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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BI OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME LI—NUMBER 4 Williamston. Martin Comity* North Carolina, Tuesday, January 1 ,'L 1948 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ ST OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 Sale of TB Seals 1 Exceeds Its Goal - -fr1- V'rJir y - Incomplete Report SIiohs Drive Exceeded $2,500 Goal Rv About $100 The annual sale of TB Christ (. mas seals, recently concluded in this county, exceeded its $2,500 goal by about $100, it was an nounced last week-end by Coun ty Chairman Chas. H. Manning who pointed out that a few dis tricts had not at that time submit ted complete reports. The fund will fit in with the ( mass TE Xray survey to be made ' in the county beginning on Tues day. January 27. Up until last week-end a total of $2 603.67 had been raised and reported to the chairman who pointed out that late contribution will boost the total by $100 or more. Several townships reported ! splendi.1 results, but the sale of seals did not come up to expecta tions, as a rule. Unusually large TB bond sales in Williamston saved the cam paign. the chairman pointing out that approximately one-half of the county quota was raised through the liberal purchase of the TB bonds. Williamston led the county with seal and bond sales amounting to $1,594.41. Rqbersonville \vas next wuth $296.35, fullow'ed by Goose Nest where the sales amounted to $162.00. Jamesville was fourth in the list with $125.00. and Griffins raised $110.87. Other townships reported as follows: Hamilton, $82.58; Cross Roads, $70.35; Bear Grass, $67.50; Williams, $58.71; and Poplar Point. $36.00. The Williamston white grammar school purchased seals in the amount of $23.88. the high school buying $10.00 worth. The girl Scouts added $58.00 with the ban gle day sales. Reports from the colored sefeoete"«»e-?*c4V r'mpMr. hut by las', week-end, the following ' ’ hr-'u ' , ' irned in: Williamston, $52.45: Robersonville, $20; Hamilton, $16.08: Dardens, $12; Rogers, $10; Burroughs-Spring Hill, $8; Which ard-James, $8: Biggs, $7.58; James ville, $7; Williams, $6.45; Smith wick. $5.87: Jones, $5; Oak City, $5; White Oak Springs. $6; Ever etts, $7.70; Bear Grass, $2.25. Th - chairman 's asking all those districts that „h3iig.Ottt.h.tipaao?d on the s.;ee a.'J. t!:/^- .r.CjSv't&i ,’S "■'i* . early a.. possioTe German Girl Is Married Locally Miss Theresia Stimpfle, just a few days out of Darmstadt. Ger many, and William C. Gerard of Hunters Bridge, Beaufort County, were married in the Christian mm Ihurch parsonage on Marshall. Avenue here on Saturday, Jan uary 3. Information obtained tjom the marriage license just returned to the office of the register of deeds here the young bride of seventeen years traveled to this county just before the holidays to marry Ger ard following a brief courtship in Germany. She is the daughter of Johann and Elise Stimpfle of Darmstadt, Germany. The groom is the son of Andrew K. Gerard of Beaufort County and the late Mrs. Gerard. The young couple, it was learn ed. plan to make their home in Wilmington. Mrs. Gerard, described as being very attractive, spoke English fluent!/ The young couple, a bit excited, were unaccompanied when they reported for their marriage li cense. Ituihlinfi Dry Kiln it Supply Company Plant —* ■ <X.- , ■ Construction work on a new lumber .try kiln lor the Williams ton Supply Company is going l'or ward rapidly on the company's properly just back of its plant and on the site where the Staton cotton gin once stood. The kiln, constructed on a mod ern pi in, will operate automatic al^ and handle about 20.000 feet of lumber twice each week. Start Paralysis Fund Drive 15 .. ■ . . Asking County To Raise $2,600 For Cause This Month • Direct Mail \ppcals To Bo Made; Schools To Help With Solicitations L. Bruce Wynne, county chair man of the Infantile Paralysis Fund Raising Campaign, announc ed this week that the drive to raise $2,000 in this county to fight the dreaded disease woiHd get un derway on Thursday. January 15. While the drive is slated to con tinue through Saturday, January 31, the chairman is hopeful the people of this county will pitch in and help carry it over the top dur ing the next week or ten days. Pointing out that the fund in this county lias been depleted and that individuals had volunteered financial assistance in caring for three victims last year, the chair man said that there is a potential urgency for the drive to be raised Immediately and in its entirety. While there were new cases of in fantile paralysis reported in the county last year, $1,092.22 was spen' in helping three children to walk again. Should an emergency arise this year, the victims would be at the mercy of the world, so 1c speak, unless the pending drive meets with 100 percent success, it was pointed out. The quota this year is $350 hug er than the one aligned this coun ty in 194", the chairman explain ing that it was increased because the fund had been depleted hand ling heavy obligations last year and the year before. In handling the drive beginning on Thursday of this week. Chair man Wynne w-Ml make direct up f/i-ate' by-t- approximately 500 citizens in the county. Fifty ». .ill*-- to U .WsRcd throughout the county and the general public is being asked nol to pass 'hem by. The drive is ex pecting strong support in the schools where the principals are to stress the need for replenishing the fund. In Robersonville, Bob Adkins will work with Principal C. B. Marlin as assistant to the county chaiiman. I* ■■■'***•****»IA4MSP ■— • ..w*. I.I-.-,.vi .as 1. * ■ [ or creed. Through its support near minacles have been made possible for little children in all parts of the county, -‘We can't take chances. We must be prepar (Continued on page eight) Oil Stove Goes Out Of Control No lire damage 1 esulied." “but smoke fi'k-d part of the home of Mrs. Walter Halberstadt on West Church Street at 7:30 o’clock last Thursday evening when a bath room oil heater went out of con trol. No estimate on the damage could be had immediately. Volunteer firemen answered a ; call to the home, but did not find it necessary to use any of the fire fighting equipment. Griffins Farmer Able To Return To His Home His condition greatly improved, Mr. N. F. Tice. Griffins Township, farmer was able to return to his home there yesterday morning af ter receiving treatment in a Wash ington hospital for about ten days. His condition was serious for sev eral days while he was in the hos pital. He made the trip home in a Biggs ambulance. School Lad Improving After Major Operation Undergoing a majoi operation in a Washington hospital a week ago, Melvin Lee McKeel, Hamil ton school boy, is recovering rap idly and is expected to be able to return m the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Clayton McKeel in Poplar Point this week. The youth was injured in a fall at school on January 1. MEETING ✓ Arrangements are complete I (or holding the quarterly j meeting of the Eastern North Carolina Firemen's Associa tion in the Legion Hut here this evening at 7:00 o'clock, Fire Chief G. P. Hall announc ed this morning. Unfavorable weather is expected to cut the attendance figure from an estimated 150. Fire Marshal Sherwood Brockwell will be unable to attend but State Insurance Commissioner W. P. Hodges and Fire Chief Woolard of Norfolk will have narts on the program. Stanley Davis, pre sident of the association, will preside over the business ses sion which calls for an elec tion of officers. Dinner is cooking, Chief Hall said this morning. Mrs. Louis Peel Died In Hospital Tuesday Morning Funeral Will Hr Held At Home In Griffins Wed nesday Afternoon | Mrs. Malinda Griffin Peel died i in the local hospital Tuesday ! morninn at 7:40 o’clock after a | long period of declining health, i Her condition had been serious for about three weeks and she entered the hospital on January 5. Death was attributable to a cere bral hemorrhage. Even though she experienced declining health she was very active up until her ' last illness. The daughter of the late George j she was born in Griffins Town ship (12 years ago the 25th of next ; May, and lived in that community ! all her .ife. She was married j about i!)U5 to Mr. Louis Peel who ; died in September, 1934. Mrs. Peel was a member of the Uhurcn at Macedonia. She was ' a good neighbor and a devoted ! mother and a friend to all. tftl-- .J-»TVVV in | ;.SarvA frig a; p~~■•‘•hr -e-» children, ■mt’ '■ botn of the home, and a daughter, j Mrs. Clarence Gurkin of Griffins | Township; a sister, Mrs. John Gray Corey of Williams'toh; and a brother, John E. Griffin of Grif fins Township. Funeral services will be con ducted at the home Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Her pas tor, Rev. Dennis Warren Davis, ’assisted by Rev. W. B. Harrington, Baptist minister, will conduct the last rues. Interment will be-in | the family cemetery near the I home. Flan To Widen Highway No. 64 n j I According to unofficial reports | reaching here, the North Carolina I Highway and Public Works Com j mission is calling lor bids for the widening of U. S. Highway No. 64 i from the Martin County line at [Ward’s Bridge to Roper. Tire road is to be widened by six feet, mak ing it a 22-foot route. It is proposed to change the lo cation of the highway and run it around the town of Plymouth. The route as proposed will leave the present highway near the Lucas farm and join No. 64 near Juniper Lodge. Improving In Ihtspiiul After Farm Accident -♦ — Crush ;ng his hand in a farm ac cident about two weeks ago. Sam uel Rogerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rogerson of Bear Grass, was reDortfcd improving yester day in a Washington hospital. Lockjaw resulted despite every precaution and the young man’s condition was said to have been critical Ru several days after en tering the hospital the early part of last week. Big Damage Suit ] Filed In County J^F.G. MorfJid • —— Asking SI0,000 for Injur-’ ies lloceivpil in Accident Last November 8 A friendlv suit to recover $10,-' 000 damages was filed in the Mar- j tin County Superior Court a few ! days ago by E. G. Modlin against Robert Hardison, the action grow ing out of an automobile accident in which the plaintiff was nearly killed last November 8 in or near Plymouth. No answer has been filed in the case by the defendant who is reported to have carried all kinds of insurance on his automo bile. At the invitation of Hardison, owner and driver of a 1941 Pon tiac sedan, Modlin with two other young men went to a dance in Roper on November 8. Late that night they were returning to their homes in Jamesville, when, ac cording to the allegations in the complaint, the defendant upon en tering Plymouth drove his car in a "reckless and careless manner and at a speed greatly in excess of that allowed by law.” The plain tiff also alleges that the car ran Off the road and crashed into a light pole, demolishing the vehicle and throwing the plaintiff out. The plaintiff says his right leg was broken in two places, that a head injury necessitated fourteen stitches, that his left leg was hurt, his chest bruised and that he suf fered internal injuries and severe shock. He also points out that he has been unable to work since the accident, and that he'll hardly be able to work for a long time. He further declares that his injuries are of a permanent nature. Pointing out that he was earn ing $39 a week at the time he was injured, the plaintiff avers he is entitled to recover at least $10, 000. The suit was filed by Attorneys Peel and Manning, and is the first major one to be entered in the court records of the county this Native Of County Dies In Norfolk Mrs. Lucy Weathersbee Mas trangelo, 28, a native of this coun ty, died at her home, 314 Ward ■AllfBf. '• .{yoi-fiSli,., w>i#ii-rn c «*■>*» ■^-Wr —— - She is believed to have inhaled gas ana died Sunday morning. Her body was found that after noon. .. A daughter of the late George Weathersbee of Martin County and Mrs. Lillie Brown Weathers bee of near Stokes, she was said to have separated from her hus band about a year ago. The body was returned to her native county lat" Monday but .irnw*-’ had not been completed early Tuesday morning Critically III Fur Weeks, Baby Improving Critically ill for several weeks, Becky Griffin, five-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Griffin of Smithwicks Creek, is greatly improved, last reports reaching here stating that the child was getting along fine. She received treatment in a Durham hospital for a period and later lived under an oxygen tent in a Greenville hospital for nearly two weeks. She was able to re turn home last week. ROUND-UP Following: a period of very liltle activity on the crime front, local, county and state officers participated in a brisk round-up of alleged law vio lators last week-end. Seven persons were arrested and de tained temporarily in the county jaii. Five were charg ed with public drunkenness, one was booked for drunken driving and still another was detained for using profane _ language on the streets. One of the seven was white, and the ages of the group, ranged from 22 to 50 years. Schedule Arranged T,fr rSiiif^,,-.Tn i Peanut Marketing Season \ About Ended In This Area Following one of the most hec tic harvests on record, Martin County farmers have just about completed the marketing of the 1947 peanut crop, reports stating that on'v a few scattered lots are to be found in this section. Blocked by continual rains dur ing the fall and early winter, the harvest was only completed in this county during the past few days following an unusually dry period the first days of this month. Only ,3(i of inch of rain had fallen from the 1st until last night. While most of the peanuts have already moved to market, quite a sizable number of bags were re jected because they were wet and could not be used by the cleaners. Favorable weather has helped dry out those wet peanuts to a great extent and they are beginning to move to market for the second time. Comparatively few peanuts were received by the government1 warehouses in the county, the in spectors explaining that if the crops offered were not acceptable on the open market they could hardly be used by the govern ment. However, some peanuts were received in government warehouses, and the government support price was maintained on the open market, unofficial re ports stating that the crop averag ed between ten and eleven cents. In a few instances, the peanuts offered Dy farmers were so badly damaged by the weather that the owners could only offer them to the hogs In other cases where the damage was not so great, the peanuts were converted into oil stock at various prices, according to market quotations from day to day. Re-elect Officers For County Farm Bureau 1 MAKING SURVEY [ v---✓ i Contemplating the removal of Norfolk Southern trains operating between Norfolk and Kaieigh, postal authori ties were here last week mak ing a survey for handling the mails. It could not he learned what arrangements could or would i be made for a service to re- | i place that now made avail able by the trains, but it is kh>sM<Tu*~ inai iVie department will consider operating a highway post office along or parallel to the route now be ing served by the trains. President Offers 10-Year Program L^tor 3Tie Hitler Opposition Certain Ami l'ii>«siif!(‘ of l ax Ke lief Plan Doubled Addressing the second session of the eightieth Congress, Presi dent Harry S. Truman offered a ten-year program for the nation. But republican opposition began j to stir immediately and passage of ! the proposed measures.,, larly the one calling for tax relief in the lower income brackets, is very doubtful. An outline of the President’s proposed program follows: Taxes.—A $40 euf for every tax payer. and $40 for each dependent, with the loss in Federal revenue made up bv increased taxes on corporate profits. Inflation.—Authority to impose rationing and price-wage controls if needed. Housing.—A long-range pro gram along lines of the Taft-EI lender-Wagner bill for construc tion of 15.000,000 units in next 10 years. Rents.—Extend and strengthen controls. Social Security.—Extended cov erage and increased benefits. Health.—A National health in surance program. Education.—Federal aid to the schools. Wages..Boost the 40-cent hour ly minimum to 75 cents. Labor Laws. -Emphasis on a “sound system of collective bar gaining’’ as opposted to the re strictive Taft-llartiey Act, which he repeated he will dutifully ad minister "as long as it remains the law.’’ Monopoly. — Appropriation of sufficient funds to enforce anti trust laws. ! Security .—-Immediate passagi i of a universal military training (Continued on, page eight) Bureau Starts New Year With Record Membership Count —»— Delegates Named To Stale Meeting To Be Held In Asheville Martin County Farm Bureau officers, completing several years of effective service, were re-elect ed for another term of the membership held in the courthouse lust Friday evening. The votes were unanimous and the re-elections were supported by a rising vote of thanks offered as a gestures of appreciation for the unselfish work handled by the leaders ;n the past. Mr. Chas. L. Daniel, Williams 'F'.v. n ■'■ip teg* * chost-i/ 'ftv h« kd,_tn organization' - hi « riiffltr stiioght year. ’ Picsid&fff Daniel, just prior to the elections, explained that he thought it was about ‘irr.c to make a change, that he wished to retire. The meeting would hear nothing of it and liter ally dratted him for the task. “Now that you have re-elected me, I want to assure you that I apprec ite the honor. In giving me the task, you must support me. We need the Farm Bureau and we .don't '' k° down. We must stick by it," Mr. Daniel said in pledging bis best efforts in handling the duties as president of the organization. Mr. 3. T. Everett, Roberson ville farmer, was re-elected vice preside nt, and Mayo Hardison, Poplar Point farmer, was re-elect ed sec "tarytreasurer. Township directors, renamed at the meeting, include: George Oglesby, Hamil ton; Henry Early, Goose Nest; S. T. Everett, Robersonville; Mayo Hardison, Poplar Point; G. H. Forbes, Cross Roads; H. U. Peel, Bear Grass; D. V, Clayton, Wil liarnston; Carl Griffin, Jamesville; C. L. Daniel, Williams; and Geo. C. Griffin, Griffins. Delegates H. U. Peel, E, VanNoy Smith and Mayo Hardison repott ed on the national convention which ’hey attended in Chicago last month. Ail three of the dele gates said they greatly enjoyed the convention and got much good [ out of it. “Delegates were there from nearly every state in the tin- j ion and there were others there from several foreign countries,” j DcRgc.' Hindi.,on aid. “There was no sectionalism there; the | thousands there from south, north, east and west being just one big farm family, working for the bet terment of agriculture,” Mr. Har dison continued. Delegate Smith said he was im pressed by American faint youth (Continued on page eight) For Mass First X-Rays Will Be Made Starting S On January 27th Four iMohile Fails To Visit Every Part of Foutity In Three Weeks Arrangements are rapidly shap ing up for a mass TB X-ray sur vey in this county, and authorities are anticipating a full-fledged support in every quarter and a most effective campaign to ferret out tuoereulosis. Tlie campaign, scheduled to get under way on Tuesday, January 27. is to be extended to every per son, white or colored, rich or poor, 15 years of age or older during a | three-week period. Four mobile X-ray units are! being brought into the county to j take approximately 20,1)00 X ray pictures. One of the units will be stationed in front of Clark's Drug Store in Williamston on the sec ond day of the campaign for the remainder of the three-week period. Another unit will be sta tioned in Robersonville for seven days, beginning January 30. The schedule for operating the units as prepared by the State Health Department in coopera tion with the Martin County Health Department follows: Tuesday January 27: Farm Life School, Everetts, and Dixie' Pea nut Company Williamston. Wednesday, January 28: Bi?ar Grass School; Cross Roads, and William.- ton. Thursday, January 29: Parmele, Lilley’.s Store, Gold Point, and Williamston. Friday January 30: Roberson ville School, Corey's Store, Ed j ward’s Store in Poplar Point, and \Y io i; Saturday. January 31: RoUr Jshvrl or. Store', Hamilton and Williamston. Tuesday, February 3: Roberson ville, Hamilton, and Williamston. Wednesday, February 4: Holier sonville Smith Brothers’ and Williamston. Thursday, February 5: sonville, Hassell, and Wil'iamston. Friday, February (i: Roberson ville-. Oil Citv. and William-ton ■Saturday. February 7: Robe, a, , Oaiv City, ami Vv'i a . ,r*.., Rober ton. Tuesday, February 10: Fertiliz j er plant Williamston; Pulp Mill, i and Williamstun Wednesday February 11: No. 90 Filling Station, Pulp Mill, and Williamston. Thursday, February 12 Swin son's Store in Dardens, Pulp Mill, and Williamston. Friday, February 13: James ville, Pulp Mill, and Williamston. Saturday. February 14: James j villi' and Williamston. Every person, 15 years old or folder, is asked to note the sehed I ule and make plans to have an x ray made. There is no charge lot the service, and only a few sec onds are required of one’s time to have tiie x-ray made. Tlie mass survey sponsored by the State and County Health Dr partmenls in cooperation with the Martin County Tuberculosis Com mittee, has the unqualified sup port of every agency and the people. It is one of the most ex tensive movements to ferret out tuberculosis ever advanced in this county. Similar surveys have been conducted in other counties with marked success, and still j other counties are clamoring for the service. Named Manager of Local Theatres Early This II eel. Noan Hardison, Williamston young man, was named manager of the? Watts and Marco Theaters by the operators. Messrs. Everett and Stewart. Mr. Hardison en tered upon ins new duties yestei - day, succeeding Wallace Me La mb who is being transferred to Kan napolis. Growing up in the show busi ness and working for a number of year? with Mr. J. W. Waits, Mr. Hardison had been managing the Maw here for several months j before his promotion this week. J .4 Native Of County I)nk<! Yfomhv Noon I'iiihth! Srrvir** In 'ImiitIi Vl Hamilton Tmxlny V ftrrnoon Edward A. Council, native of this county and prominent in fi nancial circles more than a third of a century ago, died at his home in Mm ‘head City early Monday afternoon following a long period of declining health. His condition had be ’ critical for several days. The son of the late Thomas Tay lor Council and wife Temperance Brown Council, he was born on a farm ne.o Oak City o August 8, 1880. After spending hi-' early life on the farm he attended the Uni versity of North Carolina. Fol lowing his graduate n from the University lie went to Hamilton and w.i i instrumental in organiz ing the Bank of Hamilton, serving as its cashier several years. He resigned that position to go with a bank in Morehead City and later engager! in the insurance business there. When a young man he was mar ried to Miss Fannie Matthews of Hamilton. He was a member of the Episcopal church for a long numbi r of yei 1 in ac tive leader mi religious and civic affairs in his adopted community for a long time. Surviving are his widow; one j son, Ed'vard A. Council. Jr., a -is | ter, Mrs. J. C. Km and a bl ather, Hardy Council, bold of Oak City. Film ral services j ducted this afterno:':; at 2:30 I o’clock in Hamilton's St. Martin's | Episcopal China and interment j will be in the Hamilton Cemetery. Uev. -John W. Hardy, the rector, ! will officiate. (Iwilcr For Radio Horo Soon The Ovit A".. Adminis ! i.xt:hm: 1 : :■ ’ h;g ■■ langtMi. Mils ana instJ-atioriS IG* opening a remote radio control center for its range finder located near Jatnesville. it was unofficial ly learned yesterday. It is plan ned to open the ct nti r m xt week, I possibly on Tuesday. 1 Engineers have already install ed jjiucn ■ a the equipnrn nt in ot i fires locat' d in tlie City Hall and jsev. .! 11. MeUi e . i. ( i- , • .ipei atnrs are expected to reach here this week. I In addition to M ...a McGee, Miss K anees Laiiatre of Jackson, Miss., and Me--is. E. N. Wood and David ... Knight hav< already re ported for duty. Mi. Knight has a room in the home of Mrs W. E. Warn n. Miss Labarro is stooping at the Hotel George Reynolds for the pr sent, and housing arrange I men! .'or the otia re pending. Jos. Henn \\ vime v Passes In ( ounty Joseph Henry Wynne. 70-year old farmer, died suddenly at hit home in Boa; G .1 - Township last Sunday morning .,t 8:00 o’elock. Apparently in his usual health, Mr. W. me got up t . <t morning and was walking across ids yard when he was stricken, the appar ent victim of a cerebral- hemor rhage. Two of his adopted son’s boys were there and they helped him to the porch where he died before medical aid could reach him. The son of the late John David and Susan Carraway Wynne, he was born in Cross Roads Town ship, locating in Bear Grass about twenty years ago. He was mar ried to Alice Roberson who died about ten or twelve years ago. No children were born to the union, but he adopted a son, Muncy Rob erson. Mr. Wynne was the last of his immediate family. if. a a^' ,.t hard worker and carved a liveli hood for himself and family out ,of a small farm. Funeral services were held at the Muncy Roberson home day at > oon 2sid o'clock by Kldtl A. 15. Ay el s. In UutlclU, wa in th.- Ausbon Cemetery in Cr Roads Township.