THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BX OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTT FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 53 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 6. 1930 ESTABLISHED L899 Two Badly Hurt • In Car Accidents On July Fourth Haniel It. Peel Has Bael Broken: Marsleinler t'liilii Hurt Two Martin County people, Daniel B. Peel, 54, and Johnny Lewis Marslender, 7, were badly but believed not gravely injured in July 4 automobile accidents. Peel suffered a broken back and the Marslender lad, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Harvey Mars lendcr of near Williamston, suf fered a broken arm, face larcera tmns and bruises about the body. Both victims were removed to a Washington hospital for treat ment, last reports stating they were getting along as well a? ^ could be expected. Peel, mechanic at the Standard Fertilizer Company, was injured when the car in which he was riding turned over on a dirt road in Pamlico County at 11:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. Another pass enger, James Flynn, 65, suffered a broken neck and his condition was reported serious yesterday. According to Mr. Roy Peel, Mar tin County jailer, the car skidded • in a curve and turned over several times. Joseph M Heath, Windsor man, was traveling toward Washington when the Marslender child ran into the road about five and one half miles south of Williamston at S):30 o’clock Tuesday morning. The little fellow was struck and Knocked several feet into the air, landing beside the road. Heath, • talking with a riding companion who was on his w'uy to the hospi tal, said he could not understand why there were so many highway accidents A few seconds later the child was struck by Ids car. Heath jiicked up the child and the child's father and carried them to the hospital. Patrolman M. F. Powers investigated the accident, explain ing the car was runmngl about ^ twenty miles an hour when it lot the child, that it came to a stop about 7 feet after striking the victim The long holiday week-end saw' possibly the largest volume of traffic on the highways in this section than ever before. There were no tradgic deaths in this county, but the State recorded 33 highway fatalities and several other untimely deaths In the na tion the slaughter toll pushed near the 600 mark, the highway fatalities reaching close to the (Continued on page eight) In Jayeee Beauty Pageant Pictured above are the winners in the recent beauty pageant, sponsored by the Williamsion Jaycees. They are: front row, left to right, Miss Judy Bulluck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bulluck and third place winner; Miss Nancy Woolford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Woolford and "Miss Sweetie Pie of 1950”; and Miss Myra Fisher, daughter of Mrs. Magdaline Fisher, the second place winner in the "Sweetie Pie Contest.” Back row. left to right, Miss Susie Manning, 2nd place winner; Miss Lena Price, “Miss Williamston of 1950,” and Miss Jeanette Thomas, third place winner in the “Miss Williamston" beauty pageant. Drainage Is Major Problem In Martin County Inadequate drainage throughout the county is causing major concern for farmers and others, but there is a defin ite move under way now to have something done to relieve the condition. In the left picture above are shown the clog ged branch in Keeper’s Branch between Williams and Grif fins Townships. The next picture shows a newly-cut canal in Corey’s Lane on the Roberson farm in Griffins Town ship. The eanal was financed by voluntary assessments and farmers are well pleased there with the work. Exten sive projects are being planned in other parts of the coun- 'it tv, but little consideration has been given so far to the J major streams in the county. (Photos bv Royal Photogra phic Center, Williamston.) ” County Board Of Commissioners In Regular Meeting 1 " KwoiiiiiiciuI Stale Taking Over Hoad or Street INear Williunihtoii -• With little business other than that of a routine nature on their caJ&KtlM', l&e Martin County Commissioners were in session only a short time last Monday. Department reports were received and bills were inspected. The road program was briefly discussed, the board recommend ing that the State Highway and Public Works Commission take over and maintain that street near Williamston in West End. The thoroughfare, just a few blocks long, runs from Highway ti4 to a point near the old fair grounds grandstand and thence to the i Slaughter House or McCaskey Road. (Continued on Page Eight) Liquor Dealers Ilad Day In CourtMondav Seven Defendants* Fined $1,175 For: Whiskey Dealings —«— Lawyer* Volunteer rl'« Pro-* Mcciitc Docket In All- I #niw Of Solicitor — "• Alleged liquor law violators had a regular Held day in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday when seven of them bowed before the bar of justice and were fined $1,175. The day in court climaxed a series of raids conducted by police and county officers. Sixteen cases were handled at the Monday session, including a trial by six man jury. In the ab sence of Solicitor Paul D. Rober son, Attorney’s 11 (1. Horton, K. S. Peel and Clarence Griffin prosecuted the docket, the three i coming out with a perfect score. Total fines imposed by Judge Chus. H. Manning amounted to $l,2li0. Procedings: Adjudged guilty of drunken driving, Aaron Council of RFD I, Bethel, was fined $200, plus costs. He gave notice of appeal and bond was required in the sum of $250. He was found guilty by a six man jury. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, Victoria James was found guilty of simple as sault and judgement was sus pended upon the payment of the costs. William Hobart Hailes of RFD i 1, New Bern, was" taxed with the costs for speeding. I Pleading not guilty of speeding 50 miles an hour inside the town limits, Floyd Spruill of RFD 3, Williamston, was adjudged guil ty and was taxed with the costs. Pleading guilty of violating the liquor laws, LeRoy Smith was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of a $100 fine and the costs. He is not to be convicted of a liquor law violation within five years. (Continued on page eight) FIRST BLOSSOM i > Finding several earlier in the week, Mrs. Zeno Hcddard exhibited the first cotton blossom of the season here yesterday from the Beddard farm in Popular Point. The cotton crop, like all others, is looking fine in the county, but farmers declare there is a heavy weevil infes tation. r OPKNIN<; DAlIvS j The local tobacco market along with others in the Bright Belt will open the 1950 season on Friday, August 18, it was announced following a recent meeting ol the Board of Governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association held in Raleigh. (ieorgia will open the sea son on Monday, July 24, and the Border Belt opens on Tuesday, August 1. • The opening here this year is placed one day ahead of the first sales in l!)4!l. Farmers in this county arc now harvesting a good quaG Ity crop and that with a fa vorable price outlook is cause lor optimism in this area. Oak City Justice Hears Two Cases Justice J. 1J. Whitfield 'mum two defendants over to the coun ty court for trial following pre liminary hearings in Oak ('its last evening Elbert Jones, charged with tin possession of half gallon of illieil liquor, arranged bond in the sun ol $250. He was arrested bv Officer Garland Bunting Johnnie Jones, charged with public drunkenness and abusing the arresting officer, Potrnlmau It. P. Narron, was placed undci bond in tin. sdiVi 'iii .fiTju. Faculty Changes Are Announced In Local Schools IVarhrr lim-up Is MhmiI (lonipirh' for IVmi, i*riii<*i|»iiI Says I Several changes in the local : school faculty were anmmiieeil last week-end by Principal H G Stewart Several places, made vaeany by resignations, have been filled, the principal explaining that apparently the teacher line up is all set for the 1950-51 term with the exception of an agn culture teacher Miss Anne Royster ol 1 lender son is succeeding Mrs Beecher Patterson as public school music 'tfsicher Mrs I’atterson recently resigned to go with the Char lottesville, Va , public schools as j musig director. Miss Royster was graduated in public school music | at Woman’s College of the Uni versify of North Carolina, Greens boro, a short time ago. Miss Harriet Tucker of Ahoskie has been elected librarian for the high school, a new position. Miss Tucker taught in tin Bauruiburg '.schools for three sears and war, I full time librarian at Roanoke Rapids last ycai She is a graduate < > f Wniiiiin’k (’ »J j • m * < > 11 f 1 h i • [ T j i i ' versily of North Carolina, Greens 1 boro Miss Lillian Joyner of Green villc is succeeding Mrs I) W | Brady who resigned as second grade tcachci A graduate of East, Carolina Teachers College, Green : vilie, Miss Joyner taught in the Hopewell, Va., schools two years land in Winterville last year. Mrs. W II. Abernathy, who I pitched in to help relieve 1h< situation dut ing the t< achei .. ' (Ckmttnued on page eight) Explosion Damages Mixer At Fertilizer Plan/ Here I wo men were burned ,om badly, when fire broke mil n • he elevator shaft of the insecti cide mixing plant at the Stand ard Fertilizer plant on Knanoki River here yesterday afternooi at 2:00 o’clock. An explosion following the fire, shook tin building an« workers arc being assigned by Hit* employment office here each 1 day for work in the tobacco harvest, Manager Kelly («ay said. While the demand for loopers and primers is a bit difficult to meet, other types of labor are plentiful, (lay said. The wage scale is running about the same as it was last year or about S3 for shelter hands and $5 for primers with a few top primers re ceiving $<> a day. Employment re presen ta lives are at the office on Main Street here each morn ing at 5:30 o'clock to cheek out workers. Itniucsls will be given every consideration, the manager said. The service proved highly satisfactory last year. Jas. Robi, Everett Died In Hospital Here Late Monday i' lllimil ( .immIih <<‘<1 In I In’ < .Iniitli of 5 In* V!\ out \l :,‘50 ^ Jamc- Robert E\ oretl .veil known local man ami ! < -11 r>-■ I Ul mer, died in 1.1 ie hospital here at 10:213 o'clock Monday night after a long period of de< lining health. Suffering with a heart condition, he had been confined to hi. home the greater part of the time dur ing the past live \ ear-. Ills con dition became worse the early part of last week and he was re moved to the hospital where lit tle hope was held for his recov ery. He was born in 1’opular Point Township, neai William ton, 56 years ago on Oetof. Hi, 11.193, the son of the late Jami Arnold and Roland Ora Taylor Alter finishing the local schools he at tended the Warrenlon High School and State College in Ral eigh, later studying in a Norfolk business college. In early manhood ho was mar ried to Hannah Victoria Fowden who died on Oetobei 26, 1922. Two daughters, Mrs Horace A. Ra\ and Mrs J O Manning Jr., both of Williamston, and a son, James Robert Everett, oi Will iarnstcin survives that union. Also surviving are two brothers, Wm. Harrell Everett of Williamston, and Jus II Everett of Norfolk; and a sister. Mrs B C Swam, of Norfolk; a grand -.on, Horace A. Ray, ,11 , a vs i :il inn i and nephews Mr Kvcrelt located in William slon m 192-1, hut continued his farming interests until ill health forced his reliremenl lie also operated a contract hauling busi ness for a numbei ol years before ■ etiring A member o| the Church ol fin; Advent lieii loi a long number of years, he was possessed of a kind arid generous heart and was most thoughtful ol othc lb- was well known m this a ction ol the State, but in reconl sear.-, lie lost during his declining years touch with the public except a few close friends who visited in his home. Funeral services were conduct cd m the Church of the Advent yesterdav afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by tile rector. Rev Thomas Hastings, and internient was in Ihc I'amilj plot in Wood lawn Ccmeli-i > here. Among Iho.c from out of town at lending the funeral were, Me. Warren Everett, Miss Elizabeth Wan i n and Rev Sidney Mat (Continued on page eight) Beauty Rings Tlu* mmmmm Pictured above is Miss Lena Price, "Miss Williamston of liJ.il)," ringing the replica of the old Liberty Bell while it was here week before last in the interest of the Savings Bond drive. Miss Price represented the town at the Jay* tees’ State Beauty Pageant held in Wrightsville Beach earlier this week.