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» THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTT FAMILIES twice each week THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES - i > OLUME LIII—NUMBER 28 Williamgton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 6, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1899 Number Of Cases * Heard By Justice Of Peace Locally | Several Defendants Are Hound Over to the High er Court for Trial Quito a few cases were heard by justice of the peace here dur ing the past few days, one of them ^Charging a West Virginia young man with forgery. Justice J. L Hassell handled three cases in his court. Henry Lee Wiggins, publicly drunk, was sentenced to the roads for 30 days, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of $8.50 costs. John Henry Hammond, public ly drunk, was taxed with $9.50 Posts, the court suspending a 30 dav road sentence. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Clarence Roberson was booked for trial in the county court. Bond was required in the sum of $50. The big case of the week cen tered around J. W. Gibson, report edly from Bluefield, W. Virginia, who is facing a forgery charge. N'arried before Justice Chas. R. Mobley yesterday following his arrest the evening before in a beer joint here by Officers Haislip, Perry and Jones, Gibson told so many stories that few facts could be recognized. Passing checks on three lucal stores, he got merchan dise, presumably an Easter gift for his wife, and $49 in change. He said he married a Miss Maey Pear Oak City, that he had made bis home there for about four i years. Waiving examination at; the hearing, Gibson, a 33-year-old neat looking fellow, said that he accepted the checks in a poker | game at Oak City. The names of Rogers and Mor rison were signed to the checks, two of them being drawn on a local bank and a third one on the N>ank in Oak City. It was indi cated on each check that payment was being made in full for labor on a house. Placed under $300 bond in each case, Gibson was unable to raise the amount and he is now in jail awaiting trial in the superior court next June. It is thought that the man was employed in and around Wil INimston for a short while. His actions were considered serious when one of the store op erators. cashing one of the three checks, heard him call a relative in Texas Tuesday evening. Charged with slicing Wallace Moore on the cheek with a knife, Robert Everett, colored, (Continued on page eight) was Schools To Have Holiday Monday -<*> A11 Martin County schools will observe Easter Monday as a holi day, it was announced by the of fice of the superintendent. The holiday is the last on the schedule during the current term, but sum mer vacation will start the latter I part of next month. Opens Office Here Fur Practice Of Medicine -n l>i J. D. Hemming way of Bethel and Hamilton opened an office here this week for the gen eral practice of medicine. He is in the office of the late Dr. J. B. H. Knight which was until a few days ago occupied by Wheeler ^Manning's insurance agency and Chas. H. Manning’s law office. Miss Helen Daniel is office re ceptionist. RAINFALL r About an average rainfall was recorded at the Roanoke River bridge here last month, I Hugh Spruill, keeper of the official gauge, stating that 3.10 inches of rain, including a trace of snow, fell during the period. Rain fell on seventeen of the 31 days, but escept for 1.20 inches on March 28, the fall was limited to fractions of an inch on most of those ^ days. Enumerator Makin g First Census Call Pictured in the Harris home here, Mrs. Elizabeth Tay lor Brandon is making her first entries as enumerator for the 17th decennial census. Mr. Earl Harris is answering the questions, but just what he answered the public will never know since all individual information is treated confidentially. Crew Leaders Evan Griffin and Ronald Johnson explain that the people of this county are cooper ating splendidly with the enumerators, and that the work will be completed in several districts within the next two weeks. f GENERAL HOLIDAY^| -/ With the exception of heavy industry, the county court and a few other types of business, Easter Monday, April 10, will be observed as a general holiday here, accord ing to an announcement re leased by Williamston Boost ers. Town and county offices will be closed, but the record er's court, crowded out by regular and special sessions of the superior tribunal two weeks last month and two weeks this month, considers it necessary to hold a session next Monday. The post office will remain open and the mails will go out as usual. Planning Ruritan Club In Everetts Plans are being made for or ganizing a Ruritan club in Ever etts, and an invitation is being extended all men in the Everetts L'ross Roads School District to at tend a free barbecue in the Ever etts school building at 7:00 o'clock on Wednesday, April 19 A club in Everetts will give this county just about a perfect set-up of Ruritans. Clubs are now ac tive in the Jamesviile, Farm Life, Bear Grass, Hamilton, Hassell and j Dak City areas. Scout Officials In Meeting Here Scouters met here Tuesday eve ning in a joint district and Scout masters’ round tabic. Following a dinner at Wier Cof fee Shop the group divided, the troop committeemen and chair men of the various scout commit tees meeting with K. P Lindsley, District Chairman, and George Brown, Scout Field Executive, in Fletcher Thomas’ office and the Scoutmasters and their assistants meeting with Tim Malone in the F. C. X. building. Scoutmasters present were James Wallace, Troop 72, Rober sonville; C. B. Burroughs, Troop 122, Hassells; T. II. Matthews, Troop 27. Williamston; Dr. J. A Eden, Troop 29, Williamston and Clavton Revels, Troop 128. Bear Grass. Assistant Scoutmasters attending were Dewey Edwards, Buddie Fussell and E. M. Dcla rnar. Making up the troop and district committees were Hack Gaylord; George Ayers, Hassells; E. P. Harrison, Bear Grass; Grady Luffman and Ben Courtney. It has been planned to hold re gular Martin District and Round table dinner meetings on the first Tuesday night in each month at about 8 o’clock. The next meet ing will be held in the local em ployment office on the first Tues day in May. Must File Application For Increase In Cotton Acres - • New cotton legislation recently passed by Congress provides for minimum 1950 acreage allotments based on one of three provisions, George C. Griffin, chairman of the county PMA committee, said today. The revised allotments are bas ed on the larger of (1) 65 percent of the average acreage planted to cotton (or devoted to war crops in place of cotton) in 1946, 1947, and 1946; (2) 45 percent of the highest acreage planted to cotton (or devoted to war crops in place of cotton) on the farm during any one of the three years; but (3) not more than 40 percent of the 1949 acreage which was tilled on the farm or in regular rotation. Any owner or operator of a cot ton farm in Martin County -.vhc | believes he i» entitled to an acre age increase and wants to be con sidered by the county committee for possible allotment adjustment i under the legislation must file an J application not later than April 21, 1950. j "We urge owners or operators who want their farms considered for revised allotment to file appli cation by this date,’’ Mr. Griffin said. "Farmers who are satisfied i with their present allotments ! need not file applications. How : ever, those desiring increases will j be considered by the county com j mittee after application for such increases are filed in the county office.” Each operator of a farm for which an application is filed will receive a notice from the county committee of the revised 1950 cot ton acreage allotment. When the new allotment notice is mailed it will replace any previous 1950 al lotment notice glready received I by the farm operator. Application forms may be ob- < tained from the county PM A of- i fice. i Note Some Improvement In j The Tobacco Plant (hit look Bleak and bare a shprt time ago, tobacco plant beds are looking much greener following the late rains in March and the few warm days early this month, farmers 'declaring that there has been much improvement in the plant outlook m this county. However, it is fairly certain that there’ll be a plant shortage at transplant ing time the early part of next month. Farmers explain that cold weather, dry periods, pests, blue mold and poor bed preparations just about wiped out a large per centage of the plants. It is pos sible, some farmers point out, that the weed killing agencies were not properly mixed or there wifs , not sufficient rain to dissolve the material to eliminate the danger| for the plants. Fertilizer, mixed : lightly into the soil, was hardly deep enough, burning up the . plants in some instances. Those ' plants, planted at a time to de velop just ahead of the freezing weather in March, were killed, | and some kind of pest destroyed large quantities of plants. There are a few exceptionally I fine beds scattered here and there j m the county, one farmer stating that plants were pretty and num erous in two of his beds, but that those in an adjoining bed had died 1 out. It was explained that the beds sowed in late January were doing well. AT LAST Delayed for such a long time that possibly it could be obsolete, equipment for the home economics departments here and Bear (trass finally did reach its destinations. The equipment, including; cabinets and special gadgets, was un loaded yesterday morning, it was learned. The equipment had been on order about a year. Credit Accident - To Bright Lights The driver never stopped, but a car with glaring headlights caus ed an automobile accident near Siloain church, a short distance this side of Gardner's Creek on Highway 64 at 7:55 o'clock last Friday evening, Patrol John T. Rowe, the investigating ofiicer; said yesterday. James R. Williams, driving a 1948 Chevrolet, slowed down when the car with bright lights pulled onto the highway. Thur man Lee Manning was driving his 1941 Chevrolet behind Williams, j Blinded by the lights, Manning1 did not see the Williams car until he was almost on it. Manning' turned to the right shoulder and sideswiped the Williams car, do ing about $100 damage to his and about $75 damage to Williams' car. CORN THEFT Raiding Farmer Grover Hai siip's barn sometime during last night, thieves carried away a quantity of corn. Few details ould be learned ,bui officers are nvestigating the theft today. I 'Engineer Inspects Insecticide Plant 1J. It Sloneleigh, chemical engi | neer and head of the insecticides and fungicides division for the Mathicson Chemical Company of New York and Baltimore, is here this week inspecting the insecti cide plant now being constructed by tiie Standard Fertilizer Com pany He is also making a field study of conditions in this area, having spent some time in Raleigh and with company agents in sev oral counties of eastern North Carolina, Mr Stnneleigh said that the plant here, one of the most mod ernly equipped in this part of the country, would be placed in op eration within the next two 01 three weeks. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . The accident count cuntin- ! lies to climb gradually in this ' county and is now leading the 1 1949 leeord by a lately wide ' margin except in the death ' column. * The following tabulations 1 offer a compaiison of the ac- ; cidcnt trend: fust, by corres ponding weeks in this year 1 and last and for each year to the present time. c 13th Week t Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam'ge 11 1950 1 1 0 •> 275 ,|i 1949 2 I I) 150 p Companions To Date v 1950 32 21 0 $ 7,390 g 1949 29 14 1 5,950 q House Candidate States Stand In Public Statement ——<*> Jimmy Viinomiccil lli.s (laiiilifliM'v for As* srmhly l{<<<-«‘iilly —-- ’ I Jimmy Wallace, who last week announced his candidacy for the office of Marlin County Repre sentative in toe 1951 General Assembly, has issued the follow in;' statement regarding his en try into the race "1 feel that a few words should be said in the connection with the , reasons behind my announcement as a candidate in the race for the 1 Legislature, and 1 take this oppor-1 (unity to express to the people, ; my sincere appreciation for the interest which has been shown thus far and for any support which might be given in the com ing weeks. "In deciding to make the race, I have been influenced by re quests from numerous citizens throughout the county and the desire, on m.v part, to make pub lic service my life's work. "1 enter the race with the knowledge that the opposition is strong and that the' outcome is doubtful. 1 have chosen to step into the political arena, without money, without influence, and pitted against candidates who have led long and fruitful lives in our county. I take this step, fully realizing the size and strength and worthness of the i opposition, because 1 have for a long time cherished the idea of of one day serving the people of this county in public office. If elected, 1 promise to do every thing in my power to merit the confidence and serve the needs of the people of Martin County. "1 feel that the interests of better government demand that j the people be given a wider j choice at the polls. Thus it is that 1 I risk personal defeat in order that this choice of candidates will J he provided. It is my earnest opin- | ion that if a man, who considers himself qualified, is so afraid of losing that he doesn't run at all, I he doesn’t deserve to win an ' election. ' It is my belief that we should send a young man to Raleigh, ( several times in a row if he serves us well, in order that he may 1 grow in tlie job and provide for the County a stronger and more influential representation than we can get in any other way. “Therefore, i submit myself to the voters of Martin County in the hope that they will choose me as the instrument for this impor tant task.” I Siiffi'rinit 1/ucli Pain / itllouin# O/u rnlion -• Undergoing a major throat op eration ill Duke Hospital last Monday, Mr. Henry Handy, local man, was said late last night to be suffering much pain, but that hi' was getting along as well as could be expected. “THANK YOU” GIFTS Gifts, tendered by the French as a token of appreciation for the Friendship Trains, will be shown in this county next week. County Court Hears Forty - Seven Cases Collect $785 In Fines At A Long Meeting Monday Com! Will Meet While All Ollier Offices ( lo>c hauler IMouilny Holding its first session since March I.i. the Martin County Re corders Court. Monday cleared fort.v -seven cases from its docket, continued several others and col lected fines in the sum of $785. 1 hr' county tribunal had with drawn lor t.hi' past two weeks in favor of the superior court, anti its eases had accumulated. * Although a general holiday has been declared for Easter Mon - day, the county court will hold a regular session at the time, court officials explaining that to ob serve the day as a holiday would cause a backing of eases since the superior court would be in session the following two weeks. Of the 47 cases handled this week, twenty-two of them charged the defendants with ex ceeding the speed limit. Proceedings: Pleading not guilty, Dallas Johnson was found guilty of non support and he was sentenced tn the roads for nine months. The road term was suspended on I condition that he pay the cost* j and pay $40 a month for the sup port of his wife and children. IFe appealed and bond was required I in the sum of $150 Charged with non-support, Mil ton Bane was found guilty and drew a six-month road sentence. The road sentence was suspended on condition that he pay the costs anil $4 a week for the support of his family j The ease charging Frank John i son with violating the liquor laws was dismissed. Dave Melton appealed to the higher courts when he was found i guilty ol an assault with a deadly weapon. Bond was required in the sum of $500. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, William Wig gins was found guilty. George Robert By rant, charged with bastardy, was found not | guilty. Pleading guilty m the ease in which he was charged with bas tardy, Fred Boston was sentenced to the roads for six months, the i court suspending the road term upon the payment -«f the costs and eni the condition that he pay $2.50 a week foi the support of Ins child and a $58 doctor's bill. Henry Jenkins was sentenced to the roads for six months Judgement was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the ease charging Joseph Robinson with indecent exposure. Gossie M Hudson was fined $25, plus costs, when he was found guilty of careless and leek less driving. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Gilford Cherry was fined $100, taxed with the costs and lost his driver's license for one year. Charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Thomas W. Stanley pleaded guilty and was fined $125 and taxed with the costs. No license is to be issued tlie defendant for one year. Judgment was suspended upon (Continued on Page Fight) grouinu-rkkakim; C limaxing several years of intensive work, ground will be broken Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for a new Christian church on the cor ner of llaughton and Church Streets, the pastor, Rev. John I-. Goff, announces. Itev. M. Klmorc Turner, pastor of the First Christian Church in Washington. will he the speaker, and the public is cor dially invited to he present for the event. The ground will be broken by Mrs. Jos. A. Roberson, the oldest living member of the church able to perform the historic task. The main floor will be outlined on the site that those attending may gain an idea of the size and arrangement of the proposed edifice. Twenty-two Cited To The Court For Excessive Speeds -9 Klevru Chur got I with Driv ing Sixty-five or More Miles Per Hour . Twenty-two speeding cases were cleared from the docket in tiie Martin County Superior Court last Monday. Those drivers, run ning less than sixty-five miles per hour, were let off by paying the set $22.05 court costs, while a gra duated scale of costs was applied | to the defendants in eleven eases. Philip Rosken of the Bronx, N. Y., got away by the skin of his teeth, the court nol pressing the ease with leave. Driving 70 miles an hour, Her man Theodore Turner of Bui ling ton was fined $15, plus costs. He pleaded guilty. Charged with driving along at 75 miles an hour, Childs E. Pierce of Roanoke Rapids was fined $25 and required to pay the costs. John George Zerbinos of Holi good was fined $15 and -taxed with the costs for speeding along at 72 miles an hour. James Oliver Williams, driving 55 miles an hour in a 35-mile /one, was taxed with the court costs. Johnnie James Staton of Nor folk was fined $15 and taxed with the cost, for driving 70 miles an hour. Charged with speeding at 70 miles an hour, Harold F. Amcr inan of Hebron, Connecticut, and George J. Spina of New York City were each fined $15 and re quired to pay the costs. A Newport News man, Fred Benjamin Briley, clocked at 74 miles an hour, was fined $15, plus costs. Charged with speeding at 65 or less per hour, the following de (Continued on page eight) Robersonville People Offer Material Aid To Hospital (Kubersonville Herald) A goodly number of Hoberson ville citizens stepped into the lead yesterday to help equip the new hospital now being construct ed in the county at Williamston. Unofficial reports indicated that a substantial sum—several thou sand dollars—had been tendered already by about seventeen lo cal citizens and that others want ed to extend a helping hand. Dr. Walter Elliot Waid and Mr. Jim Dray are spearheading the volun teer movement, it was learned, and they will be glad to receive and forward any contributions fm (be hospital. Advised that local doctors and other members of the profession m the county will be welcomed to use the hospital and its equip ment for the tr eatment of their j aaticnts, many people litre acted I willingly and unselfishly to help1 provide the institution with ade-| fuate and atrictly modern equip muni. Digging deep mtu then own resources and encountering many obstacles, the hospital doc tors were greatly encouraged by the material aid extended and the good will and cooperation shown by local people who were the first to extend a real helping hand. Listed among the early con tributors were, Messrs. H. C. Nor- i man, Irving and Gilbert Smith, j Drs. V. A. Ward and W. E Ward, i Jim Gray, David Grimes, Sr. and Jr., Vance Roberson, Charlie; Gray, Mayo Little, Dr. J. M. Kil- j Patrick, Lee House, Sherwood j Roberson, E. G. Anderson and | Wiley B. Rogerson. Expressing grateful appreeia tion for the splendid considera tions, the hospital founders were • quoted as saying that it was their j great aim to extend every pos sible facility in enhancing the1 wellbeing of all the people in Martin County. N JNO CUCUMBERS v>„ ....V Word has been received here by Mr. Clifton House, buyer for l1. C. Lane and Son, Inv., that the southern brin ery, which contracted for cu cumbers in this area last year, will not buy in this section during the 1950 season. Mr. House re|iorled that be cause the company has so many pickles now on hand contracting in this area will not be resumed until 1951. The company is reported to have said that they definitely liked the cucumbers from this area and that they are enlarg ing the plant and are plan ning to keep it. *i
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