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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BX OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTT FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME LI—NUMBER 55 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 13, 19 13 ESTABLISHED 1899 Drier Keview Of » Work Handled By | Recent Congress —»■ ■■■ Record Is Not One for Any Parly To Be Very Proud Of -o Rushing to complete certain U legislation before quitting for the i national conventions, the Eighti- j eth Congress passed, after a hap hazard fashion, laws affecting va rious phases of the national econ omy and the individual lives of many citizens. The record, as a whole is not one for any party to be *ery proud of. Typical of the Republican Par ty it maintained certain legisla S* tion for a brief time or as an aid for its candidates to clear the election barriers this fall. After that time, the inarch for Hoover ville is to be expected. A brief review of the legislation follows: A farm bill, retai ling right much of the meat of the old pro gram, was renewed for a year, but farmers have been warned that price supports will be greatly low ered. In fact, some support prices are lowered in the bill recently passed. Other legislation includes: The Taft-Hartley Labor-Man agement act. A measure extending the terms of Atomic Energy Commission members a flat two years. The portal-to-portal pay bill, restricting claims for pay from the time a worker reached his place of work until he left it. A bill freezing Social Security 1 pay-roll taxes at 1 percent. A rent-control bill, diluted to I permit rent boosts in many cases and taking "ontrols off complete ly in others. An income-tax reduction bill. A bill allowing World War II veterans to cash bonds they re ceived for unused leave time at the time of their discharge. A bill to admit 205,000 European refugees to the United States in the.next t.'.'.u.yaajiaJ>.i»:.p.e.ticoaiieivt. k residence. » din utK'.inj, pit.V > 1 pos- i tal workers $450 a year and 850 - 000 civil-service workers $330 a year. This bill increases certain postal rates beginning January 1. A bill making the Commodity Credit Corporation a permanent agency. A bill creating a special com mission to study the executive branch of the government with a view to effecting economies through consolidations of func tions. In the field of international re lations, Congress passed the for eign-aid program to help Euro pean and Asiatic nations to recov er economically. An appropriation bill to finance the foreign-aid program. A separate bill for military aid lor Greece and Turkey. A bill for American participa tion in the International Refugee Organization. The Senate ratified peace treaties with Italy, Hungary, Bul 1 (Continued on page eight) Kill Big Snake j On Main Street: A large rattle snake was killed! on West Main Street near tin- Wil liamston Parts and Metal Com pany junk yard early last Sunday afternoon. The reptile, measur-j ing about four feet in length, had ; nine rattlers and a button. The snake was stunned when a ] car ran over him, but he was sub- j fiued only when people living in that neighborhood attacked him with a weeding hoe. ! SYNTHETIC MAN v---J Wearing a hearing aid for the first time, Justice John L. Hassell last week said they were about to make a syn thetic man out of him. "They put eye glasses on me. Then they equipped me with false teeth. I have a walking slick and now they have bemetialled me with a hearing aid,” Mr. Hassell said, adding that he was feeling fine and could hear very well with the new gadget. CITIZENS OF TOMORROW Si .i The Enterprise takes much pleasure in presenting another t in a picture series of this section's "citizens of tomorrow”. So t far none has figurett 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 t as the one great hope for the future. i Top row, left to right, Patsy, four daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Holloman, Williamston; Benny, four, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hardison, Williamston; Clayton, three, son of Mr. and * Mrs. R. C. Mobley. Williamston; Bottom row, Little Bill, three, son of Mr. and Mr: W H Sessoms, Williamston; Nancy, three, s daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Latham, Williamston, and Johnny, four and a half, son of Mr. and Mrs C. V. Rogers, Wil liamston. 4 Make Drive Against Illicit Liquor Traffic ! RVINFALL | s--> After holding to record fig ures for three years during Die month of June and falling in quantity during the first five months of this year, the rains dwindled to a fairly low point in this section last month. The 2.57 inches of rain do not constitute a new low for June, hut it compared with (i.47 a year ago, ti.O^ the previous year and li.tiO inches in l!i45. The rainfall has been spot ted ni the ••ouniy, ’ ieavTng—' *■ «y. M.nn-inllv. <h and others with a sufficiency. Up until the week-end, four small rains, measuring a total of only .15 of an inch, had fallen here. Worms Destroy Large' Pasture An advanced corps of army worms, the first reported in tins county, destroyed sixteen acres of pasture on the V G. Taylor farm in Poplar Point Township last week-end, and are threatening other acres, according to a report released this week by Assistant County Agent D. W Brady. The worms, iirst detected last Saturday, laid waste to the six teen acres of Sudan grass by late Sunday. The sixteen acres were in two fields, the worms taking the best of the grass first and then retracing their steps to wipe the fields clean. Monday, the worms had not at tacked a large field of Ladino clover, but they were said to have been working their way across the 10- or 12-foot path separating the two fields. Preparations were being made to dust the fields where the worms first attacked, the agent explaining that it wasn't advisable to dust regular pastures, but that dust and bait could b( used on most other crops t - check the worm. “The Sudan grass has been ruined and wre plan to dust the field to kill as many of the worms as possible,” the assistant agent explained Monday. Recovering From Major Operation At Oteen Successfully undergoing a maj or lung operation in Oteen hos pital last Tuesday, Bernard York, young son of Mrs. Kate York, is getting along very well, according to reports reaching here eai ly this week While the young man w'as serving in the army down in Tex as during the war, dust settled in one lung, formed a solid, making the removal of part of the lung necessary. He is expected to con tinue as a patient in the hospital for weeks. 1 A rested Two Men And Wreck Stills > t In Recent Raids ( Lari'** (Copper Still Laplur- ; «‘d On Welch's (!n*«‘k Llldl I lltlixlltv --- J I Working in vai ious sections of . tlio county during recent days, 1 ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and I Deputy Rov Peel, assisted by ABC Officers from Edgecombe and Pitt Counties, dealt a telling hlow < against the illicit liquor manu arrested two men and captured ! .several stills, including a 200-gal- < Ion capacity copper kettle on Welch’s Creek in Jamesville * Township. I Following an •nusually busy < month in June, the officers in this i ount> were off to an early start in their drive against the illicit business in July. On the second of this month, ABC Officer Roebuck and Deputy Peel wrecked a 50 gallon capacity oil drum kettle in Robersonville, wrecking four | fermenters and confiscating an oil , burner and* fifty pounds of corn , meal. Later that same day, the , officers wrecked a 50-gallon ea- \ parity oil drum in Hamilton Township, wrecked two ferment ers and poured out 100 gallons of sugar beer or mash. , The next raid was centered in i Bear Grass on July 7, the officers wrecking a plant, including , doubler, cooler, two worms, two fermenters and pouring out 100 gallons of sugar beer. Late that night, the officers as sisted by representatives from the Edgecombe enforcement group, raided along the Martin-Edge combe boundary in Robersonville Township and arrested Columbus Ward and Henry Hart ell, colored , men, as they were leaving their plant with five gallon of stinking liquor. The officers wrecked the , nasty 50-gallon oil drum kettle and poured out three barrels of cheap beer. Equipped with wal kie-talkie, the Edgecombe officers were able to direct members of the raiding party to strategic loca tions, and the two operators were taken by surprise, one declaring that he thought the devil had grubeu him. At a heal ing before Justice R. VT. Johnson in Wil liamston Thursday evening, the two men pleaded guilty of manu facturing illicit liquor and they were bound over to the county court for trial next Monday. The big catch in the recent raids was effected last Thursday morn ing when Officers Roebuck and Peel, accompanied by representa tives from Pitt, went into Jarrics ville Township and confiscated a 200-gallon capacity copper kettle, fully equipped. The raiders pour ed out 300 gallons of beer and ten (Continued on page eight) No Polio Cases In County So Far Contrary to rumors heard dur ng the past several days, no polio ases have been reported in this ounty so far th’s year, A two-year-old colored child, tobert Speller, who lived on the orner of Broad and Gurganus itreets, died in Duke Hospital on uly 3 and it was difficult to di gnose his ailment at first. An of ieial report just received from he hospital stated that death was ttributable to TB meningitis. The hild's father, Braxton Speller, lied in the county sanitorium bout ten days or two weeks earli r of tuberculosis. No quarantine or any other ac ion has been taken in this eoun y as a precautionary measure gainst polimyelitis, and none is nticipated just now, according to report from the health depart ment. However, children and ;rown-ups, too, are warned not to ;ot overheated. In some instances adjoining tates have clamped down quar ntines, denying various sports lubs to enter this state to par icipate in scheduled events. o Inspection Lane Now Open Here The lane for the inspection of utoinobiles in this section is open his week on Warren Street, and iwners of vehicles are reminded hat inspection deadlines have >cen fixed. In other words own rs of vehicles of 1936 or prior 'ear models and the year models if 1947 and 19411 must be inspect 'd on or before August 31 of this 'ear. The lane, open here through Wednesday of next week will not >e reopened until the last day of \ugust, meaning that owners of he designated model ears will lave to have them inspected by Wednesday afternoon of next veek or go elsewhere to meet the leadline. The owner who waits until after . car in ipected will not be allowed to hive it to the inspection lane. 1'he only way he can get it there ifter the deadline is to have it owed there by a wrecker or some ither vehicle. --- Seeking Local Correspondent A prisoner of war, stationed in he Williamston camp for several nonths, Ulzieh Lux, a German, is •eeking correspondence with someone in this section. In a let er to the mayor of Williamston a ew days ag.j Lux said, "May I ask you today for a jreat favor? I was once a prison ;r of war in your town and I like o ha\% correspondence with an American who is a little bit inter ■sted in German people. It would dc very nice for me to have a 'fiend in America and if he will illow it to me to speak of all oui rouble. "The Americans had been al ways so good to us that I like te •emember my stay in your town When I apeak to my German Tiends, all people of Germany ire thankful and hopeful for the iclp of America. "Maybe you can find an inter ested American in your factory of artificial manure, basket or to bacco where I worked when in Williamston, and who will cor respond with me." Lux referred to the lertilizei factory. His address is: Ulzicf bux, Tazmitfer Stz. 74, Luehow Hannover, Germany. Lonlinuon Oui to III At Homo of llor l\ioa In declining health for months Mrs. Myrtle Brown, well known local woman, continues quite ill ai the home of hei n-eee, wiis. Robert L. Coburn, on Biggs Street. - ■ —wr*— - — Continuea III In A Wonhittfittm Hos/rilm Mrs. S. Claude Griffin continue. 11 in a Washington hospital, Iasi eports reaching here stating thal she had been resting fairly com 'ortable, (hat there whs no mark ed change in her condition. Farmers Planted Excess Tobacco —®— One hundred and fifty farmers or ahout one out of ten planted in excess of their tobacco allotments, according to a final cheek on the plantings, it was announced by the Triple A office in this county this week. J The excess acreage ranged from one-tenth to four and five tenths acres, it was learned. Most of those planting m excess did so unintentionally and have already destroyed the excess to avoid penalties. Others who have not yet destroyed the excess may do so or they may go ahead and I market the excess and pay the penalty. If tobacco has been bar vested, the farmer will be requir ed to destroy a fraction more to care for the amount taken from the excess acreage. Any farmer desiring to destroy excess plant ings is directed to contact the sup ervisor who measured the plant ings. The expense is to be borne by the farmer. The work of the supervisors, just recently completed in this county, has been checked by state supervisors who declared that an excellent job had been done. John D. Bonds Dies Suddenly John Dennis Bonds, operator of a small store on the old Greenville road, died at the home of his daughter, Mis. Herman Moore, on the old Everetts Road, at 7:15 o'clock Saturday morning of a heart attack suffered the evening before. Funeral services were conduct ed at his late home Sunday aflei noon at 4:()Q o'clock by Elder A. B. Ayers, assisted by Elder E. C. Ste phenson. Interment was in Ske warkcy Cemetery, near Williams ton. The son of the late J D. and Mi/.zie Roberson Bonds, lie was born iir Martin c.YiurftyThrtr yt-ar.v ;,l;o ("■ 1H87^ ^n|j lived all lus life in this county ex cept for a few years spent in Washington and Pitt Counties, lie farmed most of his life. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ella L. Bonds; four sons, Mervin, Fenner, Earl and U. A Bonds, all of Williamston: three daughters Mrs. Jesse Clark, Mrs. Herman Moore and Mis. Milborn Donald son, all of Williamston, and twen ty-three grandchildren. Reported Improving In lloiky Mount Hospital ~ ■■■<*>■— Mr. H. C. Benjamin, father of Mi's. J. S. Whitley, was reported slightly improved in a Rocky Mount hospital yesterday. He en tered the hospital on Monday of last week for treatment and is ex pected home the latter part of this or early next week, one report stated. Undergoes Operation In Kirlimoml Hospital Accompanied by Mrs. (.’riteher, Mr. Titus Critcher left last Friday for Richmond where he under went a major operation for a kid tiev ailment in St. Elizabeth's hos pital yesterday morning. Reports I reaching here late yesterday stat ! ed that he was getting along very I well but that he was suffering I considerable pain at that time. li reman Ualleil Oat Thursday Aflernoon Receiving their third call in as many days, Williamston’s volun teer firemen poured considerable water on a burning sawdust fire along side the Plymouth branch of the railroad between Main and Washington Street last Thursday i afternoon shortly before 0:00 o’clock. /■— - I imsTMsrr Ilia hip broken in a fall at his home mi Smith wick Street here last November, Mr. Joe Leggett hobbled up town last Friday for his first visit since the accident. He made the trip with the I aid of crutches. Construction Boom Reaches A Climax Here Last Month Continued on a limited scale | during the winter and spring months budding construction re- | fleeted a marked upward trend ■ here last month when builders combined to make a building boom. Building uermits were issued to six new home builders, five to builders of commercial projects, ! including a new high school unit, i and four permits went to persons] repairing old homes. The permits call for construc tion costing at least $113,350.1 Building Inspector G. P. Hall ex-J plaining that few formal contracts were entered into, that the per- ] mits only represented estimates, i that the actual cost would pos-1 sibly exceed $150,000. The six permits for home con-1 struction call for $36,650 expcndi- j Lures, the project costs ranging | horn $1,000 to $9,000. Construe lion work was not started imme iiatelv on all the homes. Mr. and Mrs Herbert Whitley are laying the foundation for their new home an Franklin Street just across; from the James Staton Ayers'. Commercial construction was! materially boosted by a $43,000 contract for a new high school unit here. No contract was nego tiated. but Mr. S. A. Mobley esti mated that a storage warehouse he is constructing on Railroad Street wtll cost approximately $10,000. It is estimated that the five commercial projects will cost $67,000. Repairs to four homes will cost an estimated $9,000, the building inspector explained. Crop Ou tlook In The County Is Only Fair! * * i -O ToIkuto And Corn Crops Unusually Poor This Season Indiralr Crops In This County Arc Ittilrr Ilian In Ollirrs As of last week-end, crop pros pects in this county were rated from only fair to poor, especially for tobacco and corn. On the other hand, prospects for peanuts and cotton were rated exceptionally bright, meaning that the county has one major promising crop. Very little cotton is grown in tins county, the crop having dropped from one of major importance to about fourth or fifth rank. Possibly one half the county been favorable, will produce a near-normal tobacco crop. But even in those sections disease and pests have effected a slight reduc lion in the crop. Discussing the prospects in the scattered areas where one-half the ciop is planted and wiiorc weath or conditions have not been very favorable, County Agent 'I'. B Brandon said that production has been curtailed as much as fifty percent in some cases while in a lew extreme instances disease lias wiped out the major portions of some crops. Plant lice, while threatening the entire crop, were not so destructive after all, the farmers spraying quickly to check the pest in the heavily .infested areas while other insects went in to action during the hot days the latter part oi .June to counteract the work of the lice. "However, the lice did some damage,” the agent declared. One of the greatest threats con fronting the tobacco farmer in the county at the present time, ac cording to the agent, is black shank, a disease that attacks and causes the stalk roots to rot. The disease has made its appearance in the county over a period of sever al years, but it lias been limited, more or less, to a few farms here and there and to small areas in I the fields. This year, according to tiie agent, it is scattered all over the county and cutting down the crop in fairly large quantities. "One farmer has already disked under three acres of his crop," the agent said, while several others have abandoned as many as two acres, and still otht rs have report ed smaller losses. About the only protection avail able against the disease is found in certain tobacco seed. The Ox bud No. 1 seed have proven fair ly resistant to the black shank and it is fairly certain that there’ll be a big demand for that type of seed in the county next year. Reports Bom other counties slate that black shank is causing consider able damage to the crop, that the disease is possibly worse there than it is here. But tiie main trouble with the crop in at least one-half the coun ty is traceable to dry weather. (Continued on page eight) | PKIISIDKM V* \yhrt‘l<‘r up installed as presnlenio^uic local Lions ( lull at .1 meeting of the organization last Thurs day evening. lie succeeded K. I). Worrell who completed a very successful year as 1 1 president. Comment \\ orktTs In R<uvn! Drive -— Martin County wa. commended today by officials of the North Carolina division of the American Cancer Society for its success in attaining 109.7'; ol its quota dur ing the 194)1 drive for fund , to fight cancer Martin's drive was headed by County Commandei Mrs. Charles 1. Harris and County Campaign Chairman W. Dan f’ecle, both of Williamston State Commander Mrs Cieorge E. Marshall and State Campaign Chairman John It Larkins, Jr said, "Martin County’s work has contributed directly to North Car olina's success in exceeding this year's state goal of $200,440 Fur thrrmorc,” the division ollicial added, "the individual efforts of Martin County's workers have helped insure the lives of North Carolinians against the possibility of death by cancer.'' Funds raised in the campaign 1 will be used in an endeavor to re ■ (luce North Caiulina'.s cancer death toll by finanemg education, service and research programs. County 1 onlli M illi l . S. inny hi Jnjum -— Corporal Johnny !’. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs R M. Taylor, of RED I) Williamston, is serving with the First Cavalry Division now on occupation duty in Japan j The division is commanded by I Major funeral William (' Cha c I Corporal Taylor enlisted in the Armed Forces on November 29, 194b and received his basic train mg at Fort Lewis, Washington. He sailed overseas for duty in Japan in March 1947. Cpl. Taylor is now serving with "C” Troop, Fifth Cavalry Regiment, as assist-1 ant Squad Leader. Sanitary Ratings For Markets And Cafes In County I i'H llclail Outlets Graded Helovv It"' During l*a-t Ouarlcr -■*. Martin County markets and cafes maintained fairly high sani tary ratings during the second quarter, according to a report just recently filed by Sanitarian W. B. Gaylord. No retail outlets or cafes were ordered closed and only four market'- and three cafes fell below “B" ratings, the sanitarian said. The ratings follow: Markets—Grade A McClees, Williamston, 94.5; Ward, Williamston, 94.5; Colonial Frozen Foods. Williamston, 93.5; Colonial, Williamston, 92.5; Ever ett & Warren, Robersonville, 92.5; Page, Robersonville, 92.5; Hardi son. Jamesville, 91.5; Peele, Wil liamston, 91.5; West End, Wil liamston, 91.5; Hardy Williams ton, 91; Moore Grocery, Williams ton. 90.5; Tiny, Williamston, 90.5; Williams, Robersonville. 90.5, Wil liams Community, Williamston, 90 5 Grade It Brown Bros., Jamesville, 88.5; Hardy, Everetts, 88.5; Cherry, Ev t retts, 88.5; Smith, Williamston, 88.5; Bunting, Oak City 87.5; Don aldson. Williamston, 87.5; Ayers, Oak City, 88.5; Red Front, Wil liamston, 88; H. St B„ Hamilton, 8a.5; Edmondson, Hassell, 85.5; Sexton, Jamesville, 85 5; Slade Rhodes Co.. Hamilton, 85.5; John son, Helen, Hamilton, 85; Jones Community, Williamston, 85; Sun ny Side William ton, 85.5; Brown, Williamston, 84.5; E. & K. Bunt ing, Oak City, 84; Gold Point, Rob ersonville. Rt. 2. 83.5; Johnson, H. S , ' Hamilton, 83 5; Lillee, Wil liamt on, Rt 2, 83.5; Roberson, W. A.. Williamston, 83.5; Edmondson Sc Cherry. Hamilton, 83; Robert son, William ion. 83; Bryan, Rob ersonville, 82; Bens, Williamston, 81.5; Daniel, Oak City, 81.5; Moore. Williamston, 81.5; Mizelle, Williamston, 81 5; and Rogers, \\ li i 1.1 ill.', I Ol i. Ili..’l. ..— Redd ak, Council, Bethel, RED, 73 5; Green Front, Williamston, 73.5; and Wal ter Johnson, Williamston, 72, Cafes—Grade A Griffin’s Quick Lunch, Wil liamston, 95; Crystal Grill, Wil II n . 84 5 . East Side Wil liamston, 93; Leggett Williams ton, 92; Southern. Williamston, 98, Central, Williamston, 91.5; Jernigam 91 Williamston; Snack Shack, Rebel -onville, 90.5; Ell Vee, Williamston 90; Friendly Coflee Shop, Robersonville, 90; (Continue d on page eight) -o— . . i , r \\ : I T7I~ i e.o; Former Resident Dies In Hospital —— Funeral services were held at 0:110 o'clock last Friday afternoon in Washington for David Bogart Sea right, former Williamston re sident. who died in a Durham hos pital the day before. Services were conducted in the Presby tei inn Chun h by tlit- pastor and interment was in Washington’s Oakdale Cemetery. Mr. Se.ai iglit, 2a, made his home here about a year during the war while lie was deputy collector for the State Department of Revenue. A native of Washington, he re rent I v entered business in Gar land, Surviving are his widow-, the iormer Miss Frances Congie ton of Stokes, his mother, two sis ters, and a brother. KOI Mi l I* l ittle activity was reported on (lie general crime iront in this count\ l ist week-end, the jail records showing that only two persons were temporarily detained during the period. One of the two was a young white woman and the other was a young white man, and both oi them were booked for drunken driving. The Woman was said to have been operat ing an automobile while* attir ed in a bathing suit. She was released in $150 bond and did not report lor trial yesterday in the county court.
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