Booster Days In Williatnston Today, Tomorrow And Saturday THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE* VOLUME LJII—NUMBER 57 William Hon, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 20, 1050 ESTABLISHED 1399 Fifteen Cases In County's Court Monday Morning Several Road Sentences Arc Imposed; Fines Amount To Only SI 25 In a short session last Monday morning, the Martin County Re corder's Court handled fifteen rases and continued several others. Road sentences were again in style while fines, imposed by the court, amounted to only $125. Two jury trials were scheduled, and both were continued after the twelve jurors reported for duty. In one of the two cases, the defendant explained that a wit ness, J. H. Gray, Sr., was in Georgia and the case was set for trial on August 14. In the second (ase, the defendant. Garland Thomas Roberson, did not report for trial, a letter addressed to him, having failed to reach its destination. The defense attorney waived claim to a jury trial and the case will be heard next Mon day. The case, charging Chas Curtis with drunken driving, has been pending for months. The court instructed the clerk to pay the jurymen. Proceedings: Pleading not guilty of non-sup port, Booker T. Lloyd was found guilty and drew six months on the roads. The judgement was suspended upon the payment of the costs and $3 a week for the support of. his child. He appealed and bond wasjixed in the sum of $250. Charged with larceny of a watermelon, Ben Biggs and Gro ver Jones were found not guilty, the defendants claiming they paid for the melon. Judgement was supended upon the payment of the court cost in the case charging Roy Clayton Pilgreen, P.FD 1, Robersonville, with speeding. Julius Latham, charged with as saulting a female, was adjudged not guilty After officers had served a warrant on him in the case, Latham ran away and for that he was fined $25, plus costs. Charged with violating the li quor iaws, John Bonner and Oli ver Rogers pleaded guilty. Bon ner was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspend ing the road term upon the pay ment of a $50 fine and costs. The defendant is to have no liquor in his possession during the next two years. Rogers was sentenced the roads for sixty days. George Green was sentenced to l lie roads for sixty days for as 'oulting a fema... The road term \ as suspended upon the payment •f the court costs The defendant to drink no liquoi dunng the text two years. Pleading guilty of assaulting a entale with a deadly weapon, Jasper Page was sentenced to the 'oads for eighteen months. In a second ease, charging him with lie same offense, Page was sen cnccd to the roads for eighteen nonths, the sentences to run con currently. McKinley Latham, drunk and lisorderly, was sentenced to the oads for three months, the road orm was suspended upon the lay men t of the cost, and he is o drink no liquor during the next wo years. Pleading guilty of careless and ccklcss driving, L. H. Rawls was med $25, plus costs. William Wesley Carter, plcad ng guilty lit operating a motor chicle without a driver’s license, v us fined $25, plus costs. Judgement was suspended upon he payment of the court costs in he eases charging Raymond lichard Miller of Rocky Mount, inward Henry LaMarr, Jr., of vvuimiiueu on page eignii BARN FIRE The first tobacco barn: fire of the season in thin county was reported a few’ day 4 ajo between Jainesville and Dar dens. It was on the Davis farm. So far as it could be learn ed here there have been no \ other barn fires in the county this season. new barn constructed, it was .Mrs. Davis is having a reported. Liquor Still Operators Are Hampered by Heavy Rains While crops were materiall | damaged, the illicit liquor mane facturing business was all bi washed out. The rams hampere the firing apparatus and th swamps overflowed with watei j However, the first day withoc rain and the operators were bac in business - on a limited scab at least. Raiding in Robersonville Town ship, near Gold Point, ABC Ol fieer Joe Roebuck and Deput Roy Peel wrecked a plant equip ped with 50-gallon capacity o drum still.cThey tore down a 30 gallon capacity fermenter an poured out 300 gallons of suga mash. Not far away, the officer wrecked a second plant cquippe with two oil drum stills and fou 150-gallon fermenters. They p>our DAD CHECKS N. Worthless checks, written in gmouts ranging from $1 to $50, are in circulation in numbers in this county, ac cording to reports coming from the sheriff's office this week. “We are serving, on an average, a warrant a day, charging the issuance of worthless checks," Sheriff M. W. Holloman said yesterday. The surprising part about the medium of exchange, ac cording to the sheriff, is the large number of worthless checks accepted in good faith by retailers from strangers. y cd out 150 gallon!-' of beer. -I Before the big rain Friday af ternoon, the two officers invaded d Bear Grass Township and took, eja 100-gallon capacity copper ket» tie. The plant was fully equipped, t the officers wrecking three 200 t gallon fermenters and pouring t, out 100 gallons of sugar mash. While the manufacturing end of - the illicit business was virtually - idle, retailers were continuing f operations, possibly with surplus - stock. Three retailers were arrest 1 ed in the Parmcle area, it was J reported. 1 In and around Williamston, r liquor retailing has been waning s a bit following the extensive raids 1 conducted by local police a short r time ago and the heavy fines im - posed in the county court. j|Yoong Nan Held On Forgery Count Oliver Rogers, a young local I colored man, was bound over to the superior court by Justice R. T. Johnson last week-end for alleg edly forging his father’s name to a $35 check. He was given a hearing before Justice R. T. Johnson who found probable .cause of guilty and re quired bond in the sum of $200. The bond was arranged. Charged with being drunk on the highway, Thurman Williams was sentenced to the roads for thirty days in Justice Chas. R. Mobley’s court Tuesday evening. The road term was suspended up on the payment of the costs. Drunk and disorderly, LJllic Berry was sentenced to serve ten days in jail by Justice J. S. Ayres last Saturday. It was the second jail term in recent weeks for the defendant. List Promotions In Guard Uni! Officials of the local unit of th< National CJUSFd today listed som< promotions and called attention t< J the fact that there«re several va cancies in the unit at present wit! a likeliiiood that more will de velop when the national progran of expansion is approved. Raymond S. (Dink) Cherry ha been promoted to Sergeant Firs Class while James Rodgcrson George Bunch, Leroy Moorfe, A1 ton Pleasants and Jesse D. Gur Manus have been promoted to ser Meant. Bud Beach has been pro moted to Corporal. In seeking recruits, the guard i: directing its appeal especially t< young men fn the draft age, 19 t< 25. Men in the National Guarc are not eligible for the draft. Join ing the guard gives a man ; chance to train at home as long a1 possible, it was pointed out, ant in event he is called to duty ht will be in a unit of his own ehoos ing with his friends and home folks. Furthermore, they add, ht has a good chance to learn some thing before actually being callec up with a better chance to takt care of himself and to get promo tions in the army. Anyone interested in learning more about the guard set up i; asked to contact E. S. Peel, Jr. at his home or at his law office. Rome Building Going Forward Constructing work is progress ing rapidly on new homes here for Mr. and Mrs. Jim Critcher on Liberty Street, next to the Rip leys, for Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Brock, Jr., on East Franklin Street, for Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Harrington on Lee Street, for Mr. and Mrs. Bill Howell, corner of Vance and Lee Streets, for Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sessoms, corner West Franklin and Lee Streets, for Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Manning on School Drive, and for Dr. and Mrs. G. G. Himmelwright on Woodland Drive. Work is also progressing on a four-apartment house on Sim mons Avenue. A. J. Manning is the builder. Mr and Mrs. John Wier and son recently moved into their new duplex in the pines at Mar tin Heights, West Main Street. Several other home building projects are pending but it is not known if the new restrictions will affect them. Georgia Markets Opening Monday . Tobacco markets in .the Geor gia-Florida belt will open the new season next Monday, giving far mers in other belts a good idea about the 1950 price trend. Robersonvillc tobacconists, in a half-page advertisement in this paper, announce arrangements . to have a direct broadcast over ! Station WRRF from the Moultrie t market from 2:00 until 2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon. The broadcast is being sponsored by Jim Gray ' and Andy Anderson and Sher- j wwl Roberson will bewnaster of! ceremonies on the sponsors' ware- : I house floor in the Georgia town. I Have Openings In Civil Service —•— Local Secretary Julian Jackson of the Civil Service Commission announced several job openings this week, including teacher po sition in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Quaterman Transporta tion, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Pharmacist, and cotton warehouse examiner, j Salary schedules run from $3,100 to $4,600. Interested parties are directed to contact Mr. Jackson, secretary, at the Williamston post office. — ■ —■ Marriage Licenaea .ire laaued In Paal Few Daya Marriage licenses were issued in this county during the past few days to three couples. One of the grooms, Robert Brown, is 73, and his bride, Louise Grammar, is 10 years old. Both are of Oak City. The other two licenses went to, Gene Henry Payton And Barbara Ann Matheny, both of Plymouth, and to Thomas Harden and Mary Ellen Ward, both of Williamston. Continuea III In The Hoapital Here Mr. B. S. Courtney continues ill in local hospital where he has been a patient for almost two weeks. He was reported some brighter this morning, but his general condition was reported little changed. Farmers Dispose Of Excess Crops In Marlin County Ajiririiltim* Authorities Set No Keusou Just Now to Lift Yield (lurhs Martin County farmers in fairly large numbers exceeded their acreage allotments, but nearly all of them moved to destroy the surplus and bring their plantings into line to escape penalties, ac cording to unofficial information coming from the office of the county agent this week. The excess plantings were limi ted for‘the most part to fractional acres, meaning that the farmers did not deliberately plan to gi beyond their quotas. However there are a few—possibly halt dozen—who chose to exceed their allotments by about an acre with the intention of paying the mar keting penalties. Approximately fifteen percent of the tobacco farmers planted jr excess of their allotments, but al but a very few chose to destroy the excess. As a result there’ll be few red marketing cards in the hands of Martin farmers next month when the markets open it is estimated that the farmers planted all of their 11,450 to bacco acres allotted them, but disease cut the fifure back pos sibly several hundred acres. It is apparent that the 1,500-word message to the Senate and House, reporting in detail on what has happened in Korea and why the United States again is fighting thousands of miles from home. “The attack upon the Republic 1 of Korea,” the President said, "makes it plain beyond all doubt that the International Communist , movement is prepared to use armed invasion to conquer inde pendent nations. We must, there fore, recognize the possibility that armed aggression may take place ' in other areas.” The President said the increase m the size of the armed services and the extra supplies they need will require additional appropri ations. Hence in the next few days he will “transmit to the Con gress specific requests for ap propriations in the amount of ap proximately $10,000,000,000. At home, Mr. Truman said, there must be “substantial redi rection of economic resources" to insure that defense needs will be met without fringing on infla tion and its resulting hardship for every family. Accordingly, the President pro posed: 1. That Congress pass legisla tion now providing priorities and allocations for materials needed for national security, to limit use of materials for non-essential pur poses, to prevent hoarding, and I to requisition or seize materials i required fur defense. 2. That all government agen cies review their programs wi'l [an eye to lessening the demiXcl for services and supplies vital to j defense. 11. That 'i.ixrs he boosted more sharply than he has recommend ed before in order to combat in flationary pressure. He said that at “an appropriate time,” as soon as necessary stud ies are finished, he will present ! Congress a tax program based on I the principles that (A) the nation ] must try to pay for the greatest 1 amount of needed spending out of ! taxes, and (B) the tax system must be balanced to distribute its burden fairly Mr. Truman heretofore has urg ed mainly higher taxes on cor porations and on upper bracket incomes. ; Yesterday I c told Congress that heavier taxes will lessen the need | for general economic controls and j that a balanced tax program I would help check profiteering. 4. That there be further re straints on credit* expansion — along lines of curbs he directed the day before for federally as sisted housing. The President told the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration to de mand higher down payments and to cut down on building programs generally in order to provide mere building materials for de fense purposes. In his message yesterday, the I President recommended that Con gress authorize more controls to curb the expansion of privately financed tea! estate credit. 5. That Congress authorize pro duction loan guarantees and di rect loans to boost production. (Continued on Page Seven) Advance Drainage Preliminary Work About Completed In One Districl —«— Srekinji IVlitiout* In Kok! And ('ollir Swamp Drainage Arras - - . _• Convinced that proper drainagi is vitally necessary, a goodly nura her of Martin County farmers ari advancing plans for launching sizable drainage projects in sev eral sections of the county. One project, serving a limiter area in the Farm Life section oi Griffins Township, was reccnth completed, another is well ail vanced in the Hear Grass area and still another for the Ross and Collie Swamp drainage areas in Robersonvillc Township is wel m its preliminary stage. In addition to the district drainage projects, seventy-si> farmers during the six months ending last June 1, laid 13(i,00C feet or niore than twenty-dvr miles of drain tile on their farms scattered ail over the county. The farmers say, according to Howard F. McKnight of the Soil Conser vation Service, the drainage work paid big dividends during recent heavy rains. Most of the farmers while explaining that the ex ' ccssivc rains damaged their crops declared that had it not been for the tile their crops would have been ruined. The Farm Life project, com pleted just recently under the supervision of the soil conserva tion personnel, possibly more than paid for itself during the heavy rains that started falling on the sixth of this month. Highway en gineers admitted that large sec tions of the newly improved road in that area would have been lost had it not been for the drainage canal. The project was financed by voluntary contributions ad vanced by eight farmers and is about two miles long. Preliminary plans are just a bout complete for launching an extensive project designed to serve the drainage area along Hear Grass and Turkey Swamps. The project will benefit just a liout all of Hear Grass and a part of Cross Roads Township. Maps of the project have been completed, titles to land holdings have been searched and assessments arc scheduled to be announced within a short time. The project has run the court gantlet and it is likely that bids on the* work will bi called for the latter part of Au gust or early in September. The Hear Grass Drainage pro ject is expected to cost approxi mately $50,000. Interested parties are circulat ing petitions in Robersonvillc Township for the Ross and Col lie Swamp projects. A prelimi nary survey has been completed and plans have been discussed by farmers in public meetings. The Robersonvillc project is de signed to drain approximately 34,008 acri's, including 0,000 in the Ross Swamp area. It is estimated (Continued on Page Eight) Report Points To Tobacco Increase Despite iippurent reductions caused by hail, wind and exces sive rams, flue-cured tobacco pro duction for the current year is still estimated to be in excess of 1!)4L) production, according to a report just recently released by the U, S. Department of Agricul ture. It is estimated that farmers in the flu-cured areas will produce one billion, one hundred and fifty million pounds us compared with a billion and hundred and fifteen million pounds lust year. Right at 1,51)5,800 acres were planted to all types of tobacco in the United States this year as compared with 1,630,300 acres planted in 1049. The Burley production is ex pected to drop from the 560 mil ion pounds produced last year to 101) million estimated pounds this ;eason. Plans For Programs I ABOUT HAI,1 v—-----, About half of the tobacco crop in this county will have } been harvested by the early part of next week, according ! to reports reaching here. A few farmers arc almost up to their tips, while others have only harvested the first and second pullings. Outside those areas where the crop was all but wiped out, the tobacco outlook im proved considerably since the last big rain on Friday, July 14. The harvest is going for ward rapidly and farmers de clare they haven't sufficient barn room to meet the de mand. However, the curings are turning out very well, ; but they arc of light weight. Tobacco Support Price 45 Cents I —**> An average loan rate of 45 i cents per pound for 1950 flue cured tobacco was announced by the Department of Agriculture re cently. The average loan rate for last | season was 42.5 cents per pound Both averages were based on 90 per cent of parity as of July 1, of the crop year. ! Loan rates by grades for 1950 lerop flue-cured range from $70 per 100 pounds for top grades I down to $10 per 100 pounds for 1 nondescript grades. An estimate of 392,960,000 pounds of tobacco for the 1950 crop m the Eastern Belt was made Wednesday by the Federal Agriculture Department. Produc tion last year was 3711,4110,000 pounds. For all flue-cured tobacco, the department estimated produc tion this year of 1,150,000,000 pounds, an increase of 35,000,000 pounds over last year. The estimates were made as of July I or prior to the continued rains in Eastern North Carolina which have damaged crops con siderably. Will Attend Club Meeting Tonight Several prominent persons, af filiated with Kiwnnis activities ini ! the Carolina* district, will he here | for the meeting of the local cluh | tonight. Among those scheduled to participate in the program are. t Orin Crown, governor of the Cm jolinas District, and l.t. Governor j L. T. Fountain of Tarboro. Gov lernor Crown is dean of students, University of South Carolina at Columbia. He is recognized as a brilliant speaker and an out standing figure in Kiwanis Inter national. Herb Hcnnig, secretary-treas urer of the Carolina* District, is also scheduled to be present for the meeting tonight Financial Status Of The Country The National deficit for the year ending June JO was $3,122 102,357, according to figures is sued by the Treasury depart ment. The .mm is about $2,300 000,000 less than was anticipated by the administration estimates ' made public on April 20. The government went in the hole for the year for the eigh- I teenth time in the past twenty years by spending $40,100,835,- , 1014.82 while taking in only $37, 1044,733,557.37. 1 I The federal debt stood at $257, 370,885,385.01 at the year’s end, June 30. The treasury had $5,517, 087,091.05 in cash on hand at the time. In spite of the improved show- ; mg as contrasted with admini stration estimates, the deficit was about $1,311,000,000 greater than that recorded for the previous year. Secretary of Treasury Sny der said the main reason was a $1,201,000,000 decline in revenues. Likely To Relain Crop Control For The Coming Year l,ary«- NiiiiiIht In Have i 11 ions of dollars invested m hese stocks. As a result, tin Department of Agriculture began an extensive migrain last year, which spread ,o most major products this year, 0 substantially curb production in in effort to halt furthci drains hi the Treasury for the farm mice support program. Congress tightened up production control laws and executive agencies did heir best to dispose of the rapid ly glowing surpluses, either ihroad or through relief and liuritahle agencies m this coun try. Almost overnight, however, the iituation has changed Today, as 1 result of the Korean hostilities mii plans to step up mobilization n event they spread to a far greater war, government authori ses are assessing our agricultural itockpdcs and are finding that ivlnle they appear adequate, they ire actually below tile levels vhich existed before I’earl liar jo r. II it were not for one extremely mportaiit but unknown factor, of ieials would not be too worried, ■lut this factor- the weather— low 'ooms so serious that growers if wheat, corn, cotton, and live stock will almost certainly be urned loose to produce just as much as they can next year. (Continued on page eight) MACHINERY Machinery dealers are mak ing plans to meet the demand this fall, reports from t|e freight station here stating that two solid carloads of farm implements were un loaded yesterday and that other shipments had been re ceived in recent days. Prices, while described as a bit high, are holding fairly firm, it was stated.