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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 52 ' —:-^mnmmamrvwtl >»Mumaaw,* .:***•«« William ft on, Martin County, North Carolina, Tim rod ay. June 28, 1931 ESTABLISHED 1899 Weevils Reported In Cotion Fields L^UP-... #• . .. „=«*.■ Minute lumped Witlioul Delay By S. A. Tutcn, Jr., Assistant County Agent "I am planning to cither dust or spray my cotten to control boll weevils. That was a very rare expression last year. It is a very common expression now and along with it is a big question, “When should I start applying the poison?” The local agents of the Exten sion Service do not have a direct answer. We realize, however, that you should have some basis for determining when to dust or spray. If there are no weevils in a field the co> ■ of treatment is an unnecessary expense We recom mend a procedure which is being employed in a weekly survey which is being made in the coun ty this year. The survey involves the inspection of eight to ten fields in various parts of the coun ty. The method of inspecting a field of cotton is as follows: You start at one corner of the field and walk diagonally toward the >p osite corner. Inspect at random one hundred plants. Then inspect another one hundred plants while crossing the field between the oth er two corners. If the field is un usually large, it may be better to inspect more plants If you find i as many as one or more weevils per 100 plants, it is time to start treatment. This method has its disadvantages but it is better than guessing and it doesn't take a man . away from his tobacco crop for ! more than about an hour once a week. Information concerning poisons j nod how they should be applied | may be obtained at the county agent's office. If you have a copy 'f our letter concerning boll wee vil control, which was mailed to I all cotton growers June lfi, 1950, you already have our recommen dations, except that a new in secticide ALDRIN is also being i recommended this year. The re sults of last week’s boll weevil 1 survey revealed that the weevils •iirn’t as bad now as the.s -werej* at this time last year However, ■ three of the seven fields inspected ■ I were heavily enough infested to ! justify dusting or spraying. Largest Rain In Six Years Falls' The dry spell, existing in this ' notion during the spring and , ially summer, was washed away, 1 lock, stock and barrell, last night i when 11.14 inches of rain fell at * this point It was the largest rain recorded here since June 26, 1945, when 3.68 inches fell. Said to have been general throughout this section of the State, the rain started falling at 7 10 o’clock and twenty-five min utes later, 2 7 inches were record ed. By midnight another 1 07 inches of rain had fallen. The rain was accompanied by fairly strong winds, but prelim- 1 inary reports told of no extensive damage. A tree blew across High way 64. near Gardner's Creek, and some crops were herd a hit m ]', the blow. Ii was a parking ram and while j tin hot sun today is bearing down htev’ly, iiu serio'Ss damage.t>> crops is expected to follow. Earliei in the day, some hail was reported in adjoining coun ties, and there was some hail 1 damage in sections of this county 1 last night. ' l LITTLE BUSINESS \ Ollier than routine matters, < little or no business has been placed on the calendar for ^ consideration at the regular meeting of the Martin County Board of Commissioners here next Monday, according to in- i formation coming from J. Sam 1 Getsinger, clerk to the Board. It was also learned that the local town commissioners have littie new business on their discussion at their reg- < uiar meeting next Monday i night. I I nusual Type Still Taken In County All oblong liquor still, expertly made of copper, was taken by ABC' Officers J. H, Roebuck and Cecil Bullock near Williamston a short time ago. The kettle, having a capacity of approximately 200 gallons, is one of the few of its type ever taken in this county, Officer Roebuck said. iNote Upward Trend Legal Whiskey Sales ONE EDITION > Since (he Fourth of .Inly falls on Wednesday, The En terprise w ill have hut one edi tion next week. Publication of the first edition of the week is scheduled as usual, but there'll be no paper the following Thursday. Employees will have their summer vacation beginning late Tuesday evening. The cooperation of adver tisers and others in prepar ing copy and announcements will he appreciated. Moving Garage To Greenville The North Carolina Highway! ’atrol garage, maintained here or years, ;s being moved lock, j tock and barrel to Git cnville his week The -last car was eer- , •iced here lute Tuesday. The move creates many ques- ; ions yet unanswered, and is re torted to be the first in a series vhich will eventually cost pos ibly more than $100,000 dollars. When the change was consider d months ago, high state offi ials said they knew little or no- ] hing about it ,and later explain d that a garage would be main ained in Greenville for making icavy repairs and rebuilding mo ors. And now a clean sweep is icing made, affecting five me hanics and their living arrange nents. According to unofficial infor nation reaching here, it is now reposed to construct an $85,000 00 j luilding in Greenville for head uarters and radio broadcasts. dentilv Itoad .Pro jec t In Jainesville District . In announcing the last of the: oad allotments in this county j inder the $200 million program,, I was stated that a project of 2.2 liles would run by the Corinth Ihurch in Jamesville Township, ’he road, instead of following fiat couise, iuijs from U. S. High way 64 to Pierce’s Fork, it was xplained. —" -'it*— — — loohs I eailalile For C.onnty ( lull Memlicrs —-—• 4-H .Club members may begin low using books for the season rom the Negro Extension Office. 1 Hours Mondays —- 4 - 5 p m Saturdays -—9 10 a. m Borrowers are asked to please •bserve these hours strictly, as no ither time may be devoted to this irojeet during the summer. Total 01 $5,770,802 Spent tor Whiskey Since July In 1935 Firwl Quarter Sales .SIO,* OOO (Greater than Those A Year Ago The downward (rend maintain ed for almost five years in the sale of legal liquor in this county was checked, temporarily at least, during the first quartei of this year when the gross income was $0,703.53 larger titan if was in the corresponding quarter ai last year. In the first quarter of 11)50, le gal liquor sales in this count> fell below $100,000 for the first time i since 1044. Last quarter the sales added up to $1011,024.10, but sales' in the Oak City Store were less in that period than they were in the first three months of 1950. From the time the stores were opened in July, 1935, through last! March 31, legal liquor sales in the county aded up to $5,770,002.75, and profits from the sales amounted to $1,342,011.80. As of last March 31, the ABC Board had assets valued at $84, 149 70, including $29,999 40 in cash, $51,319:15 in inventories, $2, 005.85 in fixed assets and $705.30 in other assets. Liabilities at the time were figured at $23,280.45 in accounts payable, $32,772.75 due towns and county, $18,096.50 for law enforcement and $12,000 in surplus. To handle the $108,024.10 gross j income, the board paid $79,409.90 for liquors and $5j85^C in operat- , ing expenses ’ The profits melon last quarter was cut all kinds of ways, as fol lows: Martin County, $9,231.82; State of North Carolina. $9,151.12; reserve for law enforcement, $1, 367.67, Town of Wiliam,-Ton, $1, 792.40; Town of Robersonville, $507.79; Town of Oak City, $184.99; Town of Jumesville, $19! 17; Town of Hamilton, $158.33; Town of Parmele, $125.21; Town of Everetts, $75.39; Town of Hassell, $42.00, making a total of $22,827.89. Profits for the first quarter, this year, are compared with those for the corresponding quarter in 1950, as follows, by stores: 1950 1951 ! li I , I ( i jl I 1 1 Williamston $12,270.80 $12,55101 1 Robersonville 5,501.10 6,390.31 1 Oak City 2,750.61 2,406.23 1 Jamesville 1,241.64 1,477.29 1 $21,764.23 $22,827,89 1 A comparison of sales for the first quarters of 1950 and 1951 fol lows, by stores: fContinued on page seven) Rev. E. C. Shoe Died on Thursday In Taylorsville — ^ limcral Srrvice for Former Minister of This <'onnly Held Fast Smidav -* The Hev. Ellis C. Shoe, 56, pas tor tit the First Baptist Church since 11)40 and trustee of Wake Forest College, died at his home in Taylorsyille Thursday. lie had ben critically ill for the past six weeks. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church Sunday iftcrnnon at 11 o'clock. The body a.'as taken to the church at 2 I’cloek. Brief graveside services ivere held at Trading Ford Bap ist Church near Salisbury. He is survived b.v his wife, the 'ormer Elizabeth Ann Holder, of itowan County, two daughters, Mrs M B Roebuck of Statesville, Mrs. Thomas E. Bowers, of San Anselmo, Calif., two brothers, W d Shoe of Greenville and D. A Shoe of Badin; four grandchild en. A native of Rowan County, lie eft the railroad shops at Spencer it tin age of 26 to prepare for the Tiimstry. lie was graduated lrom Buies Creek Academy anc( Wake forest College Hr was a trustee if Wake College during his 26 years. lie had served as pastor of Mag lolia, Stony Hill, Gardners, /aughn. Harris Chapel, Antiock, I tobersonville, Everetts, Hamilton churches in Eastern North Caro ine before going to Alexander bounty. He became the first full time lastor of the Taylorsville First Baptist church after serving a ear as pastor there and at Wal (Continued on page three) Tauths Involved In Thefts of Corn •John Wobley Hardison and Ben amin Randcll Whitfield, 17-year >lci Ham’lton .youths, have been nvolved in alleged thefts of corn rom Larry N James, Bethel corn lealer, according to reports reacti ng here this week. The boys are aid to have involved a third boy, Cl ton Taylor, in the thefts, and ie was arrested Tuesday and dated under a $200 bond Patrolling the highway near lassell, Patrolman R. P Nar on saw the boys loading corn on : truck and made an investiga ion. He found some corn hidden n the woods near tin spot, and lardison and Whitfield are said o have admitted the theft of 25 lags of rorn from the James mill At a preliminary hearing held ast Monday night, the boys were Placed under bonds in the sum if $200 each, and are scheduled I o he tried in the Pitt County Su-. m ini Court at the next term. I Eighteen Cases* In County Court Finrs In The total Sum Of I5UI Iiu|i»mmI Hy Jmlpr R. T. Johnson Aflt'r remaining idle for a work while the superior tribunal was in session, the Martin County Re corder's Court resumed i!s work last Monday with a comparatively light docket, considering the ac cumulated time. Judge R. T. Johnson and So licitor Clarence Griffin handled eighteen eases. Fines were impos ed in the sum of $560 by Judge Johnson and the court was recess ed before lunch. Proceedings: Pleading not guilty of careless and reckless driving, Harry C. Stokes was adjudged guilty and was sentenced to the roads for ninety days. Execution of sen tence was suspended upon the payment of the costs and a $50 fine J. E. Page, pleading guilty, was fined $25, plus costs, for operat ing a motor vehicle without a driver's license. Adjudged guilty over his plea of innocence, Willie Williams was sentenced to the loads for sixty days for an assault with a deadly weapon. Charged with assaulting a fe male with a deadly weapon, Jeff Slade pleaded not guilty Ad.judg ed guilty, he was sentenced to the roads for sixty days, the court suspending the sentence upon the payment of the costs and guaran teed good behavior. The defen dant is to take care of his family. Pleading guilty of an asault with a deadly weapon, James Bryant was sentenced to the roads for six months for an assault with | a deadly weapon. The sentence | was suspended upon the payment | of costs and a $75 fine. The de fendant is to remain of good be havior during the next two years Clarence E. Stevenson, plead mg guilty of assaulting a female, was fined $10, plus costs. Charged with assaulting a fe male, James Hawkins pleaded not guilty. He was adjudged guilty and drew a 90-day road sentence which was suspended upon the payment-of a $25 fine and costa. The defendant is to remain of good behavior for one year. The case m which Henry An drews and Johnnie Lee Andrews were charged with aiding and abetting in larceny, was nol press ed with leave. Pleading guilty of drunken! driving, Jesse Bland was lined | $100, plus costs, and lost Ins op-I orator’s license for a year. Pleading not guilty, Charlie Ha znr was adjudged guilty and was i fined $100, plus costs. He appeal ed and bond was required in thi sum of $200. Charged with speeding, Spenc er L Harrell of Palmyra was found not guilty Luther Mayo Bryan of Robei - sonville was taxed with the costs for speeding. Pleading guilty of violating the liquor laws, Frances Knight of Robersonville was fined $50 and taxed with the costs Ree John Floenor of the U K Coast Guard Base, Elizabeth City, was taxed with the costs for C (Continued from rJa# i Courtneys Make ; A Special Offer, An extiv .special inducement is being offered'this week by B. S Courtney arid Son to those who have been contemplating turning in their old refrigeratm on a new one. Taking part in a refrigerator sdes contest, tire furnituic com pany is attempting to sell thirty refrigerators in a week’s period. To do this they are offering an exceptionally high allowance oi $70:00 on old refrigerators (if working) in trade in on a new «.M ft. Deluxe Hotpoint refrigera tor. The refrigerators, priced at $200.95. will go during this week at $109.05 with youi old refriger ator. 0 1 b n I fi it a tl il The offer expires on June 20 e and there is only today and to morrow left to take advantage of n thb opportunity to own a new re- tc frigerutoi at such low cost. v\ Tax Ratr T Specialists Check Peanut Rotation Tests In County By S. A. Tutcn. Jr., Assistant County Agent Several specialists of the North rarohna Experiment Station and he N. C. Extension Service visit, si the county Monday afternoon 0 observe the progress of a three ear peanut-tobacco corn rotation vhieh was started this year by ’had Harrison in cooperation with he Extension Service. The demonstration is one of •ight which are being conducted n eight counties in Eastern North Carolina. The work is. under the ;encral supervision of E. R Col ins, Agronomy Extension, N. C state College The objective of the demonstra ion is to determine means where >y the yield per acre of peanuts nay be increased. General practices which will m 1 ease yields of tobacco, corn, soy leans and other crops are well mown. The same methods which lave resulted in increased yields n such crops have not success Lilly increased yields when used n the production of peanuts. Ev n under similar weather coiuli ions and other factors being t about equal, the .same fertiliza ! tion and eultivation practices may I result m a high yield one year | and a low yield the next. Also I there are numerous farms in the peanut growing area that in the past have produced fit) to 25 bans per acre but now are averaging only 10 bags per acre The demonstration on Mr Har rison's farm involves three five acre fields which will be planted successively in peanuts, tobacco and corn. Each crop in the rota tion will be fertilized in accord anee with the best known prac tices An attempt will be made to build up soil potash through the applicaiton of commercial pot ash. Organic matter will be mam turned by sccdinn cover crops. Ad justments in practices will be made each year on the basis of crop performance and soil test It is hoped that the peanut pro gram now underway will be help ful m cstablishinn more definite practices whereby the production of peanuts will be less of a gam ble. It will be about three years before the results of the demon si rations can be accurately deter mined. rhree Young Hen lire Involved In Iheck Forgeries o*. James A. Ilrmui Ami James Kan Is (>iven Preliminary Hearing Involved in a senes of cheek arteries, Jos. Biggs, James Ai nur Brown and James Rawls, ouii(4 colored men, were booked >r trial at the September term f the Martin County Superior 'ourt at a preliminary hearing eld before Justice Chas It Mob ■> in the courthouse here last ight. Brown, admitting writing and ashing two of four forged cheeks, rranged bond in the sum of $1, I 00, but the other two were re amed to jail in default of bond i the sum of $900 fur Biggs and 000 for Rawls. Two of the four cheeks were j ashed last Saturday, one by j tewey Leggett for $20, and the 1 ther by Mrs J. !{ Pierce at 'orcy's Cross Roads for $25 Little is known of the trio’s etivities last Saturday, but on uesday of this week they went 1 Harris’ store on the Washing-| in Highway and got a supply of lank cheeks From there they 'ent to Black Swamp School and repared the cheeks, signing the aim s of 11 A Bowen and Hor in They went to Kli Bowen’s tore where Joseph Biggs said e bought a cap and $1 worth of as, and took the change Rawls 4ys lie got 75 itnfs out of that heck. The group then went to Dewey eggett’s mill near Bear Grass m? ’da ded a second of the bogus rucks, but the amount had been «duc< d to $ 12. They were said to have gone to .bbitfs mill but did not get a lurk cashed-by him. They tiled to get one cashed at Null Ison’s store on the Hamilton | lighway. As far as it could be learned one of the money was recovered. 1 Arrests wi n made in the ease y tin sheriff’s office Tuesday | ight after Mi Bowen became tspieious of the cheek signatures unnvr l.oscs Sitflil I II oi l,inn I" His I ii'hl 1 -«- I Farmer Dock Hardison of Grif ns Township just about lost the \ gilt in one eye while Working i Ins field in Griffins Township | few days ago. Mr. Hardison said 'I lat all of a sudden it semed as I a eob web was pulled over his j i ir«. Doc tors, thinking something I f line loose m the eye, advised him I I i remain in tied for several I I eeks. e r | MISS WIIJ.I\MSTO!N > "N J Chosen from a large field of contestants in ttie recent local beauty contest, Miss Jean Hailey will represent the W'illiamston Jaycees in the North Carolina Beauty Pa geant at Burlington next month. Work On County Roads Progresses Started a few day.-, ago, surfae ng work on several road projects n this county is progressing rap dly at the pi esent time More than half the H. 'I miles of he Popla1' Point loop road, run ling from a point off Highway 25 a few miles from Williamston md baek to 125 at the Sherrod arm near Hamilton, has been oveied with a two mill asphalt luse. I'arlv next week, the pavers , ill start m ltobersonville and | urfaee 2.4 miles of road to a I oint near the Claude Green farm ; 'he contractors then plan to put | he surface coat on the two roads nth the possibility that they will tart placing the base on the road rum a point near Everetts to I lighway 17 through Hear Grass 11 wen the middle and latter part ■ f July. I entativelv General Levy For County Estimated At About $290,676 Provision To In crrii.xt' I’av Of Jurors From $.'{ to $.j V Day After tussling a greater part of the day with increased costs and demands for expanded ser vices, the Martin commissioners in special session Tuesday tenta tively adopted a $1.35 tax rate for the new fiscal year, begin I rung July 1. The rate is five cents | higher on the $100 assessed prop erly valuation than it was for the 1950-51 fiscal year, the slight gam being deemed necessary in the fact of increased costs for services, supplies and general op erating expenses. To hold the increase to five cents, the commissioners ruled out a proposed addition to the county agriculture building and limited budget estimates to fig ure:, under the requests advanced by department heads. While salary increases were al lowed in some eases, they were limited figures below merit sched ules, and amounted to $2.50 per week in some eases. The preliminary budget re quests would have called' for a much larger increase in the rate, but the commissioners virtually upset the schedule and the revis ed figures are not yet available. There was general agreement when it was proposed to increase the pay of superior court juror? from $3 to $5 a day. The increase is the second allowed since the early thirties when the rate of pay was $2 a day. The proposed rate which can not be formally adopted untH budget estimates have been made (Continued on page eight) —,j>. Mother Of Local Residents Dies —— Mrs Bcttio House Hudson, nio thei ol Mrs .1 W Snead and Hoy Hudson of Wiliiumston, died at her home near Dunn Tuesday af ternoon at a 00 o’clock. Seventy four years of age. Mrs Hudson had been in falling health for about two years and her condition had boon critical during the past two weeks. Shi was a member of the Long Branch Free Will Baptist Church and the funeral service is being conducted there this afternoon at 5 00 o'clock by the Rev. J. D. Capps Surviving besides her two children here are her husband, Hinton J Hudson; three sons, E. O Hudson of Falcon, Joe Hudson of Durham, and Marion B. Hud 1,on of Norfolk; a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Peterson of Greenville; a brother, J S. Rouse, of States boio, Gir, and a sister, Mrs. Char lie Thompson, of Clinton; 25 grandchildren and 17 great-grand children. Till; KKCOKi) sh vks . . . Fin' the second tune this vital and following a period during whieh two young men lost their lives, there were no motor vehicle accidents re ported on Martin County highways last week. But the wreckers could take several ntoi'i Week long holidays be fore they could bring the re cord in line with the 1950 fig ures. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, hy corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time, 25th Week Accidents lnj’d Killed Uam'ite 1951 0 0 0 $ 00 1950 1 2 0 -400 Comparisons To Date 1951 110 51 d $27,270 1950 70 37 0 10,150
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