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I IHE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT’’ FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ic=5 t THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3.f»00 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK / VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 27 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina. Tursilay, i/n il l. It).hl F.STAI5I.ISIILI) J89<* Propose Addition To Agriculture Building Several Petitions For Better Roads Heard By Board Salr of Ileal Kstate Ordered For l)elin<|iienl Taxes For Year of 1950 Pointing out that there is a na tion-wide movement to consoli date all agricultural agencies un der one roof in each county, rep resentatives of the Production and Marketing Administration and Farm Agent Tom Brandon appeared before the regular meeting of tlie- Martin County Commissioners and discussed the possibility of enlarging the agri i ultui e building. All such agencies are housed in the crowded build ing at the present time except J C, Kubanks Farmer Home Ad ministration. Agent Brandon said that they were crowded in the ’ building that offices were maintained in the auditorium. It is proposed that office space be added to the rear of the present structure. Commissioner C. C. Martin was named to represent the county board on a committee with in structions to outline plans and piesent them to a later mating, it was explained that no action voloo ue taken ort tile project im mediately. 1 he commissioners ordered real estate advertised in May for sale in June where the 1950 tax ac counts had not been paid. Ac cording to Ta.- Collector M. L. Peel the tax picture as it related to 1950 is much brighter than the «'ne lot 1949 at the corresponding period of the year. All but $38, ftOB.Ol of the $335,489.59 levy for 1950 has been collected. A year ago, $44,705.54 was due on 1949 taxes. The collector also reported that all but $8,096.22 of the $313,314.06 for 1949 has been collected, that there was a balance of $5,018.35 due on 1948 taxes, and only $3,- j 1 19.03 was due on the 1947 levy, i It is fairly certain that a sizable , amount of the tax now due will be paid before the delinquent list is advertised early next month. ^ (Continued on page six) Escapes Injury In Wreck Last Night Losing control of the father's 1 1950 Dodge, Bill Bob Peel ran the machine off the Roanoke River fill into Conine swamp early last evening, the young man declaring he had not even thought about <4 --even Driving toward Williamston, j the young man said he started to pass a pick-up truck just about the time the pick-up started to* pass a third vehicle. The bumper \ and tender ol the pick-up truck I the door of the Peel car, throwing it out of control. Peel, just recent ly returned home fTorri school to *uuhe ready : o' active duty ill the National Guard, was travel ing alone and suffered only minor shock when tin car went down the embankment near the eastern end of the fill and turned over. He said he was driving about fifty i miles an hour when it took off in to the swamp, and that there was, no insurance to cover the loss which was estimated at more than $1,000. Man Booked For False Pretense Charged with claiming unem ployment compensation when he was gainfully employed, Fred Douglas, local colored man, was carried into Justice Chas. R. Mob ley’s court last week, it was re ported by Wood Privott, claim’ deputy in this area for the Em plovment Security Commission. 1 Douglas, formerly employed by i he Dixie Peanut Company, v^s i "equired to refund the payments;! ■eceived from the commission and j i Jav the court costs. , i BLUE MOLD Blue mold, said to be pre valent to a great extent in Georgia, South Carolina and sections along the border, made its I'irst appearance in this county last week, accord ing to a report coming from Farmer William Q. James. The mold, covering about one square yard, was found on the farm of A. T. Taylor, Mr. James' father-in-law of Robersonville. The plants were said to have ranged in size between a quarter and fifty-cent piece. i Plans Completed j For Band Concert And Annual Fete —«— l''in i'll in;.' TuiirliCH l*n t On Program For Thursday Nifilil Al llij’li School Plans were virtually completed last night by the Williamston Band Club for the annual birth day party to be given the Green I Wave Band Thursday night fol ■ lowing the annual concert in the J high school auditorium which is ! scheduled to start at 815 p m Professor Jack Butler told the ' members of the club that thi young musicians were now put ting the finishing touches on the concert program which is to have a variety such as to appeal to the various lovers of band music. In the program will be three march es for those who like stirring, spirited music, overtures for those who care for this class, chorales, selections and two descriptive numbers, one department of the concert that always gets a big hand from the younger listeners and many of the older ones. The marches include Indiana State Band. National Emblem, and Red Wagons, the latter a cir cus-style march written by the man who for years directed the band of Ringling Brothers and Barnurn and Bailey circus. The selections include Finiculi f inicula, The Man I Love and Swi.net*, the last two by Gershwin as arranged by Yoder and Ben nett. The chorale is Jesus, Jov of Man's Desiring by Bach while the overture is Mantilla by Yoder. One of the outstanding features ol the concert will be a solo by Miss Sarah Manning, solo clari netist who is making hei last con cert appearance with the band alter four years of holding first chair in her section She-will be accompanied by the band in Ca pricious Aloyisous. The descriptive numbers are Teddy Bear’s Picnic and The Syn copated Clock. Those who have heard these numbers in practice have been pleased with their ar rangement and presentation. Tin* birthday party uuj^rjUow the band concert and’ iiketht^on cert itself will be under the spon (Continued from Page Six) ~ i Veteran Of War Is Found Dead James D. Cobuyn, 30, was found dead at his home here on Wash ington Street last Thursday morn ing. He was the apparent victim of a heart attack. A veteran of World War II Co burn attended veterans’ school here the night before and left early for his home, stating that he had a severe pain in his chest. He went to his home and when he did not report for work between 9:00 and 10:00 o’clock the next morning, Crawford Howard went there and found him dead. Corone; Billy Biggs, investigat ing the death, said there was no evidence of foul play, that the man apparently died of heart at tack The doors to the room where he slept and died were securely fastened from the inside, the cor oner said. Civil Calendar In Superior Court Is Cleared Thursday, Papers Issued In One Case I Vk lifre Probation Terms 'ere \ iolaled The Murlin County Superior - ouri, utter working seven days, ended a two-week term lust Thursday. It'll bo baek in session lor two weeks beginning the 16th of this month when only civil eases will be considered. Convicted and sentenced to serve twelve months on the roads at the December, 1949, term for larceny, James D. Hilliard was placed on probation. It was point ed out to the court that the pro bation terms had been violated and his arrest was ordered by Judge W. C. Harris, presiding Civil proceedings not previous ly reported: In the ease of Ida A. Brown, Morgan t B Sabatell and others against Walter E. Brown, Jr., and others, the ce irt approved the sale of 45 acres of land in Kob ersonville Township to R A i Critcher and others lor $11,700 The original bid was $2,100. John A. Revels, claiming the terms of a contract had not been met, was granted a $1175 judgment against Paul Birdsong In the case of H. S Critcher against Jesse Whitley and Jesse Barnes, the power of attorney from the late Sherman Barnes to Jesse Barnes was declared void I and the plaintiff declared owner of certain land in Williamston The court approved the sale of the land for $3,300. Suing to recover $1,99(1 on a note dated April 20, 1933, Betty Gurkin and others were barred by the statute of limitations in her ease against Homer Peel and others. In the ease of B S. Courtney against Sidney Lewis, the plain tiff was declared owner of cer tain property and was given a judgment in the sum of $213.46. A $5,000 judgment was granted the plaintiffs in the ease of Frank C Moon at id otheis against Jen ness Morrill and others. In the ea- - of Cowen against Willie and Gen n is Modlin, the referee's report was accepted and boundaries as set out in a survey were recognized The court al lowed Referee Clarence Griffin a $500 fee and the stenographer, trances Raynor, was paid $210. In the case of C E. Jenkins against William Japies Grimes, (Continued on page six) Third Victim Of Wreck in Hospital Thinking it was of no conse quence at the time, Mrs. Julius Revels, a short time later, went to a doctor and learned that a small piece of bone had been shivered from her spine when an automobile driven by V. J, Fer ris of New York City crashed in to the side of Pierce Brothers' store at Corey’s Cross Roads early last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Revels, daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Pierce and a visi tor in the store at the time of thej unusual ixt, * .is against the counter The cat knocked in the side of the store building and pushed the shelv ing against the counter, Mrs Rev els absorbing part of the blow. She was hospitalized the follow ing day and is getting along very well. Mrs. Pierce barely escaped ser ious injury in the accident when she cleared a few seconds before the spot where the car struck Mr. Ferris, New York State Li quor Authority Commissioner, and Mrs Ferris, badly injured in the Tuesday afternoon accident, left a local hospital for a hospital in New' York City Saturday after noon. They were transferred in two Biggs ambulances to Rocky Mount where they were placed in a pullman for the remainder of the trip. One report stated that nearly thrity minutes’ time were j required to load the victims on | the train. Prominent in New York State j politics, Mr. Ferris received many inquiries about his condition from friend? in several states, includ ing one from Governor Thomas E. Dewev of New York. Most 1 owns In County A re A bout Holding Their (ken -— Most of the towns in this coun ty are just about holding their own as far as population figures go, according to an unofficial re port coining recently from Mrs. Bettie L. Coltrain, assistant sec retary in the office of Congress man Herbert C. Bonner. A complete report is not yet available but tigures released for six of the towns show that four had gains while two lost a few. as billows: Gain or 1940 1951) Loss Williamston 3.906 4,970 1,012 Robersonville 1,407 1,409 2 Jainesville 499 531 32 Oak City 512 515 3 t Hamilton Evei ctts Parmeic Hassell •117 150 142 114 524 h! H 11 •• 265 244 21" I Gold Point Bear Grass | “Denotes loss. No report eoultl be had for I '.o mole, Hassell, Gold Point and ; Bear Grass l’lie population lor the count} 1 was increased from 26,111 in 1 :>40 i to 27,5*72 in 11)50, a {tain of 1,661. i About 55 pereent of the uam I was in Williamston while the ru-i ral or communities .lust outside1 I the limits of incorporated towns remaininM ap Old Town Board And Mayor To Bun Again Rumored A Sixth Candidate Plans To Enter Contest -« I .it 11<‘ ltti>iiir*s Handled Vl Itr^iilar .Vlrrliii" of i'lir Hoard La?>l INi^lit J Breaking the greatest silence j 1 known to hover over a pre-elec tion here in recent years, William- j ston's mayor and five commis , sinners last night filed and an-j nouneed their candidacies to suc ceed themselves in the municipal I posts. Even though the town jobs will not have to go begging for candidates, there was not the eagerness for places in the offi ] eial family that existed in the past several elections. While the last J night filings are the only official! ones, it is still rumored that a! 'sixth candidacy is still pending I with the possibility that others! plan to enter the race before lil , ing time ends at (1:00 o’clock j : Thursday evening of this week. No announcement has been re leased, but rumor has it that a ; woman is considering entering the' race for commissioner. The decision to enter the race! was reached only after all town business was cleared from the! calendar at the regular board, meeting last night. There was j very little business before the group. Messrs Li I ley and Miller, own-1 ers-operators of Home Laundry and Henry Griffin appeared be fore the board and discussed the possibility of improving Warren Street. They explained that the .street is*»earrying a large volume! of traffic, and that travel is dif ficult at times and the drainage is insufficient. The board agreed that something needs to be done there and that a study will be made, looking toward some relief. A petition, carrying a large ma- ' jority of the property owners, was. presented to the board, calling i for curb and gutter and side walks j on both sides of West Main Street m that point whom the pre (Continued on page six) | HALF-HOLIDAYS v Shoppers are again remind ed Unit loeal stores, offices and a few other business eon cei'HS will start observing Wednesday afternoons this week as holidays. The stores are to close at I 12:30 o’clock, and the sched ule will be observed until the Wednesday before the op ening of the tobacco market. Two Slightly Hurt In Series Of Auto Wrecks In County ]*ro|M‘i'l\ Lows I noffiriiill) Lsliiuatofl Vl \1oi'c Than S 1,500 Two persons were slightly hurt iind property damage, uuofi n dally estimated at mine than $1,500, re suited m a senes of three motor vehiele accidents reported on streets and highways in this county last week-end, according to reports coming from police and members of the State Highway Patrol. The first in the series ol act i dents was reported about one and one-quai ter miles west ol Ruber i sonville on Highway 04 late Fri day night. James 11 Kennedy, white man of Whitakers, was j driving a GMC lock truck toward | Robersonville when something I got into his eye. The truck moved over the center ol the highway about three feet and the left real wheels ol the truck ran up on the left rear fender of King Agrippa Williams' 1951 Chevrolet which was traveling toward Parmele The truck turned over once or twice, but Kennedy was nut hurt in the spill. Williams’ wife was slightly hurt Investigating the ac cident, Patrolman B W Parker estimated the damage to each ve hide at about $000. Kennedy, booked for operating a motor ve hide without a driver's beep..,.. (Continued on page mix) Red Cross Fund Drive Is Extended Few More Days --* Unable to complete their can vass in the allotted time, several, solicitors this week asked that they be given a few more days to complete the Red Cross Fund Drive, according to John Henry1 Edwards, chan man foi the chap ter . During the meantime, Mr Ed ward* is hopeful that the late re ports will push the total on toward the $4,057 goal In a semi-final report released early today, Mr. Edwards said that a total of $3,681.57 had been reported. leaving the figure $375.43 short of the quota Only a few local business houses had not reported today, and reports were being awaited from several individual canvassers in the area Mi. Edwards said that several, 'fairly large donations had been received from individuals follow ing the urgent appeal issued last week. The appeal is being repeat cd today in the hope that those who overlooked the Red Cros nr the initial canvass or those who could supplement then original contribution.-: would help push th< drive over the top. Since the blood program has been made available to the people of this chapter by the Red Cross, a greater expense has to be ac cepted by both the national and local or ganizations, anrl we feel ' it our solemn duty to meet the j challenge," Mr Edwards said, it is fairly certain that a lar ge por- - tron of the morn y r aised for the ! Red Cross will conrc back to our people in the form of free blond it has been pointed cut. 1 I Delegation Asks Eighih Grade For Evereits School -<$> llo;ii <l I )»‘l;i\- Vrl'Hti On \ 11 > ( mil I .jilrr I IIi- Monlli A fifteen member delegation, 111'.II lei 1 IIV !U r Wi nil.:, ,1 I 'cel, ;i|) penit'd before the regular meet tnu "I the county hoard of cduca tion Monday and asked that then school be (riven an eighth made it was pointed out by the spokes man that Everetts had a c od elementary school and since the eighth prade is now considered a part of the elementary school, it should be maintained there. Be fore the twelfth made was added to the high school, the eighth grade has been included in the Robersonvi 1 le system There art 27 pupils in tin present seventh made at Kvei ft ts and the dele gation would retain them in Eve lefts as ,1 unit oi tht elementary system there. No action was taken. Chairman .1 1). Woolard explaining that a decision probably would be reach ed at a special meeting to be held later this month. Only three members of the board were present for the sched uled meeting Monday Board Member F. W. Holliday's term ex piled last Saturday and Ins sue censor, Howard Gaylord, has not qualified, one report stating that business had carried him out ol the State to Gouisiana for a lew days Membei Barge Griffin had planned to attend but was absent because his .-.on, Leon Karl Grit fin, was undi rgoing a major eye operation in a Washington hospi tal. Members ,! It Woolard, Cecil Powell and Ernest Edmondson were present, but tlu-y decided to wait for the lull membership he fore taking any action on matters scheduled for consideration at the regular session. The board in the special meet mg is to appoint local committee men for the next two years The names ol Howard Gaylord, G C Griffin and Ernest Edmond son were included in the omni bus lull introduced a few days ago m the Stale Legislature The terms of each were fixed for two years. Composes Poem On Her Familv m Miss Shii l«-.\ Jean Kobei on, I a year old sixth grade student u\ th<• Hamilton School and num hereri ainoni; the twenty children of Farmer and Mis Will Holiei son of tin.' county, composed the following poem: MV FAMILY My mother : name i Janie, and my Daddy’s name is Will My little istei' name i Barbara, and my brother's name is Bill. There is Jei r\ and (B ady, Jimmy and Charlie, Maudy Pearl, Betty 1 .on, Frances and Polly. There is Bussell and Bennie, Mickey and Odell, nai Allie Mari' Janie Kutli and Annie Bel;. That isn't all. Then in one I have lelt. That’s my big brothei in, name is Zeph. 'That is enough, but as you can See. There e one more, and that is me. Firemen Called Out Here Sunday Volunteer firemen were culled to the if ]i Davis home on l.ee Street here last Sunday evening at (i .'fO o'clock when an oil heat er went out of control. Only the pilot light was left burning eai her in the day anil when it went out oil accumulated in the tire box. When a fire was started the surplus oil treated the stove red hot, smoked the house : and threatened to spread to the woodwork and furnishings. No estimate on the damage could tie had hoi ns * of I* i dUhvU bj Ailitmt i ('<»llr<*lr<l lo'» Pints Of Usl W eek KOI MM I* Tin'l l' was lilll-.' .li ti\ iI \ mi llii' crime Ironl in (Ins cuunli lust week 1'inl, according (n reports nimiii; I min (In' *hrr ill's office. Five persons wrre arrested ■iiul temporarih del.mil'll in I In' county jail, mu' each I'nr .in assault, drunken driving, operating a motor veliicle without a driver’s license, is suance oi worthless cheeks ami public drunkenness. One id (lie live was white ami tli" ases oi the i;i'"iip ranged from I1* to it' (ears. J. Henry Beach Died Saturday At Home Oi Son —«— IJclircd I'illliKi' II.ill Itt-iii In Itrrliniii" Ili-allh Im Si'M'ral Mimlii John Henry Beach, retired far mcr, died at the hmne of lus .son. j Simon Beach, in Poplar Point Township last Saturday after- I noon at 1:20 o'clock, lie had been I in declining health for some time, but his condition had been crit ical following an attack ol inllu 1 enza suffered in February lie was ; a pal lent m a local hospital foi ! j five weeks, but left the early i I part ol Iasi week for his son s j home The son ot the late Harry Beach i ] and wife, he was born in Cross | Hoads Township 72 years ago and ! spent his early life there After j tanning in I’oplai Point Town i ship a short time, he located in 1 Wilhamstoii, Imildu g a home on the corner of Grace anil llaughtnn Swrcels about ltllti Al’tei being employed by the Standard < >11 Company a few year. , lie went back to tin farm, making his home with Ins children following the death of Ills wife, the former Miss l.eatha Wynne, twenty-five years ago Surviving are two sons, Simon Beach of Poplar Point. and George Beach of Wilhamstoii, and two (taughti i . Mr Paul Hyman ol I bouillon and Ml Geoi ge Bunch of Wllliamston Funeral services were conduct ed at the home ol In: daughter , here Sundav afternoon at TOO o’clock b.V Kev Is I! Slewail, 15a|)t isl minister ol Hamilton . Burial was in Woodlawn Cenie tery here , ] Old Schoolhouse Damaged by Blast i - The abandoned Corey's .school house in Griffins Township was damaged by a dynamite blast the early part «»f ia t week, but the work of vandals was not diseov red untlI la. t i11 ida> . He .henin in the area a i -a tie lira id the blast and added that window, m then home.* rattled about noon on the day of the explosion. Window, in the old building now owned by Alfred Kills were broken, Deputy Sheriff Kaymond Kawl stating that twelve big lights were shattered Following an investigation, Jame. C Feel, It), and Janies I) admitted firing two sticks o! dy Peel, 17, were arrested and they namite beside the building “just lor puie meanness (on m unity (.nnrort Si linliili' t it it ihi ni'i’iI The si-hedUle of Community | Concerts in Williamston and near by towns this month is a follows: i April a Rocky Mount, High school auditorium at 8:15 p. m. Morlc.y and Gearheardt, duo pian ists. April !) Williamston, High school auditorium at 8:15 p. in. Genevieve Rowe, soprano. April 11 Kinston, High School auditorium a* H-| f p m Morlev anri Oearhardt duo pianists-. Contribution Tops Any Made In This Section 01 State Recoin! t rip !-■ Icialulivrly >oi I' <>i i\:irl\ I*;ii'i t M’ N i ■ \ I July With ii.i ini': is i f llir National Cuard unit leading the way, more than two li m i rd p< i sons donat ed blood le lb* Red (,’riis blood b 'I,', here 1 ' Kriea; < siablish iii .1 i in thee .’em North Caro lina a nev con* i ibution record with li'.il pints Operated out of .In' Tidcwuh “innal Blood' Ci ntei nil"i:iallied m Norfolk by the American Red Cross, the bioodinobilc a a on ns fir-* visit ti tins chaptei Representatives of the Red Cros and the bloodnm bile personnel were well pleased with the response to the appeal for blood, and till of them prais ed the cooperative spirit and friendliness displayed b\ the do nors and volunteers who render ed valuable aid Plans for the hluodniohile visit were perfect and the operations were handled without a hitch. Volunteer workers and even the blood donors seemed to enjoy the experience After assisting the operations during the day, sev- 1 oral volunteers, including nurses, donated a pint of blood The American Legion Hut, the blood hank center for the day, wus like a bee hive from 9 00 a. m until alter -1.00 o'clock in the afternoon Police maintained one way traffic on Watts Street and parking was solid on both sides from Mam to Kay Street. Receptionists greeted the don oi at the doo. and directed them to tin volunteer clerks where the first records wen entered A nurse then took the donor's tem perature and pulse and cheeked his u i I.'ht a doctor then cheek ing blood pres ue and asking quest ion.* to make certain the vnhmteoi was physically able to give blood From that point the donoi moved on to the big room wlieri1 he gave the pint of blood. ()ld time blood donors said the set up was the best they had ever seen. ! .■ -s than halt ar. hour was needed, and the I nod was taken with le pain than in any of the hall dozen hospital; and ecu - ters they had visited A light meal was served the donors by volunteer and the cen ts . took on tlu atmosphere exist ing at a regulai picnic Although it w a no little task lo finally line up donors, Ko •ruiters liill Spives and Wheeler Manning did an excellent job. Re., than hall a de/en of those (Continued on page six) Debate Teams Win Dne And Lose One Loch! high school teams, debat ing the issue “Resolved, That the Anu i nan People Should He .... I |I.|. Well,O'" Si , ' V i-stccilnv alternnon scored over Green ville's team foi the negative in Washington and lost to Washing ton affirmative at Greenville in the first round ol the State wide triangular debate series Carrune Bryant and Ernest Tay lor won by a two to one decision over Greenville, and Bobby Goff and Don Parsons dropped a deci sion to Washington's negative team in Greenville. Bryn.pt and Taylor will anneal' iri the district debates to be held m Greenville within the next few days. (.lultl Itii'ul'S l.r" In Inil / ><><i7i I hr Slr/ts ■ Donald Clark, four-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Hyman Clark of Bear Grass fell and broke his leg in two places last Thursday. The accident took place when he fell down the steps in the pack house on his father's farm. He probably will be released from Brown's Community hospital to day where ho has be. . receiving treatment.
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