THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT 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 Thursday, May 5, 1949 Williwnston, Martin County, N'ort/i Carolina, VOLUME Ml—NUMBER 36 ESTABLISHED 1809 Towns Settle Their Politics In Election mm Report No Upsets In Eight County j Towns Tuesday New Boards Are Tentatively Slated To Take Over Duties In June 9 $ Citizens in eight county towns < amicably anti without any unto ward incident settled their muni cipal politics for another two years in elections held on Tuesday of this week. For the most part the Voting was listless, the number of citizens forgetting to vote having been far greater than the number who took time out to participate in the elections. Elections in most of the towns were nothing more than a formal ity, the tickets having been chos en either in a primary or conven tion. While Robersonville polled the largest vote in the group, Parmele and Hamilton forged into the spot light with general interest. There was some talk about a special or independent ticket in Hamilton, and independents entered the pic ture at Parmele. The two towns let the one election Tuesday de cide their politics without going to the trouble of holding a primary or nominating convention. The new political families, made up mostly by old officials, are ten tatively slated to enter upon the new term in June. Sixty-eight citizens found time to participate in the Jamesville election and all but two went down the line for the convention nominees. Leslie W. Hardison polled 66 votes for mayor. For commissioners, L. Hugh Hardison led the ticket with 66 votes, fol lowed closely by James W. Long and J. Sam Godard with 64 votes each. The names of C. T. Gaines and Roy Williams were written in on one ticket for commissioner. Hardison and Godard succeed C. T. Gaines and H. A. Sexton on the board. The latter two were not candidates. Eighty-seven persons dropped in at the polls in Wiiliamstor. to participate in a listless election. A major upset was feared when the poll holders started the vote count Tuesday evening, but it soon pet ered out, the final count giving Robert Cowen 85 votes for mayor; and N.*C. Green, David Moore, and W. O. Griffin 85 votes each, and Leman Barnhill 86 and K. D. Worrell 84 votes for commission ers. One vote was written in for Francis Manning, that being about the only threat offered in the com missioners’ race. Declaring he was not a candidate and vowing he did not write his own name in, the one-vote guy appealed for space to extend grateful apprecia tion to the jokester for the great iionor accorded. Two old board members, N. C. Green and K. D. Worrell, were retained. With one exception, Everetts e itc'es an entirely new political fam * ..J-'JV. .&• {^R'ddirJr . serving as i mayor for years and years, was not a candidate, and Paul Bailey | and A. P Barnhill did nr', run j to succeed tnemseives as commi= l sioners. The board membership I was increased from three to five, giving the town the following gov : ernmentai line-up for the next two years: J. W. Peel, 42 votes for mayor; Jesse Keel, G. W. Taylor, and H. M. Ayers, 44 votes each, and H. S. Hardy and J. E. Mob ley, 42 votes each for commission ers. H. M. Ayers succeeds himself on the board. Forty-four votes were cast and there were no inde pendent entries reported. Robersonville cast the largest vote recorded in any of the eight municipal elections and no inde pendent entries were reported there. With one exception the town government remains un changed. H. S. Everett polled 110 votes for mayor, and the vote count for commissioners was, C. R. Gray, 118; Irving Srriith, 114; Vance Roberson, 109; Dr. W. E. Ward, 97, and George McRorie, 96. Dr Ward succeeds Mayo Little on the board. A total of 131 votes ('"ontinued oa page eight) OVER THE TOP * Although all districts have not submitted complete re ports, the cancer fund drive is over the top in this county, according to Mrs. Helen Tay lor Harris, county command er. Latt reports from James ville and Hamilton and the colored citisens headed by Mary Gray, have boosted the total to SI,607.67. Mrs. Harris stated that re ports should be complete by tomorrow or Saturday, that possibly the fund would be In creased by a hundred or two more dollars by that time. Call Ten Cases In Justice Of Peace Courts Recently ■ • - ■ Suspended Sentences In voked Calling for Ninety Days On The Roads Justices R. T. Johnson and John L. Hassell handled only ten cases in their courts during the past few days, but the boys who had danc ed on the crime front were really paying the ole fiddler in the coun ty court during the meantime. Under 30-day suspended sen tences for allegedly being drunk and disorderly on two previous occasions, Clyde Silverthorne was given another thirty days when he appeared in Justice Johnson’s court for the third time, placing a 90-day term in order. Charged with disorderly con duct, Warren Griffin was sentenc ed to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the road term upon guaranteed good behavior for twelve months and the pay ment of $5.85 costs. Asa Tom Lanier and Cecil G. Hopkins, charged with operating motor vehicles with improper lights, were each fined $5 and tax ed with $5.85 costs. Jos. Henry James, operating a motor vehicle with improper equipment, was fined $10 and re quired to pay the costs. Maceo Slade was fined $5 and taxed with the costs for alleged public drunkenness. ■ Charged with operating a motor vehicle with improper equipment, Linwood Rhodes was required to pay $5.85 costs. Justice Hassell handled the fol lowing cases: Charged with being drunk and disorderly, Wydell Roberts was sentenced to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of $6.50 costs. Charged with assaulting Wil liam Davis with a deadly weapon, Oliver Bonds, and Haywood Thorpe, charged with aiding and abetting an assault with a deadly weapon, were each bound over to the county “ourt for trial on May 9 -jtonds in ihejws fd $?M were required. --o-— Critically Hurt On Hamilton Road —♦ Allen McNair, Plymouth man, continues in a critical condition in the local hospi* ' where he was carried early last Sunday for treatment of injuries mysterious ly received on the Hamilton High way not far from Spring Green possibly a few hours previously. , The 30-year-old man suffered fractures of both legs and one re port stated that he was hurt in ternally. Few details could be learned, but it is believed that the man was run down by a motor vehicle and left on the highway to die. McNair says he remembers noth ing about the near tragedy. A delivery truck driver spotted the man on the highway and re ported to Williamston police. Members of the highway patrol were notified but before they could reach there the man had been moved by unknown parties. Speedsters’ Day In County Court Here On Monday ♦.». Twenty-four, Including An Aunt of Guy Lombardo, Fined Total of $500 -* Speedsters had a convention in 1 the Martifn County Recorder’s Court last Monday when twenty four had their — By J. W. Sumner Assistant County A rent The exhibitors for the Fat Stock Show May 12 and 13 th are making final preparations. By the time the show comes off, all the steers will have had a neat hair trim about the head. Besides the hair trim, the steers will get a nice bath with the best soap. The bath will be followed by a hair wave The boys and girls showing have en additic .el encouragement from members of the Williamston Civic Clubs who have visited the ex hibitors. The boys and gills ap preciate this. Not only will the steers get a dressing up before the show, but the porkers will, too. The pork ers will get their first bath with soap, and a little oil on their hair to make it shine. The show this year will have a little different schedule than us ual. The two day program starts Thursday, May 12, with the steers being brought in to the Planters Warehouse as early as pqpsible in the morning where they will be weighed. The showing and judg ing of the steers will begin at 1:00 p. m. Thursday. The hogs will be weighed at the Roberson Slaugh ter House any time Thursday. All hogs must be in their pens a\ the Planters Warehouse by 7 p. m. Thursday. The showing and judg ing of the hogs will be Friday morning starting at 9:00 a. m. All animals will be sold starting at 1:00 p. m. Friday. The Farm Bu reau Barbecue will follow at 4:30 o’clock. Club Members Wage Hot Garbage Battle Old Town Board In La^t Regular Meeting Tuesday Inadequate Sewer System j Recognized As Major Health Problem -• Marshalling their forces a, month ago for a fight to the fin-1 ish, appointed representatives of i the local Woman's Club renewed; their attack in the battle of the garbage at a meeting of the town board of commissioners here Tues day evening. At the April meet ing, the club representatives ask ed for an improved garbage col lection plan and a sanitary system for garbage disposal. Town auth orities immediately contacted equipment manufacturers and lit erature was received without ! price quotations from several companies. During the mean time the North Carolina Equip ment Company sent down a gar bage truck and gave a demonstra tion last Monday, the body costing $3,750 which with the truck will represent an investment of about $6,000 or $7,000. Discussing the demonstration truck briefly, the club representa tives, including Mesdames Wheel er Martin, Jr., Henry Griffin, Ur bin Rogers, Chas. Manning, P. B. Cone, A. R. Dunning and R. H. Goodmon, said they were not im pressed with equipment that would require garbage to be plac ed in containers along the street curbs, tt was pointed out that the j truck Was too large and too heavy I to enter back yards. It was also I pointed out that five men are needed to handle and serve the one truck and that a second andj possibly a third company would' bring equipment here for demon strations. As for garbage disposal the club representatives said they favored the trench methods; that is, a trench is dug by a special ma chine, garbage dumped in and then covered each day. Equip ment costs run as high under certain conditions in hand ling the trench system, one report stated. The representatives were assur ed that price quotations should be available by the next meeting of the board, that during the mean time possible sites will be inspect ed and systems in other towns in vestigated, and that the costs and town financial condition will be placed before the group at the next board meeting. Asked by the delegation about the income from parking meters, Treasurer Dan Sharpe said that $5,241.71) had been collected from the meters during the first eight months of operation or up until the first of this month. The board ordered all 1949 de linquent tax accounts advertised next week. Applications for street lights at Poe couriers of Liberty and Smit'n wick. Liberty and Lee Vance and Smithwick, Vance and Lee and Haughton and Liberty Streets were received. Approval was giv en subject to comittee survey find ings. One of the Town’s major prob lems—an inadequate sewer line system—was placed before the board by a group of citizens liv ing on West Main Street. After pointing out the near health men ace, the group, including Dr. V. E. Brown, Woodrow Tice, Fred Ches son, Edwin and Ernest Cox, asked that the problem be given every possible consideration. West Main residents also ap pealed for relief from water pour ing down on them, and the bond is taking it up with highway auth orities. The street superintend ent explained that numerous calls for relief had been received fol lowing the heavy rain the day be fore, and orders werg handed down, calling for improvements on Park Street and near the Gulf filling station on Washington Street. Resigning effective on Saturday ofjhis week, H. B. Wheeler is to Continued on Page Five) | THIRTY PERCENT ^_/ Tobacco transplanting is es timated to be about thirty percent complete in the coun ty In some districts pos sibly 85 or 90 percent of the /rou has been transplanted while in other areas the work is just getting under Way. Possibly 45 or 50 percent of the crop will have been trans planted by late Saturday and with continued favoratde weather a majority of the crop will be put out by the lat ter part of next week. Plants are growing out of the blue mold and while some individ ual farmers have none, the over-all supply will meet the demand, reports indicate. State College Band Announces Details Concert Program Numbers To Please Almost Every Taste Will Be Playetl Wednesday The complete program for the concert to be given next Wednes day evening'in the Williamston High School auditorium by the N. C. State College Concert Band was announced today by Director Christian Kutschinski in a letter to Professor Jack Butler. The program will open with "Lieutenant Santelmann's" March by Rosenkranz. Prelude and Fu gue in B flat minor by Bach will follow. Others scheduled before intermission are: “Jubel” Over ture by Weber, "In Storm and Sunshine” March by Heed, Con certino for Clarinet (Paul Hine, soloist) by Weber, and "Hit the Deck" by Youmans. The second portion of the pro gram will also open with a march, "Brooke’s Chicago Marine Band" by Seitz. After this will come a popular group, Second Suite in F major by Holst: I March (“Mor ris Dance,” "Swansea Town”, and "Cloudy Banks". 2. Song Without Words. 3. Song of the Blacksmith. 4. Fantasie on the "Dargason” (in troducing “preensleeves.”) Following this will be two songs by Beethoven: 1. Love Song. 2. Creation’s Hymn. The 10 unit program will close with a Medley of Friml Favorites, (Continued on Page Seven) •-<*> County Youth Training At Ft. Warren, tf yomitig Ft. Warren, Wyoming. — Pfc. William H. Hopkins, son of Mrs. W.«L. II ipkins of Box 06 in Ever etts, is presently training as an air force t- inician at the USAF Technical School at Ft. Francis E. Warren, Wyoming, it has been an nounced by Col. John C. B. Elliott, commanding officer. air force is training 1'oung airmen in the rmmv m , i.-,l i lies needed for air power. Be sides aviation engineer skills such as plumbing, carpentry, electricity and many others, the schools at Ft. Warren train clerk tvpists, etc,, j and many other skills needed in peacetime as well as in war. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Figures in Martin County’s highway accident record were materially boosted last week, placing the 1949 record rignt up in company with the fig ures for the corresponding period in 1948. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident tr'md: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 17th Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1949 3 2 0 $ 2,875 1948 1 0 0 650 Comparisons To Date 1949 37 19 1 $ 9,565 1948 441 20 i 9,360 « Registration For Bond Election To Start On May 7th Hooks To Be Opened In AH Thirteen Preeinets; Two New Registrars Books for the registration of new electors who would vote in the special $200,^00,000 road and $25,000,000 schoc/bond election on Saturday, June 4, will be opened in all of the county’s thirteen pre cincts on Saturday of this wee/k, County Elections Board Chairman Sylvester Feel has announced. The books will be held open this Sat urday and the two following Sat urdays for registrations, and for challenge on the fourth Saturday, May 28. Chairman Peel pointed out that those persons whose names al ready are on the registration books in their respective precincts will not find it necessary to reg ister to qualify themselves for participation in the bond election. Those persons who will have reached the age of 21 years on or | before June 4 and who have not ! registered should get their names on the books if they would qualify themselves for the ballot. Regis tration on municipal books does not qualify one for participation in the June 4 election, it was ex planied. Those persons who have moved into the county or from one precinct to^_ another and whose names do not appear on the regis tration books in their adopted communities will find it necessary to register to vote in the June 4 election. The following persons are hand ling the registration in the thir teen precincts in this county: P. C. Stallings, Jamcsville; Joe Lawrence Coltrain, Williams; S. Oscar Peel, Griffins; LcRoy Harri son, Bear Grass; Mrs. Jos. W. Grif fin, No. 1. Williamston; S. Harcum Grimes, No. 2, Williamston; H. M. (Buck) Ayers, Cross Roads; A. R. (Continued fiom Page Seven) Honor Local Boy At Wilson College Ronald White of Williamston was honored recently in Howard Chapel ol Atlantic Christian Col lege, when the Golden Knot Hon or Society held its annual tapping service? At this time White anti sixteen other students were invited to join the society. Requirements for membership in the Golden Knot, the only hon or society on the campus, are high. A prospective member must be approved by every active mem ber. Each new member is judged aeording to character, scholarship, leadership, and service. The schol astic average must be at least B for the three preceding semesters. White is president of “A” Club, member of Sigma Alpha frater nity; outstanding worker in field of sports and campus activities. - —o-— Wrecks Auto On The River Bridge _ n Mills E. Vann, Murfreesboro, escaped uninjured but he did con siderable property damage when he lost control of hi., 1948 Chevro let sedan at the western end of the river bridge here about 10:00 o'i lock Tuesday night. Traveling east, he failed to ne gotiate the curve just this side of the bridgekeeper’s home and rip ped down about 75 feet of the iron guard rail. The car then swerved to the left and came to a stop on the bridge after partly climb ing the concrete guard rail. No estimate on the property damage could be had immediately. Officer C. R. Moore and T. Fearing and John Rowe of the highway patrol made the investi gation. Vann said he had been fishing and that he had fallen into the river. It was reported that he had removed his pants to dry and was riding along in his underwear and shirt when trouble overtook him. He was seen in the middle of the highway putting on his pants. ’’I ■did not know what was the matter with the man,” Bridgekecper Hugh Spruill said. Call Record Number Cases In Court Here FESTIVAL v. Climaxing the series of pro- | grams scheduled for National Music Week, the local school music department will fire sent a spring festival in the high school auditorium here this evening at 8:00 o'clock under the direction of Mrs. Beecher Patterson. Nearly three hundred children will take part in the program this evening The department has already presented a program at as sembly this week and this | evening a number of singers will be at the Kiwanis meet ing. | Methodists Hold i District Meeting In Local Church: Miniwler’s Wife Issued Li cense To Preach; Temp erance Report Adopted The Elizabeth City District Con ference of the Methodist Church met in the local Methodist church Wednesday morning at 9:110 under the direction and leadership of Rev. J Hcrbelt Miller of Eliza beth City, district superintendent. The opening devotional was conducted by Rev. C. F. Hirschi of Windsor after which the confer ence was officially organized. Words of Welcome were given by Wheeler M. Manning and the re sponse by Rev. W. L. Freeman of Edenton. During the morning business session reports were made by the various committee chairmen as follows: Christian Education, Rev D. L. Fouts of Hertford: Missions, Rev M W, Lawrence of Elizabeth City and Evangelism, Rev. C. Freeman Heath of Washington. The statistical committee reported 231 additions on profession of faith in the 32 charges in the dis trict and that several chavgi s had met all financial obligations in full for the first half of the church year. The highlight of the morning session came in the closing wor ship service in which the local glee club rendered two sacred numbers and Rev. M. W Lawrence of Eliza beth City brought the message. Reverend Lawrence challenged the congregation to believe, to live and to proclaim the gospel that Jesus is the Christ, the Saviour of the world, picturing the great need every where and at the same time the hope that is rising in the hearts of men. The afternoon session was lie gun with u devotional conducted (Continued on page six) -- Booster Croup Holds Meeting 1WW——1 ” ’ Last Tuesday evening, the Board of Directors of the Wiiliamston Boosters held a special meeting with President C. B. ('lark, Jr., presiding. Many plans were formulated and t appears that the Boosters group has developed into an or ganization that this area has need ed for quite some time and can soon be proud of. Tentative plans cull for the group to follow a combined Cham ber of Commerce and Merchants' Association course, with agricul tural activities being emphasized at the same time. One big decision reached at the meeting was that of sponsoring] the second annul. 1 Wiiliamston] Peanut Festival, to Lie held in the fall. Also planned is a radio pro gram which will be of great inter est to this section. President Clark and the direc tors stated that they have confi dence the Wiiliamston Boosters, Inc., will mean much to the fu ture of Wiiliamston, but at the same time, a great amount of sup port will be needed from indi viduals, firms and civic groups. 9 Fines And Costs Exceed $2,500.00 In Long Session -o— FiiM*» Kiiii^i' From .$25 to $250; Several