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enterprise is read by ^OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME L—NUMBER 71 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Fridi\%< September 5, 1917 ESI'ABUSHF.IL JKQQ Thirtv-one Cases In Martin County Court on MoncSy — • Fines, Amounting to $540, Imposed By Judge J. Calvin Smith -■* Following a holiday set aside for the tobacco market opening the week before, the Martin Coi^.ty Recorder's Court was in session most of last Monday clear ing the b'g docket. Judge J. C. , Smith and Solicitor Paul D. Rob- j lerson worked until about 4:00 i %>Jciock that afternoon before dis posing ol thirty-one cases, Witnesses in one case failed to appear in court and the two were fined $40 each, boosting the in come of the court for the day to $540. Proceedings: The case charging Walter No bles with an assault with a deadly Weapon was continued until the *%irst Monday in January by agree ment. Woodrow W. Daughtrey, plead ing guilty of drunken driving, was fined $100, taxed with the cost and had his license revoked for a year. The case charging Joe J. Moore with disposing of mortgaged pro perly was nol prossed. Charged with operating a mot or vehicle without a license, Hen ry Mack Wynne pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and required to pay the court costs. Floyd Brown, Jr., charged with speeding, pleaded guilty and was fined $20 plus the trial costs. Papers were issued calling for her arrest when Olivia Purvis failed to answer in the case charg ing her with an assault with a deadly weapon. The case charging Charlie Mack Jenkins with assaulting a female was continued until next Mon day. Thomas Hester, adjudged guil ty of assaulting a female, was fined $20 and required to pay the trial costs. ' Pleading guilty of assailing a female. John Thomas Perry was fined $20 and taxed w ith the cost. The defendant was ordered to pay a $12 medical bill and $13 to Zenia Nichols for bill of an eye special ist. Benedict Haines, pleading guil ty of speeding, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Henry Herring w'as sentenced to the roads for ninety days when he pleaded guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. Alvin A. Hornsby, Jr., charged with drunken driving, was fined $100. taxed with the costs and had his license revoked for one year. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, John Henry Davis was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Willie Woolard was sentenced to the roads for sixty days when he pleaded guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a license. The sentence was suspended on condition that he pay a $25 fine and the costs and does not oper ate a motor vehicle for six months. The case charging Jesse Bland with reckless driving was nol prossed. Raymond Purvis, pleading guil ty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license was fin ed $25 and required to pay the trial costs. The court recom mended that no driver’s license be issued the defendant for one year. William Davis, charged with assaulting a female, was fined $20 and required to pay the costs. A veteran of World War II. Davis cashed his terminal leave bond Tuesday morning to square the (Continued on page eight) *, f RAINFALL v__-j A bit ch.nchy back yonder in May when farmers were trying to transplant tobacco, ,5. Pluvious stfttc-k 3 liberal streak from about the middle of June on through August. Last monih he spilled 8.04> inches of sain here, boosting « the total rainfall for June, July and August to nearly twenty-four inches. A third more rain fell in those three months than the total record ed for the first five months ill this year. Making Plans For Peanut Referendum in the County A referendum will be held not later than December 15, 1947. for peanut producers to decide by se cret ballot whether marketing quotas for peanuts will be in ef fect beginning in 1948. Only op erators of farms with 1948 pea nut acreage allotments or tenants on such farms, will be eligible tfl. vote for the referendum. Certain information is necessary in order to determine the acreage allot ments. Mr. Geo. C. Griffin, chairman of the Martin County ACA Commit tee, states that each farm opera tor, whose records in the county office show he may be eligible for an allotment, is to be mailed a questionnaire. Any farm opera tor needing assistance or having any questions regarding the form should contact his community committeeman or the county ACA office. If nny farm operator who has picked or threshed more than one acre of peanuts in any of the years 1944 through 1947 has not received a questionnaire, he should obtain one from the coun-' ty ACA Office. In order for the answers on the ^ questionnaire to be given full consideration, it is very iinpor-1 tant that they be returned to the ] county ACA Office by September j 20. Planting about 18.500 acres in 1942, Martin County farmers more recently have planted an estimat ed 27,000 acres to peanuts. It has not yet been announced how quotas for 1948 will be deter mined, but it is likely that they may be based on 1942-46 plant ings. /---.-\ ! | PEANUT HARVEST |j »• ..-. j ! The 1947 peanut harvest sot underway on a small scale in the county this week when Farmer H. H. Cowen started digging twelve acres of the goobers on his Sandy Point farm near here. Others are said to have started harvest ing the crop about the same time. Farmer Sam Mobley said ; this week that it looked as if j he would have to interrupt I his tobacco harvest work to dig peanuts, the ole-timers j declaring that this is one of , few times on record that the tobacco and peanut harvest ; overlapped, that the tobacco harvest was unusually late and that peanut digging is possibly setting an all-time early record. However, the peanut harvest is hardly ejr.-.^ pected to get under way on any appreciable scale before week after next ip this coun ty. Quality is above the aver ape and Cue quantity is lav greater than it was last year, early reports maintained. Two More Tobacco Barns Are Burned -<fr Two more tobacco barns were destroyed by fire in the county re cently. boosting the total fire loss, exclusive of pack barn fires, to at Jeast eighteen this season- In cluding Farmer Urnee Bunting’s pack barn fire, the loss has been quite large this year and just a few barns under the 29-unit loss a year ago. C. C. Bryant .colored farmer | living between Oak City and Hob good, lost a 16-foot barn filled with his best tobacco at 4:30 o’clock last Sunday morning. Us ing an oil curer, the farmer was running high heat at the time. “I | was just getting up when I looked out and saw the fire,” the farmer said. Farmer Paul Edmondson lost a barn on his farm between Ham ilton and Hassell last week. Farmer Sylvester Sills aso lost a barn last week on his farm near Conoho Church, not far from Oak City. Strange as it may seem, most of the losses were centered in two sections of the county. James ville reported five barn losses, and there were about seven in the Oak City-Hamilton-Hassell area. All but four of the barns were equipped with oil burners. Education Board Met Here Tuesday Meeting here Tuesday morning, the Martin County Board of Edu cation discussed various school problems, but took action in onlj tv- ) or three case?, the office of the superintendent announced. S. L. Roberson was appointed a member of the Robcrsonville local school committee to succeed Mayo Liltie, resigned Discussing a division of the Hamilton-Everetts districts, the board provided for ail children living on N. C. Highway 125 to at tend school m Hamilton, the others to attend at Everetts. Twenty-four Get Licenses To Wed In Martin County Issuance Last Mouth Larg est For Any August On Rpporii In County Twenty-four marriage licenses, the largest over issued for any August on record and the third largest for a single month in the current year, were recorded in the office of Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger last month. For the second time this year, the number of licenses going to white couples was larger than the num ber going to colored couples. Licenses were issued, fifteen to white and nine to colored couples, as follows; White * Nick Marvros, 206 Stils St., Philadelphia, and Selma Ayers, RFD 1, Robersonville. Emmett Griffin and Mamie Clyde Moore, both of Williamston. — Wtotfit?W and Betty*' Ruih Edmondson, both of Wil liamston. Theodore Harris and Lula Council, both of Williamston. George Whitfield of Hobgood and Mamie Lee Rawls of Hamil ton. Howard *Edward Whitehurst of Pai mi'le mild Marie Rogers of Ro bersonvilie. Gordon Roberson of Roberson ville and Verna Corey Manning of RFD 1, Williamston, Albert Lacy Smith of Palmyia and Lorene Frances Bryant of Oak City. Joseph Linear Godard, Jr., of Jamesville and Doris Harriett Bell of Anderson, S. C. William Cullipher of RFD 3, Williamston, and Christine Tay lor of RFD 2, Williamston. Jack Rogers Cecil of High Point and Mildred Smallwood Biggs of Williamston. Joseph E. Haislip of Jamesville and Dorothy L. Cannon of Pana ma City, Fla. Charles W. Coltrain of Wil Hamston and Mildred Louise Gardner of Jamesville. John Smallwood Whitley and Esther Peel Wynne, both of Wil liamston. Charles Wayne Braxton and Katherine Griffin, both of Bethel. 'Colored Noah Hull and Vaola Daven (Continued on page seven) - . Bans Dances And Dinners In Gym Meeting this week, the local school committee found it advis able to ban dances and dinners in the high school gymnasium. "We are planning to spend several hundred dollars fixing the floors and making other repairs to the building and will confine use of the gym to athletic events,” a mtiivuCY * vti-’ViW-t’ffinnrfitet5 w a a quoted as saying. Making a minute inspection of school properties, the committee found everything in readiness and in good shape for the fall-term opening. A nice lunch room has been provided in the old manual arts building and improvised class rooms in the basement and on the | floor of the elementary building are now in use County Teachers ! In Long Meeting Here Wednesday! Discuss Various Problems Ami Plans For The Current Term In an all-dav meeting, punctu ated by a delicious ham dinner, j Martin County's white teachers in the elementary building on Wed nesday of this week discussed | various educational problems and completed plans for an effective 1947-48 term. The teachers, all present and ac counted for except one who was detained at home by a death in the family, were greeted by Pro fessor V, B. Hairr, representing the Martin County North Carolina Education Association as retiring president, Miss Mary Whitley of the County Classroom Teachers Association and by Mrs. W. C. Wynne, president of the Martin County Parent-Teacher Associa tion. New members of the vari ous school faculties were intro duced by Superintendent J. C. Manning. C. B. Martin, Robersonvillc principal, reviewed briefly North Carolina laws affecting the opera tion of the schools, and Mrs. Viola Leggett of Hasell cited the re sponsibility of the teacher and un excused absences. Responsibili ties of the principal and the sup erintendent were reviewed by B. G. Stewart and J. C. Manning re spectively. The part the county welfare department has in the operation of the schools was stressed by Miss Mary Taylor, de partmental superintendent. It is quite evident that a deter mined drive with all agencies co operating, will be made this term to keep the children in school and reduce absences to an absolute minimum. Dr. John Williams, county health officer, addressed the group. Plans for the maintenance of a , North Carolina Education Asso- j ^cialion unit in the county were! diseusse-d by. .Professor- Hairr. I Principal Martin was elected to [ head the organization this year. Following lunch in the gram mar school cafeteria, the teachers held an open forum with Super itendent Manning presiding. Quite a few interesting topics were briefly discussed before the groups repaired to designated places for topic discussions. The high school group, headed by the superintendent heard the various principals, Mr. W. B. Sugg stressing the need for a school philosophy. Mrs. Ethel Roberson reviewed grading systems, and Principal Hugh McCracken dis cussed the cheating problem in the schools. After the interrelation ships of subjects were outlined by Principal B. G. Stewart, Bear Grass Principal H. V. Parker of fered a summarization. The elementary teachers, led by Miss Lissie Pearce and Miss Reba Winstead of Robersonville, heard the following topics discuss ed: Council and objective by Mrs. Katie Copeland of Oak City; Basal maleiials by Mrs. Anna J Roe buck of Hamilton and Mrs. Phoebe Stokes of Oak City; Supplemen tary materials by Misses Estelle Crawford and Frances Jenkins of Williamston, Miss Pearce conclud ing with a review of a definite supervisory program. _ Il^ast Hites Held | For Mrs. Martin - i Last rites were held Wednesday | afternoon at 3:00 o’clock in the (Cedar Branch Baptist Church for Mrs. Jesse Martin who died at her home in the Jamesville commun ity early last Monday afternoon. Her pastor. Rev. W. B. Harring •on, assisted by Elder P. E. Get singer, Rev. Ed Sexton, Baptist minister of Rocky Mount, Rev. -.R«. :k-s«4'v- -Bap j'lisl pastor,“ahcCRev. Joini L. Golf, ; local minister, officiated, lnter iment was in the Martin family I cemetery. An unusually large number of friends arid acquaintances were i present to pay a last tribute to her I memory, and the floral offering was unusually large, attesting the esteem in which she was held in her conununity. Stimson Explains | Why Atomic Bomb Was Used In War _,__ i Former Secretary of War Was Man To Make the Reeoinmeiu)ation (Having discussed the unfavor able aspects of the effort to force surrender of Japan as outlined in his memorandum to the President, Mr. Stimson now quotes from the same memorandum to give the I favorable factors.—Ed.) 1 "We have the following enor- 1 mously favorable factors on our side—factors much weightier than those we had against Germany: "Japan has no allies. “Her Navy is nearly destroyed and she is vulnerable to a surface and underwater blockade which can deprive her of sufficient food and supplies for her population. “She is terribly vulnerable to our concentrated air attack upon her crowded cities, industrial and food resources. “She has against her not only I the Anglo-American forces but the rising forces of China and the ominous threat of Russia. "We have inexhaustible and un touched industrial resources to bring to bear against her dimin ishing potential “We have great moral superior ity through being the victim of her first sneak attack. “The problem is to translate these advantages into prompt and economical achievement of our objectives. 1 believe Japan is sus ceptible to reason in such a crisis to a much greater extent than is j indicated by our current press and j other current comment. Japan is not a nation composed wholly of mad fanatics of an entirely differ ent mentality from ours. On the contrary, she has within the past century shown herself to possess extremely intelligent people, ca pable in an unprecedentedly short time of adopting not only the com plicated technique of Occidental civilization but to a substantial extent theii culture and their 4»eJitical and social ideas. Her ad vance in all these respects dm ing the short period of (10 or 70 years has been one of the most astound ing feats of national progress in history—a leap from the isolated feudalism of centuries into the position of one of the six or seven great powers of the world. She has not only built up powerful armies and navies. She has main tained an honest and effective na tional finance ad respected posi tion in many of the sciences in which we pride ourselves. Prior to the forcible seizure of power! over her goverrnent by the fana tical military group in 1931, she1 had for 10 years lived a reason- I ably responsible and respectable international life. "My own opinion is in her fav- ] or on two points involved in this question: I “(a) I think the Japanese na tion has the mental intelligence and versatile capacity in such a crisis to recognize ihe felly of a fight to the finish and to accept the proffer of what will amount to an unconditional surrender; and "(b) 1 think she has within her (Continued on page seven) THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Motorists really piled ’em up on Martin County high ways last week, members of the highway patrol and other officers reporting four acci dents in which six persons were hurt, several badly, and $1,310 damage was done. The current record is rapid ly overtaking the figures re corded a year ago, holding a slight advantage only in the number injured and property losses. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by cones pending weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 35th Week Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1947 4 6 0$ 1.310 1946 210 300 Comparisons To Date 1947 89 43 3 $19,755 1940 85 68 3 21,050 About One-Fourth County’s1 War II Vets Cashed Bonds An estimated one-fourth of Martin County's World War II veterans have already cashed their terminal leave bonds, ac cording to unofficial but reliable reports received here yesterday. Averaging between $175 and $200 each, the bonds cashed had a value of between $80,000 and $100,000. A big rush to cash the special bonds dveloped in local banks Tuesday morning when they were ruled redeemable for the first time. The rush soon subsided, however, and hardly more than 100 bonds were cashed the follow ing day. It is estimated that five hundred veterans in this county cashed their bonds the first two days. Most of the vets called for the cold cash, pocketed it and walked out of the banks. Quite a few placed the cash on checking ac count, and a few placed the money on savings deposit where it will earn one percent interest as compared with thi two and one-half percent rate established by the government. One found that his bond came in handy when he became involved with j the county court, a report stating that he invested a goodly portion of his cash with the court clerk. According to early reports the number of vets cashing their bonds in this county was not as great in proportion as the number for the counti v. as a whole, l.ong lines formed in the big cities and other financial transactions were literally blocked while the veter ans cashed their bonds. Repeated appeals have been made, urging the veterans to hold ! on to their bonds, but some choose I to cash them and lose interest earnings. Over Million And A Half Pounds of Leaf Sold on Market Here I Price Average Is Holding Right At Forty-Five Cents —•— Daily Salem Hunlering On A Work On Market Here This Week -• Selling 1,222,680 pounds through Wednesday, ot. this week. Williamston’s tobacco market Thursday was pushing on toward the one and one-half million mark with the almost certain pos sibility (bat Friday s,.,t;ale \i:.uiilu boost thv total si. the end of the second week of the current season to over one and three-quarter million pounds. The 1,222,680 pounds sold through Wednesday brought the farmer $547,74107, an average right at $45 per hundred pounds. Early Thursday morning the first sale was about filled and far mers started placing tobacco on the floors for a first sale Friday, reports from tne market early Thursday afternoon pointing to a small block. The hooking plan is heading off deliveries three and four days in advance, offering a decided advantage to the grower who would market his tobacco in good condition. Heavy sales are almost certain for next week, re ports slating that the farmers are booking fairly heavily for the early sales. No marked change in prices could be noted this week, how ever, tips and inferior grades of leaf are being offered in greater quantity. Despite the introduc tion of those types in fairly large quantites, the general average continues to hold up. For instance, (Continued on page seven) Youths Charged With An Affray Two young white men, charged wit!) an affray, were carried into Mayor Bob Cowen’.s court here last Tuesday evening. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of $6.50 costs each. Harry Edmonds, known to many as •‘Peanut,” claimed that Lawrence Williams, a small little guy, provoked the fight. Other witnesses claimed that Edmonds kept pushing Williams around, that Williams tired of the prac tice and sailed on him. "Edmond clouded all up but Williams rain ed •aft'Tivef PtaiTUt,” ODO witness declared. The boys tangled up between Barney’s grill and the Chevrolet plate on Washington Street early last Saturday night. No recor d eould be found in the courts, but it was reported that Clarence Pate was attacked on Washington Street later that night and left with a 10-stitch gash on the neck and back. SCHOOLS Martin County's nine white schools opened the 1947-48 term Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock with all teacher positions filled and bright prospects for a successful year. No official information could be had. but preliminary reports pointed to increased enrollment fiKures in most of the schools. Several schools reported substantial gains in the primary enrollment fig ures. Farm Bureau Asks 2,324 Membership In Martin County Part of 100,000 Member Ltrivi' In Stale For The !\ew Year The quota for Martin County in the North Carolina Farm Bureau's simultaneous drive for 100,000 members is 2324, President C. I,. Daniel, county Farm Bureau president, said today. "We will do our best to go ‘over the top’ in the campaign,” Mr. Daniel said. "This is not just an ordinary drive. This is a cam paign to enroll in the Farm Bu reau every farmer in the state who is concerned about the future of agriculture. "You only have to look at the Farm Bureau record, nationally and in the state, to know that this is an organization working for the welfare of the farm folks and the general public.” Mr. Daniel pointed out that the Farm Bureau offers a leadership that has proved successful over (Continued on Page Seven) County Officers Busy In August Martin County ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and his assistant, De puty Roy Peel, had a busy month in August. Conducting about fifteen raids, the officers found and wrecked ten stills and poured out 1,700 gallons of mash, made mainly with sugar. Six persons were ar rested for alleged violation of the liquor laws, and the proscetHitm batted 100 percent in getting con victions. Road sentences totalled 48 months and fines amounted to $425. The officers made a sizable dent in the illicit liquor supply when they poured out 183 gallons of the white spirits. In addition to that amount, about nine pints of legal liquor were confiscated when it was apparent that the stuff was held for the purpose of sale. Plans Go Forward For Opening The Colored Schools Teachers Scheduled To Be At r.ounty-wide Meeting Here On Friday -« Plans were announced just about complete for opening the colored schools in this county next Monday morning at 9:00 o’clock. The teachers are holding an all day meeting here Friday of this week, and the individual faculties will meet in their respective schools Saturday to complete plans for opening and conducting the term. A short session will be held next Monday when' books wil be dis tributed to the following pupils. Plans call for a full-operating schedue the following day. Opening Monday. September 8, the colored schools of Martin County will employ 95 teachers. The list of teachers, by schools, follows: Williamston: E. J. Hayes, prin cipal; Nora Cherry Slade, Alma Duer Gaither. Richard T. Coles, Thomasena N. Miller, Richard A. Broadnax. Doretha S. Chance, Foster Lee Blount. Lillian Slade Jones. Essie Lee Mizelle, John Maryland Slade. Irene Elizabeth Hargett, Mary S. Gray, Rhodema N. Jackson, EUiel A. Simmons Winborne, Lela Slade Chambers, Eulah V. McCloud, Carrie B. Joy ! tier. Blonnie Louise Ellison. Chris tine B. Clark, Marcelette Riley and Richard T. Coles. Biggs: William Honeyblue. prin cipal: Clara Roberts Owens, and Annie Slade. Rodgers: Alonza R Jones, prin cipal; Harding Bates Slade, Vida Mae T. Cordon, Alvertu Purnell Ewing. Williams Lowei James Howard Faulk, principal; Armazor Cherry Roberson and Evelyn Odessa Mc Fadden. Burroughs Spring Hill William | Vanve Ormond, Jr, principal; and i Beatrice Robert Evans. kwRtfcgpterr Point: Esther Cherry ■ ! Council. Parmele: W. Claudius Chance, principal; Milton A. Armistead, Mary Louise Caldwell, Juanita Novella Wharton, William E. Reid, Alfred B. Wynn, Julia John son Chance, Mavis Horne Lloyd, Martha Clotel Taylor, Pauline Mc Call Whitaker, Eleanor Mae Birds ail, and Pear V. Modlin. Robersonvillc; Noah W. Slade, principal; Carrie C'. Mizelle, Eurie Andrews W- -n. Vera Gladys Rogers, Cymeia n Fagan, Fannie B. Lee Slade, Daisy Eliza beth Chance, and Jennie McMur ren Randolph Gold Point: Don Gilbert Chance, principal; Lossie Viola McNair, Basha A. Andrews, and Nancy N. Highsmith. Everetts: Ernest Linwood Ow ens, principal; Indiana G. Taper, Quentile Evans Bowser, and Thel ma Eujean Sapp. Oak City: Turner Kaze Slade, principal; Catherine Louise Man ning, Richella E. Tillery, Vivian Arnelle Armistead, Ethel E. Walk er and Carolyn Cherry Slade. Hamilton Rufus Spencer Gaith er, principal; Ruth Alfonza Down ing, Nellie M. Smith, and Rebecca Elizabeth Everett. Salsbury: George T. Hyman, principal; Cora Griffin Jones and Joanna M. Dowdy. White Oak Springs: Ellen M. Lester, principal; Florence Mane Bunch. Jones: David Leslie Bobbins, principal, and Ernestine Westina Pearce. Whiehard James: Ralph Allen Keys, principal; Wilhclmina (Continued from page five) I PLAN FOR SHOW Preliminary plans are being advanced now by Assistant County Agent J. B. Sunnier for 5848's annual 4-H club fat '.(.leg shoe.. The agent said this week that all club mem bers interested in participat ing in the show are being ask ed to contact iiis office as soon as possible. If the demand for baby beef calves is not too great, the agent thinks it will be passi ble to get them in this imme diate section and at reason able prices.