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 — ■ « 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 (Continued"on page eight) Body Of County i Boy on Way Home | •.— 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. r ROUND-UP ^ i v— ■ _/1 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. ib#’* s 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 -o 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 —•— 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 —•— 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. *— PICKIN’ UP V ---- 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 -* 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 (Continued on page three) •o 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 2«) r i j 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 - 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 -D 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. —o— 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 -•— 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 (Continued on page eight) Little More For Childrens Fund -o 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 ) v---; i i 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;.