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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTC4 COUNTV FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE ME L—NUMBER 29 William$lon, Marlin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 11. T047 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BV OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 World Federation Offers Only Hope For World Peace —> Robert Lee Humber Spoke to Group In High School Last Tuesday Night Addressing members of the local Woman's Club and a few guests in the high school auditor ium here last Tuesday night, Ro bert Lee Humber, “world citi zen,” voiced the conviction that ^ our present system of diplomacy can only lead to war, that only a world federation can offer the na tions peace. Although his audience was lim ited in number, the speaker re cognized as one of the foremost students of world government and relations, said there were sufficient persons present to stir a city, and once a city is stirred its work could sweep a state, a na f tion. “Let us p&use and see where we are today,” the speaker said. “We are still in a state of war nerves, following a period during which 70 million lives were lost, including the starvation deaths in China. We have just come out of a period during which great metropolitan centers, requiring centuries to build, were destroy ed. There was the atomic bomb at Hiroshima where 250,000 peo ple evaporated. We can’t con ceive of the damage and destruc tion. There is no yard stick to evaluate it. We tried to predi cate our future on scientific prin ciples and we see what happen ed,” Mr. Humber said, adding that we arc not yet on the right track to do anything about it. “Centuries ago.” he continued, “the Roman Empire broke up in to France. Germany, England, and others. We are undergoing transformation today, but instead of growing outwardly, We are moving toward a center. And un less we understand that center, we will be lost. "Several years before the war-, I France w as in a state of war nerves. There was a paralysis of leadership, and the average Frenchman guessed that he had little more than one chance out of ten to keep out of war. There was little hope for peace in the Frenchman's mind under the ex isting system of diplomacy. And now after the holacaust. we have not yet adopted definite policies that will advance unity and solidarity of the human lace. There is a conference of ministers in Moscow now, Will it suc ceed?" the speaker asked and went on to say it will come just as near success in Moscow' as in any other city. “But we have not yet decided what we want and how to get it. Is it economic ex pansion by exploitation or is it law and order for the advance ment of humanity we want? Do we want one nation to dominate at the expense of another? “We will adopt principles and pt ' s for unity or we will dis _ in: ^ ate.jVe ■ ew?nyt -posutMue the present regime or system and expect to survive. "Today, every world order and law is predicated on diplomacy. Every nation has a right to oper ate on its own, but, together, there is no political responsibili ty or obligation. We can depend only or. voluntary cooperation, and the record shows that it has not worked very well, that it leaves us in a state of apprehen sion. A “We must organize politically if we are ever to have peace. Wil liamston is organized politically. This State is organized political ly, and our nation is organized politically. We must organize a world political community in stead of a diplomatic system,” the speaker said, explaining that the character of the political com munity provided government by law, power to make and enforce laws. “While the political com munity has citizens, the diplo matic system has no citizens, no government and no courts, rely ing solely upon voluntary coop eration for its success. “When a gangster breaks through a window, one must have niore power than voluntary coop eration to keep him out. Under our present system we are try ing to pour wine of internation alism into bottles of nationalism, and it won’t go, and it is not prac tical to live in face of destruc tion.” (Coutmued ou page &ev«U Predict Close Races In Monday Election No Provision Is Made In Law For A Second Primary ■ •. Few Issues Been Advaneed; Candidates Steer Clear Of Platform Pledge Williamston will hold its first primary election next Monday for the nomination of a mayor and five town commissioners, the prognosticators declaring there’ll be a close race. It is more or less admitted that few. if any. of the candidates feel positively certain of nomination. Impatient to a wait the outcome of the balloting next Monday, the prognosticators are going out on a limb and are predicting that the election will make some changes in the town's governing personnel. How many changes and where the changes will be cen'ered, the observers politely declined to say. Few issues have been advanc ed in the campaign to date. Cer tainly none has been brought out into the open, but there are the usual rumors. “It is fairly evi dent that there has been a move on some one's part to split up the vote,” one of the early candidates declared this week, adding that he could not say against whom the split is being directed. Steering clear of a solid block, several of the challenging candi dates met Wednesday night and discussed the situation, and the possibility of withdrawals was brought up. Such action was rul ed out, leaving the voters a field of eighteen—four for mayor and fourteen for commissioners—to choose froth. For the first time during the campaign supporters movpd in this week to lend cash t aid to some of the candidates. While general statements and pledges have been made, Robert Cowen, candidate for mayor, is the only one to itemize a planked platform. His platform, although limited, appears elsewhere in this paper. Town politics have been dis cussed openly, to be sure, but it is believed' teat the secret vote will enter into the picture in a big way on election day. There are an estimated 1,250 persons registered and eligible to vote, and it is now thought that be tween 900 and 1,000 will partici pate in the election. The election next Monday will just about settle the political score for the next two years. It will be followed by a general election, to be sure, but the May balloting wil be little more than a formality, just as it has been for years and years in this dem ocratic stronghold. No provision is made in the law for a second primary, the ndraimtv®? going, to tne high man in the race for mayor and to the five polling the highest votes for commissioners. Although the law is not very democratic, it isn’t likely that the next Monday election mandate will be challenged, whatever it may be. To determine a major ity, the total vote cast is divided oy the number of candidates and the resulting figure is then di vided by two. But the law, de signed especially for the local municipal primary election by the recent State Legislature, specifically says the nominations shall go to tire highest candidate for mayor and the five highest for commissioners. Tornado Strikes Oklahoma Towns Striking along the Texas-Okla homa border Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock, a tornado, described as one of the worst in history, killed at least 150 persons and injured at least one thousand others. One town, in the center of the tornado, was virtually cleared from the map. Complete details of the disaster could not be had from the strick en center immediately, but re ports stated that the Red Cross was rushing relief there in vol ume and that aid was being ex tended by lxoiu lniics away. | BRIDE FROM ITALY | v---/ Mrs. Darrell M. Price, who before her marriage in Bari, Italy, on last April 26, was Miss Anna Maldari of that city. She met Captain Price while employed as secretary in the Psychological Warfare Branch of the American Ex peditionary forces at the Balkan Headquarters in Bari. Accompanied by her husband she arrived in this country a short time ago and is spend ing several weeks here in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Price. County Ball Club Making Ready ior Play At Everetts —, ,.. Over $1,100 Spent So Far | On Park uml Equipment Manager States Everetts is rapidly making ready for opening the regular playing season in the Martin County Baseball League on April 20, Manager Will Crawford an nounced this week. We have tilled in and graded the park, using three tractors and the services of a dozen or more volunteers,” the club manager jsadi. Over 8,000 feet of timber , have been donated by the people S in our community. But we need about 3,000 more feet to complete the fence and grandstand now un der construction. The farmers have been very generous with their timber and Mr. Barnhill has aided us with the milling. "We have purchased just about all of our equipment, and so far have spent about $1,100. We need about $300 more to complete the plant and start the season even on April 20,” Mr. Crawford add jed. e'u'cccn .ftt&yt&iUh&vft tist-s H;s tatively signed by the club to date, including Junior Stalls, pitcher and 3rd- base; Buddy I Stalls and Herbert Culiipher, left field; Whit Mallory and Paul Wil liams, 1st; Clayton Keel and Wil liam Cherry, 2nd; Russell Bailey Wynne, short stop; Tom Rober son catcher- J--srr.es Alfred Stalls, center field, G. G. Bailey, Jr„ and Lee Clark, fielders; George Keel and Herman Crawford, pitchers. Reports state that nearly every club in the league is making ready for the season opening. A meeting was held here Thursday to decide plans for a grandstand. FORMALITY L The opening of the munici pal registration books here Saturday from 9:00 o’clock a. m. until S o'clock p. m. for the challenge of any names plac ed on the books is little more than a formality in the elec tion system. While there (nay be some borderline registrations, it is not likely that any of the can didates or their friends will step up to challenge any names. No one is certain how another is going to vote, j and a challenge may cost the challenger a vote. Therefore, it is quite likely that the registration will stand with about l,Z'M names ot local j people un tfec booki. Drive For Cancer Funds To Start In County Next Week Wheeler Manning Say* The County Asked To Raise $1500 This Year The 1947 National Campaign of the American Cancer Society is scheduled to get under way in Martin County next Tuesday, and will continue the remainder of the month, according to Wheeler M. Manning, chairman, of the drive in this county. The cam paign was scheduled to begin on April 1, but was delayed locally and throughout the county in or der to avoid a conflict with the Red Cross and Crippled Children drives. As a part of the -nation-wide drive, North Carolina is being asked to raise a quota of $ 168, 000.00. and of this amount Martin County is being asked to con tribute $1,500. The county's quota is 50 percent larger than it was last year, and approxi mately $300 more than was rais ed last year. The nation’s goal is $12,000,000.00. “We realize that there have been repeated calls by various agencies and organizations in re cent months, but the need for funds is so great and the cause so worthy and urgent that we feel it imperative to get busy and support the American Cancel Society in its great work,” Chair man Manning said. The need for action is pointed out in vital statistics which clear ly indicate a steady and rapid in crease in cancer deaths. Ten years ago, 142.013 Americans died from the dreaded disease. It is estimated accurately that 175,000 will have died of the disease be fore this year is spent, and that unless the trend is checked, the death toll will approximate 215, 000 in 1956. The various township quotas will be announced and published within the next few days along with the names of the township chairman, the head of the drive said today. VEP To Sponsor Special Contest Final plans for the participa tion of 4-H Club boys and girls of Martin County in a Better Meth ods Electric Contest were made here this week at a meeting of T. B. Brandon, county farm agent; W. J. Rideout, Jr., agricultural engineer of the North Carolina Extension Service and director of the contest; Mr. P. S. Morrisettte and S. P. Woolford representing the Virginia Electric & Power Company; and other members of the county agent's staff. Boys and girls entering the con test, nov/ underway, must make a detailed study of a farm chore and make a report, and cecotu meftiiat/oifs on how this'enure oarr be simplified by the use of elec tricity. The contest is designed to stimulate the use of more mod ern, farm methods for better pro duction at less cost in time and effort. Participating in this territorial Contest are 16 North Carolina counties receiving their supply of electricity from the Virginia Elec tric and Power Company and the cooperatives it serves. Two win ners—one boy and one girl—will be chosen from each of the 16 counties to attend a 4-H Club Electric Congress scheduled to be held at N. C. State College in Oc tober. This Congress will climax the territorial contest. Expenses of the Congress are being paid by the Virginia Elec tric & Power Company, with each county winner receiving a two day, all expense trip to Raleigh. One winner from each county also will receive from the West inghouse Educational Foundation a gold-filled medal of honor. The Virginia Electric and Power Com pany will award two first prizes of $100 scholarships to the boy and girl winning in the Electric Congress in Raleigh. Two second prizes of engraved gold watches also will be awarded by the Vir ginia Electric & Power Company at the Congress. Winners at the Electric Con gress will be eligible to compete with other winners in the State for an all-expense trip to the N a (Continued from page five) Hutson Will Head New Organization For Sale Of Leaf —*—■— Farmers To Vote On Fee Raising Measure of 10 Cents An Acre J. B. Hutson, former under I secretary of agriculture, head of i the Commodity Credit Corpora , tion and more recently secretary of the United Nations, this week accepted the position as head of Tobacco Associates. Incorporated, an organisation newly created to promote the sale of flue-cured to bacco in foreign countries. He is to draw a salary of $25,000 an nually. Even though farmers in the flue-cured states raised $50,000 and business firms raised another $50,000 to finance the organiza tion. Mr. Hutson made no promise that Tobacco Associates could boost prices to high levels or even hold them to last year's figures. He stated that there is a demand for possibly one billion pounds of American tobacco in foreign countries, but he explained that serious financial blocks are in the way of exportation. It is fairly evident that the new head of the organization will attempt to ar range for the flow of trade pos sibly by the age-old barter sys tem. He could go to France and arrange for manufacturers to ship certain manufactured goods or items to this country and pay for them with tobacco, or vice versa. The pian proposed for Tobacco Associates to execute is about the only one offered so far that even has a possibility of heading off serious trouble for tobacco farm ers. Farm leaders and business men in the producing areas’think the plan worth trying, at least. To support the organization an other year, farmers, by special legislative act, will vote next July 12 on the question of taxing them selves at the rate of 10 cents an acre. If three-fourths of the farmers favor the small acre tax, the organization will be continu ed. North Carolina tobacco farm ers have been assessed $35,000 as their share of the cost of main taining the agency next year. There are over 000,000 acres planted to tobacco in the State, meaning that the acreage tax will raise approximately $85 000. Di rectors of Tobacco Associates, meeting in Raleigh this week, ex plained that the additional amount could be used to expand the work of the organization, or no tax would be levied for one year. Since the tax is very small, it is believed that few farmers will object to the plan, many having agreed that it is worth trying, at least, for a few years. —--o Officers Capture Small Distillery . .o * 'lTiiiviW.1 ■* iv/tii'ufl Beaufort boundary line last Tues day morning', ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and Deputy Roy Peel, accompanied by Beaufort ABC of ficers, found and wrecked a small illicit distillery and captured a 5(l-gallon capacity copper kettle. The officers poured out two bar rels of cheap ben and ct/nijseat ed four gallons of illicit liquor. -o Many Attending Revival In Church At Everetts -« Large crowds are nightly at tending tiie series of revival ser vices now under way in the Ever etts Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. E. R. Stewart, announced. Conducted by the pastor, the services will continue through Sunday night. Farm Life To Huy The Totals Here Sunday Farm Life of the Beaufort County Baseball League will meet Williamston, entry in the Martin County League, here in a pre-season game Sunday after noon at 3:00 o’clock, it was an nounced today. --- Jesse Melson Continues Quite III In Hospital -«-—— Mr. W. Jesse Melson, a patient in the local hospital since March 17, continues quite ill. However, he seemed to be feeling some bet tei unu iuiriy bright Thursday noon. Find Abandoned Infant on Farmer’s Porch In County A bouncing eight-pound color ed baby, just a few hours old and with a powerful pair of lungs, was found abandoned on Farmer John Roberts’ home on the Jones 'Road1 in Williams Township at 2:3,0 o’clock last Tuesday morn ing. Steps were taken immediate ly by the family to adopt the lit tle cast-off. About 12:30i that morning, Ro berts’ granddaughter heard a car stop in front of their home. She called her grandfatner and he looked out the window iust in time to see a colored woman hur riedly leave the yard and jump I into a car equipped with white i sidewall tires and a straight ex haust. The car was driven away I rapidly. Unable to explain the late visit, the family went back to sleep, and two hours later Ro berts' wife heard a baby cry. Go ing to the front porch they found the unbathed newly-born infant packed1 amidst a few old rags in an Old Mr. Boston liquor box. Tobacco twine was used to tie '.lie cord, the crude operation indicat ing that no recognized authority attended the mother. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck was call ed, and! the case was duly inves tigated!, but no trace cf the moth er could be found immediately. Welfare and health department officials were contacted and plans were advanced) for adoption. The authorities were greatly relieved when they learned that the Ro berts wanted the child, one re port stating that some of them had recognized responsibility in caring for the cast-off. Since it was delivered, in a box with the name of Boston on it, file child has been christened “Boston Roberts" for whatever ! role he may b# destined to play in life. School Program Still Uncertain In County ■<i \ VOTING HOURS ] \_/ The polls for Williamston's first municipal primary elec tion arc scheduled to open at 6:30 o'clock next Monday morning and close that eve ning at 6:30 o’clock. Voting will be limited to one loca tion in the- firemen's head quarters in the City llall. The election officials are John E. Pope, registrar; and Reginald Simpson and Jesse T. Price, judges of election. Rebuilding Fire Damaged Property —«— Materials for rebuilding a large storage house and dry kiln, wrecked by fire at the plant of the Williamston Package Manu facturing Company near the river here last Friday night, are i being placed on the lot and con struction work is slated to get i under way at once. Debris of the fire has been cleared away for the construction of a new and larger storage house, Plant Superintendent W. W. Beaird stating that the new structure would be larger than the one destroyed. ‘The owners are building a storage 80 by 140 feet," Mr. Beaird said. More than half of the machin ery and equipment in the dry kiln was wrecked and several large iron beams were warped, the superintendent stating that replacements had been ordered. “We hope to have the wrecked ■ f>, i v , i . ;.vS'0 1) 1:,1 : iuvV weeks,” the superintendent, said. During the meantime, the large factory continues to operate, dry ing its basket in the open air. Operations are dependent upon weather conditions which limit the number of workers on the job at times to about one-half the normal complement. No accurate loss estimate has been determined, the owners ex plaining that adjusters would not be able to check the damage un til the early pa^t of next week. RECORD r What is recognized as a re cord income tor any single month was turned over to the county treasurer in the torm of fines, forfeitures and court costs by Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne for March. The total, not including re cordings of various papers, amounted to $3,143.65, the amount including $2,2^0.00 in county court fines and $550 bond forfeitures in the super ior court. Clerk fees amount ed to $193.65; Solicitor’s fees were $384.00; recorder’s fees, $288.00 uiiid jury Ux, $8. While the various fees are taxed against the defendants, the collections are turned in to the treasury. December collections amounted to $2,454.05, the largest reported up until that tune. Bids Called For Construction Of Everetts School -$ Ollier I'rojeela Are Meld In Abeyauee Pending The Keeeipl of Itids Reconsidering an extensive school plant expansion program for this county, the board of edu cation m a two-day meeting this week sent up a trial balloon, the success of the flight to determine future action on the other pro jects' tentatively advanced follow ing the close of the war about eighteen months ago. Bids for consiiruction of a six room brick-cinder block construc tion building for the Everetts col ored school were ordered adver tised. If the bids are anything like reasonable, it is possible that the authorities will launch other proposed projects including pus sibly an addition to the colored high school here, a lunch room and home economies building for the white high school and other construction in various parts of the county. If the building cost for the proposed Everetts build ings is considered all out of reas on, it is likely that action on other projects wilt again tie delayed. The Everetts colored school was burned out at the close of the 1945-46 term. Plans for a build ing were drawn, and it was unof ficially estimated that the build ing would cost around $30,1100. The lowest bid received last sum mer was around $138,090. The high costs forced the authorities btO “hvWe UlC.. -MtJMWtr.V-iSii program, and the colored chil dren in the Everetts district have been attending school in churches. This week the board consider ed revised plans which cull for a different type building. The bids are returnable during the week of May 1?., and the fab of the e\ pansion program will not. be de termined before that time. A new site, a few hundred yards farther out on the Everetts Spring Green Road has been chos en for the new Everett, school, but there is a possibility that con struction will again be delayed. West End Church Plans Barbecue —.«— As an expression of their ap preciation for the encouragement offered in the form of cash and material gifts, the members of the newly organized) West End Bap tist Church are giving a free bar becue dinner to those who made contributions, it was announced by Deacon Exum L. Ward today. The dinner will be given ivxt Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock on the church grounds, and there’ll be no solicitations, Mr. Ward, finance committee chairman, declared. "We just want our friends to know that we appreciate what they have al ready done in helping U.« \\ ith the construction of our new church builtiui*,” Mr. w*ul ouul. Name Committees For Local School Districts Tuesday —»— Construction fliil* Vskod for Oil Kvcrctts Color oil School Holding their second meeting in us many days, members of the Martin County Board of Educa tion Tuesday named committee members for the various local school districts in the county. With the exception of a few resig nations, substitutions and addi tions, the committee lists remain about the same as they were be fore the appointments this week. In notifying the committeemen of their reappointment or ap pointment, the superintendent 1 was instructed to point out cer tain, recommendations made by [the board. The authorities rec S ommended that the individual 'committees perfect their organi zations without delay and that they hold meetings at regular in ' ri vals. The board also pointed : out that the colored schools are being placed under the direction of the committees, that the com mitteemen are to elect all teach ers and that all matters and prob lems relating to the colored schools, as well as the white ones, are to be cleared through the local committees before their re ferral to the county board. Only one change was made in Rubersonville's committee per sonnel. Dr. J. M. Kilpatrick was appointed lo succeed Mr. W. H. Gray. Other members on the Robei sonville Committee are, I. M. Little, N. C. Everett, John M. Dixon and Herbert L. Roebuck. The Everetts sub-committee in the Robei.sonville district, in | eludes Garland Forbes, Alton Keel and Herbert L. Roebuck. Williamston's old committee of I three members R. L. Coburn. R. H. Goodmon and C. B. Clark— was reappointed, but two new members, W Iver-.on Skinner and Marvin Britton, were added to the committee. Oak City’s committee was re appointed, as follows: J. A. Ever ett, O. E. Oglesby, E. R. Edmond son, Jr., E. E. Pittman and Fran cis Wursley. The Hamilton com mittee was left unchanged as tol ! lows: 1,, R Everett, H. S. John | son, Jr., C’ayton 1 louse. At Has sell, George Ayers and W E, Pur ; vis were reappointed, and J. D. '< Etheridge was named to succeed A. E. Purvis. Two changes were made, but the membership for the Jumes I ville District is still limited to three men, Elmer Mudlin. W. E. Manning and C. G. Gurkin. Man ning and Gurkin are succeeding J. C. Kirk-man and John Gardner. Farm Life retains its old com I mittee, P. E. Getsinger, A. J. Hardison and B. F. Lilley. At Bear Grass E. C. Harrison, W. C. Jones and Kneezer Harri son were reappointed. ..Iayj\ifi£."■tnudiinre i'rize U inners Monday Evening ■ ■ —> At the Jaycees’ spring dance, t held last Monday evening, the | drawing for the three valuable ! prizes being offered took place, i and winners were the following persons. The first prize an 11 MiIh Stvmvibvvg-C-avl:--n v ’ lion radio-phonograph set, went to J. 1). Price, Jr., Bear Grass township. The second prize, a de luxe boys bicycle, was won by At torney Edgar Gurganus, local re sident now working In Raleigh. The third prize, a 5-tube table i model radio, was won b> Mrs. C. C. Parker of Williamston. Chairman of the County Com missioners John H Edwards pre sided over the drawing, and was assisted by Jaycee James Bullock. Miss Emma Lou Taylor did the drawing blindfolded. According to preliminary re ports, the Jaycees cleared about $423.00 from the raffle, this amount to be donated to the Wil liamston High School Band, to be used where needed most. Start s Ut’ftin ( losing \ext Wednesday for Holiday Beginning next Wednesday, April 10, Williamston stores and olTices, with tew exceptions, wit! observe Wednesday afternoon of each week as a holiday. The stores will close at 12 o’clock, ' Boon n*>-J f»I i v* v‘ - »*«----*>-*-»* will be maintained until tobau co marketing tuue. ' ' ■ ;.a- 'wR