THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl
OVER 3,000 MARTIN CGCNTT
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COCNT1
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 63 W illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina., Thursday, A up list 10, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1899
>Williamston Tobacco Market Operators Ready For Opening
Town Officials In
Two-Hour Session
On Tuesday Night
t
Near Library Report And
An Appeal To Control
I Traffic During Fires
In ii regular session lasting
i more than two hours Tuesday
night, Williamston's town board
discussed numerous topics in ad
dition to handling routine mat
ters. All members of the board
were present except Commission
er K. D Worrell who was away
on business.
• A representative of the Tower
Clock Service suomitted a bid to
electrify the town clock. Certain
that something should be done to
relieve the aged time-piece, the
commissioners were reminded of
the cash shortage and the $785
bid was held in abeyance. The
representative explained that he
had examined the clock and that
many of the parts were badly
worn.
* Petitions were received, re
questing the installation of street
lights on West Main near the un
derpass and on Union Street and
j Plymouth Avenue near the G
i and it plant.
Pointing out the plight of the
local public library, Mrs. J. C
Cooke, member of the committee,
reviewed the history of the insti
I lotion and pleaded for an addi
tional appropriation. The library
is to be allowed $984 this fiscal
year, and it is understood that
the 10x12 building owned and re
cently vacated bv tne Civil Aero
nautics Administration just back
of thi' present library room will
1 be made available to the library
Representing the local fire de
partment, Henry Griffin, a mem
ber of a special committee, point
I #'d out that much trouble is ex
! pencilled by the volunteer fire
men in answering calls. Out
■ member of the department, thi
representative said, was forced
to wont for thirty-one cars ti
rleai out of the way before hi
,-ould proceed to a lire recently
Others, most of them acting oui
if eurosity, follow closely behkic
the fire trucks, creating an adder
ganger and delaying the volun
„ leer firemen who could not reach
the fire station in time to catch
the truck and have to travel ir
their own vehicles, Mr. Griffir
explained. The board is instruct
ing the police department to en
force those lavs governing traffii
during a fire call, and the ehn-i
is to meet with the firemen anc
discuss plans in an effort to re
lieve a bad condition.
Salary schedules for town em
f ployees were discussed, but n<
action was taken other than ti
increase the pay of the keepers
of the cemetery. The salary o!
one was increased from $30 ti
$35 a week and the other’s pay
was upped from $25 to $30 a week
Policemen who now are receiving
from $40 to $00 a week plus uni
forms, will have their salary
schedule reviewed between now
and the next regular meeting.
• Treasurer Marion Cobb report
ed that the sewer tax in July
amounted to $023.15, and that thi
income from parking meters a
mounted to $489.50. Since thi
meters were installed on Augus
4, 1948, $7,088.59 has been paid ti
the manufacturers, leaving a bal
anee due of $3,668.56.
(Continued on page six)
* | MOTORCADE
v
A motorcade, made up of
local tobacconists and others
and headed by Market Sales
Supervisor Paul Page and Al
Sweatt of the Williamston
Boosters, will tour most of
the towns in the county next
Monday, leaving here about
9:30 o’clock. Hamilton will be
I the first stop, the motorcade
completing its run late that
afternoon in Jamesville.
Members of the local hand,
including "Smirk Bones” and
his outfit will furnish the en
tertainment. The stops will be
brief and anyone is invited
to make the tour, it was an
nounced.
I
Pioneer In Hybrid Seed Corn Production
Enforcement Officers Were
i Busy During Month of.July
ABC officers wore busy during
the past month, but in the early
part of August mey have found
! little sign of activity on the illi
cit liquor front. The courts acted
recently to help put a crimp in
the illicit business when heavy
j fines were imposed upon viola
I tors.
! In his July report, recently fil
ed with the Martin County ABC
Board, Officer J. H. Roebuck
said there were two persons ar
rested and charged with violating
the liquor laws The two, plus
! five other arrested earlier, were
■ convicted in the courts. Road sen
tences added up to 27 months and
the fines amounted to $425.
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SELLING SCHEDULE
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Rules and regulations, gov
erning the sale of tobacco
this year, are little changed
from those in effect in 1949,
warehousemen explain.
Sales will be maintained
five and one-hall' hours Mon
day through Friday, three
hours in the morning and two
and one-half hours in the af
ternoon. Sales will be limited
to 40b piles per hour and the
maximum per weight is 300
pounds.
Local warehouses will re
ceive the first new crop to
bacco Wednesday, August 10,
for sale on Friday, August 18.
! County Youths
Report ior Basic
Henry Shelton Hardison and
Edward Warren Griffin, young
men of Route 1, Jamesville, left
lecently for San Diego, California
and are now taking their basic
traihing for the U. S. Navy.
While undergoing basic train
ing each man will be given the
opportunity to qualify for any of
the BO different schools of (the
Navy.
The two men, who enlisted at
the local recruiting station in July,
are the sons of Henry Aubrey
Hardison and James Thomas Grif
fin of Jamesville.
Seven liquor .stills, about half
of them made of copper, were
wrecked last month, the officers
pouring out 3,900 gallons of sug
ar mush and confiscating about
six gallons of raw liquor.
Business in the illicit field last
month was about average for a
July.
Fairly quiet there for some
months, illicit manufacturing in
the Free Union section of Jarnes
ville Township was found early
this' month to still have a toe hold
there ABC Officer J H Roebuck,
assisted by Deputy Hoy Peel,
wrecked a 50 gallon copper still
and poured out 100 gallons of
sugar mash there the latter part
of last week.
Fee System Nets
$3,198.10 In July
The fee system turned into the
county treasury last month a to
tal of $3,190.10, the greater part
of the amount coming from the
recorder’s court in the form of
fines and costs.
The court reported $1,615.00 in
fines and $943.65 in costs. In ad
dition to the fines and costs, the
court clerk reported $150.49 in
miscellaneous fees.
Register of Deeds J. Sam Get
singer reported $397.40 raised
from the issuance of marriage
licenses, certificates and the re
cording of various types of papers.
The sheriff’s office reported
$56.56 in fees paid for serving
papers and handling other papers.
f LAST ON SCHEDULE
v__
The last half-holiday on the
schedule was observed yes
terday afternoon, managers
of stores and other business
houses having agreed to re
turn to a full-time schedule
on the Wednesday before the
opening of the markets.
The half-holidays have
been greatly enjoyed and
beneficial to clerks and other
employes and to the mana
gers, too, but the poor fish
bore the brunt of the holiday
schedule.
.
Thos. W. Holliday
Tried A Number ol
Crop Experiments
I'tiiil #1.00 I'll' I'oiiikI For
First Soy Itrsui Sml
I'lantnl In 1922
While centering his attention on
the production o£ hybrid corn both
for seed and consumption, Fann
er Thomas W. Holliday of the
Jamesvilie section has tried a
number of crop experiments, ail
looking toward a better agricul
ture. Some, hr' admit , dirt not
pay oft while ethers did, and in
the adjoining picture Mr. Holli
day offers proof that he hit the
"jack pot” with his hybrid corn.
(Incidentally, Mr Holliday dis
played at the Jamesvilie Com
munity Fan last year one of the
best-looking hams one ever had
the opportunity to gaze upon.)
Telling his story about experi
mental work, Mr. Holliday tells
the following story:
"Beginning in and since 1922 1
have produced several varieties
of plants new to this section.
Some of them proved successful,
such as Toktu and Otootan soy
beans which at that time cost $4
per p</und. A short time later,
Tennessee and Kentucky offered
Serecia lespedeza. The price for
the seed was $10 per pound, and
it took two and one-half pounds
of seed to plant one acre. Unfor
tunately that type did not do so
well in our section.
"In the years that followed, the
corn belt farmers were getting
started with hybrid coin varieties
for which we have to give Henry
Wallace credit. But the hybrids
produced in other states did not
prove very satisfactory in this
State. In 1928-39, North Carolina
has several crossing fields in dif
ferent sections of the State. In a
short time our agriculture depart
ment made wonderful progress in
developing new and suitable va
rieties of hybrid corn.
“We farmers, large and small,
like the NC 27 better than other
varieties; howcvei Dixie 17 will
outyield all other varieties.
"Considerable acreage is plant
ed to the crop now, and the hybrid
variety has proved its value and
is here to stay.”
It is estimated that one-third of
the corn planted in the county is
of the hybrid variety.
Big Increase In
Court Business
In Past Few Days
Dozen or More (’.uses lleartl
By Two Jusliees Of
Peaee Here
Almost id It' during the past few
weeks, loeal justiee of the peaee
courts reported a big increase
in business during the past few
days. The spurt in the court busi
ness followed sixteen or more ar
rests during the past week-end.
Most of the eases were of a minor
nature, but several were sent to
the higer courts for trial.
Apparently penniless and a
stranger in this section, J T.
Howard, charged with being
drunk and disorderly, was sen
tenced to the roads for thirty
days in Justice J. S Ayres' court.
Justice R. T Johnson handled
the following eases in his court
this week:
Frank Simmons, drunk and dis
orderly, was fined $10 and taxed
with $0.85 costs.
Roosevelt Wiggins, drunk and
disorderly, was sentenced to the
roads for thirty days.
Charged with being drunk and
disorderly and trespassing, Elmer
Rogers was fined $11) and taxed
' with $0.85 costs, the court sus
pending a 30 day road sentence.
Ida Ree Williams and Coniine
McIntosh were each taxed with
$5.85 costs for disorderly conduct.
A 30-day road sentence was
suspended upon the payment of
the costs m the case charging
| Clyde Silverthorne with disorder
ly conduct
Charged with public druken
I ness, John Bradley and Ananias
Thompson were each fined $5,
plus $11.85 costs.
Charlie Bullock, Jr , (colored),
was required to pay $5.05 costs
Ini being drunk
I Charged w ith attempted assault
with a deadly weapon on Tim
I Taylor, Edward (Ted) Scott was
I bound over to the county court
(Continued on page six)
Poundage Trails
On Border Marls j
.
Delayed by a late harvest, sales
on the border tobacco markets
are hardly half what they were
a year ago, according to govern
ment reports
During the first week of sales,
the markets there handled 17,471,
(120 pounds for an average price
of $55.50 as compared with 35,
133,306 pounds handled for an
average of $50.20 in the corres
ponding period in 104!)
Through last week, the Georgia
•markets had handled 83,773,060
! pounds for an average price of
$51 23. The government had pur
chased up until that time right
at four million pounds or about
five percent of the crop. Last
year the government handled
i more than 15 percent of the crop
in Georgia In a corresponding I
period last year, Georgia markets
handled 103.7 million pounds for i
an average price of $42.69 pei |
hundred pounds.
Loral I'ulrol Member*
(hi U inniiif! I'islol I rani
Cpi T. Fearing and Patrolman
John T Howe, members of the
N. C. Highway Troop A Pistol
Team, figured prominently in
their team’s win in the state pistol
matches held iccently in Ashe
ville.
The local representatives did
not remember the scores exactly,
but they explained they were
right in there shooting with ’em.
| VI\KKKTT\<; ( AUDS 1
v/
Although quite a lew far
mers have tailed for them,
tohacc marketing cards will
br placed in the mails fur tu
liatca farmers in this county
on Friday of this week. Ap
proximately 1,600 cards have
been prepared.
Very few red marketing
cards will be distributed, and
they are to be delivered at
| the office of the county agent.
Same Proprietors Will Again
Operate The Town's Four Big
Tobacco W arehouses This Y ear
Elements Cost Fanners In
County Millions of Dollars
For about the fifth or sixth
I year in a row, Martin County to
bacco farmers have taken a cost
ly beating administered by the!
elements. It is roughly estimated
.that the rains, hail, fire and di
sease exacted a damage toll in
excess of two millions of dollars
this year. However, farmers are
still hopeful that where they are
certain to lose in weight, they
will gain m quality and a re
sulting price increase.
Hail struck during the season
j to cause damage estimated by re
liable sources at between $00,000
and $05,000. Part of that loss was
offset by insurance. Fire followed
to claim at least sixteen curing
| barns and cause damage estimat-J
Call Dozen Cases
In The Recorder's
Court On Monday
J l ines lni|>o*e<l At Session
lit .Inline (1. II. Mimniiip
Amount to S I2.>
Illicit liquor dealers held the
spotlight m the county court lust
Monday when an even dozen cas
es were handled and fines, a
i mounting to $425, were imposed
I In Judge Chas II Manning. The
court, m session until noon, at
traded very few spectators.
Proceedings:
Charged with an assault, Joe
Hill pleaded guilty of simple as
sault, the plea was accepted and
judgement was suspended upon
the payment of costs.
| Pleading guilty of violating the
liquor laws, Minnie V. Gainer
, was sentenced to Woman’s Pri
son m Haleigh for six months. The
prison term was suspended upon
the payment of a $50 fine and
no liquor law during the next
cost. The defendant is to voilatc
five years.
Judgement was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
ease in which Walter Clyde Helms
was charged with speeding The
defendant pleaded guilty.
Adjudged guilty over his plea
of innocence Elbert Jones, charg
ed with violating the liquor law's,
was sentenced to the roads for
six months. The road term was
suspended upon the payment of a
$100 fine and costs, and the dc
. fondant is to violate no liquor law
during the next five years.
Hoy Hoberson, charged with an
1 assault witli a deadly weapon,
pleaded no* guilty. Adjudged
j guilty, he was fined $25, plus
] costs. ,
Arthur Lee Fairer, pleading
gmlly of speeding, w;\,s required
i to pay the court costs,
j Charged with violating the li
i (Continued from Page Three)
Funeral Friday
For Infant Son
j Funeral services will be held
I at the graveside in the Manning
Cemetery in Griffins Township
Friday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock
for the'infant son of CpI and Mrs
David A. Windisch. The child,
| one day old, died in Bossier City,
I,a., Monday. Its maternal grand
i mother, accompanying the body
| and is due to reach Itocky Mount
; tomorrow afternoon .it J 00
i o'clock
Mrs Windisch is the former
Misa Shirley Browning, daughter
of Mrs. Carrie Browning Hughey
of Kaleigh and the late Henry
Browning. She made her home in
I this county for a short time, lo
I eating later in Haleigh.
od at $28,000. Part of that loss
was offset, by insurance, but the
net loss will hold to more than
$20,000. The ruins came and the
tremendous loss followed. It has
been conservatively estimated
that excessive rains damaged the
crop to the tune of a cool million
dollars and possibly more.
Then disease principally black
shank, struck and added another
10 percent loss to the crop, one
farmer reporting that the disease
had cost him $4,000. It is fairly
certain that most farmers in this
county will plant the disease re
sistant types next year.
Despite losses, farmers are still
optimistic and look forward to
the market, opening on the lllth.
r~-1
| possum: dixay_J
The possibility of a delay
in opening the tobacco mar
kets in this belt loomed today
when it was pointed out that
the (ieorgia markets were
running behind, and that
many of the buyers could not
complete their work there
and get to this belt in time
for the scheduled opening on
Friday, August 18.
It is now likely that the
opening will be posponed un
til Monday, August 21 or pos
sibly Tuesday, August 22, or
even later.
"In any eventuality, we’ll
do the very best we can,
working to protect our custo
mers’ tobacco,” local ware
men said.
Final action is anticipated
at a meeting in Kalcigli Sat
y unlay night of this week.
Fatally Hurt In
Logging Accident
Willie Purvis, 32 yeai-old col
ored man, was fatally injured in
a logging accident in Pitt County
near Stokes yesterday morning
about 11:30 o’clock. He died in a
hospital here about three hours
later at 2:00 o’clock His left
1 shoulder was crushed and his arm
: and a rib were broken, one re
port stating that blood from a
damaged artery apparently ap
plied pressure on his heart and re
sulted in death Given first aid
in the local hospital, he was to
have been transferred to a bone
specialist at Duke, but his condi
tion grow worse rapidly and he
died before he could be moved.
Purvis, who resided on Wash
ington Street near Council’s ga
rage, had just accepted employ
ment with Karl Whitaker, logging
! contractor, last Monday. A limb
was torn from a falling tree and
lodged in another. Purvis and
other workers were making icady
to cut down the tree in which the
limb had lodged. All were warned
to be careful and when the limb
started to fall the other men
moved back to safety. The limb,
measuring about six inches in
diameter, struck the man on the
shoulder, and he was removed im
mediately to the hospital here, re
mauling conscious until just a
few minutes before he died.
He was born in Bear Grass
Township and lived in this coun
ty all his life except about four
years spent in the armed forces.
He returned here lust Friday af
ter a stay ot several months in
New York. He was married to
Laura Webb of near Rubersonville
and she survives with a small
son, Willie Earl Purvis, and sev
eral brothers and sisters, and his
mother Bessie Purvis Brown.
Funeral arrangements were not
completed immediately.
Paul Page Is To
Supervise Sales
And Handle Radio
IYIohI of llir 01,1 Hnvrrs Vit
Kelli riling To I In* I.oeal
Market This Season
Williamston's Tobacco Mark,■■I,
headed by eight experienced to
baeconists, is .ill set for a big open
inn on Friday, August I it. The
four big houses will be opened
to receive tobaeeo Wednesday for
sale on the opening.
With Urbin and J Russell Rog
ers, Carlyle Langley and Johnny
Gurkin at the Roanoke Dixie and
Planters houses, and Elmo Lilley,
Leman Barnhill, Jimmy It. Taylor
and S. Claude Griffin at the Far
mers and Carolina houses, the.
market is squarely in line for the
best season in all its history. All
the proprietors were at the helm
last t ear and the year before, and
the farmers recognize them as
able friends who are in a position
to sell tobaeeo at an advantage.
The proprietors have made eve
ry arrangement possible to make
the season the most successful for
then patrons in all the market's
history.
Paul Page Tennessee man
who has had considerable expert
cnee in the tobaeeo business and
as a public radio announcer, has
been named to supervise the sales
and the radio program originating
on the floors of the warehouses.
Mr. Page is reporting for duty
this week.
Most of the old buyers will re
turn to the market here this sea
son, but they'll just have time to
clear out of Georgia and report
here for the opening The buyers
are slated to leave Georgia next
Wednesday and reach here late
Thursday for sales the next morn
mg- »n.n
Don Case is succeeding A 11.
Ayers, Jr. as buyer for Liggett
Meyers. While the market re
grets losing Mr. Ayers, d is for
tunate in having Mr Case re
place him. Mr Case is planning
to bring his family here for the
season.
Mack Lamb for the American,
| Chas. Sawyer for the Export,
Norwood Thomas for Taylor, Dix
ie Moore for Reynolds, Arthur
Beale for Washington, Jesse James
for Skinner, are returning to the
market and there will be several
independent buyers. While the
| Imperial will be represented, the
name of the buyer could not be
learned immediately.
Harold Hutcheson of Boydton,
Virginia, is returning as auction
1 cor for the Farmers - Carolina
! houses. This will be his third year
j here, and he is well known to the
farmers throughout this section.
Al Wadford, also from Vorginiu,
conies here for his iirst year with
the local market. He autioneered
on markets in Virginia and Ton
! nesscc before going to Durham
| where he was located for several
I years. He will he with tin Roa
nuke-Dixie and Planters houses.
(Continued from Page Six)
f POSTAL DUIKt: I'OKY 1
V_*
The lueul |H>st office is
working on a rur.i1 patrons'
directory and those patrons
are being asked to cooperate
in making it accurate and
complete.
The rural irre delivery car
riers are leaving special forms
in each box, and the head of
the family is being asked to
fill in the desired information.
A complete list wilt make
possible better mail service
in the rural areas, it was ex
plained.