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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3,00« MARTIN COCNT*" FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK I THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ RJ OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEl VOLUME LIY—NUMBER 25 ===——— Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday, March 27, 1051 ESTABLISHED 1899 iOver Two Hundred Volunteering Blood ^ 9 f Ask More Donors For Bloodmobile Here March 31st —#— Appointments Being Mail ed To Those Who Sign ed Pledge Cards More than two hundred persons in this area are planning to meet the Red Cross Bloodmobile when it makes its first run to Williams ton on Friday of this week, ac cording to Recruiters V. J. Spivey and Wheeler Manning. It was pointed out. however, that the number of volunteers is running about thirty 01 thirty-five short of the need, and it is hoped that at least that many will report tp the center ai the Legion Hut on South Watts Street here Friday, March 30, between the hours of 10:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m. The Martin County Chapter of the Red Cross is being asked to contribute at least 175 pints of blood on Friday. There have been more than 200 volunteers, but it is explained that no blood will be taken from anyone if the volunteer is not in good health. It does not necessarily hean that one is sick if the blood is not ac cepted, for one could have low or high blood pressure which is nor mal for the individual, but the Red Cross has a rule by which do nors arc accepted. The volunteer is checked, the examination re vealing in some cases an illness unknown to the person. In other words, the donor gets a free but of course a limited medical exam ination. The blood is taken with very little pain to the donor. While this chapter has contri buted no blood to the regional bank in Norfolk, much blood has been drawn from the bank for pa tients right here in the chapter during recent weeks on the strength ot the plan to have this Chapter participate in the pro gram. Appointments are being mailed to those signing pledge cards Those who have not signed cards and who will give a pint of blood are asked to report at their con venience and they w ill be includ ed in the schedule as quickly as possible. Mayor Robt H. Cowen is to give the first pint, beginning at 10:00 »'c lock The bloodmobile will 'each here from Norfolk about " 00 o’clock, but :t will take the nurses, doctors and technicians (Continued on page six) Dr. William Gray Leaving Shortly Dr. William Gray, popular lo cal dentist, is entering the armed services the latter part of this week He is to report to the Ma rine base at Parris Island, South Carolina. Sunday. The dentist closed his office in Martin General Hospital last Sat urday Hospital authorities say they have been unable to replace him. Dr Jos Ward of Robersonville entered the service last Thursday, reporting for duty at Camp Le jeune. Traveled Far To Make Short Visit —$— Love for home was well dem onstrated last week-end when Pvt. Dalton Jones traveled all the way from his station at Camp Atterbury to spend a brief sixty minutes with his folks. He had hardly arived when it was neces sary for him to make ready for the return trip to Indiana, and it was one of those cases where he was almost telling folks goodbye while telling them hello. Quite a few of the county lioys were home for Easter, in cluding Pvts. William Earl Craw ford, William Heber Taylor, Hen ry Roberson, Willie Hunter Card- j ner, Biil Gurganus, and Garland j Taylor from Camp Pickett, Va | f LONE REGISTRANT I v_ _ j \ lone citizen added his name to the municipal regis tration books here last Sat urday, Registrar John E. Pope reported from his office back of Davis’ Pharmacy on Baltimore Street today. The hooks will be open for the ad dition of new names on Sat urday of this week and on Saturday of next week. So far no names have been placed in the race for mayor and town commissioners. Fil ing time closes on Thursday of next week. Government Bond Holders Allowed Several Options May K(>ile)'in Them f«i Cash \ aim* or Keep ami Draw Interest on Them • -- j The millions of holders of U. S Series K Savings Bonds receiver good news from Congress a few days ago, according to a state merit made by William H. Neal Winston-Salem banker and chair man of the Advisory Committei for North Carolina of the U. S Savings Bonds Division. ‘‘Congress has passed unani mously and sent to the White I House for signature favorable ! legislation relating to the exten ; sion of maturing E Bonds. These bonds were first offered to the | public in 1941, and the first ma i turities will be due in May. Con ! gross has provided three option! for the holders of maturing 1 Bernds: ‘‘1. Holders may receive ful cash payment at any bank or fi naneial institution which is an au tiiorized fia.ving agent. Howevei once the bond is cashed, it can not be* reinstated for extension The refore, holders sheeuld consid er carefully their future plans be' fore cashing matured bonds. "1!. Bonds may be held aftei maturity under an automatic ex : tension for up te> ten years. Bemds ! so held may he redeemed at an\ . time, and for the first 7 1-2 years will earn interest at 2 1-2 percent If held for ten years aftei matur ity, the bonds will earn 2,9 per cent compounded. For example a person who in 1941 invested $7.‘ in an E Bond, will be entitled tc receive $133.33. "3. Matured E Bonds may be exchanged for Series G Savings Bonds in amounts of $500 and multiples thereof. G Bonds pay 2 1-2 interest annually, and if ob (Continued on page eight) Two Are Slightly! Hurt In Highway Wrecks In County -9 Properly Damage Intimat ed At Between $1,300 Anti $1,500 Listed Two persons were -said to have been slightly injuied in as many aeeidents on highways in the coun ty during the week-end. Both ac cidents were on blacktop roads, reports from the State Highway Patrol Office in the county stat ing that traffic moved in large volume over the main highway routes without an accident during the Easter week-end. In addition to wrecks on the Holly Springs-Farm Life Road and Temporary 171, there was a minor accident on the Williams j ton-Bear Grass Road and one on i Williamston’s Washington Street | Sunday morning j Driving a 11»47 Pontiac, John j Manning, 31-year-old colored man I of Griffins Township, lost con trol of the machine when he at tempted to pass Farmer Henry G. Corey in a pick-up truck on the Holly Springs-Farm Life Road ' about 7:15 o'clock Sunday eve ning Corey said that he turned off the road to the right shoulder when Manning tried to pass him in a curve. The Pontiac hit the left shoulder, coming to a stop 156 feet down the road after turn ing over once or twice. Manning made a wild dive, landing about 1 30 or 40 yards farther down the road, according to Patrolman M. ! F. Powers who made the investi gation. Suffering a bad cut on his fingers and bruises, the victim was treated in a local hospital. Annie Woolard, 40, a passenger in the ear, was pinned betwen the steering wheel and the dash board, but suffered only a slight : cut over the right eye. Damage to the ear was estimated at between $750 and $1,000. The driver faces j a charge of passing another vehie 1 le on a curve. Saturday evening at 0:10 o'clock James Grist, colored man of RFD 1, Choeowinity, was driving his 1941 Ford toward Jamesville on 1 Highway 171 when the radius rod earrte loose, causing him to lose control of the machine. About three miles this side of the Mar tin Beaufort boundary, the ear hit the soft shoulder of the road and turned over, doing about $500 damage to the ear. Grist and his three companions were not hurt, Patrolman Powers said after mak ing the investigation. 4 crr/tlx I’osilion If itli Virginia Elvvtriv llcrv —r Mrs John Grant has accepted a position as cashier for the Vir ginia Electric and Power Com pany in its offices here. A native of Scotland, Mrs. Grant was with the company in its offices at Newport News before locating here. Mr. Grant is also employed I by the company. Former Local Boy Follows Hobby Despite Korean War - While many of his fellow stu dents were chasing a good time, William K (Buster) Old, former Williamston boy, was busy chas ing butterflies, bugs and beetles, catching an occasional snake or ! frog as part of his nature study hobby. Ho 'was well advanced in /.oology and biuiugv belore com pleting high school. He treated nature's creatures as friends, and it was nothing unusual for him to sneak his pets into the house and there tender them the best o' care. Two years were spent in col lege, and then on July 13 he de cided to enter the armed services I It was thought that his nature I studies would be sidetracked, but I lo and behold a recent report 1 from war-torn Korea declares that Buster is still carrying on there despite war, highwater and sub zero weather. The following story oppeared in the Norfolk papers recently: A Norfolk soldier has sent the Smithsonian Institution a collec tion of Korean reptiles he found in a bomb-blasted school while fighting in Korea. The Institution announced to day that Corp William E. Old. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs William E. Old, Sr., of 700 Raleigh Avenue, “fount) uninjured a small collec tion of native reptiles skillfully preserved in alcohol and well la beled as to species. This collec tion evidently had been brought together by some native school teacher. “There are relatively few Ko rean reptiles and amphibians in the national museum, and the area has been inadequately cov ered by zoologists It is quite pos sible that the soldier’s material may contain species hitherto un recorded from Korea. "Among the specimens was that of a poisonous snake—a pit viper distantly related to both the American cottenmouth and cop perhead but quite distinct from either." Corporal Old is 22. He attend ed high school in Wiliiamston, N. C., ana was in his second year at the College of William and Mary, Norfolk Division, when he enlist ed three years ago. He has been in Korea since July and before that time was in the'' occupation army in Japan. He is j with the Signal Company of the 25lh Division. Throngs Attend Religious Services In This County -- ■ ■ * The people in this county turn ed to religious worship Easter .Sunday in great numbers, reports from most of the ministers said. While no one was lurned away as a result of limited housing ca pacity, the churches were literal ly packed. In. some churches the crowd dwindled sharply before the day was spent, but in others the attendance held a high fig ure until the last service was con cluded. More than five hundred attend ed the sunrise service in Wil liamston's Woodlawn Cemetery Sunday, and several hundred were present for the special ser vice in Tice Community Cemetery at the same time. Attendance upon the Sunday schools sessions pushed well above tne 250 mark in a number of instances. The religious activities of tht day were accompanied by Easter ! finery Weather conditions, ex-j ecpt for a chilly atmosphere, were | almost perfect, and it was a glor j ious day. Easter worship climaxed relig | ious meetings in several churches in the county, and marked the beginning of several special events in others. Sc members were added to the Everetts Baptist Church Sun day night, it was announced. Si mulatneous revivals are now un der way in Witliamston where Rev. Guy Moore of Wilmington is preaching in the Memorial Bap 1 tist Church, and Rev. Howard Knight of Rocky Mount is preach ing in the West End Baptist Church. Rev. E C Stewart is preaching in the Hamilton Bap tist Church. Rev Ralph Ferguson. | the pastor is conducting a meeting i in the Robersonville Baptist Church, and Evangelist Bill Livei ; man is preaching in the Piney I Grove Baptist Church Review Of Recent Happenings In the Nation's Capital —— Sea mini Stories Itiiiiiiin^ Wilil; I MT Helieveil Close To Passage Congressional leaders on both sides of the Capitol left Wash ington for tlu Easter holidays at home convinced a compromise draft hill would emerge soon after sessions are resumed. The general opinion seems to be that the age limit will be set at eighteen and a half, and that reservists now in service will be given short terms of service Draftees, however, will I probably get slightly longer terms 1 of service, probably 24 months. UMT seems closer to passage now than at any time since the Korean fighting began. Also, the standards of induction will pro bably be lowered, so that in the 111-25 age group, current rejectees may be subject to recall for active duty. Many congressmen have complained that draft standards are set too high, and Shut defer ments have been too easily ob tained, especially in our largest cities. These congressmen think the armed services could get suffi cient manpower by closing the gaps in these two directions, with out having to draft 1he eighteen year-olds. The main opposition to the drafting of eighteen-year-olds developed in the house Armed Forces committee. The Senate agreed to the 18-year age limit, but the house is forcing a com promise. Scandals have been accumlat ing so fast in the top govern ment agencies that even veter an reporters in the national cap ital have stopped defending the Administration. Most reporters think President Truman an inno cent victim of his friends’ cavort ings. They know, however, that some of the hottest stories have not yet liit the front pages. And even when congressional committees bring out sordid deals under direct questioning, these tomjnil'ee.- cannot carry through in most cases, and in other cases find that everything done has been technically legal. It’s a case of attitude, or general disregard for the spirit of the law, by too many top government officials. I he President’s enemies charge this is a natural result of so many political ‘payoff" appointments. ('"’ontineed on page eight) Make Final Plans For Bloodmobile —+— Assisted by Miss Margaret Mar grave of the Tidewater Regional Blood Bank, volunteers of the Red Cross are today making fin *1 arrangements for handling the Bloodmobile here on Friday of this week. A eanteen will be opened at the lut and blood donors will be served a light meal, it is planned, rhe visit is the first for the 31oodmobilc to this chapter, and he committee is V ■ j •ffdrt to expedit- ' m-msiKKiiNc v,/ II' Senator .ioc Carrulliers’ bill is enacted into law, Mar tin Count.v will have some new political bed fellows. The senator from Guilford would take Martin County out of the Second State Senatorial Dis trict and croup it with Kdge eombc and Halifax. Carruth j ers would also take Bertie I County out of the First Dis trict and croup it alone with Martin, Fdcccomhc and Hali fax to form the Fourth Dis trict with two senators. It was once proposed to take Beaufort and Pamlico out of the Second and add Bertie, redueinc the number of senators for the rehashed Second District from two to one. People Here Help Purchase TV Set The total—$32—was small, but la few loeal people did have a part I in equipping one of the wards at Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, with a television set, it was learned this week. Some time ago, Mrs. W K Old, former Wililamston resident who now lives in Norfolk, volunteered to equip Ward No. 13 in the hos pital with u receiver. In fact, Mrs Old, working true to form, adopt ed the Ward as her own. Most of the boys there were North Caro lina boys who were casualties in the Korean fighting. Suite mo»i of the boys were from this State, Mrs. Old thought Carolinians would like to have a part. Six made contributions. Hospital authorities and the pa tients publicly expressed their ap preeiation for the thoughtfulness Every major ward in the hospi tal now has a TV set, persons in several states chipping in to fi nance Hu $12,000.00 project Loses Big Toe In Tractor Accident John Whitley, local farmer, lost the big toe from his left foot in a tractor accident on the Whitley farm near here last Thursday af ternoon. The young man caught his foot in the hydraulic lift, mashing it so badly that surgeons at Martin General Hospital found it necessary to remove the toe at the joint. Working alone about mile from the house, Whitley unfastened his foot and drove the trartoi to the house where he transferred to a pick-up truck and drove to the hospital, almost collapsing upon arrival there. ' 1 " — A HACK TO WOKk v_/ Following a long Faster week-end recess, the Martin County Superior Court re sumed its work this morning with Judge W. C. Harris of Kaleigli back on the bench. The criminal docket was handled last week, and today the court is eai.. ivh Vases' including ten divorce actions. Budget Calls For. I $303,000,000.00 In NexiBiennium —*— iM'IK'Iill l llllil Kiul^rl Iteing IMarrii Itcforr Joint (IniiiinilUM' T«mIu\ A general fund budget calling for spending of $42,000,000 more than the $303,000,000 recommend ed by the Advisory Budget Com mission for the next biennium is being presented to the Joint Appropriations Committee today This will be included in the re port of the sub committee named exactly three weeks ago to go ov er the general fund revommenda- 1 tions plus some $80,000,000 in ad- ^ ditional requests This sub-com mittee will recommend to the full - committee that the extra money be used to: Bay teachers a salary scale of $2,200 to $3,100 for A grade teach- I crs. Restore merit pay raises to state employees Give the state employees a cost of-living pay raise sealed accord ing to income- higher, percen tage-wise, for the lowest paid Give some help in deducing the teacher load Raise generally appropriations for general expenses of institu tions and agencies because of higher prices caused by inflation. Add some money to permanent improvements. And generally boost apropria tions for the agricultural agencies. The sub-eominitte finished its work last week and House Ap propriations Committe Chairman Larry Moore said that (he re port has been printed and will be presented to the full committee today. Meantime, the House wrangled over a bill that would change the requirements of evidence in re gard to motor vehicle accidents. It was introduced by Rep Marion Parrot of Lenoir and would es tablish as a matter of fact that the driver of a vehicle was acting as the agent of the owner of the vehicle when the vehicle was in volved m an accident. Rep. Sam Worthington ol Pitt argued that the bill made a man guilty until proved innocent., but supporters ol the bill claimed this was not so. The lull passed the House bv a large majority, on voice vote. Other House lulls passed called for: Appointment of a commission to study advisability of uniform court, costs m moto] vehicle cases in inferior courts. Boost weight and length limits for buses equipped with three axles. Outlaw sale of corn at night Provide for optional non-par ticipating memberships in tobac co hoards of trade. A scheduled hearing on the Hamilton hill, putting Judge Lu (her Hamilton of Morehead City hack on the retirement pay roll, was called off last week b.v the House Committee on Courts and Judicial Districts when a quorum of the committee failed to show up for the session. New House lulls introduced in the House included ones to: Kxtcnd the supplementary teacher pay raise of the current biennium to vocational teachers, principal;. .... , upi.-r.'.ehc,denis Establish a minimum retire ment allowance of $50 pel month for teacher-- with 30 years of (Continued on Page Eight) Makes Final Appeal For Red Cross Fund r KISHKm j Despite unfavorable weath er conditions, large crowds, taking advantage of the East er holiday, visited the coun ty's fishing capital, Jamesville yesterday. Operations at the plant were blocked after three hauls were made with the seine on account of the wind and strong water, hut there was fish to spare in the Kuritan Club's kitchen where many were served during the day. Cold weather forced flu cooks to move from out-door kitchens on the bluffs of the Koanoke to the school cafe teria where choice fish, ex pertly prepared, were served. Nan Believed To Have Drowned In Roanoke Saturday —<*,— Tlioinu- Vlii-on, (>0. Missing Since I :00 O'clock I lial Vflcriiooii -g, Thomas (Hull Weevil) Mason, about sixty years of age, is be lieved to have lost Ills life in the Koanoke Kiver late last Saturday afternoon Mason, coming here from Mcau i fort County about thirty years ago, wax last seen near Sweet Water Creek where it empties into the river about 4 00 o'clock that afternoon by Leslie Long, a Tarboro man who was camping on the hanks of the Koanoke over till' week-end. Lung was quoteil as saying that he talked with Mason at a fishing machine near the creek Long cranked up his motoi and Mason cranked Ins up and followed with tile intention of stopping along the way to fish a net Mason was not seen after that time, but about two hours later the empty boat was found floating down the river near Jor dan's landing, about five miles below the point where the creek empties into the river There was no gas in the tank, and the cap had been taken off It is believed that Mason, said to have been intoxicated, fell out of the boat win n he was cheeking the gas tank A search was made that night hut no 11 are ol the man could he lound, anti u is fairly eel lair that he fell out and drowned If the body is found it'll be by accident, for the strong current could take it into Albemarle j Sound within a few hours How - ever, it isn’t likely that the body j has sill faced yet, and there Is no one spot to look for it Taking Fisherman Geo Hardi son's boat without permission, Mason is believed to have gone down the river, looking for more liquor. He was wearing boots and a special oil skin suit. Mason was in World War I and was badly wounded in battle He worked \*i'll the town sanitary and street departments for some time, hut with a monthly pension coming in, he was not gainfully employed all the time II" is sur vived by his wife, Annie Mason. Martin County Yanis Get Recognition In Washington Assistant County Agent By J. W. Summer When Mi Prana Jeter was in Martin County for the Sweet Po tato Contest awards presentation, lie suggested that Martin County Potatoes should be given publici ty in Washington, I) C At his suggestion a bushel of Drippin’ Honey Yams were sent by the Martin County Yam Growers As sociation to Mr hosier A Schlup, -.fuel, Division of Extension In formation, Washington, D. C In a few days the following lel er was received: J W. Sumner Assistant County Agent A'lliiamston, North Carolina I Jour Mr. Sumner Thi sweets ramr m ■ 11 it I they l<«>k a» if tin \ adequately refleet the gloriei of North Carolina soil and farming ability arid tile gen erosity of its people. Since they just arrived, we haven't had an opportunity to taste them, but I couldn’t refrain from writing you imediately to express our appre ciation. With best wishes and many thanks, I am Sincerely yours, Lester A Sehlup, Chief Division of Extension In formation” Similar praises have been re ceived' wherever Martm 6*tu«4p~. Drippin ilori y Varna ’ . Drive About $700 Short Oi Its Goal For This Chapter --4 (liuiriiiun 11 op** fill liiilc ('ontrilHilioii* Will llriiiu l |> The Slack Pointing out that need was greater now than at any time since the last war, Chairman John Henry Edwards today issued a final appeal today for support of the Red Cross Fund Drive now nearing its close in this chapter. “We have hardly collected enough to finance the operation of the newly scheduled bloodmobile coming here for the first time on Friday of this week. ' Mr Ed uards said. Other demands on the organization are giowing as a result of the war, it was pointed out. an unless late contributions are better than expected, the drive will fall below its quota and services will have to be cur tailed some where along the line. Since the Iasi report, $1115 was added to the amount, pushing the total to approximately $3,000, leaving the drive about $1,057 short of the minimum quota of $4,057. Chairman Edwards said that the colored citizens in Wil liamston expecting to raise $500, had only about $300 or $335 in hand to report late today. With the $325 held by Principal Hayes, the amount will still fall below the quota by about $700. it was ex plained. Williams Township came through with $(i!!.(i! and Griffins Township reported $235.25, the two areas going above the aver age and the amounts reflected some hard work on the part of the canvassers there Good reports also came in from tic.' Burroughs and Dardens school areas, Chairman Edwards statwvg that Dardens had raised and re ported $01.25 and Burroughs rais ed $23.05. There arc a few more individ ual canvassers ta report, and most of the colored schools have not \et submitted their reports, it was explained But they are hardly ex pected to overcome the deficit now looming fairly large. The chairman and his co-chairman, H. P Mobley, are asking those who did not see the canvasser- when they were making th«'ir rounds to make a contribution now. Mother Of Local Man Died Today Mi v I laltic Bryant Goodmon, mothci i>| It II Guuclnitin ot Wil liamston, died in ,i Raleigh hospi lal this morning at 1 00 n’eloek id a heart attack She had been in declining health fur some time, hut was getting along very well until sin1 suffered a heart attack, the end coming a short time later. Mrs Goodman was born in Co lumbia, S ( , 74 years ago and spent her early life there. She was married to Alexander H. Goodman who died m 1934 For a number ol years she had ;uadc h> i home m Raleigh where she was active in religious service un til declining health forced her re tirement Surviving besides her son here ate a duughtci, Mrs R C. lith i ridge of Richmond, and two sons, Naubert A Goodman of Dillon, S C., and Troy A Goodmon, U. S. Army Air Force, Panama City, Fla.; four grandchildren; and three sisters, all ot Columbia. Funeral services will be eon ducted by her pastor in the Pen mngton-Smith Funeral Home in Raleigh Wednesday afternoon and interment will tie m Montlaw Cemetery there. * 11 on/dial Foal Friday For Frvohnrnt Calvin Ayers, Bear Grass far mer, after leaving Brown's Hospi tal on Monday of last week, suf fered a relapse at his home last Friday and was returned to the hospital that day. He was report 'd to have rested very well last lUgh-C-tuiLi!.was.reported that he goutmues seriously ill.
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