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TOE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 34 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 27, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1899 Curtailed Postal Service Effective Here On May 3rd Deliveries In Residential Areas To Be Limited To One Daily 9 In keeping with economy ord ers issued recently by the Post master General, curtailed postal service will go into effect here next Wednesday, Postmaster W. E. Dunn said yesterday. The main curtailment in service will center in the residential sec tions where mail deliveries will be limited to one daily. Postmas ter Dunn said that two instead of j three carriers will handle the de liveries, and that while most of the mail will reach the patrons each morning, some of it will not get to its destination until after noon. Morning daily papers will be a bit old, but possibly they could be shifted to the regular paper carriers, it was pointed out. Two deliveries are to be main tained in the business sections, I and parcel post deliveries will be continued with little or no change in schedule. Collections from the drop boxes in various parts of the town will be made without much change in the schedule, the postmaster said. Window service will he main tained as usual, 8:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. for general business, and from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. for I money orders and postal savings. No change is anticipated in the deliveries on the rural routes, the postmaster explaining that the carriers are now handling just about as much mail as it is possi ble for them to handle. The economy move is calling for the virtual elimination of day-by-day directory service. The postmaster explained that, on an ^ average, 100 pieces of mail reach es the office here and has to be referred to the directory for com plete address. In other words, if John Doe gets a piece of mail ad dressed simply, “John Doe, Wil hamston, N. C.,” and the mail handlers do not know him, the piece of mail will be returned to '.he sender instead of being referr ed to the directory. Mr. Dunn ex plained that the office will gladly assist business houses in bringing their mailing addresses up to the minute, but that instructions di rect the office to return to the sender all mail not completely and accurately addressed. The economy move, in all pro I,ability, will get comparatively little help here, the postmaster explaining that the office has been operating on a close margin all the while. -4 Training Officer Will Locate Here Fred T. Langford, training of ficer for the Veterans Adminis tration, will be stationed in Wii liamston shortly to succeed Gil bert L. Winders who was recently I promoted as facilities officer for twenty-four counties in the East ern Division. Mr. Winders will have his office in the Armory Building in Greenville. Mr. Langford will be in charge of training work for veterans in this, Bertie, Beaufort, Washing ton, Tyrrell, Dare and. Hyde Coun ties. He has not completed ar rangements for an office here. *| RECORD CATCHES v-—1— Record rock fish catches have been reported at the Jantcsville fishery during the past few days. A report said that 240 rock fish of good size were taken at a dip of the seine yesterday, that the day's catch woud run well into the thousands of pounds. ^ Herring were said to have ap peared in varying numbers, the rock fish outnumbering the herring at times. Small-scale fishermen were having great "luck" too. Car roll Mod'.in and "Slim” Gard ner dipped up four rock fish at one time with a small net, the fish weighing from about £ tree to seven and one-half poupds. Registration Books i Will Open Saturday ! TOBACCO s_. . ) Farmer J. Linwood Know les started the annual parade of tobacco plants from the beds to the fields yesterday when he transplanted three acres of the “precious" plants on his farm in the Dardens section. He is believed to have been the first farmer in the county to transplant any of the 1950 crop. “It’s mighty dry, and the plants looked mighty sick just before dark,” Farmer Knowles said. Mr. Knowles said that pos sibly he had enough plants to set his remaining twenty acres, but that the task would have to be spread out over two more weeks. Farmers in other sections are starting transplanting operations tomorrow, with a goodly number planning to start next week in the county. Noted Minister To Be Heard Here -■* ■ ... By menrfs of a sound film. Dr. Robert G. Lfce, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee, will speak at the Memorial Baptist Church of Williamston at 8:00 p. m. Sunday. Dr. Lee's colorful preaching ca reer began back on a farm near Fort Mill, S. C., where the 63 year old leader of the Southern Baptists was born. Early in life, Dr. Lee felt the call to be a preacher—and in spite of many obstacles, he heeded the call Lacking funds, he laigely worked i his way through school. Ifis fam-! ily was poor, but deeply religious. He earned money trapping rab bits, selling broom straw and ma gazine subscriptions. He spen’ one year working on the construc tion of the Panama Canal. When he returned to America, he entered Furman Preparatory School at Greenville, S. C., where he won many scholastic honors. He was graduated in 1913 with an A. B. degree from Furman Uni versity. He took his post ;'radu (Continued on page six) Plan Pre-School Clinics In County Starting next week, representa tives of the Martin County Health Department will examine all chil dren planning to enter the public schools in this county next fall, it was announced this week. All children who have reached their sixth birthday since the beginning of the 1949-50 term and who will have attained that age on or be fore next October 1 are to be ex amined. The importance of the clinics lies in the discovery of any physi cal defects that can be remedied, giving the little tot a better chance in school. With one exception, the clinics will open at 9:30 o'clock, as fol-! lows: Williamston, May 1 and 2; Rob-1 ersonville, May 3; Farm Life, May 4; Oak City, May 5; Jamesville, I' May 8; Bear Grass, May 9; Ev-j^ eretts, May 10; Hamilton, May 11; I and Hassell May 11. The clinic will be opened from 9:30 until 11:00 a. m. at Hamilton, and from;1 11:30 until 12:30 the same day in i Hassell. 11 A schedule for the colored j schools will b*> announced later. !' -%-I' Little Accident Victim Home from the Hospital i, Little Miss Dorothy Jean Tice,;1 ivho received a serious eye in- ' iury in a fall about two weeks j ^ igo at her home here on West Main Street, returned home last 1 ivening from a Durham hospital ‘ rvhere ane responded remarkably ; :o treatment. She was reported j ‘ o be getting along nicely this ' norning. 11 New Registration Not Required For Nay 27th Primary —♦— Nantes of 6.881 Demur rats Amt 122 Republicans Now On Books -• Registration books for the May 27 democratic primary will be i opened for additional names in this county on Saturday, April 29, Elections Board Chairman C. D. Carstarphen announced. No new registration is required, meaning that all those persons who have voted at any time within the past ten years, will not have to regis ter again. However, all those per sons who have reached their 21st birthday since the last election or who will have reached that age by the next November 7 general elec tion will have to register if they are to participate in the primary on May 27. Those persons, 21 years old or older, who have mov ed into the county from other counties or state and have not re gistered in this county will find it necessary to register in their j respective precincts if they arc. to! vote in the May 27 primary. The registration books will be held open three Saturdays, begin ning on Saturday of this week. Registrations may be handled on other days by special appoint ment. The elections board chairman pointed out that there are a few persons registered as Republicans and a few as independents. II they are to participate in the May 27 primary, they will have to see the registrar in their respective precincts and declare their affili ation with the Democratic Party. In other words, a person listed as an independent or Republican on the day of the primary will not be allowed to make the change and then vote. Reviewing the registration books this week, Board Chairman Carstarphen said that the names of approximately 7,003 electors are on the books. There are about 6,881 Democrats, about 122 Re publicans and less than half dozen independents. The registration as it now stands follows with two indepen dents listed in Robersonville and ihree or four in othci precincts: Precinct James viile Williams Griffins Bear Grass W’mston No 1 W'mston No 2 Cross Roads Robersonville Gold Point .. Poplar Point Hassell Hamilton Goose Nest . Dent. 648 311 486 486 898 1114 442 940 249 237 223 349 489 Rep 35 32 16 27 Tola 68: 311 48< 511 901 113( 442 97 e 251 237 224 348 495 122 Totals _ 6881 Registration books are bom placed in the hands of the regii irars today and tomorrow b Chairman Carstarphen. After bt ing open on Saturday, April 21 and May 6 and 13 for registratioi they will be open for chalieng on May 20. ( Plumbing Firm To Move Its Offices — « - ■ The Martin County Plumbing ind Heating Company, owned and nanagcd by George Hatton Gur [anus with offices in the Critcher >uilding between Leggett’s and rhe Enterprise, is moving to new luarters on Washington Street. Phe move will give the company nore room, and its operations will >e closely connected with the nanagcmcnt and housing at the >lant of the Blue Star Cleaners, iwned and managed by John Hat on Gurganus. No official announcement has >een released, but one report stat d that the Eastern Office Equip ment Company of Ahoskie would 'Pen an office in the building be ds vacated by the plumbing and eating firm. < i t t i t 1 t ft r £ a n ri N a h c e, P fi tl Special Term Oi Superior Court Nears End Today - . o Lons Trials Featured The Proceedings During Past Few Davs -»-. After clearing several long, drawn-out cases from the calen dar during the past few days, the special two-week term of the Martin County Superior Court is believed to be rapidly drawing to a close, reports from the old hall of justice shortly before noon in dicated. While comparatively few cases have reached the jury, approxi mately eighty-five cases have been cleared from the docket, many by default. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn is presiding over the term. After clearing the Early ali mony without divorce case from ] the docket Tuesday, the court started working on the $4,500 damage suit brought by Frank Carstarphen against Frank Weav er. The plaintiff alleged that a! herd of cows was sold him with a guarantee that they were free of Bang's disease. He further alleg ed that the disease made its ap pearance and that he was forced to sell a number of his herd. Evi dence was finished in the case late Tuesday afternoon. Judge Bur gwyn finished his charge to the jury Wednesday morning at 10:20, and the jury returned its verdict at 11:00 o’clock, awarding the plaintiff a judgment in the sum ' of $350. Starting the trial of the easel brought by William M Jones; against Bill Jones and wife, the court yesterday heard the evi dence and argument before re- j cessing for the day. The case I came to an unexpected close this | morning when the litigants | reached an agreement. Before calling the Jones case yesterday morning, the court heard a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Holliday, and she was awarded the sole custody of her son, the father to be allowed to see his son at certain times. About the only case left on the j calendar is that of Mamie C.1 Campbell against W. A. Campbell. I (Continued from Page Six) j -«> Stales Stand On I Roanoke Project — *,— Senator Frank Graham vester- ; 'lay stated his stand on the pit posed Roanoke River power pro ject at Roanoke Rapids, express ing tile hope that the matter will be promptly expedited. His statement, released in Washington, D. C\, late yesterday, I ■eads: “I favor full development of the ! 'esources of the Roanoke River or the benefit of all the people >f the region and in the national ! nterest. This whole question, as I t affects the proposed project at I iloanoke Rapids, is before the federal Power Commission, vhose examiner has recommend- 1 *d a decision favorable to the pri vate development of this project. ; t seems vital to me that the de velopment of this project be start- 1 d with minimum delay in the in 1 erest and welfare of the rural ] >eople, homes, municipalities, and 1 or the potential economic devel ipinent of a strategic region. In 1 rder to have the full facts, we 1 wait the answer of the REA and he Interior Department and trust 1 hat these answers and the whole 5 natter will be promptly expedit- ( d.” ' If• Handy Ex/weird I font r iunday front the llon/tital | If no complications develop, N Ir. Henry Handy is expected to stum to his home here possibly unday, Mrs. Handy said during telephone conversation this lorning. Mr. Handy underwent a second tajor operation in Duke Hospital londay, remaining in the oper ting room more than three ours. One report said the m sion at the throat was nearly ght inches long. He was re orted this morning to be resting lirly well, but it was also saidj tat he had been very sick. Several Hundred Hogs On Exhibit At Show Hay 4-5 Forty-five Boy? and (iirls Will Exhibit Ninety Hoc? At Show Aided by adult farmers who arc to exhibit 19U animals of their own, Martin County 4-H Club members and Future Farmers of America will stage one of the greatest swine shows seen in this section in many years when they place ninety prize animals in the annual Martin County Fat Stock Show in the New Carolina Ware house at Williamston May 4 and 5, Assistant Farm Agent Sam Tu ten said today. Twenty-two baby beeves will be displayed and judged next Thursday. The hogs are to be in their pens not later than (4:00 p. m. next Thursday for judging and sale the next day. Club members are to place ninety hogs in the show and some keen competition is assured, Mr. Tuten said, adding that the club entries will not be in competition with those placed' bv adult farmers. The hogs will be judged Friday morning, beginning at 9:00 o’clock, by representatives from the Extension Service, assisted by S. F. Koehler of the Kingan and Company livestock department, Richmond. Howard Gardner of Jamesville took the top honors last year when he showed the- grand cham pion single and grand champion pen of three hogs. Hogs will be entered in the adult division as individuals, pens of three, five and ten. In the jun ior division, the entries will be as individuals and pens of three. The following boys and girls will exhibit the riinety hogs: Dallas Matthews, Charles Rus sell, Fredie Martin, Mitchell Gur ganus, Billy Biggs, Hilton Leg gette, T R. Ward, Alice Ruth Price, Everette Purvis, Marion C. Griffon, Shirley Barber, Mary Louise Holliday, Buck Manning, A. P. Griffin, Rodney Lilley, Clas sic Bunting, C. A. Martin, Johnny Bowen, Jimmie Hopkins, Harold' Gurganus, Albert S. Leggette, Jr., John Beach, Peggy M. Godard, Russell Cowan, Johnnie J. Griffin, Thelma Barber, Darrell Manning, Billy Henry Wynn, Larry Lilley, (Continued on page six) Former Resident Dies In Florida Captain Charlie; Ellington, for nor resident of William.ston and etired railroad engineer, died of i heart attack early Monday at his ionic in Orlando, Fla. A native of Edwards Court louse, Va., he was 81 years of ige, and came to this State as a /oung man, living here and in ’armele, but spending most of his ife in Kinston. He railroaded for fit.y years, retiring about fifteen 'ears ago and locating in Florida. In early manhood he was mar ied to Miss Annie Glenwood Ro lertson of Williamston, and she urvives with two daughters, Mrs. Pom Hartslield and Mrs. F. A *eggett of Kinston; two sons, harles I Ellington of Pollocks dlle, and Melvin Ellington of Or ando, Fla. Captain Ellington is well re nembered here as a valued friend ind citizen. Funeral services were conduct d from a funeral home in Kin ton yesterday afternoon at 8:00 ’clock by Dr. H. I. Glass, Method st minister, and interment was | n Kinston’s West view Cemetery. SPUAKKK --— Congressman Janile I,. I Whitten of Mississippi will i address the annual Martin 1 County Farm liurcau inciting 1 in the high school auditorium I here Friday artemoon, May 5, 1 President Chas. L. Daniel an- i nounced today. ; The speaker, a eompara- 1 lively young man and a force- ' tui speaker, is chairman of I the subcommittee sirs ;;grkuj- !i turai appropriations and has 11 been in Congress since 1941. t | Company Planning To Expand | And Modernize Its Plant Here — Schedule Budget Problems For Board Meeting Monday Coasting along with nothing es pecially important to handle but possibly troubled by trivial things, Martin County’s Board ol Commissioners will get a first taste of the annual budget, 195C style, at the regular meeting next Monday. Very little other business ii scheduled for consideration, bui a jury is to be drawn for service during the one-week term of thi Superior court in June. The budget makers, it is fairly certain, are in for a tough assign ment. Cost increases in the vari ous departments have been jus' about offset by increases in pro perty valuations. Preliminary reports point to a 1950 property t valuation gain of hardly more than a quarter million dollars, and that base gain will not support much in the way of increased re I venue. I Briefly speaking, the budget | quests arc likely to encounter a I stone wall, and in all probability | spending will have to be altered to fit the income pattern. Of course, there is another way out—the tax rate increase, but that is never a popular one. No preliminary estimates have been released, but the tentative budgets of the school and welfare department are scheduled for pre liminary study next Monday. Other departments will submit their estimates at a later meeting. Democrats Planning Meeting In County Precinct Groups To Hold Heelings At Noon Saturday (!miiity-Wi<l«* Session Sr hr <lulr<l for May 6; Stair Mrrtiug In lialriph -» Martin County Democrats an slated during the next two week: to reform their lines, perfect a re organization and make plans t'oi three meeting- Elbert S. Peel chairman of the party’s executivt committee, announced this week The first in the series of events are scheduled for noon on Satur day of this week, April 29, whet: active members of the party a re to meet in their respective pre cincts and perfect their local or ganizations, It has been custom ary for the precinct groups ti name a chairman, vice chairman secretary-treasurer and two regu lar committee members. Hereto fore, most of the organizing for the precincts has been handled at tiic county-wide meeting, but the chairman is asking the party members to take a little time oft about the noon hour Saturday, discuss some of the issues of the day and perfect their organiza tion.-, for the next two years. They are also scheduled to name offic ial delegates to the county con vention to be held on May 6. During the meantime, the chair man would like to have reports from the several precinct treasur The precinct meetings are sub ject to the call of the following chairmen who are being asked to jet the hour and place; A. Corey, Jamesville; Floyd Moore, Williams; J. D. Wynne, Hear Grass; C. II. Godwin, Sr., Williamstnn No. 1; 11. G. Horton, Williamston No. 2; 11 N. (Buck) Ayers, Cross Hoads; Paul I). Hob ■rson, Robcrsonvillc; J H. Wins low, Gold Point; W. S. White, Poplar Point; D. It. Edmondson, Hassell; LeRoy Everett, Hamilton; md J. F. Crisp, Goose Nest. Following the precinct meet (Continued on page six) Truck And Mule Collide On Road Breaking out of the pen, a mule >clonging to Farmer Roy Taylor an into the left front fender of jin wood K. Boyd’s 1949 Ford rue k in front of the Taylor home ictween here and Hamilton on lighway 125 at 11:50 last Monday light. No one was hurt, reports dding that the mule was badly ut and battered but that no bones re re broken. Damage to the truck was esti -! at $100 by Patrolman R. P. I’arron who made the investiga-j ion, f-S NEARING OUOTA v_ , A late report this morning; 1j liamston was nearing its quota in the current cancer fund drive. Approximately . I $125 of the $500 quota had been raised and reported to Mrs. Neil Ripley, co-com mander of the drive. Few reports have been re ceived from other sections, but since the undertaking is so important, the leaders feel certain the $1,500 goal will be i reached and passed. There’s little time left to ; complete the drive, and re ports are expected shortly. Marker Placed At Local Grave -• The Major Heading Blount Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, of Washington, N. C., placed a bronze lay marker at the grave of Mrs. Mary Gladys Watts Creswell in Woodlawn Cemetery here last Friday after noon. The marker was given by the John Alexander Chapter of Alexander, Va , of which Mrs j Creswell was a member and where she made her home for several years. A short memorial service was held with Mrs. S. E. Marsh, Regent, and Mrs. Frank C. Kugler, Sr., chaplain of the Wash ington chapter, conducting the ritual. Rev. E. R. Shuller of the local methodist church, gave the closing prayer. Only close relatives and the fol lowing chapter members were present: Mesdames Sam Marsh, Frank E. Kugler, Sr., E. T Knott, W. 11. Williams, Richard Cherry, It. B. Kugler, Hallct Ward, Hoyt Moore, Harry Gurganus, John Campbell, Sam Fowle, Robert Fowle and It. 1*. MacKenzie. Club Members on Radio Programs -o Martin County 4-11 Clubs will present a radio program Satur day, April 29th at 12:45 p. m. ovei WPTF in Raleigh. The subject of the program is the sweet potato project for 4-H boys which was sponsored by the Martin County Yam Growers As sociation, the Martin County Farm Bureau, Williamston Boost ers, Marvil Package Co. and the Standard Fertilizer Co, Those who will participate on the program are: Jack Woolard of the Williamston Inter. Club, Lew is Gurkin and David Gurluu of the Farm Life 4-H Club. All of these boys were winners in the ! 1949 contest and received a trip to New Yors. 1-it-a rs in at 12:15 p. m. and hear what the 4-H boys of Martin County are doing. Officials Inspect Local Properties Tuesday Morning Nt*w Insrclicitlr Mixinp Plant 0|m‘ii«mI By The Standard Fertilizer Co. Tentative plans have been pre pared for expanding the proper ties and modernizing the present plant of the Standard Fertilizer Company here on Roanoke River, [officials announced yesterday fol ' lowing an inspection by officials of the parent company, The Ma thieson Chemical Corporation of Baltimore. Few details were re leased, but according to Mr. D. R. Stoneleigh, one of the officials making an inspection of the prop erties here Tuesday, plans for the expansion and modernization pro gram are to be placed in the hands of the engineers immediately. “Until they complete their sur veys and prepare blue prints, it will be impossible to offer any , cost estimates," Mr. Stoneleigh said yesterday afternoon before flying back to Baltimore. “Wo will make every effort to start construction on the addition and handle the modernization work without delay, however,” the of ficial added. The modernization program, it is understood, calls for a complete conveyor system throughout the plant, and the addition will enable the company to better serve th; needs of farmers throughout tint section of the country. Coming here by special plane, a DC-3, Messrs. John C Lappard, executive vice president; Dr. Carl F. Prutton, vice president and di rector of research and operations; S. U. Nevins, vice president and director of agricultural chemical sales, and Mr Stoneleigh, inspect, ed the new insecticide mixing plant built especially for the com pany by Sprout, Waldron Com pany of Pennsylvania, when thu machinery was placed in opera tion at 11 00 o’clock Tuesday morning. One of the most modern in the entire nation, the plant started shipping its first products thi» week, including poisons for boll weevil, and the other types o| poison. The visitors O. Kcned the plant and it.-, operations and moved hi the M. Luther Peel farm neat Willpunston on Highway 125 and witnessed a sprinkler system de monstration. It was their first vv^ominueu on page six) Two Cases Heard In Justice Court -• Business was a bit slack in the justice of the peace courts here during the past few days. One judge reported no eases called in his court. Another could not be reached for a report, and a third, R. T. Johnson, reported only two cases. Linton Roebuck and B K Whit field, charged with the use of im proper nets m taking fish, were each fined $15, plus costs. A Hitt ,S I S Three persons were arrest ed in this county Tuesday night and are being question ed in connection with a series of chicken and hog thefts in this and Pitt County, the sheriff's office aunouuced yesterday. Van K. Page and William Andrews were taken intu cus tody by Officers Haymond Rawls and Joe Roebuck at the Veterans School in Parmele and Irving Brady was arrest ed at his home. No hearing has been sched uled ,the officers explaining that they were slili piecing together evidence relating tu the theft of a number of hag's from Fanner Tom House near RobersonvUie.
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