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VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 84
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 24, 1950
ESTABLISHED 1899
Amphitheatre Is
. Project of P.-T. A.
For Current Year
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Parents Visit Classrooms At
High School As Part of
Program Last Night
The construction of an amphi
theatre in the ravine back of the
elementary school building was
announced last night as one of the
main projects of the Williamston
4 Parents-Teachers Association for
this year, and a committee on
planning as well as one on action
was also listed for this project and
the landscaping of the grounds.
Although conflicting meeting:
cut attendance below what hac
been expected, those attending en
joyed the "Come And See" pro
gram which the teachers had pre
pared for the high school build
* ings, and in some of the class
rooms students were on hand ti
demonstrate their class work. Thb
was especially true of the labora
tory and science room where Pro
fessor A. J. Abdalla had about a
dozen young demonstrators or
hand to entertain the parents.
The program preceding the vis
its to the rooms was brief. In the
count for attendance. Miss Anna
^ Bell Privott’s room again won the
award and it was announced that
the banner which is now in the
window of the employment office
as a part of a P.-T. A. display, is
to be turned over to her within the
next week or ten days.
Attention was called to the fact
that letters had gone out through
the school children this week to
invite all parents and friends and
patrons of the school to join the
P.-T. A. The fee is 50c per per
son and a small envelope* was en
closed with the letter for convem
orice in returning the dues. A
graph prepared by the 8th grade
math class was on display show
ing the membership in the local
P.-T. A during the past six or
seven years. ^
Mrs. Iverson Skinner was nam
* ed chairman of the committee in
charge of the improvements at
the elementary school and Miss
lassie Pearce, Mrs. C B. Clark, Jr ,
and Mrs. Irving Margolis are to
assist in the planning. The action
committee is headed b.v Bill Spi
vey with the following members
to help: Abner Brown, H F. Mc
Knight, Mrs. Herman Bowen, B.
G. Stewart, Mis. Harrell Everett,
*W. T. Ross, Paul Simpson. James
Manning, Edward Corey, James
Bullock, John Goff, J C. Eubanks,
R. E. Shuller, Mrs. Ray Goodmon,
W. R. Glover, W. Harvey Ross,
Jessup Harrison and R D. Elliott.
Mrs. Ja-.-k Hardison was named to
act as secretary to the chairman
of Inc action committee.
Patients In The
Marlin General
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The following were among the
patients in the Martin General
Hospital here this morning:
Misn Sarah Gurganus, who is
recovering from an operation and
who plans to return to her home
shortly; Mrs. Dora Ellis of Ply
mouth, Clarence Brown of James
ville, David Carson of Williams
ton, Watson Walters of James
ville, Mrs. Howard Hopkins of
Williamston, Geo. C. Griffin of
Griffins, Mrs. Eli Rogerson of Wil
liamston, Mrs. R. O. Purvis of
Route 1, Bethel, Mrs. A. J. Man
ning. Jr., of Williamston, Mrs. D
O. Weaver of Route 2, Roberson
ville, Jim Henry Lilley of Wil
liamston.
Colored: Estelle and Elizabeth
Sheppard, Hezekiah Bell, Marjo
rie Bonner, Thelma Bell.
ROUND-UP |
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Thirteen persons were ar
rested and placed in the coun
ty jail last week-end, includ
ing eight for public drunken
ness, four for assaults and one
for drunken driving. Five of
the thirteen were white and
the ages of the group ranged
from 38 to 61 years.
While law enforcement of
ficers were busy rounding ’em
up in this section, reports
from Hamilton stated that
eight warrants were drawn
there Saturday afternoon, one
charging a colored man with
hit-and-run driving.
Church Dedication Service Sunday Morning
The recently completed Christian Chapel Church at Cross Roads will be formally de
dicated at a special service Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev. P. E. Cayton, announces.
Constructed at a cost of about $12,000, not including material contributions and labor of
fered by members of the church and other friends, the building is one of the finest rural
religious plants in this section of the State. The church is planning a memorable week
end when, in addition to the dedication, two of the members will be ordained for minister
ial service and the Roanoke District Convention will be entertained.
Four Hurt In Road
Accidents In County
Patrolmen Report
Six Anio Wrecks
In Past Few Days
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Lo»m*s, Exclusive of IVr*
annul liijurio. ure Mon*
Than $1,100.00
Four persons were hurt, one of
them critically, and a reported
damage, estimated unofficially at
$1,175, resulted in a series of six
automobile accidents on high
in this county
during the past tew days, accord
ing to reports coming from the
county highway patrol office late
Monday.
Suffering neck and internal in
juries, Jim H. Lilley, local man,
continues in a critical condition in
a local hospital. The other injured
were able to continue to their
homes following treatment in doc
tors’ offices, the report said.
In addition to the six* vehicle
accidents, fire, believed to have
started in the wiring, destroyed
the 1941 model Chevrolet belong
ing to Russell Collier in his yard
on RFD 2, Robersonville, late last
Wednesday night. The car had
not been touched in about two
hours.
The first in the series of acci
dents was reported eight miles
north of Hamilton on the River
Road last Thursday night at 6:30
o’clock. Alton Mizelle Harrell of
Hamilton was driving his 1946
Ford toward Hamilton when he
was blinded by the lights of an
approaching ear. He ran off the
road and lost control of the car
which turned over one and one
half times. Harrell was not hurt,
but Patrolman B. W. Parker, mak
ing the investigation, estimated
the damage at $200 It is presumed
the driver with the bright lights
on his ear continued on his way.
Ernest Mooring, Jr., of RFD 1,
Robersonville, was driving toward
Oak City on Highway 125 about
8:00 o’clock last Friday night
when his 1938 Chevrolet stalled in
the highway a short distance from
Hamilton. Driving behind, J S.
Ayers plowed into the Chevrolet
with his 1948 Packard, hurting no
one but doing about $50 damage
to his car and about $25 damage
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SECOND ( All ]
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A second call was Issued to
day directing; all those Martin
County young men who regis
tered for the draft during the
month of September to report
to the draft board in William
ston immediately. It was ex
plained that additional infor
mation is needed, thiat unless
the registrants report at once
they will be subject to im
mediate call for active duty.
Approximately forty regis
tered in September and quite
a few of them have already
j reported and offered the addi
tional information. Only those
{ who registered during Sep
tember are being instructed to
report and give additional
; registration information.
I
Union Al County
Church Sunday
Members and friends of the
Smithwicks Creek Church will
entertain the union there on Sat
urday and Sunday, October 28
and 29, it was announced by the
pastor, Elder P. E Getsinger.
Elder C W Miller of Washing
ton, D. C\, Elder A. F. Sudduth of
Kimball, Va., and Elders Denny,
Lee and other visiting ministers
will preach during the two-day
meeting.
The pastor and congregation ex
pend a cordial welcome to all to
| attend the services.
Recovers From Attack
Soffared Week Ago
Following treatment in Brown’s
Hospital for an attack suffered
last Wednesday afternoon, Mr. W.
J Hodges was able to return to
his home here last week-end, and
is getting along well.
Recovering From Injury
Received In Recent Fall
Mrs. Lyda Wynne suffered a I
painful knee injury in a fall at
her home last Thursday. Follow
ing treatment in the Martin Gen
eral Hospital here, she was able
to return to her home Saturday.
Propose Changes
i In Consiiiulion
i Al Next Election
One Would Make Imlicl
iiirnl l»y Grand Jury Op
tional In I'Yloiiy (last's
Five amendments to the Con
stitutiun of North Carolina will
| be submitted to popular vote on
November 7. The adoption or re
jection of each amendment will
be determined by the majority of
the votes cast for or against each
amendment. The legal signifi
cance of the proposed No. 1
amendment is briefly explained
as follows:
1. Waiving of Indictment
Section 12 of Article 1 of the
I Constitution reads as follows:
"12 Answers to criminal char
lift's. No person shall be put to
: answer any criminal charge ex
cept. as hereinafter allowed, but
j by indictment, presentment, or
impeachment.”
This section requires, therefore,
indictment by a grand jury in all
felony cases. An accused person
I cannot waive this requirement
even though he is represented by
an attorney and even though, as
a result thereof, he may be re
quired in some instances to re
main in jail for a considerable
period of time awaiting action by
the grand jury.
The proposed amendment would
add to Section 12 of Article I the
j following language:
"But any person, when rep
resented by counsel, may, under
such regulations as the Legisla
ture shall prescribe, waive indict
ment in all except capital cases.”
Under the proposed amendment,
the General Assembly would pre
scribe regulations for waiving in
dictment. An indictment could not
be waived in a capital case under
any circumstances, and could be I
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Lillie Vamluls Wreck
Liwal Flou er (-union
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Operating perhaps without mal
iee but deadly destruction, little
vandals just about wrecked Mis
Nora Grimes’ flower garden on
West Main Street early yesterday
morning Using some kind of a
knife, the youngsters shredded
the flowers and trampled down
others.
Sunday afternoon two or three
lads were in the flower garden
digging worms and were chased
out by a neighbor. Police are in j
vestigating the ease. j
Funeral Held In
Local Church For
Geo. C. Jenkins
Retired Farmer Died At His
Home In West End East
Thursday Afternoon
George C. Jenkins, well-known
citizen of this coutny and a retired
farmer, died at his home in West
End near Williamston last Thurs
day afternoon at 4:00 o'clock fol
lowing a six-month illness. Dur
ing the past three months he spent
most of the time in hospitals, un
dergoing an operation and receiv
ing treatment. His condition was
critical for several weeks and he
never rallied after lapsing into a
coma the day before he died.
The son of the late J. H. and
Lera Massengil! Jenkins, he was
bofn near Robersonville 72 years
ago on February 27, 1878, and
spent his early life on the farm
in that section, moving to this
section of the county as a young
man and spending most of his
life here lie was married to Miss
Mattie L. Leggett in May, 1901,
and she survives with three daug
hters, Mrs. LeRoy Savage and
Mrs W T. Crawford, both of Wil
liamston, and Mrs. Paul Dixon of
near Everetts; two sisters, Mrs.
Kelly Hardison of Oak City and
Mrs. Robert Griffin of Roberson
I ville; one brother, Dorsey Jenk
ins, of Williamston, and four
grandchildren.
Mr. Jenkins was a progressive
farmer, introducing new farming
practices down through the years,
lie worked for the conservation
of the soil and a richer and finer
community.
lie was a member of the Ske
warkey Primitive Baptist Church
and funeral services were con
ducted there Sunday afternoon at
J 3:30 o’clock bv Elders W. E
Grimes, A B. Ayers and E. C.
I Stevenson. Interment was in
Woodlawn Cemetery.
Examination For :
Warden In County
! A written wildlife law enforce
ment examination will be held
in Martin County Courthouse on
Tuesday, November 7, at 10:00 a
m o'clock 1050 for those who de
sire to compete and apply for a
position w'ith the North Carolina
Wildlife Resources Commission as
District Game and Fish Protector
in Martin County, it was announc
ed by Leon K. Thomas, law' ell
! forcement supervisor.
To be eligible for participation
Mine must have the following inir.
] imum qualifications:
Kducatlon High School or’ bet
ter, Experience in law enforce- 1
ment—desirable but not essential,
Mentally and physically alert, In
terest in and knowledge of wild
life, Interest in conservation, In
terest in affairs of sportsmen and
their organizations, Good charac
ter, Clean past record, Between
ages of 21 and 45 years, Able and
willing to devote full time to work,
Ability to enforce law impartially
and justly, Ability to pass suc
cessfully a physical examination.
Those who can meet the above
standards will be acceptable ap
plicants for the announced posi
tion.
Conservationists
Meet Wednesday
Meeting in the courthouse here
tomorrow, approximately thirty-1
five soil conservationists from
sixteen counties in four districts
will discuss irrigation, it was an
nounced today.
An irrigation engineer from
Spartanburg will lead the dis
cussions. Te'ts made with tobac
co plant irrigation systems will be
reviewed, it was announced.
(Jlihl lulls Viclini
Of Rheumatic Fever
I'Ucy Lynch, 10-year-old color
ed child of near Oak City, fed I
victim of rheumatic fever last
week-end. It wan first thought
she had infantile paralysis, one
report stating that she virtually
lost use of all her faculties, but
improved following treatment for
the fever.
Former Local Boy
Died In District
Hospital Sunday
Funeral At Home of Mother
Here Tomorrow For
Win. A. James. Jr.
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' William A. James, Jr., Williams
ton native and a graduate of the
Williamston High School, died in
a Washington, D. C„ hospital Sun
day morning at 8:00 o’clock. He
had been ill since October 10 and
was thought to be getting along
very well until a blood clot form
ed, resulting in his death.
The son of Mrs. Lillian Taylor
i James, formerly of Robersonvilie,
and the late W. A. James, Sr., he
was born in Williamston on April
80, 1912, and spent his early life
here. In 1938 he located in Vir
ginia where he was employed by
a drug firm for several years be
fore enlisting in the Navy. Dur
ing World War II he served as a
pharmacist’s mate, spending two
years in the Pacific theater. Fol
lowing the war he located in
Washington City where he was
employed by Carriers' Service
Pharmacy Shops, and was mar
ried to Miss Mamie Franklin.
While in high school here he
played on the football team and
was well known.
Surviving are his willow; his
mother, one brother, Harry C.
James of Arlington, Va.; and one
sister, Mrs. J. D. Hathaway, Jr.,
of Elizabeth City.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the home here on West
Main Street Wednesday morning
by Rev. Thomas Hastings, rector
j of the Church of the Advent. In
! terment will be in the family plot
i in the Robcrsonville Cemetery.
Officers Return
From Kentucky
Extending their investigation
| to Lexington, Kentucky, Sheriff
, M. W. Holloman and Mr. Buck
I Ayers recovered last week nearly
$5,000 in war bonds stolen from
the J S. Avers and Company
store in Everetts early last June.
Tags and other markings had
been removed, and clothing,
known to have been stolen during
raids that were extended into at
least half dozen states, could not
be identified. It was fairly cer
tain that goods stolen from other
Everetts firms the same night the
Ayers store was robbed, were
among the loot found, but identi
fication could not be determihed
immediately.
While Sheriff Holloman and Mr. j
Ayers were in Lexington, officers '
from Georgia--reached thtr; is, j
claim goods stolen from that state.
It was learned that some of the
bonds stolen in Georgia had been
cashed.
Sheriff Holloman said that Joe
Murray, James Gray and Dillard
Foreman were facing several rob
bery charges in Lexington, that it
will be at least ten or twelve
years before they could be had
in this county. However, warrants
with detainers are being sent to
Kentucky from this county, and
officers in Georgia, Indiania, West
Virginia and possibly other states
are preparing warrants.
An adding machine, stolen from
the Ayers store, was said to have
been sold in a small Tennesse
town.
Man Dangerously
Cui Here Sunday
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Claiborne "Peg" Northern, col
ored man, was knocked down and
dangerously cut on the head as
he waited at the Jaincsville-Wash
ington Jioad intersection here last
Sunday evening for a ride to his
home near Jamesville. The one
legged man was cut on the back
of Ins head almost from ear to
ear and to the skull, the wound
requiring fifteen stitches.
Willie Moore, colored man and
an expert carver, was arrested
about an hour later and is being
formally charged with the attack
at a hearing before Justice Chas.
ft. Mobley today. Unable to ar
range bond in the sum of $400,
Moore was placed in jail.
The attack followed when
Moore asked Northern about a
25-cent debt which Northern de
clared he knew nothing about.
Local Church Has
100th Anniversary
DRAFT CALL V
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A .second call, instructing
the Martin County Draft
Board to send twelve men to
Fort Bragg for final induction
has been received. The twelve
men to be drawn largely from
that group of men who report- j
ed for pre-induction examina
tions on October 10.
During the meantime, twen- 1
ty-five Martin County young i
men are slated to report for 1
final induction on Friday of i
this week.
Sales Holding Up
On Local Tobacco
Market This Week
! Over 100,000 IVhiihIs Sold
VeHlenluv To Itrin^ To- |
lal to 0,579,061
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Already a million pounds in ex
cess of the preliminary estimates,
tobacco sales continue to hold up
on Williamston's tobacco market
| More than 100,000 pounds were i
jsold yesterday to boost the total j
to date to 9,579,004 pounds. 1
[Through yesterday, the money i
paid out by the market amounted I
to $5,490,996.50, the average hold
( ing right at a $57.50 average
No date has been officially an
1 nouneed for closing the market.
| A general report on the belt
| follows:
Average prices by grades for
| Eastern North Carolina flue-cur
| ed tobacco during the ninth week
I of sales were steady to slightly
lower. Volume of offerings was
heavy Monday but considerably
lighter on the following days.
General quality of the tobacco
was somewhat inferior to that of
’ the previous week
The Federal-State Tobacco Mar
ket News Service reports the
downward trend which began
I week before last continued. A1
though most grades lost only $1 00
per hundred from averages the
previous week, the majority were
I at new season lows. Practically
all grades are ranging from $1.00
to $10.00 under peak levels es
tablished earlier in the season
I with most $3.00 to $5.00 lower.
1 During the week ending Oeto- I
j ber 20, gross sales amounted to
I 30,222,114 pounds and averaged
$50 27 per hundred. Sales volume
i dropped around 13-1-4 million
pounds. Season gross sales
through October 20 totaled 407,
940,770 pounds for an average of
$50.77. For the corresponding per
iod last season gross volume was
about 35 million pounds less while
the general average was $0.13 per
hundred lower.
More of the offerings consisted
of nondescript. Also, there was an
increase in the amount graded
damaged, unsafe order or un
sound. Fewer fair to fine grades
were sold. Most of the baskets
were graded in low to good quali
ties, leaf predominating.
The take of the Flue-cured Sta
bilization Corporation this week,
under the Government loan pro
gram, was about 7 percent of gross
turnover Deliveries for the sea- ;
son are running around 3 percent
of sales.
Final sales were held on the
Border a few days ago, a report
showing that 301,627,557 pounds
were sold for an average of $55.23.
Colored Parents:
Teachers to Neel
The Second District Colored
Parent-Teacher Association, com
prising several counties, will meet
at the Parmele school, Wednes
day, November 1, at 7:30 P. M.
A large delegation is expected to
attend and each local unit is to
send its fee. A cordial invitation
is extended to all parents and
teachers to attend this very im !
portant meeting. Vital questions, j
affecting the educational develop
ment of tile youth, will be dis
cussed and each unit is expected
to send a representative to take
part in the deliberation.
Bishop Wrighi In
Address to Large
Humber Friday
History of llir (.liurrli (if
Tin* Atlvrul Ki‘Uil lo
Group That Morning
By Mrs. Frank Wynne
The Church ol the Advent her#
celebrated its 100th anniversary
last Friday when members and
friends came from distant places
through heavy rains and filled
the church.
In the choir were Norman and
Thomas Cordon, grandsons of the
Rev. Thomas B. Haughton, In-lov
ed Rector of the church in its ear
ly days. The procession of choir
and clergymen moved Coward the
chancel to the glorious strains of
“Ancient of Days" and thus began
a day of prayer and praise and
thankfulness for this church and
for its priests and workers through
the years.
The Rt. Rev. Thopias H. Wright,
D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of
East Carolina was Celebrant at
the Chroal Eucharist, assisted by
the Rev. E. M. Spruill, the Rev.
Thomas L. Hastings, Rector of
the parish, and the Rev. John W.
Hardy, former Rector.
A Communion set. chalice and
paten, gifts of Mrs. Collin Barnes,
Mrs J. H. Saunders, Miss Mary
Smith, and Mr Richard II Smith,
in memory of their parents and
sister, were consecrated by the
Bishop. Several pieces of chancel
furniture, including a prayer desk,
clergy stall and choir fronts, gifts
of Mrs. James Grist Staton, in
memory of former Bishops of the
Diocese ol East Carolina and
priests of this parish, wen- con
secrated by the Bishop.
Mr. N C. Green, Senior Ward
en, read a summary of the his
tory of the church, beginning with
the Inst baptism in 1842, the
building of the church in 1849,
the consecration of the church
by Bishop Ives, April 28, IBBO. its
admission to the Convention May
30, 1850, and services by its first
Rector, October 20, 1850 The land,
the building, and the furnishings
were acquired through the gen
erosity and sacrifices of the Elli
son, Hyman and Slade families.
In the early years of the church
tin1 register records the baptism
and confirmation of many per
sons, not only parents and child
ren hut slaves as well, with spec
ial class^^oFr7i^ffiching of the
catechism to the children of the
slaves on Sunday afternoon.
Then came the Civil War, four
years without services and the
little church almost destroyed by
the Northern Army. Miss Betty
Hyman, a refugee, preserved the
Communion set and on her re
turn to Williamston gave it to the
Rev. Thomas B. Haughton, then
minister in charge. Under his
leadership the foundations of the
(Continued on page eight)
Overlooked In IJsting
Moines of Princesses
In listing the names of the prin*
cesses at the harvest festival here
last Wednesday evening, the name
of Miss Lib Cherry, Princess Bear
Grass, was omitted by mistake.
And it was suggested by some that
she was overlooked by the judges.
The Enterprise regrets the om
mission, and hastens to add that
Miss Cherry added greatly to the
event by her presence.
['~\<:CKITS POSITION I
Cecil Bullock, popular
young man of Robersonvillc,
has accepted a place in the
Martin County ABC enforce
ment division and will join
ABC Officer J. II. Roebuck
about the middle of the week,
it was announced by V. J. Spi
vey chairman of the Martin
County tBC Board.
Mr. Bullock, now a warden
with the N. C. Wildlife and
Resources Commission, will
receive approximately $21)11 a
month in his new job.