THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BE
OVER MM MARTIN COUNTT
fiEBJES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTS
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEZB
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 89
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tnvmlay, \ovrmhvr 9, 19 lit
ESTABLISHED 1899
Another Series of
Road Accidents
Oil County Roads
Six Vernons Injured In As;
MottV V'eliiele Wrecks In
Past Few Days
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At least six persons were injur
ed, none critically, and a property
damage estimated in excess of $1,
000 resulted in a series of six
highway accidents in this county
during the past week-end. The
week-end business of wreck 'em
up and tear ’em down boosted the
total number of accidents for the
first week in this month to nine,
the injured count to eight and the
property loss to more than $1,500.
The first in the series of acci
| dents was reported last Friday
evening at 7:45 o'clock when Wil
lie Richard Hudgins, colored man,
lest control of his 1937 Ch^vrnlf»f
ahd ditched it at Wynne’s Cross
Roads on the old Williamston
Grecnville Highway, breaking his
left hand and doing about $250
damage to his car. Patrolman Ed
Simmons, assisted by Patrolman
Jno. Rowe, investigated the wreck
and delivered Hudgins and his
two passengers to a Williamston
doctor’s office for treatment. The
other two were not badly hurt,
Patrolman Rowe said.
Driving west on Highway 64
between Robersonvillc and Ever
etts last Friday night about 11 30
o'clock, Jos. W. Ferrell, Jr., of
Currituck Courthouse, turned out
to avoid striking Louis Leggett of
Everetts who was riding a bicycle
in the same direction. Driving a
1947 Chevrolet, Ferrell was
rounding the grave yard curve
near Collie Swamp and hit Irving
Smith's 1947 Oldsmobile. Ferrell
was thrown out of his car and
thrown to the concrete, suffering
an arm cut and painful bruises.
No one else was hurt. The car
went wild, tore down a well curb
ing and came to a stop in a corn
field about 100 yards away. Fer
rell was returning from a football
gome in Tarboro, and one of the
boys1 riding in the front seat with
hiuij tried to steer and stop the car,
“bjiitlt $aw so many trees that I
could not do much,” he told Pa
trolman B. W. Parker who made
the investigation. Mr. Smith kept
his car under control. Damage to
the Chevrolet was estimated at
$100, Patrolman Parker stating
that repairs to the Smith car
would cost approximately $150
Only minor damage resulted
when a Chevrolet driven by Geo.
Ayers of Hassell and a Dodge
driven by Mrs. Sally Manning
bumped together at the intersec
tion of Haughton Street and Sim
mons Avenue here early last Sat
urday evening.
Israel Blount, driving his 1936
Ford toward his home on the
Sheppard Mill Road not far from
the Martin-Pitt boundary, lost
control of his machine. He ditch
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Body Of County i
Boy on Way Home |
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The body of Pfc. Joshua Mar- j
hiner is en route home for burial'
^ in native soil near Jamesville, his j
father, Augustus Marriner, was
advised last week. No details
were given in the message, t ut it
is thought that his is one of four
bodies en route home from Italy
on the same ship.
Pfc. Marriner was killed in ac- :
tion in Italy on April 5, 1945, and |
is believed to have been the first i
Martin County Negro youth to !
lose his life in actual combat.
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ROUND-UP
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Eleven persons were arrest
ed and temporarily detained j
by local, county and state of
ficers in their last week-end
round-up. Six were charged
with public drunkenness, and
one each with operating a
motor vehicle without a driv
er’s license, drunken driving,
assault and issuing a worth
less check. The eleventh one
was held for investigation.
Five of the eleven were
white and the ages of the
group ranged from 18 to 42
years.
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Three Injured In
Friday Accident
Three persons were painfully
hurt and considerable property
damage resulted when a new 194!)
Ford Tudor sedan owned by Anne
Beasley and driven by Edgar Gur
; ganus and a motorcycle with side
I car attached crashed in front of
' Sunny Side Inn on U. S. Highway
! 17 last Friday night shortly after
11:00 o'clock.
Walter L. Paccotv, erf Scotland
Neck, driving the motorcycle, suf
; fered face injuries, bruises and
' shock. Joe R. Cherry, 67-year
old paralytic also of Scotland
Neck, suffered a head injury, and
Stuart C. Later, a passenger on
the motorcycle, had one hand in
jured badly. Robert Wayne Car
bello riding with Later in the
motorcycle sidecar was not hurt,;
Patrolman M. F. Powers, investi
gating thn acr,M°p.t r^port^H r?r- I
bello and Later, Marines stationed I
at Camp Lejcune, were hitchhik
ing north.
Gurganus, driving south on the
highway, told officers he slowed
down to about five miles to make
a left turn into the Inn grounds,
that he saw no approaching ve
hicle, that he saw no light.
The car bared its right side and !
the motorcycle plowed into it, i
throwing the driver and his three !
passengers off. No one in the car 1
j was hurt. Very little damage was !
done to the motorcycle but Pa '
trolman Powers said that repairs
to the car will possible cost $400.
The injured were removed to
the local hospital in a Biggs am
bulance.
Victim Of Wreck
Dies In Hospital
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James White, 42-year-old mi
gratory worker, who suffered a
broken neck in a truck accident
on the Roanoke River fill near
here Monday afternoon of last
week, died two days later in the
local hospital. Paralyzed from
| the neck down, he was given little
chance to recover, the X-rays
showing that the Atlas bone was
broken in the shape of an ‘‘S".
White's wife who suffered a
broken hip and their ten-year-old
daughter who suffered internal
injuries . ontinue in the hospital,
and they are recovering along
with a fourth victim of the wreck.
The Whites, workers who had
followed the harvest from Florida
early in the spring as far as New
Jersey, were returning to their
home in Florida with twenty-two
other workers. Milton Sturgis,
driver of the truck belonging to
C. Hudson of Mount Vernon,
i Maryland, is being held in the
Bertie County jail and is to be ar
raigned on a manslaughter
charge.
White’s body was shipped last
i Friday to the family home in Bell
l Glade, Florida, for burial at Palm
Beach.
Miss Bertha Ward
Dies In Parniele
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Miss Bertha A. Ward died Sat
urday at her home in Parmele af
! ter a lingering illness. Funeral
services were held from the home j
Monday at 3 p. m. with the Rev.:
W. M. Howard, Jr., pastor of Beth
el Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial was in Bethel Cemetery.
Surviving are one brother, Luke
L. Ward of the home; four sisters,;
Mrs. E. C. Andrews of Parmele,1
Mrs. H. L. Williams of Greenville, I
Annie and Nellie Ward, of the j
1 home; three nieces and six ne- j
phews.
i Infant Dias At Home Of
Parents Near Jamesville
Eleanor Joyce Jones, seven days
old, died at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jones,
| near Jamesville, last Saturday
morning at 9:00 o'clock.
Funeral services were conduct
ed there Sunday afternoon at 3:00
| o'clock by Rev. Preston Cayton,
1 pastor of Christian Chapel and I
Macedonia Church and interment
| was in ihe family cemetery near
! the borne.
! Surviving besides her parents!
j are one sister and six brothers. I
Peanut Festival Baby Parade. Moves Down Street
One of the high spots in Williamston’s recent and very successful
of the nearly one hundred little tots as they moved down the mai
three thousand persons lined the street from Washington Street to S
stand so that the little folks could hardly make their way along.
Peanut Festival was the babv parade Pictured above are a few
n street toward ties judges’ stand. It was estimated that more than
jnithwick for tins event, the throng crowding around the judges’
CITIZENS OF
TOMORROW
The Enterprise takes much pleasure ir. presenting another
in a picture series of this section’s “citizens of tomoriow". So
far none lias figured prominently in public affairs, (■ it us 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.
Reading from left lo rigid are Bobby, five; Mary Ann, five
months, Billy, eight and Ralph, six, sons and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Bowen of Route 2, Williamston, and the three chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bowen of Route 2, Williamston.
Critically Hurt
In Farm Accident
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William Peel, 28-year-old farm
er of Bear Grass Township, was
critically injured in a farm acci
dent there last Wednesday even
ing, but reports from the local
hospital today stated he was hold
ing his own and resting very well.
Standing on top of a truck load
of hay which he was unloading,
the young farmer lost his balance
and fell, pulling a hale of the hay
after him. He was not materially
hurt in the fall, but the bale of
hay fell on his back near the side,
injuring him internally.
At first he was only sore and
he went to bed at home, thinking
his injury was just of a minor na
ture. Thursday morning, his con
dition seemed much worse and he
was moved to the hospital almost
at tije point of death. Reports
state that newly developed drugs
were used to revive him and that
several blood transfusions helped
save his life.
While' his condition continues
scriops, jfccuvery is expected if no
complications develop.
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PICKIN’ UP
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Fairly quiet during the last
sales and since the tobacco
market closed, business is now
gaining momentum locally.
The two peanut plants
started operations a few days
ago, and the Marvil Package
Company, idle several weeks
while repairs and alterations
were made to the plant, re
sumed operations here yester
day.
To Print More
Baby Pictures
The Enterprise has entered into
a contract with the Royal Photo
graphic Center here to take pic
tures of babies and youngsters up
to twelve years of age for publica
tion in its columns. A similar
contract was in effect for several
months, and since all the pictures
taken under that arrangement
have been published, the paper is
anxious to have others for publi
cation.
Pictures may be taken at the
convenience of the parents any
day in the week between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. at the
studio over the Firestone store
next to the Guaranty Bank in
Williamston. The arrangement is
necessarily limited to a certain
time and those who . would want
pictures oX their children made
for publication are asked to make
arrangements with the studiy
without delay.
Under* th* first • contract the-j
pictut^5^t/j.linoat three huiHh*edj
little gubHshed
l '. '"yC-'Ce - ..def '■ e; / ' ■
lli Id In (iriffinn Tou indiip
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the graveside in the Man
mng Cemetery in Griffins Town
•ship on Saturday, October 30, for
I the infant son of Mr. and Mrs Ki
nest Jont s. The child, one and
one-half days old, died in a Wash
ington hospital. The service was
conducted by Re", W. B Harring
ton.
Surviving besides ins parents
are two brothers-, Ernest, Jr., and
I Larry Mitchell Jones.
I Alleged Robbers
O
j Here For Short
While Thursday
Damagr Funiixliiiigi* In
Knom Aim! Skip Hill \l
Lnm I II.‘hi
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Alleged to have held up Edgar
Parker of Elizabeth Cit; and stol
ell his ear, $21) in cash, watch and
jewelry, between Edenton and
Windsor last Wednesday night,
two young men later registered in
the local hotel where they spent
several hour.- before continuing
on their way.
The meager description offered
by the robbery victim fitted the
‘wo youths who apparently were
in their early twenties and who
registered under the nanus of
Jimmy Young and Charles C.
O’Uriun, 79th Street, New York
City. The two boys registered at
me hotel with Clerk Dennis Grit
fin about 3:00 o’clock Thursday
morning, almost two hours after
they had robbed Parker. Their
appearance in the hotel was ac
cepted as a matter of course and
their acts caused no suspicion.
Later in the morning they d'sap
poured, leaving the hotel without
paying their lodging bill. The hot
el management that afternoon
learned that the room occupants
had damaged furniture and cut
the Venetian blinds all to pieces
leaving several empty liquor bot
tles.
Parker, the victim of the rob
bery, was reported to have picked
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0|>m IiisjhtIion
Lane \\ (Mliichday
.-A' laht- for the nfr.mo
.'wiU ,b«. reopened b are j
jjwi Street Wednesday of.j
4
through next Tu< relay with the
possibility that Thursday of this
week will he oh,served as a hoh
day. No oil seal announcement
was made, and it is not i retain
if the Jan, will operate on Thurs
day, Armistice Ii,.\,
November lii) i tin last <ia\
motor vehiel- s of the HMD and
1942 models mav he driven wilh
J out inspection stickers. All mot
or vehicles of the year model 1941
and 1949 shall he inspected on or
■'' ' * .s t v i. i . i . j ,. .■. j ■»“ i, ■ ■■, ms ■ i
models may be inspected.
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Meeting last Friday even
ing, Martin County Farm Bu
reau canvassers reported that
1,529 members had been sign
ed in the current membership
drive, that possibly 150 or
more others bad been signed
hut had not been reported.
The drive is about 500 short
oI (lie goal. President ( lias.
I Daniel announced that
plans are being made to com
plete the canvass by the 19th
of this month when another
meeting of the canvassers
will be held in the court
house.
Doesn't Care For
Publican Listing
Registering no opposition to
pranksters who would vote for
him by wi lting in his name on an
election ballot, Farmer W. Clur
euro Wallace declared that it was
going a bit too far when the
prankster chose to place his name
in the Republican column.
Explaining that he had never
been associated with the Republi
can party in any way, and that he
wanted nothing to do with it. Mr.
Wallace declare d that he had al
ways been a Democrat, had al
ways worked for the Democratic
Parly and would continue to work
for the Democratic Party just as
long as he was able.
Mr. Wallace was not a candi
dati for any office, but some
pi.^kster,, acting in fun surely,
wrote his name in on the James
villi' Township constable ballot,
just as they did in several other
instances.
IJ.MITKI)
;V-»-—~-r_
\ limited holiday .will lie in
: here tor Armistice Day
6n Thursday of this week.
According to incomplete re
ports, general business will lie
maintained as usual, but the
post office and banks and li
quor store nill be closed all
day. There’ll be no deliveries
iu Hie town or in Hie rural
sections, but parcel post will
be delivered locally, Postmas
ter W. 10. Dunn said. Tile of
fices ol Die Virginia Electric
and Power Company will
dose Thursday afternoon.
No program has been plan
ned id le 10 mark the observ
| anee of the day.
Mrs. Joseph Lee
Dies In County
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Mrs. Mary Louise Lee, till, died
at her home near Williamston be
tween A and (3:00 o’clock last Sun
day morning, apparently of a
heart attack. She had been in
declining health for several years
but was getting along very well I
when she retired Saturday night i
after visiting friends in Williams- I
ton about 10:00 o'clock that eve-^
ning. [
Members of the family heard)
her cough about 1:00 o’clock, but'
she was thought to be all right at
that time. Her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Robert E. Lee, went to the
room to call her about six o'clock
and found her dead.
Mrs. Lee was born in this coun
ty on August 22, 1880, the daugh
ter of the late John and Hattie
Leggett Hollis. In early woman
hood she was married to Joseph
1 -t‘(' \vl)(| lu'onji Ihrno
atfo.
Joining thi' church at Spring
Green when she was sixteen years
ot age, she was one of the oldest
members there.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the church there Monday
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock . by the
pastor, Elder Wm. E. Grimes, and
interment was in the Stanley Leg
gett Cemetery in Poplar Point
Township.
Surviving are one son, Robert
K. Lee with whom she made her
home; a daughter, Mrs. C. L. Nor
ris of Williamston; three brothers,
Joe Hollis of Poplar Point, Stan
ley Hollis of Norfolk, and Bill
Hollis or Hamilton Township; and
five grandchildren.
J. 1). Bland Dies
In Scotland Neek
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Johnnie 1). Bland, native of this
|County, died at his home, 21fi
Ninth Street, Scotland Neck, Sun
j Jay night at 11:00 o'clock, the vic
| tim of a heart attack. He was tak
| on ill suddenly and died before
medical aid could reach him.
The son of the late John Thom
|as Bland and Maggie Taylor
Bland, he was born in Cross Roads
Township on March 3, 1880. He
spent his early life there and lo
cated in Norfolk where he was
married to Lucy Saunders. Sur
j viving that union is a daughter,
Bernice, ol Norfolk, lie returned
to this county about sixteen years
ago and located in Williamston
where he wrote industrial insur
ance for several years before mov
ing to a farm in Griffins Town
ship, locating in Scotland Neck
about eight years ago to engage
in the insurance business.
His second marriage was to Miss
Beulah Griffin of Griffins Town
ship.
Besides his widow and daugh
ter, he is survived by a half-sister,
Mrs. Maggie Bland Roberson of
Williamston.
He had not been in very good
health for some time, and only
three weeks ago he came here to
select a plot in Woodlawn Ceme
tery.
Funeral services are being con
ducted in the Biggs Funeral Home
here this afternoon at 2 o’clock
and interment will be in Wood
lawn Cemetery. Rev. John L.
Golf is conducting the last rites.
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Note Correction
In Tuesday’s Vote
Unable to get an official count j
in time for the last Thursday edi
tion, The Enterprise carried only
an unofficial version of the Tues
day, November 2, election.
An official check shows that all
the Republicans lacked in being
"skunked" in Griffins Township
was a lone vole.
U was first reported that the
precinct went solidly Democratic
except for one vote cast for Thur
mond.
Local lltty llomircd
If (. C. (.allege
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John L. Gulf, sun of Ilev. anil
Mrs. John Golf of Williamston,
was one of ten students of At
lantic Christian College, Wilson,
to represent the institution in
"Who’s Who in American Uni
| versities and Colleges. ‘ Golf js a
senior in the college.
County Farmers
Asking For Farm
Ownership Loans
iHcnly-lHo Farmers Al
ready lla\c li<|iiidatrd
Loans In the County
More Martin county tenant far
mers than usual are applying for
farm ownership loans this season,
says James C. Eubanks, County
Supervisor of the Farmers Home
Administration. Nearly twice as
many applications art coming in
now as at this time last year, with
about one fourth of the applica
tions from Veterans, Eubanks re
ports.
Many tenants, especially veter
an tenants, have observed the suc
cess of those now on their farms,
and have decided to make a start
for themselves This accounts pri
marily for tlie increased number
of applications being received.
The farm ownersh ip program is
now in its eleventh year in Martin
County. During this time forty
farm families have bought farms
m this county through this type
of credit. About (10,000 of these
loans have been made through
out the country in the past eleven
years.
The Farmers Home Adminis
tration makes and insures loans
only on farms tiiat can be bought,
enlarged, or improved at prices in
line with their normal earning
capacity value, Mr. Eubanks said.
"After one of our trained apprais
ers goes over the place, the coun
ty committeemen consider his
findings and make final certifica
tion as to the farm's value,” he
added. They also decide whether
the applicant is eligible for a loan.
Chairman of the county commit
tee is Mr. William J. Beach of
Hamilton. Other members are
Mr Garland H. Forbes of Ever
etts, and Mr. Robert J. Hardison
of Williams.
Veterans receive preference for
the agency's farm ownership
loans. Loans bear J percent in
terest and the repayment period
runs for 40 years, but borrowers
refinance their loans as soon as
they can do so at satisfactory
rates and terms.
j Frequently borrowers pay out
many years in advance, Eubanks
said. In this county 22 families
who could not get adequate credit
1 elsewhere have paid off their
loans in 4 to 7 years, and are now
[ independent farm owners. Many
of the others are making steady
progress and are ahead on their
repayments.
The 22 borrowers who have
paid out in full, had they allowed
thier payments to run for the 40
year period, would have paid in
$80,344.22 in interest alone. By
repaying these loans in the short
er length of time actually paid
$15,227.33 in interest. The great
savings is not only in the interest
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Little More For
Childrens Fund
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A lew more dollars were added
to the United Nations Crusade for
Children Fund in this county dur
ing the past few days, Mrs. N. C.
Green, treasurer, reported yester
day.
Contributions not previously
acknowledged include the follow
ing: Mrs. W. L. Taylor, $1; Miss
Grace Talton's first grade, 40c;
Mrs. C. 11 Godwin, Sr., $2; Mar
tin Elliott Co , $5.
So far a total of $1,143.72 of a
$2,500 goal has been raised in this
| county for the hungry children in
the war-stricken countries.
! JOKKS )
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The jokes and wise com
ments, flowing from the fun
foundry established following
Truman’s victory over Dew
ey. are beginning to trickle
down.
The comment, ’’Dewey lost
in a Gallup (Gallup poll) and
Truman won in a walk,”
about sizes up the bright say
ings. Any number are telling
jokes a little bit on the smut>
t.v side, but those who dared
bet twenty to one have not
recovered sufficiently
joy the fur;.