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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,009 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,00rt MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE1 ===-=^ '=•-==* t VOLUME LV—NUMBER 28 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 3, 1952 ESTABLISHED 189* TSSsresPTiraureEiT Licenses To Wed In Marlin County Issuance for the Period Is Slightly Above Average Seventeen marriage licenses , were isued in this county last month by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger, the count run ning slightly above the average for the past few years. The num ber of licenses issued to white . couples was the largest for any March since 1946 when the license bureau was kept busy by return- , ing servicemen. * Licenses were issued last month ( to eleven white and six colored couples, as follows: White James Jones of Williamston and Rosa Lee Baker of Oak City. Curtis R. Mobley and Mrs. Beu lah Bland, both of Williamston. Henry S. Everett and Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler, both of Rob erson ville. Gordon Ambrose and Juanita ^ Ambrose, both of Plymouth. Joseph L. Edwards of RFD 3, Williamston, and Mary Bell Cul lipher of Bethel. Horace Edwin Cultrain of Wil liamston, and Lydia Warren Bar ber of Jamesville. Henry Clyde Williams and Syl via Marie Lilley, both of RFD 1, Williamston. Jerry Phelps and Betty Dil worth, both of Roslyn, N. Y. LeRoy Bunting of Roberson 4 ville and Marlene Whitehurst of Oak City. Connor P. Lee of Hobgood and Harriet Lou James of Roberson ville. Charlie Howard Corey and Della Faye Mizellc, both of Wash ington. Colored James Rawls and Mary Fagan, both of Williamston. (Continued nn page eightt * Youths Abandon Borrowed Auto Three Bertie County youths, be lieved to have been involved in a store robbery at Merry Hill last Tuesday night, abandoned their borrowed car at the State sand pit just off the Hamilton Road near • here yesterday morning and start ed traveling south. They were picked up near New Bern late in the afternoon and returned to 3ertie by members of the high way patrol for questioning. Two of the three, the Byrum boys, worked with the State High way Commission forces here at one time. They borrowed the car in Tillery last Saturday and were' seen in the Merry Hill section Tuesday night, according to re sports reaching here. When picked up, the hoys said they had no definite destination. ---_ Enters Mur sing Home In Northampton County tier condition much improved following treatment in a Raleigh hospital for a back injury receiv ed in a fall at her home here sev eral weeks ago, Mrs. Pat Craw for was removed in a Riggs am • bulance today to the Pine Forest Rest Home at Potecasi, Northamp ton County. She was accompanied by Mrs. J. W. Watts on the trip Following a stay in the home, Mrs. Crawford plans to return here. FIRST Jimmy C. Gurkin, promi * nent Griffins Township farm er, was the first to file for a political office in this coun ty, subject to the May 31 De mocratic primary. Mr. Gurkin filed Tuesday for a place on the Martin County Commission Board as representative from the Grif fins-Bear Grass district. The only other activity re ported on the county’s polit ^ ical front so far are the an nounced candidacies of Messrs. E. G. Anderson, A. Corey and Elmer Modlln for county representative in the North Carolina General As sembly. ’ 'Va'lWS'GllTfi More Than Million Dollars While little or no material gain j ,;x8& i^x/fbao, .ions continue to climb steadily in this county, according to a pre liminary report released this week by the office of the tax supervi sor, M. L. Peel. The report is not yet complete, but word from eight of the ten townships says the increase has already exceeded a million dol lars, that the listings in the other two townships, Jamesvillc and Hamilton, are expected to show increases and boost the total con siderably. Tax lister O. W. Hamilton has completed all the individual list ings but the North Carolina Pulp Company, again running late with its listings, is holding up the works, it was learned. A com plete report is expected shortly for the entire county. With the exception of Williams ton, tile first eight townships to report, showed most of the gains in personal property listings. Of the $429,044 gain reported in WU liamston Township, $258,000 is traceable to real property list ings. Only one township so far has reported a decrease in any of its listings. Poplar Point reported no gain and no loss in the value of real property held by colored citizens and Cross Roads report ed a few hundred dollar loss in real property held by its colored citizens. The gains reported by the eight townships, to date, are: Williams, $31,506; Griffins, $59,772; Bear Grass, $68,993; Williamston, $429, 044; Cross Roads, $49,305; Rober sonville, $243,809; Poplar Point, $29,480; Goose Nest, $133,878. ANSWERS CALL Answering a call recently, the Rev. C. L, Gatling will enter upon his new duties as pastor of the Hamilton and Everetts Baptist Church the first of next month, succeeding the Rev. E. R. Stew art who accepted a call to the Hickory, Va., church. Now pastor- [ ing churches in Bertie, the new minister plans to move his fam ily later this month from Repub lican. During the meantime, Mr. Gatling is to conduct a series of evangelistic services in the Ham ilton Baptist Church, beginning next Sunday and continuing through the 13th. —■-*■ District Debate ; In the Courthouse —#_ — Jimmie Knowles, winning a place in the semi-finals held .in Washington yesterday, will com pete in the district final debate along with five others in the courthouse here tomorrow, begin ning at 1:30 o’clock. Sponsored by the North Carolina Bankers As sociation and the State agricul tural agencies, the debate has to do with the subject, “Green Pas tures. Their Use and Manage ment”. The winner in''the'district iittiU here tomorrow will go to Raleigh April 11 to compete for the State prizes, $300 for first, $200 for second and $100 for thiro. The second place winner here tomor row will receive a $25 bond, and the top winner will receive a $50 bond and a chance at the finals. Others scheduled to compete in the contest here tomorrow are, Mary Wells Edwards of Choco winity, Wilbur Russel! of Wind sor, who were selected in the dis trict semi-finals held in Washing ton yesterday, and Bobby Smith of Belvidere, Leon Privott of RFD 1, Edenton and Shirley Dildy of Ahoskie who won the sub-group contest held in Hertford at the Adiiir time. Judges for the contest have not been announced. Entered Asheville Hospital Yesleriltty ■m—®—r Suffering with arthritis for some time and experiencing a set back a short time ago, Mr. Ernest Edmondson, well-known Hassell man and member of the Martin •County Board of Education, wtlfc transferred from a Rocky Mount hospital yesterday to one in Aahe vilie ioi' Tur>eer treatment. He j was able to make the trip in a car. Funeral Friday In Local Church For Mrs. Mobley Highly Respected Resident of Everetts I)ie»l al Homo There Last Night Mrs. Caddie Wynne Mobley, highly respected citizen of Eve rets, died at her home there at 10:15 o’clock last night after years of declining health. A vic tim of arthritis, she had been an invalid twenty years, spending about ten of those years in bed. Her condition became worse last fall and had been critical during the past two weeks. Although she suffered much, she bore her af fliction without complaint, choos ing to see the bright side of life even in her long affliction. The daughter of the late James R. and Charlie Leggett Wynne, she was born in Cross Roads Township 66 years ago on March 1!), 1886. In 1902, she was married to Edward Mobley, and except for two years spent near Wil liamston she lived all her life in Cross Roads Township, most of it in Everetts. In early life she joined Chris tian Chapel Church at Cross Roads, later transferring her membership to the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Williamston where the funeral will be held at 3:00 o’clock Friday afternoon by the pastor, the Rev. E. W. Down ing, assisted by the Rev. J. N. Ward ,a former pastor, and the Rev. Preston E. Cayton. pastor at Christian Chapel. Interment will be in Williamston's Woodlawn Cemetery. Surviving are her husband; sev en sons, John, Leamon, Earl and Sannie Mobley, all of Everetts, Andrew of Robersonvillc, Opheus of Williamston and Russell Mob ley of Richmond; four daughters, Mrs. Minnie Wynne of Everetts, Mis. Kathdrine Nelson of Hert ford and Mrs. May Dell Gardner and Mrs. Rosa Faye Sabrum of Wilson; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Taylor of Everetts. Mrs. Sallue Pierce, of Poplar Point Township, and Mrs. Annie Cullipher of Wil liamston; two brothers, James Stanley Wynne and Willie M. Wynne, both of Everetts; thirty six grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. CORRECTION * In announcing the promotion of Duelon Heath to corporal in Ko rea this week, The Enterprise re ferred to Mrs. Heath as the dau ghter of the late Mr. and Mis. John Williams. She is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wil liams who live in Jamesville, and Mr. Heath is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Hermit Heath. SPEAKER v_ L. Y. (Stag) Ballentine, North Carolina State Com missioner of Agriculture, will deliver the main address to the annual meeting of the Martin County Farm Bureau membership in the Williams ton High School auditorium on Friday, April 11, it was announced this week by Pres ident Chas. L. Daniel. Approximately 2,000 mem bers and special guests from various parts of the State are •expected tc attend the event. Rerftmr Ruttfi" I Drive In Chapter , Nearing Its Goalj Approximately $3,200 Of The Quota Been Raised Anti Reported The annual Red Cross fund drive is pushing on toward its quota in this chapter, according to a report released late yester day by Chairmen Iverson Skinner and Pete Austin. Supplemented by $192.37 from Bear Grass and $44.25 from the little Rodgers School district, the fund now has right at $3,200. If Griffins raises its $250 quota and there is every reason to be lieve it will, along with good re ports from the other colored schools and the remainder of the Williamston residential 'districts, the $4,200 goal will be met, Mr. Skinner said. Reports from these districts are expected shortly, and the chairmen are hopeful the drive can be completed within the next week or ten days. LeRoy Harrison, heading the drive in Bear Grass, submitted the following report: Elmer Griffin, canvasser: Elmer Griffin, $5; Kadcr Ward, 50c; Mrs. S. W. Mendenhall, $2; R. L. Hodges, $1; Archie Hodges, $1; W. K. Ward, $1; B. F. White hurst, $1; Jasper Griffin, $1; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Griffin, $2; R. G. Rogerson, $1; R. J. Rogerson, $1; W. P. Hadley, $1; W. O. Peele, $1; H. U. Peele, $1; Mrs. David Rog erson, $1; L. J. Peele, $1; Cecil Whitehurst, 50c; Roy Ward, $2; Mr. and Mrs. Carlec Beacham, $1; Willie Hadley, $1; Mr. and Mrs. * (Continued on Page Seven) Labor Survey In Martin County North Carolina had an estimat ed recruitable labor supply of 146,266 workers on March 25, a number which is not limited to those who are employed and seek ing jobs, but also others who are not now employed at their highest skills or who may be ready to en ter the labor market for the first time. Included in the State-wide number are 57,020 skilled and semi-skilled workers and 52,830 who are deemed trainable for jobs requiring skills and are under 45 years of age. Broken down anoth er way by the Employment Secur ity Commission's Bureau of Re search and Statistics and report ed to Chairman Henry E. Kendall. 47,869 are white males and 50, 616 are white females, while 23, 394 are non-white males and 24, 387 are non-white females. The figures are compiled from reports of local public employment office managers and their staffs. These figures represent recruit able workers that the office man agers estimate could be recruited for one or more local industries which pay wages and offer work ing conditions equal to or slightly better than the present industrial pattern of the county. Groups from which these work ers probably could be recruited include housewives who might join the labor force; workers now commuting to other areas; youths expecting to join the labor force ;handicappcd workers and other employables not now ab sorbed by local industries; minor ity groups; and new entrants from agriculture, and other smaller groups deemed recruitable for in dustrial employment. Martin County, this report shows, has an estimated 2,195 re cruitable workers, including 450 white males, 600 white females, 520 non-white males and 625 non white females. Of the total num ber, 1,020 are classed as skilled and semi-skilled workers, while an estimated 525 are deemed trainable for jobs requiring skills and are qndcr 45 years of age. Enter* Duke lloa/rital For Treatment Yeaterday -$>— Suffering with a heart condi tion, Mr. LeRoy Everett, promi nent Hamilton business man, en tered Duke Hospital, Durham yes terday for a check-up and treat ment. He expects to remain in the hospital several days. He whs; ac companied by Mi, E ifefcU who went there for a check-up. Eigliiy-One Cases HandMTTn The Recorder’s Court Monday Fines Added Up to $2,295 And Set A New High Record IWnty-cij'lil (lanes (iarrit'il Over For Trial On April 7 ami 2K Alt previous records were brok % en last Monday when the Martin County Recorder’s Court handled eighty-one eases, imposed fines amounting to $2,295 and continued twenty-eight other cases for trial next Monday and on April 28. On a few occasions the court had im posed fines adding up to $1,000 and more, but never before had the “take" passed the $2,000 mark. When the court opened its reg ular Monday session at 9:30 o'clock it had 109 cases on its docket. Shortly before six o’clock that afternoon, 81 had been clear ed from the docket Seventeen of! the eighty-one cases involved li quor law violations detected by undercover agents for the State ABC Board. Twenty-eight others involved speeding, but in only one case was a fine imposed. The bootleggers, holding their first big "convention'’ in the courthouse in about fifteen years, accounted for $1,250 of the $2, 295 fines. Alleged liquor law vio lators are to hold additional ses sions later in the month. Proceedings, other than those involving speeding and liquor law cases, follow: George Miner was taxed with the court costs Ipr allowing an un licensed driver to operate a mo tor vehicle. Charged with assaulting his sis ter’s child, Leonard Boston pleach ed not guilty, explaining that he had been working on the rail road in New York for more than four years and had returned home for a rest. Adjudged guilty, he was sentenced to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of a $25 fine and costs. He is to remain away from the premises, of Joe Jefferson. Charged with operating an over-loaded truck, Wesley Wd I ms pleaded guilty and was tax ed with the cost. Pleading guilty of assaulting a female. J. Riley Micelle was tax ed with the court costs. Robert Turner King, going in 1 to court on crutches and charged with careless and reckless driv ing, pleaded guilty and was sen tenced to the roads for twelve months, the court suspending the sentence upon the payment of a $200 fine and costs, lie is to op prate no motor vehicle in the State during the next eighteen months. King, a Bertie County colored boy, was involved in an accident near Gardner's Creek on Highway 04 several months ago, causing serious injury to sev eral persons, including himself. Charged with vA'<h' a deadly weapon, Floyd Lanier was sentenced to the roads for six months. The road term was sus pended upon the payment of a $25 fine and cost The defendant (Continued on Page Eight) Plans Go Forward For Fat Stock Show Here April 10 Plans were announced virtually Beach of Hamilton, Billy Bailey complete today for holding tlu-and Marion Griffin of Roberson annual Martin County fat stock show here in the Planters’ Warehouse on Thursday, April 10, followed by the scheduled sale on the 11th. Twelve club mem bers are entering seventeen calves in the show, and thirty-one boys and girls will exhibit fat hogs in the swine department. As sistant County Agent S. A. Tuten, Jr., announced. The youthful exhibitors have done a splendid work in prepar ing for the show, and the people of this county are urged to sup port them at the show and sale. The event, the ninth to be held in this county, is sponsored by the Martin County Farm Bureau and the various civic clubs throughout the county in coop eration with the Agricultural Ex tension Service. The following will exhibit calves: Murl Griffin and John vine, fortune Bryant ot wmiam ston, J. C. Griffin of Jamesville, Jolmnie Griffin of Everetts, Jerry and Jimmy Hopkins of Farm Life, Calvin Oglesby and Paul Stevenson of Oak City, and John Andrews of Parmcle. The following will exhibit fat hogs: Jimmie Hopkins, Ralph Poole, Jr., J. R. and Shark's Ward, John Griffin, Mary Alice Griffin, Billy William Bennett, Gene Powell, Frosty G. Hardison, .Jerry Hop kins, Mary Louise Holliday, Ann Napier, Jimmy Dickerson, Wil liam Lilley, Freddie Martin, Dail Rodgerson, Bobby Gurkin, Jimmy Johnson, C. A. Martin, Josh Hard ison, William Lilley, Hilton Biggs, C. L. Keel, Jr., N. C. Hyman, A1 | bort Thompson, Wallace Smith, j Eugene Hyman, Alice Ruth Price, Joseph Henry Wynn, Marion [Griffin, Johnny Griffin, and John I Hardison. Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen By The Services No Final liuliu-lion ('.all Ke ccivnl for April; I*rr liuliirlion, April 11 The armed services are accept ing mighty few of the many men being called from this county, ac cording to unofficial but reliable information received here, Of thirty-seven men reporting for pre-induction examinations1 the early part of last week, only three were accepted, including one white and two colored men. The outcome of the examinations, while apparently causing no great concern, is most puzzling. The percentage of rejections is said to be the greatest ever charged against a ' pre-induction group from .this county. No final induction call for April has been received in this county, and unless more men pass the preliminary tests there’ll be few available for calls in the months to come. Another pre-induction cal! has been received, and fifteen men j are to report on Monday, April 14. Four men are to report for fin al induction at that time, not to answer a regular induction call but either because they are listed as delinquent or they transferred to the Martin County board from other parts of the country. Wil liam Grimes and Malvin Hodge, listed as delinquent, are to report on the 14th. Listing his address las RFD 1, Bethel, when he regis tered, Grimes was last heard.f"om in Sanford, Florida. Hodge, for merly of 623 Church Street, Wil liamston, listed hrs last address at 2022 Beanbrier, Detroit, Mich Hodge cleared the FBI one time, and it now looks as if the agency will get on his trial again. A third man is tfeing transferred to the board in this county for final in duction, and another is listed as delinquent by a board outside this State. If the delinqeunts report and pass the tests, they will be re tained for service without the privilege of any grace period. Telegraphers Go On Strike Today Denied a 5-day week, Western Union telegrapher* throughout the country went on strike early today. The local office was opened a short while this morning to clear up messages filed late yesterday and last night. A short time later the door was locked and the ma chines were silenced. It could not be learned when or how the strike is to be settled. Finding telephone rates too high, mar.y telegraph patrons arc turning to the mails for relief. ANNOIJNCKS Elmer Modlin, prominent Jamesville Township farmer, yesterday announced his can didacy for Martin County Representative in the North Carolina General Assembly. Mr. Modlin explained he would make a platform state ment later. Vets To Discuss The Bonus Issue A muss meeting of veterans will be held in the Martin County courthouse here Wednesday even ing, April 9, at 7:30 for ttie dis cussion of the North Carolina State Veterans’ bonus referendum issue, it was announced today by the AM VETS, sponsors of the meeting. The bonus to be discussed would include $15.00 per month for do mestic service with a maximum of $500.00 and $20.00 per month for overseas service with a maximum of $750.00. Senator Tom Sawyer and AM VETS State Director Cin dy Del Veseovo will speak on the issue. All veterans arc being invited and urged to attend the meeting. Child Dies In Loral Dos pi till Wednesday Ann Lanier, three-year-old col ored child of the Jamesville sec tion, died in a local hospital early j yesterday aflernon of spinal men ingitis. She has been ill several weeks. Ol'KN HOUSE f v Arrangements have been completed lor entertaining hundreds at Taylor's Dairy plant on South Haughton 5 00 to 9:00 p. in. today. Street during open house from Invitations have been ex tended the public and see the modern dairy plant in opera tion. There'll be favors for the visitors who will find the in spection interesting as well a.s informative: Liille Business Before Officials According to reports coming from the board clerks, the Martin County and Williamston commis sioners have very little business before them at this time for dis ' cession at their regular monthly and evening. Other than routine matters, j there isn't a thing on the county board calendar, Clerk J. Sam Getsinger said. Nothing official has been an nounced, but the town board is expected to study the latest de velopments in the county court as they relate to licenses held by taxi operators here. The county board of education | will not mee* next Monday, but it ! is scheduled to hold a session Tuesday, April 16, when several delegations plan to make various , requests. TWbniy»Eghi'Ihr Court This Week On Speed Counts 'tr . l!arrlr*:i ami Hecklers Driv ing Involvctl In Two Of 'Flu' Cases Twenty-eight motorists, most of them fnmj out of the State, were in the county court this week for speeding. In addition to the speed ing charges, two defendants were booked for speeding and careless and reckless chiving, the court imposing a $50 fine on each. In on ly one other case was a fine im posed by Judge R. T. Johnson dur ing the all-clay session of the court. Madge I. Holliday of Wash ington, D. C., was fined $35. plus costs, for speeding 70 miles an hour. The speeding cases had accum ulated over a two-week period while the superior court was in session. Other speeding cases in which the defendants were taxed with $22.05 court costs, include the fol lowing: Aldrich Glenn of Tarboro, Gor jham Brown Boyle of RFD 3, j Washington, Richard Warren Ward of Hamilton, Wm. C. Mer cer. Jr., of Williamston, Dale Eu gene Billings, marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, Milton Aristitus Artnistead of Bethel, Sotir Vasil of Sommerville, Mass., Allen O. Whipple, Jr. of Wilton, Conn., Mark Russell, marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, Asa Stanley of Stratford, Conn., Ida Davis Lane of Jackson, Miss., Ottis LeRoy Ammons of New York City, Roosevelt Glenn of Bclhaven, Daniel Mayo Windley of Bath, William Earl Leggett of WUliams ton. John W. MacMillan of Brad ford. Pa., Archie Daniel’ Coltrain, Jr., of RFD 2, Williamston, Eu gene Michael Conway of Rich mond, Howard Stein Hilper of New York City, James P. Adams of Franklin, Mass., Francis S. Maddrey, Jr., marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, Bernard J. Boyce, marine stationed at Cherry Point, Cohen Randolph Wesson of RFD 1, Windsor, Charlie Delmus Tay lor of RFD 1. Robersonville, Rob ert F. Speller of RFD 4. Windsor Giegory Shelton Morrisette, ma rine st .tinned at Camp Lejeune, and Willie Fred Williams of RFD 2, Robersonville. -« Former Resident Dies In Alabama George C. Beaird, u funner res ident i f Jamesville, died in an Anniston, Alabama, hospital iast Saturday following a short illness. A native of Manning, South Carolina, Mr. Beaird, after spend ing his early life there, engaged in the timber business and came to this section back in the thirties, living in Jamesville six or seven years. He made many friends there, and while his business in terests carried him to various parts of the country, he still main tained his home in Jamesville. Funeral services were conduct i <>d in Sumter, ,S l'.. last Monday afternoon, and interment was in the cemetery there. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Vida Powell of South Carolina, who makes her home with a son, Wayne, in Jamesville, one other son, George Beaird of Raleigh anil a daughter, Miss Dor othy Beaird, of Sumter. f ioNCKin tonight ,____/ Following a full dress re hearsal last night and a brief concert for the Grammar Grade students this after noon the Green Wave Band of Williamston High School will present its annual Spring concert in the high sehool auditorium tonight beginning at 8:15 sharp. A varied program of music has been arranged for the event including three featur ed numbers. Despite the loss of some tw'o dozen veteran players last spring, Director Butler has welded a strong jg! unit again this year and they can be depended upon to give a good account of themselves. The annual birthday party is to follow the eoncert and vis iting band directors are to view the new band room.
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