the enterprise is read by OVER 3,00© MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME LII—NUMBER I Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 19, 1919 THE ENTERPRISE !S READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 State Sanitarian Says Trash Dump Is Health Menace — ■» System No Worse Than In Other Places, Hinton Tells Clnh Members -o E. L. Hinton, State Health De partment sanitation engineer, de clared in an open meeting of the Woman’s Club Tuesday evening that Williamston's garbage dis posal system was a public health menace and unsightly, that it was ideal for the propagation of rats, mosquitoes and flies. However, Hinton said that it was no worse than conditions existing in many other towns. The sanitarian then outlined various methods fo1- handling gar bage disposal, ruling out the in cenerator as too costly both as an investment and operation, and the open dump which he declared was not safe. . According to the engineer, the trench method or land-fill plan would best meet the needs here. Me offered a detailed description of tiie bench method, slating that one acre of land would handle the garbage from a town of 10, 000 population for one year, that the main piece of equipment—-a caterpillar tractor with a drop bull clam—would cost approximately $8,000. The operating plans for this method call for a trench from three to six feet deep. Garbage would be dumped into the trench and covered each day with two feet of dirt after the refuse had been thoroughly packed. Hinton declared that the meth od was being successfully employ ed in many towns and cities in several states, including about ten in North Carolina at the present time. In one large town the gar bage trench is hardly more than 1,000 feet from the business cen ter, and “it is not objectionable.” He then described the land-fill or area method, pointing out that a low, marshy place could be fill ed in with garbage which is then covered with dirt hauled in from nearby. Mr. Hinton declared that some thing should be done to eliminate the health menace, undesirable odors and smoke hazard of the open dump. Following a picture, showing the operation of the trench and area methods of handling garbage, a question and answer period was opened. Asked by Mayor Robert Cowen tvhich was the greater health men ace, the open garbage dump or open sewer lines, Hinton offered no direct answer, declaring that both were bad but that the sewer problem could be solved only by an expenditure of nearly $200,000 while the garbage problem could be solved with an expenditure of about $8,000. Hinton said the State Board would send a repre sentative here to help inaugurage the trench or area method during the course of a week. Several questions, while relat ing to health conditions but not connected with the garbage prob lem, were ruled out by, the club president, Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Jr., who explained that they would be discussed later. May.:; C wen said no one was opposed t< (Continued on page six) Schedule Drive Against Typhoid Beginning next Monday, the Martin County Health Depart ment will hold a series of clinics in a campaign to prevent typhoid fever. A schedule appears in this paper, and the public is diiected to note the dates and take advan tage of the security offered. Commenting on the campaign Health Officer J. W. Williams said there had been two cases of ty phoid fever in tnis county in the past ten years, but that one of the victims is a recognized carrier anc there is still danger of typhoid un til there is 100 percent sanitatior as to water supply, milk and en vironmental cleanliness. The immeunization is handlec without cost to the individual, anc the office is looking for more thar 12.000 to take the vaccine during the all-out campaign. Youthful Pioneers In Stock Raising ! Pictured above are the youthful pioneers in stock raising in Martin County who exhibited the pretty beef calves in the recent Martin County Fat Stock Show. Miss Betty Griffin, Pat Wynn and William Janies, exhibitors, are not in the above group which includes: Mary Jane Rogers, Billy Bailey, Kverett Purvis, Joseph Williams, Peggy Gurganus, Henry Rogers, Henry Swimpson, Irene Purvis. Melvin Price, Corrone Bryant, Howard Gardner, Gloria Taylor, Michael Edmondson, Curtis Gurganus, Calvin Oglesby, Ruth Hazel Bailey, Jimmy Peaks, lluss Knowles, Jimmy Knuwles, Fred Griffin, Dallas Purvis, Jr.. Ward Perry, Leroy Leggett, Billy VanNortwick. Rannie Peaks, James Rogerson, and Bobby Lilley. (Photo by Whit Saunders) Few Registering In County For School-Road Bond Vote Few people are registering for the road and school bond election to bo held in this and the other ninety-nine counties in the State on Saturday, June 4, according to reports coming from a majority of the registrars. During the first two Saturdays of the registration, only sixteen new names were added to the registration books, as follows: Jumesville, 1; Griffins, 3; Bear Grass, 4; Williamston No. 1, 2; Williamston No. 2, 4; Hassell, 2. Gold point reported no addi tions, while not reports could be had from Williams, Cross Roads, f I'IKl.l) DAY v/ Quite a few farmers from this county are plannin* lo attend a field day program at the Tidewater Experiment Station near Plymouth next Monday when a study of live stock, pastures and potatoes will be made. An interesting and beneficial program has been planned for the day. Farmers interested in at tending the event, are direct ed to contact Assistant Agent Sumner or Negro County Agent R. M. Edwards. Sever al cars will leave from the agricultural building here at 9:00 o’clock that morning. Robbers Active In Jumesville —•— Operating sometime late Tues day night or early Wednesday morning, robbers broke into four business places in Jumesville and j carried away some cash and mer Nothing was missed from the of fice of Gaines and lvirkman in the j old bank building, but drawer? were ransacked. At Luther Clark's cafe, the thieves carried away approxi mtaely 4,000 pennies stored in an oyster can, $3 in change from a mayonnaise jar, and about $19 from the cash register, including five dollars in dimes, $3 in nickels, $12 in quarters and $4.50 in halves, Four cartons ol Luckies and Ches terfields were also stolen. The robbers are believed tc have entered Wilbur Gurganus garage where they got tools tc break open windows in the other places. The depot was entered, but the robbers did not get into the of fice. It was also reported that the colored school near Jamesville was entered last Sunday night tnat a small bank with a small amount of change was missing from one of the rooms. Officers are working on the j case, but had established ncj de finite lead up until noon todliy. 1 Robersonville, Poplar Point, Ham j ilton and Goose Nest precincts. No new registration was order ed for the $200 million road and $25 million school bond election, and those persons whose names are already on the books will not jfind it necessary to register again to participate in the June 4 voting. Those who have attained the ago of 21 since the last state election on June 4. Saturday of this week is the last days the registration books will be open for registra tion. The books will be open on the 28th for challenge only. Colored Schools To Close Monday — <$> By E. J. Hayes, Principal On Monday evening, May 23, the Williamston Colored High School will bring to a close one of its best sessions. Viewed from the standpoint of achievement, en rollment—we have an enrollment of 879 students—and general cul tural development, the students and teachers have reason to feel that they have made definite steps in the field of education, thereby making worthwhile contribution to the development of our com munity and its environments and beyond. The closing exercises are as fol lows: Thursday afternoon, May 19th at 1:30 o’clock, anniversary of clubs and departments. Thurs day evening, May 19th at 8 o’clock, j the dramatic operetta, “Jephtha and His Daughter,” by students of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Special program by stud ents of the eighth grade, passing from the elementary to the high : school department on Friday evg nmgTSfc! I Wl','11 1U1*. i hi annual sermon is to be preached ! by Rev. M. Franklin Gregory, pas i tor of Williams Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church, here at 3 p. *».--os Sunday, May 22nd. The School Community band will make its final appearance in concert for the year Monday afternoon, May 23rd at 1:30 o’clock. The gradua I tion exercises are to be held af 8 o’clock Monday evening, May J 23rd. Dr. T. R. Speigner of the department of Social Science, Durham State (College for Ne groes, Durham, will be the speak er. Friends are cordially invited to | all these exercises. 377 Register For School Elections ! Three hundred seventy-seven citizens have registered for spec ial tax elections to be held in two districts on May 28, 135 in the Bear Grass District and 242 in the Oak City District. Outlook for the j elections is favorable, Co-Chairmen Are Named For Road School Bond Plan -o .No Definite Plan* Have Beni Formulated for Drive In the (anility Attorney Hugh G. Horton and Mayor Robert Cowen of Williams ton this week were named co chairmen of Martin County’s Committee for Better Schools and Roads by John Marshal], execu tive secretary of Better Schools and Roads, Inc., the organization set up by individual citizens in a meeting held at Raleigh a short time ago. Their appointments just cleared, Horton and Cowen said today they had not had time to formulate plans for the drive in this county, that they would welcome sug gestions from interested citizens. Similar organizations are being set up in every county in the State and the committee plans to place before the people in this county the facts surrounding the issue, believing that once the true facts are known support for the proposals will grow stronger. There is some definite opposi tion to the program, but scattered reports indicate that support for both the school and road measures is glowing rapidly and that they have a chance of passage in this county and in the State. Announcing the county chair manships, Secretary Marshall said: The chairmen will spearhead a county drive for voters’ support of the Better Schools and Roads program, which faces its bigge.u test on June 4 when the people of North Carolina will vote on the is suance of bonds for schools and rpad_,bi Hiding. I ^ Their appointment and accop | marks another step in the State | wide program to inform ail Tar I Heels of the need for better ;.schools and roads and to impi'e' s I upon all voters the significance of the June 4 election for the eco nomic and social life of North Carolina. By then acceptance of co-chair manship they also became direc tors in the non-profit, non-partis an citizens’ organization, Better Schools and Roads, Inc. -o-— Beer Retailers Have Inspection Inspector J. N. Ruck of Roanoke Rapids was here this week exam ining beer outlets and discussing the new malt beverage law with the retailers. The State inspector pointed out that inspections were subject to be made at any time, including Sundays and late nights, that vio lations of the new law would call 'for the revocation of the retailer’s I license. Twenty Cases In County's Court Monday Morning! •y D Finos Drop To a Now Low Of $350 During Short Session This Week Calling twenty cases and con tinuing about lour of them. Judge Chas. H. Manning held one of his shortest sessions of the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday since he went on the bench last December. A spring slump hit the financial side of the court and fines dropped to $350 at the short morning session: Proceedings: Charged with abandoning his crop, William H. Moore was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days. The case charging Benjamin F. Owens with careless and reckless driving was dismissed. Pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, Oliver Bonds was fined $50 and required to pay the costs. Pleading guilty of bastardy, John H. Johnson was sentenced to the roads for six month, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of the costs and on condition that he pay $25 now and $4 a week for the support of his illegitimate child. The case charging Ilaywood Tharp with being drunk and dis orderly was dismissed. Charged with drunken driving, Leslie 13. Neely failed to answer when called and papers were issu ed calling for his arrest. Adjudged guilty of drunken driving, Edward Myles Hardy Strickland had his ease continued under prayer for judgment until next Monday. Pleading not«guilty in the case charging him with non-support, Randolph Brown was adjudged guilty and he was sentenced to the roads for six months. The road term was suspended upon the pay ment of the costs and $10 a month for the support of his child. The judgment, calling for $15 a month during the four fall months, is to run for two years. Adjudged guilty of operating a motor vehicle while his driver’s license was revoked, Robert II. Crisp was fined $200 and taxed | with the costs. Charged with careless and reck less driving, William Buck Shep j herd was found guilty and I fined $15 plus costs. Robert Lee Hyman was fined $10 and taxed with the cost in the case charging him with simple as (Continued on page six) Finals Program In Local School Williumston’s high school will close the current term next Mon day evening at 8:00 o'clock when graduation exercises are held in die hi,.'h school auditorium. Dr. James Slay of Duke University, Durhai , will deliver the com mencement address. Julian Mas on will deliver the valedictory, and diplomas and special awards will be presented that evening. Rev. E. R. Shullei, local Meth ods* mini ter will preach the evening iri the high school audi tor! im at 8:00 o’clock. As far as it could be learned there’ll be no serviit-s in llu ,-n vt l al chan he.-,, and members are invited to attend the service in the high school. No detailed or complete pro gram of the fuiTont "erie: of com mencement events has been an nounced. CONTROL PLAN k-y Preliminary arrangements have been completed for pro moting a mosquito and 1'iy control program in Williams ton, Sanitarian W. It. Gaylord, Jr,, said yesterday. Repre sentatives of the State Board of Health were here and it is possible that the town can get the spray and other services free, leaving only the labor to be furnished. Homes will be sprayed without cost to the owners, it was explained. Details will he announced within the next few days. County Schools Will Close Current Term On Monday Most of the Martin County school will close the current term next Monday, but several of them are holding their graduation oxer cises on Friday of this week. The local white schools are to hold their graduation program next Monday evening, but no formal program has been announced pub licly. The six white and two colored high schools have 165 candidates for graduation, but unofficial re ports heard here yesterday indi cated that possibly several will miss the mark and be forced to j compromise by accepting certifi cates. For the first time possibly on record, certainly in some time, | there are more boys than girls in the white schools in line for di plomas while the number of girls Hear Nine Cases In Local Courts In Past Few Days! ♦— Ilil-Him Driver Itoimil Over To The County Court For Trial . • ' ■■ Justices John L. Hassell and R. T. Johnson handled nine cases in their courts here during the past few days. Several were sent to the higher courts for final action. Jack Bridges, charged with hit and run driving, was bound over j to the county court by Justice ' Johnson under bond in the sum of $100 Bridges, allegedly had an accident on Haughton Street here in April and was just recently ap prehended by local officers. Other cases handled by Justice Johnson: Charged with disorderly con duct and disturbing the peace at a public gathering, Charlie Little, Jr., William Randolph, Milton Best and John Richard Best were j adjudged not guilty. Charged with public drunken ness, James N. Ramsey was fined! $15 and taxed with $5.85 costs. Clarence Eugene Smith, V. H. Curbage and W. L. Sterling, charged with speeding, were' bound over to the county record-1 e: 's court for trial. Charged with an assault and trespass, George Purvis was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the sentence upon the, payment of a $10 fine and $5.85 costs. Justice Hassell handled the fol lowing eases: Oscar Lewis, charged with oper ating a bicycle on a public high way at night without lights, was sentenced to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the | road term upon the payment of! (Continued on page six) I Plan Revival At Jamesville —■ • — The Jemesvillc Christian church has completed plans for a revival j to be held the 23jM ol May through ! : the2lith | I 5fai<"a*K\n^^Tsr,m!nTes Riggs j | will be the speaker throughout. | the revival. Rev. Charles Riggs I is now holding a revival meeting1 j in La Ch ange and will come to th' i ijamisville eommunity the first ul next week. I A cordial invitation is extended to all the surrounding communi ties to attend the meetings each night tit 8 o’clock. The pastor, Rev. Bill White, an nounced that regular services will he held Sunday including Bible school, E. H. Ange, supt., at 10; morning worship and celebration of the Lord’s supper at 11; C. Y. F. at 6:30 at the church and evening worship at 6:00. Woman’s Council meets next Tuesday night. lit'IttriiH Home Folloivinfi Amputation of One /,<*# One of his legs amputated above the knee, Mr. John P. Hodges was returned to hik home in Bear Grass Wednesday in a Biggs am bulance. Last reports reaching here stated he was getting along very well. n the colored schools almost out j number the boys two to one. Only j in one school—Oak City—is the [ number of girls in the senior class greater than the number of boys. The six white high schools have 11!) candidates for graduation, in cluding 59 boys and 5(1 girls. The Iwo colored high schools have 50 candidates, 18 hoys and 32 girls, the Williamston colored school re-; porting. 3 boys and 15 girls, and the colored school at Parmele re porting 15 boys and 17 girls in line for graduation. The six white schools report the following candidates with the boys listed first and the girls second: Jamesville, 11 and 10; Farm Life, 4 and 1; Bear Grass, 5 and 4; Williamston, 15 and 13; Roberson ville, 16 and 16; Oak City, 8 and 12. DOING FINE } v_j The tobacco crop, trans planted in its entirety and to quota limit®, L doing nicely in this county, farmers report. The crops is growing rapidly. Sheriff ('. It. Roebuck stating tliis week that his crop was already large enough to con ceal a jumping rabbit. Many farmers have already culti vated the young plants one time and quite a few others have plowed the crop a second time. Their beds wiped out by blue mold, farmers from sev eral counties in this State and Virginia have been literally scouring the county for plants, and it is estimated that enough have been given away to transplant several hundred acres. County In Line For Two Million -——<$►-— Martin County will receive $459,742 for school building and $1,(106,000 for road building if vot ers on June 4 authorize the issu ance of school and road bonds, ac cording to a letter received by county commissioners from Gov ernor W. Kerr Si ott. • School and road bond bills pass ed by the 104!) General Assembly allocate those amounts to be spent in the county, provided that the people authorize the issuance of the bonds when they vote in the June 4 election, For school building Martin County would get $2.r>0,000 as its equal share of a $25,000,000 appro priation by the General Assembly plus $209,742 as its per pupil share of tlie proceeds from the School bonds. The per-pupil share estab lished by tlie General Assembly is determined on the basis of tlie 1947 46 average daily member ship. The amount that would lie spent in the county for road building, If issuance of the bonds is favored by tlie voters, is set forth exactly in the road bond bill, and repre sents what the Genera! Assembly | equitable distribution” based upon the formula in use by tile State Highway and Public Works Com mission The county's share of proceeds from the road bonds would lie in addition to its regular share of highway funds. -o Many Changes In School Faculties According to unofficial reports, there’ll be quite a few changes in tlie several school faculties in this county next term. It was rumored that there were as many as eight or nine positions vacant in the Williamston faculty, that some were quitting the pro fession, some were getting mar ried and others were making changes. It was reliably learned this week that H. J. McCracken, prin cipal of the Oak City School for the past two terms, had resigned. As far as it could be learned his successor lias not been named. National Magazine Features State s Menhaden Fishery Interesting Stor\ Of li»li Will I!" (iarrird To VII Parts of the World Washington. D. C. —North Caro lina's menhaden fishery is featur ed in an article in the June issue of the National Geographic Maga zine by Leonard C. Roy, a member of the publication's editorial staff. Although menhaden are caught along the Atlantic coast from Long Island southward, and in the Gulf of Mexico, Roy chose the Morehead City-Beaufort area to make his on-the-spot study of fish and fisheries. Publication of the article in the National Geographic means that North Carolina's place in the men haden industry will be made known to 1,1100,000 members of the Society throughout the world and the story will be available to readers in nearly every municipal, school and college library in the United States. Entitled "Menhaden — Uncle Salii's Top CuiUmei vial t ish, the article gives two important reas ons why the fish is so little known -it has nearly as many nicknames as there are reducing centers, and it is too oily, mealy and bony for human consumption. Fish Gets Around Yet, writes Roy: “More people come into contact with menhaden in some form than with any other fish. The thousands employed in the industry last year are a mere handful compared with the num ber who use menhaden oil and meal, “The soap in your kitchen and bathroom is apt to contain men haden oil. The linoleum on your kitchen or office floor, the varnish and paint that decorate the furni ture and walls in vour home, and your waterproof garments may have been made with the oil. Steel manufacturers use the oil in temp ering their product. "Since animal protein is im portant to the health of cattle, hogs, and poultry, menhaden meal, mixed with their food, often brings this fish indirectly to your dining table.” Colonists arriving on the New England const discovered Indians using menhaden for fertilizer by placing fi.-.h in each corn hill, tiic article relates. Now practical ly none of the fish is used as fer tilizer. Roy then traces the his tory of the menhaden industry from tile odoriferous sun process ing method on Rhode Island beaches to the large, almost odor less plants ot today. 11)48 A Big Year To get local color and first-hand material on his subject, the writer sailed out of Morehead City on The Mace of Beaufort Fisheries, Incorporated, witnessed a “set' (a netting of fish) and saw the catch move, by conveyor licit, through a reducing plant until it became the menhaden oil and meal of trade. Last year, the article reports, tiie industry processed more than 1.417.000. 000 menhaden, exceeding 950.000. 000 pounds in total weight. This is more than twice the poundage the .<,ur.,i .:.; ■■'■failIiiiiiiiiid times lie total ol menhaden's nearest rival in the Atlantic fish eries, the rosefish, or sea perch. (.Continued on page six) Flan Revival In West End Church —•— The Reverend J. N. Staneil, Wendell, N. C\, will begin a series of revival meetings at West End Baptist Church Monday evening, May 23, at eight o'clock. The meeting will last through the week. Mr. Staneil is pastor of four churches near Wendell, and some real gospel messages are expected during the revival meeting. A song service will be held each evening, led by the pastor, J. Thad Ashley. A special prayer service will be held each evening at the church at 7:30 just before the re vival services. "Please make your plans to at tend each service of this series of meetings, and we feel sure you will receive a blessing,’’ the pas tor urges.