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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE* VOLUME L1II—NUMBER 46 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, Jinn- «, 1950 ESTABLISHED IROQ tLumber Plant Plans Regular Operations 4 Wells-Oates Firm To Operate Mill Near River Here ——® 1 Will Km ploy Fifty Persons Anil Kuhirge Market For Hardwoods Idle for several years, the large lumber plant of the Wells-Oates Lumber Company on East Main Street here will reopen for per manent operation on or about Monday. June 19, Manager Frank Weston announced yesterday. The plant, up until a few days ago, was in operation for a short time cutting timber for the Bel haven Veneer and Plywood Com pany. The Belhaven mill burned some weeks ago, and the logs on hand there at the time were brought to the mill here to be sawed. No official announcement has been made, but according to information received here the 'plant at Belhaven, employing as many as 200 people, will not be rebuilt. Mr Weston, who will be in charge of operations at the local plant, stated that his firm would enter the market for high quality hardwood timber immediately. “We do not plan to carry on log ging operations at the present time," Mr. Weston said. The com ^Kinv still has extensive timber holdings in this area. It is be lieved that sufficient timber can be purchased on the open market to keep the mill supplied with logs on a steady operating sched ule. Since the Belhaven firm com pleted its operations here, Mr. Weston is having the lumber yard rearranged and other improve jinents to the plant are being made. Mi Weston said yesterday that the plant will employ right at fifty workers, that most of them will be employed from the local labor pool, including some of the men who came here when the mill ■ was first placed in operation by J. McKimmon Saunders and who were with it when activities were suspended about two years ago. Draw Jurymen for The County Court — - Twelve ei-izens were drawn thi> ' eck tor jury duty in the county ■null They were tentatively scheduled to serve next Monday, rut the sessiirn has been called ill, and it is not known if they'll be instructed to serve during the July 17 session when two drunk en driving cases are scheduled for trial, one against Chas. G. Curtis and the other against Andrew Mobley The names of the citizens drawn are: Jumesville, Wesley Williams; Griffins, Ben Ira Hardison, Will iamston, E. M. Delmar, Willie D. Modlin, J. T. Barnhill, Jr., R. T. Griffin, M. L. Peel, Jr., H. A. Bowen, J. O. Manning, Jr., Jesse W. Sumner; Robersonvilie, Jimmy B. Bullock; -G-e-Dse Nest, William Lynch. Jaycee Coniesi Advancing Here By L. Nelson Lcggette At the regular meeting of the Jaycee* Friday night, Jaycee Dav is VanNortwick, chairman of Miss Williamston Pageant and Miss Sweetie Pie Contest announced that the contest was showing rap id progress. The showing of the pageant will be in the Williamston j High School Auditorium at 8:15 p. in. June 21, 1950, with Billy; Gravely and his orchestra furn ! ishing background music. After the pageant the annual dance will be held in the high school gyru-; nasium A goodly number of girls have entered the beauty pageant con- j test. “Miss Williamston of 1950” will be selected and will be given an all expense paid trip to More head City to compete for "Miss North Carolina of 1950.” RECORD Home construction is be lieved to have established an all-time record for any one month in May of this year, ac cording: to a preliminary re port released this week by Building Inspector G. P. Hall. Fifteen permits for the con struction of new homes were issued during the period, the inspector stating that the cost would approximate $116,004. Program Listed For Band Drill, Concert Tuesday Nine Numbers To Re IMay* cd Following Drill Anil Maneuvers on Field Plans were virtually complete today for the big concert and drill bv the Williamston High School Green Wave Band at the Wil liamston baseball park Tuesday night, June 13. at 8:00 o’clock. A lot of practice and hard work has gone into the preparation of the! big show and the youngsters are prepared to show the folks of this section that they are ready for a shot at state honors at Charlotte on June 19 when they take part in the state convention of the Lions’ Clubs. A public address system will provide the spectators with a de scription of the vurious drills and maneuvers, a refreshment stand will provide refreshments during the program, and a concert of at least nine numbers of various types of music will close the pro gram. The drill and concert is being sponsored by the Lions’ Club of1 Williamston and other friends of I the band to provide funds to help defray the expenses of the band's trip to Charlotte. The band won first place in the district Lions’ convention parade at Goldsboro and were guaranteed a chance at state honors as a result. Tickets to the concert have been on sale for some time but reports on the sales are just beginning to come in and a fairly complete tabulation is not expected before the regular meeting of the Lions’ Club tonight, but plans of Ticket Chairman Dick Elliott call for a concentrated effort on Saturday of this week in the ticket sales promotion. Stands are to be plac ed at various points in the town and Spike Bones and His Musical Nightmares are due to make a few rounds to boost the sales. Spike and members of his band are also members under different names in the Given Wave Band. The program as announced by Director Butler last night will in clude an opening march—"Men of Ohio" by Fillmore. Then will fol lojv "Two Moods”, an overture by Grundman; “I’ll Dance at Your Wedding,” a pop tune, arranged by Leonard; "There’s Something AbuUt A Soldier,” arranged by Yoder; In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, arranged by Teague; The Billboard", a march bv Klohr; 'Tea for Two," Youinans Yoder; "Memories,” a waltz, ar ranged by Teague; and “Red Rhythm Valley,” arranged by Hill, a popular number with both the young musicians and music levers. The evening’s program will be opened with an official inspection under direction of Master Ser geant Leslie T. Fowden with two other sergeants assisting. Then will come the drills and maneuv ers which are set up as a part of the national band contest require ments. There will be marching and playing, marching without playing, squads right, squads left, about-fa<?e, counter-marching in crease front, decrease front, angle maiching and a special closing drill. Having gotten their tasks pret ty well in hand after a good prac tice session Tuesday afternoon, a day of rest was allowed the band (Continued on page m) Senatorial Race Goes Into Second Primary June 24 — Willis Siniill Broke Silence Yesterday When He Ask ed For Second Chance m After a ten-day silence, Willis Smith, corporation lawyer and runner-up in the first primary for the United States Senate, yes terday asked for a second chance. He and Frank P. Graham, incum bent, will be on the State ballot and A. Corey and E. G. (Andy) Anderson will be on the county ballot for county representative in the North Carolina General Assembly during the second pri mary to be held on Saturday, June 24. Following Smith's announce ment in Raleigh yesterday, board of elections officials started mak ing preparations for the second contest. Precinct officials are be ing notified today in this county. There'll be no new registration, meaning that those who tried to vote on May 27 and couldn't will still be ineligible to participate in the second primary voting on Juhe 24. Only vague plans have been announced by the candidates for their second contests, but in all probability the race for the United States Senate will be marked by contemptible smears, warped and twisted statements. It is possible that Frank Graham will now be charged with writing the United States Constitution, passing the Interstate Commerce Commission Act and controlling the United States Supreme Court. They’ll not mention the cold fact that Gra ham was president of the Univer sity of North Carolina for almost twenty years, that while several Southern States have Negroes in their university graduate schools, not one is in the University of North Carolina. They’ll not men tion the fact that Frank Graham while at the University had the approval of several administra tions, that one session alter an other of the legislature approved his leadership and encouraged him in his work to enhance education and provide a better way of life in North Carolina for all. Defeated almost three-to-one in this county on May 27, Smith has not announced his plans for the second primary. Graham forces, volunteering in large number, are making ready to accept the chal lenge under the chairmanship of W. C. Manning. In a statement released yester day, the county chairman of the Graham forces, said he regretted that it is necessary to roll up sleeves and go to bat again "But a worthy cause is at stake, and we just can’t afford to remain idle and do nothing against the determined march of the corpora tions,” he said, adding that it was heartening to receive encour aging offers of personal service in the forthcoming primary from so many of our people. "We can’t sit down now, but we can get busy and roll up a greater majority than we did on Saturday, May 27, for Frank Gra ham and for all that's good and noble on June 24,” the chairman declared. --- , - o Nickens To Speak To Kiwanis Club Rev. Paul V. Nickcns, Baptist Minister of Plymouth, and a noted amateur magican, will be the principal speaker at thg annual Father-Son Meeting of the local Kiwanis Club to be held on June 15. Club President, C. B. Clark, Jr., stated today lhal each mem ber of the club is expected to have at least one guest, his son, his father, his son-in-law, his father-in-law or a substitute at the meeting which directly pre cedes the Fathers’ Day Week end. Guests ranging in age from one year to ninety are expected to be present at the meeting. Bruce Wynne, Chairman of the club’s Inter-Club Relations Com mittee, is in charge of arrange ments for attendance. Garland Woolard, Vise-President of the Club will be in charge of the program. Club members are urged to advise Wynne by Monday, June 1 12, as to the number of guests they plan to have present in order that adequete entertainment "facil ities will be available. Oil Company To Build Terminal Here Hold A nnexation Election In Two Sections Saturday Citizens in the thickly settled areas known as West End and, North End will decide in an elec tion Saturday whether they’ll east their lot with the town of Wil liamston or retain their individual identity. The proposal to extend the town limits when first mentioned about two years ago stirred up some rather heated argument. Opposi tion was open and, in some in stances, a bit bitter. In more re cent months, little has been said about the proposal,, and a fairer appraisal is being made. Narrow ed down to a final analysis, the people are weighing the advan tages and disadvantages, and both admittedly exist, and while the! advantages are thought to out- ; weigh the disadvantages there is some question it all or a majority of the citizens in the areas are willing to accept the cost. While there have been wild ru mors about confining town serv ices to points within the town limits, no foundation for such ru mors has been officially establish ed. Just what action, if any, will be taken in the future, remains to be determined, town officials hav ing dec.aied they wanted to work tor a solution to the mutual ad vantage of all. The registration, numbering al most 400 in the two areas, is about all inclusive. Polling places, open from 6:30 a. m. until 6:30 p m„ are being maintained in North End and West End. A fairly sizable vote is expected in both sections. Hundreds Attend Vacation School The Union Vacation Bible School got off to an excellent start on Monday with two hun dred and eight in attendance. This number increased to two hundred twenty on Tuesday. The three de partments, Beginner, Primary and Junior, ar»' about equally divided in number as well as in boys and girls. Miss Margaret McDaniel, Home Economics instructor in the local high school, wus to have directed the handicraft work for the girls but was taken ill Sunday at her home and has been unable to return. Mrs. M. L. Peel, Jr., who did such an excellent job last summer, took over on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Peel is being as sisted by Mrs. Conrad Getsinger and Misses Mary Ann Williams and Jean Howard. The boys are being well taken care of under the guidance of Mr Bill Spivey who is not only teach ing them the fine art of playing soft ball, but of being good sports, a much needed bit of instruction for these davs. While the attendance is higher than that for the past several years, there are still many boys and girls between the ages of •) and 12 who should be in attend ance. Parents with children in this age .group who are not now attending Vacation Bible School should plan to have them begin Monday morning at 0:00 o’clock at the Baptist Church. Fees Add $4,421 To County Income —«— County court costs and fines, plus fees from the offices of the sheriff and register of deeds added approximately $4,421 to the coun ty’s income during the month of May, according to reports filed with the board of commissioners at the regular June meeting. Court eosts amounted to $1, 021 00 and fines, amounting to $S,785 00, bcw&tcd the in come from the court to $3,706.90. The sheriff's office turned over to the treasurer $305.50 collected for serving papers and handling other duties. The register of deeds accounted for $400.15 in fees. Income was derived in that office by record- , ing deeds, mortgages, issuing cer- ' tificates and various types of licenses. There has been a slight drop in general court costs, but fees arc holding up unusually well in the various offices. Entura Durham IIoh/hIuI Tueaduy Fur Treutmenl | Mr. Leroy Everett, prominent Hamilton business man was re moved to Duke Hospital, Durham, Tuesday afternoon in a Biggs ambulance for treatment. He was taken ill suddenly at his home Sunday morning and could not be moved until Tuesday. Last reports reaching here stated his condition was improving, but it could not ae learned how long he is to re main in the hospital. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Accident figures continue to climb following the wreck ing business on Martin Coun ty highways. Already there have been seventeen more ac cidents in the bounty so far this year than there were in the corresponding period of 1949. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 22nd Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Uam’ie 1!,50 A 1 0 $ 1(70 1949 200 100 Comparisons To Date 1950 (id 04 0 $15,515 1949 49 24 2 12,205 To Install New Line Equipment S I> Woolfoid, Dostnet Mana ger, <»f the Virginia Electric and Power Company announced to day that the installation of new equipment at several locations in the sub-transmission line be tween Turboro and Columbia will require an outage during the early hours <d Sunday morning, June 11th Service will be mtr r up ted at 4:00 A M Sunday morning and will remain off in ail locations from Tarboro to Co lumbia for approximately an hour and a half. The Town of William ston and the surrounding com munities, including Bear Grass, Farm Life, Cross Roads, Popular Point, and Everetts will be with out electric service for approxi mately 4 hours Mr Woolfoid further stated that this outage is necessary in order* that new and additional equipment may be- installed to improve the quality and reliabil ity of service to VEPCO custo mers and that every effort is being made to keep the outage to a minimum Hold Funeral For Mrs. $ol Bergman —t,— Funeral services were held in the Biggs Funeral Home here, yesterday afternoon at 3:00 o’c lock for Mrs. Stella Ward Bergman, Wiiliamston native who died in a hospital in New York on May 27. E H. Shulier, local Methodist min ister, conducted ttie service and interment was in the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery here. The daughter of the late John D. and Sabrina Gurganus Ward, she was born in Wiiliamston 4(i years ago. Aftei spending Ini early life she located in Norfolk and was married to Jack Morse. Surviving are her second hus band, Sol Bergman of New York City; two »i»tcis, Mrs John Na- j neck of Hastings, N. Y., and Miss Lucille Ward of Wiiliamston; and four brothers, J. D. and Wheeler M. Ward of Wiiliamston, Norman if New Bern, and Evan Ward of Richmond. Handled Fifteen Cases Monday In The County Court Session Lush'd I’ntil Lah* In llic Afternoon; Li in'-. Amounted To $250 The Martin County Recorder’s Court was held in session until late afternoon Monday, Judge Chas. H. Manning and Solicitor Paul I). Roberson having handled fifteen cases during the mean time. One or two of the trials | were long drawn out. Fines were imposed in the amount of $250 Proceedings: Pleading not guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, Ernest Purvis was found tut guilty. Judgement was suspended up on the payment of the costs and the amount of a check in the case in which J. E. Andrews was charged with issuing a worthless check. Paul Frank, Jr., was fined $25, plus costs, for operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license. He pleaded guilty. Charged for the second time with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, J. I). Carr was fined $200, plus costs, lie lost his operator’s license for two years. He pleaded not guilty in the case. Charged with non support, Geo. II Wynne was found not guilty. Pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, Gladys Teal was required to pay the court costs. Adjudged guilty of non-support, GVorgc Washington Joyner was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of the costs and on condition that he pay $3.50 a week for the sup port of his child Pleading guilty of bastardy, : Cornelius Kborn was taxed with | the costs and directed to pay $4 I a week for support of his child. A six-month road sentence was suspended. Charged with drunken driving, Robert Hoe Manning, colored, was found not guilty Judgement was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the ease charging Dewey Stalls with speed mg. James Hawkins, adjudged guil tv of assaulting a female, was sentenced to the roads for sixty i days. Charles Felgar of Glenshaw, Pa, and Robert Wells Parker of P-wk Hi!! South Carolina, were required to pay the costs in the leases in which they were charged i with speeding. j Charged With operating a nio I tor vehicle without a driver's j license, Elmer A. Swain was sen i tonced to the roads for three months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of a $25 fine and costs. No session ol the county court I will be held next Monday, the clerk explaining that the judge is liturig called out of town to appear as a government witness in a ease against Bert Shafer in federal court at Philadelphia Postpone Session Of County Court _Nu session of the Martin Conn ty Recorder's Court will be held next Monday, it was announced this week after Judge Chas. H. Manning was notified to be in Philadelphia next Monday to test ify as a government witness in a ease against Bert Shafer. It could not be officially learned but Sha fer is being charged with com munistic activities and Manning was assigned to the ease as an Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Two eases, charging defendants with drunken driving, were book ed for trial before a six-man jury next Monday, but they are being carried until the third Monday in July. Jurymen were drawn and the sheriff was summoning them for duly when the judge was or dered to appear in Philadelphia next Mondav. On the following Monday, June 10, the superior court will be in session, and the county court wili not meet again until June 26. Unloading Material For Plant Al River V lather Ami \ ounfi Son Drou n In Tin- Roanoke -« William Panagatos, 50, and his cight-yeat'-old son, Alfred, were drowned in the Roanoke River at Plymouth early yesterday afternoon. They were near the Texaco pier when their boat turned over. A second son was saved. Last reports stated the body of the eight-year-old son had not been recovered from the river. Acheson Reports To Congress On Foreign Meeting Atlantic Community Is Ou| Kiprlit Itou'l. Sccrclai’y Of Slate Dwlarcs The strongest kind of democra ey is day-to-day democracy, kind in which public servants report continually to their employers the people of these United States. I This week saw another dra matic demonstration that Presi dent Truman's Administration practices that kind of democracy when Secretary of State Dean Acheson made an unprecedented report to the Members of the Sen ate and the House of Representa tives on lus return from historic meetings in Europe The Secretary of State's address was broadcast and telecast to the nation and his answers to ques tions put to him by Senators and Congressmen after his report were also "on the record” and were reported by the scores of newsmen who attended the meet ing. liio secretary ui Mate hud met with the foreign ministers of Great Britain ami of France and with the North Atlantic Council. Seceretary Acheson made no ef fort at high pressure salesmanship m recounting the achievements of the London meetings. lie point ed out that the nations id' West- | ern Europe were in agreement on I their joint economic and military problems and that lie found a new vitality and confidence that community action could solve then community problems. But he also made i plain that the United States must still bcai ■a heavy burden both in leader ship and in materia! contributions if we are to complete success fully the task we have assumed in EGA and the North Atlantic Fact. The Secretary of State summed it up this way: "Most of what was done was a beginning of still further progress The Atlantic j Community is on the right road, we have gone some distance down * it, and we know where we are going . "How far and how fast we go depends on each country, but perhaps especially on the United States. These meeting's will be just as important as the Govern ment and people of America 1 choose to make them. If we now support on a sustained basis the measures necessary to make this cooperative venture a success, we will not find wanting a similar response from our friends and, allies. Together we shall make , a major contribution to the United Nations whose Charter remains; our basic guide. “This road is the road to peace." The actions of our Secretary , of State in making this public re- < port, in undergo ig public ques ! I tinning by the elected representa- I lives of the people, show that he 11 believes as does our President and j 1 as does the Democratic Party, i ] that tlie people must be given I the facts about government proh- '( loins as they develop It also!, shows that he shares the confi-!t deifte of our President and our < Party, that, given the facts, the ] ( people will make the right de- ( visions and support those public ! servants who show their confi- j fence in the people by their ae- \ (Continued on page six) t --- Construction To Get Under Way on Project June 15 -- Terminal Will Serve Larue Portion of Last Carolina W itli Texaco Products Plans, considered for mole than a year, have been completed and construction work is slated to get under way next week on a large terminal on Roanoke River here for the Fexas Oil Company, it was announced yesterday by Mr. G. H. Harrison, Jr., local dealer for the company Material, including seven or eight carloads of steel, is being unloaded and Placed on the site, and actual construction of an office, truck sheds and the erection of six or seven large storage tanks will be started on or about June 15, it was announced. Property, fronting Highway 17 and with considerable footage on the river, was purchased some time ago from the Standard Fer tilizer Company, but final plan.) for the project were completed ■ inly recently 1 he cost of tin- project wal not disclosed, but the investmen! will run well into several hundred thousands dollars, according tn unofficial estimates Preliminary plans call for th • construction of a $(i,0()ti office building, a $5,000 truck shed and six or seven large storage tanks. The Grave Tank and Manufam turing Company oi Catasauqua, Pa . is el ecting the tanks which will hold an estimated quarter million gallons of gasoline each. Fhe tanks measure from JU to 35 feet in diameter and will be about forty feet high. Representatives of She Pennsylvania firm are super vising the unloading of the steel this week, and special construc tion forces will be brought in just as soon us the foundations are made ready for the erection of the tanks Company forces are being transferred from Virginia to handle the other construction work on the project The property is to be encased by u large fire wall While no oltieial announcement ras been released by the Texas Company, it is understood that she terminal will supply dealers >vor a radius of about 75 miles ' so begin with, that the company A’ill operate possibly fifteen or more large truck transports and naintain a fairly sizable pa.\ roll. It could not be learned when he terminal would be ready for iperation, tmt construction work s almost certain to continue over i period of several months Plans for the big project were first discussed more than two rears ago when leading officials if the Texas Company traveled hrough this section of North Carolina, late G. 11 Harrison, Sr, vho pointed out th; advancer, .f -WUlianiKton as u h r..!:ea fur he terminal. Dcvclopements tol (Continued on page sut) Special Red Cross Course Held Here A Red Cross study 'ourse, roil ■ tucted by Miss Cions Kotlum, ionu' Service F'irld Consultant, \tlanta. Ga., was hold in tlie Christian Church Tuesday, June i, at 10 o’clock. Those taking the course wire; ilrs. Rosalie Fronehergor, Mrs. dinerva Levin, Mrs. Herbert Tay or, and Mrs. Tom Btandon, Sr. The course consisted of Red 't oss responsibilities.ui repot ting ervicc such as Emergency lfav s, social histories for military and 'A hospitals, Home conditions re torts, request foi military trans* ers and aid to transients. These Red Cross volunteers iave agreed to work one day eaeh /eek in the chapter office and take the necessary home visits.