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1 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT ^ OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT'S FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEE THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME L—NUMBER 39 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 16, 1*117 ESTABLISHED •* j.- ■ ■'***■• -««i 1399 First Two Years Of United Nations * JWI trrflsftnwri “Truman Doctrine'’ Takes The Place of Collective .■Security Work! Just two years ago 50 nations met at San Francisco to insure world freedom from fear of war. Today, the very fear the United Nations was designed to banish forever has become a world psy chosis dominating the foreign policies of the great powers. ^ Nations are groaning under in sufferable weights of tremendous armament budgets. The shadow of the atomic bomb is coloring every fearful move of diplomats in the world capitals. Power politics, which Cordell Hull consigned to historic obliv ion three years ago, is the uni versal rule in relations between .nations. ^ Truman Doctrine Paramount The U. S. A., which two years ago aspired toward world seren ity guaranteed through collective security, has found instead the “Truman Doctrine.'’ Instead of open frontiers secur ed by the UN. the U. S. A. has found its security frontiers push ed far from the New World to the Oder and Niesse rivers in mid Germany. to the Macedonian mountains overlooking Salonika and to the 38th parallel in Korea where American and Russian troops are face to face in the Far Fast. L'N Believed Oversold In the record of human aspira ^ tions for abolition of warfare, two years provide an inadequate yardstick for measuring the po tential of the UN structure creat ed at San Francisco. Yet, since freedom from fear was the* cardinal objective of the founders of the UN and that free dom still is an ephemeral dream, the first 24 months since the be ginning at San Francisco can hardly be accounted a success. That, at least, is the conclusion both at the White House, and the; Stale^Dept where President Tru-1 man and Secretary of State Mar-' shall weigh the elements that comprise U. S. foreign policy. Sig nificantly—and perhaps tragical ly for the world—the thesis most heard in private this year at the State Department is that “the peo ple of the United States were ov ersold by the Government on the ; potentialities of the United Na tions.” Diplomats Embarrassed That conviction adds up to the great’ paradox of U. S. foreign policy. Tile American people, converted to the principle of world security and the UN by a tremendous educational barrage, now seeks to utilize UN and rely on its machinery—to the conster- j nation and embarrassment of the very officials and diplomats who did the educating. Every popular index shows that while the U. S. Government may | have scant confidence in UN at moments of great crisis, the j American people as a whole have refused to give up their confi dence and aspirations. In his historic message to Con-i gress on Mar. 12 enunciating the I “Truman Doctrine,” President! Truman was able to dispose of the UN as an alternative course of ac- ! tion in exactly 44 words. Yet one month rater the Gallup poll showed that 63 percent of j Americans felt that the Greco- ] Turkish problem should be turned over to the UN for action. That figure represented a seven-point increase over a sampling two weeks earlier. Changes In Policy Noted Every poll ever taken of popu (Continucd on page eight) r Capture fugitive In Virginia City! -o Joe Willie Moore, Jamesville! man who escaped from the State ! prison farm at Cary last July, was ! recaptured this week in Rich- , mond and is now waiting to be returned to this State, according to press reports. Moore, 32, was sentenced by Judge Q. K. Ninrocks in the Mar-] tin County Superior Court back in March, 1940, to serve 20 to 25 years in prison for the murder of Cheatham Ray in February of that year. Tobacco 1 ransplaMhigbn "I'ke-Smmty Being-GeiaycA and more recently by blue mold and a light frost, tobacco trans planting is hardly expec.ed to ap proach a climax in this county be fore the latter part of next week or possibly the early part of the following week, according to re ports reaching here during the past two or three days from nearly every one of the ten towm ships. A few farmers have completed the transplanting of their crops, but up until now hardly ten per cent of the acreage has been planted, it is estimated. Back in April when the plants had been held back by cold weather, it was predicted that the transplanting season would be late. However, fairly favorable conditions prevailed in early May, and quite a few farmers express ed the opinion at the time that the task would get under way on a large scale immediately and that the work would he about PETITION >_> No official announcement has been released, but a peti tion is being proposed for a referendum to ban wine and beer sales in l\Ia~tin County. Observers are of the opinion that the proposed movement is certain of a strong support. Before the issue could be placed before the voters, at least fifteen percent of those participating in the last gub ernatorial election would have to sign a petition, call ing for a referendum at the direction of the county com missioners. No action calling for a referendum is possible before next December, it is understood. Department Nurse Dies At Wallace €> Mrs. William E. Wilson, the former Miss Mary Stokes Robin son who was associated with the Martin County Health Depart ment for several years as nurse, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. G. H Robinson in Wallace last Monday evening at 6:45 o’clock. Mrs. Wilson, 35, had been in declining health for some time. Funcal arrangements were be ing delayed pending the arrival of her husband who was stationed with the ai med forces on the west coast. Remembered us one of the most able nurses to ever serve the health department in this county, Mrs. Wilson made many friends here and throughout the county. She was one of the first two nurs es to do public health work in this county. Surviving in addition to her husband and mother, are one brother, Gabriel H. Robinson, Jr., of Wilmington, Del; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Cosby of Powatan, Va., Frances Robinson of Rich mond. Va., and Mrs. Guy C. Boney of Wallace. Bear Grass P.-T. A. i Met l ast Tuesday Holding their last meeting of the current term, members of the Bear Grass Parent-Teacher Asso ciation last Tuesday night elected officers and made ready for work during the school year beginning next September. The new offic ers are: Mrs. Walter Wynn, presi dent; Mrs. J. D. Wynn, vice presi dent; Mrs. Guy Liggett, secretary; and E. C. Harrison, treasurer. After handling the business program, the group discussed pos sible projects to be sponsored by the organization, including beau tification of the school grounds. Submitting a financial report, Treasurer Harrison stated that the association had a balance of P1.797.43. possible the largest bal mce held by any association in there parts. The association plans to-spend a greater portion of the amount for the purchase of lunch room equipment when a building is provided. The next meeting of the organi sation will be held in September. week. Blue mold la lei interrupt ed the schedule and the damage was aggravated by a light frost last Friday and Saturday morn ing. Any number of farmers said on Wednesday of this week that they did not know when they would be able to complete the transplanting task. “We fixed our ground .thinking our plants were about ready to be pulled and transferred o the fields, but now the outlook is not at all bi ight." quite a few farmers said, express ing the opinion that much touacco would be transplanted in early June. During the cold nights last week and the early part of this, plants in the field were attacked fairly extensively by cut worms, but otherwise the transplanted crops were said to be looking fair ly well. Future weather condi tions will have much to do with the transplanting schedule from now on out, the farmers said. Current Schedule For Bookmobile —«— Although running head-on into school closings, the B-H-M book mobile will maintain its winter spring schedule through Friday of next week, it was announced today. The schedule follows: Friday, May 16 Williamston High School, 9; Williamston Elementary School, 12; and Griffin's Service Station, 3. Monday, May 19 Edward’s Service Station, 9:30; Hamilton School, 10; Hamilton (in front of Bank), 12:15; Gold Point, Johnson's Service Station, 1:35; and Robersonville Public Library, 2:30. Tuesday, May 20 Hassell, 9:30; Hassell School, 10; Edmondson Service Station, 10:40; Oak City School, 11:15; Oak City. Barrett’s Drug Slorc, 1:30; Smith’s Store on Palmyra Road, 2:15. Wednesday, May 21 Everett’s School, 9:30; Everetts, Avi i s Store, 11; Robersonville High School, 12; Robersonville Elementary School, 1:30; Parmele Post Office, 3; Cross Roads Church, 3:30. Thursday, May 22 Farm Life School, 9:30; Corey's Cross Roads, 11:30; Bear Grass School, 12:30; Bear Grass, Terry Bros. Store, 2:30; Wynn’s Service Station, 3 30.. Friday, May 23 Jamesville School, 9: Jordan's Store, Dardens, 10:30; Browning’s Store, 11:30; Angetown, 12; Pop lar Chapel Church, 1; and James ville, 3:30. Wildlife Drive In J. C. Manning president of the Martin County Club of the North Carolina Wildlife Association, stated yesterday that judging from the reports-!?? had received from over the county compara tively little progress had been made in the current drive to se cure new members for the or ganization. Joe Winslow report ed last week that he hud secured approximately 30 new member ships but according to the presi dent Mr. Winslow was the only solicitor to make a tentative re port and that he was skeptical as to the success of the county-wide drive. --1 Finals Program In Bear Grass School —♦— The Bear Grass School, under the direction of Principal Hough, is completing a successful term next week when the commence ment program will be held. The first in the program series is scheduled for Sunday night, May 13, when Rev. T. O. Hickman, a former principal, delivers the commencement sermon at 8:00 in the school auditorium there. The seniors will hold their class exercises next Monday night at B:00 o’clock, and Congressman Herbert C Bonner will deliver the commencement address at the graduation exercises next Tues day night at 8:00 o’clock. J Weathers R^nigis T In Local Sckeel&p. Rnmvl AniiAHiinpw .■ ■ • | Looking for Teachers To l Fill Four Places; Miss Tattoo Is Returning Williamston s local school com (mittee, even before the current ] term closes, is making ready for j the 1947-48 sessions, the chair I man, R. L. Coburn, announcing j this week that all but four facul tv positions had been filled and that applications were being con sidered for most of those places. Six resignations have been tendered and accepted, but three of the positions made vacant have already been filled, leaving three old and one new position open for appointments. No official announcement of their future plans was made, but it is understood that the six teach ers resigning plan to enter other work or continue their work in schools nearer home. The resig nations announced by the board include those of Miss Alice Hardy, first grade; Miss Hessie Jaynes, eighth grade; Miss Florine Clark, home economics; Mrs. Evelyn B. Moore, commercial; Mrs. C. J. Goodman, English; and H. H. Hall, science and athletics. Names of the teachers planning to return for the 1947-48 term in clude: Misses Lamina Baker and Ada Morris, first grade; Mrs. Mary B. Carstarphen and Miss Estelle Crawford, second grade; Mrs. Rosalie I Froneberger and Mis. Elise D. Kimball, third grade; Misses Josephine Everett and Frances Jenkins and Mrs. F. F. Fussell, fourth grade; Mrs. Vel ma h. Coburn and Misses Dora Bailey and Mamie Modlin, fifth grade; Misses Mary Ross and Mil dred Byrum, sixth grade; Mrs. Mary Lee Hassell and Miss Mary Whitley, seventh grade; Mis. Ralph Gorham, eighth grade; Mrs. Evelyn H. Manning. French and English; Ralph Gorham, social studies; and Miss Anna Bell Pri vott, mathematics. Miss Grace Talton, former first grade teacher, is returning to that position. After teaching in the local schools for several years. Miss Talton joined the Henderson faculty, and last year taught in Clayton, her home town. Miss Peggy Hopkins, of Oak City, has been named to succeed Miss Clark as home economics teacher. Miss Hopkins is being graduated at East Carolina Teach ers College, Greenville, this year. Stuart Mavnard has accepted the position of director of physi cal education and athletics. A na tive of Dunn. Mr. Maynard is now serving as secretary of the Drap er YMCA, a position he has held since completing two and one half years in the Navy. A gradu ate of Guilford College where he captained the varsity football team, the new professor is mar ried and has two children. The committee announced this week that there were openings for teachers for the eighth grade, public school music, English and home economics. -1 lobacco Markets Committee Named ■ ■ * At their regular meeting for the month held Tuesday evening, the board of directors of the local Junior Chamber of Commerce ap pointed a threeman committee composed of Jaycees A. J. Man ning, Paul Simpson and Jack Ed mondson to serve as representa tives from that organization to work with similar committees from the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs and the Tobacco Board of Trade, in promoting a larger tobacco market for Williamston. Among other items of business was the authorization of $75.00 to be used for bleacher seats at the local ball park, to supplement funds being donated by other civic groups of the town. The directors nominated and elected Wilbur Jackson to serve as reporter for the Jaycees’ City Softball League. Jackson will be in charge of the publicity for the games, the results and other news. Plans were made for the club's second annual ladies and installa tion night banquet and dance, to be held Friday night. June 29th, at which time the officers for the new year will be installed. pCalling For Hr!]?* ■Mtoai ifiriiiifc —m Prices Reported To Have Dropped To Record Low For Inferior fir ados -• 1 Maryland tobacco farmers, call ed "Free Marylanders’’ back yon i der during the war when they got, | their lawmakers in Washington ( to have them removed from all I government controls, were said this week to have turned to Wash ington and called for help. Tobacconists, returning directly from the markets there this week, stated that prices had tumbled to a new low, that common tobacco was selling for two cents a pound, that there was little demand for the medium grades. The best quality grades, however, were | selling for as much as 60 cents 1 a pound. One report stated that the price average tumbled about 12 cents a pound over the week end. Earlier in the season farm ers halted sales when the price average fell to 50 cents a pound, but they took no action when the price tumbled over the week-end. Deliveries were reported as light on several of the markets, anc! local tobacconists returned home Wednesday. Tobacco specialists were called out of Washington, the farmers i reportedly begging them to do I something in their behalf. The specialists tried to explain that Maryland had doubled its tobacco crop, that without control price support is just about out of the question. There is much doubt if the situation can be relieved this year, but there is no doubt but wdiat the ‘‘Free Marylanders” would welcome a farm program. Realizing the precariousness of their present condition, farmers are said to be canceling orders for fertilizer for the new crop. Lumber Mill Here Damaged I>y Fire -o Believed to have been of in cendiary origin, fire gutted the planing mill boiler room at the Williamston Lumber Company plant on the Washington road here Thursday morning at 4:30 o’clock. Unofficial estimates plac ed the damage at approximately $600. The fire was the third one at the plant since the middle of last March. No fire had been in the boiler furnaces since 5:00 o’clock Wed WSite?}" u/teiiiooii, and one of the two owners-operators, Mr. Dean Speight, inspected the property shortly after 10 o’clock that night and found everything in order. It is thought that some one slept in the saw dust in the fuel room Wednesday night and carelessly fired the place with a cigarette. Volunteer firemen fought the fire for about thirty minutes and confined it to the boiler room. I Flies B-17-E Over Town Wednesday; -* Flying a B-17-E, Lt. S. W. Man- | ning saluted friends in his old home town here about 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. After circl ing tlK- immediate territory and flying at a reasonable altitude, the big four-motored ship point ed to the northwest and toward its base in Colorado. The young man and his crew had delivered Major General Bourne to Langley Field, Va., the | day before. Granted a few hours’ leave, Lt. Manning visited his mother and sisters here Tuesday evening. RIDS v. j At least three bids for the the construction of a c olored school building at Everetts were submitted this week for consideration by the county board of education at 2:00 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Two of the bids were sub mitted by Statesville contrac tors and one by a firm in New Bern, it was learned. No action on the bids was expected immediately, one report stating that the costs were running into large figures. Certain To Move Lunch Room from Hi«;li School Gym Committee Coes To Work Early In Preparation for Next School Year -$ Admitting that, there are diffi cult obstacles ahead, Williams ton's local school committee, nev ertheless went into action this week to make certain that exist ing conditions will be improved if not. remedied altogether. Positive action was taken Mon day when Committee Chairman R. L. Coburn called the members *—C. B. Clark. Sr., R. H. Goodmon, W. Iverson Skinner and Marvin Britton—together for a detailed inspection of the school proper ties. For two hours the commit tee members inspected the plants, finding minor repairs needed at both schools and declaring frank ly that conditions in the high school lunch room are intolerable. The janitor service at the high school was described as being not so good, but the committee did not elaborate. Janitor service at the elementary school was very good; in fact, it was found to be excellent, Chairman Coburn said. Plastering is falling off some of the walls in both buildings, the lighting is poor, and other defects were found. The committee, find ing no fire escape at the elemen tary building, was advised that one had been ordered, the school authorities explaining that the old fire escape had been improperly ust-d, that prowlers had used il to gain an entrance to the build ing and for other questionable purposes. It will be replaced, however, and the committee inti mated that the police will be call ed upon to “bear down" on the prowlers. Discussing conditions at the lunch room, members of the com mittee said that something had to be done. “The conditions must be improved or the service must be suspended,” the committee spokesman said. It was pointed out that rats run loose in numbers in the building, that the old wood en hull can’t be properly heated for use as a lunch room. Completing their two-hour in spection, members of the commit tee met in a lour hour session that night and studied the prob lems and decided to go before the County Board of Education at the June meeting of that body. Reviewing their study made at the meeting Monday night, the lo cal committee issued a press re lease Tuesday, in which it was stated that the members were still hopeful that additional facilities could be made available in a new j building. Realizing that high! construction costs will prove aj serious obstacle to a new build ing program just now, the com-! mitee members announced that they hud studied alternate plans I which they plan to submit to the county board. Chairman Coburn briefly ex plained that present facilities are I far from adequate, that one room ! was forced into an out building on tlie high school grounds, that another and possibly two addi tional rooms would be needed to cure for an expected increase in enrollment next fall. “We are expecting between 175 and 1 BO pupils in the first grade next fall and an increase of 30 or 35 stud ents in the high school," Chair man Coburn said. Continuing, the chairman said, "It is possible that two rooms can be converted into classrooms in the elementary building. One of them is in the basement, and we believe two cloak rooms can be thrown together to provide an other room. other room. If this plan isn't feasible, we’ll have to locate two classrooms in flic vocational building on the high school grounds.” It is the committee’s plan to lu cate the sixth grades in the ele mentary buildings, alter slightly the vocational building and locate the lunch room there. i The committee will also appeal to the county board to make the. old gymnasium more comfortable,! I • BRIDGE 1 Despite delays caused by material shortages, work on the Roanoke River bridge here continues fairly rapidly, but Superintendent Dickson and the engineers will not yet offer a guess when the job will be completed. Work on the main bridge fender is well advanced, but the delivery of 34 additional piling is being delayed and the fender job will hardly be completed be fore June, if by that time. Steel for the bridge draw is to be delivered early next month from Roanoke, Vir ginia, and it i> believed that the structure will be ready for traffic either in late July or August or just about 25 years after the first bridge was opened to traffic in Sep tember, 1922. Legion Meeting Elects Officers New officers for the John W.il ton 11 asst-11 Post of the American Legion were named by the mem bership in a meeting of the or ganization held in the hut on Watts Street here last Monday | night. William W. Gurgunus, Wo’ld War II veteran, is to suc ceed John W. Hardy as command er. Approximately half of the of ficers and committee heads are World War 1! veterans. The meeting named a commit tee to investigate the possibility of beautifying the grounds back of the 'hut for recreational pur poses. The roster of officers and com mittee heads follows: Win. W. Gurgnnus. commander; John A. Ward, first vice com mander; Jack Edmondson, second vice commander; R. C. Sexton, third vice commander and pub licity officer; W. B. Gaylord, ad jutant and finance officer; (.! C. Ray, sergeant-at arms; Rev John W. 1 lardy, chaplain; N. K. Harri son, service officer; R. A Taylor, historian; Eli M. Taylor, athletic officer; H. L. Swain, American ism-membership officer; i;dga>- J. Taylor, national defense officer; ! J. Sam Getsinger, graves registry- . tion officer, Herbert Whitley, cm- I ployment officer; R. W. Bondur unt. Boys' State officer; Exum Ward, Jr., Boy Scout officer; R. A. Taylor, sons of the Legion of ficer. The newly elected officers are to assume their duties next fall. Farmer Passes In County Tuesday —i)— Chas. Thomas Bembridge, 82, died at the home of his son, S. T. Bembridge, in the Kairvicw sec tion of this county last Tuesday evening at 8:30 o’clock. He had been in declining health for some time. The son of the late Duke Bem bridge and wife, he was born in Washington County on March li, 1805, and moved to this county when a lad. He farmed all his life. He was first married to Miss Mollie Modlin who died some years ago. Surviving are seven children, Samuel P Bembridge with whom lie made his home; Chas. Albert Bembridge of Windsor, C Elmer, 1 Ervin Franklin and Eugene Bem bridge, all of Willinmston, Mrs. Bill Roebuck of Norfolk and Mrs. Hazel Barron of Baltimore; a brother, John Bembridge, of Nor folk; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Cedar Branch Baptist Church and iiis pastor, Rev, W. B. Harrington, conducted the last rites at the late home Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock, interment was in the Modlin Cemetery, near Juincsville, Cels Jl* l/t/ioinlmont For Hamilton District -1 Appointed by Governor R. G. j Cherry recently, Mr. Ben H. James qualified as justice of the, peace for Hamilton Township be- * fore Clerk of Court L. U. Wynne here Thursday morning. Juris! Imposes Fines In the Sum of 8 I !■."» ill Se. sion f is? VloiiiJay -/s Working before a fairly large audience until noon last Monday, Judge J. Calvin Smith handled an even dozen cases in the Martin County Recorder’s Court. Fines in the sum of $145 were imposed and several defendants drew terms in jail and on the roads. While the docket was not very large, it carried more cases than usual for the time of year, and the fines, while not up to recent rec ord levels, amounted to much more than the total ordinarily col lected in May. Proceedings: Pleading guilty in the case charging him with an assault on a female, John Norfleet was sen tenced to jail for two days, fined $15 and required to pay the costs. Margaret Brown, pleading guil ty of assaulting another with a deadly weapon was lined $10 and taxed with the costs. The case charging C. E. Ange with obtaining money by fraud, was thrown out of court. Linwood R. Osborne was ad judged not guilty in the case in which he was charged with drunken driving. Pleading not guilty, Charlie Mack Jenkins was adjudged guil ty of speeding, and he was lined $25 and required to pay the costs. The court recommended that his operaotr's license be revoked for four months. In the case charging Amanda and Chelsea Biggs with assaults, Chel.ea pleaded guilty and Amanda was adjudged guilty of simple a sault. Judgment was suspended a.s to both defendants upon the payment of the costs. John Thomas Hussey, Jr., charged with larceny and carry ing a concealed weapon, pleaded guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and the court adjudged him guilt' on the other count. Ho was sentenced to the roads for six months. Pleading guilty of assaulting a female, Joseph Lilley was fined $20 and required to pay the costs. It was brought out in the trial that the defendant and the prose cuting witness, Cornelia Frances Ldley, had an argument over a boundary line, that the defendant allegedly removed a boundary line stake, and that he pushed thu prosecuting witness and tore her apron. iu the ease charging James Wynne and Dallas and Luther Leggett with an assault with a deadly weapon, the defendants pleaded not guilty. At the con clusion of state’s evidence, coun sel for the defendants made a mo tion for a directed verdict of not guilty as to all defendants. The motion was allowed. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Ether Umphlett, Jr., was lined $10 and taxed with the costs. The boy's father, charged with allowing an unlicensed driv ed to operate a motor vehicle, also pleaded guilty and he was fined $15 and required to pay the costs. The father defendant told the court that he thought it was all right for his unlicensed son to operate the car while he was with ium. The case charging Leslie G. Lambert with bastardy was thrown out of court, but is sub ject to be called up again. Charged with selling beer with out a license and on Sunday, Johnson Corey pleaded guilty and was fined $25. The court ordered that no beverage license be issued (Continued on page three) Defendants V( in Damage Action SiH’il for $50,000 as a result of the death of Clyde D. Paul on the Washington Highway near Wil« iamston last June 1, Dallas Tay or and L. J. Leggett, Jr., won their ease in the Beaufort County superior Court Wednesday. Taylor was ■ driving Leggett's ;ar w hen it went out of control ind came to a stop on the high \ av Paul, riding a motorcycle •n route from Norfolk to his home n Beaufort County, ran into the tar and fatally injured himself.