THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LII—NUMBER 74 THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 20, 1940 ESTABLISHED 1899 -GamblingBad-As Stealing, Jurist Tells Grand Jury — # Judge Leo Carr Opens Re gular Term of Superior Court Monday •— » Declaring that gambling is as bad as stealing, Judge Leo Carr, presiding over the current term of Martin County Superior Court, pointed out in his address to the grand jurymen that they could not be too careful in supporting the gambling and traffic laws. The Burlington jurist did not go into detail about the slaughter on our highways, but he did say that he could see little difference in one who is a professional gambler and one who steals, that both are try ing to make a living without working. “If there is gambling in your county and nothing is being done to stop it, you should act to curb it,” the jurist told the jury men. Judge Carr also explained to the jurymen that it was also their duty to investigate and if Jaws were being violated with im munity, something should be done about it. He told the jurymen how to present law violators to the court. Duties of grand jurymen were classified, bills of indictment, presentment, and inspections. He explained each classification, dwelling at length on the method of making presentments and handling inspections. He stressed the importance of making certain that law violations are not over looked, explaining that grand jury presentments are not now as num erous as they were in years past when there were few enforce ment officers and not many courts were held. He directed the jury, headed by Marion Cobb as foreman, to in ipect uH public offices, schools, busses and other public proper ties, and see that the public prop erty is being well preserved. He fuggested that when the jury is »sked to recommend certain pub lic expenditures that members of the county board of commission ers be called in for a discussion j before any action is taken. Nine new members were added Jo the grand jury to succeed the pine who recently completed a fear of service. The new mem bers are, J. B. Bailey, Ernest I'apps, Pheus Bailey, II. A. Sex- ! |on, A. C. Harrison, Dewey Hardi-1 fan, Lawrence G. Lindsley, Les-1 |er Bryant and John Leggett. Old i Members of the jury who have; (Continued on page six) -o Escapes Injury In Train Wreck Mrs. John A. Ward, en route to an executive meeting of the State Amreican Legion Auxiliary exec utive committee in Asheville, was not injured in a train accident on the outskirts of Newton early yes- J terday morning. She was a pas senger in one of the several Pull man cars that held to the tracks, she advised relatives here by tele phone. Mrs. Ward is president of the auxiliary. Reports reaching heie stated) max acuui htv> pci;,oils Wat in jured, some of them seriously. The injured were treated in Ca tawba Hospital. The train locomotive and six coaches toppled down a 12-foot embankment on a curve, the en gine making a complete turn. Sev eral persons were trapped in the cars and had to be cut out with torches. \ UP FOR CONTEMPT vJ\ A reported 79 workers in the Hart Cotton mills, Tar boro, are scheduled to appear before Judge Leo Carr in the superior court here tomorrow afternoon and show cause why they should not be held in contempt of court. Going before Judge Walter Bone a short time ago, the mill got a court order pre venting picketing at the Tar boro plant. The 79 workers are alleged to have crowded around the mill gates last week in defiance of the order. ClearL one Case From The Docket In Superior Court Opening a two-week term Mon day morning for the trial of crim inal and civil cases, the Martin County Superior Court cleared only one case from the docket the first day, reports stating that the tribunal would hardly complete I the trial of criminal cases before the latter part of the week. One case was cleared, more or less indefinitely, when Solicitor George Fountain took a nol pros in the a.,ion charging James Wes ley Ormond with carnal knowl edge. It was said that the de fendant is in the service and sta tioned overseas. Considerable delay was experi enced at the beginning of the ses sion when additional jurors were drawn for service. Calling the case in which Les ter R. Meeks was charged with drunken driving, the court did not get but four jurors before lunch time. Completing the jury early in the afternoon, the court listen ed to evidence in the case until a recess was ordered shortly after 5:00 o'clock. The defense and ^ prosecution are arguing before the jury this morning. In the case of L. L. Britt, the court invoked a two-year sentence * when it was brought out in open court that the defendant had vio-, lated the conditions set up in a | suspended judgment handed down j by Judge Chester Morris at the June term. The case charging O. K. Harri son with abandoning a crop wasj continued by consent, but a plea to continue the drunken driving' case against Raymond Phelps for the term was denied. | BOOSTER DAYS ] Retail merchant members of the Williamston Boosters, Inc., are sponsoring a joint trade promotion for the fall season, three days of special sales on September 29, 30 and October 1. Most everyone will recall the highly successful Booster Days held in June of this year. The promotion proved so very popular with both merchants and customers that it was decided at a recent meeting of the Williamston Boosters to hold Booster Days again this fall. Chairman Ernest Mears of the Boosters’ Retail Trade Promotion Committee an nounced yesterday that ap proximately thirty-five mem bers of the Boosters are planning to participate, thus assuring the public of another three days of bargains for both home and individual. Lewis W. Mizelle Died at His Home i Last Friday Noon Fiuirral for WrlMviiown UiisinesH !V1aii in Jaiurs* villi* Snmlav al 2:30 -— Lewis W. Mizelle, well-known county citizen and retired busi- j ness man, died at his home in Jamesville shortly before noon last Friday after a long period of I declining health. A victim of rheumatism, he was forced to re tire from active business about1 twenty years ago. His condition 1 was aggravated some time later1 by a light stroke, but his condition i was not considered critical until ‘ about two weeks ago. The son of the late William T.1 and Julia Davis Mizelle, he was born in Jamesville Township sev enty years ago on April 1, 1879. After spending his early life on the farm he entered the mercan- j tile business in Jamesville with his late brother, W. H. Mizelle, I who taught school and edited'the Weekly Herald in Robersonvilie his retirement from active busi ness, he was able to handle limit ed duties in and around his home and despite his infirmities partici pated in the religious affairs of his community almost to the last. He w'as a respected citizen ar.d a thoughtful neighbor. He was a member of the Jamesville Chris tian Church for a long number of (Continued on page eight) Kicked By Mule, Child Recovers —«—. Johnny Hayes, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hayes, w'as painfully but not critically injured Sunday morning around eight o’clock when he was kicked by a mule at his home in Dardens. The blow from the mule struck the chilo on the face causing se vere bruises and a slight cut. Treated at Plymouth immediately following the accident, he is now at home and reported to be im- ■ proving. ; Pasture Seeding Demonstration In County Last Week —-n Approximately 200 Farm ers in Attemlanee at Farm Near Everetts By D. W. Brady Assistant County Agent A pasture seeding demonstra tion, the first ever planned in Martin County, was held last Fri day on H. L Barnhill’s farm, one mile east of Everetts. Mr. Dan nie Mobley is the efficient tenant on this farm. A two acre field was seed to 4 lbs. of Ladino Clov er and 20 lbs of Fescue. Three weeks ago this field was in Lespe deza and about shoulder high in weeks. Mr. Mobley used a bush and bog disk and cut this growth up. A few days later he used the tandem disk and section harrow to level it up. The balance of the preparation was done at the dem onstration. Lime was spread at the rate of 1 1-2 tons per acre and fertilizer spread at the rates of 800 Ihs. per acre. The land was then disked twice to thoroughly mix the lime and fertilizer with the first four to six inches of soil and to condition the soil for a good seed bed. A section harrow was again used to level the land. Mr. Mobley had made a plank drag to pack or firm this loose soil prior to sowing these small seed. This plank drag made like weath er boarding on a house was very practical and did an excellent job firming the soil for the seedbed. A cultipacker was also used in firming the soil and both did a good job. Mr. Sam Dobson, Extension pasture specialist for State Col lege, assisted with the demonstra tion and demonstrated the pioper inoculation of legumes. The seed were then sown with cyclone seeders and a grain drill and lightly covered with a cultipack er. Special emphasis was put on a good seedbed and much more time was used in this step than all other phases of the demonstra iisuiumueu on page six/ --o-■——— Court Calls For Additional Jurors -o— Finding the number inadequate, Judge Leo Carr, presiding over the current term of Martin Coun ty Superior Court, Monday morn ing ordered more jurors added to the pool. Eighteen were drawn as follows by Little Miss Dianne Cowan: JamesviJle: James Frazer, J. T. Cooper and Benjamin Ange; Wil liams: Joe J. Johnson, Sr.; Bear Brass: James S. Bailey; Williams ton: Elbert N. Manning, Geo. Lee Roberson, A. H. Brown and Ver ble Jones; Robersonville: Jodie Haislip, J. A. Cherry, and Jarvis Perkins; Poplar Point: W. M. Har dison; Hamilton: Ralph Bonds, G. S. Haislip, and Ezelle Briley; Goose Nest: Charlie Harris and William E. Cross. Juror Ange was sick and G S. Haislip was excused by the court. Most of the others reported by early Monday afternoon. The court excused from the re gular jury, C. C. Fleming, Onward Roberson, Griffin and Jackson. Jos. B. Barnhill . Died At Home In Everetts Friday Fiinoral Service Held For Prominent Business Mail Monday Joseph Berry Barnhill, promi nent county business man and farm operator, died at his home in Everetts last Friday evening at 6:10 o’clock after a long period of declining health. He had receiv ed medical treatment the greater part of two years and his condi tion had been serious following an operation in a Washington hos pital last July. His condition was critical for about a week. Mr. Barnhill was born in Cross Roads Township 67 years ago on December 23, 1881, the son of the late Abram Peel Barnhill and Lu cretia James Barnhill. After spending his early life on the farm he moved to Everetts, spend ing the remainder of his life there except for about two years spent in Robersonville where he engag ed in farming operations with the late Mr. Bob Bailey.' Upon his re turn to Everetts he successfully engaged in the mercantile busi ness and was interested in lumber manufacturing for several years in addition to his other activities, including farming. « Well known throughout the county as a business man, Mr. Barnhill was active in the affairs of his adopted town, serving it in various capacities down through the years and lending a helping hand willingly to his fellowman. Those in need always found in him a valuable friend and an en joyable companion. He was married in January, 1910, to Miss Lucy Riddick who died four years ago. Funeral ser vices were held at the home in Everetts Monday afternoon at LOO o’clock, the fourth anniversary to the minute or the service held fur his wife. Rev. James M. Perry of Robersonville and Rev. John L. Goff of Witliamston conducted the last rites, and interment was in the family plot in Williamston’s Woodlawn Cemetery. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Edna Barnhill of the home; a son, Joseph B. Barnhill, Jr., of Wil liamston; a sister, Mrs. Nathan Rogers of Bear Glass; one grand child, and several nieces and ne phews. •n— Report Sellers’ Market On Cattle By D. W. Brady Assistant County Agent A feeder calf sale was held in Rocky Mount at Worsley’s Stock Yard last Thursday. Very t\ w calves were bought by 4-H Club boys and girls from this county. Those buying were: Minga Rog er’s market, as the calves sold Stevenson, two; and L. C. Bennett, one. The sale seemed to be a sell er s market ,as the , calves sold very high. Very few feeder calv es were bought by farmers from Martin County, the price being too high. The sale was well attended by potential buyers from this county, however. A purebred Hereford cattle auction -;}r '•■ill v. Sept. 23, 1:30 p m. at Green Mea dow Stock Farm owned by S. A - Lanier, Maple Hill, N. C. He is offering 42 purebred Herefords (not registered); 2 heifers, 18 months old; 17 heifers, fi months old; 16 feeder steers (400-500 lbs), 8 months old; 7 bulls, 6 months old. This farm is located near Maple Hill, N. C., on highway 53 be tween Jacksonville and Burgaw. These cattle are mixed polled and horned. For further information contact U. W. Brady, assistant County Agent, at the Agricultural Build ing. V. (•. Taylor Much Belter In llos/iilal Taken suddenly ill while at his farm last Thursday evening, Mr. Van G. Taylor, prominent county man, was reported much improv ed in a Washington hospital this morning. However, he is not able to have company at present, and it is expected that he’ll continue in the hospital for some days. Pounds And Prices Establish New Record On Local Market Youth Bound Over To Superior Court For Manslaughter —•— I’roltiiMr (iaiise of (>nilt Is Found by Ji■ >l Johnson IVIondav Kv«'iiiii!£ Finding probable cause of guilt, Justice R. T. Johnson at a pre liminary hearing held in the county courthouse Monday eve ning, bound Ernest Wilson Bunt ing, Jr., Oak City young man, over to the superior court where he will face a manslaughter charge next December. Bond in the sum of $500 was required Young Bunting was the driver of a car in which Gus Bryant, col ored man, was fatally injured when the machine tore into a parked pick-up truck in Hamil ton early last Wednesday eve ning. Bunting is represented by At torneys Peel and Peel and At torneys Fountain and Bridges of Tarboro are with the private pros ecution. Conflicting evidence was offered, but Justice Johnson rul ed that there was probable cause of guilt and counsel agreed to have the case scheduled for con sideration in the superior court at the next December term. Patrolman R. P. Narron, in vestigating the accident with Pa trolman B. W. Parker, said the Ford car driven by Bunting from Oak City to Hamilton last Wed nesday evening left the hardsur face and traveled 63 yards before striking Ben Roberson’s pick-up truck parked beside the road. He added that after striking the truck and knocking that vehicle around and eleven yards down the road, the Bunting car came to a stop 34 yards away. The of-* fieer said the car skidded around the curve, that the middle of the car body tore into the truck, but that he could ont determine if Bunting applied the brakes. Nar ron added that Bunting told him another car was meeting him, and that he (Bunting) was driv ing 45 miles an hour. On cross ex amination, the officer quoted Bunting as saying that the lights of a car driven by R. A. Huislip, Jr., blinded him, that the next thing he (Bunting) saw was the pick-up truck. The patrolman I said that another car was parked Ion the highway, headed toward Oak City and a short distance : from the scene of the crash. The [car was identified as that of Ora j Staton. The left rear wheel of the truik was twisted off, the officer added. Patrolman Parker verified the measurements offered by the first witness and added that the truck was parked about four or four and one-half feet off the highway. Bryant was riding in the back seat on the right side about where the vehicle struck the pick-up truck deserted at the time, the officer adding that Bunting and a com panion, Ft. S. Edmondson, Jr., , were on their way to a dance and | Bryant and another colored man, 1 Russell Sheri od, were on their way to the picture show in Ham ilton. The officer, intimating that more than one version of speed had been offered, said that upon his return from the hospital or doctor, Sherrod said that trie car mile, an hour Sam Short, the next State wit ness who lives about ten feet from the spot where the truck was parked, said he heard the brakes on the Bunting car squeal, that he stood up in his porch and saw the car swerving around the curve. He was not certain about the cuuunuca on rage five) ROUND-UP Seven persons were round ed up and temporarily de tained in the eounty jail over the week-end, two for assault, two for drunkenness, and one each for larceny and disord erly conduct, and a seventh under an old charge. Three of the seven were white and the ages of the group ranged from 25 to 63 years. One of the defend ants, passing Clerk L. H. Wynne in the courthouse hall, was (|uoted as saying, “I’m half drunk, 1 believe.” Sales Push Near The Seven-Million Mark Here Today Three-Quarters of Million I'ouii'U More Solti This Year Than Last All pound and price records es tablished by the local tobacco market toppled before an ava lanche of deliveries and buying here during the past few days when the average jumped to nearly $5 per hundred and the sales took a lead of more than three-quarters of a million pounds over the poundage repdVted in the first twenty-one selling days of last season. Tobacco prices went to eighty (80) cents a pound on the market and individual averages pushed right up to 70 cents a pound. Sales through yesterday, when 363,226 pounds were sold for $200,408, amounted to 6,415.322 pounds and it is estimated that the offerings today will push the total for the season well toward the seven-million mark. The av erage for the season to date is $47.32, a figure nearly two cents a pound above the average for the belt, and about $1,65 higher than the average reported for the first twenty-one selling days last season. The 6,415,322 pounds sold through yesterday for $3,035,905 as compared with 5.670,518 pounds sold for $2,592,337 last year, a difference of 744,804 in pounds and $443,568 in dollars. While it is estimated that 75 percent of the crop has been sold in this area, it is conservatively estimated that the local market will equal and pass the 9,185,020 pound figure recorded for the 1948 season. A report, covering sales and prices in the entire belt, follows: Eastern North Carolina flue cured tobacco marketing activi ties during the fourth week of sales were marked by steady to higher average prices by grades, heavy volume of offerings, and better quality. nceorumg io mu reaeral State Market News Service demand continued to improve, especially on leaf offerings. The majority of these grades were $1.00 to $4.30 per hundred above the previous week. Other grades were steady to $0.00 higher generally although a few increased as much as $5.00 and $0.00. Most increases ranged from $1.00 to $3.00. With stead ily improving prices since the markets opened, most grades are now selling at average prices $1. to $15.00 higher than opening week. The largest percentage gains from a monetary stand point have been in the lower qualityt;c s. The highest weekly average of the season was established as gross sales totaled 51,639,357 pounds for $‘13.85 per hundred. This was $3.13 above week before last because of gains in grade av erages and improved quality. prising tin reason amounted to 222,744,806 pound., at an average of $45.53. There were more cuttt rs, lugs: and better leaf grades sold last week and less nondescript and common leaf. Most baskets were graded in common to good quality with leaf predominating. Deliveries to the Stabilization Corporation for the week, undei the Government loan program, were only about three percent of gross sales. This brought season receipts to slightly over six per cent. Interesting Bits Of Business In the U.S. Kail fatalities in 11)48 lowest in 61 years . . . Housewives can ix pect to pay more for their fresh grapefruit this winter Hurricane and freeze decimated Texas crop . . . Federal employment expert say jobless problem is over foi 11)49. . . . Anthracite coal shortage of three million tons seen for next winter. Circus Is Coming To Town On Friday, September 23 i Hundreds of Martin County boys and girls and old boys, too, | including Joe David Thrower, Sr., and Dick Smith, are sure to leap out of bed bright and early Friday morning when the learn the big Daily Brothers five-ring circus is I due to arrive in the city between 7 anil 8 a. m. on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The big show, including hun dreds of wild animals, polar bears i from the arctic, and a herd of 25 elephants and more than 100 fine horses, will be unloaded imme diately upon arrival, to be ready j for the first performance at 3 p. m. at the Williamston Lumber Company show grounds on Wash ington Street. At the unloading site, small fry and oldster alike, will be able to get a preview of what they will see later on at the circus perform ances. The circus remains here for just one day with performances sched uled for 3 and 8 p. m. The Dailey Brothers Circus is the world's only five-ring circus and the circus presents its main show in the world’s longest big top. Second in size to the big top is the huge wild animal menagerie tent in which is presented the world’s greatest collection of rare and unusual wild animal oddities. The huge colossus is complete in every detail, with all the pretty girls and funny clowns, the hors es, the elephants, daredevil aerial ists, whirlwind acrobats, lions, tigers and everything. The Dailey show is claimed by many to be the last of the real old-time American circuses. It definitely is the last circus on the road to day that still uses horses to pull wagons from the train to the showgrounds and return. County Court In Record Session Thursday-Friday More Than Oin* May Mrvot «‘»l To I rial of lamr ■ ii j spot. Most ol the shells have been recovered with the exception of about $12 worth, the amount Biggs allegedly paid for the “hot" goods. James Roosevelt Peel, charged with drunken driving, was ad judged guilty at the session Thursday morning and was fined (Continued on page seven) I1. .S'. Dralli Hair Tops Hr st of tlir If or Id The United States may have the highest standard of living in the world, but it also has one of the world’s highest accidental death rates. The U. S. rate in 1948 was 87.1 deaths per 10(1,000 population, as compared with a world-wide post war average death rate of 48.9, according to the National Safety Council. Only three countries topped the accidental death rate of the Unit ed States—Iceland, Egypt and Austria. I’KANl'TS Farmer Mallory, as far as it could be learned, was the first to start digging; peanuts in the county this year. He launched the task last week on his Goose Nest farm, but no report on quality or quan tity could be had. Farmer J. K. Copeland, starting the task Monday in (loose Nest, said that quantity was slightly off, but that quality was good. He estimat ed the yield at about 15 hags per acre, and sain that a few of the older nuts were shed ding. He planted in late April and early May. Quite a few farmers are planning to dig their crops this week, but others who were late in get ting a stand will delay the task for another week or ten days, possibly longer. Cotton Outlook Poor In County —•— Planting more cotton than us ual but not the acreage once planted to the crop, Mai tin farm ers are reporting poor prospects for the crop this year. Cotton producers must exercise the utmost care in harvesting and handling their crop this year, if they are to avoid heavy losses, Fred P. Johnson, marketing spec ialist with the State Department of Agriculture, warned recently. Not only will North Carolina’s ! cotton yields be much lower than last year because of excessive i boll weevil damage and adverse weather conditions, he said, but the cotton harvested will be be low average in value. Excess moisture has resulted in heavy growth of foliage and prevented the normal opening of bills, so ^r^som^haye begun to rot when only half open. "In the area where ginning has already begun," he continued, “much of the cotton is being brought direct from the field in a very wet and green condition. Some of the cotton graded low middling due to excessive mois ture, would, if allowed to dry out a few days, have been graded middling or better, thereby in creasing the payments to the far mer by $15 to $20 a bale.” Johnson suggested that produc ers not be in too much haste to gin the ir cotton. “Placing it in a cot ton house, on a porch, or some other storage space for .just a few days without packing it down," he explained, “will make a surpris ing difference in the grade.” "In many cases cotton is brought to the gin while still so green that the seeds are soft and mushy. No gin, regardless of its equipment can process such cot ton and assure the farmer maxi mum value for it. Even with rather extensive drying equip (Continued from page seven)