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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY j OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE - , —— '1 1^11 A THE ENTERPRISE IS BEAD BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TV7ICE EACH WEEK VOLUME L—NUMBER 13 ff illiamston, Martin County, ISortli Carolina, Friday, F(‘bi nary II. IVI7 ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge J. C. Smith Has Fifteen Cases ^ In County’s Defendants Fined Total Of $325 At Session Last Monday Morning In a comparatively short ses sion. Judge J. Calvin Smith cail ed fifteen cases, imposed fines ir the sum of $325 and meted ou' several road sentences in the Martin County Recorder’s Couri last Monday. No large crowd at tended the session which lastec hardly until noon. Proceedings: The case charging James Biggi with non-support was nol pressed with leave. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Stewart Brown was adjudg ed not guilty. Pleading guilty of improperly parking his car on the highway Orange Peel was fined $20 anc required to pay the costs. Traveling north at about a sev enty-mile per hour clip, Louise Bareise, 21 Taylor Street, Ne wark, N. J„ and Mock Haut, 13C Washington Street, South Nor walk, Connecticut, were each fin ed $25 and taxed with the cost Picking up their trail in Beaufort County on U. S. Highway 17, Pa trolman Titus Martin overtook them just a few miles from Wil liamston, and the two men were carried right on into court with out delay. It is one of the few times that speedsters were caught, cited to the courts and tried at the same time within a tew minutes following a law vio lation. Pleading not guilty of operat ing a motor vehicle with improp er lights, Jesse V. J. Peel was ad judged guilty. He was fined $11) and taxed with the costs. Raleigh Albert Leon Jones, charged with speeding, was fined $15 and required to pay the court costs. Charged with drunken and reckless and careless driving, Lewis Thomas Taylor, young white man who was wounded jn tiie heart while in service in France, pleaded guilty of drunk en driving but not guilty of reck less and careless driving. He was found guilty as charged, and Judge Smith sentenced him to the roads for one year. The sentence was suspended upon the payment of a $100 fine and the court costs, and on the further condition that he pay $200 to the prosecuting witness, Millard Warren, for da mage done to the Warren car. The defendant's license was revoked for one year. Charged with disorderly con duct, Harold Edmondson, Willis Peel McKeel and Slade J. Revels, pleaded guilty and each was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Drunk and disorderly, George Watson pleaded guilty when his case was called and he was fined $25 and taxed with the court costs. Entering a plea of not guilty, James Pritchett was adjudged (Continued on page six) -o • Enters Local Hospital Tuesday for Treatment — ♦ Mr. Wilson G. Lamb, taken suddenly ill last Saturday night, entered the local hospital TuVs day afternoon for treatment. His condition is much improved, but it could not be learned when he would be able to return to his home on Smithwiick Street. r JUSTICES • i ---/ v. Messrs. It. T. Jo.inson and lames S. Ayers, Jr., have been recommended for the offices of justices of the peace here by B. S. Critcher, president of the Martin Coun ty Bar Association, and El bert S. Peel, chairman of the Martin County Democratic Executive Committee. Their appointments by the gover nor are expected within a short time. Johnson was active as a justice of the peace in Pitt County for several years be fore he came to Williamston several years ago as tele grapher for the Coast Line. Both have agreed to carry on the work only until Mayor J. L. Hassell is able to return to active duty, it was report ed. I Predict Price Of About 37 Cents For 1947 Leaf Crop Hardly before the seed were put into the ground, predictions were forthcoming relative to prices for the 1947 tobacco crop. Fred S. Royster, president of the Bright Belt Warehouse Asso ciation, said recently that the outlook is not "pessimistic." He offers to explain away, partly, at least, the slump in late season prices, bases his not "pessimistic” view for 1947 on the fact that England has not used all of its four billion dollar loan advanced by the United States some time ago. The warehouse association head went on to say that con sumption is expected to hold to record or near-record levels this year. On the other side of the pic ture, the British loan does not have the meaning it was given when the loan negotiations were under way. Later reports from Biitain declare that the British because of the harsh economic crisis of the last months in 1046 has shown that the British cannot maintain the pace, that it is being forced to tighten its economic belt in more ways than one. Since the ' Imperial Tobacco Company has set the pace for prices on the markets in this belt, the outlook is not very bright at this time. There has been com plaint about Britain's limited pur chases in recent months. The 1947 parity price has been tentatively fixed at 41 cents a pound. But the government guarantees only 90 percent of parity, meaning .that the support price will be right at 37 cents a pound, and many are predicting that will be about the price farm ers will receive for their 1947 crop. Jl RY A bill introduced by Sena tor Hugh G. Horton in the legislature this week would repeal the snecial act abolish ing trials by juries in the Martin County Recorder's Court. To save time and re duce expense the jury system was eliminated by special legislative act two years ago. It was pointed out at that time that those defendants wishing jury trials could ap peal direct to the higher courts without any great in convenience. Few members of the coun ty bar commented on the pro posal, and court and county officials said lhe> knew noth ing about it until the hill was placed in the legislature's hopper. To Help Prepare Income Tax Forms --A— Beginning next Monday. John D. Lilley, deputy collector for the U. S. Department of Revenue, will he stationed at designated places in this county to assist in come taxpayers in preparing their tax returns. The deputy points out that all persons making over $500 in 194(1, including minors, are required to file a fedi ral in ftme tax return. Beginning Monday the deputy ! will be at Brown's store in James- j ville from 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. ! Tuesday: Terry Brothers Store, Bear Grass, 8:30 a. m. until noun; and Manning and Gurkin’s store, Farm Life, 1:00 to 5:30 p. m. Wednesday, the 19th: Post of fice. Everetts, 8:30 until noon; add Whitfield's store, Cross Roads, 1 to 5:30 p. m. Thursday, the 20th: Asa John son's store. Hamilton, 8:30 until noon; and Johnson’s store, Gold Point, 1 to 5:30 p. m. Friday the 21st: Court house, Williamslon. all day. Monday, the 24lli: Ayers' store, Oak City, 8:30 until noon; and Edmondson’s store, Hassell, 1 to 5:30 p. m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb ruary 25 and 28; post office, Rob ersonville. From Monday, March 3 to the 15th: Post office, Williamston. Ask Supplies For Victims Of War While tin appeal is being di rected especially lo members of women’s clubs, the general pub lic is being asked lo donate Cer tain types of supplies for little school children in Europe's war lorn countries. They are asking for such minor items as chalk, pens, pencils, erasers, writing pads, crayons, blunt scissors, note books. Club members arc being asked by the local otganization pn 1 dent, Mrs. P. 13. Cone, to deliver them to the club building at the regular meeting next Tuesday evening at 3:00 o’clock. The public is asked to leave them at the Pioneer Shop. Similar collections are being made throughout the United States and it is certain that the supplies will be of great help in the youth program oversea^. Robersonville To Get Federal Help For Landing Field lown lias Alrraily Appro* prialrtl $5,000 For Ail Airport Tlicrr -o (Robersonville Herald) Robcrsonville was included in I the Civil Aeronautics Adminis tration’s list of eighty-six North Carolina airports to be built or improved in (he next three years, Administrator T. P. Wright an nounced last Saturday. He indi cated that the construction of a local airport was not yet a de finite project, but had been rec ommended by the CAA for prior ity basis, to the extent that money is available from Congress and local agencies. Several planes are owned by local licensed pilots but at pres ' ent they are based at the Tarboro Airport owing to the fact that Robcrsonville or Martin County has no landing field. Several at tempts have been made by local fliers to secure land near the oily limits of Robcrsonville but thus far all efforts have failed. As a last resort a field will be con structed in the Flat Swamp sec tion on the land of Mr. Mayo Lit tle who agreed to rent the spon jsors enough land to comply with j the regulations of the CAA According to the Civil Aero jnautics Administration official | who made the survey in this | county last fall, the field must be I at least 300 feet wide with a minimum length of ltlOO feet, after the field is graded it will be planted in grass. The local pro ject has a No. I class rating which specifies a grass landing field of adequate dimensions. In a special election held here last year the citizens of the town voted a bond issue of $5,000 to build an airport either near Rob ersonville or in Martin County. At that time local enthusiasts had hopes of yi tting an equal appro pi lation from Williamston and Martin County and build the field at a convenient and suitable place bt tween Robersonville and Wil liamston. Owing to the lack of interest by the county commis sioners and.the Williamston town officials the anticipated project ft 11 through. However, local plane owners expect to go ahead with the construction pf an air port in the Flat Swamp section. For every dollar spent in local (Continued on page six) Mrs. Jordan To Be Transferred Mis. Alvis R. Jordan, manager of the local employment office is leaving William-ton February 15 to accept a position in the Rocky Mount Employment office. Mrs. Jordan will report to her new of fice February 17. As yet no sue cc'Sor has been named to fill the vacancy locally but Mrs. Fiances B- llairc.il will serve as tempor ary supervisor. Mrs. Jordan regrets leaving Williamston and wishes to ex press her appreciation to the peo ple for their support of the local office and hopes that this same support will be accorded her suc cessor. Great Demand For Red Cross Aid In Hospitals For Vets ——<»—. Local Chapter Asked To Raise $2,500 For Current Year Called upon to lend an ever in creasing aid to veterans in re habilitation centers and in hos pitals, the Red Cross this year is asking the American people to contribute sixty million dollars to maintain the organization in handling its varied phases of op eration. The Martin County chapter, comprising the townships of Jamesville, Williams, Griffins and Bear Grass and Williamston. is being asked to raise $2,500, an amount hardly half the usual quota for the chapter. Fund Chairman Claude B. Clark, Jr,, a World War II veter an, is now making plans for the canvass which is to get underway the early part of March. Hand ling the fund raising task for the past several years, Bill Spivey and J. C. Manning have already agreed to assist him in handling the canvass this year. The chair man is appealing to others to vol unteer their services, or at least, respond when called upon to help promote the drive. Plans for handling the 1947 drive will be tentatively formulated this week, and the chairman hopes to com plete arrangements to launch a quick drive in early March. At the present time the Red Cross is maintaining its services in more than 11)0 veterans’ hos pitals in addition to its other work in several parts of the world. It is extending aid to the hungry ip foreign' lands, includ ing the distribution of drugs and medical supplies. Here at home the organization is handling more claims for World War veterans than a year ago, and the demand from the (Continued on page six) -o Denies Attacking u Poultry Dealer j Arrested last week-end and placed in the county jail, Alien Brown, Jr., Russell Ampey and Lester Saunders, three young col ored men, deny attacking James L. Bond and William H. Harrell, poultry dealers, in Robersonville early lust Saturday evening. Saunders, admitting that he was at the scene of the attack, states that lie was knocked down and out before Bonds was stab bed in the heart. He was said to have been drinking. Ampey de clares that he was a spectator, and his story apparently centers the guilt on Brown who continues to deny attacking the young Ber tie County man who with the aid of Harrell, his half-brother, was loading poultry on a big truck back of the Robersonville Poultry Company’s store. As far as it could be learned the weapon used in the attack has not been found, bul O’lof Will. AmJill With till: aid of other officers are still search ing for it. Removed to Duke Hospital, Bonds underwent an operation on his heart and was reported yes terday to be getting along very well. It is believed he will be able to identify his assailant. County Fa niters Receiving Soil Conservation Checks Martin County tanners an- now receiving the first soil conserva tion checks under the l!)4(j Triple A program, the office of the coun ty agent stating that, ninety-nine applications had been cleared and that 130 checks, amounting to $2. 793.26, had already been deliver ed. It -is estimated that farmers in this county earned approximate ly $30,000.00 under the soil con servation program provisions for i 1946. The office stated, that 856! applications had been prepared! and forwarded to Italeigh, that an | additional weie pending complc- 1 lion in the office in this county, i It was also learned that approxi- i malely 350 applications for pay rnents are being delayed for sig- i natures either those of landlords j ui tenants or boln. Approximate- j ly 1 300 farmers in this county an eligible for payment*. The du el s received so tar are averaging about $21.50 and range in amounts from a dollar or two to about $05.00. Even before the payments are made under the 1040 program plans are being made this week fur a continuation of the soil con servation system for 1047. Farm ers are being asked to meet then representative e o m mdteeim n this week to outline then plan: and make arrangements for met i mg the requirements and provis ions set out in the current year program. Those farmers who have not signed their applications for 1040 payments are asked to report to the county agent’s office a„> soon Jj possible. License Issuance Record High For Month of January Forty-one Foil plot* Married In County During The Cast Mouth The issuance of marriage li censes last month in this county set a new high record for Jan uary, according to a report com ing from the office of Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger. It was the first time in the history of the license bureau that the issuance exceeded the count of forty other than those reported in December months. Forty-one licenses were issued last month, sixteen to white and twenty-five to colored couples, as follows: White Albert Jones and Madie Lee Shepperd, both of Jamesville. Jesse Bazemore of Windsor and Mariam Grimes of Wiliiamston. Roy Leggett and Carrie Dell Mendenhall, both of Wiliiamston William Jennings Etheridge of Hassell and Sarah Lois Everett of Robersonville. Thurman Perry and Anna Eli zabeth Roberson, both of RED 1, Wiliiamston. Joseph S Beach and Madeline Bailey, both of Wiliiamston. Roy Howard Edmondson and Bernice Marie Matthews, both of Robersonville. Charlie Edward Flanagan of Hobgood and Magdalene Price of Hamilton. Elvin G. Squires of Tarboro and Christine Scott of RED 1, Oak City. William Warren Tutcn and Eu nice Ray Beach, both of RED ;t, Wiliiamston. Bonnie Allen Terry of W11 - ! liamstun and Bessie Mizelle of I Windsor. Donald Stout and Bertha Bul lock, both of Wiliiamston. Aaron Peel and Eleanor Perry, both of Wiliiamston. Thomas William Dodson and (Continued on pa^e six) ('OKkMTION rhrough emir the price of the white Batiste on sale at Belk-Ty lei's was listed as 39e a yard whereas the price should have been listed as 69c. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Martin County’s highway accident record continued to grow and grow last last week when four more wrecks were reported by members of the Highway Patrol. The sixth week in each year has been a costly one for motorists. For the period ending February 10, last year, there were five accidents, two injured and a $1,11)0 property damage. The following' tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year luot and liii' each year to the present time. titli Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1047 4 2 0 $ 825 1046 5 2 0 1,100 Comparisons To Date 1947 10 14 2 4,075 1946 16 8 I 3,550 DIGGING HER WAY OUT IN ENGLAND ACCORDING FO an old saying “an Englishman’s house is his castle.” But now it’s his igloo, as demonstrated by this housewife whose only exit from tier Peak Forest, England, home Is a tunnel cut through a snowdrift that has burled the house. The worst winter blizzards Brit i hers can recall not only has cut villages oft from food, fuel and power, but it has created a national economic crisis. (International) Car Crashes Into Barbershop Front It-; brakes failing at a crucial moment, a car driven by Miss Grace Mobley crashed into G. 1’. Hall's barbershop here on Main Street early Wednesday aftei noon, breaking the heavy plate glass into many pieces and knock ing out most of the woodwork. No one was hurt and very little damage was done lo the ear. The ear jumped the curb, crash ed the window but did not go into the shop. Damage to the shop front was estimated at about $200. Closed at noon for the day, the shop was quickly opened by Mis : Mobley. Robersonville Has New Lt'^ion Post A second American Legion post was organized in the coun ty Wednesday evening when in ten sled veterans of World Wars 1 and II met in Robersonville and handled the preliminary details. Attended by between forty and fifty veterans in that area, the meeting elected Joe It. Winslow, post commander; Harvey Win berry, vice commander; Phillip Keel, adjutant; I! I, Stokes, his torian; and Rev. J. Redden Ever ett, chaplain. Appointive offic ers will be named later. A charter is being applied for and the organization of the new (jost will be completed at a sched ol.'.d meeting on the 2o(h of this rnontn. Georgia Planning Big Tobacco Crop Early reports from Georgia maintain that a large tobacco crop is in the making there. "Gold Leaf'.’’ tobacco journal, stall'd! recently, "Definite signs point to the 1947 crop being even bigger than the one turned out in 194b, when all previous records were broken.” Introduced in Georgia by the old Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad in 19)7, tobacco has been developed into a big crop there. Last year Georgia produced Li”.790,900 pounds, re reiving an average oi $42.97. Thirty years ago, Georgia produc ed only 01)0,009 pounds of tobacco. 11/1 IIS To Hear t S/teeiul Sih'uIht A special sneaker is bdicUuled lor llio mi cling of the Martin County AMVK'J S (Amciican Vet c runs of World. War lit lo be held in Kobtrsunville Monday night at 8:00 in the town hall. All Wur 11 veterans are urged to be present. All ex service women arc being issued a ipecuP invitation. ' ~ l)AV OF 1‘KAYFK ^-J World |)av of Prayer will be observed this year by both white and colored religious groups on Frftlay afternoon of next week at 1:00 o'clock. The special service for the white denominations will be held in the Presbyterian church, and the combined colored religious groups are to meet in the River Hill Christian Church, it was an nounced. The theme of the service will be, “Make Level in the j Desert a Highway for Our j <«od,” and was prepared by a talented Indian woman, Mrs. Isabel Caleb of the Kwin Christian College staff in Al ! lahabad. The leaders are asking that both the services here be well attended. Health Records Before Congress D Nntth Carolina's draft rejection rate ot 43 percent of examinees during the war years highest in the nation- Inis been brought to the attention of the House of Rep resentatives in Washington by Ev erett M. Dirksen (It 111.). Terming hi; comment on the house floor 'spadework to stimu late thought along lines of correc tive action in all states,” Rep. Dirksen cited statistical tables from Selective Service system showing that out of 530,00b men examined for wartime military service in North Carolina, 327,000 were rejected for physical or mental defects. This, he noted, compares unfav orably with a national rejection rate of about 30 percent, or 5,249, 200 men reported out of the 17, 384,700 examined. Selective service figures quoted by Dirksen revealed that the five mujit frequent defects among Tar Ht els in the 18-38 age group, from November 1940 to December 1943, were musculoskeletal 120.5 per thousand examined; feet 123 4: metal d< ieiency 116.5: eyes 78.0 and cardiovascular 03.0. Total defects per thousand ex amined were 1,157.3, indicating multiple defects m some cases. Dr. Millar S/taaks Ifiain On India Friday Xiglit Dr. George f! Millei will pre st nt his second and hist discus sion on India m the Williamston Christian Chin ch on Friday even ing at 7:15. Dr. Miller w as for forty years a medical missionary in India and presents Ins subject very effective ly. Miss Gladys Whitley, secretary of the Albemarle Christian Mis sionary Union, will speak to the children at the church on Friday afternoon at 3:30. The public is un ited to attend. House Passes Act Creating Primary For \\ illiamston ——, Good Mri'lth Association Goes Before Appropri ations Coiumittee Overshadowing al! other pro posed legislation for the moment, a bill creating a primary election for the town of Williamston was introduced in the State Legisla tures House of Representatives by C. B. Martin on Wednesday of this week. A suspension of the rules was asked by Representa tive Martin and the bill was pass ed by the lower chamber and sent to the Senate that day. Its pas sage there is expected immediate ly and the measure will become law about the middle of March or in ample time for the 1947 e're turns. 1 he bill was passed substan tially in the form presented ear lier in the week, Representative Martin pointing out Wednesday that the date had been changed for the primary from the second Monday before the general muni cipal election to the fourth Mon day before the election. The gen eral election is scheduled this year for May ti, and in accordance with the proposed law the pri mary will be held on April 14. Registration books are to be opened on March 22 in accord ance with general election pro visions. Things are beginning to pop in Raleigh these days, and after six weeks of piddling the legislature ■s nuw faced with a heavy sched ule. Hundreds of leading citizens from nearly every county in the Slate went to Raleigh Thursday to appear before the joint appro priations committee in behalf of Ihe State’s Good Health Program. James H. Clark, chairman of the Medical Care Commission; Dr. Clarence Poe. vice chairman; Dr. J Street Brewer of Roseboro, and Dr. Paul K. Whitaker of Kinston spoke in behalf of the measure, while Ur. C. W. Bailey of Rocky Mount, secretary of the self-styl ed "Fact Finding Committee” which conducted a < secret poll among doctors recently to deter mine their stand on a proposed teaching hospital and expanded medical school at Chapel Hill, led the opposition. Senator George T. Penny of Guilford County yesterday intro duced a bill calling for a state wide liquor referendum. The bill, proposing a vote on November 4, would prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating bever ages excepting beer and light wines in the State. Leaders, defeated in their ef forts to have municipalities re lieved of taxi-s on gasoline used in public service, this week pro posed a law whereby towns and cities would get more liberal ap propriations for the maintenance (Continued on page six) Scuttled In Accident it Pulp Mill Monday Badly scalded in an accident at the plant oi the North Carolina Pulp Company last Monday night, Mr. Archie Modlin of Jamesville, was removed to a Kocky Mount hospital for treat ment. Bast reports stated he was get ting along as well as could be ex pected. r DEADLINE s.___ March 1, this year, has been set as a (leadline for World War 11 veterans to sign up for agricultural train ing under the G1 Bill of Kights. Quite a few veterans are taking the special train ing in two vocational agricul ture schools in this county at the present time. Others in* - tcrested in the program an directed to contact the voca tional agriculture teachers in their respective communities at once or the County Veter ans' officer in the borne of Attorney Wheeler Martin, Wiltiamston. Those enrolling for the training and receiving sub sistence must show evidence of satisfactory progress on March 1, 1918, if substisteiteo is to continue.