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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY rAMJLiYS TWICE EACH WEES THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY PAM I EXES. TWICE EACH VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 53 Williamfton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 3, /*>;»/ ESTABLISHED 1899 I County Youth Is 1 Badly Injuredln '] fall from Truck Several Accidents Reported On County Highways Last Week-end Freddie Brown McKeel, 13 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John McKeel of Williams Township, i was badly injured in one of sev eral motor vehicle accidents re ported in this county last week end. The youngster was riding in Thade James Gardner’s 1948 Wil lys truck and lost his balance w'hen the machine made a turn into Joe Perry’s yard. The little fellow landed on his head, and was removed to the Martin Gen eral Hospital where he w-as re ported to be responding to treat ment. Patrolman B. W. Parker made the investigation. Sunday afternoon about 1 45 o'clock, Clarence Earl Highsmith of RFD 1, Robcrsonvillc, was driv ing his 1939 Chevrolet south on Highway 903 when the horn stuck. Highsmith applied his brakes and stopped suddenly and Dewey Stalls, of Hamilton, ran into him with his 1950 Ford Investigating the accident, Patrolman B W Parker said Mrs. Stalls suffered a sprained ankle and was treated in the Ward Clinic before continu ing to her home. Damage to the Ford was estimated at $150 and that to the Chevrolet at $25. About thirty minutes later, two cars, one driven by Roy Vance Thomas of Newport News and the other by Rodger D. Jenks of Zen io, Ohm, crashed at the corner of Highway 125 and the main : street in Hamilton, Thomas, ac cording to Patrolman B. W Perk er who made the investigation, making a sweeping turn from Highway 125 into the street Jenks, j in an effort to avoid the crash, j turned to his left and the right i sides of the cars went together, causing about $100 to Ji nks' 1949 Chevrolet and about $75 to Thom as’ 1947 Ford. Thomas, it was said, accepted the damages. No one was hurt. (Continued on page eight) County Board In Uneventful Meet The Martin County Board of Commissioners held an unevent ful meeting Monday, handling little other than routine business A few roads were discussed and the board recommended that six tenths of a mile of road running from the Coburn Hoad in Rober sonville Township at N. C. High way 11 to the Edgecombe County line be added to the State system, looking toward a connection with a road near Roberson's Fork. The Board also recommended widen ing of a road in Bear Grass Town ship, running from the Bear Grass -Stokes Road near Mrs Gilbert Rogers’ residence via Zack Co win's, Clayton Cowin’s, Roy Har rison’s and others to the Leggett Mill Road at Mrs. Gid Harrison’s ■ residence. i Tax relief orders were issued: For 1949, James Roy Perry, Wil hamston, $3.40; Walter Keel, Rob eve . *11.20, and dogs charg ed >n error, $5, For 1950: James Brooks, Jamesville, $3; F. A Whitfield, Williamston, $4.13; Jas. | R Perry, Williamston, $3:50; J B. Leggett, Cross Roads, $2. John j M. Leggett, Bear Grass, $2; Char lie Howell, Williamston, $2, Wal ter Keel, Robersonville, $22.50: Alex Teel, Robersonville, $2 48; dogs charged in error, $10. i Tax Collector M. L. Peel re ported that $15,739.82 was due on the $336,635.00 levy for 1950. OIMMNG DATES ---i Tobacco markets in this sec tion will open the 1951 season on Tuesday, August 21, in ac cordance with an announce ment by the hoard of gover nors of the Bright Belt Ware house Association meeting in Raleigh last week-end. The Georgia-Florida belt opens cn Thursday, July 19, and South Carolina-Border will open on July 3ft. Sales get under way in the Old Belt September 17. Loral Rotary Club Gets Charter As more than one hundred and fifty Rotarians from all over eastern North Carolina look on, Charlie Harris, president, receives the newly organized Williamston’s Rotary Club charter from District Governor H. It. Spruill, of Windsor. The charter night meeting was held in the hotel here a few days ago, and was addressed hv Edmund Harding, of Washington. Seek Blood Donors For The Bloodmobile On July 19th An earnest appeal is being di rected to all residents in the Mar tin County Hed Cross Chapter, urging them to pledge a pint of blood when the Red Cross Blood mobile makes its second trip here on Thursday, July 19. The recruiters dislike to trou ble anyone, but they and others are convinced of the great value of the bloodmobile system and they are urging blood donors to pledge their support. Appeals are again being made through the various clubs and organizations, and Recruiters Bill Spivey and Wheeler Manning are working hard to get 185 pints ol blood here It is hoped the record can be equalled on July 19. Complete reports are not avail able, but during the month of May alone, forty pints of blood was given free by the system in hospitals in this county. The blood was ready and in one emergency was sent from the blood bank in Norfolk by Virginia ana North Carolina Highway patrolmen. Any one in the chapter may get ali the blood he needs with out cost in any hospital Learning about the plan after buying two pints of blood, one resident was refunded his $50 by a Durham hospital, the Red Cross Blood Bank replacing the supply with out cost. Don't wait to be asked. Pledge a pint of blood today with the assurance that if you ever need blood in any amount it will be furnished free by the Red Cross. See the recruiters or call the Red Cross office, Williamston, and sign up without delay. FIRST BLOSSOM < There isn't too much cotton in this county, but what little there is has started blossom ing. J. it. Biggs, aged colored farmer, displayed the first blossom—a red one—last Fri day. Uoubling his acreage this year over his 1950 plant ings, the farmer said he had seen no boil weevils, but that he is starting dusting this week, anyway. Kefitinies Practice After l mlergoing Eye Operation Recovering from a delicate eye operation performed in Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Dr. Chas L. Hutchinson, after an absence of several weeks, will resume his practice on Saturday of this week. The doctor is returning home to day after a final check-up in the Baltimon hospital. i Soldier Moves To A New Location Pic. Garland Hardison is seeing jinueh of the country as a member | of the armed forces. Mis latest j move was from Wichita Falls, Texas, to Tyndall Field, Florida. Pointing out that he traveled through several states, the young I man said the scenery was beauti ful but it still does not compare with North Carolina. Hardison said he was enjoying his new location, that he was near the beach and had nice living quarters. -- Alleged Forgers Are Released Fader llotid The three young colored men who stand charged with forging a number of checks in the county a few days ago, are all now at liberty under bond. James Brown and James Rawls furnished bond last week, and Joseph Biggs gam ed his freedom, temporarily at. least. Monday morning [sew rlan Almost Assured Fur Controlling, Suckers A new plan for controlling to bacco suckers is virtually assurei and is likely to be recommendei by specialists within the near fu ture, according to R R Bennett tobacco specialist, who addressee a meeting of the Martin Countj Farm Bureau in the courthouse last Thursday night. First tests did not prove very satisfactory, the specialist explain ing tha* mineral oil when used alone caused soft rot. However, when used with a soap as an emulsion, the mineral oil provec satisfactory in controlling sucker; without apparent injury to the tobacco plant Mr. Bennett went on to recom - mend limited use of the oil now, ( pointing out that the individual I farmer could help determine the value of the control plan State College engineers have * devised a gadget for applying the mineral oil emuision. Shears are equipped with a spray nozzle and the emulsion is forced from a small tank through the nozzle when the sheafs are used to cut the top out of a stalk of tobacco. | The cost ranges trnm about $1 to $1.50 per acre, an amount much less than the cost of suckering The plan has been tested in a number of places, but as far as it ■ can be learned no farmers have i experimented with it in this coun ity. Mrs. Leona James Died Ai Her Home Saturday Morning -> Funeral Held at Late lloin* In Lriffins louuxlii|> Last Saturday -« Mrs.Leona Wynne James, well known resident of Cross Hoads Township, died at her home there last Saturday morning at 7:10 o'clock She had hern in declin ing health for about two years, but was thought to be getting along as well as usual until last Thursday afternoon when she is believed to have suffered a heat stroke. She was found in the yard and removed to her bed. Her con dition had improved, but appar ently she suffered a heart attack Saturday morning, death follow ing a few minutes latei. The daughter of the late James Henry and Sallie Mobley Wynne, she was born in Cross Roads Township 70 years ago and lived there all her life, taking an un usually active part in religious affaiis and playing the role of a helpful neighbor and friend. She was a member at Christian Chap el to/ many years, and contribut ed willingly to its support even in her declining years. She was married to Julius T. James and he survives with a son, Gaston James, of Cross Roads. Also surviving are six sis ters, Mis Don Meeks and Mrs W K Crawford, both of Everetts, Mrs. D. D. Stalls of Williamston, Mrs. W. E. Everett of Roberson ville, Mrs Herbert Roebuck and (Continued on page eight) Firemen Gel Two Calls In Two Days Local volunteer firemen were called out twice last, week-end, once to the Marvil Package Com pany plant near the river late Friday night and to a rural home in Poplar Point section of Hamil ton Township Saturday morning Lightning run into the paekagi company plant and fired the elec trical wiring, doing about $15C damage to cables and switch box es. When the firemen reached th< plant shortly after midnight, th< fire was beginning to spread t( the building material. Said to have started from a kitchen oil stove, fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. J L. Windom in Poplar Point shortly after 6:00 o’clock Saturday morn ing. Built by the Ballard family years ago, the two-story frame building burned rapidly after it got a good start and firemen could render little or no assistance The loss, estimated at about $10,000. was partially offset with $2,500 insurance. The fire company was called out again Sunday night when a burning tree in the Win dom yard threatened to spread to outbuildings. Wm. Henry Harris Died Thursday In Local Sanatorium -.*> Ha«l Horn In Failing limllli Lonj: Time Bill ('.ritieal Iv III Slioi l Time * • —*. William Henry Harris, retired farmer and for a number of years a country merchant, died in the Martin County Sanatorium lust Thursday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock. He had been in failing health for a long time, and his condition was critical for about three months. He was a patient in the sanatorium for more than two weeks. The son of the late James and Minton Rogers Harris, he was born in Bear Grass Township 68 years ago. He spent most of his life on the farm, making his resi dence in Griffins for a number of years. Retiring from the farm, he opened and operated a little eoun j try store on the Griffins Town | ship road in Bear Grass Township He had experienced declining health ever since he was attack ed and robbed in his store severa years ago. In early manhood he was mar ried to Marina Lilley and she sur vives with a son, W. B. Harris ot Wilhamston; four daughters, Mrs James V Harrison of Suffolk Mrs. Claudia Lilley, Mrs. Marvii Griffin and Mrs. Luther Mndlin all of Wililamston; one brother Ben Harris of Edcnton; and si> grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at the late home in Griffin; Township last Saturday afternoor at 4 JO o'clock by the Rev. W B Harrington, county Baptist minis ter .Interment was in the familj cemetery near the home Telephone Company ■Qtttgrows Quarters •- f Move Treasurer's Office To Building Across The Street —.*>— I ntrrlol I Dialing System is lleing: Insiallril tty (Carolina <• Its operations increasing by leaps and bounds in its exchange I here, the Carolina Telephone and : Telegraph has found it necessary | to move its treasurer’s office out i of the building to another one across the street, preparatory to enlarging the mechanical equip ment m the plant. The treasurer's office, handled hv Miss Elizabeth Hurras, is now located m the front part of the building formorh oc leupied by Dr J. T. Llewellyn and I more recent 1\ In Del-Mar's beau ty parlor. The beauty parlor con tinues m the building, but en ! trance is gained by a side door I Explaining the plans for enlarg mg the mechanical equipment. Manager W E Thornton said that intertoll dialing would be made available within the course of a few months A partition wall, throwing one entire side of the building into one big room, is being removed and the new equip ment will be placed in that space until recently occupied by the treasurer's office, i Preparing tor future demands for telephone, the company is in ' (Continued on page eight) County Farmer Ends Life .Near Parmele C. D. Andrews Kills Himself With Gun And .22 Rifle —«— Well-known Fai’inrr of tin I'aniK-lr Section Mail I (mi III Some Time In one of the most determined acts over recorded in a coroner f book in this county, Columbus D Andrews well-known farmer of near Parmele, ended his lile at Ins home at 9:15 o’clock Monday morning. Failing to kill himself with a shot gun and after losing mg it to his wife, he got a rifle and finished the job while his wife called for help Mr. Andrews had been in de clining health three years, spend mg the last six months confined to his home He had brooded over Ills poor health and declared that if had the nerve he would end it all. While Mrs Andrews was in the garden Monday morning shortly after 9:00 she heard a gun fire. Rushing into the house she found him sitting in a rocking chair with most of Ins right ear and a goodly portion of the side of his face shot away The load of shot fired from the gun is be In ved to have fractured the skull i but most of the shot tore into the ceiling. He told his wife not to try ant stop him, that he had to finish the job Mrs. Andrews took tht gun and ran with it into tin yan where she started ringing th< farm hell for help William Q James, a neighbor who was work mg in a nearby field, had staitec to the home after hearing tin first shot During the meantime Andrews went to a hack bedroom (Continued on Page Eight) KOUMMJI* s^ Only four arrests were re ported by the sherd I s of fice last week end. Two of those arrested were charged with public drunkenness and two with assaults. One ol (he four was w'hite and the ages of the group i ranged from 27 to 37 years. (,/»/. ('.Iiu<lnick Mines Family to Williamslon CpI. K. II Chadwick moved his family, Mrs Chadwick and two children, from Greenville to the home until recently occupied bv ABC Officer Cecil Bullock and family in West End The Bullocks moved last week to an apartment in the Holloman home > n West Mam Mr and Mrs Bruce Holloman and family mov I ed into the home until recently I occupied by Mr. Holloman's mo (her, who with her husband, Mr. Albert T. Perry, moved into their new home on the Washington , Highway. Focal Man Improvinfi in Kocky Moan! Ilos/iital •-<* A pat.ent in a Rocky Mount hospital since June 22, Mr R E. (Klip) Peel was reported nnprov ni(4 this morning and is expected home within the next few days DIFFICULT It is not impossible but (lie curing of mixed types of to bacco is indeed difficult, ac cording to It. It. Bennett, to bacco specialist for the Ex tension Service. Asked about mixed curing at a meeting of the Martin County Farm Bureau in the courthouse last Thursday night. Mr. Bennct said that any farmer who can cure 'em both at the same time and grt a good cure all the way through is a past master at the business. “It is advisable to make separate cures, but where the tobacco is mixed, it would prove profitable to put the old variety in the barn a day ahead of the Dixie 101,” Mr. Bennett said. Farmers, plant ing the new varieties for the first time are almost certain to find it advisable to talk with the county agents before cur ing their crops. Hail Damage In Several Sections —— While there was no eoneentrat ed damage, hail and wind were reported by about seventy five farmers in this county last week Most of the reports came in after the Wednesday night storm. It is believed the wind damage will exceed the loss resulting from hail. Adjustments are being made this week and so far no damage estimate is to be had. ) omifi Man Hooked For ismmll II illi Shot (>ua Melvin Glisson, white man, was booked for an assault with a shot gun near his home in Hear Grass Township Sunday afternoon. Saul to have boon drinking, the young man fired into a passing ear The driver, a Stokes man, did not tarry long and his name eould ] not be learned immediately No great damage was done to the ear Glisson was arrested by Dopu ties Rawls and Reel tool her Forged (heel. Traced To Three Men -■ -— After ncounting for four eheeks, representing a total of $03, the county sheriffs department re eeived a fifth spurious paper al legedly forged by Jos. Higgs, James A Hrown and James Rawls last week The cheek, written in the amount of $21) and carrying the same signature placed on the oth er cheeks, was chased by Darrell Taylor at Taylor Brothers' in Everetts last Tuesday. Ask Workers I'o Register For The Tobacco Harvest .1 Kelly Gay, manager of the local employment office of the | (employment Security Cmnniis *iion, today called upon .farmer:-. I to forecast then farm labor needs ! for the green tobacco harvesting ! The local employment office I staff is seriously concerned over the prospect of a shortage of larnt | hands and is gearing its efforts to recruit labor for the harvesting of green tobacco in the local of fice area, Gay said. ' If we know what the farmers expect of our facilities we can make advance preparations," Gay asserted "With the labor supply short and with the certainty that manpower problems arc going to become increasingly difficult, it is urgent that the local Employ ment office know rather accu rately within the next few davs what the farmers needs will br , for the harvesting.” Gay urged farmers to contact the office and advise Ihe days that they will need workers and the type workers needed - shelter hands, primers, loopers, etc (The local Employment (Jtiice is lo-1 I catcd on Main Street in the Tar lllccl building neai the Bus Sir. 1 1 nm, telephone, 2 \ 10). "The urgency of the farm la bor problem rests tn the fact that employment in industry is in creasing with each successive month, Gay said Industrial help is coining from the rural areas. When this rural labor re servoir dries out the farmer who needs help will be up against it. It we know what his needs will be it will help us to prepare in advance.” Gay also urged all persons in terested m working in green to bacco during this season to reg ister in the local office stating the days of the week that they wil he able to work Gay wishes to emphasize that there is an acute shortage of printers and requests all experienced primers to regis t<; as oon as possible He ad\ is es that the local office will fnl low the same schedule as in the past two years, that is, having a representative at the office at 5:110 A M each day to assist in delegating farm hands to the va rious growers ot the community. Action By Board Calls For West End Annexation Slight lncrcax' Allowed lit Salaries Straight \cross Tin* Hoard -« In ;i three-hour meeting last night, Williamston’s town com missioners voted to go ahead with plans for the annexation of a small area to the west of the town limits, the proposed boundary to go to Sunset Drive with some few exceptions of the drive itself. An other petition was submitted to the board by George Corey, Ben jamin Powell, Jesse Curtis and George Wynne, asking that their property of the four be annexed to the town The petition w'as ac cepted conditionally; that is, the four parcels will be included with the understanding that services will be extended there just as soon as possible Action on other petitions, seeking boundary line extensions are being delayed. The board last, night, approved the expenditure of just about the last dollar of the $200,000 sewer and water extension program, in cluding approximately $8,000 held m the sewer rental fund The lines are to be extended to Peel Street at Geo Peel's market and into Martin Heights, Petitions for service connections are to be met from current funds in the future m order they are received. After electing K. D. Worrell as mayor pru-tem, the board reap pointed Chief of Police John Roe buck at a salary of $3,380 per vear; It K Manning, superinten dent of the street and water de partments, at a salary of $4,030; Policemen Chas. Moore, $57.50 per week; Arthur Perry, Bill Haislip, $55 per week; Willie Modlin, $50 a week, Emmett Hines, $45 a week, and Wilson Wiggins, $45 a week, the latter to qualify for a raise at the end of six months’ service Marion Cobb was reap pointed treasurer-clerk at $3,510 pci year All other experienced employees are to receive a $2.50 per week increase, and all inex perienced labor regularly employ es to get $1 week increases. Chas H Manning was reap pointed town attorney with a re tainer's fee of $150. Treasurer Cobb reported a cash balam e ut $21,038.60 in the banks, including $8,135 in tht sewer rental fund. A contract was tentatively en tered into with the B and W Tint Company and the Sinclair Ser vice Station for the purchase of tires at 30 percent discount off prevailing list prices. The orders are to go to the bidder with the lowest prevailing list price. The price of water taps was in creased from $25 to $35 for 3-4 inch piping. The cost for a similar tap outside town was increased from $37.50 to $47.50. It was ex plained that the actual cost, in cluding meter and meter box, runs around $50. A contract was entered into for (Continued on page seven) Small Airplane In A Forced Landing Losing his way on a trip from Huston to Greenville, Bennett Joams landed hi.-: small airplane in Fanni r Jesse Williams' peanut field near Rubersonvillo late Sun day afternoon The pilot and Mrs. loanis were not hurt and no dam age was done to the cub plane. Only minor damage was done to the peanuts. Leaving the plane m the field, the eouple caught a ride to Green ville, returning next morning and flying the machine out without any trouble. The 1951 tobacco harvest is getting under way in thin „ county, but on a limited scale. The task is expected to go forward rapidly next week. Joseph Coburn of the Sta ton Leggett farm near Kob ersonville housed the first barn Friday. Farmers John Jones of near Everetts, Bill the harvest on Monday. Others plan to start housing the crop later this week.
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