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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BS OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT” FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE 18 REApET OVER 3,AM MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE! VOLUME LIY—NUMBER 8 ff’illiamfton. Marlin r.tv ThurasImuJiiwury - I'Aj / ■ •m: ESTABLISHED 1*91 Mark Bunting, about 28 years of age, shot his mother through both legs near the knees in the yard of her home about two miles from Oak City on the Hobgood Highway late Tuesday afternoon. The victim, Mrs. Joe Bunting, was Temoved to a Tarboro hospi tal for treatment. Last reports stated that she was getting along very well, but it could not be learned when she would be able to leave the hospital. Few details of the shooting could be learned immediately, of ficers explaining that the victim and her husband were in the hos pital when the son was arrested and placed in the county jail about an hour after the attack. One report said it was accidental. Late yesterday, no warrant had been signed by either the victim or the boy’s father, but a report from the sheriff’s office said that charges would be preferred by officers. Unofficial reports said that Bunting went to his father’s home, a lew hundred yards from his home, and asked for money, threatening him with the rifle if the request was not granted. Ap parently the request was refused and the son raised the 22-caliber Stevens rifle Mrs Bunting step ped in between the two men and into the path of the bullet which, after tearing through both of her legs, penetrated the lather’s pant's leg and stopped before making much of a flesh wqpnd. It was said that the son was drinking, but officers said he was not intoxicated at the time of the shooting. lie was also said to have requested money on previous oc casions, threatening his father's life il the demands were not granted. After the shooting, Bunting was said to have sent word to Oak City officers, advising them not to come after him. Deputies Ray mond Rawls and Cecil Bullock answered the call received at the sheriff’s office, and immediately (Continued on page eight) —o Lillie Time Leit To Purchase Tags All motorists apprehended on lh< highways on February 1 and '-r.ewsftr,’ •*.i11-.,.,..t*• rense plates will be subject to prosecution, the North Carolina department of Motor Vehicles to liay reminded ail drivers who have not obtained their new plates. The deadline for purchase of the plates, which have been on j sale since December 1, is January 1 • 31. On January 18, a total of 602,- j 771 plates had been sold. On the corresponding date, 1950, a total of 526,683 plates had been sold. 1950 sales reached 1,171,206. Motorists are urged by Depart ment officials to buy their tags soon, as possible in order to avoid the last minute. line* Heporting on the sale of Wn liamston vehicle tags, Treasurer Marion Oohh said this morning that 506 had been sold. w. H. Carstarpnen, reporting on the sale of State tags at the local bureau, said that 4.611 tags of the 1951 isue had been sold up, until this morning, the number comparing with 3,674 sold through January 24 of last year. 1 TIME IS SHORT <■ Little time is iett for get ting piuprit) listed for taxa tion in this county. Review ing Uie annual task this morning, Supervisor M. L. Pee! said that the listing is possibly more advanced this year than at the same time last January, but the last minute rush is developing, and, no doubt, will approach the acute stage by the week end. Late listing is subject to penalty. Will Hold Farmers 'School ’ere -< Ju-Ftwru# r-v Plans were announced complete todco for -holding a farmer..' WW^P**** day and Tuesday, February 5 and 6. Since the county court is to be in session on Monday, the school will be held that day in the elementary school building. The sessions are to open at 9:30 a. m. and close 4:00 o'clock p. m. with time out far lunch. Similar schools have been held with marked success in this coun ty in previous years, and farm. i, have found them beneficial. It. is believed the session will be well attended. Farm agents point out that recognized specialists in various fields of agriculture will conduct the school, that the latest information on the assigned sub jects will be mgs fur time * M opens the st ruarv 5, \> ith a lecture on dairy cattle. Other events on the Mon day schedule include talks by Brice Ratchford, farm manage ment, at 10:45 o’clock; Jack Kel ley, swine, at 2.00 o’clock; and J. S. Buchanan, beef cattle, at 3:15 o’clock. Opening the second day of the school in the courthouse at 9:30 o’clock, Dr. E. R. Collins will talk on peanuts and corn. Others to appear on the program are: Samj H. Dobson, pastures, at 10:45 o’clock; Roy R. Bennett, tobacco, at 2:00 o’clock; and George Jones, insect control in cotton and other field crops, at 3:15 o’clock. discussed with open-1 ly questions. :-hool Monday, Feb Drainage Case Drags Into Its Fourth Day j __ •/ f JOHNSON'S GHOST Williamston's Irpannrfr, Marion Cobb placed $166,500 on time deposit in local banks this weeli but he hurriedly explained that the transaction 1 does not mean the town is rich all of a sudden. The mon 1 ey was borrowed to finance water-sewer expansion pro jects and is being placed on time deposit to draw interest ai the rate of one percent. Withdrawals will be made from time to time to finance the projects. Charlie Johnson's ghost pos sibly influenced the action, the commissioners, in special session Tuesday, casually re ferring to the idle money in ■ banks when Mr. Johnson, un successful candidate for gov ernor, was State Treasurer. Prices Of Land Climb In County • Climbing to record levels since World War II, land prices con tinue to climb in this county, ac cording to reports on recent farm tranfers. The W B, Daniel farm about three-quarters of a mile off High wav 64 hettKggn Everetts.. ..and. WiJIiamston recently sold for $20,800. The farm was bid in by . Sw. i ** to Wesley Peel and J K. P. Grif fin. The A. L. Roebuck home farm in Cross Roads sold this week for $25, 980 Wilson Wynne, a neigh i bor, purchased the property. Abandoned school property was sold recently, but prices did not come up to expectations in every case. The Oak City teacherage was sold for $2,400 A $700 bid on the Old Jones school in Goose j Nest Township, was boosted to [$1,000. The property sales were ap proved by the Board of Educa tion in special session Tuesday evening along with the ?a!e of an acre of land known as the old Manmrg school site in Williams Township, to Major Gardner for $100. It was explained that bids had been iaiseu on Corey s school in Griffins ‘and the abandoned Bear Grass Negro school building. The' original bids were $310 and $870, j respectively, and were raised by ! ten percent. Repori from Camp Atterbury Youths A brief report from Ret Har per M. Peel, Jr., today stated that several Martin County boys at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, were doing all right with the exception of Ret Dalton Jones who went to the base hospital last Monday for treatment. Ret. Jones, a Wil li amston boy, was reported im proving. Ret. Peel arranged a week-end maneuver arid saw the stage pro duction, "Diamond Lii,” starring Mae West in Person at Indianap olis. Trial Not Likely To Be Completed Before Saturday —<*>.— Jury ScIi<mIiiI<mI To liiMprrl bmlti In DiMrirl Friday Morning The long, drawn-out trial of the Martin County Drainage Dis trict case is “dragging” through its fourth day in a special term of the Martin County Superior Court with the prospect that it will not be completed before sometime Saturday. Several mure witnesses, be tween 40 and HO, one attorney said, aic to be offered by the re spondents or defendants. It could not be learned if the petitioners would offer additional evidence. It was explained to the court that most of the respondents' wit nesses would not require much time to offer theil evidence, but that several of the defendants probably would require some lit tle time. Shortly after court was opened this morning, attorneys and sev I eral of the litigants held a 20 I minute conference. The nature of I the discussion could not be learn jed, friends of both sides express ing tii. iitlpt: iiuit .in ailiicabie St'f-" tlemont eouki come out of the conference. 1 ‘ “A'ffifnex peeled"“{u rn" cou 1 d alter the time table of the trial ,but all hands involved are settling down in anticipation of a tortoise finish Saturday afternoon or night. After clearing the formalities Monday morning and hearing re cognized witnesses during the re mainder of the day, the petition ers placed O. J. Peevey, State forester of New Bern on the stand the first thing Tuesday morning, Peevey, it was reported, made an able witness for the petitioners during the slightly more than one hour he was on the stand. J W Hanna, soil conservationist, was recalled to the stand at 10:40 o'clock and continued there for about two huuis before the cuui'i recessed at 12:50 o’clock for lunch. Reuben S. Everett and J Lin wood Knowles, Hit project view ers who were forbidden to enter upon some of the lands in the district last Friday, were on the* stand for about 30 minutes each, relating their findings. The petitioners then called in fairly quick order the following witnesses: W. Oscar Pee], Jas. D. Bowen, Henry Wynne, A. B Ayers, H. M. Ayers, Noah Roger son, Calvin Ayers, W. B Gay lord, Jr., C. U. Rogers, J. Rossell Rogers and Luther Hardison. A i ecess for the day was ordered by the court at 5:10 o’clock Continuing its work yesterday morning at 0:40 o’clock, the court heard the following witnesses: W M. Hardison, Clyde Revels, Cur tis Mobley, and Jack Scott. All the witnesses were of the opinion that the drainage project would benefit the section, Witness Gaylord explaining that it would enhance the public health and benefit everybody. (Continued on page eighty Farm Leaders Ask Ti'at folium ML »uiii lor iiale lair —«.— ^eiu'in^ .Uj4^ U* Gem-imk Assi'iiiliiv At Raleigh This Week Raleigh—Agriculture leaders from over the State descended on Raleigh today and told u special legislative committee that the $1,347,000 N C. State Fair coli seum is necessary for the future of North Carolina, particularly the livestock industry. More than 250 persons crowded into a hearing room of the spec ial committee investigating the advisability of building th ■ col iseum. Three sei.uiors J. Hawley Poole of Moore, Sam Campen of Pamlico, and James H. Pou Bail ey of Wake—and five representa tives—Edwin Pou of Wake, Tom Allen of Granville, J. K. Dough ton of Alleghany—make up the investigating group. Bailey presided over the ses sion, at which both those for and against the building of the col iseum were to have been heard. Tht meeting turned into a one sided affair, with all speakers favoring the building. If oppon ents of the coliseum attended the well-advertised meeting, they kept quiet. Grange Master Harry Caldwell, Farm Bureau Leaders R Flake Shaw and Alonzo Edwards, heads of cattle breeders^ organizations, swine and poultry organization brass and some just plain folks said the coliseum is needed to promote: 1. Interest of taming folks in cattle raising- the state’s future money crop. 2. A decent place to .judge big cattle shows, poultry and swine exhibits. 3. A place for industrial ex hibits. 4. Raise the State Fan out ol the “county fair” level, make it a place where young and old alike could swap notes and learn about livestock breeding and rais ing. 5. Industry through huge shows; international trade mark where foreign country representatives could see what is being manufac tured in North Carolina; and use generally the year round to pro mote agriculture and industry in the State. Senator Bailey told reporters (Continued on Page Eight) Parenis-Scouts To Have Dinner Boy . Scouts will give a Parent Scout dinner Monday evening, February 12, at seven o'clock in the Legion Hot. The dinner is a pari of the na tional celebration of Boy Scout Week, February 6-12. All Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, their parents and ail scout committeemen and leaders from all the county units will attend the banquet. The program will consist of a Court of Honor, some brief talks by scouts who attended the Na tional Jamboree at Valley For^e last year and stunts by a number of troops and dens This is *he ivt-ni of- it?. kind to be staged in this county but the enthusiasm of the boys and parents is high. An attendance of from 300 to 500 is expected. Although each community is mak ing donations of food there will he a small admission charge of 25 cents to help defray expenses. ORDER r 'V Judge W. I. Halstead, pre siding over the current spe cial session oi the Martin County Superior Court, today is signing an order referring the habeas corpus proceed ings in the attack ease against Samuel and James Hardison and Clarence Mt-Cool for a hearing before Judge W. J. Bone, resident judge, in Nash ville. No date for the hearing was fixed, but the hearing to determine if the defendants should be allowed bond, like ly will be he'd sometime next week. fitmnty Scluu>l -Program -i*ets emng -o/// Would Abolish Jury Trials In County’s Court -. ■■ * ., .. „ Acting in acordance with the wishes expressed by the Martin County Board of Commissioners in their last regular meeting, Rep resentative E. G. Anderson this week introduced in the State Legislature a bill, abolishing jury trial in the Martin County Re corder's Court. The measure was referred to the Committee on Courts and Judicial Districts for preliminary consideration. Said to be unopposed by mem bers of the bar association, the bill, it is understood, has encoun : teved opposition in some quarters, according to Representative An derson. Following conferences with county officials during last week-end, Mr. Anderson returned to Raleigh Monday and immed lately made plans to have the bill introduced. It has been pointed out that the proposed law will not in any way jeopardize or lessen the rights of anyone. Any defendant wishing to appeal from a judgment in the lower court will still have the right to he heard by a jury. In stead of calling a special jury at extra cost to the county for the county court trial, the new plan would automatically book, the case for trial in the superior court. Jurors for both courts are drawn from the same box and in the same manner. Uusally, only 1 jury ease is heard in the county court, but nine men report for duty and the cost runs as high as $t>5 and $75. Asking Support For The March Of Dimes Appeal By Direct Nail Falls Short 01 Expectations Ynriou* Hvnitx Arc Being S«*Ii«mIiiI<mI Kurly Part Of Next Week Again pointing out that the fund hud been depleted in this county, Chairman Hoke Roberson and Dr. liill Gray today renewed appeals for support of the March i of Dimes Fund, explaining that some phases of the drive appar ently, were not measuring up to expectations and that only a few more days were left in which to reach the $(>,000 quota. It was explained that reports front several areas are most en couraging, that the returns to |date are more than double those j received in the same number of days last year. However, the re plies to direct mail appeals are few. and far. between The chair man sent out 2,000 letters uppcal i ing for substantial contributions. Up until late yesterday, only 05 letters had been returned the erin. | tributions ranging front U to $100, and totaling slightly under $500. i The chairmen were hopeful the letters would bring in more than $2,500. The chairmen arc pleading with 1 the school leaders to renew the appeal to the children in behalf of the drive Treasurer W C. Griffin reported a few days ago that more than $2,000 was spent on two cases of infantile paraly sis right here in Martin County last year, that the need this year could prove serious in the face of limited funds There were more infantile pa ralysis cases in the past three 'hivn there were in the pre vious ten. Two youthful victims, aided by the fund in past years, carried the appeal to the public on Williams ioii s inaili .stiCct laat oului'day, and they made a big hit. Master Johnny Wade Coltrain of Griffins Township "worked” one side of the street, and Mas ter Chas, Goodrich of Oak City took care of the other side. Mem bers of the Jayeees, sponsoring the drive worked with the lads, and they, the boys and the contri butors seemed to enjoy their parts in promoting the drive. The con tributions were placed in the coin collectors. Several of the con tainers were filled, but none was opened and the actual amount raised is not known, but the mon ey will count up into three figures all right. Weather permitting, the Col train lad will return to renew the appeal on local streets Saturday, and Master Goodrich is planning to carry the appeal to the public | on the streets in Roberson vilie at j the same time. Master Wade Col (Continued on page eight) PEANUTS Reaching here on a special mission late last night, Con gressman Herbert Bonner stated that he was in a long House Agriculture Committee j meeting earlier in the day, and that a bill was proposed to empower the Secretary of I Agriculture to increase the quota ol any type peanuts found in short supply in any one year. Air. Bonner explain { ed, however, that the propos al would not allow quotas to j be increased beyond the 1947 allotments. It is fairly certain that the measure will meet strong op position, possibly in both the House and Senate, when it come up for final considera tion. Home Destroyed By Fire Tuesday ‘Its origin not aefifiTiefy known, fire destroyed the small three I*.fferiwis1 on Hill Street at 1:30 o’clock Tues day afternoon. The nearest fire hydrant was about three blocks away and fire men were almost helpless as far as fighting the fire was concerned. They confined the fire to the small house. While no definite information could be had, it was said that no grown person was in the house at the time and there was no fire in the stoves. It was also said that children were in the home about the time the fire started, and several thought a child was trapped in the house. The child waslater seen with its mother. ""Tm house, valued at between $750 and $1,000, belonged to Hen ry Johnson, colored man, who said that his insurance on it had lapsed. Very few of the house hold goods were saved and the fire burned out in almost a matter of minutes. Nan Charged With Carnal Knowledge Arthur Manning, Jr., young Oak City white man, was charged ! with carnal knowledge of a fe male over twelve and under six- i teen years of age in a warrant I issued yesterday afternoon by Justice Clias. H. Mobley. A hearing was scheduled In the case for next Wednesday even ing at 7.00 o’clock before Justice Mobley During the meantime, the defendant is at liberty under bond in the sum of $7.r)0 The crime is alleged to have taken place last September, and the 15-year-old girl is expecting to become a mother about next June, it was reported. | Contractor Gels Signal To Start Work on Projects Proposed Projeeis To Cost Right At One-flat f Million Dollars Hanging fire for more than two weeks, Martin County’s proposed school building program was giv en final approval by ihc Board of Education in a three-hour special meeting here last evening, and work on the projects is to get under way without further de lay. Orders for materials have already been placed for two of the projects by the contractors, J. N. Bryan and Son, of Raleigh. Follow’ng the meeting last even ing, the contractor was advised that the three projects would be handled as a combined undertak ing, placing the over-all cost about $7,000 below the individual bids. • The program as designed is to i cost approximately $480,000, in cluding $187,944 for a Negro cle | mentary building in Williamston, $160,350 for a gymnasium, cafe teria and band room in Roberson i ville, and $113,189 for a cafeteria j and band room for the Williams ton white high school. A delegation from Roberson I ville appearing before the special meeting of the board Tuesday evening, requested that $22,000 be allotted for the restoration of a band room in the project there. The request was given approval last night and the way was clear ed for the program The $73,000 of the $458,000 fund provided by the State, plus a county appropriation of about $25,000, will be used for the con struction of a Negro high school in Oak City. Flans for the pro ject are being prepared. Reaching a decision, the board hejtid a delegation from Williams ton present the local school's ease. R. L. Coburn, chairman of the local committee, declared. ‘‘I can- ! not help but feel that we have not been dealt with fairly.” He ex plained that the school had an agriculture class, that it was be ing held in a wood shed, wrapped iri tar paper. R. H. Cloodmon, inemoci "T»i the “ibcaT eoiffmuiee, commented briefly, declaring that WjUiamston was ijq.I 11 y j r v'to block any -project, that-Iris group bit as il flic agriculture shop should be included in the pro gram. Others spoke briefly, pointing out that the local schools had just, caught up with its classroom needs, that for ten years classes had been held in the grammar school basement, in altered cloak rooms, in the auditoriums, in the small stage dressing rooms, and for several years in the wooden building now being used as a cafeteria, 'll our classroom needs had been met back yonder, there would have been no accumulated need to be met, but someone goes b... k v<r.il . havgov at? (hai "so' iTf* plus the $137,944 for the local Ne gro school, plus the cost of the proposed auxiliary building and shouts that we are running away with all the money,” one of the delegation said. "Match the classroom needs and then see where the money is go ing,” another member of the group suggested. Still another member of the 15 member delegation said they ap preciated what had been done, and it was again pointed out that there was no intention of trying to block any project or need, that the members only wanted to pre sent tlie local school’s ease and say how they felt about the pro gram. The final action was luken in executive session, and just liuw the money to finance the $22,000 project restored last night is to be had, was not disclosed. It is fair ly certain it will be "borrowed” from other funds controlled by the education board. When the education board met (Continued on Page Eight) Legislator Galls HEpr lataaaSiLlB Teacher" Salaries PropoMMi w Uniform Costs lu Hoad Law Violations Tit£ Raleigh—A bid calling for a $2,400 to $5,400 annual salary for school teachers holding Grade A certificates was introduced in the General Assembly this week. Senator Thomas B. Sawyer of Durham tossed this measure into the hopper. It calls for -'A” certificate teach ers to get a beginning salary of $2,400 a year. The present mini mum is $2,001, but has been brought up to $2,200 under the contingency pay raise. An annual raise of $100 for each year of service would be added until an “A" certificate teacher with 30 years service would get $5,400. All other teachers would receive proportionate raises. The Sawyer bill would take ef fect for the 1951-52 school year, but the measure does not appru I priate any money for its opera tion. The bill calls for the salaries to be paid on a twelve-month basis. Unofficial guesses as to the to tal cost of such a bill if it were passed -which is considered un likely, to say the least—run any where front $20,000,000 to $50, 000,000 above current expendi tures. Just raising the minimum to $2,200 to $3,100 for “A” certif icate teachers would cost $8,000, 000 per year. The House passed and sent to the Senate two bills. One author ized boards of county commission jers to put county records on mi crofilm, if they desired, in order ! to conserve storage space. The other authorized the Division oi j Purchase and Contract to set up 'specifications and ask for bids ! on $2,000,000 worth of school ; busses for the 1951-52 school year. This bill was introduced, Rep Larry Moore of Wilson said, si that bids could be accepted foi some 000 replacement busses. I Other new bills introduced were: Senate By Senator A. B. Stuney of Burke, a bill to "promote safety (Continued on page four) -.*> Library Group Holds Meeting -.fy The Colored Library group held 'it's regular’ moiViniy "1 tffcfctiiig' ‘SIT the Bethlehem Methodist Church ' on ^jonday night.Jarumry JJ2. The. group decided on a plan to raise $2000.00 on its tentative budget for the coming year. The Colored Odd Fellows Lodge has made available to the group the first floor of its building to ! he used for the library for one I year or until the group can find other quarters. This lodge is com posed of over one hundred and fifty men and this will be their main contribution toward this project. The group also decided to put on a drive for five hundred books. People through out the county are asked to donate a book toward this drive. Book stations for re ceiving the books will be located., in every community u; Marlin County The time and place of this drive will be announced at a latter date. It was decided to Uok all principals to speed up their job of telling the people in their communities of the very grave need of the library. Eaeh prin cipal is asked to raise $50.00 and report it at the February meeting. The opening of the library has been set for February 12, the beginning of National Negro His tory Week. The next meeting will be he*ld at the Mount Shiloh Baptist Church on Sunday February 11, at 3:30 o'clock. MEETING \_—.-.—a The Martin County Red Cross Chapter executive com mittee is to meet here tomor row afternoon to make plans for the operation of a blood mobile into this area the lat ter part of March, Mrs. Edna Bondprant, secretary, an nounced this morning.
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