ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 5,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME LI—NUMBER 12 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 10, 1918 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWiCE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 f Several Highway Wrecks Reported In the Snowstorm Car Rips Away Bridge Rail ing But Driver Eseapes Without Injury Several wrecxs, most of them ' minor ones, were reported on the highways of this county prior to and during the snowstorm strik ing this section about 10:00 o’clock yesterday morning. Two cars were said to have turned over and several skidded, striking other vehicles, some going into ditches. The first in the series of Mon day accidents was reported by Patrolman B. W. Parker who made the investigation. Driving between Robersonville and Flat Swamp, Edward Glenn Koppe, RFD 1, Stokes, dropped off to sleep about 1:00 o’clock and tore into a county bridge railing, rip ping much of one side away. Part of the railing tore through the windshield and pierced the up holstering in the front seat just a few inches from where the driv er was sitting. Koppe,. traveling alone, was not injured. Approxi mately $20 damage was done to his 1941 Chevrolet. No one was injured and proper ty damage was negligible when an automobile skidded and turned over on Highway 125 about a mile from Abbitt Mill about noon Mon day. Sympathetic motorists stop ped and helped right the car, the driver continuing on his way. No report was made to the patrol. Driving at North Haughton Street Monday at 12:30 p. m., Lon nie Parker was passing Gardner's filling station just as Johnnie Spruill drove his 1938 Chevrolet from the station into the high way, the two vehicles skidding in to each other. No one was hurt and the damage was slight, Patrol man W. E. Saunders said follow ing his investigation. Driving west on Highway 04 Monday afternoon, Patrolman E. W. Parker skidded a highway pa trol car into a Williamston Sup iP.fnn.inv truck loaded with lumber near the West EndTdap tist Church. No direct report could be had on the accident, but information reaching here stated fhat the truck slowed down or came to a stop when a car ahead of it started skidding, that the pa trol car skidded into the load of lumber, knocking out the wind shield and causing minor damage. Patrolman Parker was not hurt. o— Retired Farmer Dies In County —+— Luke Harrell, retired farmer, died at his home in Goose Nest Township last Saturday night at 10:00 o’clock after a long illness. His condition had been serious for 0 several weeks. Mr. Harrell, eighty years old, was born and reared in the Oak City section, living and farming there all his life. He was a hard worker and was very active until declining health forced his retire ment several years ago. He was a member of the Wil liams Chapel Methodist Church for a good many years and the g funeral service was conducted there Monday afternoon by Rev. ^ M. W. Warren. Burial was in the Harrell family cemetery. Surviving are his widow; five daughters, Mrs. H. W. Moser of Raleigh, Mrs. Paul DeWitt of Vir ginia Beach, Va., Mrs. Rudolph Cofield of Palmyra, Lois Harrell of Washington, D. C., and Ruth Harrell of the home; three sons, Jesse and Haywood Harrell of g Oak City; Luke Harrell, Jr., of the home; one sister, Mrs. W. P. W'right of Norfolk, Va.; one broth er! A. R. Harrell of Oak City; nine grandchildren. In fanI Recovering From Major Operation Becky Griffin, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Griffin ■of Griffis > •’Eowtnship. undu y: c * a mastoid operation in a Green ville hospital last week and was reported to be getting along very well yesterday. The four-month old child had been quite ill with asthma for some time, and doctors are of the opinion that the opera tion will help relieve that trouble. Special School For Farmers Successful r RAINFALL More rain fell last - month than in any January since 1944, Hugh Spruill, keeper of the official rainfall gauge at the river here, stating that 4.59 inches of rain, including 1.5 inches of snow, fell during the period. In 1944, 4.86 inches of rain fell here, but the wet January was back in 1937 when 7.23 inches of rain were recorded. Rains and cold wather have delayed farmers in the pre paration of their tobacco beds, reports stating that only a few farmers have been able to handle the task. Snow Monday and Today Rates With | Record Breakers • Nearly Fifteen lueheN of Snow Fell During Twen- I tv-Foiir Hour Period Nearly fifteen inches of snow 14.9 inches, to be exact—fell here during the twenty-four hour period ending at 10:00 o’clock this morning, giving this section its worst snowstorm since March 1-2, 1927. While the current snowfall is five and one-tenth inches short of the twenty inches recorded nearly twenty-one years ago, it rates right along with the record breakers. The first of the flakes started falling here at 10:00 o’clock Mon day morning and ended almost to the minute, twenty-four hours [ later. While there have been larg er sno1' s, the one this section now finds itself buried in fell over a longer period than anyone on re rord since January 1, HiTfT'wTien* it snowed for two days and the | mercury ran out the bottom of the thermometer, seeking cover. The 2'2-inch snow in March, 1927, fell during a 22-hour period. Traffic at that time was blocked for three days, but there is a pos sibility that some traffic will start moving this time late today or to morrow. Old records show that the 1927 snow was the largest in seventy years, that the largest snow since 1927 fell in December, 1935, when nine .inches were recorded. The roof on the Planters Warehouse caved in and the mercury went down to nine degrees at that time. The river froze over, but the cold spell did not compare with the 1917-18 winter. Their roofs threatened by heavy drifts, many local people were j busy clearing the snow off. In i Windsor a large storage house was said to have caved ljn under the heavy snow. I ■o— Has Hectic Trip Leaving here the 25th of Jan uary for Seattle, Washington, to board a ship for Japan, Mrs. Cal vin Sluder, the former Miss Kath erine Hardison, completed the cross-country trip just in time and after many hectic experiences. Mrs. Sluder was to have sailed I yesterday to join her husband, t Sgt. Sluder, in Sasebo, Japan. She was accompanied by her ! aunt, Miss Essie Peel, Mrs, Mary Bonner Gurganus and Eli Gurgan us. The group encountered ice and snow on the first lap of the journey, and a minor car accident delayed them in Jackson, Missis sppi for a short time. They had moved only a short distance be fore ice and snow held them in Vicksburg for several days. A windshield wiper went out of 'commission in Texas and they j were again delayed. They made it | over the mountains all right and leached Seattle late last Friday. Mrs. Sluder is taking her car ] with her to Japan. Miss Peel, Mrs. Gurganus and son will return by j train following a visit with friends and relatives on the west coast. ' — ♦ .. . Three Hundred Or More Present For Two-Dav Sessions — » — Specialists Discuss Timely Farm Problems; Offer Suggestions ■ ■ ♦- ■ ■■ The special two-day school held in the county courthouse last Thursday and Friday attracted three hundred or more farmers and met with marked success, Farm Agent Tom Brandon declar ed. Specialists from State College and the State Extension Service conducting the school were amaz ed when farmers literally packed the courtroom for nearly every one of the eight classes. A. C. Kimrey, the man who spurked the school with his talk on the "Fam ily Milk Cow,” was so excited by the size of the crowd that he left the courthouse without his brief case. Dr. E. R. Collins was ap parently flabbergasted also by the big turn out for the school, Tom Brandon stating that the authori ty on corn left his hat and over shoes. Dr. Collins led a technical dis cussion on hybrid corn, stressing shallow cultivation. Cultivation should not be deeper than one inch. The moon apparently has nothing to do with the success of planting, the specialist stating that 100 bushels or more had been made irrespective of planting time. The crop is more success ful when planted behind cover crops and is fertilized with ap proximately 500 pounds of com mercial fertilizer and about 500 pounds of nitrogen. He suggested planting in three und one-half foot rows and about 16 inches in Jhe...drill . "If conymej beans are to be planted logcuie^ it is better to plant two rows of beans and two rows of corn,” the specialist said. R. R. Bennett, talking for almost two hours, held the attention of the farmers when he discussed to bacco. Bennett recommended sowing fertilizer for tobacco in two bands about seven inches apart and went on to explain the advantages of the practice. He followed the cultivation of the crop from beginning to end, sug gesting that little air be turned into the curing barn at the bottom and with only a limited space for ventilation at the top. Touching on the supply of tobacco, he said that the 28 percent reduction is necessary to bring production back in line, that normally 700 million pounds of tobacco are us ed for home consumption, that with the 28 percent reduction in effect, a crop of 900 million pounds is to be expected. Talking about insects and insect control, J. T. Conner outlined new methods for controlling cut worms and flea beetles in tobacco and boll weevil in cotton. It was his opinion that there would be no big outbreak of horn worms in tobac co this year except in isolated in stances. Discussing plant diseases, How ard Garriss advised against the use of tobacco of any form in or near the seed beds since the man ufactured tobacco carried virus diseases. Black shank and south ern root rot are brought in on plants, he said. He did not recom mend arsenate of lead in controll ing worms since the poison left spots which would possibly lower the value when the leaf was sold at competitive bidding. Use cryo lite for controlling worms, he sug gested, and added that fermate had proved successful in combat ting blue mold. Breaks Leg In Fall Early Last Heck Bruce Everett, employe of the Dixie Motor Company here, broke his left leg in two places in a fall at his home in Robersonville the early part of last week. The limb has been placed in a cast and Mr. Everett, according to last reports, was getting along very v/ell. Specialist Ably Pleads Case For Family Milk Cow ■" ♦ Milk Is Only Food On The Earth That Unmans Can't Live Without By Miss Elizabeth Parker Home Agent One of the high spots in the two-day school conducted for far mers in the county courthouse last Thursday and Friday was a talk by A. C. Kimrey, dairy specialist, on “the family Milk Cow.” Mr. Kimrey stated, in part, “Milk is the only food on earth that we can't live without, for without it life would end shortly after birth 72 percent of the children born in America are rear ed unnaturally on cows’ milk. The average consumption of milk per day per person in America is one pint and in North Carolina the average per person is less than one half pint per day. Therefore it is high time we woke up and did something about it. There are 85,000 farm families in North Carolina alone who own no cow. We, the people of North Carolina, don't realize the importance of milk in the diet, otherwise the pic ture would look different. There are two essentials in the handling [of milk: First and foremost is I cleanliness, then keeping the milk I supply cold. If only we kept our family milk supply cold, our chil dren wouldn’t have to he coaxed into drinking the milk.” Mr. Kimrey plainly stated it was the duty of the husband to milk the cow and provide a clean stall for her, the duty of the wife was to care for the milk after it is brought into the home. He stressed the importance of wash ing our hands before milking. “How many ul us would begin an other job after milking without washing our hands?” he asked. It is just as essential to do this be fore milking. A damp warm cloth should be used to wipe dust par ticles off of the udder and flanks before beginning the milking. This stimulates^ the flow of milk, After the milk is brought into the home and strainea it should be cooled immediately as bacteria will double in thirty minutes if it is allowed to stand without being cooled. Warm milk should never be placed immediately on ice, it should be cooled first. There are right and wrong ways of doing things. This definitely applies to caring for milk con tainers. The following steps should be followed: 1. Rinse milk bucket in cold ' water as soon as it is emptied. 2. Wash bucket then in alkaline solutions. Never use soap powd ers on any milk container. Bak ing soda used in the water is much preferred. Don’t use a dish cloth either, regardless of how clean it is. A brush should take the dish cloth’s place. Rinse in cold water. Scald and turn upside down to drain. Mr. Kimrey stated the cow should be given a clean, respect able stable; not the left-overs from the other stock. “Where do our cows stay?” Mr. Kimrey asked. “After we have cleaned up the stall, are we feeding them (Continued on page eight) CALL TO-PRAYER v/ As a part of a world-wide . program, a call to prayer will be recognized in local churches Friday afternoon of this week at 4:00 o’clock. One service will be held in the Memorial Baptist Church, and the colored citizens will par ticipate in an hour of prayer at the Shiloh Baptist Church on Elm Street, it was an nounced. All peoples of all denomi nations are invited, and busi ness houses that can’t close for the service are asked to operate with reduced forces so as many as possible may attend. ... The first services in the world-wide program will be held at dawn on the Fiji Is lands, others to follow in un broken continuity across the world until the circle is made complete. Industry Paralyzed; Traffic Stalled By Record Snowstorm Abandon Schedule Of Activities For Indefinite Period Section Will Be Several Day* Digging: Out Of 1 f-incli Snmt -o All heavy industry was paralyz ed, traffic was stalled in its tracks and normal business just about folded up in this section in the wake of the heaviest snowfall re corded here in twenty-one years. Schedules for about all activities, including the reopening of the county schools, have been aban doned for an indefinite period. The North Carolina Pulp Com pany in the lower part of the county closed yesterday ahead of the snow, throwing between 1.200 and 1,500 persons out of work. Heavy industry in and around Williamston is at a complete standstill with no opening date in sight. Business houses, in quite a few instances, continued closed today, but most of them started digging out soon after the fall abated about 10:00 o’clock. Traffic, for the most part, de serted the highways before very late Monday, but it finally ground to a dead stop between 2:00 and 4:00 o'clock this morning. One or two vehicles, including Jim Staton Ayers’ jeep, a TB mass survey mobile unit and a tractor made short trips, but highway traffic was blocked tight throughout this entire section for hours. Bus traffic schedules were re duced late Monday, but the last schedule W'as maintained hours late when a Norfolk-Southern unit pulled through hero at 2:25 o’clock this morning. The driver reached Washington about two hours later, ending schedules un til further notice. A large passenger bus, operated i by SeAsboxt.- .,T,:ftf,-Rf>ortation Company, pulled out on its south ern run about midnight but was ditched before it got out of town and a damaged clutch held it there until pulled out by a Norfolk Southern bus. Passengers were transferred to the Norfolk-South ern bus and the Seashore unit was parked at a filling station for an indefinite stay. Highways are being cleared in some sections, but no scrapers or plows moved in this immediate territory early today, reports from the highway garage stating that mechanical trouble was delaying the woik. No one seemed to know when or how roads would be opened to traffic, and schedules for other activities continue inde finite. The most encouraging sign to emerge from the snow came at 10:15 this morning when the sun broke through the clouds. Despite that the mercury keeper is threatening this section with a 15-degree thermometer reading tonight. The hoard of education office said this morning that schools are definitely closed for the remain der of this week, that plans for next week are indefinite at this time. The Little Symphony, schedul ed for tomorrow night, has can celled its program, and it could not be learned if and when it would make an appearance here. All sports events have been can celled officially for the present. Let Contract For City Hall Boiler A contract was let yesterday by the board of commissioners for the installation of a steel boiler and burner for the town hall to replace a furnace corroded by salt water pumped from the town’s well near the courthouse. Three bids were received and the contract was awarded to Ay ers Electric Company who bid | ,298.52. Harris Hardware Com pany was second with a bid of *1.321.00, but the contract called for only 1,700 feet of heating space. White’s Heating and Sheet Metal Works submitted a bid for 1,800 feet units in the sum of $1, Three Small Children Are Saved From Burning Home j The three small children of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Williams were lit erally snatched from a burning room in their home in front of George Peel's market on Washing ton Street here about 2:30 o'clock j last Thursday afternoon. Reports stated that at least one of the res cuers, Raymond Heath, was over come by smoke while the children came out of the burning room ap parently unharmed. The three lit tle tots, their ages ranging from | one to three years, swallowed much smoke, to be sure, but they were not burned and there was no after effect, it was declared. Few details about the fire could be learned and its origin as well as the miraculous escape of the three children remains a mystery. Mrs. Williams left the home about ten minutes previously to buy groceries at the market di rectly across the highway. When her three-year-old s, n, Ji -.,.;o Lee, tame out on the front porch cry ing she called to him and told him to go back into the house. The little fellow and his two sisters were sleeping when she left, and Mrs. Williams thought lie became frightened when he awoke and found her gone. The child return ed to the room and just a short time later, several persons in the market saw the curtain and shade burning. They rushed there with others and found Jesse Lee crying in the middle of the floor, his two sisters still sleeping on the burn ing bed. The children were car ried to safety and the fire was put out without a general alarm being sounded. Reports state that the fire did not start from a heater, that the fire was confined to two beds, sev eral feet apart, and the window curtain and shade. TB Survey Entering Last Week In Count) i Seventy Asked To I Report To Clinic i i _«_ i'lVn Old and Mint* Nt«w ; ! i*s H*>oii Found So Far In Countv-Wido Survey ———« Closing the second in u three | week mass TB survey in Martin . County, the State Health Depart : ment cooperating with the County : Health Department and othei •^Wericios, had through lust ‘ day X rayed 8,397 persons. Con sidering weather and road condi lions, the survey has been very i successful, but with aggravated ! weather conditions this week the , survey is almost certain to fall i short of its 14,000 goal. | Health authorities today again | addressed an urgent appeal to i those who have not had X-rays I made to make every effort possi i ble to visit one of the mobile X j ray units before the survey is j brought to a close on Saturday of i this week. If the units have ;:1 j ready visited a community and should there be any one fifteen ! years old or older in that com munity who did riot., have an X ray made he is asked to visit a unit in some other center. The schedule for the remainder of this week is very indefinite, but it is likely that some sections ; will not be visited, j Dr. it. F. Ueil was quoted today I as saying that tile unit in William ston will likely be opened tomor 1 row, but it is admitted that few lout of walking distance will be j able to reach it. ! Plans for making the survey j even nearly 100 percent eective i in the county have been abandon | in the county have not yet been ; abandoned. Efforts are being 1 made to hold the mobile units in j the county another week, and ! pick up the schedule next week | where it was left off last week j end. Another announcement is I expected later in the week Few are expected for the regu (Continued on page eight) I I'ircnirn Called Onl Early Snmluy Mornitig ’-<h Volunteer firemen were called out at 1:20 o’clock Sunday morn ing when a chimney caught fire at a small colored home on West Warren Street. Advised that the fire was on Warren Street, fire men turned left at the llaughton intersection, ran the street out and turned bark before they learned the fire hud burned itself out wtiliout causing damage. Its sound reduced greatly since it was reconditioned, the general alarm failed to awaken very many firemen, and only four or five an swered the call. \iiANrrmi:i - N u lit I) e r e (I among llic meanest thieves was the per son who forced open the door of the Poplar Point ltaptist Church a few days ago and carried away a $12 wood heat er. Reporting for services there last Saturday morning, Rev. (■. T. Mill and liis small - hut faithful flock had a cold reception. A sweet and short service was held before the group sought warmth in their homes. Win. H. Bullock Dies In Hospital -$ William Henry Bullock, tit), died in a Washington hospital 1 i-t Sat urday morning at 10:00 o’eloek following a long period of declin ing health A victim of phlehitb or some similar ailment, lie had been in eritieal condition for about ten days. He was a retired farmer, having lived and farmed all his life in this county Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at the home near Mobley’s Mill and bin nil wa; m the Wynne family cemetery in Cross Roads Township. Rev Tom Harris of till Holints. church conducted the last rites. Surviving are hr, widow, Mr Crissie Bullock of the home; even daughters. Lena and Henrietta Bullock of the home, Mr J. C j Connell of near Willianiston, Mi I W. E. Tyson of near Oak City. 1 Mrs. Jack Bullock of near Stokes Mrs. Henry Bowers of Kdcnton iand Mrs. Robert Barton of Ver I non, Wist Virginia; on< brother, Jim Bullock of near Cm s Roads; ■ two sister.-.. Mi s. John Coward and Mrs. Staton Leggett of neai Wil liamston. |Govmimenl Gris Big Lot IVanuLs According to latest available fi gures, the Growers Peanut Coop erative has received nearly nine million pounds of peanuts from the 11)47 crop The Cooperative is still receiv ing peanuts, pay ing BO percent of parity for the offerings. Most crops moving to market in recent weeks were damaged and prices have been ranging from four to twelve cents. Some of the buyers withdrew from the open market weeks ago, but the government warehouse in Robersonville was still receiving peanuts a short time ago, accord ing to information coming from the cooperative headquarters. West End Garage, Eidit Autos And sj Apartment Burn lun<k‘<fitat<> Supply of Wat rr Blo< ks Efforts To Save Property -<#. Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the B and H Willis Company garage, the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Banks, pos sibly eight automobiles, the old Quinn Motorcycle Building and the structure formerly occupied by Heath’s Radiator repair shop in West End, near here, shortly before noon today. Details of the fire could not be bad immediately, but the fire ap parently started in the old motor cycle building, caught a Cadillac automobile parked nearby and ate its way into the garage-apartment building through the second story windows. Volunteer firemen answered a call as quickly as possible through the fifteen inch snow, and without an adequate water supply they | could do little other than standby and watch the property burn. A second call was received by the fire department, the caller stating that the lire had caught several other buildings. The second fire truck moved to the scene, found thi> report unfounded and re turned immediately. Messrs Jim Staton Ayers and James Wynne, traveling the high wav in a .jeep discovered the fire and they helped get the occupants out of the apartment. No estimate on the loss could , he had, but it is thought that it I will run between $35,000 and $40, 000 with a reported $5,000 insur ance in force. A gasoline pump and tank, lo cated just outside the garage, caught fire but did not explode. The file i cached and burned in two telephone and electric lines, culture most local communication in that area and throwing out of commission several long distance circuits. Smoke blacked out sev eral homes across the highway but none caught fire, ! The lire call was the fust re " , ! blanketing s 'is section. i Reports state that a fire, esti mated at a million dollars, struck Goldsboro kite yesterday, destroy ing the Weil properties and other ■ buildings. Help was summoned I I from Wilson, Goldsboro and Ral eigh. .l» Three Countries Ol Alosi Of Aid Estimates submitted by the State department t<> a Congres sional committee show that the United Kingdom, France, Ger many and Italy will receive near ly three quarters of the aid con templated under the $6,800,000, 000 pi opo a d to be spent under the European Rt covery Program dur ing the first fifteen months. Tin M ending for the United Kingdom during the first fifteen i months was placed at $1,760,000, 000 and for France at $1,434,000, 000, together nearly half the total 1 for all countries. I The amount listed for Germany I totaled $1,005,000,000, being divid 1 ed into $014,000,000 for the bizone, $80,000,000 for the French zone, and $11,000,000 for the Saar. The sum suggested for Italy was $860,000,000. The Netherlands was | next with $705,000,000, \ Pelgium Luxembourg would re ceive $323,000,000; Greece, $186, ! 000,000; Austria, $182,000,000; Denmark, $164,000,000; Ireland, $152,000,000; Norway, $34,000,000; Sweden, $33,000,000; and Iceland, ! $13,000,000 in benefits from the ! spending. No estimates were j made for Portugal, Switzerland or | Turkey. I.ions To Lntrrtain Seoul Troop Thursday The regular dinner meeting of the local Lions Club will be held Thursday evening of this week, at | the Woman’s Club, at seven I o’clock. The club will be hosts to Luuu> ; sponsored Scout Troop No. 29. I observance of National Set \v All Lions and all me ml this troop of Boy Scouts aye \ to attend. > .!

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