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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIE3 TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE rHE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 65 WilliamBton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August I t. 1951 ESTABLISHED 1895 Kills Man With Bat In-Everetts Saturday Victim Died In Hospital; Killer Runs and Escapes 5<m*oii*1 Man Wounded In Head At Piceolo Party In Lodfje Hall -*j Osborne Williams, 27-year-old Williamston Negro, was fatally in jured when Lee Bonner, also col ored struck him in the head with a baseball bat at Everetts at 12 30 o’clock Saturday morning. His skull cracked and having lost much blood before he could be moved, Williams died in the Mar tin General Hospital shortly after 8:00 o’clock that morning. He nev er regained consciousness. After landing the fatal blow on Williams’ head, Bonner ran out of the building and threw a pop bot tle through the window, wound ing William Edward Wallace, 25, in the head. His wound was closed with several stitches, and last reports indicated he was getting along all right. Bonner, apparently certain he had killed Williams, ran away and nothing has been heard from him. Sheriff M. W. Holloman, inves tigating the attack, said today no clear motive had been established. According to the ( fficer, women figured in the attack that cost one man his life and a painful wound foi another. Another ver sion held that Williams went into the Negro lodge hall on the Eve retts-Spring Green Highway just outside the town limits and drew a knife. Bonner brought out the bat from “nowhere” and without further ceremony, directed the [blow on Williams’ head. \ Williams, employed by the Mar Im-Elliot Wholesale Company in Williamston, left his job that af ternoon to attend veterans' school jn Parmele. After school was out he carried his wife to Rocky Mount where she boarded a train for Philadelphia He then return ed to Williamston, hired a taxi and visited in Roberson ville a short while. On the return trip he stopped in Everetts where friends were giving Griffin a farewell part}' in the Lodge Hall where Murray Wallace operated a.pool table and a piccolo. He had' been there only a short while when he was fatally attacked. During the meantime, someone had cut a tire on the taxi, and the trip to the hosp'tai with Wil liams was delayed until the tire was repaired. It was reported that Williams had been warned to stay out of Everetts and leave the girls there alone. Williams was a veteran of World War II, serving several years in the Pacific theater. He was said to have been a capable worker, but indulged in drink at j times. After a long residence in Phil- i adelphia, Bonner returned to this I county about three years ago to make his home with his mother. He had been employed by Wells Oati s Lumber Company in Wil horrtMnn for some turn. It is be lieved that he was wanted in (Continued on page eight) Revocations OL Licenses Drop License revocations for drunken driving declined somewhat in July the Department of Motor Vehicles ported today. A total of 450 JW^th Carolina motorists lost their driving privileges during July which is a decrease of 136 from >lie 646 drunk driving violations recorded in June. The July total was a further decrease over the 561 persons ar rested and convicted of drunken driving in July of last year. A total of 967 drivers in the state lost their driving privileges last month for traffic violations. Revocations totaled 685 and sus pensions 282. Yearly revocations through July came to 6,997 and suspen sions 2,464. ROUND-UP v-/ There was considerable ac tivity on the crime front in this county last week-end, the records showing a murder, at tempted rape and at least ten other lesser law viola tions. Ten persons were jail ed, six for public drunken ness, two for larceny and one each for attempted rape and assault. Only one of the ten Jail ed was white and the ages of the group ranged from 17 to 4fi years. Report From The Georgia Markets Most grades offered on Georgia Florida flue-cured tobacco mar kets during the fourth week show ed declines in average prices as compared with the week before. The U. S. Department of Agricul ture reports the majority of losses from $1.00 to $3.00, Prices for some grades were unchanged. Volume of offerings continued heavy. Weekly gross sales amounted to 44,363,021 pounds for a general average of $43.15 per hundred. The poundage was slightly smaller than for the pre vious week and the average $6.00 less. The chief reason for this sharp decline was the poorer quality of the tobacco. Season sales were brought to 152,423,282 pounds for $48.26 per hundred Increased proportions of low and common leaf grades and non descript resulted in the lowest weekly general average reported this season. These grades made up around 60 percent of the baskets sold. The percentage of good and fine grades wras about half that of the week before. Sales consist ed mostly of common to fair leaf, low to good lugs and nondescript. Weekly receipts of the Stabili zation Corporation, under the Government loan program, were estimated at 7 percent of the sales. Season deliveries are close to 10 percent. As of August 1 the Crop Re porting Board revised the esti mated 1951 production of the type downward to 156,923,000 pounds. The previous estimate was 160, 532.000 pounds. Estimated pro duction for aii flue-cured types was lowered to 1,399,048,000 pounds. The first estimate was 1.429.542.000 pounds. Through Friday, the seven teenth day of sales, about 10 mil lion gross pounds more had been sold than during all of last sea son. A continued heavy volume of offerings is expected most of next week. No market has offi cially announced a closing date. Most of them are expected to end the season late this week. Announce Peanut Support Prices The Agriculture Department h.nt announced an average sup port price of $230.56 a ton for 1051 crop farmers stock peanuts of all types. This was $14.56 more a ton than the average support price for 1950 crop peanuts. This new support level is ?!8 j per cent of th< parity price of i S202 a ton or 13.1 cents a pound j prevailing at the opening of the marketing season on August 1. The base grade support price for Virginia type peanuts (grown in North Carolina and the Old Dominion) containing 65 per cent sound mature kernels was set at $226 a ton. For runner type pea nuts with the same requirements, $206 a ton; for Spanish type pea nuts east of the Mississippi River i having 70 per cent sound mature kernels, $225 a ton. Peanuts having in excess of | seven per cent damage, 15 per cent foreign material or 9 per cent moisture (10 per cent in the Carolina Virginia area) will not be eligible for support. Prospects are bright for a good j crop of peanuts in the county | this year. Four Wrecks On Conniy Highways DuriagWaek-end Only One Person Reported To Have Been Slightly Hurt In Accidents Only one person was reported slightly injured and property damage was limited to a few hun dred dollars in a scries of four mo tor vehicle accidents on Martin County highways and streets dur ing the past few' days, according to reports coming frgm the coun ty highway patrol office Monday morning. The first in the series of acci dents was reported by Patrolman B. W. Parker on the Bear Trap Milf Road between WHliamston and Bear Grass last Saturday af ternoon at 1:45 o’clock. William Garland Peel, driving a 1950 Chevrolet, met Roy Clifton Ma lone in a 1940 Ford pick up in the narrow road and the vehicles crashed almost head-on, accord ing to the investigating officer. The tw'o vehicles were in a curve and hushes beside the road block ed their view, Officer Parker ex plaining that neither was travel ing very fast. No one w'as hurt and damage was estimated at about $150, about $100 to the car and about $50 to the truck. The second accident during the period was reported by Patrol man R. P. Narron on the River Road about seven miles from Hamilton Saturday night at 9:45 o’clock. A 1934 Ford driven by Andrew Jackson Modlin and a 1939 Pontiac driven by Boss Alex ander of Jackson, N C., crashed almost head on, doing about $50 damage to each vehicle, accord ing to Patrolman Narron. Noah Smallwood of RFD 1, Palmyra, suffered a slight cut on the lip, the officer said, but no one else w'as hurt. Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock as she was driving into Oak City from Hobgood, Mrs. Margaret Goodrich Roberson of 600 Freman Road, Richmond, lost control of her 1950 Hudson and the machine turned over. The driver and her young daughter were not hurt but their little dog was shaken up a bit. Patrolman Narron said. Damage to the ma chine was limited to about $200. The patrolman explained that the car skidded on the wet pavement, that the accident was within the Oak City town limits. The last in the week-end series was reported by Patrolman B. W. Parker at 6:15 o'clock Sunday evening on^fighway 17 just south of Williamston near Skewarkey. W. O. Roberson, driving toward Williamston, slowed down for a car ahead of him, and Harry Woolard, taxi driver, plowed into Roberson's 1940 Ford with his 1949 Chevrolet. No damage was reported to the Ford, but Patrol man Parker estimated the damage to the Chevrolet at about $50. No one was hurt. Child Critically Hurt In Accident Esther Maxine Chance, 15 months old, was critically injured about 6:30 o’clock Monday eve ning when she was struck by a car in the -yard of her home in Cross Roads Township. Her face and neck bruised and skinned terribly and suffering at least five broken ribs and other inter na) injuries, the little victim ap pear'd unusually bright in a lo cal hospital, this morning The mother, Queen Esther Chance, had washed the family car and placed the child on the porch. The mother then started to back the car under a tree and the child moved out of the porch and into the path of the machine. The bumper knocked the victim down but apparently the wheel did not pass over her. Improving In llonpilul Aflqr Suffering Attack Joe H. Roebuck, head- of the AIJC Board enforcement division in this county, continues to im prove in a local hospital follow ing an attack suffered about two weeks ago. Although his condi tion is improved, it could not be learned when he would be able to return to his home. Tobacco Motorcade Making Tour Qf County-Tomorrow Williamston's Annual Tobacco Motorcade, sponsored by the Wil liamston Boosters, Inc., will get underway tomorrow morning, Au gust 15, at 8:30 AM. Tho Motor cade will form at the tobacco warehouses and will visit, many parts of the county. A special fea ture of this year's Motorcade will be the Williamston High School Green Wave Band, under the di rection of Prof. Jack Butler. Many Williamston business and towns people are going out to visit their neighbors on that date, and favors will be distributed at each stop. The schedule for the Motorcade is as follows: 830 AM — Form at WarehduselCi leave Williamston. 9:00 AM — Hamilton 9:45 AM — Oak City 10:15 AM — Hassells 10:45 AM — Gold Point 11:15 AM — Everetts 12:00 NOON — Williamston and lunch 2:00 PM — Leave Williamston 2:30 PM — Bear Grass 3:00 PM — Manning & Gurkin Store 3:45 PM — Jamesville 4:30 PM —Dardens 5:00 PM — Return to Williams ton The Motorcade will be accom panied by a highway Patrol car. Committee Cuts Many Millions From Aid Bill China Believed To Waul Ti» Gel Oul Of The Korean IVImldle Washington, D. C. — When Chairman James Richards, <>f the House Foreign Affairs commit tee, suddenly introduced a for eign aid hill calling for 700 mil lion dollars less than the govern ment-written bill asked, it threw the State and Executive depart ments into a tizzy. At the time, the Foreign Affairs qpmmiUee had not aproved either the Ad ministration, or the Richards, for eign aid bill The administration bill called for 8 1-2 billion dollars to be spent on military and other for eign aid and Richards thought some money could be saved. He thus got his committee staff to gether for several unheardtof night sessions. No other commit tee member attended, just Rich ards and the staff. The staff thought some money could be saved too. The result was a bili, intro duced by Richards, which will save 700 million dollars and in Richards opinion, will not hurt the national or international de fense picture. The move was a great shock to President Truman and the State Department be cause tradition on Capitol Hill has allowed the government im munity from fund slashes in the Foreign Affairs committee. The long-standing custom, wherein the Foreign Affairs oriin mittce let tne amount of Admin istration foreign funds requests stand was thus broken. The cus tom had been inviolate for dec ades. The original reason for it was that the committee wasn’t supposed to know anything about foreign affairs, but since the 1946 reorganization, when committees were given a staff of experts, the custom has been meaningless. But it was not until Richards took over the committee that the custom was finally broken. Com mittee members, both Republi can and Democratic, are expected to line up behind the Richards bill in preference to the Adminis tration bill, and further cuts irgty even be encountered on the floor of the House, where the cutting ! has .tradi. ionally been done. A number of Congressmen and Senators are eyeing the coming national defense appropriations bills, which will be complied in the next few months, and which will reach the armed services committees earlier than usual — some will be ready before the end of this calendar year. The thought (Continued on Page Eight) County Minister Holding Meeting In Mississipfn -%—— Thr Rev. E. R .Stewart., county Baptist minister of Hamilton, is conducting a religious meeting in Silver City, Mississippi this week. While there Mr. and Mrs. Ste wart are visiting their daughter and son-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. Joe. D. Everett. The Rev. Thurman Griffin will conduct services in the Ham ilton church Sunday, Mr. Stewart explaining that he planned to re turn and meet his appointment in the Everetts church on the fourth Sunday. Eight Report For Final Induction Eight Martin County young men reported this morning for final induction into the army. The eight, four white and four colored, left by regular bus for Fort (Bragg. Several of them had volunteered for service. Those leaving were: White Samuel David Carson of Wil liamston. James Elbert Perry of RFD 1, Jamcsville. Ralph Gene Gardner of RFD 1, Williamston.' Earl Benjamin Forbes of RFD 1, Robersonville. Colored Lonnie Brown, Jr., of RFD 3, Williamston. Norman Lee Slade of Williams ton. William Austin Greene of Wil liamston. Alonza Daniel of Williamston. Melvin Bryant of Robersonville was transferred to Moultrie, Ga., for induction. The final induction call is the first to be answered in this coun ty since July Hi when three re ported for service. Seventh Tobacco Barn Destroyed It’s origin not known, fire des troyed n large tobacco curing barn on the John I). Lilley Creek farm near Wdliamston shortly after 8:00 o'clock last Friday night. Mr. Lilley said high heat was being maintained, that possi bly the bain just got too hot. It was the seventh curing barn known to have been destroyed by fire in this county during the cur rent season. William.ston’s fire department answered a call to the barn but its firemen could render little assis tance. A small amount of insurance was carried on the barn, a large plank structure equipped with furnaces for burning wood, and there was about $200 insurance on the tobacco, it was learned. Opens Used Car Business Here - Davenport Auto Sales Company will celebrate its opening on Sat urday of this week, Mr. Oscar Davenport, owner a.rtrl operator, announced .yesterday. He added that while the car lot is now and has been open foi business, there are still a few things to be com pleted by Satin day, the company's official opening date. The auto sales company, which will deal exclusively in used au tomobiles, is located on Washing ton Street beside the B. and W. Tire Company and occupies a sizable lot enclosed by white picket fencing. An office building with reception room and office is situated on the rear of the lot. Mr. Davenport, who will han dle all sales personally, is an ex perienced ear dealer, having been in the business of selling, buying and trading automobiles since 1933. During the past fifteen years he has been associated with Man ning Motor Company in Plymouth as assistant sales manager, with Griffin Motor Company and for the last number of years he was associated with the Roanoke Chevrolet Company here. Charge Man With Attempt To Rape Small-Eid Here Mother Alleged To liave Ig nored Daughter's Call For Help -« The attempted rape of a nine year-old child and the sordid facts surrounding the attempt were air ed at a preliminary hearing held before Justice Chas. it Mobley here last Saturday night. Officers are continuing their investigation and all the details could not be learned. Prince Lynch, 21-year-old col ored man just a short time off the county roads, was ordered to jail without bond when the father of the child signed a warrant charg ing attempted rape. The pleas of the little victim, Diana Hawkins, nine years old, went unnoticed until her father returned home late Saturday from his job in New Bern He had the child examined ,.i i. tera! hospit.tr where it was reported the victim had been painfully bruised and injured. It was explained that the attack was not successful. According to one story, Lynch had been sleeping in the bed with the young girl and her younger brother, for several nights, the girl occupying a place at the foot. The mother occupied another bed in the same room. Lynch entered the home some time after 3:00 o'clock Saturday morning and at tacked the girl a short time later The victim, according to the story she told the trial justice, called to her mother for help but her calls went unanswered Suffering pain and hardly able to walk, the little victim later in the day was said to have again pleaded for help, but she was cruelly brushed aside. Band Concert Here Draws Big Throng The annual .summer concert of the Green Wave Band of Wil iiamstou High School which was presented in front of the new Inch school building last Thursday eve ning attracted a large throng and drew praise from local and visit ing lovers of hand music. Despite the presence of some two dozen youngsters in the hand who had had no previous concert experience, the unit presented a program of popular tunes and peppy marches after a pleasing fashion and one of its numbers was so popular as to call for a re peat—"You Are Mv Sunshine." A number which Director Jack But ler remarked that he had been saving for an encore, “Sunmaid March" was one of the most pleas ing of the four fine marches pre sented in the concert. General comment was that the hand made a good showing and gave promise of a fine musical or ganization as time rolls on. The hand will take to the road tomor row as a part of the Williamston Boosters Caravan which is to visit all sections of the county. A marching routine by the drum section of the band was well-received as was a demonstra tion of twirling by Miss Sarah Page Jackson of Elizabeth City who had been conducting a ma joiette school here during the week. The next big event sched uled for the band members and their parents is the annual picnic tri be staged at fi JO on August US on the high school grounds. After the concert the members of the band were treated to a watermelon cutting and swim ming party at the Williamston Municipal Swimming Pool. Body On Iis Way Home from Korea The body of Sgt. James H. El lis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nat G. Ellis of Farm Life, is on its way home. Tl)e body of the young sold ier who was killed in action in Korea last January 15, reached San Francisco on the U. S. Lynn Victory Sunday with the bodies of 504 other Americans who lost their lives as a result of the fight ing in Korea. It is not known just when the body will reach here, but it is ex pected tlie latter part of this month. Go To Grass Roots Tor Program- Plans Mobilization Unit To Hold Meeting Wednesday Night \>kin<: Farmers Wlial I’arl Of Farm I’ro^rum To Keep Or Reject — —» Administrators of the United States Department of Agriculture programs are going to the grass roots this week to find out what parts should be eliminated, abol ished or retained. The first step in the movement will be taken in this county Wed nesday night of this week at 8:00 o'clock when the Martin County Agricultural Mobilization Com mittee meets with interested cit izens and maps plans for holding the grass roots meetings in the several communities in the coun ty, it was announced. The public is cordially invited to attend the preliminary meeting in the courthouse Wednesday night, but representatives of the various State and Federal farm agencies comprising the mobiliza tion committee are to attend and discuss plans for the community meetings with business leaders, civic groups, church organizations and farm leaders. After an open discussion of the program and policies now in ef fect, the farmers at the community meetings will be asked to report iheir thinking as to what part of the United States Department of Agriculture programs should be retained and continued, what parts should be eliminated or abolished, any new changes they recommend and any new pro grams which they think should be considered to meet the needs of family farmers. Extending a cordial invitation to the public to attend the Wed nesday night meeting, Roy T. Grif fin, chairman of the Martin Coun ty Agricultural Mobilization Com mittee, stressed the need for mo bilizing Martm C ounty s resources, human and material, to protect our free way of life and our fam ily farm units He said, in part: “Our Nation is mobilizing its resources, human and material, to defend the free way of life how ever long it may take. Farmers have a job in tins national mobil ization the job of producing the food and fiber needed, and to go on producing it in the long »uturo to come. “The ideas- democracy and communism are pitted against each other m a vast world strug gle. “Six persons out of 20 in the world now live in communist dominated lands. "About 5 persons out of 20 live in economically “developed*’ lands outside the communist circle. They constitute the effective op position to further communist ex pansion. ' The remaining 9 persons out of 20 in the world live in underde veloped lands. It is for their al legiance that democracy and com munism are struggling today. Up on their ultimate choice depends much of mankinds chance for future peace and freedom. (Continued on page eight) OPEN ALL DAY In accordance with an agreement entered into last spring, Wllliamston stores will remain open all day to morrow and each Wednesday thereafter, it was announced today. The half-holidays have been well taken this summer by the business operators, em ployes and patrons. O.P.S. Is Making Survey In Area Raleigh A survey to determine compliance by retail firms hand Ivng ‘-vroYsUmve goods covered by Ceiling Price Regulation 7 is un der way m eastern Carolina by the Office of Price Stabilization, it was announced today by Enforce ment Director James E. Latham. In conjunction with a nation wide drive to check the filing of price charts on the part of retail dealers in apparel, furniture, household wares, radios, televi sion sets anrl related fields, spec ml agents of the OPS Enforcement Division will call on an estimated 1,200 firms here in eastern Caro lina within the next week. In outlying areas, calls by spec ial agents will be coordinated w ith the services of business analysts from the Price Section, who are instructed to give help and infor mation. This additional effort is being made in areas where the availability of technical assistance i has been limited, and where it 1 was felt there had been an mad j equate' distribution of explanatory j material. The survey is to cheek on the I actual filing of charts, and not i for technical errors on the part el retailers, the OPS announced Approximately 2,600 price charts have been filed with the OPS in Raleigh. At the conclusion of the survey, OPS will have a record of compliance for each retail es tablishment in the district, La tham noted. “No other OPS regulation af fects more directly the cost of 11v ing of every family in North Oar olina. The majority of retailers have recognized their responsibil ity: the others must do so." the En forcement Directors said. Engineers Inspect Power Line Route Chief Engineer George M Ta tum and Supervisor of Electrical Equipment and Production .1 A Rawls of the Virginia Electric and Power Company are here this week cheeking the preliminary survey for the construction of a 110,000-volt power line through this immediate area. It was explained that the first lap of the high-powered line is being energized from Itoanokej Rapids to a point between Au ; land'-r and Ahoskie within the! next day or two. It is proposed to j extend the line from that point to Windsor, Wilhamston, Wash ington, Greenville and connect with the Carolina Power and j Light Company at a point near | Farrnville. Unless the survey is changed, Vice President R H. Goodmon announced yesterday that a sub station would be constructed on Highway 64 near Radio Station WAN1 to connect with the pre sent 33,000-volt line now serving points between Tarboro and Ply mouth, I'if Ivan illrml Annual Stale I II Short Course Fifteen Martin County dole Kates, accompanied by their home and farm agents, attended the an nual State 4-11 Club short course held at A and T. College, Greens boro, recently. The theme of the meeting was, “Working Together for World Un derstanding”. Ri presentatives from Martin reported an enjoy able meeting. . Opportunities In The South Cited —«,—. The South, king regarded as the nation’s red-headed economic stepchild, was described as a re gion of "unlimited” industrial op portunities and capabilities by top-ranking industry spokesmen in talks at North Carolina State College. Predicting a growing South with a stronger industrial poten tial, one of the noted speakers said, "the South today is on the threshold of the greatest develop ment in its history. One of the speakers declared that every material element is present for the building of a high er standard of living for every segment of society than even the most optimistic have dreamed of heretofore.
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