THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LIH—-NUMBER 42
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, May -•>. /9:»fl
ESTABLISHED 1899
Suffered A Fatal,
Attack At News
Of Sister's Death
Funeral in Fairview Church
Tim Afternoon For
Mri(. John Modlin
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Mrs. Walter Gardner, beloved
citizen of Williams Township,
died at her home there Tuesday
night at 11:30 o'clock of a heart
* attack. She had been suffering
with a heart condition for several
weeks, but her condition was not
considered critical until about 8:00
o'clock that evening when she
learned of the death of her sister,
Mrs. Anna Hardison Modlin, in
Rockv Mount, a short time be
fore. Mrs. Gardner, receiving
hospital treatment at periods dur
ing the past month, was up and
about the home Monday and early
Tuesday, but was not very active
on account of her condition.
The former Miss Lidia Eliza
beth Gardner, she was born in
Williams Township 48 years ago
on December 15. 1901, the daugh
ter of the late Julius and Julia
Ann Hopkins Hardison. She liv
ed in that community all her life,
taking an active part in home
♦demonstration work and religious
activities there. She was a mem
ber of the Fairview Christian
Chureh, serving it faithfully as a
leader for years and also as a
leader in women’s work in the
church. She was a devoted wife
and mother, a good neighbor and
friend to all.
In early womanhood, she was
married to Mr Gardner who sur
vives with three sons, Randolph
Gardner of Plymouth, Wilbert and
Ralph Gardner of the home; two
daughters. Miss Mildred Gardner
of Raleigh and Miss Neva Faye
Gardner of the home; two sisters,
Mrs. Mollie Twiddy of Norfolk
and Mrs. Minnie Styons of Plym
outh; three brothers, Luther,
Church and Ernest Hardison, all
of Washington County; and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be con
ducted in the Fairview church
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
about two and one-half hours
following the service for her sis
ter Rev P. E. Cayton, the pas
tor assisted hv Rev F A. Lilley
| ;>f Washington, will conduct the
service and burial will be in the
Gardner Family Cemetery neat
the home. The body is being
Waived from the home to the
^ church one hour before the serv
ice.
Bring Registered
Stock To Count]
By l>. W. Brady
Assistant County Agent
Seven registered Guernsey:
from some of the best blood line:
ever to have been purchased b.i
Martin County farmers wen
brought into the county as a re
suit of the Guernsey sale in Golds
boro Friday.
Mr. J. A White, Williamston
bought a bred heifer from Ceda
rock Farm, Salisbury, N. C., ant
a bull from Guernsdel Farm, Uni
versify, N. C., whose dam is aver
aging 65 lbs of milk daily which i
1 equivalent to 7 6 gallons.
Mr. Lester Edwards, manage
..f Taylor's Dairy, pun-based tw.
lued uiw> front Cedaroek Faro'
and Quail Roost Farm, Rouge
mont, N C.. and a bull fron
Crossdaile Farm, Durham. Mi
Linwood Knowles, Dardens, pur
chased two bred cows, one fror
Wake Field Farm owned b;
George Watts Hill and is present
ly on an official milk and butter
• fat test. The other was bred ap
consigned by A. C. Mims, Rock
Mount.
Start Measuring
County Croplanc
Between eight and ten "sui
veyors” or supervisors as they ar
officially called, started ineasui
mg tobacco, peanut and cotlo
acreage in the county this weel
It is estimated that approximate
ly 32,000 acres of the crops at
to be checked.
Twenty or more surveyors ar
to join in the task next week wit
orders ui complete the task on <
before June 25.
Judge J. C. Smith Quite
III at Robersonville Home
In feeble health for some time.
Attorney J. Calvin Smith, promi
nent county citizen and former
judge of the Martin County Re
corder's court, suffered two heart
attacks at his home in Roberson
villc yesterday afternoon, and
continues "real sick" there, ac
cording to reports reaching nere
shortly before noon today.
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Robert Bradshaw
To Make Address
At School Finals
Other Events On Closing
Program Here Have
Been Sehedulecl
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Principal B G. Stewart today
announced the events, marking
the close of the current school
! term here. Rev. Robert W. Brad
shaw, pastor of the First Method
ist Church, Wilson, will deliver
the commencement address next
Monday night at 8:00 o'clock in
! the high school auditorium.
The first in the series of finals
j events will be the senior class
night program tomorrow evening
at 8:00 o’clock.
The senior class will present a
play, “Attic Memories.” In this
play the seniors come from pic
tures on the wall and relive com
j mencement night They find an
I old trunk of souvenirs of their
1 high school days, and a good time
■ is had by all. Some of the feat
ures of the play are as follows:
Daisy Chain by the Junior
Class; Salutatory by Rachel Ches
son; Prophecy by Rush Bondur
ant; Poem bv Bobby Harrison;
i Last Will and Testament by Rach
el Chesson; History by Jessie Mel
son; Gifts by Asa Manning.
The senior class mascots, Helen
Ann Harris and Johnny Biggs,
will also be in the class night
play.
Commencement Sermon
May 2*—8:0ff P. M.
Processional, “God of Our Fafh
| ers," Miss Grace Talton; Invoca
tion. Rev. Stewart Simms; Hymn,
j Onward Christian Soldiers' , con
gregation; Scripture reading, Rev.
James I. Lowry; selection, "Chil
dien ol the Heavenly King," Jun
ior Glee Club; Prayer, Rev. E. R.
Shuller; Commencement sermon,
Rev. James I. Lowry; selection,
"Thou Lord of Host”, chorus from
St. Glee Club; benediction, Rev.
John L. Goff.
Awards Hay Program
May 29, 1950—10:00 A. M.
Attendance, Mr. Stewart; Sev
enth Grade Scholarship, Mrs.
Crawford; Bus Driver's Safety
Award, Dr. Gray; Miscellaneous
Awards, Miss Privott; Home Eco
nomics, Miss McDaniels; Science,
Mr. Abdalla; Library, Miss Peter
’ son; Commercial, Miss Hopkins;
(Continued from page five)
Report Transfer
Of Local Property
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1 Building a country home on
their farm between Hamilton and
Oak City, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
; Ayers this week sold their home
on Franklin Street to Mr. and
■ Mrs. Homer Barnhill. Mr. and
, Mrs Ayers plan to complete their
new home and move about the
middle of July, it was learned.
, The property between the B. S.
Courtney and Son Furniture
Store and the J. E. King resi
dence on Main Street was sub
divided this week, 30 feet going
I to the store owners, 30 feet to the
| Kings, and the owner. M M. Iwv
" | in, retaining 45 feet in the cen
ter of the lot.
AVAILABLE
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1 Thrown out of work, with
the closing of various plants
for the season, quite a few
workers are available for
such jobs as house cleaning,
etc., Kelly Gay, manager of
n the State Employment office,
announced this week.
There’ll be little work for
e them until tobacco harvest
tiqie, and housekeepers need
e in| help in their homes are
[i asked to contact the employ
r ment office where assign
ments can be made.
Four Seek Three Seats On Edueation Board
Ill
With four seeking the three open seats, the race for
membership on the Martin County Board of Education is
attracting more attention as the primary nears. Reports,
declaring that a political plot was brewing in or near the
race, were said to be without foundation. Pictured above,
loft to right, Ford W. Holliday, incumbent of Jamesville;
George C. Griffin, incumbent of Griffins; Ernest Edmond
son, incumbent of Hassell; and Howard B. Gaylord, tormer
school teacher and personnel director of the North Carolina
Pulp Company, of Jamesville.
Main Contenders In Senate Rare
Pictured above are the three main contenders for the United States Senate A pic
ture of the fourth candidate, Ola Ray Boyd, could not be had. Pictured, left to i ight. are
Willis Smith, Raleigh lawyer; Frank P. Graham, incumbent; and Robert R. Reynolds,
lawyer of Washington, D. C., and Asheville. The contest, bitterly fought and marked by
smearing, is expected to be a vote puller in the primary on Saturday of this week
Saturday Last Day For
Annexation Registration
Saturday of this week is the
last day to register for the special
election being called to determine
the wishes of the people in those
areas just outside of Williamston
on the proposed extension of the
town's corporate limits.
It has been pointed out that a
special registration is necessary,
that one must register either with
Cha« B Wynne in North Kind or
with Dennis Hardy in West End
to be eligible to vote in the an
nexation election on Saturday,
June 10. It was also explained
that registration for any other
election does not qualify one to
participate in the June 10 event.
Registrars Wynne and Hardy
reported yesterday that the regis
tration is progressing very well in
both districts, that (luring the past
two Saturdays, 240 had registered,
125 in North End and 115 in Wed
End. Mr. Wynne said that pus
sibly twenty five persons in his
area who are eligible to register
had not vet placed their names
on the books there it is cstimat
ed that possibly 100 have not reg
istcred in West End, but a last
j minute movement will take place
jtoward the registration center on
Saturday.
On Saturday, June 3, the books
will be open for challenge; that is,
to examine names and make cer
tain they are legally registered as
to age and residence. And then
the vote on the annexation pro
posal will follow on Saturday,
June 10
Short Session Of
Recorder's Court
Monday Morning
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(.asch Art* lluuiileti
Before Small (>roii|t
Of Spectators
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W11h a small docket and no
complicated cases scheduled for
trial, the Martin County Record
er’s Court completed its work and
adjourned before noon last Mon
day. Fifteen eases were handled
by Judge Chas. H. Manning and
Solicitor Paul D. Roberson. Fines,
imposed during the short session,
amounted to #220.
Charged with an assault with'
a deadly weapon, Robert Win- j
bush was found not guilty.
Pleading guilty of hit-and-run
and drunken driving, Junior Wil
liams was fined $125, taxed with
the cost and lost his license for a I
year. A six months’ road sen
tence w>as suspended and the de
fendant is to remain sober for a
year.
John Paul Price was taxed with
the costs in the ease in which he
was charged with speeding.
Found guilty of interfering
| (Continued on page eight)
Swimming Pool
Tickets Reduced
Hours during which there wiii
ae activities at the Williamston
Municipal Swimming pool, the
i'outh Center and the high school
ithletic field, were announced for
this summer by Stuart Maynard,
local recreation director, yestei
lay. Mr. Maynard noted that
for the first two weeks, June 5
through June 23 there will be no
morning recreation program be
rause of the conflict with the Va
ration Bible school being held by
Williamston churches.
On Mondays there will be ai
tivities at the high school grounds
from 9:30 to 12:00 in the morning
at the swimming pool from 2 to
5:30 and. fiom 7 to 9 in the aftei
noon and evening, but the Youth
Center will not be open.
Tuesday’s hours: 10 to 12 at the
liie pool in the morning, 2 to 5:30
and 7 to 9 afternoon and evening,
and 8:30 to 10:30 at the Youth
Center.
Wednesday, the playground op
erates from 9.30 to 12:00 the
swimming pool from 2 to 5:30
Thursday the swimming pool is
open from 10 to 12; 2 to 5:30 and
(Continued on page eight)
Native 01 County
Died Tuesday At
Home In Nash
l'iiiM‘i':il Service* \re Heine
(amilliclcil T«mI;i> I'nr
Sinlcri- III < .oil Ill>
Mrs Annie Hell Hardison Mud
Ini, native of this enmity, died at
the home ni a -nil near Rocky
Mount I . e . 11■ < j<< > >ii at 5:00
o’eloek alter a lone period of de
clining health Her condition had
been serious for some time. Her
sister, Mrs Walter Gardner, 411,
died at her home in Williams
Township a few hours after learn
ing of Mrs. Modlm’s death, hav
ing sufl'i red a fatal heart attack
apparently from shock
Mrs Mod I in was the daughter
ol the late Julius and Julian Ann
Hopkins Hardison. She was born
in Williams Township (il years
ago and spent hei early life
there Following her marriage to
John K Modlin, she made hei
home in Washington County, and
after his death she* went to Koeky
Mount, to live with a son. Shi
was well known ami had mans
friends in lu r native anil adopted
communities
Surviving an. iln<< oils, W J ,
.1 J. and H It Modlin, and a
daughter, Mis. W O. Wrench, all
of Rocky Mount; two sisters, Mrs
W O. Twiddy of Norfolk and Mrs
.Charles Styons ol I'lyniouth,
three brothers, Krnesl, Church
; and Luther, all of Washington
i County,
A shorl * rvii c wa held foi
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i:i i mm; coon
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1’eople in Hus sect ion ap
patently are gelling "rear
good”, reports from the jus
lire ol the peaee courts slat
mg that no criminal eases hail
been handled there during
tile past few days.
Maybe I arming and poli
tics are keeping everybody
so busy that there’s no time
for those tilings that carry
people into court,
Three Candidates
Report Record Of
Expenses So Far
liitliculions Point To Moat
(ioiiiM'i’vativt* ( ainpaipn
I n Sonic ('ontonts
All records for conservat i vc
political campaigning arc belicv
(>(| to have been broken in this
county by one of the candidates,
who, along with two others this
week tiled preliminary expense
accounts with the clerk ol the
Martin County Superior Court m
accordance with law.
Luthei Hardison, candidate foi
the State House of Representa
tives, listed expenses at approxi
mately $8.22, the certified report
mentioning no contributions Ills
expenses were listed, as follows:
tiling fee, $ii, photograph, $2; five
cents for a John, Jr , cigar donated
to Hill Spivey; seven and ue-half
cents for Tampa Nuggett cigar
given to K 1) Worrell; and ten
cents for hoar hound stick candy
for sore throat yapping at Wil
liamston.’s police department The
report was sworn to before and
filed with Clerk of Court L. B.
Wynne representing a true pic
ture of the candidate's expendi
tures as ol the first of this week.
A hurried review of the records
i places the campaign expenses ol
the cnadiuatc at the lowest figure
lot any since the law was passed
requiring a statement of campaign
I contributions and expenditures.
In Ins report, Sheriff M. W
I (Muck) Holloman said lie had
spent >li2fi, mostly tor printing
and various types ol advertising.
Contributions were received from
friends in the amount of $3118,
leaving him with a personal obli
gation of $41)0
Listing no contributions, Chas.
II Manning, candidate to succeed
himself as judge of the Martin
County Recorder’s Court, filed a
statement showing expenditures
j in the amount of $118.80, broken
l down as follows: filing fee, $21;
postage, $25,80; print ■ g, $88; and
advei tising, $32.00.
As of yesterday none of the
other candidates had filed state
1 mi nts of i .mlributions and t.-.
I pond it u res.
A late report from the court
house this morning stated that It
I Johnson, candidate for county
recorder, had filed his expense ac
count The candidate listed no
contributions, and $88.00 expenses,
including $21 filing fee, $40.30 ad
verlising and printing, and $5.60
for gasoline.
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Crops In County
Damaged by Hail
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{’nip <»n fnrnu- hrtwern
Jamcsvillc and Dardens were da
maged n.y bail tally last evening.
According to reports here, young
tobacco and corn were just about
ruined on one or two farms, and
damage was fairly heavy on sev
eral others.
Complete reports on the damage
could not ire had, but it was said
that the hail struck the farms of
Dennis Coburn, H. L. Davis and
| several others. Insurance was
carried by some of the farmers.
Saturday Is The Day
For Battle of Ballots
Hihlr Srhool Lvtulvrs
To Mrrl Tomorrow
A meeting of superintendents of ^
jeginners, primaries, and junior
iepartments and all helpers of
he Union Vacation Bible School
ras been called for Friday after
loon at 4:00 o'clock in the junior
lepartment of the Baptist church
ay the director, Rev. John Goff.
A full attendance is urged.
Graham Manager
In Martin County
Issues Statement
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Kxpresses Appreciation for'
(.oiiKulcrutioii Shown
During: ( ainpaign
While quite willing to await
the expressed will of the people
in saying who'll lead for the U.1
S. Senate in Martin County,
Frank P, Graham's manager, W
C Manning, I his week expressed
his appreciation to the people ol
the county for their kind con
sideration and the help and sup
port voluntarily offered in be
half of Mr Graham's candidacy.
Manning said the prospects
for a great Graham victory were
very encouraging, but lie appeal
ed to his co-workers and other
friends not to slacken their of
forts in behalf of Graham’s earn
patgn until the polls are closed
at li:3() Saturday evening
“We have encountered some
disappointing obstacles, but the
questionable tactics and the in
jection of hatred and prejudice
j have backfired and the voters arc
| swinging toward Senator Gta
I ham in ever-inereuslng mini
tiers,” the county manager tie
dared.
"The opposition's charges have
been proved unfounded one alt
er another, and the smears made
in a desperate effort to gain votes
have been exhausted without
being accepted by the large ma
jority of the people," the manager
added.
Explaining that he had known
Frank Graham for years, that
lie had found him always work
mg for the advancement and
I good of North Carolina and its
people, the manager again ap
I pealed to all voters to work for
(Continued on page eight)
"Miss Bright Leaf
01 Williamston"
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Miss Norma Kagan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Julia Kagan of Dur
dens, has been selected as “Miss
Bright Leaf of Williamston” in
a contest concluded here yester
day. She is to represent William
ston in the world premiere of
“Bright Leaf” being held in 11a
h igh on May 31.
Miss Polly Manning took sec
ond place anil Jean Carol Griifin
was third in the competition
sponsored by the Vieear Theatre
here. Other contestants were Lib
Cherry, Thelma (.'arrow, Betsy
Morton, Sarah Manning, Jessie
Mae Melson, Lilybct Muse, Tru
lah Ward Bailey, Leona Hardison
and Katie Leggett.
Miss Kagan will be an honor
guest in Raleigh where she will
ride m the parade and attend a
luncheon and later in the evening
a reception at the Governor's
Mansion.
f COLLECTION |
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Hadlv in nred of funds,
Williamslmi Itin Smuts will
make a waste paper collec
tion next Wednesday morn
ing: in all parts ?.? the town,
it was announced today by
Scoutmaster Thurman Mat
thews.
The boys will gladly receive
old newspapers, magazines,
cardboard und otiier waste
papers. The people of the
town are asked to help the
Scouts along with the collec
tion.
rhirty-iour Names
Dn Stale, County
And Local Tickets
Ki^lilcm <'.umliilulo* SitIv
iii” Nine District ami
(anility Office*
Everything is all set for the big
battle of the ballots in the thir
teen precincts in this county on
Saturday of this week. The poli
ticians have been a shooting the
words for weeks, attacking and
counter-attacking, but the voters
themselves will open their bar
rage at 6:30 o'clock Saturday
morning. The firing will cease
promptly twelve hours later at
6 30 o'clock that evening
It is possible that the day's ac
tivities will not determine all the
battle winners. A second primary
is possible in four contests—U. S.
Senate. State Senate, State House
of Representatives, and County
Board of Education Some obser
vers see a real threat for a second
contest foi the State House o)
Representatives
The State ballot carries only
eight names and three contests
as follows:
For I'nitod States Senator
( Vote for One)
( ) Frank P. Graham
( ) Willis Smith
( ) Robert R. Reynolds
( ) Olla Ray Boyd
For Associate Justice of
Supreme Court
( Vote for One)
( ) Emery B. Denny
( ) Oscar O Efird
For Commissioner of Insurance
(Vote for One)
( ) Waldo C Cheek
( ) Hoke R Bostian
The county ticket carries the
I names of eighteen candidates who
I are seeking nine positions, as fol
i lows:
For State Senator
(Second Senatorial District)
(Vote for Two)
( ) Dallas’ fviaTlisoh
( ) O. L. Williams
( ) Sam M Campon
( ) Hugh G Horton
For Member of State House
of Representatives
( Vole for One t
( ) E. G (Andy) Anderson
( ) Luther Hardison
(Continued on page eight)
Review 01 Voles
And Registration
Judging from the reeent regis
, (ration a fairly large vote is to be
i exported in the primary election
on Saturday of this week. How
ever, judging from the size of the
vote total m the 1940 and 1948
primaries, no large vote is expert
ed.
Observers are fairly confident
that the total will range from 1).
1)00 to 4,'200 The sheriff’s rare on
the eounty ballot is likely to be
the main vote puller, but the other
contests on that ticket are not to
. be overlooked On the Slate hal
Slot, tlv U S HeP-aW-etu;.'us*..w■ t!
overshadow the other two con
j tests on that ticket. Then the con
j stable contests in Janicsville, Wil
liamston and Hamilton Townships
; are not to be overlooked, reports
[indicating that the lower-level
contests are creating much inter
est, especially in Janicsville and
[ Hamilton.
Holow are listed the registration
totals md the HJIti and III1H pri
mary votes, by precincts
Primary Votes
Reg. Precinct 1910 1948
095 Jamesville 200 HO!)
325 Williams 80 102
503 Griffins 24 i 2nl
52!) Hear Grass 227 24!)
1057 Wilhamston 1 344 371
1301 Wilhamston 2 485 .>31
ttit) Cross Roads 218 157
1000 llobersonville 450 480
275 Gold Point 88 120
250 Poplai Point 144 03
237 Hassell 80 03
370 Hamilton 137 100
569 Goose Nest 104 220
7034 Totals 2980 3140