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■;-- r - If the enterprise is read Bl OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 70 Williams ton, Martin County, Worth Carolina, Tuvaday, September 5, 1950 F.STARI ISIIEH IR9Q 1 Series Of Minor ‘ Vehicle Wrecks On County Roads -- Only One Person Injured Ami Properly Damage Reported As Limited One person was hurt and prop erty damage was limited in a series of motor vehicle accidents on Martin County highways last week-end, according to reports coming from the State Highway Patrol office in the courthouse this week. Wilbur Vines suffered an arm injury when the truck in which he was riding with James Patrick Wynne went out of control and turned over about three miles cast of Jamesville on Highway 64 • last Thursday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock. Hauling five cows in a 1947 stake body truck belonging tij D. M. Hardison, Wynne said that a car slowed down in front of him, that when he applied brakes suddenly ihe truck went out of control. The rear end of the vehicle swerved into a ditch and the cab turned over against a tree and was flattened to the hood level. One of the cows' legs was broken. Damage to the truck was estimated at $300 by Patrol man J T. Rowe who made the in vestigation. No one was hurl when a 1949 Plymouth car, driven by Lavra H. Purdy, 60, of Newburg, N. Y., and a 1941 . Chevrolet truck, driven by Clarence Tyson of Oak City, crashed one mile east of Oak City on Highway 125 early last Thurs day afternoon Investigating the accident, Patrolman B W. Parker estimated damage to the car at $75. The parties settled the dam ages there and no charges were preferred, the patrolman said. They hit a wrecking streak in Hassell Sunday noon, but damage was slight and no one was hurt. Before finishing one investiga tion, Patrolman R. P, Narroji was called to another right there with in the town limits. A 1949 Ply mouth driven by George Pender Bullock and a 1941 Ford, driven by James Edward Bennett, crash ed at an intersection there, caus ing about $50 damage to the Ply mouth and about $25 damage to the Ford, according to the patrol man. Joyce Downs, driving her 4 brother-in-law’s 1939 Chevrolet, lost control and crashed into WJ b. Leggett's 1949 Oldsmobile park ed in front of the Leggett home in Hassell. Damage to the-Olds was rstimated at $50 and that to the Chevrolet at $10, according^ to Patrolman Narron. Bear Grass Adds Two New Classes By II. V. Parker, Principal New teachers, new courses, and improvements have been added to the Bear Glass School this year. The school is fortunate in hav ing Mrs. Francis G. Taylor and Mrs. Thelma M. Smith on the ia culty this year. Mrs. Taylor is re placing Mrs. Lucy C. Ayers as fourth grade teacher, and Mrs. ( Smith is going to teach Social Sci ence and English in the high school. Both teachers come to the school highly recommended, and it is felt certain that their pres ence will greatly add to the over all program of the school. These teachers have had considerable musical experience and ar^ rated as very good teachers. Their . work in music added to the$exeel lent work of Mrs. Edith A. fark ► ington, the regular music teacher, should give the students a well rounded music program. In order to meet the needs of some of the students in high school, two new courses are be ing added to the schedule. A course on Family Relations and Consumer Economics is being of-' fered. Some of this work js done in Home Economics for the girls, hut it is felt that a practical course I is needed for both boys end girls. 1 his course is going to be very practical, and it is designated for those boys and girls who do not pjar, to attend college. The other new course is a shop course forj boys. There is no regular Agri- > culture Department at the school, and there is a great need for some ^ mv eight) i ■ Ask Board For Vote On Drainage Project -a-— ( young democrats I s Martin County's young De mocrats will meet in the coun ty courthouse Wednesday evening of this week at 7:30 o'clock to elect officers and name delegates to the State convention to be held in Asheville the latter part of next week, it was announced by LeRoy Harrison, president of the unit in this county. All young Democrats are invited to the meeting. Of ficers are anxious to have a large representation from each of the precincts. Will F. Crawford Died Al Home In Everetts Monday -1- p Well-Known Citizen llud Been In Deelininp; Health For Some Time -<§, William Franklin Crawford, well-known citizen of Everetts, died at his home there Monday night at 6:50 o’clock after a long period of declining health. De spite his condition he continued active until a short time ago when he suffered a slight stroke. He entered a Norfolk hospital about three weeks ago and after re ceiving treatment there, he re turned home. His condition re mained about the same until last week-end when he suffered a second stroke and the end was expected momentarily. The son of the late William Henry and Clemmie Frances No bles Crawford, he was born in Pitt County 57 years ago on May 23, 1893, and spent his early life on the farm there. He was mar ried to Vestie Louise Wynne of this county and located in the Cross Roads area two years later in 1919. About twenty years ago he moved to Everetts, making his home in Everetts since that time. For a number of years he was active in the tobacco business, and more recently operated a sea food distribution business in this part of the State. He was a member of the Chris tian Chapel Church at Cross Roacis, and was known through out thfs section. Surviving besides his widow are two daughters, Mrs. Raymond Altman of Dunn and Miss Willie Lou Crawford of the home; one son, Herman Crawford who is stationed on the tobacco market at the present time in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, Africa; three brothers, Amos G. Crawford of Portsmouth, George W. Crawford of *Norfolk and Wiley G. Craw ford, of the U. S. Maritime Ser vice with headquarters in Texas; and three half-brothers, Harry Lee Crawford of Rocky Mount, (Continued on page eight) .— — a. _ Respected Negro Farmer Passes -o Richard Manning, respected. Negro farmer and a leader among his race in this section, died at his home on the old Everetts Road near Williamston last Friday morning after a lingering illness. He was born in Nash County eighty years ago and moved to Martin about the turn of the cen tury, going first to the Watts farm and then to the Wheeler Martin farm before settling on the Keith farm, working with County TaK Collector M. L. Peel for nearly a quarter of a century. He was an able farmer, and was active until about a year ago when his sight failed. He served the Shiloh Baptist Church as a deacon and treasurer for years, and was a leader in various orders. Funeral seiwices were conduct ed at the church yesterday after noon at 2:00 o’clock and burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, the former Fannie Prices, an dtwo sisters of Nash County. Propose Ten-Cent Levy To Finance County-Wide Plan Plan Studied By County Commissioners; Pleas For Roads Heard -^— In a meeting lasting until 1:00 o’clock, the Martin County Com missioners Monday received peti tions for a special drainage tax | election and picas for several road j projects. The remainder of the I session was spent handling rou ! tine business. Nineteen petitions from nine of the ten townships in the county [and carrying approximately 700 names were presented to the com missioners, asking them to consid er calling a special drainage tax election. The petition reads: “We, the undersigned voters of Martin County, do hereby petition the Board of County Commission ers that an election be held for , the purpose of submitting to the voters of said county the question of whether or not the provisions of Chapter 582, Public Laws of 1949, and Article 12 of Chapter 156 of the General Statutes, relating to the drainage of streams, creeks, or swamps shall apply to Martin County. “That the cleaning out and such drainage are proposed for the pur pose of establishing more effec- - tive conservation practices on our 1 lands, increasing crop yields and ; farm income and advancing the economic welfare and publie health of Martin County. "In the event the voters favor the above statutes, the Board of County Commissioners may an nually levy and collect a county wide tax not exceeding ten cents on each $100 in value of the tax ■ able property in Martin County.” The petitions were listed as fol I lows, by townships: Jamesvillc, 116; Griffins, 88; Bear Grass, 70; j Williamston, 89; Cross Roads, 33; | Robersonville, 70; Poplar Point, 53; Hamilton, 26; and Goose Nest, 78. After studying the proposal, the commissioners referred the peti tions to County Attorney E. S. Peel for further study. Action is j ! tentatively scheduled at the next I | meeting of the board. The commissioners, hearing pe- j titione.s, recommended the wid ening and stabilizing of two roads in the county, including: Three i miles of road in Griffins Town [ship, running via Arnold Rober l son's, N. G. Ellis', N. R. Daniel’s, jand N. T. Daniel’s to Highway 171 | near Jack Corey’s; two and six I tenths miles of road in Roberson I ville Township, beginning on | Highway 903 at a point one-half mile south of Gold Point and run ning easterly to Highway 64 vi C. L. Keel’s, O. P. Roberson farm. C. E. Smith's and others. The board also recommende the construction of a small bridg on that short link of road betwee Calvin Ayers' and Roberson Chap el in Cross Roads Township. The board also recommended that the following roads be included in the | State Highway system as'early as | possible: Road in Poplar Point Township, beginning on Everetts Spring Green Roud at the Mack Wynn residence and running thence east to Willie Wynne’s on G. W. Taylor farm, a distance of eight-tenths t>f a mile. Four fam ilies live on the road. The road in Griffins Township, forming a loop around the Pleny Peel old home. That road in Jamesville Town ship leading off Highway 171, five miles gouth of Jamesville and run ning five-tenths of a mile to Ar thur Modlin’s, serving three fam ilies. Tax relief orders, based on dou ble listing and other errors, were issued, as follows: Farmville - Woodward Lumber Company, Jamesville Township, $87.84; Howell-Holding Company, Williamston. $1.09; Louisa Bryant, Williamston, $1.65; LeRoy Godard, Williamston, $2; E. K. Edmond I (Continued on paga (right) Grover G. Goddard Dies At His Home Here Last Sunday Funeral This Afternoon for Retired Farmer At Rid dick’s Grove Church -$ Grover Francis Goddard, rein ed farmer and well-known county citizen, died at his home here on Warren Street at 7:20 o’clock Sunday morning. He had been in declining health for several months but was fairly active un til a few days ago. He suffered a stroke at his home last Saturday and his condition had been criti cal since that time. The son of the late George and Sallie Williams Goddard, he was born in Williams Township 61 years ago on December 25, 1868, and lived and farmed there nearly all his life. He retired and moved to Williamston in 1946. engaging in the tobacco business for short periods each year. He was married in 1918 to Mam ie Gums who died in 1918. A son, Grady Goddard of Williams Town ship, and a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Hawkins of Roanoke Rapids sur ■ vive that union. In 1922 he was married to Stella Andrews of Roa noke Rapids who survives with two sons, Melvin Goddard of the home and Leslie Goddard, U. S. Army stationed at Fort Gueker, Michigan; and three daughters, Mrs. Arthur Green of Williams Township and Emma Jean and Sybil Goddard of the home. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Roy J Hudson, of Williamston. Mrs. Goddard was a faithful member of the Baptist church at j Riddicks Grove for a long time. I and was active in its service and * support. Funeral services are be- | ing conducted there this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, assisted by Rev. E. R. Shuller, local Methodist! minister. Interment will be in I the Goddard family cemetery in I Williams Township. j Instructions For i Pupils Announced —$— Local school officials today is- 1 sued Instructions to pupils enter- - ing the primary and elementery departments Wednesday of this week at 1:30 o’clock. All first graders are to report to Miss Grace Talton's room The second graders are to report to Mrs. ftosalie Froneberger’s room Third grade pupils will go to Miss Huth manning's room, and the i fifth graders are to assemble in Mrs. Velma Coburn’s room. Pupils in the sixth through the twelfth grade are to assemble in the high school auditorium. From those points the children will be assign ed to their home rooms, it was explained. All children who did not report to the pre-school clinics and are entering the local school for the first time are asked to report to the elementary school office at 1:00 o’clock Wednesday. Those children entering the local school regardless of age or grade from 1 through fifth, are asked to re port to the office in the elemen tary building at 1:00 o’clock. Fees as announced today will be: 1st through 8th grades, $2.00; high school, $-5.40, typewriter, ex tra $6.00; home economics, extia $1.00. There will be an extra fee for agriculture but it was not de finitely listed today. Students are to bring these fees either Wednes day afternoon or Thursday morn ing. ROUND-UP In addition to working on , a robbery case, county, local | and State officers had it busy rounding up alleged law vio- i lators last week-end. Fourteen persons were arrested and 1 temporarily detained, five for , drunkenness, two for drunk en driving, and one each for t careless driving, assault, dis- t orderly conduct, forgery, tres passing, violating parole and I issuing a worthless check. I Seven of the 14 were white \ and ages of the group ranged t from 21 to S9 years. t Tobacco Price Record Broken On Market Here Last Friday Ready To Open Schools In Martin County Wednesday All's in readiness for opening the nine white schools in this county tomorrow, officials ex plaining that all teachers have re ported and all details handled. The eighteen colored schools in the county started the new term today, preliminary reports indi cating that enrollment figures did not come up to expectations. No details on the opening could be had immediately. There's some uncertainty about the enrollment prospects in the nine white schools. Officials are looking for little or no increase over last year's figures. They point out that pre-school clinics, that the enrollment this year will break all records. When the term gets fully under way, it is likely that the nine white schools will show an enrollment of approxi mately 3,(i00 and the eighteen colored schools, a count of about 4,150 Crowded conditions will con tinue to exist in several schools, and private properties will be rented to relieve the congestion in some instances. In other schools, crowding will continue the order of the day. Williamston's high school is running head on in to an expansion program, and op erations are certain to encounter many difficulties. Native Of County 1 Fatally Injured \ In Car Accident Kiiuerul Near WilliuniMon On Siiuduy Afternoon For Ceeil B. Taylor Cecil Bcacham Taylor, four years old, was struck by an auto mobile and fatally injured on U. S. Highway 17 between here and Windsor about noon last Friday. His skull fractured and leg brok en, the little fellow, a native of this county, died in a Windsor doctor's office about an hour later at 1:15 o’clock without regaining consciousness. Reports reaching here stated that the child was playing beside the road with two other children, that the three id' them ran into , the path of a car driven by Mrs. Sam D. Adsit of Norfolk. The dri ver was said to have swerved the car and missed two of the tots, but the third one was struck by the fender. The first two children were not hurt. Accompanied by her husband Mrs. Adsit picked the child up and rushed him to the doctor. The victim was the son of Roy and Lillie Bcacham Taylor He was born on October 24, 1945, in Popular Point Township, this county, and was living with his parents on the John A. Manning farm about half way between here J and Windsor. Surviving besides his parents (Continued on page eight) To Probe Use Of | Surplus Materials Washington. Congressman H. C. Bonner today called a special meeting of his Inter-Government al Relations Subcommittee to in vestigate the continued disposition of "surplus material" from World War II. The subcommittee will meet at 10 a. m. Thursday to question re presentatives of the Department of Defense, Federal Security Agency, General Services, and probablxj^e General Accounting Office. The investigation will be center ed on the "donabJo educational aid program." Under this pro gram the government gives sur plus equipment to non-profit edu cational agencies. The sale of surplus military equipment has already been halted by the De- 1 partment of Defense. Mr. Bonner called the subcom mittee into session after reading 1 jt the continuation of the dutiable program in the newspapers. One I newspaper claimed the govern- 1 rnent is giving away some of the same type equipment it is now laving to purchase for military 1 expansion. i "I realize the douable educa- ' tional-aid program was in opera- ' lion before the Korean disturb ince, but with this present con 1 flict I want to sec just what is ‘ being given away as surplus and * whether or not it is going to have ‘ to be replaced,” Mr. Bonner ex- 1 plained. i TEN-DAY SALE Reddick Griffin, RFI) 1, YVilliamston, sold his first to bacco August 21 when the Willlamston tobacco market opened and finished selling his crop on August 31, requir ing just ten days to complete the marketing of his entire 1950 crop. While he reports that the price was good, he says his crop this ycai was on the poor side, , Band Fund Prive Now Under Way 1 i The annual drive to raise funds I'oi* the support of the Williamston High School Hand is under way. Committee Chairman H. I*. Mob ley announced today that solici tors had been appointed and they will be calling on the "various business establishments within the next few days, the drive to be con cluded by September 15. It should be noted, he said, that the band is entirely dependent on contributions for every dollar re quired m its operation except the director’s salary. There is a need for some additional uniforms and some additional instruments. New music is always needed and if the band is to go out of town there will be ti anspoi talion expense It is calculated that a minimum ol $2,000.00 must be raised now if the progress of the band is not to be retarded. Chairman Mobley is asking that everyone contacted make as liberal a contribution as possible and that anyone not sol icited who wishes to make a do nation please hand it to any of the solicitors or call his office and someone will call. Complete re cords of contributions are being kept from year to year. Already possessing an outstand ing record in eastern Carolina, the band picked up state wide honors at Charlotte this summer. Robbers Enter i Filling Station Robbers, believed to have been working as a team of two, broke into Mobley and Highsmith fill ing station a short distance from Robersonville on the Stokes High way sometime between midnight and 4:00 o'clock Saturday morn ing and carried away a 200-pound iron safe. The safe contained cash and checks valued at about $100 and notes, accounts and other papers valued at several thousand dollars. An entrance was gained by forc ing open the front door. The rob bers, centering their attention on the safe, went to the office, roll rd the iron box to the door and loaded it on a vehicle. Sheriff M W. Holloman and all members of his department work- 1 id on the case with Constable Dennis Roberson all day Saturday rnd Saturday night. Several per sons were questioned, but no ar ests have been made. v -—- - Sales Pass Three Million Mark On The Mart Today Sold 381,596 Pound* Last Friday For Hip'licst Average Of Season .. _ ■ » All-time tobacco price records j were set on the local market in the strongest buying wave of the season last Friday when 384,596 pounds were sold for official aver age of $58.74. In no other year in the history of the local market have prices climbed to such a high level, exceeding the 1919 figures by large margins and beat ing the previous record set on Monday of last week by nearly 1 50 cents a hundred pounds. Prices were up from $1 to $5.50 per hundred pounds and included about fifteen government grades. The market today went over the three million-pound mark and the day will close with a fairly siza ble block on the floors. More far mers are selling on the local mar ket than ever before, and despite a drop in production, the pound age this year bids well to equal j that of 1949. With company redrying plants choked, selling hours have been cut back an hour from five and one-half to four and one-half. The short selling period will be in effect until the companies can ! catch up with their redrying. It was announced that some of the companies would be forced to go j off the market unless the selling j i period was shortened, i By early yesterday morning, a j 1 full-day sale had been placed on j | the floors here, and tobacco was ; placed at intervals all day yes terday and early today for sale I tomorrow. Through last Friday, the mar- j ket here had sold 2,992,142 pounds for $1,703,870.21, a resulting aver- I age of $50.28 per hundred pounds, j Yesterday, Labor Day, was a ■ holiday for the buyers, but there was much activity on the part of j the farmers and warehousemen, j Operations were going forward rapidly this morning. The sale last Friday was the largest of the season, and has on ly one equal as far as the records show. On opening day last year [ the market sold 388,150 pounds, j but the average then was only 1 about $48.00. per hundred. A review of sales in this belt tor through last Friday as report i ed by the U. S. and State Denart ! merits of Agriculture, follows: Strong demand continued for Eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco during the second week of sales. Average prices for grades sold m heaviest volume moved up from the high levels set open ing week Growers marketed a heavy volume of offerings. Quali ty, however, was slightly inferior to sales the first week. According to the Federal-State Tobacco News Service increases ranging from $1.00 to $6.00 per hundred were shown for the ma jority of grades. Most gains were form $1.00 to $5.00. A much larger proportion of leaf grades brought prices $1.00 to $4.00 higher. Cut 1 tc™ were stcadvu^*! 00 stronger while lugs, primings, and nonde script gained up to $6.00. During the week ending Sep tember I gross sales totaled 00, 296,278 pounds and averaged $57.17 per hundred. The gain over the previous week was limited to 44 cents because of the large amount of tips sold. Sales for the first ten days of the sea son amounted to 117,753,843 pounds for an average of $56.96. Gross volume is running around 8 million pounds greater than for the comparable period last year with the general average $12.72 higher. Well over one-half of all mar ketings consisted qf leaf grades with the proportion of common to fair quality increasing greatly. The shift was mostly from lugs and primings. Bulk consisted of leaf, lugs, and primings with iow to good qualities predominating. Deliveries to the Flue-cured Stabilization Corporation, under (Continued on Page Eight) Note Increase In Marriage License Sales In August T*v«*nly-Two Couples Call at Register of Denis Office In County Last Mouth While the number of marriages in this county underwent a slight increase in August no record is suance was recorded for the par ticular month, according to infor mation coming from the office of the register of deeds. The issuance was the second largest for any month this year, the count trail ing the June issuance by two. Register of Deeds J Sam Get singer issued twenty-two licenses last month, ten to white and twelve to colored couples, as fol lows: White Archie Hertford Badgelt and Inc/ Ange, both of Jamesville. David E. Sawyer of Shiloh and Jean Holliday of Jamesville. David A. Kurkland of Scotland Neck and Georgia L. Hardison of Williamston. George Robert Bullock and Lois Pilgreen, both of Robersonville. James Hubert Mullins of Cesa peake, W Va., and Ernestine Gardner of Jamesville James Robert Smith of Hamil ton and Elva O'Neal Hardison of Williamston James Edward I’eele, RED 1, Roberson ville, and Faye Leggett of Williamston. Johnny Pittman Taylor and Dorothy Louise Gurganus, both of Williamston William Charley Dudley and Annie Myrtle Parvm, both of Washington James Easom Barnhill of Eve retts and Ruby Estelle Bunch of Williamston Colored Aaron Dallas Andrews and An gclinc Bullock, both of Panncle. Jesse V Peele and Connie i James, both of Williamston. John Mason of Durham and Lossie V McNair, RED 2. Rober son ville. Sherman Williams of Rober sonville and Mary Mallory of Has sell. Levorn Webb and Dons Lee Als ton, both of Robersonville. Junius Watson and Lola Mae Raseoe, both of RED 1, Windsor. Milton Williams and Annie Lee Barnhill, both of Hamilton. David Benjamin Feggins of South Hill, Va., and Daisy Eliza beth Chance of Hassell Willie Little of Robersonville and Mary Lee Can of Oak City. James Daniels, RED 1, James ville, and Arvdle Moore ot Jaines ville. Robert E Taylor anil Helen Seott, both oi Williamston. Herbert R. Highsmith and Thel ma Whitehead, both of Roberson ville. Local Swimmers In Recent Neel Several local swimmers won places in the annual swimming meet held in Tarboro last Satur day under the auspices of the East Carolina Boy Scout Council. Jimmy Page took first place ill the comic diving contest. Ralph Parker was third with the ele mentary side stroke In the four man medley race, the team of Sam Zeinon, Dickie Clayton, Ralph Parker and Tommy Cooke took se cond place. In the rescue race, Leary Forehand and Charles Ed wards were third, and Dickie Clayton took second place with his elementary back stroke. A goodly numoer of Scouts from this county attended the swimming meet. Accepts Position With Guard Unit Needham Irving Dayman, Jr., lias accepted the position of ad ministrative assistant with the lo cal National Guard unit, succeed ing Thad F. Harrison, resigned, Hyman’s appointment is subject to approval of State headquarters, it was explained. Hyman, a member of the unit, served as company clerk several •mars in the army during the past war.
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