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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE tz THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3 000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LII—NUMBER 7 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 25, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1899 Farmers Seek Open Swine Vaccinations Committee Named Hy Bureai Group To Study Problem Farmers Plenty Mad Ovei Limiting Work To Veterinarian -<S> Meeting in the courthouse last Friday evening, approximately 130 farmers took a definite stanc against any plan that would limit the vaccination of swine to veter inarians, and declared they would camp in Raleigh in support of a law opening the field to farm agents, agriculture teachers, train ed students and possibly others The matter was openly discussed after a rugged fashion for mort than an hour. While confusion existed, the meeting is believed tc have made a logical move wher Farm Bureau officials suggested that a committee composed ol Farm Agent Tom B. Brandon, Re presentative A. Corey, Board o Commissioners Chairman John Henry Edwards, Dr. W F. Cop page, and agriculture teachers ir the county meet on Friday even ing of this week •and discuss the problem. Few problems have vexed farm ers in this county more than the proposal to eliminate vaccinations by others than a licensed veterin arian. Opening the discussion, Repre sentative A. Corey declared tha1 he a’d not want to tread on the veterinarian, and added that the porblem must be solved coopera tively, that a plan must be ad vanced whereby vaccination; could be handled and handled ai a nominal cost. The representative called on Dr W. F. Coppage to state his posi tion and suggest a solution. Commenting on a proposal tc open the field to anyone to handle swine vaccinations, Dr. Coppage said, “It is a move to take dowr nil bars on live virus, for if you open the field you will have mor< cholera.” The veterinarian saic that he had seen more cholera it the past two weeks than at any time he had been practicing, and declared that he wants to see the county raise more hogs. “But a lot of the cholera is due to faulty vaccination,” he added. Coppage said if the people want free vaccination for hogs he would like to see them have it, and de clared that he could handle all the vaccinations and his regular prac tice, too. The doctor pointed out that in teligence is not a factor in the me chanics ol vaccinations, that' any one who could read and had the strength to insert and withdraw a needle could do the work. “But conditions vary by herds, and a trained veterinarian is in position to note ‘hose conditions,” he ex plained. TV • d-..v-u -••l.-.flhr*.’-fi^nk and blunt stage at that point, a farmer asking the doctor if the law as supported by the profes - riiai.’the barber law which requires a barber to have a license before he is eligible to cut hair The veterinarian said. “Not e-j- r.ct’-y,-” he did not want to argue, that he, too, was interested in the county. Corey, adding a few words, said that it was too much for one man to vaccinate all the hogs in the county, that the county needs a veterinarian and that all should work together. Asked by one farmer if Ton: Brandon could not vaccinate hog; as good as a veterinarian, Dr Coppage said, "Frankly, no.” Brandon was then called on and he said that vaccinations had beer 93 percent effective in this county that certain factors had to be con sidered such as weather, colds pneumonia and others. The agent stating that Martin County wai raising more hogs per acre thar any other county in the state, urg *d the group to study the prob lem and work out a solution foi the benefit of every body am maintain the county’s position ii hog raising. (Continued oa page eight) LAGGING After getting off to a splen did start, the driw to raise $4,700 for the Martin County Infantile Paralysis Fund was reported yesterday to be lag ging. Some over $600 has been raised by direct mail solicitation, the income from that source falling consider ably below expectations, ac cording to Fund Chairman L. B. Wynne. Those who have not answered the direct mail appeals are urged to respond liberally. It was explained that the schools and the little coin col lectors will hardly be able to raise the remainder or nearly 84,000. New infantile paralysis cas es are being reported in the State and this county and others must be prepared to meet any emergency. To date hardly enough has been rais ed pay off obligations incur red last year. Plan Livestock Feeding School County Agent T. B. Brandon has announced that a livestock feeding school for all farmers and others interested in livestock im provement will be held on Feb. 1 at the court house beginning at 10 a. m. Mr. Brandon says that farmers | in Martin County are turning more and more to keeping live stock as a means of supplement | ing their incomes and maintaining 'soil fertility through the use of manure. This one day school is scheduled to give farmers more information on practical manage ment of beef cattle, hogs, and sheep along with information on the outlook for profitable returns in livestock farming, and the con trol of diseases and parasites. The program will include a re view of the Martin County live stock situation by Mr. Brandon, Outlook Information by John Winfield of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Con trol of Diseases and parasites by J. Conner, Jr., of North Carolina State Extension Division, and Practical Feeding and Manage ment of Beef Cattle, Swine and Sheep by L. I. Case, Jack Kelly, and Paul Swaffar of the State Ex ! tension Service. In addition there ; will be an interesting sound movie ! relating to livestock feeding. Mr. Brandon urges all farmers who can to attend. 242,463 Acres Of Peanuts For State ' -i aCi’eUgV?' *otiutmeni ul ! peanuts to be picked and threshed I in North Carolina was recently 1 announced by the Production and j Muiketiiig*?Wfri\iiistraViun, t). b. D. A. North Carolina’s allotment for the 3949 crop year is 242,463 i acres. 242,463 acres allotted tile State for 1949 would be 15.2 per jeent less than the acreage har vested last year, 16.9 percent less than 1947 and 9.5 percent less than the 1937-46 average acreage. Allotments were also announc ed for the two other states in the Virginia-North Carolina Arpa, Virginia received an allotment of 141,108 acres for 1949. This com pares with 165 thousand acres har vested in 1948 and the 1937-46 av erage of 149 thousand. Tennessee received an allotment of 5,524 acres and-this compares with 5, ;000 acres harvested in 1948-1947 land the 1937-46 average of 8,000 ! acres. This is the first year since 194? that peanuts have been under acreage quotas. The allotment for this and other individual counties has not beer announced. Martin County com mitteemen have been working on the allotments but they have no! i yet been determined. Critically Hurt In Freak Highway Wreck Near Here —#— Floyd Mizelle Suffers Skull Fracture And Other In juries Saturday j Floyd Mizelle, 18, was critically hurt in a freak highway accidertl at Skewarkey on Highway 17 Iasi Saturday evening shortly after 9:00 o'clock. Removed to the lo cal hospital for treatment, the young Man was said to have suf fered a skull fracture, broken col /far bone and severe chest injuries He was said this morning to be getting along as well as could be expected. Mizelle was riding with James Patrick Wynne, driver of the 1941 Jeep pick-up belonging to D. M Roberson, and Miss Janie Ball Wynne, driving south on the high way, said he was blinded by th( bright lights of an approachinf truck, said he drove on the righ shoulder and the door on his side flew open. It was while trying t( close the door that he lost contro of the machine which swerved t( the left and tilted on two wheels Wynne and Mizelle were throwr out of the machine, but Miss Bal rode out the wreck, the jeep right ing itself and coming to a stor without property damage. Wynni was not hurt, but Miss Ball was said to have suffered a minoi ankle injury. Patrolman J. T. Rowe investi gated the accident. The only other accident report ed on Martin County highway: during the third week of the Nev Year was a minor one betweer Parmele and Robersonville las Wednesday afternoon at 5:1! o’clock. Driving east on U. S. 64 Neil Whitner Kahn of Wilmingtor started to pass a log truck driver by William Hudgins, Route 1, Ro bersonville. Just as he was pass ing, the truck started to make i left turn, sideswiping the car, ac cording to Patrolman B. W. Park er who made the investigation. Nr one was hur t and damage to the car was estimated at $50. It wa: reported that Hudgins Was bookec for operating a motor vehicli without a driver’s license. While there have been no fata highway accidents in the count} so far this year, Mrs. Betty Barn hill of Robersonville died in a Tar boro hospital Sunday of injuriei received in a wreck near Bethe week before last. Jaycees Consider Plans for the Year The Williamston Junior Cham ber of Commerce held a regulai dinner meeting last Friday even ing in the Woman’s club. A num ber of important matters were dis cussed. Almost every member of the entire group took part in the pros and cons of plans for a proposed Jaycee sponsored minstrel show Co-chairman of the project, Nel son Leggett, gave a very informa me snow. Jay cee Leggett’s outline revealed that the minstrel can be one of the most profitable programs the or has ever k*. full co-operation from the entire club is received. Other reports during the meet mg- included a summary club’s financial standing by Treas urer Billy Biggs. Frank Weaver Jr,, reported plans for a Valentine dance. President Exum Ward, Jr., re minded members of the quarterly board meeting of North Carolina Jaycees to be held in Durham Feb. 12 and 13. The club voted te contribute to the Infantile Paraly sis drive which is now in progress The amount of the check is to be decided at a later date. A vacancy recently created by the resignation of a member of the board of directors was filled by the election of Ed Rowland tc complete the unexpired term. The meeting was well-attendee by members who enjoyed a deli cious meal served them by the sophomore class of Farm Life ! High School. Charles Manninf pronounced the invocation. The fellowship prize wem by Franl Weaver, was awarded by Joe Gur ganus. I Outside Capital Interested In Opening, Radio Station Meeting with several represen tative citizens and officials here last week-end, John C. Green, re presenting the John C. Green Company, an affiliate of the Dixie Engineering Company of Colum bia, South Carolina, explained that outside capital was interested I in locating a commercial radio i station/in Williamston. i Without disclosing the identity of the parties he was representing, Mr, Green explained that his cli ents wanted to know if local capi ■ tal was planning a station, that if no one was interested in advanc ing the project and the merchants and town- would support a station financed by outside capital he was of the opinion that his clients would be interested in opening a station here. He made it quite clear that if local capital was planning to open a station, his i clients would not come in. Mr. Green, explaining that he docs not own or operate a radio station, raid that he is a radio consultant and engineer, that he charges a flat fee of approximate ly $2,500 for procuring the permit,1 purchasing materials and super vising tiie construction of ,xhc i plant, and hiring the'personnel to operate the station. He declared that Williamston and surrounding territory could very well support a statioi/, that it ; would be an asset to the section. I Pointing out that six persons! j would be needed to operate -the ! plant, Mr. Green suggested that a 1,000 watt station be planned. Green, a Southern Pines man,,? said he would advise local auth.' I orities of developments. ROUND-UP Twelve persons were ar rested and temporarily de tained in the county jail by local, county and state offic ers last week-end. Three were charged with deadly weapon assaults, one each with disorderly conduct, carrying a concealed weapon, drunken driving and speed ing, and five with public drunkenness. Four of the dozen were white and the ages of the group ranged from 19 to 52 years. Interest Shown In Dairy Plans Martin County farmers in a Farm Bureau meeting in the courthouse last Friday evening expressed much interest in dairy ing on a small scale and as a sup plementary source of income. Discussing the plan, Mr. V. G. Taylor, who is now building with his nephew, Van Ralph Taylor, a modern milk plant in Williams ton, said that large quantities of milk are being imported, that they were interested in cooperating with Martin farmers in expanding milk production. He explained that they woiild establish milk routes where practical, that extra income running into thousands of dollars could be had by farmers in the county. Mr. Taylor said if the people knew how much milk was being imported they would want to do something about it. Individual farmers now selling milk to the dairy operator said they were averaging from $90 to j $100 a month in cash income. Mr. Taylor said he would be glad to discuss the plan with any farmer and help get more cows into the county. o— Local Boy Honor Man lit tfecnfevy Hilton B. Peel, seaman recruit USN. has been chosenas-honor | man of Company 4K(i aline Naval j Training Center, San Diego, Cali I fornia. He uas presented with an ) award consisting of an identifica tion bracelet shewing that he was honor man of his company. Hilton is the son of Mrs. Collin Peel of Williamston. He is a grad uate of the Williamston High School and was employed by the Enterprise Publishing Company before he joined the Navy. He has not received his next duty assign ment as yet. ■a Thousands See New Chevrolet According to estimates offered by employes, approximately two thousand persons inspected the new Chevrolet on display in the Roanoke Chevrolet Company showroom here last Saturday. The first inspections were made shortly after 6:00 o'clock, that morning ami continued uni;i laic in the evening. Much favorable comment was heard. Proposing Change In Law Relating To Tax Discounts, Diseoiml Period Would Be Extended From June To August In a proposed law now being! considered in the State Legisla- | ture, it would be possible for far mers selling their tobacco in August to take advantage of a two! percent discount on their county taxes. Heretofore, tire discount has been limited, more or less, to corporations and others who were in a position to reap the maximum discount allowed in the month of June. The bill as introduced in the : legislature by Representative Corey last week would merely change the maximum discount period from June to August. | It has been pointed out that the J tax books cannot be made ready I by June and hardly before August i for the current year. Those who I would pay in June or July do not j know the exact amount of their j taxes and it has been customary ! to figure the payments on the ac I counts of the previous year. When the rate is finally figured and 1 he amount determined, the payment : seldom matches the account, ne ! cessitating changes and additional ! bookkeeping. I Under the terms of the bill, tux ' es would actually become due the first Monday in October each j year. Discounts in August would be figured at two percent; one percent in September and one half of one percent in October. There will be no discount or pen alty in November and December. Penalties would be figured at one percent in January, two percent in February, plus one-half of one percent for each month in which taxes aiv not paid! after February. - - • Petty Larceny Reported Here j T,r practice of petty larceny is j [bein;: resumed hi .»• • ftfii'lv ■ alarming scale, according to re- | ports heard over the week-end. j Several cars were pilfered and the • refrigeramr on t hcMrackporch of ' Mrs, J. C, CrawforcT^nome on | North Haughton Street was enter- j ed early yesterday morning. At the Crawford home the thief was making away Tf-nh a tauTy* large helping of meats when mem bers of the family heard him anil frightened him away. The thief dropped the package of meat anci escaped. Finding the doors locked, a thief cracked two windows on Herbert J Taylor's car parked in his yard on Grace Street and forced an en trance. A small coin purse with a small amount of change was missed. Jack Edmondson’s car, parked at his home on Beech Street, was also entered but noth ing was missed. A short time ago the mats were stolen from a car parked on Washington Street. Firemen Culled To The ItitfK* Nome Here Friday Volunteer firemen were tilled to the Biggs home on Biggs Street here at 3.10 liu.t Frida;, afternoon when u C'Ull.iUC) uUt. hit tie or no damage was done by the fire. Plans Go Forward I For Sweet Potato j Market In County I —*— * j Farmers Interested In Pro-i jeet Outlined At Meet ing Last Friday Prospects for establishing a rec-1 ognized market for sweet potatoes , in this county are considered very j encouraging, according to a report1 coming from a Farm Bureau meeting held in the county cour t house last Friday evening. Ap proximately 130 farmers express ed much interest in the project, and it is planned to go ahead with arrangements for opening a mar-' k/‘ • Addressing the large group, M. M. Levin, member of the Farm Bureau committee named some time ago to investigate the possi bility of opening a market, said that the outlook was very favor able. “And I assure you that if we did not think an established market would help Martin Coun ty, that it could not meet with success, we would tell you so,” Mr. Levin declared. A recognized authority on mar keting but admittedly no expert when it comes to production, Mr. Levin and other members of the committee have worked diligent ly in an effort to give potato grow ers in this county an established market. Dealers in several of the big centers may have never tasted one of Martin County’s delicious sweet potatoes, but already they have heard about them from Mr. Levin. One dealer, rated among the largest in the country, was brought to the county and enter tained in the Levin home. He was impressed by the people and he is for the Martin County sweet po tato. Just back from a visit to the markets in New York, Phila delphia and Pittsburgh, Mr. Lev in told the meeting that he plan ned to carry the investigation to the middle west, that he wanted to make a trip to Louisiana and study the sweet potato set-up there. Discussing the progress of the movement to establish a market, Mr. Levin said that proper equip ment for grading and packing po tatoes in an acceptable package could be had for $2,800, that the committee planned to have the market open and operating for the 1949 ei'op. The diseussion centered around (Continued on page eight) rarents-Teachers Met Last Evening A concert under the direction of Mrs. Beecher Patterson was pre sented to a large audience at the PTA meeting held last night in the High School auditorium at 8 o cluck. The concei t, m 'three parts, was given by the elemen tary, junior anti senior glee clubs. During the business session which preceded the musical, re ports from the various commit tees were heard. The president announced that the highway to the school was. the near future. The group was reminded that Miss Genevieve Burton, State hold ah all day meeting Thursday, February 10, in the courtroom at the courthouse. “Education for the topic of discussion. The meet ing will start at 10 o'clock and all interested patrons are invited to attend. Mrs. Shag Abernethy’s class was awarded the attendance prize and her class had agreed previously to give it to the March of Dimes, should they wdn it. The following program was pre sented by the glee clubs: Elementary Glee Club: “Ole Uncle Ned”, "Do Camptown Races", "My Old Kentucky Home," "Ring, Ring the Banjo,” and "Old Black Joe." Junior Glee Club, pianist, Jan ice Manning: “Lead Me Lord,” "Beautiful Dreamer,” “Cheru bim,” "Massa Dear,” “The Green Cathedral." Senior Glee Club, pianist, Lily Bet Muse. "Olden Songs,” “On the Rrvid Mandalay," “The Lore li i/’ “Praise Ye the Father ” Mr. V. J. Spivey presided over the meeting. Funeral Monday For w George II. Harrison | FUNERAL MONDAY v_ J Funeral services, attended b.v large numbers of business associates and other friends from several states, were con ducted at the home here yes terday afternoon for (ieorge H. Harrison, Sr., who died in a local hospital early last Sat urday afternoon. Reviews Work Oil Drainage Project . —_ Discussing an extensive drain age program proposed for Martir County, II. F. Me Knight, soil con servationist, told a group of farm ers at a Farm Bureau meeting las Friday evening in the courthouse that a drainage engineer would be in the county this week to make ; study of certain watersheds. Thi survey, McKnight explained, wil be made' without cost and tin value of the project will be deter mined. The conservationist stated tha it would be fine if the mair streams in the county could be cleaned out, but apparently suet a project is out of the question . However, it is feasible and vitally j necessary to drain some of thi swamps. "Something will have ti | be done if farming is to be con tinued in some areas,” McKnight | explained. He briefly reviewed the exten ! sive work now being carried on in Pitt County and plans for expand | ing the drainage program in Beaufort and Washington Coun ' ties. "We can get some federal aid and if we do not wake u[ 1 now, it could be too late later on," I he declared. | Preliminary petitions have been I completed in two sections and it i: ' possible that the program will have a beginning in this county I within a short time. Representative A. Corey said that a bill is being considered in ! the legislature enabling the farm ers to form drainage districts anil advance the work. He explained ^however, that final action wouli I be up to tlie individual iarmCi.T' Alberta Knox To i Enter West Point Miss Alberta Knox, daughter oi Mrs. Janie Edwards Knox and tin late Wilton Knox of Williamston will enter West Point Militarj Academy in the near future, ii was learned here last week-end Miss Knox is one of the first six teen young members of the Wo man's Auxiliary Corps ever to bt chosen for training at the acad emy. Following almost two years ol X-ray work in Miami and Orlande hospitals, Miss Knox entered tin medical corps of the Wars on Oc tober 14, 1948. She received hei basic training at Camp Lee, Vir ginia, and is being assigned tc Brooks General Hospital, Ft. Satr Houston, Texas, where she'll bi in training eight weeks before en tering West Point. Two of the other fifteen youn; women entering the academy ari from eastern North Carolina, th< j sixteen having been chosen fret? a list of several hundred candi dates. Prominent Citizen Died In Hospital Saturday Evening Pioneered Moderii linsi ness Development In Williamston Section George H. Harrison, prominent (astern Nur'h Carolina business • man and leader, died in the hos pital here last Saturday evening at 7:55 o’clock of a heart attack suffered half an hour earlier. In declining health for two years, he had been quite ill at intervals for the past six months, receiving treatment in various hospitals during much of that time. He re entered the hospital Saturday morning when his condition be came worse. Specialists were call j ed here during the day, but an ' other attack followed and hope for his recovery was all but aban doned a few hours before the end. The end came peacefully with i members of the family at the bed side. The son of the late Cushing i Biggs Harrison and Martha Taylor Harrison, he was born in Bear Grass Township 65 years ago on December 11, 1883. After attend ing the schools in his home com- \ | munity he studied under the late j R. J. Peel at Jamesville and at i Buies Creek. When a young man he came to Williamston and work ed for N. S. Peel and Company be fore forming a partnership with i bis boyhood teacher, O. King 'Cowing. When the business was destroyed by fire he entered the , employ of C. D. Carstarphen, and , went with M. C, Braswell at Bat , tleboro in 1908. I He was married in June, 1906, , to Miss Charley Woolard who died in December, 1918. He was mar j nod* to Miss Arline Murrill of Richlands in April, 1922. After laying the foundation with the Braswell interests for a most successful business career that was to follow, Mr. Harrison | returned to his native county in 1917 and organized and opened a | wholesale grocery business in the building now occupied by the C. i and G. Soda Shop. Within a short time the firm, to meet a rapidly ! expanding business, constructed I and occupied the building housing i the Martin-Elliott Company on i Haughton Street. Ever alert to changing condi tions, he organized with his broth er, the late C. Augustus Harrison, the Harrison Oil Company, a firm destined to become one of the I largest in this section of the State. In the late thirties, Mr. Harrison sold out the wholesale grocery business t<> devote more time to" his oil firm and other interests. At the time of his death he was presi dent of the Harrison, Windsor, Aulander,- Robersonville and Oak City Oil Companies, and headed the Williamston Peanut Company, one of the largest firms of its type ,'<r'Uv count.y. ,>’hd the Colonial j Freezer Locker Company here. I Coming here wiien the popula tion of the town was hardly one son is perhaps bettor remembered for liis pioneer work in the mod | ern development of Williamston :md community than in.. anjU)fJst£a, field, including even his own pri vate business activity. He was in strumental in locating just about every major industry now operat ing in Williamston, and when a change was about to take place with the possibility that payrolls Would be curtailed, he, with J others, fearlessly moved in to take over and keep the wheels of pro gress humming. His was a life | unselfishly devoted to the ad , vancement of the town and the welfare of all the people. His re cord of achievement is unequaled in this entire section. He never shirked a duty in any field, serving his town as a mem ber of the board of commissioners continuously for almost thirty years. He also served on various ■ commissions, maintained a one man chamber of commerce almost entirely at his own expense for years and dev.,!, -.1 ivuUide.CibTil (Continued on page six)
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