THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT!,
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
VOLUME L—NUMBER 18
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 4, 1047
ESTABLISHED 1899
County Delegates
Report On State
Farm Convention
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Production of Food No. 1
! ask In Maintaining
Peace, Delegates Told
Members of the Martin County
Farm Bureau, meeting in the
county courthouse last Friday
night, heard an interesting and
detailed report on the state or
ganization's annual convention
held in Asheville early last
month.
Designated by the others to
make the report. Delegate Chas.
L. Daniel said that the convention
was frankly told that the produc
tion of food is the No. 1 task in
maintaining the task of the world.
“Our big task now is to feed the
hungry, to help our neighbors
across the sea get on their feet,”
Mr. Daniel reported, adding that
“if they are not cared for they
will follow crackpots.’’
r-xpei is, according u> mi . uan
iel, declared that tobacco farmers
should be interested in cotton,
that if cotton prices drop too low,
cotton farmers will want to plant
tobacco. They pointed out 'hat
cotton faces many obstacles of
fered by substitutes, but that cot
ton's future is not altogether dark
because new uses for cotton are
being found. "Fire resistant ma
terials and other articles are now
being made from cotton,” he
quoted the experts as saying.
The meeting pointed out the
danger or an overproduction in
tobacco and heard Congressman
Folger prab° the‘work of the or
ganization and its secretary,
Flake Shaw, the delegate said.
The farm leaders, numbering
'about 1.200, were urged to help
keep things on an even keel, 1 hat
price extremes can mean trouble.
Dr. Shiskin, representing or
ganized labdr, addressed the
Asheville meeting. "He review
ed interdependence of farmers
and wage earners, pointing out
that when the workingman has
purchasing power, farmers get a
good price for their products and
there is prosperity for all,” Mr.
Daniel reported.
President Wasson of the Na
tional Association of Manufactur
ers spoke for the industrialists.
Mr. Daniel said that he made a
bitter speech, that he went to the
extreme, and showed the attitude
of industrialists against labor.
J. M. Broughton, former gover
nor, summarized the talks of
both men, picking out the good
points made by each.
The maintenance of crop quotas
was pointed out by Allen Kline,
vice president of the American
Farm Bureau, as a big problem to
handle. "When quotas are re
duced, the farmers plant the acre
age taken out of production to
soil building crops and when they
use the land again, production is
increased sometimes as much as a
third.” the delegate quoted the
speaker.
The uncertainty of farming and
the quick price changes in farm
ommodities were pointed out.
1,ITeTneeung was also warned by
the New York State Secretary of
agriculture, that tobacco quotas
might be undermined. "He told
us we had better watch out,” Mr.
Daniel quoted him as saying.
Flake Shaw, state Farm Bureau
secretary, reviewed the work
handled by the organization in
the past year, the record showing
that much had been accomplish
ed. "The state organization now
has 62,000 members and the goal
for 1947 is 100,000,” Mr. Daniel
concluded.
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Alleged Robber
Given Hearin
Glean Albeit Chase, young
white man charged with breaking
into the Woolard Hardware Com
pany and Pittman’s stores here
last Tuesday night, was given a
preliminary hearing before Jus
tice of the Peace Jas. S. Ayers
last Saturday morning. Unable
to raise bond in the sum of $1,750.
Chase was returned to jail to
await trial in the superior court
during the week of March 17.
Chase pleaded guilty of break
ing into the two stores, but con
tinued to deny any part in sixteen
previous robberies reported here
since the early part of last De
cember.
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Plans Are Made For
First Town Primary
BRIDGE WORK j
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Despite high waters some
weeks ago and freezing
weather for quite a while,
construction forces have con
tinued to make progress on
the river bridge here. The
bridge approaches will be
opened to two-way traffic
this week, possibly tomorrow,
and plans are being made to
pour the cap on the center
pier for the steel bridge
across the stream. Special
arrangements have been
made for pouring the pier in
the middle of the river, a job
that will take about twelve or
fourteen hours.
Reports state that contract
ors have been unable to get
creosote piling, that the
shortage may delay the
bridge work for a while.
Bi" Lumber Plant
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Damaged By Fire!
Here Last Friday!
Volunteer Firemen Work
ed In Freezing Weather
For Two Hours
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Fire, its origin not definitely1
known, wrecked the boiler room,
destroyed a costly blower and
iamaged a lumber shed at the
large plant rrf the Williamston
t.umber Company here shortly
ifter midnight last Friday. Un
official estimates made shortly
after the fire placed the damage
:<v about $2,ou,u.
Messrs. Speight and Quayle,
owners and operators of the
olant, immediately started repairs j
and operations will be restored I
shortly. |
Leaving the boiler room, the '
lineman was making ready to run
1 truck load of slab wood into the
oom when, according to reports,
te saw a flash. The fire spread *
•apidly through the dry sawdust
ind was burning through the top i
if the structure when Mr. W. C. j
iVindley, working in the Dixie
3eanut Company offices across
he highway, saw it and telephon
’d the fire department. Before
hey could reach the plant most
if the boiler room structure was
n flames and burning high into |
he air. Firemen were grqatly
lampered when they found it ne
■essary to pull a hose line from
he highway across the mill yard, ,
iver railroad tracks, logs and
umber. There was some delay,
mt the water was turned on in
ime to check the fire's spread to •
ithcr parts of the big plant. The ]
ntire mill, including planing
nil!, dry kilns, sheds, and saw
nill, was threatened and had the ^
ire gained much more headway
here is a possibility firemen
rould have been unable to check
k 'WWfiV* piece* in
ire fighting equipment was car
ied there and approximately !,- 1
00 feet of hose was laid.
Icicles formed on the sides of ‘
uildings and on the hats and
lothirg of the volunteers who 1
altled the' fire for about two 1
ours. '
A fifth alarm of the week was j
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indsley Making 1
Business Change
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Recently appointed dealers for
/ilson sporting goods and the
.dmiral-Carricr lines of retrig
ration, radios, air conditioning
nd food freezing, the Lindsley
;e Company is liquidating its en
re slock of groceries and will
tortly remodel the store to make
iom for the new lilies, it was an
ounced this week by Mr. Lyn
aylor, the firm's salt-manager. It
as also announced that Mr. J.
dwin CJctsinger of Plymouth has
ccn added to the sales staff, that
e entered upon his new duties
csterday morning.
"We plan to carry a complete
ne of sporting goods and ath
itic equipment and also an ex
insive line of electrical appli
necs and other equipment,” Mr.
aylor said.
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Schedule Primary
For Town Officers
14th of Next Month
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J. E. Popr Named Regis
trar; Books To Open
March 22
Machinery for holding Wil
liamston's first municipal primary
was set up by the town commis
sioners in regular session last
night, the authorities limiting
their other activities to the issu
ance of two beer licenses and an
order calling for additional re
pairs to the town’s deep well near
the courthouse.
John E. Pope was named regis
trar for the primary election and
Reginald Simpson and J. T. Price
were named judges of election.
In accordance with a new law re
cently passed in the state legisla
ture the registration books are to
be opened on March 22, remain
open for three Saturdays for the
registration of electors and a
fourth Saturday 'or challenges.
Candidates for the office of may
or and commissioner are to file
with the clerk on or before April
4. the primary to follow ten days
later on April 14.
No new registration was order
ed. but the officials were of the
opinion that the books should be
revised and brought up to date.
Beer licenses were issued to
Frances G. Early and Eugene
Barnes, the first to operate in the
building recently known as Hol
lywood Inn, and the other appli
cant to maintain a business on
East Main Street.
It was revealed at the meeting
that an order for street signs had
been confirmed and that delivery
was tentatively promised in late
spring or early summer.
More trouble is being experi
enced with the town’s deep well
near the courthouse. The pump
was recently repaired at a cost of
approximately $450, and now the
casing is giving trouble. The salt
in the water apparently has eat
en part of the pipe away and dur
ing recent days the pump has
seen lifting large quantities of
land and mud from the well. Un
tfficial estimates place the cost
if needed repairs now at about
>2.500. The town board ordered
.lie work done as soon as possible.
It was explained that the two
veils at. Sktwarkey are furnishi
ng just about enough water for
lormal consumption, that the
.'ourthou.se well is needed for
emergencies.
Messrs. L. P. Lindsley, mayor
no tem, and N. C. Green and R.
r. Griffin were present for the
nesting last evening.
Organize Lounty
Baseball League
Approximately 100 interested
itizens meeting in the Everetts
chool Monday evening perfect- '
d the organization of a Martin
lounty baseball league, and ten
atively made plans for launch
ng the season in early April.
)ther arrangements for the game
long with the adoption of by- <
aws will be handled at a second 1
neeting to be held in Everetts ■
iext Monday night at 8:00 o'- I
lock. ' 1
Bill Spivey was named at the <
reeling to head the league as I
resident, and H. B. Gaylord of <
amesvillc was elected secretary
reasurer. 1
There are eigiit entries in the t
-•ague as follows with the names *
f the managers: Williamston, 1
1. P. Lindisley and Joe David 1
'hrower; Hassell, John House;
iear Grass, Irving Terry; Hamil- {
in, Frank Everett; Roberson- |
ille, David Grimes, Jr.; Cross '
.oads, Herbert Roebuck; Evcr
Us, Alton Keel; and Jamesville,
s manager to be announced.
tpcns New Cafe On
Washington Street
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Mr. B. L. Conway opened a new
ate on Washington Street next to
re Pope insurance office last
aturday morning. A new build
ig was just recently completed
jr the business which operates
tidtr the name of Barney’s Grill.
Prominent County
Farmer Passes At
His Home Monday
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Funeral Wednesday After
noon for Lester Everett
Near Robcrsonville
Lester Everett, well known
county citizen and a leading far
mer, died at nis home near Rob
ersonville Monday evening at
6:00 o'clock following an illness
of only a few days. Mr. Everett,
apparently in about his usual
health and after a fairly active
day last Saturday, suffered an at
tack that evening, and his condi
tion was regarded as critical.
However, he seemed to be getting
along very well until about 2:00
o’clock Monday afternoon when
he suffered a second attack with
his heart and the end came gradu
ally a few hours later.
The son of the late William H.
and Mollic Purvis Everett, he was
born near Rohersonville 67 years
ago, choosing to live in the com
munity of his birth all his life.
Mr. Everett was one of the coun
ty's most substantial farmers, a
splendid citizen and Christian
leader. He was a devoted hus
band and thoughtful father, and
a man who was held in high es
teem by everyone who knew him.
His work figured prominently in
the success the Martin County
Farm Bureau achieved during re
cent years, and he was at the
front in all worthy causes and
undertakings.
He was married to Miss Minnie
R. Roberson of the home com
munity, and she survives with
two children, a son, Willie B. Ev
erett, and a daughter, Mrs. Wil
liam Warren Taylor, both of Rob
ersonville; two brothers, N. C.
Everett of Robcrsonville and Wil
lia Everett of Norfolk. Va.; four
sisters, Mrs, J. A. Cofield and
Mrs. Thelma Meadows, both of
Robcrsonville, Mrs. Lector Mnyo
and Mrs. Willie Barnhill, both of
Bethel; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the home Wednesday
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by Elder
A. B. Denson of Rocky Mount,
and burial will follow in the Rob
ersonville cemetery.
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School Girl Hit
By Auto Friday
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Lillie Mae Smith, 14-year-old
colored school girl, was painfully
but not seriously hurt when she
was struck by a car on East Main
Street shortly before 4:00 o’clock
last Friday afternoon.
John Whitley, local boy, was
Riving east on the street when
Ihe girl started to cross over from
the right to the left side. Whitley,
applying his brakes, swerved his
:ar to the left, striking the vic
im and knocking her several
'eet. She landed on the left
diouldcr and immediately started
:rawling away.
She was removed to a local
lector’s office where x-rays re
pealed no brbk'eH bSnesT1 ft tie was
aruised and scratched on her legs
ind knees and about the head.
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County Girl Pushes
Nurse Board Exams
Miss Ruby Evaline Roberson,
laughter of Mrs. Ann Eliza Rob
’rson of this county and the late
fames E. Roberson, successfully
passed the Stale Board of Nurse
Cxaminers examination recently
it Winston-Salem. The examina
ion was rated one of the most
liffieull ever offered.
Miss Roberson, a graduate of
’arm Life High School, took her
raining in the school of nursing
t Park View Hospital, Rocky i
Jount, where she will continue i
icr work, it was announced. ,
ROUND-UP |
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County and local officers
rounded up and jailed ten al
leged violators over the
week-end. Two were booked
for assaults, five for drunk
enness, two for disorderly
conduct and one for drunken I
driving. Several others were i
detained briefly while bonds
were arranged.
One of the ten was white
and the ages of the group
ranged from Si to bit ycars.
[Martin County Farm Bureau To
Support Tobacco Export Plan
Red Cross Drive Off To A
Good Start In The Comity
With arrangements completed
in most of the districts last week- 1
end, the annual Red Cross fund '
drive was said to have gotten oft
to a good start in the chapter yes
terday and today. Chairman
Claude B. Clark, Jr., stated that a
quick drive had been planned,
that several of the canvassers are
already nearing the completion of j
the canvass. Others plan to fin- j
ish the task by the latter part of
this week and the chairman is j
anxious to have the drive go over
the top by the early part of next
week.
Special gift solicitations have
already been completed in Wil
liamston, and many workers are
busy at the present time extend- j
ing the canvass to every business
firm and home.
Co-Chairman V. J. Spivey an- I
nounced yesterday that Mrs. John i
Gurkin, Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Ed
wards. M. A. Price, J. W. Bland, 1
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hardy, C. D.
Bullo.'k, Mrs. C. E. Jenkins and
David Moore had agreed to help
with the canvass in their respec
tive sections of the district. The
following are handling the can
vass in Williamston's business
areas: Ernest Mears, Exurn Ward,
Jr., John H. Gurganus, Noah
Hardison, Reg Simpson, Mrs.
Kathleen Price Sherman, Mrs. J.
E. King, K. D. Worrell, Mrs. E. S.
Peel. Mrs. Joel Muse, Mrs. Tom
Skinner, Mrs. Vernon Bunting,
Mrs. John A. Manning, Mrs. Le
man Barnhill, Mrs. V. J. Spivey,
Miss Mary Carstarphen, Mrs. Tit
us Critcher, Clarence Griffin,
Miss Edna Barnhill, Miss Mary
Taylor, Mrs. Bill Howell, Mrs.
Char. Mobley, Mrs. John Hardy
and Bill Howell.
Mrs. LeRoy Harrison and Mrs.
Pete Mendenhall have agreed to
handle the canvass in Bear Grass
where $225 is sought.
Dangerously Shot by
Policeman Roebuck
HOG MARKET )I
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Receipts on the local liog I
market broke all records last
week when 1,237 porkers
weighing a little over a quar
ter million pounds passed
through the pens of the Rob
erson Slaughter House, Miss
Grace Whitley, secretary
treasurer, announced.
Averaging 27 cents a
pound, the 1,237 hogs sold for
$(15,851.91. Deliveries were
made to tjie pens by farmers
in several counties, Bertie
possibly making more than '
any other one county.
Miss Hattie Clark
Dies In Hospital
Miss Hattie Clark, well known
woman and a life-long resident of
Cross Roads Township, died in
the local hospital last Saturday
morning at 7:00 o’clock. She had
been in declining health for sev
eral years, but her condition was
not considered serious until the
latter part of the week when she
was removed to the hospital. Miss
Clark had lost one eye in an
operation and her sight in the
other one was greatly impaired
for a long time. Heart trouble
and the infirmities of age result
ed in death.
The dauehter of,the l:|te.J.]aniel ,
and Celia Mobley Claik, she was
born in Cross Roads 78 years ago
an February 20, 1869. Miss Clai k,
the last member of her immediate
family, moved to Everetts about
iwenty years ago and had made
aer home there since that time.
She was a member of the Primi
ive Baptist Church at Bear Grass
or a number of years and had ,
nany friends in her native and
idopted communities.
Surviving are three nephews,
2. B. Clark of Williamston and L.
and Hubert Clark of Everetts,
md two nieces Mrs W B. Ruber
on of Everetts and Mrs. Sybil ,
3oyd of Portsmouth.
Funeral services were conduct- |
■d in the Everetts Christian ,
fhurch Sunday afternoon at 3:00
t’clock by Elders B. S. Cowin and j
\. B. Ayers. Interment was in ,
he Clark family cemetery on the
ild farm near Everetts. j
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vormer Local Resident
Leases Pilling Station
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Bruce Holloman, a resident of
Villiamston for a number of
rears but employed for quite
ome time in Grecnsboio, leased ;
he Central Filling Station here ^
ast week and immediately as- "
urned its operation. ,1
Mr. Doug Walker, Greensboro 1
oung man, is associated with Mr. i
lulloman in the operation of the i
>uuru.us. i
Refused To Heed
Warning Shots In
Attacking Officer
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Policeman Picks Up Vic
tim Ami Places Him In
Hospital Here
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Tom Stokes, Jr., strapping
young colored man, was critically
shot at 1:3() o'clock here yester
day afternoon by Policeman John
Roebuck when he advanced on
the officer with an open knife.
His liver pierced by a ,3H calibre
pistol bullet, Stokes fell to the
ground, still clinging to his knife.
He was picked up and placed in
the police car and carried to the
local hospital where his condi/ 'on
was described as ‘fair” tiiis nr li n
ing.
Said to have created a disturb
ance in the Cotton Club on Wash
ington Street here, Stokes threat
ened to beat the owner-proprie
tor. On duty at the police station
at the time, the officer answered
the call and went to the club
alone. He reasoned with Stokes
who wus reported to have been
drinking, and the officer finally
succeeded in getting him out of
the building, but not until after
Stokes had cursed and abused
him. Once outside the building,
Lh.e fried 4-Si-•cvwwc- .f>ti>U.ur
into the police car, and took hold
jf his arm. Stokes jerked loose,
jacked hack, pulled out his knife
md started for the officer who
cached for his pistol and fired
wo warning shots over Stokes’
lead. Stokes did not heed the
yarning shots, and whim he con
inucdi the charge the officer fir
'd into him at close range.
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Robbers Try To Open
Door To Storage Douse
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Using ;i pry tool and possibly an
ixe, a robber tried to force his
vay into Lindsley Ice Company’s
warehouse in the Union Storage
milding sometime during the
veek-end. The attempt was dis
covered Monday morning, Mr.
jindsley stating that someone
tad battered the lock badly and
tpped a brick from around the
ock, but could not get the door
ipen.
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Kills Larue Supply Of
Meal il Dome Tuesday
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Fanner George Griffin packed
plentiful supply of meat at his
ionic in Griffins Township last
Tiesday. Mure than HR) neigh
lors and other friends were there
o help handle the task and by
arly afternoon the 29 pigs weighi
ng over 5,UOU pounds, were pack
et away.
Growers Asked To
Give At Kate Of
10 Cents An Acre
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Township Representatives
To Receive Assessments
In Next Few Days
Meeting in the county court
house last Friday evening be
tween forty and fifty leading
farmers and members of the Mar
tin County Farm Bureau unani
mously endorsed a movement de
signed to maintain and, if possi
ble, increase the exportation of
leaf tobacco. A leader to head
the movement, J. R. Hutson, has
been contacted, and the proposed
organization tentatively identi
fied as Tobacco Associates, will
start functioning as soon as and if
the support is forthcoming.
The tobacco farmers in five
states are being asked to raise
$50,000 and merchants, tobacco
warehousemen and dealers, fer
tilizer manufacturers and bank
n.'i cur hi iiuiumi uuu iiiiimmi. l -11 -
official reports state that the mer
chants and other groups have
pledged their quotas and that
most of the money already is in
hand, leaving the movement to
the rate of the farmers, who, it is
believed, will meet the challenge.
At the meeting in this county
last Friday night, the plan was
discussed at length and had the
backing of the meeting which was
attended mostly by farmers.
It was decided to address direct
letter appeals to every grower in
the county, a plan which is being
followed in all the other tobacco
counties. Each grower is being
assessed at the rate of ten cents
per acre, but larger contributions
will be welcomed. The farmers
of this county are being asked to
raise l ight at $1,100. Merchants
in Williamston and Robersonville
last Friday pledged to raise ap
' proximately $300 each, a late re
port stating that that amount had
virtually been raised. The fer
tilizer people are raising another
several hundred dollars, and
warehousemen are raising a
goodly amount.
Those acquainted with prevail
ing conditions and who have
studied the outlook for eastern
Carolina tobacco arc offering the
proposal a vigorous support. It
was pointed out that Britain is
proposing to curtail its tobacco
purchases to around $67,000.(100,
that the Stabilization Corporation
has around fifty million pounds
of tobacco on hand, that the two
problems are almost directly
pointed at flue cured tobacco]
growers, that tobacco farmers un
less something is done will feel
the full force of the blow.
The prevailing conditions offer
a serious problem, and while the
movement may nut solve that
problem, it is considered very
iTgi 'i'J I liTfT Hi Civil- van Pc u u 11 e H i
help save the tobacco producing
areas.
In the direct letter appeals, the
Farm Bureau is asking the farm
ers to make their contributions
without delay to representatives
in their respective communities,
Then men tentatively designated
to receive the contributions an
Carl Griffin, Jamcsvillc; Chas. L.
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Local Laundry Is
Sold lo New Firm
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Mr. Forrest L. Newton, former
ly of Oxford, and Bruce Pearce of
Raleigh, recently purchased the
Laundry here from Jack Manning
and Dan Sharpe, the transfer to
the m w owners taking place
Monday morning.
Mr. Newton, who made his
home in Washington, D. C., for
the past 14 years, and Mrs. New
ton arc now making their home
at West End in the residence for
merly occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
John Miller.
Mr. Pitrcc is a native of Ral
eigh and has been engaged in the
laundry business for 15 years.
Mr. Newton stated yesterday
that they would continue the dry
cleaning department in connec
tion with tiie. laundry.
Dog Vaccinations
I Ordered By Board
Of Commissioners
County Officials In Session
Most of iYInruiu^ Hamll
inj; Routine Work
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Meeting in regular session
Monday, the Martin County com
missioners ordered a county-wide
vaccination of all dogs and com
pleted the handling of routine
matters about noon.
The dog vaccinations will be
handled somewhat differently '
this year from the plan followed
in past years. The vaccinations
will be handled free of cost to the
dog owner, the county to pay the
inspector, Dr. Coppage, 75 cents
for each vaccination. The doctor
is to furnish the vaccine and ac
c> pt other costs. Dogs will be list
ed for taxation on the regular tax
books at the rate of $1 each for
male and female dogs. After the
clinics are held beginning in
early April, a house-to-house
check will be made. In those
cases where dogs have not been
vaccinated they are to be vaccin
ated or destroyed: The sheriff’s
office will cooperate in making
the check, it was learned.
A small delegation, headed by
II. L. Barnhill and Gordon Bailey,
asked the board to include a road
m Cross Roads Township in the
state system. The road begins on
west side of Evei etts-Cross Roads
road at E. A. Clark's old home,
and runs thence via George Keel's
Walter Beach’s and others back to
the said road at old Barnhill
place, a distance of 1 1-2 miles.
The commissioners were also
a. ked to recommend the inclusion
of a road in Williamston Town
ship in the state system. The
road runs from the old W’illiams
ton Greenville highway at the old
John M. Bowen home northerly
via Jesse Williams’, Reubin Rog
ers’ and Norman Bowen’s to Paul
Bailey farm, a distance of .1 1-2
miles.
Dr. John D. Biggs was appoint
ed a member of the Beaufort
Uyde and Martin library board.
Other members of the board for
this county are Rev. John L. Golf ;
and Mr. Chas. Gray.
Tax relief orders were recom
mended for the following: Lucy
Cordon, Jamesv’ille; J. T. and H.
O. Daniel, Robersonville; Millie
and Mary Dugger, Robersonville;
A. T. Crawford estate, Williams- !
ton, and Geo. Williams, Williams
ton. The properties vveie listed in.
error over a period of ten to fif- j
teen years. j
Making his monthly report, Tax j
Collector M. L. Peel said that i
$185,642.89 of the 1946 tax levy
had been collected, leaving a bal
ance due and unpaid in the sum |
of $20,475.95. All but $2,538.85 of
the 194\levy has been collected.
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Merchants Donate
To Tobacco Funci
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to promote the 1 xportation of
leaf tobacco, Williamston mer
chants last week-end contributed
nearly $300 to the fund for To
bacco Associates.
Explaining the movement to
representative merchants and
other local business men, Mr. Jud
son Blount of Greenville last Fri
day stated that eastern Carolina
merchants were contributing $5,
000 to the fund, that fertilizer
dealers, warehousemen, tobacco
dealers were raising $43,000 while
the farmers of five states arc be
ing asked to contribute $50,000.
"The tobacco farmer and busi
ness interests dependent to a
large extent on him do not face
a very encouraging situation,
and we must act to soften the
blow,” Mr. Blount said, adding
that J. B. Hutson had been con
tacted and that likely he would
head the new organization to
work for the continuance of to*
baoco exports.
Young tUmnly (•ill
Earns Scholastic Honor
Mis' Emma Lou Taylor, (.laugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. LcRoy Tay
lor. recently earned a high scho
lastic rating at the Woman's Col*
lege of the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, where she
is a senior this yeai Stic wad
placed on the dean's h„t.