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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Hi OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME L1II—NUMBER 38 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, May II, 1950 - —. -a ESTABLISHED 1899 Transplant About Half Of Tobacco Crop In Section lliimlretl* of Thousands of) Plants Imported from Other Seetions Despite the most acute short age ever experienced in this part of the country, it is conservative ly estimated that one-half .of the tobacco acreage in this county will have been transplanted to the crop by the end of this week Ob servers state that with favor able weather conditions, most of the crop will be in the ground by the latter part of next week and the following few days. Quite a few farmers have fin ished transplanting the first time, but adverse weather conditions early this week was hard on the young plants, and there was some sign of dirty work by worms. The cold spell also delayed grow th in the beds, but farmers are of the opinion that there'll be suf ficient plants within the county (luring the next ten days or two weeks to meet the demand. While it is fairly certain every allotted acre will be planted to tobacco, the completion of the task is being made possible by the importation of plants from other states and several counties in eastern North Carolina. Solid truckloads of the precious plants have been moved into the county from Florida and Georgia A few came id from the border section of South Carolina. The early movement came out of Georgia i mostly. More recently, farmers have been going to counties near er home, pulling up the plants during the early morning hours and returning in time to trans plant them in the afternoon. Prices for plants have ranged from $6 per thousand to around S4 delivered, while the average for plants pulled from the beds by purchasers have ranged in , price from $1.50 to about $3. Martin County farmers were panicky at first over the plant shortage, but they now see that the emergency can be met, and those who have no plants are hopeful they can find an ample supply within the next two weeks, some of the farmers explaining j that even the last week in May ] isn’t too late to transplant tobae- j CO. •i The plant shortage has been costly, however, the initial cost j running up as high as $40 per acre i in some cases. delinquent Tax List Published; —— In accordance with the law, Tax Collector M. Luther Peel today is advertising all 1949 delinquent tax accounts in this county. The pro perty will be offered at public : auction for taxes on Monday, June 1 5, at 12:00 o’clock, noon. There are 336 delinquent ac counts—!)7 white and 249 colored representing unpaid taxes in the sum of $6,099.13. Collector Peel is certain that many, if not most of the delin quent accounts will be cleared off the books before the sale on June ! 5. A year ago there were 304 de linquent accounts, oil white and ' tii*’eoToreq*.’ represonfiTrg unpaid' taxes m the sum of $5,024.69. There are approximately 7,000 accounts on the tax books, repre senting a total tax levy of $286, i 09.07. PROGRESSING Work on the new hospital oil Liberty Street here is pro gressing rapidly, but no date, for the opening has been fix ed. There’s a great deal of work yet to be done, but work on one wing of the building is almost completed. The plasterers finished their work in the clinic a short time ago and floors have ^ been laid, including tile composition. While work on the hospital continues, other building i {instruction is getting under way. Workmen started pre- ) paring foundations this week ) for at least three new homes, including one for Mr. and IVlrs. Henry A. Johnson on # Roosevelt Drive. | Candidates For State Senate From This Distriet i Pictured*above are the four candidates for the North Car 3lina State Senate from this, the Second District. Reports from peveral of the sever, counties—Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington, Beaufort and Martin—in the district, and including at least two of the other candidates, “bluntly” point out that Hugh G. Horton of this county is assured of the nomination in the May 27 primary, that the race will be between the other three candidates, with a possibility that a second primary will be needed to make the selection of th second candidate. The district is allotted two senators. Loft to right, above, are O. L. Williams, lawyer, a former president of the district bar association and a past vice president of the Southern Albemarle Association, is a Hyde County man. Sam M. Campen, incumbent, is a farmer country merchant of Alliance, Pamlico County. Hugh G. Horton, Williamston attorney and former member of the State House of Representatives and senator. Dallas Malli son, of Oriental, is a former county representative in the General Assembly, former school teacher and county sup erintendent. Senator Graham's Work Means Much To Martin County New Peanut Provision* ('.uu A«Icl $350,000 To The County’* Ineoine While his mortal enemies ped dle hate and engage in disreput able smearing tactics, Frank Gra ham. candidate for th«* United States Senate, has accomplished much for Martin County farpiers and others in the peanut produc ing areas. According to informa tion coming out of Washington as released by Congressman Her bert Bonner at the Martin County Farm Bureau meeting a few days ago, peanut farmers may plant with immunity their 1947 peanut acreage this year with the virtual assurance that all plantings of the edible type peanuts will receive parity support. On the basis of the assurance received, Martin County farmers stand to profit to the tune of about $350,000.00 next fall. Their peanut acreage reduced to a little more than 19,000 acres this year by the original law, farmers, as a result of an amendment, now may plant right at 23,000 acres, meaning that the income from the additional acres will approxi mate $350,000, weather conditions and other factors permitting. Senator Graham, the record shows, successfully pleaded with President Truman in behalf of the peanut farmers, headed o'ff a veto, and saved Jhe law amend ing the program and including edible peanuts. Frank Graham, while opposing the Brannan plan, said this week that he would not hesitate to sup port other changes in the present program when such changes could benefit the farmer, and arc sim ilar to the change made for pea nuts and cotton. It has been pointed out that while one billion dollars were spent supporting farm prices dur mg the past ten years, nearly ten billion dollars were spent to aid industry. These figures were released by Congressman Jamie Whitten, chairman of the sub committee on agricultural ap propriations, before a meeting of (Continued from page five) P.-T. A. To Install Officers for 1950-51 J. C. Eubanks, retiring presi dent of the Williamsten Parents TeacheiS Association, said today that the new officers for the next school year would be installed at the last regular meeting of the term on Monday night at 7,30 in the Grammar School auditorium. Aside from the installation and regular business of the association no program is planned, it was said. New officers include: Lee Reyn olds, president; R. L. Coburn, vice president; Miss Peggy Hopkins, secretary, and Mrs. Edith Davis, secretary. Delay Radio Station Here Pending Survey Completion Construction of a commercial radio station in Williamston has been unexpectedly delayed pend ing the completion of a special survey, it was learned here this week. During the meantime, the owners are making ready to move in regular equipment for the sta tion, including an organ, electri cal equipment, approximately 6, 000 record discs, and various ma chines. According U> reliable but unof ficial information received here yesterday, the Federal Communi cations Commission is suggesting that a new site be selected for the station. One report stated that the station should be located just to the southeast instead of north 1 HOLIDAY | \__/ After working over time for months, crime apparently took a holiday in this section during the past few days. Deputy Raymond Rawls said that he had been able to sleep all night during the past several without having to get up and answer a call. All but one justice of the peace here reported no acti vities in their courts. Justice John L. Hassell fined Oscar Fraser $5, plus costs, for be ing drunk and disorderly. Plans Go Forward For Poppy Sales May is the month of the Poppy and the last of approximately 35 million crepe paper poppies order ed by the American Legion Aux iliary for Poppy Day this year are now being completed by the dis abled war veterans The little ••ed memorial flowers wiUJbc d'vtrjt) uted by Auxiliary volunteers of the local Auxiliary Unit on Sa’ urday. May 27. More than 10,000 disabled vet erans of both World Wars have been ^ivtn employment in filling the Auxiliary’s big poppy order. The work has been done in hos pitals in all parts of the country and in convalescent workrooms maintained by the Auxiliary. The flowers are hand-shaped replicas of the wild poppies which grew "between the crosses, row on row” in the battle cemeteries in Europe. The 375,000 poppies to be distrib uted by the North Carolina units of the American Legion Auxiliary were made by hospitalized veter ans in the Veterans Hospital at Fayetteville. Twenty-five hun dred were purchased by the local unit. The poppy is not presented to the public primarily as a means jf raising funds for the Child Wel fare and Rehabilitation activities of the Auxiliary for the year a head—not as a tag show that the wearer has contributed—but as a s/mbof to show that the wearer (Continued on page »ix) west of the town. Such a move is likely to conflict with the CAA airways, it has been pointed out. i R. L. Easley, consulting engi neer of Washington, D. C., is sche duled to arrive here late today or tomorrow to make a survey, and as a disinterested party try to work out a satisfactory solution to the problem. During the meantime, the pro moters, after purchasing a four acre site about three miles from here on the Hamilton Highway, are awaiting clearance to continue their construction plans. The pro posed Hamilton Road site has been marked off and a circular drive made from the highway to the spot. Opposing Use Oi Certain Poisons On Peanut Crop Fearful Soiih* Poisons Will Leave An “Off-Taslt*’ In Peanuts Suffolk, May 10 The Associa tion ot Virginia Peanut and Hog. Growers has a resolution of the i Virginia-Carolina Peanut Associa tion opposing the use of benzene hexaeholride as an insecticide on peanuts. The peanut association went on I record as opposing the use of tin 1 stuff at a meeting at Hwtcl Elliot Friday, it was explained. The resolution of the Associa tion of Peanut and llog Growers follows: “The association endorses heart 1 ily the action taken by county ( agents and peanut millers of Vir ginia and North Carolina op posing the use of benzene hexa choridc on land which this; year m hv future-,years, weigh* be. u:c.-,d the production of peanuts “The association feels that no effort should be spared to elimi-i nate any factor which might mill ( tale against the ready sale of Virginia type peanuts. The inter ests of the growers and the mill- j ers are identical in this respect. If the millers cannot sell the pea-j nuts we produce, all will suffer J “While it is hoped that some! form of benzene hexachloi idc can | be developed which will not im part an unpleasant taste to pea nuts, we feel that we should a- j void all risk by eliminating com-1 pletely the use of this insecticide jntil research shows beyond u ^ loubt that no harmful effect will: "esult. "The executive committee of ;his association therefore recom mends for the 1950 crop year that veanut growers use no benzene vexachloride on any land that is o be used for growing peanuts, >r on land that might in future ■ears be rotated to peanuts. The Virginia-Carolina Peanut \ssociation went on record as opposing the use of benzene hexu (Continued, on page *ix^_n P It! n J d Asking Court To Nullify Will Of Late County Man| (luvoators Sa\ W ill Of l)r. Jrss«* I'.. Ward Mol I'omid Among \ alualtlr I’apors ——■» Relatives of the late Dr Jesse Ward started proceedings in the Martin County Superior Court (i set aside or nullity the paper writing puported to be the will it thi' late Robersonville doetor. The caveators, Needham Kras ins Ward, Walter Gideon Ward, Herbert S. Ward, Jr , pointing out that Dr. .1 E Ward died on last March 23, say that on March 30, 1950, R. L Moore presented to the court “a paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Dr. J. E. Ward It is further claimed bv the caveators “that the paper wnl mg was not and is not the last i will and testament of the said Dr J. K Ward for the reason that it Was not found among the vain ible papers and effects of any deceased person, nor had it been lodged in the hands of any per iod for safe keeping." The caveators also allege that Die paper writing was not "sub ! -ei ibed in Dr. J H Ward's pre ■>cncc by two witnesses, at least.” i No other allegations are made, the caveators asking the court to ict aside and annul the probate if the said paper writing. Answering the allegations, the respondents, R K. Moore, admin istrator, and Mrs. Clelle Moore Ward, widow, deny that the paper s not the will because it was not (Continued from page five) Installation Of Jaycee Officers: ■—&—-- i I in ,V,11,,i,11.,ton Junioi Cham | mT of Commerce will have TtV , ■•'ifill Annual Ladies’ Night and nstallation banquet on Friday i veiling of this week at 7:30 in i he Woman's Club building Ap iroximntely 125 Jaycees, wives < ind special friends are expected ] o be in attendance, including Jay- 1 ees from Wilson, Rocky Mount, I Washington, Plymouth, Columbia, I Cdenton and Wilmington. i John N Hackney, Jr., vice \ iresident, District 7, of Wilson i vil install the incoming presi- I cut, and National Director Hal I .uve of Wilmington will install , he other officers Officers to be i installed foi the coming year are, I 'resident, Edgar Gurganus, first t ice president, Bernard Harrison; t ind vice president. Elbert S Peel, r.; secretary, Elton Hardy; f casurer, Grady Huffman; serg- i ant at arms, Joe II. Vann; State I hector, Nelson Leggett; and di- J •etors, Hoke Roberson. Eli Gur n anus and Al Sweatt. Wheeler M Manning, a past a resident and charter member of v le Jaycees, will serve as toast- n Ulster. After the banquet, the g aycees will have their annual je anee in the high school gvin. It. Handle Fourteen Cases on Monday In County's Court Kim**, lni|M»sr«i During tin* \II-I)ay Scwimi, \tl«l l p To Only 8 I 75 Although only fourteen cases j Acre handled, the Martin County Recorder's Court was in session list about all day clearing the j loeket Monday. Two jury eases delayed adjournment consider ably, one jury debating the issues or about one hour late in the ifternoon Fines, imposed at the all-day session, amounted to only $17.^ md a few eases were continued. Proceedings: Carrying his ease to a six-man jury, James Norman Hollis, charg ed with drunken driving, was found not guilty. J. S. Mallory, Paul Leggett, Ralph B. Holliday,! L. T. Carrow, Arthur W, Lilley and Clyde Williams served on the jury in the ease. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs after Hallie E, Little pleaded guilty of an assault. Ernest Wooten was sentenced to the roads for four months for an assault, the court suspending the sentence upon the payment of a $50 fine and cost,s. Pleading not guilty in the case in which he was charged with as sault, Raymond Hyman sustain ed his plea. Pleading not guilty, George Thomas Bailey, charged with drunken driving, was found not guilty by the folowing jury, C. T Roberson, Ralph B. Holliday, Win. II. Peel, C. B. Roebuck, L. C. James and L. T Carrow. Pleading not guilty, Lemuel tiutterbridge was found guilty of bastardy and he drew six months on the roads, the court suspending the road term on the condition lie pay $4 a week during the next two years for the support of the child and a $25 doctor’s bill. Found guilty of drunken driv ing over his plea of innocence, William Bazemore was fined $100, taxed with the costs and lost his I river’s license for u year. Arthur Lee, charged with oper ding a motor vehicle without a Inver's license, was sentenced to the roads for sixty days. Speeding along at 73 miles per lour, William Thomas Taft plead ed guilty and was fined $21), plus (Continued on page six) New Firm Plans Formal Opening The Williamston Office Supply | Company, a new firm, will open or business on Mam Street be ween the Criteher Shoe Store uid Leggett's here Friday cyc ling, it was announced today by lie owners, Mr and Mrs, A It. in wen of Ahoskie. Extensive ar angements have been made for he formal opening between J!:00 mil 10:30 o’clock tomorrow eve nog, Mr Bowen explaining that pccial llower corsages will be •iven to the first 100 ladies visit ng the store at B:00 o'clock for he formal opening. Hundreds of it hr ■ r special souvenirs will also ie distributed, including special^ nanutaeturers’ items Mr and Mrs llowen will be ae ompanied here for the formal ipeiung by their son, Charles, a reshman at the University, Cliap I Hill, their daughter, Mrs. C. K. dangum who is a member of the Cnightdale School faculty, and j Av. Mangum who is finishing his iS degree in industrial engincer ng at State College, Raleigh, this ear, Miss Bessye Harrell, a for ner teacher in the local schools, Av and Mrs John Overton, Mrs. ,ouise Jones and Messrs. Itobt. tskew and Dowell Curtis, all of tlioskie. A general invitation is icing extended the public to visit he formal opening and inspect lie store. Mr. Bowen announces that Mr 1 angu in, his son-in-law, will lanagc the store just as soon as e is graduated from State on uni 12, that Mr. and Mrs. Man- 1 urn will make their home here. The new firm, certain to meet ^ growing need for such a service, 1 all handle ail types of office fur- 1 iture, bo )k-kecping supplies, 1 lit items; in fact, a complete line i about (>,000 individual item- lor I ie office and school - I Registration Ends In County On May 13th r PRESIDENT v. Edgar Gurganus, young lo cal attorney and a prominent figure in civic affairs, will take over the duties of Pres ident of the Williamston Jay cecs following the installation service in the Woman's Club tomorrow evening. Hold Last Riles For Mrs. Mobley In County Today • Mrs. Fffir KoImtsoii M«»l> ley Iin Florida Monday Morning — Last rites arc being conducted at the grave side in the Mobley Cemetery in Cross Hoads Town ship this afternoon at 3:00 o’clock foi Mrs Effie Roberson Mobley who died in a Lake City, ^ Florida, hospital last Monday ; ‘ morning at 11:30 o'clock She had : been in declining health for some j time, suffering with a heart con dition. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Melton Funeral Home 1 in Lake City yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, and the body ) reached the county 1lus morning. Mrs. Mobley was a member of 1 Christian Chapel in her home community for many years, but after moving to Florida she join ed the Baptist church. Her pastor 1 conducted the service there, and * Rev J M Perry, pastor of the Robersonville Christian Church,; is officiating at the graveside rites tivis afternoon 1 Mrs, Mobley was born in Cross ■ Roads Township (id years ago, and spent nearly all of her life there. In early womanhood she was married to Louis N Mobley who died about eight years ago. t About six years ago she moved ( to Florida to make her home ;l with a daughter, M.ss Eva Mob- v ley. She last, visited this county ( about a year ago, spending a month with friends and relatives. Surviving are three daughters, | Miss Mobley, Mrs Marie Wilkins ( of Richmond and Mrs. Edna Greg ary of Graham; and one son, Ben Mobley, -Indent at Chapel ■ !!. D Roberson1' d Robersonville, and two sisters,) Mrs Herbert Taylor of Rocky Mould, and Mrs. .lames Knox of Jak City A son, Sgt Rufus N Mobley, ' ivus killed while in the service of ' vis country during World War II 1 in December 4, 1913. His body .vas the first of a World War II ( .asualty to be returned for burial ^ n native soil Speaks Briefly To County Ruritans —— Curtis Olds, national president if Ruritan, in a brief address to Martin County Ruritans and a few ipecial guests at Hamilton last light told of the unselfish work he organization was doing in this •ount.v and throughout the states, ['he short talk, made from a truck i »ody neai the river, was well re- I ■cived by the nearly 100 Ruritans, | epresenting every one of the I lubs in this county. LeRoy Everett, president of the lost club, presided, and a sump uous rock muddle .. Goodly Number Of Names Added Last Saturday To List -<f> Kvptistmtioii I’oint^ To N ole In I hi* ('.ixiiiIv _ On May 2Till Reyistrations fur the M;i> 27 Democratic primary are believed ii have broken all records, and pushed the total to a record high n this county. Fairly complete eports from the registrars state hat more than three hundred new lames were added to the books luring the first two registration Saturdays, and it is anticipated hat the increase on Saturday of this week will be even larger than or either of the other two regis tration days. Saturday of this week is the last day for registra tion. It also will be the last day or any elector to change his party iffiliation. A few electors are isted as Republicans and a still 'ewer number arc listed as inde pendents Unless those so listed ieclare a change in their party iffiliation, they'll not be eligible to vote in the May 27 primary. If the registration is to be uc ■opted as a guide, a fairly large /ute is to be expected in thii •ounty on May 27. Plenty of rumors about the re gistrations have been heard, but 'lections board officials deelarj hat it has been regular One re port indicated that quite a few" persons reported to the registra ion centers but could not qualify. No report could be had imnu liately from Jamesville, Ruber ionville and Poplar Point pro ■incts, but 2il!t new names were aided to the books in the other precincts, as follows Williams tnd Griffins, 7 each, Bear Grass, 10; Williamston No. I, 90; Wil iamston No. 2, 51; Cross Roads, i), Sold Point, 10. Hamilton and lias ell, 10 each; Goose Nest, OK A special registration gets un ler way in the north and west end eetions just outside of William ton on Saturday of this week, 'hat registration is for the pro losed annexation plan, and is not o be confused with the registra ion for the May 27 primary. The iti/.ens in those two areas, in or er to participate in the May 27 irimary and the June 10 annex tmn vote, must have their name., n two registration books Large Number At Music Festival The music festival, presented inter the direction of Mi's. Bcech r Patterson in the high school uditorium here last evening, was /ell received. The large audi prium was filled just about to apucity. Nearly three hundred pupils ■om the first grade through the igh school participated in the vent. • .Inn •'(> J^luily In Tin1 Mctlunlisl ( lunch The Study of the World Church ill he held lomglil al the Mcth ilisl Church at 7:20 instead of !.l ’clock as was announced previ uslv. KIKilSTK ATION _ Not to he confused with the regular registration for the May 27 Democratic prim ary, a special registration of cit izens in North and West laid is to get under way on Sat urday of this week. Those in the two areas who wisii to vote on the annexation plan as proposed will find it neecs sary to register on one of the three Saturday, beginning this week. The special vote will he held on ,lune 10 Dennis Hardy is registrar for West End and he will have the books open in his store. Chas. B. Wynne is reg istrar for North End and he will have the hooks open iu Bap /isucdnfr’s store, .— .