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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LII—NUMBER 81 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 13, 1919 ESTABLISHED 1899 Jainesville Opens Community Fair Indications Point To Larg est Event of Its Kind Ever Held in County Jamesville announced today ^everything in readiness for open ing its first community fair Fri day morning with present indica tions pointing to the largest event of its kind ever held in the coun ty. Exhibits, showing the fruits of the farmer and homemaker, are literally pouring into the gymnas ium and the tops in dairy and beef cattle, swine and poultry will be delivered to the pens on the grounds early tomorrow morning. An interesting and entertaining program has been planned, and the people, not only those in the community but those in other sec tions also, are looking forward to the big event. The exhibition hall opens at 10 a. m. Friday for public inspection and will remain open until 10;00 o’clock that night. Arrangements have been made for keeping the lunchroom open to thp public from 11:30 until 1.00 o’clock and meals will be served at a reason able price. Judges, including sev eral from State College and others from out of the county, will make their inspections early. The big events on the program are to get underway when a par ade, headed by Williamston’s High School band, forms at the depot and moves down to the main highway, thence up the highway about two blocks and thence to the school where Gov ernor Kerr Scott will make the main address. Special stunts are scheduled to get underway about 2:30 o’clock, and that evening a special* pro gram will be held in the school auditorium. A number of ama teurs will participate in the eve ning program along with a special radio troupe, it was announced. Fifteen or more commercial ex hibits are being arranged in and outside the main exhibit hall along with special live-at-home exhibits and hundreds of indi vidual entries. H. B. Gaylord will serve as mas ter of ceremonies at the event following the parade. The band will offer several numbers, fol lowed by the song, “America.” Walter Gardner will offer the in vocation, and Representative A. Corey will make the address of welcome. Following special an nouncement and the introduction of stage guests. Professor Vaden Hairr will introduce the speaker. Governor Scott, the singing of the Star Spangled Banner” marking the close of the special program. Governor Scott has not an nounced his address subject, but he is certain to drive home a mes sage when he speaks extempor aneously on a special platform in fiont of the school. In the event of unfavorable weather, the pro gram will be rearranged for the' governor to speak inside the au ditorium. The Jamesville < immunity is extending a cordial invitation to live |feufrte*ovniiis aria adjuimdJP counties to attend and check up on the progress made in agricul ture despite adverse weather con ditions and other unfavorable fac tois. And thousands are expect ed there during the day. County Officers Meet In Raleigh Meeting in Raleigh yesterday, county officers, including sher iffs, deputies, ABC officers and others, were told that the illicit liquor traffic had developed into big business. Reporting on the meeting, ABC Officer J. H. Roe buck of this county said that he was surprised to learn that the traffic had reached such propor tions in some sections of the state, adding that the business in Mar tin County is hardly a drop in the bucket compared with activities on the illicit liquor front in other sections. "It was a good meeting,” the of ficer said, predicting that much good will come out of it. Post Office Income Sets Record Here Last Quarter After losing a little ground in the month of July, the local post office advanced in the following two months to set a new income record for the third quarter, Post master W. E. Dunn announced this week. While the sale of stamps I was breaking all records the | money order business handled by! | the office here fell off by nearly | j $19,000.00. The postmaster heistated with a prediction, but it is fairly evident that if the rate of increase is main tained throughout this quarter, 1 the office will qualify for a first class rating. | Reviewing the business for the third quarter last year and the one this year, the postmaster said that stamp sales dropped from $2, 862.36 in July, 1948, to $2,686.57 in July this year, but that in August of this year there was a gain of | nearly $700 over the stamp sales for the corresponding month in 1948. A similar increase was re j ported in August over the corre sponding month of last year. In ! the third quarter of 1948 the stamp sales amounted to $9,040.35 : as compared with $10,195.56 last ; quarter. In the first nine months of last year the stamp sales amounted to $25,557.89, compared with $28,410.80 sales reported for the first nine months of this year. The money order business drop ped from $80,704.26 in the third quarter of last year to $61,960.51 in the months of July, August and September of this year, the post master explaining that some of the government agencies had dis continued remitting to Washing i ton by money order. r REDUCTION Following a public hearing held by the Department of In surance in Raleigh last month, ^reduction in fire, theft and comprehensive automobile insurance rates has been approved or order ed. According to information coming from the office of State Insurance Commission er Waldo Cheek, the reduc tions will save policyholders more than half a million dol lars annually. Releases Grades For Markets And Cafes In County Eighteen Market* ami Four* teen ('ufes Rail* Grade Of 90 Or Belter Inspecting the fifty-five mar kets and thirty-one cafes in the county recently, Sanitarian W B. Gaylord, Jr., announced that eighteen of the markets and four teen of the cafes rated 90 or bet ter. The sanitary ratings follow: Markets Grade A: Colonial, Williamston, I 95.5; McClees, Williamston, 94.5; I Ange, Williamston. 94; Ward. Wil | liamston, 93.5; B & B, Hamilton, I 93; D. L. Hardy, Williamston, 92.5; I Moore Grocery, Williamston, 92.5; i B. A. Rogers, Robersonville, 92.5; Roberson, Robersonville, 92; Wil liams, Robersonville, 91.5; Tiny, Williamston, 91.5; West End, Wil liamston, 91.5; Hardison, James ville. 90.5; Peele, Williamston, 90.5; Williams Community, Wil liamston, 90.5; Elm Wood, Wil liamston, 90; Jones Community, I Williamston, 90; and Sunny Side, Williamston, 90. Grade B: Brown Bros., James ville, 88; E. Bunting, Oak City, 88; Gold Point, Robersonville, 88; H. S. Hardy, Everetts, 88; Robertson, j Wiiliarnston, 87.5; JW ; t': Oak City, 87; Moore, Wdliamston, 87; J. Bunting, Oak City, 86.5; Ben’s Williamston, 85: Donaldson, Wil Jyypjston, 6.5; Qrjaia .Front, WO liamston, 85; Sexton, Jamesville, 85; Slade Rhodes. Hamilton, 85; H. S. Johnson, Hamilton, 84; Boyd, Hamilton. 84; Mizelle, Wil liamston, 84; Wm. Rogers, Wil liamston, 84; Cherry. Everetts, 83; Hoell, Williamston, 83; Red Front, Williamston, 83; W. A. Roberson, Williamston, 83; Terry Bros., Wil liamston, 83; Bryan, Roberson- I ville, 82 5; Smith, Williamston, 82.5; Sunny Brook, Williamston, 82.5; Daniel, Oak City, 81; Weav er, Robersonville, 81; E. T. An drews, Robersonville, 81; Lilly, Williamston. 80.5; Edmondson & Cherry, Hamilton, 80; Reddick, Williamston. 79; Edmondson, Has sell, 78; K. D. Rogers, Williams ton, 78; Forbes, Robersonville, 77; Brown, Williamston, 74.5; P. W. Williams, Williamston, 73; W. Johnson, Williamston, 70.5, Cafes Grade A: Wier, Williamston, 95; Central, Wiiliarnston, 94.5; East Side, Williamston. 93.5; Griffins. 92.5; G. & C., Williamston, 91.5; Leggett, Williamston, 90.5; Rob erson, Williamston, 90.5; South (Continued on page eight) Local Market To Close Sometime In Coming Week Sales Now Stniiil Right At Eight ami Thi'ee-4|tiarier Million Pounds While no definite date has been fixed, it is fairly certain the final curtain on the 1949 tobacco mar keting season will be lowered on the market here sometime next week. Warehouse operators, de claring they are ready to keep their houses open just as king as necessary, explained they would be in a better position to fix a de finite closing date when a hurried survey is made after |he sales to morrow. No official reports have been re ceived, but quite a number of markets in the belt are tentatively planning to suspend sales the lat ter part of next week, most of them on Friday. During the meantime, sales are dwindling rapidly on most of the markets, especially in those areas j where the harvest was earlier than usual. The smallest sale of the season was reported day before yester day when only 33,632 pounds were sold, but the price average was well over the 50-cent figure. While prices have weakened on some grades, there is still much; tobacco being sold in the high six ties. Yesterday, the market here sold 39,464 pounds for an average right at $52.00 per hundred. Up until this morning the local | market had sold 8,651,358 pounds for $4,242,241, an average of $49.04 per hundred pounds. The price average is holding to a figure slightly higher than the average for the belt as a whole, according to unofficial reports. --—— . - Winners In Home Fashion Contest; i wudgfcs of the Essay Contest | sponsored during Home Fashion Time by Williarr:stor\ furniture i stores awarded Hester Mario Mar ‘■t'lfv 15 year-old Rubersonville High School student, the prize desk yesterday. A large number of essays were received from students repre senting most of the high schools in the county and the choice was a difficult one. The competition prize, a desk, was given by the four furniture stores of Williams ton, B. S. Courtney and Son, Mc Lawhorn Furniture Co., Woolard Furniture Co., and Heilig-Meyers Company. Home Fashion Time, a nation wide furniture promotion, was brought to a close here Saturday afternoon at 3;00 with a prize con test drawing in the office of the Enterprise Publishing Company. Elwood Chesson won a service for six in Victorian silverware, given by McLawhorn Furniture Co. A Duncan Ph.vfe coffee table, cour tesy of Heilig-Meyers was won b./ Mrs. Robert Manning. An Ezra Storm mattress donated by B. S. Courtney and Son was won by J. W. Garris and a plastic covered bedroom chair from Woolard Fur niture Company was awarded to Lucy Gray Williams. Season Opened On Automobile Birds By Court Action Quilt* a Fpw Olh#*r ('axes Handled By Justice* In Past Fch Days Open season has been declared by the courts for taking automo bile birds—those little reddish pink and yellow ornaments held by suction to car windshields and windows. An order was issued some time ago, warning motorists not to stick the birds on car win dows or windshields. Well, Amos Latham, maybe unaware of the order, came into Justice R. T. Johnson’s court a few days ago to set a perfect example for others. Charged with displaying non transparent material—a bird—on his car window, the warrant read, Latham was taxed with the costs, $5.85. Incidentally, motorists are re minded that it is unlawful to op erate motor vehicles with "gut ted mufflers. Patrolmen warn vehicle owners to dispense with the bird ornaments and put the "guts” back in the mufflers. In addition to the little "bird” case, Justice Johnson handled ten Olliers in his court recently. Charged with trespassing, Clr.r ence Brown was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. Sutton Bazemore was fined $10 and taxed with $5.85 costs for hunting on Sunday. Robert Wade Johnson was fin ed $5 and taxed with $5,85 costs for allegedly operating a motor vehicle with improper equipment. Publicly drunk, Romas Taylor was fined $5, plus $5.85 costs. Lonnie Rodgers, charged with assaulting his father, was sentenc ed to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the road term for twelve months upon the payment of a $10 fine and $5.85 costs. Charged with assaulting a fe j male and being drunk and disord erly, Willie Darden was found not guilty on the first count. Adjudg ed guilty of being drunk and dis orderly, he was sentenced to the roads for twelve months, the jus tice suspending the road sentence upon the payment of a $10 fine and $7.85 costs. Walter Freeman, drunk and dis orderly, was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. The road term was suspended upon guaran teed good behavior for twelve months and the payment of a $10 fine and $5.85 costs. Charged with operating a motor vehicle with improper equipment, William Hesk Manning was fined $5 and taxed with the costs. rm operating a motor vehicle | with improper lights, Leon Cordle Gibble was taxed with $5.85 costs Justice John L. Hassell handled several cases in his court this week, including the following: Charged with assaulting his wife with a deadly weapon, Joe Beach was bound over to the county court. Bond in the sum i of $200 was required. 1 Jesse Rapcoe and John Harris were charged with public drunk enness, the court assessing $9.50 costs against Rascoe and $10.50 against Harris. The first sale of sweet po tatoes from the current crop was made yesterday to the Martin County Yam Growers’ Association by Dallas Cox, Oak City 4-H Club member. The young man received SI.82 per bushel green, and he is averaging 300 bushels an acre. The association is storing its first potatoes today in the warehouse just back of the Martin-Elliott Wholesale Co., and arrangements are being made to store an additional 10,000 bushels. Just recently organized, the association is doing all pos sible to provide a recognized market for potatoes. While it is buying green potatoes, the association is centefing^its plan of opeiation on cured potatoes. Contsruction work on a re ceiving warehouse is nearing completion here and a grad ing machine is being shipped. Seven Bands Will Parade Here For Harvest Festival Other Plans For the lliji Event Are (>oiii<' For ward Rapidly At least seven brass bands will be in WilHamston's second annual harvest festival on Wednesday, 1 October 2(1, Alford Sweatt, man- i aging director of the Williamston i Boosters, has been assured, and j other plans for the big event op ening Tuesday evening, October 25, are shaping up rapidly, it was stated. The seven bands accepting the Boosters’ invitation to participate in the parade Wednesday after noon, October 2li. at 2:00 o’clock are, Ahoskie High School, Eden ton High School, Tarboro High School, Roper Colored High School, Washington High School, Williamston High School and Wil liamston Colored High School. In vitations have been extended to other bands, but they have not been heard from up until late yesterday. "The Parade, we are convinced, will equal anything of its kind ever seen in this part of the State, Mi. Sweatt said. Invita tions have been extended to high schools throughout this area, and five have already selected their princesses, including Miss Sybil Caton, Princess Edenton; Miss Gladys Everett, Princess Oak C ity; Miss Shirley Roberson, Prin cess Plymouth; Miss Shirley Stev enson, Princess Robersonville. Bear Grass has assured the Boost ers that its school will be well re , presented, and other high schools I are choosing their princesses. Scheduled to report here about noon Wednesday, October 2(i, the j princesses will each ride in a con vertible in tlu' parade at 2:00 o'clock, and will be entertained at a buffet supper that evening. At the Harvest Ball at 10:30 that night in the Planters Warehouse | one will be chosen and crowned queen of the Harvest Festival. A large number of the most modern floats will be entered in the parade along with specialties. Bob Lee and his Collegians Bom East Carolina Teachers Col lege will play for the Harvest Ball beginning at 9:00 o’clock Wed nesday night. Tickets will go on sale for the Harvest Bull on Sat urday of this week. Many Vets Have Not Filed Claims Veterans Administration re ports that its central office in Washington has received applica tions for the National Service Life Insurance special dividend from approximately two-thirds of the veterans who are eligible for the payments. This means that some thing in the neighborhood of f>, 000,000 vetera, s have yet to mail in their applications. VA urges World War II veter ans to give this matter their at tention, as dividends will be paid only to those who make applica tion. According to VA, the large volume of applications must be n'i.i ! bo,:., rite the checks and mail them, com mencing in January, 1050. The central office reports that some 50,000 applications have been received unsigned. Veterans are cautioned that to be valid the applications must bear the veter an’s signature. Other mistakes that have been found in applications are as fol lows: Some veterans have failed to write in their set vice serial num bers. This number is very impor tant for identification. Some vet erans have written their date of enlistment in the space where the service serial number should be written. Some veterans lave sent in sample application forms torn from a newspaper or magazine. The VA machines can use only the official VA forms. The VA will commence mailing checks to eligible veterans iri Jan uary, 1950. It estimates that at the rate of 200,000 cheeks per working day, it will require sev eral months to complete the mail ing. Drainage Project Survey About Complete In County -- A. Engineers are tentatively sched uled to complete a fairly detailed survey of the proposed drainage project in Cross Roads and Bear Grass Townships this week, pre paratory to carrying the program 1 into the courts for final adoption I or rejection. The field survey is I being handled by Messrs. Mc Knight and VanNortwick of the U. S. Conservation Service and their findings will be placed in the hands of the project engineers who are to determine the tenta tive assessments, it was learned. A detailed map will be prepar ed, showing the drainage projects, land and tentative assessments for j each of the approximately 100 I owners whose lands will be af j footed by the program. No advanced information about the survey has been released, but it is well established that the pro ject is greatly needed, that the preliminary opposition will pos sibly diminish when all the basic facts are made available along with assessment amounts and ad- | vantages to accrue to each land owner in the district. The project is known as Martin County Drainage Project No. 1, unofficial reports stating that farmers in another section of the county are interested in a drain age program for their territory. It was reported that preliminary action is being taken in the pro posed No. 2 undertaking, but no official information has yet been] released. Call Dozen Cases In County Court Monday Mornin -<$- I Several Defendant* Sen-! teneed i« Hoads; f ines Amount To $215 I After handling a huge docket Hit' previous week, the Martin County Recorder's Court had only I a dozen cases on its docket for trial last Monday. Several de fendants were sentenced to the roads and fines imposed during the session lasting until 12:45, amounted to only $215. Proceedings: Charged with failing to give a proper hand signal, Jake David . Spruill pleaded innocent. Adjudg ed guilty, he was fined $25 and taxed with the cost. Notice of ap peal was given and bond was fixed in the sum of $50. Charged with bastardy, Robert | Jasper Rogers was found not guil-j ty. His case coming up for final I I judgment, Henry Bullock, charg ed with larceny, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Pleading guilty of speeding, James Henry Gray, Jr., was fined $50, plus costs.1 Charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, Everett Lyttle Davis pleaded guil ty and was fined $25 and taxed with the costs, William Cortez Hopkins was fined $15 and taxed with the costs in the case charging him with speeding. Pleading guilty of operating n| motor vehicle without a driver’s | license, Alphonse Henries was fined $15, plus costs. George Lee Howard was lined $15 and required to pay the costs for speeding. C barged with careless and reckless driving, James Taylor, Jr , pleaded guilty and was fined $25, plus costs. Drunk and disorderly, Elbert Whitehurst was fined $10 and ta 1 ed with the costs. I Charged with larceny and being j (Continued on page eight) Close Meeting In Clyjreh Near Here Hev. Lewis Styons, Jr., evange list of Roanoke Rapids, eoneltided ■ a successful series of revival ser ; vices in the Community Christian Church on the Hamilton Road here last Sunday. Forty-one mem bers were added to the roll, eight by transfer. The church now has more than 100 members. The ser vices were largely attended dur ing the entire meeting and the timely messages were well receiv ed. The evangelist is starting u series of meetings in the Fairview church next week, it was report ed. Baptismal services were held at the John A. Manning fish pond near the church last Sunday aft ernoon and Monday. Rev. D. A. Hudson, former pastor, conducted the baptismal rites. I he Rev. Mr. Hudson, after serving the church for some time, recently resigned, ^nd the Rev. Richard Gardner, a native of this county who returned a short time ago from a ministry in Kansas, will serve the church beginning next month, it was announced. COMPLETE ROAD Laying the foundation sev eral weeks ago, State High ! way forces are completing the road from Highway 17 at the Staton farm near here to a point near Bear Grass this week. ' The project, allotted prior to the issuance of the first of $200 million bonds, is the first to be completed in this coun ty since the wholesale change in highway personnel. It could not be learned when the Hamilton-Palmyra road would be completed. [Surplus Potatoes Offer No Serious Problem In 1949 j Cowl $50 "Million 'I'llIk Year To Save The Irish I’olaln Farmers Uncle Sain is having a much easier time with surplus potatoes this year than last. The reasons is that there are fewer of them and the grower price guarantee is lower. It cost the government about $225,000,000 to carry out its price promise on the 1940 crop. Agricul ture Department officials believe the cost this yea! will be less than $50,000,000. Last year’s program, which the department only recently wound up, was costly because the crop was about 138,000,000 bushels more than consumers wanted. This was a record surplus. Here is how the program op erati d: Before the 194)1 crop was plant ed the department announced a planting goal in terms of acres to be planted. This goal was divid ed among individual growers. The goal was the acreage which the department deemed necessary to produce the potatoes consumers were expected to take. Officials figured that if production balanc ed with the need, there would be no surplus and prices would nat (Continued from page seven) Officers Destroy * I Large Distifiery* Raiding in the old Jim Griffin pocosin area of Griffins Township last Monday afternoon, ABC Of ficer J. II, Roebuck and his assist ant, Deputy Roy Reel, wrecked a j large distillery and poured out ten barrels of sugar mash. The plant, one of the largest wrecked in this county in recent months, was equipped with a 200-gallon capac ity copper kettle. Capturing the kettle, the offic ers wrecked a big box fermenter, the ten barrels, a number of emp ty jugs and confiscated an axe. Mr. Van Taylor Now Able To lie (hit Some Undergoing treatment in a Washington hospital for several weeks, Mr. Van G. Taylor return ed to his home in Everetts this week. His condition is improved and he was able to visit his farm Tuesday and yesterday he was greeting old friends on the I street here. k Man Denied Bond In Capital Case Tuesday Evening Sam Gorham Admits Enter ing Aged Woman’s Home, Saying She Invited Him I Charged with breaking into the | home of and assaulting Louisa Biggs, 80-year-old colored woman, here early last Sunday morning, Sam Gorham, young colored man, was returned to jail without the privilege of bond Tuesday even ing when Justice John L. Hassell found probable cause of guilt at a preliminary hearing. Quite spirited for one of ad vanced age, the victim of the al leged attack held no brief for the accused man. She told how he entered her home shortly after midnight while she was sleeping alone in her home on the corner of Pearl and Wilson Streets. “He offered me 25 cents to be quiet, and when I told him to get out, he offered me 50 cents, then a dollar," the aged victim declared, explaining that he then choked her and that he left only after she yelled for help. The aged woman said that Gor ham had been there before, but that she ran him away. Laura Brown, a neighbor, testi fied that she was in bed at her home at the time, that her hus band, sitting on the porch at the time, heard the aged victim scream. The witness said she got up and heard the Biggs woman say to Gorham, “I’m going to tell your mother if you do not go away.” “Louisa told me Sam had chok ed her, ’ the witness said, adding that she saw the alleged attacker near the home. Sarah Edmonds, another neigh bor, said she heard the victim ‘holler,’ and that she also hcar^ the aged woman tell Sam to get out of her house, that she saw Sam leaving the home. Gorham, without counsel, ad mitted going to the aged woman’s home, explaining that he knocked and that she invited him into the house. He made no further state ment, Justice Hassell having ruled that there was probable cause of guilt and that no bond could be allowed in the case. The victim, asked again if she could identify Gorham as the man who entered her home and as saulted her, said she could he was the man. swear Hunters Plan To Oo Alter Deer Disease or no disease, well, siek ' or dying, deer in the lowlands in this area will be on the spot on Saturday of this week when the season opens for taking the ani mals. Martin County hunters are forming their parties and the sea son is certain to be opened with a bang. There was the possibility that the opening would be delayed on account of the mysterious disease reported among deer herus, but it is fairly certain that the hunt will be allowed. ■Th mysterious death.- of ri.-er VenuTin "tins'div'eil It was .»C —if " nounccd yesterday that anthrax, first suspected, is not believed to be killing the deer, and no defin ite cause can be assigned. Blood was taken from a sick deer by a local veterinarian last week and injected into the veins of a goat. The goat in the case ap parently thrived on the transfus ion, and the results ruled out the bacterial angle. Fi/llt Sunday Sing it II cst hint Church Here The next Fifth Sunday Sing in the county will be held in the West End Baptist Church at Wil liamston at 2:30 o’clock on Octo ber 30, it was announced this week by Rev. E. R. Stewart, Ham ilton Baptist minister. Special numbers are welcomed in solos, duets, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets, choruses and choir numbers. The public is in vited to attend. Those desiring to enter special numbers are asked to notify Mr. Stewart.
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