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TB ENTERPRISE IS |IAD Bf * OTBB MM MARTIN COUNT! run nrs twice each wees THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BS OVER 3.0M MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEB VOLUME LI—NUMBER 72 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 9, 1918 ESTABLISHED 1899 Tobacco Sales Pass * Four Million Mark Average Stronger Following Marked Slump Last Week 4 ■ • ■ Daily Deliveries Exceeding By Small Margin Mar Let's Selling Capacity After falling to an unexplained but marked slump tobacco prices staged a comeback to possibly more than offset the loss and pull the daily averages back to the middle forties. The price reeov g ery was quite noticeable for the medium grades with little or no great change, at least, in the price for green, heavy tips. Prices for the better grades continue to hold their own, and farmers with that type of tobacco are doing all right, with individual averages going as high as $65 and $66 per hundred pounds. Standing right at three and one third million pounds at the close of the market Wednesday after noon, sales today are certain to pass the four-million pound mark today. A block has been in evi dence since last Friday, but the carry-over has been fairly small, and for the most part tobacco de livered here is sold the same day. ^ However, most of the deliveries are made one day for the first sale the next. Yesterday, the market sold 323, 684 pounds for $142,196.00, the average for the day standing right at $44 per hundred pounds. Up until today, the market had sold 3,660,806 pounds for $1,682,466.40, or an average right at $46.00 pc’ hundred pounds, or $45.96, to be exact. During the first fourteen sale days of last year' the market sold 3,174,524 for an average of $41.96, giving the sales this year more than half a million-pound lead and a price average advan tage of exactly four cents a A pound. It was estimated today that more than forty percent of the crop had been sold in this section, that possibly fifty percent or more of the crop will have been sold at the close of sales Friday. Registration Now i Over A Thousand —— •. During the first eight days end ing yesterday, 1,006 names of Martin County young men were plaeed on the registration list fur the peace-time draft, but draft officials admitted that the pick ings from the group are almost certain to be “slim’.’ The registration includes 457 white and 549 colored men. There • are 401 veterans of World War II, 213 married non-veterans, 330 single men, 43 18-year-olds and nineteen transient registrants. Men born in 1926 are register ing today. Men born in 1927 reg ister on Friday and Saturday of this week. Men born in 1928 reg ister next Monday and Tuesday. Men born in 1929 register on Sep tember 15 and 16, and men born • in 1930, before September 19, 1930, are to register on September 17 and 18. 4 -.—o Amateurs Make Record Catches Invading the Swan Quarter fishing grounds yesterday, West End “Mayor’’ Exum Ward and, _ Alderman. Dennis Hardy, experi enced fishermen, with the help of Mayo Moore, L. C. Moore, Chas. Beacham and Dock Banks, ama teurs, broke all records for the season today. Mayor Ward admitted that his take was small, but hastened to explain that he was too busy teaching the others how to fish. After losing more than two doz en off their hooks, the fishermen settled down and caught 282 nice ? trout, the largest catch reported there this season. Dock Banks hooked the largest fish, an eight and one-quarter pound trout, but lost him right at the edge of the I boat, Mayor Ward verifying the weight.' ' QUESTipNNAIRES | u--- ■ The peace-time draft mov ed another step toward real ity for Martin County men this week when 169 question naires were placed in the mail, but draft board officials admittedly were weary over the slight possibility of get ting many eligible servicemen out of all the trouble and work now underway. Two of the questionnaires were prepared and returned to the board Wednesday, ! neither of the two qualifying for the draft. The other 167 questionnaires are to be fill ed in and returned to the board on or before September 17. % I It has been estimated that the draft will overtake about one out of every 56 regis trants. On that basis about three in the first group to re ceive questionnaires can look forward to a stretch in the army. Justices Of Peace Hear Many Cases In Past Few Days » Owner In Court for “Steal ing” Hitt Own Dog Here A Few Days Ago Justices John L. Hassell and R. T. Johnson worked overtime this week handling a large number of casqs in their courts. The feature caae was the one in which a man was charged with “stealing” his own dog. When the facts were presented Justice Johnson quash j ed the indictment and it was inti I mated that others would be in j volved. Johnnie Martin of Pitt ! County was charged with “steal | ing” his dog from C. B. White I hurst here. It was proved that Whitehurst had bought the dog ' for $5 from another party, that Martin, seeing the dog while trav eling through here, picked him up and carried him back to Pitt. Mar tin refunded Whitehurst the pur I chase price. ! , Other cases handled by Justice Johnson: Drunk and disorderly, Roscoe Morris was fined $5 and taxed with the costs. Charged with being drunk, An drew Stilley, George Guilford and William Taylor were each requir ed to pay $6.85 costs. James Ramsey. Jr., charged with assaulting a female with a knife and gun, was bound over to the county court in bond of $200. Willie Purvis was fined $15 and taxed with $6.50 costs for being drunk and disorderly. Charged with failing to dim his lights, Clarence Rogers was fin ed $10 and taxed with $5.85 costs. Joe Jordan Rodgers was fined $5 and required to pay $5.85 costs for failing to stop at a road inter section. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the case charging Minnie Mendenhall with failing to stop at a road in tersection. | Justice Hassell handled the fol lowing cases: Running through a red traffic light, Samuel Abna Wilkins was (Continued on Page Four) -u Crowded Bullola Promised For Election In November — ■ m Crowded ballots will greet Mar tin County voters when they go to the polls in the general election on November 2. The State Su preme Court has given the Dixie crats a place on the presidential ballot along with the Democrats, Republicans and Progressives. In | the State there’ll be contests be tween the Republicans and Demo crats. While there’ll be no oppo sition at the county level, the county Democrats will offer their nominees for election. Then there 1 will be several amendents to the Suite Constitution to be consider ' ed. Judge J. C. Smith Has Sixteen Cases In County’s Court • ■ — Tribunal In Session Hardly An Hour Last Monday Morning o Ignoring the provision for a day of rest offered by the legal Labor Day Holiday proclamation, Judge J. C. Smith and Solicitor Paul D. Roberson cranked up their court machinery and meted out justice as usual in a session lasting hard ly an hour last Monday morning. Sixteen cases were- handled, but fines, apparently reflecting the to bacco price slump, dropped to a new low of $175 that day. Sev eral cases were continued for one reason or another. Very few spec tators were present. Proceedings: His case having been continued under prayer for judgment at a previous session, Turner Ward, charged with non-support was di rected to pay $100 to Lizzie Moore for the support of their two child ren. The defendant is to report again early next January for fur ther judgment. The cases charging John Bunt ing with being drunk and disord erly and Emma A. Eide with being publicly drunk were dismissed. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, Aubrey Eugene Butler was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. The case charging Jus. Edward Moore with being a Peeping Tom and N. S. Nichols with larceny were continued until October 4. Eveline Kcarse pleaded guilty of operating a motor vehicle with out a driver’s license and was fin ed $25, plus costs. A continuance was allowed un til September 13 in the case charg ing Snowden W. Quigley with drunken driving. Charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Fred L. Cahoon pleaded guilty and was fined $25, plus the court costs. Raybond Mills Campbell was fined $15 and required to pay the court costs for speeding. lie pleaded guilty. Pleading guilty in the case in which he was charged with bas tardy, Leslie Rogers was sentenc ed to the roads for six months. The road term was suspended up on the payment of the costs and $20 a month for the support of his son, Robert Lee Rogers. The de fendant is to pay the $50 hospital bill. James Purvis, pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly weap on, was sentenced to the roads for ninety days. The term was sus pended upon the payment of a $20 fine and the costs. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Alfred Wiggins pleaded guilty and was fined $20, plus costs. Charged with speeding, Eugene Pendleton Banks, George Sut cliffe and Edward Fords Bagons, each pleaded guilty and each was | fined $15 and taxed with the court I costs. Special Picture For Legion Meet The showing of an American Legion film, “America Sails the Seas,” will highlight the regular meeting of John W, Hassell Post No. 163, Monday night, September 13, 1948, Commander W. W. Gur ganus announced today. “America Sails the Seas ', a 33 minute sound film in full color, tells the story of the vital role which the US merchant marine plays in the economic life of our country. In an introduction, the Nation al Commander of the American Legion, James F. O’Neil expresses concern that our merchant marine has already declined to a deplor able state in the two years since the end of World War II. He urges strongly that we maintain a mer chant marine adequate to meet the tasks thrust upon it. "Every Legionnaire will bene fit from seeing this film,” Com mander Gurganus said. “I urge every member to be present and to bring with him as many inter ested guests as he can.” Admis sion u free. CITIZENS OF TOMORROW The Enterprise takes much pleasure in presenting another in a picture series of this section’s "citizens of tomonow”. So far none has figured piominently in public affairs, bit as fu ture citizens they have a tremendous assignment to handle in a muddled world. Certain they’ll rio 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: Kenneth, one, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Loudon. Williamston; Clifton. II. eight months, son of Mr and Mrs. C. E. Ward, Williamston; Linda, twenty months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones, Williamston; Bottom row, Lewis, II, four months, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Davis, Jamesville; Larry, fifteen months, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Spellei, Williamston; and Jud^i, five months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Letch worth, Williamston. Farm Life Asking For Lunch Room Pointing out the need for a lunch room for their school, repre sentatives from Farm Life at a special meeting of the Martin County Board of Education here yesterday said the patrons and friends of the school would build a suitable structure if the county would furnish the materials. The board was impressed with the most liberal offer and will carry the proposal before the county commissioners for their considera tion. “The offer is a very gener ous hne and we can’t see why it will not be accepted,” Chairman J. D. Woolard said. It is estimated that the mater ials, including cinder or concrete blocks, will cost approximately $4,000. The proposed building is to be 28 by 56 feet. If and when the project is ap proved, the labor volunteers plan to start work on the building without delay. It was planned to contact the commissioner as soon as possible, Chairman J. 11 Ed wards of the Board of Commis sioners stating that he favored the plan, but could not speak for the board as a whole. Members Ferd Holliday, J. 1). Woolard, George C. Griffin and 11 C. Norman attended the meeting. Member Ernest Edmondson could not be present. — — .. . Furnu'm Makinfi Hvutly For Franul llurvrst Martin County farmers arc making ready for the peanut har vest, but it will be a week or ten days, possibly longer, before the task gets under way on any ap preciable scale. Reports declare that the crop is badly spotted, that it is very good on certain types of land where there was moisture, but on the heavy lands, the quality of the crop is exceedingly poor and there are few nuts on the vines. Mrs. Mary E. Clark Died At Home Of Daughter Tuesday -o Funeral Servin' In Frogg Itoudfc Wednesday Afternoon Mrs. Mary E. Clark, respected resident of Cross Roads Township, died at the home there of hei daughter, Mrs. Dennis Peel, Tues day afternoon at 12:10 o’clock. Slu had been in declining health foi some time and her condition hac been critical for several weeks. Mrs. Clark was born in Cros; Roads Township 71 years ago, tin daughter of the late John R Swain and wife. She lived then all her life. She was a member ol Christiar Chapel at Cross Roads for a num ber of years. In early life she was married tr W. E. (Buck) Clark who procodec her in death some years ago. Surviving besides her daughtei with whom she made her home ir recent years, are two daughters Mis. John Leggett and Mrs. San Ayers, both of Cross Roads; on< brother, Ed Sw'ain; four sisters Mis. Minnie Holliday, Mrs. Id; Whitaker and Mrs. Ella Harrison all of Williamston, and Mrs. Luc.v Terry of Robersonville Rev. Dennis W. Davis, formei pastor, and Rev. Preston Cay tun Edenton minister who is conduct ing a series of services in Chris tian Chapel, conducted the Iasi rites at her late home Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Bui ia was in the family cemetery, neai the home. REPORTED IMPROVED Confined to the hospital for sev oral weeks, Mr, Chas. Davenport Jamesville merchant, said las’ night that he had enjoyed the bcs' day he had had in four weeks He said he had been gallivanting j all over the hospital. Apply Pressure To Check Drive For Beer Sale Ban Climaxing a conceited drive launched by some of the beer dealers tir cheek u movement to ban the sale of beer and wines in the county, pressure was reported this week to have been applied in at least one case with the possi bility that strong hints had been dropped in other cases. Slow to chip in with a $10 con tribution to fight the dry move ment, one retailer was ‘denied a supply of beer by at least two dis tributors. Unconfirmed reports declared that a whispering cam paign had been directed against at least one retailer, and that a general invitation had been ex tended to all retailers to attend meetings to discuss plans for com batting any and all dry move ments. The wets were said to have at tempted to form an organisation I at a meeting held a few weeks agi to sustain the sale of beer anc ! possibly wines in the county Quite a few retailers attended the meeting, one report stating that some of the dealers agreed t( make contributions to support their cause, but others hesitated It was also reported that an out side leader, allegedly a represen tative of the industry, attendee the meeting and offered sugges tions for combatting the move ment to ban beer sales. It could not be learned if others bad been denied deliveries, but reliable reports proved that one or more retailers had lieen cut off by some distributors because no con tributions were tendered to fight the ban. A movement was launched in the county a few months ago to place the beer issue to a vote of tht ptoplt, but :t was. delayad. Parole Officials i Plan Hearing In Frank Green Case —— Ih'tcriniiHMl Proponent* Of- ( for To Transport Op poiionts To Raleigh , -o ; The determined movement to I parole Frank Green, convieted killer, will be aired at a publie hearing tentatively scheduled to be held some time and some where, possibly in Raleigh next Wednesday, it was learned here yesterday. Those interested in releasing Green are offering to furnish transportation to any one oppos ing the parole and who aren’t able to furnish his own transportation, it was learned. There is some deep opposition to the all-out move ment to parole Green, but there is some doubt if it will be possible for the opponents to make a trip to Raleigh at that time. According to the best informa tion available, a weak and almost disgusting field investigation was entered in the record some weeks ago or before Killer Green had served hardly a year for the wan ton crime. The investigator, al legedly sent out by Commissioner of Paroles Hathaway Cross, went within a few feet of those ac quainted with the case and w»ho were in all justice to fairpess and common decency should have been heard. He passed them by and jumped from place to place in the county, gaining no idea of the opposition to Green’s parole, as far as it could be learned here. The investigation was rated as be ing little more than mockery. Green, while in a drunken con dition, ran down, killed and in jured several occupants of a car at the intersection of the Bear Grass Road and Highway 17 early lust year. He was tried in the courts of this county und was sen tenced to prison for not less than five and not more than seven years. It was directly or indirect ly suggested at the time that if the unfortunate victims of Green’s crime were given a decent settle ment in the civil courts, the sen tence would be commuted to not more than five and not less than three years. The move to effect a “decent” settlement was bitterly contested in the courts, and by the time doc tors' and hospital bills and other expenses were paid, the direct and indirect victims of the crime were left just about penniless. It is now reported that relatives of the vic tims and some of the victims themselves are depending on pub lie welfare and the mercy of neighbors und other friends for the bare necessities of life. It is an established fact that more interest has been shown in paroling Frank Green than there has been in the welfare of those whom he wantonly ran down, murdered and maimed. One who is well acquainted with the case was quoted as saying only yes terday that, “If half as much in terest had been shown in those who bore the brunt of Green's criminal action as there had been (Continued on page four) I Military Drops Negro “Quota” Washington.—The military has dropped from its peacetime draft the quota system used for Negroes during World War II, defense of ficials said here. A spokesman for Selective Ser i-vite •he-adgaaricrs said in answer to a question that no quota is fix ed, the Negroes and whites are being “taken as they come.” During the war, a quota was set for the draft of Negroes. The aim was to call approximately as many Negroes as the proportion of their race to national popula tion. That is about 10 percent. Negroes will get their basic training at camps anywhere *n the country to which they happen to be assigned, either in the North or South, Army spokesmen said. They denied a published report that no Negroes would be trained in the South. A Negro will be as signed to any unit where needed, regardless of location, when his basic training has been fixed, the ! spokesman said. , j Consider Removal of Few Parking Meters | INSPECTION LANE 1 v -/ North Carolina's Depart ment of Motor Vehicles will open an inspection lane on the street between the Planters Warehouse amt the Better Chevrolet Company in Rober sonville next Tuesday, Sep tember 14. It will be open for three days. The deadline has passed for the inspection of certain models, and the department points out that September 30 Is the deadline for inspecting models 1937 and 1946. The lane will not be back in Williamston this month and those wishing to beat the in spection deadline for 1937 and 1946 model cars will have to hit the lane at Robersonville next week or drive to Wash ington Sept. 23 to 27 for in spections. The lane will also be in Washington on October 6 which is within the 10-day grace period. Hoy A. Hinson, Local Resident, Died Yesterday —»■ — Taken 111 Kui'ly Thai Morn ing in Greensboro And Died Short Time Later -0 Hoy Avant Hinson, local young man and veteran of World War II, died suddenly in Piedmont Mem orial Hospital, Greensboro, yester day morning at 8:10 o’clock Working out of Greensboro for a short time with the Reid Hayden Insulating Company, lie was tak en ill shortly after 3:00 o'clock yesterday morning in his hotel room. Not thinking his condition was serious, he did not call for help immediately, but later got up and dressed and called for a taxi to take him to the hospital. He died before his ailment could be diagnosed, but it is thought he died of a heart attack. No report on an autopsy could be had here immediately. The son of the late Waitus Hin son and Ollie Lilley Hinson Nich olson, he was born in Roanoke Rapids 31 years ago, but moved to this county when quite young, lo cating on the old Mizelle farm near Williamston where he lived with his grandfather, Stubbs Lil ley. Later he made his home in Williamston with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lilley until he entered the service in tht early forties. He served with tilt Army Engineers overseas several years, returning home in 1945 Since that time he had lived with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Modhn on Park Street. He operated a taxi here for a while since the war but litre recently he went with the insulating firm. He was in hit usual health Tuesday when he handled his regularly assigned tasks. Since returning home from service he had been troubled with phlebitis and was quite ill at one time. However, he apparent ly had recovered from that ail ment. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Na than Scott of Pitt County; two half-brothers, Berkley anil Lonnie Mack Nicholson, and a half-sister, (Coutinuiid from Page Four) More Nrir ltool>* For Public Library Here The following new books were recently added to the Williamston Public Library: Lace Curtain, Only the Brave, Asylum for the Brave, The Vaga bond Virgin, Office Nurse, Gale Warning, Ann Starr at Warm Springs, Experiment in Crime, The Smokestack Iron, The Pati ence of Maigret, Bullets over Broken Leg, When Hearts are Young, Tried for Murder, Orchids for Mother, A Stylish Marriage, Call of the Land, Discovery, F as in Flight, A Foolish Gentlewoman, Peony, The Naked and the Dead, The Beloved Country, and Colum bus. Will Start Drive Against Rodents Week After Next Board In Meeting Tuesday Buys Equipment For Gas. Fires ——♦ Holding their regular meeting last Tuesday evening, Williams ton's town commissioners handled a varied business program, includ ing discussions on the recently installed parking meters, town promotion, purchase of equipment for fighting gasoline fires, a drive against rats, streets and street lights, retirement of bonds, and increased pay for policemen While no action was taken for their immediate removal, parking meters near the Watts Street in tersection on East Main and those near the Haughton intersection on West Main Street apparently have been found unnecessary, and there is a possibility that several of the meters will be removed in due time. It was the general | opinion of the board that the met ers had helped solve the parking problem in the more congested areas of the business district, and as far as it can be determined just now meters in the congested areas will be retained even after the six-month trial period. The commissioners voted to al low $300 for promoting the inter ests of the town at a festival to be advanced by the Boosters. Including a $1,350 appropriation in the current budget for financ ing a campaign against rats, the board completed arrangements for handling the project which is to last for six months. Working in cooperation with the county health department and federal forces, the town is to employ one person and the federal govern | ment will furnish a truck and sup | or vise the work. It is believed that the drive will prove tile most effective ever advanced here. The appropriation for the work pro vides a $40 week salary. Recognizing the presence of an unusually large..number of gaso line storage tanks and the move ment of numerous oil transports and tank delivery trucks throug.i the streets, the commissioners de cided to invest $80 in special equipment for lighting gasoline fires. The board also instructed Fire Chief G. P. Hall to purchase about $75 worth of chemicals and 150 additional feet of small hose. Delivered just a short time ago, a new motor grader is to be used in improving dirt streets and opening new ones to isolated sec tions, Street Department Super intendent R. E. Manning told the board. One of the immediate pro jects is the improvement of Faulk Street, leading to the Odd Fellows Cemetery, and an outlet for citi zens living on the west side of the Plymouth Branch of the A. C. L. Railroad Company track. (Continued on page four) Boosters Plan Festival Here —— At the meeting of the Town Board of Commissioners Tuesday night, permission was granted tne Williamston Boosters, to stage a i three-day Harvest festival on Oc tober 14, 15 and 16, the Board ad vancing $300 to help meet certain costs. Tentative plans call for all big' events of the festival to take place on Friday, October 15. Mr. Taylor urges that all mem bers of the Williamston Boosters be present at a meeting at the court house at 8 o’clock on Friday, September 10. The purpose of the meeting is to acquaint the members with the tentative plans for the festival. Arrahgements have been taken care of but are subject to the acceptance or re jection by Booster members. The directors will attempt to contact each member the latter part of this week by letter, urging each merchant to take an activq part by appear a:* at the meal