being ex tended all the legionnaires of the post to be present and participate in the election of officers and dis cuss other business matters to be placed before the meeting. Relief Ageney Asks For Budget Increase EMPTY y Following the passage of the law eliminating teen-ag ers from the Selective Ser vice draft, there has been no one in the draft pool in this county. Possibly aware of the shortage of available man power in the draft pool. Sel ective Service issued no call for final inductions in June. Eighteen colored men were called this week for pre-in duction examinations, and approximately thirty - four white men are being called to report for pre-induction tests the latter part of next week, it was learned today. Organize District Soil Conservation Group In the East -- Ceding Held In Goldsboro Recently To Discuss Local Problems About sixty-five farmers, rep resenting the eight soil conserva tion districts covering eastern North Carolina and others inter ested in the soil conservation movement, met in Goldsboro on Tuesday of last week. There, ac cording to A. C. Edwards, of Hookerton, who acted as chair man, a forward step was taken to assure better land use for this entire section. J. W Butner, representing the city of Goldsboro, made an ad dress of welcome, to which re sponse was made by W. W. Eagles of Edgecombe County. The chairman explained tne need for an organization of super visors in eastern North Carolina. "We should get together occasion ally,” stated Mr. Edwards, “in or der that we may exchange views on ways and means to solve our common problems. The job of soil conservation here, as any where else," he continued, “is too big for any one of us to attempt alone. We should and must work together for the benefit of all. We have problems such as drain age which are not important in the middle and western parts of the state; and so we can work them out best in meeting with those who represent sections con fronted with similar problems. This is not," emphasized Mr. Ed wards, “to be construed as taking a lesser interest in soil conserva tion in the entire state, but rather an effort to work more closely on our local problems without tak ing up extra time at the annua] state meetings." At a preliminary meeting held in Greenville on April 16, com mittees were formed to work on the major problems confronting the soil conservation districts in eastern North Carolina. These committees were to deal with the following subjects: 1. Drainage, 2. Pastures, field crops and erosion; 3. Education and public relations; 4. Forestry and wildlife, and 5. Cooidination between agencies. Reports indicating caieful and business-like thought were made immediately following noon re cess. These reports included de finite recommendations and com ments were made upon them by various farmer supervisors pres ent. In addition to farmers repre senting the eight soil conservation districts, invited guests present included representatives from the Soil Conservation Service, Exten sion Service, AAA, Department of Vocational Education, State Forest Service, Farm Security Administration and State Experi ment Station. W. W. Eagles, chairman of the Coastal Plain District board of supervisors, Macclesfield; M. O. Speight, secretary of the Coastal Plain District board of supervis ors, Winterville; G. E. Goff, RFD 2, Rocky Mount; A. C. Edwards, Hookerton, and C. U. Rogers, Wil liamston, attended from this sec tion and were helpful in contri buting to the general success of the meeting. By unanimous consent it was decided that the organization would be made permanent and known as the Coastal Plain Asso ciation of Soil Conservation Dis trict Supervisors, Program Calling I For Over $j^UJj)L For Fiscal Year I Comity Bring Askril To Raiw Nearly $1 7,000 As Its Share of Cost -» Submitting its proposed budget to the Martin County Commis sioners in their recent meeting, the welfare department called for $30,299.00 to sustain its program during the 1946-47 fiscal year. The budget figures exceed those of a year ago by $729.36, but are several thousand dollars below the amount actually spent by the department during the fiscal period now drawing to a close. The budget calls for the fol lowing appropriations: Adminis tration, salaries, travel and allied items, $9,230,00; old age assist ance, $8,940.00; aid to dependent children, $3,840.00; aid to the blind, $939.00; general relief, $2, 500; drugs, $300; hospitalization, $4,500.00; and miscellaneous, $50. During the fiscal year now end ing, the department had appro priated for its program, $29, 569.64, but spent only $25,867.50. It was pointed out in a budget note that "A number of old age assistance and aid to dependent children grants should have been increased during the past few months but lack of case workers made it impossible to make neces sary home visits in order to re vise budget,” There are three full-time employes in the depart ment at the present time, and ad ministration plus travel and a few Other items account for nearly one-third of the budget. A comparison of the budget shows: a $200 reduction in admin istrative costs for the new year: a $100 decrease in old age grants; no change in the total amount for dependent children aid; a $4 36 in crease in blind aid; a $500 in crease for general relief; $50 ad ditional for drugs; $500 more for hospitalization; and a $25 de crease in miscellaneous costs. The new budget estimate also pointed out that reimbursements reduced the cost of the depart ment by several thousand dollars in the current fiscal year. Next year the department an ticipates the following funds from the state and federal govern ments: $2,700 for administration, $0,705 for old age assistance, $2, 880 for aid to dependent children, and $704.25 for aid to the blind, leaving the county to raise by tax ation approximately $16,809.75 for the program in the new year. A report on cases handled by the department follows: Old age assistance, 232 persons with 14 cases pending; 38 cases aid to de pendent children with one pend ing; aid to blind, 10; general re lief, 28 cases; hospitalization, 14 cases; service, 143 cases; parole, 7; individual children, 63; family adjustment, 10; county home, 12; T. B. Sanatorium, 6; vocation re habilitation, 14; medical and health, 16; out-of-town investiga tions, 15, making a total of 450 ac tive cases. Charles Jaekson Died Wednesday —♦— Apparently suffering a heart attack, Charles F. Jackson, S3, was found dead in bed at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ray mond Cherry, in Williamston, Wednesday morning. Death is be lieved to have occured at 5 a. m. Born in Beaufort County, Oct. 13, 1862, Mr. Jackson was the son of Frederick Jackson and Mar garet Hodges Jackson of Beaufort County. He was a retired farmer. Funeral services were held at the Biggs Funeral Home here at 3:30 Thursday.afternoon, conduct ed by Rev. J. M. Perry, Christian minister, of Robersonville. Inter ment w'as in Oakdale cemetery in Washington. Mr. Jackson was a member of the Christian Church at Old Ford. He is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Raymond Cherry of Wil liamston, and one son, Lt. Comdr. A. W. Jackson of the Coast Guard; one brother, peorg : Jackson, of Rocky Mount, six grand children and three great grandchildren. Thirty Positions Vacant In County School Faculties! —#— Six Persons Apply For Tlie Office Of Principal In School Here ^ischool faculties, far from com plete these past few years, con tinue to dwindle in this county, a report from the office of superin tendent this week stating that there were at least thirty vacan cies waiting to be filled at the present time. Resignations are still being received, it was also learned. While the teacher situa tion continues serious, there are some bright spots and school of ficials are possibly more optimis tic over the outlook than they were about this time, a year ago. The vacancies are fairly well scattered over the county, it was explained, and a few applications are being received, especially by the larger schools. Two resignations were received by the local committee during the past few days, boosting the total to six so far since before and right after the close of the 1945 46 term. Miss Charlotte Sasser, eighth grade teacher, tendered her resig nation, and Miss Verna Bell Low ery, home economics teacher in the high school for the past sev eral years, is leaving to enter extension work. At the preserit time there are vacancies in the tw'o eighth grades, mathematics, science, and home economics de partments and tlu> office of prin cipal. Several applications for the grade positions and home eco (Continued on page six) THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Humans were battered, bruised and broken, and life itself was snuffed out, not to mention costly damage done to property, in a series of motor vehicle accidents in this county last week-end. The accident figures offer a mighty serious p i c t u r e, speaking for themselves as follows: The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. Twenty-Second Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam'ge 1946 4 7 1 $ 1,300 1945 1 1 0 00 Comparisons To l>alc 1946 65 56 3 16,820 1945 26 12 3 6,500 Justice Hassell Calls Eight Cases In Mayor s Court J. II. VI iUktni* Admits Rob bery anti Theft Of Truck Tires -« Justice John L. Hassell called eight cast s in his court during the past few days, the charges aired during the sessions ranging from robbery and larceny down to pub lic drunkenness. John H. Williams, arrested along with John and Romulus Moore, for breaking into the G. and H. Builders’ Supply Company the early part of last week and stealing two truck tires, confess ed the crime and cleared the other two men. Williams was trapped when he tried to sell the tires at reduced prices. He admitted that he broke into the building and rolled the two tires down the highway, hiding them in some bushes until he contacted friends who would help him dispose of the loot. He claimed to his friend that he found the tires which were valued at $158. Williams, 24 years old, was bound over to the superior court for trial this month. Bond in the sum of $200 was required. Charged with assaulting an other with a deadly weapon, Ben Frank Little was bound over to the county court for trial in bond of $50. Ernest Godard was fined $10 and taxed with the cost for al legedly operating a motor vehicle with improper brakes. The cost 1 in his case amounted to $(!.()(). Charged with being drunk and down, Jimmie Gray was fined $2.50 and required to pay $7.50 costs, Sidney Dixon, charged with dis orderly conduct, was fined $2.50 and taxed with $7.50 costs. Manuel Wilson, charged with operating a motor vehicle with . improper lights, was fined $10 and required to pay $0 costs. Taffey Mitchell was required to pay $9.50 costs in the case charging him with disorderly con duct. Charged with operating a mot or vehicle with improper lights, James Curtis Howell was fined $10 and taxed with $6 costs. -$ Little Peggy Harrison Heporletl Improving -$, Critically ill for several days, Little Miss Peggy Harrison yes terday w'as reported slightly im proved. A patient in Duke Hos pital, Durham, for nearly six weeks, she continues quite ill. Her mother, Mrs. E. C. Harrison, has been with her for about ten days,; and Mr. Harrison is visiting her today. County Property Values Despite the ban on building construction and a limit ed repair program, real property values in Martin County this year gained slightly more than a quarter million dol lars over those of a year ago, according to a report releas ed a lew days ago by Tax Supervisor M. Luther Peel. White property owners listed real property at $202,545 more in 1946 than they did in 1945, the gain being 2.6 per cent. Values listed by colored property owners were in creased by $49,041, a gain of 6.4 percent. Cross Roads re ported a $38 loss in values listed by white property own ers and $2,250 in those listed by colored citizens. Hamil ton white owners lost $4,370, but the colored boosted their values by $5,230 to offset the loss. Total real estate values for the county for 1946, exclusive of corporation listings now stand at $8,644,449. In a next review combined values of real and personal property will be compared for the years 1945 and 1946. WHITE Jamesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Hamilton Goose Nest Totals Jamesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Hamilton Goose Nest Totals “—Denotes loss. $ 1945 795.820 254,906 439.498 446,658 1,942,147 452,033 1,475,307 265,722 694,152 863,039 $ 1946 846,340 269,394 449,215 455,789 2.029,087 452,000 1,491,506 272,217 689,782 876,502 $7,629,287 $7,831,832 COLORED 1945 $ 114.164 36,780 11,395 19,275 173 297 28,615 129,480 5,670 76 014 168,886 $ 1946 117,952 36,515 11,765 21,205 192.269 26,365 149,356 5,670 81,244 170,276 Gain Loss 50,520 14,488 9,717 9,131 86,940 * 38 16,199 6,495 * 4,370 13,463 202,545 Gain Loss 3,768 * 265 370 1,930 18,972 * 2,250 19,876 5,230 1,390 Pet. 06.3 05.6 02.2 02.4 04.4 *00.0 01.1 02.8 *00.6 01.5 02.6 Pet. 03.3 *00.7 03.2 10.0 10.9 *07.8 15.3 06.8 CO.8 $ 763,576 $ 812,617 49,041 06.4 JA I Nearly $500 Raised, In Relief Movement First Appeals Get Liberal Response Chairman Reports Rereiving Agent* Are Nam ed For Hamilton, Oak ("ity and Jainesviile - ■■ • The first direct appeals made in support of the movement to re lieve starvation among the mil lions of helpless people overseas are meeting with a liberal re sponse, Hildreth P. Mobley, chair man, said yesterday morning. Heading the committee named by the local Lions Club to handle the task in the name of starving hu manity, the chairman stated that $448.01 had been contributed in less than two days, that only a portion of the local business dis trict had been solicited. It was also pointed out that quite a few volunteer contributions had been forwarded to the chairman and members of the committee. Most of the funds reported to date were solicited by two mem bers of the committee, others re ceiving a few donations over a scattered area. On Saturday of this week, the Lions committee will place and maintain a special booth on Main Street with the help of the Boy Scouts and wives of club mem bers. Paul Bailey, Everetts, V. B. Hairr, Jamesville, and George Haislip, Hamilton, have willingly agreed to accept donations in their respective communities, and anyone desiring to do something in the name of suffering human ity is asked to leave a contribu tion with any one of the three men. Robersonville is reported to have made a successful drive for funds, and Oak City, under the direction of the Ruritan Club, is making progress. Disheartening reports had been heard in some communities, where generally recognized leading citizens have shown very little discretion in turning their backs on starving children. One report stated that a solicitor was alrriost insulted when she carried the appeal to one man. Following is a list of names and contributions received during the first days of the food collection drive in this community: Lion’s Club, $56.01; Mrs. Alice Dunning, $10; Mrs. John A. Ward, $5; Martin & Elliott, $20; Wil liamston Supply Company, $10; Harrison Oil Company, $20; Moore Grocery Company, $20; Williamston Motor Company, $20; Roanoke Chevrolet Company, $20; Eastern Bond and Mortgage Com pany, $5; Price Gulf Service Sta lion, $1; Lindsley Ice Company, ii20; Russell Griffin’s Service Station, $20; Williamston Hard ware Company, $5; Farmers Sup (Continued on page six) -« Iwo County Girls WCIJNC Graduates —«— In the class of 448 students graduated Monday morning, June 1, from the Woman’s College were wo from Martin County. In grad lating exercises in Aycoek audi orium speakers were Governor 1. Gregg Cherry, Dr. Frank Pur er Graham, president of the Uni versity of North Carolina; Dr W. 2. Jackson, chancellor; and Miss 3etty Jane Sarratt, Brevard, rep esenting the senior class. Gov •rnor Cherry presented diplomas o the graduates on whom Presi lent Graham conferred degrees. Miss Evelyn Grace Griffin, of Villiamston received an A. B. de ;ree with a major in Biology, and uliss Esther House, of Roberson dlle, who received an A. B. de ;ree with a major in Primary duration, were the Martin Coun y graduates. Miss Griffin is listed with other indents on the Dean’s list, and s a member of the chemistry club, nedical technologists club, and Y. V. C. A During her junior year he served as hall proctor and unior advisor. Also on the Dean’s list is Miss louse who belonged to the educa ion club, interfaith council and L W. C. A, ELIMINATION 1| 2.500 and 2.000 dogs in the county, the authorities are en hancing the drive against rabies by the power of elim ination. The first such move was made Tuesday when of ficers moved into Williams Township and killed four dogs whose owner had chosen not to have vaccinated. And the disposal of the dead dogs was left to the owner, Laura Moore. There were five dogs on the farm, the aged woman prom ising the officers she would have the fifth one vaccinated if they would only spare the animal. No indictments have been brought, but some are expect ed, the authorities pointing out that too many mad dogs had been killed already in the county to allow loose enforce ment of the law requiring the vaccination of all dogs six months old or older. Eighteen County Colored Men Are Called For Army —♦— l're-ln<lnelion Lull Is The First To lit" Answered Si nee April Eighteen Martin County color ed men were called to report to Fort Bragg this week tor pre-in duction examinations for possible military service, but quite a few of them did not report. Several of them had moved and left no for warding addresses and others had not reported additions to their families, the blessed events be ing recognized as valid grounds for deferment. The group does not include any teen-agers for the first time in many months, the ages of the men ranging from 20 to 23 years. Most of the men have had at least one physical examination at an Army induction center, and were drawn from the 4-F classifica tion. While the call this week was for eighteen men, only seventeen could be processed, and one of them, it was learned, had joined the Navy. Thirteen of the seventeen men processed for pre-induction come from non-farm jobs. Names and addresses registra tion and last-known follow: Ulysses Whitley, Williamston and Philadelphia. John Alton Roberts, RFD 1, Williamston. Charlie Staton, Jr., Williams lon and Philadelphia. Bernice Williams, RFD 2, Rob erson vi lie. Joe Jardan Rodgers, RFD 2, Williamston. William Augustus Spruill, Ev eretts. Kelly Purvis, RFD 1, Oak City and Hamilton. William Henry Everett, Wil liamston and New York. Benjamin Wiggins, Jr., Wil liamston. Samuel Pierce Briley, Robcr sonville. Earl Cortez Roberson, RFD 3, Williamston and Ne wark, N. J. Melvin Higgs, RED I, llobgoud. Oscar Lee Slade, Everetts and Philadelphia. Obediah Whitaker, RFD 1, Jamesville. Ernest Williams RFD 1, Oak City. Abner Lee Fields, RFD 1, Pal myra. Fields, it was learned, had joined the Navy. -* Removed To lloa/tital In Durhum For Treatment -<*, A victim of illness for three months, Mr. Hugh Bennett, Mar tin County farmer, was removed to Duke Hospital Tuesday night for treatment. He had been a patient in the local hospital for about two weeks. Last reports received here staled he continued quite ill. By noon Wednesday he had beer* examined several times. Mr. Bennett made the trip to die hospital in a Biggs ambu lance. Few Cases Heard In County Court Monday Morning Tribunal Feels Summer Slump With Lightest Docket In Vlonlhs Only three criminal cases w^re booked tor trial in the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday, the docket being the lightest before Judge J C. Smith in many months. In the absence of Solicitor Paul D. Roberson, At torney Clarence W. Griffin pros cuted the docket. Ordinarily the court has a slump in business each year dur ing the summer months, but the slump came a bit earlier than us ual this year. Kenneth Harrell, charged with bastardy, was ordered to continue the payment oi $10 a month for the use and support of his illegiti mate child, and reappear on the first Monday in January, 1947, for further judgment. Charged with operating a mot or vehicle without a driver’s li cense. Roosevelt Andrews pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and tax ed with the costs. The court rec ommended that no driver’s license be issued the defendant fur nine months. Hearing the evidence on May 27. Judge Smith handed down his decision Monday in the civil ac tion brought by H. K. Spruill against Jesse Rogers, the plaintiff receiving a judgment in the sum of $47.03. In the case charging Jasper Williams and Evelyn While Story with adultery, Judge Smith sen tenced Williams tii the roads for twelve months and the woman to jail for six months. The woman's sentence was suspended on con dition that she return to her na tive Virginia and not return to North Carolina for at least one year. In another ease, in which he war charg. d dak .bandoning his five children, Williams was sentenced to the roads for six months, the sentence to begin at the expiration of the first if the court cost is not paid. Both defendants pleaded not guilty, but the state had little trouble in proving that the two ting a divorce. It was agreed that county since about the first of last March on the Bellflower farm in Goose Nest Tow nship. It was also brought out during the trial that the two defendants had been car ried into the Virginia courts, that they were forced to leave that state. Joe Williams, witness for the state, said that the defendants spent a week at his home in Oak Cii.v, that tiiey occupied the same room. Testifying in the case, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said that the wife of the defendant, Williams, had asked if he knew where Jasper lived, that she had been informed that two of the children had been moved from the home of their uncle. A vvai rant was issued soon had lived us man and wife in this ed out that two of the children wi re left with Chas. Bland, one each with J. Jones, Joe Williams und with a family in Everetts, that the defendants had taken two of the children with them after locating on the Goose Nest farm. Testifying in his behalf, Jasper Williams said that he and his wife went to a Norfolk lawyer last year and discussed plans for get thereafler. The officer also point re would be charged with adult* rry, Declaring to the court that ue thought the divorce had gone through, he was married to Eve lyn While Story, 20-year-old outlier of two ehildieti, on Nuv •iiibei 20 of last year in South Mills. He maintained that he had (Continued on page six) Traffic Fatalities Headed For Peak : ii b ; 1 ts r The National Safety Council re sorted on April 29 that America's aaffic fatality rate is almost back .0 its peak prewar level. In the first three months of this year, 1,120 persons were killed in motor /chicle accidents, the council said, compared with the record of 8,250 for the corresponding period in 1041, the last prewar year. The ,’uuneil reported that the 2,670 ieaths in March represented an ncreuse of 39 percent over the ;ame month last year, and that the otal for three months of 1946 was rp 44 percent from last year.

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