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f THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY * OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LII—NUMBER 64 THE ENTERPRISE { THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK Williamstan, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 16, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1899 ‘ ieifer Brofhers " bv, ^ h)en ^< ■ w Storey Thursday Night To Give Away Orchids and Serve Refreshments 8 to 10 P. M. Leder Brothers, recognized leaders in the mercantile field in this and two other states, will open their newest store in Wil liamston Thursday evening at 8:00 o’clock, Manager William S, Mc Combs announcing that a formal program had been planned and that a cordial invitation is being extended the people of the tow’n and community to attend. The firm is flying from Hawaii 300 baby orchids which will be given to the first 300 ladies to en ter the store opening night, the 18th. Refreshments will be serv ed from 8 to 10 o'clock, during which time Manager McCombs and the store personnel hope to get acquainted with the people of this area. A modernization program on the store built by Harrison Broth ers back in 1917 and more recent ly occupied by Colonial Stores, is nearing completion, making the building front one of the most • modern in this section. The mod ernizaiton program includes the front of the entire building and is of similar design for both the Led er and Darden’s Department Stores. The store is being staffed by nine employes, including Manag er McCombs, Parker Peel, John R. Roberson. Miss Mary Manning, Mrs. Jimmy Harrison, Mrs. W. E. Dudley, Mrs. R. J. Brock, Mrs. Leamon Keel and Mrs. Carrie Del! Stubbs Mr. J. J. Segerman, manager of the company's store in Plymouth and a director in the organization, is assisting the per sonnel of the store here in com pleting arrangements for the for mal opening and for the regular opening the following morning. The new manager is a native of West Virginia, and attended the University of West Virginia. Af ter three years spent in the U. S. Air Force during World War II, he went with the firm in its Plym outh store and was promoted to assistant manager six months lat er in November, 1946. He was married to Miss Jean Modlin of Martin County. The store is unpacking all new merchandise especially for the early fall trade. The store, dur ing the next few days, will offer special bargains in summer mer chandise which is being moved to (Continued on page eight) Hints On Shrubs (yi-ven By Ha#ws Trees and shrubs selected should not only add beauty to the home grounds but should also serve some useful purpose, says John H. Harris, the “Tar Heel Gardner.” They should furnish shade or background or should decorate or soften some part of the house. Another appropriate place would be in ihe border or at a spot where they v d’. set e*>n off uustteoctive views. The shrub1 should not be planted aimlessly throughout tne lawn. Many trees will add food to the ..fable These include pecan, chin quapin;- black wuinut, h,i'uTu'?5TyT*' hickery, persimmon, and, in some sections, cherry and pear, all of which wdl furnish good shade and also provide edible products. The apple, peach, plum, dam son, and crabapple trees will fur nish beautiful blossoms and deli cious fruit if given a reasonable amount of pruning and spraying. These trees are less hardy, but they can be used as individual shade trees or they may serve as a screen or border with perhaps shrubs in front of them. Although the grape is not a tree or a shrub, it may furnish shade for a corner of the yard or, if trained on a trellis, may serve as a background or boundary , planting. Some of the shrubs which pro duce edible fruit as well as being ornamental are the quince, elag nus, ehokeberry, hazelnut, black haw, elderberry, fig, huckleberry, and blueberry. M Ma ii Wa nders lit Woods For JJm. MasLJSfveml Monti® Believed to be brooding over the loss of some property, Moses James, 45-year-old colored man, has turned his back on civiliza tion, reports reaching here de claring that he continues to wan der more or less aimlessly in the woods near the Ed Burnett farm not far from Palmyra in Goose Nest Township. James was first reported miss ing last May. Several searches were made and the man was thought to have been lost. Re cently he was seen wandering in the woods and Officers Holloman, Roebuck and Peel investigated the case Saturday. They did not find their man but they found the spot where he had been sleeping on the ground. The trail also led to farmers' corn and watermelon patches. It is thought that some one had been feeding James, but few details could be learned about the man and his movements. When last seen, James was clad only in old fertilizer sacks, his clothing having worn out. His face was heavily bearded and his J appearance resembled that of a white man. Deputy-Joe Roebuck said, quoting an informer. James lived with his brother until debt forced them out of their humble home. The brother, Tom, reportedly went to New York and Moses went to the roads. Some of the residents in the community are a bit uneasy about their safe ty, but as far as it could be learn ed the man has made no threats nor offered to harm anyone. LAS! HOLIDAY Local stores aud other busi ness houses will observe their last half-holiday of the season tomorrow afternoon. The holiday schedule has been in effect since early June. No other holidays are de finitely on the schedule but it is likely that Labor Day will be observed as a holiday by business houses along with the tobacco market. Mrs. Ada Roberson Died Early Today In Hospital Here —«— I’romiiM'iit Griffins Town ship Citizen Been In Fail ing Health Long Time Mrs. Sarah Ada Hardison Rob erson, well-known citizen of the Farm Life section of Griffins Township, died in the local hos pital at 4:30 o’clock after a long period of declining health. She was removed to the hospital three weeks ago for the second time in recent months for treatment. Her condition had been critical since that time and little hope was held for her recovery. The daughter of the late Seth and Louisa Griffin Hardison, she was born in Griffins Township 76 years ago, on November 3, 1872, land lived there all her life. In eagly womanhood she was mar ried to J. J. Roberson who died four years ago. Surviving are two sons, Messrs. D. M. Roberson and Coy J. Rob erson, both of Williamston; a dau ghter, Miss Ida Roberson, of the home; and three brothers, Mr. Luther Hardison of Williamston, John A. Hardison of the home community, and Attorney Henry Hardison of Tarboro. Mrs. Roberson was a faithful member of the Primitive Baptist Church for nearly sixty years, I taking membership with the j church at Smithwicks Creek. She ! was devoted to her home and fam ily, and lent a helping hand to | those in need. Fun* ral k.<;>:v<(•(>•• will be con 'da*.ted at the home in Griffins i Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 j o’clock by Elder J. L. Ross of Greenville and Elders M. L. Sim j inons and W. W. Roberts, both of 1 r - * , iJ K | the Roberson Cemetery near the : old home. Storm Damage Reported Here • — A wind-rain storm, almost ap proaching hurricane proportions, did some damage here last Satur-! day morning, following a hail storm which struck parts of the county three days earlier. Sever al sizable trees were blown down here and debris covered some of the streets. No one was hurt, but heavy trees barely missed several homes. Monday afternoon a terrific electrical storm struck the area, but as far as it could be learned no property was damaged and no one hurt. Light and power ser vice was interrupted the greater part of an hour. Townships Name Committees For Highway Program ... - ■€>-■— Representatives From Ten Districts To Meet Next Saturday Morning ——o Committees were named in most of the ten townships in the county last Friday evening to make a study of the new road program and make suggestions to the proper authorities. A com plete report on the meetings could not be had immediately, but in several centers the meetings were well attended and much in terest was shown in the program. Three men were named in each of the townships, and the three representatives will attend a county meeting ih the courthouse Saturday morning of this week at 9:00 o'clock to perfect a county organization. The following were named and announced by the township meet ings: Cross Roads: J. W. Peel, chair man, and H. M. Ayers and W. L. Allsbrook. Poplar Point: L. G. Taylor, chairman, and W. S. White and Gentry Mills. Bear Grass: T. L. Roberson, chairman, and H. G. Harrison and E. C. Harrison. Williams: C. L. Daniel, chair man, and Major Gardner and Ho ward Tyre. Williamston: M. L. Peel, chair man, and Minga Rogers and Noah Daniel Griffip. Hamilton Township is slated to hold its meeting in the Hassell school building tonight at 8:00 o'clock. The tentative highway con struction program advanced by the hiTinway commission and sub mitted to the county commission ers the early part of last week was reviewed at the township meet ings, but no final approval of the plan was suggested, according to reports reaching here. Several of the townships dis cussed a road widening program, picked out the most important routes used by school busses and mail carriers, but left final ap (Continueri on nagg seven) 1 Find Missing Hog - In a C orn Field •—#>— Finding his old sow and several pigs gone and almost certain thieves had been active, Farmer C. C. Rawls of Hamilton called for help and Sheriff Buck Hplloman and Deputies J. H. Roebuck and Roy Peel answered the call. The law picked up a trail, found where the hogs and pigs quit the pasture for some choice corn in B. B. Taylor’s field about one hundred yards away. -o Damages Car In Hoad Accident Last Sunday Leggett Roebuck, Jr., damag ed his new Ford car considerably last Sunday when he lost control of the machine and ditched it on a dirt road near Bear Grass. As far as it could be learned, no one was hurt bbt damage to the car will possibly exceed $400, according to preliminary estimates. Will tafliich Road Program In State During LateTalT . - — Engineers Now Working on The First Projects To Be Let To Contract ■ By William D. Snider Public Relations Director State Highway Commission Raleigh.—Governor Scott’s ten new highway commissioners will launch the first phase of their $200,000,000 road improvement program this fall. Barely three months after the successful June 4 bond referen dum the state's new roadbuilders expect to begin announcing which roads get first priority under the expanded program. By late Sep tember they hope to release full details about the first batch of bond money roads. That doesn’t mean the roads will get paved immediately, but work will start on some this fall and on many others next winter and spring. Planning these road projects has been a full-time job for the commissioners since their ap pointment last May 1. During the summer months they have been poring over high way plans with their engineering staffs, holding public meetings with county commissioners and hearing about road problems from an increasing number of citizens' delegations. Some commissioners have been personally riding over every road ear-marked for hard-surfacing. Others have asked commissioners and citizens’ groups to assist in re commending roads for improve ment. The new commissioners got a quick start on their planning pro gram. In June they voted to re quest issuance of $50,000,000 of the $200,000,000 in bond money. In July they decided to buy $5, 000,000 worth of road construc tion and maintenance equipment. This month they directed their engineering staffs to speed up work on all regular construction projects waiting to be let to con tract. Governor Scott’s road program calls for the hard-surfacing of 12, 000 miles of secondary roads and ^stabilization of another 35,000 miles. In some cases eommision ers will concentrate on stabiliza tion before construction. Some feel that keeping dirt roads well maintained during the coming winter should outrank the black toppir.g program. Letters have been sent to county school super intendents requesting advice about school bus routes needing first attention during bad weath er. The a v e rage commissioner spends as much time dealing with the public as he does witli Iris own engineering staff. Most peo ple want their roads immediately, and a great part of the road ex ecutive’s day must be devoted to explaining why roadbuilding takes time. Each commissioner has direct responsibility for expenditure of all funds in his division. The General Assembly, following re commendations of the Commis sion decides how much money shall \it. allocated to construction, maintenance, betterment, etc. Then these sums are divided ten ways, using a special formula. From that point on the division. sTSffa‘ioiSl"flVfcT.'“lucy make" ffriai decisions on locating new roads, hard-surfacing old ones and main taining old and new, (Continued on page eight) Officer Gets Compensation Badly injured while performing his duty as a police officer in Oak City on July 31 of last year, Ed mond Early last week was allow ed compensation by the State In dustrial Commission. The decis ion was reached following a hear ing held a few days previously. The compensation, coming from the Town of Oak City, will satisfy a large hospital bill incurred while he was receiving treatment for a broken hip and includes 40 percent of his base pay over a period of several years. ! Native Of County*" | Died In Hospital | "Early On mday -<S> Funeral Conducted at the Home In Palmyra Satur day for D. B. Harrison -<s Donald Biggs Harrison, native of this countv and prominent Halifax County business man, died in a Rocky Mount hospital last Friday morning at 5:00 o'clock, He had been in declin ing health for some time and his condition had been critical for several months. He was a patient in the hospital for two months. A son of the late Cushion B. and Martha Taylor Harrison, he was born in Bear Grass Township 71 years ago on July 4, 1878. Af ter spending his early life on the farm there, he moved to Wil liamston and engaged in the mer cantile business with two of his brothers. A number of years ago he went to Palmyra and engaged j in business with the firm of Bak 1 er and Everett, serving also as postmaster there for years. Mr. Harrison was a member of the Palmyra Methodist Church and a leader in his adopted com munity for years. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him and in him the people in all walks of life and of various creeds found a helpful friend. He was devoted to his family ancj faithful in his work, and one who was always willing to accommodate his cus tomers and other friends. He was kind and thoughtful of others. Asking little for himself, he found enjoyment in the service of his fellowman. He was married to Miss Blanch Everett of Palmyra and she sur vives with a son, Don Harrison, Jr., of Goldsboro; two daughters, Ethel Everett and Martha Della Harrison, both of the home; a sis ter, Mrs. Della Green of Williams ton; and two brothers, J. E. Har rsion, Sr., of Williamston, and R. G. Harrison, Sr., of Henderson. Funeral services were conduct ed at the home in Palmyra Satur day afternoon at 4:00 o’clock by (Continued on page eight) Farmers Building Up Dairy Herds By R. S. Edwards Negro Farm Agent for Martin County Twenty-one bull calves were delivered to Martin County fann ers last week. These animals were purchased from the Biltmore Dairy Farms, Asheville. They range in age from four weeks to five months old, and came from dams that produc ed. from i.--‘■•iif. ter tat during one lactation per iod. All of them were sired by proven bulls. From the three bulls that were placed in the county in 1947 from the Morrocroft Daily Farm, Char lotte, at least sixteen good heif ers are being grown out that show promise of making much better family cows than their darns. If good breeding practices are used with these bulls, the quality ar.d quantity ot dairy cows in Martin be greatly improv ed in a few years. The fo’lowing farmers purchas ed bulls: l rank Cherry, Hobgood; C-r- yic-: *1.0, — *ccr]; t l Fields, Oak City; Mansion Coun cil, Hassell; James Chance, Beth el; Joe Chance, Robcrsonville, William Langley, Robcrsonville, and William Little, Rornus Lee, C. C. Jones, Arthur Williams, Robert Andrews, Henry Bell, Matthew Gay nor and A. L. Modlin, all of Williamston. ROUND-UP Crime broke out on several fronts in the county over the week-end, and six alleged vi olators were temporarily de tained in the jail. One each was booked for larceny, as sault, drunkenness, speeding, drunken driving, and issuing a worthless check. Two of the six were white men, and the ages of the | group ranged from 22 to 59 years. Market All Set For JUi^2pv.'' - * ^ - 1 - - - — ^ 4 1 £ \ TTt Sl o il l P y ATT^TPh i 19 V Opening Delayed lo Give Georgia Extra Sales Day First of llit* New Crop Hein;' Placed On Floors Here This Morning -<»> Tobacco sales, scheduled for Thursday of this week, have been delayed a day in this belt to give the Georgia markets an extra day to clear their blocks, it was an nounced last week-end. Williamston warehousemen an nounced this morning that the plans for the opening would re main unchanged but come just a day later than first announced. First deliveries of the new crop were made to local warehouses this morning and large sales are anticipated. Reports from the farms state that grading activities are moving forward rapidly, one farmer yesterday explaining that about 10.000 pounds had been made ready for market. Increased activity is quite evi dent in "Tobacco Town” today. Warehouses are open and tobac conists, including several buyers, are reporting for assignments on the market. Reports from the markets far ther south state that record poundages are being offered, that possibly the Georgia-Florida crop will exceed 150 million pounds. Through last Friday, Georgia had sold 140,720,422 pounds for an av erage of $40.89. Sales last week totaled 40,909,936 pounds, the av erage price standing at $36.93 per hundred pounds. The Flue-Cured Stabilization Corporation has re ceived about fourteen percent of the crop in Georgia and Florida. Higher average prices and heavy Volume marked the second week of sales on the South Caro lina and Border North Carolina flue-cured tobacco markets. Qual ity of offerings was lower than opening week. Practically all grades advanced last week report the United States and North Carolina Departments of Agriculture. Most increases were from $1.00 to $3.00 per hun died, however, several grades jumped as much as $4.00 to $10.00. Low orange leaf and cutters showed the greatest gains. The majority of averages was well above the Commodity Credit sup port price. Volume of sales was extremely heavy. Some markets have been blocked since opening day. Dur ing the week 48,900,736 pounds ""Vini n:"k<.m.-l .fry an average of $50.98 per hundred. This average was 78c above the first week. Sea son sales were brought to 84,034, 042 pounds and averaged $50.66. The quality of offerings was lower this week because of more common and low leaf grades and less fine and choice qualities. The percentage of leaf increased sharply with less lugs and prim ings. Lugs continued to predom inate by a small margin Chief mai ketings were common to good loaf, fair to ilair cutters and primings. Deliveries to the Flue-cured Stabilization Corporation under the Government loan program "on the border were cut about half last week due to higher average prices. Weekly deliveries were placed at around 1* percent of (Continued on page eight) To Help Veterans With Applications Thi' N. C. Veterans Commission and the American Red Cross are asking for volunteer workers with some typing experience to assist in the preparation of applications for premium refunds for veterans of WW2. The work required will be part-time for approximately one week, beginning on 30th of August, 1049. All persons inter ested in helping the veterans of this county are asked to call Mrs. Bondurant, Red Cross, 2661, or Edgar J Gurganus, Veteran Ser vice Officer, 2222. COTTON f "\ Cotton bolls are opening, a Martin County farmer stating yesterday that he did not know whether to start pick ing cotton or grading tobacco. Coming unusually early, the first few bolls to open in this county were found early last week on the old Staton farm near Williamslon. Farmer C. F. Harris stated that the heavy rains this seas on had damaged the cotton crop to some extent. Robbers Entered Post Office And Bank in Hamilton Get $ I 75 Money at the Post Offiee Amt Nothin*: From the Hank Breaking into the post office and bunk in Hamilton during the early hours of Monday morning, robbers got about $175 in cash from the post office but could do nothing with the bank safe and left there empty handed. An entrance was gained to the adjoining office and bank through a window, the robbers removing *u large glass by scraping away the putty. After the robbery, the window glass was replaced in the sash. The $175, mostly in $5 and $10 bills, was taken from a pocket book hidden under some old pap ers. No stamps, receipts or other papers were stolen. In the bank, the robbers pulled out counter j drawers and scattered papers on the floor, but apparently made no [ effort to force the money box. The bank is a branch of the Guar anty Bank and Trust Company. Officers, including Sheriff M. W. Holloman and Deputies J. H. Roebuck and Raymond Rawls of the county department, R L. Thompson of the postal inspection service, S. B. I. Agent Walter Spence and F. B. 1 Agent Petit, all three of Elizabeth City, and Constable Pete Leggett and Chief of Police Jesse Everett, both of Hamilton, went into action imme diately after the robbery was dis covered. Twelve or more persons were (Continued from page seven) Frequent Selling 01 Eggs Suggested When adequate storage facili ties are lacking, eggs should be marketed at least two or three times a week to hold their quality in hot weather, farmers were ad vised this week by Harry Wise of Atlanta, poultry marketing spe cialist for the Production and ! Marketing administration. High temperatures and lack of • moisture are v.'.vrr.ics of egg qua! i ivy, Wi.»e :,^id, niul extra care in handling is necessary d the farm er is to market summer eggs suc j cessfully. Wise pointed out that the soon ” i «•••£*.; can b?.-"fcsrlc«v +. ."vcs-si V'.-ft-g I stations after they have been J gathered, properly cooled, and packed in cartons or cases, the better the quality will be when they reach retail markets. He offered these other market I ing suggestions: Proper packing offers another opportunity to re ' ducc quality losses in hot weather. Eggs should be thoroughly cooled I before they are packed, as prop-j crly cooled eggs help maintain constant temperature within the cases. On the other hand, he ex plained, even a few relatively wai in eggs can raise the tempera ture of the entire case high en ough to cause a loss of quality. To protect eggs en route to mar ket against tlie summer heat, Wise suggested covering cooled egg eas es with a tarpaulin. This will hi Ip hold the temperature low and will protect the eggs from the direct rays of the sun until delivery, he said. Raymond Raw is Is Added To County Slmnff s 1)1 IT e e f Temporary Xppoiutnwnt* Ma«le To Police Depari im*nt Last \\ eek*en«l -<1/ Several major changes were made in the county and town law enforcement personnel over the week-end when Raymond Rawls, former member of the local police department, resigned to accept appointment as Martin County Deputy Sheriff. Rawls, World War It veteran, has served the town well as an officer for several years. He entered upon his new duties Monday morning and ran headlong into a bank and post of fice robbery the first thing. Dur ing the time he served on the po lice force he made many friends and earned the respect of the pub lic. His appointment is favor ably accepted. He lives in West End. He is the ninth deputy to be added to the department by Sher iff M. W. Holloman and is the only new man on the force. Following his appointment, lo cal town officials named Willie Modlin to the police force, and the appointment of Noah Gurganus, World War II veteran with about fifty months' experience as a mili tary policeman, to the police fowu is expected. Officer John Roebuck, promot ed from the ranks to police chief, entered upon his new duties last week-end succeeding W. E. Saun ders who resigned the first of this month to go back with the State Highway Patrol. The former chief and Mrs. Saunders were given a farewell party by friends last week-end, and they moved yesterday to Apex where the popular officer will be stationed. The officer's resignation was reluctantly ac cepted by the town board at its regular August meeting, and the people regret to see him and Mrs. Saunders leave, tie was stationed here with the highway patrol for about nine years before he resign ed to accept the job of chief of po lice. Hail Storm Hits Parts Of County Striking simultaneously with un inch and one-half rain fall, hai1 badly damaged crops in the Smithwick Creek Church tern tiny late last Thursday afternoon. 1 he hail and rain was accorrfpani ed by strong winds and according to residents of that section the storm was one of the worst they ever experienced. Beginning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gurkin, extend ing on to the SmT-Vivt* Creek Church and back to the store of Eason Lilley, the wind, hail and rain did considerable damage in a territory covering several square miles. With two pullings of tobacco still in the field Mr. Gurkin said it was damaged at least 75 percent. His late corn was also badly torn and blown down. Although his early corn war; damaged the results will not oe Mriotn uni, M bacj wealth#?: that which tv” -.■■■ ■!■■ ground C‘ops, particularly corn, on the farms of Clarence Gurkin and Eason Revels also suffered some damage. The shelter covering the blown completely off its base and large trees fell in the yards of Henry Hollis and Mrs. Mamie Griffin. "I have been living here seventeen years and it was the worst storm I have ever seen since living here,” Mr. J. Heber Peel said. “It blew the top off my plow shelter and the wind was blowing such a gale we felt most uncomfortable.” Crops on the farm if Mr. and Mrs. Garland Perry also received their proportionate share of da mage but most of the damage w as confined to the corn crop as most of the tobacco has been harvest ed. The size of the hail in the sec tion receiving the most damage was estimated to be from one inch to an inch and one-quarter in di ameter. The rain lasted for about 'thirty minutes and the hail show ered down most of the time was raining.
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