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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LII—NUMBER 9 William ston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 1, 1919 ESTABLISHED 1899 Propose New Law For Vaccination Of County’s Hogs Would Authorize Vaccina lions by Farm Agents, Agriculture Teachers Representative A. Corey this week drafted a proposed bill to open the vaccination of hogs to farm agents, agriculture teachers, trained students and other persons qualified to handle the work. The self-explanatory law as proposed by the representative at the request of numerous farmers, follows: An Act to provide a hog cholera prevention program for Martin County and to permit the sale and use of hog cholera vaccine there for. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. The Board of Com missioners of Martin County here by authorize and empower to in stitute a county wide program for the prevention of hog cholera. For the purpose of such program, the county farm demonstration agent is hereby designated and appointed as director of this pro gram and he and his assistants and the vocational agriculture teachers in the several schools of the county are hereby empow ered to cooperate with the local veterinarian in carrying out the provisions and the purpose of this program. Section. 2. The county farm de monstration agent and his assist ants and the vocational agricul ture teachers in the several schools are hereby empowered to carry out the provisions of th; Act and giving the service of vac cinating hogs in the county and training others through the schools and the county agent’s of fice, such people as are interested and want to enter in this work, and any such trainee or person practising under these instruc tions shall have qualfied them selves through instructions and actual experience have qualified themselves for the service of vac cinating hogs may be certified by the county agent or vocational ag riculture teachers to the board of county commissioners and such as are certified may be approved and commissioned by the board of commissioners and empowered to perform the service of vaccinating hogs in Martin County; the county agent is hereby instructed to keep a list of ail who are certified and approved to perform such service in the office of county agent for the benefit of the hog raisers of the county who might want serv ice at any time: porvided that the county commissioners have auth ority to revoke for cause any ap pointment made under the auth ority of this Act when recom mended by the county farm agent or any vocational agriculture teacher. Sec. 3. Tbe County Board of Commissioners of Martin Coun ty shall grant to the county agent permission in writing to purchase, sell, distribute or use in Martin County any vaccine, virus or ser um for the prevention of hog chol era '“if&iii3T&fl8rva "IT? USSR?.imiy with the provisions of section 4,879 of the Consolidated Statutes, ■end 4t—shall-be ■ lawful for the county- agent to so distribute, sell or use such vaccine, virus or se rum and it is further provided that the b''">r.tl*»/ commissioners shall provide adequate refrigera tion space in the county agent’s (Continued on page eight) Tax List-Takers Report Big Rush Reports from several of the township tax list-takers in the county stated that a big rush de veloped last week-end and reach ed a climax yesterday when as many as fifty owners lined up to list their properties. No extension has been allowed but it is likely that the list-takers will handle late listings the re mainder of this week without pen alty. Interrupted by the untimely death of the list-taker in Griffins last week, the listing work there is no’v being handled by Mrs. Margaret Roberson Revels with the aid of the tax supervisor. Reach No Agreement On Hog Vaccinations Going Ahead With Plan To legalize Open Vaccinations Committee Throws Up Its Hands After Discussing Problem for an Hour The problem centering around hog vaccinations in Martin Coun ty, was tied up in a neat little bun dle and dispatched to the legisla ture in Raleigh for action when a special committee named by the Farm Bureau could reach no agreement during an hour-long discussion in the county agricul ture building last Friday evening. Hog vaccinations came into the limelight in this county some months ago when agriculture teachers were warned by the dis trict solicitor to stop the practice. The action, limiting the work al most entirely to licensed veterin arians, brought bitter criticism from hundreds of farmers from one end of the county U, the other. The problem was brought into the open at a Farm Bureau meeting held in the courthouse and at tended by about 130 farmers on the night of January 21. The far mer group at that time demanded that Representative A. Corey draft a bill and work for its pas sage in the legislature, making it legal for the county agents, agri culture teachers and others train ed for the work to vaccinate hogs in tliis county. Before that action was to be taken, a committee, composed of Representative Cor ey, farm agents, agriculture teach ers and Dr. W. F. Coppage, veter inarian in the county, was to dis cuss the problem, looking toward a satisfactory settlement for all concerned. At the end of an hour of rather heated argument, Repre sentative Corey said he was go ing ahead with a bill to legalize hog vaccinations by the county agents, agriculture teachers and other competent persons, explain ing that the people had spoken and that no satisfactory alterna tive apparently could be offered. After reading the proposed law, Dr. W. F. Coppage said he was not going to support something he did not think is right, and explained that he would fight it to a finish. As for cooperation, he said the farm agent’s office had cooperated with him, but that the agriculture teachers had not, and went on to charge that Professor V. B. Hairr, of Jamcsville, had practiced veter inary medicine; namely, the vac cination of mules and the rubbing of penicillin on a cow’s udder in the treatment of mastitis. Hairr, declaring he wanted to co operate with the veterinarian, said he had arranged no mule vaccina tions following a talk with the doctor, and denied that he had made any charge for vaccinating mules or other animals. The argument would go off on everx.Jiow .and »hep < but Representative Corey would bring it back and finally threw *ap his hands and walked out of the meeting. In conclusion, Dr. Coppage said that he was not going to favor something that is detrimental to the county “regardless of what the public thinks.” “I will never sanc tion turning loose live virus in discriminately,” he declared. Representative Corey said that night that at least ten other coun ties, facing a similar situation, were seeking the passage of a law along the line now being propos ed in Martin. ROUNDUP Six persons, one white, were arrested and temporari ly detained by local, county and state officers in their last week-end round-up. Four were involved in larceny cas es. One was charged with an assault and carrying a con cealed weapon and the other defendant was booked for murder. The ages of the group rang ed from 21 to 6! years. SIGN LEASE J Leder Brothers, prominent in the merchandising field in thik State, last week-end leas-i ed Harrison Brothers store next to Darden’s for a five year period. No official announcement has been released by the firm’s headquarters at White vilie, but one report stated that the building would be re novated and m/de ready for opening possibly by early summer. Files Preliminary Report In County On Paralysis Fund About $1,500 Reported To Date; Drive Being Continued Right at $1,500 has been raised and reported in the paralysis fund drive in this county, Chairman L. B, Wynne said Monday. The ear ly reports, while encouraging, are hardly measuring up to the urgent demand and there is some doubt if the drive will reach the $4,700 goal unless the drive is extended. The chairman said this week that hardly more than 150 of those canvassed by direct mail had re plied, that he was hoping that many of the remaining 325 would act in behalf of the drive. The fund campaign was slated to close Monday, but the chair man explains that it will be con tinued because the need is so urg ent. So far, $841.80 has been received by direct mail. Last year approxi mately $600 came in by direct mail, the quota is just twice as large as it was in 1948 and for the current drive to reach the goal, di rect mail contributions would have to exceed $1,200. Five colored schools, reporting prior to Monday noon, collected $122.40, as follows: Hamilton, $36.60; White Oak Springs, $21.26; Everms, $36.90; Biggs, $20.65; and Smithwick’s, $7. Four white schools, all in the smaller classification, up until noon Monday had reported $348.18, as fallows: Hamilton, $100; Bear Grass, $140.18; Hassell, $18.00; and Everetts, $90.00. Mr. Chas. R. Gray, county co chairman, reported $185.50 raised in direct solicitations in Roberson ville exclusive of contributions mailed direct to the chairman. No official report has been made, but Williamston’s grammar school was said to be nearing the $600 mark yesterday, and the col ored school had raised more than $150 at that time. His young daughter recovering from an attack of paralysis, Jun ior Mills submitted 132 new lRSUev<?/t &nti€aftTwirwi Mari' day. Other little victims of the disease, anxious to help and ap 'aid they nad re ceived, are said to have Worked faithfully in behalf of the drive. The Martin County division of the fund ha» been in-the vwffc.r some time, and it is starting a new year with hardly enough money to clear the deficit and build up a reserve for any emergency. Those citizens of the county who have not contributed to the fund are earnestly urged to forward a check or cash to L. B. Wynne, chairman, Williamston, without delay. Funeral For Infant At Vernon Church Today Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon in the Ver non Methodist Church on the old Williamston-Everetts Road for Julia Clyde Raynor, seven-month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ju lian Raynor of New Bern. Suffer ing with a heart ailment the child died at the home of her parents in the Craven capital yesterday morning. Interment will be in the Raynor family cemetery. I Plans Go Forward In Martin County Drainage Program ———— Engineer Makes Prelimin ary Survey In Sweet Wat er and Gardner’s Creek Plans for an extensive land drainage program in this county are going forw ard rapidly in some sections and if there are no tech nicalities to delay the work drain age machines should be at work sometime this summer, according to information gained last week end. Preliminary surveys were made of Gardner's and Sweet Water Creeks and the tributaries last w'eek by Engineer George Ren frew of the Soil Conservation f/er vice. No large scale project is be ing recommended there, but the engineer pointed out the need for removing drifts artd straightening the channels in the main creeks and then center on small projects affecting from six to about ten farms. In addition to tWe drainage value it w'ill improve the health iContinued on page eight) Towns Seek Part Of Liquor Store Profits MEET TONIGHT ) \/ The election of a successor to fill the position made va cant by the death of Mr, G. II. Harrison as a member of the town board of commissioners is scheduled at a meeting of the board this evening at 8:00 o’clock. Several persons have j«n mentioned as possible successors, but not officially. Other than the election and the handling of routine mat ters very little business has been scheduled for the meet ing this evening. Funeral Saturday At Hamilton Home For Mrs. Mizelle Halifax Native Dies Early On Friday Following A Long IIInegg Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) Mizelle, native of Halifax County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jasper H. Harrell in Hamil ton at 4:20 o’clock last Friday morning. She had been in declin ing health for about ten years and her condition had been critical since she suffered a stroke of paralysis about two weeks ago. She had been able to be up much of the time until her last illness. The daughter of the late Willif and Frances Davenport Brile; she was born in the Scotland Neck section of Halifax County eighty lone years November , 8._ 1867, and spent most of her life there. In early womanhood she was married to Bert Mizelle a ho died about twenty-five years ago. Following the death of her hus band she moved to this county ^tnd had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Harrell, near Pal myra for some time before the family located in Hamilton some over a year ago. She was a faithful member of Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church at Hobgood for almost half a cen tury. Surviving besides her daughter arc four sisters. Mrs. Debbie Bri ley of Tarboro, Mrs. Salhe Liiley and Mrs. Gertie Hudson, both of Scotland Neck, and Mrs. Bertha Bunting of New York City; five (Continued on page eight) Recovering From Major Operation In Hospital Undergoing a major operation yesterday, Miss Cora Proctor was reported today to be getting along as well as could be expected. Re ports reaching here stated that she was in the operating ro< m more than four hours and was given two blood transfusions yesterday Doctors Considering Plans For IS ew"Thirty-Bed Hospital Here No Order Issued to Prevent Removal of Logs in Dispute Contrary to reports, no restrain ing order has been issued blocking the removal of timber cut from territory lately in dispute between John R. Coltrain and the Rober sons in the Farm Life section of Griffins Township. It was reli ably learned that members of the Coltrain family asked about the ownership of the logs, that the father, charged with the murder of Tom Roberson, suggested that they do nothing about them. While a land boundary has been in dispute for years between Col train and the Roberson boys, it now develops that as far as the late Tom Roberson and his broth er-in-law, Gabe Roberson, knew there was no contest over the ownership of the little of land where they cut some timber Sat urtiay before last “The first we knew of any dispute over the par ticular piece of land was last Wed nesday morning when Coltrain came upon us in the woods an,d asked, 'Who cut those logs?’ ” Gabe Roberson said. It. was explained that Coltrain had disputed the boundary line between his land and that of two of the Roberson boys, Simon and Louis, over a period of years, that he had carried the dispute into the courts four times without a fav orable decision for himself. "As to a dispute over the boundary between the land of Coltrain and that which my brother-in-law and 1 owned jointly, we knew nothing about it until just a matter of sec onds before the fatal attack,” Gabe Roberson declared. !Will Carry Plea To County Board At Next Meeting o Law Enforrrmeiil Proving Big Burdru, Qtizrn* Say At Friday Morting -«, I I Declaring that law enforcement is proving a big burden, repre sentatives from non-liquor store towns in the county at a meeting with Representative A. Corey and officials from the towns where ABC stores are operated, formu lated plans for carrying an appeal to the county board of commis sioners at their next regular meet ing for relief. The problem of enforcing the law in the several county towns was readily recognized by the meeting, but the two liquor store towns represented explained that their hard-pressed financial con ditions would hardly permit a di vision of the profits with other towns. It was tentatively sug gested that the non-store towns could posibly apply for stores and then be in a position to share in the profits. The proposal was vir tually dismissed when it was ex plained that a fifth store would hardly pay expenses, that it would cost the county more than it re ceived in profits. As the main spokesman for the Hamilton delegation, Mr. Don G. Matthcvs declared that Hamilton expe : need just about the same difficulties as the store towns in tnf rcing the laws. It was point ed out that Hamilton people would rent a car, go 10 the store ^^.cns an a }c/fciiV .j uor and then come back to offer a problem most all day Saturday, Saturday night anu Sunday. ""■fMnb’ put up with the liquor problem and have just about as much trou ble with drunks on the streets as (Continued on page eight) -o Driver Exonerated By Coroner’s Jury I Greenville.—A coroner's jury at j an inquest at the city hall in I Bethel last night, with Pitt Coun ty Coroner Griffin H. House pre siding, exonerated Milford Holli day of Williamston of blame for l the death of Mrs. Betty Wilson Barnhill of Robcrsonville last Sunday as a result of a collision of two motor vehicles near Bethel on January 13. Coroner House said testimony was that Mrs. Barnhill’s car, in trying to dodge a dog on the high way, swerved to the left, colliding with a truck driven by Holliday. Both drivers were injured, Mrs. Barnhill fatally. Both vehicles J were bad'v damaged. Mrs. Barn | hill died at a Tarboro hospital. f | PARKING METERS v After a six-month trial, YVilliamston is almost certain to keep its parking meters, ac cording to unofficial informa tion gained this morning. When the meters were plac ed in operation, the officials explained that a poll would be taken at the end of six months. If the business oper ators voted against the met ers they would be removed. It was learned that over fifty percent of those first canvass ed voted to retain the meters. !__ Plan Hearing In Roberson Murder Case Next Week i —$— | Array of Lepl Talent lam'd Up; Defendant Moved John H. Coltrain, 61-year-old farmer of Griffins Township who fatally shot W. Tom Roberson, a neighbor, in the Farm Life section on Wednesday of last week, will be given a preliminary hearing before Justice R. T. Johnson thg early part of next week. No de finite time for the hearing had been fixed early today, according to information coming from the sheriff’s office. It was explained that Solicitor George Fountain was busy in a criminal court in another county and that one of the defense attor neys was also busy this week. During the meantime, promi nent counsel is being lined up by both the defense and the prosecu tion. Attorney B. A. Critcher, lo cal attorney, and Attorney Albion Dunn of Greenville have been em ployed by the defense. Attorney Clay Carter of Washington has been employed to assist Solicitor | FuunT<Tm-^Wff^ the pfoscT^fl^n^ land it is possible that other coun | sel will be employed. V" trie case will be called the next term of Martin County Superior Court convening the I third Monday : i March with i Judge Chester Moi ns ot fc,ii/adPTff City on tiic bench. Upon his own urgent request, Coltrain was removed from the Martin County jail late last Thurs day night to Pitt County. A badly frightened man, he had very little to say at that time. While en route to Greenville in the sheriff’s car he would almost slump down ! in the loot upon the approach of another car. He was reported in a highly nervous condition at times in the jail, and an interview with one of his attorneys over the week end was said to have been hardly completed on account of a nervous disorder. It was reported late yesterday that Coltrain, through his local attorney, had requested to be re turned to the Martin County jail. While a hearing is being plan ned it is possible that the prelim inary round in the case will be lit tle more than a formality, that he (Continued on page eight) Submitting Plans To Fire Marshall For His Approval -'iy One Outside and Three Lo cal Doctors Promoting The Project Drs. Chas. I. Harris, Jr., James S. ’’Rhodes, Jr., and John T. Llew ellyn are considering with a rec ognized surgeon from out of town the construction of a new thirty bed hospital in Williamston, it was officially learned last week-end. Drs. Rhodes and Harris said that tentative plans for the structure had been prepared and are being submitted to State Fire Marshall Sherwood Brockwell for his ap proval. No definite cost estimates have been advanced, and further developments are being delayed pending action by the fire mar shall, it was explained. Several possible sites are being considered, but a definite one has not been selected, according to in formation coming from the three local doctors interested in the project. "We can't do much until the plans are approved, but if they are, and it is likely that they will be acceptable, we will push ar rangements to get construction work underway without delay,” a spokesman for the group was quoted as saying. The tentative plans in addition to the thirty beds, call for ade quate operating rooms, labora tories, nursery, clinical facilities and extensive modern equipment. "We plan to operate on a 24 hour schedule and offer every possible medical service," one of the doctors explained. The project is being advanced apart from the North Carolina . State Medical Care Commission I plan, and will be financed mainly ' by the four doctors possibly with the aid of a stock sale to county citizens, depending on the tenta tive cost of the project. “It is our plan to give this sec , tion a modern hospital service and ! medical care in keeping with the I demand of all the people,” Dr , Harris declared, adding that the j project developments will be an j nounced from time to time. Drops Dead On Hamilton Street Mittie Duggan, 75-year-old col ored woman, fell dead on a Ham ilton Street near the Baptist Church Sunday morning at 10:00 o’clock, the apparent victim of a heart attack. Investigating the death, Coroner S. R B'ggs ruled no inquest was necessary. Anticipating bad weather, the aged woman was carrying water from a neighbor’s home to her own. She had carried two buck ets to her home and was on a sec ond trip with two more buckets. * Walking neaj the -uava.-an, Lee Green, 15, said she saw the woman place the buckets on the fvttound, then .straighten up and fall over backwards. Going to her, friends found the woman dead. She was a daughter of Ehjuh and Mariah Watson and is surviv - ed by several daughters and sis ters. I eaclier Resigns; Appoint Another Hex Best, English teacher in the local high school since last fell, last week tendered his resignation which was reluctantly accepted by the district committee. Best explained he had been offered a $6,000 job as secretary to Con gressman John Kerr in Washing ton, D C. Nor wood Smith who was re cently graduated from Duke Uni versity, was elected to fill the position made vacant bv the Best resignation. Both young men en tered upon their new duties yes terday. Smith comes here from Wil mington. Several Highway Wrecks Reported During 1 eek-end *-'S* Three of Four Accidents Took Place During Early Pari of Sunday Might Four motor vehicle accidents were reported on the streets and highways of this county during the week-end, but as far as it could be learned no one was hurt, but the property damage approxi mated $1,000. Three of the four accidents were reported early Sunday evening while sleet and rain fell. The first of the Sunday acci dents was reported by Patrolman B. W. Parker on the streets of Robersonville. Berry House, Jr., had parked his car at the curb on the street leading toward. Stokes shortly before 6:00 o’clock that evening. Charles Richard Grimes of Gold Point was driving from the direction of Stokes and in stead of passing the car on the left, he chose to run up on the curb and ripped a fender off House’s 1946 Chevrolet. Damage to the Chevrolet was estimated at $75 and that to the Ford at $50. Officer George Ross and Patrol man Parker arrested Grimes, a colored man, and charged him with operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license and drunken driving. At 7:15 o’clock that evening Ra leigh William Wilson, colored, of Williamston, was driving his 1940 Chevrolet along about ten or twelve miles an hour toward Wil liamston on Highway 34 when William R. Evans, RFD 2, Wil liamston, came up behind in his 1941 Plymouth. Evans told Pa trolman Rowe that he was run ning along about 25 miles an hour when he saw the Wilson car, that he applied his brakes and was running about 20 miles an hour when he crashed into the rear of i Wilson's car, doing about $100 damage to his and about $40 to Wilson’s machine. No citations were given and it was reported that the operators of the two cars settled the accident which took place just west of the town limits. Fifteen minutes after the Wil son-Evans accident, Patrol E. P. Simmons was called to a wreck about one and one-half miles west of the patrol radio station. Ac cording to the patrolman, Albert Clarence Biggs, colored, was driv ing toward Williamston on his side of the road when Terrace Gil liam Fagan of Plymouth crashed into him with a 1948 Kaiser. The Fagan woman, said to have been unable to see very well on account of the sleet; was driving to the left of the center highway line. The left front wheels of both cars were just about turn down, the officer said. The Fagan ear continued on I about 69 feet and came to a step in the woods. The 1939 Chevrolet, driven by Biggs, went 112 feet and plunged down an embankment. No one was hurt. Patrolman Sim mons estimated the damage to the Kaiser at $350 and that to the Chevrolet at $300. Thought to have been racing from Hobgood toward Oak City, Frn.-.a near. Oak City, started to pass Jesse Lee Jones, colored of Scotland Neck, on a curve opf of Oak City last Saturday after noon at 4:00 o’chuk. The rear bumper of Wooten's 1936 Ford rord bumper of ^Continued on page eight) Home Agents Met Here Last Friday The Northeastern Home Agent’s Association met in the Martin County courtroom last Friday at 10 o’clock. The morning session was a busi ness meeting presided over by Miss Florence Cox, home agent of Halifax County. The association enjoyed a delict* ous fried chicken dinner at the Hotel George Reynolds. Counties represented at the meeting were Bertie, Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe, Gates, Green, Hali fax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Nagh,' Northampton, Pasquotank, Per;* quintans, Put, Tyrrell and Wash ington.
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