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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LII—NUMBER 88 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 8, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1899 County Officials - In Short Meeting Monday Morning Take No Action On Propos al 7 o Enlarge Agricul ture Building Here With very little business on their calendar other than of a rou tine nature, County Commission ers C. C. Martin, W. M. Harrison, John H. Edwards, C. A. Roberson and Henry S. Johnson completed their work in a comparatively short session Monday morning. Going before the meeting. Farm Agent T. B. Brandon and County Production and Marketing Ad ministration Chairman Goo. C. Griffin pointed out the need for an addition to the county agricul ture building. It was suggested that rooms could be added to the back of the present structure. Af ter discussing the proposal and agreeing that additional space is needed, the commissioners ex plained that the current budget could not squeeze in the cost, meaning that nothing more can be done until a new budget is con sidered for 1950-51. The board approved settlement for 1948 taxes as prepared by cer tified public accountants with Tax Collector M. L. Peel. The settle ment shows that the tax collector had collected and turned into the treasurer a total of $267,342.30, that he has a cash balance of $857.16 hand. Discounts were al lowed in the sum of $2,405.56. Re lief orders accounted for $416.67, and land sales represented a total of $3,021.23, leaving an insolvent total ot $10,304.06. The total levy for the year was $284,346.98 Collector Peel explained that additional collections had been made since the audit was complet ed a few weeks ago, and he was instructed by the board to con tinue working on the- unpaid bal ances and make monthly reports. The collector, reporting on other collections, said that all but $119,251.49 of the $312,010.44 levy [or 1949 had been collected. An uncollected balance of $5, 109.77 was reported from the $234,906.57 levy for 1947, and all but $2,122.50 of the $207,459.77 levy for 1946 had been collected or accounted for in land sales, dis counts. The names of Dallas Holliday »nd Ray O'Neal were placed be fore the board for constable of Jamesville Township, but no ap pointment was made. The following citizens were drawn for jury duty in the next session of the county recorder's court on November 14: Jamesville: Henry C. Price and D. E. Davis; Williams: Noah Saun ders Roberson; Bear Grass: II. L. Taylor; Williamston: Evan H. Woolard, Roland C. Bunting, John A. Manning, Sr., and Dillon Cobb; Roberson ville: R. S. Everett; Hamilton: R. Frank Everett; Goose Nest: H. R. Smith and J. W. Bellflower, Jr. Found “Missing ’ Man Last Week -«>— Moses James, 42-year-old color ed man who has been missing from home t in .. Goose Township since last May, was found in an old abandoned barn just off the River Road between Hamilton and Palmyra last Wed nesday evening by Constable Pete Leggett and Jasper Harrell and son. James, a veteran of World War II who served seventeen months in the Pacific Theater, was report ed to have been running “wild” in the fields and woods in that part of the county during the sum mer. Officers searched for him and waited around the old barn several times, but James escaped capture. According to one report, James was said to have been worried over the income from a settlement effected at the sale of a farm ir which he was interested. It was also stated that he had issued twe worthless checks, one in the sun' of $66 and another for $22. Questioned in court Monday morning, James told little aboul his experiences, but declared it was rugged at times. He express ed the wish to enter a governmen hospital. Establish- Potato Market Recognizing the need for it and working for a greater diversi fied agriculture in this section, the five men pictured above form part of a group that went to work to establish a sweet pota to market in this county. They are, seated, left to right, M. M. Levin and Mayo Hardison; standing, II. U. Peel, Joe Winslow and J. S. Holliday. Mr. Levin is the marketing specialist tone of the best in the country), and the other four are leading farm ers in this section. j Install New Machine |For Potato Grading PEANUTS Heavy rains falling in this section last week stalled pea nut threshing and few deliv eries have been made to the markets during the past sev eral days. Cleaners and shell ers. starting operations with very few peanuts on hand, have been forced to close their plants temporarily. Although a few pickers were operating in scattered areas of the county Monday, it isn't likely that threshing operations will be resumed before the middle or latter part of this week and then only with favorable weather. | Joseph H. Holliday Died In Hospital Monday Afternoon Funeral In Jamesville For Hdiml Farmer WhIiics clay Afternoon Joseph Hardy Holliday, well known Jamesville citizen, died in a local hospital Monday afternoon I at 2:50 o’clock after several ' months of declining health. Suf fering a stroke of paralysis at his home early in the morning of Oc tober 27, he was removed to the hospital where little hope was held for his recovery. His condi I tion had been critical since the at tack. The son of the late John Frank i lin and Mary Carolyn Davis Holli day, he was born near Jamesville | 63 years ago on May 30, 1886, and I spent most of his life on the farm. Locating in JamesviUe, h<> ?njj2g • ed in the timber business and i more iecently was employed by the North Carolina Pulp Company until declining health forced his jjfttvr-VUuaUhfgp:- iiO was a great fisherman and enjoy ed hunting Mr. Holliday was a member of the church at Poplar Chapel since ; early youth. In early manhood he was married to Miss Mary Cather ine Ange of Jamesville and she survives with three children, two daughters, Miss Marjorie Muriel | Holliday of Jamesville and Mrs. Tilmon R. Coltrain of Williams ton; a son, Joseph Holliday of Raleigh; one brother, Walter E. Holliday, and two sisters, Mrs. W. W. Holliday and Miss Maggie Hol liday, all of Jamesville. Funeral services will be con ducted at the home in Jamesville Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and burial will be in Wil liamston’s Woodlawn Cemetery. -* On Committee To Get _ Sign _For _College Miss Louise Hines of Williams ton is a member of a student com mittee conducting a contest at East Carolina Teachers College for the Dest design bearing the name of the college, Planning To Make First Shipments Later This Month Market F1oo«1p<I Be* yonil Expectation* Willi* iu Very Short Time -*>—• Installing a washing, waxing and grading machine a few days ago, the Martin County Yam Growers Association is just about all set to enter the cured sweet potato market, unofficial informa tion received this week indicating that plans are being made to start the lust shipments moving to the markets the latter part of this month. Located in the association's new building on Washington Street, near the Dixie Peanut Company plant, the new machine has been tested, reports stating that it measures up to all expectations. Costing approximately $3,500 and measuring nearly 60 feet in length, the machine is the very latest and must unique unit of its kind to be had. Manufactured by the American Machinery Corpor ation, Orlando, Florida, and de signed by engineers who are ac quainted with farm problems, the machine washes potatoes in its first operation, then rinses and dries them just before going through a waxer. Grading is handled at two points as potatoes move to the packing end. The history behind the estab lishment of a sweet potato market this season dates back more than a year when farmers in the Farm Bureau discussed the need for an outjet and the advantage of a greater diversified agriculture. With the blessings of the Farm . \ j 'V. 'UU ■' ■: g jj :■> ■ l'"\ < i ill Icdd ing farmers and other interested citizens in the county discussed the project and have devoted much of their time and means to Out. of necessity, plans had to be advanced on a limited scale, and it was first planned not to enter the “green” market. However, to accommodate those small growers who did not have enough potatoes to run them through curing hous es, the association reconsidered their preliminary plans and pro vided storage for about 7,000 bushels. The deliveries were far in excess of expectations, and the storage simply wasn’t ample to meet the demands. The associa tion plans to make every effort to remedy that situation another year, reports stating that options had already been taken on proper ty for the construction of addi tional storage space. Working on the theory that most farmers would cure and hold their potatoes for a higher market later in the year, the association has made adequate provision to handle cured potatoes. A siz able grading and receiving station has been constructed on Washing ton Street and adequately equip | (Continued on page eight) Several Injured In Car Accidents On County Roads * Youngster Turns Auto Over Five Times Trying To Outrun Patrolmen ! Several persons were injured, i throe of them badly but believed i not seriously, in a series of motor vehicle accidents on the highways in this section during the week end, according to reports coming from the office of the Highway Patrol in this county. Mrs. Dell Jackson suffered 1 shock about midnight Saturday I when the pick-up truck in which ! she was riding with William Asa Taylor crashed into a taxi on the Poplar Point road, near Beddard’s store. She was removed to her home near here in a Biggs ambu lance- after receiving hospital treatment. Investigating the accident. Pa trolmen R. P. Narron and E. P. Simmons said Brad Baglcy had stopped on the left side of the dirt road to discharge passengers. Tay lor was quoted as saying that he thought he was meeting the ear and turned to his right to pass. The left front fender on the 1939 GMC pick-up truck and the left front fender on the 19411 Chevro let taxi were battered, the officers estimated the damage to the truck at $50 and that to the taxi at $75. Sunday evening shortly before 7:00 o'clock, Patrolmen J. T, Rowe and B. W. Parker were checking equipment near the Martin-Beau fort line on the old Stokes road when John "Dock" Webb, 24-year old white boy of near Corey’s Cross Roads, drove up. Officer Rowe said he signaled the driver to stop, and Webb slowed down, but just as he reached the patrol men he put the car in second gear and moved off ia a hurry. The of ficers started after him, but Webb, traveling about 70 miles an hour, lost control of the machine at a fork in the dirt road and the ma chine turned over five times. Webb suffered leg injuries, and his cousin, Henry Webb, was cut on the left side of the head. Both were treated in Brown’s hospital and later discharged. Mildred Leary, 15 years old, riding in the back seat, suffered a broken col lar bone, bruises and shock. She was able to leave the hospital Monday noon for her home in Bear Grass. The driver is charged with op erating a motor vehicle without a license, drunken driving, speeding and careless and reckless driving. -o Fussell Named Club President —*— By Wendell Peele Fitzrugh fussell was elected president of the local Kiwanis Club for the next calendar year in the annual club election held Nov. 3rd at the Woman's Club. C. B. Clark, Jr., was named I vice-president, and Wendell Peele and W. H. Carstarphen, respect ively, were elected to the offices of secretary and trcaaureXi Tne Board of Directors elected include David Davis, J. C. Man Margolin, Torn Park er, Sam Getsinger, Hugh Horton and Marvin Britton. Fussell will assume his new duties as head of the club on Jan uary 1. He succeeds S. P. Wool ford. Woolford presided throughout the meeting which convened when Rev. Stewart Simms led the group in singing “America.” Fol lowing the invocation by Rev. John Goff, a delicious dinner was served by the Junior Class of the Farm Life High School. Prior to the report of Marvin Britton, chairman of the nominat ing committee, Rev. Goff was an nounced to be the winner of the attendance prize. Rev. Simms then led the club in the singing of two songs. County School Superintendent, Kiwanian J. C. Manning, an nounced to the club that the week of November 7th is National Edu cation week, and he invited all members to visit the schools of the county, and to watch them in their work. The next meeting of the club is scheduled to be held on Nov. 17 Drs. Hinimelwright, Llewellyn, Rhodes And Harris Start Construction Work on New Hospital Here On Liberty Street Queen Of Harvest Festival ivnss Shirley Graham of Windsor was chosen from a group of thirteen Kastern North Carolina princesses to reign over Willianiston's second annual harvest festival. Sin- is pictured with Mas ter of Ceremonies Allord Sweatt, director of the Wiliiamston Boosters, Inc., just before the for mation, climaxing the annual harvest festival ball held recently in the Planters Warehouse here. Miss Graham has been chosen May ({ticen each y ear for the past two years by the Bertie Schools. She is active in school programs and athletics. Town Authorities In Regular Meet Here Last Night c -• Gon*i<lrr I'laiiH For Non* ing National Guard Unit At Water Plant Williamston's Town Commis sioners were in session more that jtwo hours last night, discussing ] routine and new business, and de laving action on several proposal A proposal to house a Nationa Guard Unit in the water plan building and fencing the propenj for the unit’s rolling stock wa. rni^irn' 'i'1 Vl .« taken, but the board agreed ti “look into the matter.” The several acres of tobacco ant peanut allotment on that portioi of the new cemetery not yet de veloped will be auctioned, in ac cordance with an order of tin boaid for 1950 at a date to be ad vertised. No report on the request for ; crossing over the railroad at SUid* Street or for a new bridge on Wes Main Street has been received the board was advised. Treasurer Dan Sharpe reporter that $6(1,9110.70 of the $69,479.31 tax levy for 19411 had been collect ed, that $38,617.55 of the $75,394.2: levy for the current year had beer collected. A final report was released or the paving p-meet recently com pleted, the treasurer stating thal the total cost was $18,909.30, that the town’s maximum share of the cost would be approximately $1, 279.50. Several of the property owners have already paid their as sessments ;n full, and others art (Continued on page eight) Farm Bureau Membership Drive 398 Short Of Quota --<g>.— With only about two weeks re maining, the drive for Farm Bu ■ reau members in this county is still about 3!til members short of the goal, twelve of the twenty eight. canvassers were advised by Secretary Mayo Hardison at a meeting in the courthouse last Thursday evening. The canvass ers present pledged their efforts t I to concentrate their ef forts and ; make cei tain that tins county' does | not fall behind in the drive. A di I red appe I is being made to the i other canvassers, urging them to '-'a vV--t "lie- /, ^ i by the 18th of this month. Reporting to the meeting, Presi I dent Chas. 1- Daniel said that he i had attended an executive session . I of the State directors of the or - ganization in Raleigh a few days . previously and that the progress of flu- Bureau’s work in the State and nation was encouraging. However, he explained that na tional farm leaders pointed out that a strong organization will be needed in the months ahead if ag riculture is to hold its own when farm legislation is considered next year in the Congress. "We have a program for 1950 but there is no assurance that there will be one alter that time unless we continue to work.” President Daniel de ' elared. "We have got to have members make certain that agriculture will be recognized along with others in the legislative halls,” he said, add ing that the drive in the State is going forward rapidly and that nearly everyone of the counties is nearing the membership goal. r 1U1NFALI After a record fall during the May-August period, the rain.-, almost rained out dur ing September and October, the latter month being the driest recorded so far this year. In August, slightly more than nine inches of ruin I fell at this point, followed by 3.50 inches in September and only 1.53 inches last month. During the first two days of this month, 3 43 inches were recorded at the river station h y Hridgekceper Hugh Spruill. About 48 inches of rain fell in the first ten months. Price Supports Ralph S. Triggs, president of the Commodity Credit Corporation, reported recently that $2,450,000, 000 was invested in the CCC price support program as of July 3!, 1949, and that the Corporation sustained a net realized loss of $5,291,000 in t arrying out this pro gram during the month of July, (The net realized loss on the CCC price-support program for the fis cal year ended June 30, 1949, was $254,000,000). Of the total investment of $2, 450,000,000, loans outstanding to taled $1,400,000,000. Plan To Complete Structure In Six Or Eight Months Forty-four Bed l nit ill Hr of Cinder Bloeks and Hriek Construction Construction work on a new i forty-four bed hospital for Wil liamston got underway last Friday when a Rogers bulldozer started moving out dirt for the founda tion and building supply firms speeded up plans for placing ma terials on the site. Forming a partnership and op erating independently of any gov ernmental aid program, Drs. G. G. Himmelwright, Charles I. Harris, Jr.. J. T. Llewellyn and James S. Rhodes, Jr., completed plans for the big project only late last | Thursday night and the first work | was handled within a matter of : hours. "We hope to complete the building within six or eight ' months," one of the partners said today. Located in the block bordered by Liberty, Lee, Jackson and Vance Streets, the hospital is tu be of cinder block and brick con struction with a main floor and a 1 large basement. Designed to i house fifteen beds, the basement, j for the most part, will be about ' on a ground level with the main floor at the front holding to the i Liberty Street level. The front of the building facing Liberty Street will be 1211 feet with a wing of 14(1 feet on Lee and a 93-foot wing on Jackson Street. In addition to housing about 29 ! beds, the main floor will have an 'air conditioned operating suite, ! delivery room, offices for each ol I the four doctors, a dental suite, i laboratory, X-rav and emergency rooms, two waiting rooms, nurs* jery and doctors’ lounge. I R. J. Brock of the Brock Con* i.struction Company will supervist the general construction and con* tracts have been let for plumbing, heating and electrical work. All of the doctors are well known throughout this section, both as members of the medical profession and as individuals. Dr. Himmelwright lias been located in Washington since his discharge from the service, and is a member of the surgical staff in the Tayloe Hospital. A native of Newport News, he was in school with Dr. Llewellyn. Dr. Harris, a native of Georgia, was on the staff oi the (Continued on page eight) -■■ I Funeral Thursday I For County Native —*—~ r uneral se: vices wtic ,.oii,iUct ed last Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock in the Thillipi church, : Washington County, for Mrs. AIu i h iherson 1 h. •> v iipos% ilu 1 ivo ,ot u nT ’ W iat 'Clli d at lilt; home of her daughter, Mrs. Eula Ambrose, near Creswell early the day before. The daughter of the late Henry and Marina Mizelle Roberson, she was born in the Jamesville area of this county 74 .years ago. She was married to Stewart R. Daven I port about 52 years ago and locat | ed in Washington County where she was active in her church com munity civic affairs. Mr. Daven port died about three months ago. Following the funeral conduct ed by Rev. Garland Bland, burial was in the Davenport family cem etery, not far from her adopted home. Surviving are five sons, Hoyt, McCoy, Earl and Ernest Daven port, all of Creswell, and DeWitt Davenport of Portsmouth; one daughter, Mrs. Eula Ambrose of Washington County; a brother, Eli Hoyt Roberson of Beaufort Coun ty; two sisters, Mrs. John Perkins of Wendell and Mrs. Sallie Green of Pu..iego; twenty-five grand children and seven great-grand children.
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