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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3,009 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WKKft VOLUME L—NUMBER 93 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 21, 1917 ESTABLISHED 1899 Make Plans For Mass Tubercular X-Ray In County live Mobile Units Coming To County To Make Sm> JaiKiprr - .— Meeting in the county health department offices here last Tues day, a special citizens 'commit lee' mapped plans for handling a mass tuberculosis x-ray survey in this county, beginning January 27. Those present for the meeting and pledging their support in helping 1 complete arrangements for hand ling the survey, included: Rev. E. R. Stewart, N. L. Hyman, Nat Johnson. Rev. W. B. Harrington, Frosty Martin, J. L. Knowles, Chas. H. Manning, Mrs. S. H. Grimes, Mary Taylor. Jas. C. Man ning, Elizabeth Parker, Garnette Crocker, Mrs. A. P. Barnhill, Mrs. Ben James. Chas. Daniel and members of the health depart fel ment staff. Drs. Vestal and Richardson and Miss Carnegia of the State Board of Health attended the meeting and outlined plans for the mass survey, an important first step in an all-out drive against tubercu losis. Miss Carnegia will return to the county the second week in Decem ber and remain until the work is completed. f'ive large mobile trucks, ac companied by one physician and sixteen staff members, will be brought into the county on Janu ary 27. Twelve volunteer clerks are wanted to help handle the work. Commenting on the suivey, Health Officer J W. Williams said, “We are extremely fortunate in getting the service for the coun ty, and we certainly need it. "As a preliminary to the sur vey, picture shows are being scheduled in the county schools and before parent-teacher groups. Printed ma'ter and posters, fur nished by the State, will be dis tributed shortly." Further plans for the survey will be announced just as rapidly .is (hey are completed, Dr. Wil liams added. -o Former Resident Dies In Norfolk * < Robert L. Herring, former Wil liamston resident, died in a Nor folk hospital early Thusday morn ing of a heart attack. He had been suffering with heart trouble for some time, but was getting along very well until early Thursday morning when he suffered an other attack at his home and died shortly afte'- he was removed to the hospital. About 37 years of age he was born and reared in Wilson Coun ty, coming to Williamston about nine years ago. He was later mar ried to Miss Susie Griffin of Wil liamston and located in Norfolk. Surviving besides his widow are a daughter, Carolyn Ensaoetii.'TiTs lather and several brothers and sisters. The body is being brought here for funeral services and inter ment in Woodlawn Cem: Wry, but final arrangements are yet to be completed for the service. •-o— - Fined in Justice Of Peace Court W ednesday Charged with operating a mot or vehicle with improper brakes and inadequate lights. Effie Brown was fined $10 and taxed with the costs in Justice J. Li Has sell’s court here Wednesday even ing. Civil Service Jobs Are Opened By Commission The Civil Service Commission has announced examinations to fill physical therapist and tobacco inspector positions. contact the Commission’s local secretary. H. O. Handy, in the Williamston post office for addi tional information. -o TRAILING The issuance of automobile drivers' license in this county is trailing badly behind the an nounced schedule. Hardly more than half have taken the tests. Final Report For Tobacco Market Filed Here Today Ringing down the final curtain, last Tuesday, Williamston’s to bacco market established a new poundage record but despite that record, income for the 1947 crop is junhYTuS’r uotSii Viau*mffu6n dollars short of the gross receiv ed for the 1946 crop. According to unofficial but re “iaBle reports,’ the market during the season just ended sold 12. 205.114 pounds for $5,026,962.37, an average of $41.19 per hundred pounds,. In 1946, the market here sold 10,874.674 pounds for $5,515, 721.11, an average of $50.72 per hundred pounds. In 1945. the mar ket sold 11,278.890 pounds for $4. 978.413.28, an average of $44.14 per hundred pounds. When the first sales were held on August 25, this year, it was predicted that the price average for 1947 would trail the 1946 fig ure by $10 a hundred pounds. Sad to relate, the prediction proved about right, the preliminary re ports showing that the average this year was $0.53 per hundred pounds lower ilian it was last year. "'DestJTie ihe halt niilHon*3oltar' financial beating the growers took this past season with a million and one-thirds pounds more of to bacco to oiffe*- for sale, the income is slightly more than it was in 1945. When compared with the 1945 sales, the income figure this year does not appear to be as bad as it would first seem to be. Handling nearly 50,000 pounds on the final sale last Tuesday, the market averaged hardly $20 per hundred. Unable to sell their scrap as scrap, farmers tied up the "leavings” and marketed them for about two cents a pound, the large quantity of inferior tobacco playing havoc with the average which had been declining for sev eral days. Explains Quota Plan For Peanuts In 1948 r CRITICAL While all hope had not been abandoned for it, the peanut situation is recognized as^ critical in this section as the result of the continual rain fall. Only a very small per centage of the crop has been picked, and it will be days before the threshing opera tions can be resumed. The weather man is predicting fair weather for Friday, but is promising more rain for Sat urday. Carolyn A. Stalls Dies In Hospital; —•— Lillie Miss Carolyn Ailinza' Stalls, daughter of Mrs. Carolyn ; Stalls Daniel, and the late Law- ; rence Stalls of Williamston, died | in Duke Hospital, Durham, Wed- i nesday morning. The little girl, born November j iff, 1939 underwent a major oper ation for a brain tumor in Duke j last December. After staying there about a month she apparent- | ly recovered and was thought to * be getting along very well until ! last Sunday when her condition j became serious. She was return ed to the hospital immediately. Surviving besides her mother are two half-brothers, Master Herman Daniel of Williamston and Bethel, and Leon Stalls of Virginia. Funeral services will be con ducted in the Bethel Methodist Church by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Howard, at 3:00 o'clock, and in terment will follow in Williams port's Woodlawn Cemetery.--— —» *» lias lliree Lases In Mayor’s Court -o Mayor Robert Cowon heard three eases in his court this week. Gabriel Wiggins, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was j fined $10 and taxed with the [cost. The defendant denied stand ing idly by while someone else beat his (Wiggins') wife. Publicly drunk Dorsey Hin ton was fined $5, plus costs. Sallie Little was taxed with the costs in the case chaiging her with public drunkenness. ! Minor Highway No orse wa« injured and very ! • Jti. ' ... , * m l jwhen a 1937 Ford truck driven by J K. Rogerson and a 1846 Ciievro iet driven by Jack Whitley of Greenville crashed at the inter section of Highway No. 64 and the 'Prison Camp road at 6:15 o’clock | last Tuesday evening. ! Investigating the accident. Pa jtrolman W. E. Saunders said the! damage to both vehicles would hardly exceed $50. I Referendum Will Be Held In State On December 9th Questions ami Answers Are Listed By Official Of Peanut Cooperative Realizing that many peanut producers perhaps have unan swered questions in mind relative to the approaching referendum on peanut marketing quotas, E. M. Johnson, manager of the Growers Peanut Cooperative, Inc., today released a series of questions and answers prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, Production and Marketing Ad ministration The UPC, with headquarters in Franklin, handles the govern ment’s peanut programs in No;th Carolina, Virginia, South Caro lina and Tennessee, and Johnson urges all peanut growers to par ticipate in the referendum which will be held on December 9. The questions and answers follow: Why are peanut marketing quotas necessary? Peanut production expanded during the war to meet increased demands for peanuts and peanut products. Production is still high but the demand for edible peanuts has lessened, with the result that farmers now are growing more peanuts than can be sold on the open market at fair prices. Nor mally the market value for pea nuts for oil is approximately half the market value for edible pea nuts. Whenever peanut produc tion exceeds the demand for pea nuts for edible purposes the mar “ive’i"VJ.vi*«W»all peanuts is gen erally only slightly above the market value of peanuts for oil. Marketing quotas provide the means whereby each farmer may receive his fair share of the avail able market—that is, the, amount of peanut*, which can be sold at prices fair and reasonable to the farmer and the consumer. What is the authority for pea nut marketing quotas? Quotas for the 1948 crop have been proclaimed by the Secretary of Agriculture as required by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. What is the National Peanut Marketing Quota for 1948? The National Peanut Marketing Quota for 1948 is 1,520 million pounds and this has been convert I ed to a national acreage allotment | of 2,324,159 acres by dividing the quota by the national average yield of 654 pounds per acre. The National Acreage Allotment is the ^acreage from which farmers .may firnafkei ■peanuts’^ithouT penalty I under peanut marketing quotas. On September 24 the Department of Agriculture announced State acreage allotments which will he applied to the 1948 crop if grow ers vote for marketing quotas. In dividual State allotments in the I four states served by the GPC j were given as follows: North Car (Continued on page eight) Hardy Whitford Dies At Home Of Daughter Tuesday -— Funeral Here Wednesday And Interment In New Hardy Whitford, retired mer chant, died at the home of his daughter Mrs Mayo Hurd'isdn, on South Haughton Street here last Tuesday morning at 8:45 o’clock, the victim of a hear attack. Get ting up about his usual hour that morning, Mr. Whitford seemed to be in his usual health. About two hours later he told members of the family that he wasn’t feeling very well and sat down in a chair, suffering the attack and dying in less than five minutes or before medical aid could reach him. A son of the late Alonza and Mollie Gaskins Whitford, he was born in Craven County not far from New Bern on October 3, 1875, and spent most of his life there where he farmed and later entered the mercantile business. In early manhood he was married to Miss Minnie Whitford who died here three years ago. Following a long residence in Craven, he locat ed in Edgecombe County near Tarboro, and come to Williams ton four years ago to make his home. During his stay here he made many friends. He was an ordent Mason, holding member ship in St. John’s Lodge in New Bern for many years. He was a I member of the Episcopal Church in New Bern. Surviving besides his daughter with whom he made his home here, are a daughter, Mrs. Edward Belangia of New Bern; a brother, Bryan Whitford of Washington i and a half-sister, Mrs. Mamie Whitford of New Bern; and two grandsons, Edward Belangia and Eddie Mayo Hardison. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Haughtor. Street home here Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock by Rev. John W. Hardy and Rev. John L. Goff. The Mas ons and the Rev. Charlie Wil liams, Episcopal minister of New Bern, conducted the last rites at the graveside in New Bern's Ced ar Grove Cemetery ai 4:00 o'clock. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . For the first time since June 22 motorists on Martin Coun ty highways traveled through a week without accident, members of the highway pa trol stating that the motorists had a clean slate for the 46th week in the current year. However, the motorists got a fairly good start in the 47th week, several accidents hav ing been reported during the first two days. The property damage for the two years is almost the same. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in tins year and last and for each year to the present time. 46th Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1947 0 0 0 $ 00 1940 440 850 Comparisons To Date 1947 121 56 3 $26,635 1947 112 86 4 26,840 ; First Colored Citizens On Petit Jury In This County The first colored citizens ever to sit on a petit jury in Martin County served in that capacity in the superior court last Tuesday. Maude Alexander, popular nurse of Williamston and John Cherry, farmer of near Hassell, both high ly respected citizens, were accept ed as a matter of routine when a jury was selected in ‘4*e cik--e of ~®1n"agajKs'T‘ti'irtniai). " The court | spent a greater part of Tuesday hearing evidence and argument in the case, and the jury deliberated the issues hardly more than ten minutes before reaching a decis ion. In addition to being the first Martin County woman to serve as a member of a petit jury, the nurse is believed to be among the first, if not the first, of her race Proposed Extension Of Town Limits Has Strong Opposition RAINFALL Rain has fallen heie on eleven of the first twenty j days in the current month, Bridgekeeper Hugh Spruill stating Thursday morning that a total of 5.36 inches had fallen to date. While most of the rain fell on the second and eleventh, the others were of sufficient sice to block the peanut harvest and play havoc with the roads. The weather man is predict ing more rain for the week end in this section. Roanoke River, reaching a level of 11.3 feet Tuesday, was holding to that point Thursday afternoon. 1 Bishop Darst To Speak Here The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, retired bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina, will be in Wil liamston this week-end to speak at the annual Parish Supper of the Church of the Advent at the Hotel George Reynolds on Friday night at 7:00 o’clock. He will speak on the Challenge of the Church to the World today. At the supper Mr. N. C. Green, senior warden, will preside and Mr. C. B. Clark. Jr., Every Member Canvass chair man, will present the budget for 1948. The advisability of having a ro tating vestry will be discussed. If the plan is adopted by the congre gation u vestryman will be elected for three years but may not suc ceed himself. On Sunday morning at 11:00, Bishop Durst will preach at the Church of the Advent. Having made a host of friends during his many visits here a large congre gation is expected to hear the bishop. He is one of the outstand ing speakers in the church and even though he has retired he is as active and has as many calls to speak as before his retirement. Bishop Darst expects to spend two weeks in Delaware following his visit here. Mrs. Darst will ac company the bishop. They will be guests at the rectory with the Rev. and Mis. John Hardy. . o ...... Revival To End Here On Sunday —<*,— The series of meetings which have been in progress at the Wil liamston Christian Church for the past two weeks will come to a close with morning and evening services Sunday. I The services have been charac terized by strong and appealing sermons by Dr. C. M. Gordon, pas ..Utf emeritus of the First Christian Church of Norfolk. Cooperation of the other churches in tov/n have helped to fill the church during most of the services. The organ medley of old hymns of the church which is presented for 15 minutes prior to the opening of the service, has j added much to the success of the j revival, to serve in that capacity in North Carolina. Several women have served as members of special juries, and quite a few have been drawn for regular jury duty but all were excused. Colored male citizens' have been drawn for jury duty in the county previously, Sam Faulk, | local business man, having served j few years ago. Doling the mean* ; 'time, others were drawn but were | excused. | The two colored citizens heard j several eases as members of the petit jury this week, and complet- i ed their assignments when court recessed just before noon Wed-1 nesday. A new jury is being sum- > imoned for duty for the two- or j three-day sessions beginning next, 'Monday. I Vote Proposal Is | Opposed By targe Majority In Area ■■■■ Suggest Appointment Of Special Committee To Study The Proposal -o A proposal to extend Williams ton’s town limits met with over whelming opposition at a public hearing held in the courthouse Wednesday night, the action cli maxing a strong movement insti gated in the West End Baptist Church last Monday night against the expansion plan. Discussions, carried on for well over two hours, brought out some frank facts, but left the matter unsolved but not altogether hope less. Just now no definite plan of procedure has been advanced, and there is no assurance that one will be considered. However, it was suggested that those citizens in the affected areas appoint com mittees and make a detailed study of the proposal, considering all the advantages and disadvantages before abandoning it once and for all. Mayor Robt. Cowen, with three members of the board present, opened the meeting, briefly out lining the question before the house. The town’s civil engineer, i Henry Rivers, of Greenville, briefly explained the projects pro posed for the town and adjoining territory. Speaking as an engi neer, he pointed out that he had made a study for a long-range im provement program here, that it was timely to advance the pro gram after a mutual fashion. If the ‘‘Doodle Hill” and West End territory is to participate in the | program one size of pipe should be I installed; if the territory wished to maintain its identity, then about the only thing to do would be to fit the program to the net d I of the town as the lines are now | established. I The first shot out of the box, fired by employed counsel, raised ! the question about taxing farm land. It was pointed out that the 1779 charter exempted strictly farm land from town taxation. Then before many of the advan tages and disadvantages were earnestly discussed after a friend j ly manner and mutual fashion, a i paid representative of the citi - zens of the "Hili" and West End exploded a bomb shell in opposi tion to the movement when he presented four petitions carrying names of citizens living inside and outside the territory. One West End petition, carrying the signatures of 113 persons which were accept at their full value, “demand (ed) that the question of including this territory within the town of Williamston be submitted to a vote of only those residing within or having property in the proposed territory.” A second pe tition, carrying the names of 101 citizens in West End, put a fairly solid clincher on the proposal as i follows: "... do hereby express our desire not to be so included within the town of Williamston and to that end we do hereby promise and agree to vote ‘against extension’ of the city limits and further request that the town board refrain from extending the town limits at this time and save the expenses of an election on that issue.” identical or almost similar peti tions were signed by citizens on "The Hill,” approximately 83 ask - ing that an election be limited to them, and 78 "promising’’ and “agreeing" to vote “against ex tension.” The group, while taking a deter mined stand now, made a reserva tion around the time element, but when the citizens there would enrvcxath*,,-; h_Ti>en- • tinned The spokesman for the two groups said that the town is not properly serviced as it is and feels that that should be done be fore any extension is made, add ing that he did not teel the town 1 was able to take on the obligation. Commenting briefly on the pe titions, Mayor Cowen stated that it was fairly aparent that they j were prepared before the proposi- ! (Continued on page six) DELAYED Unfavorable weather pre vailing during tfte'past'sever al davs has again delayed the opening of the new Roanoke River bridge draw span here, and it could not be learned when traffic would be turned on the structure. “It won't be as long as it has been,” one report coming from the river Thursday morning stated. Several tentative dates for opening the bridge have been unofficially mentioned, but the elements and other factors beyond human control delay ed the event. Court In Recess Unexpectedly At Noon Wednesday - —♦. Most Of (iasos Continued For One Reason or An other For The Term The first week of the current two-week civil term of the Martin County Superior Court went into a recess unexpectedly about noon Wednesday until next Monday morning. Several consent judg ments were reported, eliminating lengthy trials and most of the cas es scheduled for Thursday were continued for one reason or an other. The case of R. B. Speller, ad ministrator, asking. $15.00 dam ages of Edward L. Early, local doctor, was continued when the plaintiff's main attorney, J. Le Roy of Elizabeth City, was taken ill with food poisoning. The com plaint charges the defendant with negligence which allegedly result ed in the death of Mary Speller on December 7, 15)40 Other cases continued for the term included the following, Critcher against Harrell, and Rav against Maynard. Proceedings not previously re ported: Suing for $600 damages alleged to have resulted in a vehicle acci dent near Williamston last March 21, John A. Bennett settled for $150 in his case against Lcumon Strickland. In the case of Minton Beach, ad ministrator, against Paul Ricks, the plaintiff recovered nothing in his action to recover on an ac count. The case of Olla Ray Boyd against H. J. Silverthorne was non-suited when the plaintiff fail ed to appear in court and prose cute the action. (Continued on page six) Author Speaks To Club Oil Tuesday —«— Mrs. Mebane Holoman Bur gwyn, writer and author, spoke very entertainingly to members of the Woman’s Club and guests in the club room here last Tuesday evening. She was introduced by Mrs. J. C. Cooke, a member of the Reviewers’ Club and former school-mate of Mrs. Burgwyn. After telling about some hum orous experiences when she first started writing. Mrs. Burgwyn reviewed briefly her book, “River Treasurer," which is primarily a book for young people. Then she j spoke about the need for good adult literature, stating that the current popular books were not suitable reading for young boys and girls who hud been accustom ed to reading clean, wholesome books and the classics. She em phasized the fact that women can nrj should demand i K«»lI. Si' books," .*. "" “ 1 Following the address- by the! speaker Miss Ida Privetlc sang two Negro spirituals, accompani ed by Miss Grace Talton at the piano. Members of the Reviewers’ Book Club who had charge of the program, decorated the hall with chrysanthemums and gladioli, rhoy served Russian tea, cookies, mints and peanuts during the so- j rial hour. I Big Civil Suits Slated For Trial In Superior Court ■ Tribunal To Hold Sessions Only On Mnnday-Tnes day of Next Week ■■■ ♦. Alt ho u g h Jthe Marty Court Superior 'Cdurfis scheduled lo hold sessions onlv on Monday and Tuesday of next week, it has on its calendar several large civil cases for trial, in addition to sev eral other actions. Judge Paul Edmondson of Goldsboro is scheduled to take over after Judge Paul Frizzclle pinch-hit for him while the form er was completing his work in the Bertie County court. The big suits, amounting to a total of $30,300. were brought as a result of a truck-automobile wreck at the intersection of High way 17 and the Bear Grass Road last January 18. W. A. Bailey, driving from Bear Grass, had stopped his car at the intersec tion when Frank Green, one of the defendants, drove a truck belong ing to Leslie W. Hardison into the car, fatally injuring James Gar land Bailey and hurting several others seriously and permanent ly. Green was released soon aft er the wreck under bond offered by an insurance company, but he was later tried in the courts of this county and sentenced to pris ! on on a charge of drunken and | reckless driving. Since the suits were instituted one of the plaintiffs. W. A. Bailey, died, presumably because of his worry over the accident. His death automatically drops his suit against Green and Hardison. He .was asking $800 property and $4, (100 personal damages. Maintaining he was seriously land permanently injured, John nie W. Wynne, a passenger m the Bailey car, is asking $4,000 of Hardison and Green. Kathleen Bailey, administra trix of the estate of James Gar jland Bailey, is asking $15,000 of the defendants for herself and her little children. His skull fractured and sustain ling other injuries, Verna Lee Har | rison by his next friend, Roland ) Harrison, is asking $4,000 damages from the defendants. Roland Harrison, also a pas senger in tile Bailey car. is asking $2,500 damages, declaring he was seriously and permanently injur ed in the wreck. The cases are scheduled for trial next Monday. Among the other cases on the calendar for trial next Monday is thi' $305 damage suit, brought by E. R. Stewart against Ben D. Biggs as a result of a vehicle acci dent on Highway 125 near Wil liamston last March 7. D. G. Matthews is asking $1, 404.00 damages of Veneer Pro ducts Company, alleging that the defendants did that much damage during logging operations on the plaintiff’s property. K. B. Crawford is suing J. S. Peel for possession of two steel (Continued on page eight) Safety Show Big Hit In Schools Officer Pressley’s traffic safety show is making a big hit in the schools of the county this week, principals and teachers declaring Ins work is the greatest ever ad vanced before the children in be half of safety. Children in those schools yet to be visited and who have heard others who have seen the show, are eagerly anticipating the event. Education leaders, unable to alter the schedule, transported an entire school not included in the schedule to a near-by point for the show, so greatly were they impressed by the show and its valuable lessons in safety. Children by the thousands in questions to qualify for special safety cr.....ra.s—, reports u,c,u. — ing that the little folks are seri ously interested in the safety pro gram and that a valuable lesson has been advanced. Officer Pressley is being lent to the State Automobile Association to carry on the effective work, and to help along the Charlotte Police Department is continuing him on its payroll, unofficial reports reaching here staled.
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