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the enterprise is kead 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 LI I—NUMBER 44 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday , June 2, 1919 ESTABLISHED 1899 County Property Valuations Increase In 1949 Is Jfist A Little Under $2,000,000 Total Personal and Real Property Holdings List - ed at $21,520,091 -« Real and personal property val ues, assessed for general taxation in this county at $21,520,091, this year reached the highest value peak in history, according to fig gures recently released by County Tax Supervisor M. L. Peel. The values, boosted this year by a horizontal increase of ten percent in real property and a fair-sized expansion in home and industry, are greater by almost two million dollars than they were in 1948, the tax supervisor pointed out. Listings exclusive of corpora tion property holdings, show a value of $19,376,212. The super visor pointed out that the corpora tion listings ha'd not been certified. If they stand at the 1948 figure of $2,143,879, then the 1949 total valuation will go on the books at $21,520,091. Corporation listings,! including corporation excess, last ! year were macjy as follows: Atlan-! tic Coast Line Railroad Company,) $1,864,219; Carolina Telephone and i Telegraph Company, $145,082; | Western Union Telegraph Com-) pany, $68,016; Branch Banking and Trust Company, $3,582; Guar anty Bank and Trust Company, Williamston, $22,070; Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, Rober sonville $28,886; Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, Hamilton, $4,219; Edgecombe Bank and Trust Company, $7,805. The Coast Line Railroad Com pany, for many years the largest single property owner in the coun ty, surrendered first place this year to the North Carolina Pulp Company. Showing an increase of more than $400,000 in its assess ed property valuations, the pulp company’s holdings, exclusive of its many tracts of land, are now listed at $2,129,185. The com pany's plant real estate is booked at $208,150, and its personal prop erty is listed at $1,801,035. The gain in values was fairly uniform except in two or three in stances. Personal property drop ped in Robersonvilk by over $78, 000, while the personal property listings by colored owners drop ped slightly in Williams, Bear Grass, and Goose Nest. The largest single increase is traceable to the pulp company in Jamesville Township where the total gain for both white and col ored exceeded $600,000. Williams ton Township reported an increase of well over half a million dollars. The over-all increase; that is, gain in personal and real proper ty values as listed by both white and colored owners, follows by townships; Jamesville, $600,603; Williams, $36,209; Griffins, $79,876; Bear Grass, $66,717; Williamston, $559, 777; Cross Roads, $99,881; Rober sonvillc, $152,369, Poplar Point, (Continued on page eight) Resigns Post In Jamesville School Professor Woodrow Suggs, pop ular principal of the Jamesville schools for several terms, has tendered his resignation to go with the Gastonia school system, it was learned this week. The professor, who holds a master’s degree and who had his teaching career inter rupted by the war, will serve as principal of Arlington Junior High School, one of two such schools in Gastonia. Mr. Suggs plans to move his family from Jamesville within the next few weeks. It could not be learned official ly, but it was reported that John L. Goff, J' ., a recent A. C. College graduate, had been employed to teach in the Gastonia schools next term and that another county young man had applied for a posi tion there. < Britishers Express Thanks For Aid Sent By Red Cross Though a bit late, appreciation was recently expressed by the British Government for help rend ered its subject in World War II. The note, forwarded to Chapter Chairman W. H. Carstarphen reads: “His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland most warmly thank the members of the Chapter of the American Red Cross in Martin County, North Carolina, for the valuable help which they have given to wards the relief of suffering in the United Kingdom caused by enemy THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Motorists on Martin County highways continued to smash ’em up, but they were most considerate of life, limb and property last week, according to reports coming from mem bers of the highway patrol and police departments. 1 The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 21st Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1949 4 0 0 $ 440 1948 1 1 0 150 Comparison* To Date 1949 47 24 2 $12,105 1948 56 22 1 11,065 Full Recreation John L, Goff. Jr., To Direct; Full Time Effort To En- ; tertuin Youngsters A complete recreation program is being planned for Williamston youngsters this summer by John L. Goff, Jr., who has been named to direct the activities at the play ground, the- municipal swimming pool and the recreation center. The swimming pool opened yes terday afternoon, the recreation center will continue to operate on Friday, Saturday and Sunday eve nings and the playground will be i opened just as soon the union Bi ble school course is completed. Assistant director and life guafd at the swimming pool will be Bill Corbett of Zebulon. Louise Griffin will have charge of the baby pool and the recreation center at the Legion Hut with Rachel Chesson and Rush Bondurant assistant in all phases of the work where their services are needed. Emphasis is again begin placed I m the iacT“WfiiP,'fr?PI9Pwho pur (Continued on page eight) Athletic Letters Issued In School —$— The following received awards for their parts in various athletic events in the local school during the recent term: Girls: Nancy Roberson, Jean Bailey, Edna Coltrain, Alice Peaks, Priscilla Roberson, Verle Leggett, Rachel Chesson, Rhoda Fay Peel, Louise Corey, Grace Cu'hpher. Boys: Landy Griffin, Bobby Rogers, Guy Carrow, David Gur ganus, David Carson, David Mc Lawhorn, Billy Edwards, Paul Peel, Warren Goff, Charles Carv er, Rush Bondurant, Bobby Car ter, Jimmy Myers, Asa Manning, Jack Edwards, Clayton Hadley, Norwood Keel, Pritchard Linds ley, Howard Moore, Billy Bob Peel, Julian Mason, Jerry Fore hand, Bobby Taylor, Joe Rober son, Jack Ross and Shelton Bailey. action during the war of 1939 1945. “The people of the United King dom will ever hold their generos ity in' grateful memory. “HALIFAX, Ambassador, “British Embassy, Washington.” The note of appreciation, ex pressly printed for the Red Cross Chapter, was predicated on the en tertainment accorded British sail ors in the county during the war, and direct aid extended war vic tims in England. Various types of aid were extended England dur ing the war and the years immedi ately following the war by the Red Cross. Dozen Delinquents Warned To Report To the Draft Board Four from Williamston and Robersonville, Two from Jamesville On Littl A dozen youths, listed by the local draft board as delinquent, are being warned that they must report to the board by Monday, June 6th, or their names will be turned over to the State Attorney for attention. Four of them are from Wil liamston or rural routes served from this town, four are from the Robersonville community, two from Jamesville and one each from Parmele and Oak City. The local draft board is asking that anyone knowing the where abouts or the correct address of ’ the delinquents to notify the draft j board or advise the registrant to 1 contact the board not later than Monday, June 6th, to avoid pos sible prosecution under the law. In view of the fact that there is no immediate danger of a call to actual service, it is believed the registrants are delinquent in reporting to the board more from carelessness and neglect than be cause of any feu; of being sent in to the armed services. The list as supplied bv Clerk Mildred Everett under directions of Chairman Eugene Rice, follows: Joseph Clark, RFD 1, Box 27, Jamesville; Willie Lee Williams, RFD 1, Williamston; Wannamaker James, 404 White St., Williamston; Tom Brown, Jr., RFD 2, Roberson ville; James Henry Wiggins, Jamesville; Lester Williams, RFD 2, Box 34 A, Robersonville; Wil liam Berry, RFD 2, Robersonville; Octavius Roberson, 118 Elm St., Williamston; James Alphonsa Ward, 611 W. Main St., Williams ton; Calvin Jones, Parmele; John Ben Roberson, Oak City, RFD 1; and Earl Benjamin Forbes, RFD 1, Box 220, Robersonville. Promotion Days Set for June 23-25 Three special promotion days in Williams'on are planned by the Williamstori Boosters, Ine., under the chairmanship of Ernest Mears, for three days, June 23, 24 and 25, it was announced yesterday by the group’s executive secretary, A1 Sweatt. To serve on the committee with Mr. Mears will be Frank Margolis, Jack Edmondson, M. G. Shands and Jirnmy Harris. Plans are to be completed shortly and detailed announcement will be made later. Mr. Sweatt also announced that a news program is ifeing sponsor ed by the Boosters to keep the name of Williamston on the air re gularly. The program is being broadcast over station WRRF in Washington each day. Monday through Friday, beginning at 12:05 p. m. In making the announcement, Mr. Sweatt expressed his appreci ation of the kindness and coopera tion extended him since he assum ed his duties as secretary of the Boosters and said that the organi zation has now developed into a ^strong and solid promotion group. ' jCall Nine Cases In County Court i Fines Imposed Smallest for Any Session Held In Recent Months After breaking all records for numbers and income, the Martin County Recorder's Court dived head first into a pre-summer slump last Monday morning. Judge Chas .H. Manning called nine cases and cleared the docket in less than two hours. Very few spectators were present, and the proceedings attracted very little attention. Proceedings: William E. Barringer, pleading guilty of allowing a non-licensed i driver to operate a motor vehicle, I was fined $25 and taxed with the j costs. Pleading guilty of operating a! motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Luther Spruill, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Charged with allowing a non licensed driver to operate a motor vehicle, Ves'ter Spruill pleaded guilty and was fined $25, plus costs. Eugene Lester Lewder, truck driver of Salisbury, pleaded guil ty in the case in which he was charged with speeding, and was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Pleading guilty of careless and reckless driving, Floyd Spruill was fined $15 and required to pay the costs. Charged with violating the health laws, Charlie Anthony was sentenced to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the road term on condition that he pay the costs and take treatment prescribed by health authorities. John Riddick, charged with al i lowing a non-licensed operator to drive a motor vehicle, was found not guilty. Edward T. Rosenberg, Philadel phia jewelry salesman, was fined I $15 and taxed with the costs for !speeding. He pleaded guilty of the charge. Tom Armistead, charged with bastardy and found guilty at the April 4 session, withdrew his ap peal to the higher courts and ac cepted the April 4 judgment. He is to pay $8 a month for the sup port of his child during the next' two years except during the | months of September, October. I November and December, when1 he is to pay $10 a month. — Life Saving Course Offered At Colerain, — i Bcgining on Monday, June 20, a ! Red Cress Life Saving Instruction i course will be conducted at Cole- j rain Beach for two or three hours | each afternoon through July 1, The course is open to any per- i son, man or woman, over 18 years of age. Anyone interested in at- j tending the course is asked to con- j tact Dr. Jim Edens in Williams-j ton for further information. 1948 and 1949 Property Valuations In Martin County Listed below are the assessed property valuations exclusive of corporation listings for 1948 and 1949 in Martin County, showing gains and lossiby township.-, for v'biUwuad l ..., (' „ '4^jSUljljEj}0MS $2.143,879 and it is i^^sMiu^Ube about the same for HMj^nie^ total property valuation as assessed for public taxatioiHviinSTonTr? Twok: tin,. year righ^n^TT^^1 520,090, the highest figure on record. White Jamesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass WilJiamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Hamilton Goose Nest 1949 Personal 2,342,470 145,889 400,289 341,733 2,028,845 267,47' 1,323,707 163,917 402,724 472,811 1948 Personal 1,817,955 139,930 377,725 329,732 1,915,356 230,148 1.393,365 151,869 374,352 427,965 Gain 524,515 5,959 22,564 12,001 111,489 37,323 *69,658 12,048 28,372 44,846 69,060 15,385 23,225 29,397 142,539 22,629 142,781 12,944 101,599 115,223 63,935 17,046 19,554 32,737 136,019 16,401 151,461 12,855 89,040 119,556 TOTAL 674,782 Grand Total 8,562,638 •Denotes loss instead of gain. 658,604 7,817,001 16,178 745,637 1949 Real list. 1,091,039 544,155 556,158 2,768,045 544,886 1,809,798 308,501 809,660 982,840 1948 Real list. Gain TOTAL 7,887,856 7,158,397 729,459 Colored Jamesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass Wiiliamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Hamilton Goose Nest 5,125 *1,661 3,671 *3,340 6,520 6,228 *8,680 89 12,559 *4,333 136,242 42,575 15,666 27,949 , 297,812 36,503 209,545 6.237 103,785 199,230 1,075,574 10,813,571 1,022,242 294,718 492,890 500,558 2,361.005 493,589 1,608,682 277,504 724,291 892,907 68,795 28,200 51,265 55,600 407,040 51,297 201.116 30,997 85,369 89,933 124,074 38,664 13,290 25,493 263,114 31,470 179,954 6,670 88,114 174,156 12,168 3,711 2.376 2,456 34,728 5,033 29,591 *433 15,671 25,074 945,199 9,613,589 130,375 1,199,987 Tot. Gain 593,310i 34,159 | 73,829 67,601 518,529 88,620 i 131,458 43,045 113,741 134,779 8,738,000 8,668,380 1,069,612 1,799,071 17,293 2,050 6,047 *884 41,248 11,261 20,911 *344 28,230 20,741 146,553 1,945,624 ' Charges Military Leaders Coddling Writer Says United Stales Policy Sabotaged By Military Government (By Charles Van Devantler) Washington.—The coddling of Nazi cartelists by the American military government in Germany is rapidly becoming the most ex plosive issue in Washington. Pre sident Truman is watching the sitation closely and may eventual ly have to intervene dramatically. The Army Department, tempor arily headless since the resigna tion of Secretary Royall, is strict ly in the middle. Apparently it is helpless to guide events or to per suade AMG officials in Germany to carry out announced United States policy, which is to smash the big Nazi combines once and for all. The history of recent events in this field is almost too fantastic to be believed. Yet, the story of sabotage of United States policy by United States representatives in Germany is now completely do cumented. tJest place to pick up the story is with the appointment of a civil ian committee late last year by then Secretary Royall to conduct an impartial investigation of charges that the decartelization program had broken down. The committee, headed by Garland Ferguson, of the Federal Trade Commission, held hearings in Ger many. Three weeks ago this com mittee reported that the charges were true. The men in charge of breaking up the German cartels were unsympathetic with the pro gram; therefore there was no re cord of achievement in carrying out the job. The world-wide 1. G. Farben trust, whose main plants at Frank furt were miraculously spared by British and American bombs which leveled the rest of the city, is still functioning. The Ruhr in dustrial combines are untouched. Proceedings have been dropped against the German subsidiary and affiliate of SKF, the Swedish ball-bearing combine. In effect, the committee recom mended that three men responsi ble for this sabotage of United States policy be fired. It named; Richardson Bronson, chief of the 1 decartelization branch of A MG, Lawrence Wilkinson, his economic , adviser; and Philip Hawkins, de puty to Wilkinson. Hawkins, in cidentally, is the son-in-law of Gen. William H. Draper, Jr., New York banker, who, as Under Sec retary of the Army, first charted that soft policy on cartels. These men have not been fired. Instead they are now carrying out flagrant reprisals against subordi- j nates in AMG who testified before the Ferguson committee at its in-1 vitation. Wilkinson brazenly de-1 (Continued on page eight) | Vote On Road-School Bonds In | Prelimnary Study Of The County Budget To Be Made -# While no final action is likely, the county commissioners are ex pected to make a preliminary study of the 1949-50 fiscal year budget figures at their regular meeting next Monday. Only one department—the welfare depart ment—has submitted complete fi gures, but preliminary estimates for the other departments will come up for preliminary review. The school budget is not yet ready, and when all the figures are-com piled for all the departments it is quite likely that the commission ers will be asked to devote all of one day or more in special session to approve the estimates for the next fiscal year. Very little new business is sche duled for the meeting next Mon day, but if the road bond is ap proved on Saturday, it is likely that the board will be petitioned Monday for better roads. As far as it can be learned, the road pro gram, provided it is approved at the polls on Saturday, will provide first attention to school and mail routes with paving promised on the most important links. The program calls for widening of all roads and all that cannot be sum i faced are to be put in condition to accommodate travel the year around. Fewer Marriages Reported In The County Recently Fifteen Marriage Lieenses Issued During The Past Month The issuance of marriage licens es continues to maintain a down ward trend in this county, accord ing to a review of the marriage registry in the office of J, Sam, Getsinger, register of deeds. So far this year, 74 licenses have been issued, 38 to white and 36 to colored couples, as compared with lit) issued in the first lour months of last year, 46 to white and 73 to colored couples. Lust month there were 15 li censes to marry issued in the county, nine below the issuance for May of last year. The May is suance was the smallest for the particular month in four years. 1 Licenses were issued last month, seven to white and eight to color ed couples, as follows: White Floyd Wilson Bland and Annie Bet Scott, both of Hamilton. Wayne Leggett and Edna Har dy, both of Robersonville. Earnie C. Mobley and Helen Marie O'Neal, both of Jamesville. Robert Graham Leggett and Helen Louise Morris, both of Windsor. * W Marvin Wmberry and Peggy Lois Roebuck, both of Roberson ville. Dewey Paul Asbell of Windsor and Verna Lee Leggett of Wil liamston. Maurice S. Moore, Ji „ and Jane Johnson Goff, both of Williams ton. Colored (Continued on page eight) I RETURNS V. 1 To accommodate the State press and to make the results available as quickly as pos sible to our own people. The Enterprise is making arrange ments to tabulate the road bond referendum returns Sat urday evening. A special ap peal is being directed to the election officials to telephone in the returns just as soon as the vote is counted. The polls open for the elec tion Saturday morning at ti:30 o'clock and will close that evening at «»:30 o'clock. Pupils Receive Special Awards Quite a few special awards were presented to pupils in the local schools at the close of the recent term, including the following: Seventh grade, scholarship award: Wilber Stewart. Dramatics medals: Julia Laugh inghouse, the senior giving the best performance in senioi play and class exercises. Jessie Melsnn, junior giving the best perform ance in class play. First-year home economics award: Dons Feel. French medal: Elizabeth Whit ley, student making the highest score on the national French ex amination. Glee club medal: Lilybet Muse, student rendering most service to the club during the year. Science medal: Lilybet Musi', student doing the most outstand ing work in science classes. In the miscellaneous awards list, the following were remem bered: Hooks: Julian Mason and Sailie Hardison, based on leadership and character. Senior class president medal: Sailie Hardison. High school scholarship medal: Julian Mason. A year’s subscription to the Header’s Digest went to Julian Mason as class Valedictorian-. „ Bill”, Boh. liQ ret,-cm, ^ for his public speaking, and Julian Mason gained additional recogni tioil for his work on the student council New Beta club members in clude: Jean Bailey, Bobby Clay ton, Helen Louise Corey, Eliza beth Griffin, Betsy Horton, Bar bara Jackson, Mary Carolyn Lt g gett, Vcrle Leggett, Jean McLaw horn, Sarah Manning, Alice Peaks, Khoda Faye Peel. Ruby Savage and Harriet Ward. Shrllon To Itltiress Itrur Truss Kuriluns District Highway Commissioner Henry Gray Shelton of Tarboro, will speak to the members of the Bear Grass Ruritan Club Monday light, June 6th. This will be the second speak ng engagement he has filled in Martin County since his appufnt nent to the state roads body. He iddressetT the Williatnston Lions ast week to explain why he fav irccl the roads-school bond issue o be voted on this coming Satur iay. Martin County To Get $1,876,742.00 For Schools-Roads Small Vote Anticipulml In Most of Th«* Tliirt«*<*n Coiinly Precincts North Carolina voters will de cide the fate of a $225,000,000 road-school bond issue in a State wide referendum on Saturday of this week, but present indications point to a small vote. The $200 million road bond plan and the $25 million school program are in dependent of each other, meaning that uni' can pass without the other, or both pass or both go down in defeat. Late reports indicate that both proposals will receive a,majority at the polls, but the opposition, active only in certain quarters, can break out on a much more pretentious scale at the last min ute, It, has been reliably learned that opposition literature has been placed in the hands of certain agencies, but it remains to be seen if the opposition literature will be distributed. For the most part indifference to both plans, especially as far as the road program is concerned, prevails. It is calculated that those persons living on dirt roads or tater ridges will make an effort to support the program, while those living on improved roads will take little part in the Satur day voting. Martin County, under the plan, will receive approximately $1, 876,742 $1,667,01)0 for roads and $209,742 for schools. It is admit ted that the amount will not pave every rural road or build new structures for every school in the county. The program will, how ever, pave almost 100 miles of rural roads, widen and improve others. The school congestion can be relieved. If the program is rejected, the county can expect little relief for roads, and the county will have to float bonds of jts own to fin ance badly needed school addi I tdllS. Very few meetings of the coun ty commissioners are held but what one, two and sometimes half a dozen or more petitions are pre icnted to the authorities, pleading with them for better roads. The program, as outlined by State coders and others, offers about the only solution to the problem. Last appeals are being directed to the people to get out and vote n the Saturday referendum. No natter how one stands on the pro Lam, he should participate in the /oting. The polls will open at 6:30 | clock that morning and remain ipen until 6:30 that evening. I)ur ng those twelve hours the people if North Carolina will decide if hey want to continue along with m inadequate road-school system >r "Go Forward.” The bond issues this week re vived the endorsement uf J. Y. I'|vne!’ of La (.Lange. N'v era Plants In County While ABC Officer J II. Rne huck was ill at his home a few [days last week, Deputy Roy Peel j teamed up with Beaufort C.unty I ABC officers and maintained the relentless attack on illicit liquor operations in this county. Raiding along the Beaufort boundary in Griffins Township lasl Thursday, the officers wreck ed a submarine type still and poured out 600 gallons of sugar beer. Accompanied bv Capt. A. II. Sessoms that afternoon, the de puty destroyed a 50-gallon oil drum still in the Gold Point sec tion of Robersonville Township anil poured out fifty gallons of filthy slops. Returning to his work Monday, the ABC officer with Deputy Peel captured a 50-gallon copper kettle complete except for the cap and poured out 100 gallons of sugar beer. The plant was located in Cross Roads Township.
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