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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME L—NUMBER 35 THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 2, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1899 School Board Flans! “ Expansion Program ♦- <8 Robt. L Coburn Again Chairman Local Committee B. G. Slewarl Re-elected To Head Local Schools At Meeting » Appointed the early part of last' month by the Martin County. Board of Education, Wiliamston's local school committeemen—R. L. Coburn. C. B. Clark, R. H. Good mon, W. Iverson Skinner and Marvin Britton—met in the Co burn law offices and effected their reorganization fcr the new term. R. L. Coburn was again ' elected chairman; and W. I. Skin ner, a new member, was named secretory. It was agreed at the meeting that the group is to hold sessions at least once each month during the school term and as often at other times as is neces sary. While the regular teacher elec tions are not scheduled before the 12th of this month when the board will meet again. Principal B. G. Stewart was unanimously re-elected, and another position made vacant by Professor H. H. Hall's resignation, was filled. The main business before the meeting which lasted almost three hours centered around a ^ supplemental program in the high school. Complete details have not been worked out. but the com mittee is proposing one of the most extensive high school pro grams ever advanced locally. Calling for an expenditure of $12,260 from supplemental funds, the program is to include $2,700 for a school-wide physical educa tion program, $2,840 for the band in addition to $2,400 for equip ment, $1,800 for public school ^ music and $2,520 for teacher sal ary supplements. The band program is well ad vanced, and the instructor, Pro fessor Jack Butler, is reported tc be making splendid progress. A physical education director Stuart Maynard, has been elected but no contract has been signer as yet. Maynard, a graduate ol Guilford College, is a three-lettei man and is in line for his master’s degree at the University late ncxl August. At the present time he ii director of boys’ work in tht Draper Young Men’s Christiar Association. An experiencec teacher he engaged in physica education work during his stay ir the armed services. In addition to Professor Hall's resignation which becomes ef fective at the close of the presen term, several other teachers an planning to make changes, it wa: unofficially learned. Candidates for the position o public school music instructoi have been contacted, outjio con tracts have' Deen signeef*' Realizing it is in a jam and tha conditions next fall will be ever more aggravated, the committet plans to go before a special meet jng of the county board of educa tfoii on or about the 15th of Ihii month and plead for relief. At th« meeting last Tuesday evening, thi .!... iliald. rv.'mr"’ n‘ 'flVussc’u* i1 i eT5Bs sibility of building a few clas: rooms and locating a lunch roon in the basement with the under standing that the structure wouli be enlarged later to meet th< specifications set out in the cur rcntly proposed expansion pro gram. “Something has got to bi done, or our school will be dis rupted," local board chairmai Coburn declared. --o * Hamilton Church Starting Reviva -o Rev. E. H Stewart, pastor, wil conduct a ten days revival at th Hamilton Baptist Church May to 14. Services each Sunday i 11 a. ni. and 8 p. in. Services cac night at 8 p. m. Bible messages will be brougl ^ and the old time songs will b sung, the announcement says. M H. M. Peel will lead the sir.gin and special music is being pun ned for each service. The public is cordially invitei y i I ELECTION I __/ Very little interest has been shown so far in the town's municipal election scheduled for next Tuesday, reports from Registrar John E. Pope stating that not a single person had registered during the past three Satur days. The registration books will be open for challenge on Saturday of this week, and while names belonging to citizens living outside the town are on the books it isn’t likely that they will be chal lenged. Nothing has been said a bout an independent ticket, and while the primary nomi nees will be recognized, it is possible that a few write-in votes will be recorded. The polls open in the town hall at 6:30 Tuesday morning, May 6, and will be closed at 6:30 that evening. League Organized For Scout Troops | In Martin County | Boy Scout Leaders Mel Short Time Ago anil Made League Plans Meeting in Williamston a short | time ago, Boy Scout leader^ or ganized a baseball league for the j several Scout troops in the coun i1y' | There are five Seoul troops in the county—troops 27 and 29 in I Williamston; Troop 201 in Ever etts and Troop 72 in Rnberson *villo. Clyde Manning, district com Imander, was elected chairman ol the league and V B Hairr, secre j lary-treasurer. The following men are scoutmasters of the i troops in Martin County: Troop 27, Fitchhue Fussell; Troop 29 Carroll Jones; Troop 127, V. B Hairr; Troop 201. W. C. Faulkner Troop 72. Oscar Roberson. All rules and regulations ol play will be left to the Scoutmas ters. Trophies will be awarded to the winning teams at the end of the season. Play will begin the week ol May 10. The exact date of play \S to be arranged by the Scout masters of the two playing teams Schedule: May 10 Troop 27 vs. Troop 29 at W’il liamston; Troop 201 vs. Troop 121 at Jamesville; Troop 27 vs. Troop 72 at Robersonville. May 17 Troop 27 vs. Troop 127 at Wil liamston; Troop 29 vs. Troop 201 at Everetts; Troop 29 vs. Troop 72 at Williamston. May 24_ *; v. uVfi'Ttrvt TrwpRr.Ti tvw etts; Troop 29 vs. Troop 127 a . Jamesville; Troop 201 vs. Troop 71 ■ at Robersonville. May 31 ■ 1 Troop 72 vs. Troop 29 at Wi! flflffiston; Trc'/p 20-5 -vs. Troop it i j at Everetts; Troop 27 vs. Troop ' 72 at Williamston. June 7 : Troop 72 vs. Troop 127 at Rob i ersonville; Troop 29 vs. Troop 20 • at Williamston; Troop 127 vs 1 Troop 27 at Jamesville. June 14 Troop 29 vs, Troup 27 at Wil (Continued on page six) > Extend Herring Fishing Seasoi —•— Raleigh.—Five additional day I of fishing for shad and herring i *• North Carolina inland waters thi ’ season have been allotted by th 1 | Board of Conservation and Dc .- \ vylnpnient. 4 At its spring meeting in Eliz; t .belli City Ibis week the boar i , voted to extend the season, sched uled to close May 1, to t.hroug t May 10. Under the regulatio e which allows faking of shad an -. herring with nets on Thursda; g Friday, and Saturday of eac - week, fishermen thus will hav five extra days—May 2. 3, 8. 1 1.1 and 1U 4-fi Oy>'Memfoers| Grooming Entries j For Show May 9th! Civic Clubs. Banks and In* dividual* Asked To Sup port Public Auction -0 The approximately 40 county club members are grooming their beef calves for the annual fat stock show to be held in the Planters Warehouse here on Fri day of next week, Assistant Farm Agent J. W. Sumner announcing that the youngsters arc working tirelessly to have their entries make the best possible showing before the judges at 10:00 o’clock that morning. In addition to the grooming activities, the club members are training their en tries to compete for showmanship prizes. The show bids well to lie the best ever held in the county. While much attention is being centered in the beef cattle, quite a few swine raisers will give a good account of their activities back on the farm. The show’s swine department has been ex panded to include two classes. Price variations have been re ported in the sales held in other state centers, but as a rule, the champions have been bringing prices ranging around one dollar a pound. In addition tu the sales price, the exhibitors are in line for nearly $400 in prizes offered by the Farm Bureau and the sev eral civic organizations in the county. Representatives of several packers and market operators are planning to attend the sale that afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, but the club leaders are appealing to the civic organizations, banks and in , dividuals to boost the sale. Ar j rangements have.been made With Roberson’s Slaughter House to slaughter individual purchases for delivery to and packing in freezer lockers at the plant on Haughton Street. The youngsters are offering some choice beef and j pork, and while the price is ex pected to run slightly above mar ket quotations, the quality is al most certain to offset the differ ential, it was pointed out. The sale will be open to the public, and the response given it will help determine the club members’ future activities. It has been sug gested that several individuals form a combination and divide their purchase. The club members participat ing in the show on .vlay 9 will be special guests of the Farm Bureau at its annual meeting and barbe cue at the high school that after noon at 4:00 o’clock. Tickets to the barbecue will be placed in the mails shortly, it was announced yesterday by the office of the county agent. -o Accident Victim Transferred Here Critically injured when .she fell ^ic son Mill last Sunday afternoon, Miss Lynette Coltrain was trans 1 ferred to the hospital here Thurs day after being placed in a cast | at Duke hospital earlier in the [week. The 13-year-old girl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Led h" 1 aid Coltrain of Griffins Town ship. suffered a fracture of hoi | baciT*an.<r .possibly otiie " infjViW ' | in the fall. I She made the trip from the ' Durham institution in a Bigg* ambulance. --t Or. Louie Newton On Radio Sunday Morning Dr. Louie D. Newton, presiden of the Southern Baptist Conven tion and pastor of the Druid Hill l Baptist Church of Atlanta, is thi speaker,on the Baptist Hour nex y Sunday, using as his subjecl -! "Life’s Greatest Question,” as an , nour.ced by the Radio Commissioi E of the Southern Baptist Conven . lion. S. F. Lowe, director, Allan ta, Ga. -» :l To Show Holy Land Viclurcn On Tuesday i i Color pictures of the Holy Lair i will be shown at the Rose o ’, Sharon Free Will Baptist Churci n Tuesday night, May 8 at 8:00 b: e the Rev. J. C. Griffin of Nev (. Bern. The public is invited to at tend. ’Plans Continued toi~ &dTle*. Course In the Schools Here Meeting in the Memorial Bap- ;: list Church here las' Tuesday, members of tno Williamston Min isterial Association continues plans for including Bible courses in the public school curriculum, according to an announcement roming from the president. The group is trying to contact a teach er candidate, but future action will bo delayed pending a salary agreement and plans for financ ing the courses of instruction, it was learned. The meeting, attended by all ; the local pastor, agreed to call of" services in the churches on May 25 when Rev. John L. Goff will deliver the commencement ser mon in the high school audi torium. Dates for the union vacation Bible school were set for June Its Given Quota In Cancer Drive Several Other Dislricls In County Near Goal; Drive Period If* Extended ——» Griffins township was tlie first in the county to “go over the top" in the 1947 Cancer Drive, when Rev. W' B. Harrington, township chairman, brought in $105.56 Wednesday, according to Wheeler Manning, county chairman. With a 50 percent larger quota than last year, the people of Griffins township rallied to the cause and went right to work to raise their 1947 quota of $75.00, goiftg 40 per cent over. Rev. Mr. Harrington requested that tljc people of his township accept his appreciation for the fine support given him and his helpers during the drive. With three volunteer canvassers lead ing the project, and other organi zations helping, the Griffins quota was reached and exceeded Following is a summary of the amounts collected by the three canvassers, along with amounts raised by various storqs, schools and individuals: Mrs. Elbei t Tice, $40.25; Mrs. Urban Liliey, $17.00; Mrs Raymond Gurkin, $13.25. Farm Life School, $11.06; Maple Grove Sunday School, $5.00; Piney Grove Sunday School, $5; Mrs. H. A. Pierce's store, $4.2H; Mrs. Jesse Heath's store, $2.22; Liliey's store, $1.50; Smithwick’s Colored School, $1.00 and Mr. and Mrs. J. Eason Liliey, $5.00. As of late Wednesday after noon, it was reported that Wil liamston township had raised only about $440.65 of its $600.00 quota, with approximately $415.65 of this amount having been collected by Mrs. Elbert Sherman, one of the local canvassers. It was reported that several business firms have not made their annual contribu tions to this fund and that their donations are badly needed if Williamston is to meet its quota. City point to the Goose Nest quota going over, and it is fairly certain that Bear Grass and Williams townships will meet their respec tive goals. The drive is being uxtesMH (Continued on page six) Exceeds Preilmirffiry " i eiTor‘fs“mm^ vXi* ’-13, and Rev. John W. Hardy was inmed director. Plans were discussed for a series of revival meetings in the several churches next October, ind Rev. John L. Goff was nam L'd to anange a series of commun ity prayer meetings to be held on September 22 to 26 or just prior to the first in the series of reviv al services. Plans were begun for a city wide collection of old clothing and other articles for the relief of the needy nations overseas. Tnc exact date of this collection of articles will be announced later after the cooperation of one of the civic clubs can be arranged. It was also agreed that the churches of the town will cooper ate in taking a religious census of Williamston next September. 1 TAX ACCOUNTS | v✓ Approximately 250 unpaid county tax accounts will be advertised next week for sale the first Monday in June, in accordance with law. Tax Collector M. L. Peel said yes terday. It was pointed out by the tax collector that 95 percent of the 1946 levy had been collected, or about $18,000 more than was collected up until May 1 of last year. It is likely that most of the 250 unpaid accounts will be set tled before advertising time the early part of next week. New Accountant For Power Firm —t— Mr. J. J. Davenport, for eleven years employed by the Virginia Electric and Power Company in the Norl'olk-Portsmouth area was transferred to the Williams ton district here Wednesday anc entered upon his new duties at head accountant for the company in this territory. Mr. Davenport will move his wife and daughtei here from Portsmouth just as soon as he can find a home or ar apartment. He is succeeding Mr. George Thorpe who is being transferret to the Richmond office. Mr | Thorpe has made many friend; jin Williamston during his more than five years’ stay here, anc they regret to see him and Mrs Thorpe leave. They will move to the Virginia eity in about ter days. Mr. Baker, operator of the lo cal bus station, and his family plan to occupy the Thorpe apart ment in the Tar Heel building. —— - «t Driver's License Bureau To Be Closed On May -« The driver’s license bureau ii the courthouse here will not b< on Saturday of this week, Exam iner Boyce stating that he hac y*,0 i riwiev the 1947 motor vehicle laws There has been some confusioi in the minds of the public regard ing the recently enacted laws. The bureau will be open Iron Hj, to 5 next Wednesday and eacl I Saturday morning thereafter un til further notice. Pre-School Clinics Opened In The County This Week The annual round up of little ' tots for examination in the pre school clinics got under way in this county on Thursday of this week and will continue through 1 May 20, the health office belated ■ ly announced. The first of the - clinics was held in the Hassell , school Thursday morning, the ■ health authorities going to Oak i City Friday morning. The re ■ mainder of the schedule follows: Hamilton, Monday, May 5, 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. Farm Life, Monday, May 5, 1:30 to 3:00 p. m. f Jamcsvillc, Tuesday, May tj, 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. 1 Robersonville, Wednesday, May f 7, 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. r Bear Glass; Thursday, May 8, r 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. i, F.veretts, Friday, May 9th, 9:30 - a. m. to 11:30 a. m. Robersonville (colored! Thurs if day, May 15, 9:30 to 11:30 a. m. Williamston, colored, Friday May lli. 9:30 to 11:30 a. m Williamston (white) Monday May 19, 9:00 to 12:00 noon am Tuesday, May 20, 9:00 to 12:0 noon. At the clinics the health exam iners will search for remedial dc fects and the little folks enterin school next fall will be vaccinate against smallpox, diphtheria, an whooping cough unless there is scar to prove vaccination again; smallpox and a certificate is prt scnled showing that the little sul jccls have been vaccinated again: the other diseases. Advised that some defectiv smallpox vaccine had been di: tributed in the State, the healt office in this county wired for new supply this week. Seven children reported to !! Hassell clinic Thursday moruin fiTtlgei. (^mkh 'Handles *M .Cases In County'V Court Fines, Viimiiniinu to $660, Collected In Loup; Session Monday Holding the county court in ses sion until late Monday afternoon, Judge J. C. Smith handled thirty four cases and meted out several long road sentences, not to men tion $660 imposed in fines. While the court was idle last week, the cases accumulated. Unlike the session held on the 14th, when most of the defendants were col ored. the session this week at tracted mostly white defendants and spectators. Proceedings: O. W. Jones, charged with drunken driving, pleaded guilty and was fined $50, taxed with the co.d and had his driver's li cense revoked for one year. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case charging Richard Randolph Davis with operating a motor ve hicle without a driver's license. The case charging Clyde Silver thorne with being drunk and dis orderly was nol prossed, reports stating that the defendant had en tered a hospital for treatment. Charged tvith public drunken ( ness, George C. Boyd and Henry Lilley both pleaded guilty and each was fined $20 and taxed with the cost. Oscar Laws, charged with dis orderly conduct, was fined $20 taxed with the cost and ordered i confined to jail for one day. Judgment was suspended upon ! tin' payment of the cost in the esae charging Lillie Mae Browr | with an assault. Pleading not guilty in the case in which he' was charged with ar assault with a deadly weapon, S T. Jackson was adjudged guilt j and drew six months on tin roads. The road term was sus pended upon the payment of ; $50 fine and costs and on the fur ther condition that the defendun i violate no criminal law during tin next year. Judgment was suspended upcu thi' payment of the costs in the case charging George Shaw will assaulting a female. In the case in which Frank Wil liams was charged with assault itig a female', the court found 111 prosecution frivolous and nut ii the bi'st interest of the court am the case costs were taxed again* he prosecuting witness, Olivi Purvis. Charged with an assault with deadly weapon, Moses Smullwooi was adjudged not guilty. Judgment was suspended upoi the payment of the costs in th case charging John Clay with a assault with a deadly weapon. Pleading guilty, William Jame was fined $50, taxed with the cos I and sentenced to jail for two day for carrying a concealed weupoi i He was also charged with elisorei : crly conduct. The case in which C. E. Ang I was charged with obtainin - mnnev under falsi' pretense w« continued until May 1J. i Leonard Burlington, charge - with indecent exposure, pleade guilty and was fined $25, tuxe with the cost and sentenced to ja i for two days. Lin wood Powell, charged wit lufeeny and receiving, failed 1 ■ I answer when called and pupei . I v.M'i'e. .1 ioiV-Uit iU'i'kSlv_ | • Charged with careless and reel (Continued on page eight) vircmcn Called To Local \ Tobacco Plant Tliursda Local volunteer firemen wci called nut at 5:30 o’clock Thur. I day morning when a leak deve I oped in the sprinkler system ; the W. I. Skinner Tobacco Con pany plant and sounded an alarr Neighbors, hearing the plant ; larm, sounded a general cal There was no lire, an investig; j tion revealed. —-* a t Lillie Ihuincss Itcforc County Hoard Mondt t As far as it could be learnt very little business has be< e scheduled for consideration 1 the county commissioners wh< h they meet in regular session he u next Monday. Jurymen will 1 drawn for the June term of tl e superior court and routine duti will be handled. Jury In Death Case CURED v-----/ W. T. (Tony) Currie, voun]f white man and keeper tor tlie Conoho Gun Club, declares he has been cured of the strong drink habit. "I would not take a drink of liquor, wine or be?r foi $5,000," he said after he was released from the county jail by a cm oner’s jury last Tuesday night. "I have spent $10,000 for ABC liquor, hut I'll never spend another cent there," he said. Currie had been detain ed in the county jail ten days for questioning in connection with the lodge fire in which W. R. Bowers, Pitt County farmer, was burned to death on Roanoke River Saturday, April 10. No place to go, Currie did not leave the jail until the following morning. Lists Activities Handled By Local Auxiliary In 1946 Report Read To The Mis trie! Meeting At (Jreeu >ille Rv Secretary Appearing before the north eastern North Carolina district meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary in Greenville a short time ago, Mrs. Edna Laughing - house reported on the activities handled by the auxiliary of the John Walton Hassell Post in this county during 194(1. The report showed that the unit had been un usually active during the period, that it more than met its quotas and assignments. The unit 1. .untamed a very lib eral policy in supporting worthy projects and remembering the i disabled veterans. The report i shows that a total of $418 was | contributed to various causes, in i eluding $31.75 to central funds. In its child welfare program, the auxiliary donated $35 to a child with rheumatic fever, and $27 to patients in hospitals, including a polio victim receiving tre itmer.t in Gastonia. In addition to cash donations, the auxiliary sent boxes, books, flowers, cards and fruit to hospital patients. A very effective work was handled in connection with ic habilitation and hospitals last Christmas. Sweaters were pur chased for veterans at Otcen and Chri.-lmas boxes sent to veterans there cost $125. Other donations amounted to nearly $200 for vari ous projects, including purchases of Christmas gifts for disabled veterans in government hospitals. Boxes, books, gilt articles, and re minders were sent in numbers to veterans in several hospitals. jury members assisted in various drives for worthy causes, aided I the needy at home and stranded veterans. I At the present time the auxil iarv has rnoie tinny t.iftv men1 ] bers. and its report, reviewing tin 1940 activities handled under the I direction, of...the president flflrg •I -John A; Ward, w-i-Vi', !'> i me I of an interested membership, win regarded as one of the best reuc i before the district meeting. y\ Officers Wreck Several Plants: ABC Officer J. 11. Roebuck anc Deputy Roy Peel had a busy din ast Tuesday when they jus lbout dried up the Hassell see don of Hamilton Township. Tin action may have temporary re mils only, but it is fairly ccrtaii Hint ABC slult begun to flov again when the illicit supply wa knocked out. The officers raided and wreck i'd four plants and tracked dow: u fifth one to find most of til equipment gone. All of the plant we.e crudely equipped with o: drums for kettles, and very litll beer was found. The officer spent the day handling the assign merits, feasting oil a cake and pop for lunch. Keeper Tells Of Threats To Burn River Club House (!»roiici'\ luqucsl Held lit County Courthouse On Tuesday Night Held in the county jail for ten days in connection with the Cono ho Hunting Club lodge fire that cost William Robert (Bud' Bow ers his life early in the morning of April 11). W. T. (Tony) Currie was released by a coroner's jury following a two-hour inquest held in the courthouse here last Tuesday night. While the hear ing developed no new evidence that would clear up the tragedy, chargi s. bordering on sensation alism, were advanced by Currie, the lodge keeper and game ward en for the club. Deliberting hardly more than fifteen minutes, the jury compos ed of Chester Taylor. Bruce Ed ward. J W. Andrews, Gaylord Harrison, Henry Griffin and R E. Manning, returned the following verdict: . that William Robert Bowers came to his death from a fire, its origin unknown to us. Emm the evidence produced, the club house was fired from the outside, and we recommend that W. T. Currie' be released.” First to testify Joe Melton, club nu mbi : of Rubersonville, stated that he knew W R. Bowers for 15 years or more, that Bowers was a member of the club which is located in Poplar Point near Uie oiii Poplar Point landing. He | stated that he saw Bowers last between sunset and dark appar ently very drunk on a bed iirthe j club house. Cm rit\ apparently j drunk, was a.- leep on another bed. | Mr, Melton explained to Coroner i S. 11 Biggs that he went to the elub ui'Ii Elliott Taylor Friday 'afternoon to fix a net, that Currie : was up. Alter a short stay away from the camp. Melton and Tay j lor returned and apparently Cur>* i ie and Bowers had gotten more liquor and pas ml out. “We had to ! pry open the screen dour, and t : lighted a lantern to see where to put the net, ' Melton said, adding I that he looked around, found l everything in order, put out thu lantern and left Currie and Bow ers sleeping. He knew nothing of the fire until the sheriff called him the next morning and asked him to go there and aid the inves tigation. Melton explained that he tried to talk with Currie Saturday morning, but Currie was too drunk to offer any tacts about the tragedy. He said that the burn ed body fell through the floor hardly two feet from where he left Bowers sleeping the evening I before. Nathan Wynne, the next wit ness, said that he and his brother ,. .VJ-- . . 1 * (i:30 Saturday morning, that be fore they reached there they saw smoke rising. "1 told my brother the lodge must be on fire, and we 1 ran there. The porch roof had JS"t-ft u “ 1.■>>•?• was burning in the front room. We heard some noise and 1 told one w as in the house. We fried ' to open the back door but could not. We waited a few minutes and some one came up and asked if anyone was in there. We cx (Cuntinucd on page eight) ---• Colored Woman Badlv Burned —i*— Loza Williams, 41-year-old col* 1 ored woman, was critically burn* - ed at her home here on East i I Main Street last Tuesday after* . j noon and was removed to tho - local hospital for treatment. Her condition was described as only fair Thursday morning. l Details could not be learned, j but it was said that the deaf s mute drank bluing and then do* 1 liberately fired herself by ap» ? plying a match to her clothing, s She was burned about the chest - !aiu] face. .i I 1 he woman s husbami. La,"a. 113 I Williams, is also a deaf mute. ' ;V,, ^ ■* ■ ■' « ; f:|i| 1 & n