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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LII—NUMBER 11 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. February 8, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1899 Offer Substitute Hog \ aecination Measure -V County Board To Appoint Persons To Handle Work No Concerted Opposition Now Expected To Law Offered in House Today The problem, centering around hog vaccinations in Martin Coun ty and rapidly reaching big pro portions, was believed to have been settled this week when Rep resentative A. Corey introduced a substitute bill in the lower house of the General Assembly in Ral eigh. Corey said during the week end that he expected no concerted opposition to the proposed law and and its passage was anticipat ed. The newly proposed bill, substi tuting the one designating agri culture teachers and students and others as vaccinators, would limit the work to commissioner ap pointees recommended by the county farm agent. The proposed law reads: Section 1. The Board of Com missioners of Martin County are hereby authorized and empower ed to promote a county wide pro gram for the prevention of hog cholera and to carry out such pro gram the County Commissioners may designate and appoint such person or persons who are recom mended and approved by county farm agent and are prepared by instruction and experience to per form the service of vaccinating of hogs in Martin County, as legally qualified vaccinators to perform that service for the hog raisers of the county. A list of such persons as are designated and appointed by the Commissioners shall be kept in the office of the County Farm Agent for information for the benefit of hog raisers. Sec. 2. The County Board of Commissioners shall designate such person or persons as they deem advisable to purchase, sell and distribute for use in Martin County any vaccine, virus or scr um or any other supplies for use by approved vaccinators for the prevention of hog cholera; such vaccine, virus or serum shall be of standard quality and manufactur ed in conformity with the provis ions of Section 4,879 of the Con solidated Statutes, and it shall be lawful for such person or persons to so distribute and sell such vac cine, virus or serum as is provided and the Board of Commissioners Breeders Organize In Martin County By Jesse Sumner Assistant Farm Agent The Purebred Hog Breeders of Martin County met in the Court ary 1, for the purpose of organiz ing a Purebred Breeders Associa te m. Mr. Jack Kelley, State Col lege Extension Swine Specialist, gave a short talk of the purpose and objectives of such an organi zed,ion The first objective of the 01 ganization is to put on an all breed hog sale the 4th of March in Williamston. This will provide a close market, for the county farm ers to secure good purebred breed ing stock. Officers elected at this meeting were Hosea Fagan of Jamesville as president, Geo. Ayers, Jr., of Oak City as secretary and treas urer, and Sidney Beacham of Bear Grass as assistant secretary and treasurer. Another meeting will be held Friday night, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p. m. at the agriculture building in Wil liamston. All purebred breeders are urged to attend and join the organization. Any farmer wish ing to place a purebred hog on the sale on the 4th of March is re quested to attend the meeting and bring the pedigree for the animal to be placed on the sale. Any farmer owning at least one purebred sow is invited to join the association. r $526.87 SHORT 3 Making a semi-final report late yesterday, Chairman L. } Bruce Wynne said that the In fantile Paralysis Fund drive: had netted $4,173.13, leaving the campaign $526.87 short of its goal. One school had not reported at that time, and quite a few who had been sol icited by direct mail are yet to be heard from, the chairman explained. It is hoped that a belated response will carry the drive over the top. Reports Yield In Hybrid Corn Test ■ -- * By J. W. Sumner Assistant County Agent Several tests in the county prove hybrid corn superior to open pollinated corn. There were 6 different corn demonstrations carried in the county among the 4-H Club, F. F. A , and Veterans classes. Four of the six compared various hybrids with a good open pollinated corn, Lathams Double and two just compared various hybrids. All the hybrids and the open pollinated corn were fertiliz ed and treated alike. The yields were as follows: Lathams Double White, 39.2 bush els per acre, Dixie 17 White Hy brid, 68.9 bushels per acre; Tenn. 10 White hybrid, 34.7 bushels per acre; Lathams Double Yellow, 39.2 bushels per acre; N. C. 27 Yellow hybrid, 36.2 bushels p°r acre; N. C. 1032 Yellow hybrid, 54.3 bush els per acre, and N. C. 26 Yellow hybrid, 59.2 bushels per acre. Most farmers have previously been convinced that hybrids are better than open pollinated corn. Their concern now is selecting which hybrid to use. For a yellow hybrid the N. C. 27 is first on the list as" it has a greater stalk strength and greater weevil re sistance over the N. C. 26 which was high yielder in these tests. Although the N. C. 1032 had the lowest yield of the hybrids on test it has the strongest stalk. The Dixie 17 is still the number one recommended white hybrid. Many farmers complain about the high price of hybrid corn seed, but it takes only bushel increase to pay for the seed. All farmers are urged to buy their hybrid seed early because the demand is so great the supply may not last. Car Turns Over In County Town —o Apparently driving too fast around a curve near the Hamilton school last Friday evening at 9:30 o'clock, Gordon H. Barnum, mem ber of the Cherry Point Marine Corps band, i an‘oir hard-sur face, struck a hole and turned his 1935 Hudson over. One of his buddies v'as.s.^^ly shocked, but quickly recovered. It was report ed that another disappeared. Very little damage resulted to the car according to Patrolman B. W. Parker who inade the investi gation. Barnum was charged with oper ating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. Most of the group stopped in Robersonville over night or until bond was arranged. | SPECIAL DAYS.WEEKS v Just about every day or week is set aside lor the ob servance of this and that. Just now we are in the middle of Boy Scout Week, National Flag Week, National Heart Week, National Ilot Tea Week. Next Saturday is Abe Lin coln’s birthday and a holiday for the banks. Beginning next Saturday will be Americanism Week, National Security Week, fol lowed an the 13th by National Crime Prevention Week. Complicated Case ! Heard By Justice j Raymond Johnson Five Defendants* Bound Ov er To Higher Courts for Theft Of Peanuts ^ Charged with the theft of twelve bags of peanuts—eight from Farmer Dennis Coburn and four from Farmer Roland Coburn —five colored men, Joe Clark, Henderson Tvloore, Leaman James, Grover Peel and David Leonard James, were bound over to the higher courts by Justice' R. T. Johnson at a preliminary hearing held in the courthouse last Friday evening. The case, one of the most corn-, plicated to be aired before Justice Johnson, reflected adverse eco nomic conditions and possibly the theory that it is easier to live by a rogue's hand than it is to work for a living. Four of the defend ants, it was pointed out, had not been employed and it was declar ed they had been heard to say that they were going to do something about it. On the night of January 26, eight bags of peanuts were stolen from Farmer Dennis Coburn's barn shelter. The tenant, living near thp shelter, heard a noise at the shelter between 2 and 3 o’clock Thursday morning and he immedaitely ct.lled his landlord. The farmer went to the shelter and then trailed the thieves about 100 yards and found the peanuts. Sheriff C. B. Ro%guck answered the call, and Captain Arthur Ses soms was asked to bring his blood hounds to the scene. During the meantime, Leaman James was found driving up and down the highway in a borrowed horse and cart. He later admit ted that he had hauled four bags of peanuts from the Roland Co burn farm some distance away and that when trapped by the sheriff he put an old barrel in his cart and pretended he was getting ready to set up in the illicit liquor business. It wa% later brought out that David Leonard James had worked with Leaman, his brother-in-law, that when he saw the lights of the sheriff's car he jumped out of the cart and went away. David was caught three days later in the Farm Life section. Leaman admitted the theft, de nied that anyone was with him. David, alleged to have borrowed a pair of boots from Henderson .Moore, who, it was declared, had borrowed them from another par ty, denied borrowing the boots but said nothing else at the hear ing. Justice Johnson found probable cause of guilt against the two and lb v et— ... dcr-—1 &&> bonds in the Roland Coburn pea nut theft case. When the bloodhounds picked up the trail at the shelter, they went to the peanuts, about 100 yards away, circled and then con tinued about 125 yard3 to the home of Grover Peel. Peel and Joe Clark, who shared the home with the Peel family, were away w. page eight) --'$> Plan Open House At Bear Grass —^ Following a regular meeting of the Bear Grass Parents-Teachers Association Wednesday evening of this week at 7:30 o’clock, open house will be held in the new building. Declaring that in all his 25 years in school and as a teacher it was the first time he ever entered a school room where the room was new and all the equipment was new, Principal Parker is anxious to have all the patrons and friends of the school to be present. The rooms, lunchroom and other prop erty will be inspected and there’ll be refreshments. Minor Accident On Street Here Monday Damage, estimated at $75, re sulted when G, T. Powell started to turn off South Haughton Street here yesterday morning and struck the new Mercury driv en by Mrs L. P. Lindsley. No one was hurt and Mr. Powell accepted the damage, it was reported. Hold Hearing Tomorrow In Roberson Murder Case Charged with the cold blooded murder of W. Tom Roberson in the Farm Life section of Griffins Township on January 26, John R, Coltrain, neighbor farmer, will be given a hearing Wednesday after noon of this week at 3:00 o'clock, it was announced by Sheriff C. B, Roebuck last week-end. The hearing will be held before Justice R, T. Johnson in the coun ty courthouse. Defense attorneys, Critcher and Gurganus and A1 bion Dunn and Solicitor Geo. Fountain and Clay Carter of the special prosecution are expected here for the hearing which isAike ly to be little more than h for mality. It is virtually agreed that the case is beyond the power of a justice of the peace as far as bond is concerned, that the defense is likely to go into the hearing main ly to gain a lead on the state's evi dence. Defense attorneys have confer red with Coltrain but their stra tegy has not been mapped, one of the local attorneys stating yester day that there would be a joint conference with their client pos sibly a shot'* time before the hear ing tomorrow. During*the meantime',' the few logs cut by the hue Mr. Roberson and his brother in lay.' remain in the woods near the . spot where they were cut with the markings "JR(" (John R. Coltrain) on the ends. Farm Home Group Holds Meeting In County On Friday Borrowers Making Marked Progress, Supervisor J. C. Kuhanks Says The Farm Ownership Borrow ers and the Farmers Home Ad ministration held their annual meeting last Friday in the court house. The Martin County bor rowers were hosts to the Bertie County borrowers who came over for the meeting. The program for the day eon-1 sisted of four parts: Record keep ing, production of food and feed for family and farm needs, the conservation of foods, and farm stead improvement and upkeep. It w'as brought out that the 1948 farm and home records kept by the families were excellent. A county average summary of the progress made, as shown by the records, was displayed, and each family was given a summary of their progress as shown by the in- j dividual record book, which al lowed them to see how they stood with regard to the county average, j For example, the county average I shows that debts, both farm and I other, were reduced by 9.(1 per- i cent. This figure was gh-en for! the past four years and it was pointed out that according to the average, in approximately seven years the families represented would be debt free farm owners. Not all will be debt free in this length of time, but if all kept pace (Continued on page eight) RAINFALL vj While some rain fell oil fourteen of the 31 days, there was less rainfall last month than in any other January since 1942. It was the second driest January as far as total rainfall is concerned on re cord. At the weather sta tion on Roanoke River here, Bridgekeeper Hugh Spruill reported 1.56 inches of rain, including a two-inch snow, last month as compared with 4.59 inches a year ago and .83 of an inch in January, 1942. Bi« Increase In Vehicle Licenses A fairly sizable increase in the number of motor vehicles operat ing in this section is reflected ir the number ot stale license tags sold by the Carolina Motor Clul Bureau in the offices of Harrisor and Carstarphcn here through last Saturday. Up until that time, 6,454 vehicle license tags had been sold for 194! as compared with 5,877 for 1948 The number of auto tags jump ed from 4,230 in 1948 to 4,542 sc far this year. Motorcycles in creased from 33 to 46, private trucks from 869 to 1,049, farrr trucks from 59 to 114, car trailer* from 582 to 603, and commercial trailers from 104 to 130. W. H. Carstarphen, one of tin bureau managers, said the gain in the number of motor vehicle* was about 10 percent. Sales of town tags here art much larger than last year. .. .*“ 'V'Y Parl nation more than 2.200,000 boys and their adult leaders, will observe Boy Scout Week, Feb. 6th to 12th 1 .3?Lh anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.' The theme of the celebration is “Adventure—that’s Scouting1’* TOs year the movement is emphasizing the fun and fellowship its members get out of the game of Scouting. More high adventure iiin «n!leu ,n / ,e ou1f'0f‘?oors- Their adventure in citizenship will and Scouts emphasizing civic service activities, emergency! ■ervice training and world Scouting relationships. During Bov ^ee*t> ,<4COUJSi their parents and countless communities *Jon®r /,he .v~un*eer 3rilllt ••‘aders of tiie nation's 70,00<» Cub Packs, Scout Troops and Senior Units. Aoove is the otheial poster marking the Scout birthday - Better Roads Are Tsked At Meeting Oi County Board Endorse J. A. Speight Of Windsor For Road Commissioner Spurred on by 200 million dol lai talk about a road program, farmer delegations from all parts I of the county went before the re | gular meeting of the Martin Coun I ty Commissioners Monday and i petitioned the body for wider and ! better roads. Other than hearing : routine reports, the selection of a jury list for the March term of court and entertaining a delegar tion interested in the distribution of liquor profits, the board cent ered its attention around roads and road commissioner endorse ments. l he commissioners were asked j to consider endorsements for two men, Henry Gray Shelton of Edgecombe and J. A. Speight of Bertie. They were advised that both men were able leaders and that either one of them would make a good commissioner. Since he was nearer the county, the Windsor man drew the endorse ment. Anxious to get Martin County rural citizens out of the mud, the! board approved the petitions and) addressed the appeals to the high way commission. The board was asked to recom mend that the path leading off Highway 44 about one and one half miles from Oak City to the farms of E. D. and Owen Jones be widened. A delegation asked that the old Bear Grass Road, the one leading off Highway 17 at the Staton farm near Williamston and to the Bear Grass colored school via John Hadley and others be surfaced. A petition requested that three miles of road built on the old Jamesville and Washington Rail road bed in Jamesville Township be improved. It was also requested that the road leading from the Will Griffin road to W. C. Gardner’s store, known as the old Jamesville and Williamston Road, in Williams Township be improved a distance of about three-quarters of a mile. A request was made for the widening of the road beginning at Luther Britton’s farm at Beaufort County line and running west via Sweet Home Church to the Beav Grass Stokes road, a distance of about two miles. The State is being asked to take over the one mile of road running from the Bear Grass surfaced road to William Sheppard's home. Improvements were also asked for thi‘ one-half mile of road from Mrs. Lenora Godard’s home to A'! 85SW»*wllin's residence. The board is also recommending (Continued on page eight) -o Budget Exhausted By Armed Forc es -n Secretary of Defense Forrestal issued a statement on January 19 Knowing that the United States on December 31 had 1,621,000 men under arms. This, according to a Washington statement* v all that the armed services will be ! able to pay through the fiscal year j ending June 30, 1950. In his bud get message to Congress, Presi dent Truman set the strength of the armed forces at 1,616,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1. His figures did not include about 5,000 cadets and midshipmen at the Military and Naval Acade mies. Secretary Forrestal includ ed the cadets and middies to make up the 1,621,000 total now in uni form. Draft calls already have been withheld for February and March. Recruiting in recent months has been more than suf ficient to keep the armed services at maximum strength. Scouts Demonstrate First-Aid Treatment As guests of the Kiwanians at the regular meeting of the club last Thursday evening, Boy Scouts Horn Troop 27 gave a thirty-min ute first-aid demonstration. The hoys demonstrated tile improper and proper ways of handling acci dent victims and administering first aid treatment. All Towns To Share In Whiskey Profits | STUDY COURSE | A P. T. A. Study Course on “Education for Responsible Parenthood,” led by Mrs. Ge n/meve Burton, State Field Secretary for the Parents leachers Association, will be held on Thursday, February Fie, beginning at 10:00 a. in. in the courtroom at the court house. > Mrs. Waller Wynne, Martin County President, urges all interested persons to be present. Youth Observing Boy Scout Week The two local Scout troops, 29 j and 27, and the Cubs of Williams ! ton are observing Boy Scout Week with a full program of Boy Scout good turns, fun, and achievement. Under the direction of Scoutmas ters Little Bear of Troop 27 and Cub Pack 29 and Dr. J. A. Edens of Troop 29, the week was opened last Saturday by the decoration of three store windows on Mam Street. The exhibits of Troop 29 are in the Woolard Hardware Co. j window; those of Troop 27 in the Unemployment Service window;! and thos>' of Pack 29 in the Mar- | golis Brothers window. The gen eral theme of the three windows i is a camping scene. They will be there all of this week and the public is cordially invited to re view them. On National Scout Sunday a combined group of approximately 42 Cubs and the Scouts of Troop 27 attended services at the local Methodist Church. Troop 29 at tended the Christian Church in a body. Yesterday the Scouts did a good turn at the high school and the cubs did the same at the grammar school. Today the Cubs have ten ttiinute chapel exercises at the grammar school, and tonight a big joint Scout meeting will be held in the room of Troop 29 on the third floor of the City Hall at 7:00. The public is invited to attend. i This extensive program of Scouting activities will continue throughout the remainder of the ■ week, including a big father and I son banquet at the Woman’s Club tomorrow night. The theme of this year’s National Boy Scout Week is “Adventure That’s Scouting.” In 1907 Lord Baden-Powell of England started the organized Boy Scout movement by his ex perimental boys’ camp at Hrowri sea Island. Then on an extremely dense, foggy day in London, an unknown English Boy Scout brought this great movement for boys to America by his routine daily good deed. The year was 1909, and the boy simply gave some directions to Mr. William D. Boyce, Chicago publisher and traveler The boy refused a tip, and upon lequest told Mr. Boyc'e j the story of Scouting. On Feb ruary 8, 1910 Mr. Boyce and other interested persons incorporated i The Boy Scouts ui America, To day is February 8 and is the thir | ty-ninth birthday of Scouting in | j America. The week including i this date is annually celebrated as National Boy Scout Week, this year from February 5 through February 13. Continues Ouite III In Virginia Hospital Mr. Jesse Ambers, well-known local man who carried the mail here for many years, continues quite ill in the hospital at Ke coughtan, Virginia. Seven persons were round ed-up and temporarily detain ed by local, county and state of..errs last week-end. Five of the seven were charged with public drunkenness, and one each with drunken driv ing and assault. Four of the seven were white men and the ages of the group ranged front 18 to 82 years. County Board In Meeting Monday Suggests Change -'$> Lurg<* Delegation From Four Non-Store Towns At tend Regular Session A delegation, fifty or more strong from Hamilton. Hassell, Parmele and Everetts, Monday ap pealed to the Martin County Com missioners in regular session for a share of the profits accruing from the sale of liquors in the four leg al stores. Extended facts and figures were offered to support the claimant’s arguments, and it was generally agreed that all the incorporated towns were entitled to share in the profits. The problem was dis cussed a full two hours and when a clear-cut plan could not be ad vanced for dividing the profits, the meeting was recessed for lunch. The delegation spokesmen, re turning at 2:00 o’clock suggested that the non store towns, includ ing Hassell, Hamilton, Parmele and Everetts, offer a resolution that the board recommend the passage of a legislative act direct ing the ABC Board to distribute the profits on a per capita basis, tile non-store towns to participate' on a slightly smaller percentage basis The resolution did not sug gest that the 20 percent figure now allowed the store towns of Oak City, Williamston. Roberson ville and Jamesville, be changed, but explained that that would be left m the discretion of the board. The resolution was adopted and the percentage figure was left un changed. Following a discussion of the problem later in the meet ing, the board agreed to increase the towns’ share of the profits from 20 to 25 percent, meaning that the store towns will retain .just about their share of the pro fits while the additional five per cent will go to the non-tsore towns. It was pointed out that at least three of the store towns were spending considerably more for law enforcement than they were receiving in liquor profits, that fines and costs accruing out of ar rest.; made by town officers sup plemented the county’s general fund by quite a few thousand dol lars each year. (Continued on page eight) Mrs. L. D. Aii^e Dies In Angetown —* Mis. Callie L. Ange, wife of Lemmie L. Ange and well-known resident of the Angetown Com munity of Jamesville Township, died at her home there Monday afternoon at H:50 o’clock. She had been in declining health for about' one year and her condition had been serious since last October. She had received hospital treat ment at Ink; -same months. The daughter of the late John Henry and James Lenora Duven pui i Ange, she was born in Wash ington County on March 17, 1894, and when a young girl moved to this county with her parents. She was married to Mr. Ange on De cember 19, 1909. She was a faithful member of the Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church near the home, and served as treasurer of the Ladies’ Aid So ciety. Surviving besides Mr. Ange are four daughters, Mrs. L. H. Boyd of Durham, Mrs. Wilton C. Pierce of Norfolk and Misses Gloria and Janet Ange of the home; one son, Roscoe S. Ange of Norfolk; one brother, D. W. Ange of Hopewell; and two sisters, Mrs. Lcamon Ange and Mrs. Perlie M. Ange, Sr., both of the home community. Funeral services are being con ducted at the home this afternoon at 3:00 o’clock in the Mt. Olive Church by her pastor, Rev. D. W. Alexander of Bethel, assisted by Rev. Paul Ketterman of Durham. Interment will be in the Ange town Cemetery.
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