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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,009 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTT TAMILIES TYVl'E EACH WEEK fcajawtoMKn—lr» —■,***.. —-rraCT-,... VOLUME LV—NUMBER 7 m • ___ *•.»#' X*a£«.JSWWSBORft-*■* v Williamxton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 22, 1932 ESTABLISHED 1899 " 1 ■ "I Man Admits Kiilinsfl n Wife TTThe CSTTnh Rosa Parker Shot •In Robersonville Township Sunday I --<fr-■ ■ j Harvin F*arker Changes His Story, Declaring He Shot In Self-defense ——«> Rosa Parker, 39-year-old color ed woman, was shot and instantly killed by her husband, Marvin ‘ •Parker, 37, at their homo on the Roberson farm near Robersonville about 3:00 o’clock Sunday morn ing. After maintaining that his wife killed herself, Parker now admits he shot her, declaring he acted in self defense. He is being held in the county jail on a charge of murder. Following his admis sion ,a jury, summoned by Coro j ner W. W. Biggs, was dismissed. A hearing in the case is to be ^ held in the courthouse this eve ning at 7:30 o’clock. Sheriff Hol loman said today. ! The attack is shrouded in mys tery and officers are doubtful if all the true facts will ever be brought to light. The woman was shot with a i load of No. 6 shot from a distance of only a few feet, the jury de cided after examining the body in Everett's Funeral Home in Wil I liamston, the finding virtually P ruling out Parker’s first* claim that she committed suicjde. An examination of the body re vealed two distinct cuts, one about two inches long and the other pos sibly more than three inches, both running outward from the gun shot wound. Coroner Biggs is of the opinion that the woman was stabbed before she was shot. Officers stated that the load of shot tore a sizable hole in the woman's chest, ripping away the ♦ great part of the left breast and puncturing the heart after break ing several ribs in two. The offi { cers also stated that bits of flesh i were scattered all over the room, including the walls and the heater. An eight-inch blade butcher knife, greasy and bloody, was found near the victim’s head. There was some blood on the vic tim’s left hand, and the body was found in a pool of blood. q Parker, arrested by Roberson ville police, admitted he got home late and that he had been drink ing. According to his story, his wife accused him of running around with other women argument followed. He first said that he started to leave, got as (Continued on Page Eight) First Herrings Caughiln River The first 1952 model herrings have been taken from the Roan oke, meaning that spring can’t be too far behind. Jamesville was busy with poli tics and Fisherman Joe Smith of Williamston stole the march when he dipped two sizable roe her rings from the river just across from the old wharf early last Thursday evening. The first catch made a tasty dish" he declared, * sharing it with Francis Leggett. iSm'irir'cw'i'a- dip net. Henry Girvin went into action last Friday and took three fish from the river at Jamesville. He used a drift net to make his catches. Owners of the Jamesville fish ery are making preparations for another season. The large seine is being repaired and tarred, it was learned. Commercial fishing Von a large scale will hardly get under way, however, before some time in March. HOUND-UP I v_ _ Thirteen persons, their ages ranging from 17 to 51 years, were arrested and detained temporarily at least in the county jaii last week-end. • Three were booked for drunken driving, three for investigation, one for murder and two each for assault, lar ceny and public drunkenness. One of the thirteen was white. 1 f [_STRAY SHOT [ The careless handling of a bullet rifle sent a “hunk” of lead through a window of the R. H. Clayton home here on Grace Street last Saturday. The bullet tore a hole through a screen and glass pane of the new home. No one was there at the time, and the damage was not discovered until the following day. Notified Sunday, local po lice sent out a warning to parents to supervise the use of firearms in the hands of their children. It is believed the bullet traveled quite a dis tance before piercing the win dow. Jury Has Quick Murder Verdict —•— A jury composed of eleven Mar tin County men and one from Beaufort, including three colored citizens from this county, was not long in reaching a decision in the murder case brought against La fayette Miller, 23-year-old color ed man, in Beaufort County Su perior Court, last Friday evening. • Miller was found guilty of the j murder of Harvey Boyd, young Beaufort County man, near Cho I cowinity on last Thanksgiving eve. No recommendation for mer ! cy was offered by the jury, and Judge Clawson Williams, presid ing, sentenced Miller to die in the gas chamber on March 7. An ap peal was noted by the defense. According to one of the jurors, a unanimous decision was reached against the defendant oh the first ballot which was taken in about two minutes. "We smoked a cig-' arette, talked a minute or two and j returned to the courtroom about ten minutes later,” one of the jurors was quoted as saying. i The Martin County jurors ap parently impressed the court, for Judge Clawson Williams, talking, directly to them for about ten minutes, expressed his apprecia tion for their services. The eleven men from this coun ty on the jury reported along with nearly 100 other Martin citizens for duty in the case last Wednes day morning -* Eamral Tmsday j For Mrs. Pearce! Mrs. Effie Bailey Pearce, 69, widow of Wm. I. Pearce and mother of Miss Lissie Pearce, supervisor of the elementary schools in this county, died at her home in Princeton Monday morn ing following a long illness. Funeral services are being con ducted in the Princeton Baptist Church this afternoon at 3:00 o’ clock, and interment will be in the cemetery there. Surviving besides her daughter in Williamston, are three daugh ters, Mrs. Herman Massengill of the home, Mrs. Durward Creech and Mrs. W. Marion Holland of Smithficld; one son, David E. i Peayce of Princeton; otift. vA“f,es:. Mrs. H. J Whitley, Sr., of RFD 2, Smithficld, and seven grandchil dren, Fire Threatens Large Oil Tank Fire, believed to have been started by trespassers, destroyed a building about eight by ten feet and burned the paint off a section of a 20,000-gallon oil tank at the Lindsley lee Company plant here at 2:30 o'clock last Saturday morn ing. When discovered, the fire was blazing through the top of the small building. Volunteer firemen reached there in time to beat the fire back and head off what could have been a serious explosion. All the town’s fire-fighting equip ment was carried to the scene, and while only one .unit was placed in operation the other was held in i readiness. ttkartjrMinisier* Wttt-Serisudy Attacking Wife Victim Without Medical At tention For Almost Two Weeks —a— James Perkins, although hold ing the position of pastor of a Negro Primitive Baptist Church went back to the Dark Ages and employed cave man tactics when he brutally attacked his 34-year old wife, Ada Pearl, at their home in Williams Township on January 5. The inhuman attack came to light only a few days ago when those of seven children large enough to attend school, failed to report for class work. An investi gation was launched and Sheriff M. W. Holloman and Justice Chas. R. Mobley visited the home. Shocked by what they found, the two called immediately for Coun ty Health Officer John W. Wil liams and the victim was moved to a local hospital for treatment. Said to have used a piece of stove wood, Perkins knocked a small hole in his wife's head, and beat her horribly on the arms and legs. Last reports said the victim was still unable to walk, but that her condition was much improved Her legs and arms were badly cut and swollen, doctors said. Attacked on January 5, the vic tim received no medical treatment and little attention of any kind until she was moved to the hos pital last Friday. Perkins, who has made no state ment. was arrested last Thursday and was held in the county jail without bond until Saturday when hospital doctors advanced the opinion that the attack victim would live. He was released under bond in the sum of $500, and is to appear for trial the first Monday in February. During the meantime, the vic tim’s mother is here from Detroit, looking after the seven small children. Perkins is said to have been charged some time ago with an assault. The victim in July, 1950, was in the courts for allegedly abandoning minor children, but was found not guilty. Hog Hunters Are Caught In County —* ... Employing tactics similar to those in vogue for hunting wild game, two young colored men, Charlie Brown, 17, and Robert Lee Jones, 20, were arrested 4" Deputies Raymond Rawls and Roy Peel last week-end and book ed for larceny of a hog belonging to Farmer Clarence Tyson near Oak City. Working with a mule and cart, the two men skirted the field near the Tyson home and shot and kill ed one hog with a bullet rifle. The 200-pound porker was picked up and carried to George Lee June’s home and dressed for the market in Tarboro. George Lee Jones is booked for aiding and abetting larceny and disposing of property known to have been stol en. At least two other hogs were shot, but they moved out of reach of the thieves. After denying the theft charge, Brown and Robert Lee Jones ad fnoicccl it ri.'vd were 'given a' htfn - ing Monday night in the court house by Justice J. S. Ayers. All three defendants were bound over to the county court for trial next Monday,'each under bond in the sum of $200. Unable to arrange bond, the three men were returned to jail. One or more of the men are be lieved to have been invulved in other hog thefts in_ that section during recent weeks. district Recruiting Officer* To Meet Here -*-— Commanding Officer Maj. Mox lcy and the personnel of the East ern North Carolina Recruiting District for the US Army and US Air Force have accepted the invi tation of the Wiiliamston Boosters to hold their February business meeting in Wiiliamston as guests of the Boosters. The exact, date has not been set as yet, Dut it will be held some time in February. TB Survey In County Not •Gaming Expect*Ukni&. A gradual decrease in the num ber of FREE chest X-rays taken each day has prompted the X-ray Survey Committee to extend its call to Martin Citizens for action. To date, 5490 Chest X-rays have been made out of a possible 18,000. This showing doesn't in dicate the true cooperation of Martin County people. Get your FREE chest X-ray at either of the four mobile units and take vour neighbors—too. All civic organizations are asked to continue announcing the oprea tion of the mobile X-ray units and ministers arc encouraged to remind their various congrega tions. We, the general public, need to be remined. Suggest an X-ray for someone today. Remember— no homo is safe unless all homes are safe from tuberculosis. The following business estab lishments have reported “Em ployees X-rayed 100 percent” to the local health department and displayed their card in a prom inc.it place Leder Brothers, Fire stone, Bullocks, Ward's Market, Margolis Brothers Harden’s De partment Store, Colonial Stores, and McClee’s Grocery. Many other firms may have ac complished this attainment. If so, call the local health department and join the growing list of “Em ployees X-rayed 100 percent." Let your patrons know your employ ees are OK. No official report is available just now, but it is fairly certain that quite a few traces of tuber culosis have been found in this county, starting the first day of the survey. Unless all persons, 15 years and older, are X-rayed, it is very likely that a number will never know they are troubl ed with the dreaded disease until it is too late. Those who missed the units when they were in their communities are asked to have their chests X-rayed at some oth er place where the mobile units are still operating. ( CALL MINISTER [ WillUmslon’s Memorial Baptist Church Sunday voted unanimously to extend a call to the Rev. E. G. Conklin of Wakefield, Virginia, to take over its pastoral duties, it w^s publicly announced yester day. He succeeds the Rev. Stewart B. Simms who resign ed to take over a pastorate in Richmond. Mr. Conklin, a native of Maryland, is expected to en ter upon his new duties in early April. The minister visited the church here De cember 9. Award Plaque To Man 01 The Year —♦— A 80-year-old lawyer is Wil-: liamston’s "Outstanding Young Man of 1951.” Attorney Edgar J. Gurganus, ac tive in civic and professional ac tivities, received this honor Fri day night at the Junior Chamber of Commerce’s annual Distin guish Service Award Banquet held in the Methodist Church dinning room. The selection was made by a secret committee com prised of prominent local citizens. Seventeen men were considered.' The presentation was made by | Mayor Robert Cowen on behalf 1! ' WV-Ston ,L> 5' cc«*" w h ■ 1 annually co-sponsor this award with the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Cowen pointed out that this award is presented each year to the man, between the ages 21 and 35, who rendered the most outstanding community service during the calendar year, whe ther he be a member of the Jay cees or not. The young attorney has serv ed as Chairman of the Martin County Tuberculosis Committee and the Martin County Recreation Committee, has been an active member of both the Junior Cham ber of Commerce, where he serv ed as President and Secretary, and the Rotary Club, of which he is Vice-President, and has taken an active part in many projects i : tor. c.'V’TtimmHy" btAtertmiti: President Bernard Harrison presided over the meeting and Pete Austin provided the enter tainment for some 60 Jaycees and their ladies who met to honor "The Man of the Year.” Returns To Post | In Massachusetts! Pfe. Mamie Bland, one of the few Martin County young women in the armed forces, returned to her station at Falmouth, Massa chusetts, Sunday after spending a several-day furlough with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bland, in Griffins Township. Doing secretarial work at the jet fighter base, Pvt. Bland says she likes her work and that it’s just wonderful to be in the ser vice. Completing her basic train ing at Lackland down in Texas, Pvt Bland went to Falmouth about a month ago. Several Wrecks On County Roads During Week-end INo Ouo Hailly Kurt, Dam ago lamiloil; Car Fouiul Kurnoii Sunday Several motor vehicle accidents were reported on the highways in this county during the past week end, but Patrolmen R. P. Narron and B. W. Parker said that no one was badly hurt and proper ty damage was limited. Stolen in Norfolk County last Saturday evening about 5:00 o’clock, a 1047 Ford was myster iously burned on Williamston's trash dump near Sweet Water Creek Sunday morning about day break The thief drove the car out on the trash dump about as fas as he could and apparently set it on fire. Patrolmen are investi gating, but have established no lead in the case. The car belong ed to George T. Harris of St. Brides, Virginia. Driving on the Bear Grass Road leading off Highway 17 about six miles from Williamston at 2:00 o’clock Sunday morning, Jimmy Wayne, young white man of RFD 2, Williamston, lost con trol of his 1937 Chevrolet and ran it into a ditch and an embank inent near the John W. Green home. Wynne said he was blinded an •.,pi>;:oacbjr.g car, causing him to run off the hardsurfaee and to lose control of his own. Investigating the ac cident, Patrolman R. P. Narron estimated the damage at about $75. Sunday morning about 10:00 o’clock, Charlie Cherry of Nor folk, w'as driving a 1040 Buick on Highway 125 toward Hamilton and lost control of the machine. Cherry said he ran over a bump in the highway at the Abbitt mill bridge, causing him to lose con trol of the car. Swerving to the left side of the highway, the ear struck a tree and turned partly around, coming to a ston with the front pai l facing the highway and the rear end in the water. Cherry ami his three companions were not hurt, but Patrolman it P Narrow, invi (Continued on Page Eight) | PEPPER PRICES | v_._J In recent years the price of pepper has been nothing to sneeze at. In fact, it has been higher than at any time since Peter Piper picked his peck of pickled peppers. In fact, had he picked them oil' the shelves of a super market at the going price, he probably would have picked a speck instead of a peck. But prices have begun to tumble at last. In the New Vork market black pepper now wholesales for $1.27 a pound as compared to $1.90 a year ago. Housewives still sigh, though, when they re call that in 1939 the wholesale price of this pipcraccous plant was as little as 3 cents a pound. Reviews Tobacco Oirpaspc. f^jtiirp In Martin County Grom*r* Faoin" >lo»l (’riti cal Period As Far \s Pro duction Is f.oncerned -<^>— While the price outlook is con sidered favorable for 1942, pro duction prospects arc the most critical in history, S. N. Hawks, tobacco specialist from the State College Extension Service, Ral eigh, told two hundred tobacco farmers in the Martin County courthouse Monday evening. The specialist, proving time an.fi again he knew what he was talking about, predicted a slight increase irr the support price for 1952, and then went on to tackle diseases and culture of the big money crop. "I am not here to tell farmers how to grow tobacco, but to show the results of var ious experiments and point out practices which in dividual farmers think will fit in to their individual cases," Mi Hawks said. The specialist, talking rapidly for about one and one-half hours and receiving close attention from the large audience, frankly stated that farmers must turn to differ ent or disease-resistant varieties of tobacco and that more atten tion will have to be given to crop rotation. According to the specialist, tiro farmer, to be certain of tobacco production, weather conditions being favorable, must make Iris land free of root knot or nime todes, plant varieties resistant to Granville wilt and black shank, fertilize and cure his tobacco pro perly Talking about nimetodcs or root knot, Hawks said the disease slips up on the crop and cuts down the yield without the farmer know ing what’s tin' matter. He ex pressed the belief that most farms in this county and section have root knot. He suggested that to baccu stalks be examined at tin end of the season and where the disease is detected farmers should cut the stalks immediately and turn the roots up to the sun. Crop rotation helps contr ol, the special ist advising against following Austrian winter peas or sweet po tatoes with tobacco. It is prefer rablo to follow corn, small grain, peanuts and cotton with tobacco, he said, adding that fescue is worth considering. Soil fumigation offers fairly certain protection against root knot, and he explained the cost and methods of using chemicals to treat the soil. Turning to black shank, Hawks Urged the failure, not to unde, estimate the disease. It spreads easily and it is not enough to use resistant varieties. He declared that rotation must be followed to make the resistant type effective, plus root knot control. He also warned against fertilizer burn, explaining that wire worms could weaken the plant and lessen the power of the resistant var ieties. Discussing Dixie Br ight 101, the most common of the resistant types used in this county, Mr Hawks admitted it was not per fect. It is brittle, it glows tall and suckers come even before tin stalk is topped. However, the sucker s arc not too bad after it is topped. The mineral oil method for controlling suckers was not recommended. But, if you must try the plan, use the oil as an mui.sioo, In advised. Pointing out that Dixie Bright 101 is a yellow-growing tobacco, he advised to go slow with the harvest, to wait until it is thor oughly ripe. When harvested too early, the leaf cures out white, the specialist declar ing that it had been found the quality was better when the crop was harvested a bit late than it was when pulled too green. The Dixie Bright 102, accord mg to Hawks, is more resistant but the yield is lower, II cures faster, is not so brittle, and tin; quality is possibly better than 101. After making thorough tests, the tobacco companies have found 101 all right, he declared. Discussing brown spo^ the Ex tension man said that control is indirect, that root knot and a lack of potash make it woisc Hc warned against over-fertili zation, explaining that tests show that 1,000 pounds of fertr^/cr pro duced a crop worh $002 a acre, (Continued uu page eight) Building And Loan lias Succei V. FILK I’ROTKS I tlihcr than that a protest had been filed, little eould be learned from the Jamesville municipal election front to day. Losers in the January 14 election are said to have fil ed the protest with the clerk, Mrs. Mae Waters, but no an swer has been received, as far as it could be learned here. The county hoard of elec tions dumped the hot issue back into the Jamesville elec tion officials’ hands, declar ing it had no jurisdiction in the matter. College Alumni Neel January 31 Graduates and former students j | of Atlantic Christian College will, j meet in Williamston, Thursday I 1 night, January 31, to form the I first county chapter of the Atlan tic Christian College Alumni as sociation. This will be the first meeting of the Martin County chapter of ACC students. Main speaker for the Dutch supper meeting which will be l held at the Williamston Woman’s (dub at 7 o’clock that night will | be Arthur 1). Wenger, assistant to I the president of Atlantic Christian ! College. Wenger is one of the outstanri ing speakers that the state of I North Carolina now possesses, j During the last year he has truv (-led all over the south outlining | the plans for future development of ACC. | He also is director and modera tor .of the Atlantic Christian College School of the air which presents weekly radio programs about the Wilson college over I radio stations WGTM and WVOT Wenger will he presented at the meeting by James E. Fulghum of Wilson, president of the Atlantic I Christian College Alumni Asso | elation. County Boy Gets Army Promotion - -■>».• Fort Jackson, S. C. Archibald j E. Manning, son ol Mr. and Mrs. *> ... I J a 'o^s.y i.| Its N C., recently was promoted to the rank of sergeant while serving with the Eighth Infantry Divi sion at Fort Jackson, S C. He is assigned as a battalion chief clerk in the Specialist Training Regi ment here. Sgt: Manning was graduated j from Farm Life High School in Martin County in 11)43 He receiv ed a Bachelor ol Arts degree from j East Carolina College in Green [ v i I ■ in 11150. Before entering tin service in | December, 1950, lie was a school | teacher in Hopewell. V a. He is a. member of the Virginia KJucp- i lion Association and the Alumni i ! Association of East Carolina Col-I lege . No Armory Soon.... For Williamston Contrary to reports, there’ll be no new armories built in North Carolina right away, according to a report released this week by State Adjutant General John Hall Manning. A site for an armory in Wil liamstnn .wns-rinnated to the State I nearly a year ago, and the eon ! struetion of a motor storage was j I planned Those plans were halt ed when the National Guard unit was ordered into active service. I Since that time nothing has been I done toward having an armory built here, but Guardsmen and those who donated the site on the Jamesville Road are hopeful I housing quarters will be provid ed and made ready for tbe guard limit when it completes its tour of duty. Some money has been appro priated, but hardly enough to eon- j struct one big building. Financed Cost Of Thirty-eighi New Homes Last Year Warly 1 1,000 Shares Stock Now In Force In The Association Holding their annual meeting in the officer of Attorney Wheeler Martin here yesterday morning, stockholders of the Martin County Building and Loan Association were advised that their organiza tion had its most successful year in 1951, that even though the building industry was confronted with some uncertainty the out look for the new year is fairly bright. The secretary reported that thirty-eight new homes were fi nanced by the association last year, the projects representing $192,1)118 in loans. In addition to financing the new construction, the association helped twenty seven families buy homes that has already been built. Other ad vances boosted the tigul loans for the year to $340,218.89, At the present time, the asso ciation has 1,044 stockholders who hold 13,180 shares of stock. While most of the stockholders are cen tered in this immediate area, a few live as far away as New York State, sending in their regular installments by mail or making payment on their stock while on visits back home. The association now has assets valued at $1,457,336.41, represent ed mainly in first mortgages val ued at $1,193,523.30. In Addition to that amount, the organization has $118,760.78 in cash and $122,400 in varied investments, $76,000 m a reserve fund, and $15,602.82 in un divided ‘profits. The .stockholders re-elected the old board of directors,, including C. D. Carstarphen, K. B. Craw ford, N. Green, W. U. Manning, F J. Margolis, Wheeler Mai tin, J. K. King, Herbert Whitley, Jesse Whitley and Mrs. Vella A Wynne. No successor was named for Mr. Claude B. Clark, Sr., who died in December after faithfully serving the association as a director-ap praiser during the greater part of a quarter century. Director Iler bot Whitley is on leave of absence as a director during his stay in the armed services. The board of directors will hold a meeting shortly to elect officer* for the new year, it was announc ed following the stockholders’ meeting, Commenting on the business outlook for the association this year, officers explained that ap proximately $100,000 had already been committed, that construction work is already under way or will get under way shortly on possibly fifteen or eighteen new homes. However, with Federal building (Continued on Page Light) Local Native In Court For Rape Albeit Wilson, 32-year-old n.t V.v* sf:■ *' m the Virginia courts for alleg ed rape, according to information reaching the office of Sheriff M. W Holloman here last week-end. No details of the alleged attack could be had immediately. Vir ginia authorities made an inves tigation of the man's record. The case was docketed in Coi poration Court, Part Two, Nor folk, Sheriff Holloman said. /•-■*> I ACTION ! V* The proposed purchase of a $5,7t)!t combination tractor, ditch digger and air compress or by the town officials is to be given additional study, it was decided in a meeting of the town board held yester day morning. A study of the machine is to be made along with an inves tigation of other types of ma chines designed to handle similar work.
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