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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY 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 VOLUMK LIV—NUMBER 61 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 9. 19.» / ESTABLISHED 1899 Sue For $150,000 Result Oi Wreck In MartinJCoiudji ^ • J* and Wifp File Suits A^ain>l Whitaker Ami Ihiheixm Two of the largest damage suits growing out of a motor vehicle ac cident in this county, were filed in the Federal Court, Eastern Dis trict of North Carolina, Washing ton Division, a few days ago by V. J. Ferris and wife, Ellen M. Ferris, against Murph Whitaker and T. L. Roberson. The suits, asking $150,000.00, were filed by Attorneys E. S. Peel and Robt. H. Co wen. The plaintiffs are residents of New York City and the defend ants are residents of this county. Asking lor $100,000. Ferris al leges that on March 27, 1951, he was driving his 1948 Oldsmobile in a southerly direction on U. S. Highway 17 between Williamston and Washington, that as he ap proached Corey's Cross Roads, about eight miles from Willian.s ton .Wliitakei, driver of a large truck and agent for Roberson, started turning to the right as if to make a right turn, and that he (the plaintiff) pulled to the left to run around the truck to con tinue on his way. The plaintiff Ferris also alleged the driver of the truck, without giving any warning, turned to his left and into the path of the plaintiff's car, that m an effort to avoid a colli sion, plaintiff swerved his car to the left and ran if off the hard surface, that the bumpers of the vehicles hooked, causing the plaintiff to lost control of his ear and crash into the side of a store.i In hi?, complaint, Ferris lists the following injuries he received m the accident. Compound comminuted fracture of left patella with separation of about three-quarters of an inch, multiple abrasions above and be low the front of left knee; Compound comminuted fracture of right patella with the frag ments quite shattered; Compuond comminuted frac ture of right femoral shaft lower third with posterior displacement of the distal fragment extending into the right knee joint; A three inch laceration of right buttock; A two-and-one-half-inch lacer ation of back of left hand; A four inch laceration of scalp under forehead; Contusion right elbow, tender ness over lateral epicondyle and cerebral concussion. The plaintiff says he continues in a hospital for treatment. In her $50,000 suit, Mrs. Ferris lists the following injuries as hav ing been received in the accident: Fractures of right malleolus, contusion of right shoulder, an (Continued on page eight) Four Marriage Licenses Issued Following .1 month jiff little ac tivity, the Martin County mar riage license bureau this week re ported an increase in business. Four licenses were issued in as many days recentlv as follows. Geo . D. fteason ft.RW) " Williamston, and Mary Alice Hop kins’ of Oak City. William L. Cowan of Wilson and Janie Hall oi William ton. i; M.L-M-i- Un Celia Myra Gardner, both •«] James ville. Dana i M. Bowen of Williamstoii and Violet Elizabeth Rogers of JamesviUe V. HIM HKCOHI) After .1 two-day let-up, the heal was turned on attain yes terday and by mid-afternoon the mercury had pushed its way above the 100 mark. Quite a few workers were forced to withdraw from their tasks and activities were limited to a minimum. Aggravated bv high hu midity, the condition was about the worse the weather man has dealt out this sum mer. No great relief is in sight just now, except what comes with scattered showers. Few Positions To Be Filled In County School Faculties rjus^Hxxit ail the faculty po-1 sitions in the Martin County school system have been filled for the coming term, according to a preliminary report coming from i the office of the county superin ■ tendent yesterday. All positions have been filled m the schools at Robersonvtllc, Everetts. Farm Life, Bear Grass ! and Hassell. There are openings to be filled in the history and ; science departments and the seventh grade here, and one each in Hamilton and Oak City and two in Jamesville. Applicants for several of the positions have ad vised the school authorities they would accept but their contracts had not reached the superinten dent's ofl'iee yesterday. Applica tions for the other position; are pending, but no contracts had been closed late Wednesday. According to law no resigna tions need be accepted during the thirty days before the opening of the school term, and the faculties are expected to shape up in their entirety in a matter of days now. There have been quite a few changes in the faculty personnel since last term, it was learned. It is likely that a complete list of the faculties will be available a week or more before the schools open the new term on Wednesday. September 5. I MARKETING CARDS | v Tobacco marketing cards for Martin County farmers will be placed in the mails next Tuesday, the local of fice of the Production and Marketing Administration an nounced today. Approximately 1,675 cards have been prepared and slightly more than 150 have al ready been handed to farm ers. It was explained that a lew farmers wanted to sell on the (ieorgia and Border.mar kets. The rush to the southern markets has subsided in the face of disappointing prices and the harvest rush here at home. Raise Little For Victims 0! Flood The special fund appeal now be ing made by the Red Cross in be half of midwestern flood victims still is far short -of its national minimum goal of $5,000,000, W. It Carstarphen, chairman of the Martin County Red Cross Chapter, reported today. He urged better support of the appeal in this chap ter, and pictured flood victims' needs. Total funds raised nationally, Mr Carstarphen said, so far to tal $989,636, according to reports received today from the organi zation’s national headquarters Contributions to the loca! chap ter amount to only $30.00. "The floods have gone, but they have left in then wake wide spread devastation that has cost thousands of families their homes and means of livelihood,” the chairman emphasized "These peo ple have had a stunning blow, and they must have help before they can begin to help themselves. For individual family rehabilita tion, the. main source of help is the Red Cross. Our workers will be in the flood areas for months yet, providing the long-term aid which, many families must have. The total cost to the Red Cross for this job is expected to run well over the $5,000,000 set as the min imum goal in the present fund ap peal.” *■ "Need, not loss, is the keynote of Red Cross rehabilitation jobs,” Chairman Carstarphen said. "But,” lie added, “the needs of an individual family in this great di saster are often great These needs. ' ajl .the way from the replacing of a kit of tools to the complete rebuilding and refurnish ing o! a home. In any event, assist ance will be given only to those fsmilic who have registered with Red Cross and, upon investiga tion, hair been found to have in Tufficicp.t resources, to return 1-' normal living unaided.” He/mrled ,1H OL From The Armed Services Elijah Williams, 19-ycar-old colored boy. was taken intu cus tody and detained in the county jail here this week for allegedly being absent without leave from the armed forces. Farm Life Rnriluns (I ill Meet i\ext Tuesday Night A meeting of the Farm Life Ru ritan Club wull be held next Tues day night. August 14th. This par ticulai meeting was scheduled to . be held on the 21st but owing to the holding of a revival meeting at Maple Grove Christian Church the date was changed. Too Much Politics And Business As Usual In Nation Congress Has Nol Lived Up To Its Responsibilities, Senator Declares -<$*-— Washington. August—Michi gan's new Senator, Blair Moody, has definite opinions on the fail ures of his colleagues. The former newspaper man believes: “Con gress has not lived up to its re sponsibilities, despite the fact that they have been pointed out to them by the President of the Unit ed States." Although Moody has been Sen ator only since April, he is not a neophyte to Washington politics. Since 1931 the former Brown 3 letter man and Phi Beta Kappa member has represented the De troit News in Washington, with time out to serve as a war cor respondent in 1944. This spring Governor Mermen Williams nam ed him to fill the seat left va cant by the death of Arthur Van den berg. Moody came to Congress as an independent Democrat with a re putation as a liberal and inter nationalist. He believes in consid ering each issue on its own merits, however, and is not dogmatic about his liberalism. He refuses to vote on a party basis. The fight over the extension of the defense production act, how ever, found him in the ranks of the Administration, working for a more potent bill than his collea gues were willing to accept. Al though Moody was defeated on this issue, he still has plenty to s*a,v “I think Congress owes the American people much, firmei protection than this bill can af ford. It is better than no bill, as it does give the President and De fense Mobilize!' Charles Wilson powers they need to mobilize on the production front. But I feai this bill as it stands, will not be adequate to prevent steadily ris ing prices The freshman Senator, who has studied and written on economic subjects, pointed out that: "The biggest consumer is Uncle Sam. The government is spending close to fifty billion dollars for mil itary equipment. So the people are hurt more than anyone else as the increase in prices will have to be paid bv increased taxes.” M'lVouv tninks: "We cannot take fifty billion out of civilian mar kets without commensurate mea suies to prevent i ising prices from shortages in civilian goods. In other words, while making our selves strong to defend ourselves agrdosi the threat, ot ..Ke.d .ag.g.r.es. sion. we must not allow toe veiy process of making ourselves strong to destroy our system in ternally. Failure on cither front will play into the hands of Stalin.” In general Moody has support ed cuts in appropriations, except those which interfere with wel fare programs, such as health, housing and aid to schools, which he thinks are desirable So far, his foreign policy votes have coin cided with the Administration line. Moody enjoys his new job dnd hopes he is serving his country, but he feels Congress reflects an attitude ol ‘‘too much business as usual and politics as usual — too many people acting as if our country were not in danger.” In cidentally, Moody thinks there ought to be more newspaper men in Congress. Handle Eighteen Cases In County Court QaManday -- Finr** Amount To $ 150 amt Road Sentences Meted Out To Several -» Judge R. T. Johnson and Solic itor Clarence Griffin handled eighteen cases in the Martin Coun ty Recorder's Court last Monday in a session lasting until about 12:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Fines were imposed in the sum of $450 and several defendants drew road sentences. i'roceeaings: Pleading guilty of drunken driving, J Franklin Roberson was fined $100, plus costs and lost his license to operate a motor vehicle for twelve months. Willie Lee Timmons, of New Bern, was taxed with the court costs for speeding. Charged with an assault, Mel vin A. Glisson was adjudged guil ty of being drunk and disorderly, and judgment was suspended up on the payment of the court costs. In a second case in which he was charged with violating tlit- liquor laws, Glisson was found not guil ty. Pleading not guilty of an as sault, Eddie Wilson was found guilty and was fined $50 and tax ed with the costs. Charged with non-support, Gar land Lawrence Taylor pleaded guilty and drew six months on the roads The road term was sus pended upon the payment of the court costs and $115 a month for the support of his wife and child Elbert Willis Midyette, charged with drunken driving, called for a jury trial, and bond was requir ed in the sum of $150 The case was set for trial m superior court next month. Theodore Watson, charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license and with im proper lights, was fined $35, plus costs. Pleading guilty of violating the liquor laws, Cleveland Godard was fined $100 and taxed with the cost. He is to violate no liquor law within the next two years. Charged with aiding and abet tmg a liquor law violation, Robert Staton pleaded guilty and was fined $25, plus costs. Raleigh O. Bryant w'ns fined $15, plus costs, for careless driv ing He pleaded guilty. Pleading guilty of failing to re port a motor vehicle accident, J L. Daniel was taxed with the court costs. The ease in which George Bond was charged with assaulting a fe male, was nol pressed. E Haywood Swain pleaded guil ty of drunken driving and was sentenced to the roads for six months. He is to be hospitalized in a sanatorium. Pleading guilty of drunken dri ving, L. Stewart Bullock was fin (Continued on Page Eight) Virginia Reports Segregation Issue Richmond, Aug. 8—The State was oflicially in the fight today to prevent whites and Negroes from attending the same schools in Virginia, Attorney General J. Lindsay Al mond. Jr., asked a Federal Dis trict Court to permit the State to intervene in a suit instituted hv more than 100 Negro parents of Prince Edward County. The parents said their constitu tional rights are being violated be cause their children are required to attend segregated schools. They asked the court to throw out the State's age-old segregation laws. In his petition for intervention -a move in support of the Prince Edward School Board which is lighting the suit—Almond said Virginia's segregation laws are not Violating the Federal Constitution. He also denied that segregation of pupils constituted discrimina tion. Almond declared that school fa cilities in Prince Edward are be ing equalized as rapidly as pos sible. During the spring, more than 450 students at the Moton Negro High School in Prince George went on strike for two weeks in protest against purport led inadequate facilities. Matilda Roberson Died Early Today At Griffins Heme —*— Funeral Sorvir«»s To Bel lleltl In I’iiiey Grove Qiureli Friday al I Miss Gallic Matilda Roberson died at her home in Griffins Township at 3:30 o’clock this j morning .She had been in declin ing health for some time, but was getting around in her room. Be until just a day 01 two ago. She retired Wednesday night about her usual hour and she was heard getting around i nher room. Be fore members of the family could reach her she fell to the floor fa tally stricken, the victim of a heart attack. She died a lew min utes later. The daughter of Harmon Rober son and the late Henrietta Hard ison Roberson, she was born in Griffins Township 51 years ago on October Hi, 18SH>. She lived there all her lile, never marrying and earing for her father who had been in declining health for a number of years. She was devot ed to her family and was a thoughtful neighbor. Surviving besides her father are two sisters, Mrs. Leonard Col train of Griffins Township. Miss Fannie Roberson of the home; and a brother, George Roberson ol' Washington. Funeral services will be eon ducted in the Piney Grove Bap tist Church Friday afternoon at 4:(SO o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. W. B. Harrington, assisted by El dor P. E. Getsinger Interment will be in the Tice Community Cemetery in Griffins Township. President Plans Army Base Tour Washington. Aug. 8. Represen tative Bonner (Democrat. North Carolina, said President Truman may make a personal inspection of armed services buses. Recently Bonner's House Ex pediture Subcommittee issued a report expressing amazement at United States military buying at the rate of $1,000,000,000 per week. Bonner said the President Tues day expressed great interest in the report and in the possibhtv of making a special field trip him self as President Roosevelt did in | 1940. Bonner said the President told him he is anxious to see conserve tioii and economy practiced just a ; much as any Congressman and hopes to arrange a field trip rea sonably soon to see what is going on first hand. 1 le said the President reminded him of his own directive calling for efficiency and economy and the fact that he has issued orders along the lines of the Bonner committee reeommendat I o n These call for using existing fa cilitics wherever possible instead of spending money h i new fa cilities. The House Armed Services Committee recently refused to ap prove an Air Force recommenda tion for a $33,000,000 expansion of the Raleigh Durham, N. C , Mil nieipal Airport and sent Represen tative Kilday (Democrat, Texa ) and a special subcommittee 1" Virginia, North Carolina and South Caiolina to ei> if base: it-ed in World War II. could be used I instead. I mi; m<:com> SPEAKS/. . . Despite all the warnings and humus accompanying them and pleas by the dying, accidents continue to pile up on the streets and highways m this county. Eight more ac cidents were reported last, week. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 31st Week Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1950 fl fi II $ 1,425 1951 3 1 0 500 Comparison* To Date 1950 144 69 5 $33,445 1951 83 40 0 19,275 0 IN e w Mai i ap;< m* Named flier I irre A. L. Jameson To Succeed Wooliord In Local District IVocn! l» Itcing I I’uiisfcm'd To Kirli moml (hi \I (> A LeRoy Jameson, Virginia man, is succeeding Sam P. Wool ford as manager of the Virginia Klectric and Power Company's Al bemarle District with headquar ters in Williamston, it was an nouneed yesterday by" Kay 11 Goodmon, company vice presi dent w ho maintains offices here Mr. Wooliord is being tVansfcrred to the company's home offices in Richmond, and Mr. Jameson conies here from Portsmouth where he has managed the com pany’s local operations I'm five j years A native of Virginia, Mr Jame son has been in the electric util ity business most of his life and managed local offices in Farm ville, Warrenton and Arlington, Virginia, before going to Ports mouth. The change is a promo tion from a local managership to district managership. During a brief visit here with Mrs. Jameson and son, Kov, Mr Jameson made many friends last Tuesday He is to report for ac five duty hen- on Thursday, Au j gust lti. lie will move lus family here just as soon as housing can be made available. Mr. Wooliord is to report to the Richmond oi l ice the same day, but his new assignment there was not announced. Returning to the local office after World War 11, Mr. Wooliord was made manager of the company s Albemarle Dis trill in April, 1!U7, succeeding Mr. Goodmon who was elected a I vice' president of the company at [that time Mr and Mis Wooliord and daughters during their resi donee here have made many friends who regret to sco them leave However, a welcome awaits Mr. Jameson, a rising official in the VHP system, and his family Mi Wooliord has not completed plans for moving his family to Richmond, but he will do so as soon as possible. Mr Jameson and son are Me thodists while Mrs Jameson is a! (Continued on page eight) Band Concert Here Starts at 8:09 P. M. —<t>— Plans were completed this morning ha the annual summer | j concert of tin Green Wave Band id Williiunstnn High .school to be i I presented in the front of the new high school building at ii:U() i m lock this evening. Presenting a program of popu lar music, pop tunes, marches and an overture, the bond will use some of the numbers it plans to play on the forthcoming tobacco motorcade For a score or more of the young musicians it will in’ 1 i their fir i public appear.oici .as band members in concert. Poles have been erected tor the light: which are to illumine the | school lawn and efforts were tie ling made to arrange a stand for the banu today. A practice si's sail wa-- field last evrnm,". Xi get the vouogsteis accustomed to the way their music will sound out of doors where the notes are off and i gone instead of bouncing back as they do m a room. In the event rain should inter fere with the outdoor concert, 1he band will move to the stage of thi old high school auditorium and go ahead with the concert, Prof Jack Butler, the director, said yester day. lilris Soil lor llieorrr In I lir Superior l.onrl -®— (ike!Weaver tins week filed j paper:- lm an absolute divorce from If. 11 Weavei. In the com plaint, the plaintiff says they were married in 19111 and were separat I cil in January, l94iJ. The case is I tentatively set I'm trial m the | | superior court next month. .motinti vm: i__j Next Wednesday, August 15, the (iood-W'ill Tour, sponsor ed by the Williamston Boos ters and consisting of the VVil liamston High School Band, local merchants and towns people. will leave Wiiliams ton about X:I5(I VM and will visit II nniltnn. t»>k < its , lias sells. (told I’oinl and Kveretts in the morning. In the after noon. the stops made In the Motorcade will include Bear (irass, Jamesville. Harden and possibly others, n time per mils. Time schedules have not yet been worked out, hut it is planned that the hand will play several numbers at each stop and favors will he pass ed out to residents of the plac es visited. Larger Air Forcc For This Country Is In The Making It'iiman'- Decision I.\|mt| r<l \ ^ car i rom \m\ < hi Hi' I’n -iilrnlial I’lan Washington, 1) C. Tin- biggest military development of the yon' is the boom now gatherum steam on Capitol Hill, and in tin- I’cnta gbn, for a larger Air Force. The present goal is a 9a group Air Force, which will not be reach eri until 1952, at the present rate of expansion. Hut Air Force ofti eers, and civilian aviation expert.-, confide quietly th.it this is only a "shoe string force. The An Force is no larger mainly because of President Tru man's refusal to use money ap propriated by Congress a couple of veins ago, and because of the jealously of the Navy and Army largely the lortnei both of which services scream "me too" every time an increase in funds lor tia1 Air Force is proposed. So far these two political reason have prevented the Air Force from attaining minimum trength. To show how weak the An Force is. a comparison with Ru sian air strength is in order. Kx pelts estimate the Red An Force at about 200 groups, or just, undei 20,000 aircraft. U. S. strength at present is less than 80 groups and the difference between the two forces is increasing every day. No figures on numbers of an craft aie available for the U S. An Force but the figure is well below hall the Soviet figure. Most Congressmen and Sena tors admit the Air Force is our number one line of defen.u Some painfully concede that polities and jealously among the other services is responsible 1'ot our current lag In the last militate budget, the An Force, lot the lo t time in yea is, was voted an ap propriation considerably largi r than the Navy . The An Force got 22 plus billions the Navy just undei lti billions and the Anns -• * 1 - ‘ .. on - That would appeal to b< the first gleam of hopi that polities was being put <eei uri. and national delt-rise first, in some years, since lieu etotote It;, tin . i . vu t x have been getting an eV-ei. .!:-r.-- uf the ii.Itin -v y,iT service hawk-eyeing the other's appropriation jealously. To insure U. S. domination of the skies over this country, a group of far-seeing Congressmen and military leaders are now working hard for an expansion ot the An tone to 140 or 150 groups. II they get then way, and (Continued on page eight) .Su /icrcisor Of \cf>ro Schools In I lie Comity Eloise Cooper, college graduate, has been elected supervisoi of Ne gro schools in this county, it was announced this week. In addition to her experience in the public schools in this State, she taught, in Hampton Institute, Virginia, and was supervisor in the Raleigh Negro schools. Draw Jurors For September Term Superior Court Judge lleiirv Sle\rus Will I’re'ifle Over iuo-Week Regular Term Fifty-one Martin County citi zens were drawn by the board of commissioners in their regular meeting Monday to serve us jurors at the regular two-week term of superior court opening Septem lii i 17 Only one woman is includ ed in the list. Judge Henry Stevens of War saw is scheduled to preside over the term which will hear criminal and civil eases. It is Judge Ste vens' first official visit to this county in about five years. Names of tire jurors: First Week Jamc-vdle Township: James B. Holliday and Marvin Jones. Williams Township: C: L. Dan iel, Sr. Hear Cra.-i Township. Rome Hogerson. Jr., William Vernon Roebuck and J D. Wynne Wiiliumston Township: W. M. Baker. Nathaniel Coltrain, J. D. Mason, C Milton James, Alonzo S Bland, Archie Coltrain and T. F. Harrison. Cros., Roads Township: B T. Wynne, Darrell F. Taylor, and Winfred Mobley Robersonvilie Township: Ak\ .1 Raw Is. W F Everett, Fi nest C. Knox, C L,. Howell and II G. Norman Poplar Point Township: Roger Ci iiih i anil l.uthei Edmondson. M.iimllim Township: Mrs. C G. Gui e.atui . Wiley Goodrich, Joe A. Whitfield and Seth Roberson. Goose Nest Township: J F. Crisp, K N Crisp and J. A. Rawls. Nine of those whose names are listed above will be drawn for duty on the "rand jury during the next twelve months. Second Week Jainesville Township: A. W. Arige and Arthur Modlin. Griffin Township: Justus 1!. Coltram, I) Andrew Griffin, Geo. E I’i'i I 1 s -he G Griffin and E. II Maiming, Jr ilea. to ass 'I i iwnship: J. L. Stalls. Elb»i i S Han is and G, lloyt Coltrain. Williamston Township: Dalnms I! Ba/.emore, O wald 1). Stalls, 11 P Mobil v, Cecil Brown and li ving Margolis. Robes-onville Township: M E. Robei on, John Daniel ltogerson, Alton Groom and Claud Keel. 1’oplai Point Township: L) (i Cherry. Hamilton Township: Robert A. lainH i,' i .i 11. .11 , I, IS Fleming, Hairy S Peel, and E L. Haislip, Jr. Aaios Crash Near Here Lasi Monday No one was hurt, but property damage estimated at about $200, m uilt'ii wIhii two uns nasht'd a highway ii4 neat' the Highway l'atn l Radio station about 9:00 0 eloek last Monday night. Wiley Brinkley Roberson ot Everetts was driving hi- Fold to ward V* i 111aniston amt slow ed (town tor a ear ahead of him to make a turn off the highway A third i u started to pass and to avoid striking the first crashed into tin -iuo of Roberson Ford. CpS li ill iainvick and I’a 1 ■ ■ ... B V/ Parker . mtu In t„h,e.. investigation. CONFERENCE ~] V-J Representing the Martin County Board of Education and as county attorney, El bert s. Peel will discuss with State officials in Raleigh to morrow, a petition signed by twenty-one Martin County Negro men and women calling I for non-segregation in the county schools. No comment lias come from county officials, but a num ber oi leading Negro citizens, while apreciative of all ef forts advanced in behalf of fa cilities for the education of their children, have declared they are not in sympathy with the petition demand.
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