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■..' ■ —■ -T 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 LY —-NUMBER 73 William jlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 9, 1952 ES't Alii.lSHkL) 1899 * w Victim Of Second Wreck Reportedly Critically Injured -- Leggett Roebuck, Jr., Died Lute Sunday Night In Washington Hospital . A Martin County youth, Leggett Roebuck, Jr,, 28, of Hassell, was Tatally injured and four others were hurt, one of them critically, in automobile accidents during the week-end. The accident which cost young Leggett and two other young men their lives, happened on the Whichard Beach Road in Beau fo~t County about 1:00 o’clock Sunday morning. Col. William Saunder, 22-year-old marine of Pittsburgh, Pa., stationed at Cher rv Point, and driver of one of the d<*th cars, was killed instantly, and a companion, William E. Stocks, whose home address could not be learned immediately and I who was stationed at Camp Le juune, died about noon Sunday in a Washington hospital. Saun ders and Stocks died of internal injuries, and Roebuck died of a compound skull fracture. He nev i er regained consciousness. According to the investigating ficers, Roebuck, riding with illiam Cherry, of Bear Grass, Cecil Whitehurst, also of Bear Grass, and Delmus Williams, of this county, was riding in the front seat of the Cherry car, hav ing just left a dance at the beach on Pamlico River. Whitehurst, 25, was painfully cut about the face and suffered a shoulder injury. Cherry, the driver, suffered a broken thigh and jawbone and lacerations. Williams’ collarbone was broken and he was painfully cut about the face. Cherry, in a "Washington hospital with other victims of the accident, was said ,to have told patrolmen, "All I remember is I lit a cigarette and (when I looked up I saw the head lights of the other car coming at us.” The Marines, riding in the other death car with Saunders and Stocks, vyere idergified as Sgt. Robert Langley, owner of the car, P^r Lee A. Shoulders and Pvt. (pulley Powell, all stationed at -berry Point; and William A. ■hlva, stationed at Camp Lejeune. Reports reaching here stated that both cars were compressed hunks” of twisted steel, but no damage estimate was mentioned. Bonner Paul, Beaufort County’s coroner, said no inquest would be held. Here in Martin County three highway accidents were reported bwiiernbers of the Highway Pa trol, one resulting in serious in juries to a 27-year-old Highway worker. Early last Tuesday morning, Huber Green of Greenville, lost control of his 1948 Pontiac on ‘Dead Man's Curve," just this side of Gardner’s Creek on High way 64 and turned the machine over. He was not hurt and dam age to his car was estimated at $300 by Cpl. M. C. Byrum, the investigating ofifcer. 4-ast Friday night about the same place in Highway 64, Grover Gent Williams, traveling east, followed the new curve by Gard ner's filling station and stopped for traffic on the paved highway. Annie James Bowen of Washing ton followed the Williams ear in her 1950 Buiek and plowed into the rear of the Pontiac, causing about $100 damage tb the front ar and about $150 damage to her ^gvn. Np one was hurt, accord ing *o Cpl. M. C. Byrum and Pa trolman Travis Register who made the investigation, dd to accidents. .... In a third accident reported on the highways in this county, Wil liam Alton (Bud) Roberson, 27, was critically injured last Satur day 0ight about 9:00 o’clock. Driv ing toward Bear Grass on the Corey's Cross Roads Road, Rober son, a State Highway employe, wft said to have lost control of iris old model car and it literally vent wild. After skidding across he highway, it plowed into an ■mbankment and then turned ov >r. Roberson, unconscious for (Continued on Page Six) ROUND-UP > In their week-end round up, local and county officers pointed out that there was a marked decrease in hatchet and axe swinging, that half of the eight persons arrested and jailed were charged with pub lic drunkenness. Two, includ in a 31-year-old white jvoman of Henderson, were jailed for drunken driving. One person was booked for an assault. With no place else to go, a mentally-ill patient was plac ed in the common jail. Four of those detained were white and the ages of the group ranged from 22 to 75 years. Hold Funeral For Accident Victim In Hassell Tomorrow Leggetl Roebuck, Jr., Died In WaHhingtun Hospital Liite Sunday Niplil -I, Funeral services will be con ducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Hassell Christian Church for Leggett (Chuck) Roe buck. Jr., who died Sunday night at 11:00 o’clock in a Washington hospital of injuries received in an automobile accident near Washington early Sunday morn ing. The Rev. John L. Goff and the Rev. Elmore Turner of Wash ington will conduct the service and interment will be in the Rob ersonville Cemetery where a mil . itary detail from the Bill Haislip L. D. Roebuck American Legion Post in Hamilton will have charge of the graveside rites. A son of Ludie Taylor and Leg gett Roc-buck, he was born near Williamston 28 years ago on Sep tember 22, 1924, and lived in va rious parts of the county, farming in his boyhood. Following his graduation from the Robersonville High School aboot 1940, he work ed for the David Grimes Drug Store for a year and entered the service in 1943, serving in the Aleutian Islands for a long per iod. Following his discharge from the armed forces, he attended and was graduated from Atlantic Chr.stian College, later attend ing the University of North Car olina School of Commerce, Chap el 'Hill, for several terms. He was with the government in spection service for a while, re turning home two years ago to keep books for the Brown Paving Company when that company was engaged in road building in this county. During the past year he had taught a veterans’ class in Bethel and operated a filling sta tion in Hassell. While in school at Wilson he joined the Christian church, later moving his membership to Hassell where the family has made its home for the past eight years. Surviving besides his parents are a brother, Joseph V. Roebuck, stationed with the Air Force in Okinawa; and a sister, Mrs. Wal ter Jack Taylor, of Bethel. Recruits Finish Basic Training James Wynne, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wynne of Everetts, and Linwood G. Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Boyd of Hamilton are completing their Air Force basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Their basic training is prepar ing them for entrance into Xir Force technical training and for I assignment in specialized work. The course includes a scientific evaluation of their aptitude and inclination for following a parti cular vocation and career. CRITICALLY ILL Suffering a stroke of paralysis early yesterday morning, Frank Bell, faithful "employe of the B. S. Courtney and Son Furniture store here for many years, con tinues critically ill in a local hos pital. Order Sidewalks Here Cleared Oi All Obstructions Town Beer Law Passed To Rule Out Sales On Sundays -<*—— The lowly pedestrian, jumping to and fro for his life and weaving himself around one object after another, got a break from the town commissioners in their reg ular meeting last evening when an order was issued to the police de partment, ordering all obstruc tions removed from sidewalks. No direct mention was made, but it is understood that vehicles will be ordered back to the streets along with the removal of signs, weight scales, goods and other ware. The action was taken when repeated complaints were lodged with the board. It developed at the meeting that local beer dealers have been ob serving a "law" that wasn't on the books. For seventeen years few beer sales have been made on Sundays, the retailers appar ently believing such sales were outlawed. Up until last night, Sunday beer sales were legal here. But they are not anymore because the board passed an ordinance outlawing the sales on Sunday. The action was taken following a recent test case. While the town is going about the business of clearing the side walks, it is stepping into a "hot" sidewalk issue on Rhodes Street. For several years, members of Williams Chapel AME Zion Church have pleaded for a side walk on that street, but property owners balked. The town board last night posted a $100 offer for a six-foot right-of-way, with in structions going to the town at torney to start condemnation pro ceedings if the offer is not ac ceptable. There has been some ap parent misunderstanding about the plan advanced for a sidewalk, and it is believed the differences can now be ironed out. Thirty petitioners pleaded with the town to investigate flying saw dust on lower East Main Street in tl\e hope that the nui sance can be eliminated. A petition, seeking curb and gutter on West Church Street from Elm to Roberson Street, was presented to the board and filed in cronological order. It was reported that $12,183.54 had been on sewer line extensions, that the current project is near ing completion. Town treasurer C. M. Cobb re ported $40,843.80 cash in banks, including $6,809.85 in the sewer rental fund, $14,723.51 in the street fund, and $19,310.64 in the general fund. Parking meter revenue in August amounted to $574.73 and sewer rental fees added up to $734.87 during the month. Taxes collected on the 1952 levy amount ed to $21,457.34 for the month. The street department superin tendent was instructed to investi gate the purchase of an especially equipped tractor for general town (Continued on Page Six) Mortgage Debt Higher In State —... A . - The total farm-mortgage debt in North Carolina as of January I, 1952 amounted to $108,206,000 — up $6,938,000 or 7 percent over the farm mortgage debt of $101, 268.000 on January 1, 1951. Of the January 1, 1952 total debt. Federal Land Banks held $16,546,000; Fed eral Farm Mortgage Corporation $706,000; Farmers' Home Admin istration $8,473,000; Life insurance companies $8,399,000; and indi vidual and other miscellaneous lenders $74,082,000. For the country as a whole farm mortgage debt continued to rise in 1951 for the sixth consecutive year, reaching a total of $6,299, 576.000 on January 1, 1952. This type of debt was 8 percent larger than a year earlier and one of the largest percentage increases not ed since 1920. The increase during 1951 lifted farm mortgage debt to about the Jevels of January 1952, when it totaled $6,372,277,000. However, the January 1952 total was still well below the $10,785, 621.000 peak recorded on January 1, 1923. Also, the value of mort gageable property in January 1952 was much higher than in either 1942 or 1923. ’ I Enrollment In County School* While several schools reported j enrollment increases this term ov er the opening day figures, a year ago, there was a decrease of fifty j in the over all count this year in the nine white schools, 37 in the high and 13 in the elementary de partments, according to a prelim inary report released this week by the office of the county board of education. The increase in several schools, including Williamston and Oak City, is traceable in part if not altogether to consolidations. Jamesvillc came through with an increase in its elementary enroll ment figures, but lost one in the high school. Farm life, its high school consolidated with the Wil liamston school, gained nine in its elementary enrollment figures. Oak City, gaining the Hassell [school as a result of consolidation j this year, reported a gain of 34 in i the elmentary division but lose j three in the high school. Everetts | picked up five in its elementary 1 count. Bear Grass lost forty, 26 in the elementary department and 14 in the high school. Principal H. V. Parker is searching around | in the hope that the figures will 'climb shortly and stave off a teacher loss. Robersonville about I held its own, with a loss of only ■ six in the lower grades and half I dozen in the high school. Jamesvillc Farm Life Bear Grass Williamston Robersonville Oak Citv Hamilton Everetts Hassell 1951-52 Kir. H.S. Total 344 109 453 114 58 172 240 100 340 806 252 1058 447 234 681 205 129 334 163 163 195 195 46 46 2560 882 3442 1952-53 Ele. H.S. Total 352 108 460 123 * 123 214 86 300 810 297 1107 441 228 669 239 126 365 168 168 200 200 2547 845 3392 •Farm Life High School consolidated with Williamston. “Hassell Elementary School consolidated with Oak City. Boy Loses Leg In Hunting Accident James Henry (Bud) Hoggard, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hoggard of near Williams ton, lost his right leg just above the knee in a hunting accident on the Hubert Biggs farm on the Bear Grass Road last Friday af ternoon shortly before 6:00 o’clock. The boy, upon the insistence of his good friend, William Earl Har ris, 17, quit his working in the tobacco paekhouse, and went hunting for squirrels that had been damaging Farmer Biggs' crops. The boys, with no game in hand, returned from the hunt and started to separate at a tobacco barn near the house. Hoggard took about two steps and just as Harris started to turn his gun fir ed, the entire load striking Hog gard in his right thigh just above the knee. Just about all the limb was torn away, and doctors in a local hospital found it necessary to amputate the limb Saturday. The accident almost cost the boy’s .life, it was reported. Harris was said to have main tained at first that his gun, loaded with No. 6 shot, was not fired. Hoggard, declaring that there was no ill feeling between them, said the load of shot came from Harris’ gun, that the shooting was acci dental. Hoggard was quite cheerful when he discussed the accident yesterday afternoon, reports from the hospital at that time stating that he was getting along very well. Draw Additional Jurors For Court Assistional citizens were drawn Monday for jury duty during the first of the two-week term of the Martin County Superior Court when Sheriff M. W. Holloman re ported to Commission Board Chairman J. H. Edwards that eight of those drawn in August had moved out of the county and were sick and would be unable to attend court. The eight additional jurors drawn this week include' Roland B. Lilley and L. Elbert Tice, of Griffins. Carl Lee Beacham of Rear Grass. Paul T. Norwood, Bill Everett and J. C. Keel of Robersonville. Elwood Everett of Hamilton. Harry E. Daniel of Goose Nest. LAPSES l J The Martin Count? unit of Young Democrat* has with ered on the vine, temporarily at least. When its officers called a meeting recently for the elec tion of new officers and rais ing funds, only four youthful members o the party appear ed. No officers were elected and insufficient money was rasied or pledged to maintain relations with the State orga nization, it was reported. PREDICTION r v j Visiting in the county last week-end following a bus iness trip through several Western States, Congressman Herbert Bonner was optimis tic over the outlook lor the Democrats in the November 4 election. "Most of the big newspapers arc for the Re publicans, hut the voters are for Stevenson," the congress man said, predicting a certain victory for the Democratic ticket. Foreigners Visit Tobacco Market Representing eighteen foreign i nations, a group, making a special tour of the agricultural sections of the country, spent about an hour on the local tobacco market last Thursday, remaining over for lunch in the hotel and cafes. Although accompanied by two interpreters, most of the group, representing free nations of the world, including Free China, Japan, Indian and most of the European countries, spoke enough English to ask innumerable ques tions about the market and farm ing in general They followed the tobacco auc tioneer possibly better th m the home folks since the jargon sounds a bit foreign. Several in the group went into detail about tobacco and express ed amazement about the price. They frowned a bit when the cost side of the picture was explained. Following the lunch period, the group, traveling in a special bus, started to Norfolk where they were to take a boat for the return trip. Dies In County Friday Ailernoon Mrs. Sara Lou Whittington, 60, died last Friday afternoon at the home of her son, Monroe Whit tington, at Ray’s Camp between Williamston and Jamesville. She had made her home in this coun ty only a short time, moving from Scotland Neck followed the death of her husband, James K Whit tington, September 7, 1051. Mjs. Whittington, daughter of the late Andrew Kimbrcl! and wife, was born in Georgia on Jan uary 9, 1863, and located in Scot land Neck in 1922. Surviving are two sons, Mon roe and John A. Whittington, both of this county; two daugh ters, Mrs. J. L. Gibson of Rich Sciuare, and Mrs. J. S. Pope of Halifax; and one sister, Mrs. Bud die Tharpe, of Pensacola, Fla. Funeral services were held in a Scotland Neck funeral chapel Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by the Rev. W. D. Morris, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Scotland Neck. Burial was in the Scotland Neck cemetery. Resumed Practice After Months of Recuperation l)i. Chas. L. Hutchinson, con valescing during the past five months form an attack, has re sumed his practice in his offices on Baltimore Street. Seventeen Cases In County Court Saturday Morning -.— Two Defendants Get Terms On the Koads for Dead ly Weapon Assaults -$ Judge R T. Johnson handled seventeen eases in the Martin County Court before adjourning the tribunal session shortly before noon last Saturday morning Aparently recognizing an axe hatchet uprising similar to those common among the Indians long years ago, the court provided terms on the roads in one or two deadly weapon assault cases Fines, imposed bv the court Sat urday, amounted to $210. Proceedings: Pleading guilty of drunken dri ving, Wm. Lemuel Pollars was fined $100, plus costs. He lost Ins driver's license for a year. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the speeding case against Maynard W. Fine of Flushing, New York Adjudged guilty of assaulting Hattie Rascoe with a stick or fold ing chair and doing about $17 50 damage, Girlene Smith was given a suspended judgment upon the payment of the costs and the doc tor's bill of the prosecuting wit ness. Rubin F. Bland of Robersonville was taxed with the costs for speeding. William Ruffin, pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly wea pon, was sentenced to the roads for six months. Mack Hardy, pleading not guil ty, was adjudged guilty of an as sault with a deadly weapon, and drew ninety days on the roads. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case in which Saunders Sherrod was charged with an assault Pleading innocent, Jesse White hurst was adjudged guilty of bas tardy and was sentenced to the roads for six months. The road term was suspended upon the pay ment. lof the costs and $2.50 a week foi' the suport of Ins child. He is to report for further judgment at the end of twelve months May Ion Price, 18-year-old mem ber of the Air Force, was adjudg ed guilty of careless and reckless driving, and was fined $10, plus costs. Edward Goss, pleading guilty, was fined $25, plus costs, for op erating a motor vehicle without a driver's license. Pleading guilty of public drunk enness and violating the liquor laws, Manuel '£. Harris was fined $25, plus costs. James Alexander Hardison and Wm. M Pate, pleading guill.v of violating the liquor laws, were each fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Pleading guilty of speeding, (Continued on Page Six) Tobacco Grading Demonstrations Hoy R. Gordon, tobacco grading ■specialist for the State Extension Service, will conduct a series of tobacco grading demonstrations in the county this week The first of the demonstrations will be held on the farm of Julius Daniel Wednesday morning at 10:00 o’clock Wednesday after noon demonstration will be held at 1:00 o'clock on the Henry Peel farm, RED 1, Williamston, and at 0:00 o’clock on the Roosevelt Hassell farm, REDO, Williamston. Demonstrations Thursday will be held at E. D. Cherry’s, RFD 1, Hobgood, at 10:00 o’clock; at Eli jah Fields’, RED 1, Palmyra, at 1:00 and at Jethro Parker’s, Ham ilton, at 3:00 o’clock. On Friday, demonstrations will be conducted at 10:00 o’clock at John Andrews', RED 2, Ruber sonville; jit 1:00 o'clock at C. W Slade's, RFD 2, Robersonville, and at 3:00 o’clock at Roosevelt Cran i dell's, RED 1, Roberson ville. Hvlurn» llonir .ifh-r Stay In Ihm/iital The victim of a heart attack, Mr. W. M. Harrison, member of the Martin County Board of Commissioners, returned to his home in Bear Grass Township Sunday after undergoing treat ment in a Rocky Mount hospital, for several weeks. .•* . » i* Tobacco Sales Pass Three Million Mark Market Had Best Sale So Far This Season Yesterday Itim*!** Itrall) Wailed Into The l ip* In llijt Way Here Monday Williamston’s tobacco market, although off to a good start from the very first, continues to pick up momentum. The best sale of the season in both pounds and prices was recorded yesterday when 324,556 pounds were sold for an average just under $52.00 pel hundred pounds A week ago today, the market sold 324,554 for an average slightly under $40 per .. idred pounds. On the corres ponding day last year, the market sold 325,889 pounds for a $49 76 average. Including today’s sales, the market is almost certain to pass the three million-pound mark. Possibly the quality was a little better yesterday, but the firmer price was traceable to a stronger demand for certain types. The buyers, especially Mr Mack Lamb for the American, waded into the tips and literally ate ’em up. If the ' tips were ripe they brought what many declared were* the highest prices' for that particular type of tobacco ever received. It made little difference if the tips were dark brown or plain red, they sold if they were ripe and a bit fluffy, punctuated with freckles of vary ' ing size. Possibly some of the best ciga rette smoking tobacco will be found in the tips this year, and that is believed to be supporting the strong demand. The van colored lugs, lifeless and falling in the non-descript class are still without friends. To bacco, with any color and body and ripe when pulled, is selling all right, market observers de clare. A report on the entire belt as released by the Federal and State Departments of Agriculture, fol lows: Steady to slightly lower aver age prices were paid for most grades of Eastern North Carolina I flue-cured tobacco last week as compared wuth the week before. Volume of sales was heavy ae , cording to the Federal-State Mar , ket News Service. Quality of of I ferings was lower. 1 Around half of the grade aver ages declined. Most losses amount ed to $1.00 to $2.00 a hundred ! pounds Practically all grades of primings were lower. A fairly I large number of grades remained unchanged, with several showing | gains of $1.00 to $2.00. j Sales for the four-day period ending September 5 totaled 42, 423,703 gross pounds and averag ed $49.40 per hundred The aver age was 91 cents under that of the prior week. So far this year 82, 001,750 pounds have been sold for an average of $49.79. Gross sales lor the corresponding period last year amounted to 91,830,321 pounds for $50.17. A large increase occurred in the proportion of leaf offerings. The percentage of primings and lugs declined. Common and low quality marketings increased in ratio Hulk of sales consisted of common to good leaf, low and fair primings, fair lugs and nonde script. Receipts of the Stabilization Corporation, under the Govern (Continued on Page Six) J f V DKMOCKATS While the Young Democrats in this county have about petered out, organizationally speaking, the old liners are making ready for a big dis trict rally in Itobersonville on October 23. Plans for enter taining Democrats from four teen counties in the First Congressional District have not been announced, hut Jim Gray, chairman of the Mar tin County Democratic Ex ecutive Committee can he de pended upon to arrange for a big event in a big way. Congressman Herbert Bon ner was in the county last week-end making prelimi nary plans for the rally which will attract prominent Slate figures and others from over the district. Bloodmobile Fell Under Its Quota Here Last Week <>rl I lit Pints Thursday; To Make Next \ isit Urn* In Dcrrnihcr Fur the first time in nearly twT> years, the American Red Cross Bloodmobile did not net its quota when it opened the center in the American Legion hut here last Thursday. The quota had been reduced, but even then it was not met, Red Cross workers explain ing that only 118 pints were do nated during the day. The Bloodmobile had hardly left 'own before hospitals started call mg for blood for accident victims and other patients. Highway pa trolmen rushed in approximately two gullbns of blood during the week-end. Red Cross officials withheld any comment, but it is a fairly estab lished fact that unless more citi zens in the chapter volunteer to give blood, the program can be expected, sooner or later, to fall through Possibly no more than 400 persons altogether have sup ported the program out of an e.-ti rriated 15,000. While it does not impair one';, health to donate a pint of blood as often as every six or eight weeks, the old stand bys declare it's hardly fair for them to keep repeating when nth ers could help fill in and meet (lie quotas Recruiters have been disheartened in then work, but realizing the volume of the pro gram, they have plugged along It is hoped that the Bloodmobile will receive a greater support oil the part of all when it makes the (Continued on Page Six) Brief News Notes On World's Front - - -<p— The Defense department an nounees tutal American casualties m the Korean war of II4,1)114, in-, eluding 111,07!) killed and 12,r>l)(i missing Manufacturers of cortisone, the hormone used in arthritis, burns, and other ailments, have reduced their prices, according to items in the daily press. One company re duced the wholesale price from $1(1 to $9.00 a gram. Other cuts were of similar proportions. The Office of Price Stabiliza tion announced on August 19 the granting of higher ceiling prices on many steel products and slight ly higher -an estimated one per cent-ceiling prices on automo biles In announcing the higher ceilings, Price Stabilizer Arnall said the O. P. S. had been depriv ed of "any independent discretion or authority in connection with steel pi ices." The United States armed forces ordered $44,900,000,000 worth of equipment, supplies and construc tion during the fiscal year which ended June 30, the Defense de partment reports. The army spent $10,400,000,000, the army spent $10,400,000,000, the navy $11,000, 000,000, and the air force $10,900, ooo,tioo. . # ,*§ Narked Decline In Death Rale America's death rate declined nearly forty-five percent during the past fifty years, according to a report of a nationwide survey issued by the Brookings Institu tion. The report shows that the death rate decreased from 17.2 for each one thousand of the pop* illation in 1900 to 9.6 in 1950 de spite inadequate hospital space and trained physicians in some fields. The most striking health advance was among babies under five years.
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