THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY 4 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BI OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY « FAVHJFS T'i’JCS'. EACH WSS8T VOLUME L—NUMBER 38 Williamston. Martin Com •*v -AimxFMm*!'*. /V, North Carolina, Tuesday. May /.i. 19/7 l-:ST USUKHKD f-!**■*'• 1 • •• ■■ •••«■*! Former Official Stresses Rrural 4 Life In Address -$ Broughton Her la res Lead er sli ip Will Not Come From l^arge Cities In an unusually jovial mood and without the strain of a direct political campaign bearing down upon him, J. M. Broughton, form er North Carolina governor and a main threat to a United States Senate seat, stressed rural com munity life in an address deliv Wiered at the annual Martin County Farm Bureau meeting held in the Williamston High School auditor ium last Friday evening. Almost one-half of the more than 2,000 Bureau membership heard the speaker as he advanced timely warnings, supporting his main points with appropriate anec dotes. He held the attention of his listeners for more than 45 minutes and there was no fidget ing in anticipation of a big barbe cue supper. Introduced by State Senator H. G. Horton. Mr. Broughton con gratulated the Farm Bureau for its part in promoting the Martin County Fat Stock show and for promoting community iife, “I am glad we do not have big cities dominating the life of our state,” Broughton said, adding that it wu.. a great pleasure to get out and mingle with the people in a rural atmosphere. ”1 hope North Caro linians keep true to the soil and keep rooted to the soil,” the speaker continued, drawing on mythology to express the power of the soil. "If we lose our asso • ciatiori with the soil, we’ll lose a vital part in life,” the speaker de clared. Mi. Broughton was impressed by the strong Farm Bureau unit - in this county, but he said that he wanted to see more women in the organization, and in his pleasing manner, he literally told the men that they should be ashamed of themselves if they did not provide every possible convenience for their wives in the home. "You should remember the noble part the farm women played during the war in maintaining farm pro duction. Now. go out and get new-fangled things to relieve them of the drudgering in the home,” he pleasingly commanded. Taking a cue from a few re marks made by Congressman Her bert B one earlier in the pro gram. tlie main speaker addressed a a rema,!,.- to the almost 200 colored members of the organize-1 tion .present. “The colored man and his family are better off on a North Carolina farm than they would be anywhere else in the world, and the colored citizen will get along all right if he doesn’t listen to fools from the outside,” Broughton said. He praised the pat t colored farmers handled dur ing the war, and pointed out. "As long as the colored citizen works hard, leaves liquor alone and avoids rascality, he has just as good a chance to get ahead in Martin County and North Caro Ji ?! a A . The former governor declared he was glad to see the time when i• ir1 f«Hogethex,e conditions are good. ‘ They used to get together only when they were made or broke. But farm er* have learned a lesson. No oil .. • r. themselves and without the aid of politicians.” A farmer, just a bit removed from the land. Broughton appar ently was impressed by the farm (Continued on page three) -D.. Johnson Funeral Largely Attended The funeral of Mr. Asa John son, well known Hamilton busi ness man wrho died in a Durham r hospital last Wednesday morning, was largely attended at the home in Hamilton last Friday afternoon • at 3:00 o'clock. Reports indicated that the attendance upon the ser- < vice was tho largest to pay a last i tribute to a friend there in recent years. Rev. Sidney Boone and Rev J. M. Perry, Robersonville ministers, . Rev. Z. T. Cox of Farmville and 1 Rev. E. R. Stewart of Hamilton 1 < nflucted the last rites, and in- 1 torment was in the family ceme tery. Warn Tobacco Fanners Not To Exceed Their Allotment I 'CJrtfhn. chairman Mai - tin County Agricultural Consei | vation Association Committee, to ! day cautioned all tobacco growers in Martin County against over planting their farm acreage allot ments this year, ‘‘Growers who harvest any acreage of tobacco in 1947 in ex cess of their farm acreage allot ments are subject to marketing quota penalties and will not be eligible for full participation in Government price support loans,” Mr. Griffin stated. Growers who plant within their farm acreage allotments can mar ket all their tobacco without pen alties and are eligible for full Government price support loans, Mr. Griffin added. Tn connection with price sup port loans, Mr. Grilfin emphasiz ed that any acreage harvested in excess of the va• m .• *n*»« all o' ment will make all the tobacco produced within the allotted acre age on the farm ineligible for any price support loans. “This year there will be no acreage toler ances in establishing loan eli gibility. as contrasted with the 1946 tolerance of the lesser of! three-tenths acre or 5 percent of the allotment. Any acreages har vested in excess of farm allot ments. however small, will dis qualify growers for full loan pri vileges and subject them to mar keting quuta penalties." Mr. Griffin also stressed that eligibility for Government price support loans on tobacco is be coming increasingly important to tobacco growers now that domes tic supplies of tobacco are ade quate and the future level of ex ports uncertain. r RAINFALL, An average rainfall was re ported in this immediate area last month, but so far in the current period rains have been small and fairly far apart. In April 3.!>9 inches of rain fell here, boosting the total up until May I to 13.12 inches as compared with 12.88 inches reported in the first four months of last year. I'p until the first of this week, only .82 of an inch of rain had been reported. In May, a year ago, nearly six inches of rain fell. Poppy Sales \ill Be Held May 24 In Martin County lluiiil Clinic Memorial Flow ers Uislrilmieil Ity the Legion Auxiliary May 24th will be Poppy Day in Martin County and throughout the United States, Mrs. J. A. Kills, president of John W Hassell unit of the American Legion Auxiliary announced today. On that'day everyone will be asked to wear a memorial .poppy i in honor of the dead of the two world war« end to make a contri bution for the welfare of the dir- | atne veieiaiis, their families and' the families of the dead. Volunteers from the Auxiliary and young women's groups of the city will distribute the flowers on the streets throughout the day. Mrs, W. O. Griffin, Poppy Chair man of the Auxiliary, will be in general charge. Plans are being made to cover the city completely so that everyone will have an op portunity to honor the war dead and aid the living victims of the two conflicts, “The Saturday before Memorial Day has been observed as Poppy Day in all parts of the country for I M: «/»*» tf-if .UJm announcing the date ui this year's observance. “Poppies have been 1 r.'-t,' .',;* the- -vy-ar’de-ad ever since the close of World War] [• They are replicas of the wild | flowers which grew on the battle I fields of France and Belgium, 1 roUg)il oyo’ in both r :,1 s hot they (Continued from page five) Little Money In Raising Cattle j Billy Bailey made big money when he add his grand champion naby beef at the Martin County Stock show last Friday, but if he iad offered the animal on the ipen market at current prices he Mould have lost big money. Going into the business with he aid of his father, the Everetts roung club member bought his iaby beef for $124. The animal weighed 523 pounds at that time, ind the proud little owner went in the market and bought feed costing him $103. He figures that t cost him 23.79 cents to add each sound to his prize winner- If he tad received the market price in tend of the 62 cents paid by Col tnial Stores, Billy would have lost juite a few dollars. As it turned >ut, Bill sold his grand champion or $592.72 or $391.96 over the uurket. Cancer Fund Drive Nears Completion! In Martin County J -- More Money To Be Kaise-— The 19-47 Cancer Fund Drive is rapidly drawing to a close in this county, according to Chairman Wheeler Manning, who announc ed over the week-end that most of the townships had completed their drives and that most of the money wits in the bank. Township Chairman Bob Ad kins ot Robersonville reported; that the drive in that township met and exceeded the quota that was assigned to it. With a three j hundred dollar quota, Mr. Adkins and his aides collected a total of $311.80. and Mr. Adkins has re quested the press to express his sincere si thanks for the .splendid response given this worthy cause by the people of Robersonville township. The Robersonville Grammar school raised $19.50, while join j collectors gathered a total of I $18.48 The balance was raised by contributions to the several can- j vassers, with Messrs. C. R. Gray and R. K. Adkins having the largest amounts, a total of $174.41. Other canvessers and the amounts that each collected are as follows: Mr-,. FI M Coburn, 24.04; Mis. Jim Roebuck, 2.08, Mrs. Hardy Rose, $7.85; Mrs. Bruce Everett, $4.25; Mrs Paul Roberson, 2.08; Mrs. Wilbur Johnson, 8.8(1; Mrs. Glenn Norman, 3.25; Mrs. J. R. Matthews, 3.00; Miss Emily Rob erson, 5 75; Mrs J. C. Keel, 5.55; Mrs. Clayton Davenport, 7.45; (Continued on page four) - Local Plant Badly Damaged By Fire Fire, starting in a trash pile at \heU jmtrrrBa./a«‘j4 Supply Company rjf 1 the James-1 ville road yesterday afternoon at | •l 60 n ciocR. caused considVrTOUl damage to the plant. Windows and fi antes in tne back of the building will have to be replaced and repairs made to other parts ^'» fi'nriifa’ m.n'-iy $1,5(10 or No general alarm was sounded, a report from the plant to the fire station stating that the fire was confined to a trash pile and only a small hose line would be need ed. About the time the truck : reached the plant, the fire broke , into the building through the win dows an dthe firemen found it necessary to lay two large lines of hose. They fought the fire for al most an hour. t-*-\ ' DISCOURAGING V,J While no bids have been received, preliminary reports i indicate that costs for a new t colored school building in Ev- I eretts will run into big tig- < ures, comparatively speaking. 1 Plans and specifications have been submitted to sev- i cral contractors and the bids - ■' j are to he opened at a meeting of the county board of eduea- I < lion on Thursday of this week at 2:0b o’clock in the after- I noon. I i Loc al Man Badly Hurt In Accident Occupants Unhurt When Car Turns Over In See oiul Roiul Accident O. L. Willard, owner-operator of Willard's Shoe Shop here, was badly cut about the head, arm and leg and severely shocked about 12:30 o'clock Sunday morning when his car. a 1941 model Chev rolet. turned over in a curve on Highway No. 64 between Wil liamston and Jamesville near the S. J. Tettcrtcn farm. His injuries were first considered critical, but examination at the local hospital where he was entered for treat ment revealed a bad cut on his head, long gashes on his left arm and left leg. He was said to have lost much blood and to have suf fried severe shock. Returning from Jamesville where he had carried an em ployee, Jennings Price, Mr. Whl lard stated that he was forced off : the highway by another car, that when hi> turned back on the hard surface he lost control. The ma chine turned over and rolled into ; the woods, fifteen or eighteen, feet away from the highway. He I freed himself and waited beside J the highway for some little time j before a Plymouth taxi, returning from Williamston, stopped, pick ed him up and delivered him to the hospital. Damage to the car was estimat-; ed at $500 by Patrolman W. E. j Saunders who investigated the ac cident. Last Thursday night about 11:30 o'clock, occupants of William Maurice Pate's car escaped unhurt when the machine went out of s control and turned over on the1 Hear Grass Road about one half mile from Highway No. 17 Driv I ing his 1942 Ford toward Bear Grass, Pate said a car turned m front of him, that lie ran off the highway and lost control, the car making a complete turn and land ing on its wheels. Bud Hardison. Clifton Pate, Mary Hoyle and Irene Taylor, riding with the young man, were not hurt, Patrol- ! man W. E. Saunders, who made the investigation, said. Damage to the car was estimated at $400. Firemen Called To Burning Tree! —<*,— Awakened by a noise last Fri- | day shortly before midnight, I neighbors saw fire shooting sky- • //aid back of the local teacher age on Smithwick Street and im mediately called out the fire de partment. Sortie one had acci ientally or intentionally fired a large hollow oak tree on the lot retween tin' teacheruge and the grade school gipiund.s and sparks .vere falling on nearby buildings, rhe smouldering fire had filled lie northern part of the town i .vith smoke before if was discov- j /red. Exhausting the supply of water n the tank on the truck, firemen j m the corner of Church and Smithwick Streets anrl played ‘Ji'rd' ■. n- -dfif Vi T" •iglit or ten minutes before bring- I ng it under control. The following night the same ;ree caught fire again, but no g n -as yi|; V- - Aatcl was’pnui. :!' on the 7; 'T’TT'Vl school authorities made plans to j ake the tree down Monday. At 1:30 o’clock Sunday nigiit the ree, wi akened by decay and then ry age, toppled over, smashing a itore house in the teacherage ; /ai d and damaging the i oof on a jura in Joe Leggett’s yard. Neigh jors were frightened out of their 1 icds by the crash of ttu falling ree. Rehabilitation Of City Fire Victims! Their earthly possessions wiped iut in the recent Texas City fire, he heads of seven hundred farni- | ies aie now appealing to the Red boss for rehabilitation, according o late reports coming from the tricken city. Approximately half niliion dollars were spent by the I ted Cross in caring for immediate elief, the report adding that 380 if the 800 victims hospitalized j vere still being cared for. that 150 ted Cross nurses were still serv- ! ng in the urea. Fat Stock Show Prize \\ in tiers Are Announced Prizes, Viuoiiutin^ to $283 I’aul Out By Sponsoring Organizations Here -4 A total of $283 was paid to the youthful club members exhibiting j prize winning animals in the Mar- • tin County Fat Stock show last ! Friday, the amount including prizes for showmanship. Billy Bailey copped the largest single prize. $22. for exhibiting the grand champion baby beef. Mary Jane Rogers, exhibiting the reserve grand champion, receiv ed $18 but forged ahead to take the largest amount by winning a | $10 showmanship prize in a field of six contestants. Jack Woolard won $14 when his beef calf rated ! third in the show and won $8 more in the showmanship contest. The following club members re ceived $10 each when their en tries were placed in the No. 1 clas sification: Jimmy Knowles, Cal vin Oglesby, Edith Rogerson, James Rogerson, Bobby Clark, | Lorene Oglesby, Noah Bennett and Howard Bennett. The follow inf* received $(i each of prize j money in the beef cattle depart- j ment, their animals falling into the No. 2 classification: Pat Wynne, Henry G. Corey, Lorette Oglesby, Priscilla Roberson. Fred Griffin, Wesley Cratt. William Ross Kowles, George Ayers, Jr. Bobby Lilley, Priscilla Roberson, Johnnie Price and Joseph Wil liams. In the swine department, James Modlm took a large share of the j prize money, $21, with his Poland China pig. The Future Farmer of America owned the grand champ ion pig, taking first and second places in the light weight group In boost his prize money. Other winners in the light weight group were, (’hole Prize, 3rd and fourth places, $9; Wallace Warren, 5th, $2: Jack Liverman, 8th, $1. In the heavy-weight group, Ray Harrell, of the Oak City FHA club, was first with his entry and won $8, Taylor Rogerson was second and won $7; Bennie Ray Hopkins, 3rd, $5; and Albert Thompson, 4th, $4. Harrell, exhibiting the reserve grand champion, received an ad ditional cash prize of $4. Former County Agent McLen don, the man who established and conducted the first show in the county four years ago, attended j the event last Friday, and he was well pleased with the work the boys and girls had done. While the show, just as those L (Continued on page eight) -—u Band Parents Here Form Association -®— Parents of members of the new ly formed Williamston school band met in the High school audi torium Monday evening and formed a hand parents' associa tion of which they elected Meyer The meeting was opened by Professor Jack Butler, band three rriwiimi. .lok-e«4w+at 4!>cj, prospects of the band and the need for a parents’ organization. A rehearsal of a few fundamental band numbers or practices was } ft'/m the oj.rmiolijm Tffi was named vice president and , Mrs. J. I). P.ige, secretary di ens in r. These officers are to meet with Professor Butler soon lo name a policy committee. Attorney Hugh Horton read a otter regarding the possibility of securing band instruments turned over to tiie high school at Willard liter the government disbanded .he Penderlea organization. The natter is now to he taken up di ectly with the principal of the Willard school and some hope was •xpressed that part of the instru ments might be made available for local use on a buy, borrow, leg or “steal” basis, as one per ron expressed it. At the close of tile band dem onstration a hymn was played for he first time by the group, and war very well done, considering .he extremely short time Profes sor Butler lias been working with .he group. He hopes to have a arcsentable band by late fall. Moving pictures, in color, were j shown the first band parade and of the last parade before Mr. LSullcr’s entry into tile service. County Farm Youths Receive $ 12,979.96 At Stock Show Here Forty-two Calves Sold For $ 10.S8M Friday Afternoon —-• I olal of $2.'{8 Puiil To Flub (.ills ami I toys In The County Last Friday Martin County’s fourth annual fat stock show grossed 4-H club members and Future Farmers of America a total of $12,979.96 last Friday afternoon $10,889.10 for 9(1.297 pounds of choice beef, $1. 807.88 for 8,234 pounds of prize hogs and $283 in cash prizes. The beef cattle show averaged right at 30 cents, or a few points higher than thi' average reported a year ago, and the swine sales averaged 29 cents, a fraction higher than the average receipts recorded in 1946. Master Billy Bailey, son of Mr and Mrs. Paul Bailey of Everetts, took the high honors of the show when he presented the grand champion calf, a 956 pound Here ford. The animal sold for 62 cents a pound, or a cent higher than the price paid Jack Williamson for his grand champion entry Iasi year. It was fairly apparent at the -tart that the judge, 1. M. Case of the Extension Service, was hav ing a difficult task, but after call ing in other recognized judges the second award went to Miss Mary Tan. Rogers, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Mmga Rogers of near Williamston. Her entry was sold to the Smithfield Packing Company for 36 cents a pound The price paid for the reserve champion beef calf fell about nine rents under the price paid for the No. 2 winner a year ago. While the show was (tie best of the four evei held here, not as Many of the entri| went into the first classification as was expect zd Judge Case worked the great ■r part of two hours classifying the show animals before grading •leven of them No. 1 Eleven it hers graded No 2. one No 3 and the remainder were rated No 4 While the 4 11 club membei . (Continued on page two) Oak City School Closing Program o n The Ouk Ci'y High School, the list in the county to announce a inals program hw the current erm, will hold theiirst in a series )f exercises next Sunday mom ng at 11:00 o’clock when the Rev. Robert M McNair, Tarboro Epis ■opal minister, delivers the com nencement sermon in the audi oriutn. i»ld their exercises next Tuesday it 11:15 p. m. The exercise will be ! '•* :-> ■ *. ;,, -A* nyu'S. A Southern Rosary.” and is be j ng presented under the direction if the English teacher, Mi.ss lie itrice Davis Si o»' -S.JijjMn '< 1 U l\ t i itijj t *1 'j tress the seniors at their gradua ion exercises Wednesday, May 21 it 8:15 p. m Principal 11. M. Ams- j ey, completing his work in the caching profession, will present 1 iplomas to the 117 graduates. -> ! KOI MM I* A comparatively (pint week-end was reported on the crime front in this county, local, county and state offic ers stating that only two per sons were arrested and plac ed in the county jail during the period. One of the two, Warren Griffin, colored man of Grif fins Township, was hooked for shoplifting, and another, a young white man, was book ed for being drunk and dis orderly. ‘‘We had a very quiet time in Itobersonvilie during the week-end,” Officers Smith and Griffin of Kobcrsonvillc said yesterday. I VIK The drive for old clothing conducted by tlie several churches here last Sunday was described as fairly suc cessful. While the drive did not attract old clothing at the rate of one pound per person, much clothing of good value was delivered to the churches. Chairman It. T. Hurley said yesterday. Quite a few overlooked the call made in the name of needy humanity in Kurope, and thev may deliver their clothing to a box in a side door at the Methodist church next to the parsonage through most of Wednesday ol this week. Worn111 To I load Lions (Huh Hon1 In Cominji \oar -- Siiccmls I!. I*. Moltlcy \s W . < !lv<(<> (»rif fin H«‘ roiiKs I rrasiirrr At their regular meeting last Thursday evening, members of the Ineal 1 ions Club elected offic ers for the new fiscal year, which will begin July I t The election ■a a .-, held a month early. due to the fact that the state convention is being held earlier this year Lion K I> Worrell was elected president .and will succeed II 1’. Mobley. Others elected were as follows: 1st vice president, Wheel er M Manning: 2nd vice presi dent Krnest S Mea; ,'ftd vice president, Claude J Goodman; tail twister. W. T. Owen-,; Lion Tamer. Kxum L .Ward, Ji ; 2 year directors, li G Stewart and I) Clayton; 1 year director, W li. Gaylord, J•. The members felt that it was be.-1 to keep a banket as trcasui er, so tins' elected Lion W. Clyde Griffin, to succeed I). V Clayton, the latter having capably served j in that position fui the past -ix years. The new rub , allow th incoming president to appoint the secretary, instead of the secretary being elected by the membci ship, so the secretary for next year has not been named. Among the mattei • of biisine-. passed on by a majority vole of the club wt'i e the amount that the club will charge foi admi sion to the grandstand at the ball pat k for regular season games and the permission for Lion ponsored Scout Troop No 2!) baseball h am to play some of it.-, games on Sun day. Lion Homer Barnhill report ed that the check for the cl shai e of eh •wing gum machine receipt.-, for the month wa only about $84 00, and urged i . I . ..•,*'*• ... dlst 11 blit Ion of the ball gum. At the conclusion of the busi (Continued on page eight) Safely Patrol l nil *-+ Beginning la. t Tim. day n a n- < mg, a squad of patrolmen ((im posed of local student' started serving at various street intersec tions leading to tin white i hoois here. Wearing budge "Sam Brown” belts and equipped with signal flags the youthful enforc ers of pedestrian traffic to and from the schools should relieve parents of a great deal of anxiety during the remaining weeks of the present schtSol term, and in the terms to come. The School Safety Patrol, as the unit is called, is being sponsored by the Williamston Lions Club and is being directed by Profes sor Jack Butler. The Lions Club is furnishing the equipment ne cessary. If the students will bil low orders of the various mem bers of the .patrol in crossing the streets on their way to and from school, the danger of any one be ing injured or killed will be great ly lessened. Serial Speakers .\ them, "You’ll never find a better friend than the one you live with and 1 assure you that I have tried to help the colored war vi lei an just as much as the white .ine,” he said. The congress man also stated that he knew the farniei.-. were looking to Washing ton and reviewed briefly the pro gram advanced and maintained mill i' thi' Roosevelt administra tion. stating that he would do ail possible m tiie* interest of agricul ture. In addition to attracting nearly 2.(101) members, the meeting was attended by a quite a few special >io t ", including Waylund Spruill nut B E. Grant of Windsor, For ner State President Winslow, :b uee Suggs and son of Green ,’ille. Former County Agent Lloyd Weeks, of Raleigh and quite a few ilbers. The cost of the barbecue supper ias not been definitely determin 'd but the meeting and supper ,vt re indeed orderly even though lie meeting was delayed 45 min [1 m ,,^S' ■ ■■ .•oiiipietiiig it.-, -ale. i.oeal officers mil members of the highway pa in'! ! Un k Uf I. Ill a : erly v\ ay, and thei 6 us. > ielav m feeding the 2.000 mem ii'i and guests. Two tubs of bar m cue were left over, and as far as i could be leal lied no one ieft 'ailing lo handle the liberal help ngs. Martin County ABC board ad rant, I a control program when it n'dered the local liquor store elos (Continucil on page three) l>oml Arranged P For Young Man Charged with entering the Cow* n home on East Main Street and orcing hi; waj into a oum w lere jcrsons wen sleeping, Jaeklon .Jury Nicholson was released in >500 bond last week end by Jus nee John L. Ha-sell. Bond was irst denied the defendant when, it a prelinnnary itearing, the evi dence indicated that he entered he home with intent to commit i felony. Additional evidence was iffered by the prosecution, tend ng to shdw that there was no in ,ent to commit a felony. Bond was arranged immediate ly, and the young white man was eleused.