THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COONTI
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COCNTI
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE*
VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 41
Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. May 2.1. 1950
ESTABLISHED 1899
T
Checking Up On
Dog Vaccinaiions
In Martin County
IVoph* art* Complying Willi;
Requests, Inspector
Roberson Says
Chocking up on the 1950 dog
vaccinations in this county. Spec
ial Officer Dennis Roberson said
yesterday that the work was pro- j
grossing and that most of the dog 1
owners were cooperating splen
didly.
Working for an effective secur
ity against rabies. Inspector Rob
erson explained that thirty un
wanted dogs that had been run
ning wild had been eliminated in
live townships, that every effort
would, be made to establish own
ership of every canine, and that
those unclaimed would be killed.
It is likely that the dog popula- j
tion will be materially decreased
in the larger towns, especially
in Williamston.
So far approximately 100 cita
tions have been issued, advising
the owners to have their dogs
vaccinated w'ithin so many days.
The response has been almost 100 1
percent effective to date, accord- 1
V
ing to Mr. Roberson.
At the present time, five war
rants, charging dog owners with
violating the immunization law,
are pending in the courts.
Up until this week the work has
been centered in Jamesville, Wit- .
hums, Griffins, Bear Grass and
Cross Roads Townships. The in
spector is now moving into Rob
crsonville and Williamstonl
Townships where police officers
are expected to lend a helping!
hand m advancing the check-up.
Once those two districts are
checked, the work will be advanc
ed in Poplar Point, Hamilton and
Goose Nest Townships.
Except for a small penalty, no
court costs are attached for late!
vaccinations, hut if and when the!
cases reach court fines and costs
are certain to run in the big (
money.
Holding Two in
Flim-Flam Case
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Charged with trying to pull the
old pocket book game on Goldie
Hyman. Everetts colored woman,
Clarence Lay, alias Henry Thom
as, and Lewis Grant, both colored,
ate being held in the county jail
m default of $500 bonds.
The trap was set on Williams
ton's main street between the po
lice station and the Guaranty
Bank, but the intended victim
turned the tables on the two and I
both were ai rested a short time
later and jailed by Officer Chas.
R. Moore.
Lay, 35-year-old colored man
who says he is from Mobile, plant
ed the pocket-book, and Grant,
51-year-old Richmond colored
man. found it. The old flim-flam
gallic was working fairly smooth
ly until Grant asked her to put
up so much money to show good
faith until a $100 bill could be
changed She insisted that she
would get it changed, and the
game ended. The two men mov
ed away and the intended victim
reported to police, giving a de
e.iption of the men. A shoi I time
i.iiei i <iTii^T^Wwofil^spoiieu them
riding in a car with George Higgs,
former local man now of Norfolk.
He trailed them out Haughton
Street and look them into custody.
Higgs: said lie had just picked the
two men up, declaring he did not
know them. The men said they
did not know him, and he was re
leased. It later developed that
Higgs is possibly a confederate,
and a warrant has been issued for
his arrest.
The pocket book, described by
the intended victim uf the game,
was found on one of the men. It
contained $24 in U. S. currency
and three Japanese bills.
Lay and Grant were given a
h< uring before Justice (’has. R
Mobley.
IJntlrrfininn Tnatmrnt In
Rorky Mount Hwt/tiU
A patient in a Rocky Mour
hospital since early last week, D
W. C Mercer was reported ye:
terday to be improving. He is e>
pected home in about two weeks,
Modern Religious Plant In Hamilton
A new addition to the Hamilton Baptist Church, mak
ing it one of the most modern religious plants in this sec
tion, was dedicated at a special service last Sunday, mark
ing another milestone in the history of the denomination
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there. The new education plant, costing approximately
$ 13,000, houses thirteen rooms on two floors. In the story
below, the pastor, Rev. E. R. Stewart, reviews the history
of the church.
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Seek Judgeship hi County
Pictured above, left to l ight, are Charles H. Manning
and Raymond T. Johnson, Williamston men, who are seek
ing the judgeship oi 'Iv* Martin County Court. Manning,
the incumbent, is a lawyer, and Johnsoh is a railroad man
and justice of the peace.
THIRD
v
North Carolina ranks third
among the States in road
building. New York is spend
ing $106 million, Pennsyl
vania, $137 million, and North
Carolina comes next, spend
ing $97,000,(100, However,
Ohio is in a tie for third
place, spending $97 million
also.
This State is leading with
6.4.75 miles of road under, .
construction, the mileage be
ing more than double the to
tal for any of the other states.
Mayor Proclaims
"Poppy Day"
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Saturday, May 27, was set aside
as Poppy Day in the city of Wil
liamston in a proclamation issued
today by Mayor Robert Cowen.
The proclamation urged all citi
zens to observe the day by wear
ing memorial poppies in honor of
those who gave their lives in the
j two wo* hi wars. It stated:
; ••Whereas, the town of VVii
| liamston, in 1917 and 1918, and
! again in 1941 to 1945, sent many
! of its finest young me -nd wo
| men to serve in the defense of our
country; and
"Whereas, several of these
' made the supreme sacrifice in that
service; and
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Will Select Queen
To Represent the
Town at Premier |
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"'Brifglit Leaf” Will Be At
Loral Theater Week
After Next
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| Much interest is being shown in
this section in the Warner Bros
production, Bright Leal , which
'will have its premier showing on
May 31 in the Ambassador Thea
tie in Raleigh. The novel from
whieh the motion picture was
taken was written by Foster Fitz
simmons, talented professor and
author of the University of North
Carolina, and the east of the
movie is composed of stars Gary
Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Jack Car
son, Pntricia Neal and Donald
Crisp.
A huge parade and the crown
ing of a “Queen of the Bright
Leaf Leaf" will be held in con
junction with the premier of the
movie. State-wide inter-city
competition to find "Miss Bright
Leaf of North Carolina” »s now
iunder way in more than twenty
cities and towns of the bright
leaf tobacco area.
A popularity poll was conduct
ed locally yesterday by the Vie
car Theater. Lib Cherry, Thelma
iCarrow, Betsy Horton, Polly Man
ning, Sarah Manning, Jessie Mae
Melson, Lilybet Muse, Norma
! Fagan, Trulah Ward Bailey, Jean
(Continued on page aix)
Reviews History Of
J
Chureh In Hamilton
Gus Whitley And
R. D. Salsbury i
Founded Church
I\t>w I'aliicnt ionul I’lanl Wus.
Dt'diralcil \l Servin'
Sunday Morning
By Rev. K. R. Stewart, Pastor
The Hamilton Baptist Church i
was organized in 111711 under the
leadership of R 1) Salsbury and
Augustus Whitley, two men who
had fought through the Civil War.
In the years after the war, they
saw the need of the church and
began their plans for its forma
tion.
Mr. Salsbury donated a lot and
gave most of the funds necessary
to construct a building for a
church and a parsonage A wood
en building was constructed in
1878, and the first services were
held in the new building with Dr
Pritchard of Williamston preach
ing the dedication sermon
There were five charter mem
bers: Mr K. I) Salsbury, Mr.
Gus Whitley and three women,
Mrs. Charles Dowdy, Mrs. Betty
Gardner and Mrs. Mary Glad
stone, ail of who are deceased.
During the first eleven years
of the church’s organization, it
did not have a regular pasha , be
ing financially unable to support
a pastor Dr R T Vann and a
Rev. Mr Huffman gave then
services without pay, ami the
church was not only able to sur
vive but also able to grow.
In 1928 a fire destroyed the
wooden building that had been
erected by Mr. Salsbury fifty
years before.
The present brick building w;r
begun on the site of the old
structure and was completed in
1929 at a cost of approximately
$10,000. On May Hi, 1948, dedi
cation services were held under
the leadership of the pastor, Rev.
E. C. Wilkie, who became pastor
in 1043.
During the years since its or
ganization in 1878, the church has
had twenty-one pastor- as fo!
lows: G. J. Dowell, 1889-1898.
J. W. Ross, 1900-1902; B K Ma
son, 1903-1904; It D. Carroll, 1904
1905; J W. Nobles, 1905-1908; D.
E. Vipperman 1908 F. C An
drews, 1908- 1910, N. It. Shepherd,
1911-1912; J. F. Davis, 1913-1914;
J. L. Rogers, 1914-1919; W. O
Biggs, 1919-1920, J. K. Henderson,
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KoiMiir
1
Nine persons were round
nl up and temporarily detain
ed in the eounty jail last
week-end. The list ineluded
a mentally ill case. Others
were booked for drunkenness,
larceny and liiptiii law viola
tions.
One in the group was white
and the ages ranged from Z'i
to 57 years.
Funeral Sunday
In Local Church
For Nrs. Burras
Well-known Local Liti/.cii
Died Karly I riday AI
Home 4 hi West Main
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Mis Ora Jenkins Hurras, prom
inent local citizen, died at hei
home here on West Mam Streol
Iasi Friday morning at 5:5(
o’clock following a long period ol
declining health. Undergoing ar
operation a few years ago, sh<
she was getting along very wel
until last July when she was tak
en ill again She received hos
pit.ai iiealmont for some time, Ini
in i rendition gradually win .emu
and '.lie had to hi r,iotm,-<t In hi
ded fin tile past even weeks
Mrs Hurras wtr horn m Fdge
mm he County 7(1 veai. ago hi
Mai eh a, 11171, the daughter o
the late John Metlilhra Jenklll;
and wifi, Sarah Fhzehcth Moon
Jenkin Win n ipiite Noting . In
moved with her family to tin;
county, locating m the Sprint
tii ecu section Since her marriagi
In Hugh M Hurras on Nnvcmbc
12, 1002, she had made her holm
m Williamslon
Mrs. Hurras was a memhei o
the Methodist church nearly al
her life Devoted to her home am
family, she was a splendid neigh
bor and thoiighlfiil friend, inn
whose kind aid cheered other
.tdimg tilt way.
Surviving are her husband; .
! daughter. Miss Elizabeth Hurras
and a brother, I lei bel t M Jen
kins, of Washington
Funeral ,ci vices were conduct
ed m the Methodist church her
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’eioel
i b.y her pastor Re E. R. Shullet
assisted by Rev. Thomas L. Hast
(Continued on page six)
Seriously Injured
In Truck Wreck
Sunday Morning
i
Vo Ollier Highway Ami!
Slnrl Veeiileiilf* Ait
Report <mI
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Two poisons were hurt, one
ntieally, in a series of motor vc
iolo iieeidents on Martin County
igh ways and streets during the
•eek-end. Property damage was
cgligible, according to reports
oming from members of the
hghway Patrol and police offic
es, •
Little Miss Marty Griffin, dau
hter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grif
in, was painfully bruised when
he was struck in front of her
ionic in Williamston's Grace
Street last Saturday morning by
tilly Biggs' car. One shoe and
ter coat were knocked off and
;ho was unconscious for a short
■chile. She was treated at the
Rhodes-Harris Clinic and was able
lo return home a short time later
Reports stated that she was play
ing with other children in the
neighborhood and stepped into the
street from behind a parked car.
Nazareth Lee, colored man, was
seriously hurt when he wreckec
his truck and fell out on the Golc
Point Hassell Road, about one am
one-half miles from Gold Point
last Sunday morning at 11:1
o'clock. Patrolman B. E. Burtor
making the investigation, said i
was a freak accident Lee, believ
ed to have been drinking, lost eon
trol of his one and onc-half-to
truck and ran it into a small road
side embankment. The doo
came open and the man topple
out. Removed to the Ward Clinn
Lee was found to have suffered
broken collar bone, and hifgand
| bursted bladder. No late report
on his condition could be ha
here.
There was a minor automobi!
crash at an intersection on Nort
liaughton Street shortly befoi
1:00 o'clock Sunday afternoui
Mrs. Marshall Joyner, RED
Wintcrvillo, stopped her 1950 Foi
on the highway to wait for a c;
driven by a young man mum
Edmondson to move out of tl
[street. Marvin Holliday, drivir
on the Highway, could.not stop h
19-47 Oldsmobile and struck tl
Joyner car, doing ’about $25 dai:
age to his ear and about $15
the Ford, Patrolman M F. Powei
the investigating officer, said.
Outlines Reasons
For Supporting
Frank P. Grahai
Mrs. W. It. Kv«*r»*ll Sprat
To Women's (.roup
For («raliam
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Addressing <i women’s meetii
m tlic vVilliamston Womun’s Cli
a lew days apo, Mrs. W It. Eve
i'tt, well-known Nash County w
man and loader amonp farm w
men outlined seven Hood reuso
lor supporting Frank P. Graha
for the United States Senate. S
told the proup:
I am plad to have this opp<
tunity to say why I w II vote f
I Senator GiiIism or. May i!7!h
I Itei ause lie will not rompi
mi. i on principles foi the sake
polities, but remains true to I
i ideals rcpai dless of cost.
2. llei ause I am confident
, will do all m his power to mai
■ tain freedom and peace in t
■ world, and we have every asst
* ante that Ins efforts mean lilt
because he is widely accepted
a man of wisdom, and broad i
delstan imp of national and wo
' problems.
I). Beeau.se it is one way to ,sli
I platitude foi Frank Graham's I
* of service and leadership in t
1 own state always pu.sliinp evi
movement for improved eon
tioiifi for all the people.
4 Because it is a rare pnviii
In be able to vote for a man
1 liiph office, who is dominated
’ only unselfish and Christian n
tives.
5 Because Frank Graham 1
, a constructive positive prupra
, a personality and recognized at
ity which pive force to his p.
. pram, ather than merely opp
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Twenty Illicit Plants
w
Wrecked In County
swimmiim; i*ooi 'll
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The Williamston Municipal
Swimming Pool will open on
June 5. a week frum next
Monday, Coach Stuart Mayn
ard, recreation director for
this summer’s program, an
nounced this week. Details
are being worked out now
and will he announced this
week. I
A safety school is planned ^
for the pool this summer, to ^
be held possibly the first two
weeks in June. It will consist
of 30 hours of instruction by
a Red Cross expert in water
I safety ami Coach Maynard
| hopes to get a number of local
young people signed up for
the course.
Secretary Talks
; To Booster Group
At Banquet Herej
W ork of Organizutiuii For
The Pant Year Reviewed
Friday Evening
The Williamston Woman's Club;
was the scene of the First Annual
Banquet of the Williamston
Boosters, Inc., on Friday, May 19.,
Approximately sixty members
and guests were present for the |
affair with a good percentage of
the membership of the organiza
lion be.ng represented.
The meeting was called to order
by President C. B. Clark, Jr., who
! presided. After the invocation by
,, Wheeler M. Manning, dinner was
h I served by Mrs. Effie Sparrow of
t,1 Roberson's Cafe. During dinner,
j j Mrs. Katherine Sluter played a
l ' number of piano selections.
I Following dinner, President
Clark welcomed the members and
guests and then introduced Man
aging Director A1 Sweatt. Mr
Sweatt expressed his pleasure to
be able to be in Williamston and
told of some of the problems he
faced before coming to the town
a year ago. Presentation of prizes
donated by members of the Wil
liamston Boosters was then made.
Following the awarding of prizes,
Mr. Sweatt summarized briefly
the activities of the Boosters dur
ing the year just ended. In this
report, he told of the organiza
tional work, membership hudd
ia ling, newspaper and radio ad vet
™!tisi:g, solicitation control, trade
promotion, general promotions,
LH| publicity, efforts to bring new in
dustry and business to Williams
ton and some of the general serv
ices offered by the organization.
He closed his remarks with the
request that members should feel
free to “cuss” their Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Associ
ation, but First, support it!
President Clark then introduc
ed Mr Thompson Greenwood,
executive secretary of the North
Carolina Merchants Association
the guest speaker for the evening
Mi Greenwood chose as his sub
jeri, "Problems
man." lie to|d
quireiiirnts the
have In comply
of
tin Business
lw ninny re
business peopli
with due to gov
eminent influence, the necessity
of balancing inventories, securing
the right personnel and a numhci
of other problems. After citing
these facts, it was pointed out that
the only way the business peopli
could help themselves in matter:
of this type was to join force:
through organizations such as tin
Williamston Boosters, Inc., uiu
the North Carolina Merchants As
sociation. He pointed out tha
through cooperative efforts, man;
good works could be accomplish
ed. He urged that members eal
on their secretary for help in tlici
business piobiems and at tin
same time to lend their whole
hearted support to his efforts 0
help push the city forward.
President Clark then expressei
his pleasure in having been tin
president of the preceding yea
and hoped that in the futun
many accomplishments could b
realized by the city through th
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loured Out 6,550
Gallons Of Hash
In Month of April
Viilottiohilf < loufiwalrtl
\ml Violator Draws
T«*riu ( >ii the lioails
Just .ibout every time ole Jolm
iarleycorn dares stick his illicit
lead up in this county, he gets it
mocked back down, according to
i recent report coming from the
jffice of the Alcoholic Beverages
Control Board enforcement sec
ion. The illicit business experi
■ nced a reversal in January, again
n February and March, with
,vhat could be the finishing touch
following in April
Reviewing the activities on the
illicit liquor front during the
past month, ABC Officer Joe H
Roebuck said that twenty illicit
manufacturing plants were
wrecked, that most of the plants
were equipped with copper ket
tles.
One person was arrested by the
enforcement officers and convict
ed in the courts, drawing eighteen
months on the roads, suspended
upon the payment of a $250 fine.
The report shows that the offi
cers poured out 6,550 gallons of
beer or mash, Officer Roebuck
stating that it was all made with
sugar. The officers also poured
out twenty and one-hall' gallon!
of white liquor. An uutomobilu
was confiscated when it was stop
ped with contraband aboard.
That there is a fairly definit*
trend downward in the illegal
business is borne out in a review
of activities during the past fif
teen days.
So far this month only fivu
plants have been wrecked, and
most of them were poorly equip
ped. There was a 100-gallon ca
pacity -till and an old oil drum
still found and wrecked in Bear
Grass Township about ten days
ago. Last week the officers
, wrecked three oil drum stills in
Goose Nest, Cross Roads and Rob
ersonville Townships They pour
ed out 1,400 gallons of sugar mash
1 and confiscated three gallons of
bush liquor in the five raids.
ABC Officer Roebuck and his
main assistant Deputy Roy Peel,
' were aided by Deputy Raymond
Rawls at times during the recent
; raids.
i
Thousands Missed
In Bond Robbery
First reported to approximate
i $800, tile loss in the Everetts rob*
bery early last Wednesday morn
ing was plaeed at nearly $8,000,
1 following a detailed inventory,
j Sheriff Holloman and represen
tatives of the State Bureau of In
vestigation who yre still working ■
; on the case explained that Mr. H.
, M. Ayers inventoried a list of war
bonds held in the safe in his store
land found that bonds valued at
more than $5,000 were missing.
Serial numbers are being checked,
| and payment has been ordered
stopped The bonds were m $500,
$1,000 and smaller denominations,
mostly m the smaller group They
were purchased by members of
the Ayers family and the late Mr.
Ayers during the war years. A
number of bonds were found scat
tered on the floor following the
robbery that was centered in four
places of business in the county '
town. ,
I An adding machine has been
missed, Mr. Ayers stating that he
did not realize it was gone until
he reached for it to add up some
figures.
1 To Make Huilio I dilress
it ISoou (hi ihursduy
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W. Clarence Griffin, attorney
' any county solicitor nominee, will
make a radio address over station
1 i WRRF, Washington, Thursday
; from 12:15 to 12:80 o’clock p. m
The address is being sponsored
by Frank P. Graham supporters
in all parts of Martin County, and
the publte is invited to hear him
in th etimely message.
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