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ESS THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ■r THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME I V— NUMBER 17 ESTABLISHED 169* W illiamston, Martin County, iSorth Carolina, Tuesday, hebruary 26, 1962 Few Accidents On Sir-eels- Highways In Martin County Williamston Younji Man Is Hurl In Highway I 7 Mis hap Early Friday A Williamston young man, W. &. Ellis, suffered painful back in juries in an automobile accident between Williamston and Windsor early last Friday morning, but no one was hurt in a series of min or accidents on highways and Sheets in this county last week end, according to preliminary re ports released by the highway pa trol office Monday morning. Involved in a minor accident on ■> Williamston’s Washington Street tbout 9:00 o’clock Thursday night, ilis drove into Bertie and was returning home when h;s car, a Chevrolet, went out of c nitre 1 and turned over several times, a few miles south of Windsor. One report stated that the car was wrecked beyond repair. The vic tim was removed to the hospital for treatment, last reports indicat ing that his condition is not ser ious. Damage, estimated at about $75 l^- Officer Bill Haislip following his investigation, resulted when the 1950 Ford driven by Perlie Thomas Rawls and a Dodge car, driven by Dorothy Swinson Simp son of Dardens crashed at the in tersection of Church and Smith wick Streets in Williamston short ly before 2:00 o’clock last Satur day. Damage to the Ford was es timated at $50 and that to the Dodge at $2^ Driving on Highway 17 about fbven miles south of Williamston. Rona Shelton Lilley struck a large hog in the road with his 1951 Ford car. Investigating the accident, Cpl. M. C. Byrpm said the animal was able to walk away from the accident, that the damage to the car would approximate S150. An other large hog was struck and injured on the same highway near Williamston during the week-' nd, it was learned, but the driver of the vehicle did not stop. pH A 1949 Chevrolet pick-up truck, driven by Jos. Carroll Griffin of RFD 1, Williamston, and a 1951 Chevrolet, driven by N. C*. Ellis of Jamesville, crashed at Sunny Side, near the city limits of Williamston on Highway 17 about 11:00 o’clock last Saturday night. Investigating the accident, Patrjl inan R. P. Nurron said the damage to each vehicle would hardly ex ceed $25. • While trying to adjust the heat ? cr on his 1949 Ford, Luther Byrd Harrell lost control of the ma chine and ditched it on the 'mad between Hopkins’ store a"d Has ten last Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Damage to the car was es timated at $100 by Patrolman Natron who made the investiga tion. One or two other cars were ditched in the county during the rain Sunday, but no one was hurt and damage was negligible, ac cording to members of the patrol Minor Accidenl On Street Here Damage, estimated at aboul $00, resulted in a minor vehicle crash on Washington Street ir front of the pool room here short ly after 9:00 o’clock last Thurs day evening. No one was hurt, ac ffirding to Chief John Roebuck the investigating officer. W. C Ellis sturted to pull awaj from the curb and the bumper or his Chevrolet hooked and tori away the fender on a 1948 Dodgi driven by J. G Irwin, Camp Le jeune marine. Eilis accepted thi damage. ROUND-UP : Nine Persons were arrested and jailed and possibly an even greater number escaped arrest in a little crime wave reported in the county last week-end. Of the nine falling into the hands of the law, four were charged with drunken driving, two each for assault and public drunkenness, and one for being absent from the * army without leave. Three of the nine were white and the ages ranged .from a lo. j■ af.17.. ta f 1 _#?.ea-rs. « Churches Observing World j Day Of Prayer Here Friday i The World Day of Prayer is being observed this year on Feb ruary 29. The local services will be held in the First Methodist Church on Friday afternoon at 4:00 with Mrs. J. H. Saunders, Jr. of the Church of the Advent, leader, and in the Shiloh First Baptist Church, on Elm Street at 4:00, with P. T. Hill, leading. The purpose of the observance is to unite Christians around the world in prayer, and in the Unit ed States to make an offering to support interdominational mis sions at home and abroad. The observance began in 1887 when Mrs. Darwin R. James, President of the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presby terian women in the United States to gather in their own communi ties on a specified day to pray for home missions. The response was io great that a day was set apart mnually. In the early nineties, jnder the leadership of two out standing Baptist women. Mrs. Henry W. Peabody and Mrs. Hei ?n Barrett Montgomery, a day A'as designated for united prayer [or foreign missions. For many ('ears home and foreign mission groups observed days of prayer separately, but in 1919 they came together. In 1920 the women of Canada joined them when the first Friday in Lent was chosen as the day of prayer for missions, home and foreign, and promoted by the Council of Women for Home Missions and the Foreign Missions Conference of North America jointly. Missionaries spread the idea of a day of prayer and at the request of many friends in other lands, it became the World Day of Prayer in 1927. f-N HEARING blk vJ Proponents of a plan to ex tend U. S. Highway 13 from its present terminus at Wind sor via Williamston, Rober sonville, Greenville and other points on into South Carolina, will be heard by the N. C. Highway and Public Works Commission in Raleigh on Thursday of this week, ac cording to unofficial informa tion received here. Opponents will be given a hearing at a later date, it is understood. Mrs. W. D. Daniel Died In Hospital Here On Monday Funeral For Highly Re sprrtnl Citizen Al Hayes Swamp Wednesday Jtfrs. Beatrice Elizabeth Bissell j Daniel, highly respected citizen of Griffins Township, died in a local hospital yesterday after noon at 3:15 o’clock. Overcoming an illness about two years ago, she had enjoyed fairly good health until about three weeks ago when she was taken ill with influenza and entered the hospital for treatment. Complications fol lowed and her condition soon be j came critical with little hope ex ! pressed for her recovery. The daughter of the late Cap I tain William artdfSarah Elizabeth i Ellis Bissell, she was born in Griffins Township seventy years ago on July 11, 1881, and lived there all her life. Devoted to her family and friends, she playec the role of a good neighbor, doinf good for others and setting ar | example in her daily wait : through life worthy of others tc i follow. (Continued on Page Eight) Engage In Free Tor ■ All Fights No arrests were made in tw( ! cases and no charges have beer brought, but there were at leas three free-for-all fights in th< county last week-end. O. C. Brown, Arthur Lee Brown James Davis and Oliver William; | have been charged with robbing cutting and beating Robert Mar tin with bricks and sticks at thi home of T. Taylor in Hamiltoi last Saturday night. No hearini was held in the case immediately The second in a series of fight! was said to haw started at Red dard’s store in Poplar Point lat< Friday night and came to a con elusion in Bear Grass early th< following morning. According t< the best information obtainabh here .there were about six in th< free-for-all, but no names were re leased. One of the victims was knocked down' and trampled ir the face. Another was stabbed ir the back while still another wai knocked winding and cleared froir the scene of action. Another brawl was reported a , Beddard’s store early Sundaj ■morning, but no arrests wen | made. Officers were called hut nt 1. w.'rj:..r a nls_w c n ■ issued. William H.Belk Dies In Hospital William H. Belk, prominent in | the South’s merchandising for more than half a century and a philanthropist whose aid was ex tended into many states, died of a heart attack in a Charlotte hos pital last Thursday, He was 89 years old, , While he is remembered here by the store bearing his name, he also figured prominently in launching the Presbyterian Church movement in this county and section. He gave the brick for the churches in Bear Grass and Williamston and showed a personal interest in the move ment. He also enjoyed his occa sional Visits to the store here The local store was closed along with approximately three hun dred others throughout a dozen states last Saturday in tribute to his memory. Mr. Betk’s death ended a not able mercantile career that be gan in Monroe in 1876 when, at the age of 14, he entered the dry goods business as a $5 a month clerk. When he was 26, he open ed a store in Monroe and intro duced the policy of selling only for cash. In 1891, he gave his younger brother John a half-in terest in the store and formed the first Belk Brothers Company The brothers’ partnership lastec until John’s death in 1928 The beginnings of the Belli mercantile empire were m dies ter, S. C , where the firm open ed its first branch store in 1893 The second Belk Brothers store opened in Union, S. C., one yeai later. In 1895, the young com pany opened the doors of it.' Charlotte store. The organization grew througl the years. The Belk store grouj numbered nearly 300 in 1951. Belk was born in Lancastei county, S. C., June 2, 1862. Hi; father, Abel Nelson Bilk, wai killed by a marauding group o Federal soldiers in 1865. The fol lowing year the widow, Sarah N Walkup Belk married John H Simpson. The family moved t( Monroe when Henry Belk was 1 years old. Three years later thi young farm boy entered the dr.' goods business with R. D. Heath I Making Plans Foi New Church Here > The congregation of the Wil i iiamston Christian Church at < ■ business session on Sunday morn ' ing reached an important deci i sion in the matter of their build ! ing program. It was unanimous]' ■ voted by the congregation pre ' sent to have the entire member ship notified that on next Sun ■ day, March 2nd, the congregatioi ■ will vote on which of two Churcl ' plans will be accepted and open 1 ed for bids on construction. Thi action was made necessary whei the first proposed site, at the cor ner of North Haughton Street a Church Street, was found to bi inadequate for the propose! structure. A larger site was thei obtained on North Smithwicl Street which called for a changi of plans and construction. J, C Manning, chairman of the build ing committee, hopes that an an nouncement for the beginninj ' of construction may be made ii .-IhtJiejx-nsacJEittusfi Robert H. Leggett1 Died Saturday At Cross Roads Home Funeral Service Held There Monday By His Pastor. Rev. P. E. ('avion Robert H. Leggett, farmer and well-known citizen of Cross Roads Township, died at his home there last Saturday afternoon at 3:05 o’clock. Suffering with a heart condition, he had received hospital treatment during recent weeks, but was thought to be getting along very well until his condi tion became critical a short time before his death. He was born in Cross Roads Township 47 years ago, the son of H. W. Leggett and the late Bessie Leggett. With the exception of time spent in the U. S. Navy, he lived and farmed in his native community where he was a mem ber of t he Christian Chapel Church. Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by his pastor, the Rev. Preston E. Cayton, of Edenton, and interment was in the Rogers family cemetery, near the home. Surviving are Mrs. Leggett, the former Miss Ethel Fulford of Pas quotank County; three sons, Bruce E. Leggett of Williamston, and W. Henry and Bobby Leggett of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Llewelyn Knox of Cross Roads, Mrs. Jaine.-, Edward Peele of Bear Grass, and Pattie Lou Leggett of the home; a grandchild; his fath •r and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. If. W. Leggett of Cross Roads; two brothers, Paul and Silas Leggett of Cross Roads; three half-bro thers, William and Hilton Leggetl of Cross Roads, and Lt. L. Nclsor Leggett of the U. S. Army in Ko rea; three half-sisters, Mrs. Irvir Roberson of Greenville, Mrs. Her man Rawls of Richmond, and Mrs Stuart Critcher of Raleigh. Firemen Called To Everetts Sunday -4*—. “ The Robersonville and Wil liamstun fire departments were called to Everetts, about 3:0( o’clock Sunday afternoon wher fire threatened the Vernon Wynm home yiere. The trips were mad< in a heavy rain. Starting around what was salt to have been a defective kitchei flue, the fire was brought undci control by neighbors and othei friends before the fire-fightinf equipment reached there. Rippiiq ’off part of the weatherboarding ; the volunteer fire fighters got t< the fire in the attic and brough it under control with a garder i hose. One report stated that com paratively little damage resulted Ditches Car To Miss Hound Dog ’ Returning from a Florida vaca lion, Eiiiilio Jarrobino swcrvet his car to miss a common oh "hound dog” and ditched the ma chine a short distance from hen on Highway 17 Monday afternooi about 1:00 o’clock. The dog, untouched, continue! on* his way, but a wrecker wa I called to free the Jai+obino ea before he, Mrs. Jarrobino and i friend could continue to thei , home, 1670 Humphrey Street Swampscott, Mass. Mrs. Jarrobino was thrown ti the foot of the back scat am , covered with oranges when th car went into the ditch, but shi and her husband and friend wen not hurt. Damage to the car wa , estimated at $25 by Patrolman P ( W. Parker who made the inves tigation. . —-<»> i Injured In Freak Accident Salurdai t • James Andrews, 29-ycar-oh I colored farmer of Cross Road i Township, was painfully injure! : in a fall on the railroad tract : near Everetts last Saturday night A patient in a local hospital Andrews said he stumbled am hit his chin on the “T” iron. Fiv stitches were necessary to closi i the wound. He also suffered ; ... Jelfrivujd - injury...-, Funeral Monday For J. E. Moore ■ Near Jamesville -^ Merchant Died At Home Of Mr. Jesse Martin Late Saturday Afternoon -® Funeral services were conduct ed in the Cedar Branch Baptist Church near Jamesville Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock for Julius E. Moore, well-known bus iness man of Jamesville Town ship, who died at his residence in the Jeisse Martin home near Jamesville late last Saturday af ternoon. His pastor, the Rev. W. B. Harrington, conducted the rites and interment was in the Stallings Cemetery. Although he had been in de clining health for about two years, he continued active right up until the day of his death. He suffered an attack shortly after closing his store last Thursday night, but recovered sufficiently to work the following day. Sat urday he was up and about his duties, but he was forced to his bed when his condition became worse. A son of the late Julius and Mary Emily Coltrain Moore, he was born in Griffins Township 72 years ago on March 28, 1879. After spending his early life on the farm there, he was employed by the Dennis Simmons Lumber Company in Jamesville. After the company suspended operations, he went to Georgia where he re mained about fifteen years and where he married to Ida Ingram who died in 1948, Returning to this county about 1930, he operat (Continued on Page Eight) Haywood Stalls i Dies In County Haywood Stalls, retired farm cl-, died unexpectedly at his hom< near Hamilton Mdnday mornini at 6:00 o’clock, after seven year: of declining health. Fifty-three years old, he liver in the Robersonville community most of his life, locating neai Hamilton a few years ago. Surviving are his wife, Ethe Whitley Stalls; four daughters Mrs. Sam Manning of Roberson ville, Mrs. Virginia Matthews o: Norfolk, Mrs. Peggy Hopkins o Oak City, Evelyn Stalls of thi home; four sons, Henry, Hobby . Kenne|h and Dillon Ray, ah o the home; six grandchildren, i ,v« sisters, Mrs. Perlie Bland of Nor folk, Mrs. Sally Merritt o Jamesvillc; two brothers, Ton Stalls of South Boston, Va., anc Stephen Stalls of Robersonville Funeral services are being held a 1 the Baptist Church in Hamilton a 3:30 p. m. today by the Rev. R E. Ferguson of the Robersonvilh Baptist Church Burial will be ir the Roebuck Cemetery near here Prowlers Enter Woolards' Home i * > Breaking a panel glass in a sid< door and reaching in to unfastei : the lock, prowlers entered the G i G. Woolard home in West Em here sometime during last Frida; I ; night. > | No definite items were missel ■ ! immediately, but the prowler i | ransacked nearly every room ii ■ | the house. , No one was at home at the tirm and the prowlers had the run o i the house apparently for hours. ABSENCES, DROP , ___ Absences at the. Williams !on schools today were the lowest since the onset of the Influenza epidemic and all signs pointed to a steady drop in the rate of illness. t Principal B. G. Stewart said only 15 percent of the high > school was absent today and ’ the situation was improving 1 in the elementary school. It wijy believed the threat of a school-closing epidemic was past. I Absences totaled 164 Mon day and 127 today. Ninety three of the absences were in i the high school today as com -U^-MjiJiday_ First Reports Show Large" Gain In Property Listings; First reports released this week by County Tax Supervise^ M. L. Peel show a fairly sizable gain in county property listings over those for, 1951. Bear Grass, the first township to complete its listings, reported an over-all gain of $68,993. Real estate values there jumped from $606,729 in 1951 to $628,055 this year, a gain of $21,326. Most of the real estate gain is traceable to the construction of new tobac co barns, it was explained. Per sonal property values, listed at $444,817 in 1951, jumped to $492, 484 this year, a gain of $47,667 The gain in personal property listings is traceable mainly to new automobile and new tractors, the supervisor said. No other townships have re ported their ll).r>2 listings, but the work is about complete in all of them, Mr. Peel said. The North Carolina Pulp Company has not submitted its listings, but it is expected that its holdings will show a sizable gain. In Williamston, List-taker O. S. Anderson said that he had a $100, 000 loss to overcome, but that he i felt certain the listings this year will show a gain over those of a year ago. The loss is traceable j to the reduced amount of peanuts in storage as of January 1. Make Plans For Red Cross Fund Drive Iverson Skinner Is To Head Drive In County's Chapter Fiv«* Townships In Area are Asked To Raise $1,300 During March Preliminary plans have been •ompleted for launching the an nual Red Cross fund drive in this, ! ihe Martin County Chapter, it was mnouneed yesterday by W. Ivor cm Skinner, who is heading the •ampaign this year. Calling in Clarence Griffin, Pete Austin and V. J Spivey as assistant chairmen, Mr. Skinner planned to start the drive with a canvass for special gifts the lat ter part of this week with the all i out drive to get under ^a.y the ; early part of next week. ; With increased needs to be met, including the financing of a blood collecting program ,the Red Cross is asking this chapter to raise $4,300, an amount about $340 larg ler than the quota of $4,057 last year, Mr. Skinner and his co-chair men are contacting chairmen for the several townships in the chap ter and he is appealing to the lo cal Woman’s Club to handle the canvass in Williamstons residen ■ tial sections with the good pos , sibility that the faithful regulars will be asked to again make the appeals out in the rural areas. No quotas have been assigned to the various districts, but they | will have to be increased slightly if the goal is to be reached, Mr Skinner explained. Contacting the special gifts , committee yesterday, Mr. Skinner : said that the response was encour aging, and that he was convinced (^Jthat the people of the chapter would meet the challenge with out trouble. All the districts, including the i colored citizens, did a splendid job last year, it was pointed out, and with the benefits ol a blood program, it is certain an even bet ’ ter job will be reported this year. It has been explained that the * blood program alone saved the people in this chapter more than twice the amount the organiza * lion is asking for this year. In ad 5 dition to that life-saving service, 1 the Red Cross handled hundreds ol messages in the chapter during ■ the past twelve months and ex 1 tended other special services to (Continued on Page Eight) \ -o 1 Eye Injured In Farm Accident Roy Martin, Bear Grass Town ship farmer, suffered a serious left eye injury in a farm accident at his home last Friday morning shortly before noon Part of the pupil in the eye was damaged and was removed in an operation at a Washington hospital, last reports explaining that while the sight was greatly impaired he could still see with it. Mr. Martin was working on a ear wheel to attach a pulley for a meat grinder when the chisel slipped and struck him m the .j-eye_ __ I CH \1RMA1N Recently appointed. W. Iverson Skinner is complet ing plank for launching the annual Red Cross Fund drive in this chapter. Receiving no remuneration whatever, the chairman is appealing for sup port in the drive to raise $4, 300 during the next few weeks for the organization and its work. Engineers' Club To Hold Meeting Dr. Clifford K. Beck, head of the Physics Department of North Car-Jinr* XtPoJjege will be the principal speaker at a meeting of the East Carolina Engineers Club to be held in Greenville, North Carolina, on February 27. Dr. Beck is widely known lot his work in atomic projects, and was connected with Columbia Uuivt'i.sily’s lamed Maiihattci Atom Project during World Wai 11. Dr. Beck is now in charge ol | the nuclear engineering curricu lum and the nuclear reactor at State College which are the last ot their kind in the United States The topic of his talk before tin East Carolina Engineers Club will be ‘Current Trends in tin Atomic Energy Program in tins Country.’ This meeting will be held at Respess Janie.,' Barbecue Place in Greenville, Ninth Carolina, at tin junction of U. S. Highway 204 and 11 at 7:30 P. M. Soldier Returning From the Far East . . With the U S. Kimt's in Japan • -Cp!. James F Barnhill, whosi I wife, Ruby, lives at 120 Pine St. i Williamstun, N. , has left Japai to return tu the United States fin discharge. Barnhill was assigned to thr neuro-psychiatric section of thr 141st General Hospital at Canij Hakata. He entered the Army ir March 1940, joined the 141st al Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in Feb ruary 1950 and eatne to Japai with the unit in October 1950. His decorations include the Ko rean Service Ribbon and the Army of Occupation Medal fen Japan. He attended Robersonvillt 111 fih_ Sch ool._____ Williamrfon Boy Helping Save the Oyster Industry Bill Ellison Carrying on Ex periments At University Reseureh Station The once lowly Tar Heel oyster is showing signs that, given an op portunity to survive and thrivr, it will in time become a real fac tor in the economic life of North Carolina. This is the studied conclusion of students of marine life along the coast of North Carolina and they can cite facts and figures to prove their contention about the evident resurgence of the oyster as an economic factor. In fact, two words appear to sum up the reasons for the in creasing prominence of the North Carolina oyster. They are '‘sup ervision" and "protection” of the oyster industry under the reha bilitation program that was begun by the North Carolina Depart ment of Conservation and Devel opment through its commercial fisheries division in 1947. That was the year that the North Carolina General Assembly set out to do something about the rehabilitation of the oyster indus try in the State. Laws were en acted to provide not only for the rehabilitation of the oyster indus try but also to rehabilitate the clam, scallop and other bivalve re sources as well. Consequently, stricter super vision is being given the oyster industry and, probably even more important, protection is now be ing given the oyster, the like of which this so-called laziest speci men of marine animal life never had before in this State. As a re sult. the program is paying off and the hardy oystermen along the coast are reportedly making more money than they ever did before. C. D. Kirkpatrick, fisheries commissioner for the Department, of Conservation and Develop ment, beams as he discusses the current oyster along the Tar Heel coast. For the current season, he (said, is thus far the best one the oystermen have enjoyed in many years, and he cites proof for his statement. i ' M v. . v Cl I II J J I , Uj oU. I I I I vl I 1UI Wit first three iponths of this season have paid the State tax on 111,690 1-2 bushel tubs of oysters as against the tux on 08, 155 bushel tubs fur the similar period in the first part of the 1950 season. Not only has then' been ificveascd pr<>. dilution ol oysters in this State, but they are currently bringing about $1 per bushel tub more than they did last year, Kirkpatrick said. Most Tar Heel oysters now bring $2.75 to $3 per bushel tub. So far this season approximately 500 boats have been licensed by the fisheries division to engage in oyster dredging. This total is about 150 more than were licensed last year. Kirkpatrick said the quality of the Tar Heel oyster has improv ed He thinks such improvement is due in large measure to the re | habilitation program that is giv ing the oyster a better opportun ity to thrive in the well-supervis ed., bottom areas leased by .'he. State to many oystermon along | the eoast. The Institute of Fisheries Re search, an agency of the Univer I sity of North Carolina, is provid | mg considerable technical assist ance in the rehabilitation of the oyster industry as well as for other members of the shellfish family . Headed by W. A. Ellison, Jr., director, the institute is con stantly carrying on experiments and making investigation of the | iife and habits of the shellfish Director Ellison feels that after (Continued on Page Eight) ( DEEP WELL j The town's eighth deep well now being dug at the municipal water plant on Sycamore Street, struck bot tom at 470 feet yesterday, and tile drillers are making ready to place the easing in the hole measuring 21 inches ! in diameter. Engineer Simmons said | they struck about forty feet of water bearing sand, that the well should produce at least 300 gallons of water per i..minute......—
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