Newspapers / The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / July 26, 1949, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ottTiTrcirs iltiamalon, Martin County, IKorth Carolina, Tupsaay. July 20, IV iV * '««».£ . 'AWMMnMr ESTABLISHED ig‘>9 rian formation Of Ten Townships To Name Delegates to August 6 Meeting -<s> Committee will Study Road Problem And Make Recommendations To promote the interests of this county in the State-wide road program and to help formulate plans for advancing the program within the county, a movement is well under way to perfect a road program organization. Initial steps were taken at a meeting of the Jamesville Ruritan Club re cently when a committee cf three was named, including A. Corey. Carl Griffin and C. G. Gurkin. So far that district is the only ore of the ten townships in the county to name a committee, but others are to take action without delay and have their committees ready for a county-wide meeting to be held in the courthouse at 10:00 o'clock a. m. on Saturday, August 6. The movement is supported en tirely by individual citizens, the voluntary leaders .expressing ihe belief that it would be better fo> the citizens to meet voluntarily and select their committees rather than have the groups named by an official or any one leader of the movement. While no set rules have been advanced, it has been suggested that the commit tees be limited to three members in each township, that they be selected to represent various sec tions of the individual district. While no plan for naming the committee has been advanced. Jamesville went forward through its Ruritan Club In those dis tricts where there are no civic or ganization's, the citizens are asked to discuss the proposal among ♦hemselves and select three re presentatives. While it has been suggested to limit the township representa tions to three members, no formal or set rule has been established in that connection or on any other point Rules of organization and procedure will have to await the pleasure of the county meeting on August 6. In those cases where no delegates are named, interest rd citizens should attend the county meeting. It was definitely explained that the organization is not to be ad vanced with the motive to ad vance one road project at the ex pense of another, but to promote the road program on a fair and square basis. Recognizing the im possibility of paving every road, the committee is expected to ior mulate a basis for the program; that is, a formula might well be advanced, giving certain roads priority over others with eacW township coming in for its fair share of the funds to be expend ed. Martin County, theoretically is entitled to about $400,000 in the first allotment to be made. It is the aim of ,h.e .vMjgmospj} commit tee to study road problems and on a sobc. unit rather than have one area pulling against the other and delaying, if not blocking the work. The committee, after discussing the problem;:, will, it is suggest?;! go into a huddle with the county (Continued on page eight) Mrs. Perry Dies In Pasquotank Mrs. Narcissus Perry, 69, widow of Reuben A. Perry and mother of Mrs. George Haislip of Hamil ton, died at her home in Pasquo tank County near Elizabeth City last Thursday evening after a long illness. Funeral services were con ducted in the Bethlehem Chris tian Church Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock and burial was in the Hertford Cemetery. Surviving besides her daughter in this county are four sons and four daughters, two step-children, two sisters, nineteen grandchil dren and twelve great-grandchil dren. — MEETING v__ Meeting in special session Monday morning, the Martin County commissioners form ally adopted the proposed $1.20 tax rate and approved, in accordance with law, the various departmental appro priations for the new fiscal year of 1949-50. While in session the com missioners purged the new tax scrolls and set up a reser voir from which jurors will be drawn during the coming year or more. Several Curing Barns Burned In | County Recently Eleven Barn* Are LodI On | Farms In County So Far This Season ■-« Four additional tobacco curing barns were destroyed by fire in j this county last week-end, push i ing the unit loss to eleven so far this season in the county. It was , also reported that one or two • other barns, including one on the old Daney Taylor farm near Bear Grass, were threatened by fire I during the period. Three of the barns destroyed last week-end were in Bear Grass Township and the other one was in Jamesville. Farmer C. C. Fleming lost a i barn on lhi Ball Gray farm in , Jamesville Township Thursday evening. Few particulars could , be learned immediately. Farmer J, JD. Wynne lost a (wood-burning barn that evening i in Bear Grass. Farmer Gilbert Rogerson lost a barn fired by a coal stoker in Bear Grass Friday evening, and another barn was threatened Williamston’s fire department volunteers were called there but they could render little assistance. Farmer Jay Lilley lost a barn on the Mason farm in Bear Grass Saturday afternoon. The farmer went to the barn and was making i ready to take the cured tobacco l out. He found a few swelled stems and decided to build a sec ond fire and dry out the stems. Using a few small limbs and sev eral sticks of split wood, he built just a medium fire and sat down I on a tobacco truck to rest. Tired ! out, he dropped off to sleep and did not wake up until he was al most choked by smoke. Seeing he , could not check the fire he start ed removing a few plows and I equipment from the barn shed, i and when he got into his pick-up i truck to drive it out, the engine I flooded. The farmer was about to abandon the truck to the fire when he thought to run it out with power from the starter. --- _ Mother of County r Man Died Sunday —«— Mrs. Perry T. Roane of Kelford and mother of Perry T Roane, Jr., of Hamilton and Williamstcn, died in a Richmond hospital Sunday ! morning after a long illness. Fun i oral services were conducted this , morning at 11:00 o’clock in the Kelford Baptist Church by her pastor, Rev. E. C. Upchurch, and burial was in the Roxobel-Kel ford cemetery. Mrs. Roane, a native of Bertie County, was the daughter of the late Eugene and Betty Tyler. Be sides her husband and one son, she is survived by three sisters and four brothers -$> Sheriff Continues (Juite III In The Hospital Taking a turn for the worse about the middle of last week. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, a patient in a Washington hospital for the past two months, continues about the same. A report from the hos pital this morning stated he did , not rest at all well last night. Marketing Season Opened Today on r>t Prices Somewhat Lower This Year Than Last for Initial Offerings Early reports from the Georgia tobacco markets were considered not very encouraging, but farmers were said to be "very well pleased and there was no dissatisfaction expressed." No definite trend could be established in the first hour of selling, but it was reliably reported that the general price average would fall considerably below the estimated $53 average reported on the opening a year ago. The first few rows sold in Val dosta ranged in price from 15 to 55 cents, which amounts to 19 and 59 cents considering the price dif ferential between untied and tied tobacco. For all practical purpos es, the 55-cent figure seemed tc be | the top figure. A preliminary report from Haz elhurst stated that the first 125 piles sold there averaged $52.30. That figure compares very well with the opening price average a year ago. No price average was mention ed during the early morning, but down in Moultrie farmers said they were well satisfied, that to bacco was selling good. J. Lloyd Corey, Pitt County farmer who offered an entire row for sale on the Moultrie market said he was satisfied with his sale but at that time did not know what it averag ed. Several Martin County farm ers were said to have tobacco on the Georgia markets today. It was estimated that there were more than 30 million pounds of tobacco on the approximately 80 warehouse floors in the twen ty-one markets. Conflicting reports were heard about the quality, some saying that it was better than it was a year ago and others saying it was jsfviior. - —■ Press reports showed a varia tion in the early price averages. Valdosta, reporting the average for the first few rows, placed the price at 57 cents as compared with $55.64 a year ago. Douglas, according to press re ports, averaged $49.50 for the first few rows sold there this mor ning. The average for the season in Georgia last year was $48.48. As of July 1, the U. S. Crop Re porting Board estimated the 1949 crop of Georgia and Flrida flue cured tobacco to be 131,708,000 pounds. If this production is real ized the crop would exceed the 111.634.000 pounds produced last year by almost 18 percent. Also, it would be the second largest of this type in history being sur passed only by the 1947 harvest. Production in all flue-cured types this year is expctced to be 1,155, 058.000 pounds as against 1,089, 584.000 pounds in 1948. The United States Department of Agriculture reports that pro ducers’ sales in the Georgia and Florida flue-cured belt last year amounted to 120,690,013 pounds averaging $47.48 a hundred. To eries in all flue-cured types in (Continued on pace eight) Steipy %kmr TcrU# Made Thursday Assistant County Agent D. W. announced today that a tour of dairy farms and facilities in Wayne County in and around the Goldsboro area will be made by farmers of this county on Thursday morning. The group will leave the agricultural build ing in Williamston at 6:30 a. m. and any farmers or others inter ested in dairy work are invited to go on the tour. A study of costs of small barns, especially 6-cow sizes, will be made together with costs. A large number of milk routes are operated in Wayne, Mr. Brady said. -.* Critically III At At Home In Hamilton Mrs. Harry Waldo continues critically ill at her home in Ham ilton. Taken worse about the mid dle of last week, she was said this morning to be in a coma, the re port adding that little hope was held for her recovery. Plans Complete For Tenth I Anniversary For Hospital j iiiilniNHlUiWilllll^Mll'IMi ...... .Winn Plans for observing anniversary of Brown's Commun ity Hospital here Wednesday af- j ternoon of this week at 1:00: o'clock in the Carolina Warehouse were announced complete ca'-ly today by Committee Chairman W. D. Daniel. The final arrange ments were completed late yester day, Mr. Daniel stating that everything was lined up for a big basket picnic, community sing and a timely and entertaining' program. A 12-by-32-foot speaker’s stand has been built in the warehouse, I and eight pigs, donated by friends | over the county, arc r.ow cooking for the big event, Mr. Daniel said, j The barbecue along with several \ hundred pounds of cornbread, 500 i pounds of slaw and 200 cases of soft drinks are already on the menu, and several hundred are. iirlns special baskets for the picric, Mr, Daniel said. Mr, Andrew Griffin is cooking the barbecue and George Griffin, Jr., is cooking the bread and prepar ing the slaw. The manufacturers will serve the drinks and Mr. Griffin, Jr., will serve the barbe cue. Former U. S. Senator William ! B. Umstead of Durham will make ! the main address, and other pro- I rninent figures have been invited to participate in the program. Mr. N. R. Daniel will lead the song program which is scheduled to last for about thirty minutes. I Mayor Robt. Cowen is to make the address of welcome. An enjoyable program has been planned, the public is invited, and we arc looking for around 5,000 people here for the even, Mr. Daniel said. « [mosquito control] The town, cooperating with the health department, has about run out of houses in its mosquito control program, and unless there is a decided increase in the demand for the special spray the work will be suspended the latter part of this week, Mayor Robt. Cowen announced yes terday. Between 800 and 000 homes have been sprayed with DDT in the past few weeks, and others will be sprayed free if the owners will notify the town clerk’s office during the next two or three days. The program has proved very effective and the town is anxious to extend the control program to every home. Arrested For The Larceny of Auto -v*-** «|»V. ..j Ray Clark, young colored boy, I was arrested by local officers for j the temporary larceny of Rich mond Godard’s old model car and wrecking it here on Washington Street last Saturday afternoon. The youth "borrowed” the car from its parking plae^ near the Carver theater on Washington , Street, and drove it hardly more than a block before be crashed into Dr. Edward Early’s Buick which was parked on the street. Damage to the Early car was es timated at $75 by Officer C. R. Moore. Son Of Former Local Minister Died Sunday -<t>- — — William Burton Dowell, 80, son of the late Rev. and Mrs. George J. Dowell of Williamston, died in Birmingham Sunday. He was as sociated with the iron and steel industry in the Alabama city for more than half a century. I Besides his widow, two sons-and a daughter, he is survived by three brothers, Dr. Spright Dow ell of Macon, Ga., A. Yates Dow ell of Washington, D. C., and George J. Dowell of Raleigh, and three sisters, Mrs. Roland F. Beas ley of Monroe, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Jenkins of Boston and Miss Put- | tic Do we tf Miss., all former residents ol Wil liamston. I Spanish-American War Veteran Died Thursday Evening Jesse J. I'iliintl, First Mail Carrier In Oak City, Buried Sunday Jesse J. Pi land, Spanish-Ameri can War veteran and retired pos tal service employe, died in a vet erans hospital at Kecoughtun, Vir - ginia, last Thursday evening after a lingering illness. lie was 73 years old. Mr. Piland served the first rural free delivery mail route out of Oak City during the early part of this century, using the horse and buggy and a motorcycle back in the early days of the newly inaug urated service in that area. 1 It' was a member of the Oak City Baptist Church and services were conducted there Sunday after noon cit ‘t .Oil o i lut iv uv m-v. ivr. W. Warren, Methodist minister of Scotland Neck, Elder Elmer O. Stevenkon of Hamilton and Rev. W. D. Morris, Baptist minister of Scotland Neck. Burial was in the Oak City cemetery. In early manhood, Mr. Piland was married to Miss Martha Bell flowin' and she survives with five daughters, Mrs. S. W. Redding of Washington, D, C., Mrs Hyman Etheridge of Oak City, Mrs. George Stevenson of Palmyra, Mrs. Thomas Scheufel of Balti more, Mrs. Murray Whitehurst of Hobgood; a son, 11. S. Piland; four sisters, Mrs Jesse White and Mrs. Zack Pittman of Kinston, Mrs. Julia Waller of New Bern, and Mrs. Walter Burnette of Oak City, and ten grandchildren. Lightning Fire Destroyed Barn .... • - ■ —. Struck by lightning last Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, the cow barn of Bob Everett was destroy ed by fire at his farm, Rose Hill, in Nash County. A former c iti zen of this county who still main tains farming interests in the Pal myra section estimated his loss at $3,000. All the livestock was s« v-, •^■*1** .c-,1 no hay, cotton seed meal was lost with the barn. Drainage District Hearing To Be Held In Courthouse -a A public hearing will be hole in the Martin Copnty courthousi Thursday afternoon of this wee! at 3:00 o'clock to determine tht validity of a petition supporting i drainage district project. Th( bearing will be held before Clerl of Court L. B. Wynne who wil examine publicly the number o; signers and the acreage represent ed. The public is invited to be at the hearing. While a few of the farmers U be affected by the creation of the proposed district did not sign tl. petition, it is understood the pro ject, centered mainly in Beat 3rass and a part of Cross Roads rownships, has little vigorous op position. With possibly a very few exceptions, those who did not sign the petition will go along 11 with the project one report indi-j : i cated. If it is found at the hearing ! that the petition carries the names j j of a majority of the farmers and i j acreage involved in the project, I I then the clerk is charged with the duty of directing is continuance. Any doubt as to the validity of the petition will be aired at the hear ing this week, but it was report ed that objections to the project itself will be heard at a later j hearing. The petition carries the names of approximately 75 farmers or I between 80 and 90 percent of 1 | those living within the bounds of | the proposed drainage project i | area of approximately 13,000 {i i acres. It is known as Martin ji i County Drainage Protect No. 1. 1 Eslratifjed llit>l>aii<l. 3'oiiikI Guilty, FiikmI #50 9n Comity Court Lee Overton, Bertie County man, was found guilty in the county court Monday of assault ing H. J. Lupton, former Wind sor chief of police, on Haughton Street here the 18th of last month and drew a $50 fine, plus costs. Lupton and Overton's estranged wife, Mrs. Lena Overton, facing similar charges, were found not guilty. The trial, lasting the greater part of two hours, attracted legal talent from several towns, but when the wife showed separation papers, effeetvie as of last Janu ary 1, the court would not recog nize evidence offered relative to the marital troubles and limited the testimony to the case at hand. Taking the stand, Lupton said he called Mrs. Overton who was working in a local cafe at the time, and made a date to meet her on Haughton Street just off Main. He came here in a taxi and park ed, stating that about the time Mrs. Overton walked up Overton drove up in his truck, got out and drew a pistol on him. The former officer said that Overton threat ened to kill him and Mis. Over ton and told the court that he snatched the pistol from Overton, that Overton bit his finger and he tussled with the man to protect himself. Overton denied drawing the pistol on Lupton and said he nev er threatened to kill them both. He said he got out of the truck, took his 82 automatic and went to the taxi anti la d it on the top of the car, that Lui u.n drew a pistol on him. Taking tlie stand, Mrs. Overton said that she got off work and went to meet Lupton, that about i, MTVTTV riv '.r \r'd■' soo’ found Lupton sitting in the front scat with hi:;, feet, an the running board, that her husband drove up in his red truck, double parked, got out, took his pistol and walked around to Lupton and drew his pistol on him. She said that she anil Lupton were to meet and (Continued on page eight) ■o— Offering Special Swimming Course ■—<J' Beginning on Monday, August 7, an advanced swimming course will tie offered to anyone wishing to improve his or her swimming, the local Recreation Department announced yesterday. The course which will include the intricate strokes of swimming will be held at the Williamston pool each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10.00 a. m. The' only charge will be the regular pool admission. There will he no age limit and the only require ment is that each person desiring instruction must bo able to swim twenty yards in forty-five sec onds. The Recreation Department ur£c's aii oidei boys and girls, men* *" t wrt, no' ’age tins opportunity. To enroll, all in terested in the course should re port to the swimming pool on or before August 1st. The preliminary course came to j a successful close on July 2;j, with several youngsters learning how to swim and take.' care of them selves in tiic.' water. Williamston Teen Agers enjoy ’d a swim and watermelon party it the pool Friday night. Ap proximately thirty young people ittenflod the swimming party. The Recreation Department re mits a noticeable increase in the ittendanee at the Youth Center. -.g,— . _ lhult-rgov* O/irrulion In Wunhinpflun llos/iilal Mr. J. 15. Barnhill ol Everetts underwent a major operation in a iVashington hospital yc sterday naming and was reported this norning to be getting along as veil as could be expected. He ested fairly comfortably last light and was able to take a few iquids this morning, a report row the hospital stated. Connty Favors Q no la KOI MM I* 1 ”N Apparently unable to find a cool place on the outside, ten persons “crimed" alleged ly their way into the county “cooler” during last week end, a review of the jail re cords shows. Six were hooked for pub lic drunkenness, two for lar ceny and one each for an as sault and hit-and-run driving. Six of the ten were white and the ages of the group ranged front 17 to 42 years. Building Program Cost s $353,950.00 During Past War Construction V lx mi I $50, 000 la ss Las! Year Tliun In 10 17 Despite man costs and uncer tainty in the business economy, a fairly extensive building program was advanced here last year, ac cording to a report released a short time ago by Building In spector G, P. Hall. The over-all building program, including new residential and commercial con struction and repairs to residential and commercial properties, repre sents an expenditure estimated at more than one-third of a million dollars. The inspector's report shows that $167,300.00 was spent for new home construction, $145 250.00 for commercial construc tion, $19,100 for repairs to ohl homes and $22,300.00 for repairs and alterations to old commercial properl v There were thirty-seven new homes built during the period, and shSratkms were- te-t-hir-teen old residences. The cost ranged from $1,000 to $14,000 for the home construction, while repairs to residences ranged from a low of $100 to $7,000. Sixteen new commercial or business buildings were construct ed during last year at a pi ice ranging from $250 to $45,000. Re pairs to eight commercial build ings ranged from $1,000 to $8,000. While the construction program cost was about $50,000 below the 1947 figure, it still reflects a pro gressive march, and Inspector Hall is ol the opinion that the pro gram will lie maintained at a fair ly high level this year. However, comparatively little new building has been started locally so far this year. In 1947 there were fifty-five new homes constructed here at a cost ol $177,700. Eighteen com mercial buildings were construct ed that year at a cost of $154,750. In addition to the $177,700 spent on new homes, $36,500 was spent m 1947 for repairs and alterations to old homes. Repairs and addi lions to commercial buildings in 1947 cost 43,000 making an over • • • ‘ 1 ' ■ ■ > I - ■ > . 11 > t)' »i A I I r 11; i i , \ $402,000 foi i 947. ’ ' iispeeloi Hail ex|nmff(I that the figures are only estimates, that most of the building for the two years was handled on a cost plus basis, and that it was next to i J11 j)t yi >.'i I»Ji\ C Luc i’uSiS Vi.,n (Continued on night) --*-_ Prisoner Shot In Attempt Es(0|k‘ Slade Henry Butler, young Martin County colored man, was shot in the arm hut not seriously injured when lie tried to escape iiom a prison road gang in Lenoir Jounty last week. He was re moved to the prison hospital in Raleigh where he is recovering. Butler, sentenced to serve not ess than three and not more than live years lor the robbery of Hcn y Harris, filling station operator | tear Williamston a few month:! tfio, and was in an escape plot J with two other prisoners. They were successful in the attempt, j -Sutler had been in prison only ibout a month. i Vote 273 To One For Three - Year Tobacco Program _ V Kiulil Of Ten Townships Vote Solidly Inisl Saliir dav for llir I’rourani Martin County tobacco farmers left no doubt as to how they stand on the tobacco program when they went to the polling places last Saturday and voted 2,730 for and only 10 against three-year quotas, giving the program a lit tle better than 273-to-one sup port. Eight of the ten townships voted solidly for the continuance of quotas for the years of 1950, 1951 and 1952. Nine compromis ed and voted for quotas for only one year. While this county gave the pro gram a 273-to-one support, pre liminary reports show that the plan carried in the five main pro ducing states by a 73-to-one mar gin. The opposition, what little there was in this county, was centered in two townships—Jamesville and Williams. Jamesville cast seven opposition votes and three were cast against the plan in Williams Township, according to an unof ficial tabulation of the returns. The size of the vote, reportedly the largest ever cast in a referen dum of the type and considerably , larger than many of the political I contest totals, was really surpris ing. It was virtually agreed that 12,500 votes would be high, and that tile county would do well to least 2.000 votes. Farmers, look j mg after their business, turned lout in numbers and voted to al I ■ S'.::-; g. | registered list of growers, it was pointed out. following i.-, tlie vote for the quota program, the first column listing those favoring three year quotas, the second column show ing the number favoring a pro gram for one year, and the third column showing the opposition by townships: Bear Grass Cross Roads Goose Nest Griffins Hamilton Jamesville Hobersonville Williams 1'. l’.-Wmston 253 299 328 2-14 235 524 119 501 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 2730 9 10 A complete report on the asses ment plan proposed for the sup port of Tobacco Associates, a sell ing agency for flue-cured tobacco, could not be had immediately, but the pioposal carried by a vote si milar to the one recorded in the quota referendum. Nine of the townships gave the plan 2.477 fav orable and only 12 opposition votes. Four townships offered what little opposition noticed in the preliminary returns, as fol lows: Bear Or; Guest Nest G i ll fins Hamilton Jamesville Ptobcrsuiiv i He Williams P. P.-Winston 243 0 297 3 3211 1 245 0 323 3 i 19 4 491 0 2477 12 Health Worker Stationed Here Boy L. Lowe, a native of this section who is specializing in pub lic health work under the direc tion ot United States Public Health Service officials, is being stationed here for the next twelve months for special training in va rious health work, Dr. John W: Williams, county health officer, announced yesterday. The young man, working at no expense to this county, will make i special study of the social dis eases and gather data as an epi demiologist for use in public health work, it was explained.
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 26, 1949, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75