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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ 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 r * oLi}iE'm~% t mbeh oi 'WZlidto-mM; North ■£ort>Un«, "Z-Umvtluy; 'Jr ■***■- E-r&tSht'vM&r* In Month Of July In Martin County Downward Trend in Busi ness At License Bureau Definitely Cheeked -- Twenty marriage licenses were issued in this county last month, a review of the records showing that the downward trend in busi ness at the license bureau has been definitely checked. For the second month in a row more li censes were issued than were is sued in the corresponding month, a year ago. The July issuance was the second largest this year, falling by one under the June count. Licenses were issued by Regis ter of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger to six white and fourteen colored couples, as follows: White John C. Donovan of Lincoln, Neb., and Nell Lanette Holliday of Jamesvdle. Robert Wayland Bazemore of Lewiston and Grace Whitley of Williamston. William J. Coggins of Williams ton and Lizzie Joyner Smith of Rocky Mount. George Griffin and Dorothy El lis, both of Williamston. Joney Earl Taylor of Stokes and Lorraine James of Robersorrville. Clifford C. Corey and Grace Louise Brewer, both of James ville. Colored Claude Woolard, Jr., and Rosa Pearl Daniels, both of Williams ton. Raymond Dixon and Pauline Tillery, both of Oak City. Oscar Walker and Elizabeth Walton, both of Williamston. f . .-"••k ’ ’ in*Till ' a Kuv.’., both of Robersonville. Walter Wilson Knight and Min nie Harris, both of Oak City. Leslie Rodgers and Margaret Bell, both of Willianjston. Andrew ilubie Brown and Elia ■ ■"-•Kat Dnwiit-ivilf** W i 11 «*.• ifcrtwi".* Arlander Clemmons of Wil liamston and Julia Lee Davis of Robersonville. Orish Jordan, Jr., and Annie Marie Everett, both of Roberson ville. Jesse Bryant Black, RED 2, Robersonville, Lucy Mae Everett, F.FD 1, Robersonville. Floyd L. Butler and Mary W. Mountain, both of Windsor. James Curtis Stanley and An nie Marie Roberson, both of RFD 1, Robersonville. Oscar T. Stallings and Mandy Riddick, both of Williamston. Ned Purvis, Jr., and Ethel Grace Ruffin, both of Williams ton. o Hold Funeral For Geo. S. Williams Funeral services were held in the Paul Funeral Home in Wash ington yesterday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for George Samuel Wil liams, native of Williamston, who died suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Edwards, in V'ashir.^t"' last Monday after noon. Rev Edwm S. C.. and Rev. Wilbur Davis, both of r arm ville, conducted the service. Bur ial was in the Aurora cemetery where members of the Farmville Masonic •Lodge- '•"e.re ’•« charge of the graveside rites. Mr. Williams was born in Wil liamston 62 years ago, the son of the late George W. and Louvenia Mobley Williams. He left the county about forty years ago and located in Farmville where he op erated the Farmville Cotton Bonded warehouse. He moved to Gieenville about a year ago and was visiting in the home of his daughter in Washington when he was fatally stricken last Monday. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Stella Gaskins of Aurora; five daughters, Mrs. E. F. Hatern of Ohio, Mrs. Edwards of Washington, Ruth Williams of Farmville, Mrs. G. C. Wilson of Greenville and Mrs. J. B. Ellis of Farmville; two sons, William Wil liams of Greenville and George S. Williams, Jr., of Farmville; a sis ter, Mrs. Louis W. Godwin of Farmville; an aunt. Mrs. Bettie Teel of W'illiamstun; and six grandchildren. *■Tobacco Harvest In County A bout 90 Percent Complete Scattered ' "ports from most of the county’s ten townships indi cate that the tobacco harvest will have been ninety percent com pleted by the week-end, that the ! task will be handled in its entirety 1 by next week with the possible j exception of one or two strag glers. w • Outside the “rain belt” in the lower sections of the i»>unty, the quality of the crop is said to be unusually good. However, the weight is almost certain to come up short since the crop was badly washed during June and July. Farmers say they have the smok ing type tobacco, and that type should fit well into the domestic purchase program. A few farmers state that their crops did not cure as well as they iiad hoped! for, 'oaf &<s a•trhwK., the county is producing one of its best quality crops in many years. Ob servers, including several from the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, said, following a tour of several states, that the crop in this county pos sibly was the best they had seen. On a visit to the county last week, former United States Senator Wm. B. Umstead said the tobacco crop in the Robersonville section was the best he had seen in his travels. Although the harvest season is nearing an end, the danger of fire continues, farmers explaining that barns are being crowded to take care of the rapidly-ripening crop. So far this season, Martin farmers have had thirteen curing barns destroyed by fire. | ROOMS v. Mr. Alford Sweatt, Execu tive Secretary of The Wil liamston Boosters, Inc., has requested that all persons having rooms to rent during the tobacco season contact him at phone 3123. With the markets opening week after next placements will have to be made for many tobacconists and their families, Mr. Sweatt said. Patrol Recovers Stolen Property Raleigh.—The North Carolina State Highway Patrol was respon » ’1 * '«* to citizens of the State cars and i property valued at $38,173.40 dur ing June, the North Carolina De- I partmcnt of Motor Vehicles re ported today. The unit picked up 52 stolen vehicles'." The Patrol spent 133,888 hours on duty during the month and traveled 1,361,708 miles. A total of 13,479 courtesies were extend-1 ed to the public. First aid was administered in nine eases and two fires were extinguished. Accidents investigated number ed 1,050, in which 53 persons were killed and 574 injured. A total of 5,122 arrests were made and 5,-1 168 citations were issued. Four hundred and forty-eight persons were charged with drunken driv ing. Of the number arrested, 4, 744 were found guilty and 382 not i guilty. Defendants found guilty were sentenced to a total of 167 years. 20 months and six days. During the month the Patrol in- | spected 87,800 driver’s licenses on the highway; inspected 74,495 ve hicles; weighed 382 vehicles, find ing 103 overloaded. Four hundred and thirty-one light tickets weif; issued;28, 670 lights were correct ed; 1,077 equipment tickets were issued; 28,670 lights were correet were given uot. A total of 7,983 complaints were investigated. Fines amounting to $126,513.14 were turned over to county school funds. Costs in the amount of 57, 043.01 were turned over to general funds in counties cases were tried. Highw. enue collected for overload and improper licenses amounted to $9,190.40, for a grand total of $230,919.96 in tines, »osts, penal ties and value of property rccov I ered during the month. county S^Be* ly rev Diving Victim Is Dangerously 111 Dallas Lilley, 16-year-old son of Arthur Lilley of Williams Town ship, continues gravely ill in a Washington hospital where he was reported this morning to have contracted pneumonia. The young man broke his neck in two places when he dived into eighteen inches of water at Albe marle Beach last Sunday after noon. In addition to the fractures, the youth was said to have almost torn the tendons and muscles from their anchorage in the neck and even jarred the kidney mus cles loose. A report heard here j this morning stated that he was paralyzed from the neck down. Forty-five Drawn For Jury Service In Superior Court Ninr of Group Will Serve On Grant! Jury For Coniiu# Year Forty-five Martin County citi zens, including three women, were drawn for jury service in September by the county com missioners in their regular August meeting. Master Douglas Stalls officiated at the drawing. Nine of the forty-five drawn recently will find their way on the grand jury where they are to serve for a year. Nine of the old grand jury members, including Fm-eman. Jessup Harrison, are re tiring alter a year of service. Judge Leo Carr of Burlington is scheduled to preside over the two-1 week term opening on Monday,1 September iH for the trial of bothi criminal and civil cases. Judge! Carr presided over a term ofi court in this county about five years ago. Names of those drawn for jury duty: First Week Jamesville: C. C. Fleming, II. A. Sexton. Williams: Wendell Griffin, Dan iel G. Griffin. Griffins: Samuel J. Lilley, Jus tus B. Coltrain, and W. Dewey Hardison. Bear Grass: A. C. Harrison, John Leggett, Opheus Bailey, and James Lester Terry, Williamston: Ernest Capps, Mrs. George C. Mahler, Lawrence G. Lindsley, Onward L. Roberson and Noah E. Hardison. Cross Roads: Cleo Jackson, Les ter Bryant, J. B. Bailey, J. F. Bailey. Robersonville: A. P. Curtis and Joseph Coburn. Hamilton: Edgar Davis and H. R. Purvis. Goose Nest: Lester L. Harrell, Jr., Mrs. R. A. Haislip and K. S. Bunting. Second Week Jamesville: Harry Martin and Vernon Davis. Williams: Woodrow Jones. Griffins: Archie T. Roberson George Revels. Bear Grass: Winford Mobley, and W. H. White, Sr. Williamston: Henry O. Gurgan us and C. E. Britton. Robersonville: W. M. Oakley, Hugh Roberson and J. A. James. Hamilton: Clayton Everett and (Continued on page eight) Club Members At Raleigh Meeting Fifteen Martin County 4-H club members are reporting a great time at the short course in Ral eigh this week. Accompanied by the assistant home agent, Miss Agnes Beale, the club members left last Monday and arc to re turn Saturday. Those making the trip are, Paul Stephensoft, Corronc Bryant, Joe Williams, John Lilley, John Rog erson, William Taylor, Paul Har rington, Clifton Haislip, Grace Rogerson, Edith Rogerson, Caro lina Wallace, Ruth H. Bailey, Mary Alice Warren, Lynette Hais lip and Gloria Taylor. Slight Decrease In Support Price For 1949 Peanuts Premiums, However, Ex pected To Push Price Above 1948 Level -9 The support price set by the government at 90 percent of par ity as of August 1 for the current peanut crop sags just a bit on its base, but allowances for premium quality arc expected to hold the price to the old figure and pos sibly push it up a point or two. Support prices for the type of peanuts grown in this section are being pegged at $199 per ton or 9.95 cents per pound as compared with $210 per ton or 10.50 per pound for the 1948 crop. The base prices for the various types are listed as follows with the old 1948 figure appearing first and the new support appearing second on a ton basis: Spanish, $215 and $209; Vir ginia, $207 and $199; runners, $195 and $187. For runners, the base price will be 9.35 cents per pound as com pared with nine and three-quarter cents allowed for the 1948 crop. Peanut prices will be support ed by means of (1) loans to pro ducers on farm-stored stocks; (2) government purchases of farmer [stocks; (3) loans to sellers and (4) agreements with shellers under which they will pay not less than support prices for eligible pea nuts. Under such agreements, the de partment will promise to pur chase at support prices any of the inventories that shellers are not able to sell commercially. The department also will agree to buy from shellers No. 2 shelled ‘'ci. ..eib’iUAaij, farmer stock peanuts at prices of 15 3-4 cents a pound for Spanish, 15 1-2 for runners and 16 1-4 for Virginias. This is the first year the depart ment has offered to make price support leans .pea nuts. To encourage farm storage, the department also offered to make loans to growers for con struction of storage facilities. Such loans may be as much as 85 percent of the construction or ac quisition cost. The department said a produc er must not pick or thresh pea nuts in excess of the allotment established for his farm under this year’s peanut marketing quo ta program. Unofficial reports state that it is possible the government will maintain a grading system for peanuts this year. Few details of the proposed plan could be learn ed immediately, but it is possible that a grading system similar to the old method will be instituted on a market-wide basis and pat terned after cotton and tobacco grading. Just what’s behind the proposed all-out grading system is not known, but it is possible that in some instances the grades did not hold up when the govern ! ment started shelling some of the one million bags of goobers it pur chased from the 1948 crop. It is generally believed that grades by independent buyers ranged slight ly above the established scale. Air Carnival At Edenton Saturday A big Navy Relief Carnival is being staged at the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station near Edcnton Saturday afternoon of this week, begining at 3:00 o’clock, and the public is invited. « The famous “Marine Phantoms” will perform exciting military maneuvers in their latest type jet aircraft. Lt. Colonel Marion E. Carl will make several runs just as he did at Muroc Dry Lake where he established a record of 651 miles an hour. Intricate man euvers are also on the program, and planes will be opened for in spection. Dancing, a bond concert and various types of games for the visitors are also on the program along with a mock aerial attack on the base by twenty-four air planes. A special invitation is being ex tended the people of Martin County to attend the event. Fifteen Cases In Justices" Courts In Past Few Days Several Defendants Are Round Over To The County Court —i»— Williamston’s three justices of the peace handled fifteen cases in their courts during the past few l days. Most of the cases had to do ; with petty law violators while several others were sent to the county court for trial next Mon day. No session of the county, court was held this week, the tri bunal having suspended its sched-1 ule out of respect for the mem-; ory of Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, and it is likely that the tribunal will have a long session next Monday. Justice John L. Hassell heard the following cases: Judgement was suspended.upon the payment of $6.50 costs in the case charging James Pearsall with disorderly conduct. James Long, charged with bas tardy, was bound over to the county court under bond in the' sum of $100. A 30-day road sentence was sus pended in the trespass case against Nicholas Long upon the payment of $6.50 costs and on the conduction that he remain of good behavior. In the case of Roosevelt Clark, charging him with disorderly con duct, he was taxed with $6.50 costs. John R. Ramscv, charged with assaulting a female, was bound over to the county court for trial. Failing to stop before entering a road intersection, Jack Peel was taxed with $8.50 costs. Drunk at the bus station, Richard Nelson Riddick was fined j $5 and taxed with $8 50 costs. JusuiU ^'..oi.suu Handled tiic following eases: Judgment was suspended upon the payment of $5.85 costs in the case in which Rick Edmondson was charged with disorderly con duct. Charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Nicodemus Long was bound over to the county court for trial under bond in the sum of $50. Judgment was suspended upon the pavment of $5.85 costs in the case charging Robert Roberson I with violating the fish laws. William Thompson, charged with disorderly conduct, was sen (Continued on page eight) Support Price On Sweet Potatoes Support prices for the 1114!) sweet potato crops have been an nounced. The schedule for U. S. No. 1 grade potatoes, washed and packed in new containers is as fol lows: Puerto Rican and Nancy Hall, $1.50 per bushel from September I 1 to November 15, and $2 per 'bushel after November 15; Golden and Jersey, $1.30 until Novem ber 15 and $1.50 after that date; other varieties, $1 until Novem ber 15 and $1.50 after that date. These prices, based on 80 percent ol parity, are f. o. b. cars or trucks in carious or truck loads and nr for sweet potatoes packed in stan dard crates, bushel hampers, and solid or built-up bottom bushel baskets according to the type ol containers customarily wed m each area. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Tin- Grim Reaper .struck on the highways of this county last week to claim a life anil push the death toll one ahead of the count for the entire year of 1948. 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. 30th Week Accidents In j’d Killed Dam're 1949 5 0 1 I 4(10 1948 3 1 0 450 Comparisons To Date 1949 (18 27 3 $14,540 1948 .79 41 2 l(lrU25 Sheriff Holloman A />points Eight Deputies This Week Subscribing to-lbtr &stikrt4-t:UL e Tuesday morning. Sheriff M. M. Holloman is rapidly perfecting his law-enforcement organization. Eight deputies, including the six special officers serving the North Carolina Pulp Company plant ■ area in the lower part of the | county, have already been ap I pointed. Two of the deputies have al j ready been sworn in and the six 1 deputies at the pulp null, includ ; mg C. E. Jones, T. V. Davis, W. j H. Gaylord, L. S. Skiles, J. T. 1 Bateman and Archie Wallace, are 1 scheduled to be sworn in by Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne Sat urday morning. While the pulp mill deputies are appointed by and are under the supervision of the sheriff, they are paid by the pulp company, and their juris diction is, more or less, limited to the pulp mill area. Deputies Hoy Peel and J. It. Roebuck, re-appointed by Sheriff Holloman as one of his first acts after entering upon his new du ties, subscribed to the oath of of fice earlier in the week. Recognizing the efficiency maintained by the late Sheriff C. B. Roebuck in the operation of the office, Sheriff Holloman said he was making every effort to carry on after the established pattern. Arrangements have been made for his office to work with other agencies, meaning that Officer J. H. Roebuck will work as head of the ABC enforcement bureau with the sheriff’s office and the sheriff's office will work with Of ficer Roebuck. Will Hold Funeral For Mrs. Rogerson Friday Afternoon Wrl! Known Woman Diotl At Her Home Near Here Early Yesterday Mrs. J. Kader Rogerson, V4, rlii'd at her home near Williamston yes terday morning at 10:20 o'clock following a long period of declin ing health. Suffering a broken hip in a fall about eight years ago she had been an invalid since that time. Her condition was critical for almost two months and the end was expected. During her long months in bed, she never complained. The former Miss Hannah Vir Williamston on December II, 11174, and lived in the town and community all her life. She was the daughter of the late John 1). and Clementine Gurganus Spruill. She was married to Mr. Rogerson j,ii t.v -five 11, aac! ice'.., 1 Si devoted wife and mother, a thoughtful neighbor and friend. She was a member of the Mem orial Baptist Church here for al most half a century, and her pas tor, Rev. Stewart B Simms will | conduct the funeral at the Biggs j Funeral Home on West Main 'Street Friday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock. Burial will be in Wood lawn Cemetery. Surviving besides her husband are two sons, B. B. Rogerson of (Continued on page eight) Young Mon Buy Local Business •—■ — — Messrs. John II and George 11 ! Gurganus, prominent young local business men and owners and op erators of the Blue Star Cleaners, this week purchased the stock, | fixtures and good will of the A.v ' ers Plumbing and Heating Com j pany here. Taking over the business im mediately, Mr. George H. Gur | ganus will manage it while his ! brother, John H, will manage the Blue Star opt ration.:. It v.'ar a:. . - ^•*,1 Mr. Ay j ers will complete all out-stand i ing contracts within the next sev | eral weeks, and that he will con tinue the operation of his electri cal hui-r,; }• or die piv.-,eiif, drt£fi businesses will fie operated from the offices on Main Street, next to Leggett’s Soda Shop and the Critcher Shoe Company store. The new business is operating under the firm name of Martin County Plumbing and Heating Company. Mr. Gurganus, the new manag er, announced that all of the old personnel would be retained. Mr. Gurganus is experienced in the business, having been employed by the Virginia Engineering Com pany in Norfolk for six years. Annonnrv Srrvicr In Uinrrli at Jainrxvillv Elder I‘ K. Gotsinger will con duct services in the Primitive Baptist Church at Jamesville Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock, it was announced today. Friends «>i' the church arc invited to at tend. V. R MINI’ \I.L > | J ! If there is anything to the j old saying that “dry weather frightens and wet weather ruins,” then farming is j "mint” because June, July and the first few days in August were really on the wet side. Following the !).08 inches of rain in June, 7.64 inches fell in July and during the first three days of this month, 2.45 inches of rain fell here. Itain fell on 17 of the 111 days last month. On Tues day of this week, 1.24 inches | fell in twenty minutes. Cost of Accidents Thtr MiUiiusi More than 36 million dollars in medical, dental, and hospital bills' were paid by farm people during | 1948 as a result of accident.:, sc ■ 1 in,c, J.u.iV.JSfcjai* .• TV . w.„ agricultural engineering for the State College Kxtenskm Service. This cost, Ellis states, does not I include the cost of accidents to those who were killed, or who suf fered permanent total disabilities; or costs other than those resulting directly from the care of injuries Aming the chief causes of the accidents Ellis listed the follow ing: Falls, machines, animals, auto and truck collisions, hand ling objects, hand tools, stepping I on or striking against objects, fall ing and flying objects, and burns or shocks. These findings are based on an analysis of nearly 2,000 accidents j reported in three enumerativc | surveys made by the BAE in 1947 jand 19411. Seventy-two percent of all ae- \ jcidents to farm people occurred: “n the farm—-Hi percent in the! ’ farm home and 50 percent else- I j where on the farm. Eleven per- j cent occurred on roads or streets off the farm. The other 17 per- j cent included industrial accidents suffered by farm people who, I were working in factories and ae- ! cidents of children in games at! | school. Fifty.jour t»ei\nc-u \ were sustained while the victim j was engaged in farm work. Farm I accidents reached a peak in Sep |tember, when both farm work ac iindents and recreational accident': j were sharply up Males had an accident rate over three times as I great as females .and males in the | age group 25 to 44 years had the I highest rate. Fills nd vises all farmers to cheek their homes, farm buildings and surroundings and remove all accident hazards possible. He also suggests "taking time instead of ! chances.” l lAltli* 1*irl l{nrin>s I rulli Itlooil I runs fusion Little Miss Nancy Harrison, nine year-old daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. K. C. Harrison of Bear Grass, is in a Raleigh hospital this week, receiving her tenth blood trans fusion. Entering the hospital last week-end she received a trans fusion a short tune later, another! last Monday and still another is' | scheduled before she returns I home within a day or two. Price' Average On Border Holds To 52 Cents \ Pound Vhoul &I.25 Drop From Last Year's Prices iio (Ipeniii" Day -«>, The average price of about $52 per hundred pounds estimated soon after sales got under way on the border markets by Leman II. Barnhill, local tobacconist, proved just about right when final fig ures were tabulated and released by the government grading ser vice late yesterday. The final re port for the opening last Tuesday placed the official average for the day at $51.84, a figure $4,25 below the opening-day average last year. However, prices for the bet ter grades strengthened yester day, but poorer quality offerings dropped in price, the Department of Agriculture reported. Eighteen markets of the Border Belt sold 10,1711.102 pounds of to bacco, which was about 300,000 pounds less than the 1948 opening. North Carolina markets of the Border Belt sold 4.979,848 pounds for an average of $51.79 opening day, while the South Carolina markets sold 5,198.079 pounds for $51.89. Prices for leaf grades were up (> pei' hundred; cutters jumped between $2 and $0: and lugs ad vanced from $1 to $4. Primings and nondescript did not follow the upward trend, the departments of agriculture dis closed, with most of these grades down from $2 to $3.50. All averages yesterday were above or at support prices, except good lemon primings which were $1 below the loan rate. The general quality of tobacco was much lower than on opening crease in choice qualities, with a corresponding increase in low qualities and nondescript. The volume ol' sales continued heavy and there was a consider able reduction in the volume of i I /.'o' uni" < of P O icTl 10 ir Til cries when compared with open ing day deliveries. Deliveries to the flue-cured Sta bilization Corporation on early sales were estimated at around 25 to 30 percent. Most cutters and better quality lugs averaged $1.00 below their corresponding 1949 loan rates; the majority of med ium upd low lugs and primings averaged mostly from $3.00 to $4.00 above. Auction bid averages per hun dred pounds on a limited number of representative U. S. grades were as follows: Good lemon, $53.00, down $8.00; Low lemon, $54, down $9; Choice lemon, $03, down $2; Fine lemon, $01, down $3; Fine orange, $59, down $2; Good lemon, $55, down $5; Good orange, $52, down $4; Fair lemon, $40, down $0; Fair orange, $44. down $0; Low lemon, $32, down $14; Low orange, $30, down $14; Primings: Fair orange, $34, down $7; Low orange, $23.50, down $0.50; Nondescript: Best thin, $12.25; down $4.75. Chadbourn, N. C., averaged about $55 a hundred pounds on first sales. The range was from $10 to $05, with better grades (Continued on pag; Start Work (hi Paving Project -O-—— Awarded a c ntraot this week, tlie Clark Paving Company will start, moving in its equipment next Monday for laving about •i.Uul) feet of -concrete curb and | gutter on North Smithvvlck and j West Liberty Streets. The con j tractor plans to complete the con tract within five or six weeks. 1 lie Highway Commission is planning to pave the streets, but it could not be learned when that work would be started. In addition to the contract pav ing, the Clark Paving Company, with headquarters in Greenville, is expected to handle some curb and gutter work for individuals with the tovyn paying forty per cent and the property owners the remaining sixty. The town of ficials explained that the proper | t v owners would pay the entire cost now with credits to go to them on their taxes.