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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 67 THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK , ■ --M ESTABLISHED 1899 Williams ton, Marlin County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 21, 1950 Hospital Will Have' Open House Sunday i Invite Public To j Inspect Building And Its Facilities | * T**ii I’atiml* Hooked in The Hospital Up Until Early This Morning Thu Martin General Hospital, j receiving its first patients on | Tuesday of this week, will hold an informal open house Sunday afternoon, it was announced today by the management. An invitation 0 is being extended the public to 1 visit the institution and inspect its equipment. The hospital is located on Liberty Street not far from the local high school. While all the equipment has not yet been installed and a few details are yet to be handled, ac tivities at the hospital are going forward smoothly, and everybody and everything are getting along .just fine, attendents said this * morning. Little Miss Jeannie VanNort wick was the first patient to en ter the new hospital, and she was followed by her brother, Bill, a short time later. Children of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. VanNortwick of near Williamston, they had their tonsils removed Tuesday. Recovering rapidly they were able to leave the hospital Wednesday. ^ Donald Parsons, entering the hospital for an examination and treatment, was the third patient on the list It was thought he had appendicitis, but an examination ruled that out and no operation was necessary. Robert F. Parrisher, the fourth patient, entered the hospital for treatment. Little Miss Jane Rouse Brady, % daughter of Assistant County Agent and Mrs D. W. Brady, is recovering from a tonsilectomy performed yesterday. Mrs. B. S Courtney entered the hospital yesterday for treat ment. Mrs. Henry A. Johnson is re ceiving treatment for snakebite. Mr. Hugh Spruill entered the hospital late yesterday for p treatment. A daughter, Katherine Owen House, was born last evening to Mr. and Mrs. A Garner House of Robersonville. A son, Bruce Wynne Sharpe, was born to Hospital Administra tor ar. l Mrs D. C. Sharpe this morning a* 7:45 o'clock, All the patients are doing well, last reports from the hospital stated. Business Session To Follow Picnic A very important business ses sion is to follow the annual picnic of the Williamston Band Parents Club and band members at the new high school building here to morrow evening. The picnic is to begin at 6:30 and the business meeting will be held as soon after as possible. President Bob Welch has some important announcements to make and Director Jack Butler will out plans for the coming year. One of the highlights of the year’s activities the annual picnic is always attended bv large num bers. All parents of members of the bands are invited to attend. Power and Lights OH For An Hour —> There was an hour power and light service interruption in this area last night following damage done by a direct lightning strike near Roanoke Rapids. The 110, noo-volt line went down at 6.20 o’clock, and it was an hour be fore a connection with the Caro lina Power and Light Company could be effected. Interruptions caused earlier in the summer when lightning play ed havoc with lines between Tar born and Williamston have just about been eliminated by the in stallation of new types of equip ment on the line. OLD CLOTHES Making preparations to fi nance their Christmas party for the underpriviledged, the Williamston Jaycees are col lecting old clothing which they plan to offer to the pub lic at rummage sales. Anyone having old clothing that is servicable and can spare it is asked to call 2552 and it will be picked up and carried to the cleaners for free cleaning, or it may be left at Bullock's. The parties have meant much in the past, and the Jaycees are trying to include more of the underpriviledged ! this year. So, if you have old ' clothing to spare, call 2552 today. Officers Striking At Illicit Liquor Traffic In County Wrn'k Several Distilleries Ami Arrest Two Men For Possession Flaring up in anticipation of | the opening of the markets, the illicit liquor business in this coun ty was given a strike in the snoot by county officers last week-end. Several illicit liquor manufactur ing plants were wrecked by Dep uties Roy Peel and Raymond Rawls, and two persons, charged with possession of illicit liquor, were arrested. Raiding in Bear Grass Town ship. Officers Rawls and Peel wrecked a complete plant equip-' ped with copper kettle and acces sories. They poured out fifty gal lons of sugar mash. Going into the Harris Mill Pond section a short time later, the, officers destroyed a large plant equipped with a 200-gallon sub marine type still. They poured out six hundred gallons of sugar mash and destroyed considerable equipment used in the busir^ess. Saturday afternoon the officers found and wrecked a 120-gallon oil tank still almost in sight of Robersonvilie, one of the officers declaring it was right near the town limits. They poured out 100 gallons of sugar beer and about i 50 gallons of “spent" mash. Equip-1 ment was wrecked. Saturday night in Hassell Tom j Council was arrested and charged ! with the illegal possession of eight pints of ABC liquor and three quarts of white lightning. He was booked for trial next Monday. James Taylor, Jr., young color ed man who was driving the car that struck and fatally injured Jonhnn.v Jones on the night of August 12, was arrested and char ged with the possession of a gal lon of white liquor near Oak City last Saturday night. He is booked for trial on the liquor charge next Monday. Sheriff M. W Holloman, Depu ty Raymond Rawls, Deputy Roy Peel, Constable Wiley Craft and Officer Garland Bunting of Oak City made the raids leading to the two arrests. Represents Town In Beauty Show The Reidsville Junior Chamber of Commerce’s 5th Annual Har vest Jubilee Officials announced today that Miss Lena Price who is Miss Williamston of 1950 wiH be a participant in the Jubilee Beauty Pageant Sept. 1st. and 2nd. Miss Price is now a resident of Raleigh, N. C. Miss Price will compete with participants of the Miss North Carolina Beauty Pa geant and other entrees from Vir ginia and North Carolina lor the 1950 Harvest Jubilee. Miss Price is sponsored by the Williamston Chamber of Commerce. The Queen receives an expense paid trip to New York City for her and her chaperone, a silver' memo of the Jubilee or the equi- j valent in cash is a minimum of, $200. The other winners will re ceive wrist watches, jewelry and ■ilver memos of the Jubilee. Announce Faculty Members For The County's Schools Thirty-Three New Teacheri* la Nine White Schools For 1950-51 With one or two exceptions all eacher positions in the county's tine white schools have been fill ed for the 1950-51 term, accord ng to information coming from :he office of the county superin lendent this week. It was also an lounced that arrangements are ibout completed for opening the schools week after next—the col ored schools on September 5 ind the white schools on Wed nesday, September 6, Following is a fairly complete list of the faculty members, their position assignments and home ad dresses with the asterisk denot ing teachers new' to the faculty: Jamesville G. H. Baker, Jr„ principal, Jamesville; ’John F. Carson, commercial subjects, Bethel; Elea nor J. Hairr, home economies, Jamesville; Vaden B. Hairr, ag riculture, Jamesville; Melba B. Martin, English and French, Jamesville; Darwin McCaffity, mathematics-science and coach, Edward, N. C.; ‘Ruth Spence, history-English and coach, Knight dale, N. C.; Muriel Holliday, li brarian. Jamesville; Magnolia R. Hopkins, public school music, Plymouth; Sneede L. Davenport, eighth grade, Jamesville; ’John Huff, seventh grade, Greenville; Blanche Mizclle, sixth grade, Jamesville; ‘Mrs. Bruce M. Dav enport, fifth and sixth grades, Jamesville; Effie B. Holliday, fifth grade, Jamesville; Varnie D. Woolard, fourth grade, James ville; Mildred E. Martin, third grade, Jamesville; Frances II. Ange, second grade, Jamesville; Kate C. Sherrod, second grade, Enfield; Bettie T, Manning, first grade, Williamston, and ’Wilma Griffin, first grade, Jamesville. Unofficial reports said the army was closing in on Professor Mc Caffity, but the reports could not be confirmed. Farm Life •Robert E. Baxter, RFD 1, Williamston, Ethel G. Roberson, Nell B. Peel, Oleta O. Wood, Lu cille A. Barnes and Lillie S. Ma son all of Williamston. Principal Baxter reported for duty this week and his faculty assignments were not made immediately. It was also reported that one posi tion there remained to be filled. Bear Grass li. V Parker, Jr,, principal, Williamston; Nina G Parker, home economics, Williamston; James W. Sawyer, commercial subjects and history, Williamston; •Thelma M. Smith, history, Rob ersonville; Christine L. Waters, English, Greenville; Selma G Bunting .eighth grade, Williams ton; Ethelyn C. Hines, seventh grade, Williamston; Clarese B Cherry, sixth grade, Williamston; Ida M. Parker, fifth grade, Eure, N. C\; ‘Frances Griffin Taylor fourth grade, Everetts; Mary R Woolard, third grade, Roberson ville; Mary R. Leggett, seconc grade, Williamston; Nelle M Manning, first grade, Williamston Edith A. Tarkington, public school music, Everetts. B. G. Stewart, principal, Wil Uena'tcn; A. Joseph Abdalla science, Selma; *H. G. Austin agriculture, Williamston; Jack F Butler, science and band, Will iamston; Carlyle L. Cox, history Robersonville; ’Mary Dixon Cox French and English, Mount Olive Peggy H. Gray, commercial sub jects, Williamston; Stuart Mayn ard, physical education and coach Williamston; Margaret McDaniel home economics, Williamston •Richard Napier, mathematics English and science, Jacksonville •Mrs. Richard Napier, secretary treasurer, Jacksonville, N. C. Anna'Belle Privott, mathematics Edenton; ’Leona Sasser, English Selma; ’Harriet Tucker, librarian Ahoskie; *Anne Royster, publii school music, Henderson; Char lotte Abernathy, eighth grade Williamston; Anne F Carson, eight grade, Bethel; Mary G, Whit ley, eighth grade, Murfreesboro; •Anne T. Beach, seventh grade Williamston; Mildred Byrum, (Continued on Page Eight) Miss Katherine House Wins Local Hospital Stork Race ■ ■ - >»■■■■ ■ - Little Miss Katherine Owen House appeared promptly at 0:05: o'clock last evenim; to claim un- ' disputed title to the Martin Gen eral Hospital's first baby honors and to fall heir to valuable priz es offered by local merchants to the first arrival at the new in stitution here. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gardner House of Robersonvillc, the little heir tipped the scales at an even eight pounds and is as healthy as they come. The mother , the former Miss Becky Witherspoon of Ral eigh, is getting along fine. The father, reportedly out spreading the good news, could not be reached immediately, but friends said he was doing all right, too. Dr. Walter E. Ward of Rober son vilie officiated at the blessed event and he was assisted by Nurses Delmar and Austin There was a power interruption here at 6:20 o'clock, but Little Miss House was all tucked away in her tittle bed and ready for the emergency. A son, Ashley Gardner, Jr., was born to Mr. and Mrs. House four years, ago last Tuesday. In addition to the gifts offered by the Pioneer Shop, Muse Jewel ry Store, Ledcr Brothers, Peele's Jewelers, Belk-Tyler’s, Ward's Superette Market and Anns Specialty Shop, the Houses, who knew nothing of the fine recep tion that had been planned, will be non-paying guests of the hos pital. Tobacco Sales Pass Million Mark Today t-> i BEGGING The post of civilian defense director is going begging here, town officials stating this morning that no one seems to want the job. It is understood that while State defense leaders arc making every effort to perfect a civilian organization, the organization will only have a stand-by rating for the pres ent, at least. Reports from Raleigh state that the organizational work is progressing mighty slow throughout North Carolina, j that only a few cities and towns had directors. Eleven Cases In Justices' Courts In Past Few Days Drunk* amt Fi^lilco Domi nate Docket In Tho of The Local Court* j ruonc urunKenness ana net' for-all fighting tunic in for airing in two of the local justice of the peace courts during the past few days. Several road sentences were meted out and fines were imposed in must of the other cases, a few going w.r to the county court foi trial. Justice J. S. Ayers handled the following cases: Drunk and disorderly, John Henry White was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. Charged with an affray, Henry Stokes was required to pay $5,115 costs. Drunk and disorderly, Devi Hill was fined $10, plus costs Charged with being drunk and disorderly and fighting, Johnnie Bagley was sentenced to the mads for thirty days. Ella Ewell was fined $5 and taxed with the costs for being drunk and disorderly. Drunk and disorderly, Edward Hines was fined $5, plus costs. Hubert Parker, charged with be ing drunk and disorderly and fighting, was fined $10 and taxed with the costs. Roosevelt Everett and Lanier Edmonson, drunk and disorderly, were eaen fined $5, plus costs. Frank Simmons and Randolph Brown, charged with a simple as sault, were fined $5 and taxed with one-half the costs in Jus tice Chas. R. Mobley's court. Jasper Smith, appearing in Jus tice Mobley's court was sentenced to the roads for thirty days for being drunk and disorderly. The road term was suspended for six months upon the payment of a $10 fine and costs. Frank Simmons, charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, was placed under $100 bond by Justice Mobley. Commenting upon the behavior jof the crowds attending the to bacco market opening this week, Cheif of Police John Roebuck said it was about the most order ly he has ever seen, that there was no trouble and no reports Price Average Is Little Stronger Than On Opening •—*— La rue Itlork Left O|ienii|o Day Was Llcurcd Late Tuesday Afternoon j Sales on tlie local tobacco mar ket zoomed past the one million pound mark this morning with the price average climbing a few points above the opening day figure. The 300,000-pound block left on the floors last Monday afternoon at the close of the six-hour sell ing period was cleared Tuesday with a little time to spare. Sales have been orderly and farmers yesterday and today were able to deliver and sell their tobacco the same day. However, most of the deliveries are being made a day in advance, but lute comers are finding the selling arrangement convenient The $35.88 price average es tablished Monday is being main tained almost to a point the mar ket yesterday selling 1!)2,!140 pounds for an official average of $65.01 The price increase is neg ligible, to be sure, but it shows that the price trend continues firm j Washed-out or "sleepy” tobacco is appearing in fairly large quan tities. and while that type is I bringing a fancy price, quality considered, it has a tendency to hold the price average down. Farmers on the market here yes terday declared they compared stabilization guarantees and found the market prices for many grades averaging twenty cents above the government guarantee The rec ords show that the government is getting little tobacco, that the manufacturers and a few of till’ larger independents are buying most of the tobacco. After slackening off following the big rush early in the week, to bacco deliveries are expected to increase during the next few days with near-capacity or capacity sales m prospect. After tomorrow the five and one-half hour sell ing schedule will be in effect. [f I THE KECOKD SPEAKS . . . A cheap price again is being placed nn human life in this county, latest reports showing that two lives were snuffed out in as many highway acci dents during an eight-day period. Even then the record is better this year than it was in the corresponding period in 1949. The following tabulations offer a companion of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks In this year and last and for each year to the present time. 33rd Week Accidents Inj'd Killed Datu’ce 1950 4 2 I $ 8110 1949 8 1 1 1,100 Comparison* To Pate 1950 92 43 2 $20,755 1949 77 28 4 10,290 Note Increase In I Road Accidents in First Six Months Ki'|inrt Slim* * |2.'t K illril1 And 5, t 12 Art* Injured In North Carolina Raleigh.—The first six months of 1950 saw 420 killed and 5,442 in jured in North Carolina motor ve hicle traffic accidents, the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles reported today. These totals represent an in crease of 16 percent in deaths and a 31 percent increase in injuries as compared with the same period of last year. There were 497 accidents in volving pedestrians with 86 per sons killed and 422 injured dur ing the first half of the year. This marks an increase of 13 percent in pedestrian deaths as compared with the corresponding period of last year. Pedestrian accidents for the first half of 1949 totaled 450 with 76 persons killed and 397 in jured. Rural pedestrian accidents claimed 59 victims while urban pedestrian accidents claimed 26. Eleven persons were killed while crossing rural highways and eight were killed while walking along the rural highways. Seven were struck down while walking with traffic. One was walking against traffic. In the urban area, crossing at an unsignalized intersection ac counted for seven deaths while crossing—not at an intersection accounted for 45 deaths. In pedestrian accidents 17 chil dren from five to nine years of age were killed and lit) injured. This! age group represents the group in which tin largest number of pe destrians were killed and injured. Of the 20,598 dmters involved in accidents for the first half of 1950, 11,311 committed one or more violations. Seven hundred and seven failed to give a signal or gave an improper signal, 3,010 were speeding, 2,288 failed to grant right-of-way to vehicles, 2, (164 were on the wrong side of the road but not in passing, 1,142 dis regarded various types of traffic control devices, 927 were driving intoxicated and 924 followed too closely. A total of 838 vehicles involved m 1950 accidents were in defec tive condition. Ninety-seven had defective lights, 424 were found to have brake defects, 105 had de fective steering equipment and 87 had tire defects, Nine bicyclists were killed and 96 injured in the 11 1 reported ac cidents of 1950, Last year, during die first six months, 16 bicyclists were killed and 102 injured in 108 accidents. This marks a decrease of 44 percent in bicyclist death* To Open Business School Here Soon Tlii' Veterans Administration will open a (»I business adminis tration school here on September I, it was announced by Chas A. Hamilton, representative. Seventeen veterans have al ready registered for the 10-month course, Mr. Hamilton explaining that there are openings for a few others. Registrations are to be closed within the next few days, and all eligible til's interested in the course are asked to contact him immediately. The school, running ten months with classes scheduled three hours each evening, Monday through Friday, in the Williamston High School building, offers courses in typing, business law, spelling, and English There were eighteen enrolled in Ute last school and twelve of them finished the prescribed courses. School Principals Neel Here Today Tile several while school prin cipals are meeting here today with (he county superintendent. They are discussing plans for {he opening of the schools week after next, anticipating book needs and drawing supplies. All the principals are in the meeting. Reviews Road Work In County To Date COLLECTIONS Following the opening of the tobacco markets last Mon day, tax collections have ad vanced rapidly. Collector M. !,. Peel said that approximate ly $60,000 in county taxes had been paid, that Tuesday’s pay ments amounted to more than $34,000. There's a balance of nearly $200,000 on the county hooks. Representatives of lending agencies and banks state that farmers are moving to clear their obligations. Call Seven Cases In Short Session Of County Court Several (’.aura Continued: llip Doeket Lined Up For Trial Next Week The opening of the tobaeci markets claimed the attention ol this section last Monday and onlj seven eases were culled for tria in the Martin County Recorder'; Ljuurt that-day. Several eases wen continued, the clerk explaining that an usually large docket i; in the making for next Monday. Very few spectators were n the court Monday, and the judge and solicitor completed then work shortly before 11:00 o’clock that morning. Fines were imposec in the amount of $215. Proceedings: Pleading guilty of assaulting i female, Roy Lee Hyman was sen fenced to the roads for six months The execution of sentence wai suspended upon the payment o the costs and a $15 fine The de fendant is to violate no law 01 get drunk during the next two years. Charged with an assault will a deadly weapon, Walter Wilsoi Knight appealed to the highei courts when he was adjudgec guilty and drew' a six-month sen tence on the roads. Bond was re quired in the sum of $1150 Judgement was suspended upoi the payment ol the costs whei Johnnie H. Ross pleaded guilt} of neglecting to report an auto mobile accident Pleading guilty of tlrunkei driving and operating a motoi vehicle without driver's license John Thomas Perry was sentoocei to the roads for six months. Tin road term was suspended upot the payment of $175 fine a tic costs. Charged with carrying a con ecu led weapon, Moses Wilsoi (Continued on page eight) $3,000 Job Open In National Guard Thud F. Harrison, who hut served as admistrativc assistan for the local National Guard Uni since its organization, this week tendered his resignation to offi ends of the unit, and action i; i xpected by the N. C. Adjutan Generals department within liu next Jew days During the meantime applicu tioiis for the $11,000 position w'il be accepted, subject to action b> the department. It was explained that the start mg salary is $2,7$0 a year, tha the amount will be boosted ti $11,000 when the successful up plieant becomes qualified or pro ficicnt in Ins work. In additior to the stipulated salary, the ad ministrative assistant receive; pay as a guardsman and oni month’s vacation with pay each year Anyone eligible for and inter chtcd in the position should eon tact Elbert S. Peel, Jr., witlm the next few days. The success ful applicant must, among othei things, be able to handle corres pondence and to maintain uml records To qualify for the post lion, the applicant must be a member or become a member >f the National Guard, it was explained. Seventy Niles Qi Suriaced Road In Secondary Project Fortv-rifilil Milo Of Ko;nl» llavr Hern lniprov«“<l lip llnlil Now , Martin County now has ap pruximately sixty-five miles of road m the secondary surfacing program tentatively scheduled for completion sometime in 1951, according to a review of the $200, 000.000 program as it relates to this county Highway engineers said yester ! day that 57.0 miles of road had been cither paved, or are now un der construction or will be offer ed under contract by the last of this month In 1949, nine and one-half miles of paving was completed in this county. Approximately 39.2 miles are being surfaced, and 8.9 miles are subject to contract on the 31st of this month, it was learned. In addition to the surfacing program, approximately 48 miles i have either been widened and stabilized or widened and made ready for stabilizing. Engineer M. K Connor, repre sen ting the district Highway ami Public Works Commission office released the following progress report yesterday: Martin County The following are roads built, or being built by state highway forces with state highway equip |merit m Martin County (Mr Dave Keel, Supervisor): 1 From Bear Grass to Beaufort County line a distance of 2,0 miles has been graded and the pave I ment partially completed The pavement is to be completed dur ing this construction season. I 2-Thc grading has been coin ■ pleted and base material for pas mg has been placed on 3.9 miles I of the Holly Springs l oad from i N. C 171 to the Dawce Lilly road The paving is to be completed during this construction season. 3- 2.2 miles of the Manning Road from N C 171 to Deep Run Swamp has been graded and the paving partially complete to lie i completed at an cany date 4- The grading operations have been completed on 3.3 miles of mad from Church's Cross Roads to N. C. 903 Though the base material for paving has not as > vet been placed tnis operation will be started at an early date | and the road will be paved when finally completed. ft-The mac from Salisbury Cross Roads near Hassell to Fountain 'Fork m Edgecombe County, 2.1 , miles of which are in Martin (County, is being graded and will be paved. The following are mails being built by contractors forces: Mr R .1 Peel, Jr , Resident Engineei in charge for the State Highway Commission. <>-9.0 miles of Route N C 171 from the end of pavement al Deep Run Swamp 3 5 miles South of Jamesville to the Martin Beau fort County line 7-From Everetts North West 4.5 miles to intersection on N C 9011 0.2 miles South of N C Route 125. tt-From N C Koulo 12a 1.5 miles North of Oak City 3 2 miles j to the Hamilton Palmyra Road 4.5 miles South of Palmyra 9- From Gold Point via. The I Old Hassell-Oak City Road tc Oak City a distance of 8.4 miles, 10- The Road beginning at the end of pavement 1.0 mile South of Everetts running South East through Bear Grass to Route US 17 3.1 miles North of the Martin Beaufort County line a distance of 8.9 miles will be advertised for letting to contract on, or aboul August 31, 1950. The final 5.2 miles of paving on the River Road between Ham ilton and Palmyra was completed in 1949. Also the road from Route US 17 2.0 miles South of Williamston South West to the paved road 1.0 mile North East of Bear Grass was paved in 1949, 4.3 allies. In addition to the roads men tinned above 48 miles of the coun (Continued on page eight) a
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