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I IBB ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER S,Mf» MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEER I THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BJ OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEUI VOLUME LI—NUMBER 58 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday. July 22. 1918 ESTABLISHED 1899 Judsje J. C. Smith Had Eleven Cases p. In County’s Court Fines at Session on Monday' Morning Amounted To _$344).00 Holding the Martin County Re corder's Court in session less than two hours Monday morning, | | Judge J. Calvin Smith and Solici- | tor Paul D. Roberson cleared elev- I en cases from the docket and con- j tinued one or two until next Mon- j day. Fines imposed during the I short session amounted to $340.1 Comparatively few spectators were in court. Proceedings: The defendant, proving to the court that he was "accepting his ^ responsibility, the case charging Richard Broadnax with non-sup port was dismissed. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Tommie Griffin had his case continued under prayer for judgment until next Monday. Charged with the larceny of an old buttery valued at $2.50 from a Williamston filling station, James Willis Lloyd pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for six ty days. Mack Erasmus Fleming, charg ed with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, pleaded guilty and was fined $15 plus the costs. , Adjudged guilty over his own plea of innocence, Leo Hooker was sentenced to the roads for : nine months. The road term was I suspended upon the payment of the costs and $4 a week during the next twelve months to Lu venia Lawrence for the support of the illegitimate child. Unable to meet the financial terms of the judgment, the defendant was mov ed out Tuesday to serve the road term. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without driver’s li cense, Randolph Thompson was fined $25 and required'to pay the costs. Pleading guilty of speeding, Sam W. Walters was fined $15 and taxed with the costs for speeding. 1111 J* i? * out, a driver's license, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. It was recommended by the court that no driver's license be issued the defendant for six months. Columbus Ward and Henry , Harrell, charged with possessing mateiials for the manuiacture ol liquor, the possession of illicit li quor and manufacturing liquor, were each fined $100 for posses sion and sentenced to the roads for three months on the manufac turing count. The road terms are ( to begin on August 23, the court , requiring the two defendants to t post bond in the sum of $150 each t for their appearance on August i 23. i^onunuea on page eight) -o Tobacco Buyer Hit By Lightning;; ——*— t Archie Ellis, popular buyer for the Export Tobacco Company on the market here last season, was painfully but apparently not seri ously injured when he was struck j. by lightning while working out of doors near Wilson last Monday j. afternoon. Knocked unconscious, he was hospitalized and quickly recover- j. ed from the shock He was left with a noticeable limp ir. one leg, but he was said to have been able to get off to Georgia where he is £ now on the tobacco market in ( Douglas. Held In Jail For \ Attempted Rape ‘ __ a Charlie Razor, Robersonville colored man, is being held in the 1 county jail in default of $1,500 (~ bond for allegedly assaulting and ; *' attempting to rape Delora Sim-!v moils, 14-year-old colored girl, in! t Robersonville last Saturday night. 11 He is booked for trial in superior e court next September. j e The child is a daughter of Raz j 1 or’s housekeeper, one report said. ’ f He was arrested shortly after the f alleged assault and placed in jaii * by Robersonville officers. ; I CITIZENS OF TOMORROW The Enterprise takes mucii pleasure in presenting another in a picture 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, Becky, four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litchworth, Williamston; Robert, four and a half, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sullivan, Williamston; Jane, five, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Brady, Williamston; Bottom row, Robert, two and a half, son of Mr. and Mrs W. A. Lee, Williamston; Ann, four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Oakley, Williamston; and Charles, three, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Finch, Williams ton. First Sales Average Over $50 In Georgia SOME BEAN Gardener P. II. Brown, ex perimenting alter a modern fashion with various plants and vegetables, was telling about an unusual bean. When he had finished telling the di mensions and before he could say it had not stopped grow ing, .Farmer Will Hardison of Farm I.ife. fearing he had not heard the specifications cor rectly. insisted that the di mensions be repeated. ; “The bean,” Mr. Brown said, explaining that it was an oriental variety, "measures some Vu l iiiy iiic'ftfes~<VP“iiion ---r --Tii nil ■ ^j|gi in length and has a circum ference of several inches.” The grower added that ^it looked more like a gourd, but that it was really supposed to be an oriental bean. Name Hardison To Farm Agency j ——— Appointment of R. J. Hardison if RFD 1, Williamston, to a three ear term on the Farmers Home Administration County Commit i ee for Martin County was an iounced today by J. B. Slack,1 itate Director. Mr. Hardison succeeds Albert T. j lurkin whose term expired June! 0. Also on the Committee are V. J. Beach of Hamilton and Gar and H. Forbes of Everetts. A ommittee of three serves in each gricultural county throughout he nation in which the agency lakes farm ownership and oper ting loans. Appointments are cheduled so that a committee al lays has two experienced mem ers. The Martin County Committee as an important place in making upervised credit available to lo al farmers,'according to James C. lubanks, County Supervisor. Before any money can be bor uwed through the agency an ap iicant must have the approval of ie County Committee. In the case f farm ownership Juans, the farm ) be purchased, enlarged or lm roved must also be approved by | re committee. “The members now agricultural conditions in re county, are oiten familiar with le farm the applicant plans to perate,“ Mr. Eubanks explained. In addition to approving loans re committee cooperates with the bunty Supervisor in overall ad linistration of the program in the ounty. Periodically they review le progress ol borrowers to de mmine whether they have reach d a financial position that would nable them to refinance their lans through private lenders. A‘ jrmer who is eligible for credit ■ rom regular lending sources is ot eligible for a loan from thej aimers Home Administration. Prices Said To Be Ranging From Lr> To 65 Cents -o Early Hrpoi'l* Point To A Price Average of \l»out $55 For This Brit Averaging $5,1 or i/iore, prices received for the first offerings of the season on the tobacco markets in Georgia and Florida this morn ing \vere considered very encour aging and point to an average of possibly $55 tor the leaf grown in rtWcy it: iiv/v>'Cvc**, LiK yjAr tire Georgia markets and the opening in this belt, but the early reports from Georgia indicated that all companies were eager buyers and that competition was keen. The crop is short there and it is also short in this belt, the Georgia pro duction dropping from 150,190,825 pounds last year to an estimated 103,000,000 pounds this season. Last year the crop there averaged only $38.00. Although the crop is about one third less this year, early reports indicate that it will sell for with in about half million dollars of what the one brought a year ago. Prices today were said to be rang ing from 15 to 65 cents a pound. Individual market averages ranged from 49 1-2 cents at Vi dalia and Blackshear, Georgia, t6 58 cents per pound at lnveoak, Florida, the Department of Agri culture announcing at noon that the average tor the entire belt would approximate 53 to 56 cents a pound. The department report was based on early sales, and it is thought that the day’s average will drop slightly under that figure. The quality of the crop ottered today was described us being ( about the same as it was last year on opening day. At Valdosta prices ranged for • the most part from 40 to 63 cents. Six tv-one cents was the top < price reported at Waycross during . early sales. i The range at Tifton was from i (Continued on page eight) 1 To Get $11,144.82 Intangible Taxes fj -• Martin County and the several towns therein will receive $11,- I 144.82 in intangible taxes within the next two or three weeks. No division of the taxes has been re leased, but-possibly more than > half will go to the several town treasuries. 1 As far as it could be learned 1 the income from intangible pro- i perties; that is, tax on notes, bonds t and bank balances, is about the c same as it was last year. 11 Eleven Hundred Motor Vehicles Inspected Here Owners Rush To Get Cars uiul Trucks Through Lane Before Deadline — o - Working to beat the August 31 dead line, an estimated 1,100 own- j ?rs carried their motor vehicles j through the inspection lane here during the eight days ending yes terday afternoon, Approximately 10 percent of the number failed to pass inspection on the first trip, but most of the defects were re medied and were approved later the same day. Local garages were literally swamped with work during the past few days, repairing defective parts and adjusting lights and brakes. Yesterday, the garages were literally blocked and quite a few cars unable to have the neces sary repairs made, will have to wear the red stickers until the in spection lane is reopened here on Tuesday, August 31. Of course the owners may carry their ve hicles to other lanes during the meantime, but that is not neces sary since the red sticker will be recognized until the lane is re opened in this county. While a complete check is im possible just now, it is estimated that one out of three vehicles has been inspected, that a majority of the models prior to and including those for 1936 and also those for 1947 and 1948 have been inspect ed. The eight-day inspection period ending here yesterday saw more vehicles go through the lanes than in any other period. Truck owners are being advis ed of the law requiring turn signal lights, and in a few instances the vehicles have already passed in spection. It was explained that no turn signals are required on pick up or small trucks or on trucks without stake bodies. However, when loads are placed on large trucks or trucks with stake or other types of bodies blocking the view for hand signals, the vehicle must be equipped with proper ‘m ill i uw iij- i passed inspection had only fiat bodied trucks without sides or loads, the inspector explaining that they had to inspect the ve hicle as to its condition when car ried into the lane. O Opening Modern Coffee Shop Here Enlarging and completely re novating the building between the Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse and the FCX at the intersection of Washington and Haughton Streets, ltjr. and Mrs. John Wier are opening a modern coffee shop there next week, it was announc ed today. Open house will be observed Monday evening at 7:00 o'clock and the public is cordially invited to visit the coffee shop for an in spection of the plant. The regular apening is scheduled for Tuesday norning at 6:00 o’clock, the own irs-operators stating that the loors will be open from that hour antil 12 midnight each day. Sparing no costs, the owners are apening a business strictly mod :rn in every detail, including all lew equipment of the latest type, rhe shop is equipped with a horse ■hoe counter with a seating ca pacity of 47 customers, large ice ream and drink boxes The citchen, built to modern spccifi is fully equipped and upported by a large store room, !'he kitchen equipment includes jas ranges, steam table, modern iish washers and other materials. The owners are adequately itaffipg the business to offer irompt service, and a var iety of oods, including barbecue chicken rnd other special plates. --.» __ —.- ■ * J ffiver a If reck Small Slitl In The County Raiding in the vicinity of Hick ny Grove Church in Wilhanision Trwnship yesteiday morning, Of icers J. H„ Roebuck and Roy 'eel wrecked a small liquor plant, ncluding a 50-gailon capacity oil I'-um used as a still, doubler and ooler. They poured out two bar els of beer. Will Try To Fly J J Miles Per Hour — m Plan To Go l j* About Six* Icon Elites in the Air To Try For Speed The Air Force disclosed recent ly that Capt. Charles E. Yeager, the 25-year-old test pilot who first crocked the supersonic speed barrier, will try to fly the XS-l rocket plane up to 1700 miles an hour 2 1-2 times the speed of sound. Air Force spokesmen said they still don't know how much faster than sound the XS-l can travel. With the help of engine modifica tions, the hope to fly the needle nosed experimental rocket ship higher and faster than any ,hu mans have ever flown. The hazardous tests presumably will be made at the Muroc, Calif, experimental center, where Yeag er made the first super-sonic flight in the XS-l on October 14, 1947. The flier may try to hit an alti tude of 00,000 feet, almost 10 miles above the earth, where the rare fied air makes the speed of sound practically constant at about 000 miles an hour. Air Force scientists believe fliers can safely venture up to at least 100,000 feet without danger of injury from cosmic rays. Above that altitude they believe the in creasing density of the cosmic lavs might be dangerous. The highest recorded flight ever made was the 72,294-loot balloon ascension made over Rapid City, S. D., on Nov. 11, 1935, by Army Air Corps Cupts. Orvil Anderson and Albert Stevens. The highest a plane has ever flown officially is 5ti,U4ti feet— Col. Mario Pezzie of Italy made on Oct. 22, 19311. The Air Force declined to say when the 1700 iniles-an hour at tempt would be made, although they said tests on the XS-l are continuing. It was indicated, how ever, that necessary modifications in the rocket ship might hold up «4i if ' 4MHMMMMI time. Tobacco Barns Burn In County ——«>— At least five tobacco bams have been destroyed by fire in the county so far this season, accord - ing to incomplete reports received here yesterday. Crawford Coltrain of Griffins lost a barn some days ago. Mis. W. T. Hurst, Mrs. T. L. Johnson and Tally Garris were reported to have lost a barn each in the Cold Point section of Robersonville Township last week. Robert Sals bury lost a barn this week in the Hassell section. Most of the barns were equip ped with oil burners, but one was fired with a stoker. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Highway accidents bn Mar tin County highways have grown out of the normal count and pushed on into the epidemic stage, but they, more or less, are being ac cepted without any notion of a quarantine of any kind. The second fatality was added to the record last week, the vie 11nr. apparently having invited , death when he failed to dis play a burning light on his hi cycle. While the current fig ures lead those of last year in three columns, the number killed now stands at one less than the figure entered in the record during the first 211 weeks of last yeai. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 2‘Jtii Week Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1948 2 3!$ 1,17b 1947 2 i! 0 000 Comparison* To Date 1948 70 40 2 10,175 1947 63 29 3 13,800 Draft Board Named For Martin County Registration For Draft Scheduled For August 30th County I loan I I'lxpoelrtl To Moot Soon To PerftH't Organization LeRoy Everett of Hamilton, Chas. U. Gray of Robersonville and Eugene Rice of Williams ton, all well known county men, were selected this week to serve as a selective service board for Martin County. The appointments were advanced at a meeting of Sylvester Peel, chairman of the Martin County Board of Eleetions; L. B. Wynne, clerk of the Martin County Superior Court; and J. C. Manning, superintendent of coun ty schools, last Tuesday, but ac ceptance was not announced un til members of the group bad per sonally contacted the appointees. The board members arc expect ed to meet shortly, perfect their organization and make ready for the registration of young men in tlie 111-25 age group beginning August 30. Members of the old draft board were not available for service; ini fact, they contributed lull meas-1 ure of service by maintaining an I unbroken record from their ap- [ pointment in October, 1940, until after the end of the war. Mr. Jos.! Ayers, one of the old board mem-1 bers, has since died. Dr. Jesse Ward another member, is not physically able to carry on his re-: gular duties and handle the bur- , densome work again; and R. H., Goodmon explained that extra! duties make it impossible for himj to serve as a member of the new j board. The appointees to the new | board, subject to routine confir mation by higher authorities, ex plained that the assigned task was .put b,M. they wwv.ifn SgfWW their country. Getting underway on Monday, August 30, the registrations will continue after a staggered fashion through September 18. llershey said that it does not necessarily mean that men will lie drafted in the order they arc re quired to register. "It has not been decided yet,” Hershey said. No one would predict when ac tual inductions will begin. But this can not be before September 22, or 90 days after Mr. Truman signed the draft bill making it lawe Eighteen year olds, not subject to the 21-month draft, may enlist now in the armed services. By volunteering fur one year and then serving a longer period in the reserves they they may avoid the draft later. By law only 161,000 of the 18 year-olds may be accept ed. Hershey emphasized that all men 18 through 25, unless they al ready are in the active armed scr- ! vices, must register. Whethei' or not a man is exempt from the draft makes no differ ence, he said. Ail must register, unless they now are in the regular (Continued on page eight) Defendants Bound Over For Trial Seveial dc fendahf.s were bound jver to the higher courts by Jus tice R. T Johnson when prelim inary hearings were held. , Charged with'breaking into his .estranged wife’s home last Satur day night, Lafayette Pearsall was sound ovei to the superior court tor trial. Unable to raise bond in he sum of $200, he was returned ,o jail. Charged with assaulting 1 female in another case, Pearsall a’h.s placed under bond in the sum jl $100 for his appearance in Judge J C. Smith’s court next Monday. Charged with assaulting Pears iii with a deadly weapon and in licting dangerous knife wounds, I. T. Perry was bound over to the tounty court under a $200 bond; or trial next Monday. • f \o mmoN ! X✓ No petition carrying names of those persons favoring the inclusion of the names of the Progressive Party candidates for President and Vice Presi dent, has been presented to j the board of elections in this county, Chairman Sylvester Peel announced yesterday. Supporters of the Wallace- | Taylor candidacies had plan ned to circulate a petition in this county, but as far as it ! could be learned today no ac tion has been taken. It has been reported that approxi mately 30.000 signatures had been attached to petitions favoring a place on the Nov ember ballot for the Progres sive party. However, there is still some doubt if one-third or required 10,000 signatures will be found acceptable. A place for a fourth party— the Thurmond-Wright combi nation—on the November bal lot in this State has been vir tually ruled out by the time element. The petitions must be in by August 4. Negro Filrs Suit In Sratiii^ (lose r Richmond, Va., July 21 A $25, by ial 000 damage suit was filed today by a North Carolina Negro edu cator who sought to recover the sum from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and A. S. Lambeth for alleged raci; I dis crimination. The suit was filed C. Chance m Kede Court. Chance, a resident of Pannele, N. C., said he was “unlawfully” requested to move to a forward coach of one of the company's trains while returning from the Republican National Convention! William District I The complaint said Chance was not molested in his choice of scats until the Southbound Irani arriv ed in Richmond. At that point, he alleged, he was requested to move to a coach which was “less com fortable and had less accommoda tions” than other coaches “solely because ... he is a Negro.” After refusing to move, the complaint continued, Chance \va ; permitted to retain his seat until1 the train reached Emporia on the] afternoon of June 25. At Em poria, Chance said, “the defend j ant, Lambeth, unlawfully and! falsely swore to u criminal war j rant charging that the plaintiff was guilty of being disorderly.” Chance said he was ai rested, taken from the train and placed :n jail. Lambeth, the conductor of) the train, latei told the trial jus tice court of Greensville County, I that “he was satisfied h.y the ai rest and imprisonment of the; plaintiff” and the disorderly con j duct charge was dropped. K(MTllit<T H(T(* Friday Morning Beginning Friday, July 30, an1 army and air force recruiting sei j geant will be stationed at the post office in Williamston each Friday^ morning until further notice. | Hcretoiore, the recruiter has been | maintaining the station each Wed , nesdey morning. The sergeant will be glad to dis cus* any questions concerning en listment in either the army or the air force. Quite a few eighteen year-olds are discussing enlist tnents with the recruiter. Son ttf turn tor l.otal ({(•sitlenl.s lost* l.ijr ■-a Little Tommie Hollins, son of Jim and Catherine Faison Rollins, former residents of Williamston, was run down and killed by an automobile in Gassviile, Ai kaiisa.-. | a lew days ago, friends learned j here this week i he chini was three and one- i half years old. j Mr. Rollins played ball here mil Mrs. Rollins was employed Rams Beneficial To County Crops In Past Ten Days I olt uTo Harvest Delayed hi 'I‘»-.! Section* During l\.*t Few Days Fairly general rains, falling in tins county during the past week >r ten days, have proved greatly jenel'ieial to crops in this county. Farmers declaring that the delay ad rainfall had headed off a Com plete corn crop failure and great ly relieved conditions surrounding other crops. The effect of the rains on the tobacco crop has not been fully determined as yet. Farmers state that the crop is turning green, in viting wild growth after the low er leaves had been harvested. Most farmers, however, express the opinion that the rains will help rather than damage the crop. Harvest work, under way on a large scale in this county during the past two weeks, has been de layed m most sections of the coun ty this week, and it is now believ ed that the harvest and curing work will run from one to three weeks later than was predicted two weeks ago or even no longer Ilian last week. Favored with timely rains while others were experiencing an un usually dry season, possibly one hall' the farmers in the county are getting right along with the har vest. It is expected that quite a few will complete the harvest next week with many more ten tatively scheduled to harvest their tips the following week. Some tanner; will go well toward the latter [ art of August before com pleting the work. Reports from the early harvest • late that the leaf is curing out well, that quality is good but that the weight is below normal. At the same time some few'farmers state that their curings are not turning out very well. Producing an inferior crop last ' ear, most farmers in the county this year are far more optimistic aver the present prospects than "’ll' ’ ''''ll. l •. .Ill l 1 11 V i . Ull 1"l - vest is completed, the county is .'Xperted to go to market with a better crop than it did last year. However, in some sections the •rop is bordering on a failure and n those areas the growers are eery pessimistic and prefer to talk about the very good prospects for peanuts. While the rains came too late to matei ially alfect the early corn ■rop, late corn is looking good, .aimers declare. -4 \ban<!i>u(*<l Auto I'oumi In Street A 11)39 DeSoto sedan, registered n the name of Benjamin Fried ind loaded down with luggage mii trinkets of nearly every de scription, was found abandoned in east ( huri'h Street here Wednes lay by Officers Haislip and Rawls. Reports state that the ear was ibandoned by a young white cou ile when it got stuck on Dinah’s Hill. t hiel W. E Saunders said that •i" (in hearing Georgia state li onise, had not been reported stol ■n by Georgia authorities, that lie ass extending the investigation. fned, a Hungarian naturalized n tins country in 194a, listed his Burned out on July 6 for thu second time in about three years, Vlr. Henry S. Johnson is rebuild* nr in Hamilton and plans to re >pcn for business within just a tew weeks. t 'onstrucfion work w as started hi the BO by 5a cinder blochf liui lun last Monday. A goodly lumber nt workers are employed md the owner hopes to rush the' iroject to completion. It was re*1 Hirted that storage buildingJ could be provided as soon as bqJ tGit- 'dier the main store is cMm| bleted. 1