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Booster Days Are Bargain Days In Williamston Thursday, Friday, Saturday, September 28th, 29th, and 30th The is read's^ OVER 3,00# MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK 0 JHE ENTERPRISE IS RE.*.I» BY OVER 3.000 IMARriN COCNVI FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 76 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 26, 1950 No Increase In * Payments Likely For Pensioners Social Security ami Surviv »r»’ Benefits To Be In creased Next Month Recipients of Old Age Assis tance in Martin County received ; a regretful shake of tbc head from county welfare superintendent ! 0 Miss Mary W. Taylor this week, as she made it clear that them benefits were not going to in crease under the new Social Se curity law. ‘Many people now drawing Old Age Assistance grants have the j idea that their grants are going to be almost doubled from now ^ on,” Miss Taylor said, "but I am sorry to inform them that the in- ! ^ creased benefits they've been reading about in the papers and hearing about over the radio are going to people who are recip ients of Old Age and Survivors’ [ Insurance payments. That is an entirely separate program from our plan of Old Age Assistance and only those drawing benefits under that plan are due for in- j creases. Our grants will in most j cases remain the same for the I ^ time being." The welfare superintendent pointed out that under the new Social Security law recently pass ed by both Houses of Congress [ and signed by the president, Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance 1 benefits would be increased, in many cases as much as 50 per ; cent or more. "But those increases i have nothing to do with Old Age Assistance,” she continued. Old Age Assistance, according to the statement from the wel | fare official, is a Federal-State County matching program of ■ money payments made to needy } persons who meet certain eligi bility requirements. Among those requirements, it was pointed »ut, are that a person must be 65 years of age or older, must be in need • because he lacks such essentials as food, shelter, clothing, and oth er necessary items, has been a res \ ident of North Carolina for the ’ past year, and is not living in a public institution. “The county puts ap about one dollar out of every eight expand ed in this program," Miss Taylor continued, “the state matches that with another dollar, and the Fed fe vral government contributes the jither six. But the program is ad ministered at the county level, with county departments of pub lic welfare determining who shall receive grants, under such state wide regulations as those men tioned, and also determining how each g‘unt shall be, also under steatewide regulations. The State Board of Public Welfare in Ral eigh has general supervision ovei the entire state program " Old Age Assistance grants in this state, the welfare superinten- ; dent added, average about $22 per person per month. Some \ counties with more available funds are enabled to make some- | what larger payments, and some j are forced to make smaller ones. The number of persons seeking | such aid, and entitled to it, also! is a determining factor in the | amount of the grant. On the other hand, Miss Taylor; explained, Old Age and Survi vors’ Insurance helps workers to provide an income for themselves and then families when death or old age cuts off wages. It is a Federal plan entirely, and its pro visions are the same all over the United States. (Continued from page five) f CALL FOR MEN A second call for Martin County men has been received by the draft board, Chairman Eugene Rice stating that for ty-five men are scheduled to leave the county on October 10 for examinations at the re ceiving station in Fayetteville. A few will be found In the 24- and 25-year-old group, but most of them come from the 22- and 23-year-old class ifications. it was learned. No final induction call has been received in this county, but one is expected shortly the chairman said. <* * County School Enrollment 1 The following figures show the enrollment in the nine coun- j ty white schools for the 1948-49. 1949-50 and 1950-51 terms as, of j the first two weeks: 1948-49 Term Ele. H.S. Tot. Jamesville 320 109 429 Farm Life 135 . 55 190 Bear Grass 270 74 344 Williamst’n 770 185 955 Rbrsonville 428 181 609 Oak City 201 120 321 Hamilton 165 165 Hassell 75 75 Everetts 195 195 Totals 2559 724 3283 1949-50 Term * Ele. H.S. Tot. 368 109 477 141 59 200 265 90 355 824 198 1022 448 201 649 228 110 338 168 168 60 60 190 190 2692 767 3459 1950-51 Term F'e. H.S. Tot 354 133 487 126 66 192 254 96 350 837 233 1070 477 211 688 217 126 343 173 172 50 56 ; 182 182 '2675 865 3540 I CALL FOR BIDS \\ '-; I Meeting in special session last Friday morning, Wil liamston officials called for bids on a $90,000 water tank and a $110,000 sewer line pro ject. The bids are to be open ed at a special meeting to be held on Tuesday, October 17, , at 10:00 o'clock a. m. "If everything works out all right, work should be un der way on the sewer lines by early November," Engi | neer Henry Rivers said. It i was said that several firms I were interested in the sewer line project, and that six or eight bids are expected. Small Enrollment Gain Reported In Schools Of County -—*>— Six White Schools Report Fewer Pupils lu The Elementary Gratles -* — Figures just recently released indieate< an enrollment peak has been reached in most of the coun ty’s white schools while in the colored schools no peak is yet in sight. Six of -the nine white schools this year reported dccrcas 1 es in their elementary enrollment figures, but the increase in th« high school numbers boosted the over-all gain to 81 this year ovei I the 1949 count, but left the ele mentary figures 17 short of th< 1949 total. While the white schools report ed an over-all gain of 81 pupils the eighteen colored schools re I ported an over-all increase of 9: ' pupils this year over the 194! II count, the gain centering mainl; i in the primary grades. In the white elementary sc noons j Jamesville, Farm Life, Bear Grass, Oak City, K i«scll and Everetts re- j ported’ a combined loss of 63 pu pils. Williamston, Robersonvillc and Hamilton reported gains in their elementary departments in the number of 46, leaving the cur rent elementary enrollment trail ing the 1949 figure by 17 pupils. All six of the white high schools reported gains, totaling 96, leav ing the nine whjte schools with a grand enrollment gain of 81 pu pils. At the present time there are in the white school 2,675 in the elementary and 865 in the high school departments, an over-all total of 3,540. In the eighteen colored schools Continued on Page Five) Patients In The Local Hospitals Patients listed’in the local hos pitals this morning included: Mrs. Mittie Manning of James ville, Clayton Bailey, Howard Williams, Grover W. Hardison, Mrs. H. L. Meador, Mrs. Joshua L. Coltrain, Mrs. Louis Mizelle, Ro bert F. Prrrisher, Mr*s. Oscar Bland, LeRoy Peel, Bernice Cratt, Mrs. Tom Crockett and infant daughter, John H. Roberson, Cpl. i T. W Fearing Joseph Hopewell, j Maxine Hopewell and Samuel Hopewell, of Williamston. Colored: Viola Andrews and in fant son and Helen Taylor. The following patients were dis charged yesterday: Russell Biggs, J. R. P Griffin, Mrs. Samuel Rob erson, Mrs. Robert Tucker. Col ored: Robt. Witliams,,Willie Dar den and Clinton (Bud) Clark. Looking For Site For Guard Armory In Or Near Town1 Plant* Call for Throe-Aorr Plot; To Build Motor Storage At Once Cramped (or space in its pre- j sent quarters, the county National Guard unit is looking for a site for an armory, the commanding officer said this week. "Our in structions are to look for a three acre plot on or near an all wea-.j ther road, accessible to water j lines and power,” the officer ex- ] plained. It is up to the local authorities I to procure the site and turn it j over to the state government, it was learned. As soon as a site can be found, the government plans to erect a 50 by 150-fect motor storage, the officer pointing out that an arm ory would be built later. Appro priations have been made by Con gress for the construction of a fairly large number of armories, and it is possible that a complete building here could be included in the list. Major Tucbner, representing the third Army, was here last week inspecting the present quar ters in the muncipal water plant building, and he suggested that action be taken as soon as possible to remedy the congested condi tions. Other than the cramped quarters and resulting confusion, the inspector was quoted as say ing that the unit is in fair condi tion. Any person having a site that can be made available to the guard unit is asked to contact Elbert S. Peel, Jr. The guard unit has property in its possession valued at about three-quarters of a million dol lars. It has been between fifty and sixty men on its roster and a fairly sizable pay roll. Plan To Release Cards to Farmers Work on the new peanut mar keting cards is progressing in the farm agent's office preparatory to release to the farmers in ample time for use this season. The Production-Marketing Ad ministration office in a special bulletin just released, explaining to those farmers who planted in excess of their 1950 allotment and who plan NOT to harvest them, that a minimum fee of $3 will be in effect to cover the cost in con nection with the measuring of the excess acreage. Any peanuts, the bulletin explains, planted in ex-1 cess of the 1950 allotment, but | net in excess of the 1947 plant- t ings, may be sold for oil without penalty. Efforts to have the type of peanuts grown in this section classified from the others, mak ing it posible to place the type on the edible market did not clear in the 81st Congress as it had i been hoped for. In other words, the farmet who planted in ex cess of his 1950 allotment may hog the excess down or sell the excess for oil without penalty. The P.-M. A. office also pointed out in the current bulletin that farmers who have completed all practices shown on their farm i worksheets for 1950 are eligible to receive assistance under the 195T ACP program. Producers who have used any seed or ma teriel in carrying out a conserva tion practice is asked to file a re port at the county P -M, A. in the agricultural building without de I lay, that reports must be field not later than October 31 if pay I roent or credit is expected. tobacco Markets Reopen Tomorrow Miler A Holiday --- Tobacco Started Moving To Market Here Early Monday Afternoon -$ Closed since last Wednesday while the redrying plants caught up with their work, tobacco mar kets will reopen on Wednesday of this week. Meeting in Raleigh yesterday the Board of Gover nors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association had hardly announced the reopening date before farmers started delivering tobacco to the market here for sale tomorrow It was hard to guess this morninj just how much tobacco woulc be placed on the floors for thi first sale alter the one-weeK non- • day. The leaf was moving fairly | rapidly and a fairly sizable sale: ' is almost certain. .1 Before closing last Wednesday, the market here had sold more j i than six and one-half million j pounds of the current crop, leav 1 ing about one-fourth of the crop; yet to be sold. Average prices by grades for, Eastern North Carolina flue-cured 1 j tobacco held fairly steady during the three days preceding the mar- j ! keting holiday. Volume of offer i ings continued heavy. General j quality of the tobacco was slight- ' ly better than it was the previous j week. The Federal-State Tobacco Mar ket News Service reports a fair ly large number of grades show-' ing changes of $1.00 per hundred 1 when compared with the previous week. However, no particular j trend was indicated and these | were considerd normal changes. I There were a few more grades I off than showed increases. During the three day period ending September 80 groat sales amounted «wg»,0W.8a0 pounds and averaged $55.94 per hundred. The average was 8 cents above the previous week's. Season gross sales stand at 251,903,552 pounds at an average of $50.39. Most mar i kets in the area were able to clear floors for the holiday but a few ■ had a small carry-over. Growers marketed more smok ing leaf, lugs and cutters last - week. Less lower quality leaf and ' nondescript were sold and the 1 percentage of fair and good grades was larger. Principal offerings 1 | were low to good leaf, fair and *■ 1 good lugs, fair smoking leaf, and ‘ i low fair cutters. f ____ (Continued from page five) --o Suffer* Broken Ankle In tall At tt’iiuleoi Mrs. W. G. Peele fell and broke her left ankle in Windsor last Saturday afternoon and was treat ed in the clinic there. She wa^ walking down a drive way when her foot slipped and she fell Six Divorces Are Granted Thursday In Superior Court -^ S Two Jury Cases Handled r Before Keeess Monday t. Morning 5 After granting six divorces in 1 a hurrv last Thursday, the Mar- ' i1 tin County Superior Court re- ; I cessed until Monday morning ■ I when three judgements were ; handed down before a short re- ' cess was o'rdered at 1:00 o’clock until this morning. The court to day is starting the trial of the first of a series of fairly sizable damage suits with the possibility ; | that adjournment will not come I! until the latter part of this week. ,1 Divorces, based on two - year . I separation grounds, were granted the following: Ruby Bullock Ross from Willie Edward Ross, Reesebell Bennett Delaine from Willie Delaine, Jr., James A. Brown from Annie Bell Brown, Laura Mills from Abram Mills, Victoria James from Gro ver James, and Verna Whaley from Oliver Whnley. In the Wha ley ease, the plaintiff was given custody of the four children born of the union. The father is to have the privilege of visiting his child ren “at reasonable times when such visits do not interfere with their regular habits of sleeping, eating and education. The plaintiff submitted to a voluntary non-suit in the divorce case of Fannie McDaniel against Frank McDaniel. Similar action was taken in the divorce action brought by A. J. Stark against Ouida Sturk. In the case of Tom Outterbridge I against R. S. Critchcr, the jury I awarded the defendant a judg ment in the sum of $27, plus in terest. The deed of trust is to be cancelled upon the payment of the judgment. An agreement was readied in the case of Harrison Oil Company the judge's head turned, the law j vers in the case flipped a coin | to decide a $24 issue, and the con Isent judgment was reached with i out placing the issue before the i jury. I In the ease of D. G. Matthews i against Robt. S. Howell, the jury awarded the plaintiff a $1)0 judg (Continucd on page five) Sgt. Jos. II. Daniel. Will iainstall young man who was wounded In action in Korea , on September 7, is getting a - long as well as can he expect | cd, his uncle, Mr. Jack Dan ' lets, was advised here yester . j He was hit in the left foot ; ! -by three machine gun bullets i | and was removed to a hospital • in Yokohama, it was learned. against D. F„ Bunting. Catching j I! day. School Enrollment, By Grades White: Williamston Roberson vil It' Jamesville Farm Lift; Bear Grass Oak City Everetts Hamilton Hassell Total, White Colored: Robersonville Hamilton Salsbury Dardens Parmele Everetts Williams Williamston Gold Point Burroughs Biggs Jamesville White Oak Whiehard Smithwick Cross Roads Rodtfers Oak City Grades I 2 3 12 11!) 105 63 65 47 63 14 30 31 211 29 10 98 106 53 56 47 13 35 23 34 26 10 44 21 30 22 24 23 12 37 13 34 24 20 16 8 40 17 30 15 21 23 9 95 53 53 12 32 25 27 37 7 102 100 56 1)4 40 17 31 24 ■ 28 111 30 19 32 53 Klc. Tot. 837 477 354 126 254 217 182 172 56 It) II 79 62 54 20 32 42 47 55 27 12 22 25 56 54 25 12 24 31 12 IIS Comli Tot. Tot. 233 211 133 66 96 126 51 40 27 22 18 28 65 37 34 23 34 38 11 100 22 17 26 28 20 28 18 7 31 38 73 34 41 28 32 43 19 128 13 12 16 27 15 27 7 9 21 40 55 34 32 20 30 36 16 104 22 11 28 24 15 24 6 6 14 42 64 35 25 17 25 42 16 56 33 23 12 19 43 20 33 30 16 15 27 26 17 32 24 12 13 14 24 8 50 57 99 105 24 33 92 100 98 8 18 21 13 12 7 8 20 II 13 13 9 18 9 8 19 16 8 16 19 9 16 7 7 20 8 4 15 17 8 14 8 4 9 433 227 183 128 238 252 107 826 138 71 i;t:’ 132 89 139 62 49 134 91 47 84 73 265 80 82 35 24 221 44 48 43 30 30 315 1070 688 487 192 350 343 182 172 56 363 389 328 303 317 316 316 318 2675 289 188 202 186 865 3546 43ij 227 18'. 128 50U 251 101 104’ 13! 7: IT. is: a: 13! 61 4! 13‘ 31! Total, Colored 577 58a 519 501 492 422 344 235 3675 171 129 89 97 486 4161 Total, Ail Schools 940 974 847 604 809 738 660 553 6325 460 317 291 283 1351 770. Third Martin County Boy Wounded In Korean Battle A pfc. Bobby It. Overman was slightly wounded m action in Ko rea on the seventh of this month, according to a telegraphic mes sage received from the war de partment by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L, Overman of near Williamston last week-end. The report, offering few details, stated that the 19-year-old youth was able to return to duty within a short time. Coming to this county about three years ago from Bailey, the youth was employed by the State Highway and Public Works Com mission until lie volunteered for service on December 28, 1948. A brother, Stanley Overman, had been in the Navy since 1939, and the youth wanted to join that branch of the service. Rejected - there, he succeeded in yetting into the Army. He left a Pacific coast port on July ltt and went into action immediately upon ar rival in the war zone. His father is now in employ ment with the maintenance di vision of the Highway Commis sion and is stationed in this area. The young man is the third from this county to have been re ported woutjded in the Korean fighting. Two of the three are i known to have returned to duty ! after recovering from their wounds. No late reports have i been received here from the third | victim, Jos. H. Daniel, who was wounded in August, according to meager information reaching rel atives in Williamston. Third Road Fatality In County On Friday Carl Girmes, 22. Died In Hospital Here Saturday I ~~ - —‘ ('.oronpr'it Inquest (Unwell* erf Following Officers' Investigation —-*• — Carl Grimes, 22-year-okl color ed mail of near Jamesville, was fatally injured on highway 04 about one mile west of Jamesville at 11:35 o’clock last Friday night. One leg was torn almost off and he suffered a skull fracture and other injuries, reports indicating that the man never knew what happened. He died in a local hos , pital an hour later, i Ervin Bemhridgc, accompanied 1 by Fred Griffin, Russell Lillcy and Carl Barber, all of this county, was driving a Chevrolet pick-up truck toward Williamston. Said to have been partially blinded by the lights of another car, Bem ) bridge told officers that he did not see Grimes until he was al most upon him. The victim was lying in the road in the path of the truck. Glimpsing the man Bembridge applied brakes and swerved the ear to the right in (Continued from page five) --o (.uts Self In Fall At School llcrc Yesterday Ray Phelps, member of the lo cal senior class, suffered minoi cuts when he fainted and fel against a glass door in the higt school early yesterday afternoon Three stitches were taken ti close the cuts on his face. ADVANCE The local office of the North Carolina Employment Security Commission has been moved up from a branch to Group III, it was announced this week. Holding the post of supervising interviewer, Mr. Kelly Gay is the manager of the local office which hereto fore was under the Washing ton office. I • For some time, the office here is understood to have j made a splendid record, lead ing a number of offices in lar i ger towns. Savings Accounts ■ 'Are Now Insured! Up To $10,000.00 .*y. : NiiiiiImt of Suvitm Willi OOO Or Mon* Exprctcd To InrreuM* The Martin County Building and Loan Association announced to day that, effective immediately, federal insurance coverage will be I provided on all savings accounts up to $10,000. Tiie previous maxi | mum coverage was $5,000. Wheeler Martin, Secretary of the Association, said tin- increased i coverage lolluvvs the signing into [law by President Truman of leg islation boosting insurance protec tion for associations with savings {accounts insured by the Federal I Savings and Loan Insurance Cor poration. • “Our association will bear all the cost of protection for our cus tomers,” sairl Mr Martin, “and the new law affords us the op I portunity of securing a further safeguard for the funds of our ' savers.” He pointed out that the in creased insurance coverage ap plies equally to all accounts held by an individual, two persons with right of survivorship, trustee sips, partnerships and corpora tions. As of June 50, 1950, there were insured savings associations al over the country with total saving: of the public of $10,754,000,000 This amount represents about b( percent of all savings held b.v these institutions, both insurer and uninsured. At present, approximately 91 per cent of all savings held b' insured institutions are includec (Continued on page five) Painfully Injured In Fall Here on Thumday . — i i Mrs. II l,. Mu;i<lor was painful- j ly injured in a fall at the home of her daughter, Mrs.‘David Mod lin, on South Haughton Street here last Thursday She stumbled , over a stob and fell. Removed to Brown’s Hospital, she was report- j ed to be resting as well as could 1 be expected, but it could not be j learned when she would be able I to return hume. ►Ians Go Forward 'or Third Annual iarvest Festival larinos To Max* \ Special Display al The Kvent October 17*111 Many of the plans for Williams jn's Third Annual Harvest Fes ival are being completed and cveral new features are to be in videnee this year, it was an lounced today by Al Sweatt, Managing Director of the Wil iamston Boosters and the co-or linator of Festival activities. This year, at last, Princesses rum many surrounding towns vill compete for the title of jueen of the Harvest, 1950. Last .■ear, Miss Shirley Graham of iVindsor was crowned Queen of he Harvest. 1949 and Mr Sweatt hated that it is expected that Miss Graham will reign over the acti vities this year However, she is understood to be away at school and the Booster office has not heard from her to know definite-' ly as yet whether she will be available or not. It had been hoped that the Ma rines would be able to enter theii band from Cherry Point, N. C. and also one of their aerial units but the Commanding General, Major General L. E. Woods, re plied to the invitation that the Korean war and tha consequent regulations prohibited their par ticipation this year. However, dur ing the Festival, the Cherry Point Marines are going to have a ground display of items pertainin'! to Marine Aviation, here in Wil liamston This display should prove immensely popular to lo cal people due to the current world situation Thu parade will have many floats, Princesses, clowns, and numerous bands, as six Band Di rectors have expressed their plea sure in being invited to partici [ pate in this year’s activities. The guest speaker has not as ■ yet been named, but within a | few days, his name will be made I public Others are being invited to enter this year's Festival, in eluding a movie star but nego tiations have not been completed. With the dates of the Festival moving nearer, a grand time may he expected by all In case yop may have forgotten, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 17 and 1 # are the dates. Recruiter Here Friday Morning An Army and Air Force Re cruiting Sergeant will now be in Williamston on Friday mornings only, according to an announce ment made today by M Sgt C. K. Gardner, local recruiter The Sergeant stated that due to a reduction in personnel, he would be at the Williamston Post Office on Friday mornings only, for the time being. Local men interested in obtaining service information about the United States Army or . the United States Air Force were urged to contact him there. He stressed the fact that men have already received their ini tial draft board notice to report for pre-induction physical exami nation are not eligible to volun teer for the service. Men interest ed in choosing the branch of set ■ vice of their choice must volun teer prior to receiving their draft 1 call. s Anyone desiring to contact a recruiting sergeant on days other U than Friday may contact the re cruiting office located at Room ii2, Post Office Building, in Rocky Mount, any day of the week ex it eept Sunday from tl AM to 5 PM. KOIJND-UI* Officers founil things rea sonably quite on the crime front in this area over the week end. Only four persons were arrested and detained. None of them was drunk, in dicating a dry front accom panied the cool front during * the period. Three were booked for as saults and one was held on a bad check charge. All were culored men, their ages rang ing from 25 to 54 years.
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