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} THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! ■FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B! OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE* VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 13 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February I I. 1950 ESTABLISHED 1899 , Farm Horae Group: Hold Meeting In County Thursday Discuss Use of Surplus Acres Aiul En joy Sump tuous Picnic Dinner The Martin County Farm Own ership borrowers of the Farmers t Home Administration held their annual meting last Thursday in the courthouse. The meeting con vened at 10:00 o'clock and the dis cussions were led by County Sup ervise) James C. Eubanks. The group was asked to list the important changes in their farm and home operation practices they contemplate making in 1950, 1951, I and 1952 and practices they have not normally been doing in the past. These practices were listed in order and a discussion of each was held. The major practices listed weve more accreage to im proved pastures, grow sweet po tatoes for the local auction, in crease the number of cattle on the farm including milk cows and beef cattle, prepare for better care ^ of sows at farrowing, and seed some land to hay crops. Quite a good discussion was also had on growing more food and feed crops and the conservation of foods. All the way through the discus sion every farmer and wife indi cated that they were beginning to realize a surplus of cultivated land since cash crops are under control and allotments of the cash I crops have been reduced, Super visor Eubanks then showed three charts. These charts were aver age figures of the FO borrowers in Martin County for the years 1947. 1949, and then one of what is to be expected in 1953 or 1955. In 1947 the average shows 104 acres of total land with 38 acres cleared. During that year , 6.8 acres was set in tobacco, 15.7 acres I planted in peanuts, 12.7 acres in corn, and 1,1 acres in improved pastures, leaving 1.7 acres for gar dens, truck crops, farmstead, etc. In 1949 there were a total of 104 ’acres with 40.8 cleared, of which lobacco was 5.1 acres, peanuts 10.2 acres, corn 11.7 acres and im proved pasture 4.0 acres, and 1.9 acres in garden and truck patches. (Continued on page eight) Slightly Injured j In Road Accident! 9 I Howard Moore, young white! man, was painfully but believed j not badly injured in a truek-auto mobilc accident last noon on the Prison Camp Road, a few miles from Williamston. Moore was 1 riding with Van Ralph Taylor in Mr, Taylor’s 1947 Plymouth. Ro bert Bailey, driving A. C. Bailey’s 1 1941 Chevrolet truck, started to , make a left turn, stopped and was backing up when the vehicles sideswiped each other, causing about $400 damage to the car and about $150 to the truck, according to Patrolman John T. Rowe who made the investigation. No one was hurt Friday evening * at 6.45 o'clock when John R. Gor don backed his 1941 Plymouth in to the Skewarkey Road between , Highways 17 and 64 and into the , path of a 1941 Chevrolet driven | by Wright Clark. Damage to the , Plymouth was estimated at $200 I and that to the Chevrolet at $50; 1 by Patrolman J. T. Rowe. j; Brick Work Complete On New Hospital Brick work.on Williamston’s new hospital has been completed and the roof is on, opening the w’ay for work by the plumbing, heating and electrical contractors. The builders, Drs. G. G. Himmelwright, J. T. Llewellyn, Chas. I. Harris and Jas. S. Rhodes, Jr., plan to occupy the build ing some time next fall. The hospital is located on Liber ty Street about ohe block off North Haughton. Conduct Funeral For Mrs. Everett In Robersonville ■ Well Known ('minty Citizen Dieil At Home Wednesday After Long Illness -«. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Robersonville Baptist Church last Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock for Mrs. Henry S Everett, well known county citi zen who died at her home there last Wednesday evening. Suffer ing a stroke, she had been an in valid for about twelve years, but continued interested in the affairs of the day and the welfare of her family and friends, lending en couragement and cheering others along. She was a devoted mem ber of the Robersonville Baptist Church for years and her pastor, Rev. R. E. Ferguson conducted the funeral. Interment was in the Robersonville Cemetery. The daughter of the late Wil liam Mack and Virginia Whiehard Daniel, she was born near Rober ionville 67 years ago. In early womanhood she was mariTed to Mr. Everett and made her home n Oak City where he was in busi ness for a number of years before locating in Robersonville. Surviving besides Mr. Fverett, who is mayor of Robersonville, (Continued on page eight) Eastern Star Plans Banquet ■■■ D Members of the Williamston Chapter No. 2fi6 Order of the Eastern Star will hold their first innual banquet Friday evening, February 24, at 7:00 o'clock in the Roman’s Club building, it was innounced today by the ticket :ommittee, Mrs. Christine Man lir.g Pcele, Mrs. Mary Cook Clay on and Mrs. Minerva F. Levin. Ml members are directed to con act a member of the committee or reservations and tickets which ire priced at $1.25 each. (Thirty-Two Will Take The Census In Martin County - A A force of approximately 34 persons will be employed to take the 17th Deceniiisal Census in Martin County, it is announced by District Supervisor F. Webb Wil liams for the United States Bu reau of the Census here. This force will be responsible for tak * ing the 19r>0 Census in April in every township within the bord ers of the county. The largest segment of employ ees for the Census in the local district consists ot the enumera tors of whom there will be 32. These enumerators will make the ..MUST. t.n.Muse calls jn the yr.jk, of collecting official census infor mation regarding the population1 and housing in urban areas, and additionally, agricultural activi ties in the rural areas. Their work in the field will be supervised and cheeked by a force of 2 crew leaders. At the Census District Office headquarters in Washing ton, N. C., about 6 persons will compose the staff to edit tho enumerators' reports, make pre liminary tabulations, and perform other office work in connection with the census. Provisional results of the Population Census count will be announced locally by the district ,5uner.vi.soj'.„.w n the. distrieJ_of; five staff has completed the jgre-i liminary tabulations. jj ROUND-UP v__/ Fourteen persons were ar rested and temporarily de tained in the county jail over the week-end, Jailer Roy Peel explaining that he had empti ed the jail just a few days be fore for the first time this year and in time for the big rush last week-end. Six were charged with drunkenness, two for larceny, three for aiding and abetting larceny, and one each for op erating a car without a driv er's license, drunken driving and assault. One was white and the ages ranged from 18 to 4tf year*. Slight Damage Is Caused By Fire Damage, unofficially estimated at about $400, resulted when a fire of undetermined origin de stroyed just about all the summer clothes of the John Dennis Hardi sons' and smoked up several rooms in the old S. R. Biggs house just off Main on South Smithwiek stieci yesterday morning at 10:30 o’clock. Occupants in an upstairs apart ment smelled smoke, but thought it was caused by burning crayon one of the children had placed on the stove. When the smoke smell became pronounced, the fire was traced 'to a downstairs closet. Firemen were called and the choking smoke forced them out of the room time and again until windows were raised and the fire was beat back with water from a small hose line. Mr. Hardison went to the closet early yesterday morning and turned off a night light. He left home about 7:45 o’clock and as far as it could be learned no one else entered the closet after that time. •--41-— Tarboro Group To Visil Local Club Lawrence H. Fountain, Lieuten ant Governor of the Carolinas District of Kiwanis International, and approximately 25 other Tar boro Kiwanians will be the guests of the local club at a meeting to be held on Thursday evening. Local Kiwanis Club President, Fitzhugh Fussell, stated today that the visitors will present a program which will be of great interest to the local members. SEWING CLASS -— J The sewing class recently .organised In the local home ecouotr'cs department has selected Wednesday as its day of meeting. All ladies in terested in this class who did not report for the last meet ing, may registeron February 1 IS at 7:30 p. m. I Autospy Reveals No Cause For Ira A lexander’s Death An autopsy report received here a few days ago from Wilson and Wilson, attorneys for the Mengel Corporation, revealed no definite cause for the death of Ira L. Alexander in Roanoke Riv er at Jamesville on the morning of January 4. The autopsy was made by a Norfolk pathologist upon the request of the Mengel company, employer of Mr. Alex-! andei. The certificate prepared by the pathologist mentioned no cause, | but it was said that food particles} were found in the glottis. No of ficial interpretation of the report could be had, but it would indi cate that possibly the man choked i to death. At any rate the report! failed to support an earlier claim | that the mart died of a heart at tack. Investigating the ease, Coroner S. R. Biggs questioned several eye witnesses, including the two who recovered the body from the Roanoke. On the basis of infor mation gained from the witnesses, Coroner Biggs filed a death cer tificate with the County Board of Health a few days ago, stating that the man was accidentally drowned. Mr. Alexander with a number of other workers was leaving Jamesville on a boat and he start ed to walk the rail around the cabin to wipe the windshield when he slipped and fell into the watei and drowned before he could be reached a lew minutes later. Premier Showing Of Speeial Movie Here SURVEY v-i-J Encountering strong op position, thf plan to build a Negro high school in Oak City will be investigated by representatives of the State Board of Education in a field survey next Monday, it was learned this week. The representatives will take a census of the school population in the Parmcle and Oak City areas and travel the established bus routes, one report said. No decision on the plan is expected before next month. Service Record Gels Recognition —«— H. J. Lotz, section foreman for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, was given a 25-year service pin by he company at an informal cere mony held in Tarboro a few days igo by Road Master H. C. Wade in :he presence of other employees. Born in Kenosha, Wis., Mr. Lotz moved to Richmond and went with the Coast Line there in 1517 is track apprentice and was soon jromoted to section foreman. \fter serving at Stoney Creek ind Rocky Mount, he resigned, aut re-entered the service in 1922 ind was stationed in Parmele in March, 1922, going to Everetts a Kear later. After staying there jntil 1938, he was transferred to Scotland Neck where he continues is section foreman. Mr. Lotz married Miss Lucy L. Mill* of this county and they have wo children. The son, H. J. Liotz, is a corporal __ in the Air ■.’!-'rps and is now stationed in ! jermany. Picture Based On Record Oi Frank Armstrong In War llrcausr Mr lYliulr llin Home Here, Williamslon <>els Firnl Ki'Ipum* "Twelve O'clock High,” rated one of tin best pictures based on events in World War II, wdl be shown lor the first time in North Carolina at a local theater, begin ning February 10, it wa. announc ed yesterday by Noah Hardison, manager. The early release of the pie ture was arranged when the pro ducers saw a special story in The Enterprise a few weeks ago, ex plaining that the young man around whom the picture is ecu tered, made his home heie during the summers with his grandpar ents, Superior Court Clerk and Mrs. J. A. Hobbs. General Frank Aimstrong, the leader of the first day-light bomb ing raids on German targets dur ing World Wui II, is portrayed by Gregory Peek in the picture. The general is remembered here as a boy with admirable traits and marked leadership, and his annual visits here were anticipated by his young friends. The picture, just recently re leased, is now playing in the big theaters in New York City and other large cities m the country. General Armstrong is being ex tended un invitation to attend the initial showing in North Carolina at tile Watts next Sunday, but it could not bc__ _kai ne'l_ today whether he would be able to at- : tend. I Meal Thieves Are Aclive In County In Past Few Days Sheriff's Office Hounds l j> Four ami \\ arils Lock ing Ml Smokehouses Moat thieves arc on the march again in this county, and Sheriff M. W Holloman today is urging all farmers to make their smoke houses secure The officer ex plained that the recent thefts could make the beginning of a lit tie crime wave with its center around meat houses. The smokehouse of Farmer Warren Farmer was entered at his home near Koborsonvillc early last week, the thief or thieves carrying away one ham and a shoulder Apparently well pleas ed with the taste, the rogues re turned sometime during last Sat unlay night and carried away six hams ana two shoulders. Missing die meat early Sunday morning, the owner followed an army shoe track from the smoke house to the home of Percy Wil liams. Realizing that someone was on Ins trail Williams threw the shoes away and ran into the woods. The sheriff's office an swered die call a short time later and a search of the woods was started. John T. Whitfield, charg ed with aiding and abetting lar ceny, was arrested and during the meantime, Mr. Farmer and John Henry Farmer trapped Williams and took him into custody late that afternoon. The meat was valued at $140. Walking down a woodspath in conducting the search for Wil liams, Deputy Raymond Rawls met Joe Gainer, 44-year-old col ored man, walking toward him with half gallon of white liquor Gainin', failing to recognize the officer, approached with extend ed hand. Deputy Rawls was puz zled until Gainer explained Unit he had purchased the whiskey from a white man, that lie (Gam my) was waiting in the woods for the change from a $5 hill. Gainer said that he gave the white man $5 and that there was no change, and il was agreed that he should wait m the woods until change could be made. The seller was supposed to return $1,50 to Gain lor. Deputy Rawls said he saw a car drive away about the time lie entered the woods. Gainor was placed m jail and booked for vio luting the liquor laws. Missing meat at the slaughter house, Grover Lillcy, John li. Roberson and George Peel estab i lished a watch last Saturday noon ! and saw John Roberson, colored, go to a corner and start nut with a siiek. A sizable ham was found las Roberson was leaving the ! slaughterhouse. James Clark and Navin Iluwk , m were detained and are being | questioned in connection witli the ^ theft. Locating Here As Hi'way Engineer Robert .). Peel, Williamston na tive, is being transferred from Burgaw as resident engineer for the North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission in this area, it was learned yesterday. He has been in Burgaw for i number of years as resident engineer in tiiat urea. One or two other men i wi!I oUo }ii> tiso ..i.o'ri.u hem, but I their names could not be learned, i Engineer (.). 1,. Owen was to have been transferred to Wil liatn.ston from Whtieville, but oi ders were changed on account ol a death in. the highway depart ment pe. sonntl and Mr. Owen is to go to Clinton. Ms. Peel is to enter upon his duties here sometime this week. Thinning Oui the Evereiis Drunks -o Reported to have enjoyed free range for a long time, drunks are being thinned uut in Everetts, ae cording to reports, reaching here. Taking over the job of police olfiiei, Jay Ayers placed several '■Vuiih'. jii the county jail dm ingi the past ti n day.s, including two last week-end. Adult Farmers Plan County Swine Show VIM'KOVEI) -—--j Funds for financing the sal ary of a sweet potato special ist for Pitt, Edgecombe and Martin County have been ap propriated by the boards of commissioners in the three counties, and the specialist is expected to report for work in the district early next month. Final approval came last week-end when Edgecombe agreed to pay $1,000 or one third the cost of the service, alter officials in this and Pitt County had made appropria tions earlier. Bomb Secrets Are Open To All Who Search For Them Signal To Go Vlicail Willi The Hydrogen Itomli Is (iivrn by lVcsidenl Just when the ordinary fellow was beginning to think lie knew ■something about the "A-Bomb,” along comes a lot of talk about an "H-Bombs," many times mort powerful. What's back of thi talk" It seems there's something tor rific, because President Truman the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, and top military nvei have been pondering whothei Uncle Sam should spend billion: 1 to produce this new bomb, whirl ! would devastate SO square mile compared to the mile or so laic waste by the atom bomb, which hit Hiroshima. Last week, Tru man gave the "go ahead” signal Stripped of the money am "moral" questions which havi been raised, just what is the 'll Bomb”, and the difference be tween it and the “A-Bomb"? The main facts are no mystery or secret. As Dr Edward U Con don, head of Uncle Sam’s grea science institution, the Nations of Standards, said tin Bureau week: "One times i science of the myths of Hies that there are secrets i Nothing could be mor erronyous The scientific secre which we hear about arc secrets of nature. They are there for anyone with enough patience and pcrseverencc to ferret out. “Any nation ran attain or du plicate what we have done in any scientific field, by supporting it.-, scientists and devoting funds to their work." Now to compare the two kinds of bombs: The atomic or “A" bomb is made of uranium m plutonium, two scarce and extremely heavy "elements." When an atom of one of these is split, by what sci entists call “fission” enormous amounts of heat and energy are released, far more than by ex plosion of “T. N T.” The split ting of uranium or plutonium pro duces atoms ol lighter elements The hydrogen or “H” bomb is just the opposite in all respects. It would be made of the very (Continued on page eight) Will Be Held In Conjunction With Annual Club Show I'.veiil N-ltrtltilml for \la\ Offering S.t.iJt.UO In S|MM‘ial IVize* Operating independently of the 4 11 and FFA club members, Mar tin County fanners arc t■■ hold a fat hog show in Williarnston on May 5, it was announced thus ! week by Assistant County Fanil Agent D. W. Brady. The show I will be held on the same date that | the elub members show their baby beef cattle and hogs, but the prizes will be separate, Agent j Brady explaining that entries by ] independent adult farmers will add to the elub show. Plans for this adult show have been worked out in cooperation , with Mr. D. M. Roberson, opera tor of Roberson's Slaughter House m Williarnston. This fat hog show and sale will not be in com petition with the 4 H boys and girls hog show. Mr. Roberson stated that he would be allowed to pay at least $1.00 per hundred pounds above market price for all these hogs. Prizes totaling $338.01 will also be offered. The weight groups for this show will be from I8u to 24o pounds and from 340 to 270 pounds. These 'weight limitations must tie ad hered to. Hogs may tie grouped j and shown as follows in both ; weight groups- as an individual, j as it pen of 3 hogs, a> a pen of 5 hogs and as a pen of 10 hogs. Prizes will be as follows for both weight groups: Individual or pen of I. l.-t prize, $5; 2nd prize, $4; 3rd prize, $3; 4th prize, $2; and 5th prize $1. Pen of 3 1st prize, $10; 2nd prize, $11; 3rd prize, $ti; 4th prize, $4; and 5th prize, $2. Pen of 5 1st prize, $15; 2nd I prize, $12; 3rd prize, $9; 1th prize, $ti; ,‘>th prize, $3. Pen of l(i 1st prize, $25; 2nd prize, $20, 3rd prize, $15; 4th prize, $10; and 5th prize. $5. The Grand Champion ling will be the individual heg placing first i and a prize of $5.00 will be given 1111 Hi animal Thi Ri . iiunimueci on page eignt; J. B. Tetterton Dies In Hospital John IS. Tetterton, Washington County man and brother of Stew art J Tetterton of this county, died early yesterday morning in a Washington hospital after a short i 11 ni.. . He was tit) years old and hud retired as a farmer. Funeral services are being con ducted at the home near Roper j this afternoon by his pastor, Rev. F. B Niekens. Baptist minister of Plymouth and interment will fol low in the Weede Cemetery near Plymouth. Surviving besides his brother in this county is his widow, the former Miss Nora Allen of Plym outh. Many Examined In Cancer Clinic At Elizabeth City Quite a few people m north Luatf iii Nwitfi Carolina are at tending tiie eancer elinie weekly in Elizabeth City, according to re ports reaching here from the cen ter during tiie past week or two Recently thirty-three persons, in cluding 20 white women, six white men and one colored wo man, received examinations m the elinie. While most of those reporting to the clinic were from Pasquotank County on account of j its nearness, others went there from Currituck, Perquimans, Ber tie, Martin, Chowan, Edgecombe and Washington counties. Examinations are free to all women 25 or over, aii men 4 if or j lover, and to anyone with a symp-1 tom or a "danger signai”j regard less of age. 1 tic clinics are held every Fri day afternoon in the Health Cen ter, Elizabeth City. Registration is from 1:00 until 2:30 p. in. Frequently there are more ap plicants for examination than can be accommodated. Therefore, in order that those who live at a dis tance may be sure of an examina tion and thus not make a trip in vain, priorities a ill be sent, on re quest, to all who live twenty miles or more from Elizabeth City. Addless your request to Cancer Center Clerk, Health Cen ter, Harney Street. Elizabeth City, N C., and indicate two dates on which you could come for exami nation.
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