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Booster Bays Are Great Bargain Days In Williams ton July 18,19,20&21 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 56 Williamtton, Martin County, Worth Carolina, Tuesday, July 17, 1951 ESTABLISHED 1899 One Injured In Three Car Wrecks In CounfrSunday Charlie Mack Scolt Of Near Oak City Suffers A Cracked Skull At lea-st two persons were badly hurt but property damage was limited in three motor vehicle ac cidents on secondary highways in this county last Saturday and Sunday. Charlie Mack Scott, 25-year-old white man of RFD 1, Oak City, suffered a slight skull fracture and severe bruises about both knees when he lost control of his International pick-up truck and plow’ed into the woods on the newly paved Poplar Point loop road shortly after 1:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Scott was quoted as saying that he ran off the narrow surface and lost control of the machine on the shoulder. He was unabie to steer the truck back on the black top and continued into the woods. The machine glazed two trees and then crashed head on into a third tree, rendering the machine worthless, according to Patrol man R. P. Narron who made the investigation. Charlie Mack Bul lock, riding with Scott, was not hurt. After receiving treatment in a Williamston hospital, Scott in sisted on continuing to his home near Oak City. One or two other cars are said to have run off the narrow and winding road forming a loop in Poplar Point, but the Sunday ac cident was the first to have been reported since the road was sur faced. No one was hurt but property damage estimated at $250 or $300 resulted when a 1050 Plymouth driven by James Darrell Tyre and owned by his father, Jimmy G. Tyre, went out of control and turned over on the Farm Life Road, about one-half mile from the Holly Springs Church on U S. Highway 04 Rain was falling and Tyre, 17 years old, told the inves tigating officer, Patrolman R P. Narron, that the machine skidded and then turned over, coming to a stop with the wheels in the air. Tyre said he was driving about fifty miles an hour when he lost control of the car Master Wayne Wynne, 7-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wynne of Hassell, was danger ously hurt when he fell out of a moving automobile near the John David Etheridge farm on the Hassell - Fountain Cross Roads road last Saturday. Riding with his uncle, Bill Roberson, the lit tle fellow tried to lock the rear door but pulled the handle the (Continued on page eight) Opening Used Car Lot Here Oscar Davenport, formerly as sociated with the Roanoke Chev rolet Company, will open within the next 15 days a used car deal ership on Washington Street in Williamston. Mr. Davenport said a formal notice announcing the opening will be made soon. The used car lot w’itl be located in front of the Thrower Appliance Company and next door to the B. and W. Tire Company. IT'S BESSEMER Through error the home town of Coach Carroll Black erby was listed last week as Tuscaloosa when it should have been Bessemer, Ala., a city near Birmingham. It was learned over the week-end that at least one promising line prospect of last fall will be back for another try alter dropping out early last fall. George Harris, quarterback on the Green Wave before sustaining a shoulder injury, last fall, will also he back out for football this year. Leroy Peele, a determined lineman w ho sustained a broken leg in the Washington game last fall, probably will want to try it again but it is doubtful if doc tors will approve, I reckage In hirh T wo Lost Lives Two persons, a father and his young son, rode to their deaths in the wrecked De Soto. Ray O’Neal, 39. and his young son, Jerry Wayne, both of Jamesville, were fatally injured when the car went out of control on U. S. Highway 64 between Williamston and Jamesville Sunday before last. Wilbur Gurganus, formerly of Jamesville and more re cently of Portsmouth, continues in a Durham hospital with a broken neck. Last reports stated his condition was improving. A fourth victim of the wreck, James Zerkle, was able to leave a Williamston hospital last Friday after receiving treatment for head in juries. (Photo by Royal Photographic Center) Serious Shortage Of Labor On The Farms r PRESIDENT ] -—__i Recently elected, Ben I). Courtney, local business man, was installed as president of the Willianiston Lions Club at a regular meeting of the organization last Thursday evening. He succeeds James E. Bullock who completed a successful year as head of the Lions. First Barn Fire In This County -- Fire damaged the barn and de | stroyed about hall the tobacco in it on the Lucian J. Hardison farm | a short distance from Williamston j on the Jamesville road Monday morning shortly after 7:00 o'clock. No damage estimate could be had immediately, but it was pointed out that the loss was confined mainly to the tobacco, j "S'rVtht 5arm and neigh* | bors responded quickly and were j bringing the fire under control | when Williamsto.ri’.s fire fighting j equipment reached there and i helped f.UxUh .the job. It whs the first tobacco curing i barn fire in the county this year. On July 23 of last year, Mr. Hardison lost a curing barn and all contents. The barn damaged this week was equipped with oil burners, and the curing process was about complete. Seventeen curing barns were destroyed by fire in the county last year, the first near Dardens on July 6. I Home Construction Coes l ornartl Ha/ii illy Construction work on a modern j 7-room brick veneer home for Mrs. Jesse Keel of Everetts is go ing forward rapidly on Roosevelt Drive next to Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Johnson The contractors plan to have the new home ready for occupancy in early October. 'Foreigners' Come To The County To Look For Workers Nearly Kijrlil lliimlrnl Are IMaeed By Kiiiployineiil Offiee LhmI Week -♦ The shortage of labor is seri iousIv threatening the tobacco har vest in this section, according to reliable reports coming from far mers and the county office of the North Carolina Security Commis sion. While the harvest goes forward at full speed in most communities, it has been slowed considerably | in others. The labor is in, such short supply that “foreigners” have been reported scouring this community for workers. Farm ers were said to have come into this county and possibly others where the tobacco acreage is large, seeking workers, offering fancy wages and providing trans portation. They are said to have procured a few workers during their recruitment, but few details could be* learned. It was said they were offering as much as $9 a day for primers, the hours rang ing from 6:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. Farm Wages in this county are ranging from $3.50 to $4 a day foi shelter hands and from $6 to $7 a day for primers. With the possi ble exception of loopers, the shel ter labor supply is proving ade quate in this county. However, the shortage of primers is still causing much concern among the tobacco growers. Employment office workers, while doing a splendid job re cruiting workers, have found it next to impossible to meet the de mand for primers. "We are hav ing some "TfSOWft- getting efficient J loopers, hut the main trouble cen ters around the shortage of prim ers,” Manager Kelly Gay said .yes terday. Last week, the- -e»>pi&y mc-fit- «f—• | fice assigned 774 workers to 133; farmers in this county, the man (Continued on page eight) Injured In Farm Accident Friday Hen R. Manning, prominent Griffins Township farmer, was painfully but believed not seri ously hurt in a farm accident last Friday morning. Trucking tobacco from a field, the farmer fell on his back when the mule jumped. No bones were I broken but apparently there were' strains and bruises. After re ceiving treatment in Brown’s Community Hospital here he re turned home Sunday but con tinue., in bed. Legion Installs Its New Officers —«>— Officers were installed by the John W. Hassell Post of the American Legion at a meeting held in the hut on Watts Street here last night. Stephen Alford, Legion Department Vice Com mander of Elizabeth City, was in charge of the installation. Sup per was served. W. B. Gaylord, Jr., succeeds himself as post commander, and several of the other officers, com ing mainly from the World War II veteran group, were re-elected and started new terms last night. Officers installed: W. U. Gaylord, commander; Garland C. Tice, 1st vice com mander; Bruce Coltrain, 2nd vice commander; Alfred Ellis, 3rd vice commander; J. Julian Jackson, adjutant and finance officer; Ed gar Gurganus, service officer; Garland C. Tice, athletic officer; James Smithwick, sergeant-at arms; Theion Gurganus, chaplain; John A Ward, guardianship and public relations officer; J. Sam Getsinger, historian; Eli II. Wil liams, membership chairman; 11. L. Swain, Boys State, school awards, oratorical contest and publicity committees; Mary L. Taylor, child welfare; W, W. Biggs, graves registration; Robert E. Baxter, Americanism; Thur man Matthews, Boy Scouts; and Charlie Coltrain, sons of the Le gion. -- Martin County is planning to start a beef herd on the land at he patrol radio station. Native Of County Died In Richmond Early Wednesday — Funeral At OI«l Home l,ast Friday Near Oak City For Mrs. llynian Mrs. Ethel Boll Hyman, a na tive of this county and a resident of near Oak City most of her life, died at the home of her son in Richmond early last Wednesday morning. Suffering a heart attack last January she had been in de clining health for several months, but she had partially recovered from that attack and apparently was getting along very well when she suffered another attack and died in her sleep. The daughter of the late Law rence and Bertha Hyman Bell, she was born in Goose Nest Town ship near Palmyra 60 years ago on July 6, 1891. She was married in ca !y womanhood to Nathan C. Hyman who died in 1933. Mrs Hvman continuer! to make her home in her native community until about five years ago when she moved to Richmond to make her home with a son, Ernest Hy man. She was a member of the Oak City Baptist Church for many years and was held in high esteem in both her native and adopted i communities. She is remembered in this county as a thoughtful neighbor and a devoted friend. Surviving are four sons, Law rence and Murray Hyman of Oak City, Oscar Hyman of Newcastle, Oklahoma, and Ernest Hyman of Richmond; one daughter, Mrs Doris Chesley of New York; and two half-brothers, Edward and Lawrence Bell of Rocky Mount. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Williams Chapel Metho (list Church near the old home last Friday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Sherman. Interment was in the family plot in the Conoho Church Cemetery. New Officers For Local Lions Club -m -- Newly elected officers of the Williamston Lions Club entered upon their duties at the regular meeting of the active civic orga nization last Thursday evening. Ben D. Courtney, succeeding Jas E. Bullock, presided over his first meeting as president. Othci officers included; Bob Welch, first vice president; Clyde Manning, second vice pres ident; Marvin Baker, third vice president; R. E. Tarkington, Lion Tamer; Geo. 11. Gurganus, tail twister; Martin P. Moore, secre tary, and Fletcher Thomas, treas urer. D. V. Clayton and W. H. Abernathy are the new directors of the club. Timber Prices Reach New Peak In Countv Saturday Timin'- prices are believed to! have reached a new all-time high in this county last Saturday when approximately 1 HO acres of virgin trees were sold at public auction for $84,1100.00. The timber, belonging to the Geo. Roberson estate, is located, 140 acres in Griffins and about forty acres in Hear Grass Town ship, and is rated among the best in this section of the state. Many of the trees, it was reported, will produce 1,000 feet of lumber. It was also reported that the land had never been timbered, certain ly not within the past three-quar ters of a century. The first tract of 140 acres brought an individual offer of $72,000, and the second tract of approximately 40 acres bronyht 1 $12,100. Tin1 two tracts were offer- j oil jointly, and the first bid, made by a Wilson man, amounted to $114,200. A representative of the Eureka Lumber Company of Washington increased the bid to $84,300 to get the property. Interested lumber men from all over this section of the State and several from Virginia attended the auction. Bidding started at a slow pace, but, after setting under way, it went up by leaps of a thousand dollars. The purchasers have two years to cut the timber, and cuttings are to be limited to twelve inches in diameter and twelve inches above the ground. i There are twelve heirs. Reduce Number Of Patrolmen In County Michael F. Powers Gets Transfer To Rich Square Post Only t wo I'alrolinrii And Our Corporal I,oft In 'l'l*if* (lo 11111y The Ninth Carolina Highway Patrol force is being reduced to skeleton proportion in this county, unofficial but reliable reports re ceived over the week-end stating that only two patrolmen and one corporal will be left in the county | when the changes are completed the last of this month. M. F. Powers, an efficient mem ber of the patrol who is complet . ing nearly four years of service in this county, is being transferred to Rich Square, and if the reports received are true there’ll be no re placement. lie is scheduled to re port to his new post of duty on August 1. During the meantime, the patrolman is to have time off to make housing and moving ar rangements. It was said yester day thr^l Powers has odd his home m West -End. At one time, there were five patrolmen and one corporal as signed to patrol posts in this county. The personnel count was gradually whittled down to the point where then’ll be no patrol man in Williamston. Only recently, someone in pow jer closed the patrol garage in this I county and moved it to one side |of the district m Greenville, and 1 (.Continued on Page Eight) Plead For More Blood Donors An urgent plea to .save the Blood program for the Martin bounty Red Cross Chapter was issued this week by Recruiters V. I. Spivey and Wheeler M. Man ning. Unless there is a marked response between now and Thurs day when the Tidewater Blood '’enter sends its bloocimohile here m its second trip, there is a pos sibility of losing the service, it was unofficially learned. In late March, donors gave 185 pint.;-of blood when- the blood-mo bile made its first visit here More hari half that, amount has been made available to persons in hos pitals in this chapter. The blood was kept on hand here and when the available supply was not suf ficient to meet the need, several pints were rushed in by members jf the Virginia and North Caro lina Highway Patrols in a little >ver two hours. As many as sev en pints of blood were given one person without charge. The pa tient did not go out and beg for Blood donors to meet the emerg ency and it cost the patient noth ing whereas in hospitals where blood is purchased, the price would have added up to $175. There have been times when patients almost died because slood was not available on short police. The Red Cross blood bank is prepared to meet emergencies of every person in the Martin County Red Cross Chapter, and at the same time make blood available to the armed forces. The doctor, accompanying the bloodmobile, will not pass any person who, for any reason, should not or is not able to donate a pint of blood Thehtuw 1 tak en without pain and the time to report to the Legion Hut on Watts Street and donate a pint is short Refreshments are served. W-aile—Uve. Red. -Cross.. jl<ut*pen lag .1 new centers from time t*> time,; it is entering into no more agru. ; ments whereby all the people in a chapter can depend upon a free j supply of blood* without delay. Up until yesterday afternoon only 78 persons in this chapter had volunteered to give blood when the bloodmobile comes here on Thursday of this week. More than 240 volunteered to give blood in March. Most of the farmer vol unteers are busy on the farm and cannot report this trip. Others will be out of town, and the need for new volunteers is urgent 1 Many of those who are volunteer ing for Thursday of this week gave blood in March, doctors say ing that it is perfectely all right for a person to give a pint of! blood every six weeks or two' months. It has been nearly four: months since the bloodmobile was here. Those volunteering blood will be given a free exami n ation. Those who have not volun teered to support the blood pro- . gram on Thursday are again ur- I gently requested to contact either j Bill Spivey or Wheeler M. Man- , rung 01 call the Ued Cross Office, ! phone 2661, today. The following have volunteered with Mayor Kobt. 11 Cowen lead ing off for the second straight Robert If. Cowen, Mrs. J. L \ feu*.- Mrs L. .M. ..hek-ojr, Mi Alice E. Harris. W L Alexander, Mrs. W. C. Bunch, .Ji , Mrs Mayo Jones and W C Bunch, Jr. Clifton Hollis, 1,. W. Skinner, | Mrs. W. C. Wynne, Charlie M Johnson and William W. Biggs. Mrs. Floyd Gorham, Jas. H. Faulk, D. D. Bazemore, Clyde Manning and Earl Sawyer George Corey, Sam W. Wil limns, Joseph J. Cross. Tom Moye, Alonza Brown, Jr., and William Thompson. Navin Howard, R. Vernon Hunt ing, Rupert Cowan. Paul Bailey, Mrs. Elva Wil liams, John E Pope, Jr., Lilybet Muse, Stanley K. White, Edna Bandurant, Sue Henderson. (Continued on Page Eight) WINNKK Joan Carol Coltrain, member of the Farm Life Senior 4-H Club, has been notified that she is the Northeastern District's Individ ual Winner in the Dairy Foods Contest. After winning the county contest, she competed with Indi vidual Winners from the eighteen other counties in the District and her demonstration on “Making Cottage Cheese' was judged the best. Joan Carol has been active in 4 II club work for five years. She ! has held offices in the 4-H County I Council and at present is Song I Leader for the council. She is secretary of the Senior 4-H Club at Farm Life and has been active in the Highway Safety project being conducted by the club. She will represent Martin County in the State Health Pageant which wil be held during 4 11 Club Week, July 28-28 For winning in the District’s Individual Dairy Foods Contest, Joan Carol will re- | ceive an all expense paid trip j to 4-H Club Week. Snake Cleans Out The County Jail —— There’; no ! nbt hul what j Mai tin C ouiity pi uple arc getting^ better and better, but Jailer Hoy | Peel admits that it was more than a coincidence when the jail be fame eniptv durinr, one of the tew times this- yeai alter... » small c hiekeii card shake was found | on the steps between the third! and fourth floors Sunday night. Officers had jailed Washington | Manning on a drunken driving charge earlier in the day, and he was being released about 8:00 o’clock that evening. Officer Wil lie Modhn was leading the way down the steps when Manning said, “Look out, there’s a snake." Tlu officer turning around and not seeing the snake, asked, “Are you still drunk and seeing snakes?” The snake, measuring hardly two toot in length and little larger than a piece of half-inch pipe, was killed. He made his way through a basement door crack and work ed Ins way up the stair well, pre sumably to share a chicken dinner j with the prisoner. Declare Chinese Disgusted With Korean Escapade Str<Mi£lli of l > Force* and (!onmii!iii*t* In Korea Is (!oni|iarcd By Edward II. Sims Washington, D. C. Up to the time of truce talks in Kaesong, United Nations force's in Korea had balloned to approximately 650.000 men. The enemy was es timated at approximately the same strength, though having a larger percentage of his troops in combat organizations. Reports from Korea in recent months, even those dating baek to last No vember, about Red troop strength, have been often exagerated. The North Korean army is es timated at a maximum strength of 250,000 men. One Chinese army has been ehewed up by the U. N. army since November when it entered the fight. Another Chi nese army, the First Field Army, is reported to be taking up posi tions m Manchuria and North Korea at present. The remnants of the old Chinese army and the new probably total 400,000 to 500.000 soldiers, probably near er to 400,000 Thus an enemy ground strength of something like 050,000 men is a fair guess, and a guess is about what U. N forces have to accept. F.ncmy strength could be 550,000 or 1)00,000. It is almost definite that U N strength is over the 600.000 mark. U S. forces in Ko rea probably total close to 300,000 South Korean forces total about the same, though effective com bat forces art estimated at 100, 000 The rest of the United Na tions army totals about 35,000 troops. rile largest outside contribu tors are United Kingdom—12,000 troops, 10,000 naval personnel and undisclosed number of ships, and 2 squadrons of the Royal Air Force; Canada 0,500 troops and 3 destroyers, Philippines — 5,000 troops; Turkey - 5,000 troops; Australia - 1,100 troops, 3 de stroyers, and one air fighter (Continued on page eight) Booster Days In Town This Week Booster days will be great bar gain days in Williamston on Wed nesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat urday of this work. Prices have been slashed to new low points, and thrifty shoppers, despite the rush on the farms and tn other places, are expected to find time to literally "cash in" on the bar gains. The following business firms are participating in or are sup porting booster days: Williamston Boosters, Inc., Belk-Tyler's, Ann's, B. S. Court ney, Darden’s, Hcilig Meyers, Lindsley Ice Co., Bulluck’s, Wool aid Furniture, Western Auto, Le der Bros., Williamston Hardware Co., Royal Photographic Center, Harrison Shoppe, Proctor Shoppe, Williamston Motor Co., Margolts Bros,. Charles H. Jenkins and Wil lard’s Shoe Shop. Continues III it Homo In Oak City •In declining health for some time, Mi Luther Davenpoit, well known county citizen, continues < on0.1 '.rfl.tci.jtis ..bed ;,C 1 Us_ 1 unite. I'lrOtfk City.' However. he con tinues jovial and enjoys eom eompany. KOI MM I* v/ Seven persons were round ed up and temporarily de tained in the Martin County jail last week-end, but by Monday the ole hoosegow tuts empty. It was one of the fetv times this year that there were no “guests” in tiic coun ty "hotel". Four were charged with public drunkenness, two with drunken driving and one with an assault. One of the group was white. The ages ranged from 20 to 11 years. •a as
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