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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISERS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK # VOLUME LV—NUMBER 29 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 8, 1952 ESTABLISHED 1899 i Drowns In Creek Early Saturday '<#■* •'.•*.«»>■«* . • .*«•>- f t « *< * ..«..,.«,.-.. Hotly of Arthur Giaspow, 32, of RFI) 3, Nashville, l £ltides Early Searchers —e— Arthur Glasgow, 32, of RFD 3, Nash County, v^as believed to have drowned in Gardner’s Creek some time during the early hours of last Saturday morning. His boat and outboard motor were found caught in tree limbs shortly after day break that morning but no trace of the man or his body had been found shortly before noon today. Accompanied by John Kelly Brarfwell and John Dempsey Win stead, both of Rocky Mount, and Willis Glover of RFD 2, Nash ville, Glasgow went to Ray’s Camp on Gardner’s Creek, about seven miles from Willjflmston, at 1:00 o’clock Friday afternoon. Us ing two boats they fished for her ring until about 8:00 o’clock when they returned to the camp for sup per. Following the meal, Glover and Glasgow decided not to fish fcany more and went to their car to sleep. Glover said he missed him later that night, but thought no thing of Glasgow’s absence at the time. Braswell and Winstead fished all night, going about six miles down the creek. Returning about daybreak they saw an empty boat caught in tree limbs about one mile from the camp. They recog nized the outboard motor and pulled the boat to the landing k where they learned Glasgow was missing. Two men whose names could not be learned, said they saw Glasgow in the boat about 11:00 o'clock Friday night, that he merely waved his hand in re sponse to a greeting. That was the last time he was seen. The sheriff’s department, in cluding Deputy Roy Peel, started dragging the creek near the spot where the boat was found, but the effort was hampered by the thirty feet of water and snags. It is possible that the boat floated down the stream, that if Glasgow drowned he could have lost his life farther up the stream. It was reported by the sheriff that Glasgow was not believed to have been intoxicated. One of the members of the fishing party said they had consumed only one pint of liquor from the time they reach led the camp until supper. Glasgow has a wife and two j children, one nine months old and another six years old. Pieces of a blue woolen sweat er, believed at first to match one worn by Glasgow, could not be identified as his, according to a report coming from the sheriff’s office. Just about all hope for re covering the body by dragging the creek has been abandoned. About the only possibility of recovering • (Continued on Page Eight) -sg Home Destroyed By Fire Thursday Fire, believed to have started from a chicken brooder, destroy ed the Mayhue Bailey Home on the Opheus Bailey farm in Bear Grass Township about 8:30 o’clock ^ast Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey left everything all right in the house when they went to the home of a neighbor shortly after 8:00 o’clock, and no one was at home when the fire started. Passersby saw the fire and help ed save some of the furniture in the front rooms. The pioperty was valued at be tween. $2,500 and $3000 with about $1,000 insurance in force. Hooked For Poaaeaaion Of Small Amount Liquor Joe Bullock was arrested near the plant of the Standard Ferti lizer Company Friday afternoon and booked in Justice Chas. R. Mobley’s court for the possession of illicit liquor. Bullock, it was al leged, disposed of most of his illi cit holdings as Officers John Roe buck and Chas. R. Moore and ! Deputy Raymond Rawls closed in • on him. , Placed under a $150 bond, Bui- i lock, colored man, is booked for ' trial in the county court on April i 28. 1 ps-ymfeourMotmrmm \ Birth To Fifteenth Child Viola Rodgers Brown, 23 years 'old. gave birth to her fifteenth child in a kk„! Hospital early last Friday morning, late reports stat ing that the mother and the lat est of her brood are getting along all right. In February, 1946, she gave birth to quadruplets..Premature, the four, three boys and a girl, were born at five months and lived only a few minutes. In 1948, a son was born and he is getting along all right. Quintuplets were born prerhaturely at five months and lived only a few minutes, each weighing hardly a pound. On April 15, 1951, twins were born prematurely and the two girls died a few days after birth. The triple+s, two bey.- and a girl, wcigneu from tour and mo-quar ter to five pounds. Medical records could not be checked immediately, but the Browns’ prolific record will, it is believed, compare with the best <'f them. Members of the medical profession here stated they had never heard of a record that equaled the one established by the Browns. Nme of the fifteen babies were male. Of the four living three are boys. The father, Pfe. Lonnie Brown, is in the armed forces, serving at the present time in. Korea. SERVICES Holy Week services are be ing well attended in the Pres byterian church here on East Main Street each morning at 10:00 o’clock. Ministers of the various churches are partici- 1 pating in the 30-minute pro gram each morning. The public is invited. County Board In Regular Session Nonday Morning Delinquent Tax Aecountt* Are Ordered Advertis ed On May 1 With little business on the cal endar, the Martin County commis sioners held a comparatively short session on their regular meeting date Monday. Routine matters were cleared and the county’s de linquent tax list is to be advertis ed on May 1 for sale on the first Monday in June. According to a report filed with the board at the regular meet ing, $45,680 01 of the $326,259.89 original levy for 1951 remains to be colected. The number of de linquents is believed to be about the same as it was a year ago with the possibility that the count will be greatly reduced before ad vertising time in May. The tax collector also reported that $327, 512.58 of the $336,988.45 levy for 1950 had been collected. For the year 1949 all but $5,554.06 of the $314,015.83 levy for 1949 has been collected, and there is a balance due of $4,096.84 due on the $284, 796.50 levy for 1948. Assistant County Agent D W. Brady was authorized to purchase three heifers of recognized breed ing a king with eight ewes for the county farm pastures. The board recommended that! (Continued on Page Eight) ! --- Funeral Friday For Paul Bland — Funeral services were conduct Merritt's' Chapel Peis" '■[ tecostal Holiness Church near Oak j City last Friday afternon at 3:00 o’clock for Paul Bland, 50, who died in Duke Hospital, Durham, Wednesday after a long illness. The Rev. W. King White of Roa noke Rapids, conducted the rites. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Carrie Whichard Bland; three sons, Edward, Paul Odis and | James Bland, all of Oak City; one daughter, Mrs. Estelle Bunting of Oak City; one brother, W. H Bland of Oak City; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Rodger s of Hobyood and Mrs. Myrtle Brown of Pal myra. -* Navy Strength In This Nation Figures made public a few days ago show that the United States navy now has about 1,100 ships in ts active fleet, including four lundred combat vessels. Added vithin recent months, or soon to je added, are three battleships, welve aircraft carriers, six cruis ts, twenty-five submarines, and >ne hundred destroyer-type ships, rhere are also about ten thousand lava! Snd marine aircraft in ac ive service. Band Concert Here Thursday Night Is Given High Rating Capacity Audience Hears Yoiin^ Musicians In A Varied Program -<$> Playing to an overflow audience in the high school auditorium here last Thursday evening, the Green Wave Band of Williamston High School gave what was rated by many as the best Spring concert of its five year career. While the selection of the "best” or “outstanding" number in the concert differed from individual to individual according to their likes and dislikes Miles Clark of Elizabeth City remarked that it was “almost perfect” and later told friends that he felt the young musicians hud reached the maxi mum to be expected of them at their age and experience. Several band directors were on hand for the concert and some three dozen members of the Wash ington High School band came to the event. Two encores “Time Out for Jam Session” and “Drum Major’s Spe cial” left the audience warm with praise for the talents of the group. The entire program was well bal anced and even the most difficult number for the musicians—“Panis Angelicus” was well received by all the audience while three rous ing marches gave the band a chance to use its brass and in the final number “Golden Eagle,” head majorette, Miss Jackie Har ris, gave a twirling routine that was roundly applauded. Two other special numbers on the program included a trumpet trio, “Cracker Ju, ks”, with John Rogers, Don Reynolds and Calvin! chesson featured, and a “Tribute to Trombones" in which Herbert Harrell, Janet Ross, Mary Ann Manning, Sarah Everett and Billy Glover came out front to play the featured part. The band is losing fifteen seniors: Bobby Goff, Dallas Wells, and Rondell Beach in the percus sion section, Raymond Robertson, John Rogers and Donald Reyn olds, trumpets, Jimmy Page, bass and alto sax, Herbert Harrell, trombone, Joe.- • -bfeciy Barbara Gurganus and Jack Har ris, clarinets, Edna Mizelle, Pa tricia Taylor and Miss Harris, ma jorettes, and Pauline Lilley and Watson McKeel, color guard. The annual birthday party was held in the high school cafeteria where refreshments were Served to the band members, guests and visiting band members. Professor Jack Butler, director, acknowledged help from <he fol lowing individuals and firms: Bryan Construction Co., Worrell Appliance Co., York’s Florist, Frank Weston, Ernest Mears, A1 (Continued on Rage eight) -jjw —,._ | Homo Slightly Damaged ■ By Fire In Rural Area -<* Fire, said to have been of mys terious origin, slightly damaged a iome on the old Oakley farm just ( iff Highway 125 about four miles , from here early last Thursday af- ' :ernoon. A small portion of the veatherboarding was burned. Workers say the fire and had it i inder control when local firemen •cached there. 1 A chair in the house caught i 'ire the night before arsfl was car ied to the porch where it caught ] 'ire a second time Thursday af- j ;ernoon and fired the house. i WeicoiiirtfctiSSfcr At Union Service Sunday Evening The Rev. E. G. Conklin Enters Upon Duties As Baptist Pastor The Rev. and Mrs. E. Gordon Conklin were welcomed to Wil liamston at a union service held in the Memorial Baptist Church Sunday evening. Coming here from Wakefield, Va., Mr. Conklin entered upon his new duties as pastor of the church that morning and was warmly received at both services. The several denominations were well represented and filled the church for the special service that evening. Several members of the ministerial association participat ed in the program which included special music by the combined choir and a solo by Mrs. Abner Brown. “Some may call the place where the minister lives a parsonage or pastorium, but to us it is home,” The minister adding that during the first few days spent here they had never felt more at home in any place. It was a welcome heart ily extended and heartily receiv ed. In a prepared message, the new minister, said, "The most dif ficult task we have had since our arrival'is to out into words the fellings of our hearts. Never has a family been made to feel more welcome in a community than you good people have made us feel. "From-the very first Sunday of our acquaintance, by the many personal letters we received in Virginia, until the delightful and generous reception received last Monday upon our arrival in Wil liamston, you have shown a line spirit of true Christian fellowship. “It is the hope of your pastor and his family that we might be worthy of such fine people, and we want to say thanks to every one for everything.” The new minister went on to preach a forceful sermon, im pressing the large congregation with his sincerity of purpose and with thought behind his message. It is indeed apparent and freely predicted that the church is on (Continued on Page Eight) --—— Movie Case Set For Trial May 5 Charged with showing or caus ing to be shown a shockingly ob scene moving picture in a flrivc in theater a fc.v weeks ago, three defendants were booked for trial in the county court on May 5 following a hearing held before Justice Chas. R. Mobley in the county courthouse last Friday evening. John E Mobley was recognized to appear and Sammie S. Bullock, projectionist, and Jesse Robert Henderson, representing ttie dis tributors, were required to give bond in the sum of $300 each. Witnesses, including Sheriff M. W Holloman ,the Revs. J. L. Goff, &*ETTu'i-giison, and H. £. Wal ston, declared that the films, ‘Battle of Burlesque” and "Hurly Burly”, were not fit to be seen. The films are still in the pos session of the sheriff’s depart ment. No official information could Oe had but it was alleged follow ing the hearing that another film, as bad if not worse than the ones impounded, was playing in an >ther theater in this county the >ame night of the hearing. The tame of the theater could not be earned, but one report declared hat officers were investigating. -• Local Boy Still In The Hospital Wounded in KoVea last July, 'pl. Henry B. Clark, son of Bud md Katie Clark of New Street, Villiamston, continues in a U. S. Vrmy hospital at Fort Belvoir, /a., according to latest informa ion reaching here. His right thigh broken, Clark lad a bone graft operation some ime ago and continues in a cast. He was awarded the Purple ieart medal some time ago and! t is now in the hands of his! nother here. ; E2gfet-¥eHicB!Srj Accidents In The County Recently Bui Noue Seriously In none of them believed’seriously hurt, in a series of eight motor vehicle accidents in this county during the past few days. Seven of the eight accidents were on county highways and the eighth was on a semi-private avenue in the Bear Grass section. A com plete report o« all the iccidents could not be had, but a prelimi nary survey listed a property damages in excess of $1,500. Geveral of those involved in the accidents were in the county court Monday for alleged infractions of various motor vehicle laws or drunken driving. The fii'st in the series of acci dents was reported at the Ben James corner on the Wild Cat road last Wednesday night at 11:30 o’clock. Arthur Baker of RFD 3, Williamston, was driving his 1949 Chevrolet from Highway 125 into the Wild Cat road, and he made a mess of his driving. Baker claimed he was asleep and that the car went out of control. Investigating the accident, Patrol man R. P. Narron said the car skidded about thirty-two yards sideways and turned over. Baker was bruised but was not listed as injured. Damage to his car was estimated at $200. Thursday morning at 7:15 o'clock a Mercury driven by James W. Bowen of Williamston and a one and one-half ton Chevrolet truck driven by Frank Lilley of Griffins Township collided at the intersection of Temporary High way 71 and 64 in Jamesville. No one was hurt and an estimate of the damage could not be had im mediately. Driving west on Highway 64 be tween Williamston and Everetts about 0:00 o’clock Thursday eve ning, Lawrence William Gold of Rocky Mount started to pass a truck in his 1949 Packard. Appar ently blinded by the sun, he did not see an approaching car, a 1951 Ford, being dr'yen by Heber Jor dan Peel of Newport News. Peel swerved his car to the right to miss a head-on crash, but the Packard sideswiped the Ford, causing about $100 damage to the Ford. Investigating the accident, Patrolman B. W Parker estimat ed the damage to the Packard at $25. No one was hurt. Driving a Lincoln with a trailer ! attached down a semi-private lane j or avenue in Bear Grass Township last Friday afternoon, Johnnie Knox stopped to see if the trailer side had come loose. Mrs. Eugene Rawls, driving a 1951 Ford, was following and unable to see in the dust, crashed into the rear of the trailer, causing about $200 damage to her car and about $75 to the Lincoln and trailer. No one was hurt. Saturday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock, Redden Lee, Jr., colored of Robcrsonville, was backing out of Patrolman B. W. Parker’s vard .csa. .Highway ..&4 -ivear.. Roberson- \ ville, and got into the path of , Charles Irvin Pope’s 1950 Olds mobile. Pope is from Stantons- 1 burg. Damage to the Lee’s Chev rolet was estimated at only $5 and | that to the Oldsmobile at $30, ac cording to Patrolman Parker who made the investigation. Driving between Cross Roads and Highway 903 about 7:15 o'clock last Saturday night, James | Smith tried to take all the road with his 1941 Plymouth and , crashed into the 1939 Chevrolet driven by Willie Strickland, rip ping away a greater part of the | left side of the Chevrolet. Mrs. , (Continued on page eight) 1 Several Persons Injured The Wreeks r HOIJND-UP i i vi Seven persons were round- i ed up and held temporarily, ] at least, in the county jail | during the past week-end. , Five were booked tor public t drunkenness and two for t drunken driving. | One of the seven was white j and the ages of the group t ranged from 19 to 42 years. The jail was empty during f a 24-hour period last week r for the first time in months, j < Jailer Roy Peel said. f Thousands Expelled For Show-Barht*f *u<* Offer Nearly $409 In Prizes To Fat Slock Exhibitors —#— Am*nt Declares Quality Of Exhibits Is Best Ever Bookeil At Show -<$ Plans were announced com plete Monday for holding the ninth annual Martin County Fat Stock Show on Thursday and Fri day of this week, with the annual meeting of the Farm Bureau com ing as a kind of climax for the farm event Friday evening. Commenting on the show, As sistant County Agent Sam A, Tuten said that the quality of the exhibits is far totter than it was a year ago and will compare favorably with the best ever seen at a show in this county. The club boys and girls have worked dili gently to prepare and display prize-winning entries, Agent Tu ten said. Approximately $400 is being of fered in cash prizes, including $170 maximum potential for the eleven boys and ow girl who are to exhibit seventeen calves and $221 for exhibitors of prize en tries in the swine department. The calves are to be in place not later than 10:00 o’clock Thurs day morning, and all hogs must be in their pens by 6:00 o’clock that evening. Planned to create and develop a greater interest in the produc tion of quality meat animals in this county, the show is expected (o attract several thousands per sons during the two days. The steers are to be judged at 1:30 Thursday afternoon, and the hogs will be judged the following morning, beginning at 8:30 o’clock. The stock will be sold at 1:00 '’dock p. m. Friday at auction, and special efforts have been made to have as many buyers as possible at the sale The show is sponsored by most if the civic clubs in the county in cooperation with the Farm Bu reau, the North Carolina Exten don Service and the several voca tional agricultural teachers in the •ounty. J. C. Eubanks is chair man of the executive committee, it'd K. P. Lindsley is treasurer. Corrone Bryant, recently iwurded the Angicr B. Duke scholarship, was the exhibitor of he grand champion steer at the show last year. This year, most of the youths ire exhibiting Black Anguk, but here are a few' llerefords and >ther breeds. The farm agents are busy build ng pens in the Planters’ Ware louse and preparing for what pro mises to be one of the best shows “ver held in the county. Following the sale next Friday, he Farm Bureau will hold its an tuai meeting and picnic „t the iViihamston High School. i7'"y ' 3allcntine, commissioner of ig 'culture will address the meeting. Officers Perfeci Unit Organization Meeting in the county court louse Monday evening, twenty bur local, county and state lav/ •nfoicement officers perfected the Martin County Law Enforcement \ssociation with Sheriff M W. iolloman as president. Williams on’s Chief of Police John Roe iuek was elected vice president, -pl- M C. Byrum of the State lighway Patrol was named :.ec etary, and Patrolman R. P. Nar on is the treasurer. A committe of six officers, M. V. Holloman, M. C. Byrum, Wil iam Smith, It. P Narron, B. W. ’arker and Arthur Perry, was lamed to draft the by-laws for he association and present them t the next regular meeting to be eld the first. Tuesday evening ri May. The next session will be ield in Jamesville. The association is to promote ■llowship among the law enforee icnt groups and coordinate law nforcemcnt efforts, it v/as ex lained. f ANNOl NCKS ... v • uurmn, |iromi nent Griffins Townshi p farm er, has announced his candi dacy for a place on the Mar tin County Hoard of Commis sioners from the Griffins Bear Grass district. Several Hundred At Dairy's Open House Last Week -$>__ Visitors Impressed tty Tin* Modernization of Local Dairy Plant Holding “open house” at their plant on South Houghton Street here last Thursday evening, the management and owners of Tay lor’s Dairy entertained between six and seven hundred visitors. Although the plant was a bit crowded at times, the visitors gained a splendid idea of the up erations of the machines and the modern methods of preparing milk for the consumers. Nearly everyone of the callers was astounded at what he saw in the plant, and they were impress i'd by the modern machines and the painstaking steps taken to insure the people of this section the very best in dairy products T’ e Pure Dak machine, the latest model and one of the few to be seen in towns tins size, was really a curosity. The visitors were faci nated by its operation, and they looked intently a., the machine made the container, waxed il sealed the bottom, cooled it, filled d and then sealed it, delivering il to a revolving table without the aid of human hand The homo genize!', a machine that mixes the milk and cream and enhances the flavor, also attracted attention along with the pash unzing kettles and the standardize!, a machine that makes for a uniform and high quality milk. The owners and management were remembered with flowers and I ec‘;iy< ■ i i <'Ogret ultde>ii - ioi making possible a p fa iff""tTiat a town many times the size of Wil liamston can well hi' proud of. Plans are being made to have plant inspections by the public on regular days or by special ap pointment for groups. 1( was ex plained that the machines are us ed only so many hours daily, and that whle the owners are anxious to have the public visit the plant, it would be necessary to rear range schedules to have all the (Continued on Page Eight) Colion Ginnings In Martin County A final report released a short time ago shows that 2,409 bales of cotton were ginned from the 1951 ciop in this county as compared with 002 bale ■ ginned in 1950. Pro duction last year was four times greater than it was in 1950, but as a cotton producer, Martin still holds a low ranking position. In a list of 43 counties report ing cotton ginning in 1952, only four, Gaston, Gates, Perquimans and Polk produced fewer bales of the staple than did Martin. Few counties in the State report ed a larger percentage increase ; last year than Martin, fi fowp iscari Solas \k Lenglhy Ssssien iHere Last E vening • *•«<«««(. laxi Licnise; linnknl; < *i 11 for L»tiiuul<'» on I’av iiifi and Sewer Projects Assured just u few days ago ihat tin-re was little business scheduled for consideration, Wil liamston's town commissioners plunged into one of their longest sessions in months. They heard regular reports, inspected minute ly the current bills before ap proving payment and then went on to discuss taxi licenses, paving, the highway underpass, sewer and paving projects and other matters. Treasurer C. Marion Cobb re ported that the town had $51, 490.93 in the bank, including $10, 102 m the sewer rental fund and $14,723.51 in the special street account. Sewer rental income last month amounted to $723 and the take from the parking meters idded up t o$690.95. Taxes collect ed to date from the 1951 levy amount to $76,089.77. leaving $15, 526.03 uncollected. Delinquent tax accounts are to be advertised in May for resale in June. Petitions for paving Railroad Street from Washington to Smith wick, and for curb and gutter and paving on Sycamore Street from Main to Washington Street were received and they are to re ceive attention in turn. At the present time to the town has $14, 723.51 in its street fund, but it is estimated that the applications now pending are certain to call for an expenditure of approxi mately $50,000, A survey of the costs of the proposed projects is to be made and some action is expected within a reasonable time. The board called for cost esti mates on extending sewer lines on East Main, West Main, Hamil ton and Roberson’ Streets. There is approximately $10,360 rn the sewer fund and it is proposed to spend it on extending the lines, possibly under contract or by town forces. The purchase of a $10,000 ditch digger is being con sidered. Discussing the plight of at least two local taxi operators, the of ficials said there was little that could be done other than revoke the licenses where the operators had been convicted of violating tin- liquor laws Suspensions .if licenses were ordered for twelve months in the cases of Chas Joy ner and J M. Little. The action leaves twelve taxis operating hen with the possibility that the number will be further reuw ere long It will be possible for the ( perators to apply for licenses at the end of the 12-month sus pension period, but a second con viction will rule the operators out for all time The authorities gre of tiie opinion that there is a suffi cient. number of taxis left to serve the public, and no new applica tions are likely to be considered any time soon. Special Program By Oak City Club Sponsored by the Oak City Ru ritan Club, a special picture, re viewing A. D. Swindell’s pro gressive farming methods, will be shown in the school auditorium there Thursday evening of this wek at 8:00 o’clock. Professor John Hqpsell arranged for the pic ture to be shown and the public is invited to see it and to get first hand information on the way a Beaufort County farmer does things. It shows how hundreds of acres of swamp land were re claimed and the use of modern machinery. Prior to the picture, the club will hold its regular meeting in the school economics department where the food committee, H. M.< Ainsley, Jack Smith and J. L. Hassell, will serve a barbecued chicken dinner to the members. Sunrise Service In Tice Com m uni ly Cent etery -- Sunrise services will be held it the Tice Cemetery in Griffin’s rowr.ship Sunday morning. Should rain prevent holding ser ,’if es at the cemetery the meeting jlacc '.vsH be changed to tt>» Pipfy 3rove Baptist Church.
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