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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 63 William ston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 7, 1951 ESTABLISHED 189* Six Auto Wrecks Reported In The — Couniy-Recenily four Persons Hurl; Prop erly Damage Estimated At $1,225 by Patrol —-*—— At least four persons were in jured, none of them believed ser iously, and a property damage, es timated at $1,225, resulted in a se ries of six motor vehicle accidents on streets and highways in this county recently, according to in formation released this week by the Highway Patrol office in this county. No report was filed until the latter part of last week, but it was said that John L. Daniel lost control of his 1940 Chevrolet and ran it into a telephone pole in Everetts early Sunday night, July 29. Making the investigation, Pa trolman B. W Parker estimated the damage to the car at $125. A minor accident was reported on the Hamilton-Palmyra Road at 1:30 o’clock last Saturday after noon when W. E Bellamy of Scotland Neck started to make a turn into a farm with his i947 Dodge oil truck and Mack Nor wood Paul struck the vehicle with his 1940 Plymouth. Patrol man R. P. Narron, making the in vestigation, estimated the damage at $25 to the car. No one was hurt. Saturday morning at 5:45 o’clock, the Dodge driven by Ray mond Williams and a 1941 Ford driven by J. D. Gurganus crash ed at an intersection in the road leading from Highway 04 toward Flat Swamp. Gurganus suffered a cracked rib and Edward Andrews, 31, was slightly hurt about the knees. They were treated in the Bethel Clinic. Investigating the accident, Patrolman B. W. Parker estimated the damage to tne Dodge at $200 and that to the Ford at $125. There was a minor accident near Bear Grass Sunday after noon, but Cpi. R li Chadwick, making the investigation, said no one was hurt and property dam age was negligible. About 7:00 o'clock Sunday eve t ning, Ethel M Jenkins, colored woman of Roper, ran into Roy D Haislip’s 1947 Mercury with her 1951 Ford on Highway 04 in Jamesville. The Jenkins car, trav eling toward Plymouth, was on its left side of the street, Cpl R. H. Chadwick said following an inves tigation. She was booked for reck less driving and charged with op erating a motor vehicle without u driver’s license. The corporal laid the damage to each car would approximate $300 Paul Koening, 39, of Wilson and a passenger in the lfaislip car, suffered a pain ful cut over one eye. Willie Perkins of Hamilton, driving out of a side road, over shot Highway 903 near Gold Point at 12:30 o’clock yesterday morning and landed his 1941 Oldsmobile in an embankment across the high way. He suffered a slight head in jury and did about $150 damage to his car, according to Patrolman B. W. Parker who made the in vestigation. Janiesville Rnrilans Hold Regular Meeting —m The Ruritan Club of James ville held its regular meeting Monday, August 6, 1951, at 8:00 1’ M., in the Jameavi'At School lunch room. Aftei a delicious sup per, which was served by the Cauies of the Jamesvillc Christian Church, a short business meeting was held The Program was omit ted and the meeting was adjourn ed so that the farmers could re turn to their tobacco barns.— Earl L. Sawyer, Reporter. Williamston has received S2.846.00 as its part of the in tangible tax listed and col lected by State Department of Revenue. The amount Is about S200 greater than the S2.641 received last fiscal year. No report has been receiv ed, but the town is expecting about $16,000 as its share of the Powell Bill street fund. The street money is to be made available in October. The allocation is made on the basis of S435 a mile ol streets and $151 per capita. Plan Good Will Caravan In The County Next Week On Wednesday, August 15, W-il * lianiston will send out its good will caravan, promoting the Wil liamston Tobacco Market, to all parts of Martin County, it was announced today by A1 Sweatt, Manager of the Williamston Boos ters, Inc. The Motorcade, consisting of the Williamston High School Band, lo cal merchants and other towns people will assemble at the ware house on that date and will begin to roll about 8:30 AM. The tour will go into the northwestern part »r the county first and return to Williamston about noon and will go out again to the southern and southeastern parts of the county in the afternoon. The annual tour was started last year and was highly success ful, causing the event to be held again this year and enlarged con siderably. All persons of Wil liamston who can possibly get away for a few hours on that date are urged to do so. A complete schedule of places to be visited will be announced later this week. QUARTERS Following the practice of the past few years, the Wil liamston Roosters will again list rooms and apartments available for rent during the tobacco marketing season, it was announced today by A1 Sweat. Manager of that orga nisation. Mr. Sweatt stated that he has already had several re quests for furnished apart ments and that he has no listings for accomodations of that type. If you have any apartments or rooms avail able, you are urged to contact Mr. Sweatt at his office by calling 3123. Mrs. J. L. Everett Dies In Hospital —•— Mrs. Jasper L. Everett died in a Kocky Mount hospital Saturday morning at 9:50 o’clock after a several-day illness. The daughter of Mrs. F. L. Sav age and the late Mr. Savage, she was born in Nash County 59 years ago, moving to this county in 1015. In August of that year she was married to Mr Everett who died some time ago. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Roberson Funeral Home in Robersonville Monday after noon at 3:00 o’clock by the Rev. t m Ppe,v assisted by Elder Wm E. Grimes. Interment was in the Robersonville Cemetery. Surviving are three daughters, Evelyn Everett and Mrs Mary Ruth Perry, both of Corpus Chris ti, Tex , and Mrs W J. Etheridge of the home; three sons, Earl H. Everett, stationed with the Navy in Bermuda, Pvt. Gail Everett of Fort Hood, Tex., and Harry K. Everett of Robersonville; her mother, Mrs. F. L. Savage of Rocky Mount; one sister, Mrs. An nie Wheeless of Rocky Mount; five brothers, John Savage, Gas ton Savage, Marshall Savage, Le roy Savage and Travis Savage, all of Williamston; and eight grand children. Barn Burned In County Thursday —«f— A tobacco curing barn, belong ing to Farmer Daniel G. Griffin, was destroyed by fire on the Hol lis farm near Cross Roads last Thursday morning, almost twenty four hours after the curing fa ces., had been completed. The farmer, cutting the oil off Wednesday morning, returned la ter and found the temperature drorvjjjD.p.^fidjgyxri'.fbixus m shape. The next morning the bain caught fire arid burned, the owner ex plaining he had no idea how the fire started. It was the seventh tobacco cur ing barn fire in the county so far this season. -i Firemen Called Out F riday A fternoon Firemen were called to the home of Hcr.ekiah Price near the Hamby Bread warehouse in West End at 4:00 o’clock last Friday af ternoon when an oil stove went out of control and threatened the small home on the Roberson farm. Hands, working in tobacco just across the road, used dirt and put the fire out. Firemen were called to the same farm two weeks ago when j iighIning filed a barn just to the 1 ’-ear of the Price dwelling. Program Listed For Thursday's Concert By Band 1*01) Tunes and Popular Marches Feature Sum mer Concert Here -• Nine numbers were announced today as being on the program for the annual summer concert of the Williamston High School Band to be given in front of the new high school building Thursday evening of this week. It is possible one or two others will be added if prac tice sessions make it possible. A favorite march, “Iowa Band Law" by King, will open the pro gram, Director Butler said. An overture, “Golden Glow", by Johnson, will follow with a pop tune, “In the Good Old Summer Time,” coming next. The second march on the pro gram will he “Little Jumbo" by Lee. "On Top of Old Smokey,” a pop tune, is number five on the list and is expected to prove a popular number as will another tune, "I Want A Girl". “The Old Gray Mare and Caisson Song," a tune made popular by Smike Bones and His Musical Knite mares, will be Number 7 on the program. "Tennessee Waltz” will be the next to last number on the full program which will close with a march, “Sun Maid," by Lee. Poles are to be placed today to hold lights for illuminating the lawn in front of the high school. The concert starts at fi:00 and in ease of rain will be held in the auditorium of the old high school building. This will be the first public ap pearance of consequence for a score or more of the band mem bers who are advancing to the top band frofn the junior group and , are taking the spots vacated by ! graduating bandsmen. A large number of parents of 1 the younger group is expected out j for the concert to sec how their ! youngsters play under the pres sure of a public appearance while many others will be out to see how the "new band” is getting along. The program, as can be noted from a list of its numbers, is aim ed at popular appeal rather than the higher grade and more diffi cult music. Hold Funeral For Johnnie Bullock Funeral services were conduct ed in the Hassell Free Will Holi i ness Church Sunday afternoon at I 3:00 o’clock for Pfc. Johnnie R. i BulJock. former . Martin County i boy who was killed in Korea on September 10, 1050 The Rev. R H. Murray of Rocky Mount of ficiated and interment was in the Bethel Cemetery. The first Martin County young man to lose his life in Korea, he was the son of Asa P. and Mary J. Keel, formerly of near Rober sonville until they located in Edgecombe County. Surviving in addition to his pa rents are three brothers A. C. of Kinston, Sam of Williamston and George R, Bullock of the home; | four sister, Mia. Julius Hart and Mrs. L. C. Hatch, both of Nm folk, Va., Mrs. Gilbert Carraway and Margaret Bullock, both of the home; two half-brothers, Wadie Bullock of Tarboro, Route 1, and J. J. Bullock of Greenville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Jack Keel of Greenville and Mrs. Herbert Ran dolph of Greenville, Route 2. Town Board Has Regular Meeting Here Last Night Discuss Varied Mailers and Start Investigation Of While Way In a two-hour meeting last night, Williamston's town com missioners discussed a number of matters and received reports from the various departments. Action to curb unnecessary noise in various places in town was considered, the board in structing the mayor to write busi ness operators and appeal for their cooperation. The complaints, it was admitted, are well founded and the board members expressed themselves in favor of curbing some of the unnecessary and ob jectionable noise. It is possible that street telephones will be ord ered removed and some arrests made if prevailing practices are not checked. The possibility of installing a white way in the business sections was discussed, and the proposal is to be discussed with power com pany officials. A request for a sewer line on New Street, leading off Sycamore, was received and the installation of a line was ordered. Treasurer Marion Cobb said that the town had a cash balance of $21,359.17 in the bank, includ ing $1,595.41 in the sewer tax fund. Income from parking met ers last month exceeded $600, and collections on the 1951 tax levy amounted to $10,831.39 up until August 1 Past due taxes on the 1950 levy amount to $2,194.31. A petition was recievcd, calling for curb and gutter and sidewalks on Lee Street from Liberty ti Roosevelt Drive. The petition takes its place behind one submit ted some time ago and calling foi curb and gutter on School Drive. The police department was granted permission to sponsor t circus this fall, the income to g< into a relief or retirement fund. The board briefly discussed tht addition of a colored citizen to the police department for work ii certain sections of the town. N< action was taken. Advised that the sewer contrae project is about complete, thi board is to meet in special sessior shortly for a final settlement will (Continued on page eight) Upward Trend In Tobacco Price: —*— During the third week <*f sale: fur Georgia-Floridu flue-cured to bacco average prices fur inos grades were $1.00 to $4.00 mori than fur the week before. The U S. Department of Agriculture re ports that despite the upwart trend in prices fur grades, thi general average was forced down ward because of lower quality Fur week ending August 3 gros sales totaled 45,507,250 pounds fo $49.15 per hundred. The volumi was only slightly larger but the average was $1.4(1 below the pre vious week. Season gross sale were brought to 108,000,20 pounds for $50.30 per hundred. Improvement in prices was gen eral for leaf, lugs and priming.' Most cutters were about steads Some nondescript was a little low er. Largest gains were for lov and common leaf offerings. Prac tieal top price remained at $65.0( j Some top grades brought one an j two bids more. Increased proportions of low common and nondescript offering lowered the quality. Most has kets contained common to fai leaf, low to good lugs, low cutter and nondescript. The week be fore most baskets were low to fin lugs, low and fair leaf, low cut tors and nondescript, in that ord er. Weekly receipts of the Stabili zation Corporation, under th Government loan program, wer estimated at slightly under 6 per cent. Season deliveries are slight lv over 10 percent. A heavy volume has been mar keted daily since the season be gan Continued heavy sales ar expected all of this week. Mar keting has been in progress tw'elv sales days. During the corre sponding period last year 98,681, 715 pounds had been sold fo $50.97. Petition Board To Eliminate Segregation In Couni^JS^Eools - 4. Negro Lawyer and Eight Petitioners At Board Meeting While Facilities Not K«|iiai Allegations Not True Altogether -» Below is a petition, alleging in equalities in the plants and facili ties of the several schools in this county, and demanding an end to segregation in the Martin County schools. The petition was present ed by a group of eight Negro men and women, mostly from the Par mele, Robersonville and Gold Point sections, and read by Her man Taylor, Negro lawyer of Ra leigh. The petition follows in de tail: The undersigned, parents of Ne pro children attending and eligi ble to attend the public elemcn tary and high schools maintained in and for Martin County, having duly and carefully considered the Statistical Report filed by the Superintendent'of Martin County schools with and before the State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion for the school yeai 1949-50, the latest such report available to date, call to this Board's attention the following facts: 1. That the figures in said report show that the Negro pupils com prise approximately fifty-three percent of the total pupils, both white and Negro, attending schools in Martin County. 2. That of fifty-one school buss es being operated in Martin Coun ty by this boaul for the transpor tation of school children, only eleven of such busses are used for and made available to Negro school children, with the result that, according to figures show ling pupils transported daily, this Board maintains, on the average one bus for every fifty-four whip children, and one bus for every , ninety Negro children, j 3. That although the Negro school population exceeds the white, this Board employs ap proximately twenty more teach ers in the white schools than arc employed in the Negro schools with the result that the Negri schools are seriously understaff ed, resulting in an obvious handi cap to the Negro children. J 4. That although the Negri school population exceeds that ol . the white, this Board maintain: libraries and library facilities n thirteen of the fourteen school: , maintained for white school chi I dren (the school without a library being the Oak City Primary I School), while out of the twenty , one schools (primarily two anc three teacher schools) maintainor for Negroes, only eight of sue! . schools have libraries or library I facilities; similarly while there are some 17,21(1 volumes in the li braries maintained for white school children, only 4,(182 vol uines are available in all of tin I Negro schools. 5. That although the Negri school population exceeds that o the white, this Board has provid ed in Martin County for white children school propi riy with i total valuation ol $959,850.00 while at the same time provnlmi : for Negro children school proper tv with a total valuation of onb $304,100.00; similarly, that of the fdurtei-o schools maintained fo ' white school children, all an con structed ol bricK, with the exeep turn of one two-teacher school a ' Hassell (the only two-tcache school maintained for whit school children), while of tlv twenty-one schools maintained to Negroes, only two are of briel construction. 6. That while teachers' home having a total valuation of $1)2. 300 00 are maintained in eonnec tion with six of the white school only one teachers’ home, of a to tal valuation of $2,500.00, is main tained at or connected with a Ne gro school. 7. That while there are gym nasiums in five of the whit schools, not one of the school maintained for Negroes has i gymnasium; similarly, that whili shop facilities are maintained ir (Continued on page eight) I SCHOOL DATES I s-* Dates for opening the Mar tin County schools a»l the holiday schedule for the year were fixed by the Martin County Board of education in session Monday. Colored teachers will meet on September 3. and the col ored schools will open the next day. The white schools open the term on Wednesday, Septem ! ber 5, following a meeting of white teachers on Tuesday. Two days will be observed for Thanksgiving. The schools will close at noon, December 21, for Christmas and resume activities on January 2. Eas ter Monday, April 11, will be observed as a holiday. If no time is lost the schools will close, the colored on May 23 and the white on May 2<i. District Highway Commissioner Has Address For Club KoviewH highway Program In Talk To Rear (>ruft* Kiiritans Monday -,tv Mr. Henry G. Shelton, Highway Commissioner, and members of the Martin Co. Hoard of Commis sioners were guests of the Bear Grass Puritan Club on Monday night, August (i. Mr. Shelton was the guest speaker and was introduced by Mr. E. C. Harrison. In his open mg remarks concerning this in troduction, Mi. Shelton said that after hearing all these nice things Mr. Harrison had to say about him “I can hardly wait to heai what I’m going to say.” Mr Shelton talked about the general road program in North Carolina and in Martin County i The types of roads are the l’n ! mary, Secondary, Federal-Sec ondary, and Bond roads. Thi Federal Government gets a little 1 arbitrary in the spending of Fed (oral funds on Primary roads, bui ja special appropriation has beer passed for the improvement o Highway 04 from Williainston t< Plymouth. Mr Shelton stated that the Highway Commission has receiv ed a great deal of criticism fron the lumber and logging Industrie: and from the pulp mill people about the1 road weight limits. Thi I Commission has listened to al these complaints and has math any number of inquiries and in vestigations. and has decided tha | the limits will stay pretty mucl j what they are. Mr. Shelton staled "It is not the intention or policy of the Highway Commission to pu any industry out of business, anc where' a bond road runs by a per manent industry the weight lim it signs have been removed. But whore a loggei uses a road foi i four or five weeks to haul iiu i logs he will have to abide In these limits.” The Highway Commission i faced with this proposition. Sbal we buifu -roar:.', of highc stand ; arils and thus have fewer miles o paved roads, or use a lower stan 1 dard and have more roads. Tin {Continued on Page Eight) - - -—— - 1 j Merchants' Group Hames Local Nai C. B. Clark, local druggist, ha been named to the Government;! ‘|and Public Affairs Committee o the North Caiolina Merchants As ’ jsociation. The announcement wa made today by W. S. Wolfe n Mount Airy, president of the or ganization. The function of the Govern mental and Public Affairs Com rnittce is to recommend to th Board of Directors what the Com mi Hoe considers should be the at titude and policy of the Associa legislation, governmental am public affairs and, acting unde instructions of the Board of Direr j to*s, it is to have control ove 1 such matters. Petitioners Ask Board To Submit An Early Answer -—#— Allege* Inequalities In The Several School* In This County --. What was described as a poten tial bombshell was dropped in this county Monday morning when a group of eight Negro men and women, headed by a Negro law yer from Raleigh, asked that se gregation bo eliminated in the schools of this county. The lengthy petition, appearing in another column of this paper, was read by the Negro attorney before a regular meeting of the ! Martin County Board of Educa tion. Their cause presented, the S Negro petitioners and their attor ney filed out of the meeting room with very little comment and only one question having been asked. The petition referred to second ary schools, and clarifying the term, the spokesman said that in eluded all schools, primary, ele mentary and high. The lawyer spokesman said he was not singling out Martin Conn ty, alleging that similar conditions existed in his home town of Ral eigh and throughout the State. The petitioners said nothing, but the group spokesman asked that an answer to the petition be submitted without delay. The paper was filed and the education board members will study its contents and discuss them with other officials. It was pointed out that some of the allegations are without foun dation, and that the picture has changed and is being changed all along. There are lunchrooms in some of the colored schools. Shop facilities are available in more than 14110 Negro school in the county. The bus load for Negroes is little or no higher than it is for whites. Most of the gymnasiums in the county were not built with board of education funds, and white pa trons have either built or equip ped the lunchrooms. Negro education in Martin County has advanced faster in re , cent years than was the ease with white schools. Negro teachers 111 1 this county receive a higher aver i age salary than the whiles The Negro school consolidation program is being advanced pus ', sibly even more rapidly than war the ease with the white schools Two Negro high school building? are now being constructed, one ol them including a modern gym nasium. | It has been pointed out, law or , no law, that Negro education e | advancing more rapidly undet the present plan than it could pus usibly advance under any other I that possibly some id the petition | ers are being misled. (Continued on page eight) Recruit Women For Two Years - - , i N;;t. Monteith, the ioi al recruit I | ing officer for the U. S. Army ami , U. S. An Force, announced the : week, that qualified women may now enlist m the WAC s for <i Uvi I year period. ' Previously, the e, nr i prrs-'wr a woman could enlisi for, wa; three years. li The minimum educational re J quirements are: applicant must b< high school graduate and a II least 111 years old. f| Sgt Montcith is at Fort Bragi | all day today on business, but wil s | be on his regular route Wcdnes f day .innonnrr Ilirlh tail I truth Of Son Friday ■ Mr and Mrs William Vietol • Andrews announce the birth ant death of a son, William Victor An drews, Jr, in a local hospital or 1 Friday, August 3. Interment wa: • in the Andrews family cemetery in Williams Township. Mis. Andrews is the funnel Miss liuby iiuggard. Board 0! Connly Commissioners In Meeting-Monday -- Wry !N»*h HiHiiirnii llaudli'il Ity Officials III Keyular Sension --4, Very little business was handled by the Martin County Commis sioners in regular session Monday. Road projects were recommended, jurors were drawn for the Sep tember term of the superior court, and other matters were discussed but no final action was taken. The commissioners discussed hospital ization costs for indigents. Hospi talization is costing for that group about $ Hi,000 a year, it was learn ed. A petition received bv the board, asked that a road in Bear Grass Township, beginning on the Bear Grass Hoad near Clarence Bailey’s residence and running southerly about one mile to William Shep pard's residence be worked as a community project. The board al so recommended that the Arthur Modlin road in Jamesville Town ship be worked as a community project. Tax Collector M. L. Peel re potted that $317,351.13 of the $336,635 tax levy for 1950 had been collected. All but $7,578.24 of the $313,706.69 levy for 1949 had been collected. There is a bal ance of $5,014.35 due on the $284, 594.80 levy for 1948, and $3,110.49 is due on the $235,284.19 levy for 1947, the collector reported. Sheriff M W Holloman report ed fees in the sum of $145.50 for | July, the amount representing fees collected for serving papers. The register of deeds reported an inconu of $374.55 received in fees for filing papers, issuing cer tificates, licenses and other pap ers. Income from the office of the clerk ot court was listed in the sum of $1,440.20, including $625 in county court fines, 585 90 in court onsls and $229 30 from recordings All members of the board, in cluding C C Martin, W M. Har rison, J 11 Edwards, H. L. Roc j buck and Henry S. Johnson, Jr., were present for the meeting | which lasted until about 1:00 | o’clock in the afternoon. Local Boy Chosen Soldier Of Week Sgi. .lames I). Roberson, ideal young man, was chosen "Soldier nf the Week" at Camp Stewart fur the period, July 29, August A In a note nf appreciation to the young soldier, the commanding officer, Brigadier General Clare II Armstrong said: “By means of a series of com petitive tests, first at battery lev el and progressing successively through battalion, group and the final elimination test at this head quarters, you have demonstrated in an outstanding manner those qualities characteristic of the suc cessful American soldier. "Your final selection from among the many thousands of oth er soldiers with whom you com peted indicates you possess high morale, intelligence, splendid mili tary bearing and soldierly appear ance, a good knowledge of tasks to be performed, conscientious at tent ion to duty, a high degree of leadership ability and a compre hensive knowledge of the high lights of world affairs. "i wish you every success dur ing your Army career and during your subsequent efforts in the fit! d'Cif V i V.; : enuea Vor". KOUIMIMJP v Alter the county jail hacl been empty from Monday un til last Friday, various offi cers got busy and started fill ing it up last week-end. By late Saturday, nine persons bad been arrested and tem porarily detained there. Four were booked for pub lie drunkenness, two for drunkenness, two mi drunk en driving, and one each with an assault, breaking and en tering and issuing a worth less check. One of the nine was white and the ages of the group ranged from 1211 to 40 years.
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