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«r THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE* ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK V OLUME LV—NUMBER 53 ESTABLISHED 1899 Williamalon, Martin County, Morlh Carolina, Tuesday, July L lV.y2 Retired Jeweler Takes HnhPeisuH To End His Life ItoiiuNI Cranford Had Been In Declining Health For Some Time * l Ronald C. Crawford, retired jdfcteler, died in a Williamston hospital at 11:50 o’clock last Thursday morning after drinking the greater part of a bottle of rat poison at his home in Gold Point earlier in the day. Investigating the death, Coroner W. W. Biggs said that while Crawford left no note nor offered a reason for the drastic act, the victim had been in declining health for some time, and it is believed that resulting despondency prompted suicide, ■ffie coroner added that all indica tions pointed to suicide and that sary. According to the coroner, Craw ford, finding it difficult to pro duce on account of physical dis abilities, returned home a short time ago after working with a jewelry firm in Washington. Thursday morning when he did not leave his room, a son went tlwe and found him in agonizing pain, the father finally explaining that he had drunk the poison pos sibly an hour or more earlier in the morning. Removed by ambu lance to the hospital, Crawford was almost dead upon arrival, doctors stating that poison had spread to all the vital parts of his body, rendering antidotes useless. Funeral services were conduct ed at the home Saturday after noon at 3:30 o’clock by the Rev. T. Cox, pastor of the Farm ville Christian Church. Inter 1 ment was in the Robersonville cemetery. Mr. Crawford, 48, was born in Pitt County where he spent his early life before locating in this county a number of years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lil lie Mae Powell Crawford; three sons, Gillette of Rocky Mount, Billy and C. L. of the home; a daughter, Peggy Jean Crawford of the home; a sister, Mrs. Susie Hudson of Norfolk, Va.; three half-brothers, Remus of near Ro bersonville, Jack and Leon of near Williamston. Painfully Hurl In Home Accident 1 Jis J. Edward Corey was pain eleetro cutcd at her home in Martin fully burned and almost electro lie: feet, on a ■ sa-fltiwii’ -&ttv it Heights last Friday when she ac ridentaliy struck a bioken elec . basement. daiiiti*'** ■, were her hand she was reeled over backward and the plug was snatched from the outlet. Had the circuit not been broken, the shock could have proved fatal acHirding to reports. She is recovering rapidly and is able to be up now. Firemen Called Out Early Friday .Morning Volunteer firemen were callec out here at 2:30 o’clock last Friday morning when fire threatened t banana transport truck on the main street near the Central Ser vice Station. The fire started in e refrigerating motor and burnec ofT the grease'on a large gas tank but did not spread to the gas oi the truck. AUGUST 21 -- Tobacco sales will get und er way on this and other east ern Carolina markets on Thursday, August 21, it was atwounced following a meet ing of the board of governors »f the Bright Belt Warehouse Association held in Kaleigh last Friday. The markets opened the same date last year, the early prices averag ing about $52.00. Georgia markets open July 21, followed by South Caro lina on the 28th, and the Bor der markets on August 4. Sales are to be limited to fe.000 piles per day with a maximum of 300 pounds per pile. The selling time will be five hours daily. Ff***m*£ tS~ Storage For 10.000 H ogsheads Of Tobacco Now under construction at the foot of Peel and Morrison Streets, just off Washington Street, the warehouse when com pleted will provide storage for ten thousand hogsheads of tobacco, The brick wall is in the middle of the building, providing a fire break. The storage house is being built by the Williamston Stor age company. W 1. Skinner nrjjgw. Vropose Saturday Of The Recorders Court Saturday sessions of the Martin County Recorder's Court are be ing proposed, and the first Sat urday meeting is scheduled for next week as a result of action taken by the Martin County Com missioners in special session last Thursday. The change from Monday to Saturday was advanced by Judge R. T. Johnson who is transferring to a position in Washington, and the commissioners acted with ihe tentative approval of a majority of the Martin County Bar Asso ciation. It now develops that Saturday will prove a disadvantageous time to hold the weekly sessions. En forcement officers are usually busiest on Saturday, and members Sheriff Working On “ Aged” Murder Case Friday, July 4, will be ob served as a general holiday here. All stores and other bus iness houses will be closed for the day, but business, for the most part, will be resumed Saturday. Heavy industry in some in stances will close Thursday for t^ie remainder ' of the week. There will be no Thurs day edition of The Enterprise, since the office will be closed for a long week-end holiday. I ROUND-UP Four persons were round ed up and temporarily detain ed in the county jail last week-end. One was booked for drunken and hit-and run driving, another for public drunkenness and still another for assaulting his wife and threatening the lives of officers. One of the four was while ——L-ih.c gvuuQ t ' rang-cd front "3“to 33 years. Sam S. Hardison Died On Sunday ♦— Samuel Stewart Hardison, re tired painter-fisherman, died at the Martin County home here Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock following a long penuJ of declin ing health. Suffering with asthma, he received hospital treatment earlier in the day, and was thought to be getting along all right when he was stricken and died a short time later. He was born in Williams Town ship 63 years ago, the son of the late William Washington and Mil lie Martin Mizelle Hardison. Mov ing to Williamston at an early age, he engaged in logging work and later did commercial fishing on the Roanoke and painted some He was a veteran of World Wai I, entering the service April 25 1918, and serving overseas from August 5, 1918,' until June, 1919. Surviving is a brother, William Franklin (Dink) Hardison. Funeral services are being con ducted in the Biggs Funeral Home Chapel this afternoon a! 5:00 o’clock by the Rev. R. E Walston, Methodist minister. In terment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. AMVETS TO MEET -« The Martin County AMVETS Post 61, will meet Tuesday night July 8, at 8:00 P. M., at the Mar tin County Courthouse. All white veterans and members are urgec to be present. of the highway patrol limit their activities almost entirely to pa trol duty on Saturdays. A committee was named to dis cuss the proposed change with Judge R. T. Johnson and the com missioners at their next regular meeting next Monday. During the meantime, a Saturday session will be held this week and none will be held next week, following the regular session next Monday, it w'as announced. It was first proposed to hold the first Saturday session this week, but since it follows July 4, the change is being delayed one week. Although he is transferring to the Washington position, Judge i Johnson plans to maintain his | residence here for the present. Farmer Lost Life While In Bathing In Roanoke River —$— Body of JoHepli Henry Sle plieiiHon Rerovered On Monday Morning Joseph Henry Stevenson, 44 year-old farmer of this county was drowned in Roanoke River a Roberson's Landing, about sever miles above Hamilton, at 10:01 o'clock Sunday morning. A tenant on the Jasper Harrel farm in Goose Nisi Township, Mr Stevenson went with Tom Christ enberry to fish in the river. Seek ing relief from the heat, Steven son pulled off his clothes, swan hall way across the river unc back and was swimming uj stream about fifteen feet from thi bank when he became exhausted His 16-year-old son, William Dav id Stevenson, extended a fishin; pole to Stevenson who grabber hold of it but was too weak ti [maintain his grip. Witnesses sair nouth op 1 wls Hill body un til dark Sunday, and the drag (Continued on Page Six) be went down with he cm i Deputy* K It others searched for the Geo. Brown Killed By Robert Harris At Church In 1919 ■—<*>— Harris Now Ail Invaliil In Kafr Hillings Hospital At Winston-Salem —.«— A 33-year-old murder ease is rapidly bring unravelled in this J rria’i’i,’ b'ut*TKe investigation is run ning into complications, m-cording to me office]. The murder of George Brown on the first Sunday in May, 1919, at the Hickory Grove Church near Williamston had been lost sight of except by members of the vic tim’s families and a few witness es, until few days ago when the | sheriff's office received an anony mous letter stating that Robert Beason Harris, a’ias Robert Wi' hams, had killed George Brown in 1919, and that he was in the Kate Billings Hospital, Winston-Salem. Unable to find any record of the murder,'the officer turned Wo pri vate sources for a lead in the case. A son of the victim, Guilford Brown, reviewed the case for thi officer, and contact was establish ed with Forsyth County officers who found Harris an invalid in the hospital. It was reported that Harris, now about 55 years old suffered a stroke last January oi February and is confined to a roll ing chair. He has not been ques tioned, and the trail, started hur riedly across a corn patch and ex tended over a 33-year period, it not known in detail. But it is coming to a pathetic end, appar ently. There are a few eye witnesses to the attack still living, but they have not been questioned. Until the case is developed, no action is being taken against Harris, it was unofficially learned. According to reports, Sylvester Brown, son of the victim, and Robert Harris were arguing at the church, and each was aiming a pistol at the other. It is claim (Cohtinued on Page Three) K\ l Peel B Suddenly Sunday at Hamilton Home , —— l iiiirrul (lomliiclrd Simula; Afternoon al 1:30 Ity H<*v. C. L. (iatlin^ Paul P Peel, retired Williams j ton merchant and veteran < World War I, died suddenly a the home of his brother in Hamil ton between 1:00 and 2:00 o'cloc Sunday morning, lie bad bee in declining health for a numhe of years, undergoing treatment i a government hospital for month: However, his condition was muc improved in recent months an last Saturday he was active i various parts of the county as representative of a scales eon pany. He went to has home short ly before midnight, got a drill of water and retired apparent! in his usual health. He was foun dead in bed Sunday morning b members of the family when the called him for breakfast. It thought he died of a heart attael A son of the late W, A. an Elizabeth Winberry Peel, he w; born on a farm near Hamilton t years ago on April 1 1, 1888. At tl age of 17 years he left the fan (Continued on Page Five) REFERENDUM _ Tobacco farmers will vote on crop control for one or | three years or reject quotas in a referendum to be held on 11 Saturday, July I#, according l to unofficial information re BMmmwu^ Jutrc tilts ■■ I Jt is generally believed the* Will lit itx. there is some danger that the farmers will not take time to participate in the referendum. Boll Wevevil Infestation Reported In This Comity By S. A. Tuten, Assistant Agent Bull weevil damage has been observed in several fields of cot ton in various parts of this count;/ during the past week. Four of these fields were sufficiently in fested to justify the application of an insecticide. Appaiently, the weevils have not emerged in large numbers but where either the weevils or punc tured squares are found an early application of a dust or spray is advisable. No special skill js re quired to determine the extent of damage. However, merely walk ing through a field and examin ing only a few squares may not reveal the weevils presence. The method of inspection which is be ing followed in tegular surveys throughout the Stale is us follows: 1. Start inspecting squares at one corner of a field and proceed across the field toward the op posite corner. 2. Check 100 squares at random, removing and pocketing the squares, which have either been punctured or are turning yellow. 3. After 100 squares have been inspected, count the damaged bolls which were removed. 4. If ten or more of the 100 squares were damaged it is time to start dusting or spraying. • 3vH'y .yk'n; .still in doubt, repeat tlic same procedure while crossing between the other two corners of the field. 6, Also be sure to check some squares near hedgerows and wooded areas. The weevils pass the winer in such places so natur al!.' they feed on the nearest cot ton plants when they first emerge. With favorable weather boll weevils can multiply very rapid ly, so it is important and economi cal to start control measures while they’re few in number. Studies of the weevil indicate that they "prefer to feed on and lay their eggs in squares but they also attack bolls. Eggs are laid singly in deep punctures made within the squares or bolls and after 3 to 5 days they hutch into white larvae or grubs. The grubs feed niside the squire for 7 to 14 days. Three to five days later the grub changes to an adult boll weevil which cuts its way out. After feeding for three to four days the females are ready to lay eggs. The complete life cycle from egg to adult requires about three weeks when temperatures are high.” Since the weevils emerge over a period of two to three weeks they may be found in all stages of the life cycle at this time. Smallest Vote On Cast In LasrtMaarf • Parker l,ea»ls Itolihill VI isio^l Four to OiieTor Associate Jnsliee I Casting one ot the smallest votes on record, Martin Cour y voters in the second primary last Saturday favored R. Hunt Park er of Roanoke Rapids almost four to one over William Bobbitt of Charlotte for associate justice of the North Carolina State Supreme Court. The vote in this county was so small that it hardly figured in the final outcome, the unofficial re turns giving Parker 342 and Bob bitt 90 for the regular term. The Parker led in all thirteen county county precincts except one and tied Bobbitt at 17-all in that one— Poplar Point. Williamston, with two of the largest precincts in the county, made a mighty poor showing with its vote turn-out, while little Gold Point cast forty-one ballots. Wil liamston cast a l'ew in excess of 100 votes in botli precincts com bined. The unofficial vote, by precincts follows for the regular term: Parker I’.iildutt Jamcsvillc Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Williamston : Cross Roads Robcrsonvilli Gold Point Poplar Point Hamilton Hassell Goose Nest 15 13 14 9 14 03 15 71 40 17 24 17 30 H 8 2 0 25 1 9 1 17 1 2 8 90 342 Complete returns from the State are not yet available, but on the basis of the latest returns, Parker is leading Bobbitt by more than 3,000, meaning that only an official count by the State Board of Elections next week will give an accurate picture of the contest. (Continued on Page Six) Mrs. Nary Taylor Died Early Today At West End Home Funeral Serviee Will He Fniulueled In Haplisl Church lliiii'hday • .a i (hr county N .mu -iTTMu hioelhtEO IV respected citizens, uie(l*fff*^ff home of her daughter, Mrs. Den nis Hardy, in West End this morn ing at 0:00 o’clock following a long period of declining health. She had been critically ill lor about two months. The daughter of the late Abra ham and Louendi.i Daniel Whit aker, she was born in Washington County lift year,-, ago in May, llitiii Alter ^pending her eatiy lib there, she moved with her family to this county and in early wom anhood was married to James Na thaniel Taylor, locating on the Taylor farm in I’oplar Poinl Township. Following the death oi Mr. Taylor 211 years ago she hat made her home with the childrer m and around Williamston, al ways living us a good neighboi and friend, and one who walker humbly but nobly through life. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Bertha Kee ol Williamston; live sons, Robert A. Taylor, who continues quite ill in Veterans Hospital, Fayetteville Samuel E. Taylor ol Poplar Point George Luther Taylor of William: Township, Dorsey E Taylor of Hopewell, Va., and James Lestei Taylor of Rocky Mount; a step dau'JHWf, Mrs. bona Giinies oi Williamston; two sist. r, Mrs. Bet tie Thompson of Scotland Neck and Mrs. Minnie Jenkins of Rocky Mount; thirty-two grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchild ren. She was a member of the Wil liamston Memorial Baptist Church and the funeral service will be held there Thursday afternoon at 4.JO O’clock by the pastor, the Hev. E Gordon Conklin. Inter ment will be in the family plot in the Robersonville Cemetery. Countv Tax Rate To eJlenmiii.Line handed i -<a HIM HIA i v-* i 'thriving during the hut and dry weather conditions, cot ton is “putting out" blossoms right along in this county. Farmer M. I,. l*eel was the first to produce a blossom from the current crop. H was a day or two old when pick ed last Friday morning on the Keith farm near Williamston, the farmer said. A lew hours later. Farmer Leslie Roberson displayed a pretty and well-developed poisoning for the weevil which is beginning to appear in numbers. Nathanial Harris displayed a pretty blossom Saturday, and Farmer llcnry Johnson pulled a handful from the Keel farm yesterday. William J. Keel FuneralFriday In Church Here 1’romiut‘iil ( ili/a n Diril \l Ihttifililrr s Nome After \ I .nno Illness Funeral survives were conduct ed in the local Presbyterian Church last Friday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock for William Jesse | Keel, well Known county citizen, | who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W M Myers, on Halifax Street Thursday after noon at 12:30 o'clock. The Hev. J Don Skinner, the pastor, assisted by Elder A. B. A.vers, conducted the rites and interment was in Wood lawn Cemetery. He had been in declining health foi five years, spending the last three in bed as an invalid. The son of the late James Hugh and Ethel Bowen Keel, he was born in Cross Roads Township 7ti years ago on August 22, 11172, and spent his early life on the farm In early manhood he was married to Sarah Peel who died June 28 1948. In addition to his farming operations which were highly pro gressive, he figured prominently in the good roads movement n this county, supervising the firsl road const ruction projects it resilience (Continued on Page Native 0! County Dies At Hertford Mis Emmu Taylor William: died at her home in Perquiman: Countv near. Hertford Sunday af tei uooo at .1.00 u'eloek alter a lont period of declining h. alth. Shi had been an invalid for five year: and her condition wa critical fol lowing .1 stroke about ten day: ago. The daughter of the late Dame 1 Taylor and wife, she was horn n i Cross Roads Township (17 year: ago and lived there and in Rob 1 ersonville community all her 111< I until she went to make her homt near Hcrttord about eighteel , months ago. 1 She was married to John Statoi Williams who died in 1948, ant was a member ol the Cedar Grovi Free Will Baptist Church fui , many years. Surviving are six suns, Dallai Williams of Newport News. J, D Williams of Richmond, Clarinet and Raymond Williams of Holier sonviiie, Cecil Williams ol Wil liamston, and Lone Williams o! Bethel; two daughters, Mrs. Kadei Rawls of Williamston, and Mrs E. R. Faireloth of Smithfield; anc one sister, Mrs. Crissie Bullock ol Williamston. Funeral services are being con ducted at her daughter's homt here on Ray Street this afternoor at 3:00 o'clock by the Rev. Mar shall Joyner, a lormei pastor. In terment will he in the William. ! family cemetery near Roberson fi lie. -<3> Board Grants $19 Salary Increase For All Employes Italr of $ I .35 KslimaUMl To Kui»<> $335,133.00 For !\r\l Fiscal Year Meeting in special session last week, the commissioners tenta tively adopted the 1952-53 Martin County budget, calling for $335, 435 and a supporting rate of $1.35. compared with the departmental figures in effect last year, remains unchanged. The 1952-53 county tax struc ture is based on an assessed prop erty valuation of $25,000,000.00, the highest book listing in the history of the county and one and three-quarter million dollars J higher than the total for 1951-52. | The general county rate, in ! eluding the general fund, county home, poor fund, health fund, bond interest and sinking fund, public welfare divisions, was in ' creased eight cents per $100 as sessed valuation from 57 to 65 cents while the school fund was decreased eight cents from 78 to 70 cents per $100 assessed prop erty valuation Other than the bond interest and sinking fund requirements, the budget remains little changed with slight reductions in the health and welfare departmental rates. A straight-across the board salary increase of $10 per month was allowed foi all officers and 'employes with possibly one or two exceptions. The action af fects the total hardly more than $2,000 and does not alter the gen oral county fund rate. It was estimated that the fol lowing amounts will be needed to finance the county operations dur ing the 1952 53 fiscal year as com pared with the 1951 52 total which (Continued on Page Six) Superior Courts Short Of Judges There's an acute shortage of judges, and it is fairly certain that some of the superior court terms will have to be cancelled or •1 John M. Strong, administrative assistant to the Chief Justice, was m the county last Friday after noon explaining the judge short age, and asked if it would be pos sible to shorten the September term of the court to one week in this county. The bar association . i members explained that there was a heavy carry-over docket front the June court, that the full two ’ uweks and even more time would be required to bring the docket and calendar up to date The term will not be altered as a result of the conference, but Judge W 1 Halstead will take ! over during the second week after Judge Clawson Williams presides over the first of the term. TAKE IT EASY V._-___* Take it easy and livel That was the Rood advtcc handed out to businessmen i at the American Management Association's convention here. It was suggested that only the mortician business bene . fits from business leaders who insist on doing everything ! themselves and who won't take enough time off for re laxation. Excellent performance is j not based on "star” perform ers but on teamwork where everyone shares the respon sibility and authority, Ralph J. Cordiner, president of the General Electric Company, said. In other words: Get smart — go slower, do better, and 1 live longer.
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