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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3.000 MARTIN COI7NTT FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl OVER 3,<100 MARTIN COCNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEl I VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 23 William ft on, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 20, I 93 / ESTABLISHED 1899 Farm Foundation Gels Approval 01 The Farm Bureau I'latis Are Made for Annual Barbeene and Meeting Friday, April 13 Leaders of the Martin County Farm Bureau in a special meet ing in the agriculture building last Friday evening endorsed the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation and went on to make plans for the annual Farm Bu reau barbecue and meeting to be held in this county on Friday, April 13. Reporting on a meeting of the directors of the North Carolina Farm Bureau held in Raleigh re cently, County President Chas. L. Daniel said that plans were dis cussed for promoting the North Carolina Agriculture Foundation an organization designed to pro mote farm research and battle crop diseases and insects. “We have got to do something if we are to survive," Mr. Daniel said. It was pointed out that had it not been for those scientists who de veloped disease-resistant tobac co, farmers in Martin County would be out of the tobacco bus iness in another two or three years. The State directors explained that the prevalence of crop di seases and the increased threats offered by insects are creating a great demand for the services of Scientists, and that if this State is to retain its leaders in the scientific field, special considera tion must be provided. It is being proposed to assess each ton of fer tilizer five cents and put it in a special fund to support the foun dation. The assessment plan is to be submitted to the farmers in a referendum to be announced la ter. If the plan is favored and there are those who are not satis fied will be refunded their five rents a ton assessment. Once the plan is understood, it is certain farmers will Slip port it. County Agent Tom Brandon said that much work is being done to develop hybrid peanut He was one of eight agents to be called to a demonstration, and soil samples are being taken in Martin Coun ty from those fields where pro duction ranged up to twenty bags per acre and on those soils where it was under 19 bags per acre. Barbecue It was announced that farmers m the county had already offer ed thirty pigs for the annual bar i becue and that the ladies of Ma jeedonia with the aid of volun jiceh; were planning t» sk'W the lineal without a charge for their [services. The county organization, [trying to meet its obligations, in [oluding prizes for various farm [projects ana contributions to the [agricultural foundation, is ex periencing financial handicaps, [but with free pigs and other [items offered without cost, the ur :anization is coming through in |line shape this year. Messrs Sam Everett and Lester |l!ryant with the aid of others are [to gather up the mgs for the bar Ibecue, and Messrs. J. R Winslow. I.fohnny Clurkin. Carl Griffin, [Mayo Hardison, Reuben Everett [and Mrs Hugh Bennet and Mrs |johnn.v Gurkin were named on a ommittee to make preparations or the event Another meting will be held L n April ti to T.'ike hna! arrange Intents for the annual barbecue on [April 13. Hack Follows Change Argument Walter Hardison, colored, was [painfully cut in his side early last [Saturday night by Willie Gus Williams. Using a razor-sharp [pocket knife of fairly good size, Williams ripped through Hardi son's thick clothing and plowed bibout one-quarter of an inch [deep into the flesh over a distance >f several inches. The victim was Lewed up in a local hospital and [discharged . | No official version of the attack >uld be had immediately, but of ficers were quoted as saying thal fhe two men got into an argument iver change for a quarter. Wil liams asked for change for a juarter, but Hardison /inly had [wenty-one cents From that point, the argument started get ling real hot Governor In Timely j Radio Talk Monday ____ % INVITED /■ "N V J Congressman Harold Cool ey of the North Carolina Fourth District and chairman of the powerful House Agri culture Committee, has been invited to address the annual meeting of the Martin Coun ty Farm Bureau on Friday, April 13. it was announced following a meeting of Coun ty Farm Bureau leaders last Friday night. Congressman Herbert Bon ner and other well-known leaders arc also being invited to be present. Reviews Doings In Legislature In Recent Days -#> Bill Would Limit Vote On Beer ami Wine To The County Unit Raleigh—A watered-down, in dustry approved stream sanitation bill passed the House last week by a 911-14 vote and was sent to the Senate. It was a eommittee substitute for a bill originally calling for establishment of a stream sanita tion commission that would make its own rules and regulations but would seek to clean up North Carolina's streams. That measure—introduced by Reps. Roy Taylor of Buncombe, Vivian Whitfield of Pender and C. Shreve of Guilford was opposed I by industrialists, who drew up some 21 pages of amendments that rewrote the measure. The bill as passed spells out what can and cannot be done by the commission, but in effect it mostly sets up such a commission and then says that the commis sion cannot force compliance , if that would be too expensive for cities or industries charged with polluting the state's streams. Legislators who have been plugging for a stream sanitation bill for the last six years labelled the bill as "weak, but better than nothing—it let's us get our foot in the door.” Republican Rep Ralph Fisher yftaiisyivamu, hu vvevel, said,h,e j thought the measure would be i hard to admister and would be hard on individuals. He anticipat ed a public recreation similar to that which wound up with' thV death in the 1949 General Assem bly of the motor vehicle inspec tion law Fisher said the measure tried to cover everything from "the (Continued from Page Six) County Boys Are A Bit Homesick Direct reports from several of the Martin County boys who left iast week for a stretch in the ser vices say they are getting along jcii right but that they have a greater appreciation for good ole Martin County. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A Johnson and children, Thelma, Gene, Dan and Lillian Anne, visited the boys at Fort Jackson Sunday. Their son and brother, Kenneth John son, and Mac Manning were ship ping out for Camp Gordon, Geor gia, and were not a bit happy over the movement farther away from home. Alfred Hollis is remaining at Jackson. Henry Leggett was doing all right but Mr. Johnson said the young man was a bit up set because his girl was sick. No report on the othei boys could be had immediately. Return* Home After Stay In the Ho»/rital -«—— Suffering with a heart condition Mr. Calvin Ayers, well-known Bear Grass farmer, returned tc his home yesterday afternoon af ter receiving treatment for sevei ■ al days in Brown's Community Hospital. Must Rededicaie Ourselves To the Finer Principles Urges* High Type ami Best Quality Programs* For The People Participating in the program, marking the formal opening of the Martin County Broadcasting Company's radio station, WIAM, in Williamston's high school aud itorium Monday afternoon, Gov ernor Kerr Scott declared it was time to rededicate ourselves to the higher principles in life. Introduced by Mayor Robt Cowen, the State s Chief Execu tive, in his own artistic way said, "It is indeed a privilege to come down here where someone will listen to men, for in Raleigh no one listens or pays any attention to rae." The Governor went on to sav that things were going along pretty well up in Raleigh even though there had been some hit ting back at one another. Making the main address, mark ing the opening of the station, the Governor said that many living today could remember when they saw the first electric light, the first telephone, tyactor, radio and so on. He then predicted that there would be many more new things, that change is inevitable. He went on to warn that we must be alert to change, that we must be ready to take advantage of them. While he admitted that he did not know the telephone situation in this area, he pointed out that telephone and electric franchises were granted to companies, and that it was the companies' re sponsibility to provide adequate i services "This is a great agricultural county with some industry. It is a county of good people,” Mr. I Scott .-aid. but he warned that : it’ll help itself only by helping others, "Cooperation counts,” the Governor said, recalling the time when Aycock pleaded for better schools and explaining that neigh bors got neighbors to work for better schools for all "It is to rededicate ourselves to the progress of our counties, to I adhere to life’s higher principles,” the Govenor said, declaring that we had not done too well in the j recent past. "We must look after our school children, and instill in them moral character and stamnia. When we do that, (Continued on page five) Brooder And Pigs Destroyed by Fire ——■ Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the brooder house, sev en sows and about thirty week old pigs on the M Luther Peel farm near here sometime during last Friday night. The house, built of concrete I blocks with a cenment floor, was intact at 11 00 o’clock Friday right Early Saturday morning tin wrecked it. Lights were left burning in the house to keep the pigs warm, and it is possible that the fire started trom the wiring The building was 20 by 40 feet and had two sheds. The loss was estimated at about $3,000 and • there was no insurance. “FREE MAN” I y- - Tom Mathis, Oklahoma boy arrested by Robersonville po lice and members of the High way Patrol last Thursday, ob served his twenty-first birth day in the county jail Friday. 'Tm 21 years old and now a free man,” the soldier, absent without leave from the army, forgetting all about the iron bars in front of him and the reckoning that was to come with the army. Absent without leave along with Jos. W. Stowell, 18. since March 1, Mathis was | turned over to military police. Attack Cases Are Contained Monday In Superior Court Few Cases Disposed of Dur ing First Day of Two Week Term -1 After disposing of the regular formalities, the Martin County Superior Court, opening a two week mixed term here yesterday, lightened its docket considerably by continuing a number of eases Stating that he was needed in Raleigh, Senator H. G. Horton asked that the several cases in which he was interested be con tinued until the June term. Judge W. C. Harris, presiding, granted the continuance request, explain ing that it was customary to grant legislators such requests. The cases, charging Sammy and Pete Hardison and Clarence McCool with attacking two teen age girls were continued until June, along with the Roland Sav age drunken driving ease. The grand jury, examining several witnesses in the allege-d rape cas es, returned true bills late in op en court Monday. All three ol the defendants were in court foi trial when their cases were con tinued. Today, the court has very few eases on its calendar, but a heavy schedule is confronting the courl for tomorrow and it is possible that the criminal docket will no' be cleared before late Thursday or early Friday. Next week, the court is to hear divorce action! and civil cases. Proceedings: Charged with violating the- li queir laws, James A. Warren was feiund not guilty. Charged with assaulting Sam ue l Randolph with a shot gun or December 11, R. C. Council w'a: found guilty of secret assault. The jury recommended mercy anc Judge- Harris sentenced him to the roads for twelve months. The judge said had it not been for the jury recommendations he woulc have made the sente-nee of three years’ duration. James Wilson, pleading guilty of stealing, LeRoy Robert Rt-ec pleaded guilty of carrying a con cealed weapon, and was fined $50 plus costs The- case, charging Raymonc Williams with an assault with < deadly weapon, was remanded ti the- county court for trial whe-r it oppeared there was no intin! v^ununuuu iiuiu uvt; Wounded Officer Leaves Hospital Badly wounded in an acciden tal shooting at the .sheriff’s office early last Thursday morning, Ce cil Bullock, popular member 01 the county’s ABC enforcemen system, returned to his home it West End yesterday morning af ter receiving treatment in a loea hospital. Although a bullet from a .38 calibre pistol, tore through butt his thighs, the officer was able t< walk out of the hospital, and ad vised his department head that hi would be ready to return to worl shortly. Two Non Hurt In Logging Accident: Will Perry, well-known Marti! County man, suffered a broke! leg in a logging accident las week His leg broken below thi knee, he was removed to Martu General Hospital where he wa reported today to be getting aloni very well. Employed by the Nich olson boys, logging contractors Mr Perry was sawing a log n two when one end swung aroum and hit him on the leg, breakini it. Thomas Lee, 43-year-old color ed man of Lewiston, suffered twi broken ribs and shoulder frae ture when a pull block broke am the cable struck him last Thurs day. Employed by the Merige Company, Lee was operating ; skidder in the swamps betweei here and Plymouth when the ac eident took place. He was remov ed to a local hospital for treat ment and is getting along ill right. Grand Jury Gets Its First Female Member this Week Niiis* !\r>v Mrsubrr* Vtidet! To Jury Bui No Charjir Made by Ji'ilge Harris -- For the first time in history the Martin County Grand Jury has a woman included among its mem bers. Several women have serv ed on the petit juries in recent years, but Mrs. P. T Roane, Jr , the former Miss Helen Johnson of Hamilton and an employe of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Williamston, was the first to subscribe to thg grand jury oath. Mrs. Roane entered upon her new duties in the superior court Monday and is scheduled to serve as a member of the jury for one year. Completing six months as a member of the jury, James Bul lock, Williamston merchant, was named foreman of the body for the next six months. He succeeds William H Griffin who recently completed a year's work as a ■member and foreman of the jury. The new members of the grand jury who are slated to serve twelve months include besides Mrs. Roane, the following: Rus sell E. Williams, J. C. Rawls, Jr , R. L. Bolling, Edward Mizelle, L. B Willoughby, E. N. Harrell, Dewey Perry and Henry Lee The name of the old members who are to serve six more months or until they are replaced next Septem ber include besides Foreman Bul luek, the following: L. R Donald son, Gaston Savage, C. A Askew, Edgar D. Brown, J. R Overton, C. P. Cullipher and Whit C Pur (Continued from page five) Arrested lor Hit And-Run Driving —— Curtis Lee Cherry, young Ber tit* culored man, was arrested late yesterday afternoon for alleged hit-and-run driving on the streets of Willtamston a short time earl ier. Given a preliminary hearing before Justice Chas It Mobley, Cherry was released in $500 bond and is to appear in the counts court for trial April 2. Tanking up on beer at Duck Inn, Cherry got into his 194it Ford and m a lightning take-oll, side swiped an electric light pole and plowed into Farmer Clyde Mod iiri's 164} ■ Olds parked in front of the Throwei Hardware and Appliance Company’s store The Olds was knocked into K Hes ter Terri’s 1949 Ford which was parked in the line of attack No one was hurt, and damage to the vehicles was estimated at about $410, including $300 to the Olds, $100 to Cherry’s car and $10 to the Terry Ford. When Cherry did not stop, some one got his ear license number and Patrolman M F. Powers, pa trolling between here and Wind sor arrested him ten or twelve minutes later 1 The accident was the only one reported on the streets and high : ways in this county in more than a week i Big Boat Makes A Return Trip Tin 203-foot long motorship, 1 Vermont, made a return trip from 1 Baltimore to the Standard Ferti l lizer Company plant here over - the week-end, bringing a cargo of i fertilizer materials. * Since the boat made its first ! trip up the Roanoke a little over * two weeks ago it had made a run > to Savanah and carried approxi i mately 1,600 tons of paper north. 1 The boat captain is not antic S ipating another trip ori high wa ter, expalining that it is almost - impossible to handle it in swift * current around the horseshoe - bends. I Unable to turn around near the - plat, the boat moved through the 1 drawbridge and alter some diffi i culty made his turn in the eddy i just above the old wharf, and - moved out under lull steam about - 9:15 o’clock Sunday morning A third trip is planned within ! the next three weeks, one report said. Radio Station WIAM Gets Big "SentPOff” Monday Afternoon Herbert C. Bonner Makes Radio Talk Here Yesterday -- ('.oiipxulululcs Owners For Opening llatlio Sta tion W1AM Paying tribute to the people of tins section and expressing his appreciation for the opportunity of returning to Martin County'. Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, participating in the formal exer cises marking the opening of the Martin Countv Broadcasting Com pany's radio station, WIAM, warmly congratulated the owners and went on to wish them every success. 'Our community and State can take great pride in the establish ment of this new station, WIAM, “the Congressman said. Continuing, he said: “Throughout the ages commun ication has been the most vital element in peaceful society. It is the means by which man lias made known his wants and form ed the cooperative efforts which have made our world ever bel ter. There is in all of us a yearn ing for expression of our thoughts and principles Through the spok en word and in writings every one of us presents Ins thoughts to others This bringing together of collective thought has produced the progress that has made for the highest type of human civili zation. "By our very nature we are all social beings We are intonated in our friends, our business, our Government and far-away places Every one of us has a curious vein ever seeking to know about our surroundings “No greater stride has been made in human progress tlmn the communication by radio. Into our homes has been brought the voic es, discussions, and expressions of the outstanding leaders in every field: government: arts; literature; entertainment The radio has come to mean a very personal contact with what is going on in the woi Id around us. “One hundred years ago our people were limited to written dispatches or transmittals bv word of mouth: the time lag bo "t Wv rn -«■?!•-;>vi pt I the natauivd acquaintance with such happen ing was very great Today radio can command the attention of the majority of our citizens at a giv en time. When something of in ternational or national importance faci-s us, our people are quickly altered, more thoroughly inform ed, and better versed in the af fairs of then Government and na (Continued from page five) Jamesville Plans Big Fish Festival — .<#— The Jamesville Runtan Club announced yesterday (hat nexl Monday, March Jli, from I I a m i to approximately 7:00 |i m, me | bi|i annual Fi-.il Festival .will be staged with fish plates available , in all sty 11 of cooking and served both in the school cafeteria and | on the river shore. Last year the list) festival drew many fish lovers from all over the area and the money made on the sale of the fish was applied to the purchase ol a fire truck fot the j town. Further details are to tie announeed later in the week KOI MM I* v-J Seven persons were round ed up and temporarily detain ed in tile enmity jail lust week-end. Two of the seven were rated absent without leave from the Army. Two thers were charged witli drunken driving, and one each was hooked for assault, public drunkenness, and non support. Four of the seven were white and the ages ranged from 18 to 35 years. f—-^ KOI! VLIZATIOIN I Meeting as a board of equil ization and review, the Mar tin County Commissioners in a short session Monday morn ing reviewed three tax eases, making minor adjustments to bring each in line with other listings. The Wiley Goodrich resi dence in Hassell was reduced in value from $1,211) to $810. Reductions of $200 were granted in values of the list ings on the homes of .1. It. Glenn and W. II. Abernathy in Williamston. Funeral Held For Mrs. Harrison At Bear Grass Home Well-Known (ili/.en Died AI Her Home There Saturday Morniti” —*■ Funeral services wire conduct i ed at the home in Bear Grass I Township Sunday afternoon at TOO o'clock foi Mrs Harriett L Harrison who died there Satur da.v morning at 7 10 o'clock. Elder A. B. Ayers, her pastor, conduct ed the last rites and burial was in the family cemetery near the i home Mrs Harrison had been in de clining health for some time, and . her condition was aggravated about three weeks ago when she i fell at her home and bloke her hip Removed to a Washington hospital, she recovered from an attack ol pneumonia and wois able to return to her home the early part of last week She suf fered a relapse shortly thereaf ter and hci condition was con sidered critical since that time Mis Harrison was born in Hear Grass Township 7i years ago on August 22, li!7^, the dau ghler of the late Reuben Thomas and Caroline Cherry Rogers She spent all her life in that comnum ity, and in early womanhood was married to John Harrison who j died thirty eight years ago. | She was a member of the Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church for many years and was faithful m its service She was a devoted mot her, a " n n I neuihhm a ml ■thoughtful friend, giving freely of her time in the service of oth and asking little for herself (Continued on page five) ITS Volunteers Asked To Make Pledges It is fairly certain that upproxi mutely 2IHi persons will volunteer blood when the Red Cross Blood mobile makes its first run in this county on Friday of next week, but Recruiters V J Spivey and Wheeler Manning point out that it is important for the volunteers to sign pledge cards When a pledge card is signed, it is possible to make appoint ments to ke* p tin blood mobile operating smoothly and evenly throughout the day If all the j volunteers tried to come at one time, there’d be much waiting; in i faet, such a condition would make 1 it impossible to get the 175-pint quota. Nearly every organization in | the chapter, working with the program, has pledged its quota ol i donors, including Kiwanis, Lions land Ruritun clubs, firemen, East ern Star and others If you can spare a pint of blood loi use in Wililumston hospitals and in Korea and have not sign ed a pledge card, see Wheeler Manning or Bill Spivey or call the Red Cross office today Itnliirns To 11 is Offi< Tolloninfi in lllnnss Quite ill for several days, Dr. John W Williams returned to his duties in the Martin County Health offices this morning. He will carry on tuberculin tests started in the schools recently. Congressman And Governor Attend Opening Program -- >luaiv (',oiifrralululory M«’» Kci rivnl; School Itaiul First Oil Air -• Tlu' Martin County Broadcast ing Company, Jim and Charlie Gray and Henry A, Johnson, own ers, got a great send-off when they formally opened their radio station, VVIAM. in Williamston Monday afternoon at one o'clock on the dot Governor Kerr Scott, Congressman Herbert Bonner and a goodly number of other digmtar ;■? rr,,m fh" State and district at tended the formal opening and participated briefly in the pro gram presided over by Sherwood L. Roberson as master of cere monies. Approximately 500 per sons were in the higli school aud itorium where the formal exer cises were held, and it is fairly certain that thousands listened to the program over their radios. Williamston s High School Band, under the direction of Professor Jack Butler, broke the ether on the formal program, playing The Star Spangled Banner. Marshall Park, guest announc er, introduced Mr Roberson, the master of ceremonies, after iden tifying the station. Rev Stewart B Simms, pastor of Williamston's Memorial Baptist Church, offer ed the invocation. Mayor Robert H Co wen, de claring it was a pleasure to have a part on the program, welcomed tin' opening of the station and the distinguished guest:, and other visitors. Mi Roberson read congratula tory messages from radio stations and owners operators in Green ville, S. C , and N. C , Charlotte, Thomasville, Brebard. Shelby, Oxford, Orangeburg, New Bern, Wadesboro, Lexington, Roxoboro, Washington, Charleston and Flo ience. South Carolina. More con giatulatory messages were receiv ed as the program advanced. Representative F G Anderson of Martin, Representative Wa.v lund Spruill of Bertie. Senator Hugh G. Horton, District Highway Commissioner Henry G Shelton, Judge W. (' Harris of Raleigh, and Sul it itoi Geol ge !■< an n,,OM i-t. Tar boro, aii made brief taiks, com mending the owners fm the open ing the station and wishing them Following talks by Governor Kerr Scott and Congressman Bon ner, the high school band render Continued on Page Five) Peanut Increase Kangs In Balance An increase in the 1951 peanut acreage is hanging in the balance m Washington Both the House and Senate have passed measures providing for an increase, but there is a discrepancy in acreage, the Seym>- Bill ’limiting the acreage to he planted ill peanuts for oil. Both bills provide for an in ei ease of 37,250 acres of edible peanuts grown in this section, but the Senate would limit oil peanut acreage increases to 34, 900 acres while the House bill allows an increase of 79,000 acres for the growers of oil types. The proposed measures will be referred to committee and it has been pointed out that unless the House group agrees to the Sen ate version there'll be no change for an increase in the acreage in this section, even if the Secretary of Agriculture were to declare the edible type m "short supply." Slifililly Improved In L oval Hits pi to! Today —« Critically ill in a local hospital for several days, Mr. J. Lawrence Peel was reported slightly im proved this morning It was ex plained that wh'le he was re sponding to treatment he con tinues seriously ill.