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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 WEEK VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 71 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 19, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge In Routine , Charge To Grand Jury On Monday Jurymen Toltl Iii*|MM‘lion Of Mow! I’ultlic Properly Killed Out By Law In a more or less routine charge, Judge Walter J. Bone opening a two-week term of the Martin County Superior Court, Monday ( outlined the duties of a grand jury, reviewed the several types of crimes, and went on to explain a comparatively new law ruling out regular inspections of public properties. The jurist, opening court short ly after 10:00 o’clock, told the jury to pass on all bills of indictments, explaining that presentments were in the discretion of the jury |men themselves. He outlined the crime types, including felonies and misdemeanors. Felonies, the judge pointed out, fall into two classes, capital and non-capital. The capital include murder in the first degree, burglary ip the first degree, arson and rape. Non capital crimes include assaults with deadly weapon, secret as sault, attempted rape, breaking and entering, larceny of property ^valued’ at more than $100, em bezzlement and others. Most of the misdemeanors grow nut the operation of motor vc nicles, such as careless and reck* less driving, speeding, illicit li quor manufacturing, possession of .ilegal liquor and so on. The "last session of the "Nuvthr Carolina Legislature limited grand jury inspections to the ♦minty home and county jail, ap parently leaving out school build ings, school busses, county offices. Judge Bone said it was reasoned lhat the county commissioners arc men of discretion and judgement, that they would see that proper ties are kept in proper shape, i that if they did not handle their duties the people would have re- i course at the ballot box. However, he explained to the jury that if ' certain conditions were allowed ti exist that would threaten the safety and health of the public, the jury should present the of ficials to the courts and charge :hem with a misdemeanor. Nine new members were added to the grand jury, including Messrs. L. R Donaldson who was excused for the term on account ^,f the critical illness of his daugh ter, Gaston Savage, Edgar Brown, James E. Bulluck, Whit C. Purvis, J. R. Overton, C. A. Askew, C. P. Culiipher and Ben Lilley. Will- j lam H. Griffin was named fore- ] man. Irving Coburn was excused i when he explained that he was a member of the P.obersonvtlle Fire' Department. Several petit jurors were ex cused, but two of them, explain ing they were associated with the tobacco market, were instructed to report for duty next week dur ing the tobacco' holiday. They are (Continued on page six) Cars Crash On Narrow Bridge No one was hurt but damage, • estimated by Patrolman M. F. Powers at $450, resuKed when two cars 'crashed on a one-lane bridge on the Williamston-Bear Grass road Sunday evening about 7:00 o’clock. No charge was preferred, but witnesses were quoted as saying that one of the cars had unusually bright lights and that possibly the other driver was blinded. One of the cars, a 1939 Chev « rolet, was driven by Ivory Dough ty, and the other, a 1941 Ford, was operated by Gogaines Edwards, both of this county. -o Firemen Called To Burning Car Members of the local fire de partment were called to a burning 4 car in front of the Carolina Ware house at 10:05 last night. Start ing under the dash board, the fire is believed to have done very little damage to the old model Buick sedan. It was the first call received by the department in several 1 weeks. 4 Supporting County Farm Bureau Membership Drive Lending their support for the first, time, Martin County women arc really adding power to the Martin County Farm Bureau's an nual membership drive. It was reported at a meeting of the or ganization in the courthouse last Friday evening that approximate ly one-third of the membership goal had been reached during the first few days of the drive, and that it was certain 2,000 members would be added to the rolls in record time this season. The women were formally ac cepted into the organization by Bcurcau President Chas. I Dan iel who explained that member ship means strength. Mrs. Johnny .Gurkin heads the women's divi sion as president, and Mrs. J. I Carl Griffin is the new secretary. :Mrs. Gurkin explained that thir jty women were actively canvass ! ing the membership drive, i More interest is being shown | in Farm Bureau activities in the county this year than ever before, and the leaders are anticipating a great year ahead. Another meeting of the can vassers will be held soon, and the men are warned to get busy if they would stay in the member ship race. Martin, leading the A’ay in Farm Bureau for a num j ber of years, has a goal of 2,000 j members this year. Vote Oil $200,000 Bond Program Here i FALL FESTIVAL | y - —' Willlamston's aifnual Fall Festival Is shaping up splend idly fur October 17 and 18 Al Sweatt, of the Willlamston Boosters, announced this i week. “The prospects are better for a larger event than either of the previous two," Mr. Sweatt said. More business firms plan to participate In the event this year, he ex plained. A definite program is being prepared and will be an nounced shortly. Seoul Leaders Hold Heeling! —•— The East Carolina Council, B. S. : A., held a Martin County District Finance-O-Reo under the leader ship of District Campaign Chair man, Bill Spivey, Williamston, September 15, at 2:00 P. M. at the court house. This was typical of the 14 District meetings now being carried on throughout the 20 counties of the Council. The meetings are training sessions for the volunteers in each community of each District who will call on their friends and neighbors to support the Boy Scout Program during the coming year. The 22 Team Captains and Workers present represented eve ry community, but one, in the County. H. Dail Holderness, Tarboro, [ East Carolina Council’s Campaign Chairman, complimented the Mar tin District on the fine Scouting Job they're doing, and challenged them with the opportunity they have to provide their communi ties with the chance to adequate ly support Scouting. Mr. Holder ness pointed out that the East Carolina Council is the largest of 37 councils in area and popula tion in the four Southeastern States - the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. He further stated that the Council has the fourth largest total Boy Memberships, yet, it spends the least per boy of Scout age on Scouting of any Boy Scout Council in the Region. This amounts to a little less than one-half of the average expendi ture; in spite of the fact that only four Councils in the Southeastern States have a larger effective buy ing income. The Council Budget of $56,240.00 for 1950-’51 is little more than two-thirds of the a mount that would bd requested if the Council were spending the average per boy. . Scout Executive, Ralph H. Mo zo, emphasized the important part that the representatives from the Martin District played in the plan and management of the Council Program through their Executive Board participation under the ex cellent leadership of District Chinnan K. P. Lindsley. The Campaign Organization was further explained by Dis trict Finance Chairman, Kelly Gay and Campaign Chairman Bill Spivey of Williamston. Veteran Scoutmaster and Com munity Leader, Wheeler Martin, was given a rousing cheer by his l friends and neighbors, when it | (Continued on page two) Opening Polk In The Town Hall at 6:30 Wednesday Importance of Proposed Water-Sewer Line Pro gram Again Stressed Williamston's citizens tomorrow will Vote on a propcTsed" $200,000 bond program, advanced by the officials for the enlargement of the town's water and sewer sys tems. One polling place will be maintained in the fire station from 6:30 o'clock a. m. until 6:30 o'clock p. m. No absentee voting is possible. It is predicted that a small vote wilj be cast. As far as it can bo learned, ! little opposition to the proposal I has been expressed, and it is be lieved that a sizable majority un derstand the urgent need for pro I viding an adequate water storage I and an expanded sewer system. A few citizens have asked if i it would be possible to delay pur | chase of a water tank if service 1 was limited to the town itself. ’ While such action would possi bly help relieve the serious con i dition, it would not solve it, en ' gineers explain. A few town citi i zens have questioned the advisa i bility of maintaining the service for citizens outside the town. It has been pointed out that outside customers pay for their own wa iter lines u>oi me Dig mains;, mat water taps outside town cost $37.50 against $25 in town, and that the minimum service fee is $2 per month compared with $1.25 in town, and that the water rates are proportionately higher for customers outside town. It is fair ly certain that the town is losing no money on the outsiders, while I it may not be making very much, if any. The large increase in the num ber of water customers is taxing the present system far past the danger point. Less than ten days ago, the booster pumps were pumping air into the water mains, engineers explaining that the stor age was empty and the pumps were not able to take the water out of the ground fast enough to meet the demand. At the present time, the town enjoys about the lowest fire insurance rates of any town or city in North Carolina, but those rates can hardly be maintained unless the water sys tem is enlarged. The sewer problem is declared to be serious, health authorities declaring that the increased num ber of septic tanks and open pri vies is to be recognized as a health menace. Representatives of the Local Government Commission in Ral eigh has mapped out a system for retiring the bonds, and the sched ule is appearing elsewhere in this ] paper. It has been pointed out that | the program within itself will not necessitate an increase in the ; property tax. It has been pointed out by those j who have made a thorough study i of the program that with it the i town can go forward and that j without it, the town udll go back I ward. Senator Explains Position Of The Va.-N. C. Peanut Still Working To Gel Dual ('.lu*!«ifi<'utiou* For Peanut Types --— ! Urging the Congress to do something to relieve the plight of the growers of Virginia-North Carolina type peanuts, Senator Frank Graham last week made the following statement before the Senate in support of Bill 3135: The” present peanut program is headed for its own destruction and in some respects endangers the whole agricultural support program. Representative Abbitt of Virginia introduced the bill in the House and I introduced the bill in the Senate for myself and the Senator from North Caro lina (Mr. Hocy), not only in fair ness to the peanut growers in Vir ginia and North Carolina but in the long-run interests of the agri cultural support program for all peanut growers. The Senate Com mittee bill as unamimously re ported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry pro vides for three types of peanuts to be treated as separate commod ities: First, the Virginia-Caro lina and the Valencia type; sec ond, the Runner type; and third, the Spanish type. Second, the committee bill pro vides for a Nation-wide referen dum of all peanut growers as to whether all types of peanuts shall stay in the agricultural program for acreage allotments and mar keting quotas. Third, that the Secretary of Agriculture in treating the three above named types as separate commodities shall make separate allotments so as to meet the de mands of the market. The bill does not provide that any type shall or shall not be cut but does provide that each separate type stand on its own merits in accordance with the needs of the market. Any in crease or decrease in allotments and quotas will be made on the merits of each type as registered in the market. The present policy of lumping all types of peanuts together has I resulted in a series of cuts in the : acreage allotments for the Vir (Continued on page eight) Public Is Soaking Up Durable Wares In Vasi Quantities Autos, |{rfrip*r:iloi>, Wash' itif! Miicliiiir^ Pour (hit At Record Pace Is the American public "buy ing itself toward saturation" in such hard goods as autos, icc box es and washing machines? Few businessmen will say so. But some arc beginning to won der. And a close look at the furi ous pace at which these wares are being made and sold suggests there may be grounds for such thinking. A Wall Street Journal 12-city survey finds: (1) That, despite some slip from the post-Korea pe^k, retailers are still selling about all the hard goods they can get their hands own. (2) That, despite the talk of steel "short age," most manufacturers are still pouring out the civilian goods at the record pre-Korea level—with no really big war-necessitated cut-backs in sight. A few figures on production show, how fast this continuing pace is. In pre-war li(31) the auto makers rolled out 239,000 passen ger cars monthly; last month's toal was 000,000. Manufacturers made 1511,000 refrigerators month ly in 11)39; the present pace is around 550,000. Two-nnd-a-half times as many washing machines are being made as in 193!)—and more than three times as many vacuum cleaners. Retailers in city after city say that consumer demand for hard goods continues at a rip-snorting tempo—with sales volume well j above pre-Korea. And some add I that their sales dip from the post Korea high point is due only to I the fact that, with their stocks cleared out, they now don't have as much to sell just after the shooting started. A typical report comes from a spokesman for a chain of general appliance stores in Detroit. “Sales on washers, vacuum cleaners and refrigerators are running about j 15 percent above the pre-Korean i level. But there are so many ! things we don't have in stock that it’s hard to measure demand. It could be a lot bigger.” (Continued from Page Three) Thirty-Seven County jMen Pass Physieals Ia»ue Matridfir Licennva In Thi’ County Rwvnlly i Four marriage licenses were is- | sued in this county during the , past few days to the following: David Clifton Roberson and \ June Marsh Gardner, both of ! Williamston; Marvin S. Cherry ! and Ruby Webb, both of RFD 2, Williamston; Louis H. Perry and Lou Paul, both of Oak City; Robt Bullock of Robersonvilie, and Willie Faye Leggett, of RFD 1, Roberson ville. Patients In The Local Hospitals —...— The following were listed as j patients in the local hospitals this | morning:; Mrs Mittie Manning of James ville, Royal Gurganus of James-1 ville, Mrs. Wilson Corey of RFD, Williamston, Mrs. M. W. Hollo man and infant son, Master Les lie Hardison of Jamesvillc, Robt. Parrisher, Joe Pender, D. D Stalls of Williamston, Mrs. Robt Tucker of Jamesville, Miss Annie Hodges of Washington, J. W. Snead of Williamston, Russell Biggs, J. R. P. Griffin, Mrs. Louis Mizelle of RFD, Williamston, Mrs. Marshall Savage and Mrs. A. J. Manning, Jr. of Williamston and Richard Girvin of Jamesville. Colored: Carrie Lee Purvis, Elizabeth Sheppard, Malesta Wrisby and Clinton Clark. Mr. Gurganus, who had his arm | broken in seevrai places and bad ly torn in a planing mill accident at Jamesville a few days ago is responding to treatment splen didly, it was reported today. No Induction Call Is Possible Within Next Three Weeks ■...<$>— - Mure Than 72 IVrcciil Firm Group To Kcporl Pass Tin* Tom* According to an official report released this week, thirty-seven of the fifty-five young Martin County men reporting for exami nation at the army receiving sta tion in Fayetteville the early part of last week were found accept able for service. It is presumed that all were cleared for unlimited service. Thirty if the thirty-five white men reporting, passed the tests. Three were ruled out on acount of physical disabilities and two did not measure up to the educational requirements, it was learned un officially. Seven of the twenty colored men reporting to the station, pass ed. Two were ruled out on account uf physical handicaps, nine failed to measure up to minimum ed ucational standards and two were ruled out on account of physical an deducational shortcomings, it was learned unofficially. According to the boys report ing for examinations, civilian doctors did the examing Some of 111.' hoys said the examinations were not thorough. One youth, pointing out that his weak eyes had not been examined, was told that they were just counting that day to make certain that each one had two eyes. One explained that he had bad feet as a result of in (Continued on page eight) Tobacco Sales Pass The Six Million Mark Here Yesterday Report Second County Man Wounded In Korean War ■ ..♦ -- Sgt. Joseph H. Daniel, sun of the late W. Barcil and Emma An drews Daniel, was wounded in Korea a few days ago, according to information received by rela tives here last week-end. Few particulars could be had, one re port stating that his condition was serious. A veteran of World War It, he left for Korea about the middle of last month. It was said that he had been in Korea only a short time and in battle just a few hours when he was wounded. He is tiie second Martin County man to have been wounded in !the Korean war. Cpl. Bonnie! Bland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fer nando Bland of Hassell, was reported to have recovered from his wound and returned to active duty. Sgt. Daniel after spending con siderable time in the Pacific Thea ter, returned home and re-en listed. He was recently married to Miss Bettic Daniel of Mead, j Oklahoma, where he was station- | ed until about the middle of last month when he ,shipped out for Korea. Man Gets 12 To 16 Years For Burglary Court To Finish' [Trial Of Criminal | Docket Tomorrow i Assault (ianeit Take Much of Court Time During First Duy Opening a two-week term for tlie trial of criminal and civil cases ,the Martin County Superior Court, .lodge Walter Bone of I Nashville presiding, cleared a few eases, the Martin County Superior and is paving the way for a finish ed criminal court tomorrow. The court attracted compara tively few spectators the first day, a greater part of which time was given over to the grand jury charge and hearing assault eases. The ease in which Walter Wil kins was charged with first degree burglary took up an unexpected turn when the defendant through his counsel, Attorney Kobt. Cow i'll, entered a plea ol guilty to bur glary in the second degree. The plea was accepted by Solicitor Geo. Fountain, and the defendant drew from twelve to sixteen years in prison. Wilkins, removing all his clothing, tried to break into the D. M. Roberson home on the night of July 29. He entered the back porch and was working on a window when he was frighten ed away The State offered sev eral witnesses, and the defendant claimed he was drunk that he “blacked out," that he knew nothing of the crime and did not regain consciousness until the following morning when he found himself in jail. The case charging Dave Purvis with breaking and entering was nol pressed. Dave Melton, appealing from a judgment handed down in the county court, pleded guilty Mon day morning and he wus sentenc ed to the roads for six months on an assault charge. The lower court judgment was sustained. Motion tor judgment absolute on bond was allowed by the court in two eases in which Marvin Bruntly was charged with false pretense Bond was fixed at $250 in each case. The case in which John Edgar Nelson was charged with pass ing a school bus while the bus was standing, was nol pressed when it was pointed out the wit nesses were either in the service or away at school. Turner Hines, pleading guilty of drunken driving and resisting arrest, was sentenced to the roads for twelve months, the court sus pending the road term upon the payment of a $150 fine and costs. The defendant is to remain sober for two years. Considerable time was spent hearing the cases in which Geo. Henry, Jesse and John Ward and K. D. Smith, all colored, are char ged with assaults. Evidence was i completed late Monday afternoon, and reports from the courthouse this morning indicated that much more time would be consumed be (Continued from Page Two) round-up f There was comparatively little activity on the crime front in this county last wcck eml, officers stating that they handled more than their share of violators the previous week-end. Four persons were arrested and temporarily detained in the county jail last week-end. All four were charged with public drunkenness. One was white, and ages of the group ranged from 24 to 49 years. National Kids' Day on Saturday Williamston today joined the parade of cities across the conti nent that will observe National Kids' Day on Saturday, Septem ber 23. Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, the local program will consist pri marily of a fund raising project designed to provide funds with which to meet the needs of under | priviledged children. This project ! is centered around the sale of j Kids' Day Buttons which will be! offered to the public by the Boy I Scouts of Local Troup No. 27. i Unlike many special days on ^ the calendar, National Kids' Day | 'is not a commercial device, C. B Clark, Jr., president of the local j Kiwanis Club stated today, and ' the only ones who will profit from it are underprivileged! children. "Every penny raised lo cally by the public sale of Kids’ Day Buttons will be spent to ben efit the underprivileged children of Williamston,” Clark said in a statement released this morning. Clark said that Kiwanis Inter national has long been noted for its work among underprivileged youth and that its youth program is one of the principal activities of the International organization. We blievc that the program to help underprivileged children must he accelerated The Kiwanis Cluh of Williiimston, therefore, joins hands with the National Kids’ Day Foundation, a nun pro fit corporation; and with over 3,000 other Kiwanis Clubs throughout the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii in sponsoring the observance of a day set aside especially for help ing youth.” Legion Post To Meet Thursday The September meeting of the John Walton Hassell Post of the American Legion, scheduled for last night, was postponed until Thursday evening of this week to avoid a conflict with an inspec tion of the National Guard unit, it was announced. New officers are to be install ed at the meeting, and a free bar becue dinner will, be served to all veterans who are cordially in vited to attend. Market Holiday In Effect And End 01 Sales Wednesday Prior Treml Upward Mon day on Strength of Holi day Srlirdnlr Tobacco sales on the local mar ket passed the six million-pound mark yesterday, and prices soared to the second highest peak of the season, observers advancing the opinion that promised relief from congestion in the factories bols tered the price situation and checked a downward trend that was quite discernible during sev 1 eral days last week. Supervisor Paul Page said the market had s'old through yester day a total of 6,026,356 pounds for $3,454,647.37, an average of $57 33 per hundred. While there was a downward trend in the price structure last weeek on certain grades, the general average held i up unusually well on the market ■ here, and regained its equilibrurrj i yesterday when the market sold 324,726 pounds for an average ot $59.86, the second highest of the season. The daily average dropped to $56.23 last Thursday, but that was above the figures reported earlier in the season, and about in line with the September 8 average. Capacity sales were on the floors early yesterday for today, and tobacco slated for sale to morrow, poured in all yesterday 1 afternoon. A holiday, beginning at the close of sales Wednesday, has been ordered, the action having been ordered by the Board of Governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association to relieve congestion in the redrying plants. No reopening date has been men tioned, but some tlunk sales will be resumed about Wednesday of next week. The date is to be fix ed at a meeting in Raleigh next Monday. Observers are of the opinion that the holiday will help stabilize prices. Williamston is holding an aver age considerably above that for the belt, and tobacco is being sold here almost every day from as many as ten counties and from two states. A general report on marketing for the entire belt as released by the Federal and State Depart ments of Agriculture, follows: Most grades of Eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco sold for steady to slightly lower aver age prices during the fourth week of auctions. The general quality of the offerings showed some im provement. Deliveries from the farms were heavy and markets in tile area generally had more than full sales daily. Compared with the previous week of sales losses for about onedialf of the heavy volume grades ranged from $1.00 to $3.00 per hundred reports the Federal State Tobacco Market News Ser vice. However, most amounted to | only $1.00. As was the case the 1 previous week, better quality • grades showed the largest num ber of declines. Lower quality of ferings continued in strong dc ■ maud with prices in some eases better. The falling prices in the past two weeks for cutters and better leaf have increased the take of the Stabilization Corpora tion. By the end of the week growers were expressing dissat isfaction with prices received for their better grades. Volume of offerings for the week ending September 15 a mounted to 57,338,050 gross pounds at an average of $55.88 per hundred. This was the lowest weekly average of the season, al though it was only 1 cent below the previous week's figure. Gross sales for the season were brought to 218,814,032 pounds averaging $58.40. Based on the September t production estimate of 392,000,000 pounds for this type and allowing for resales, the crop in nineteen days of marketing is over one-half sold Total flue-cured production was indicated as 1.190.215.000 pounds by the U. S. Crop Report (Continued on page eight)
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