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A THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT" FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEI VOLUME LIII—NUMBER KM) ff illiamtton, Marlin County, North Carolina, 1 nrstlax. Drcrmher I1). ESTABLISHED 1899 Home Decorations Going Up In Big ■Numbers In Town \ «tliiitl>l<* Prizes Are Bein^ Offered This Year In Three Categories Present indications are that the ole home town will be all lit-up for the holidays, a preliminary inspection revealing a goodly number of home, yard and house top decorations already reflecting the spirit of the season. Three valuable prizes will be awarded this year, one for the most original idea, another for the the best doorway or housetop decoration, and still another for the best tree or lawn decoration. The first prize will be an electric pop-up toaster, courtesy of the Worrell Appliance Company. The Williainston Boosters, sponsoring ^the contest again this year, will give S15 for the best doorway or housetop plan, and another $15 for the best tree or lawn decora tion. The decorations are to be judg ed Sunday evening, December 24. between the hours of <1:00 and 10:30 p. m. Out-of-town judges, whose names will be withheld un til after the judging, will deter mine the winners. Some mighty fine scenes were lighted during the week-end. The J,.cvij^on Smithwick Street were anrotflffhc first to light a yard tree. The operators of Griffins Quick Lunch, are displaying an attractive tree on top of their place of business on Washington Street. Noah Hardison and Ira Harrison have attractive housetop scenes, and the Henry Griffins have oid jjanta again on top of their home on Grace Street. Mrs. Helen Har ris and the children have station ed Santa on top of their home with decorations in front on School Drive, and the Bill Ses soms have lighted the doorway for Christmas at their home on Franklin Street, while a huge stocking and arch decorate the R. E. Peeles' home on East Grace Street. And that’s just mentioning few. It is expected that a record number of decorations will be seen here this year. Dealers in electric lighting are quoted as saving that the de mand has been greater this year than in several While some items are reported in scarce supply, the stocks were still ample to meet considerable demand. 'Special Programs In Marlin County —— Special programs are being planned by just about all the churches and several civic orga nizations in the county this week. A few, including the Piney Grove Baptist Church, have already held impressive programs. One of the major parties is be ing planned for Friday evening in the Woman's Club here where the Jaycees will be hosts to a goodly number of little folks. Ex tensive preparations have been and are still being made for the party, and considerable expenses and work have gone into the preparations. A complete list of the programs is not immediately available, but the Macedonia Sunday School will present a pageant Wednesday evening.. On Thursday, the Ham ilton Baptist Church and the Church of Christ, also of Hamil ton, will hold special Christmas programs, and on Friday the Eve retts Baptist and Christian Churches will hold a joint pro gram in the Baptist church there. On Sunday at 7:00 o'clock P. M., the Bethany Penecostal Holiness l Sunday School will have its pro gram. ! EARLY EDITIONS | i* In keeping: with an an nounced holiday schedule, this issue of The Enterprise is appearing ahead of sched ule. The next edition is sched uled to appear on Wednesday when the publishers will close shop until Thursday of next week. Program announcements and service schedules should be submitted immediately if they are to appear in the next edition. Approve Peanut Quotas by Large Majority In County Martin County farmers, while participating in limited numbers, in the referendum last Thursday, gave the peanut quota over whelming support. The vote was 1,208 for quotas and 3(i against quotas, thi margin of victory for the program rating 07 percent as compared with 79 percent favor able vote in the State. Three townships, Griffins, Jamesville 1 and Williams, were unamimous in their support of the program. While Jamesville I una nimously supported the plan, an adjoining district, Jamesville II, recorded fourteen votes or more than one-third qf the registered oppi isition. The vote, totaling 1,244, was far below expectations, and re MANAGER j m mr --i ■.* Moving into nis office af the new Texas Company ter minal here last week. Man ager H. B. Gentry is rapidly ironing out the details, look ing toward full-scale opera tions at the plant within a short time. Mr. Gentry comes here front Huntington, W. Va. Dr. Paul Burgess Opens Office Here Dr Paul Burgess, chiropractor, opened his office on South Haughton Street, by the Marco Theatre here last Saturday. Dr. Burgess is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H Burgess of Lynch burg, Va. Before the war he at tended Furman University of Greenville, S C. After three years of wartime service with the Navy, he entered Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was graduated in May 1949, after in terning in the college clinic for two years. Jle has practiced for a period of one year in Wilson, N. C. He is married to the former Miss Majorie Lamm of Wilson, and both are members of the Baptist Church. Security Agency Prosecutes Cases —*— Charged with reporting his earnings incorrectly, Harry Wig gins, employe of a Williamston firm, was carried into the courts last week, Pleading guilty, he was sentenced to the roads for thirty days by Justice Chas. R Mobley who suspended the road term up on the payment of the costs and refunding the Employment Secur ity Commission $22, he allegedly had drawn by false pretense. Facing similar charges, Leonard Walston was directed to refund the commission $32, and Mary L. Gilliam refunded $8 and paid court costs. In addition to the court action, the defendants elim inated themselves as potential beneficiaries during the remaind er of the benefit year. - -- - Gooil Will Club Plan* Project For the Needy The Good Will Club of William .ston is making a canvass for toys and contributions to finance a Christmas Cheer project for needy colored children. School principals are receiving the toys and contri bution, it was announced by Chairman Jackson. fleet what some describe as a growing indifference. Possibly, too, the small vote reflects, dis satisfaction with the new l(i per cent acerage reduction. The unofficial vote in this coun tv's twelve districts follows: For Against Jamesvillc No. 1 Jamcsvillc No. 2 Griffins Williams Bear Grass Williamston-Pop. Cross Roads Robersonville No. Robersonville No. Hamilton Goose Nest No. 1 Goose Nest No. 2 Pt. 15 911 129 74 129 225 92 62 96 122 56 50 0 14 0 0 1 3 3 3 1 2 7 1201! 36 Funeral Sunday For Louis Modlin Near Jamesville —»— Prominent Farmer Mail Been In Deelinin^ Health For Loup Time Louis Mudlin, well-known far mer and a leader in his commun ity, died at his home near Jamcs ville last Friday afternoon. He had been in declining health for a long time and had received hospital treatment at intervals over a period oi months. During his twelve months’ illness, he spent about three in bed. The son of the late Samuel and Fannie Perry Modlin, he was born in Jamesville Township 87 years ago on January 11, 1883. He farmed and lived there all his life, playing the role of a thought ful neighbor and a good citizen He was a faithful member of the Cedar Branch Baptist Chueh for a long number of years, serving there as a deacon for several terms. Mr. Modlin farmed until de clining health forced his retire ment, but even in his declining years he maintained a keen inter est in the welfare of his commun ity and fellowman. Surviving arc a sister, Mrs. Joe Styons of Plymouth; two brothers, Messrs. Sam and Horton Modlin of Jamesville, and several nieces and nephews. I Funeral services were conduct ed at the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington. Interment was in the family cemetery near the home. Action Dismissed In Assault Case — Charged with assaults with deadly weapons, Samuel Randolph and son, Willie Randolph, were dismissed following a hearing held before Justice J S. Ayers here last Friday evening. After hearing the evidence, the justice said he found no probably cause of guilt The Randolphs were alleged to have assaulted R. C. Council w'ho stands charged with assaulting the elder Randolph. It was brought out at the hearing that Council had been ordered away from the Randolph home, that he (Coun cil) left and returned with his gun and fired on Randolph who, inturn, fired on Council. County Cotton Ginning; Gain County cotton winnings showed a 100 percent gain last month, but the total bales ginned up until December 1 left the 1950 crop far below 1949 production figures, according to a report released this week by the government. I Up until November 1, 273 bales ■had been ginned from the 1949 | crop. Lust month an additional 1208 bales were ginned in the ! country, pushing the total for the season up until that time to 541 bales. The production this year is just a little over one-fifth what it i was a year ago, and falls short by approximately one-third of a mil lion dollars in bringing in as much income as was received by county cotton growers in 1949. Name Community Committeemen In Recent Election — .4,— Several New Members INain rd ami Personnel SliifI e«l About a Hit In an flection that attracted hardly half the eligible voters, Martin County farmers last Thursday elected their community committee to handle the farm program for next year and select ed delegates to the county con vention where a county wide com mittee was elected Friday, A few members were added to the committees, but most of the changes were limited to shifting personnel within the respective groups. All but two districts placed the man with the largest number of votes in as chairman and on down from vice chairman, regular mem ber, lirst alternate to second al ternate. Robersonvillo 1 and 2 broke their election down accord ing to positions, the position go ing to the man with the greatest number of votes in a given cate gory. In Robersonvillo 1, the vote was: for chairman, R. S. Everett, 5a, and S. T. Everett 22; for vice chairman, J. R. Daniel, 411 and T. L. Roebuck, 3H; for regular mem ber, L L. Everett, 44, and Eugene Roberson, 15; for first alternate, Sam Jenkins, 2!», and J. E. Mul 1 ins, 15; for second alternate, Er nest Johnson, 2(1, and Moses Lang ley, 10; for delegate, J R, Daniel, 5(1, and T. L Roberson, 4. Since li S Everett was elected on the county committee, the others will advance one position with J. R. Daniel as chairman, L. L Everett, I vice chairman, Sam Jenkins, reg l ular member, and Ernest John* j son, alternate. In Robersonville 2, the vote was: for chairman, C. L. Keel, I 53, and R. II Taylor, -15; for vice chairman, Cecil B. Powell, 53, and W H. Vanderford, 42; for regular member, J, D. Britton, 4U and C. L. Green, Jr., 42 for first alternate, Johnnie H. Ross, 57, and I. G. Keel, 33; for second alter nate, II. H Roberson, 73, and Tom Purvis, 11; for delegate, Cecil B Powell, 45 and R. II Taylor, 34 In the ten other districts those polling the largest vote were elect ed in the order or chairman, vice chairman, regular member, first alternate, second alternate; and delegate and alternate to the county convention, as follows with the vote received: Jamesvillc I: Arthur Modlin, 65; I Howard Hardison, 55; A. W Li 1 - 'ley, 42; Carl Griffin, 21; H. A. Sexton, IS); for delegate, Howard I Hardison, 41, and Arthur Modlin, 34. Jamesville 2: R G. Coburn, 22; Edward Ange, 21; Sherwood Duv i.s, 21; E. N. Modlin, 20 and Bon I nit* Ange, 2fi; for delegate, Seth i Davis, 56, and C. G. Gurkin, 54. i Williams: it. J. Hardison, 57; Paul Harrington, 51; Joe L Col train, 51; C L. Daniel, 50, Grady Godard, 28; for delegate, Paul Harrington, 24, and Grady God ard, 20. Griffins; S. E. Manning, 120; D. C. Gurkin, 108; Lester J. Griffin, 94; Osear B. Roberson, 66; Arthur Revels, 57; for delegate, Asa J. Hardison, 97, and J LeRoy Grif fin, 47. Bear Grass: E. C. Harrison, 105; H U. Peel, 89; H. G. Harri son, 84; Elmer Griffin, 59, and Ralph Mobley, 44; for delegate, G. U. Rogers, 56, and E. C. Harri son, 45. Williamston-Popular Point: V. Urnic^Bunting, 189; Fisher Har ris, 182; Roy T. Griffin, 117; John W. Gurkin, 115; I.uther Peel, 65. Since Roy T. Griffin was elected in the county convention as chairman of the county committee John W Gurkin is to serve on the community committee as reg ular member. Cross Roads: G. H. Forbes, 75; W L. Ausbon, 07; Geo W Taylor, 64; J. F. Bailey, 60, and J M. Griffin, 53; for delegate, W L. Ausbon, 50. With the election of Mr. Ausbon on the county com mittee, Geo. W. Taylor moves up as vice chairman of the com mittee in Cross Roads and J. F. Bailey will succeed Mr. Taylor as regular member with Mr. Grif fin moving into the first alter nate's place Hamilton: W E. Purvis, 79; J. H. Lillard, 75; Roy Beach, 67; J. D. Etheridge, 00; G. W. Ayers, 43; (Continued on page eight) Maintain Peanut Quota Program by A Narrow Margin Several Slates, lueliulin^ Virginia, Opposed The Three-Year Plan While Murtin County farmers [came forth with a 97 percent sup port, in a referendum last Thurs day growers in other counties and states stood idly by to see the near wrecking of the peanut program. With several of the fourteen states registering strong opposition, including Virginia, the program was retained by a narrow margin of about five per cent for the next three years. Unofficial but virtually, com plete returns from a referendum gave 48,750 votes for controls and 20,022 against. This was a majori ty of about 70.7 per cent. Ap proval by at least 60 2-2 per cent of those voting was necessary to retain the controls. The Agriculture Department conducted the voting. Officials said complete returns are expect ed to show little change from re turns now available. The control program ran into sharp opposition in several major producing states, including Vir ginia, Alabama, Florida and Okla | homa, where it failed to get the two-thirds majority. Opposition was strongest in areas where the bulk of the pea nuts grown are used largely for edible purposes. Normally, a part of the production is diverted into the production of peanut oil and meal. Supplies of the edible type peanuts have not been as plenti ful as have been the oil types. Favorable returns in North i Carolina, Georgia and Texas were sufficient to put the program over 1 for the entire peanut-producing j area. Returns from 26 of the 45 North Carolina counties participating in the balloting showed 77.8 per cent of the State's growers voting for [quota continuation. The vote was 8,492 for quotas and 2,426 against. The program provides for acre age planting allotments and mar I ki ting quotas designed to prevent | overproduet ion. Funeral Sunday For Infant Son Funeral services were conduct ed at the home here on North Biggs Street Sunday afternoon hit 3:00 o'clock for Ronald Ben jamin Hopkins, eight days old Rev. Stewart B. Simms, Baptist minister, conducted the rites and interment was in Woodlawn Cem etery, Suffering with a heart condition since its birth on December 0, the child became worse last Sat urday shortly before noon and was being moved to a specialist in Greenville when he died. Surviving are his parents, Ben jamin and Helen Little Hopkins Firemen Called lo Burning Tractor —.— Stalling when the engine baek fired, lire wrecked a large eater pillar tractor belonging to the G. and II. Builders Supply Company on the Jamcsville Highway at 10:45 o’clock last Friday morn ing. No estimate on the damage could be had immediately. Williamston’.s lire department answered the call, but made the several-mile run too late to be of any assistance. | STORE HOURS V. llcginning Wednesday eve ning, Williamston stores will remain open until 9:00 o'clock p. m., Riving those who find it inconvenient during the reg ular hours to do their shop ping. The extra hours will make for more leisurely shop ping. The stores will observe the 9:00 o'clock p. m. dosing hour through Saturday. Williamston merchants still have thousands of appropriate gifts of all kinds, and the i prices compare favorably | with those any place. Elect Committee For 1951 Farm Program Name Roy Griffin Connty Chairman For the New Year Few (ilianpe* Are Miule In Kleetiou Held By Tilt* Delegates Friday In an election last Thursday, Martin County farmers chose leaders to handle the 1951 farm program in their respective com munities, while chosen delegates met the following day to elect a county committee. Compara tively few changes were made in the community committee per sonnel. In the county group, Hoy T. Griffin of Williamston was stepped up to the chairmanship, succeeding Geo. T. Griffin who is | retiring on account of feeble health. R. S. Everett of Rober son villc was elected to succeed Roy Griffin as vice chairman, and W. L. Ausbon of Cross Roads was i elected to succeed D. R. Edmond- < son of Hassell as regular member i i of the county committee. The j first alternate is D. R. Edmondson I i who succeeds C. L. Keel, and J. j R. Daniel is second alternate, j succeeding Julian Mizclle. The county committee as it is constituted for 1951 is, as fol lows: Roy Griffin, chairman of Wil liamston; Reuben S. Everett vice chairman of Robersonvillc; W. L. Ausbon, regular member of Cross Roads; 1) R. Edmondson, first alternate of Hassell; and J. R Daniel, second alternate of Rob ersonville. Holding a secret election in the I commissioners' room in the court- j house, the delegates—Howard Hardison of Jamcsvillc 1, Seth Davis of Jamcsvillc 2, Paul Har rington of Williams, Asa J. Hardi son of Griffins, C. U. Rogers of Bear Grass, V. Urnie Bunting of Williumston-Popular Point, W L. Ausbon of Cross Roads, J. R. Daniel of Robersonvillc 1, Cecil B. Powell of Robersonvillc 2, R. II. Salsbury of Hamilton, Sidney Mallory of Goose Nest I, and H ' H. Worsloy of Goose Nest 2— worked the greater part of two hours before coming out with a committee slate. One report said they could not agree on the alternates If there was any dis- [ sention after the election, it was not openly expressed, one of the! | delegates declaring that he was certain the county had an able I committee and believed that it would be acceptable to all the farmers. Ten or more ballots were taken with first one and then another: candidate in the lead before a final slate was elected, as follows: For chairman: Roy T. Grif fin, 7, and D. R. Edmondson, 5. Vor vice chairman: R. S. Evc , rett, II; George Griffin, 3, and D. : R. Edmondson, I. For regular member: W. E. j Ausbon, 7, and D. R. Edmondson, i j5 For first alternate: D. R. Ed- i mondson, II, and Herbert Sexton, j 4. For second: J It Daniel, fi, . and Elmer Mudlin, 5. Game Violations In This County •—>•.•— Succeeding Cecil Bullock as county game protector, Ashley Manning of Hobersonvillc Town ship said this week that there had been comparatively few game law violations since he entered upon his new duties the first of this month The new warden said that hunters and the public, in gen eral, were cooperating splendidly in protecting game and upholding the game laws. Four alleged violators have been carried into the courts since December 1. HOME CONSTRUCTION Construction was started a few days ago on homes for Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hardy on North Smithwick Street, and for Mr. and Mrs. 1 M. Margolis, corner of East Franklin and North Biggs ( Streets MISSINC Sgt. Woolard F. StricWtaff. son of Mr. anil Mrs. Henry Strickland who live near Parmele, has been missing in action in Korea since Novem ber 2(>, according to informa tion released by the Army Department a few days ago. Noted Tenor To Appear Here In Concert Series ■-4 Donald Diime lx I hr .SitoihI Artiwl Srlirdidrd By (ioniumnit) Group j A New York critic says: ‘‘Don laid Dame is one of those richly I endowed tenors who might some day rate being dubbed the Amer ican Caruso, He has a fine voice and a winning style. There's metal in his throat and it glitters.” Not only does he have a “fine voice and winning style”, but his ami able personality is enough to en chant even the most hardened concert audiences. This Donald Dante has proved each season on his transcontinental tours of North America, and this he will prove again when he appears here on January 3, 1931 in the High School Auditorium. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dame, who inherits his musical i talent from his father, is an out I standing example of the new op eratic trend towards "home [grown” opera stars. He began ! his vocal studies when he was only fourteri under a Cleveland teacher, William Wheeler. Later Dame was successful in winning a vocal scholarship to Western Re ! serve, and while attending col | lege, managed to support him 1 si-1f entirely by organizing a male chorus for radio and obtaining two sponsored programs on the Cleveland Stations WIIK and WGAR. On his graduation, he i went to New York and won an other scholarship for the Institute j of Musical Art at the Juilliard School, where he was taken un ! dcr wing of the prominent vocal coach, Bernard Taylor. Although recognized as one of the outstanding younger interp i reters ol the standard Liedcr and art songs, Dame has also distin guished himself for the introduc tion into his concert programs of much unfamiliar and unusual I music, including the premieres of works of utstunding contemporary American composers, us well as revivals of rarely performed vo ,cal selections by the great classi jeal masters and little known ! folk songs from various parts of the world Dame hat. .sung as many as twenty opera performances and fulfilled fifty-four recital engage ments in a single season—all this in addition to orchestral und ora torio appearances and radio per formances. lie has sung on more than a thousand broadcasts over four major networks Radio lis teners will long remember his regular appearances on “The American Album of Familiar Mu sic” and other favorite musical programs. CONTINUES ILL Mr. Geo. C. Griffin, prominent county citizen, continues ill at his home in Griffins Township. Minor Accidents On County Roads During Week-end —-'S'-— Livestock Challenge Right Of-Way and Repulsed With Losses Several minor acklents were re ported on the highways in this county during the past week-end. In two of them livestock challeng ed motorists for the right-of-way, but the pigs and cows were re pulsed with losses. Patrolmen point out that loose stock in some areas is becoming a menace to highway travel, and point out that owners arc subject to prosecution in the courts where stock is allowed to run at large. No one was badly hurt in the ac cidents, but property damage mounted in several. After badly injuring two pigs when they ran into the road, one of the motorists had them dressed and hauled them away with the possibility that meat offset the car damage. The owner could not be found The first in the series of three highway accidents was reported by Patrolman B. W. Parker at 3:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon. James Arrington of Plymouth was driving on the River Road be tween Hamilton and Palmyra when two pigs ran into the road. They were badly hurt when struck by the car, and Arrington had them killed and dressed Th« patrolman said the damage to the car would amount to about $50 Friday morning about 8:0(1 o'clock, Ochs W. Whitaker, driv ing a 1950 Chevrolet , started tc make a right turn off Highway 17 into the Skcwarkey-Highwaj 04 Highway and struck a 1941 Pontiac station wagon driven by Katherine Cox. No one was hurt i but damage to each car approxi mated $100, according to Patrol ! man M. F. Powers who made tha investigation. Saturday evening at 8:45 o'clock Walter Louis Leggett, Jr., of Has sell , was driving his 1949 Ford convertible between Parmcle and Bethel when a valuable cow ran into the road. The animal whose owner could not bo found, was fatally hurt and was turned over to the Norfolk Tallow Company. Leggett was slightly bruised and damage to the car was estimated at $400 by Patrolman B. W. Par ker who made the investigation An aged colored man was knocked down at the intersec tion of Main and Washington Streets here last Saturday morn ing when he stepped into the street and into the path of a car. A hospital examination revealed that he was not hurt other than a minor cut under his chin. --— Band, Glee Club Program Pleases —— A brief program of Christinas and seasonal musie presented by the Williamston High School Glee Club and Band at the high school Sunday night drew a large attend ance and was well received. While all of it was enjoyed, the number which pleased the audi ence most was the Sleigh Hide tune by thi' band. This arrange ment by Anderson was given the band last year by Miss Elizabeth Whitley and will be included in the program to be presented by the band before the P.-T. A. in February. Rev. E. It. Shuller opened the program with a scripture reading and prayer. The Glee club then presented three numbers and the bund three numbers. The program closed with two numbers by the band and glee club combined, the first number directed by Miss Ann Royster, public school music in structor, and the second by Pro fessor Jack Butler, director of the band. f LASTING GIFF v-. -_> Finding it a convenient way to help solve last-minute Christmas shopping problems, quite a few persons are giv ing yearly Enterprise sub scribtions to their friends and relatives. Special gift cards will be mailed by the publish I ers with the giver's name signed to the cards. Subscriptions may be en tered at the old rate during the next few days.