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IHE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT*’ FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES THE ENTERPRISE TEE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl OVER 3.000 MARTIN COCN'fl FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 32 William*ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday„ April 19, 19,» l ESTABLISHED 1899 Marlin Farmers Making Ready to Transplant Crop Outlook for Plentiful Suj». ply of Tobaeeo Plants Good In This County Martin County Farmers are making ready to slart transplant ing the 1951 tobacco crop next week, according to reports heard here today. The Harrison brothers out in Poplar Point are said to be pre paring their land at this time with the intention of starting the transplanting task next week. Farmer S. W Casper of the Oak City section, the Cullipher boys near Williamston and quite a few others are planning to start the transplanting work next week. However, the task is hardly ex pected to get under way to any great extent before week after next with the possibility that the peak will be reached on or about May 7-10 The outlook is good for a plen tiful supply of plants, but far mers are not boasting, most of them explaining that blue mold could strike and upset the sched ule. Just now the outlook for plants is possibly as good as it ever was for this season of the year. Very little blue mold has been reported, but the disease is present over scattered areas, far mers explaining that it has not been very destructive to those plants where it struck a few days ago. Discussing the farm outlook, ag ricultural agents said this week that while the season is a bit late in some respects, farmers are keeping up with their work. Pos sibly most of the corn crop has been planted, reports from var ous sections stating that much af it is up. Cool weather, how ever, has not helped the situation. Just now farmers are talking ibout pastun . and livestock, darting out with two or three hundred acres not so long ago, farmers in this county are said to have planted an estimated l,ii00 acres in Ladino clover last lall. Farmers Jim Rhodes and Bill Peel are said to have about the two prettiest pastures ever seen in this section. Leading agricul turists, visiting the pastures a lew days ago, declared they were the best they had ever seen. Two Brothers In Armed Services Two brothers, Martin B Hardi son and Garland Lee Hardison of Hamilton, are in the armed forces. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Belmer Hardison Martin B . was recently promot ed to the rank of staff sergeant al the proving grounds, Eglln Air Force Base, Florida He has been in the service since 1948. His pre sent address is 3203rd Supply Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida His brother, Garland, volun teered for service and left a few days ago for a four-year stretch of duty in the Air Force. He re ported to Sun Antonio, Texas. Both young men are graduates of the Oak City High School. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Death stalked Use highways id tins county last Sunday for mg one life while the accident the first time this year, claim toll went on to include maim ed and injured victims. Until more rhyme and reason can be applied when vehicle oper ators turn on the gas, no law can be very effective in the preservation of life, limb and prupci iy. The record should be warning enough for all to slow down The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. lath Week Accidents Inj'd Rilled Dano’ge 1951 K 5 1 S 2,025 1950 1 1 0 200 Comparison* To Date 1951 77 20 1 *19,730 1950 41 24 0 8.940 Sizable Gain Reported In Martin County Tax Values An .ncrease of approximately > $1,640,000 is anticipated in Mar-1 tin County tax listings for the current y ir. according to a pre- j liminary report released today by County Tax Supervisor M. L Peel. A survey of the listings has , not been completed in its entire ty, Mr. Peel explained, but he did point out that the gains were fair ly uniform in nearly every town- ' ship in the county. There were a few reductions that are a bit puzzling, and study of those cases is being considered, according to unofficial informa tion gained today. The listing work has been com pleted and a detailed report is ex pected within the next week or two. Commenting on the preliminary report, Mr. Peei stated that in dividual property listings in Jamesville Township exceeded $100,000, but that a late report from the pulp company cut the gain back by approximately $65, 000. While other properties sup ported the $100,000 gain over the 1950 figures, the pulp company listings dropped from $2,004,207 in 1950 to $2,019,153 this year. The tax supervisor, several weeks ago, estimated the 1951 listings would show a gain of more than $1,700,000 over those of 1950, but late developments have caused him to revise the es timate. TROUBLE Working: under a special contract, an Atlanta firm is encountering all kinds of trouble in tunneling under the railroad on West Main Street for a sewer line. Up until this morning, after working night and day for about ten days, the workers have bored only about thirty feet or about half the distance through the base of the fill. The task was virtually stopped when the soft dirt settled on the 40-inch steel pipe. Then the workers had to cut their way through large timbers that once form ed a trestle for the railroad The workers are now digging their way under, constructing a steel arch as they move for ward. The job superintendent plans to complete the project about the middle of nest week. Plus Made For Concert Series Plans for Community Concert programs to be presented in Wil liamston during the 1951-52 sea son are being completed, it was announced today by officials of the Martin County Community Concert Association, sponsors of the series. The programs are made possible by this organization and in conjunction with the Commun ity Concert Service Division of Columbia Artists Management The last concert of the 1950-51 season was given recently when Genevieve Rowe was heard in a concert which was enthusiaticall.v received Instead of waiting until I next full to conduct the annual membership drive, it has been an nounced 'hat the drive will be j held during the week of April | 25-28 It has been moved up for several reasons, one being to in j sure a better selection of artists. On Monday evening, April 28, ; at 6:30 PM, the "kick-off” dinner ! will be held in the Woman’s Club j building for all officers, directors, committeemen and workers of the Association. The first series of concerts held here during the past year proved to be very popular. Many who failed to get season memberships last year have expressed the de sire to do so this year This is a welcome indicttUus^biMk'11 con certs will be even better this com ing set. jr as an increased mem bership insures a better selection of artists. Officials of the Associa tion are urging those who held | memberships last year to renew them this year, and to those who were not fortunate enough to have been a member this past sea son ,the invitation is issued to join the Association when the worker contacts them. I Farm Groups Will Meet On Monday Meeting tn the Wilhamston High School auditorium next Monday morning at 9:00 o’clock, representatives of the various ag ricultural agencies in Martin County will map a program for the Production-Marketing Ad ministration for 1952, according to an announcement released to day by the county office All farm leaders, including heads of the various organizations, county and community P.-M A 1 committeemen are to attend. Slate Patrol Has Openings For 105 Under New Plan - Men To Atleml Spwiul School From May Till Through June 16 -* Raleigh—The 105 additional State highway patrolmen author ized at the recent session of the 1 General Assembly will receive 1 training in the Highway Patrol Training Sehoel at the Institute of Government. Chapel Hill. May 7 through June 16. Col. James R. | Smith, commanding officer of the i Patrol reported today. I This addition will bring the Pa i trol up to its newly-authorized ! strength of 528 men. Qualified men interested in be coming highway patrolmen and in | attending the six-week sehool l submit their applications immed lately to Col. Smith. The present starting salary for patrolmen is $2,508 a year. . The increase in Paliol person nel was authorized by the General ' Assembly to help meet present traffic problems on North Caro lina highways, brought about by increases in motor vehicle regis trations, in drivers and in paved road mileage. Col. Smith stated that candi dates must be citizens of the Unit ed States and residents of North Carolina for the past five years; be between 21 and 31 years of age and not subject to induction into the armed forces under present selective service regulations; must weigh at least 160 pounds; be at least five feet 10 inches in height; ; have completed a high school ed ucation or the equivalent; be of good moral character and have no criminal record; and have no relative now employed by the De (Continued on page eight) Auxiliary Will Sponsor Project As a part of the National Amer ican Legion’s community service program, the John Walton Has sell American Legion Post Aqx iliary is sponsoring a memorial bookshelf in Williamston’s pub lic library. To support the pro ject, a committee, composedof Mesdames John A Ward, Arthur White and Mack W. Ange, this week turned over to the library $100 for the purchase of primary, junior and -high school books which will b< placed in circula i tion as soon as they arc received ! from the publishers. Other books of different types will be added : later by the Auxiliary. The gift, coinciding with the li brary's thirteenth anniversary, will mean much in advancing the service of the institution. It has been declared that the auxiliary could find fewer projects that would offer more than the in vestment in books for tile young people of today. I PAPER DRIVE v A paper drive sponsored and conducted by Boy Scout ! troop No. 37 will be made here Saturday morning: and evening. Housewives are ask ed to place paper on front porches of their homes, and the canvassers would appre ciate bundles being tied. i W Shortages Delay School Building Work In County To Open Buis for Construc tion of Buil(liii|c In Oak City May t -*— Unable to get delivery on struc tural steel, J. N. Bryant and Son, Raleigh contractors, have done little or no work on three school building projects in the county. Deliveries have been promised from week to week, but last re ports received here stated that no definite assurance had been given when the steel would be de livered. Certain materials have been placed on the sites for a gymna sium in Robersonville, an addi tion to Wifliamston's white high school, and a new plant near the present colored high school in Williamston. Tool houses and of fices have been constructed at each site, and the contractors are ready to start work just as soon I as the steel arrives. Unless work j is started soon, the buildings hard ; ly will be ready for use next term. During the meantime, bids are being asked for the construction of a Negro high school building in Oak City, the project to cost an estimated $80,000. Bids will be opened at a special meeting of j the Martin County Board of Ed ! uoation here on Tuesday, May 1 Plans are being advanced for the construction of additions to two Negro schools in the county, one in Robersonville and the other at Salsbury's near Hassell The steel shortage is being felt in other places, too, according to reports reaching here. The foun dation for a large water tank here was completed weeks ago, but the manufacturers are not cer tain when the steel will be made ^available. The’ manufacturers, in ~a recent letter, said they were Hopeful Ihev could meet the de • ivery dead line .but they could ■ot guarantee delivery even at hat time. It was stipulated in the contract that the greater part, ol two years would tie allowed foi j ‘he manufacture, delivery and in ! doHation of the tank. Plan Observance Of Cancer Sunday —>— Worshipers at thy ■ various churches hen will be asked t< observe Cancer Sunday, April 22 it was announced by Mrs. H. S Whitley, Chairman of the Ameri can Cancel’ Society’s 1951 Cancel Crusade. The clergy of all churches have been asked to participate by de voting a portiort of the Sunday services to prayers for cancer control. In commenting on plans for ob i scrvancc of Cancer Sunday, Rev. E. R. Shuller, minister of First Methodist Church in Williams ton, said, "Religion has a definite place in the campaign for cancer control. Certainly the objective of saving lives—of making it possi blc to live out our allotted span— and alleviating the suffering that cancer inflicts upon all ages, is Cod's work, and it needs the "blessing of the Almighty. "More than that too, these peo ple who are using the knowledge of science to find means of con -Told/ig Xtnicvry need toe prayers of everyone of us, to the end that their efforts may be truly inspired by the Supreme Intelligence. "I think Cancer Sunday pre sents an opportunity for all of us to pause’ and reflect upon our personal lives and remember the challenge of two thousand years ago: ‘A new commandment J give unto you, that ye love one anoth er.’ ” -»• Soil Conservation Meeting Friday —«— A unit meeting of the Coastal ! Plain Soil Conservation District : will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Marlin County courthouse. Activities of the work handled wil be- reviewed and com mittees will be named for the next year, it was reported. The public is invited to attend i and participate in the meeting. Labor Available For Industry In Martin County — ^-* Survey Sinn** 2,HIM) W ork ers Coiil'l Lie Kerrniletl In TIh* Comity -« Raleigh—A modest increase in overall recruitablc labor for in dustrial development in North Carolina, involving a fairly large increase in white women and a decrease in white men, is shown in a completion made of reports from local office managers as of March 15, as compared with a | similar report for January 15. This bi-monthly survey, compil ed in the office of Hugh M. Rap or, director of the Bureau of Re search and Statistics, and an l nounccd by Chairman Henry E. Kendall, of the Employment Sc i runty Commission ot Aiorlh Caro lina, indicates that almost ltiti,000 I workers could be recruited from among those now employed or partially employed if employ ment conditions somewhat more i favorable should develop Of i these, more than 54,000 are white ' males, almost 53,000 are white females and about 28,000 are non white males. More than 01,000 of the recruit able workers are classed as skill ed and semi-skilled, while more , than 50,000 under 45 years of age are deemed to be trainable for jobs requiring skills. This survey is general in nature and is not as complete as the Commission is in position to make I'oi specified industries and in specific areas, upon request The estimates are not confined to those seeking jobs or those now unemployed, but include po , tential workers from such groups as: (1) housewives who would take jobs under more favorabk working conditions than now exist in theii lives; (2) workers now commuting to other areas who . would remain in their local com | munities; <31 youths who are ex pected to join tin labor force; (4) older and handicapped employ aides not now at work; (5) minor ity groups; (ti) new entrants Iron (Continued on Page Eight) -V Boy Scouts Get Medical Exams Preparatory to attending tin Boy Seoul Jamboree in Wilsoi later this month, more than titty Martin County .scouts were givei medical examinations last Tues day evening bv Drs. Harris, Llew ellyn, Hlminelwi ight and Ithodes The youths r< presented just about every troop in the county The lads were lined up “army style”, each ol the lour doctors handling an assigned duty Several minor defects wen found, the doctors making recom mendations for their correction The Hoy Scouts, by having the medical examinations, will go in to the campon i with a sein ing advantage. County Native Is Grand Master Of Virginia Masims Rudolph II Cooke, native ol Jamcsvilh and a son ol Mrs Don lie Cooke Sexton ol Jamesville and the late Henry H Cooke, was recently elected to the office of grand master of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma sons of Virginia, and assumed of fice a few days ago at the 173rd annual meeting of the order in Richmond. More than 1,300 Ma | sons, representing most of tin j 320 local lodges in Viigima, at tended the meeting Mr. Cooki | succeeds Enoch D Flowers of Richmond. One of the grand master's first duties was to appoint officers to I eleven Grand Lodge Posts Mr. Cooke was born m the county 54 years ago After spend ing his early life in this county, he went to Portsmouth in 1910 to work in the navy yard Fourteen years later, after studying at night school, he was licensed to practice law. He is now back in Navy employ as an assistant to j the ^industrial managei of the ' Fifth Naval District. First Quarter Post Office Receipts Set New Record Postal income at the local of fice is believed to have reached a new high figure for the first quarter, according to a report re leased a few drevs ago by Post master W. E. Dunn. The income for the three months ended last March 31 was placed at $10,234.12, exccding the $9,121.07 reported a year ago. In tlu' month of February of this year, the income showed a slight decrease, but receipts for January and March forged ahead with about a $000 gain each to take up the slack and push total this year considerably ahead of that reported a year ago. No one cause was given for the increase, the postmaster explain - mu tlial possibly the soldier*' mail accounted for part of the gain While income from the sale of stamps was increased by more than $1,1(10 money order business for the first quarter this year was just about $10,000 greater than it was in the coresponding period last year The money order busi ness reached a peak for the period m March when $28.154 76 passed through the money order window. The money order business jump ed from $01,278.27 m the first quarter of last year to $71,109.Oil in the first three months of this (year Farm Agency Is Serving Martin County Farmers — • - Iiuprovt'iiH'iils anil ISrw (amslrurlioii on (lonnly Farm* To Hr Financed Farm owners as well as farm ten ants are now being served in the farm ownership program of tin1 Farmers Home Administration, says James C Eubanks, F1IA County Supervisor Martin County farmers who own farms too small to round out. a good family size operation, or who own farms that need eon struetion and development woik done, may make these essential improvements on their land and buildings with farm develop ment loans made or insured by this agenev, Kubanks explained. This development can include, among other things, ditching, tile j drainage, terracing, land ctbaring, l fencing, basic land treatment, and building repairs and construction Repayment schedules are set up for 40 year periods, but borrow ers may rcfmanci then loans as soon as they can do so op satis factory terms The interest rate is I percent. In developing their farms, Ku hanks explained, borrowers are encouraged to do as much of their own work as possible and to use their own materials whenever they can He said the Farmers Home Administration cooperates ‘ m its development program with other agercies, including the State College of Agriculture, Ex tension Service, Production and Marketing Association, Soil Con servation Service, and others. "We can include funds in the development loans,” he said, “to refinance indebtness the farmer may have against his farm”. All applications go before the Martin County FIIA Committee with It. J. Hardison, chairman, and Clifton L. Keel and Milton E Bennett, members This commit tee is responsible for deciding whether a farmer is eligible for 'Continued on page eight) Nay Draft Call Been Cancelled . * Tin t ill fur five M.uiiri L'otiiil.v nu n tu rs pm I fiir 1111;11 iikIiii timi in May has been ram idled, it was learned, thii week. It was also learned that nn instructions had hit'll received Im men In report next month for pre-induction ex aminations According to unoffi eial reports, reservists in all branches of the service are re reiving more consideration with the possibility that those recalled to active duly will not have to serve us long as they were once scheduled to serve During the meantime, seventy five Martin County men are teav ing next Monday for pre-mduc lion examinations at Fort Bragg From April l!Hh through May 1st all books belonging to the Wiinoniston Public Library may be returned free of lines and charges regard less of length of time over due. Please check your book shelves this week. mil I'urccd to suspend opera tions last Saturday by high water, Fleming, opera tor of the Jamesville fishery, was quoted as saying tins morning that he did not know when seine fishing could be resumed there. Water was ten inches over the battery this morning, and it> isn't likely that operations can be re sumed before next week. During the meantime, indi vidual fishermen are making fairly large catches, but the fish are turning into the swamps, aparently to avoid the nets. Population Count In County Towns Census figures for all ten Mar tin County towns were announc ed complete tins week In Mrs lift tit* 1, Coltram, assistant secre tary m Congressman Herbert C Bonner’s office in Washington Five of the ten show gains, the losses m the other five ranging I I mm 10 to 21 '1 lie complete i ct,oi i for the j towns: Jamesville Bear Crass WilliamsLon Everetts Kobcrsonvillc I’armelc Cold Point Hassell Hamilton Oak City 11)10 40!) 1 14 11,900 2(i.r> 1,407 417 142 150 521 512 1050 531 12(1 4,070 244 1,409 400 122 130 513 515 Cam or Lost; 32 14 01 :> 21* I, Hl 14* 1 I - 3 * 990 7,990 11,992 ‘Denotes decrease Slightly more than one-halt of the population gain of 1,001 is centered in the towns The total population for tin county, includ ing towns, was 27,972 last year a.^ compared with 20,111 in 1940 The over all increase was 1,001 of which 990 is centered in the towns, the strictly rural popula tion showing a gam of 00a during the past ten years Minstrel To Be Presented Again "lie Him k Cat M.Uri", V ! •,!, was so well received hen last Friday night when presenter! at tin high school auditorium, will be brougrit bar iv for a .a Pood per formance Saturday night at 11:15, it was announced yesterday by the Junim Chanda r of Commerce, sponsors of the minstrel A second performance had not ben planned, it was explained, but due to the requests of many who were unable to attend tin show, the minstrel will be pre sented again In addition to tin bla> !, (ace comedy of the minstrel act, the six ;pi eiaity acts included in the program were highly praised bv the audience attending the Friday night show. Evan Criffin singing novelty numbers received tre mendous applause. Others pre sented in specialty numbers were the Bear Grass Quartet, Wilbur Jackson m a A1 Jolson pantomine, Bill Brown with his tap dance numbers, the sensational Conoho Trio composed of Blue Manning, Evan Griffin and Thuron Gui ganus an duets by Elite1 Taylor and Billy Pet*e. i Superior Court In Recess Until Monday Morning Work ('.ami* To Vn 11M‘V (1o»i‘ I urxlay Af ter llearinu Few (last’s cases and heal ing a damage suit Monday, the Martin County Su perior Court caught up with jts calendar and ordered an uncx peeted recess Tuesday. Judge Hen ry A. Grady, presiding over the first of the two-week term packed Ins gritchel and left for his home in New Bern, turning over the remainder of the term to Judge W I Halstead who will open the second week next Monday morn ing. Only two or three cases reach id the jury during the two days the court was in .ossion. Several actions were settled by agree ment., and when the court saw that a session would be necessary Wednesday, a ease was set pere mitory lor trial next week. Proceedings: In the ease of D. M. Hardison against L II Hamm .the plain tiff was declared the owner of certain property and was entitled to reeovei $313.32, plus interest from March 2, 1949. Attorney Paul I) Roberson was appointed commissioner of the court and he is to sell the property in May. The case of W W Griffin against Lindslc.v Ice Company was settled by agreement, the plaintiff, granted a voluntary non-suit, lin ing taxed with the costs. A voluntary non-suit was tak en by the plaintiff in the ease of Jack Daniel against Harry Jones, tin. plaintiff being taxed with the cost s. In her $1,2(10 suit against Frank I). Cherry, administrator of John nie Jones' estate, the plaintiff, Lucy Bryant, was awarded a | judgment in tile sum of $200. The case of Simon D. Moore j against A. T Whitley, scheduled I for trial on Wednesday, was eon | linued until Thursday of next week. The court reasoned that it would he better to continue the case until then rather than have j the jury return fur* a day just to | hear the action. R. H. Clayton, Sr. Dies In Virginia —<*,— Ii. 11 Clayton, Sr . I!2 years old, died at his home in South Hill. Virginia, yesterday morning at 2 00 o’eloek. He had been in de elining health t'oi a year or more, but his condition was critical for only a few days. Mi Clayton, lather of Dick Clayton of Wi'hamston, was a prominent farmer and a leader in the South Hill Methodist Church, serving it as a deacon for halt centruy. Surviving besides his son are Mrs Clayton, two sons and six daughters. Funeral services will be con ducted m the South Hill Metho dist Church tomorrow afternoon at 1.00 o'clock by Ins pastor, and burial will be in the cemetery there. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton and soil I tickle, are in South, 1V.U •;<»<} Mr. aim Mi .1 t ( oolu and Mi. and Mis .1 It Page will leave lomor row morning lo attend the fun eral ' ------*\ i <um;mn<;s V---------V There are still a few open ings for volunteers in the lo cal unit of the National tluard the commanding officer ex plaining that several failed to pass their physicals and that recruits would be taken dur ing the next few days to fill those positions. Those inter ested in joining the guard are asked In contact ( apt. Albert S. Peel. Jr. as soon as possi ble. Call him al the munici pal water plant, phone 2027, or al his home, phone 2718. Any one holding accounts against the local guard unit is asked to present hills as soon as possible, certainly not later than May I when the books will he closed, it was announced.
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