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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl OVER 3,000 MARTIN CODNTI ' 5es ’:x«7ce"eXgk t?Vsk" * - THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Hi OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT1 wftc'. B \,0UM'iap-NU8iEB 79' .-*»* h» William Hon, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 5, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1899 Harvest Festival ‘Plans Go Forward For October 17-18 Eight Bands, Eight Prin cesses, War Equipment To Be In Big Parade Describing Williamston's Third Annual Harvest Festival in an in terview today, A1 Sweatt, Manager of the Williamston Boosters, stat | ed that “It's to be more f.;n than a circus!” The annual event will get underway on Tuesday, Octo ber 17 and will continue through Wednesday, October 18. Strating off with a bang on Tuesday morning at 10:00 o’clock, the Festival will feature a can ning and baking contest under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Park er, Home Demonstrtion Agent for •Martin County. This contest will be broken down into first, second and third prizes for canned vege tables, pickles, fruits and jellies and preserves. The baking fea ture of the contest will be held in much the same manner with the same classifications of first, second and third for both pies and cakes. Much interest has been shown in this contest and those who are planning to enter should contact fcliss Parker at her office or Mr. Sweatt at his office. Prizes, in ad dition to ribbons for the winning classifications, will be awarded to the winners. Tuesday evening will witness a gigantic street dance, to be held on Washington Street. This year, there will be both round and square dancing, with a special section set aside for the colored ^tizens to round dance. The or chestra and string band furnishing the music for this street dance will be announced next week. Mr. Sweatt stated that this feature of ihe Festival has proven so very popular in the past, it was felt that is was almost a “must” for this yeur’s Festival. oh/fSc "enr<r7<Vvt- $5m i - nesday, October 18, activities will fcbegin to reach a climax when Main Street will be closed off at i-.00 noon. At one o clock the street will virtually be turned in to a “Clown Alley” with many clowns, stunts, fun and frivolity, for the entertainment of the mass I ( of humanity expected for the event. Eugene Rice, the1 old ex pert, will direct the activities of the clowns participating this year, {^.ast year, the Festival parade at tracted between 8,000 and 10,000 people from the surrounding area and weather permitting, Mr. Sweatt is expecting between 18, i)00 and 20,000 people to witness the event this year. After the hour of fun with the clowns, promptly at 2:00 PM the big parade will begin, under the direction of “Blue” Manning. Mas ter Parade Chairman. Following last year's successful reversal of 1 the parade rout of the past, the parade will again begin on Church Street at the Episcopal Church, proceed down Church Street to Watts, turn right on Watts to Main Street, proceed up Main to Washington, move out Washing ton to the warehouses where it will break up. Entered in the parade this year will be the Wil liamston Motorcycle Club, the Boy and Cub Scouts, the local * unit of the National Guard with a good portion of their equipment, many floats, the Rhythm Band from Farm Life, high school bands from Eden ton, Roper, Tarboro, Scotland Neck, Washington, Wil liamston white and Williamston colored. Several bands have not been heard from, it is expected that th#y will reply in the af firmative and will be added to the list. In addition, Princesses f»om I Bethel, Farm Life, Oak City, Ply mouth, Washington and Windsor will ride in individual convertible automobiles in the parade. Like the bands, several schools have not yet selected their Princesses and their names will also be made public just as soon as they are re ceived. Since the announcement of Princesses from the above com munities was made earlier in the week, Jamesvilie has entered Miss Margaret Perry as Princess * Jamesvilie. Immediately following the pa rade will be dignatary time with several important speakers sched uled to be here. Representative * ( Bonner has declared his intention of being present and it is expected , that Governor Scott will be here. I (Continued on page eight) Call Twenty-Five County Men For Final Induction ■.• ■ I. A call for twenty-five Martin County men has been received, in structing them to report for final induction on Friday, October 27, it was announced this week by the draft board. No list of names'has been released, but the men will | be drawn from the pool of thirty [six men who passed the tests at Fayetteville in September. Of the thirty-six men passing the tests last month, quite a few have asked for deferments, but the names of those deferred have not been released. It is possible that the call cannot be met in its entirety, but the manpower pool is to be increased next week when forty-five or more men are to report for their preliminary ex aminations. However, it is fairly certain that none of them can be included in the October 27 final induction call. The final induction call is the first major one to be received in this county since late 1945. One man was inducted since the close of World War II. He was delin quent and was taken in without much formality. The pre-induction group of 45 men, plus three or more trans fers, will report next Tuesday morning at 6:00 o’clock for the trip to Fayetteville. To travel in two busses, the group is expected to return late that night. With a call for final induction on October 27, and a call for pre induction examinations next Tues day, the county draft board office is literally sw'amped with work, and the clerk, Mrs. Henry Handy, has been given an assistant, Miss Lena Price. Mrs. Handy is to at tend a district meeting of clerks , i n Edenton tomorrow. Twenty-Eight Cases In Recorder’s Court Adjourns Al Noon In Memory of Late Judge J. C. Smith --- Fifteen Speeder* Taxed With C«hI»; Fiue* Total ed 1120 Monday Its docket accumulating sixty nir.c casts during the two weeks the superior tribunal was in ses sion, the Martin County Record er’s Court handled twenty-eight cases, continued forty-one others art'Vatfioisrned^yt.tiOTn Monday j in memory of Mr. J. Calvin Smith, i 'judge of the court for fifteen [ years and a leading attorney of | Robersonville. Fifteen of the cases charged the defendants with speeding. Most of the speeders were only taxed with the costs but a few others were fined from $15 to $50. Total fines imposed by Judge Chas. H. Manning amounted to $240. The court appointed a commit tee composed of Attorneys Elbert S. Peel, Sr. and Hugh Horton to draft resolutions of respect for the late Judge J. C. Smith, the resolutions to be incorporated in the minutes of the session. 1 Proceedings: The following charged with j , speeding were taxed with the; ( costs of court: Wm. James Smith | of Bethel, Harold Conrad of New York City, Wm. Garland Mat thews of Robersonville, Oscar Coppedgc of Louisburg, Unjer Jones Daniel of Windsor, John Howard Clayton of Detroit, Millard Earl Warren of Par mele, Thomas Jefferson Tcnne I foss of Robersonville, Murphy Brooks Sample of Elizabeth City, Floyd Lacy Jonkins of Richmond, John Laws of Washington, N. C., and Pedro N. Martinez of Miami. William Rockfellow Moran of Williamston was fined $15, plus costs, for speeding. Charged with speeding along at an 80-mile per hour clip, Lester Norman Dunn of Hollywood, Fla., was fined $50, plus costs. ^ Frank Lopez of Miami, charged with speeding in excess of 65 miles per hour, was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the case charging Bill Jones with in decent exposure. Wm. Cortez Hopkins, pleading guilty of reckless driving, was fined $15, plus costs. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the 1 cases charging Roma Lock, Geo. Jesse Jones and Russell Sherrod 1 with gambling. 1 Pleading guilty of operating a 1 motor vehicle while his license was revoked, Hugh Marshall Mc Neill of Broadway was fined $200, plus costs. Judgment was suspended upon ■ the payment of the costs in the case charging D. B. Latham with non-support. Pleading guilty of careless driv ing, Gradis Hines was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. (Continued on page eight) ! HOG SALE > _ A purebred hoi sale, spon sored by Martin County Swine Breeders Association in cooperation with the Ag ricultural Extension Service and Vocational Agriculture, will be held at the Janes ville Community Fair Satur day, October 7, at 1:30 o'clock. Twenty hogs will bo sold at auction including eleven young boars and nine open gilts. Democrats Wan Greenville Meet Greenville—First Congressional District Democrats will meet in Greenville October 18 to stage their biennial political rally in the Pitt County Courthouse. They will hear top North Car olina Democratic Party Leaders fire the opening volley of a cam paign to sweep to victory in the November general elections. And Representatives Herbert C. Bonner says it promises to be one of the greatest political rallies in the history of the first District. The ceremonies will officially get underway at four thirty in the 'afternoon, host Pitt County Com mittee Chairman John G. Clark announced today. Senators Clyde R. Hoey and Frank Graham, Willis Smith and former Senator William B. Urn stead will attend along with top State officials including Governor Kerr Scott and the First District’s own Thad Eure, Secretary of State. Everett Jordan, State Democrat ic Party chairman, will preside over the rally. Congressman Bonner, comment ing this week, said: “From all in dications it looks like this is go ing to be the biggest rally we’ve ever had in the District.”, Other party leaders echoed the prediction in spite of this being an “off-year” rally - that is, there not being a Presidential election this year. Two years ago the First Dis trict staged a record-breaking ral ly in Washington when a hot Presidential fight added fuel to the fire of party enthusiasm. Large groups of Democrats from eastern counties are expected to attend the rally this year, Con gressman Bonner says, pointing out that two years ago Dare County Democrats chartered a special bus to attend the gather ing in Washington. -» Victim Of Arthritis Responds To Treatment -*— Mr. Vester Coltrain, victim of advanced arthritis, is responding to treatment in Brown’s Commun ity Hospital here. Unable to turn his head for some time, Mr. Col umn is rapidly regaining use of most of his physical faculties and the accompanying pain has been greatly curtailed, he told friends yesterday. Draw Jurors For Special Term Of j Superior Court Fifly-six Citizens To Serve During Two Week Term Starting November 20 Fifty-six Martin County Citi zens were drawn by the Board of Commissioners at their regular October meeting for jury duty during the two-week special term of the superior court, beginning November 20. The court, created to try civil cases only, will be pre sided over by Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, it was announced. A fairly large calendar is ex pected, but no cases have been set for trial by members uf the Martin County Bar Association. Names of the jurors drawn for jury duty follow: First Week Jamesvillc Township: Cleo R Gardner, Elwood Brown, Grady C. Modlin. Williams Township: L. K. Rea son and Luther Taylor. C .ffins Township: Jos. H. Lil ley, H. G. Roberson and J. C. Gur kin. Bear Grass Township: W. O. Peel, Heber J. Coltrain, John W. Gurganus. Williamston Township: O. S. Cowan, B. A. Critcher, Jr., Thom as Reg. Griffin, Thomas L. Spel ler and Noah Daniel Griffin. Cross Roads Township: Gilbert Mobley. j Robcrsonville Township: A, E. Grimes, J. C. Davenport, Lester L. Whitfield, A. E. James and L. F. Warren. Popular Point Township: E. H. Roberson. Hamilton Township: D. L. Har rell and Jim Scott. | Goose Nest Township: Richard i Jones, William Johnson and Rob ert Higgs. Second Week JumcRvillc Township: P. E. Hol ■ id-(j.". ..“ Williams Township: Lillian i R. Long and Howard Hopkins. Griffins Township: Kader Li 1 - ley, J. Raymond Gurkin, Elbert W. Griffin, L. C. Stallings and B. F. Lilley, Sr. Williamston Township: J. D. Thrower, Sr., Thomas Skinner, D. V. Clayton, Coy J. Roberson, W. L. Howell. Walter L. Mizelle and Woodrow Tice. Robersonville Township: J. E. Mullen, Grady E. Smith, Bill Eve rett, Luther Pilgreen and W. E. Vick Popular Point Township: L. G. (Continued on page eight) - ...... •, Boy Scouts Get Special Badges -,*> Seventeen Boy Scouts received advancement badges Saturday evening at a Court of Honor held during the Martin County Scout Patrol-o-ree. Sheriff M. W. Holloman pre sented second class badges to Tommie Cook, Joe Clayton and James Pittman of Williamston’s Troop 27 and Don Price, Philip Peck and Ronnie Rawls of Bear Grass' Troop 218. Bobby Rawls, Wayne Rawls, Billy Rogersoi), Bil lie Woolard, Cliff Britton, Bobby Taylor, Ronnie Rogerson, Tommie ftoberson, Carl Beacham and Bob bid Bowen, all of Troop 218 in Bear Grass, were awarded first class badges by Mr. K. P. Lindsley, Bobby Taylor received additional badges for Home Repairs, Wood Carving, Wood Work, Poultry, Farm Record and Bookkeeping. Cpl. Fearing Under govs Successful Operation Quite ill for several days, Cpl. T. Fearing underwent a success ful but long operation in a Dur ham hospital yesterday. His con dition, according to reports re ceived herd this morning, was said to be satisfactory. | POTATO MARKET - __/ The Martin County Yam Growers Association will open ita storage on Wash ington Street, near the Dixie Peanut Company, next Tues day. The market will operate daily from 3:00 a. m. until 3:00 p. m., it was announced. Will Open Annual Jamesville Fair Tomorrow at Noon Funeral At Home Near Pal myra Friday Afternoon For Mrs. J. A. Everett After sponsoring last year what was described as the best com munity fair ever held in this sec tion, the people of the Jamesvillc area, led by the Ruritan Club there, are certain to beat the rec ord in the second annual event opening on Friday of this week, according to advance reports reaching here from the fair grounds on and around the school campus there. Last year the com munity exhibitel more and far better farm and home products than have been seen in many county-wide fairs, and the leaders say the fair will be far better this year The second two-day annual event opens at 12:30 noon with the Plymouth High School Band leading the parade. Pinch hitting for Harold Cooley who could not get back from a European mis sion in time for the fair, Congress man Herbert Bonner will make the main address Friday after noon at 1:30 o’clock. The after noon and eveing are crowded with entertainment, including a foot ball game between Jamesville and Chocowinity at 3:00 o’clock. A short distance from the fair grounds are the special rides. At 8:00 o’clock Friday evening, the Eastern Carolina Hill Billies and the Morning Mail Man from Rocky Mount will appear in the school auditorium. On Saturday morning at 11:00 o’clock, State Commissioner L. Y. Ballentine will speak, us ing a timely subject for his ad dress. At 1:30 Saturday afternoon, a sale of pure bred hogs will be held on the fairgrounds. Several ..hundred Jarm gyyducfs are being placed in the exhibit hall (gymnasium), and advance reports declare that there’ll be plenty competition for the prizes. In addition to a large number of individual displays, there’ll be several group exhibits. The ex hibit hull will be open front early morning until lute evening. The lunch room will be open (Continued on page eight) Two Cases Heard In Justice Courts Quietness on the crime front in this area last week-end was carried over into the justiee of the peace courts and only two j cases were handled Several of the justices reported no cases at all. Charged with disorderly con duct, Columbus Daniel was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days by Justice Chas. R. Mobley. The jail term was suspended upon the payment of the costs. Odell Hart was sentenced to the roads for thirty days on a disor derly conduct charge. Justice Mobley suspended the sentence upon the payment of the costs. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Accidents on highways and streets in this county ran into big numbers last week. For tunately no one was killed and only two were injured, but the involuntary attempt to tear ’em up was the most successful for any one week this year. If past records are maintained, October' will be a record month for wrecks. Twenty-four accidents were reported in October last year, the records showing that fif teen were injured in that month. The following tabulation! offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 39th Week Accidents Inj’d KUled Dam'ge 1950 11 2 0 $ 1,300 1949 0 0 0 00 Comparisons To Date 1950 115 47 3 $24,340 1949 08 34 5 19,355 Tobacco Sales Pass Eight Million Mark Market Pace Is Slowed Down By Peannl Harvest — - More Than Four uikI (hie* half Million Dollars Paid For Tobacco So Far Tobacco sales on the Willams ton market passed the eight mil lion-pound mark this morning with the possibility that another million pounds will be added to the total before the close of the season. Through yesterday the market here had sold 7,954,292 pounds of tobacco for a total of $4,574. 709, an average price of $57.51 per hundred pounds. Just now the peanut harvest is requiring just about all the time of a majority of farmers and sales are not holding up to normal fig ures. The price, while not as strong as it was last Monday, is holding up very well. Market ob servers point out that while many farmers are busy with their pea nuts, the main reason sales are shrinking is the disappearance of the crop. It is estimated that be tween 85 and 90 percent of the crop in this immediate section has benn marketed. Possibly half the farmers have marketed their en tire crops, most of the others hav ing a barn on an average, for mar ket, not to mention the st rappings j After reaching the highest peak ever recorded on the local market last Monday, the daily market j average dwindled a bit Tuesday. The price slipped from $61.05 i Monday to $58.20 Tuesday and to ' y ester clay. j*> w'.... >v.rm uw j out that the dail$ averages con j tinue to top the general average | for the belt. Most of the decline 1 is traceable to inferior quality types while some grades possibly ^ are not up to the season’s peak. Tobacco continues to the mar I ket here from about ten counties | with a few deliveries coming from Virginia. Tobacco prices are still discuss ed widely, but quality of the pea nut crop is being widely discuss ed by farmers. It is fairly certain that the peanut crop will equal that of last year, but that’s not very encouraging since the crop last year was considered a poor' one. It is fairly apparent that thi ! crop is spotted, that is, j{ is good in some sections and from pom j to down-right common in other j sections. Some farmers say the quality and quanity vary from field to fit-Id on their individual farms, with some sections of the same fields outproducing other parts. Preliminary reports point to a strong market for quality peanuts this afll. Officers Elected By Club Members Meeting in the courthouse this week, the Martin County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs elected new officers for the 1951 52 period and discussed plans for the new yeur. Mrs. Walters Wynne will head the council as president. Other of ficers are, Mrs John Gurkin, vice president; Mrs. Carroll Fagan, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Les ter Everett, assistant secretary and treasurer; Mrs. J. B. James, reporter; Mrs. Cecil Powell, as sistant reporter. • Project leaders were discussed, but no positions were filled. Fall Federation Day will be held on Friday, November 3, and will be featured by a dress revue and u display of handiwork. A year book committee was ap pointed for each club with the in dividual secretaries in charge. i The canning and buking con test to be held at the annuul Wil liamston Harvest Festival was ,,n nounced. In observance of the United Nations Day on October 24, each club plans to make a U. N. flag. Mis. W. S. Gtarganus presided over the meeting. r DEADLINE V-i Friday, October 13, bas been set as the deadline for re ceiving purchase orders for pasture seed in this county, it was announced yesterday by the County P.-M. A. It was reported that the 1950 agricultural conserva tion program allotment had been exhausted and that far mers were drawing against their 1951 payments. It was also reported that Martin farmers are seeding the lar gest acreage to pasture this year than in any other period in history. Prominent Citizen Dies In Hospital At Scotland Neck (ioiigreNHinan Homier To Speak; Kxtenaive Kxliib iln Being Prepared Mrs. James Alphonse Everett, prominent in civic and religious affairs in this county for a number of years, died in a Scotland Neck Hospital Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock. She had been in de clining health for some months, suffering with a heart condition which became worse about a week i ago when she reentered the hospi j tal for treatment. | The daughter of the late John land Hetty Mayo Whiehard, Mrs. ] Everett was born near Whichard's in i years ago. In early womanhood she was married to Mr. Everett and had made her home in this county since that time. A recognized leader, Mrs. Eve rett took an active interest in various fields of endeavor, hand ling an effective work in civic, re ligious and welfare fields and liberally supporting all worthy undertakings as they related to education and the betterment of her adopted community and coun ty. Devoted to her family, she was a friend to all. Surviving besides her husband are one son, J. A. Everett, Jr.: two daughters, Mrs. A T. Win slow, all of Palmyra: Mrs. John 11. Wieting, a former teacher in the Wiltiamston High School, now; of Austin, Texas; two brothers, J. R. Whiehard and J. W. Which- j aid, both of Bethel, and two grandchildren. Mrs. Everett was a member of the Methodist church for a num ber of years, and Rev. J D. Ay cock, pastor of the Scotland Neck I Methodist Church, assisted b.v Rev. J. D. Sherman, Methodist minister ol Battlcboro, will con duct the funeral at the home El i-, day afternoon at 2.00 o’clock. In-1 torment will be in the Bethel i Cemetery. Fines And Fees Add Up To $3,022 Court fines and costs and fees collected by the county depart ments amounted to $3,022.96 last month, according to a report filed with the board of commissioners in a recent meeting by Auditor J. Sam Gctsinger. Fines in the recorder's court amounted to $1,330.00 and costs in the same court added up to $674.15, the income from that court accounting for two-thirds of the amount. The superior court re ported $96.60, $30 in fines and $66.60 in costs. Miscellaneous in come in the clerk of court's office, representing fees for recording judgments, wills and other papers, amounted to $224.86. The register of deeds reported an income of $376.60, received for the issuance of various certificates and recording deeds, mortages and other papers. The sheriff’s office reported an income of $320.75, received main ly from serving papers and the jail turn key. Twenty Marriage Licenses Issued In Martin County Issuance il !ils To About \ Normal Figure Despite War ami Draft Contrary to the general upward trend reported in the country, as a whole, the number of marriages in Martin County is holding to about a normal figure. Twenty marriage licenses were issued by | the office of Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger last month as com pared with eighteen in September, 1949, nineteen in September, 1948, and twenty-one in the preceding September. Licenses were issued last month, twelve to white and eight, to eol , ored couples, as follows: White David C. McLawhorn, Jr , and Julia Laughinghou.sc. both of Wil liamston. Simon E. Perry, Jr., of Wil liamston, and Mildred Moore, of RFD 1, Williamston. David Rhodes Rogerson and Polly Rachel Peel, both of Wil liamston. Joseph E. Wynne and Emma Jean Bowen, both of Williamston. David Brown and Edna Strick land, both of Robersonville. David Clifton Roberson anti June Marsh Gardner, both of Wil liamston. Marvin S. Cherry and Ruby I Webb, both of RED 2, Williams i ton. I Louis 11. Perry anil Lou Paul, both of Oak City. Robert Bullock of Rohersonvillc land Willie Faye Leggett of RED 1, i Robersonville. t had Leach Hodges and Vada j Harrison, both of RED J, Wil I liumston, John Pavlich and Dorthine E. Ri berson, both of Edenton. Vin.-'i-oj-cr:i G;igii.-Lcd,..Week m | ville and lean Brown of Engle | wood, Tenn. Colored Ernest Harris of RED J, Wash ington and I lean Biggs of RED 1, Williamston. David Randolph James of RED 1, Jumesviile, and Cora Lee Mic elle of RED 2, Williamston. Johnnie Richard Best of RED I, Bethel and Lena Mae Brown of Hamil Ion. James W. Hodges of RED 1, Jumesviile, and Eva Gray Peel of (Continued on page eight) Increase National Guard Quota Here The local unit of the National Guard has been authorized to in crease its strength from 54 to 70 men, and applications for new re cruits are being received. Members of the National Guard are exempt from the regular draft. However, anyone interested in joining the National Guard is urged not to wait until his papers are processed by the draft board before joining the guard unit. Young men interested m join ing the National Guard are asked to contact either E. S. Peel, Jr, or Lawrence G. Lindsley or go to the guard’s temporary armory in Williarnston’s water plant on Syc amore Street. Drive Under Way' For Scout Fund Reports to Chairman V. J. (Billl Spivey this morning indicated tiiat the various committee chair men in the Martin County Dis trict had gotten their drive for Scout funds underway and were making encouraging progress. Canvassers in Williamston be gan their work yesterday morn ing and in Robersonville it was expected that the drive would be completed before nightfall today. While no definite amount is being set up as a goal, it is hoped, Mr. Spivey said, that the Martin Dis trict will carry its part of the load in the East Carolina Council. Fairly complete reports are an ticipated from all the chairmen in the county this week-end with an announcement of definite progress to be made Monday.