THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY TVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME LII—NUMBER 5 Williamston, Marlin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, January 18, 79 #9 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEI ESTABLISHED 1899 Dairy Plans For j County Discussed Bv Farmer Group return as a ut-i tr. the early afternoon. Following Lion* Day’s conven tinn report the club was treated to a fifteen minute thanseribed pro grain on Lionism by Ted Malone,) (Continued on page eight) ! ABOUT HALF Approximately one-half of the taxable property has been placed on the books for the 1949-50 tax year, according to information coming from the office of County Tax Super visor M. L. Peel. The listing period continues through Jan uary 31, no provision having been made to extend the time for listing after that date. Values are holding their own with several districts showing some gain, the tax man explained. LEAF ACREAGE 1 v-/ Martin County has been al lotted 11,390 acres of tpbacco under the 1949 program, the office of the county agent announced this week. Last year the allottment was 10, 840 acres. It is fairly certain that the entire allotment will be plant ed this year. Funeral Here For Richard P. Hawes Graveside services were con ducted in Woodlawn Cemetery here this morning at 10:30 o’clock by Rev. E. R. Shuller, Methodist minister, for Richard P. Hawes, retired naval engineer, who died in Doctors’ Hospital, Washington, D. C.. last Friday. He had been in declining health for some time and his condition had been serious for about two weeks. Mr. Hawes was born tin Groves Street. New York City, 75 years ago and entered the naval service when a young man, serving fifty two years and during two world wars as an engineer of naval ord nance at the Washington Navy Yard (now the Naval Gun Fac tory). He was to have retired in 1941 but continued at his post of duty when World War II start ed. He was married here to Miss Mary Roberson of Williamston on October 26, 1919, and later located in Lanham, Maryland. He attend ed Columbian College, now George Washington University. Funeral services were conduct ed by his pastor in the Hine^s Fun eral Home, 2901 14th Street, NW, Washington, D. C., Sunday after noon. ■ A h m-df.tv*— -, Hawes served for a number of years as chairman of the house committee of the Washington Golf and Country Club. He made an nual visits to Williamston over a period of years, enjoying hunting trips with friends here, and show i keen interest in the town and community. He was a mem ber of the D. C. Society, Sons of the American Revolution. ^jjurvtying besides Mrs. Hawes is a brother, John C^,"H?wes,", per sonnel officer of the tabulating di vision, Census Bureau, Washing ton, D. C. Peanut Farmers Facing Problem Martin County peanut farmers along with others in the old pro ducing areas are certain to face a problem this year. A reduction of approximately 22 percent has been ordered in the crop, and the problem now is to apply the re duction. It is quite likely that the old growers who did not materially increase their acreage will be cut considerably below a normal al lotment while comparatively new growers will have a fairly promi nent place in the production pic ture. Peanut production figures in (he county are being prepared and they will he submitted to the Hal elgii office where an allotment, formula will be determined. ' Delegates Report On National Farm Bureau Meeting! Marlin County Now Has 2,-j 076 Members; 1.325, 000 In The Nation Reporting on the national con-! vent.ion of the American Farm Bureau Federation held in Atlan- j tic City last month, delegates from this county to the meeting said in the courthouse last Friday night that the nation’s farm leaders were fairly optimistic about the1 future. The delegates admitted,! however, that those leaders point ed out that there were problems to be solved. The Congressional proposal to1 knock cut the 90 percent-of-pari ty plan was discussed at length, the delegates reporting that the convention passed a resolution favoring the continuance of the plan where controls are maintain ed. The substitute plan as ex plained by the delegates would allow parity to drop as low as 60 percent of cost of , production. While such a plan would be bet ter than no plan at all, it does not fit into the picture as it exists for industry and labor in our nation today, it was explained. The meeting last Friday night adopted a resolution, urging the continu ance of the 90 percent-of parity program. The meeting voted to pay $900 into the state educational founda tion to promote research work in plant diseases such as black shank and root rot in tobacco and for the never ending fight against insects and other pests. The Martin County Farm Bureau previously had agreed to pay $1,000 as its share of the cost in supporting the program. Pointing out that the need for a strong farm organization is great er now than ever before, President Chas. L. Daniel, one of the dele gates reporting on the national convention, said that Martin County now has 2.076 members, that the State has 67,504 and the nation 1,325,000 members. Geor gia, with 73,000 members, leads the South in membership. T. B. Brandon, Geo. C. Griffin and Reuben Everett were other delegates who r eported briefly on the national meeting held in the New Jersey city. Mayo Hardison, Tom Brandon, C. L. Daniel, Henry Early, Geo. Griffin, Garland Forbes, V. G. (Continued on puge eight) Asks Substitute For “Mud Taxes’’ In a special message to a joint session of the State Senate and House of Representatives Monday *> ..IT pwi posed a bond issue and p one cent additional gasoline tax as substitutes for “mud taxes ’ i i North Carolina. The one cent g.e, tax increase and a 200 mill if • dollar bond issue would be us. to finance a secondary road pro .ih'g- - Declaring that his program would be cheaper than the mud tax the j ural people arc now pay Lna>[ firott ..would J»:i or treat 12,000 miles of secondary roads, roads neglected, more or less, all these years. The proposed- issue is about ! twice as large as all previuusruatT bond issues of the past. Lane Inspecting Many Vehicles Ending a five-day stay here, the State lyiotor Vehicle Insp< ction lane handled several hund'ccl motor vehicles, Supervisor M. L. Baker, Jr., said. The lane will he reopened on February 11 for six days. All 1936 and prior models were scheduled to have been inspected this month and 33 and 39 models will be inspected next month. Supervisor Baker said {hat it is permissible to inspect any model at any time, but that deadlines were necessary to prevent conges tion. All models are to be inspect ed before June 30 and a second I tuile iiazj j ear bvleii; -ill-r 31, 1 Funeral Saturday \\ est End Church For Pic. New hern Young \3au Gave llis Life Diirinj' World \\ ar II In Battle Of Bulge Funeral services will be con ducted in the West End Baptist Church Saturday afternoon at 3:00 ! o'clock for Pfc. John C Newbern, Jr., who gave his life during World Wor II along the French German border. The pastor. Rev. Thad Ashley and Rev. E. R. Stew art, Baptist minister of Hamilton, will conduct the service, and a de tail from the John Walton Hassell Post of the American Legion will be in charge of the military rites itt the graveside in Woodlawn Cemetery here. The young man’s body will reach here Thursday afternoon from the Brooklyn de pot and will lie in state at the Biggs Funeral Home until one hour before the service Saturday afternoon. The son of John C. and Mrs. Willie White Newbern, he was born in Bertie County on April 13, 1921, and spent his early life ) there, attending the county schools and later completing his education in the Windsor High School. In 1938 when his famjjv moved to this county, the youth went to Newport News where he was employed in the ship yard and later in a drug store. He was married in 1940 to Miss Agnes El liott of Edenton and she survives with two children, Arnette and John C. Newbern, lit, all of Kan sas City, Missouri. Also surviving are his parents; one brother, Dav id L. Newbern of Williamston; and two sisters, Mb's Bessie New bern of Newport News, and Miss Pearl Newbern who is now study ing at Berea College, Berea, Ken tucky. He entered the service in March, 1944, from Newport News, and following his basic training at Ft. Benning, Ga., he went to the European theater in November, 1945, participating in the Battle of the Bulge. Pfc. Newbern was with the 401st Glider Infantry Battal ion, 101st Airborn Division, and was killed on February 18, 1945, while ori a night patrol in Ila guenau Forest near the French German border. He was a promising young man and was a member of Green’s Cross Baptist Church in Bertie I County. Insurance Finns Consolidate Here The insurance firms of K. B. Crawford and Harrison and Car starphen have boon consolidated here, and offices will be maintain ed tn the hotel building, it was Inublirly announced this week. Oi gam/ts i o s Crawford, the Crawford agency is 'o«inj? its office in the Guaranty ij nk li 'ding and the senior Mr. t . v . (1 and his son, Asa, will be asst elated with the Harrison and Or.. tarphen agency. S' consolidation will in no Way ' elite, (,Ti eliWT/WlPiW^W policies written, and die Messrs. Crawfords will welcome their old customers and friends in their •WPW-ltx stion, Farmers Receive “ Soil Payments j The first checks for soil build ing Ie ,,' ta < ! tui i itil Oiit in 134," have been icceived by farmers in this county. Approximately 200 checks, amounting to around $3, 000, have Ije, n delivered to date, the office of the county agent an nounced this week. It is estimated that farmers in tins county are eligible for total payments in the sum of $22,000. It was pointed out, however, that nearly 100 farmers who qualified to participate in the program had not reported to tie* county agent’s office to sign the proper applica tions. All eligible farmers have been notified by direct mail and yet about 100 have delayed sign ing. Martin County farmers: tan earn tliis year possibly mor>* than $fin ~ < 000 by rallying out certain soil! h'jiMir':.* nr:]'1!in- *■■■•♦ • *-rj*♦ *»>■/• I ly that they will earn that much. I Extensive Drainage Program for Countv CT7 J i OFF TO GOOD START v The annual drive to raise $4,700 in this county for the Infantile Paralysis Fund was off to a good start last Thursday, Chairman L. B. Wynne said. D. A. Brown, Robersonville man, led the drive when he submitted a $5 donation Other contributions, averag ing more than double those received in the 1948 drive, fol lowed. The chairman is depending upon the various school prin cipals and ('has. Gray in Rob ersonvillc to help carry the drive over the top between now and the last of this month. Mrs. Robt. Hodges Died At Her Home Early Last Friday Funeral Srrviee Condueted At 3:00 O'dloek Satur day Afternoon Mrs. Robert L. Hodges, highly esteemed citizen, died at her home on the Washington Highway in Bear Grass Township at 3:30f o'clock last Friday morning of a heart attack. She suffered an at tack two weeks previously, but was thought to be getting along fairly well until last Thursday night when she was fatally stride en by another attack. The former Miss Mary Whitley, she was born in this county sixty one years ago on September 6, 1 BUT, the daughter of Che late T. C. and Christine Biggs Whitley. Following her marriage to Mr. Hodges thirty-nine years ago, she made her home in Griffins Town ship for a year, locating then in Bear Grass Township where the family had since made their home. She was a faithful member of the church at Macedonia a long time, and her pastor, Rev. Preston Cay ton, assisted by Rev. Dennis Warren Davis, a former pastor, conducted the funeral service at the home at 3:00 o’clock lust Sat urday afternoon. Interment was in thi‘ family cemetery on the home farm. Surviving besides her husband are two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Stalls and Mrs. Frank Holliday; one son, John Archie Hodges, all of the home community; a sister, Mrs. Lon Lilley of RFD 1, Wash ington; two half-sisters, and six half-brothers. Big Presidential Inaugural Planned —•— 1 The Democrats with the help of I the Republicans are making ex i-*' -'I'iVi ; - v,.' : ■ -!: for .Pves.ule.ut Hairy S. Truman’s inaugural ceremonies on Thursday of next week. ^Thc-cxi'-nsivi^onmar;11ions had their beginning during the Eighti eth Congress when the Republi cans, convinced beyond a shadow that Thomas Dewey would be the man to be inaugur ated. went all out despite their tight-fisted economy and appro priated big money for the . vent. It just so happens that the Repub licans are paying for the big time the Democrats are going to have n.-xt week. To handle the ceremonies, the planners used nearly one million board feet of lumber to build the stands where the high officials and 15,000 invited guests will view ihe four-hour-long inaugural parade. That’s about enough lum ber to build almost 100 homes. Most of the lumber will be salvag ed, of course. It’ll cost around $15,000 to demolish the stands and remove the nails from the lumber, it is estimated. The platform, I built in front of and around the! President’s stand, covers about 1.0 acres. Over 500 North Carolinians are planning n< attend the ipiu'gur'1 tion. I Plan For Project Well Advanced In Several Sections T/rntative Surveys May Be i Called for Without (lost ! To, I'he Individual An extensive farm drainage | program was discussed by County Sanitarian W Bj Gaylord and H F. McKnight of mo Soil Conserva tion Service at a meeting of the Martin County Farm Bureau in the courthouse last Friday even ing. Recognizing the need for such a program, Farmer Van G. Tay lor admitted that it'll be one big job "if it keeps on raining.” Mr. Gaylord explained that there were seven natural water sheds in the county, fed by small er streams. He listed the main ones as Welch’s Creek, Warren Neck Creek, Gardner’s Creek. Sweet Water Creek, the canal in the Williamston area, feeding in to the river; Bear Grass Swamp | and Conoho Creek. The tribu taries include Smithwick Creek, Turkey Swamp, Flat and Collie Swamp, to mention a few. It was explained that farmers living in any one of the water sheds may petition the Soil Con servation Service and get a sur vey without cost to the individual. If the survey shows that improved drainage is necessary, that it will prove beneficial then plans can be advanced for creating a special drainage district. Petitions, it was pointed out .have already been circulated in some areas. Heading the soil conservation work in this county, Mr. Mc i Knight went into the program in I more detail, declaring that im ' proved drainage is badly needed throughout the county. He added that some sections were more in need of drainage than others. Approximately one-half million feet of drain tile have been laid in the county during the past two or three years, that it would do more good if adequate drainage was made available, Martin County has done little or nothing to clear its streams and they are filled with tree tops, de i bris and dirt, one, report stating that tiie "runs” in some swamps have been lost. The conservationist explained that the cost of the drainage pro jects will be baser! on benefits to be derived. If a farmer is ma terially benefitted he will be ask ed to accept a greater share of the costs than the farmer who is far ther removed and whose benefits will he limited. .iUTM n.-iinm.LM.-.t—.IftlD... vvm-t; can be advanced very cheaply now and that the government will accept about two-thirds of the cost. The costs run about 15 cents a cubic yard, the price having dropped,from 30 cents to that fig ure fairly recently. C it'.c drainage work --—«•>*“ other counties with that left un-1 done in this county, McKnight said that Pitt County has had twelve drag lint's in operation the gieatei past two ycai ... that vast improvements had been made to farm land there. "Martin County, it would seem, is missing ct good chance t,j ■ . . Apt farms,” McKnight declared. The Farm Bureau group was impressed by the plan and endors ed the program. > KOI MM I* v; State, county and local of ficers rounded up thirteen al leged law violators and de tained them temporarily in the county jail last week-end. Fussin', figrhtin’ and feudin’ led the charges, the jail book showing that ten were arrest ed for assaults with deadly weapon. Local police placed five or six in the jail at one time last Saturday night. The other charges were of a minor nature. Two of the thirteen were white and the ages of the eroup ranged from 17 to 39 years. I Several Persons I Injured In Auto Wrecks Recently i ! Two (lars Turn Over Near Oak