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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE TIIE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COCNTT i'AMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LY—NUMBER 2 Williamslon, Margin County, North Carolina, Thursday, January ■'(. 1932 ESTABLISHED 1899 ! ? Twenty-live Caser NfeardUmjfcji | Court On Monday l n usually Large Session in Prospect for the Court Next Monday -s ^ Holding its first session in two weeks, the Martin County Rp. !corder’s Court closed its work in the old year last Monday after disposing of twenty-five cases. I Most of the cases accumulating i during the two-week period the court was idle were scheduled for trial next Monday -when Judge R. | T. Johnson and Solicitor Clarence 1 Griffin arc almost certain to have fj their hands, full. Fines were imposed in the total ■ sum of $795 last Monday and a f few road sentences were imposed. Proceedings: Pleading guilty of non-suppprt, I Charlie Ellison was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term i upon the payment of the cost and $7 a week for the support of his child. William Henry Black, pleading guilty of drunken driving, was tf fined $100, taxed with the cost and lost his operator’s license for a year. Charged with possession of ma terials for the manufacture of il licit liquor, James Briley and Wil liam Augustus Riddick pleaded guilty and were sentenced to the roads for twelve months. The road terms were suspended upon the condition that they pay $200 fines and violate no liquor laws * for five years. The fines were not paid immediately. Charles G. Murray, charged with drunken driving, asked for a jury trial and his case was auto matically placed on the superior court docket for consideration in March. Pleading not guilty, Jesse Car ney, charged with careless and reckless driving, was adjudged guilty and was fined $25, plus costs. ^ Curtis Beach was fined $100, maxed with the costs and lost his driver's license for a year when he pleaded guilty of drunken driving. Charged with hit-and-run driv ing. Elmer Rogers pleaded not guilty. He was adjudged guilty Bud was sentenced to the roads for ninety days. The road term was suspended upon the payment of a $10 fine and $35 to repair damage done to W A. Taylor’s car. ^ Charged with assaults, Jesse Lawrence Brown, Emmett San ders, Prince Lynch and Annie M. Mobley were adjudged not guilty. Pleading not guilty, William • .-1 • ■ -an a.-ftault, was found guilty and drew six months on the roads, suspended upon the payment of a $25 and costs. The defendant is to remain of good behavior and provided adequate support for his family. Asa Tom Lanier was fined $10 ^ and taxed with the court costs for assaulting a female. Adjudged guilty of assaulting a female, Jimmie Watts was sen tenced to the roads for ninety days. John Ellis, charged with non support, was adjudged innocent. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Frank Thomas Scott was lined $ 100, taxed with the costs and lost his license to drive a car for one year. H Judgment was suspended upon f the payment of the court costs in the case, was delayed. Charged with viohiun?^^ n tutor laws, Nymphus James failed to appear for trial, and action against Willis Boston, a co-de fendant in the case, was delayed. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the ease in which Rubt. Harrell was charged with violating the rules the roads (Continued on Page Eight) 011171 AFFAIRS • Unless something pops up between now and then, the meetings of both the Martin County and Williamston Town Commissioners next Monday will be quiet affairs. | J. Sam Getsinger, clerk for the county board, and Marion Cobb, town clerk, both mid they had nothing but routine business ou their caieiitiars. j Stoj&Jtfass X Uh it IwfCo imT By J. VV. Williams, County Health Officer j.Oir January 2" tile mass x raj’ mobile units will begin operation throughout the county. In the meantime there is a large amount of planning and organiz ing winch must be done and re quires the help of each and every individual. The health department is calling upon such organizations as home demonstration clubs, unions, Church groups and all Civic and Social groups to assist in this program. The job that can be done by these groups is as vital and important one as it is a media through which large groups of people can be reached because of the organized process. It has been, proven that without the whole hearted cooperation of these va rious organizations which exist in the county, the (ovsa.x-.ra.ji.shu.Jie.y-! will not be the success that it is hoped to be. The health department, Medical Society and Tuberculosis Associa tion of Martin County are ask ing you to combine your every ef fort to make this survey a great success. The goal for Martin Coun ty is 18,000. 'Let's Make Martin County 100 per cent.” The personnel for the x-ray units are requesting a list of rooms and facilities available when they arrive January 8. Any one having rooms available are urged to call the Martin County Health Department and give de scription of facilities. r I JUNE IN JANUARY "\ I The guy who wrote a song about June in January was without doubt vindicated here yesterday when the mercury climbed to a good 83 in the shade and an even hundred in the sun. People, running around in their* shirt sleeves, were talk ing about summer vacation plans, and a few farmers said a little something about start ing their spring plowing. But Ole Man Winter hasn't as serted himself, and already the weather man is predicting cold weather for this section right now. The mercury reading yes terday was listed among the highest on record for any Jan uary 2. "The University Hour" Scheduled On Station WIAM - ~ -s»- — ■ ,-f^r Fii>l I'lo'.’iam Will Bo Oil The Air This Sunday'. At 2:30 O’Clook -— Station WIAM will broadcast % the first program in tne 1952 sc ries of “The University Hour” at 2 30 on Sunday Jan. 6th. Winner of the First Award at the Amer ican Exhibition of Educational Radio Programs held annually at the Ohio State University, “The University Hour” has the distinc tion of being broadcast by more North Carolina radio stations than any other program of its type. Station WIAM is one of 55 sta tions scheduling the new series. The programs are composed of dramatized incidents from the lives of men and women who have enriched the heritage of the Uni versity and the State. The first program tells a true story about one of North Caro lina’s most accomplished writers, Thomas Wolfe. Featuring John Ehle of Asheville jn the leading role, the story “Return in Tri umph”, describes White’s return to his native Asheville. It was written by James Poag of Green ville, S. C., and directed by Ar thur Briskin. “Lion in the Streets”, featuring Charles Kuralt, of Charlotte, as (Continued on page eight) Wife Qf Pastor Dies At Home «— Hattie D. Rodgers, wife of Rev. J W. Rodgers, died on December 26 at 9:00 A. M , after a long ill ness. She was 63 years of ago and had ben a resident, of Mar tin County all her life. She had been a member of the Cedar Grove Baptist Church, serving it .'aithfully for-a number of years, md. was held in high esteem by d! who knew her. Funeral services were held last Saturday afternoon at the Cedar Hill Baptist Church b.V her pastor the Rev. F. K. Leathers. Surviving besides her husband, are five children,' three sons, James Rodgers, W. H. Rodgers, Jr., and Willie Rodgers; two dau ghters, Eva James and Hattie Lane, all of Williamston, 19 grandchildren, and 2 great grand hildren, all of w'hom reside in ! Thirty Marriages In Martin County During December --—^ — » IhHiiiiiicc of Licenses Level ed Off To About Aver age In Past Year -«-— After getting ufl to a slow start, Cupid settled down and went to work in a big way in December to score his second biggest month of activity of the year 1951. Thir ty marriage licenses were issued by Register of Deeds J. Sam Get singer during the past month, the count falling four below the re cord established last June for the year. The marriage license issuance for the past year added up to 217, including 111 to white and 106 to colored couples. It was the first time in ten years that the number of marriages among the white population was greater than the numbt r of weddings among the J colored population. While the Is suance last year leveled off to ijubout an average, it trails con siderably behind the record es tablished in 1946 when there were 335 licenses issued by the bureau. Licenses were issued last month in this county to the following: White I George Lee Roberson and Nor | in a Rae Wood, both of Williams I ton. George E. Gardner of Williams ton and Gladys Evelyn O’Mary of Hamilton. | Janies Albert Manning and Hel on Frances Chesson, both of Wil liamstoR. Clayton E. Modlin of RFI) 1, 1 Robersonvillc, and Bessie I Pierce of RFD 3, Williamston. Edgar Lee Hart of Tarboro and Margaret Anne Worsley of Oak j City. Haze M Daw of Panlego and | Romaldo B. Cox of Pinetown. Archie Eugene Albright, USN, Perkins, Oklahoma, and Myrtle Mae Rogers of Jamesviile. i Georgy C. Moore of Williams ton and Carrie Lou Brown of Jamesviile. Jijumy Lee McLawhorn and' Margaret Singleton, both of Vanceboro. Thomas E. Todd and Lurlccn Taylor, both of Windsor. David Bryant Stephenson of ltoanoke Rapids and Alice Pearl Williams of Williamston. David 11 Modlin and Mary Bell Padgctf, b< Hi of Jamesviile. Colored Aimer Brown and Gerli uuc Tr<r* gan, both of Williamston. James Midgett and Frances Stancil, both of Jamesviile. James S'lemmons of Norfolk and Joyce Keel of Everetts. Lewis Jones, Jr., und Lurline (Continued on paae eight) Norris Stalls Buys Business —<*>— Morris Stalls, local young man recently out of the National Guard, has purchased the stock, fixtures and good will of Sunny Side Market and Grocery from C. T. Roberson. Taking ovei ac tive management this week, Mr. Stalls is making some changes and plans to enlarge operations 1 there. | Mr. Roberson will devote his I time to the oyster bar and con fttt chrd -it- wa reported-. Ciluen Tuesday Evening -Funeral Beings Held in The Christian Cliapcl For Mrs. A. L. Rochuek —* Mrs. Malishia Wynne Roebuck, bciuVcu iuCtii nli/.ni vsliOSC hus band and son ably served as sheriffs of the county during a combined period of nearly a quar ter century, died in a local hospi tal at 11:15 o’clock Tuesday night. She had been in declining health for a number of years, but was an invalid since a stroke of paralysis suffered about two years ago. Her condition had been critical following another stroke suffer ed two weeks ago yesterday morn ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rupert E. Cowen, on East Main Street, and was moved to the hospital for treatment. Little hope was held for her recovery and members of the family were con tinually at her bedside for days. The daughter of the late Mack (5. and Christine Mobley Wynne, she was born in Cross Roads Township 82 years ago on Septem ber 22, 1869, and livid there most of her life. She was married De cember a, 1880, to A L. Roebuck who died during his second term as sheriff of the county on June 8. 1020. Following his election to the office of sheriff, Mr. and Mrs. Roebuck moved to Williamston in 1926 continuing to make her home here since that time. She was a member of Christian Chapel at Cross Roads the gieater part of sixty years, her daily walk through life exemplifying a noble Christian character across those years. She held a friendship that was warming to the heart, and realistic in devotion and service, and her kind and thoughful man ner endeared her to everyone, (pick-up suvivors from Herald) Surviving are four sons, W H. Roebuck of Aberdeen, Md , Her- J belt L. Roebuck, a member of the! Martin County Board of Commis-! sinners of, Cross Roads Township; N. A. Roebuck of Greenville, and Shep Roebuck of Williamston;! two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Tay- ^ lor of Robersonville, and Mrs. Ru pert E. Cowen of Williamston; two sisters, Mrs. John T. Edmondson of Williamston and Mrs. Wiley B.J Rogerson of Robersonville; fif teen 1 grandchildren and eight | great-grandchildren. Funeral services are being con-! ducted m the church at Cross Roads this afternoon at 2:20 o’clock by the pastor, the Rev. Preston E. Cayton of Edcriton,! assisted by the Rev. James M.: Perry, pastor of the Robersonville the Rev. j John L. Goff, pastor of the W’il-| liamston Christian Church. In terment will be in the family plot in the Robersonville Cemetery. I Roanoke River On Limited Rampage; Fed by melting snow and ice in the upper rcaehc of its basin, the old Roanoke has hevn on a small rampage at Williamston for the past several days. While the stream has flooded the lowlands, the high waters have not interrupted plants along the stream. However, loggers have been forced back and have been able to log only the high spots. The water, reaching a 11.35-foot *TTm i iii’) Tuesday afternoon, is gradually falling. It was the first time suite April of last year that that much water has been in the river at tins point. Mystery Program Fian Show; tiriiiiz Sponsored For March Of Dimes Oil January U — *■ Sherwood I- Roberson, prom inent business man of Roberson ville, will serve as .master of cere monies for the mystery radio pro gram planned on Sunday, January 13, in behalf of the March of Dimes Fund Drive, Chairman J. A. Edens announced today. The program, lasting only thirty min utes, goes on the air at 4:00 that Sunday afternoon. 1 While the movement itself is for a serious and worthy cause, the program is expected to be highly entertaining and quite fun ny. If Joe Doakes wants to hear Smith Joe sing a fantastic song, he'll make an offer to the March of Dimes program Possibly some one else would like to hear a re citation, and he'll make a cash offer to the March of Dimes chair man who will contact the reciter, and so on. The chairmen of the drive are anxious to get a full thirty-minute program on the air, and everyone contacted is under solemn obligation to participate when called upon. Anyone may send in a request, accompanied by a substantial contribution In other centers throughout the country, sizable offers have been made and tens of thousands of dollars have been raised for the Worthy cause. Last-minute requests will be considered, hut only a few can be handled at the last minute. Every one is urged to pick out a singer or actor and hook him without delay. Just send your requests with an offering to Dr. J. A. Ed ens, Williamston, and arrange ments will be made to have your ' favorite “^tar” appear on 'the j program So far tlie March of Dimes has ■ been able to finance every ease of polio in Martin County ovcV a period of yeai There have been leases every > car, and it is rn I sonable to believe there’ll be eas es in 1952 To maintain the record, (Continued on Page Eigtit) Delay In Calling For I) railing!• Project It ills Unable to hold a scheduled meeting a few days ago, the Mar tin County Drainage District Com mission No. 2 has not yet tailed for hitls on a proposal project centered in Rohersonville Town ship. It could not. be learned when tin commission will meet THE RECOK!) SPEAKS . . . The record, other than ex pressing its appreciation to Patrolmen B. W. Parker and R. P. Natron and the station operators for their assistance in compiling the figures week by week, is merely offering the cold, gruesome facts, as follows: The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 52nd Week Accidents In.j'd Killed Dam'ge r',’fl**M****PP1***. $ 3,790 1950 7 li 0 1,470 Comparisons To Date 195! 202 130 7 $61,840 1950 200 07 4 44,560 Planning To Rebuild Although future action is con ditional', official reports reaching hocr till:; work declare that the Wells-Oates Lumber Company is planning to rebuild its plant des troyed by fire December 10. In a letter to Mayor Robert Co wen a few days igo, Mr. B. H. Oates, one of the company owners, said, in part: ! ‘Due to conditions of the times, it is difficult to accurately project | any planning especially where machinery and equipment are in 1 volved, but we would like to as sure you filar we ate moving jo the direction of restoring all nor ma! busim lit *ivit.v lit your t»*>11 munily as rapidly as i.s practical ” Mr. Oates also pointed out in bis letter to Mayor Cowon tlio following: "We assure you that our public relations in your area have al ways been highly satisfactory, the conduct of business there has been pleasant and profitable. . . ” The large plant, located on East Main Street, figured prominently in the economy of this entire sec tion before it was destroyed in what was recorded as the most custly nit? m tin.- ItJWJi’a iubtuiy. Just Few Hundred Bags Received At Market Recently More Than Quarter Million Baps Handled Here From 1951 Oop The 1951 peanut marketing sea son is about spent, late reports stating that the goobers are be ing delivered in very small lots with daily deliveries holding to a few hundred bags. A few farmers are holding fairly big lots on their farms, hut it is estimated that more than 99 percent of the crop has been harvested and that pos sibl.v less than ten percent is yet to find its way to the markets. No official figures are to be had, but it is estimated that the market here handled more than a quarter million bags of farmers’ stock peanuts from the 1951 crop, the deliveries possibly holding close to those handled from the 1950 season. Unofficial hut rclia bit- reports state that the govern-' ment up until today had stored right at 3,000 bags of peanuts from the 1951 crop, that the daily deliveries are now running under 100 bags per day. The lots ranged from 52 down to two bags, It could not be learned how much longer the government warehouse will continue open at this point, but independent com panies plan to continue on the market until the crop is marketed in its entirety. No official estimates are to bo had at this time, but unofficial reports indicate that a fairly large percentage ol the 4991 crop went to market as excess However, with very tew exceptions, the ox cess is not being penalized, but there is little hope that farmers will receive anything more for the excess than the regulai oil price, an amount about half the regular market. Martin farmers who m 195 planted in excess of their regular allotments but not in excess of their 1947 quotas, re ceived a differential or about $45,000. No such payments are an tieipated for the 1951 crop excess Between 75,000 and 80,000 bags from the 1051 crop have been stor ed in Robcrsonville warehouses, and, according to sonx reports, many peanuts moved out of this county into storage in other coun ties. The government, anxious to di rect as many peanuts into the op i'll market as possible, delayed it: receiving station here until the marketing season was well ail vanned, The oper rna: ket was tali ing just about all offerings rim ing the early part of the season, but one of the big companies i, eat off the market and the othi r buy ers were literally flooded, the government stepping in a short time later to relieve the pri .sure. | Prices, based on strict govern merit grades, have remained all the way through. Small Rainfall Is Recorded In 1951 The i < cniiil itiii111 .1 riiinf'ill on record in Hum m cl ion was record ed liist year, act ordmn to a n I port cominp t rum 11 ut;11 Spruill, kccpej ul (lie Roanoke River bridpe at Wjlliamstiiii. Only 117.77 inches of rain fell ilunnu the twelve months of 1951, the total fallinu almost ten inches below the twenty year average of 47.42 inches. Only hi one other vein -11)41 —has tin total rainfall ix, r. sr limilcrl in 1941 the rainfall hi! ,i JoW til 9 1 .70" Uir h'l s hi I tifi ,ifl time reeoi il The create: I amount of rain recorded in any one year id lh(> Williamston Matinn was in 1947 when 57.12 inches fell Last year, it will lie recalled, rainfall was limited in January, February, May and heavy in June, comparatively heavy in July and August. Then last September less than an inch of ram fell as com pared with 8.0) inches recorded in September, 1950 hast November, 4,54 inches of rain fell,, but'pre eipitation dropped back to 2.10 j me ties last month. — ’ MIGRATING I <-/ Preliminary reports coni inn from various sources point to a fairly sizable mi gration from this county to various defense centers. Just how extensive the movement is, could not he learned, but reports from two or three schools in the county said that as many as several child I ren were withdrawing from a single grade. School attendance in sev eral centers is dropping, one principal saying that his | school hatl lost more than a dozen pupils to other areas and gained few or none. It was also learned that several faculty resignations were pending, including two in the one here. Soil Tesis Help Make Profitable : Crop Production -^ — TiioiiMiimls of l ai iiMMs \rc Taking Ailvanlap- Of Free Srrvire By S. A. Tuten, Jr., Assistant Agent 1! has been said that fertilizing a crop without having the soil tested is like painting a house in the dark You may put too little in one place and too much in an other and the mixture of ingred ients may not give the desired re suits. Such :i comparison may seem to over-emphasize (lie value of soil testing. But judging by the nuttl her of samples tested in North Carolina in recent years, there is an increasing number of farmers who think otherwise. The mini her of samples tested lay (lie Soil 'I’esling Division increased from approximately 22,000 for lii-tii to 85,000 for 1960. One factor contributing to such a rapid increase has been a bet ter understanding of the value of a soil test. The test is by no means a substitute for either a know ledge of how a soil has produced | in the past or for observations ! made while crops were growing. ] it is an additional aid which will help reduce guesswork when de ciding which elements should be added for future crops. Also a soil test may reveal that certain ele (Continued on Page Eight) Registering For ; Jamesville Vole Approximately eighty citizens have registered for the special ! town primary to he la id in James ville on Mumhn, January 14, ac cording to an unofficial report coming from Mm. Mae Waters, registrar Saturday of this week is the last day for getting one's name on the books On Saturday, January IJ, the hook.-, will be >p jened for a review of the names ; and chaIlenge The registration, while compar atively small within itself, reflects much interest in the approaching primal' election which wa creat ed by special court order last No vembi r A goodly number of eiti zen: flu po petitioneiI the court for an opportunity to vote, point ing out that no pi imarv or general election bad been held in accord ance with a penal act of the ivrih ‘ aiolina Hiatt Legislature, During tire mcantimi the old of ficial., tendered their resignations, but agi Cl d fo fT mi,' I ii I in Ilf i It c until their suet < ssors are nam'd I1'allowing the primary vote on the 141b, a general election will be held in due time. As far as it could be learned earlj today no one had filed for eithei the position of mayor or a place on the five-man board of town commissioners Today, it was reported, is the last day for candidates to get then names on the primary ticket. "Maybe some thing will start popping before the day is spent,” one import stat-1 Wriilpnis Plaint \innmros l.ivcs In Nation Dtiritii' Holiday IVriod* After riding a “safe spot’’ for flirty-two hours motorists on Martin County highways resumed the nefarious business of wreck ing and maiming. In the first ac cident reported in the county this year four persons were injured, one of them believed badly, and a property damage estimated at $2,000, resulted, all m the twink ling of an eye. Driving east on Highway No. (id, about two miles this side of Robersonville, about 0:30 o’clock last evening, James Kenneth But ler, 28, of Windsor and Raleigh, lost control of his 1!)51 Pontiac when William James Grimes of Roberson ville drove out of a side road and struck the new ear about the left rear fender. The Pontiac turned over two and possibly three times and was completely wrecked. Mr. Butler suffered severe head injuries, one report stating that his face was badly lacerated. Mrs. Butler suffered painful head in .iuries but they are not believed to be serious. Mr and Mrs. Wil liam Pritchard of Moyock, riding with tin Butlers were also in jured, Mrs. Pritchard receiving lacerations about the body Mr. Pritchard was bruised and shock ed. He was able to ride to a local hospital in a patrol rai while the other victims were brought here by a Roberson ambulance. Grimes, receiving no injury, was placed in the county jail where he is being held on an “op en" charge, pending the outcome of the injuries of the^wreck vic tims. According to witnesses, Grimes "patted" the accelerator on his 1046 Chevrolet and darted into the main highway from the Huski naw Swamp road. He is facing a drunken driving charge, Mr. and Mis. Butler were driv ing down to take Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard to their home m Moyock after a short vacation spent in Florida. A report from North Carolina and the nation shows that the re cent holiday periods were costly in human life. North Carolina lost eleven of its people during the New Year's holiday, four on the eve of the new period. Preliminary reports place the number of highway deaths m this State for the past >e,u at 1,029, a much larger toll than was exacted by powered ve hicles a year earlier. More than 1,330 persons lost their lives in the United States in violent accidents during the New Year’ and Christmas holidays. The New Year's holiday death toll was r>71, compared to the rec ord 789 total for the four-day Chiistmas holiday. Traffic accidents during the two lug holiday week-ends caused about 000 deaths, including 366 over the New Year’s holiday. The National Safety Council had es timated 350 persons would be killed m motor mishaps during the four day holiday. Nearl.s 200 persons perished in fires, including 68 from ti p. m. Friday to last midnight. The week end survey also shoved 137 per sons killed in miscellaneous mis haps as compared to 143 over the l’hi istmas bolide.' . • ••• i dental deaths during the 102-hour period ovei New Year's was in traffic. Motor mishaps caused 535 fatalities during the long Christ mas week-end as the toll reached .,7 (Continued on Page Eight) If FAIKSTAHT 1’ro party listing Uu taxa tion in the county and town was off to a fairly good start lure yesterday. O. S. Antler sou, list taker, explaining that thirty persons dropped bv his office in the courthouse and submitted a list of their hold ings. At the close of the day, right at 7,970 persons were to list with the list takers in the several townships. Taxes must be listed and there's no waiting at this time. List now and avoid the 'ast -iliiMuk rush._ /:
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