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■M’ mo* «*?**• ••: KSM tSOC ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER I,MY MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEER " THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BX OVER 3.000 MARTIN COCNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEER VOLUME LI—NUMBER 102 WiUiam$ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday , December 23, 1948 ESTABLISHED 1899 Local Young Man Has Responsible Job In New Yofk 'Darrell M. Price Heads U. S. War Department's Press Section By Louise Greeley Washington.—Perhaps the gest public relations job big any newspaperman has come across since the war is the work being done by Darrell Price, of Wii liamston, M. C., editor of the Press Section, Reorientation Branch of the Civil Affairs Division of the War Department. This rather impressive-sound ing title when uncovered reveals a group of newspaper people whose job it is to transmit to oc cupied areas in Europe factual in formation about Americans, our activities and institutions. The Washington branch is one of 13 t which provides file material to be sent to editors in all occupied zones including Austria, Trieste, Korea, Japan and others. Price’s office is not concerned with blown-up propaganda and exaggerated news reports to send to Europe. Indeed, its purposes are the exact opposite of this stand. It is important that the people in the occupied zones learn truthfully and sincerely, how America really lives, culturally, socially and professionally, with a decided drop in the emphasis Vin the bright lights, “gold-paved streets” and other nonsense, Pi ice % said. Every day the Press Section of fice located in the Pentagon re ceives countless requests from editors of small periodicals, news papers and other publications in Europe asking for further infor mation concerning news of wide and varied interests to their read eis. All the materials published in the occupied zones are guided by American authorities but the editors are natives and can select and request materials which they believe will be of interest to the native readers. When such a request is receiv ed, the Press Section delves into files, haunts libraries, checks up references and finally compiles as much information as can be had to be .sent to the European public^, tion. People in Germany and other occupied territories are ex tremely interested in industrial and scientific developments in America, Price said. They want to know what the American wo man does with her spare time, what educational facilities are available foi the city and rural youngsteri^nrMhousands of other items "wtncn Americans take for granted. Ir; providing such mateilaPTaT overseas publication, the Press Section serves a dual purpose in playing down exaggerated propa -r-*irl3ranri Helping the E.'vrejw."ca. to develop an American attitude, or something as near to an Ameri can attitude as can be hoped for. Having worked in Europe for ► four years with the Psychological Warfare Branch of the U. S. Army during which time he was editor of two newspapers printed by the Allies and also did publications work for distribution at various (Continued on page six) S NO EDITION v. In keeping with a custom of long standing, the publishers will not issue an edition of The Enterprise next Tuesday. The current edition is going to press two days ahead of schedule, making it possible for the force to enjoy their only vacation of the year. The Enterprise will be back on schedule Thursday of next week. Downward Trend In Legal Whiskey Sales Total Of $4,529,003 Since July In 1935 Legal Sales Iasi Quarter Smallest for Any Period In Three Years Liquor sales reported by the four legal beverage stores in the county for three months of July, August and September of this year were the smallest for any quarter in three years and were hardly more than half those re ported for the fourth quarter in 1946. While the sales last quar ter were more than $12,000 less than those recorded for the cor responding quarter in 1947, they were almost seven times larger than those recorded for the quar ter ending September 30, 1935. While there has been a gradual decline in legal liquor sales from the peak of $279,578.90 reported in the fourth quarter of 1946, the de cline last quarter was not as marked as the one reported in the second quarter of this year. While sales last quarter were $12, 628.65 less than those for the cor responding quarter in 1947, the second quarter sales this year were $29,698.30 below those for the second quarter in 1947. i Despite the decline in sales, j cash spent for legal liquor in th\s I county will almost certainly ex ceed $650,000.00. Add the cash being spent for illicit liquors, beers and wines and the total will push upward toward a cool mil lion dollars. Of the $149,140.60 taken in by the four stores last quarter, $109, 222.33 went out of the county to the liquor barons, leaving a gross profit of $39,918.27. Operating ex penses amounted to $6,280.52, leaving a net profit of $33,637.75 plus $197.33 gained in discounts. At the end of last September the Alcoholic Beverage Control System had assets valued at $101, 598.97, including $60,772 15 in $40,475.2-7 ir. and $351.55 in fixed assets. Lia bilities were listed as follows: ac counts payable, $16,726.39; due towns and county, $54,322.18; re serve for law enforcement, $18, 550.40; and surplus, $12,000 The $6,280.52 expenses were listed $4,018.92 as direct store ex penses ,and $2,261.60 as adminis *'*#■•*» ~r’ ses The direct store expenses were listed •as.toUo.w?: salaries and wages 535.25; rent, $379; store supplies, $11.53; heat, light and water, $75.29; unclassified, $28.10. The administrative expenses were list , 'jitording io the audjt recently released: salaries, (warehouse, office and adminis trative) $645; insurance prem iums, $36.29; safety bond prem iums, $685.37; stationery and of fice supplies, $222 45; telephone and telegraph, $22.05; travel and hotel, $74.90; retirement, $249.75; (Continued on page six) Lone Case Heard In Justice Court —•— Following a week-end of little activity on the crime front in this section, only one case found its way into the justice of peace courts here this week. Charged with being drunk and disorderly, Bruce Coltrain was sentenced to the roads for thirty days by Justice R. T. Johnson. The road term was suspended for twelve months upon the payment of a $15 fine and $5.85 costs. 1 | GREETINGS WillUmston merchants and I other business operators are, In this issue of The Enter* prise, extending best wishes for the Christmas season. i While the greetings repeat many of the words used year I after year, they carry a ! meaning which left unsaid would tend to make for an empty feeling at this, the sea son of the year. Read the little messages with the assurance that the business operators are inter ested in the best for you and yours this Christmas time. | Predicting Close I Check on Nation’s ! 1948 Tax Returns * | Revenue Bureau Will Use A Poll-Type Proeeilure To Cheek Reports •.• j Trying to cheat on federal in come tax payment will be riskier than ever when returns on 1948 income are filed after New Year’s. The Internal Revenue Bureau is going to use a poll-type procedure —despite the election upset—as a1 means of catching up with persons1 who try to cheat on taxes. An official said today it would work this way: Tax agents will pick at random a limited number of returns from each grouping of returns accord ing to occupation, locality and in come bracket. The agents will examine each return chosen and, even if it looks all right, will ask the taxpayer to substantiate its accuracy. If the process shows a tendency by specific occupational, geogra phic or income groups to file ‘'bad” returns, the bureau will "cKecK'otheFTtmVns1 the sus; pect group. This sampling system of finding what groups to concentrate upon for investigation will supplement but not supplant, the tax checking methods hitherto used. The old system is pretty much a matter of individual cases— checking up when a particular re turn .rot looking for a group pattern, i Under the now system, there’s a bigger chance for any taxpayer —no matter how honest his re turn looks—to get a call from an agent for an explanation of how he figured his tax. * «.*»*«» He may be a “sample” case who isn't suspect at all, or merely in an occupation or locality that has produced an unusual proportion of bad returns. There are some 55,000,000 re turns a year these days. Only about one in 1000 may get an ini tial “sample” checking, but fol lowups will bring calls by agents on a much larger proportion. Young Man’s Body On Its Way Home The body of J. C. Newborn, Jr., is on its way home for burial in native soil, relatives here have been advised. The body, arriving in New York, is expected to reach here within the next two or three weeks. The young man was killed in | action in Germany in February, J 1945. | I Thirty-two £ases ' In County’s Court Here On Monday -—>$>— Fines and Forfeitures Total Almost $1,000 In Long Session Judge Chas. H. Manning, pre siding over his second ser.,ion of the Martin County Recorder’s Court, called thirty-two cases on Monday of this week, collect ing fines and forfeitures in the amount of $960. The court, attracting only a j comparatively small number of ! spectators, was held in session un I til late in the afternoon. Proceedings: , Charged with careless and reck less driving, William Hess Man j ning was fined $25 and taxed with j the costs. | The case charging David Mayo I with an assault was nol pressed. 1 Charged with assaulting his | mother-in-law, Jas. Williams was adjudged not guilty. The case charging Preston Spruill with bastardy was nol; prossed. Raymond L. Phelps, charged with drunken driving, was fined $100, taxed with the cost and had his license to operate a motor ve hicle revoked for one year. Ho appealed to the higher courts. Charged with aiding and abet ting drunken driving, Grady T. Davis, Sr., was adjudged not guil ty. Charged wdth drunken driving, Hattie Parkhurst failed to answer when called. Failing to answer when called on a drunken driving charge, Bill Vincent forfeited a $200 bond. Frank Cross, charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle without an opera tor’s license, was sentenced to the roads for ninety days. Charged with failing to give proper right of way, George Rich ardson was fined $10 and taxed with the costs. The case charging J. E. Perry with violating the liquor laws was nol prossed. Timothy Black, charged with drunken driving, was fined $100, taxed with the costs and had his license revoked for one year. with ppc.-t, J ,, Biggs was directed to pay the costs and $12 a month for the sup port of his wife. Failing to answer when called for drunken driving, Frank Jenk ins forfeited a $150 bond. Pleading guilty of drunken driving L. D. Lanier was fined $100 and taxed with the costs, the court re.c.ojQUHfi|^|gp his, op erator’s license be revoked for one [ year. Charged with operating a motor ! bike without a license, Win. Clay- ' ton Bunting was taxed with the costs. ■rtPtoargcd with operating a mot or vehicle without drivers' li censes, Willia Mavo Ange, Clyde Cowey, Willie James Melton and William E. Evans were each fined $25 and taxed with the costs. (Continued on page aix) Few Marriages In The County -— The marked decrease in the number of marriage.1, among * the white population in the county was reviewed as alarming by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsin ger on Tuesday. ‘We have is sued only three licenses to white couples so far this month, a rec ord low for any pre-Christmas season on record,” the register ex plained. Sixteen licenses had been is sued to colored couples during the first twenty days of the cur- i rent month in this county. 1 Marriage License Issuance Holding To Average Rate Twenty-seven Licenses Issu ed In This County Dur ing November Twenty-seven marriage licenses were issued in this county last month, the issuance holding to about an average figure for the particular period. While the num ber of marriages last month is more than double the count in November, 1931, it is still far be hind the record of 44 reported i in the same month of 1933. In . November of last year there were ! 25 marriages in this county. It is , ! fairly evident that the peace-time j draft has not materially influenc ed business at the marriage li cense bureau. Licenses were issued last month, sixteen to white and eleven to colored couples, as follows: White Jonas Lee Warren of Parmele and Bettie Faye Blake of Bethel. Edgar Taylor and Sue Grimes, both of Williamston. James Perry Russell of Wash ington, D. C., and Susie Edna Page of Robersonville. Loma E. Peal of Plymouth and Florence Elizabeth Holliday of RED 1, Jamesville. Eli H. Manning, Jr., and Lorene Rogerson, both of Williamston. Davis VanNortwick and Har riett Elizabeth Coburn, both of Robersonville. Tommie L. Roberson, Jr., and Joyce S. Taylor, both of Williams ton. I William Forrest Waters of Greenville and Christine Lilley of Williamston. Hardy Grady Woolard and Mary Virginia Hodges, both of RFD 2, Williamston. Samuel Rogerson and Rachel Gurkin, both of Williamston. Eugene Gabriel Boney, Jr., and Betty Rogers, both of Williams ton. Archie Lee Perry of Williams ton and Nellie Renae Gardner of Jamesville. Joseph H. Thigpen of Davidson and Ellen Hines Taylor of Hamil ton. B. Frank Lilley, Jr., and Melba Revels, both of RFD, Williamston Slade Peel Revels and Sarah Margaret Roberson, both of RFD, Williamston. Jesse Gray Coltrain and Ruth Pierce, both of RFD 1, Williams ton. Simon A. Perry, Jr., RFD 2, Williamston, and Daisy Maude Lilley, RFD 1, Williamston. Colored -sWMW, .a and Barfsrr.l* Beach, both of RFD 2, Roberson ville. ... Henry C. Moore, RFD 2, Wil- j liamston, and Verna Mae Rodgers, j RFD 1, Williamston. Lester Dolberry and Marlene UroTtfi both of’Oak City. James Doffer Matthewson, RFD 2, Robersonville, and Hattie Morning, RFD 1, Robersonville. William Henry Saunders and Bernestine Moore, both of Rober (Continued on page six) -% Farmer Reports Large Corn Crop One of the largest corn yields reported in the county in 19411 was! grown by Vance E. Bennett, vet- j eran trainee who is attending classes in Robersonville. Using Dixie 17 seed, the farmer planted the seed eighteen inches in the drill in four-foot rows, and used 500 pounds of a 4-10-6 fer tilizer and 400 pounds of soda. Cultivation was limited to the use of a peanut weeder and he hilled it with a turning plow. ik harvested 119 12 bushels, per acre. I Dedicate Friendship Train In The County STORE HOURS \ Contrary to a previous an nouncement, \Villiatnst>n stores are remaining open on a Saturday schedule for the remaining days of this week with a few holding their doors open until 9:00 o’clock each evening. It was first announced that the stores would remain open until 9:00 each evening, but the later schedule calls for closing at 7:00 o'clock. The stores will observe next Monday, December 27, as a holiday and remain open on New Year’s Day. January 1. Speedsters Have Another Day In Court This Week Ten Defendants Are Fined Total of $150 In Court Monday Speedsters, moving south in a hurry, were temporarily detained by Judge Chas. H. Manning in the Martin County Recorder’s Court I this week. Carried before his hon-! or on Monday of this week, ten j alleged speedsters were fined a total of $150. John Wesley Lynch of Green ville was fined $15 and taxed with, the costs for speeding. Joseph D. Woodburn, 74, of Chau Tauqua, New York, was; running from a twenty-inch snow in New York and was clocked at 68 miles an hour when he was de tained and carried into court. He was fined $15 and required to pay the costs. Charged with exceeding the 55 mile an hour limit, Geo. H. Brooks of RFD 1, Grasmere, New Hamp shire, was fined $15 and taxed with the costs Johnnie C. Simpson, truck driv er of Concord, New York, was fined $15 and taxed with the costs for speeding. Sailing along at eighty miles an hour, Michael Gimish of Paw, Rhode Island, was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Murray Lane, of Long Island, New York, was fined $15 and tax ed with the costs. guilty of speeffing, Leon Lazaroff of Launcelton, New York, was lined $15 plus cosls.*** Driving along at seventy miles an hour, Barbara L. Norton was fined $15 and taxed with the costs, I WilhanxJJy^yigjSgi^nf Macon,! Ga., and Everett W. Fayban of New York were each fined $15 and required to pay the costs. Reports Large Postal Business —»— The local post office is report ing possibly its largest volume of pre-holiday business in its his tory. However, all is not encou raging at the office, reports stat ing that many cash on delivery packages are going back to the manufacturers and mail order houses. Tin delayed peanut har vest is playing havoc with the business, it was explained. The office is handling what is recognized as as a record number of greeting cards and first class mail. Several extra workers have been employed at the office to as sist in nandling the record vol- i ume of mail. I Special Service Held At Station Tuesday Morning Rev. W. B. Harrington Reads Message In Pres enee of Small Group The Friendship Train car, load ed with thousands of pounds of ; farm products, was dedicated at a j special service held at the Wil ; liamston railroad station Tuesday | morning at 9:00 o’clock. Only a i few persons were present and ; heard Rev. W. B. Harrington, county Baptist minister, read the i message. Other minister partici- 1 pated in the program which was ! very impressive. The Rev. Mr. Harrington said: | We, the people of Martin Coun ty, give and dedicate this car load of food, in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to be gathered to gether with other ear loads of j food from our State, and twenty- i three other states taking part in this great cause. It is for the pur pose of feeding hungry and starv ing multitudes across the seas who have lost all they had because of the tragedy of war. The spirit of sharing our blessings with those who have not, comes to us through i the life and teaching of our Lord who went about always doing good, and when hungry multi tudes were standing around Him and his Disciples, his command to them was, "give ye them to eat,” | and his command to us today is the same, and at this season of the year, when all of our hearts art filled with the Christmas Spirit. We pause for a moment and find our hearts filled with thank fulness, because God has so abundantly blessed us here in the United States with every thing we I need and some to spare. It is this spirit of gratitude to Almighty God that causes us to want to share with our hungry brothers across the seas. Christ said "do unto others as you would have them do unto i you," and if it were not for the . unspeakable mysteries of God’s grace .this condition might be in the United States instead of Eur rope and Asia, and no doubt but God hears their cries, and is say ing to all of us, give ye them to cat, and in so doing Christ says we will be doing something for | We ask the question, "what ef | there?” Jesus taught us while on j earth that the way for man to get! j back to God was the way of kind | ness. Often time^je healed their physical bodies and gave them i material food to prepare them for I the Bread of Life which is our i greatest need. If the peoples of | the world are ever brought back 1 to God, so peace and security can; take the place of fear and unrest, i the Christian Nations of the world will have to take |he lead in feed I ing them with both material and Spiritual Bread. We are all of us vitally interest ed in making this world a better place to live in, and Christ is the Answer to every problem that confronts the human family, in all the world, and only the Church has the Message if lived and wit nessed, both in words and deeds by its people, can help this world substitute love for hate, and cause people to live and put into prac tice the principles and teachings of Jesus. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” and then we will have peace, then Prophecy will be fulfilled, then; ! (Continued on page six) 1 Remembers Bear Grass Church and Friends In Will Henry D. Peel Leaves #200 To Primitive Baptist Church in Bear Grass In a briefly worded will, Henry D. Peel, late prominent county citizen, remembered the Primitive Baptist Church at Bear Grass, his friends and relaitves. Dated Janu ary 25, 1947, the will names Her man A. Bowen and Dillon Peel, nephews, and Herbert O. Peel ex ecutors, He directed the execu tors to pay all his debts, to sell real property if necessary to meet any debts and pay all expenses of his funeral. The Boar Grass church, given first place in the will, was left $200. Mr. Peel was not a mem ber there but he attended its ser vice regularly over a period of years. The special award char acterizes his acts advanced for so many good causes. All of his twenty-nine nieces and sister were remembered, and $400 was left to each of the fol- ■ lowing nephews and nieces of his late wife: Mary Harris Lilley, J. Alton Harris, Edmond D. Harris, Euzelia Harris Cherry, Susie Gray Bowen, Hubert Harris and Elsie Bailey. Inez P. Jackson, Walter and Melba Wynne were given $500 each. A sister, Mis. Minnie P. Bowen, the only member of the family of children, received $500. The following were left $200 each, Viola Harrison, Ruby Barn hill, Thessie J. Barnhill, Bessie J. Ross, Eloise M. Bennett and H. O. Peel. The household and kitchen fur niture is to be divided equally among Minnie P. Bowen, Inez P. Jackson and Melba W. Wynne ‘'as they see fit and agree.” The remainder of the property of every kind, both real and per sonal, he left to his nephews and nieces to ‘‘share and share alike.” No value was placed on the es tate. The will was filed for probate this week in the office of the clerk of superior court. Inventory 01 The*" Friendship Train Last - minute contributions boosted the total poundage for the Friendship Train ear in this coun ty beyond all expectations and ran the value of the loading to .1 ' - m — . Moved out Tuesday afternoon the carried 20,480 pounds of shelled corn, 77 pounds of wheat, 57 pounds of oats, 2,470 pounds of flour, 1,025 pounds of shelled pea nuts, 500 pounds of salt, 391 pounds ot peT’STBT'SR pounds of sugar, 782 pounds of soybeans, seventy-nine cases of canned milk weighing 3,495 pounds, and 178 cases of canned goods weighing 8,584 pounds. Cash contributions amounted to $500. the chairman converting most of that amount into canned milk. The freight to Norfolk was $182.82. ROUND-UP v,_ —< Little activity was reported on the crime front in the county last week-end wheu local, county and state offic ers detained only four per sons, three colored and one white. The defendants were charg ed with assault, drunken driv ing, larceny and one was held for Beaufort County author! lies. The ages of the grnujp ranged from 3% to 24 year*.
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