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OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME LII—NUMBER 86
Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November /, /919
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ESTABLISHED 1899
Several Injured
In Road Wrecks
In This Section
Man's Legs Badly Mangled
When Run Down Just
Beyond River Fill
Several persons were hurt, one
badly, in a series of automobile
truck accidents on the highways
in this section during the past few
days.
In addition to the highway acci
dents there were three minor ones
within Williamston’s town limits
Last Monday afternoon, Rev.
Henry W. Tickman of Roper, driv
ing in from Oak City at hardly
12 or 15 miles an hour, failed to
negotiate the turn into Hamilton's
Main Street and tore into Elwood
Boyd's Ford truck parked across
the street. The Ford truck was
knocked into Bob Sidenstricker's
Dodge truck. No one was hurt. A
survey of the damage made by
Patrolman R. P. Narron listed
$200 on the retired minister's 1941
Plymouth, little or none on the
Ford truck, and about $25 on the
Dodge.
Wednesday afternoon about
4:00 o’clock, a front tire blew out
on a truck-trailer and the vehicle
went out of control, tearing into a
cornfield between Hamilton and
Oak City. The truck, owned by
the Baltimore Lumber Company
and driven by a colored man, was
heavily loaded with lumber. No
one was hurt and damage was es
timated at $200 by Patrolman R.
P. Narron who made the investi
gation.
Wednesday night at 11:00
o'clock the 1939 Chevrolet driven
by George Bowers and a 1937
Ford driven by Gus Lynch's son
crashed headon between Hamilton
and Palmyra on the River Road.
The left sides of the cars were
torn away, but no one was hurt.
Damage to the Chevrolet was esti
mated at $125 by Patrolman R. P.
Narron and that to the Ford at
$50, the smaller amount repre
senting just about the full value
of the car, according to the inves
tigating officer.
William T. Bonds, 40-year-old
colored man, was run down and
badly hurt by an automobile
shortly before 3:00 o'clock last
Sunday morning about three-1
quarters of a mile east of the end
of the river swamp fill on High-'
way 17. Few details could be!
learned, but one report said that i
he was lying in the highway, that |
a young man from Windsor, driv
ing east on the highway ran ovei
him. The driver picked him up j
and carried him to Brown's Hos-1
pital. It was reported that his1
right leg was broken and that the i
left knee was crushed and i
mangled. Patrolman J. T. Rowe
made the investigation.
About two hours prior to that
time, Frank Robert Bemis, 19
ycar-old Navy man stationed on
the U. S. submarine Amberjack
in a Florida port, was blinded bv
the lights of an approaching car
and ran his 1938 DeSoto into a
'ditch just cUts'ide of W-'iliaifiston’s i
town limits near Sunny Side Inn
on Highway 17. He, nor his pas
senger, Maurice D. Roman, was
b11 r' buta^^oTrnarffM V. Puiv^s
making the inves*:gat;an, said
about $100 damage was done to
the car.
Cpl. T. Fearing, holding the fort
while other patrolmen were sta
tioned in Tarboro, was called to an
accident on 17 just south of Wil
liamston at 4:00 o’clock Mondav
morning. No one was hurt and
damage was slight.
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, Laymen’s League
Will Meet Here
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The Laymen’s League of the
Christian Church of Eastern
North Carolina, will hold a quar
terly meeting in the Woman’s
Club building here tomorrow eve
ning at 6:30 o’clock.
Dr. Mark Rutherford, director
of laymen’s work throughout the
brotherhood, will address the
meeting. The ladies of the church
will serve dinner, and a goodly
number of visitors from other
towns in this part of the State
are expected to attend along with
a large representation from the
local church.
Eastern Carolina Beauty At Festival Here
Pictured above is an array of
eastern Carolina beauty that fea
tured Williamston's second annual
harvest festival parade and har
vest ball last . Wednesday after
noon and evening. One can und
erstand why the judges called for
more time in choosing the queen.
The young ladies are, left to right,
Misses Faye Walker, Scotland
Neck; Lib Cherry, Bear Grass;
Leona Hardison, Farm Life; Anne
Willoughby, Ahoskie; Rachel
Chesson, Williamston; Queen
Shirley Graham, Windsor; Reba
Tetterton, Washington; Shirley
Stevenson, Robersonville; June
Gardner, Jamesville; Shirley Rob
erson, Plymouth; Sybil Cayton,
Edenton; and Gladys Everett, Oak
City.
Four Are Treated
Here For Serious
Accident Injuries
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Aluhuma-Floriila Cars In
Head-on Crash Near Here
Yesterday Afternoon
Four persons were injured, one
of them believed seriously and the
others badly, when their cars
crashed head-on in front of the
Joyner filling station just east of
the Roanoke River swamp on
Highway 17 early yesterday after
noon.
Mrs. Hunter Brown of Pensa
cola, Fla., suffered a fracture of
the left leg, and Mr. Brown had
six teeth knocked out and suffer
ed a leg injury. Frank Haynes of
Hodges and Montgomery, Ala
bama, suffered fractures of both
arms above the elbows, one break
extending to the right shoulder.
Paul Bryan of Decatur, Alabama,
suffered neck and back injuries,
according to unofficial reports.
Given first aid treatment and
prepared for travel, Mr. and Mrs.
Brown were removed in a Biggs
ambulance to Norfolk where Mrs.
Brown will enter a hospital to be
near to relatives. Bryan and
Haynes were transferred in an
other Biggs ambulance to Duke
Hospital, Durham, late yesterday
afternoon after receiving 'treat
ment in the hospital here.
Driving up from Alabama to
attend a convention.eX N"gs Head
Pontiac, turned to his left to avoid
striking a third car driven by M
P Joyner who was making a turn
into his station. The Pontiac, ac
cording to one report, and the
1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan driven
by Brown crashed just to the
center of the road on Brown’s
right.
The injured were brought to
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County Hog Sale
Is Disappointing
Holding their fall sale of pure
bred stock at the old Martin
County fairgrounds last Friday af
ternoon, members of the Martin
County Swine Breeders Associa
tion were openly disappointed in
the prices offered. Assistant
County Farm Agent J. W. Sumner
stated that twenty-three hogs
were offered for sale, but that
only twelve were sold.
Prices ranged slightly abov.i
market figures for slaughter hogs,
it was stated.
ROUND-UP
After a week of much ac
tivity on the crime front,
the people participated in and
witnessed a giant harvest fes
tival here without a single
person running afoul of the
law. And the week-end found
peace and quiet reigning, for
the most part. Only four per
sons were arrested and de
tained in the county jail, two
for breaking and entering,
one on an old charge and still
another . for safekeeping for
another county.
One of the four was white
and the ages of the group
ranged from 17 to 49 years.
School Concert
Many Years Ago
A program uncovered in some
old papers, lists the numbers and
characters appearing in the an
j nual Hamilton High School Con
i cert about forty-three years ago.
I The program lists Mrs. William
i Edward Gladstone as musical rii
1 rectress.
I The program lists such numbers
' as “Persian March", “Shepherd’s
.Evening Song," “Faust”, “Gypsy
I Jane,” "The Joyful Peasant,” “The
i Loyal Boston Man,” “Gypsy Ron
Leaves,” and others.
! Part II of the program was the
. presentation of “The Moon
•Queen” wuh the following cast of
*WSReicTs. The Sun, -
; kins; The Moon, Estelle Moore;
Noilh Star, Edward Matthews;
| Evening Star, Bettie Lawrence;
; Morning Breeze, Maggie B»lle
[Jones; Evening Breeze, Lily Bry
lant; Summer Cloud, Maud Baker;
Summer Shower, Susie Johnson;
(Rainbow, Lou Mayo Brown;
(Prince Sunbeam, William Grimes;
Princess Sunshine, Mary Pender
Galdstone; Stars, Fanny Mat
thews and Fanny Gladstone;
Clouds, Castine Purvis and Vir
ginia Bennett; Raindrops, Maggie
Peel and Reba Upton; Sunbeams,
Lelia Pippen, Annie Jones, Carrie
Sherrod and Lillie May Baker.
Medals were presented by Rev.
J. B. Gibble.
County Farmer Quito
III In Hospital llore
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Suffering a stroke at his home
early last Thursday morning, Mr.
Jos. Holliday, well-known farmer
o» Jamesville Township, was re
moved a short time later to the
local hospital where his condition
continues serious. He is semi-con
scious, and then only at intervals,
it was said.
Dillon Simpson
Funeral Friday
In Statesville
Native Of Thid County Died
At Hit* Home There
LumI Wednesday
John Dillon Simpson, native of
this county and for a number of
years a resident of Williamston,
died at his home in Statesville
early last Thursday morning. He
had been in declining health the
greater part of eight years, and
death was attributable to a heart
attack.
The son of the late John D. and
Elizabeth Griffin Simpson, he was
born on a farm between Williams
ton and Everetts sixty years ago.
After spending his early life there,
he moved to Williamston and was
engaged with his brother, the late
J. Paul Simpson, in the retail fur
niture and hardware business.
When a young man he entered the
tobacco business, buying for the
Liggett and Meyers Tobacco Com
pany for many years. He was mar
ried to Miss Eva Vaughan of
South Boston, Va., and later locat
ed in Mt. Airy where the family
lived until about thred years ago
when they moved to Statesville.
Although he left here more than
thirty years ago he is well remem
bered by many local people as a
f. itrd urid v. .u'«k v*-r gvrst’.•••• -
man.
He was a member of Trinity
Episcopal Church and a Mason.
The Rev. R. M Su'd .rd,
rSWftei Jumcs Epis
copal Church in Statesville, con
ducted the funeral at the home
last B'riday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock. Interment was in States
ville’s Oakwood Cemetery.
Surviving are his widow; two
sons, John Dillon Simpson, Jr., of
Statesville, and Page Vaughan
Simpson, a student at the Univer
sity of Mississippi, Oxford, and a
number of nieces and nephews,
including the Simpson and Cobb
boys of Williamston. He was the
last member of the family of sev
eral sons and daughters.
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Fifteen Thousand DP's
To Arrive in 11. S. Forts
Washington.—Thirteen charter
ed vessels are expected this month
in United States ports with 14,900
displaced persons from Europe,
the U. N. International Refugee
Organization (IRO) here an
nounces.
The incoming refugees, who
have been selected under the
terms of the U. S. Displaced Per
sons Act of 194D, are scheduled to
dock in New York, Boston and
New Orleans.
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! Jas. R. Harrison
! Died Wednesday
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( James R. Harrison, retired far
mer, died last Wednesday morn
ing in Butner Hospital after sev
I era I years of declining health.
I A son of the late Mary Ann Bul
loch and Reuben Harrison, he was
! born in Bear Grass Township 03
I years ago and spent most of his
i life on the farm in this county,
j Surviving are his widow, the
fonnei Miss Mary Stokes; live
sons, Frank and Paul Harrison of
Williamston, Buck and Norman
Harrison of Robersonville, and
James R. Harrison, Jr., of Stokes;
five daughters, Mrs, W, L. McFar
land and Mrs. Robert Stillman <.f
Norfolk, Mrs. James Hollis of
Robersonville, Mrs. Leonard GUs
son of Stokes and Mrs. 11. L Ray
mond of Nyssa, Oregon; and five
grandchildren.
Funergl services were conduct
ed last Friday afternoon at the
Oliver Harrison home in Bear
Grass by Elder A. B. Ayeis and
interment was in the old Harrison
family cemetery there.
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Attend Funeral
Here Yesterday
Among those from out of the
county attending the funeral of
Miss Lstei.'v; C lawful u in Xiic .
Methodist Church here yesterday j
afternoon, weie:
Mr. and Mr. A. O. Lynch, Mrs
1 Messrs, w 4
D. McPherson, K. R. Bradley, E. I
A. Wright, B. F. Wilson and T. II.
Harvey of Norfolk; Mrs. Ceeil
Wilkerson and Mrs. J. H. Daven
port, of Pantego; Mr. and Mrs.
Robt. D. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Ellison, Mr. and Mrs. J. If.
Purvis, Mi's. Wilbur Johnson,
Mrs. Ruth Midgette, Mrs. Lovic
Taylor and Mrs. Edna Ward Jus
tice, of Belhaven; Mr. Walter
Gresham of Beulaville, and son,
Billy, of Chapel Hill; Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Goodman of Greenville;
Mrs. Leslie Turner, Mrs. Gardner
Edwards, Miss Kate Murrill
Boggs, Mrs. J. D. Sandlin, Mrs.
Gordon Muklrow and Mrs. Lanier,
of Beulaville, and Mrs. Edwin E.
Holding of Rich Square.
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(truss Fire In ll'est Fml
Lust Friday Morning
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Volunteer firemen answered
their second call to a grass fire in
West End last Friday morning
shortly before 10:00 o’clock. Cen
tered in a block of the old fair
ground site, the fire was said to
have been spreading rapidly when
it was brought under control.
Three Car Wrecks
On Local Streets
During Week-end
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l.illle Fellow lla«l Uloht Ol
11 is (lollies 'lorn Off
When Mil Ity Far
Three or more persons were
hurt, one painfully, in a series ol
three vehicle accidents on Wil
liamston Streets Saturday even
in>! and Sunday, according to re
ports coming from the police de
partment.
Charles, two-year old son ol
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gurganus ol
Watts Street, was bruised about
the body arul had most of hit
clothes torn off when he ran oui
into the street and into the side id
a car driven by Melvin Davis
school garage mechanic. The lit
tle fellow had just got out of hit
father's truck and started across
the street to the Marco Theater
on South Ilaughton Street. He
was not touched by the wheels,
officers adding that the car was
traveling very slowly at the time,
Nannie Hall, colored woman of
HFD I, Greenville, was painfully
hurt when the ear driven by her
husband, Alonza Hall, went out of
control, ran off the street just be
yond the hospital on Highway t>4
and turned over twice down an
embankment. Hall, stating that
loey we I« '<Ti H /tPr, AVdTl<reiiu i eh
about 11 o’clock Sunday morning,
tolrl officers that the steering
wheel came loose and he lost con
hurt and it could not bf^SanuId
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lames Bulluck
Buys Business
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Purchasing the business of Pitt
man’s, clothiers here for several
years, James E. Bulluck took over
operations there yesterday, and
will operate under the firm name
of Bulluck’s.
Mr. Bulluck is adding several
nationally known lines to his
stock, and will feature men’s and
boys’ clothing exclusively.
The new business owner-opera
tor has had much experience in
both the retail and wholesale mer
cantile business, having been as
sociated with the Martin Supply
firm here for a number of years
and more recently with a whole
sale firm in Norfolk.
Retiring from the business on
account of his health, Mr C. D.
Pittman, former o\Vner, has nut
announced his plans for the fu
ture.
PEANUTS
Peanut threshing, after get
ting off to a slow start, was
interrupted by heavy rains
over the week-end in this
county. However. peanut
shelling and cleaning mills
are now operating with light
deliveries from that portion
of the crop picked last week.
With a return of fair weath
er, pickers are expected to,
resume operations and go for
ward on an intensive schei
ulc.
Plans Shaping Up
For Taking 1950
Census In Nation
Services of 150,000 People
W ill He Needed To
Handle The Task
The Bureau of the Census will
hold the mirror up to the nation
and its progress next Spring when
i it conducts the 17th Decennial
Census,
A variety of interesting and
important facts will be collected
concerning the population and the
economy, all testifying to the na
tion’s remarkable growth and ex
pansion. But of even deeper sig
nificance in view of the trend of
the times, the Census will pro
vide fresh evidence of the dynam
ics of a free and democratic so
ciety, and will thus represent a
tribute to what the American peo
ple have accomplished by self-re
liance, enterprise, hard work and
thrift.
The official starting date for the
count is April 1, but it will actu
ally get underway earlier in Alas
ka so that those who live in re
mote regions, like Eskimos in
thefV villages above the Arctic
Circle, can be reached before the
Spring thaw. The overall cost is
estimated at about $85 millions,
over double the cost of the 1940
Census. Much of this tacrcasc is
due to the rise in ttie price level
since prewar.
Back in 1791), when the first
Census was taken, the job was
done by 17 U. S. marshals and 600
assistants. At that time the infant
Republic, which had won its free
I dom from Britain less than a dec
jade before, consisted of only 16
I states and two thinly-settled re
gions, the Northwest and South
I west Territories. Florida and the
1 whole area west of the Missis
sippi River were “foreign" coun
j try. The total population was less
than 4 million, of whom about
700,000 were listed as slaves. The
I economy was predominately rural
and agricultural.
This time the census job will
i require 150,000 persons to ring
'door-bells and father the facts
! alone, a number 3 1-2 times the
I size of America’s biggest city 160
j years ago, Philadelphia, then the
nation’s capital as well. The pop
ulation is expected to number
i about 150 millions, nearly 40 times
the 1790 total. Our society has
became primarily urban and in
’ dustrial, and in all funcTameffPiu
respects such as national wealth,
productive power, living stand
ards, and average individual well
far ahead of its contemporary na
tions of the late 19th century.
The first Census asked five sim
ple population questions. This
time there will be about 60 ques
tions, plus some 200 additional
questions concerning agriculture.
In reality, there will be three
censuses next year—Population,
Agriculture anti Housing.
Changes in the censuses and
their scope over the years give a
picture of how the nation has
grown. The first two censuses
were limited to the population
alone. In 1810 the first Census of
Manufactures was taken, indicat
ing its increasing importance.
Thirty years later, in 1840, came
the initial Census of Agriculture.
In 1929 the first Cansus of Busi
ness was taken to survey the na
tion’s system of distribution, and
the year 1940 saw the first Census
of Housing. Furthermore, a de
cennial Census of Religious Bodies
was started in 1906,
Thus six complete censuses
are conducted every decade, with
I those of Manufactures and Agri
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Estelle Crawford
Died In Hospital
Saturday Evening
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Funeral Yesterday In Meth
odist Church for Well
Known Teacher
Miss Estelle Crawford, faithful
teacher in the local schools for a
number of years, died in the hos
pital here last Saturday evening
at 7:20 o'clock after a lingering ill
ness. Undergoing an operation in
a Richmond hospital last year,
Miss Crawford suffered a relapse
the early part of this year and en
tered the hospital last February
15. Little hope was held for her
recovery at that time, but she
nobly fought to live. Although
her condition was critical at times
over a period of months, the de
termination to live was there un
til the early part of last week
when she no longer could take
nourishment.
I The daughter of Mrs. Fannie
! Bateman Crawford and J. C.
| Crawford, late sheriff of this
county, she was born in Williams
ton on May 26, 1903 After her
graduation from the local schools,
she attended Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina,
Greensboro, for two years, earn
ing her A teacher's certificate at
Chapel Hill in subsequent sum
mer session.
She first taught in the school at
Hassell, transferring to Everetts
' before leaving the county to teach
several terms in the schools at
Belhaven. She returned homo
and joined the local school facul
ty in the fall of 1926, continuing
there until declining health forced
her retirement.
More than 1,000 youths came
under her care in the school room,
where she unselfishly devoted
every energy to their preparation
for life's journey. Miss Crawford
was more than a teacher for she
aften acted at the expense of her
time and means in promoting the
welfare of her little charges, al
ways stressing the importance of
education and the finer, nobler
ideals in life. To her task she gave
the full measure of her life, and
her handiwork lives today and
will go on living for years to come
in the being of the hundreds of
young people who sat in her class
es during the past twenty-seven
years, twenty-three of them in the
school here.
Despite her infirmities, she
could and did cheer those who
happened by her room during the
long months she spent in the hos
pital. Almost until the last she
wore a smile on her face and her
words, although measured by
weakness, were encouraging ones.
She was devoted to her home,
j loved ones and friends. A mem
ber of the Methodist church for
many years, she was regular in at
tendance upon its services, taking
a leading part in its work. She
was a charter member of the
local unit of the Eastern Star,
holding one of its offices until
forced into retirement. Few gave
more freely and willingly of time
than she did to her work and civic
-ifffairy, a*
pleading the cause of others and
a,king little for herself. Indeed,
hers was a noble life, well and un
selHshly lived. ^
Surviving are her
sister, Mrs. Harold Clark of Jack
sonville, Fla.; two brothers, Ro
land C. Crawford of Norfolk, and
W. Thomas Crawford of Williams
ton; three nieces and a nephew.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the Methodist church yester
day afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by
her paster, Rev. E. R. Shuller, and
interment was in the family plot .
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Fire Inspection
Report Winners
—
Participating in Fire Prevention
Week program, nine pupils in tho
local schools came through as
winners with fire inspection re
ports. They prepared and sub
mitted reports on fire prevention
practices and precautions, it was
explained.
The winners were, Edgar M.
Delamar, Jr., Billy Dudley, Ann
Gresham, Sandra Dawn Gardner
Glenda Faye Wells, Billy Wool
ard, Susie Griffin, Katherine
Spruill and Lois Rayne Beach,