THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT'
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEl
VOLUME LI1I—NUMBER 95
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday. Novomhar .'10. 1950
ESTABLISHED 1899
Killer Arrested After
*• A Two-Year Search
I
To Rave Killed
Parmele Resident
< oimly Ni'gro AIm> W unlril
% In Edgecombe County
For Alleged Rape
Norman Worsley, 36-year-old
. Negro, was arrested by Federal
Bureau of Investigation agents in
New York City this week for
allegedly murdering Lawrence
Andrews, 39-year-old colored
man, at Parmele the latter part
of 19-48. The arrest ends a two
^ ® year search that went on in sev
eral states. The trail led to New
York City where Worsley disap
peared. The FBI Was notified and
the special agents spotted him
within a short time, the arrest
following early this week. He had
changed the name to Norman
Cherry, but that offered him lit
tle security when the FBI started
closing in.
The alleged killer is also wunt
^ ed in Edgecombe County for al
legedly raping Andrews’ 14-vear
old daughter on December 23,
1948.
Worsley is fighting extradition,
hut the sheriff's office in the
county, working with Solicitor
George Fountain, is preparing
papers for the man’s return. If
Edgecombe authorities have tak
en any action in the alleged rape
vase it could not lie learned today.
The cases are traceable back
to December 23, 1948, when Wors
lov, accompanied by the 14-year
old Andrews girl, carried her
sister to Tarboro. After leaving
the sister in Tarboro, Worsley
allegedly attacked, the young girl
who reported the attack to her
father when she returned home
The father, almost blind, ques
) tinned Worsley about the attack
and Worsley turned on him with
a pistol, striking him on the left
side of the head and fracturing
the skull. The injury was not
considered serious at, first, but
complications resulted and An
drews died about a week later.
Dr Elliot Ward and Acting
Coroner W W. Bjggs performed
an autopsy on the body, and their
findings showed that death was
traceable to the skull fracture.
Investigating the fatal attack,
the late Sheriff C. B Roebuck,
assisted by his deputy, Buck Hol
loman, learned that Andrews had
I Value Uf Dollar
• Down To 61 Cenls
According to an analysis made
by the National Industrial Con
ference Hoard in Washington, the
purchasing power of the consum
er’s dollar has decreased to 60.7
cents since January, 1939. Food
costs more than doubled in the
same period, the board reported.
An index prepared showed that
^ living costs at the end of last
August were two percent higher
than in August, 1949, and only
one percent below the all-time
high registered for the August
Septcmber period in 1948. The
board reported increases in the
prices of food, house-furnishings,
heating fuel, men’s and women’s
clothing, rents and such sundries
as cigarettes, soap and gasoline.
* | MOVED
vt
The Roanoke Chevrolet
Company, housed since its
organization in a building on
Washington Street, has mov
ed to its modern new build
ing, corner of Washington
and Sycamore Streets. The
location of its large stock of
parts and equipment is re
H quiring considerable time,
but the manager, Mr. John
II. Edwards, announces that
open house is being planned
and that the general public
will be invited to attend.
During the meantime, the
company is maintaining ser
vices for its customers.
->
A nine percent increase in
the 1951 tobacco allotment
has been unofficially provid
ed, meaning that Martin
County tobacco farmers may
! plant a total of 12,934 acres
to the crop without penalty
next season. This year, Mar
tin County farmers had an al
lotment of 11,544 acres of to
! bacco.
The tobacco allotment in
crease, taken to the signal for
reduced prices next year,
comes close behind a sizable
reduction in the peanut acre
age allotment.
Will Sell Bonds
On December 12
The Town of Williamston will
offer for sale on December 12
in the local Government Commis
! sinn office in Raleigh $200,000
water and sewer bonds. Approxi
mately one-half of the bonds, or
$90,000, will be used to finance
the construction of a new water
tank and the laying of water line
extensions. The remainder of the
amount, or $110,000 is to be used
for extending sewer lines.
The bonds are to mature, $8,000
on June 1, 1952; $5,000 on June
1. 1953 and 1954, $4,000 on June
1, 1955 through 1950, $5,000 on
June 1. 1961 nd 1962, $6,000 on
June 1, 1963 through 1985, and
$10,000 on June 1, 1966 through
1978.
Sales will be made in $1,000
denominations, the interest to be
paid semi-annually on June 1
I and December 1.
The City of Charlotte is sell
ing several million dollars worth
of bonds \hat day, and town of
ficials are hopeful a favorable
rate may be had.
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Heavy Docket In
Recorder's Court
Holding his first term, Judge
R. T. Johnson will face a fairly
crowded docket in the Martin
County Recorder’s Court next
Monday.
Up until late yesterday after
noon thirty-three cases had been
placed on the docket for trial next
Monday.
violations The docket c-rnes,
three careless and reckless driv
ing, one failure to report an acci
dent. four operating motor vehicl
es without driver's license, two
drunken driving, live speeding,
four asault, two hit-and-run, two
publicly drunk, one non-support,
two liquor violation, two bastardy,
one false pretense, one traffic, one
breaking and entering and one
i larceny gases.
To Call For Bids
On School Houses
The Martin County Board of
: Education, meeting here next
Monday, plan* to call for bids on
I the construction, of three build
ings in the county. While there
was some doubt at first about fed
eral regulations, it was unoffieial
! l.v reported that the gymnasium
project proposed for Robersonville
is to be included in the list of
three projects.
Plans call for the construction
of a hew Negro high school in Wil
liamston and an addition to the
new white high school building.
!\o Special llusine.sH On
Town Hoard's (Calendar
There’s no special business on
the calendar and a brief meeting
is expected for the local town
commissioners Monday evening.
Mayor Robt. Cowen said this
morning.
Material for extending local
sewer lines is expected to start
moving shortly, and the contrac
tors are already making prelim
inary work plans, it was learned.
Court Hears Few
Cases During Two
Weeks And Quits
Last Session of Special Two
wreirrmr/ *s h‘W* \\ es^^j
nesduy Afternoon
After clearing a fevy cases from
the calendar during a scheduled
two-week term, the Martin Coun
ty Superior Court folded its tent
and quietly stole away early yes
terday afternoon. Comparatively
few eases, other than divorce ac
tions handled earlier in the term,
reached the juries.
Last week, the court made quick
work of the calendar in order to
be home for Thanksgiving. This
week quite a few cases were con
tinued, and several were settled
by agreement. Briefly stated, the
court worked hardly five days
during the scheduled two-week
term.
Proceedings not previously re
ported:
In the ease of S. H. Grimes
against A. W. VanNortwiek, the
plaintiff took a voluntary non
suit and accepted the court costs.
J. H. Harrell, in his ease against
Ernest Judge and F. O. Bunting,
was allowed a judgment in the
sum of $300 against Defendant
Bunting.
In the ease of D G Matthews
and others against Tidewater Pil
ing and Timber Corporation and
W. L. Winslow and J L. Cooper,
the jury found in favor of the
plaintiff, allowing him $1,623.93
against Winslow and Cooper.
In the case of Standard Ferti
i lizer Company against Rachel Ste
j wart and others, the plaintiff was
j declared owner of property taken
i by claim and delivery and valued
I at $62.25.
I Hattie Davenport, suing Thurs
ton Davenport for possession of a
1941 Pontiac, was given a two
thirds interest in the machine,
‘leaving the defendant one-third.
J The jury made the decision, but
| Judge W. H. S Burgwyn, presid
ing over the term, called the liti
j gants' counsel together and eon
sidered setting the verdict aside.
It was finally agreed by the par
ties to give the defendant a $100
| interest and the plaintiff the re
J mainder.
The caveators, seeking to have
the will of C. C. James set aside,
failed. The court held that the
paper writing propounded by Cla
rence Taper and recorded in Will
Book No. 8, page 89, was the last
will and testament of C. C. James,
deceased.
Months after her death, it was
Hj*-i i that WillieJl. LymwJBi'WWl
was well cured fin during T.oi last
days on this earth. Suing Earl
Wynne, executor of the Green es
tate, two sisters told what loving
care they had given the deceased.
Pocahontas Dempsey Evans was
awarded $448.00, and Frances Ly
ons Forte received $465.50. An
other sister who said she helped
care for her sister, was quoted us
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Plan Farm Day
Exchange Here
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Acting to help the annual prob
lem confronted by some tenants
and landlords, the Williamston of
fice of the Employment Security
Commission next to the Central
Cafe on Main Street will operate
a farm day exchange on Wed
nesda.y, December 6 and 13, it
was announced today by Manager
Kelly Gay.
Tenants seeking places for next
year and landlords seeking ten
ants to handle 1951 crops, are in
vited to visit the office where eve
ry effort will be made to serve
the needs of both groups.
f GAME BROADCAST ]
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The Bessemer City -Wil
liamston Class A State cham
pionship football game in
Bessemer City will be broad
cast over a Rocky Mount
PM station Friday evening,
beginning at 8:00 o’clock. The
broadcast is being made pos
sible by a number of local
sponsors, it was explained.
Peanut Crop Is 90 Percent
Marketed In This County
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Reliable estimates coming from
various sources late yesterday in
dicated that ninety percent of
the. oeanut crop in this immediate’
sections has already been marifet
ed, that ninety-live peVct nt of tlac
crop .will have moved out of the
farmers’ hands by Saturday of
this week.
The market has already ex- :
perienced its big rush season, and
the goobers are now being deliv
ered in limited quantity's Possibly
most of the deliveries to the mat - j
ket here are being made by far-1
mers in other counties.
With file exception of a brief j
slum earlier in the season, prices I
have held reasonably firm during j
the marketing season to date, and I
t is generally believed that no
narked change will take place
rom now on out. Prices thi" week
an.ci-d. for tin most part,..frojT)
welve to thirteen cents. A few
vgnt slightly below that figure,
rut a few were sold for slightly
nore than thirteen cents a pound.
No offical figures could be had,
Hit it is estimated that the local
Tiarket has handled some over
500,000 bags of the goobers so far
his season Income to the grow
ms is estimated at between $1!,
500,000 and $4,000,000
Quality of the crop has held up
unusually well, but the quantity,
while up to some expectations, is
dill below normal, reports main
tain.
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INKORKA
I
j
In the thick of the fighting in
Korea l'or some weeks, Cpl. How
ard C. Bennett, son of Mr. and
Mrs L. C. Bennett of RFD 2, Wil
liamston, in a recent letter to his
sister, Mrs. Delmus Williams, said
he was getting along all right. It'
the young man had a complaint,
he did not mention it; in fact, he
gave the impression that he was
anywhere except in a war area.
In Korea since September, Cpl.
Bennett told about a daring ma
neuver to rescue prisoners of war.
He was with a unit that made a
jump behind enemy linos to free
ti goodly number of prisoners,
“And, boy, did we get them!”
A member of the armed forces
for two and one-half years, Cpl.
Bennett spent three months in
Japan the latter part, of 1949, re
turned to this country and shipped
out for Korea in September of
this year.
The young man was surprised
when he found Korean.- speaking
English He told about a doctor
. .'g. .
...J„u.. the JW Koreans The
doctor had rejoined the south
ern forces and he and the < orporal
had formed a friendship.
Plan To Turn On
Lights Next Week
Williamston’s Christmas lights
are to be turned on early next
week, possibly on Monday, if the
eveigreen or laurel reaches here
today, a membei of the decora
tion committee said this morn
ing.
The evergreen shipment was
delayed by bad weather in the
western part of the State last
week-end, but the material moved
out last Monday and should reach
here today. It is the first time
that the committee has planned
to use the evergreen in lighting
the streets for the holiday season.
Special Program
At Woman's Club
The Reviewers’ Book Club is
planning a special program for
its regular meeting in the Worn'
an’s Club hall next Tuesday eve
ning at !):00 o’clock, it was an
nounced today
The program will center around
special Christmas decorations, in
eluding displays of dining m
table set, tea table set, Nativity,
scene, mantel, doorway, window,
children’s party table. •
Much time is being devoted to
the preparation of the special dec
orations and the public is cordial
ly invited, especially all members
of the Woman’s Club.
Guidance Director
Speaks to P.-T. A.
Monday Evening
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No Kuom for Sarcasm In
School Or the Home,
Speaker Declares
— $ —
There is no room for sarcasm in
the classroom or the home, Frank
G. Fuller, director of guidance at
E. C. T. C„ Greenville, told a re
cent meeting of the Williamston
Parents Teachers Association ill
the high school auditorium.
Delivering one of the most in
formative and interesting speeches
to he heard by the P.-T. A. in some
time, Mr. Fuller, used down-to
earth language 111 his talk.
Miss Anna Belle Privott's 12th
grade again'won the attendance
banner with the highest percent
age of parent representation.
A little late bacau.se the “Cox
inobile" which went to Greenville
after him was forced off the road
by another car, Mr Fuller joker
about the- incident anel those pres
cut found his talk worth waiting
for.
Starting out to toll "What caus
es people to behave like' they do,”
he' emphasized that feelings which
were repressed or held down and
back were much more dangerous
than those which were released
through some action. "The boy
or girl who sits in the back of the
classroom m a world all alone, is
m greater need of attention than
the child who is throwing spit
balls," the speaker declarer! “For
the one throwing the spitballs is
getting release1 from whatever is
troubling him while the othejr can
go to such extremes of elaydream
ing as to eventually wind dp in
. u.t'ylum.
nsMi neOlia v.r y!»ulfgsieis, Mr
Fuller noted that too often the
parents and teachers regard chil
dren as sirttfll adults and forget
how much is learned between the
age-s of children and of adults
One of the' basic needs, he said, is
proper food and shelter Another
need, he noted, and one of the
most important, is the need ol
personal security Not neeiessan
ly financial, he declared that per
sonal security- means also the
feeding of being wanted and be
ing loved by their parents. An
other need, he referred to as sla
tus, the' feeding of having a place
ui the home and among their fed
low students In this connection,
he remarked that ‘‘dressing
down” of a student before his fel
lows should not be done Me re -
minded teachers and parents ol
the feelings that would boil up
inside them if they were "dressed
down” by someone among them
friends and fellow-workers I
builds up a lension inside that i
harmful to tlm child, he said.
The' fourth item he' mentionee
was the question ofsex He sail
this question should not he push
ed back too far, that parents ane
children should have an under
standing on these' things because
the children would get their in
formation the wrong way cr tin
right way. He especially urges
that parents not make their child
ren feel that the.' desire to attrac
or be' attracted to members of th
opposite seixt was a shameful in
stinct, because he said il was th
most natural thing on earth. In
stead of suppression of the se
etrive, he urged the side-trackin
of it by the creation of either in
tercs.ts inasmuch as possible.
(Continued on page sue)
Unable To Change
Peanut Reduction
Order In Congress
(loiitiniH- KffortM T« (’.laxi
ty 1***1111(1Arciintrna To.
Tin* \ uriotis Types
Washington, Nov 29. Pros
pects arc slim that Virginia type
peanut growers will get relief
from acreage cuts by this session
of Congress, Senator Willis Rob
ertson ,(Democrat, Virginia, said
today.
The volume of business already
lined up, he said, probably will
prevent Senate consideration of a
pending measure designed to help
these producers.
"We will do everything we can,"
he told a reporter.
But he added action os the bill
may require either unanimous
consent or action bv the Senate
Democratic Policy Committee to
schedule it for a vote.
The Senate Agriculture Com
mitter' has approved unanimously
a bill offered by former Senator
Frank P. Graham (Democrat of
North Carolina), to separate the
Virginia from other types of pea
nuts in allotting acreage under
the price support program
The House passed a bill to per
mit the Secretary of Agriculture
to increase acreages for those
types found to be in short sup
ply.
The Virginia type, grown main
ly in Virginia, North Carolina
and South Carolina, is in short
supply. .
Robertson described as "utterly
absurd" the present situation of
cutting acreage ot Virginia type
| peanuts because of surpluses of
other types. '
"The only logical solution,” he
j added, "is a change in the support
| program as provided in the Gra
ham bill to separate all edible
j (Virginia) peanuts from the oil
types and authorize a control
I program based on the available
j markets for each type.”
Robertson said that under thi
present program, the producers
j of all types in Georgia and Ala
bama are encouraged by Federal
subsidy to produce peanut oil in
! excess of market demand}.
| "Such a program is so utterly
absurd," he said, "that I am eon
I vinced that if the support pro
I gram cannot be put on a sound
and logical basis -which will in
j volve no real expense to the
; J reasury, as m the tobacco pro
I gram- that Congress will vote to
J end the support program com
pletely.
vruu^B} Flay
By Barter Group
An audience of approximately
one hundred and fifty witnessed a
brilliant performance of "The
Show Off" presented by the noted
Barter Theatre last night in the
high school auditorium.
Although toe theatre troupe's
appearance here, sponsored by the
local Jayeees, did not draw a ra
pacity audience, the play w'us well
received by those who attended
The entire east, and in particular
Mrs. Fisher and Aubrey, held tin
attention of their audienci
throughout the three-act comedy
"The Show Off".
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llaml I'lunmiifi Trip To
IlcMKHinor City Content
-4,-.
Plans were well advanced thi
afternoon for carrying the loca.
high school hand to the foothill;
game in Bessemer City tomorrow
I Others, including the seniors
I have chartered two busses.
/
I TO OPEN BIDS
y__
Plans arc going forward *
1 for opening bids on Martin
County’s first major drain
! age project, representatives
of the drainage project com
mittee announced yesterday.
The bids will be opened in
the offices of Martin and
Griffin here at 10 o’clock on
' | the morning of December 7.
The drainage project in
centered in Bear Grass Town
ship, but extends into Cross
Koads.
New Officers Begin
Term Next Monday
V
Funeral services were con
ducted at the home near Koh
ersonvllle Tuesday afternoon
for Walter Leon (Lee) House,
prominent county business
man and well-known citizen
who died in a Williamston
hospital on November 26.
Thousands Greet
i Santa Claus Here
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Coming to town late yesterday
afternoon on a fire truck, Santa
I Claus was greeted by a crowd es
timated at more than 2,000, and
j honestly, many of the little folks
'could not see the merry ole gen
tlemen for the old folks The fel
1 low was met at the corner of
l
Main and Haughton Streets by the
high school band.
During his brief visit, Santa,
( with the help of his special com
mittee, distributed almost a thou
sand bags of candy and received
, nearly 500 special letters. Just
before leaving, he explained that
he would answer personally as
many ol the letters as he could,
that each would In- curefuly con
sidered.
Williamston merchants are co
operating with Santa in every
way possible to make a joyous
Christmas for all the little kiddies,
and the old folks, too.
Old Firm Closing
.JBfltfe-Business
"f After figuring m the business
life of the county for just about
one-third of a century, the J S.
Ayers Company, Kveretts mer
cantile firm, is closing out its
business, Mr. II M (Muck) Ayers
announced this week
The large stock ol merchandise
is being placed on sale, and opera
tions will be discontinued as soon
as posible, it was reported.
The business was established
buck in 11)17 by Mesrs. J. S. Ayers
and Ch'as T. Peel. In 11)25, Mr
Peel sold his interest to Jesse
Keel, and in 11)25 Mi Keel sold
his interest to Mr. Ayers. Since
Mr Ayers' death in September,
1947, the estate has operated the
business with Puck Ayers as man
ager.
Mr. Ayers has not announced
his future plans, but it is under
stood lie'll devote all his atten
tion to farming interests.
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Christmas Club
Paying Off Here
— —
Nearly 400 far-seeing persons ir
this eomunity are now reaping the
reward of systematic savings
Cashier D. V. Clayton of thi
Guaranty Bank stating today tlur
Christmas Savings checks are now
being distributed.
The 2711 Christinas club mem
tiers are receiving approximately
$24,000, or an average of nearly
$90 each, it w'as announced.
The new club is now bemi
formed and will formally opei
next Monday for the year 1951
tile banker said. All are invitee
to join and be prepared for tin
1951 Christmas.
Busy Day Certain
For Officials And
The County Court
Comity Hoard To Reorgan
ize And Make Number
Of Appointments
Starting a new term next Mon
day, Martin County officials and
the several departments are cer
tain to have a busy day.
With the exception of the reg
ister of deeds whose election does
not coincide with the others, all
county officers, including clerk of
court, sheriff, treasurer, coroner,
county commissioners, judge and
surveyor, will subscribe to the
oath of office. Justice John L.
Hassell is expected to administer
the clerk's oath, and the clerk
will administer the other oaths.
The clerk is scheduled to sub
scribe to his oath for the new
four-year term early that morn
ing, followed by the commission
ers. Following Ins slated appoint
ment by the county commission
ers, Solicitor Clarence Griffin
will subscribe the office oath
along with Judge K. T. Johnson
who will then move on up stairs
where a lengthy court docket
awaits their attention.
Only five new faces will ap
pear in the county’s official fam
I ily beginning next Monday. Coun
I ty Commissioner C. Abram Rob
] ersijn, after fourteen years of
| faithful and able service as a
1 member of the board, is retiring.
| He is being succeeded by Herbert
! I-. Roebuck of Cross Roads. R T
Johnson is succeeding Chas. H.
Manning on the county bench,
and Clarence Griffin is succeed
in Paul D. Roberson as county
solicitor. O. H Roberson is slated
to go in as county surveyor, the
post having been vacant for sev
eral years. A. Corey surrendered
the post when he was elected
county representative two years
ago. Hilly Biggs, acting coroner,
will succeed his father, S Rome
Higgs, as full-fledge coroner.
The old board of commissioners
will meet to clear their slate of
old business, and once that task
is completed they will step out
in favor of the new board. A re
organization of the hoard is like
ly to leave the line-up unchanged
with Commissioner John 11. Ed
I wards as chairman.
Once settled in office for the
"""■ i|u ,iir-—-'WiirttamiiTin j fUMCOl
sinners a'e scheduled to appoint
a tax supervisor, county attorney
and superintendent of the county
home. As far as it could be learn
ed the reappointments of M. I,.
(Continued on pace six)
Toy Collection
Little Bit Short
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While the toy colection handled
by local Jaycees last Sunday af
ternoon was very successful, it
was pointed out that a greater
need is anticipated and that ad
ditional contributions are ncces
sary if that need is to be met.
There'll not be another town
wide canvass, but those who have
serviceable toys to spare are ask
ed to call either John Miller, Jr.,
at the Western Auto Store or
Thad Harrison at Woolard Hard
ware Store and they’ll either call
or dispatch a runner to get them.
Unless some action is taken
to reverse the order, Martin
: County peanut growers next
year will have their allot
ment reduced i'royi 19,383 to
17,851) acres, according to un
official information reaching
here. A lii 1-3 percent over
all decrease in the allotment
has been ordered, but there
is a movement under way to
classify peanuts by types,
i meaning that edible peanuts
now in short supply will not
i be affected by the reduction
order if the classification is
effected. »
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