THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 66 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 16, 1946 .—■ THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEBS ESTABLISHED 1899 Fines Amounting” To $170 Imposed In County Court -- No Session of tlie Court* Will Be Held Next Monday Handling nine cases, Judge J. Calvin Smith imposed fines amounting to $170 in the regular session of the Martin County Re corder’s Court last Monday. The tribunal, in session just about two hours, attracted an unusually large crowd since the tobacco har vest had been virtually complet ed. To avoid a conflict with the opening of the markets, Judge Smith announced that no session of the court would be held next Monday. The court will resume its work on August 26. Proceedings: Grover Clark, charged with careless and reckless driving, was sentenced to the roads for ninety days, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of a $25 fine and the court costs. The defendant’s license to operate a motor vehicle was revoked for thirty days. Pleading guilty in the case charging hitn with operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, William Manson, Jr., was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. The court recommended that no operator's license be issu ed the defendant for one year. Bill Wimibush, charged with as saulting another with a deadly weapon, was adjudged guilty over his plea of innocence and was sen tenced to jail for two days, fined $24 and taxed with the costs. Charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, William E. Barringer pleaded guilty and was fined $10 and tax ed with the cost. The court rec ommended that no license be is sued the defendant for six months. Albert Williams, young colored man who went on a rampage in v. lien lie got iuJ'TrRfJff Rail 1 111el on, sweet wine and liquor, plead ed not guilty when faced with charges of assault wuth a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct. '1 ■ . w-ds; drunk but maintained that he knew nothing about the charges lodged against him Adjudged guffiy, Williams wj" serve twelve months on the roads. Maintaining his innocence, Wil liam Hoggard, charged with non support, was adjudged guilty. Judge Smith sentenced him to the roads for six months hut sus pended the sentence upon tire guaranteed payment, cf $8 each week to the county welfare de partment for the care and support of his five minor children. The court also ordered that the de (Continued on page eight) Several Injured In Road Accident Mrs. John Cotten Tayloe, the former Miss Bernice Everett of Robersonville, was painfully but not badly huit in an automobile accident near Washington last Tuesday evening. Dr. Tayloe suf fered fractures of two ribs and other injuries. Mrs. Tayloe was cut on the arms and suffered bruises, it was learned. The car caught fire, but Mrs. Tayloe help ed her husband out before he was burned. Parties riding in a second car figuring in the accident were badly but not critically hurt, one receiving a broken hip and burns. ■> WARNING | * County and local officers this week soiOided again the old warning to beware of get rich-quick schemes. They particularly stressed the ne cessity of staying clear of the ftamflammers, those persons who would dare pull the old pocket book gag and walk away with hard-earned cash. Several farmers have been swindled by plain trickery in past years, one losing well over * 1,000 in a single game. Money is expected to flow ever so freely in this section, but it will hardly be plentiful enough for one to take chances with it > Large Number Of Tobacco Ca rds Still To Be Delivered The delivery of several hun dred tobacco marketing cards fo the 1!>46 season is being delayed pending the completion of acre age surveys and the payment of penalties where allotments were exceeded, it was learned today from the Triple A office here. Land measurements have been checked in most of the townships, but the work has progressed slow ly in several districts, including parts of Robersonville, Hamilton and Poplar Point Townships. Un til the acreages are checked, the cards can't he delivered, it was explained. The office stated that work was being rushed as rapidly as possible by the committeemen and that it was possible most cards could be made ready for distribution over the week-end. Of the approximately 2(H) farm ers known .to have planted in ex cess of their allotments, only 34 up until Thursday noon had call cd foi their cards. In those cases where allotments were exceeded, the farmers were advised that they could report to the agent's office after having the respective district committeeman estimate the production, pay the penalty on that basis and receive a white marketing card. It is also possible for the excess planter to call at the office and choose a red mar keting card which provided for the payment of the penalty for excess plantings when the to bacco is sold. The thirty-four farmers plant ing in excess and calling for their cards paid a total penalty of $2. 559.70, or an average of $75.57 each. The penalty is figured at 10 cents a pound. All white marketing cards have been distributed where there were no excess plantings and where the lands have been check ed. Purchase Crawford House For Teachers i IMPROVED vJ Where they have not been drowned nr abandoned to the grass, peanuts are showing marked improvement, reports from various sections of the county declaring that the vines had doubled in size dur ing the past three weeks. With favorable weather con ditions prevailing during the remainder of the season, a fairly large yield and good quality are to be expected. Checking on his crop this week, Farmer Willie Lassiter said that he counted approxi mately eighty small goobers on one vine. _____ Firemen Consider Community Center In their regular meeting last Monday evening, local volunteer firfjpt*.. vox; d, unanimoaAf te> consider a community building project in cooperation with the several civic organizations and other interested parties. A com mittee was named to discuss with representatives from the civic or ganizations prospective plans for advancing such a program. The firemen, it was pointed out, have between $1,000 and $1,500 in then treasury and at their recent meet ing they indicated they were will ing to work hard and boost the amount in support of a worth while community undertaking. The group voted to spend be tween $350 and $500 on enlarging the firemen's house boat on the river for suppers and impromptu “Til?lungs. A "Tor was pfffffias'ed for $100 on the Hamilton Road for possible use in later years. All next week the firemen are sponsoring the Raftery’s and R. and S. Shows on the lot next to the Williamston Lumber Com pany. The proceeds will be plac ed. in the fund for possible use in supporting the community build ing project. --e Mrs. Wm. Powell Passes In County —«— Mrs. Ma.tha 1. Powell, widow of Wm. D. Powell, highly respect ed citizen of Gold Point, died at her home last Thursday at 2 p. m. Mrs. Powell, daughter of the iate Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henry Whitfield, was 70 years old. A member of the Gold Point Chris tion Church she was held in high esteem and was regarded as one of the finest wemen of the com munity in which she was born and reared. Funeral services were held last Friday at the home with Rev. J. M. Perry of the Robersonville Christian Church off eiating. In terment was in the Kobeisonvilla cemetery. Surviving are two sons, C. L. and W. R. F*owell; one daughter, Mrs. R. C. Crawford, all of Gold Point; one sister, Mrs. Sue Bunt ing of Oak City, * -^-. Many Requests for Extra Apartments Have Been Filed - • «•> County Itoanl Agrees To Pav $15,04)0;' |)j*triet To Pay $5,000 After extended investigations and years of waiting in the hope ihe problem would solve itself, Williamston’s school district com mittee this week took definite action to provide housing for the local principal and teachers. Meeting for a second time with members i’oi'*uu^foi^‘*9ffimn,itce Wednes day morning definitely agreed to purchase the K. B. Crawford pro perty owned by S. A. Mobley on ■North Smithwick Street for $20, MMMMMK.4* •' . .■■■—■ \ The county, in accordance with an agreement reached at a joint jrraeVmg of the two groups some weeks ago, will accept three fourths or $15,000 of the cost and the local district will pay the re mainder or $5,000. Final action, calling for the purchase of the five apartment building, was taken only after other arrangements for housing the teachers had failed, and after the ownei had agreed to equip the building with adequate heating equipment. The purchase of the property will add considerably to the grammar school play ground area just as soon as a fence can be moved, it was pointed out. Hardly before the transaction had been completed numerous re quests for surplus i ooms or apart ments''were filed with the com mittee. The applications will be considered in the order they are received, but none of the property will be rented until principal teacher requirements are defin itely and adequately met, it was stressed ir. an announcement re leased soon after the deal v.as made public. Reporting for work this week, Principal B. G. Stewart plans to move his family here just as soon as workers can install steam pipes in his apartment, possibly next Monday. -* Paralysis Victim Reported Better —»— Little John Wade Coltrain, fall ing victim of infantile paralysis the latter part of July, was found to be showing some improvement Wednesday when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Coltrain, visited in the polio hospital at Gastonia in the polio hospital at Gastonia. The lad has use of one leg, but the other is not doing so well and it is believed that his back is af fected. At first, he could not look at his feet hut he has more use of his head now, it was reported. Mr. and Mrs. Coltrain, making the trip in one day, were accom panied by their sons, Maurice and Eldon, and Mr. and Mrs. Simon Coltrain. Mrs. John Hardy New Chairman of Red Cross Unit —*— Small Group In Mooting Held In Courthouse Last Wednesday Night -—. Mrs. John \V. Hardy was nam ed chairman of the Martin Coun ty Chapter, American Red Cross, in a meeting held in the county courthouse here Wednesday even ing. Her husband, the Rev. Mr. Hardy, was also nominated for the post, but the lady won out. James C. Manning, serving as chairman of the organization for the past five years, was elected vice chairman and Herman A. Bowen was continued as treasur er. Mrs. Edna Laughinghouse was re-elected secretary and home service director. Very little business was placed before the meeting other than the election of officers for the new year. Mrs. Laughinghouse. serv ing as secretary and home service director of the chapter for the past several months, reviewed the work of the Red Cross and ex plained that the case work had been greatly reduced during re cent months. In July only seven ty-five cases were hapdled, she said. Most of those cases were centered around World War 11 veterans who were interested in various aspects of the GI Bill of (Continued on page eight) -«. Druggists Hold District Meeting -•— representing most of the counties in t hi*'section of the State, per Meeting in the Woman’s Club hall here last Tuesday, druggists, escnUng ii sleet i fected an organization of the Tenth District, North Carolina Pharmaceutical Associatio Mr. John Hood of Kinston was elected president, W. B. Gurley of Wind sor, vice president and John liea51o*CY^ Approximately 21 c/1 the 41 druggists in the twenty one counties in the district at tended the meeting and partici pated in the program. the North Carolina Pharmaceuti cal Association of Chapel Hill; '■h c Al,' \ U'a'Om ■-■|,<.retavv of UictT of Chapel Hill, and Mr. E. C. Dan iel, president of the North Caro lina Pharmaceutical Association of Zebulon, addressed the after noon and evening sessions. Their discussion topics were centered around drug store problems, in cluding pharmacy laws and regu lat ions. Following dinner served in the club, educational films were shown during the evening pro gram. Mother of County Man Fatally Hurt •/ —♦— Mrs. Mary Ann Mokes, mother of J. O. Stokes of Hamilton and a sister of Henry Bryant Hardee of Robersonville, was fatally injured in an automobile accident near Ayden last Saturday afternoon. Mi s. Stokes, 80 years old, died in an ambulance while en route to a Greenville hospital. The car in which Mrs. Stokes was riding with her son, G. Lee Stokes, his wife and son, of Rich mond, was in collision with an other machine. Mr. Stokes, his wife and son were not badly hurt. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Red Banks Primitive Baptist. Church near Greenville Tuesday afternoon by Elder J. B Roberts of Farmville. Burial was in the family cemetery. Mrs. Stokes, widow of Elder Geo. W. Stokes, Primitive Bap tist minister, lived in Pitt County all her life. Besides her relatives in this county she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. C. Carrowan of Goldsboro ond Mrs. I). T. Jones of near New Bern; four sons, W N. Stokes of Charlotte, J. B. and W. H. Stokes, both of near Green ville, and G. Lee Stokes of Rich mond; four sisters, Mrs. Jethro Mills, Mrs. En.roa Gladson, Mrs. Gilbert Bibb and Mrs. Addie Ed wards, all of near Greenville; two brothers, Oscar and Ed Stanley Hardee, both of near Greenville; 40 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Lions Here Favor Reorganization of Parents-Teaehers —»— Plp