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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE i THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 68 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 23, 1931 ESTABLISHED 189§ Handle Fourteen Cases In Martin Recorder's Court Fines Imposed At Monday’s Session By Judge R. T. Johnson Were $360 -«. Fourteen cases were handled by J Judge R. T. Johnson during a session lasting until 12:45 o’clock Monday afternoon in the Martin County Recorder's Court. Fines imposed during the day amount ed to $360 and there were sev eral road sentences meted out. Solicitor Clarence Griffin was back at his table after being ab sent last week while undergoing hospital treatment. Proceedings: It appearing to the court that a reconciliation had been effected, Judge Johnson suspended judg ment upon the payment of the cost in the case in which Columbus Williams was charged with non support. Charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, R. Jes ter Williams pleaded guilty of op erating a motor vehicle without a license and violating the liquor laws. He was adjudged guilty as charged in the warrant and was fined $140, plus costs. He loses his driver's license for a year. Pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, Charles Leon Clemmons was sentenced to the.roads for thirty days, the court suspending the sentence upon the payment of a $35 fine and costs. The defendant is to remain of good behavior and violate no criminal law for one year. Willie J. Roberson entered a plea of nolo contendre in the case in which he was charged with re sisting arrest and being drunk and disorderly. He was adjudged guil y of resisting arrest and drew six months on the roads. The road sentence was suspended upon the payment of a $50 fine and costs. The defendant is to remain of good behavior for two years. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver's I license, Willie L. Thigpen was L fined $25, plus costs. In a second ^ case against him, Thigpen plead l ed not guilty of an assault. He was I adjudged guilty, but the court [ suspended judgment upon the payment of court costs. Charged with speeding, careless and reckless driving, Thomas J. Purvis pleaded not guilty. He was adjudged guilty as charged and drew ninety days on the roads. The court suspended the road term upon the payment of a $50 fine, plus costs and on the further con dition that he surrender his dri | ver's license voluntarily for six I months. Smith Thomas was sentenced to the roads for three months for vio lating the liquor laws. Given a six-month sentence in a similar case last January, the court in voked that sentence and the sec ond is to begin at the expiration ol the first. The ease in which Jesse Fields was charged with violating the liquor laws, was nol pressed. General Coffield, pleading guil i ty of operating a motor vehicle l without a driver's license, was fin ed $25, plus costs. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Llewellyn Barber pleaded not guilty. Adjudged guilty, he was fined $35, plus costs. Notice ot appeal was given and bond re quired in the sum of $100. I Pleading guilty of non support, Lawrence Wiggins was sentenced | to the roads for six months. The troud term was suspended upon the payment of the court costs and $8 a week for the support of his wife and children. Pleading guilty ot speeding, Geo. Leslie Armstrong and Irvin Michael Baer were each required j to pay the court costs. County 1 oung Sian Gets Bachelor Of Arts Degree - m R Sherrod Rawls of Robersonville was one of seventy-one seniors re ceiving the bachelor of arts de gree in commencement exercises marking the close of the summer school at Atlantic Christian Col lege in Wilson Tuesday night, rhe college had issued 122 de grees at the close of the spring term last May 28. Martin County was also repre sented in the graduating class last spring. Roanoke Lockers To Enlarge Local Plant ANNIVERSARY The Martin General Hospi tal here had its first anniver sary yesterday, the event passing without ceremony. The staff and all employes continued at their posts and with operations going for ward as usual. While no official statement was released, the institution had a very successful year, and enters upon its second period in a better position to serve this section. Two Accidents On County Highways —t— No one was hurtbill.. r>""r>oy*v damage estimated at $500 or $000 resulted in two automobile acci dents on Martin County highways yesterday, it was reported by Pa trolman R. P. Narron. William Henry Bullock, colored of RFD 1, Oak City, lost control of his 1048 Chevrolet in a curve on the road leading by the W. E. Dunn farm near Oak City, the machine turning over and caus ing about $200 damage. It was the second spill for Bullock in Hie past two years. While he escaped uninjured yesterday, he was bad ly hurt in his first accident and spent some time in the hospital. Bullock was driving toward the river road about 10 30 o'clock yesterday morning when he look ed away from the road and the car went out of control, it was said. Driving from his home, 147 La fayette Avenue, Staten Island, New York, James Wynne, colored bar tender, was en route to Green ville, but when he reached here on U. S 17 he took the wrong enf of U. S 04 and traveled to ward Plymouth He was retracing the route when he lost control of his 1951 Buick and ran it into a high dirt bank about 200 yards beyond Gardner’s Creek Wynne and his traveling companion were not hurt, but damage to the car was estimated at $300 or more. Wynne told the investigating of- | ficer, Patrolman R. P. Narron, that he (Wynne) turned out for a parked car and lost control of the car. Tobacco farmers arc being ad vised to properly light their car trailers with reflectors as a pro- j caution against accidents during th# tobacco marketing season. Two Teachers Join Faculty' Principal B G. Stewart has an- t nounreri the appointment of two teachers to the Williani.ston High School faculty to fill posts made vacant by resignations late in the summer. Mrs. Rowland Bunting, who has been teaching in the county for several years, will teach English and French. Miss Jean DeWitt of Apex will] be an instructor in science and civics. Site is a graduate of the! University of North Carolina | class of 'fS 1 and is highly qualified . . . ••• ■ . for the position here, Principal ] Stewart said. Negotiations are under way with another prospective teacher j but the contract has not been elos- i ed as yet, Mr. Stewart said. Health Center About Complete Construction work on Martin County’s public health center is nearing completion, corner of Harrell and Ray Streets here. Equipment for the center has been purchased and other details for making the project ready for oc cupancy are being handled as rapidly as possible. No moving date for the depart ment from the town hall to the new quarters has been fixed, hut occupancy is expected sometime during the month of September, according to one report. Plan To Increase Its Facilities And Size Of Building Work On Expansion Pro ject Slated To Get Start ed Immediately Plans have been completed for expanding the operations of the Roanoke Lockers, Inc., plant here on the corner of North Haughton and Grace Streets, according to in formation gained this week from Manager Eddie Barefoot. Work is tentatively scheduled to get under way within the next few days, it was stated. The size of the building will be increased by 22 to 77 feet, the ad dition to be attached to the rear of the present structure. The number of individual lock ers is to be increased by approx imately 350, giving the plant a capacity of 8(11 lockers. It was also explained that the addition to the building will house a smokehouse where meat can be smoked in the old-fashioned way with burning hickory wood. The present room used for curing meat will have its capacity doub led. When the new plans arc com pleted, the plant will be in posi tion to handle a complete job, Mr. Barefoot explaining that they'll take a slaughtered animal and process it in its entirety. Provi sion is being made for the im mediate installation of a 600 pound lard processing unit. The unit, located in a room to itself, has a capacity of 600 pounds eve ry four hours Completely auto matic and equipped with a gas burner, the lard rendering ma chine is designed with a water jacket to insure perfect cooking, Mr. Barefoot said. Heretofore, the plant processed meat, but the customer found it necessary to "try” the lard else where and there was no provision for smoking meat in the old fash ioned way. The enlarged plant will be in a better position to serve the people of this section, especially those farmers and others who prefer not to gamble with the weather at meat curing time. Mr. Barefoot said that he did not know just how long it would take to complete the enlargement project, but that work would be started without delay New ma chinery has been ordered, and if no obstacles are encountered, the enlarged plant should be ready for operation sometime in No vember. The present plant is operating at capacity, and the owners, an xious to meet the needs of this section, are going ahead with the enlargement and modern plans. Cosily Fire In County Tuesday Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed the large combination packbarn and stables on the Gil bert Worthington farm near Rob crsonville early Tuesday morning An unofficial estimate placed the at *7 500 Moi e than 4,000 sticks of tobac co. all farming equipment and two mules were housed in the build ing, and nothing was saved, ac cording to reports reaching here. I BAND PICNIC I v/ The annual picnic »f the Green Wave Band and the Williamston Band Parents Club will be held on Monday afternoon at 6:30 in the ball park, and plans have been completed for one of the big gest in the history of the band. All hand parents as well as band members are expected to come and bring their bas kets and a business meeting will follow, in the grandstand or in the high school auditor ium. The picnic was moved up one dav to avoid a conflict with the circus here Tuesday. Funeral Saturday ■ In Farm Life For Sgt. Jas. H. Ellis Promising Young Man Lost Hit* Life In Korean War Last January Funeral services will be con ducted at the home in the Farm Life Community of Griffins Township Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock for Sgt. James Har rell Ellis, promising young man, who was killed instantly in action in Korea last January 15. The Rev. W. B. Harrington, his pas tor, will conduct the service. In terment will be in the family ce metery near the home. The son of Nat G. and Pruey Hardison Ellis, ho was born in Griffins Township on July 6, 1928, and spent most of his life on the farm there. After attending the Farm Life High School, he vol unteered for service in 1947. Com pleting his enlistment, he contin ued in the reserve and returned to his home, accepting" employ - ment with the Roberson Packing Company. A few months later in 1949 he located in Richmond and was employed by the Colonial Stores organization there until he was called back into active ser vice in September, 1950. He re ported to Camp Hood, Texas, and in less than three months was transferred to Japan. Three weeks later he moved on to Korea, reaching there shortly before last Christmas, and reporting for front line duty almost immediately. His body was returned to the States |a short time ago and is scheduled to reach here from New York tomorrow. It will be re moved to the home tomorrow af ternoon. Possessed of a pleasing per sonality, he was a friend to eve ryone, and was held in high es teem by all who knew him. He was a member of the Pinev Grove Baptist Church for five years, and was active in its support. He was an only child and is sur vived by his parents. Motor Chapel To Make Stop Here On Monday, August 27, "The Madonna of the Highways," a Catholic motor-chapel will begin a two-weeks' preaching mission in Williamston. The mobile chapel will be hunted on U. S. Highway 17, in the southern section of town, neat the junction of U. S. 64. The chapel is coming at the invitation of Father Thomas A. Williams, who ministers to the Catholics here. Its purpose is to build up good will among all groups, to promote prayers for peace, and to explain the teach ings of the Catholic Church. The program will begin each evening at 7:15 with patriotic and religious music This will be fol lowed with a half-hour question and answer period. At 8:15 there will be a sermon on one of the eternal truths. Some of the sub jects will be: “How Can I Be Saved,” "Who Is Christ?”, “How Can Sins Be Forgiven,” "The Church and the Bible,” etc. Re ligious questions are welcomed. Those written out and dropped in the question-box one night will be answered the next. The Fath ers want to be of service to any one with religious difficulties. Father John F Roueehe, a na tive of Salisbury, N. C„ and chap lain in the armed services from 1041-1946, is pastor of the trailcr chapel Associated with him in the work is The Reverend Thomas Kerin of Wake Forest. All the people of this commun ity will be welcomed to attend the nightly services. Religious mo tion pictures in sound will be shown each evening. Among these are "The life of Christ, ’ “The Lord’s Supper” in color, and oth ers. There wlil be no charge, no collection of any kind. Free sou venirs will be given all those who go through the chapel. Lon# llol Period In Finally Broken Here The long hot period, gripping this section with little relief along the way since about the middle of June, was broken, temporarily at least, late yesterday when a rain and electrical storm swept this way. All Concrete For Buggs Island Dam Has Been Poured -- Completion of Project In Its Entirety Expected In Early 1953 The huge Buggs Island Dam across the Roanoke River near Boydton, Virginia has been com' plcted insofar as the pouring of concrete is concerned. The last cubic yard of concrete was poured Monday afternoon of this week, and it was recorded that 700,000 cubic yards of con crete had been used in the last three years to make the dam. The dam which is approximate ly four miles long, of which the concrete span itself is approxi mately one half mile, will have a 22-foot roadway across the top, and ramps leading to the roadway at the top of the dam soon will he carrying traffic, project of ficials said this week. Huge ear thern dikes to retain the water will lead off for thousands of feet irom either end of the concrete" portion of the dam. The colossal concrete structure is as high as a 14-story building and contains area-ways and tun nels through its interior where all types of intricate machinery has been installed for control of the various water gates. Actually the top is 144 feet from the river bed. Already the waters of the Dan anil Roanoke Rivers are be gining to back up behind the Bugs Island Dam, but it will be HI months before the reservoir is completely filled. Although the actual pouring of concrete has been completed, the entire job is by no means finished. At one time there were 1200 men at work, and at the present time there are between 300 and 400, and they will continue to be at work for almost two years longer. The power house is now under construction, and the power units must be installed; and the im mense lake area behind the dam, containing 88,000 acres and ex tending about 35 miles up one river and 28 miles up the other, must be completely cleared and the highways raised, power lines relocated and railroad tracks rais ed. For instance, the long bridge across the two rivers at Clarks ville is to be raised 42 feet, an in tricate engineering job of itself. Most of the clearing work has been handled already. The House of Congress this year appiopriated $18,000,000 for fur ther work on the dam, and the Senate appropriated $17,000,000, and the bill is now in conference to decide exactly how much will he set aside for the work. All of this must be done before the Dike area can be completely filled, and it will be at least another year after that before electricity is generated at the dam, says the resident engineer for the Corps of Army Engineers, Fred L. Cleis Further work also depends on the appropriations of Congress. It is estimated after the $18,000,000 or that it will take approximately $17,000,000 of this year is spent $12,000,000 to complete all of the work so that flood control will be possible sometime during 1952 and the power units may be turned on in early 1953. But already the Ruggs Island Dam has become one of the show places of Virginia. Since con struction was begun in 1947, more than 1,000,000 visitors have come to the spot to see the work, and this was -R'>t a guess they have actually been “clocked” at the reserved section front wlieii the dapi is viewed. Badly Hurt In Building Fall Howard Coltrain, local build ing contractor, was badly but be lieved not critically hurt in a fall on a contsruction job at the I C White home on Liberty Street yesterday morning shortly before noon Stepping on a loose plank, Mi Coltrain fell through the floor, catching his chin on a floor sleep er and riping a bad hole in bis chin and jaw. Twenty-four stich es, fifteen on the outside and nine on the inside, were required to close the gash. He was abh to return to his home in the after noon after treatment and a sev eral-hour stay in the hospital. Light Sales Reported OnTobaeeo Markets Little Doubt That Prices are Lower Than Last Season InrrrnMMl Salt's Art* Vnliei (latnl During: lli«‘ Karly Part of Nrxt Week -■%-,— Following on of the smallest openings on Tuesday in years, the loeal tobaeeo market now in its third riav of the current season continues to report unusually small sales with prices holding close to those reported callin' in the week. It was suspected the first day that prices this year were not up to those received on opening day last year, and official figures elim inate y.U doubt Wlide uviJili.ly fig ures m the price picture, to be sure, then is also a downward trend m prices. Government fig ures, based on grades and official reports, show that the 1951 sea son prices are trailing those of early last year by $1 to $5 per hundred pounds, as a rule On opening day last Tuesday, the loeal market sold 302,884 pounds for $152,819, a resulting average of $50.45. Yesterday, the market handled only 80,184 pounds for an average of $47.36. Up until today, the market had j sold 383,068 pounds for an unof ficial average right at $50 per hundred pounds Sales today, it is estimated will run less than 100,000 pounds, with early morning sales averaging right at $50 per hundred pounds i No marked increase in sales is 1 expected this week, but heavy de liveries are anticipated next week or just as soon as the farmers can catch their breath following a hec tic harvest. In the first two days of the season last year the market here had sold nearly three quart ers of a million pounds for an av erage right at $56 per hundred pounds. A late report from the market this morning indicated that the i price trend was some stronger, that there were between 125,000 and 150,000 pounds of tobacco on I the floor One farmer, I. .1 Hard ison, said he sold the highest priced tobacco today he had sold in 25 years. While prices this year are run ning about $6 per hundred below the 1950 average, they are slightly higher than those received the first few days in 1949 when they started off at a figure above $48 and dwindled down to $41.04 be fore the first full week was spent. The following government re port gives a recognized review of the opening m this belt: “Average prices paid for most grades of Eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco on opening day Tuesday, August 21, were lower than on last year’s first sales. The Federal-State Market News Ser vice reports the losses in most in stances $1.00 to $5.00 per hun dred Primings, which were of fered m a large volume, dropped generally $4.00 to $7.00. Lugs were steady to $5.00 lower while a few leaf and smoking leaf grades were off $1.00 to $5.00. Tile practical top price was $65.00 with a few baskets of better cutters and lugs topping out at $69 00 and $70 00 a hundred. Some poorer grades of nondescript sold,as low at $8 00 It was estimated that the general average for morning sales at sev eral individual markets ranged ('"’ontlnued on page eight) MKKTI!\(;S Agriculture Department re presentatives will go to the several communities in this county during the week of September It) to gel grass roots opinions on the present farm programs and sugges tions for future plans, accord ing to information coming from the county agriculture building this week, The Martin County Mobil ization Committee will hold a meeting next Monday to complete plans for the coin 1 inanity meetings. r RADIO FORUM i s-' | With Mayor Robt. II. Co- | wen serving as moderator. Hugh G. Horton and several Negro leaders, ineluding Tur ner Slade, W. T. Alexander and G. T. Hill, will diseuss the petition submitted to the Martin County Board of Ed ucation and calling for the end of segregation in the county schools. The forum, beginning at 4:00 o'clock Sunday after noon, August 2ti, will last for about thirty minutes. Time Is Limited F or Vaccinations Pointing' out that tin- date fot opening the county schools is less' than two weeks away. Dr. John W Williams of the county health department, this week said that time is limited for getting child ren vaccinated. The law requires children en tering school to be vaccinated against smallpox, dipthena and whooping cough. Most children are vaccinated against dipthena and whooping cough when they | are quite young, but unfortunate ly a few were not provided the protection in their early years. Vaccinations have been delayed this summer on account of various causes, but the health department is now ready to go ahead with the work. Children may be vaccinated any day at the health department of fices in Williamston’s town hall or at one of the clinics in the coun ty. The Hobei sonvillc clinic will open next Tuesday and Thursday. No other clinics will be open be fore school starts, but health au thorities will handle all eases re porting to the department in Wil linmston or to the clinic in Hob orsonvillc. Lightning Strikes Jamesville Church During a heavy rain and elec j trieal storm, lightning struck the nearly completed Christian church in Jamesville yesterday afternoon about, 3:30 o’clock An estimate on the damage could not be had immediately, but one report said it will amount to several hun dred dollars The bolt did not fire the building and damage was Inn ited to a cracked steeple, it was said. Three young men, Billy Brewer, Kdward Bee Martin and Randolph Waters, were painting inside the church at the time but they were not hurt. Two of them were in the vestibule and they were said to have felt a slight shock Some damage was reported in nearby buildings, ineluding the A C B station and a home where ■ the lightning entered and burned j wires in two. Two pigs were killed in Farmer 1 Dave Davis's pasture near James ville by lightning Predict Increase In Price Of Beef Price officials in Washington said last night they expect to let retail ceilings on many beef cuts increase up to two cents a pound. But prices for some types of beef, notably hamburger, proba bly will be unchanged; and a few cuts, such as loins, may go down. Officials of the Office of Price ; Stabilization (OPS) said many i beef price ceilings will have to he boosted to preserve a profit for the meat industry. A profit mar ! gm is requited under the new de fense production act which pro vides for price, wage and rent controls. The officials explained that prices for cattle hides are down 25 per rent below ceiling levels, and tall low is down 33 per cent Low prices on these two beef by products will force an increase in meat prices to maintain ‘he re quired profit lever, they said. King Brothers To Bring Big Circus Here August 28lh -* Parade of The Elephants Scheduled On lire Main Street Tuesday Noon — Next week s major entertain ment note will be found in ele phants and clowns, sawdust rings and pink lemonade—the sounds, smells and colorful sights of the big top as the combined King Brothers Circus, one of America s two largest shows, pays its first visit to Williamston next Tuesday to make circus whoopee at two performances beneath acres of canvas pitched at the Williamston Cumber Mill circus grounds on the Washington road. The big show will come here from Klizabeth City—two cara vans loaded with bespangled won Iders and marvels, w ith three great I herds of performing elephants— I wrinkled old fellows, wiser and | niftier than ever, a giant new gi iaffe the tallest animal in cap itivity, great lines of handsome horses and ponies, a baby chim panzee, a flock of Peruvian eavies, and other strange beasts of the jungles m a menagerie that would make Noah jealous if he were alive to see it. This season's program presents more new faces and acts than in many a long year, introducing an all-new opening "march,” herald ed with pardonable modesty as the most elaborate opening pageant ever presented by King Brothers, with great masses of people and hordes of animals—both wild and I domestic -taking part. A most fitting prelude to the wealth of 1 ,ironic stars and attractions that follow m the three massive rings, stages, the upper-reaches of the big top and the hippodrome track. In all, nearly 200 men and women arenie star and performers filter m and out of the lug top during Hu two and a half hour program. New features from the Euro pean arenas arc in great pmfu j sion, including the world renown* j Christian! Family of bareback riding champions, with Lucid j Christiana, conceded the greatest 1 riding comedian in all circus his* torv Hugo Zucchini, the man who is actually shot from the mouth of a giant cannon; La Louisa, the 'sensational aerial star front France: the famous Truzzi, Eu rope's rioted juggling marvel; tin? Sabatini Troupe, those intrepid stars on the high and lofty trap eze as they zip each other from one side of the lug top to the oth er; the Gn at Davies, the higli-in the-air thriller; the Or tans Troupe, spring board aerobatic stars featured beautiful Ortans, lulled as" the world’s greatest lady acrobat"; the Evcrardo and the Manual Del Maral trouper of high-perch performers, and the lamed Hardman, known through out the world as "the suicidal aer ialist" , Three herd: of performing e!c , phants, companies of educated horses and other companies of drained Shetland ponies; groups of educated monkeys, canines, and zebras ;groups of Liberty Horses, and almost countless other fea tured displays not forgetting the beautiful Aerial Ballet in which twenty aerial beauties take part, and th< sensational menage num ber which features several sad dle horses ridden by expert horse ■ men. Clowns,—-yes, there will be twenty of those funny fellows on hand -it each performance toge |tiiei with then-clown animals, and ' a big double sideshow with a con gress of human oddities and weird I people gathered from all parts of the world. Performances will be given at 2 and 1! p. m. and for the conven ience of circus patrons, a down town ticket office will be in op eration show day at Clark’s Phar macy where tickets for both per (Continued on page eight) Draft last Is Flnnkatl Itv About 62,700 Hoys -« Of the approximately 165,000 college students who took the first draft aptitude test, given May 26, about 62,700 flunked the examina tion A total of 339,056 students took the test on May 26, June 15, June 30 or July 12, but results from the latter tests have not been ‘tabulated.
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