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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 -- ■■■ ' ^ VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 84 William$ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 18, 1951 ESTABLISHED 1899 Handled Fifteen Cases In County Court on Monday -- Several Defendants Sen tenced To Roads; Fines Add Up To $360.00 -♦— Road sentt-nces were fairly plentiful in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday when Judge R. T. Johnson and Solicitor Clarence Griffin hand led fifteen cases during a com paratively short session. Fines were collected in the sum of $360. Unable to measure up financially at least two defendants had no other alternative except to go to the roads. Proceedings: Charged with drunken driving and eaieless and reckless driving, Willie Lee Timmons pleaded not guilty. Adjudged guilty, he was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of a $150 fine and costs. He lost his operator's license for a year. Adjudged guilty of an assault With a deadly weapon, Joe Clark drew six months on the roads, suspended upon the payment of a $25 fine and costs. He is to re main off the premises of Gladys Pierce for three years. Facing the court in a second assault case, Clark drew another six months on the roads, suspended upon the payment of a $50 fine and costs. He is to remain away from the premises of Ruth Clark for three years. David Junior Best was fined $25, plus costs, for operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. Pleading guilty of speeding, Wilbert Best was taxed with the court costs Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, James Arthur Howard pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for eigh teen months. Charged with careless and reck less driving, Leon Hall Rawls was adjudged not guilty. James Bennett Kissler pleaded guilty of drunken driving and was sentenced to the roads for four months. A truck driver, Kissler, no longer a young man, was de serted in court by his employer and pointed out he was unable to pay a fine. Forrest Everett West was fined $100, plus costs, for drunken driv ing. Charged with operating a mo tor vehicle without a driver's li rense and passing a school bus while the bus was stopped to dis rharge passengers, George Lee Sheppard pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for four months. He was fined $125, but he was unable to meet financial terms and went on to the roads. Mary Lizzie Dickens was taxed with the costs for ah assault. Christopher Columbus Eborn, booked under the name of “Smil ing Jack'' was fined $10, plus costs, when he was adjudged guil ty of an assault. Judgment was suspended in the case in which Sam Manning was charged with non-support, the de (Continued on Page Eight) United Nations' Day, October 24 October 24 this year marks the sixth anniversary of the United Nations. Thi day will be observ ed with special ceremonies in countries all over the world. Ih this country plans for schools, or ganizations, state and community groups have been suggested by the National Citizens Committee for United Nations Day; many community activities are in the hands of local citizens’ commit tees. UNESCO and the U. S. Na tional Commission for UNESCO are urging widespread citizen co operation in these events. -- High School Students Attending Fair Today -• Approximately seventy-five lo cal high school pupils, including Professor Austin’s agricultural classes and members of the senior and junior classes, are attending the State fair today. They left shortly after 7:00 o’clock this morning, traveling in two spec ial busses. Tobacco Sales Pass Eleven Million Mark 4 Prices Continue To Hold Firm On The Market Here Highest Individual Average Ever Recorded Here Was Reported Yesterday With over-all prices continuing to hold firm, individual price aver ages moved up to set an all-time record on Williamston's tobacco market, yesterday. Farmers Sid ney Beacham and Buddy Rogers sold 1,814 pounds of the Dixie Bright 101 variety for $1,504.58, or an average of $88.46 per hundred pounds. While a complete record j of individual averages is not avail able, it is quite certain that the Beacham-Rogers sale is tops. Farmer Rogers explained that the 1,814 pounds constituted the third pulling from about five acres of tobacco. The prices for the to bacco ranged from a low of 68 cents a pound right on up to 95 cents, with five and six piles selling above the 90-cent mark The market today passed the I eleven million-pound mark, and j their goal at twelve million or more. However, it was pointed out that more and more fat-mens are marketing the remainder of the crops each day. Through yesterday, the market had sold 10,980,404 pounds for $6,016,522, an average of $54.79 for the season to date. Yester day, 168,454 pounds were sold for an average right at $62.00 per hundred pounds, or, to be exact, $61.83 or $104,162. During all of last season, the market here sold a total of 9, 709,566 pounds for $5,562,637, an average of $57.29 Through yestcr- I day, the current marketing sea son has an advantage of 1,280,838 pounds and in money, $453, the operators are now 885. Green Wave Band Planning A Trip Following a special show dur ing the football game here Friday night between Williamston and Hertford, the Williamston Green Wave Band will travel to Green ville Saturday night to represent Guilford College at its game -with the East Carolina College Pirates. The Guilford team is coached by Stuart Maynard, formerly high school coach here. Maynard will bring his team to Greenville Fri day and hopes to visit friends in Williamston Friday night and see the game here. A program has been worked out for the Green Wave band's portion of the half-time show at Greenville and both band mem bers and local football fans are looking forward to the trip to Greenville. The college officials at Greenville some tinv ago in vited the Williamston musicians to serve as visiting nand for the Guilford game. For the next two week ends, on Saturday and Sun day evenings, the Youth Center will be open in the Woman’s Club Building in stead of the American Legion Hut. Hearing that the facilities | of the American Legion Hut would not be available for J the use of the young people, it was decided at the Wo man’s Club meeting on Tues day evening to offer the use of their building for the next two week-ends. The parents listed for su pervision of the Youth Cen ter will take charge as pre viously arranged. The Cen ter will not be open on Fri day nights because of the football games scheduled. The Recreation Committee is most grateful to the Wil liamston Woman’s Club for their generous gesture to our youth. -*■ r j KILLED IN ACTION J CpI. Oscar Little, 21-year old local boy, was killed in Korea last April 24. his moth er, Lena Little Cherry, was notified by the Army only yesterday. No details were offered, ex plaining the delay in notifica tion, but the telegraphic mes sage said a letter would fol low. His last letter, written in April, said he had been pro moted to corporal and was guarding bodies. ReferendumToBe Held Next Month On Farm Research —*— Fairly Certain Marlin Coun ty Farmers Will Support Plan In Big Way Plans arc rapidly being com pleted for holding a special re ferendum among farmers in Mar tin and the other ninety-nine counties in North Carolina on No vember 3. The referendum will decide whether an agricultural research fund will be created at the rate of five' cents a ton on fertiliser and feed. Should the plan be- ap proved, and it is generally be lieved that it will be, and almost certainly in Martin County, the money raised will be placed with the Agricultural Foundation in this Slate and be used to promote research in agriculture. It has been pointed out that we are just one step ahead of disease and insects, that unless research work is increased, agriculture will face an uncertain and costly per iod. While, for instance, the new type of tobacco is not readily ac ceptable, Martin County would now be just about going out of the tobacco business were it not for the new variety. The "Nickels for Know-How” program will fur ther advance tobacco research and promote intensive experi ments in an effort to combat oth er crop diseases and insects in ad dition to developing more suit able crop varieties. There’ll be no registration for the referendum. Any person who purchases fertilizer or feed will be eligible to vote in the refer endum. Polling places will be maintained in several sections of (Continued on Page Six) -A Layman's League Neels October 31 —«— The quarterly meeting of the Albemarle Laymen's League will be held in Robersonville on Tues day night, October 30th Sher wood L. Roberson, President of the League said yesterday the meeting would be held in the lunch room oplhe grammar school at 7:30. A Dutch dinner will be served by a local organization. • • A good program is being ar ranged by President Roberson and other officers of the League and at least 150 to 200 members are expected for the meeting. Rev. H. Glenn Haney, pastor of the Greenville Christian Church will make the principal address Visitors from Beaufort, Martin, Washington and Tyrrell counties are expected to be here for the quarterly meeting. ..<l> West Virginia Coon Hunter* On Expedition -* Bringing their own dogs and maintaining a self-contained equipment unit, Messrs. O. B. Harris and H. G. Wilcox are here this week from Beekley, West Vir ginia, for their annual coon hunt ing expedition. A report on the hunt could not he had immediate ly. This is the third consecutive 1 year Mr. Wilcox, a coal mine own ■i-operator, and Mr. Harris, an Insurance agency executive, have runted coon in this section. Governor's Party Enjoyed Hunt In Conine Yesterday —•— Take Certain To Help Re lieve Meat Shortage lip Raleigh Way — »— “We are certainly going to re lieve the meat shortage up Ral eigh way," Governor Kerr Scott, heading a hunt of State officials in Conine, chuckled yesterday af ternoon in reporting their take for the day. Acompanicd by State Highway and Public Works Commission Chairman Henry Jordan, and Ben Roney, aid to the governor, the State's ohief executive was care ful to hold the game take within the bag limit, dropping a hint af ter a friendly fashion about Dr. Jordon’s uncertain status as a squirrel hunter in the Roanoke lowgrounds. “Up in his country the trees are not so tall, and for a while it appeared Dr. Jordan’s gun would not carry to the tall timber,” the Governor said. The highway commissioner did all right, others in the hunt declared. During the morning hunt the party bagged twenty-three squir rels. Sroi\g wind;- blew most of the day to place the hunters at a dis advantage, but the trips were greatly enjoyed. Politics and State business were out during the trip, the Governor and his party relaxing after stren uous schedules earlier in the week. Governor Scott recalled the ground-breaking exercises at Win ston-Salem for Wake Forest Col lege last Monday, and went on to explain that Mrs. Scott all but ruled out the hunting trip when she reminded him of a religious meeting in Burlington Tuesday morning. “We met the appoint ment, handled our assignment and got excused,” Governor Scott, serving the Presbytery there as moderator, explained. Governor Scott declared he en joyed his informal chiVt with President Truman who flew down to Winston without the benefit of senatorial company but with Congressman Thurmond Chatham of the district. “The President as sured us he wanted to be with us young Democrats at a meeting in Alamance next year,” Gover nor Scott said. It was apparent that the Gov ernor was a bit uneasy over the outcome of the milking contest he is entering with Agriculture Com missioner Stag Ballentine in front of the grandstand at the State Fair today. The chief executive explained that his hand muscles tire fairly easily now, that it had been some time when he milked at the rate of about a gallon per minute. He did not say so, but there was a sneaking suspicion the Governor was hoping rain would come to his rescue when time came for the test. ■ ....•*> District P.-T. A. In Robersonville —«— Representatives from 12 coun ties will attend a conference in Robersonville. of district nine of the North Carolina Congress of Teachers. Several t ie state PTA orga nization- y/i-i1 attend... and ..outline aims and objectives for the year's work. This district has 7,41? mem berships. Speakers include Mrs. T. R. Easterling of Rocky Mount, state president; Mrs. J. W Burke of Gibsonville, executive secretary; and Miss Blanche B. Haley of Chapel Hill, recently appointed field secretary for the state con gress. Each will center his talk jpon the theme of the conference which is "The Citizen Child: His freedom to Grow.” In addition to these speakers, Mrs. Sarah Weaver of Raleigh, state director of women’s division of Civil Defense, will address the group and list ways in which PTAs can cooperate in defense activities. Mrs. Edward Harrell of Hert ford, the director of this district, will preside. Mrs. Joseph Griffin >f Williamston is secretary. New ifficers will be elected at this neeling. Mrs. A. E. James, president of :he Robersonville PTA, is gen eral chairman of the event. J j members of Plans Completed For Annual Harvest Festival Next Week High A verages Of A bsences In School Causes Concern I The high average of absences in the local schools is causing much concern, officials declaring that the condition rates as one of major problems facing the school. “If the average number of ab sences had ben reduced by just three pupils last year, we would have earned an extra teacher in the high school this year,” the principal explained. As it is now, the librarian is filling in by hold ing two classes daily, leaving the library unattended during those periods, it was pointed out. During the first month of school, the local school enroll ment reached 1,060—808 in the elementary and 252 in the high school. On an average, forty-sev cn pupils were absent each day from the elementary grades and fifteen from the high school. A year ago, 814 absences were reported in the local schools dur ing the first month. This year the figure jumped up to 1,236 th first month. In other words, eve ry child in school was, on an aver age, absent from school more than one day during the month. At that rate, more than two weeks of school will have been lost, on an average, by each pupil. School officials are doing all in their power to hold up attendance records, but it is apparent that parents and pupils themselves will have to cooperate if the ser ious problem is to be successfully handled. i YAM MARKET I v--' After getting off to a slow start, the local sweet potato market Is reporting increased aclivites from day to day. lip until this morning, the mar ket had handled hardly more • than 1,000 bushels, but sever al loads moved into the plant of the Martin County Yam Growers’ Association early today. Trices are ranging front about $2.40 lo $2.70, a few go ing for $2 a bushel. The N. C. markets are watching the movement of potatoes from Louisiana be fore approaching stability, it was pointed out. Chaplain Leaves For Korean Duly —«— Charles Rhodes Harrison, Lt. J. G., U. S. Navy, left last Thursday to serve as a chaplain in the First Marine Aircraft Winn, Korea. Lt. Harrison is the son of the' late George Harrison and Mrs. Charlie Ayers of Robersonville. He graduated from the Bear Grass school and received his B. S degree from Atlantic Chris tian College in Wilson. Immed iately following Iris graduation from the Wilson institution he cn tered the School of Religion in Vanderbilt University, Nashville,] Tenn. where he received his B. D. | degree. He served as pastor of the sec ond Christian Church in Bloom ington, III., for five years before entering the Navy. Since he received his commis sion he served as chaplain in De stroyer Squadron Six of the At lantic Fleet and was recently as sistant to the Fleet Chaplain in Norfolk. Chaplain Harrison visited his i mother in Robersonville for sev- [ oral days before he left for the Korean assignment. Mrs. Harrison and their two children will reside will be at home, 1225 Tilghman Road. Col lege Cpqrt Apis.. Wilson. while; Lt. Harrison is serving in the Ko- | | l ean war. Ilis address will be j ■First Marine Aircraft Wing, c/o| Commanding General, F. I’. O., j San Francisco. .. .♦ Farm Bureau To j Hold Meeting] —«.— Membership canvassers of the Martin County Farm Bureau are to meet in the county courthouse Friday evening of this week at 7:30 o’clock to make a scheduled report on their activities. An unofficial report released a few days ago, shows that more that 1,000 members or aoout one half the goal, had been signed. '■ — Returns To His Home Here From Hospital His condition improving much faster than was expected, Mi. C. B. Clark, Sr., returned to his home here yesterday from a Rocky Mount hospital where he had his left leg amputated two weeks ago to check a circulatory ailment. Dairy To Install Modern Machine To Package Milk Nrw Operator* to S|»«rr No Kffort In Milking IManl B<‘Nt In tin* SiTlimi Purchasing the interest and Rood will nt Van It. Taylor in the Taylor Dairy here recently, Dr and Mrs. Chas. 1 Harris this week announced a modernization pro gram that will Rive this section a modern dairy plant and one that will rate as a big asses! to a com inunity several times larger than this one . The new owners explained that a modern machine will he install ed to package milk in cardboard cartons and that other equipment will be added to make the plant modern and up to date in every particular, tt was pointed out that immediate delivery on the pack aging machine could not be had, that arrangements are being made to have the Maola company to package the local dairy’s pro ducts until the machine arrives and is placed in operation. During the meantime, the new owners-operators are certain to experience some difficulties, "but we will spare no effort in trying to produce and distribute a pro duct that is readily acceptable to our patrons," the management said. Until the machine is made ready for operation, the dairy will use both the bottle and ear ton, and the cooperation of the public is earnestly solicited in a bottle round-up. It is estimated that several thousand dollars worth of bottles are lying around out of reach of the distributors. The return of the bottles will sane the dairy considerable ex pense that will have to be incur red if additional bottles are to be bought just for use during the transition period. Adhering closely to the policy formulated by the late V, G. Tay lor, the new plant operators are anxious to see an expansion of the dairy industry in this area, and arc pledging their fullest co operation for increased'milk pro duction on the individual farms. The dairy is already a hig factor in tiiis section’s economy, and the new operators hope to ex pand its operations and activities in the future. At the present time the dairy plant has ten regular employes, including Guy Forbes, Leo Hollis, Ernest Ross, Jake Barber, Clar ence Forbes, Eugene Roebuck, Larry Bullock, Jr., Russell Mi zolle, Mrs Horace Johnson and Miss Marie Modlin. Loral Station To Carry Saturday h'ootball Cantr -—<*> Mr. Rufus Armstrong, manager if Williainston’s radio station, has announced that a broadcast of the Morth Carolina Maryland foot ball game can he heard over Sta ion W I A M Saturday afternoon from 1:45 for the duration of the fame. The kickoff of the game, which s being played in College Park, Maryland, will be at 2:00. -- Charles Brannan Invited To Attend The Big Festival Event Gels liulrr Way with Street Danee Tuesday; Parade Wednesday By Al Sweatt, Executive Secretary Of Williamston Boosters Williamston began taking on a look of festivity yesterday when street decorations started going up and local merchants began decorating their businesses to tie in with Williamston's Fourth An nual Harvest Festival, being held next Tuesday and Wednesday, Oc tober 23 and 24 Many establish merits and organizations will start on floats and exhibits today for the festival parade on Wednesday, and latest reports indicate all will be in readiness when the big event gets under way. The opening of the festival will open with a free street dance on Tuesday night at 9:00 o'clock with both round and square danc ing being featured Music for the square dancing will be by Otho Willard and his string band, and the round dancing will feature music by Dick Levin and his sex tet. A special section will be set aside for colored citizens lor the round dancing. Both types of dancing will continue until 12.0(1 midnight. Arrangements for the street danee are being made by Bernard Harrison and Alonza Bland. On Wednesday, the big day, Main, Washington and a part of Watts Street will be blocked off at 12 30, to allow the streets to be cleared for "Clown Alley" from 1:00 to 2:00 I’M Following the [appearance of the clowns, prompt ly at 2:00 PM, one of the largest parades ever seen hi Eastern Car nlina will be held Over one hun I dred units will be entered in the j parade and it should last about ' one hour. The parade will form on Marshall Avenue and Warren Streets, proceed to Watts, to Main, thence up Main to Wash mgton and will continue on Wash ington, dispersing at the ware houses. Eleven bands will par ticipate in the parade including those from the high schools in the following towns: Ahoskic, Eden tnn, Plymouth, .1 .1 Clemmons of Roper, Scotland Neck, Tarboro, Washington, Williamston White, Williamston Colored and the Rhythm Bands from the Farm Life and Hassell schools Also in the parade will be fif teen "Princesses" from surround ing towns A late entry, Miss Dor othy O'Neal, is being entered by Tarboro and will be accompanied by the Tarboro High School Band About twenty-five floats will be in the parade, along with other exhibits, boy and girl scouts, city and county officials, and many other interesting units. The pa rade wi|l be under the expert guidance of J. O. "Blue” Manning and his assistants. There will he an absence of high dignitaries in this year's pa speaker. Invitations were sent to Govn'no. Scott, Re-pi e-sentetive Bonner and Secretary of Agrienl lure Brannan, but due to press ing business, none of them will be able to attend. It is felt that to invite some lesser known person ality than either of these three would lower the prestige of the Festival and the address by a ma (Continued on Page Five) fine of the Interesting side lights of the annual harvest festival here next Tuesday and Wednesday will eenter around an electrified model farm exhibit whieh is being brought here for its first showing In this section. The exhibit will be located in the lobby of the Virginia Electric and Power Company building on Main Street and the public is invited to in spect it. District Manager A. L. Jameson announced. Urge Farmers Not | To Rush Peanuts To The Markets —<*•— "Sion Market” Apparently Anticipated hv Leaders In Meeting -r— Apparently anticipating a “slow market”, the peanut com mittee of the North Carolina and , Virginia Farm Bureaus in a meet ing at Scotland Neck yesterday went on record urging all peanut farmers not to sell their 1951 crop of Virginia type, or edible pea nuts, for less than the support price of $226 per ton. The resolution, introduced by R. V. Knight, of Tarboro, chair man of the N C. Farm Bureau Peanut Committee, also stated “.We recommend that the 1951 crop of Virginia type pea nuts be moved to the market in an orderly manner so that the market will not become glutted and prices depressed. It is the hope and belief of the North Car olina and Virginia peanut rep resentatives here assembled that the cleaners will purchase a large majority of the 1951 crop at sup port price or better if the mar ket is not flooded. "No producer should sell his 1951 crop of peanuts at less than support price. If the peanut shel lers and cleaners do not purchase the crop at the support price or better, the government peanut support program, working through the Growers Peanut Cor operative, Inc., is set up and ready to support the crop by purchasing peanuts at support price at licens ed warehouses throughout the peanut belt in both states But in order for the government ware houses to support their prices, the farmers must move their peanuts to the receiving warehouses in an orderly manner Many warehous es have already been licensed throughout North Carolina and Virginia to handle the farmers' peanuts at support prices if that becomes necessary, and many more will be licensed if needed. There will be sufficient warehouse storage to handle the crop and prevent the same from selling be low the support prices, if the far mers will move their crop to mar ket in a slow and orderly man ner.” ' The Farm Bureau resolution called on each of the organiza tion's county units to "immediate ly set out to get all available pea nut storage space licensed and ready to receive farmers stock peanuts under the program if such space is needed. E. M. Johnson of Franklin, Va., managei of the Grower’s Peanut Corporation, told the group that most of the quota peanuts grown in the N C -Va., area would be used in the edible trade due to the short crop in the Southwestern ' areas. (Continued on Page Six) P.-T. A. and Band Club Plan Session The October meeting of the Williamstnn Parents Teachers As sociation will be held in the High School auditorium Monday even ing' at ?AS utiii -kfc— lowing this session and program aiVihipoi rant im iding of tlreWii- .-• liamston Hand Parents Club will be held Miss Anne Royster's Glee Club will have part of the P. T. A. pro gram and a film on the import ance of sleep will be shown as a part <‘f the safety program of the association. I.otters have been sent out to parents in the school concerning membership in the association and special prizes are being offered the different rooms for enroll ment of parents. The dues arc 50c per person. ---*.-. Ruritans To Meet In District December 6 -i> Puritans from fourteen North Carolina counties will hold a dis trict meeting in Elizabeth City on December 6, it was announced this week by District Governor A. Corey of Jamesvillc. The meeting will be attended by representa tives from forty clubs in the four teen counties and also by officials of Ruritan National.