THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE TIIK ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER -,M» V.ARTIN COUNTY EA.M1LIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 57 Williamston, Martin County, /Vori/i Carolina, Tiu-sday, Ju/y 16. 19-16 ESTABLISHED 1899 liOiig Bed Rest Is first Essential For TB Patients One \V lio Submits To Per iod Of Imielivity Like ly To Recover (The following is one in a series o! articles prepared by i)u ,North Carolina Tuberculosis Association and sponsored by civic organiza tions.—ed.) One reason that tuberculosis is so feared is that people dread the long period of inactivity neces sary to recover from the disease. It is true that tuberculosis is a long-term disease — a disease which gains a nolu on the body slowly and which, unless discov ered in its early stage, requires a long period for recovery. The sooner treatment is begun, however, the sooner will the dis ease, barring unusual circum stances, be arrested. The tuber culous patient who accepts the in evitable and resigns himself to being inactive for a period of months is the wise patient and the one most apt to conquer the dis ease. The one essential element in the treatment of tuberculosis is rest—complete bed rest. No drug has yet been found which will cure tuberculosis or even create immunity to it. The only cure is rest. Why is bed rest so important? Because the only way to permit the din used lung to heal is to keep it as inactive as possible. Sometimes this complete rest must be enforced by means of therapeutic pneumothorax, which means collapsing the lung with air to keep it inactive. However, many doctors pre fer to give na ture a chance, with preliminary bed i t si. to heal the lung before artificial aids are tried. When doctors say that the lung must rest, they mean literally what they say. They mean such cotnpli te rest that, it' ,1 is to be obtained, the patient must stay in bed. Any exertion, even walking around, makes the lung work harder and causes delay in the healing process. The tuberculous patient should place himself under medical care as soon as he is aware he has tub erculosis. And he should do ex actly what the doctor says. Ordi narily, the doctor will recommend that he enter a hospital for the tuberculous becaus in such a hos pital everything is arranged to enable him to rest most comfort ably. Occasionally, for one reas on or another, the doctor will not insist upon his entering a hospital. This, however, does rot mean that the patient does not have to rest. Hearniust follow the instructions ef the doctor and the members 1 of his family must realize how es nntiul it is .for the patient to fol low medical advice. Tuberculous patients frequent ly begin to look quite weil and healthy shortly after treatment is begun. But don’t ever be deceiv ed by looks where tuberculosis is concerned. It is not the patient's looks, but tlie condition of his lungs that is important in tuber culosis. The doctor, through X ray pictures of the lungs and other tests, knows when it is safe fur the bed rest regimen to be modified. The doctor’s advice, and nof the comments ol well meaning friends, should deter mine the patient’s adherence to bed rest. In the next article, keeping coul in the summer will be discussed. Daylight Peeping Tom Escapes Here One of the most unusual acts of e peeping tom was entered in po lice records here lust Sunday noon when a stranger crawled undtr a house on West Warren Street and tried 1o observe through a hole in the floor per sons in the kitchen. Cleo Rhodes was preparing din ner when she saw the colored man under the house peeping through a hole large enough for a cat t ) crawl in and out. She yell ed and ran irom tiie house, and neighbors came running. While they gathered in the street, the man crawled out of the house, ran across neighbors’ yards and fled in the general direction of the Carolina warehouse. Police, an swering the call, found where the man had crawled from the front of the house to the kitchen and left by the side, leaving his straw- j i» . - Trail Of Wayward \oiitfis Ends Herr WARMING ! vt ValiMirfm.A tfiai several people had been killed in this section of North Carolina and other areas by stray bullets, Chief of Police Chas. R. mob ley this week warned against the promiscuous firing of rifles and other firearms in side the town limits. Fire arms have been shot quite freely in the high school sec tion of the town here during recent weeks, and the officer stated that the practice must be stopped, that arrests will be made if necessary. Several Teachers Leaving Positions In County Schools j Acceptances Delayed Until' Housing Arraiifjeinenls Cam He Hade The teacher shortage, critical in Martin County schools for the ' past several terms, continues, a report from the office of the sup erintendent this week stating that the situation had been aggravat ed recently by several additional resignations. No faculties are yet complete, and resignations are outnumbering applications by about two to one, it was learned. Miss Margaret Elliott of Eden ton, fourth grade teacher in the local schools for the past three years, recently resigned to accept a position in the Newport News schools. Miss Anna Louise Taylor, after • teaching several terms in Ever- | efts, resigned a short time ago to ! go to the schools in Kannapolis. After two years as English and 1 French instructor in the Oak City j High School. Miss Madge Lane re- I signed recently, one report stat ing that she was quitting the pro- 1 fession. A complete check of the posi- ! tions yet lo be filled in the vari- j ous school faculties could not be j had today, but most of them arc fur from complete, including one or two principal positions. It was pointed out here today ! that at least two contracts Jiud ' been cancelled with the local j committee because of housing ! (Continued on page six) New Firm To Open A Furniture Store —*— Leasing the Godard building formerly occupied by the Mat thews and Williamston cafes next to Warren Biggs’ drug store on Main Street, Messrs. 1). C. Mc Lawhorn and B. L. Cunway are planning to open a furniture store there abuut the 'middle of next month. The building is being remodel ed and new windows are to be installed this week. Operating as the McLawhorn and Conway Fur niture Company, the new firm will handle a general line of fur niture, flour coverings and elec trical appiances. Orders have been placed and shipments are expected within tile next lew days. --<*-. Favor Removal Of Wake Forest —*— By a vote of 30 to two thu last Sunday morning congregation in the local Baptist cijUich favored the removal of Wake Forest Col lege to Winston-Salem. The vote, planned at a meeting of the church deacons last Friday night, was taken without debate. Those favoring the removal of the col lege are alumni of the institution. In accordance with the vote, Dr. Ira Knight, pastor, was in structed to favor the change when he goes as a delegate to a special meeting of the North Carolina State Baptist Convention to be held in Greensboro on July 3U. Scheduled to hold a one-day ses sion, the convention wili limit its! work to the one question, it was 1 learned I Kid Hoy And (Jirl Placed In Hands Of F ederal Agent -f, — Cliarpttl Willi Tlirft, Eil Marti Faust of Miami Is Arrested Here A Climax to juvenile delin quency. possibly traceable to de linquency higher up, was enter ed in local police records last Fri day following the arrest of a glamorous 15-year-old boy, Ed ward Franklin Faust, and his 15 year-old sweetheart, Joyce Carol Emery, both of Miami. Charged with violating the national motor vehicle theft act. the two kids were turned over to Agent Pettit of the FBI and given a hearing before U. S. Commissioner John B. Respass in Washington last Fri day afternoon. Bond was requir ed in the sum of $250. The gil l's mother of 405 NW 37th Street, Miami, traveled to Raleigh by plane to claim her daughter who was being held by the marshall. It could not be learned immediately if the glamor boy raised bond. The two kitls are schedule d to ap pear in federal court at Washing ton for trial during the fall term. Apparently climaxing a series of incidents so common among America’s youth of today, the epi sode brought to such an unfor tunate end here last Friday had its beginning in Miami tin.- early part of last week. Arrested by Chief Chas. K Mobley Friday morning, Shi iky Faust talked very freely. According to the youth's story an older man rented a car from a “U Drive 11" in Mi ami and he (Faust) was to pick up some girls for a party. Faust picked up the little Emery girl, ran out on his friend and started north on the eighth. The two slept in the car every night but one and that one they spent to gether as unregistered guests in the Tobacco Road Cabins near Washington. Thursday night they parked their car near the Biggs home in Ne w Town here and spent the night, their arrests fol lowing Friday morning. With only 23 cents in their pos session, the couple encountered their first real trouble Thursday morning when a lire went flat on the Hounoko River till, just north of here. Patrolman W K. Sound ers of the N. C Highway Patrol, inspecting damage done to the fill by recent ruins, was hardly forty steps away, and Faust was trembling a bit when he got out of the stolen car. When the boy said he had no jack or anything to repair the tire. Patrolman Saunders told him he would send a service man over to help. Unable to lix the tire, the ser viceman put on a second-hand tire, reducing the price to a mini mum when Faust declared that he and the girl were on theii wed ding trip and that the $30 they had when tiiey left Miami was about spent. The 23 cents was hardly enough so the lad wired a friend, a Mr. Berry in Kutz uwn, Pennsylvania, for money. It is believed that Berry contacted reiutives of the youthful couple in Miami and the relatives, in turn, wired Chief Mobley to take the girl into custody. The couple, no answer - to their appeal fur money received, hud already re paired to their rendezvous for the night and were not found until ihe following morning. Faust, during the meantime, had told several different stories to filling station attendants, claiming he and the girl were married. When questioned by Chief Mobley, Faust said they were planning to get married in Mary land where they understood it could be done without much trouble. Accrding to the story told by the youths their mothers are mar ried again, the girl stating that she had not seen her father since she was five and one-half years old. Faust said that his motliei had left him alone in Miami while she went to New York for a stay of several months. It was while his mother was away from home about two months ago that the youth was arrested for reckless driving, a (Continued on page siz). No Rain Falls On Two of tin* First Crop Coiuliiiou* Kitronrng* in^j In Several Sections Of This County . _ A i'll; week brought followed hope to farmers in this county with the possible exception of those in Jamesville, Williams, Griffins and paits of two or three other dis tricts. While the break in thy weather may be temporary, it lias enabled farmers in nearly every section to return to their fields with plows. However, tobacco is requiring so much attention first that it will be next to impossible for all farmers to get to their peanut fields to successfully com bat grass and weeds. Through Monday of this week, 6.67 inches of rain had fallen since the last of June, the weather sta tion on Poanoke River here stat ing that some rain had fallen on all but two of the first fifteen days in the month. None w as re ported on the flth and 14th. There were two or three days when only a slight trace was reported, and on one of the two days when none fell at this point fairly heavy showers were reported in other sections of the county. Goose Nest Township had a heavy show or Sunday night, and although none fell up town the weather station at the river here reported a trace at noon yesterday. An estimate advanced on the ' crop losses in this county last week end following almost con- 1 tinuous rains still holds, but farm- 1 1 ers in the heavily damaged sec lions maintain the $2,000,000 loss figure is too low while others in the more favored sections arc of the opinion it is too high. Strange as it may seem, it is now fairly certain that one sec- 1 turn of the county will harvest its I -- in many years while j (Continued on page six) Final Report On Food Collection Late contributions, including those mode by citizens in the Hamilton, Everetts, and James ville areas, boosted the total col lection for the Emergency Food Fund to $ 1,651.02, Chairman 11. 1’. Mobley announced last week-end. Every penny contribute'! by Martin County citizens and others throughout the land, is moving in to the famine areas, a recent re port explained. Contributions not previously acknow lodged: M. IF Beach, $1; Frank Stokes, $!; Fiank Everett. $1; Edgar ljav is, $2.50; Willie S. Edmondson, $1; Johnson Mercantile1 Company, $5; F. L. Haislip, $1; W. J. Beach, $2; Cl. S. Haislip, $2; Dr. V. E. Blown, $25; Roberson Slaughter House, $10; Mrs. Catherine Slud er, $3; Henry D. Peel, $1; Johnnie Mobley, $1; V. (J. Taylor, $5; Lu than Jones, $1; Paul Bailey, $2; IF S. Hardy, $5; Martin County Bottling Co., $25; Barnhill Sup ply Company, $5; J. W. Cherry Grocery, $3; J. S. Ayers, $5; V. A. Spivey $5; Brown Brother* $5; Sex ter, Store, $2, Hardison Farm Supply, $5; Anderson’s Service Station, $1, and Clark’s Cafe, $3. Funeral Thursday Funeral services were conduct ed last Thursday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock in the Bethel Meth odist Church for John W. Ed mondson, Martin County man, who died at ids home between Parmele and Bethel last Wednes day evening at 7:00 o’clock. Rev. W. M. Howard, Jr., conducted the last rites and burial was in the family cemetery near the home. Mr. Edmondson 00 years of age, was a well known farmer of the Parmele- Bethel section, and was held in high esteem as a citizen and friend. Unusually active fur his ad vanced age, fie had been ill only a short time. Surviving are two sons, M. M. Edmondson and R. B. Edmondson of Bethel; three daughters, Mrs. 1 Lennic Smith oi Robersonville Mrs. George Keel and Mrs. J. C. Bullock of Everetts; and several grandchildren and great-grand children. Hent'h Their Home In Marlin {'.minty m ^on _l uiu lather‘tit tins county last week-end after a fourteen-day trip across the Atlantic from their native home in England. One of several brides of Martin County young men who served overseas during the recent war, Mrs. Moore staled that their ship. S. 8. Zebu Ion Vance No. 4. broke down and was several days behind selied- i ule. After a short stay in* New I York, Mrs. Moore and young son I travi led to Rocky Mount by train where they were met by Mr. Moore and Mr. J. H. Roebuck. Miss Hilda Rose Smith before her marriage, Mrs. Moore is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Smith of Bridgewater, England. She was married to Mr. Moore in Hendon, County of Middlesex, a suburb of London, on June 13, t!)45, by C. W. Wvles, superin tendent of registrations. They had been separated since last August 24 when he was transferred. Although the crossing was un usually rough ,t time., end she thought the ship would stand on its ends, Mrs. Moore said they got along vuiy Well. They were met in New York by the Red Cross and placed on the train for Rocky Mount by (he organization. Di during that she had never seen so much food in her life, Mrs. Moore, now at the family home in Williams Township, explained that rationing was being continu ed in England, that food become unusually scarce near the end of each rationing period. Eagle Seoul Badge Awarded To Watts _*_ i Thi local Lions Club held ds rugulur meeting at the Woman’s Club la.-t Thursday. A delicious fl esh ham suppi t' was served to the members and guests by tht Werleyan Guild of the Methodi-t Church. Presentation of the Eagle Scout badgi was made to John Watts, son of Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Watts, of scout Troop 21) which is spon sored by the Williamston Lions club, by Wheeler Martin, Si. lie lore meking the award, Mr. Mar tin spoke regarding the many tasks a scout must perform and he must pass before tins honor cun be bestowed upon him. Mr. Martin, having hud wide experi ence in scouting, explained to the Lions and guests present, how a number of these merits were earned. On in particular was “cooking." This consisted of pie paring a meal for a number of persons that was eatable and it must be prepared according to the scout rules. John’.-, mother, placed the Eagle Scout badge on her sun. A varied discussion was made of reorganizing a parent teachers association throughout the Wil liamston school system. Few other business problems were discussed during the meet ing along with a number of re ports from difh rent committees. Adjournment followed these re ports. Injunl bins In Loral llos/iilal Last f riilay -« Mary Annette. six-day - old duughh r of Thuimon and Hose Perry Griffin, dieikin the local hospital last Friday. Funeral ser vices were conducted last Satur day in the Piricy Grove Baptist Church by Kcv. W. B. Harrington interment fullowmg 11. the Tice Community Cemetery in Grifilins Town..hip, .General Outlook For Agriculture Grnf'raltr ttriiryrd Farm ers W ill Ht'ceive Higher Prices This Year Other than crop failutcs and damage caused by weather condi tions in limited areas, the agricul tural outlook for 1SJ4C is consider ed bright, according to a survey released by the Department of Agriculture as of July 6. The re port reads: The general price level contin ues to rise. Government programs have been inadequate to curb in flation. Generally speaking, far mers may expect to receive higher prices. Cost of production will increase. The good farm manag er will have a successful year in 1941). but the poor manager may lose money in spite of high gross income. Cost of Living The cost of living has gone up and will continue to rise through I out the year. Many signs point to a real break through in the price level. The demand for most farm products continues strong and will exceed supply of current ! prices. The accumulated war sav I mgs which are still large exert in j flationary pressure on prices. As commodities become available the savings will be depleted. Labor The farm labor supply will not be adt quale to meet all needs. The situation, however, continues to improve. Farm wage rates will inert use. The tendency is for larm wage rates to follow indus trial wage rates, which means a trend upward for some months yet. Equipment and Supplies Mine equipment will appear on tin. markqt at higher prices. Some ili ms will in- hard to gel even at much higher prices. This will be particularly true of building ma terials. Must ordinary farm ma chine ry repan parts will he avail able. Transportation The transportation situation will improve slowly. Even so, the needs will not tie fully met in cer tain lines. Refrigerator cars will continue to be short. More trucks will lie available which will help 1o relieve the whole farm trans portation situation. Hue Cured Tobacco There has been approximately a 11 percent increase in flue cured acreage for 1046. Carry over in I relation to consumption is slight ly above normal. Present indiea- ! tions are that average yield will I be somewhat lower than last year. Domestic demand for tobacco pro ducts remains strong. Whether quality of leaf will determine the price paid is now an unknown factor. Total foreign demand for | 1047 is still undetermined. The average price which will be paid hn the 1046 crop should be sumc where near the 1045 average. Cotton Estimated United States carry over ol cotton as of August 1046 is 7.5 million bales, the lowest since 1037. The present supply of cot ton includes an abnormally large amount of short staple and low grades. On April 25, the Depart incut of Agriculture announced an i xtension of the export sub sidy program on cotton. Estimat ed i xporls for cotton during 1045 46 season are about 3.5 million hales. On July 3, cotton averag ed approximately 31 cents a pound. Peanuts Prices at harvest this year should equal prices paid at har vest in 1045 or go higher. There has been approximately a 5 per cent reduction in acreage. The support price will be near 7.7c per ib. Truck Crops Adverse weather has hurt pros pects for Eastern North Carolina truck growers, but not as much as Stales south oi N. C. Yield of bt a ns, cantaloupes, cucumbers, green peppers, and watermelons is expected to be good. Prospects are good for truck in the moun tains but the acreage is less than last year. Eastern Farmers have had a low demand and a corre spondingly luw price for crops al ready marketed. This was due more to a transportation shortage than a decreased consumer de mand. The peach and apple crop appear to be lurbc and ol good quality. (Continued r-n page six) Three-Year Con 1 rol flBUXafaacfia jGkfiii Overwhelming Vote r KOlfNIMJl* I Seven persons were arrest ein Soon Plans ari' virtually complete lor holding the first annual Williams ton Duality Paguanl and danut', sponsored by tin- local Junior Chamber of Commerce. This ! double event will take place at the high school gymnasium Wed nesday night. July 17th, begin ning at nine o’clock. The beauty pageant will take place first, with fifteen lovely young ladies competing for the honor of being crowned “Miss Williamston”. hive out-of-town judges will have the problem of selecting the queen, after which Mayor J. L. Hassell will crown the winner. Bruce Wynne will serve as muster of ceremuii'cs fur the occasion. All the entrants in the contest I will be sponsored by a local busi ness firm or organization, and prizes will be awarded the winnei and second and third place selec tions. In addition, the winner representing the local Jay eves in the stale contest to be held in Wilson on August .'fid, will be given a week’s vacation at Caro lina Beach as guests ot the Wil mington Jaycees. Immediately following the beauty pageant, which will feat ure at least two appearances of all the contestants, a danee wul take place, with the music being furnished by Hoy C; It and hi 1J piece University of North Caro lina orchestia This popular hand features several fine vocalists, and will also provide music dur ilig the pageant. Tin dance Will end at two o’clock in the morn ing. The Jaycees announce that the gymn will be decorated and well-cooled for the affairs, and plenty of space is being reserved for spectators. Refreshments will also be available. (For a list ol entrants and spon soring firms, see full page ad elsewhere in this issue of The lin tel prise,) Child lnjuml In Highway Ac cide nt Litth Miss Al'a liose Hardison of Plymouth suffered a fracture of both bones at her loft wrist last Friday afternoon at 5:110 o’clock when she was struck by .1 cai driven by Ernest llaycs, HFD 1, Jamcsville, near Dardens. TheTittli girl, about eight years of age, was playing with other children in the highway win n Mr. Hayes drove around a long curve. The children parted, some going to one side and the Hardison girl to the other side of the road. Just as Hayes approached, the Hardi son girl started to cruss the road to join her playmates. Hayes turned his car tu the shoulder 111 an effort to miss her, but failed. After striking and knocking the child down, the car traveled only about twenty or twenty-five steps. The victim was treated in the Plymouth Clinic and later dis charged. No charges were brought against tire diner ut the car, 11 was learned from Patrolman W. [ E. Saunders who investigated Hie j accident. , (trriv Oik* Vole Is Cast V^ainst The Plan Last Friday Measure (lurries In VII The I’roilnriii" S l;i j • I tv Itij; Majority A planned economy for tobacco production during the next three years was approved last Friday when tobacco farmers in several states yok'd overwhelmingly for acreage control Martin County farmei voting .'1010 for the three year program, three for the o.ne-yeat program and only one (1) against the measure were light at the lop in supporting the acreage control plan. The county voted within five hundred of its strength, and while it felt just one vide .hurt of lilt! percent in its suppoi t. it is believed that few othi r counties in any of the states gave so much support and offered so liltle uppiisition. Three yt a:, igo the county vot ed 2.ill I for three war quotas, but twelve opposition voles were re corded in the election held in July of thitt yi ar The vote that year was 99.3 percent as compared with a percentage just short one vote of being perfect this year. According to incomplete re ports, the sixty-seven counties participating i' the lust Friday referendum gave the measure 172,0,42 vote: tor the three-year plan, 1,762 for one-ycai. The op position wa; placed at 1.1)22 volts. Ce'apli ‘ 11 pul t for all f the producing state; are not yet avail able, but according to rcprciientu livt and almost complete returns, the measure received far more tliaii tBi- neci . arv two-thirds ma jority. Hi turns from Georgia gave the ttirci year program 15, 320 votes (illil lei one year, and 1,0411 against quotas. South Carolina: for three-year quotas. 25,99-1: for one-year quota, ji j; against quotas. 381 Virginia voted 24,998 for quotas and 513 against. Florida gave the three-year program 3.181 votes, one-year quotas, 124, and vote 172 against quotas. One county ill A!,.b.in a voted sixteen for and one against quotas. In accordance with the an nounced vote, quotas will have been maintained without inter ruption for ten years at tlie end til 1944 Quotas v», ie \ ot, 4 out for 1939 and tobacco prices that year tumbled. Reduced acreages are in prospect for next year, but farmers aix fairly optimistic over the price outlook for Ibis year. The vote cast in Has county last (Continued oil page six) Club Members See The ‘Lost Colony* .— Thirty-four members of the Older Youth Club returned yes terday from Man too where they spent the week-end. The "Lust Colony” wa: . eii on Saturday niglit. Swimming was enjoyed on Sunday mealing by some while others toured the historical spots or iiew uvei Roanoke Island. The following attended: Shel ton Hatley, Truiah Hailey. How ard Howen, Jean Bowen, Billion Chei ry. Mary Lou Co Strain, Suilie M. llurdison, Peggy Jones. Gertie MeLawhorn, Herbert Mizeile, Margaret Mizeiie, Dorothy Peele, Lola Peele, J 1). Price, Hesta Price, Melba Revels, Siade Peele Revels, Margaret Roberson, D. 11. Rogersun, Billion Rogerson, Jesse Rugersoli, Joyce Taylor, Shirley Taylor, Katherine Taylor, Hetty Lou Wobblelon, John Wobbleton, Sarah Wobbleton, Matte Wobble ton. Ruby Harrison, Marjorie Hur risori, Chat lie Grey Collrain, Ed na Coltrain, and Virginia Woul ard. They w\ re accompanied by Elizabeth Parker, Home Agent; Garnetm Crocker Assistant Home Agent; L. W. Cone, Assis tant Farm Agent, Tliad Harrison, and Hob Everett, Jt»