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*’ THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BI OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEKB VOLUME LI—NUMBER 54 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, July ft, 194ft ESTABLISHED 1899 Two Additional t» Teachers to Work In Local Schools All Positions In Williams ton Have Been Fillet!; FeM Comity Openings All positions in the faculty of ^ the Williamston High School have been filled and there are but a half dozen vacancies in the coun ty school faculties, it was reveal ed this week along with the an nouncement that two additional teachers are being provided the Williamston schools because of an increased enrollment and to re duce the teacher load. The turnover in the teaching V profession in the county has not been large this summer and a few applications are coming in for thi several openings that have occur red in Various schools. No resignations were filed by teachers in the Williamston ele mentary school here, Principal B G. Stewart has announced al , though three members of the high school faculty are vacating their positions. All places have been filled. Those who will not return to their places next year include Miss Mary Ellen Sawyer, science teach er, Mrs. Wheeler Manning, Eng lish, French and Library, and Mrs Ralph Gorham, English teacher. Additions to the faculty, some 0 of whom have been previously announced, are: Miss Helen Marie Jones of Edenton, who has been employed in home demonstration work, will take *he posiiton of science teach er here. English, French and Library classes will be taught by Miss Bet ty Sue Tilley of Fuqua Springs Miss Tilley is a 194(1 graduate with an A. B. degree from Woman’s College She had an outstanding record at W. C., including among her accomplishments membership in Phi Beta Kappa. The English position vacated by Mrs. Gorham will be taken by Mr Rex Dost r SLmtorisburg He Forest College and at the present time is working on his Master's degree. He has one and a half years experience in English and French in the Stantonsburg schools. The Social Study class will be taught by Mr. Carlyle Cox of Rob ersonville who attended Duke University for two years and East ern Carolina Teachers College and holds a B. S. degree in teaching as well as a Master’s degree. Added to the sixth grade staff will be Miss Martha Whifehurst of Bethel. She comes from the Wilmington City schools where she has taught for five years. Teaching one of the seventh grade groups will be Mrs. Edgar Schuller, the local Methodist min ister’s wife. She has an A. B. de gree from Duke University and four years of teaching experience. ■o Mrs. Whitehurst Dies At Everetts -o Mis. Hattie Roebuck White hurst, 38 widow of James S. ‘ Whitehurst of Winterville, died last Saturday night at the home of her ctaughter, Mrs. Rubin Bailey, near Everetts, where she had been visiting. She had been ill 11 weeks. Funeral services were held from the Winterville Free Will Baptist Church at 3:30 p. in. Monday. The Rev. R. B. Spencer, Free Will Bap tist minister of Ayden, conducted the services, assisted by the Rev. E. G. Cole, Baptist minister of Winterville. Burial was in the Winterville cemetery. Mrs. Whitehurst was born and reared in Pitt County and had made her home in Winterville for a numbei o* yeai s. She was a member of the Hickory Grove Free Will Baptist Church. She is Bailey, Mrs. W. N. Moore and Mrs Jep P. Stox of Winterville and Mrs. John G. Coltrain of Wil liamston; six sons, Robert L. and Ben F., of Williamston; Sam A. and Vernon of Greenville and Claude L. of Winterville and Wil lie W. Whitehurst of Bear Grass; 50 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. CITIZENS OF TOMORROW I The Enterprise takes much pleasure in presenting another in a pieture series of this section’s “citizens of tomorrow”. So far none has figured prominently in public affairs, but as fu ture citizens they have a tremendous assignment to handle in a muddled world. Certain they’ll do a better job than has been done or is being done. The Enterprise presents the youngsters as the one great hope for the future. Top row. left to right, Charles, six, Walter, three, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Banks, Williamston; Margolie Jane, seven. Shel ton, five, Ray. three, sons and daughter of Mr. and Mrs Sherrill Gurganus, Williamston; Gene, seven, Charles five. Garland Ray, four, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Whitley, Williamston; Bottom row, Carole, six, Patricia, five, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Terry, Williamston; Tommy, seven. Maris, eighteen months, sons of Mr and Mrs. T M. Parker, Williamston; and Norma Haye, ten, Linda, three, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Bailey, Williams ton. \ BARN BURNS -j Fire destroyed a tobacco barn and around six or seven hundred sticks of tobacco be longing to Mr. Crawford Col train of the Farm Life com munity Tuesday afternoon. Having cured the tobacco, the attendant was ready to turn off the heat when the blaze was discovered. Nothing was saved. Outside Toilets Under Utaek The mutter of outside toilets or privies m sections where sewer connections are available came up for serious discussion at the meot -tie . .tv ■c.io- ■ Tuesday night and it was decided to start a campaign to eliminate the menace to public health us rapidly as possible. City Attorney Charles 11. Man-; rung read to the hoard, the law covering the situation. This re gulation calls for the letting ot a contract for the installation of. proper toilet facilities, at least one separate toilet for eaeli fam ily, within 30 days after receipt of notice from the town clerk that j a connection to the town sewer system is available and required. The installation of the facilities, is to be completed within 25 days after the letting of the contract to the plumber. In other words, 55 days after notice is received from the town clerk that connec tions must be made the toilet facilities must be ready for use. The board noted that prosecu tions have been started in some of the larger towns but expressed a desire to avoid that here if pos sible. They advised property owners to contact town authori ties to determine what facilities are available to them and to make arrangement for connections as early as possible. The responsibility for making the connec tions to the sewer lines lies with the owner of the proper ty regardless of who lives on the premises. The board also decided to take up the matter of extending the cemetery with owners of adjoin ing property, it being pointed out that some action in the matter is necessary before the fall. A hose drier for the fire depart ment was considered but final de cision in the matter was delayed. The budget for the coming year is to be considered at a called meeting to be held some time dur ing the next few days. -———o Continues Quite III In declining health for the past few weeks, Mrs. S. Claude Griffin continues quite ill in a Washing ton hospital, according to reports reaching here this morning. She was reported to have rested very comfortably last night, but her genera! condition was little chang ed, it was learned tins morning. Body Of Youth On Its Wav Home The body of Pfo. Asa J. Taylor, Martin County young man who gave his life in World War II, is being returned home for burial in native soil. One of 4,1142 Americans making the last journey home on the U. S. Army Transport Carroll Vic tory, the young man was killed in action in Italy on June 2, 1944. Traveling through New York, the young man’s body is expected to be handled either direct from there or through the distribution center at Charlotte. Date of ar rival will be announced later. His is the eighth body of a Martin County young man to be returned tm MVecsv'is for burial in native soil. .amj v»t Mr. George Robert Taylor of Bear Grass where he is remembered as being a young man of sterling qualities and promise. •o Fire Damages Car Parked On Street —-•— Fire which apparently .started from a cigarette dropped in tne back seat, caused slight damage to the 194(i Ford of Gene Boney while it was parked on Church Street here Tuesday night. Fire Chief Hall reported that Mr. Boney, government peanut in spector, parked his car about 10:30 at the Herman Bowen home where he is staying and the fire was discovered about 1:15. Lack of ventilation prevented the fire from blazing but it had smoulder ed long enough to burn a hole in the back' of the seat and in the cushion doing damage estimated at $50 to $75. Firemen were call ed and extinguished the fire with out difficulty. The alarm was the second of the week for the local firemen who went to Hamilton Monday night. Continues (Juite III In the lloH/iilal Here --o ■ ■ In declining health for more than three years, Mr. Chas. Sex ton entered the hospital here a few days ago for treatment. A pa tient in hospitals at intervals for the past three years, Mr. Sexton was reported quite ill this morn ing. He has an appointment for special treatment at Duke hos pital tomorrow, but it could not be learned immediately if he'd be able to make the trip there. -o BAND PICTURE TO BE TAKEN AT 5:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON - !' ■ ’ ’ r' ■’ liamston High School Band has is. ucd a call for all members of the hand to report to the high school at 5:30 Sunday afternoon with their uniforms for the pur pose of having a picture taken of the band. Those who cannot be on hand are asked to bring or send their uniforms to the school not j later than 5:30 Sunday afternoon. I Parking Meters Will Be Installed Here This Month Miller Meter Is Selected for Use In Business Section of Williainston Reiterating their wish that the action could have been avoided, the Town Commissioners of Wil liamston Tuesday night purchased parking meters for the business section of the town. Wrestling with the parking problem here for many months, and noting that it was growing steadily worse, the town board a few weeks ago delegated Chief of Police Whit Saunders to poll the merchants and business men of the town to get their sentiment in regard to the installation of the parking meters. The results of that p. 11 showed that 67 favored the meters while nine opposed them. The board accordingly, is sued a call for demonstrations of meters and reached a decision on the type to be iinstalled Tuesday night. The meter being purchas ed is the Miller Meter, the same type that is being used in Wash ington at the present time. They are to be installed within two or three weeks. The meters are to be installed by the manufacturer and are to be paid for out of their earnings. If they should prove objectionable or unsatisfactory they will be re moved without cost to the town. The meters are being installed for Ihe purpose of discouraging extend 'd parking in the business section so as to remove the neces sity of local shoppers having to carry merchandise in their hands or arms for blocks to reach their cars after they have completed their shopping. The meters are “cumulative” as to timing. That is, a, parking motorist who has put a penny in for a 12 minute stop and realizes he needs 24 minutes, can go back and put a niekle in and got an hour and 12 minutes or can put pennies in for the added 12 minute periods lie deems neves p&f'Y *o mak^^y^^he does overpark. Also, a motorist who drives into a parking space for an hour’s stay and finds 24 minutes time left on the meter may add three pennies and thereby get the full hour’s time. The board members emphasiz ed that they do not want to make money on the meters but merely to increase the turnover in park ing space in the business section. ■o Jamesville Man Hurt In Accident Isaac Nichols, Jamesville color ed man, sustained a broken left leg and injuries to his head when his bicycle was struck by a car driven by George H. Manning Monday night on the Jamesville-Williams ton highway about one mile west of Jamesville. According to information re ceived here, Manning was driving his Ford toward Williamston at 11:15 p. in. when he met another car which blinded him for a few moments so that he did not see Nichols riding on the right side of the road just ahead of him. un til he was almost upon him. The driver swerved to avoid striking the bicycle but Nichols was knocked down and the bicycle caught on the handle of the car door on the right hand side. Lit tle damage was done to the bi cycle, it was reported here and the only damage to the car was a broken headlight glass. Nichols was carried to the local hospital where he is reported re covering -o Evening Service« Being Combined The local Methodist and Chlis tian churches arc combining their services for the Sunday evening will be held this Sunday evening at 8:00 in the Christian Church with Rev. E. R. Shi'ller delivering the sermon. The following Sun day evening Rev. John L. Goff will speak at the Methodist Church. These services will alter nate between the two churches during the months of July and August The public is invited. j Roberson Urges More Support of Fat Stock Shows -—•— j Kiwanis ('lull Hoars Speitk <*rs Oil Program Vi moil j At Hooslin^! Event Greater and more varied sup-1 port for the annual fat stock show in Williamston was urged by David Roberson and other speak ers before the local Kiwanis club at its regular meeting at the Hotel George Reynolds last week, j The purpose of the program, feat- 1 ured by Mr. Roberson's talk, was j to stimulate more interest in the ] livestock movement. The speaker admitted that the I civic clubs of the county were co- | sponsoring this b ggest annual I event for the town of Williamston ' and Martin County by contribu- | tions of prize money for the show, but at the same time he said there was much that could be done to make the annual lat stock show a even greater event. In accom plishing this end, Mr. Roberson urged the civic clubs to give the show the necessary push by way of much needed publicity. As civic minded citizens of Mar tin County it was suggested that each club member encourage the production of prize livestock through visiting and assisting in any way possible the young 4-H Club members who volunteer to culture a young beef for the show. In other communities where fat stock shows are annual events, the sponsoring agencies have charge of exhibiting the livestock as well as publicizing the event in advance of the showing, he said. A success!ul fat stock show is one that creates public interest and ■ as a result of such interest, a good market is created for the prize winning livestock. Mr. Roberson said that if any , group is to profit from u success till tat stock show in Williamston it would be the local merchants, since such an affair linked with a . barbecue dinner, annually at tracts from 2500 to 0000 people to : linn ,. - i , ^1 ^ meiej^rnm could be reached through iiitMlT cal civic clubs, which he hoped would “tiikc the bull by the horns and make this annual event in Williamston the largest Junior Fat Stock Show in the State.” Following Mr. Roberson’s talk, 1 emarks wriv made by Kiwanian Tom Brandon, county agent, and Messrs. D. Vv. Brady and J. W. Sumner, assistant county agents. An open discussion was then held by members of the Kiwanis club who displayed much interest in a bigger and better fat stock show in 1949 lor their community. During the discussion Mr. Sum ner was asked, “What size Fat Stock Show would be considered a successful and good show.” Mr. Sumner's reply was, "A good show consisting of about 40 steers and 100 fat hogs would be a suc cessful show from the standpoint of size.” . Kiwanian Wheeler Martin made a motion that a special Kiwanis committee be appointed to work in conjunction with the other two civic clubs of Williamston towards a bigger and better fat stock show for 1949. The motion was car ried unanimously but President Gen" Kimball delayed appoint ment of such a committee until the presidents of the Lions and Junior Chamber of Commerce groups could be contacted regard ing their willingness to take part in the promotional activity. One Injured In Accident on Curve James Earl Manning suffered r gashed head and about $700 dam age was done to two cars in a col lision near Robersonville last Fri day evening. Patrolman B. W. Parker, who investigated the accident, said lly Frankie Coburn, RFD 2, Rober ■oaeh oil a dirt road about three miles out of Robersonville at 7:40 a- m. when lie rounded a curve rnd collided with a 194k Chevrolet iriven by James Fai l Manning, Damage to the Chevrolet was .estimated at $900 and to the Ford, $200 Two stitches were required io close the gash in James Earl's head. Long ,July Fourth Holiday Is Observed Quietly Here Marlin county residents took full advantage of the long Fourth nf July holiday last week-end as they sought refuge from the hot weather at various and sundry beaches and resorts. Although the long holiday was started with an accident near Rob ersonvillp in which one person was slightly injured last Friday evening and closed with another near Jamesville on Monday even ing when a colored man sustained a broken leg and other injuries in a crash involving his bicycle and an automobile, the holidays them selves, Sunday and Monday, were unusually free of mishaps consid ering the very heavy volume of traffic. Almost everyone who could do so got out of town at one time or another during the week-end, a few of them going to the beaches Sunday without prior arrange ment for accommodations and making out as best they could. The town itself was unusually quiet as the heat forbade any more than necessary activity. At home those who had not gone to the beaches attended baseball games or "just rested” at home in the shade or under an electric fan. All stores, offices and places of business were closed Monday to allow for observance of the Fourth which this year fell upon Sunday While no official estimate has been made of the traffic in this section of the state there is a pos sibility that it was the heaviest ►for a like period since the end of the war. Big Store And Home In Hamilton Burned 1100,000 Loss To Mercantile Firm And Home Owner -€> 1 liable To (»<*l \\ ali'r. Fin* Fijghlers Stand liy Ami Walcli Fin* llnrii -• Starting from an over-heated! ’leetrie motor, lire destroyed the! urge Johnson Mercantile Com-1 )any and the Jesse r.verett home! n Hamilton shortly after 3:001 (’(•lock Tuesday morning, result ! ng m a loss estimated at about | 51003)00. Accurate figures on the! oss could not be had but Henry S. j lohnsjon, Jr., who succeeded his ate father as head of the business,! laid Tuesday it would take close 1 $100,000 to replace stock and lyddiinc and $!n oom dwelling of Mi Everett. The •ompany's loss included the lege wo-story store and two small A*arehouses, all well stocked with1 nerchantable goods. Calls were sent out to neighbor- j ng towns and fire trucks were lispatcned to the scene by Wil-: iumston, Robersonville and Tar-1 loro, as well as a Firest Service ruck from Scotland Neck. The' arger lire engines could find no j iource of water supply large on-1 nigh to uecofnmodate their pumps md the small forest service ap paratus picked up small amounts if water here and there and used, t to the best possible advantage. Knr the most part, however, it was I r matter of standing by and watching the fire burn itself out. A few items were removed from! mine of the smaller storage places belorc the fire reached them but they were small as compared to Ihe total involved. Nearly all of the furniture from the Everett home was reported as having been removed from the dwelling before fire forced workers to re treat. There was some insurance on the store but Jt is not likely to be anywhere near enough to cover the loss while insurance on the house will cover part of the loss to Mr. Everett but this, too, is not likely to cover the loss complete ly. Mr Johnson estimated lii.s loss as about half covered by insur-: iisumiijui'a on page eifiiuj / raffia Law ViitlatorM llailail llr fan Jimlica Three violators of the highway traffic laws were hailed before! Justice ft. T, Johnson this week, I two of them drawing fines and the dhrr taxed with the coots. One use involving violation of game taws was also heard. .»'■ .1 " vehicle with improper lights, fin 'd $10.60 and costs. Henry C. Joyner, violating the jame laws, $5 and costs. Cleveland Godard, failing to >f.op at a slop sign, no fine but 16.50 costs. Mar ion T. Hardison, operating i motor vehicle with improper, lights, $10 and costs. | (M I N I \l. The official vote on the race for the democratic guberna- j torial nomination in the sec ond primary the 26th of June was announced today follow ing an official tabulation of the state-wide vote in Raleigh by the State Hoard of Elec tions in Raleigh yesterday. William Kerr Scott, the suc cessful candidate, polled a to tal of 21ti,3K-i votes against 1K3.020 polled by Charles !M. Johnson, the report giving Mr. Scott a lead of 32,101 votes. The final vote review listed 1,640 votes for Johnson and 1,52!) votes for Scott in Mar tin County, a difference lav ing Johnson in the sum of II! votes, a count two short ot the ■Mgpwwappwq, nfcw.1* i. ?! hours after the polls were closed. Offers Set Aside Time for Vdulls Hecreation Director Stuart May nard reported today that he would be glad to set aside some evening hours when the municipal swim ming pool would be open to adults mly if the older group would sig nify enough interest to make the project worthwhile. He has been anxious to have the grownups of the town use the pool more frequently and reports that a few of them have approached him about the matter of setting aside c ertain eve ning hours for adults only. lie says that should there be sufficient demand to make the effort worth while he will start it soon. The plan would set aside one afternoon and one night each week for adults only. Jas. J. Iloelnick FunmiJ Monday James Jasper Roebuck, native ol this county, died at his home in Battleboro last Sunday morn ing of a heart attack. The son of the late VV A and Mary Britton Roebuck, lie was born between Everetts and Robei - sonville 3!) years ago and lived and farmed in this county for a number of years before going to Edgecombe County. He later lo cated in Battleboro where he en gaged in business for about ten years. A member of the Chris tian Church at Battleboro he was highly regarded in his adopted town and many of his friends at Surviving are one brother, V' I,. Roebuck of Williaiuston and half-brother, Andrew Roebuck, c Ifobersonvtile. Funeral services were conduct -d in the Biggs Funeral Home i Williaiuston Monday afternoon ; i 00 o'clock by Rev. J. M. Perry Interment was in the Robersor ville Cemetery. Funeral Today In Hamilton For John Davenport I'roiuincnt Citizen Died In K.-ileiilh iioi-jntal Tues day Morning; Funeral services for John Ash ley Davenport, who died in a Ral eigh hospital Tuesday morning, will be held from St. Martin Epis copal Church in Hamilton Thurs day at 3:110 p. m.. Rector John W, Hardv, assisted by Rector Edwin Moseley of Kinston and the Rev. J. M. Perry of Robersonville, will conduct the services. Burial will follow in the Hamilton cemetery, When he was 12 years old Mr. Davenport's parents, the late Wil liam Clayton and Sallie Moore Davenport, moved to this county. A few years later he moved to Hamilton and accepted employ ment with R. W. Salsbury and Brother. Eventually he and F, L. Haislip formed a partnership and went in to the general mercantile busi ness. Later Mr Haislip sold his interest in the business to Mr, Davenport's brother, the late P. H. Davenport and they operated the business and engaged in farming until about 1931 when Mr. Daven port was forced to retire because of failing health. Although he was not a member of any fraternal organization hr took an active part in the civic, religious and political activities of the community. He served for some time as a justice of the peace in his home community and was recognized as one of Martin coun ty's most prominent citizens. He was a member of the Episcopal church. Six grandsons will serve as pall bearers this afternoon, Hilton, frank and Norman Everett and E'dgar, Ed" ird Ashley and Harry CUi. ton Roberson. While his health permitted, Mr. Davenport traveled about the county, especially to the county seat and had a wide circle of friends throughout the county Surviving are Ins wife, the for mic son, John Clayton of Jlober sonville; four daughters, Mrs. Walter Roberson of Robersonville, Mrs I. i oy Everett of Hamilton, Mrs, Fi ner Edmondson of Hassell and Mrs. Banks Co/art of Green ville: one sister, Mrs R. A. Ed mond-on of Hamilton; 17 grand children and six great-grandchil dren. Deadlines Set I or Inspections Owners oi all vehicles of models up to and including 1936 and ve hicles ot models 1947 and 1946 in Martin County wore faced today with the choice of bringing these vehicles to the inspection lane in Willmmston next week or driving them to another section of the dis trict, Washington, Plymouth or some other place prior to August 31 by which time the cars must have been inspected. Winle the schedule for the in spection lane will put it back in Willuunston on August 31 it is not likely that it will be set up and going before the next day, Sep tember 1 or any any event the motorist would be taking a big chance to wait until the second trip. Any vehicle can be carried to the lanes foi inspection anywhere at any time but deadlines have been set by models to speed up the inspection program. Modles 1937 and 1946 must be inspected by September 30. 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944 and 1945 must be inspected by October 31; models 1940 and 1942 must be inspected by November 30; models 1941 a*ci 1949 must be inspected by Decem ber 31. Any person buying a car fop which the inspection deadline haa has mused without its being in without inspection if proper pap er are carried showing date of transfer of title. Only about one-fourth of the state s 862,352 vehicles have pass ed inspection although half the year is gone. Lights, horn, brakes and steer-* mg the points getting the most at* tentum at the inspections.