1HE 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 VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 80 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October I, Z95/ ESTABLISHED 1899 Jorly-SjjLCases- : Handled Monday In County Court I H'cnty Cases (iontinned After Court Was In Ses sion Most Of Day Holding its first session since September 10. the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday was literally “snowed under” with cases, and after holding the trib unal in session most of the day Judge R. T. Johnson and Solic itor Clarence Griffin continued twenty cases and quit until nest Monday. Before quitting for the day, the court handled forty-six cases, including thirteen in which defendants were charged with speeding. Several road sentences were im with violating the liquor laws, amounted to $435. Quite a few of the cases continued involved al leged drunken driving Several defendants, charged with drunk en driving .asked for jury trials, their cases automatically going to the superior court docket for hear- - ing in December. Proceedings: Willie Junior Lawrence and Lu ther Strickland, charged with op erating motor vehicles without driver's licenses, were each fined $25, plus costs. Pleading n< t guilty, Hubert Page was adjudged guilty of vio lating the motor vehicle laws, and was fined $25, plus costs. Failing to answer when called in the case in which she was charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license. - Delia Cross forfeited a $50 cash bond. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case in which Joe Yarrell was charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. Frank O. Ussery and Eugene Rawls, charged with drunken dri ving;, called for jury trials. Pleading guilty of hit-and-run driving, J. E. Parrisher was fined $10, plus costs, the defendant ex plaining that property damages had been assumed. The cuse in which Fitzhugh L. Boatwright was charged with careless and reckless driving, was nol prossed or dismissed Judgment was suspended upon the payment of 'he costs in the ease in which Moses Lee Anthony was charged with careless and reckless driving. James Earl Mizclle was sen tenced to the roads for ninety days (Continuedon Page Five.) Painfully Cut In llnnsual Accident Mrs. J. C. Blanchard of Hert ford was painfully cut about the head and hand while t iding in an automobile between here and Everetts on Highway 64 late yes terday afternoon. Carried to 1 Brown’s Community Hospital, she j was reported early today to be i getting along very well. ( Riding in the front seat of a > coupe with Mr. Geo. White, also 1 of Hertford, Mrs. Blanchard was • cut on the forehead when a duck flew into and broke the wind- ‘ shield. Two cuts, almost forming a "T” were on ihe forehead and ' head and another was . t.h® < hand, requiring about fifteen ■' stitches. 1 Returning to her home when ‘ the accident happened, Mrs ; Blanchard now plans to go to 1 Durham upon leaving the local hospital possibly tomorrow and ‘ visit with her daughter. Mrs Mar- f cus Hobbs. ___.___ t f-.---- 1 YAM MARKET N._J 1 The Martin County Yam Growers Association is op ening the local market next. | Monday, it was announced this week. The market will be 1 open each week day from i 8:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. One of the smallest crops f is being produced in this area, v and prices are certain to be higher than they were a year ago. Dry weather has affected a the crop adversely during re- t cent weeks, and it isn’t likely i that there’ll he many potatoes c offered during the next week , g or two. ; c Bath Facilities b Private First Class Eli D. Harrison, son ol Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Harrison. RED Z. Williamston, North Carolina, cools off after a long, dusty patrol into enemy held territory. He is lighting with the 17th Infantry (Buffalo) Regiment on the central front. (U. S. Army photo by Sgt. Hal Randall.) Complete Plans For The Jamesville Fair EMERGENCY I . ■' ■ -. . .. ,✓ The Tidewater Regional Blood Bank with headquart ers in Norfolk and of whieh the Martin County Red Cross Chapter is a part, measured up perfectly in another emer gency yesterday. Six pints of blood were needed hadlv, and in a little over an hour the life-saving blood was in the hospital here. An airplane brought the blood from Norfolk and de- i livered it to Highway Patrol man R. P. Narron at the little airport between here and Windsor. Last reports said the patients, a mother and baby, were getting along all right. \ Concert Tickets i Placed In Nails Membership tickets in the Mai i in County Community Concert | Association for the 1951-52 sen on are being put in the mails to- ! lay. The association is very proud o announce that the following ar- [ ists have been secured fol the en- ! uing concert year: Nov. 20, 1951—The Teltschiks— I Alfred and Herbert of Texas, j 'his is a very find duo piano team j rho hi ing A'ith them their own once, t grand pianos. The Telt- j cfiik.s are a young, bi:lli’an?7s^^^ ontained team-embodying in heir playing and intei pretations rich quality, vision and unlim ted wealth of expression. Jan. 25, 1952--Michael Rhodes 26 year old baritone, who got | ff to a singing career at fifteen , e11h NBC. After three years in he army, he returned to his ea ger and last year was with New 'oik Philharmonic Symphony, le was also soloist under Stokos kd. April 21, 1952—John Sebastian -Harmonica. Sebastian is a su ireme entertainer and a fine mu ician who has proved that the armoniea is as valid a concert istrument as the piano or violin. The last two concerts will also eature concert grand pianos and ery capable accompanists. The concert drive held in the pring was a big success, and the pproximately 500 membership cket holders are in for a season f fine entertainment. These tick ts are also good for other en agements wherever Community jncerts are held.—Reported. -* Clubs Sponsoring Community Event There Next Week -« Itifj Day Falls On Friday Of Ni'xl Week Willi Parade And Speaking Plans were announced jus* about complete today for holding Jamesville’s third annua! com munity fair next week Sponsored by the Jamesviile Ruritan Club in cooperation with the Womans Club, the event is already attract ing more attention than either of the other two and is being antic ipated with much interest Keen competition in the exhibit hull has already developed, and spec ial entertainment is being plan ned. While Friday, October 12, will be the big day, the fair committee is featuring rides during the week. Several rides will be op erated during the week, and a free show will be presented at 7:00 and 9:00 o’clock next Wed nesday night. The fair this year will feature several new' exhibits, including those by family groups, pastry ex hibits, miscellaneous displays, garden crops and projects by the Girl Scouts and others. During the past two years, the fair has offered exhibits equalling those PH*-' ay wheie, including farm crops, canned goods, home-made clothing, antiques, swine, dairy and beef cattle, and displays by Hit North Carolina Forest Service Woman’s Club Veterans' Farm Training Program, Future Fann ers of America, Future Home makers of America, Beta Club, High and Elementary School, Pa rents-Teachers Association, and displays by machinery manufac turers and dealers and other com mercial showings. The big day, October 12, will feature a parade, led by the Wil (Continued on Page Five) left Lvf! Amputated /»» Itoeky Mount Hospital ‘ --« Suffering a circulatory ailment, Mr. Claude B. Clark, Sr., local druggist, last Friday entered a rtocky Mount hospital and had his left leg amputated above the Knee this morning. Reports reacti ng here shortly before noon stat ed he stood the operation all right md was getting along very well. Jams. Brawit For. November Service In Superior Court —*,— List of Fifty-Six Inchuleg Fi'h Women ami Sever al Negro Citizens Fiftv-'six Martin County citi zens, including a few women and [several Negroes, have been drawn for jury duty during the two week term of the Martin County Superior Court, opening on Mon day, November 19. No judge has been assigned to the court, but Supreme Court Justice Devin is expected to make an assignment well ahead of the court next month. The first week of the term runs head on into Thanksgiving, and while no calendar has yet been prepared, it is likely that few cas ?s, other than divorce actions, will be scheduled for trial that week. Names of the jurors drawn by the county commissioners in re cent session, include: First Week Jamcsvillc Township: C. C. Gurkin, O. C. Barber and Gradv H. Davenport. Williams Township: Asa L. Moore Griffins Township: Russell Ferry, Harry M. Feel and A. L. Roberson. Bear Grass Township: Grover Bowen, O. K. Revels. Willie A. Leggett and LcRoy Harrison. Williamston Township: Jesse F. Roberson, W. 11. Abernathy, J. Theodore Gurganus, Mrs. D. V Clayton, Wm. J Morris and R V Bunting Cross Roads Township: G. 11. Forbes and W. L. Ausborn. Robersonville Township: James A. Cherry, C L. Green, Jr., and i M. C. House. Hamilton Township: A. S. Rob- , erson, Jr., Johnnie Bland, Stan- ] ley A. Ayers, D. G. Matthews, Geo. A. Oglesby and F. D. Hud gins. Second Week Jamcsvillc Township: T. V Da vis, Ben Gray Lillcy, C W. Moore, David Ange and R. C. Sexton. Williams Township: Frank Hop kins. Griffins Township: Ira F. Grif fin. I Williamston Township: Simon E. Perry, Jr., D. E. Dardc-n, Per ry E. Odum, Elton Hardy, Archie Mizelle, William 11 Sessoms, James Aaron Brown, Mrs. W E. I Dunn, Frank Weston and James A. Critcher. , Cross Roads Township: George (Continued on Page Three) -- Working For New North-South Road Robert B Nelson, county man, is traveling up and down North Carolina petitioning various coun ty and town authorities for sup port of a newly proposed north south highway route. Known as U. S. Highway 13, the route originates in Canada and moves inland to a point near Portsmouth where it stops. Nel son is working to have the route extended southward to Windsor, Williamston, Robersonville, Stokes, Greenville, Winterville, Ayden, Grifton, Kinston, Seven Springs, Ml. Olive, Raison,- Eliz abethtown. Lumbcrton, Fairmont and on to the South Carolina line. At the request of Mr. Nelson, several official boards, including the Martin County Commission, Wiliiamston's town hoard and others have already officially re commended to the North Caro lina Highway and Public Works Commission that No. 13 be des ignated as a new north-south route. OFFICERS In a recent meeting of the members of the local Wo man's Club the following of ficers were elected: Mrs. Martin P. Moore, president; Miss Irene Tetterton, first vice president; Mrs. George H. Gurganus, second vice president; Mrs. II. E. Harring ton, recording secretary; Mrs. Sarah R. Manning, correspon ding secretary; and Mrs. Ar linc Harrison, treasurer. Yenlh. tea*%JKULl Be Opened Friday The Youth Recreation Center for Williamston 'teen agers will bo reopened in the American Le gion hut on Watts Street Friday evening of this week at (TOO o’clock, it was decided at a meet ing of the Recreation Committee with interested parents and friends at the courthouse last eve ning. Present plans call for the center to be open on three nights of each week during the school term with other arrangements to be worked out later. First step toward opening the center was made alter the meet ing when Chairman Ben D. Court ney named Bill Glover, Marvin Britton and Hack Gaylord as a committee to work with him in arranging for the first evening’s program on Friday night. Hours are to be from 8 to 11 on Friday and Saturday and 8:30 to 10:30 on Sunday evenings, except that on nights when home football or basketball games are being play - ed ,*t the school, the center will be open after the conclusion of the game until 11 p. m. Volunteer supervision by par ents and adult friends is to hi arranged by circles and groups in the various churches, under the plan proposed last night To get the program under way immedi ately three couples volunteered to serve this week-end, Mr. and Mrs, 1). R. Davis are to be at the center Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer M. Levin on Saturday evening and Mr. and Mrs, B. G. Stewart on Sunday evening. On motion by Rush Bondurant and seconded by Mr*- Bondurant, the group agreed to ask repro sentatives of each church to con tact the responsible person or per sons in their church to get them to agree to he responsible for sup ervision of the center for lour , week periods on a rotation basis. ; The groups are to report back to Chairman Courtney and a rota , tion schedule will then be set up. | In the meantime members of the committee are to take up with students at the high school the proposition id having each home (room be responsible for the ac tivities at the center for one [ month of tho year. There are 12 home rooms in the high school. In this wav the children would have a voice in the actual operation of the center and feel that it really belonged to them, it was sug gested. Since the committee has hut a little over $200 m cash on hand, a paid worker for the center ap pears out of the question, it,was noted, although some still felt it was necessary to have paid per sonnel at the center. The money on hand will pay for incidentals and lights and heat for a year if the cooperation of the parents and children can be obtained, one of the committee members point (Continued on Page Three) Committeemen To Meet Here Friday County Committeemen of the Farmers Home Administration from eight east Carolina counties will hold a one day training meet ing in Williamston Friday, it was announced by James C. Eubanks, County Supervisor. The Fanners Home Administration is author!/- , cd to make loan:; for Tchaot Pur chase, Farm Development. Farm Enlargement, Farm Housing, and Adjustments needed, and no loan can be made without the written approval of the committee. Each county has a committee composed of three men, two of which must j be farmers. • j At the meeting here Friday the J committeemen will be given 1he FHA’s policy for another year re garding the making of loans, and their duty and responsibility in approving applicants and certify ing to farms on which loans are to be made. County Committeemen and County Supervisors will be here from Martin, Pitt, Halifax, Wash ington, Edgecombe, Hyde, Bertie, and Beaufort Counties. Mr. Mar ion C. Holland, State Field Repre sentative, from Goldsboro will be in charge of the meeting, assisted by Mr Vance E Swift, Assistant . State Director in charge of FO, j from Raleigh, and Mr. David G. 1 Modlin, Appraiser-Engineer, from * Williamston. mMeiiUm QewajuUugJRatdl i To Segregation Answered The petition, .signed by twenty one Martin County Negroes and submitted by a Negro lawyer of Raleigh before the Martin Coun ty Board of Education at the Au gust meeting, will lie answered shortly, according to information gained here today. A rough draft of the answer was discussed by i members of the board of educa tion in their regular meeting here this week, and the facts have been turned over to the county attor ney for final preparation, it was learned. A copy of the petition is not immediately available, the attor ney's office explaining that sev eral days will he required to put it in final shape. However, some of the facts have been pointed out, showing that the Negro schools arc making rapid strides, that it is absolutely certain fur I ther gains arc to be expected un-j der the program of consolidation j proposed by county and state] school authorities and now being j advanced as rapidly as possible.' It is understood that the num ber of busses serving the Negro schools has been increased from! two to seventeen since 1045, that I the expansion of bus seiviee for the Negroes is advancing far more rapidly than under the consolida tion program inaugurated for the white schools. The teacher load is comparable for both the white and colored schools, the Negro teachers receiving, on an average, about $11 more per month than tile whites. Ii is now well established that some of the signers of the petition misunderstood ils contents, and that a vast majority of the Ne groes are interested only in bet ter school facilities for themselves Tobacco Prices Hold To High Figure Here Averages Holding; Well Above Sixty Cents This Week -^ n PAVING —----—J Thirty-three miles of pav ing were completed in this county last month, according to a report released by the State Highway Commission. In addition to the long pro ject from Corey's Cross Roads north via Hear Grass which was started months ago, the commission reported paving completed, as follows: 3.1 miles on the old Williams ton-Kvcrrtts Road; 3.9 miles in the Oak City-llamilton section; 8.6 miles in the Jamesville area, including 2.2 miles running off High way til below Jamesville to county road intersection, and 6.4 miles running off 171 southeast to the Washington County line.