THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BE OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK % THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME UI—NUMBER 98 U lihamston, Martin County, 'iorlh Carolina, Tuesday, Det , 1919 ESTABLISHED 1«99 [ Farmers Nominate I Slate For County Farm Committees Croups Up for Election In Ten Districts Thursday Of This Week — [Meeting in the several districts] last Thursday evening, Martin County farmer selected their no minees for township Production and Marketing Administration i posts and delegates to the county convention, subject to a vote to be held right along with the cotton referendum on Thursday of this week. The election will get underway at 8:00 o'clock, December 5, and continue until 5:00 o’clock that af ternoon. All farmers are eligible to par ticipate in the election of the P M. A. or Triple A committees, but only cotton farmers may partici pate in the cotton referendum. It is understood that those nom inees polling the largest number of votes in the election this week will be declared chairman, vice chairman, regular member and first and second alternates, re spectively. The nominees for del egates to the county convention polling the greatest number of votes will attend a meeting on Fri day of this week and elect a coun ty committee. It has been pointed out that no delegate to the con- i vention is eligible for a’ place on the county committee. The nominating conventions last week named the following for community committee posts and delegates to the county conven tion: Jamesvillc No. 1: Howard Har dison, Arthur Wallace Lilley, Ar thur Modlin, A. R. Roberson, J. Coltrain, P. Monroe Holliday for committeemen; and Sam Godard, C. C. Fleming, Jim Brown Holli day for delegate. Jamesvillc No. 2: Leo Gardner, James Long, Arthur Angc, R. C. Sexton and R. G. Coburn for com mitteemen; and C. G. Gurkin and Leamon Ange for delegate. Williams: R. J. Hardison, C. L. Daniel, Joe L. Coltrain, Walter Gardner, Paul Harrington, L. J. Hardison, O. S. Green and Marvin Hardison for committeemen; and Grady Godard, R. J. Hardison and Albert Tyre for delegate. Griffins: D. C. Gurkin, S. E. Manning, Arthur Revels, Raleigh Lilley, Justus B. Coltrain, Lester Griffin and Thomas Tice for com mitteemen; and Asa Hardison and John A. Griffin for delegate. Bear Grass: H. G. Harrison, E. C. Harrison, Ralph Mobley, H. U. Peel, Opheus Bailey, Elmer Grif fin and M. S. Cowin for commit teemen; and J. D. Wynne and H. G. Harrison for delegate. Williamston-Poplar Point: R. T Griffin, Fisher Harris, V. U. Bunt ing, M. E. Rogers and M. L. Peel for committeemen; and W. O. Griffin and John W Gurkin for delegate. Cross Roads: H. L. Roebuck, J. F. Bailey, G. H. Forbes, J. Marion Griffin, W. L. Ausbon, Oscar Ay ers and Lester Bryant for com mitteemen; and Geo, W. Taylor and W. S. Ausbon for delegate. Robersonville No. 1: S. T. Ever ett; J. R Fverett. T L.' Ruehucn., L. Iv ving James for committeemen; and R. S. Everett and S. T. Ever ett for delegate. Robersonville No. 2: Clifton Keel, Ru^us Taylor, H. H. Rober son, Howard Vanderford, Hassell Warren and Ollie Powell for com mitteemen; and Rufus Taylor and Hassell Warren for delegate. Hamilton: J. D. Etheridge, W. E. Purvis, D. R. Edmondson, W. F. Thomas, Alton White, L. R. Beach, and J. H. Lillard for committee men; and L. R. Beach and R. H. Salsbury for delegate. (Continued on page eight) Man Booked Oil Forgery Charge LeRoy Coffield, colored man of the Spring Green community, was arrested last week-end and book ed on a forgery charge. Coffield is alleged to have forg ed the name of Roy Bowers to a $400 check. Drawn on a Bethel bank, the check war, cashed in Hamilton on November 26. Holiday Schedule For The Holiday Season A nnounced A business schedule for the holiday season was announced this week by A1 Sweatt, director of the Boosters, for merchants and other establishments. Beginning on Wednesday, De cember 21, "local stores will re main open evenings, observing Saturday hours. The Monday af ter Christmas will be observed as a general holiday. The Monday after New Year's will also be ob served as a general holiday. In keeping with an old custom, The Enterprise force will observe its one holiday of the year next week. The publication schedule will be stopped up one day. Next Tuesday's paper will appear late Monday, and the second edition of the week is to go in the mails ear ly Thursday, December 22. There will be no edition on the 27th, but the last paper of the week and year will be published the latter part of the week. Announcements and other items should be submit ted in accordance with the an nounced schedule. The publish ers will be grateful for the coop eration of the ministers and others who submit announcements. The local post office will remain open Saturday afternoon of this and next week, and afternoon de liveries will be made in town on both afternoons. No mail deliv eries will be made on Mondays af ter Christmas and after New Year’s. \ DIES SUDDENLY | v* William Peel, colored ten ant farmer of Griffins Town ship, fell dead while unload ing a truck at the J. D. Ever ett Funeral Home on Syca more Street here last Satur day afternoon. Peel, about sixty years old, had not complained of feeling ill, and death was attributed to a heart attack. Professor Carter Banquet Speaker Speaking at the annual Christ mas banquet of the Williamston High Sehool Green Wave Band in the Woman's Club here last Satur day night, Professor Herbert Car ter head of the music department and band director at E. C, T. C., Greenville, told the young musi cians some of the things to watch in their efforts to improve them selves as musicians and compli mented the band, the Band Par ents Club and the community it self on the excellent spirit of co operation exhibited here. Recalling that music is classed as a “universal language” Mr. Car ter pointed out the value of music and music appreciation in the en poyment of the life around the world and touch briefly on the new science of music therapy. He told the youngsters and their di rector, Professor Jack Butler, that he saw no reason why they could not in the years ahead compete with the best bands in the state. He rated the Green Wave Band as an excellent marching band al ready and noted that it was doing well musically for an organiza tion so young. Around 120, including the sen ior and junior bands and their in vited guests attended the banquet. A turkey dinner was served by the Band Parents Club with the assistance of the cheer-leaders of the high school. Attractive pro grams were arranged for the event. Asa Manning presided over the program, Rachel Chesson gave a report of the band’s activities dur ing the fall, Jean McLawhorn pre sented the band's gift to Mr. But !<-'• w hile Pritchard uv-cVtO a tol-•.*if®^P^Sppreelauo'.v• from the community at large. Social Security Tax To Increase A Washington press report says that a 50 percent increase in so cial insurance taxes will go into effect January 1, raising $667,000, 000 more a year. Employers and employes each will pay a 1.5 per cent tax on wages and salaries up to a wage or salary maximum of $3,000. The present rate is one percent. It has been in effect since the system of retirement and sur vivors benefits was started thir teen years ago. The schedule of benefits will remain unchanged. --- Return» Home From ff ashington Hospital Mr. V. D. Godwin returned home last week-end after under going treatment in a Washington hospital for about ten days. He is still confined to his bed at his home here on West Main Street. Clear Few Cases From The Docket In Superior Court Fairly Large Crowds Attend Opening Sessions Of One Week Term Opening a one-week term Mon day, the Martin County Superior Court cleared only a few cases from the docket the first day, and it is likely that the tribunal will not adjourn until the latter part of the week. Although there are no major cases on the docket, the early sessions attracted fairly large crowds. Judge Leo Carr of Burlington is presiding over the term and Soli citor George Fountain is prosecut ing the docket. After the crim inal cases are cleared tomorrow or Thursday, the court will hear half dozen divorce actions. Only two cases went to the jury the first day. After spending two hours on the trial of the case in which Wilbur Sutton was charged with bastardy, the court turned it over to the jury early Monday af ternoon. After deliberating the greater part of an hour, the jury found the young man not guihy. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Lollie Williams was sen tenced to the roads for twelve months. Judge Carr suspended the road term on the condition that the defendant pay a $200 fine and the costs. The court also in cluded in the judgment a recom mendation that the defendant's li cense to operate a motor vehicle be revoked for a year, and the de fendant is to remain of good be havior for a year. Charged with breaking and en tering, Fred Wilson pleaded guil ty of forcible trespass and was sentenced to the roads for eight months. Organize Junior Order Council —— The organization of a Junior Order council was perfected at a meeting held in the Women’s Club here last Thursday evening. L. T. McColl, national 'organizer and field man, and Forrest G. Sheann, 3Ja'-e Secret ary ii, sC iuu-d the lougl^flBSWB'by $. C Chauncey of Grifton, a trustee of the Children's Junior Order Home in Lexington, N. C. The following officers werej elected and installed: J. B. B.-V..1 junior past councilor; T. M. Park er, councilor; E. P. Simmons, vice councilor; J. W. Curtis, recording secretary; Wilbur Jackson, assist ant recording secretary; Roy Mc Clees, financial secretary; D. L. Roberson, assistant financial sec retary; J. H. Harrell, treasurer; W. Cecil Brown, conductor; Ben L. Daniels, warden; L. C. Chcsson, Jr., inside sentinel; L. Hadley, out side sentinel; Leroy Savage, trus tee; W. M. Baker, trustee; and J. C. Leggett, trustee. Roof Fire On East Main Street Thuraday Fire, started by sparks from a flue, damaged the roof on Set tler Bonds’ small home on East Main Street here last Thursday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock. The roof was cld and partly covered by mogg. Damage was estimated at less than $30. Heavy Blow Dealt Liquor Traffic In County Last Week Nine Illicit Liquor Plants Are Destroyed During Period by Offieers A fairly heavy blow was dealt ] the illicit liquor business in the I county last week, ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck reporting that nine plants were wrecked and that one person was detained for posses sion. On Sunday of last week the of ficers searched William Henry Bryant in Goose Nest and found one-half gallon of illicit liquor. He was fined $100 and taxed with the costs. Last Tuesday in Hamilton Township near Hassell the offic ers wrecked two plants. One was equipped with a 30-gallon oil drum, and the other with a 50-gal lon barrel. The officers poured out 350 gallons of nasty mash and wrecked other equipment. Raiding in. the Free Union area of Jamcsville Township last Thursday, the officers wrecked a partial distillery and poured out 400 gallons of sugar beer. On Friday the raiders tore up a 50-gallon plant in the Stingy Point section of Robersonville Township and poured out 250 gallons of mash. Two illicit plants were found last Friday during the search for Kenneth Harris in the woods along Herring Gut, not far out of Williamston. One was equipped with a 50 gallon copper kettle, and the other had a 120 gallon oil tank. More than 700 gallons of mash were poured out at the two plants, Deputy Roebuck reported. Returning to the Free Union section last Saturday, the officers captured a 50 gallon copper kettle, poured out 100 gallons of sugar mash and destroyed three fer menters and poured out 150 gal lons of mash at a second site. Claims Subsidies Run Into Billions Writing in the current “Chris tian Herald," Gabriel Courier, “in terpreting" the news, had the fol lowing to say about farm support prices: "Expensive: Ever wonder where your money goes, Mr. Tax payer? This might help you. In 1948 the Commodity Credit Cor poration paid out the following sums of money to support prices on the following crops: cotton, $822 million; corn, $767 million; wheat, $750 million; flaxseed and linseed oil, $241 million; potatoes, $228 million; peanuts, $170 mil lion; tobacco, $102 million; dry beans, $68 million; wool, $611 mil lion; barley, $56 million; grain (sorghum), $55 million; dried eggs $36 million. Total, $3,449,000,000. "The Goverment has taken in $9,457,906,693 this year (about Nov. 1st); it has spent $1 1,479, 306,629. "We love the farmer, suie; but could it just possibly be that there is politics in all this price-sup porting business? Can there be a bid tH, ,n Vot'*? Could up once and forever the idea of cultivating a “solid South” vote, and put his reliance in a farm labor bloc as his hope for another term and as the new foundation of the Democratic party? Think on these things, children, as hard and as often as ye can!” Minor Accident On Highway 17 — • No one was hurt but consider able damage resulted when Fel ton Murry, colored man of Mur freesboro, ran a Chevrolet coupe into the rear of Robert A. Wil liams’ truck at Skewarkey on U. S. Highway 17 yesterday morn ing. Driving Argina Moore’s car, Murry could not offer a logical excuse for the accident, but said that he must have dropped off to sleep. Investigating the accident, Pa trolman M. F. Powers said the damage to the car would run around $250. No damage was done to Williams’ Dodge truck. Peanut Acreage Reduction For 1950 Announced .—*— Half Million Acres to Como Out of Protluolion Next Year Reduced approximately 22 per cent in the past year, peanut acre age is to be sliced again next year, according to unofficial but reliable reports. The 1950 plan calls for a reduction from 2,6211,970 acres in 1949 to 2.100,000 for next year, a decrease of a mere half million acres. The North Carolina allotment for 1950 is 225,702 acres or 17,333 acres less than the 1949 quota. There are about 17-peanut pro ducing counties in this State, and on a per-unit basis the reduction in this county would be about 1, 000 acres. However, it is likely that the reduction will not be that great. Before the war this coun ty planted about 18,000 acres to peanuts. The acreage was boost ed in response to increased needs to about 25,000 acres during the war. The 1949 allotment was fix ed right at 20,000 acres. Unfor tunately, those farmers who did not increase their acreages dur ing the war found themselves in 1949 with a small acreage than they had before the war, and some “hardships" have resulted. The allotments will be broken down by counties and then by the P.-M. A. offices for each farm as rapidly as possible. It is estimated that the reduc tion next year will figure right close to 20 percent for the nation, while the decrease for North Car olina wiil run around seven per cent compared with the 1949 al lotments. Experiencing adverse produc tion for several years, some Mar tin County farmers are talking about quitting peanuts. However, it is more likely that the acreage allotments will be used in their entirety and that the county will continue to rank with the dozen top producing counties in the na tion. North Carolina, still a leader whin it comes to producing large and fancy peanuts, has been push ed to fourth position in over-all production. For some reason, other states have moved in to claim a large acreage. Next year, Georgia will have 701,400 acres, Texas, 451,200, and Alabama will have 274,907 acres. -u Minor Accident On Highway II Damage, estimated at $175 re sulted when Horace V. Purvis of Washington, D. C., ran his 1939 Plymouth into the rear of Mayo Simmons’ 1940 Chevrolet on High way No. 11 last Saturday night at 11:15 o’clock. No one was hurt. Investigating the accident, Pa trolman R. P. Narron said both cars were traveling toward Bethel from Oak City, that Purvis was while the other car was running driving about 40 miles an hour about twenty miles an hour. County FarriieP*® Enters Hospital j Breaking his ankle in a fall from a pecan tree the day before Thank.sgiving, Garland Barber, Jamesvilie Township farmer, was removed to Veterans Hospital, Fayetteville, last week-end for an operation. He was a patient in the local hospital until it was deter mined that an operation would be necessary. The young farmer made the trip to Fayetteville in a Biggs ambulance. f ROUND-UP J Six persons were arrested and temporarily detained in the county jail during the week-end. Three w In Postal Kates Post office patrons are remind ed that postal rates on Christmas greeting cards have been increas ed from one and one-half to two cents, that the increase does not provide first class delivery. With only one cent difference in the inferior and first class rate, it is likely that most of the Christmas greetings will be mailed first class; that is, three-cent stamps will be used, it is pointed out that the three-cent mailings will increase chances of delivery, that the mail will be forwarded to new addresses or returned to the send er if it is undeliverable and if the sender places Ins return address on the letter. Cards, mailed as third class matter, will be destroy ed where proper addresses are not given. Cards, measuring less than four inches long and less than three inches wide, carry a mini mum rate of three cents each. Anticipating an increase in busi ness, tlie post office will maintain window service Saturday after noons, beginning this week. Pa tron-. are asked to estimate their stamp needs and buy them in ad vance avoiding standing in lino trims are asked to address all mail correctly, giving street address or box number along with the name and town Extra jurymen Drawn For Court Fifteen extra jurymen were drawn Monday for service in the superior court this week. Judge Leo Carr, presiding over the term, ruled that the regular list was not sufficient. Names of those drawn this week follow: Robert Mobley of Jamesville, Irving Coltrain of Williams, Mau rice E. Roberson, Elmo Lilley and Robert Griffin of Griffins, Lea mon Keel, William Leslie Gur ganus, R. L. Carver and A. T. Per ry of Williamston, Hugh Leggett of Cross Roads, A. P. Curtis and A. R. Johnson, Jr., of Roberson ville, R. E. Raekley, Leland Har dison and Mrs. J. E. Hines of Ham ilton. *