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Attend important TobuffiS*Boosters’ Mfl58mMeetin&mIn 'The County Connt-kmisc Tktt#sda&-Jum 26 Afr&Pi M. THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK V OLUME L—NUMBER 50 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 24, I9- 17 ESTABLISHED 1899 4 Wildlife Group In Meet At Oak City On Friday Appeals To Individuals For Support Of All Game Law Measures ——® Addressing a meeting of the Martin County Wildlife Club in the Oak City gymnasium Friday evening. Joe R. Winslow, district member of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and D. Staton Inscoe, Raieigh postmaster, appealed to the mem bers and the general public for support in promoting the conser T « " 4 vation. preservation and propaga tion of game and fish. The more than 150 persons pres ent, representing every district in the county with the exception of Hassell, Griffins, Williams and Jamesville, were the guests of Wilbur Barrett at a sumptuous barbecue. An unusually large delegation was present from Bear Grass, and it was very evident that the groundwork was laid for better cooperation on the part of all for the promotion of the wild life program in this county. Mr. Inscoe, a former Martin County man. reviewed the move ment leading up to the separation of the game and fish division from the State Department of Conser vation and Development and plac ing it more in the hands of the people. It was pointed out that the Wildlife Federation is separ ate from the wildlife Resources Commission, the speaker explain ing that the commission had the wholehearted support of the fed eration. ' E. Ross Stevens, executive sec retary of the federation, address ed a strong appeal to the mem bers and urged them to solicit the support of the general public in saving our rapidly dwindling game resources. "Unless some thing is done our game will dis appear,” the speaker said, stating frankly that very little game is left in many sections of our state today. The success of the new eommis sion and its program depends on the willingness of individuals to .■upport it. It isn’t proposed to stress enforcement ahead of a program designed to educate the general public to the urgent need of preserving game and observ ing the game laws. No appoint ment has been made, but a full time game warden is to be located in this county and other steps will be taken to enforce the game laws, but it was again pointed out that the need for observing the protection laws will be stress ed. "It is important that we do not kill game out of season, to re spect the rules and regulations, to throw undersized fish back and to work for a program that will restore our game resources,” the speakers said. The new commission is plan ning a direct appeal to the citizens of tomorrow through the 4-H clubs and other youth organiza tions, and it is believed that the people of this county will get be hind the movement and give it a strong support. Install Modern Food Counter In Plant Here -1 The local Freezer Locker planl recently installed a modern self service frozen food display count er, placing in easy reach packag ed frozen foods, including ready to-eat shore dinners. The count er, while keeping the food frozen -is open at the top and the first oi its kind seen in this section. Thirteen persons were tem porarily detained in the coun ty jail here last week-end for allegedly violating various laws. For the first time in re cent weeks, the number of whites jailed outnumbered the colored. Seven of the thirteen were booked for public drunken ness, three for assaults, two for larceny and receiving and one for carrying a concealed weapon. The ages of the group rang ed from 18 to 52 years. * Open New Bridge In Late August or Early September “If no handicaps present them | selves, we plan to open the new ! bridge here in late August or early in September,” Superin j tendent Dickinson of the Bowers I Construction Company said last (week-end. The opening of the | modern new bridge is more or less scheduled to coincide with i the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the old bridge. In September, 1922. the old bridge j was opened, connecting the lost ( provinces of eastern North Caro lina for the first time. The open ing was quite an event, attracting Cameron Morrison, the governor at that time, and prominent high way and other state officials and notables from other parts of the country. No such celebration is contemplated for the opening of S the new bridge. The first highway bridge of its ( type and size in North Carolina, . . - _.._._ the new structure will have no 1 over-head support. The bridge it self weighs 45f>.000 pounds, in cluding 325.000 pounds of struc tural steel. 25 tons of machinery and forty tons of steel flooring. The concrete to be poured on the draw span itself will weigh 160. 000 pounds, Superintendent Dick inson explained. When completed, the new struc ture will weigh right at 3.260.000 pounds or 1.630 tons, including the center pier. Mr. Dickinson ex plained that the new pier addition weighs 860.000 pounds in addition to 352.0U0 pounds of concrete pil ing and 33.000 pounds of structur ed steel. The old pier which re mains almost intact weighs 1,400, 000 pounds-or 700 tons. "It will take us about a month to erect the bridge and about an ! other month to complete the pro 1 ject,” Mr. Dickinson said. f MASS MEETING | j v./ Important plans for adver tising the Williamston tobac co market this coming season will be discussed at a mass meeting of local citizens to be held in the county court house on Thursday evening of this week at 8:30 o’clock. A general invitation is being extended the public to attend the meeting which has been given the guaranteed support of warehousemen, merchants, professional men and others, | it was announced this week ! by Elbert S. l'eel, chairman of the Tobacco Boosters. The meeting will last only a short while and everybody in town is urged to be present. Cyclist Hurl In Highway Mishap -H) Wade Bunting, eleven years I old, was painfully but not serious ly hurt In an automobile-bicycle accident on Highway No. 17 near the Staton farm last Sunday aft ernoon at 3:45 o'clock. A small piece of bone was chipped from I the boy's ankle and he suffered a knee injury, but was discharged [from the local hospital after re ceiving treatment. His leg was placed in a cast. Riding in the direction of Wil liamston and about one foot from 1 his l ight side of the road, the lad ! started to make a “U” turn in [front of a 194(5 Ford driven by Herman Ray Faulkner of New port News. Faulkner applied the car brakes and swerved the ma chine to the right. Bunting com pleted his turn and crashed into the k ft door and rear fender ol the car. He was thrown off the ! vehicle and skidded several feet on the hardsurface. He jumped : up and ran a short distance, ex plaining that his leg was broken, I Faulkner, accompanied by Mrs. , Faulkner, a sister and other rela 1 tives, picked the boy up and de livered him to the hospital and re [ ported the accident to officers. Cpl. W. T. Simpson of-the high i way patrol investigated the acci dent and brought no charges against Faulkner who, it was said readily agreed to assume the costs of the boy's treatment. The accident was the only one reported on the highways in this county during the past week de spite an unusually heavy move ment of traffic over the high I ways. f -0 Breaks Leg In Fall Here Few Days Iga -o Visiting friends here on Friday the 13th, Mrs. Rita Everett was making ready to return to her home in Plymouth when she slip ped, fell and broke her left leg She was preparing to step into her car when she slipped and fell At first the injury was thought to be superficial and she continued tc her home. Going to a (physiciai: [ there she was found to have suf ! fered a four- or five-inch break ljust below the knee, and is now :sporting a cast. Mrs. Everett h i recovering at the home of her sis [ ter, Mrs. W. H. Carstarphen, here I on Haughlon Street. Knocks Class Out And Injures Hand Clarence Pate, young white man of Williamston Township, badly injured his right hand Mon day afternoon when ire attacked a door in the Green Oil Company station on Washington Street and knocked out the glass pane. He was treated in a local doctor’s of fice and advised to go to a hos pital. Pate, according to reports com ing from Chief of Police C. R. Mobley, went to the station about 11:00 o'clock and told the opera tor Eustace Cl« fry, that.hi.1 want ed to borrow $2. Cherry explain ed to Pate that he did not have the money to spare, and Pate went to and opened the cash register, Cherry moving just in time to save his money. Angered by the action, Pate turned and knocked out the large glass in the front 1 door. Charged with forcible trespass, attempted robbery and drunk and disorderly conduct, Pate was bound over to the county court for trial next Monday under bond in the sum of $100. James Hardi son, charged with aiding and I abetting in the robbery attempt, was also placed under bond in the sum of $100. Bond was arranged t bv both defendants and they were released following the prelimin ary hearing held before Justice | John L. Hassell. -___ Former Resident Dies In Hospital Coy D. Lamm, former Wil I liamston resident, died in a Rich mond hospital last Thursday aft ernoon following a long illness. He has suffered with arthritis for several years. A native of Wilson, Mr. Lamm located in Williamston when a young man and engaged in the pressing and cleaning business for some time before making his home in Emporia, Va. He was 43 I years old. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Anna Bell Grimes of this county; three children, Coy Douglas Lamm, Jr., and Ann and Loretta Lamm, all of Emporia; three brothers, W. T., G. Max and i Jesse Lamm; and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Fitzgerald, all of Wil 1 son. Funeral services were held from tin.1 Emporia Calvary Bap tist Church last Friday afternoon, and burial was in Wilson’s Maple wood Cemetery. PROMOTED v-1 After serving this district as reporter for the "Vecov ian," Virginia Electric and Power Company employees’ publication. Miss Edna Barn hill was recently promoted to associate editor of the magazine for the Southern Division. The announcement was made by the Vecovian in its current issue which also carried stories on the new dis trict manager, Sam P. Wool lord, and the company's new vice president, Ray U. Good inou. Hire Principals For All Schools In Martin County Four Now Heads of Schools Coming to the County Next Term Principals for all the white schools in the county have been employed and with the exception of one or two schools most of the teacher positions have been filled, it was learned this week. Four new principals are coming to the county next term but most of them are already well known to the schools, it was pointed out. Woodrow Suggs, member of the Jamesville faculty during the 1940-41 and 1941-42 terms, is re turning there to succeed Jesse It. Rhue, resigned. Mr. Suggs’ elec tion completed the list of prin cipals for the county. After teach ing science in Jamesville until 1942. the school man entered the armed forces and following his discharge about a year ago he has been studying at the University of North Carolina where he re cently earned his master of arts degree. A resident of Pinetops, he is a graduate of A. C. College, Wilson. Mrs. Ethel G. Roberson is re turning to Farm Life as principal of the school there, and Professor B. G. Stewart is returning to Wil liamston for his second term as principal. It was recently announced that H. V. Parker of Murfreesboro would go to Bear Grass, succeed ing Charlie Hough, resigned. Professor Manny Filcher is re turning to Everetts. C. B. Martin, a county man who has taught in the county and headed schools in other counties before entering the armed forces, is succeeding A. L. Hendren at Robe rson ville. Professor George Haislip is re turning to Hamilton. H J. McCracken, who taught in the Oak City school three terms I before going to Hobgood as prin icipal of the school there, is suc ceeding H. M. Ainsley who recent | ly retired. Completing his enlist ■ ment in the armed forces, Profes I sor McCracken returned to Oak City last fall and taught science. He is a graduate of Wake Forest ' College. Hold Funeral For Former Resident Funeral services were held in j the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fleming in Jamesville Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock for Mrs. j T. Harrison Holliday. Rev. J. M. j Perry, Robersonvilie minister, J conducted the last rites and inter j ment was in the Holiday family i cemetery near Jamesville. Mrs. Holliday, the former Miss i Melissa Ausbon, was born in Washington County 94 years ago. In early womanhood she was mar ■ ried to Mr. Holliday who died i on November 18, 1921. Following her marriage she located in the Jamesville Community and lived there most of her life, going to Lansing, Michigan, to live with her daughter. She had been in declining health for some time and died last Thursday night, June 19. The body was returned to this county Sunday afternoon. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Tom Wallace of Washington County, and Mrs. Chas. C. Walton with whom she made her home, and a son, Johnnie Holliday, of Richmond. -« Few Attending Union Services —»—— Williamston’s union religious services are attracting, as a rule, very small congregations each Sunday evening. Thirteen pews were empty at the last service, and representation was markedly limited in some instances. Dr. Ira D. S. Knight delivered the sermon and declared that Christianity was being given the left-overs, the residue, and voiced the opinion that peace of mind and peace in the world will not | come as long as we spend billions for armaments and bolstering the world economy and giving the residue to Christianity, Firemen Propose Safety Measures And Cooperation Committee Named to Draft Rule*; Invite ['own Of ficials To Meeting Meeting in regular session last evening, members of the local vol unteer fire department discussed the need for greater safety meas ures and closer cooperation be tween the department and the town officials and police. No de finite proposals were advanced, but a committee composed of Chief G. P. Hall and Fireman Ju lian Harrell and W. Clyde Grif fin was named to formulate a new set of rules and regulations and the group will report at the next meeting on the second Monday in July. Mayor Robt. Cowen and chief of police are to be extended an invitation to attend the meet ing and discuss plans and propos als for improving the department and enhancing safety measures. Discussing unnecessary dangers now existing, members of the de partment said that children on bi cycles were taking unnecessary chances in going into the streets when a fire alarm is sounded, some daring to get into the path of the truck and others following close behind and ahead of firemen operating their own cars. The present ordinances, designed to control traffic during a fire call, makes it unlawful for individual vehicles other than those operat ed by volunteer firemen and bear ing firemen's license tags to trail a fire truck or park within one | block of a fire. It w as pointed | out that firemen were unneces sarily delayed in reaching fires recently by heavy traffic moving light behind or near the fire truck. It was recalled that at a fairly recent fife, the truck driver had to wait for a cyclist to pass before turning a corner. The committee was instructed to study speeds the truck should j be driven going to and returning i from fares. Regulations for controlling traf (Continued on page eight) Attack Made On Fanners" Hogs —»— A truck' and merciless attack was made on Farmer Frank Lit tle's hogs in his pasture near Kv eretts last Friday night. Using an axe or a bush axe, some one went to the pasture, lured the ani i muls to the pen and slashed at least three, including a sow and two pigs. Cut across the back, the sow dragged herself for about 75 yards and was found dead by the owner the following morning. Two pigs, weighing about KJO pounds each, were momicked up but were not killed. A third pig, apparently attack ed and killed, was carried away. It is believed that the cruel thief or thieves loaded the third pig on a car. Officers, called there when the attack was discovered Satur day morning, are investigating. Members of the Little family heard a hog squeal about 10 o’clock Friday evening and start ed to investigate, but hearing nothing more they want buck to sleep. —s I OPTIMISTIC North Carolina farmers can look forward to a prosper ous year in 1U4K, according to I)r. <L W. Forster, head of the Agricultural economics de partment at State College, who said the national econ omy is in a highly satisfac tory condition, and the imme diate future is bright. This means, he believes, that agricultural conditions, with a few possible excep tions, will also be satisfac tory. Explaining his reasoning behind such a prediction, Dr. Forster says that farm pros perity depends almost direct ly on the condition of the na tional economy. Therefore, a close relationship exists be tween the prosperity of farm ing in North Carolina and i America’s industrial activity. Number County Fanners Plow Uf) Excess Tobacco While the 1947 quota program makes no provision for the de struction of excess tobacco acre age. quite a few farmers in this county are bringing their plant ings within the allotments by plowing up the overage, according to indirect reports reaching here. Not certain of the open mar ket, the farmers are bringing their plantings in line to escape the 19-cent penalty to be taxed against each excess pound and to qualify for price support under the Stabilization Cooperative Cor poration. Wlfile the exact parity figure has not been announced, it is fairly reliably estimated that the support price will range right around 40 cents a pounds. Reports reaching here over the week-end state that as much as one acre of excess tobacco had j been plowed up on a single farm. In one instance where the farmer I knew he had planted in excess he plowed it up before the measure merits were made. In other in stances, the excess was plowed under or cut with a stalk cutter after the measurements had been made but before the reports were turned in at the Triple A office. No official information could be had, but it is believed that where measurements showing an acre age excess had been reported to the office, the farmer could de stroy the excess and submit a cor rected report. It is fairly certain, judging from the reports, that farmers do not want to go to market next fall without a guarantee of price sup port. Most of the tobacco lands have been measured in the county. Robersonville reporting the task completed. Griffins is about com pleted the task, and while most of the land in Jamesville and Goose Nest has been measured no re ports had been submitted to the office late Monday. Anti-Labor Laws Passed Yesterday By The Congress J V Norlli (.aroliiiiaus Lin<* Up Willi Krpiiltlicans Against President Truman An anti-labor law, bordering on class legislation and recognized as a slap in the face of working r'en, was passed by the Congress yes terday when the United State.: Senate overrode President H. S. Truman’s veto by a vote of (it) to 25. Acting in accordance with their old policy of enriching the rich and making the poor poorer and working on the pretext that un savory conditions in labor organi zations would be ruled out, the Republicans, aided and abetted by reactionary Democrats including all but one of the No; th Carolina delegation, just about knocked all j the props from under labor and offered, it is believed, no solution to labor problems. It wasn't enough for Clyde Hoey, the venerable senator in his long Haled coat, to turn against the working man, but he moved to shake' hands with that arch re publican, Robert Taft, and con gratulate him in maneuvering I successfully a drive against De mocracy. It required Hoey an hour or more to worm his way to the recognized foe of the com mon people, but he never gave up and then had the brazen audacity to shout that he had aided the President and saved him as a can didate in the next election. President Truman, pointing out that the proposed law was not fair, that it was unworkable and did not strike at the source of labor strife, pleaded with such men as Senators Hoey and Wil | liam B. Umstead in a public ap peal last week-end. It was a hopeless case, and another crown of thorns lias been pressed down I (Continued on page eight) -1>-.—, W. H. G. Chase, Sr. Dies In Virginia W. 11. G. Chase of Lancaster County, Virginia, died last Tues day and was buried at Grace Church, Kilmarnock, on Thurs- i day. Mr. Chase was born March Hi. 1HH0, sun of Captain William Tell Chase and Fannie Lee Beel er. Ills health hud been bad for ! over two years. i Mr. Chase was a communicant of Grace Church and had served as vestryman and treasurer, Mr. Chase is survived by two | sons, W. H. G Chase, If, of Nor ! folk, Va., and Samuel Luttrell j Chase of Poughkeepsie, New York, l'oui daughters, Mrs. O. R. Humphreys of Staunton, Va., Fan j nic Beeler Chase and Mrs. E. C. : Eck of Richmond, Lucy Lalune of Newport News, eleven grand I children and one great-grand son, three sisters, Mrs. E. E. Lawson of White Stone, Mrs. R. D. Carter of Kilmarnock and Mis. Janies Grist Staton of Williamston, and one brother, Comdr. Gilbert P. Chase | of Westport, Connecticut. ! WE ATI IKK The weather lias been cut ting all kinds of capers this June. Earlier in the month the mercury climbed to all time record highs, approxi mating 100 degrees, and it was unusually dry, too, for weeks. itain fell about ten days ago and cooled things off a bit, but over the week-end the mercury started a nose dive, setting a new low record of 54 degrees. Warmer weath er is in prospect. The cold snap, catling lot fires in heaters and bed blankets, is not believed to have damaged the crops. Gladdie C. Ray Dies In Hospital □ laddie C Ray, a resident of Williamston fee the past seven years, died in a Reeky Mount hos pital last Friday afternoon after several months of declining health. Mr. Ray, about 57 years old, was born in Cumberland County In early manhood he went to work with the Coast Line Rail road Company, handling assign ments in Enfield and Emporia, and coming here about 1940 to head the company’s maintenance forces in this area. A victim of high blood pressure, he entered the Coast Line hospi tal in Rocky Mount about three months ago and was thought to be getting along very well up until a short time before his death. A heart attack was given as the im mediate cause of his death. Funeral services were conduct ed by the Masonic Order in a Fayetteville funeral home Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock and burial was in the cemetery there. Mr. Ray, a faithful member of the local Masonic Lodge, made many friends during his stay in Williamston. Messrs. D. R. Sul livan, James Ward and W. Tom Crawford were among those from here who attended the .service. Mr. Ray is survived by his mother and several brothers and sisters. -« Normandy Beaches Historical Areas —■*— The Normandy Beaches where the British and American forces landed in World War II have been declared historical areas in a law passed by the French Assem bly, according to Paris dispatches to the New York Times. The As sembly also fixed June (i as ‘'Nor mandy Remembrance Day." "Ce meteries near the landing beaches," according to the dis patch to the Times, "are to be come the perpetual possession of the nations whose citizens are buried there. In Omaha Beach cemetery 4,700 American boys lie, while a few miles west, at St. Mere I'Eglise, 2,100 others rest.” However, a great many of the Americans are expected to be re turned to the United States, un der the Graves registration ser vice's plait. Court Works Late To Complete Trial Of Civ ii Calendar ——.«f». — l, n l)i\or<rs Granted lu 4 !lo^-in<£ Session of C.ourt Thursday -« With a long, drawn out peanut theft trial behind it. the Martin County Superior Court cleared its criminal docket Thursday after noon, and moved in for a quick trial of civil cases, including ten divorces. By working until al most d .30 o'clock that evening, the court cleared the calendar for the term and adjourned, Judge J. Paul Frizzelle returning to his | home in Snow Hill that night. There were no civil cases on the j calendar of special interest, and I the spectators were few in num ! her long before the session was ended. In the case of Howard White hurst against Hollis E. Moore, the jury awarded the plaintiff dam ages in the sum of $H00. $200 for damage to his car, $400 for per sonal injuries, and $200 for doc tors' bills. The case has its origin | last April 19 when the litigants j cars were in an accident at the j stop light, corner Main and Aead ! emy Streets in Roberson ville. The court issued an order, di j reeling the sale of certain timber in the case of II. H. Cowen against Dennis and Willie Modlin, the money to be placed in the hands of the court clerk pending final I disposition of the action. The ord | er is to become final if no appeal |i made before Judge Frizzelle in ; Wilson this week Divo. , a-, mo-; rii To i.i based on the grounds of two-year sep aration, were granted to ten plain ; tiffs that afternoon. A divorce was granted Dennis Whitaker from Becky Whitaker, based on two years of separation. The action wa ; not contested, but llu‘ defendant asked and was giv en custody of their three-year-old child. The defendant also waived any claim for support from the ! plaintiff for the support of the iehiid, but Judge Frizzelle would ! not sign such a judgment. "I’ll not sign a judgment relieving the lathei ui any ami ail obligation to iltis child. ' the judge said. The I judgment was alte' e't m,.| while it called for no support from the father, it left the matter open whereby he can be called to an j swer. E. R. Willoughby was granted a divorce from Mildred Jones Willoughby, the action being bas ed on two years of separation. Adultery was proved and Mary Lilley Creech was given a divorce from Clarence Edward Creech. After making several Unsuc cessful attempts to have the bonds of matrimony blasted to pieces, James Washington finally suc ceeded in gaining his freedom from Mary Washington. Ruby H. Harrison was given a divorce from J. D. Harrison on grounds of two years' separation. The defendant is believed now to be in Ohio. Wilson Staton, having tried and failed on several previous occas ions, finally got a divorce from I Della Staton, the action being bas ed on two years’ separation. Tlie divorce action of Goler Or mond against Carrie Ormond also was cleared from the calendar I when the plaintiff was granted a divorce after years of bickering in the courts. Other divorces, all based on grounds of two-year separation, were granted, as follows: M. Whitfield from Ruth Whit tield; James O. Manning. Jr., from Iris P. Manning; and Thomas J. Blount from Edna Cm son Blount. itoi i. w i:i:mi ! V Planting cotton this year for the first time in several seasons, quite a few farmers in the Oak City area are re porting an early and fairly heavy infestation of hull weevils. Examining one of his fields last week-end, Farmer J. B. Whitfield said he count ed seven weevils on one stalk anti explained that he made preparations to start poison i U13 them. i