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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 VOLUME LV—NUMBER 68 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 21, 1952 ESTABLISHED 1899 Making Plans To Open The Schools • Week After Next —*— Pupils To Report The First Time The Afternoon Of September 3 Plans are being rapidly advanc ed for opening the 1952-53 school term in this county on Tuesday, September 2, but it was explained that the pupils are not to report until 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon 0 of Wednesday, September 3. Tuesday, September 2, is be ing devoted to a county-wide teachers’ meeting in the Williams fon High School, and Wednesday morningt September 3, the teach ers will meet with their respec tive principals to make ready to receive the pupils that afternoon. As a preliminary to the opening of the new term, a meeting of schools officials, teachers and the general public will be held in the ijVilliamston High School auditor, ium at 8:00 o’clock Monday eve ning, September 1. Special invita tions are being extended to mem bers of the County Board of Ed ucation, local committees, the pa rent-teacher associations, the va rious civic elubs and other inter ested citizens to attend and take part in the meeting. "We hope the public meeting September 1, will foster good relationships between schools and communities and • among the individual schools in the county,” Suerintcndent J. C. Manning said. The county-wide meeting of teachers and principals the morn ing of September 2 will hear Miss Ella Stephens Barrett and Mr, Ho mer Lassiter, representatives of the State Department of Instruc tion. The leaders will discuss plans, looking to a better under standing of children and their problems from the first right on through the twelfth grade. Fol lowing the general session, Miss Barrett will work with the high school teachers and Mr, Lassiter will work with the elementary group. When the pupils report Wednes day afternoon at 1 30 o’clock on September 3, they will be given a list of text books following reg istrations and the schedule of ipecial fees will be explained. ^ Witn one or two exceptions, all teacher positions have been filled, and school officials are fairly op timistic as they complete fm-l plans for the opening of the new term week after next. Minor Accident On Street Here 4 —•--tfr--— No one was injured and dam ape was limited to about $100 when two ears were in collision on Washington Street here yester day morning, Chief John Roebuck said. Roy Pittman of RFD 3? Halifax, was driving his 1942 Ford from a parking place in front of the Lit tle Savoy Cafe just as Harvey Dixon of Washington started to pans in his Dodge car. Dixon coum ij^t dodge quick enough and the Ford bumper ripped into his car's left fender and tore away the rear bumper. • i Pittman carried all kinds of in surance and accepted the damages, the officer said. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . ._ •'. The opening of the tobacco markets is being accompanied by an increase in traffic, and %n increase in traffic aggra vates the accident potential. However, extra precautions and strict attention to the safety rules can offset t)>e in creased danger. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend; first, by cqrres ponding weeks in this iyear and last and for each year to the present time. 33rd Week Accidents lnj'd Killed Dan’ge 1932 4 1 0 $ 435 1931 3 1 0 1,000 Comparison* To Date 1952 171 87 1 $55,365 1951 152 70 5 35,205 Urge Seeding Of Pastures To Offset Grain Shortage Facing the most acute corn shortage in years, Martin County farmers must certainly find it ad visable to seed cvei’y possible acre of pasture this fall, according to Assistant County Agent D. W. Brady. The agent, urging all Martin County farmers to sow more pas tures this fall than ever before, points out that the price of corn and the crop shortage can be off set. at least to some extent, by an increased acreage planted in pas ture. The agent pointed out that corn, in addition to being high in price, is likely to be scarce and 1 difficult to get. Discussing pastures, the agent said: ABSENTEES _J Anticipating a large demand for absentee ballots, especial ly from servicemen, County Board of Elections Chairman C. D. Carstarphen this week placed an order for the print ed forms in fairly large num bers. Serivoemen are provided a special application form and they may apply within a short time for the ballots. Civilians, havig not right to vote absen tee in the primary, may vote absentee in the general elec tion, but applications cannot be made until thirty days h|p fore the election, Chairman Carstarphen explained. Band Parents Club Picnic on Tuesday --- The annual late summer picnic Hf the Wiiliamston Band Parents Club will be held at 6:30 back of the new music and cafeteria building at the high school and immediately afterward a business session of the club will be held in the new band room if the building iean be put in shape by that time. Important business matters are to come before the meeting, in cluding the election of officers for the coming year, planning of ac tivities for the scholastic year and working out of details for the an nual band fund drive to be held the early part of September. Director Jack Butler is anxious to have all band parents attend both the picpic and the business meeting. He is busy working on the installation of equipment and transferring of materiel to ,the new quarters. In the event the picnic cannot be arranged on* the new school grounds it will be held in the ball park and in case the new band room cannot be used for the busi ness meeting this session will be held in the auditorium of the old high school building. -a,.. — Average Income Is $1,678 A Year -1, The Commerce Department has reported that the average income | in the United States reached a $1,678 annual level in May. That is, if the rate of personal income continues all year at the May I level, the average income will be $1,678 a year. The Commerce Department also reported that the May rate of personal income was only $100, 000 short of the all-time record average earning is likely to occur in the current year. Another factor which increased earnings in the United States was a pay raise granted armed ser vices personnel and this—combin ed with another distribution of G. I. life insurance dividends— accounted for some of the April to May increase. The annual rate of wages and salaries, which account for two thirds of total personal income, rose $8,000,000,000 from May, 1951 to May, 1952. If total earn ings continue at the May level, or above, the 1951 personal income record of $254,000,000,000 will be surpassed this year. "It has been demonstrated and proven at N. C. State College that pigs can make 1-3 lb. of gain per day on Ladino Clover alone—that means without corn or other pro tein feed. This of course is not ad vised but it proves the part good Ladino pastures can play in a hog program. A good Ladino pasture can economically save 1-3 of the feed required for hogs. , “These pastures have another marked advantage in lowering the intestinal parasite problem and other problems caused by un sanitary conditions. Next month is pasture seeding time for Ladino Clover, Fescue, Crimson Clover, Ryegrass and ,Small Grains. Rape may be sown i now for hogs.” Additional Water Relieves Traffic On Roanoke River ■— Tup Boats Operulinp As Far Up Stream As Lewiston Virtually bottled up by unus ually low water for several weeks, traffic on the Roanoke is moving again, but boa'man arc skeptical over the outlook for normal tra vel in the future. After damaging several tugs trying to navigate the stream above Hamilton, boatmen and log ging operators complained to the Army Engineers and the flow of water through Buggs Island dam was materially increased, one re port stating that several billion cubic feet of water were turned through the dam every second. After reaching a low of 3.3 feet on the gauge at this point last week, the river climbed to 5.5 over the week-end, possibly be cause more water was turned loose at the dam and as a result of local rains. The river is holding to about five feet on the gauge here at this time, and river traf fic is virtually back to normal. Four barges loaded with logs were pulled from a point about 50 miles up the river near Lewis ton early this week and another movement was reported late last night. Boatrpen were confronted with an almost insurmountable obsta cle during the low water. One tug boat warped its wheel and another damaged its kfeel, the owners finding it necessary to put buth of them on the railway in Norfolk for repairs. Unable to navigate the stream with tug boats, the logging opera tors used small power boats to (Continued on pace eight) -<*, Final Report On Leal Referendum —»— Official returns on the flue-cur ed tobacco marketing quota refer endum held July 19, announced this week by the U. Si Depart ment of Agriculture, show that only one per cent of North Caro lina growers voted against quotas. Throughout the South 98.8 per cent of the 260,163 growers voting favored marketing quotas. Of those voting, 254,317 favored quo tas for the three marketing years beginning July 1, 1953, while 2,639 voted for quotas for a one year period. Only 3,207, or 1.2 per cent of the total number voting, were opposed to quotas. Since more than two-thirds of those voting favored quotas, the marketing quota program will be in effect on flue-cured tobacco for th next three marketing years beginning July I, 1953. A tabulation of the vote by states for three years, one year and against, respectively, follows: Alabama, 112, 2, 2; Florida, 3,704, 107, 128; Georgia, 15,396, 386, 262; North Carolina, 185,020, 1,631, 1,836; South Carolina, 29,086, 294, 268; I Virginia, 20,999, 219, 301. Extensive Repori Released Recently By Bonner Group Coiigres»ioual Committee Ik Working To Streamline Military Supply Congressman Herbert C. Bonner (D.-N.C.) formally released two sets of hearings this week. The first entitled “Federal Supply Management (Overseas Survey)” covers 1500 pages of hearings held in conferences totaling approxi mately 110 hours in place on an around-the-world trip last fall. There are hundreds of statements from military. State Department. Mutual Security Agency, and otner officials in the hearings. These hearings form the basis for House Report 1304, which in tuin laid the basis for House bill H. H. 8130, that called for the amend ment of the National Security Act, to set up a position of an Under secretary of Defense; abolish the Munitions Board; remove supply management functions from the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and give monetary control of tsupplies to the Under-Secretary. While this bill was not enacted, it helped form the basis for an important rider to the Department of De fense Appropriations Act, which gives the Secretary of Defense authority and direction to issue binding regulations on military personnel to eliminate overlap ping, duplication and waste in the supply field. Congressman Bonner furthei points to in many places in the hearings where responsible field officers advocate greater unifica tion between the three services in the broad field of supply. The re Force has been establishing its port further shows that the Air own common supply and other service systems throughout the world duplicating the Army and Navy systems though the Secre tary had issued regulations to the contrary. The hearings show that joint logistical commands are op erating well in Japan, Korea and elsewhere and should be extended to all overseas theaters. General Eisenhower agreed with the sub committee when they met with him in Paris, and subsequently a joint logistical command has been set up in Europe. "To date, how ever, none has been set up in Alaska though it is badly needed,” says Congressman Bonner. The second hearings released are on the subject of textiles and clothing, and the A.S.P.R. (Armed Services Procurement Regulation) Conference. The hearings on tex tiles and clothing were held in February and March, and clarifi ed the confusion which was ram pant at the time concerning a for malized agency to unify the pro curement of clothing, textiles, and footwear for all the services. On June 18, 1952, Secretary of De fense Lovett l'.nully issued a di (Continued on Page Eight) Damage Sails Are Filed In Court —•— Three damage suits, each in volving only nominal amounts, were field in the Martin County Superior Court a few days ago as a result of an automobile accident last January 29 on Highway 64 a short distance this side of <?ard ner’s Creek. Robert Turner King of Bertie County was driving toward Jamesville and allegedly crashed into a ear driven by Carl Wil loughby. James Oden .riding with Wil loughby, suffered a broken arm and hip, and his asking $2,000 damages, including an $1500 hospi tal bill. Bert Johnson, another passen ger in the Willoughby car, is ask ing $1,000 damages, the plaintiff pointing out that he suffered h broken arm and other injuries. Willoughby is asking $500 per sonal damages and $300 property damage,. The plaintiff Willough by says his car was worth $1,800, that he received only $1,500 from the insurance company. According to one report the de fendent has few or no resources. Truman Is Fading Rapidly From The Political Picture Negro Leaders Say They'll Vole For Eisenhower Jusl The Same —-3>— Washington.—A strange scene is taking place these, days at the White House. The President of the United States has lost control of the party he carried to victory in 1948, and is taking his cue from another Democrat some thousand miles away, and at the same time wondering how it all will come out. Harry Truman is a good party man. He knows how to take ord ers from above. That has been a prerequisite in his rise to fame, and he plays the game the old po litical way. He is trying to be a good sport about this fellow Adlai Steven son. Sinee he is the nominee, the President will bow to his wishes. The President will speak where he is asked to speak. But Adlai and Company are not sure they want the President to do too much speaking. The Illinois Governor wants to pitch his campaign on a high level, and lie wants to eon duct it himself, in his own way. He looks upon Mr. Truman as a possible political liability. Mr. Truman also has his doubts i about the political hotshots Stev enson has collected around him, and has spoken his piece about them to some friends. But he is i trying to let Adlai run the show. Adlai is doing just that, reported ; ly failed to call Mr. Truman in the [two weeks following the conven tion. The President is definitely doing a fast fade-out. The Steven son group doesn’t want him as a co-star. They want him to deliver a few prepared — in advance speeches. Whether there will be any hurt feelings before it is all over this year is an open question. One thing is sure about Gov ernor Adlai Stevenson’s situation, lie is on the hot seat on civil rights legislation, and what he must do m the next few days or weeks is decide how to finally sta bilize the factions and the issues within the party without touch ing off a major blowup. The South has generally accept ed the Stcvcnson-Spai kman tick et. Adlai Stevenson, however, has been put on the spot by both ex (Continued on Page Six) Narked Decrease In Tobacco Crop Production of all tobaccos in 1952 is placed at 2.040 million pounds which is about 8 percent below last month’s forecast and compares with 2,328 million pounds produced last year The current forecast, however, is well above the 10-year average of 1, 842 million pounds. Dry weather during July over most of the South generally lowered yield prospects of types grown in these areas. Recent rains have brought relief to the area but in some in stances damage is irreparable, ac cording to a late Department of Agriculture report. The production of flue-cured to bacco is indicated at i,28(j mil lion pounds. 8 percent below the July 1 forecast. In 1951, 1,452 mil lion pounds v’ere harvested Dry, hot weather during July lowered yield prospects over the flue-cur ed belt. Former Aaaislunl Afient In The County Retiring -1 L. L. McLendon, former assis tant farm agent in this county, is retiring after nearly 45 years spent in agricultural extension work in this State and South Car olina. He is now agent for Camden County and is retiring effective September 2. During his tour of duty in this county, Mr. Mack, as he was fav orably known, started the fat stock show and was active in va rious community affairs. After a trip to California he plans to locate in Seaboard, Northampton County. ’ -» -- -$ Block Sales Will Be Cleared Here Early Tomorrow Morning Auio Liability Situation Is Rated Serious Problem If At'dilnil Kale Does !N«*l Decrease Insurance Kale Will Increase -«>-— Accident records in the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles show that 418 men, wo men and children lost their 'ives on the state's streets and high ways between January 1 and June 5, 1 IIP.2 This tragic toll is higher by 31 deaths than the fi gure for the same period in 1951, when 387 traffic fatalities were reported. The same story, with variations is being repeated with monoto nous regularity throughout each of the forty-eight states which make up this nation, it is the story of too many careless and fool hardy drivers. What does this persistent slau ghtering and maiming of men, women and children and this damaging of property mean to insurance companies, agents, state supervisory officials and the/in silling public? Sometimes, in the face of an appalling apathy, one is tempted to ask if it means any thing at all to the average intii vidual. Automobile liability in suranee can compensate in mon ey damages, but it cannot restore I a dead child to life, revitalise! paralyzed limbs or erase human \ suffering and anguish. Above and jbeyond any humane consideration, the people's apathy has two very distinct meanings (1) You and 1, and the other members of the public who buy automobile lia bility insurance, are going to have it. (2) If the sil improve, we are harder time buy to pay more for nation does not going to have a ing it. The aggregate automobile lia bility undewriting loss suffered | by stock casualty insurance com parties in 1951 amounted to more .than $100 million '•.■!/.>rs. For the I years 1940 to 1951 inclusive, these I underwriting losses have totalled I $200 million dollars. In 1951, au j tomubile accidents caused by in jsured motorists cost insurance | companies an estimated $111 for (Continued on Page Seven) 'Question Driver Oi Abandoned Car —.-ir— Following intensive questioning here Tuesday afternoon, Pitt County officers and local police were unable to connect the driver of a car abandoned on the streets here last Saturday with the mur-1 der of Officer Mills in Greenville a short time before. The driver, a York, Pa., Marine stationed at Cherry Point, told; several conflicting stories, but ol fivers were unable to associate | him in any way with the Green- j ville murder. The marine, returning here' Tuesday for his old model Ford abandoned on Hatton Street, told Chief John Roebuck he was trav eling alone. The marine later told other officers that he was accom panied by another man. The ma rine first said he drove in on Highway 04, later declaring he traveled in on 17 from the north. Just why he abandoned the car, officers could not say. Dt’inirlinrnl To Issm llrullli ('.vrlijivalt'H \ Required to have health certi ficales, teachers in the Martin County schools may get their ex aminations at the county health center, corner >f Harrell and Ray Street, any > ning. Dr. J. W. V liams said the ex aminations could be handled with out delay if the teachers would 'report to the health center early or before the school term opens. r~ TO ADDRKSS CLUB I J Sam 1). Kuiuly, former prin cipal oT the local IUkH school and a speaker of note, will ad dress a regular meeting of the local Kiwanis Club this eve ning at 7:00 o'clock. Rotary Governor Here On Tuesday Hotary Clubs in fill countries throughout the world arc united in an endeavor to promote inter national understanding, good will and peaei That was the message og ticorge IV Colrlough of Burl ington, Governor of District 11711 of Rotary International, in ad dressing the Rotary Club of Wd liamston Tuesday prior a confer cnee with local Rotary officers, directors and committee chairman In addition to the activities of Rotary's 7,(Hit) Clubs within their own communities to promote this objective, Mr Colclnugb explain ed, Rotary International has spent more than $1,000,000 in recent years through its program of stu dent fellowships, which enable outstanding college graduates to st ily for one year in countries other than their own, as ambassa dors of good will Since this pro gram wa; established in 1947, 094 Rotary Fellowships have been awarded to students in 40 coun tries. Ted Rand Creech, of Wendell, N C., will study in France next year. In addition, Rotary District 278 will have three foreign stu dents this yeai Miss Lucie Grout, from the Netherlands, will at tend Wake Forest College. Mr Kinar Aase, from Norway, will study Mechanical Fngincering at State College. "With fellowship and service to others as its keynotes, Rotary pro vides a common ground for litil), 000 business and professional ex ecutives throughout the world, re gardlee of differing nationalities ot political or religious beliefs," the Rotary District Governor cm phasized •o— Predict Small Soybean Yields BasraI mi August I reports from soybean producers in North Car olina, prospective yield for soy beans is the lowest of the past 6 years, the Stale Federal Crop Re porting Servile reported toda.ffc A yield of 12.5 bushels is current ly estimated based on the condi tion of the crop as of August 1. This is 4bushels below the re cord yield realized Iasi year and compares with the ten year aver age yield of 12!) bushels, llainfall received since August 1 could materially boost yield prospects since the crop is now blooming and setting pods. If farmers hold to their inten tions for utilization of the total estimated acreage of soybeans planted this year, a record high of 302.000 acres will be harvested for beans .nis season. This is 3.000 acres more than was har vested last year and 60,000 acres above the ten-year average. ” -^ Inferior Quality Of Tobacco Seen On Floors Today Solil .'102.2MJI Pounds llrre For $50.15 Average First Day In 1951 Following a lew brief remarks by Mayor Robt. Cowan who wel comed farmers, buyers and other friends and who paid a brief tri bute to the late Norwood Thomas and John Hearne who were on the market here for some time, Wil liamston’s tobacco market liter ally jumped to its task. Mixed opinions were heard dur ing the first hour, but there were no complaints and no tickets were turned. Copying the actual bills us they were submitted for payment, The Enterprise struck an average of $52.60 for the first 24,660 pounds sold, the total income for that poundage adding up to $12,971.16. The $52.00 average for the first sales this morning is $2.15 per hundred pounds above the open ing (lay average recorded last year. While several of the companies were a bit hesitant as sales got under way, they soon took their positions iyid the average stren gthened a bit with the trend tend ing upward as the selling pro J grossed. The house was in there at first, protecting its customers, and the stabilization cooperative was fairly active at the beginning. But once ir the grove, the Amer ican and Liggett Companies, among others, started batting the price higher and higher to a prac tical top of $70 per hundred pounds. A low of $20 per hundred was recorded early, but the general price range seemed to center from $35 to $50 pei hundred. Good tobaccos were bringing a fancy price. Mrs. Ida Keel and Windom Gardner sold 736 pounds for $509 14, a icsulting average of $69 per hundred pounds. Individual farmers declared that, prices were all right, considering the quality of the tobacco offer ed. They were not too encourag ed, however, wiien they explain ed that their crops were limited m poundage and of inferior qual ity. The market, with nearly 400,000 pounds on the floor today, is ex pected to sell m excess of 300,000 pounds before closing time at 3:00 o’clock this afternoon, leaving a (Continued on Page Five) Hold Boundary Line Hearing —$— I’ending tried in the courts for vimc time, the W L. Manning N I’ Undersoil boundary line di spute was lieai d before Refe a II (!. Horton in the courthouse here yesterday. Between twenty and twenty five acres of land, mostly timbei land, are involved, including some valuable timber. Divom* Case Hied In Su/ierior Court A divorce case, based on grounds of two years o£ separa tion, was started a few days ago in the Martin County Superior Court by William T. Kirkmun, Jr., against Ruth Gurgunus Kirkman. r ^_VITAL STATISTICS According to a report re leased by the State Board of Health a few days ago there were 33? recorded births in this county during the first six months of this year. The deaths totaled II? during the same period. The report also listed ten stillbirths during the six months ended June 90%
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