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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3.n«0 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE1 VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 29 William »lon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 10. IO.il ESTABLISHED 1899 Several Hurl In Series Of Road Wrecks In County ♦ l’ro|»**rtv Damage Estimat ed At $1,200 By Officers Making Investigations -• ♦ Several persons were injured and a property damage, estimated at about $1,200, resulted in a se ries of motor vehicle accidents on county highways during the past week-end, according to reports coming from the highway patrol office and police officers. The first in the series was re ported last Friday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock when J. E. Hedrick’s 1951 Ford and Joseph L. Godard's 1940 Ford were in collision on Highway 04 between Williamston and Jamesville. Damage, esti mated at $150, was accepted by Mr. Hedrick who received a six stitch cut over his right eye. No one else was hurt, according to Patrolman M. F. Powers who made the investigation. Friday evening about 7:30 o’clock, Donald Thomas Ward of Robersonvilie lost control of his 1948 Chevrolet on a dirt road not far from Huskenaw Swamp and turned it over .doing about $40 damage to his car. Ward was not hurt, Patrolman B. W. Parker, the investigating officer, said. About 11:30 o’clock that same night, Louis Columbus Short ap parently was flying too low in his 1949 Ford near Jim Bell's place not far from Gold Point and lost control of the car which plowed (Continued on page six) Green Wave Band Concert a Success —«— Tin’ annual concert of the Green Wave Band of Williamston lfijLih School presented last Thurs day night in the high school audi lorium was a decided success on all counts as the hand gave one nf its best performances and a capacity house was on hand to enjoy it Iii addition to attracting music .lovers from all over the county it also brought to Wil liamston quite a number from nearby counties. Over 200 band members, par cuts and out-of-town guests also attended the birthday party given the band by the Band Parents Club in the cafeteria following the concert and there was ample food and refreshments for all. The concert was not only a suc cess from the standpoint of the program and attendance but also supplied the band with funds to pay for a new bass trombone which arrived just in time for the concert. However, it was empha sized that the concert is not a moijey-raising project. Only a moderate charge was made for the tickets. Three marches were on the pro gram, Indiana State Band, Na tional Emblem, and Red Wagons. The second number on the pro gram was an overture, Mantilla, and was one of the finest the band has ever played. Another high light was a number, Capricious Aloysius. featuring Miss Sarah Manning, clarinet soloist. As an encore, the band present ed Red Rhythm Valley, an ever popuiur number which gives each section of the band a work-out. It was the last concert appear ant e o 1 then high school careers for a score or so of the band mem bers. Professor Jack Butler, di rector, had these stand up to show the replacements which would be necessary for next season. Then he had the prospective members of the band to stand and that, too, proved to be a sizable number giving pionhsi of replacements in quantity if not in experience. ! DRAFT CALL ' Five Martin County young men are being called to re- I port to Fort Bragg for final induction in May, according to information received this week. The call is one of the small est to reach this county since ihe draft was resumed last October, and is less than half the size of the current month call. Eighth Annual Stock Show Opens April 12 j PRESIDENT v-_> Chas. L. Daniel was re elected president of the Mar tin County Farm Bureau at a meeting held in the county courthouse last Friday eve ning. He is now serving his eleventh year as head of the organization. Mrs. Chesson Died Early Friday At Home oi Daughter —»—_ Funeral Service Held Sun day at Son's Home Near Kohersonville -* Mrs. Annie Walters Chesson, a resident of Williamston and Mar- j tin County for about thirty years, died at. the home of her daughter, Mrs Myrtle Lilley, in Roper, early last Friday morning. She had been in declining health for about five years, but was thought to be getting along as well as us ual when she retired last Thurs day evening. When members of tlie family went to her room about (1:00 o'clock Friday morning they found her dead, the apparent victim of a heart attack. Mrs. Chesson, daughter of the lute James Horton and Eliza Sen nett Walters, was born in Wash ington County 04 years ago on February 25, 1807. She spent most of her early life there and in ear ly womanhood was married to! Mark Chesson who died four ' years ago. In 1913 the family i moved to this county and located near Williamston, later moving into town after Mr. Chesson retir- j ed from the farm. Two years ago she returned to her native county to make her home with a daugh ter. She was a member of the j Methodist Church for many years, and is well remembered here by a host of friends and acquaint ances. Surviving are four sons, Will, Bruce and Fred Chesson, all of Williamston, and Jack Chesson of near Roberson vi lie; and three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Lilley and (Continued nn page six) Education And Liquor Crash Education and the illicit liquor business crashed at Gold Point last Friday when two 15-year-old, pupils wandered about 250 yards1 from the school ground and help ed themselves to beer at a crude, liquor still. The two pupils were said to have "passed out”, and am urgent call was made to the sher iff’s office. Early Saturday morning..., the j sheiifl and several deputie- found and wrecked the plant including j an old oil drum and five barrels of mash. A short time before the report was recieved. ABC Officers J. H. Roebuck and Cecil Bullock were raiding in the area, wrecking two plants hardly more than 500 yards from the site of the plant destroy ed Saturday morning. Both of the ; plants were equipped with oil drums and there was one barrel of beer at each site. Last Friday morning the offic ers wrecked two submarine type stills and pouted out 800 gallons of mash in Bear Grass Township Fourteen Steers And Two Hundred Hogs Are Booked Several Hundred l)ollai> In Prizes Being Offered Show Winners -« The eighth annual Martin County Fat Stoek Show will be opened in Williamston’s Roanokc Dixie Warehouse on Thursday of this week with the sale scheduled to get under way on Friday at 1:00 o'clock p. m. it was announc ed this week by Assistant County Agent Sam A. Tuten. The fourteen steers, booked for showing, arc to be in their stalls by 10:00 o’clock a. m. Thursday and made ready for the judging that afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Steers are being exhibited this year by Corrone Bryant, Henry Rogers, Alice Ruth Price and Marv Jane Rogers of the Wil liamston club; Johnnie Griffin, John Andrews and Haywood Brawn of the Everetts club, Mar ion Griffin and Gene Powell of Robersonville, Wallace Smith, Paul Stevenson and Calvin Ogles by of the Oak City club. Exhibitors of prime beef stock will receive $10 cash awards, with the prizes ranging down to $5. Keener competition at the sale Friday is expected, and more buyers are planning to attend and participate in the sale, according to reports heard today. The number ol beef cattle en tries is not as large as it was in the past, but Agent Tuten said the quality is believed to be bet ter The club bovs and girls found the purchase prices too high when they plartned to prepare for the show. A total of 223 hogs have been booked for showing in the depart ments for club members and adult farmers, and some real competi tion is certain, according to Agents Tuten and Brady. Prizes m the- swine department are in excess of $300, the cash awards ranging from $25 down to $1. The Martin County Farm Bu reau and the various civic clubs in the county are contributing most of the prize money, while Roberson’s Slaughter House is lending a strong ha^rt in helping make the show a success. The hogs are to be on display not later than (i:00 o’clock Thurs day. The judges will start picking the winners at 8:30 o’clock Fri day morning. The thirty-eight club boys and girls named below are planning to exhibit 81 hogs: Bob Lee Perry, Miss Peggy M. Godard, and Johnny Bowen, of R2 Williamston; John Beach, R1 Oak City; Johnnie Griffin, R1 Robersonville; Charles Mills, R3 Williamston; Billy Bailey, Eve retts; Jerry House,Frank House, and Donald Whitfield, all of R1 Robersonville; Sammie Holliday and Irvin Bowen R3 Wi.lii.rrv Jean Woolard and Paul Williams of R1 Williamston; Joseph Jones, R1 JamesviJle; Josh Hardison and Mary Louise Holliday, R1 Wil iiamston; Leila Modlin, Arthur Lee Modlin, Jr.. John Hardison, Freddie Martin, C. A. Martin, Miss Ann Napier, and Junior Lilley, all of R1 James villef James R Ward, Jimmie Rawls, Marion Griffin, all of Ri Robersonville; Vera Warren and Betty Warren of Par mele; James H. Revels, Rl Wil (Continued on rage eichtl Baby Still Taken Monday Morning -- Raiding in Williams Township before breakfast Monday morn ing, ABC Officers J. H. Roebuck and Cecil Bullock took a cute lit tle copper liquor still and poured out about fifty gallons of sugar mash. The kettle, rating among the smallest taken in this county in recent years, was of about six gal lon capacity, Officer Roebuck said. i OPS MEETING ] \j A representative of the Of fice of Price Stabilization n il! dicuss the new price regula tions and other details of the national program with mer chants from Martin and ad joining territory in a special meeting to be held in the Mar tin County courthouse Wed nesday night, April It, at 8:00 o'clock, it was announced to day. It is an important meeting and all merchants and other business men are invited to attend. Officers Elected For Farm Bureau In Martin County --<f. Gitas. E. IhmicI I trains His Eleventh Year As Hem I Of Organization -«< Meeting in the county court house last Friday evening, mem bers of the Martin County Form Bureau and the Women’s Federa tion re-elected all officers for another year. There was no op position and tin- elections were by acclamation. Completing ten years of faith ful service as president of the Farm Bureau in the county, Mr. Chas. L. Daniel tried to with draw, but the members would not listen to his plea. Literally draft ed for the post, Mr. Daniel said that while he was certain a younger person could accomplish more, he would continue to do all he could for the Farm Bureau. "Many people may not realize it, but the Farm Bureau has meant much to the farmers and others in this section,'' Mr. Daniel said, de claring the organization was worthy of a continued strong sup port. "I know that had it not been for the Farm Bureau the re cent bill would not have been passed by Congress,” Mr. Daniel said. The list of officers for the new year are: C. L. Daniel, president; Sam T Everett, vice president; Mayo Hardison, seerbtary-treas urcr; directors: George Oglesby, Hamilton; Henry Early, Goose Nest; S. T. Everett, Robersonville; Mayo Hardison, Poplar Point; G. H. Forbes, Cross Roads; 11. U. Peel, Bear Grass; D. V. Clayton, William.st on; J. Call Griffin, tContinued on page six) Roland C. Cherry Enters Ministry Roland C. Cherry, local young man, was ordained for the minis try, together with several other ministers from outside the county, at ordination services held in Cherry’s home church, Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist Church, on March 30. Rev. Cherry is the third young Martin County man to be ordain ed in a county church and the service was well attended. A veteran of World War il, he served two years in Japan and a lie i leaving the service he was employed here with the Virginia Electric and Power Company. Re called to duty last August he has been serving as chaplain at Camp Lejeune Cherry is expecting a discharge in the near future at which time he plans to devote his fui) time to the ministry. Fourteen Leaving For Army Center ., -• — Fourteen Martin County young men, including two volunteers, are scheduled to leave here to morrow morning by regular bus for final induction into the army. They are to report here at 8:30 o’clock and continue to Fort Bragg. There are rune colored men, in cluding the two volunteers, and five white men in the list. It is possible that a fifteenth man will report. He was reported delin quent when he was to have left for his pre-induction tests. By not reporting then h.- placed him self in line for immediate induc tion without pre-induction tests Congressman Harold Cooley to Address Farm Bureau Meeting -S' - * Expect More Than1 Two Thousand for Barbecue Friday —— Congrosmuii llrrhrrt Hon-1 nor and Otlirr Digni taries* To Atteml —■» Congressman Harold Coolev. i chairman of the all-important Na tional House Agriculture Commit tee and possibly one of the host posted men on agriculture and ag ricultural problems in the nation and a large part of the world, will address the annual meeting of the Martin County Farm Bureau in the Williamston High School au I ditorium Friday afternoon of this ! week at 5:00 o’clock. Accompani ed by Congressman Herbert Bon ner of this district, Mr. Cooley [ will fly down early that after noon. The congressman, just back from a European trip, was called j to Texas last week for a study of | farm problems. He is a busy man I and officers of the Martin County I Farm Bureau are fortunate in j deed to have him visit the county with Congressman Bonner Mr Cooley has not yet announced his address topic, but he is an able | speaker and one who is in posi tion to give a good picture of what’s happening in the world to day, especially in the field of ag riculture. It is fairly certain the school auditorium will be filled to overflowing, and Farm Bureau members are advised to be pres-* ent early. Expecting more than 2,(Hill j members for the annual meeting! and barbecue, Farm Bureau lead- i its have completed extensive ar- ; rangements for earing for the large crowd. Thirty-three pigs have been donated to the organi zation and they are being prepar ed for the cookers today. The ladies oi the Macedonia Church have volunteered to prepare the corn bread and slaw and serve the meal A special committee is handling other arrangements. The meal will be served on the Wil liamston High School grounds im mediately after the meeting in the auditorium. In addition to Congressman1 Cooley and Bonner other cligni- • taries have been invited to attend 1 tin Friday afternoon meeting, in cluding prominent farm leaders and others. The annual Farm Bureau meet ing coincides with the annual Martin County Fat Stock Show, opening on Thursday o! this (Continued on Page Eight) Returning Home i From Korean War • ■ — Return of a warrior with the knowledge of having helped es tablish records unequalled by any other carrier based flying organi zation in the Korean hostilities is Ji-nnis L, Cherry, aviation much mist’s mate, second class, USN, oi 113 Plum Street, Williamston. a member of Carrier Air Group II In combat for nine months, which "is longer than any other group, the following records were made: 1. The first Navy pilot to shoot down an enemy MIG jet tighter. 2. Sorties flown, 9,673. (More than twice as many as any other group). 3. Hours in the air, 23,107. (Un surpassed). 4. An average oi v)0 strike mis sions per man (One-third more than the next ranking group) 5 A record of 9,000,000 pounds of ammunition dropped on the enemy. 6. Carrier landings, 10,000. (Un equalled to date) In addition, the air group was highly instrumental in the suc cessful completions of the Inchon landing and the famous Hungnam withdrawal. CONTINUES ILL Mr. S. Rome Biggs, in rieelin j mg nCdilii lor T.-r<gd)t*-<ew>» ! quit' feeble at hi- hone here on North Watts Street. Six In Race For Places On Town Board Commissoners -$ No last-minute filing develop ments were reported, but local citizens are being called upon to choose five members of the town | board of commissioners from a; field of six candidates in the pri mary election next Monday, April 16. Mayor Robt. H. Cowen, com pleting his second term, was de clared the nominee when no op position was officially offered be fore time for tiling ended at 6:00; o’clock last Thursday evening The primary race for places on the town board of commissioners developed when a sixth candidate, Jilrs Martha M. Ward, announced her candidacy last Thursday, the old members having filed their candidacies earlier in the week. It is now up to the voters to choose five persons for their party nominees from the following field of six candidates: David Moore, N. C. Giwn, W. O. Griffin. K. D. Wont'll and Leman Barnhill, all members of the present board, and Mrs Ward. The polls will hi' opened at 6:110 o'clock next Monday morning in the town hall and remain open until 6:30 o'clock in the evening Following the selection of the nominees in the primary election next Monday, the voters will lie railed upon to elect their town officials m the general election on Tuesday, May 0 Comparatively few persons have registered and interest in the biennial political event here is at a low ebb. It was reported yesterday that Mrs. Ward planned to withdraw, but in a telephone message early this morning from Florence, South Carolina, she said she was still in tlu; race War On Bootleggers Underway In County Made Nine Raids In County Early Saturday Night —•»— Sheriff Says Only l lu oinli liuunl Surrender NY ill hud War On Itoollrfiiier — -♦ All-out war lias been declared on Martin County Woolleggci s and , only unconditional surrender will end it, Shorin' M W Holloman said following a scries of nine raids made in the county last Sat i urday night. The officer was very emphatic in his declaration, ex plaining that a team of ten offi cers from the ABC Enforcement Division, the sheriff’s office and local police department, plus a member of the highway patrol and Constabh Wiley Craft ot Oak City launched the all-out attack last Saturday night. Eight ol the nine raids were made in Williamston, four of them pounding like lightning at homes on what has been referred to as "bootleggers' Avenue" or Wil liamston’s Griffin Street. The foul raids were conducted simultan eously by ten officers and the fur really flew. Liquor was found at all four places, hut in two in stances the intoxicants bore the legal label and the quantity on hand was within the law. Annie Woolard and John and Novella Bonds were hooked with having a quart of illicit liquor in then homes and were placed un der bond In addition to the li quor, officers found glasses and containers, indicating that sale.-, were maintained there. Bonds is! laboring under a suspended sen tence handed down in the super mr court a short time ago. He is at liberty undei $500 bond Mary Jane Dayton. having .sev en and one half pints of legal liquor on hand, was just within the law, and no ease was made against her Boston Gainor had three pints ol legal liquor on hand and officers made no ease against (Continued on page eight) Debaters Going To Greenville —*— Scoring a win over Washington in the first round of the State wide triangular debates, Ernest Taylor and Corrone Bryant, rep resenting the local high school, will enter the second elimina tions m Greenville on Thursday of this week The query is "Resolved The United States Should Reject the Sv.'.ti " JJJf',- local team is debating the affirm;.tve side j of the question. r CO ITON In what is believed to be a final report, the government a few days ago announeed that 602 bales of eotton were ginned from the 1050 erop in this county as compared with 2,080 bales ginned from the 1040 crop. The production rates among the lowest in this country in many years. The reduction, traceable to both an acreage decrease and weevil damage, was general throughout the nation . In North Carolina production dropped from 101,770 bales in Niss Rowe Closes Concert Programs Here Last Evening ‘’Iron;: Support To Srroiul Spurs For I *)~t I r»2 Season Miss Genevieve itowc, rinsing Hit' Martin County 1950-51 com in mi i ty concert series, may not travel this way again but her program in the high school aud itorium here last evening will be remembered a long, long tune Supported by a most pleasing per tonality, the noted coloratura so prano sang her way into the hearts of her listeners, and the large audience was all hers be fore she closed the first numbci The noted artist, widely ac claimed on the radio, in opera and special concerts, faced an ad unitedly doubtful audience, but she quickly established herself just to find it a bd difficult to end the encores both at interims Sion and at the final curtain Exacting members ol the aud iene did not hesitate in compar ing her piogram with that of Donald Dame, and while the re nowned tenor did offer a splen did program, he barely held his own in comparison. Miss Rowe’s rendition of Bis hop's "Lo, Here the Gentle Lark possibly featured the first half of the program with the more populai numbers near the close and the several encores claiming the greatest applause. Her pro gram, all the way through, gained strong support for the renewal of the conceit series for next sea son, reports staling that many of tiie old members, including a goodly numbci from surrounding towns and communities, signed cards, asking for a continuance of the entertainment feature in 1951 52. Mr- Rowe, Mr.-. Robert Pay (Continued on Page Eight) Plans Completed For Cancer Fund Drive In County (lltuiniHMi iNamiul For All Township*; Drive Now Gelling l mler Way I Mans have been completed for advancing the cancer fund drive in this county, Mrs. Herbert Whit ley, commander, announced yes terday, and the campaign is al ready under way in several dis tricts. Martin County is being asked to raise $1,500, and preliminary re ports from the township chair men are very encouraging. “It is so important that everything pos sible should be done to eonquei cancer that I am willing to give all the necessary time and sup I port to the drive.'’ one chairman declared in accepting the un wanted but important task Mrs. Whitley announced the . fullow jpg. chai rman arid appealed to the public, urging that a will ing and liberal support be given each of them: Mrs Irene Blount, Jamesville: Floyd Moore, Williams, B. II Manning, Griffins, Mrs. Mary Terry, Bear Grass: Jos. W. Bail ey, Cross Hoads; Herbert High smith, Roberson vi I le, Mrs. Her man Harrison, Popular Point; Miss Mildred Everett, Hamilton, land Mrs Blon/.ic Harrell, Goose | Nest In Williamslon, the Wo I man's Club members are sup j porting the canvass, and W C. : Bunch is heading the drive among J the local colored citizens. The above chairmen do not j want to trouble any one. They are giving their time freely with out no other reward than the knowledge that something needs to be done to eary on ari unre lenting fight against cancer, and that every effort should be made to advance research and main tain detection clinics Last year, approximately fifty Martin County persons, while and colored, were examined in free (Continued on page six) Issues Cancer Proclamation Last year some 210,000 families lost a father, a mother, or a ehikl to cancel Of these more than 100,000 were m the prime of life, between the ages of 30 anil 05 They were stricken when their families, then work and their communities needed them most. Those who lost a dear one, know cancer as a terrible1 threat. They know that the disease reaches beyond the patient to the family and loved ones all of whom must share a serious bur den Happily, there is a brighter side Physicians can now cure half of those who develop cancer if the disease is diagnosed early and treated promptly. Today, however, only about one in four, who have the disease, are being saved. We as individuals have a great responsibility we can strike back at cancer through spreading life saving facts and through contrib tiling to the Cancer Crusade, hives will be ved in our coun try, our state, our community, and perhaps in our own families. Therefore, I, Robert Cowan, I Mayor of Wiiliamston, take great pleasure in proclaiming April as Cancel Control Month. ! cal! on ail citizens to join in the Cancel* Crusade of the American Cancer Society. I heartily subscribe to the Crusade’s theme: Guard Your Family, Strike Back, Give to Con quei Cancer. f-•---' HOI M) l I' \_-J Niue persons were rouudeil up and temporarily detained in the Martin County jail dur ing the week-end, including a couple of alleged liquor law violators. Four of the nine were hook ed lor being drunk and disor derly, two for violating the liquor laws, one each for pub lic drunkenness, non-support and drunken driving. Two of the nine were white and the ages ranged front 23 I tu 45 years ot age, i.
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