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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 81 Williamgton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 12, I9.i0 ESTABLISHED 1899 Non-Support Cases > .Appear On Docket In Great Numbers Court Imposes Fines In Sum of 8185 In All-Day Session Monday ■-*.■ Accumulated for the most part during the two weeks the superior tribunal w>as in session and car ried over from Monday of last week, forty cases were heard in the Martin County Recorder's Court this w'eek. Fines were im posed in the sum of $485 and i several road sentences were meted out in the all-day session Monday. Despite the reputedly “good times", more non-support cases are appearing on the court's dock et than in any recent period dur ing the past several years. Judge Chas. H. Manning, trying to fol * low that line of action offering some hope to the deserted fam ilies, resorted to different tactics this week when he abandoned suspended sentences and senten ced a non-support defendant to the roads for two years. A fairly sizable docket is in prospect m the court for next Monday. Clerk L. B Wynne stat ing that ten or twelve cases were continued Monday and that sev eral others have been placed on the docket since that time. Proceedings: The case charging Elbert White burst with drunkenness and pending in the court since April 3, was nol pressed. Charged with drunken driving back in June, Nazareth Lee was found not guilty. Charged with non-support, Wil liam Ruffin was given a suspend ed sentence. The case had been pending in the court since July 17. Sr oy Rogerson was taxea wiui (he costs for failing U< stop at a . stop sign. Pleading not guilty of operat ing a motor vehicle while his li cense was revoked, Morris Mobley i was adjudged guilty and drew the • *$200 mandatory fine, plus costs. Warren Griffin, adjudged guilty of an assault with a deadly wea pon, was sentenced to the roads i for six months The sentence was suspended upon the payment of a 1 $25 fine and costs. The defendant is to be of good behavior in the future. Judgment wafc suspended upon the payment of the cost in the ^ase charging Ernest Saunders with assaulting a female. Pleading guilty of assaulting a female, Nathaniel Riddick was .entenced to the roads for six months. The sentence was sus pended upon the payment of the ■osts, and the defendant is to re main sober for two years. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost and doc tor's bill for the prosecuting wit ness in the assault with a deadly weapon case against Sylvester Spruill. Charged with an affray, Jack Bridges, Olivia Perkins and Lu gene Bell were found not guilty. Joe Everett, colored, charged with larceny, was found not guil ty Henry Ridley pleaded guilty of carrying a concealed weepon, and was fined $50, plus costs. Maintaining his innocence, Booker T Mizelle, charged with non-support, was found guilty and was sentenced to the roads for six months. The judgment was suspended upon the payment ol the costs and $10 a week for the support of his wife and two child ren during the next two years. Jack Bridges was found no! guilty of assaulting a female with a deadly weapon. Adjudged guilty over his plei (Continued front page five) --— Young Man All Set To Fight For His Country Passing a delayed physical ex amination at Fort Bragg yester day, Jimmy Mitchell, local boy, said he was all set to fight for his country. "I passed the cxam ^ illations with a double A and triple super rating.” Young Mit chell said this morning, so I’m all set to answer the fim*l call. Of the four men held over for delayed examinations out of the 31 reporting to the receiving sta tion Tuesday, Mitchell passed, one ,was rejected and two were fur ther detained. 4 Baptist Association Holds Session Here MODERATOR —— i! tmjKtrsanr SEH2S rfSBW Rev. Stewart B. Simms, pastor of the Willlamston Memorial Baptist Church, was unanimously elected modera tor of the Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association in session .at Roanoke Rapids on Tues day of this week. Home Damaged by Fire Wednesday Fire, believed to have started in the kitchen, badly damaged the James Brown home on West Church Street here yesterday aft ernoon. The fire, one of the most stubborn handled by local volun | teer firemen in many months, was i brought under control only after I most of the roof had burned away and part of the house wrecked. No official estimate could be had immediately, but the damage will run powibly between $1,500 j and $2,000. Insurance was car ried on the building. Most of the contents were saved, but some I furniture, including a new electric refrigerator, was badly damaged. The property was insured. I Fighting the fire the greater part of an hour, firemen said they were handicapped by the type of construction The burning asphalt shingles, covering the wooden ones, poured out choking smoke, and firemen, entering the build ing, had to drop to their knees and i crawl out. The attic was ceiled just above the gable windows, and , the fire between the ceiling just I above the gable windows, and the j fire between the ceiling and roof i could hardly be reached until ' openings were cut in the roof, j Seeing the large volume of smoke and failing to hear the first alarm, residents across town phoned in a second alarm, but the mistake was corrected quickly. When the first alarm sounded, police were busy with a vehicle accident, but they reached the fire in time to pass out tickets to sev eral who parked too near the fire trucks. Another motorist drove over the hose lines and got away before he could be tagged. Minor Accidents On Streets Here —4.— Farmer Walter Gurganus suf fered minor abrasions but no one else was hurt in a series of three minor accidents on local streets this week. Damage, estimated at $100, re sulted when two vehicles, one driven by Crawford Lane and the other b>' Joseph Godard of James vi He, crashed on Washington Street early in the week, local po lice reported yesterday. Yesterday shortly before noon, Farmer Gurganus was skinned about the forehead slightly when his pick-up truck and a G. and H. Builders Supply Company truck crashed at the Jamesvillc and Washington Street intersection. No damage estimate could ’oe had immediately. Minor damage was done in a third accident yesterday after noon when a Williamston Office Supply Company car was struck by a Florida car -on West Main Strec-t. No one was hurt. After a hectic period last week, j motorists on highways have had no wrecks so far this week. Rev. S. B. Simms Named Moderator For Association Wake Forest President Ad dresses Five Hundred Delegates Repairing here following an all clay session in Roanoke Rapids Tuesday, the Roanoke Baptist As sociation concluded its forty-third annual meeting in the Memorial Baptist Church here yesterday. The event, attended by more than five hundred delegates, attracted prominent leaders from over the State, and was listed among the best in the organization's history. One of the largest in North Car olina, the Association represents approximately 24.000 Baptists in this section of the State. Elected by unanimous vote, Rev. Stewart B. Simms, pastor of the host church is the new moderator. He succeeds Rev. John T. Coley who has faithfully served the As i soeiation for 21 years. Resolu ' tions of appreciation were read I before the meeting, and Rev. Simms presented the retiring mo derator a' gift on behalf of the as sociation. Following the opening at 10:00 o’clock. Rev. J. Jeter Johnson read the Scripture and offered the morning prayer. Evangelistic op portunities were briefly discussed in the home by Rev. Wistar Ham ilton, in reading by Rev. S. H Roberts, in prayer meeting b> Rev. G. L. Price, in music by Rev J. F. Arnold, and in church pub licity by Rev. C. B. Peacock. The executive committee sub mitted its recommendations and announcements were made, fol lowed by a solo, “Today, I Walk ed with Jesus," by Mr. J. F. Ar nold of Enfield. Rev. Arthur H. Stainback, pas tor of the Stoney Creek Church, delivered the principal morning address, "Tomorrow We Reap." Using as a basis for his talk, the Scripture, "Going forth in com I passion, sowing precious seed," he | emphasized compassion and tears, faithfulness, the love of God, and the going forth in instruction as vital attributes for the soul win ner. Following a bountiful picnic lunch served on the grounds at the church annex, Rev. W. D, Wil liamson opened the afternoon ses sion with Scripture reading and prayer. Half-minute reports were submitted by the churches and special music was rendered by the host church choir. Making the principal address at the closing session, Dr. Harold W. Tribble, president of Wake Forest College, declared, ‘'We are in a new day of Christian Education." He stated that now the govern ment has taken a big hand in edu cation under Federal support pro grams, the church related eolleges are facing sharp competition. Un der the support program more young people will have a chance to receive at least two years of higher education. He urged all Baptists to increase their support of their church colleges. Speaking of the greater Wake Forest College to be built at Win ston-Salem, President Tribble said that the building program is in readiness and that he was con vinced that there should be no further delay. Construction on the college is expected to begin by next fall and students and fac ulty are expected to be able to occupy the school by 1953. Re ferring to Duke University and (Continued on page five) Reservist Called By Marine Corps Roland C. Cherry, Martin Coun 1 ty young man, who was in tht ; Pacific theatre during World Wat i II, has been called back into ser vice, it was announced this week Badly wounded in the last war I the young man is now in <^iap j Iain's school at Camp Lejeune. Sweei Potatoes Are Moving To The Market Here Fair Crop Reported In This Section; Price Averages About SI.30 Bnslicl The first of the current sweet1 potato crop started moving to the market this week. Up until this morning approximately 500 bush els had been delivered with the price averaging about $1.30 per bushel for the green packs. With a reported increase of five million bushels in the crop this year, opening market prices arc proving a bit disappointing. However, it is believed that the market will show more strength later in the season, and that pos sibly the growers will profit by storing and curing their own po tatoes. Digging is getting under way on a comparatively small scale, but work is expected to approach a climax tomorrow and the early part of next week in this county Completing his harvest this week, one county farmer said he produced more than 200 bushels of No, 1 potatoes per acre. It is ex pected that the crop, despite ad verse weather conditions and oth er unfavorable factors, will av erage close to 150 to 1 HO bushels per acre in this section, Completing a 15,000 bushel stor age house just recently, the Mar tin County Yam Growers As sociation this week received po tatoes from three counties. I Mr. Mayo Hardison, an officer ' in the association, said that the | early deliveries were better pack led by the growers than they were | a year ago, that the quality ap j peared to be better. I The new storage house here is equipped with an automatic i hot air heating system and is equipped with conveyors. Registration For General Election —a Books will be open on Satur day of this week for the registra tion of new voters, Elections Board C. D. Carstarphen an nounced this week. Those per- \ sons whose names are already on , the county registration books will not find it necessary to register again. Those persons who will have attained their 21st birthday on or before November 7 and those who have moved into the county or moved from one pre cinct to another will find it ne cessary to register if they are to qualify themselves for participut- j ing in the November 7 general election. Meeting this week, members of the County Board of Elections made preparations for the No vember 7 voting. After having faithfully served for many years, Mr. Slade White resigned a short time ago as registrar for Popu lar Point Precinct on account of his health. Farmer Mayo Hardi son was named to succeed him. That was the only change in the registrars, but Republican judges of election will be added to the election personnel, one to each precinct. The registration books will re main open through the 28th of this month. On November 4 the books will be opened for the chal lenge of registrations. Little interest is being shown in the forthcoming battle of the ballots, and it is likely that few names will be added to the reg istration books. Justices Oi Peace Call Seven Cases In Past Few Days One Case Sent To the Coun ty Recorder's Court for Trial Next Week - Their business gradually break ing out of a late summer and early fall slump, Justice of the Peace Chas. R. Mobley and R. T. John son handled seven eases in their courts here during the past few days. Only one of the seven eases was sent to the county court for trial next week. Another ease was dismissed when no probable cause of guilt was found. Justice Mobly handled the fol lowing coses: Drunk and disorderly, Early M. Boston was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. The road sentence was suspended upon the payment of the costs. Drunk and., down, Joe Frank Mabry was taxed with the court costs. Charged with parking on the highway without lights, Robert L. Pierce was fined $10, plus costs. , John Price was required to pay the costs in the ease charging him with being drunk and disorderly. The following cases were hand led by Justice Johnson: Finding no probable cause ol guilt the case in which Laverni Godard was charged with an as sault with a deadly weapon wai dismissed. The case in which Robert La tham was charged with assaultint a female with a deadly weapon i was sent to the county court foi I trial. Publicly drunk, Mims Browt was fined $5 and required to pa; the costs. In addition to the above ease. Justice J S. Avers heard a fev in which the defendants wer charged with violating traffi laws. Will Open Bids On Projects Tuesday! In u special meeting here next) Tuesday morning 'it 10:00 o’clock, I 1 Williamston's town commissioners and engineers will open bids on | a .’100,000-gal Ion water tank and several miles of sewer lines. It was reported this morning that quite a few contractors were interested in the sewer line pro- 1 jcei and that at least two bids were expected on the water tank. Local citizens recently approved a $200,000 bond issue to finance the projects. r FINKD Three motorists, charged with violatinK traffic regula tions, were fined in Justice J. S. Ayers’ court last evening. Each was required to pay $5, plus court costs. Elijah Sheppard, Percy Peel and Fenner Respass were charged with parking their cars within a block or too near the fire-fighting equipment • when firemen were fighting the fire in James Hrown’s home on West Church Street yesterday afternoon. Drivers have been warned against parking their cars too near or following the fire trucks too closely during a fire. Violators can expect citations to the courts. Special Program Planned In Martin County Schools The Martin County Ministerial Association, working with the principals of the county, has ar ranged a schedule for each of the high schools on an alcohol pro gram. The film, “It’s the Brain That Counts,” will be shown, and Mr. S. K. Procter, Executive Di rector of the Alcoholic Rehabili tation Program of Raleigh, will be the speaker and he will con duct an open forum following his address. Literature will be given the students. The rules for a con test on the subject will be given •it the tirst meeting. The BHM Regional Library Association will put three books fh each higlij school library for reference and source material. The schedule is as follows: Monday, October 16,,—William ston, 8:30; Jamesville, 10:41; Farm Life, 12:30; Tuesday, October 17th, Bear Grass, 8:30; Robcrsonville, 10:30; Oak Ciiy, 12:51; Wednesday, October 18th, - Williamston, 8:30; Parmele, 10:30; The ministers of the county are meeting at Williamston and will attend all of the schools as sched uled, Parents desiring to attend these services are cordially in vited. The January and March schedules will be announced later. Expect Thousands Here Next Tuesday And Wednesday For Third Annual Harvest Festival -- Radio Studios Ready Here; Date for Opening Pending WIAM Radio Station studios are ready, but a date for general broadcasts is being delayed pend ing the delivery of steel for the transmitter tower, Manager Mar shall Pack said this morning. "The steel for the tower has been ship ped and we are looking for it momentarily,” Mr. Pack said, ex plaining that delivery, while guar anteed, had been delayed. During the n^pantime every thing is being put in readiness for the construction of the tower im mediately upon arrival of the steel. A building for the trans mitter equipment is being con structed on the Wilson farm near the river where the tower is to be located. # Manager Pack said that Engi neers Steve Hart, Allen and Tom i Breazeale, representing the- Ma son-Dixon Engineering firm of Washington, D. C., had completed the installation of all the broad casting equipment in the studios, that the station will be ready to go on the air the minute the tow er is completed near the river. However, it will be next to im possible to erect the tower and put the station in operation in time for the town's third harvest festival next week. Mr. S. S. Adcock, licensee of Lillington, was here this week in specting the properties with Chief Engineer R. L. Easley of the Ma son-Dixon firm. He was reported to have been well pleased with the general set-up for the station and anticipates successful opera tions here. Doctors - Dentists ] To Register Here Doctors and dentists and those j in allied categories affected by President Truman's proclamation of October ti will be registered in the Selective Service Local Board Office located at City Hall, Wil liamston, N, C. it was announced today by Eugene Rice board chair man. Required to register arc those male persons who have received degrees in a medical, dental or veterinary course of study and who were < 1) students in the Ar my Specialized Training Program (ASTP) or any similar program administered by the Navy or, (2) who was deferred from service during World War II for the pur pose of pursuing a course of in- | struction leading to such degrees, i and (3) who had less than 21 j months of active duty with the i armed forces subsequent to com- ( pletion of such course of instruc tion. Those who received such de grees on or before October Hi, 11)50, are required to register on that date. Those who complete their courses of study nfter Octo ber Hi are required to register within five days after receiving their degrees The presidential proclamation affects male persons with the fol lowing degrees: Batchelor of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Surgery, Doc tor of Medical Dentistry, Doctor of Veterinary Surgery and Doc tor of Veterinary Medicine. Time Extended To Get Terminal Pay —«— North Carolina veterans of World War II who neglected to apply for their terminal leave pay before September, 1948 can now do so. The date for apply ing has been extended to June 30, 1951. Those eligible are veterans who served under conditions other than dishonorable on or after Sep tember 8, 1039 and discharged be fore September 1, 194(1. Terminal Leave was granted members of the armed forces for unused aceuued furloughs of 2 1-2 days a month with u maximum eligibility of 120 days. In the case of a deceased vet eran, their survivors may apply. Eligible veterans or the survivors may secure the necessary forms and information from Mrs. Edna Bendurant, Executive Secretary, Martin County Chapter of the American Itcd Cross. The Chapter is located on the second floor of the city Hall building. - —<•#; —■ Concert .inaociation To Moot 11 ore Next Monday An executive board meeting of the Martin County Concert Com munity Association will be held at 8 o’clock Monday night at the Womans Club building. REPORT v ---' No official report is yet available, but according to "scuttlebutt" reaching here by the grapevine route late Tues day night, eleven of the thirty eight Martin County men re porting for physical and men tal examinations at Fayette ville that day were rejected outright, and four others were detained for further examina tion. Of the eleven men reject- _ ed outright, three were white. Among the four detained ror further examination, two are white, Jimmy Mitchell and Russell Roberson. Declaring they were well received at the station, the young men returned to the county at 0:15 o'clock Tues day evening. Prepare Tobacco Beds For Control S. A. Tulcn, Jr. It's about ninety days before some Browers will be seeding to- ■ bacco beds. So now is the time to prepare and treat bed sites for weed control. Recommendations; are about the same as last .veat. One difference is that 16-6-2 is being used in place of 16-8-2. 16 6-2 is a mixture of eyanamid, Ura mon, Phosphate, Potash and Mag nesium. Growers who have used this mixture successfully have1 used this mixture successfully have found that 3 lbs. per square yard is enough for weed control. | That amount also provides enough I fertilizer for the plants next ! spring. First, the soil should be thor i oughly pulverized. Then with a I section harrow or cultivator mix 2 pounds into the top 3 inches of soil. Then spread the remaining 1 | pound on top of soil and mix in lightiy with a garden rake. If the Uramon and Cyanamid combina tion is used, apply a mixture of 1 pound of Uramon and 1-2 pound of Cyanamid. First, stir 2-3 of the mixture into the soil. Then apply the remainder and mix in lightly with rake. If Cyanamid is used alone, ap ply one round per square yard. Follow the same procedure as re quired for the, Uramon-Cyanamid combination. Uramon and Cyanamid require moisture to become active, so if there is no rain in four or five days, after treatment, the bed should be watered. For best results with chemical treatments, weeds and grass sur rounding the bed site should be burned or cut in. This will pre vent seed from being blown intc the bed after the chemicals have lost their strength. Also the use of poles, with bark on them, fron old plant bed sites may reseed the bed with grass and weeds when they are put into place at a ne\* site. Street Dance And Contest Features For Opening Day Clouu Alloy ami Big I’arailo Amt Governor On Pro gram for V\ rilm-silay Will the weather be fair'.’ Do you have enough convertibles for the Princesses and dignitaries to ride in, irt the parade? Are the floats all ready'.’ These and many, many more questions are just part of the myriad details that go into the making of a Festival. At least, that's the way things are run ning m the office of the Williams ton Boosters, sponsors of Wil liamston's Third Annual Harvest Festival which opens here next Tuesday, October 17 and con tinues through Wednesday, Octo ber 18, 1950 Al Sweatt, the Managing Di | rector of the Williamston Boost ers, has been shaping, polishing land working out every minute 'detail of the Festival to make sure that the expected crowds will not go home disappointed The annual affair is rapidly growing into one of the more important festivals held each year in the state. In previous years, Kenneth Roy a 11 and Senator Graham have spoken to the masses attending the even! and this year, Governor Kerf Scott will be in full attendance, along with Congressman Bonner, and others. ♦ Activities will get underway Tuesday morning with a canning and baking contest for residents of Martin County Tuesday even ing there will be a free street dance, with both round and square dancing. Wednesday ai noon, uieie wm be a luncheon given in honor of Gov Scott with officials of Wil liamston and Martin County as guests. At 1:00 o’clock, ‘Clown Alley” will net underway on Main Street and will continue un til 2:00 I'M when the gigantic parade will start At approximate ly 2:45 I’M, Governor Scott will deliver his address. The entiri proceedings of the parade and the Governor’s talk will be carried over Kadio Station WRRF, Wash ington, N. C. for the benefit of those who are unable to attend the Festival parade. Featured in the parade will be twenty floats and exhibits, the local National Guard unit, Boy and Cub Scouts, Williamston Mo torcycle Club, Princesses from surrounding towns, and eight bands including the high school bands of Eden ton, Elizabeth City, J J. Clemmons High School, Rop er, Tarboro, Scotland Neck, Wash ington, Williamston White and i Williamston Colored. , The parade will also have the (Continued from page five) District P.-T. A. Meeting Planned A meeting or conference of Dis trict Nine of the Parents- Teacliei s Association is to be held in the Perquimans High School in Hert ford on Thursday of next week, October 19, and local P.-T. A. of ficials are urging all members of their association to attend the ses sion if possible. State officers of the P.-T. A. will be in attendance as well as the chairmen of the va rious state committees. The theme for the conference is to be, "The Citizen Child: His Des tiny, A Free World.’’ Awards are to be made for outstanding ac complishments by local associa tions as follows: Largest pereent | ago of increase in membership, based on reports sent in; highest percentage of subscriptions to the National Parent-Teacher, based on reports; largest attendance at the conference based on miles travel ed; county having the largest re presentation to this conference. District Nine includes a dozen counties in this area.
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