THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT*’
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI
OVER 3.«00 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
I VOLUME L1II—NUMBER 101
R illiamston, Marlin (.minty, North Carolina, lluirsilay, December 21, 79,30
ESTABLISHED 1899
Total Of $5,516,922
Spent For Liquors
Since July In 1935
t hird Quarter Sales* Small
est For That Period In
Seven Years
Legal liquor sales in Martin
bounty, maintaining a fairly stea
dy decline for several years, con
tinued downward during the third
quarter of this year, according to
an audit just recently released by
the Martin Alcoholic Beverages
Control Board The sales last July,
August and September were the
smallest for any third quarter in
seven years.
The audit shows that the gross
income for the third quarter this
^ear amounted to $105,996.50, the
sales dropping almost $15,000 be
low those recorded for the third
quarter in 194!), and just about
$75,000 below the record estab
lished in the months of July, Au
gust and September of 1946
The total sales handled by the
stores since they were opened >n
1935 now stand at $5,516,921.65,
ibw audit listing the total declar
ed profits at $1,284,650.95.
To finance its third quarter op
erations, the board paid $81,718.56
to the liquor manufacturers and
$6,903.83 in operating expenses
The percentage of profits, 16 46,
reached a new low, the auditors
explaining that a quantity of
rum-175 cases-was sold to an
other county at no mark-up in
price, and in part to the fact that
mlmimstrative and general ex
penses underwent a marked in
crease.
As of September 30, this year,
the board had $74,097.19 in as
sets. including $16,792.37 in cash.
$46,103.67 in inventories. Liabili
lie were listed as follows: accounts
payable, $18,828.85; due county
und towns, $27,224 44; reserve for
l.pw enforcement, $16,043.90; and
llrplus, $12,000
The division of the $17,439.70 |
net profits saw the county and
towns take a sizable cut while the
State of North Carolina came in
for more than half the profits
Profits were set aside for distri
bution. as follows: State of Noi th
Carolina, $9,009.43; Martin Coun
$5,690 47; reserve for law enforce
ment, $843.03; Town of Williams
ton, $997.02; Town of Roberson -
ville, $354.23, Town of Oak City,
$130.40; Town of Jamesville, I
$124.72; Town of Hamilton, $ 111.
20; Town of Parmele, $89.03;
Town of Everetts, $56.43; Town of
Hassell, $33.20
A comparison of profits earned
m each of the stores follows for
the third quarters in 1949 and
1950:
W’mston
R’ville
Oak City
Jamesville
1949
$14,724.18
6,941.30
2,822.98
1,176.44
1950
$ 9,459.30
5,271.86
1,865.29 !
843.31
$25,644.90 $17,439.761
Total sales by the four stores
for the quarters under compari
son follow:
1949 1950
W inston $ 65,805.85 $ 54,224.10
R’ville 32,950.80 31,980.05
Oak City 14,044.15 12,242.80
> Jamesville 7,578.80 7,549.55
$120,378.60 $105,996.50
While three stores, Roberson
ville, Oak City and Jamesville,
were reporting small to negligi
ble decreases, the Williamston
store reported a decrease in its
sales of about $11,500.
A review of liquor sales and
profits, by quarters from the time
L
(Continued on pdge eight)
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
The Harry Wiggins who was in ]
the local courts a short time ago j
for allegedly claiming unemploy- !
ment compensation when he
wasn't entitled to it, is a colored
man, and not Harry Wriggins,
young white man, employed by
♦ a local furniture store.
County Men Go For
Pre-Induetion Exam
CALLS
J
Possibly as a result of re
verses in Korea and a threat
ening situation in other parts
of the world, Selective Ser
vice calls are mounting. On
January 17, 65 Martin County
men are scheduled to report
for pre-induction examina
tions at Fort Bragg, and on
January 22. twenty men are
slated to report for final in
duction, according to instruc
tions received by the Martin
County Draft Board this week.
Big Increase In
Auio Tag Sales
The sale of state automobile
license tags is off to a big start
in this county, the local bureau,
located in the Harrison and Car
starphen Insurance offices, report
ing early Wednesday that I,HOI of
the red and white plates had been
sold.
During the corresponding per
iod in I949 only 9H9 tugs had been
sold. Managers Bill Carstarphen
and Norman K Harrison both said
they believed the change in colors
had something to do with the in
creased sales.
A comparison of tag sales for
1949 and 1950 through December
19 follows with the 1949 figures
first: autos, 715 and 1,318; private
trucks, 149 and 271; farm trucks,
18 and 28; car trailers, .106 and
176; commercial trailers, 1 and 8.
The local bureau anticipates a
sale of approximately 7,000 tugs
for 1951.
The sale of town license tugs
also shows u gain over the sale
for the corresponding period.
Colored Citizens
Aid The Needy
A marked effort is being made
by various colored organizations
to relieve the needy in this sec
tion, according to reports.
Those sponsoring the general
Christmas Cheer movement re- I
port a cash subscription of $65.50
and added that J D. Everett has
promised $50 worth of toys for i
the Community Christmas Tree
at the colored high school on
Christmas day at 11:00 a. m. Addi
tional contributions are needed, i
and anyone who would help the
movement -are asked to forward
his or her contribution to Chair
man L. M Jackson, 513 W. Church
Street.
In addition to the Ti ee Fund,
the Bona Finitimi Society is
working to get ' soles for souls”.
Several needy school children in
the colored school have already ;
received shoes and there is need
for many more. Any one who
can spare a pair of serviceable
shoes or help finance the pur- 1
chase of a pair, is asked to con- \
tact Secretary Mary G. Horton I
Glee Club Sing
Well Received |
The 50-voiee vested glee club j
uf the Jamesville High Sehool
was well received by a large and
appreciative audience in a Christ
mas program in the auditorium
there last Sunday afternoon at
4:30 o’clock. Several hundred ,
heard the program which was pre
sented under the direction of Mrs.
Magnolia R. Hopkins. Miss Fan
nie Lou Davis accompanied the
group at the piano, and Rev. G.
D. Hardison pionounced the ben- \
ediction.
I
Fifty-Six Called
For Trip To Fort
Bragg Wednesday
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Quilt* A F«m» Trnii*ft*ri t*tl to
Ollit*r Hoard* For Tin*
IVt*>IiitliM'lion Trip
About forty Martin County
young men left here Wednes
day morning for pre-induction ex
animations at Fort Bragg Most of
them are expected to return late
tonight.
Fifty-six young men are in
cluded in the group receiving in
structions to report However, ill
of them did out report because
some had asked for transfers to
other boards, and at least one
was listed as being
chant Marine and
country. The 5tith man, Theodore
Roosevelt Bonds ot RFD 2, Wil
liamston, volunteered for induc
tion, and he is being advised to
report to the board in Baltimore
for instructions
The names of the men called
for pre-induction:
White: Robert
RFD I, Hobgnod
Rogers of RFD
Perlie Jasper M
in tile Mer
out of the
Lee Williams of
, John Haywood
2, Willianiston,
otllin of James
ville, transfeiied to Maysville,
Kansas; John Kd Crat of RFD 2,
Williamston, William Earl Hollis
of RFD 1, Oak City, Joseph Ray
mond Williams of RFD 1, Wil
liamston, Garland Gray Mobley of
RFD I, Oak City, transferred to
Alexandria, Va.: Robert Saund
ers Rawls ot RFD I, Roberson -
ville, and U S N S Blue Jacket;
Elridge Harris Bryan of Parmele,
Garland Saunders Holliday of
RFD 3, Williamston, Furney Keith
James of RFD 3, Williamston, Le- 1
land Marvin Barber of RFD I,1
Jamesville, James Kelly Moore of
RFD 2, Williamston, Frank Sil-j
verthorne ol RFD 3, Williamston,
Herman Theodore Etheridge of
RFD 1, Oak City, James Albert
Manning of RFD 3, Williamston,
Duelon Van Heath of RFD 3,
Williamston, Robert Joseph Ber
ry of RFD 2, Williamston, Walter
Louis Leggett of RFD 3, Williams
ton and RFD 1, Robersonville,
Minton Beach, Jr., of Oak City,
Ralph Gene Gardner of RFD 1,
Williamston, George Edward
Keel, Jr., of Everetts, and Leslie
Earl Hardison of RFD 1, William
ston .
Colored: George Mack Spruill
of RFD 1, Robersonville, Alfonza ,
Dugger of Robersonville, Sylves- 1
ter Wilson of Parmele, transfer
ed to Philadelphia; William Berk
ley Shepherd of RFD 2, Williams
ton, William Henry Stokes of
Williamston, transferred to New
ark, N J.; George Earl Biggs of
HFD 2, Williamston, Alvin Green
Whitehurst of Williamston and
Albany, N Y , Willie Ralph Yan
cey of Jamesville, Lance Wallace
of Everetts, transferred to Brook
lyn, Clyde Biggs of RFD 2, Wil
liamston, Ernest Lee Bryant of
RFD 1, Palmyra, Norman Wil
liams of RFD 1, Oak City, Mere
dith Cola Moore of RFD 1, James
ville, Roseoe Harrison Staton of
Parmele, Clarence Merrill Coop
er of Williamston, Horace Bryant
Purvis of RFD 1, Robersonville,
Esel Winbush of Williamston,
Jesse Parker of RFD 1, Robtrson
vi 1 le, Jesse Barnes of Hamilton,
Columbus Marrow, Jr., of RFD 1,
Hobgnod, Joe Stewart Wallace of
Everetts, Jesse Staton, Jr., of Oak
City and RFD 3, Williamston,
Booker T. Washington Woolard
of RFD 1, Williamston, Malvin
Hodge of Williamston and De
troit, Willie Gray Moore of RFD
1, Jamesville, transferred to
Springfield, Mass., Roosevelt Wig
I (Continued on page eight)
I -»
'Life Oi Our Lord'
By Chas. Dickens
Is A Moving Story
— r |v
i,osl To llir W orld for IOO
^ cars, Maslrrpiwr Was
Krr. iillv Puldislird
Last year, the heretofore un
published Dickens' manuscript
“The Life of Our Lord’’ was pro
senled to the world.
Written 100 years earlier tor
the exclusive audience of the au
thor's own children, it is a child's
life of Christ a simple, moving
narrative, understandable even to
a child and yet touched by that
incomparable Dickens genius
which insures its place by the side
of the famous ‘Christmas Carol'
among the great masterpieces of
Christmas literature.
Because he felt such deep ven
eration for the life and lessons of
our Saviour, he left instructions
that this particular manuscript
should not be commercialized.
But when Sir Henry Fielding
Dickens, the author’s youngest
child, died in 1933, it was finally
brought forth and sold for the
staggering amount of $210,000
or, $15 per word.
Purchased by the London Daily
Mail, the manuscript became a
literary event ol the first magni
tude, destined to be read and
cherished forever wherever
thoughtful parents, like Dickens
himself, want their children to
know something about the history
ot Jesus Christ. For, according to
(Continued on page eight)
KAINFAU,
Last month was the driest
November in nine years, the
weather station on Roanoke
River here recording only
.!!(> of an inch of rain during
tile period. On Ip three other
Novembers on record had less
rain, the lowest being in
1033 when just about one
third of an inch of rain fell.
Hardly more Ilian four in
ches of rain have fallen here
since September, making for
one of the best harvest sea
sons in years.
Martin Farmers
Seed Permanent
Pastures In 1950
——
Nearly l.(»00 \rr»>* Dovol
r«l To Pastures During
This Your
Tho Agriculture Conservation
Program gave a big boost to ef
forts to provide more and better
pastures on Martin County farms
during the 1950 calendar year.
Some 000 Martin County far
mers seeded 1579 acres of per
manent pastures with 50 percent
of the "out of-the-pocket" cost
furnished through the ACP, Mr.
Griffin, Chairman of the Martin
County Production and Market
ing Administration Committee,
announced this week
The PMA Chairman pointed out
that this acreage represents an
increase of 400 acres seeded to
pastures by farmers under the
ACP last year.
Pasture seed, made available to
participating farmers through the
program's purchase order system,
included 9150 pounds of ladino;
10390 pounds of white dutch do
ver; 1317 pounds of orchard grass;
and 0140 pounds of fescue.
"Farmers who obtain pasture
seed under the program are al
ways assured of high grade seed,"
the farm leader said, "as only
seed meeting high germination
and purity tests are made avail
able.”
Not only in Martin County, but
throughout the State, farmers are
taking advantage of services of
ferod through the Agriculture
Conservation Program to aid them
establish more and better perma
nent pastures Recent announce
ment by G. Tom Scott, State PMA
Chairman, Raleigh, reveals that
355,500 acres of permanent pas
tures were seeded in the State
with ACP assistance during the
.1950 calendar year This com
j pares with 107,330 acres cstab
| lislied under the program last
year, and 90,000 acres in 1940
Pasture seed made available
through the purchase order plan
to participating farmers through
out tile State included 1,549,591
pounds of orchard grass; 907,031
(Continued on Page Fight)
His Money Gone ‘Preacher ’
Invited To Hit ()[>en Road
■■ + -
His money nil spent and Ins I
"welcome" worn to a frazzle, Har
ry Jones, 40-.vear-old Negro hold
mg the status of an itinerant
preacher, was invited this week
to hit the open load right here at
Christmas time and with the mer
cury hovering below the free/.- j
ing point
Rated as a vagrant, Jones, with- j
out money and apparently with- |
out friends, had the choice ol thii - !
ty days on the roads or a minimum!
stay of twp years outside this I
country when his case was call ,
ed in the courts here Monday
Asked to be returned to jail foi j
another hour to meditate, he
chose the open road. Jones quiet
ly stole away and was soon lost
in the evening shadows.
Very little of Ins story was told,
and all the reports could not be
verified. Horn in Atlanta, he mov
ed to New Jersey, marrying a
Ma. tin County woman somewhere
in his travels. His wife died two
years ago, and last October he
wandered into Williamston, pre-1
sumably to be with his wife's peo- I
pie or her friends He was report
ed to have had a little money and |
had a few of his earthly belong- i
mgs sent down here from New1
Jersey. Given a room in a home
here, he was said to have shared
his money with the family while'
the husband was out of a job.!
Eventually, Jones’s money was all
spent and fhe picture began to|
take on ill I ferent appearances. The
husband had,found a job, and turn
about was Ian play. Hut the self
[ styled preacher rapidly developed
Into a nuisance, and the wile told
j her husband that either she or
I the old man would have to leave.
An appeal to the law was made,
and since he did not work and was
without funds in a hostile house
hold, he was rofcri ed to the courts.
The trial justice could offer only
thirty days on the roads, but his
right of appeal to the higher
| courts was clearly pointed out.
Thanking the justice, Jones went
on up to the higher courts
where an alternative to the
road term was arranged. Without
hate or malice-, he accepted the
open road as a wav out after he
had ably pleaded his case in open
court.
Apparently a fanatic, Jones
would come out ol his room about
sundown, stretch a blanket on
the porch floor, lay himself upon
it and pray and pray He would
then leave the house, walk one
i side of the street for a short dis
tance before crossing to the other
side and making his way back to I
the house. He acted a bit strangely, j
and some of bis habits were de
clared to be beyond endurance.
So, he started put anew on a cold
day, his money all gone, but he,
perhaps, is a wiser man. It was
claimed that his cash holdings
were rather limited, but that he
: bad many clothes.
Supervisor Appoints
County List Takers
Group Will Neel
December 28 And
Arrange Schedule
Onl> Our Change Made In
Tin* l.i*lin;z 1'moiiiK‘l
For Next Year
County Tax supervisor, M. L.u- i
tiler Peel lias named the list-tak- !
ers for 1051, and the group will
meet in the county commissioners,!
room on Thursday, December 25.1,
at 10:00 o’clock a. m. to arrange 1
a schedule of values for personal j
properties.
No revaluation of real proper- ^
ties will be made for the new ,
year, meaning that valuations as- |
sessed against land and buildings
last year are to remain the same |
in 1051 except in those eases '
where improvements were made !
or where there was destruction
by fire or other elements. It is
quite likely that the schedule of ]
values m effect this year will be
maintained for the most part in ,
1951
There has been some discussion
as to whether electrical applianc
es, such as mix-masters, vacuum
cleaners and similar items are to
be recognized as household and
kitchen furniture. Some counties
have listed them separately,
meaning they are not to be in
cluded m the list of exemptions.
Each property owner is allowed
a $300 exemption on his house
hold and kitchen furniture. The
exemption will cover the fur
nishings in many homes, no doubt,
but in most cases the value of the
household goods will far exceed
that amount The list takers will
discuss such matters, set values
j on farm provisions and other
personal items when they hold
their meeting.
The list-lakers recently named
by Supervisor M L. Peel are:
Jamesvillc Township: O W
| Hamilton; Williams Township,
I jed on page eight)
Christmas Scene
At Jamesville
Till- Ituritan Club of Jamesville
announced today that it is erecting
a Christinas scene in front of the
high school gymnasium there for
showing during the holiday seas
on A recorded program will also
be presented at certain hours.
The arrangement is in three sec
tions, the manger scene, the three
wise men and the shepherd scene.
The recorded program will be pre
sented through loudspeakers at 7
and I) p in. Saturday, at It p. m.
Sunday and at 7 and 9 p. in. Mon
I day, it was announced by Mr. V.
I B Main of the Ruritan club.
The public is invited to attend
the program and view the scenes
, which have been arranged as part
1 of the town's Christmas observ
1 ancc, Mr. Hairr said.
I
Nearly every business firm
in Wiiliuinston Is extending
: season's greetings to one and
all through the columns of
The Enterprise today. All are
assured that they are sent
with a warmth of feeling, and
in the neighborly spirit exlst
I ing between friends. The at
tention of every reader is di
rected to each and every
greeting in the hope that the
messages will be received as
personal wishes for an enjoy
able Christmas season and a
greater hope for peace in the
world tomorrow.
HOLIDAY 1
-- >
Next .Monday and Tuesday
will be observed as a general
holiday in Williamston. The
stores are remaining open
during the remainder of this
week until 9:00 o'clock p. m.
The Enterprise is suspend
ing activities with this issue
and the next paper is sched
uled to appear on Friday of
next week.
The employment office will
be dosed next Monday and
Tuesday, and those who ordi
narily report on those days
will be received on Wednes
day, December 27.
Primary Grades In
A Yule Program
With preliminaries and the busi
ness session rut to a minimum, a
splendid short Christmas program
was enjoyed by the WiUiamston
| Parents-Teuehers Association in
| its December meeting at the Ele
I mentary School Monday evening
j as the pupils in the primary (trades
i took the stage.
A large audience heard the little
songs and enjoyed the Christmas
I scenes, dances and pageants as the
little folk celebrated the Yule sea
son ip a lilting manner. The pro
grain was under the sponsorship of
Miss Mary Whitley, member of the
P.-T. A. program committee, with
the first grade teachers, Miss La
mina Baker, Miss Grace Talton,
Mrs. Frances L Saunders and Mrs.
Miriam Saunders in charge of the
! presentation. Miss Talton provid
1 etl the piano accompaniment for
the songs and dances although a
few of the numbers were done
without music of any kind.
' Not only did the first graders
have the program but they also
made a change in the location of
the attendance banner. Held by
Miss Privott's 12th grade for most
of the year, it moved to Miss Tal
i ton's room when 14 parents stood
up to compote with her enroll
ment of 33.
No band parents meeting was
held, there being but few mem
bers present The cold auditorium
was also responsible for the brief
ness of the P -T. A meeting
Norman Worsley
Back In County
-J
W;«ntc<I for tin murder of Luw
. rence Andrews in Parinele two
| years ago, Norman Worsley was
returned to the county from New
Yoik Wednesday He will be
booked for trial in superior court
m March. Worsley, young colored
man, was arrested in New York
' a few weeks ago by agents of the
FRI who brought him to Raleigh.
Worsley, after allegedly attack
ing Andrews' daughter, turned
iuid fatally hurt Andrews.
Starts Serving
Prison Sentence
Withdrawing his appeal to the
higher courts, Van ft. Page this
week started serving a threc-to
five-year sentence in North Car
olina's state prison.
Page, convicted of conspiracy in
the recent term of the superior
court, was delivered to the prison
in Haleigh Wednesday by Sheriff
M. W. Holloman. N
Page allegedly participated in
the robbery of Jake Mobley’s
store and filling station near Rob
ersonville.
Twenty Cases In
Monday's Session
Oi County Court
——
Tribunal Will Be Idle I or
Two Weeks During The
Holiday Season
Squeezing in a regular session
between the superior tribunal and
the holiday season, the Martin
County Recorder's Court Monday
handled twenty eases. While its
doeket is .iust about up to date,
the court has several jury eases
scheduled for trial during Jan
uary, and since the court will not
sit Christmas day or on New
Year s it is possible that a crowd
ed docket will face Judge R. T.
Johnson and Solicitor Clarence
Griffin at the next session on Jan
uary ft.
The court was in session Monday
until 4:30 o'clock, clearing tl^c doc
ket.
Fines, imposed during the day,
amounted to $270.
Proceedings:
In the ease charging Murray
Wallace with an assault on a fe
male last October 30, the court
found that the prosecution was
frivolous, malicious and not re
quired by public interest, and the
defendant was dismissed and the
prosecuting witness, Annie Wal
luce, was taxed with the costs.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
case charging Beulah Cherry and
Cora Roberson with an affray .
Pleading not guilty of non-sup
port, Thomas Little was adjudged
guilty of not supporting his child
and drew six months on the roads.
The road sentence was suspended
upon the payment of the costs and
the guaranteed payment of $4 a
week foi the child.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, Riddick Bryant
pleaded not guilty. Adjudged guil
tv of simple assault, the defendant
was fined $25, plus costs.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
case in which Solomon Wynn Bak
in' pleaded guilty of lul-and-ruu
driving.
The ease charging Allen Rasco
w ith assaulting a female was dis
missed.
Travis Dail was found not guil
ty of hit-and-run driving.
Charged with an assault and be
ing drunk and disorderly, Ulysses
Brown pleaded not guilty. Ad
judged guilty, was fined $10, plus
I costs.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
ease in which Willie Langley was
charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon.
William Henry Higgs pleaded
not guilty of bastardy. He was ad
judged guilty and drew six months
on the roads. The court suspended
the road tei in upon the payment
of thi‘ costs and $4 a week for the
j support of his child, plus a $(17
I doctor’s bill to be settled within
, ninety days.
Pleading guilty of drunken driv
ing, Alexander Dolberry was fin
ed $100, plus costs. The defendant
loses his driver's license for a
! year.
i Roger Elton Taylor, charged
w1util careless and reckless driving,
pleaded guilty and was fined $10,
plus costs.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
case charging William Little with
issuing a worthless check.
Charged with larceny, John
Thomas McCormick was adjudged
not guilty.
Russell Griflm and Melvin
Brown, both colored, pleaded not
j (Continued on puce eight)
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, LIBRARY HOLIDAY
Tht‘ public library will be clos
ed Saturday, December 20,
through Tuesday; December 22
for the Christmas holidays, it
was announced today.*