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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE 55 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LI1—NUMBER 19 Williamxlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March ft, 19V) ESTABLISHED 1899 Activity Review In The Assembly During Past Week -.<». For Every Law Passed, Two More Were Proposed In The Period The 1949 General Assembly shifted into high gear last week. If quantity of legislation acted upon is taken; as the criterion, three steps were lost for every two gained because many mort bills were introduced last week than in any previous period. If quality of legislation be the stand ard, real progress was in evidence, since many of the measures that prove to be perennial stumbling blocks were receiving decisive ac tion: the Revenue Bill with com mittee amendments has reached the House floor, the State Person nel Bill has reached the floor of the Senate, the Supplemental Ap propriations Bill has passed both houses, and both liquor referen dum bills have received unfavor able committee reports. Revenue Act Amendments The Revenue Bill committee substitute which reached the floor of the House on Thursday bore little resemblance to the original. Gone were the provisions reduc ing the franchise tax on non-util ity corporations from $1.50 per $1,000 of net worth to $1.25 and those changing the sales tax on farm machinery to the wholesale rate of tax. Added were provis ions giving municipalities 1-8 of the franchise tax on utility cor porations attributable to the busi ness done within a municipality; taxing co-ops on the same basis as corporations in respect to income not distributed or allocated to patrons; increasing the income tax deductions for dependents from $200 to $300, and allowing deductions for payments of ali mony up to $1,000; and exempt ing sales of fuel to farmers from the sales tax if the fuel is used for farm purposes. Supplemental Appropriations Flat 20 percent pay increases retroactive to October 1, 1948, were granted all State employees and teachers last week as the General Assembly passed SB 31, the Supplemental Appropriations Bill for the biennium 1947-1949. As introduced the bill had tied all increases to those which would be recommended for the biennium 1949-51, but a committee amend ment inserted the automatic raise for the rest of the present bien nium despite modification efforts in the Senate. Personnel Rill On Tuesday SB 51, the State Personnel Bill, came out of com mittee where it had been since January 19, with is face consider ably lifted by amendments which the committee had recommended. If adopted the amendments would have the Personnel Director ap pointed by the Personnel Coun cil rather than the Governor, re quire that two members of the Council be personnel specialists not in State employment, two from industry and two from the positions covered by the Act. Pub 'fit. L 1 .--oM.-•**■■■■,'A be required, and a clear right of appeal from the Director’s decis ions would be provided. On Tuesday SB 193 and HB 560, identical bills setting out the Foundation program recommend ed hv “i i‘ic"STd e ' 'jRTucTa'iuTi CT/rlT mission, were introduced. This program calls for an 85 percent contribution by the State, and 15 percent by the counties to ■ meet the cost of instructional service, current expense and capital out lay for the schools. The costs of . (Continued on page eight) ALMOST Williamston’s schools have almost reached the 1,000 en rollment figure and Principal B. G. Stewart is almost cer tain the round figure will show up any day now. Yes terday, the enrollment figure stood at 999. The school man thought he had reached the figure last week when three new pupils came in, hut since they checked out three days later they were not included Red Cross Drive Nearly Half Complete In Chapter The annual Red Cross Fund drive in the Martin County Chap-' ter was announced almost half complete yesterday by Chairman Garland G. Woolard, who again predicted that the people in the five townships comprising the chapter would carry the drive' over the top. / At the end of the first five days of the drive, $1,157.10 had been collected and reported. It is con servatively estimated that several hundred dollars more have been collected and will be reported shortly, leaving about half of the territory yet to be canvassed. Williams, going over the top the first day of the drive, exceeded its quota, Mrs. Joe L. Coltrain re porting $64. Bear Grass has raised $173.10 of its quota. Williamston yesterday reported $925 collected and turned in by the following canvassers, Mrs. Vella Wynne, $15; Mrs. Helen Roane, $10; Gene Kimball, $38; Mrs. John A. Manning, $8.50; Mrs. Titus Criteher, $38; Miss Eliza beth Manning, $12; Mrs. C. D. Cav enaugh, $5; Mrs. Lee Reynolds, $62; Mrs. Vernon Bunting, $42; John Hatton Gurganus, $41.50; Mrs. J. W. Watts and Mrs. R. L. Ccururn, $50.50; Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Jr„ $35 25; Mrs. J. L. Har ris, $46; Mrs. Leman Barnhill, $59.75; C. D. Cavenaugh, $15, and Reg Simpson, $15. Mrs. J. Eason Lilley, Griffins chairman, announced the follow ing canvassers, Mesdames Virgil Lilley, Roland Lilley, Carlyle Stallings, Leon Earl Griffin, Ken neth Harrington, Fenner Hardi son, Ben Roberson, Arthur Rober son and Raymond Gurkin, and said that the drive is well under way. Mrs. Camille F. Rawls said yes terday that work on the canvass is progressing very well in James ville. SURVEY Although it is believed any dispute over boundary lines will have very little bearing in the case, defense counsel for John R. Coltrain, defend ant in the Roberson murder case, last Saturday made a survey of the property near the spot where W. Tom Rob erson, Griffins Township far mer, was fatally shot on Jan uary 26. A civil engineer whose name could not be learned im mediately came to the county from Greenville to make the »w/,ev. Tiar findings"-fart*” not been liiscloseS. " ** ' Sale Of Purebred Swine Held Last Friday in County First Sale Very Successful; Breeders Plan Second Sale In Fall The old Martin County fair grounds at Williamston took on an old-time fair atmosphere last Fri day afternoon when more than 250 farmers attended the county’s first purebred swine sale held there un der the auspices of the newly or ganized Martin County Purebred Swine Breeders Association. Buyers from several counties were in attendance and a surpris ingly large number of Martin County farmers interested in bet ter livestock, participated in the event. The association, organized by and whose membership is limited to Martin County farmers, is plan ning to hold a second sale some time during the early fall, it was learned. Twenty-one purebred boars and gilts were offered for sale, and while no fabulous prices were re corded the sellers wer&^aji^^ have been well pleased and the buyers were impressed by the movement to make available bet .the f'f •: section. With prices ranging from $27.50 for a 12-week old boar to $110 00 for a bred gilt, the sale of 21 $.115° m. Very little expense was attached to the sale, the owner of the fair grounds, D. M. Roberson, offering the property free. Jack Kelly, Extension Division swine special ist, and Harry Hamilton, auction- \ eer, offered their services without cost and greatly helped the asso ciation in making the sale a suc cess. The association, headed by Jul ian H. Fagan, veteran farmer of Jamesville, as president, and George Ayers, high school senior of Oak City, as secretary .and treasurer, has about twenty mem bers at this time. However, only six, J. H. Fagan and Howard Gardner, of Jamesville; George Ayers, Jr., of Oak City; Jack Wil liamson, of Bear Grass; Bennie Ray Hopkins and R. W. Gardner, of Williamston, offered hogs for sale. Most of the hogs will be kept in Martin County to promote a fair Move Department To New Building Various departments moved in to the recently completed high school unit on North Smithwick Street last Thursday, Principal B. G. Stewart explaining that a great deal of shifting followed the ini tial move. The band and commercial de partment moved into the building last Thursday. The home eco nomics department is in the pro cess of moving and the science de partment will follow just as soon as equipment can be installed. Miss Mav.t,hn,.Whj,trhur st's sixth . grade 'has mwwWB*., the gram mar building to the high school. The home economics department had shared part of its quarters in the old high school building with Mrs. Ann Corey's eighth grade, making room for Miss Erma Ben son's sixth grade. Mrs. Gene Kim ball’s third grade moved from the basement to Miss Whitehurst’s room in the grammar building. A third grade was created and the new teacher, Mrs. Mary Bell Gay lord moved into the basement room vacated by Mrs. Kimball’s third grade. The creation of the new grade and the addition of a new teacher earned almost a year ago reduced the teacher load. Mrs. Matthews’ Funeral Monday Funeral services were conduct ed at the home near Robersonville Monday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for Mrs. Addie Harrison Mat thews who died suddenly at her home there last Saturday after noon at 1:00 o’clock. Elder A. B. Ayers and Rev. J. M. Perry offi ciated, and burial was in the Rob ersonville Cemetery. Mrs. Matthews was handling her household duties about 12:00 o’clock last Saturday when she suffered a heart attack, dying about an houF fater’ or'Tust 'anef1 medical aid reached her. She had been troubled with high blood pressure for, some time, but her condition was not regarded as serious. The daughter of the late James and Mozeiia Coburn Harrison, she wat born near Robersonville 56 years ago on September 6, 1890. Except for a few years spent in Scotland Neck and Wilson, she spent all her life on the family farm. She was married to J. Frank Matthews 41 years ago and had been a faithful member of the Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church for thirty years. Surviving besides Mr. Matthews are a son, Thurman Matthews of Williamston; and two daughters, Miss Eunice Matthews of Balti more, and Miss Ella Louise Mat thews of Robersonville. -s. To Assist In Filing State Income Ret nr ns E. Ross Froneberger, Deputy Collec tor for the State Depart ment of Revenue will be in his of fice at the Martin County court house on Saturday of this week and Monday and Tuesday of next week from 9 00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. to assist anyone in preparing their iMfigJJUBlWJLlJffniJ. ■'< County Board In Regular Session Monday Mornin Plans Arc Made for Hand ling Dog Vaccinations Next Month Cf<3 fleeting in regular session Mon day morning, the Martin County Commissioners listened to a num ber of delegations appearing be fore the board in the interest of improved roads, made arrange ments for having all dogs in the county vaccinated and drew jury members for the second week in March and the special term of superior court convening in April. Dr. J. S. Rhodes, Sr., discussed with the board the importance of a mosquito control plan for the county, but no definite plan was advanced and no action was taken by the officials. The medical man explained that while vaccinations serve to check many diseases, the elimination of the mosquito can control malaria. The Federal gov ernment offered a plan some time ago, but the project was consider ed too costly and it was passed by at that time. The government j proposed to furnish a truck and the spray if the county would fur nish a pump spray and two men to handle the work under the sup ervision of health officials. Following is the ol der passed by the board, calling for the vaccina tion of all dogs in the county next month: “It is ordered that all dogs in Martin County be vaccinated against rabies during the month of April under the supervision of Dr. \V. F. Coppage as provided by law, tlie county to pay 75 cents for pwieJrijk»r*wBrt»&d. 'frts*t3ra&f;<sf j that a complete record shall be kept as to owner of dog and the township in which owner lives. A complete record is to be furnished the tax supervisor and collector. It is further ordered that $500 of such fees shall be withheld or so much thereof as may be necessary until ownership and collection of tax on dogs are reported and ac counted for. It is further ordered that the tax collector shall accom pany the person in charge of vac cinations for one -or two days to instruct the clerk in keeping pro per records of dogs vaccinated.” Tax Collector M. L. Peel re ported that $245,145.03 of the , $283,168.48 levy for 1948 had been collected, that all but $7,001.75 of the 1947 levy had been paid, and I that there was a balance of $2, 421.66 due on 1946 taxes. The board reviewed depart mental reports and other routine matters before adjourning at 2:0C o’clock. No time was taken out for lunch. Funeral Sunday For Mrs. Wright Funeral services were conduct ed at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dennis D. Coburn, near Dar dens, Sunday afternoon at 3 00 %«.iocic for Mi S. mar Gay lord Wright who uied there last Fri day. Rev. W. B. Harrington, counHyBajjtist minister, and Rev J. O. Gong, pastor ol tne Plymouth Methodist Church, conducted the rites and interment was in the ■ am.ly cemetery near her odd no me in .1 &rn.csvLllc Town*-hi.p Mrs. Wright was born in James ville Township 70 years ago, the daughter of the late William and Nannie Rogerson Gaylord. She had been in declining health for some time and had been confined to her bed for about five weeks. A member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Corinth for a number of years, she was a most thought ful neighbor and a valuable friend. She found time to visit the sick and played the role of a real neighbor. In 1898 she was married to W. J, flight who died several years ago. Besides her daughter with whom she had made her home re cently, she is survived by a son Surry Wright of Gerald, Missouri' a sister, Mrs. E G. Waters of Jamesville; two brothers, E. H. Gaylord of Jamesville and W. H. Gaylord of Plymouth; three gi findchildrcn and one c cal Review Of Local Legislation In General Assembly j Two of Five Measures Of fered by Representative Corey Are Ratified While only two of the five1 measures proposed by Represen-1 tative A. Corey have been passed j and ratified, the legislative pro- i gram affecting Martin County I more or less directly is nearing completion, according to a legisla tive review released this week by the'institute of Government. The two measures that have been enacted into law deal with a hog cholera control program and the distribution of legal liquor store profits among all the incor porated towns in the county. The law, dealing with hog chol era control or vaccinations, was ratified last Thursday. Passage of the measure had been pending since February 8. The act, in sub stance, allows others besides a veterinarian to vaccinate hogs against cholera. The act dividing liquor store profits to the extent of 25 percent to all incorporated towns in the county was ratified last Friday. Heretofore, the four store towns received 20 percent of the net pro fits from the stores. The ratio was upped to 25 percent and all incor porated towns will share with the store towns holding a slight per centage advantage. Representative Corey’s first proposal to make it unlawful for one to curse or be drunk in public places not covered already by statute is still hanging fire, but its passage is fairly certain. Intro duced on January 18, the propos ed act would have made it uniaw .U'iLtar one UlJi'Jk, 'oudiv f/t.-bfiv "places along with u provision making disorder ly conduct unlawful. The house committee reported the bill fav orably on March 1 with a substi tute eliminating loud and boister ous talking from the unlawful, acts listed in the bill. The bill has passed the House and when it reached the Senate last Thursday it was sent to the committee on propositions and grievances, the same group that killed a proposal to refer the liquor question to a vote of the people. The proposal to allow school districts with less than 1,000 pupils to vote a special school tax passed a third reading in the Senate last Friday and is now about ready for ratification. A proposal to provide drainage districts in the county, after being favorably reported by a House committee, was re-referred to the finance committee last Friday. Its passage is expected. There was some talk about of fering a proposal to eliminate jury trials in the county court, but no action in that direction has been taken. Re rovering From Injury Re rived by Mule kick Kiel d by a mule at his plant here the early part of last week, Mr. Henry Griffin, his condition n.tw.i ....proved, vv us ao/c"*tv/*re turn home from a Washington hospital Sunday afternoon. Struck onthe neck f i n did ml ttunK the injury was serious, but infection developed and he enter ed the hospital Thuisday. He was given penicillin, mad itch < d and*Tic "jhas.'n."{\v. about' .srratrh ed his way out of the whole diffi culty. f SPECIAL SCHOOL v J A special school, dealing with field crops such as to bacco, corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans and pas tures, will he held for Martin County farmers and other in terested citizens in the court house here during a greater part of tomorrow (Wednes day;. mm State College specialists and recognized authorities will ad dress the school and offer the latest information dealing with crops and the challenge made by Virginia's governor to our own Governor to set new corn yields. The school opens at 9:30 a. m. and closes at 3:00 noon. Outlines Tentative County Road Plans % Plan To Surface Twelve Miles Of Roads This Year —toM 11 i utli v» ii\ CoiiuiliHsioner Ev ans Ami Engineer Me Kim Meet with Roa/tl A tentative highway construc tion program was outlined by First District Commissioner Mer rill Evans and Engineer J. T. Mc Kim at the regular meeting of the Martin County board of Commis sioners this week, the commission er explaining that the program is a minimum one and that an ad ditional one-cent gas tax or the road bond issue could materially affect the program. Highway Commissioner Evans, probably making his last official i visit with the board as a member ! of the State Highway Commission, pointed out that the State was making plans for the 1949 road building program on the old basis, but he admitted that unless addi tional revenue is made available the road construction program will not be maintained as rapidly j as it had been in the past three years. The program as outlined by! Commissioner Evans includes | three main projects, but he added that possibly other minor ones could be handled. “The money for | fiscal year ending June 30 has just about been spent, but we hope to start the three proposed projects and handle minor ones without ■JWAV.ittc'lv delay-,*- thinrtWStTm er Sold. He explained that he and Division Engineer J. C. Parkin had recently made a personal sur vey of the narrow roads in this county, that widening projects would be handled as rapidly as possible. “Many roads have been widened already, but there are many others that need attention and need it badly,” the commis sioner admitted. In addition to the surfacing and widening program, other roads will be maintained and rocked where necessary, he assured the county board. The proposed road surfacing program calls for 12.5 miles of road. Listed among the three main projects is the surfacing of the old Bear Grass Road from the Staton farm to the Bear Grass colored school. Surfacing on Route 171 from Jamesville to Washington would be extended about 3.3 miles, giv- I ing a hardsurfaee all the way from Jamesville to a point at or near Hardison’s Mill and leaving an un paved link in the route of about 7.7 miles from Hardison Mill to the Beaufort County line. The road has been paved from James ville to a point about 4 12 miles out. The River Road or the road from Hamilton to the Halifax County line near Palmyra is to be ‘'Itrajx}.y\v'' v.ndev* the program. -1 “We also hope to complete the Hassell Road near the junction with N. C. 125 close to Butler’s The commissioner said that he was also including about four and one half blocks of surfacing near serve the school Pusses. (Continued on page eight) Medical Society Met Wednesday The Tri-County Medical Society held its regular meeting last Wednesday evening in the Plym outh Country Club. After a brief business session, presided over by the retiring pre sident, Dr. Ernest Furgurson of Plymouth, new officers were elected for the new year, as fol lows: Dr. V. E. Brown of Wil liamston, president; Dr. J. M. Phelps of Creswell, vice president; Dr. Walter Ward of Robersonville, secretary and treasurer. The society handled an active work during the past year and formed an auxiliary society which lyinj mintb:-W'lM ... the Tatter part of this month. f FUNERAL TODAY ]| V_/ Funeral services are being held in Raleigh this afternoon for United States Senator J. M. Broughton who died sud denly in the Bethesda, Mary land, Naval Hospital Sunday morning at 8:45 o’clock of a heart attack. The former governor of this State and a great political fi gure was to have made his maiden speech in the Senate yesterday. He was preparing notes for his Sunday School class talk when he was strick en Sunday morning at 8:00 o’clock in his Washington home. Auto Inspections • ■ •« •»'« • «•*/*' • •».:>. By Patrol Force Being Proposed Enforcement of INew Law Almost Certain Id Cause Miirli Indignation A new inspection law to replace the traffic lane inspection system is being proposed in Raleigh with the possibility that the enforce ment of the new plan will cause more indignation and criticism than the recently discarded sys tem. It was also pointed out that the new plan would make it pos sible for some vehicles to travel the highwyas without being in spected year after year, since an early interpretation of the plan describes it as a “hit-and-miss” method, at the best. Proposed by Senators Sam Campen from this district and Roy Rowe of Pender County, the pro posed law would require members of the highway patrol to spend at least one fifth of their time in spot checking motor vehicles. No copy of the proposed law is avail able here at this time, and all of its provisions could not be learn ed immediately. It is recognized, ho'. ever, as a continuation of the determined plan advanced by 111• • 1947 legislature to value human life and rolling stock on the high W cl V iS The tackled by the Senate Roads Com mittee last week when several .-iC n a COVn'.i C«ggv'"“ CC ,. ‘i i. U11' <»" : r — ly jui. tern be provided with lanes oper ating in each county. No decision has been reached, but present indications point to the adoption of some kind of in spection law. If the spot check as proposed by Senators Campen and Rowe revealed defects in the vehicle, the patrolman would direct the driver to have them corrected. The driver would be required to file with the patrolman within 10 days a statement from a garage saying the defects had been cor rected, or if the motorist made the repairs himself he could have his car re-checked. A provision intended to prevent used ears from other states from being dumped into North Carolina would require them to be inspect ed before licenses are issued. Automobiles condemned under the old inspection system would k.'* ikkimrnt.rH k ■ ■■—— placed in operation again. ^mqWTmn "problem wu* Regular Road Day Held At Meetin Of Board Monday lli^lmay (iommissioner Ev ans TVlIs Board (>ood bye; Petitions Heard It was a regular road day pro gram at the regular meeting of the Martin County Board of Com missioners this week when several delegations petitioned the officials for road improvements and when First District Highway Commis sioner Merrill Evans and Engineer J. T. MeKim discussed briefly a proposed road program in the county for the new year. Mr. Evans, explaining that the visit, in all probability, would be the last one he would make with the board as a member of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, expressed his appre ciation for the cooperation he had received from the board and the people of Martin County. “My re lationship with the board and the people of Martin County has been very cordial, and I have enjoyed working with you,” Mr. Evans told the board. Members of the board expressed the hope that he would continue as a member of the highway com mission, but. Mr. Evans declared that he could not accept the job for another four years even if it was offered to him. Mr. Evans assured the board that he had tried to play fair with every county, and he also declar ed that Martin County had receiv ed its share of road construction money. Board Chairman John Henry Edwards expressed the board's ap preciation for the work handled by Mr Evans, and Commissioner o' o" .soty ; aid ' ffit board had received every consid eration possible and that he was certain the program had been ad ministered justly by Mr. Evans. Even before and after Mr. Evans and Engineer MeKnn ap peared in the meeting, delegations and others were petitioning the commissioners for road improve ments. Most of the road improvement projects asked for centered around the county’s famous ”’ta ; ter ridges”, but a few petitioners asked that a small mileage be add ed to the State system. Included in the projects asked to be widened: The Perry Road leading off Highway 17 at the Bear Grass Road intersection to the Griffins colored school, near Dewey Per ry’s store on the Smithwiek’s Creek Road, a distance of about 3 13 miles. The road serves about 31 families and six school busses travel the road. The road leading off the Hamil ton Palmyra Road at the John Anderson Baptist Church and run ning westwardly via Spencer Bur nett’s, Sidney Mallory’s and oth ers to Highway 135, also from Spencer Burnett’s to Oak City, a combined distance of about seven miles. The road serves between 40 and 50 families. A road in Goose Nest Township ■ egfig. . r 1 ’A .soJ fork and running westwardly via Hardy Council's and Tyson farm and others to Red Oak, a distance inice The road beginning ne<Cono ho Church on Highway 135 via UvJi’i ItSW UivituL '■'*■< I • to \;...:v County line, a distance of about five miles. A road in Bear Grass, beginning at Jim Coltrain place on Bear Grass-Williamston road, via D. Bowen’s, Lewis Taylor's and oth * (Continued on page eight) KOI M)-l I* Eight persons were rounded up and temporarily detained in the county jail during the w eek-end. Most of them found their way into the jail on Sat urday. Three were booked for pub lic drunkenness, two for vio lating the liquor laws and one each for larceny and receiv ing, drunken driving and as sault with a deadiy weapon. Two of the eight were women, and two were white. The ages ‘twin I' UiiiTiiUiawaUlw to 37 years. . ( rj
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