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TI1E ENTEF PRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 56 Williams ton. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. July 12, I9 lb THE ENTERPRISE IS READ 3Y OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY "■ >-\cvui.aEH~ntsrf;ir»o; «ee« ESTABLISHED 1899 Miss Effie Waldo •«*>,. Died In Hosjdtal Oh Tuesday Night ■ FsnwT;;J.,S4T\iceii Con«iuct »■«! Thursday For I’ruin inrnl Woman i'll," Li.ii, prominent Hamilton citizen and a leader in the civic, religious and education akfields in this county for a num ber of wars, died in a Rocky Mount hospital last Tuesday night at 10:40 o’clock following a short illness. She entered the hospital three weeks ago today for treat ment. Prior to that time she had b< en very active in her usual duties and just a short time before going to the hospital had returned from a visit with friends and rela tives in Norfolk. Miss Waldo was born in Ham ilton. the daughter of the late Josi ph T. and Mary Mitchell Wal do. A descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, she spent all her life in tiie community of her birth ex cepting flic years she was attend ing school or teaching. After compli ting the courses of instruc tion offered in the community schools, Miss Waldo entered the Woman’s College, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and lati r studied at East Carolina Teachi rs’ College, Greenville, and Columbia University in New York. Before public education was offered and soon after an Episcopal mission was established in Roanoke Rapids, Miss Waldo went to do her first teaching in the little mission school there. Several years later she returned to this country and taught in the various schools for a number of years, including those at Hamil ton and in the Ballard community in Poplar Point. Following her retirement from active duty as a member of the teaching profes sion she often served us a substi tute teacher to help education’s progressive march during emer gencies. Through her able* teach ing and capable leadi rsliip, the fine qualities of a liable and Christian character were deeply routed in the minds and hearts of hundreds of little folks who later wen to take th1 ir parts in the various walks of life, and those qualities exist today in others as u living memorial to her untiring efforts as a faithful teacher and counsellor. During her life, Miss Waldo maintained the traditions so firm ly established by her grandfather who came to his county from New England years ago and later by her father. Her grandfather fig ured prominently in the county’s early educational history as a teacher and counsellor, and her father served in the State legisla ture scveial terms and was a member of the Martin County Board of Education for over twen ty years. A life-long member of St. Mar tins Episcopal Church in Hamil ton, Miss Waldo was a prominent figure in religious activities for years, giving liberally of her time and means in its support. Her activities, however wtre not con fined to the church itself for she willingly administered to the less fortunate, regardless of creed or station in life. Suffering human ity always found her to be a real friends. Her acts of helpfulness (Continued on page six) -• Install Officers For Legion Post — Officers, recently elected by members of the John Walton Has sell Post of the American Legion. vvt re installed at a meeting of the organization held in the hut on Watts Street here last Monday night. Pete Stevenson, district commander of Northampton County, was in charge of the in stallation ceremony and he also briefly addressed the group. Rev. John W. Hardy, veteran of World War II, is the new presi dent of the pust and many of the other officers come from the re cent war roster. The district commander ap pointed W. L. Winberry district membership committee chair man. A list of the new officers was released following their election at the regular meeting tiie early part of last month with the ex ception of 1‘. M. Holliday who is assistant service officer of the post. Long Search For Fugitive End In County Sanatorium .--.. . - i Wanted for u a inn he alleged ly committed in Virginia, Julius | Woolard. young colored man was placed under arrest in the Martin County Sanatorium near here last j Wednesday afternoon bv Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, the arrest ending a search which local, county and federal officers hi d conduct ed fer nearly two years. Officers had trailed him through several states, including Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York and one or two others in that section of the country, back to his old home in the county. They were never able to pick up a “hot” trail until a few days ago or just a short time after he enter ed the institution for treatment for tuberculosis. The exact nature of the alleged crime could net he learned here immediately, but one report stat ed that he was wanted for the theft of government property, possibly some kind of bonds, in Norfolk. A native of thv. county. W'««!ard left lor Virginia five oi more years ago. Little was heard about him until two years ago when he was arrested for alleged larceny. ing at that time and gained free dom under a $1,000 oond. He' “skipped” bond and had not been heard from until he entered the sanatorium. Just how he gained admittance there could not be learned. He is no longer a subject of this county, and no record of his en try was in the office of the coun ty welfare department, one re port stated. The FBI was notified and Agent Pettit came here to inves tigate. Advised that the man had reduced from 240 to about 135 pounds, the FBI was reported not to want the man now that he had bet n found. He is the son of Henderson Woolard of Griffins I Township. REFERENDUM '| v__■> t'nablo to plow on account of almost continuous rains, farmers in this county arc al most certain to find time to participate in the tobacco | referendum on Friday of this week, it was pointed out yes terday. The tobacco harvest is likely to keep many farm ers busy, but it is thought that the growers will find it pos sible to visit their respective polling places between the hours of 7:00 a. m. and 0:00 p. in. and cast their votes in sup port of the proposed program calling for acreage control during the next three years. Army Issues War Casualty Report The first consolidated postwar casualty roll was released by the War Department recently. It shows a total of 308,1178 dead and missing among more than 10,-' 000,000 men and women mobiliz ed into the United States army for si rvice in the second world war—a fatality rate of 2.98 per cent. The list was compiled in booklets, one for each state, one for the District of Columbia, and one for the territories and posses sions of the United States. The record dates from the presiden tial declaration of a national emergency on May 27, 1941, through January 31, 1946. During that period 307,554 were er having been missing a year. In killed in action, died of other causes or were declared dead aft addition, 1,424 persons were still carried as missing on January 31, Of the total, 170,432 or 57.1 percent were listed as killed in action. A total of 35,493 or 8.25 percent died of wounds suffered in combat, and 929 or 0.3 percent died of injuries, such as u broken neck in a fall, during combat. A total of 85,219 or 27.6 percent died elsewhere than in battle. They were the victims of acci dents or disease, for example. Then 19.481 or 6.3 percent were administratively* determined to have died. This included men lost at sea or who crashed in a burning plane. The figure, 1,424, still carried as missing represents 0.45 percent i f the total. According to unofficial figures taken from The Enterprise rec ords, Martin County lost 56 men in the war, including 40 in the Army, 13 in the Navy, two in the Marine Corps, and one in the Merchant Marine. -* Gandhi Predicts Return To War Much has been said and more written about the atom bomb, but now Mohandas K. Gandhi comes along with a very discouraging prophecy. Writing in his weekly magazine Ilarijan, Gandhi says the question of abandoning the bomb is ‘ very like a man glutting himself with dainties to the point of nausea and turning away from them, only to return with re doubled zeal after the effect of the nausea is well over. Pre cisely in the same manner will the world return to violence with renewed zeal ..." Many Cases Heard By Mayor Hassell In Court Recently —«— Several Are Sent To The Higher (iourts For Trial Next Monday Justice John i.. Hassell heard about a dozen cases in his court during recent days, but -evcral of them were sent to the higher courts for trial next Monday, William James, drunk on high way, was fined $5 and taxed w ith $(>.50 costs. Charged with disorderly con duct, Hubert Whitaker was fined $5 and required to pay $9.50 costs. Amos Jones was bound over to the county court for trial in the east charging him with breaking and entering and larceny and re i reiving. bond was required Ui j the sum of $100. William Peed was fined $5 and taxid with $8.50 costs in the (,-ase charging him with disorderly con duct. Charged with speeding, Manuel Benitez was bound over to the county court under bond in the sum of $50. A. W. Hardison, charged with public drunkenness, was fined $5 and taxed with $7.50 costs. Robert Rogers, charged with cruelty to animals, wan bound over to the county court under $50 hand. Charged with public drunken ness, Chas. Thomas was fined $5 and required to pay $0.50 costs. Elijah Ward, charged with dis orderly conduct, was fined $2.50 and taxed with $7.50 costs. Publicly drunk, Garland Wynn was lined $5 and required to pay $7.50 costs. Lina Mae Spruill was taxed with $9.50 costs in the case charg ing her with disorderly conduct. — Several Fall Victim To Flomaiue Foisoninff ■ <* Believed to have eaten some food that did not agree with them, several local people fell victim of ptomaine poisoning late Wtdnesday. Their conditions are much improved and most of them are able to be up and out. It was reported that two or three ol the vicitms, including Mrs. C. 13. Roebuck, were' des perately sick for several horns. GOING U1J As the secbnd week draws to a close without the Ol’A consumer prices continue to climb upw'ard. While there arc variations, the price trend is decidedly upward, late market reports placing creamery butter at 97 cents per pound in local stores and as high as $1.50 ner pound in some areas. Smithfield hams, absent from local store shelv es for many months for the most part, appeared this week and are selling for 79 cents a pound. Meats, in general, have advanced from about ten to fifteen cents a pound. Most staple commodity prices remain little changed from the figures existing be fore OPA went out of exist ence nearly two weeks ago. Commerce Group Makes Plans For H(;aYiTTMTifin Volt j r -*—~— Cole'sOrrluslni to Furnish Mnsir For Hraiily raiil on July I Till l -*—— lidding one of tlu-ii he meetings since their organization, the Willifunston Jaycees last Fri day evening virtually completed plans for the beauty pageant to be held here on Wednesday. July 17. The session was held at Mrs. Jen kins’ Chimney Corner on the Hamilton Highway and was at tended by 42 members. Ur. W. F. Coppege, who recently purchas ed Dr. M. A. Schooley's veterin ary business here, was welcomed as a member of the club. The at tendance prize was won by Jaycce Thad Harrison. After discussing several busi ness topics, the gioup announced that the swimming pool had been rented for Monday. July lb. when the members will entertain their wives, friends and contestants in the beauty pageant at a water melon slicing. It was also announced that Ray Cole and his orchestra will play for the beauty pageant and dance to be held here on Wednesday, July 17. Cole brings his orches tra here after numerous engage ments throughout eastern Ninth Carolina and Virginia, including bookings, for the Wallace Straw berry festival, Lumina pavilion at Wrightsvillc Beach, the Isle of Palms in South Carolina, Langley Field and Fort Bragg officers' clubs. The band features George Demas, vocalist, and is made up principally of World War II vet erans. Cole also features a sev enteen-year-old who possessi'.s ex ceptional qualities in handling the trumpi t, also a bass man who sings the “scat" songs. | Several new contestants for I the beauty pageant have been , aded, including Emma Lou Tay ; lor as Mi;: Cl'.ir Phnrmmy Elizabith Manning as Miss Dixie Peanut Company, Della Mai gar et Griffin as Miss Woulard Furni lure Company, Marjorie Gray Dunn as Miss Harrison Oil Com pany, and Janie Move as Miss Belk Tyler Company. The win ner of the local contest will rep resent the organization in the state contest to be held in Wilson Vets Getting On The-Job Training —®— l$y Charles A. Blown Training Officer Vcti runs getting on - the - .job training in Martin and adjacent counties are showing much inter est and progress in theii work. Recent applications by employers for approval to train veti rails un dcr "The G. 1. Bill of Rights” have increased in volume and indicate a willingness to cooperate with the Veterans Administration in teaching returning veterans a trade or business. Some misinformation, however, has hampered this vocational training, ’tuny employers art under the impression that vacan cies must exist m tileii establish ments for the positions or trades for which veterans desire to train. There need not necessai <iy i/e .1 vacancy; the requirements are that adequate and skilled super vision be available to guide and coach veterans in their specific objectives, so that by the termina tion of their training entitlements vt terans will hi qualified and trained journeymen in their sel ected civilian occupation. Under Public Law Hi, popular ly known as the “G. I. Bill”, t tabiishments must be approved for training veterans by the State Veterans Education Committee. Applications for approval should lie addressed to Mi. J. D. Taylor. State Veterans Education Com mittee, N. C. State College, Ral eigh, N. C. Many veterans art already em ployed in various concerns throughout this locality which have not applied for State ap proval. Consequently, these vet erans are not eligible for benefits of the G. I. Bill. Many of these concerns have suitable training facilities and skilled supervision available for their veteran em ployees during the apprenticeship period and could obtain approval. Veterans would then be entitled to train under Public Law 10 and would be eligibie to receive the numerous benefits. County Crop Damage Possibly ■More Than Two-Mil4i»«-Doll»*»*i Worry Ami Life's l?"ii(ll>:icfC;nisp|| Break In Health lliflli Blood I’rosiirc Point!) To Muiornial Tension In Most Cases (Tin- following is one in a series of articles prepared by the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association and sponsored by civic organiza tions.—ed.) To the fast pace at which many Americans speed through life can be attributed their tendency to high blood pressure. Trying to crowd numerous activities in one day. straining their physical strength to the limit, carrying their business to bed with them where they continue to worry over the problems of the day in stead of resting, men and women in this age of rush run their blood pressure up—and then add it to their list of worries. High blood pressure indicates that the heyrt and arteries are under abnormal tension. It is not a disease in itself but should be taken as a warning and its cause J investigated. The danger of high blood pressure is that the heart ; will be injured if the cause of the | rise in blood pressure is not dis covered m time and any possible ■i steps taken to corn ct the condi I tion. There are various things which may be the cause of high blood pressure Therefore, there is nt one remedy which can be pre scribed for the condition. The only safe thing to do is to consult a doctor and follow his,advice. Everyone who has had a physi cal examination is familiar with tin apparatus which the physi cian brings out to take the blooc pressure with the hand he wrap, firmly around the arm and the gauge he uses to measure tensior product d by the blood current or the walls of the blood vessels Taking the blood pressure is par' of any complete physical exam ination. If the blood pressure is normal it is a healthy sign. If it is low it indicates low vitality but no' necessarily that anything is seri ously wrong. It has been saic that no one ever died from low blood pressure, but .that the per son with'low blood pressure mis ses a lot of fun in life. He hat little cm rgv and pep and tires easily. The physician may sug gist exorcise to improve .he eir culation of the blood. High blood pressure may indi cate any one of a number of things. It may be caused by a disease of the kidney. Very often high blood pressure is due solely to the high-tension life- which many modern Americans live. The strain and excitement of their lives place an extra strain on the heart, causing the blood pressure to rise. When the blood pressure is high, a doctor should he consulted and ins advice fol lowed. Club Directors In Meeting Here Holding th< ir first mol ting of the new fiscal year, the members of the board of directors of the local Lions Club set several goals and discussed various plans for the next several months. This regular monthly met ting was held at tin* home of the new presi dent Lion Hildreth Mobley, with eleven members of the board present. Among the goals set were the raising of a sizeable amount to l e applied on the Scout Hut Lund, and the expansion of the ball gum salt s, the profits from the latter going to the club’s Blind Fund. The board approved the new committees that had been ap pointed to serve for the new twelve months, and then discuss i d various plans for the Lion’s Harvest Festival, to be held the week of Sept. 18-21. It is planned to give away a new car to tfie winner on the last night of the (estival, the winner to be- deter nined by the drawing of a lucky lumber. Any profits on this pro ject will be applied un the Scout Hurt Fund. ! f— *» Several tobaceo barns have.^, BARNSBlRN I been destroyed by fire in the county so far this season, and many farmers declare that they are having difficulty “killing" out the stems. Farmer C. C. Fleming lost a barn on his farm near Jamesville the middle of last week and Farmer Jones had one burned on the Ballard farm in Poplar I’oint Town ship over the week-end. One or two other farmers are re ported to have lost barns by fire this season. Herman Harrison had one to catch fire last Sunday, hut he managed to put it out after tobacco in one or two "rooms" was burned. Eastern Firemen Met Last Tuesday | —*— Between 150 and 200 members of the Eastern Carolina Fire j men's Association were welcomed guests of the Robersonville Fire l)i partment at the organization’s quarterly meeting held at the iSwanee River Club last Tuesday 1 evening. Delicious barbecued ' chicken and accessories were served and greatly enjoyed. The group was warmly wel comed by Mayor H. S. Everett, S. : L. Roberson and Paul 1). Rober son, Fireman Dick Joyner re sponding, The business program was lim ited, but an enjoyable entertain ment program was arranged with Frank Bennett, Durham’s fire I chief, as mantel of ceremonies. Chief Bennett, told a few jokes, sang a little and Sect the group in several songs. The old fire fight or declared it was good to gel to gether in a decent sort of way with a good bunch of citizens. “If a citizen isn’t giving his best to his community he should get out of the community,” Bennett said, adding that he hud found firoiTK n not only willing to risk their health and lives to save pro perty and life, but found them also willing to help their com munities and fellowmen in other ways. The visitors were greatly im pri ssed by the delicious meal which was served by Cook Henry Johnson and his assistants, and they enjoyed the warm welcome extended them. Fireman Joyner said i vi ryone knows Roberson ville does things in u big way, and declared that its people are recognized as among the best in all North Carolina. The Hi xt meeting of the asso ciation will be held m Snow Hill. Bishop to Broac h At Local Church —<*>— Bishop Cameron Chesterfield Alleyne, of Philadelphia, Pa,, will picuch at Williams Chapel Meth odist Church, Rhodes Street, on Sunday morning, July 14, at il a. m. Bishop Alleyne i» the sup i i intendent of the 4th District of the A. TV1 K. Zion Church, and this will he his first visit to Williams ton. Rev. Algernon Hillary Fish er, the pastor, is expecting u rec ord attendance at this service. The public is cordially invited to attend. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . After traveling through the Fourth of July without an ac cident, motorists on Martin County highways tore loose last week-end to boost the ac cident total count to 73 for the first 37 weeks. 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-Seventh Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Uam'ge 1 'J4ti 4 5 0 $ 320 1945 0 0 0 00 Comparisons To Date 1946 73 65 3 18,890 1945 29 13 3 7,000 Believed Twenty Pereent Of Leaf drop Is"n!una^e!T Connulernble Dania^r Doin' To Rivor Fill And Hnral Kouds —-—v According to conservative esti mates recent rains have damaged crops in this county as much as two to two and one-half million dollars, and possibly the full dam ape has not yet been reported. Observers are of the opinion that twenty percent of the tobacco (crop in the county, as a wholo. has been lost, that in some instances the loss will run as high as eighty percent and as much as fifty per cent in one or two areas. It is estimated that 15,000 acres have been planted to the crop in Martin County this year, that the poundage very likely will be cut fiom an expected yield of about 1,400 pounds to less than 1,000 pounds per acre, on an average, j With an estimated poundage rc | duction of about 400 pounds, the crop will come up short by about ■six million pounds. Figured at I about 40 cents a pound, the re sulting loss will run right close to j $2.4i:o,000.00. The estimates, while admitted ly not accurate, are based on re ports coming from individual far mers in nearly every section of the county. The center of the rain damage apparenly is located in JamesviUe. Williams and Griffins Townships with Jamesville bear ing the brunt of the water dam age. There are bud spots in other sections, and there is little doubt but what the crop has been dam aged throughout the countv P - sibly the best tobacco as of late Thursday was found in that rrea running from the western edge of ■ Bear Grass through Cross Hoads, Kobersonvillc, a part of Poplar Point and Hamilton on into the iOak City sector. | Part of the crop in Jamesville and Williams has already been abandoned, indirect reports de clared. In other instances, the farmers are leaving the lower haves and pulling those nearer the top in an effort to save some of their crops. The present condition of the peanut crop in this county is bad but not believed critical. The ! outlook is not at all encouraging. Grass is fast taking hold, and prospects are not vei.y bright for cultivation iiriiin diutcly. The corn crop, as u whole, is holding up well. There is very little cotton in the county, and the condition of that crop has not been mentioned Crop conditions, considered serious some days ago, were ag (Continued on page six) ~*r Some Germans Say U. S. Too Lenient —»— Stuttgart.--Of *13 German, ask nil whether tliev thought amnos ty should be extended to all Nazis except party leadei--.. nearly one third said they believed the Americans had been too lenient and that Germans with Nazi lean ings would be allowed to run things again. Sixty-eight pel cent aid, how ever, that they were heartily in favor of amnesty being granted to all Nazis, except the leadeis, be cause they believed most Ger mans were guilty of no crime. Military government granted amnesty last week to all German-, under 27 who were not major of fenders, activists or profiteers. A group of Germans approved by military government as youth leaders and other Germans ap proached at random on the streets were asked whether they believ ed that action should be made general. A 32-year-old housewife said the law was "too soft” and that young Nazis were frequently worse than older ones. Only one of the *13 Germans in terviewed admitted that he had been a Nazi Party member and he said he was now willing to learn democracy. "We learn by experience,” he said somewhat sadly. Thirtmi Cases Hoard Monday In Fines. Vinoiintiiti! to r<>ll<rl(-il During \ Short Session Calvin Smith hcaril thirteen case- during a hurt ses sion of lie Martin County Re corder's Court last Monday. Only a few spectator- wife present. Fines, amounting to $290, were collected. Proceedings: The case charging Dorothy Brown with temporary larceny, was nol pressed. In a secand case in which she was charged with drunken and reckless driv ing, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $100, taxed with the cost and had her driver’s li cense revoked foi one year. A continuance was granted un til the lir 1 Monday in September, in the ease charging Clyde Moore and I eslie Godard with an as sault. Charged with speeding, Millard K. Townsend pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and taxed with the cost. Charles Joseph Shiner was fin ed $25 and taxed with the cost for speeding. Jesse Gainer, aged colored Tntfh who has been plagued by* fll luck during recent months, was fined $20, taxed with the cost and lost Ins driver's license for six months when lie was adjudged guilty of reckless driving. Cainor, plead ing not guilty, admitted that he was driving with one hand while pulling at something with th6 other in thi' foot of his car. Judge Smith declared that there was ap parently no criminal intent, but such action was dangerous and should not go unpunished. Gain er it will be recalled, lost $1 0(15 m hard earned cash some months ago at about the time his com mon-law wife disappeared from his home near Williamston. Charged with the larceny of motor vehicle license plates and their impropei use, Noah Frazier pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for a term of six months. The road sentence was suspended for oiu year upon the puymi nt of a $50 fine mid costs. His license to operate a motor vehicle wa revoked for ong year. The cases charging William Stokes with disorderly conduct and assaulting a female, and Han nah Stokes with an assault with a deadly weapon wore continued until July 22 Josh Pritchard charged with larceny and receiving, was found not guilty. A W. Hardison charged with drunkenness, through his attor ney withdrew his appeal from a lower court and the ease was re manded to the trial magistrate. Pleading guilty in the case charging him with speeding, Johnnie Gril'l'in was fined $20 and taxed with the court costs. John William. charged with reckless and drunken driving, was adjudged guilty and drew a $50 tine and was required to pay the court costs His license to operate a motor vehicle was re voked for one year. Marshall Staton, a second defendant in the case, was adjudged not guilty, the two men having accused each other ot operating the minor ve hicle when it was wrecked near Parmele a few days ago. In the case charging F C Egan (Continued on page Us) Registration For School Election —#— Between 140 and 145 citizens have registered for the special school election to be held in the Jamesville district on Saturday, July 27, Substitute Registrar W. W Walters reported this week. The registration books close on Saturday of this week and will be opened on Saturday of next week for challenge ol registra tions. The proposal before the special election voters calls for a 20-eent tax levy on the $100 assessed pro perty valuation, and it adopted will supplement the state-sup porti d minimum school term, it was explained. A similar election was success fully held in Williamston in May and RobersonviJJe adopted a 20 cent levy by a large majority last Saturday,