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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 F AMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK i VOLUME I V—NUMBER 75 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 16, /9,)2 ESTABLISHED 1899 Plans For Marketing New Crop of Peanuts Heeling Outlines Several Ways To Get Price Support —«— Two I Iii ml ml Farmers At tend Meeting In Wil lianistou School ! — — Several methods for marketing the 1952 peanut crop with guar anteed price support were out lined by Production and Mar keting Administration represen tatives at a meeting held in the Williamston High School Monday evening. Approximately 200 far mers and other interested citizens, including several millers, were present and discussed the market ing program. The meeting- briefly- reviewed the ways in which the grower may get price support, but it is fai|jy apparent that the market ing program will not be as liberal as it has been and that the grow ers -will turn to the open market as long as the price there is some where in line with the support level. According to P.-M. A. repre sentatives there are four methods for marketing the new crop: The farmer may obtain a farm loan, or He may market his peanuts tlWough the peanut growers Co operative, or He may sign a purchase agree ment, or If the cooperative is not operat ing in the area, he may obtain a Ware house storage loan. There’s the alternative of sell ing on the open market. Peanut prices are pegged this year at $231.00 per ton or about 11.50 cents per pound, plus prem iums for quality or minus penal ties for inferior grades. The far mers—are expected to figure the '(cost of inspection, storage, insur ance and other fees and then sample the open market with in tention of turning to whatever outlet offers the best marketing advantage. Based on 65 percent sound ma ture kernels, peanuts may be marketed through a farm storage loim at $205 34 a ton Peanuts, inarketed through the coopera tive, will net the grower immed iately $206.76 a ton. If the open market offers 10.50 cents per pound, the price will be $210 per tor, bqt there’ll be no equity in those sales by the farmer. If the farmer desires he may / enter into an agreement with the Commodity Credit Corporation, pay a small service fee, hold his peanuts until next May 31 and th<® sell them at $231.00 per ton. Briefly stated, the government apparently wants no peanuts, but it is standing by to keep the market from going to pieces. If the millers go into the markets and pay a "reasonable” price, well and good. If the bottom starts to fall out, then the market ing program will come into its own. That’s the way farmers siz ed up the situation at the Monday night meeting. P.-M. A. representatives outlin ed the following reasons for changing the peanut program this year: “The 1952 national peanut allot ment and marketing quota have been reduced in line with antici pated edible demand. Therefore, (Continued on Page Eight) Resume Deadly Weapon Attacks Quietness prevailing for almost three weeks following a series of axe and hatchet attacks, was broken last week-end when the ragged carving was resumed lo cally. ... Using a pocket knife, Horace lj£N»ns, young colored man, left a wide open streak in LeRoy Hine’s faae last Saturday night about llTOO o'clock. Hines says he doesn’t know why Lyons attack ed him. Lyons, holding a trouble free record, says Hines jumped on him at the Little Savoy Cafe on Washington Street and that he Worked him over. /-V ROUND-UP v Nine persons were arrested and detained in the Martin County jail during the week end. Four were booked for public drunkenness, two for assaults, and one each for drunken 'driving, careless and reckless driving and drinking in public. Two of the nine were white and the ages of the group ranged from 17 to 50 years. Twenty-One Cases Called Saturday In County's Court Several Defendants Sni Ipnced To KomU; Fines Add Up To $310.00 Twenty-one cases were called in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Saturday morning by Judge R. T. Johnson. Several de fendants were sentenced to the loads and the fines imposed dur ing the short session amounted to $310.00. There'll be no session of the re corder's court on Saturday of this week. The next session will be Weld on Saturday, September 27, it was announced. Proceedings: Pleading not guilty, John Na than Davis was adjudged guilty of an assault with a deadly wea pon and drew ninety days on the roads. In a second case in which Davis was charged with operat ing a motor vehicle while his li cense was revoked, the court sen tenced him to the rowels .for six months. The six-month sentence is to begin at the expiration of jthe first sentence. The case in which Robert Or mond was charged with selling beer in the town of Williamston on Sunday was nol pressed. Wil liamston’s commissioners, since i the origin of the case, have pass ed an ordinance banning Sunday beer sales. Charged with violating the li quor laws, Melvin Glisson plead ed not guilty. He was adjudged guilty and was sentenced to the j roads tor six months, the court | suspending the road term upon 1 the payment of a $50 fin and I costs. He is to violate no liquor ! laws during the next two years. Pleading guilty of an assault i with a deadly weapon, Thelma I Best was fined $10, plus costs, i Dallas Whitley and Fred S. i Browm, charged with issuing worthless checks, were each tax led with the costs and required to j pay the checks. Virgia Salmon Daniel of Wind sor was fined $100, plus costs, for drunken driving. Pleading guil i ty of the charge, she lost her li I cense for a year. Robert E. Bond was fined $25, plus costs, for operating a motor vehicle jvithout a driver’s license. Pleading not guilty, James Earl Purvis w'as adjudged guilty of I non-support, and was sentenced I to serve six months on the roads. 1 The road term was suspended up | on the payment of the court costs |and $5 a week for the support of j his child over a period of two i years. Steve E. Stevenson we» found i not guilty of speeding, i Gerald O. James, pleading guilty of speeding, was fined $10 and taxed with the court costs. Henry Johnson, colored man, pleaded not guilty of careless and reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. Adjudged guilty, John son was sentenced to the roads for six months. Following an ac cident between Williamston and Everetts last week, Johnson ran away and was not arrested until later in the week. It was then discovered that he had suffered a (Continued on page eight) Subscribe* To Lawyer'* Oath At Bar Y eater day ——•— Joseph Francis Bowen, Jr., Greenville young man, subscribed to the lawyer’s oath before Judge Clawson Williams in superior court here yesterday morning. Switch To 110,000-Volt Power Line A (lip of ii small control swucn ov jonn h. r.nwmds, cnanman oi me murtin county Boaru 01 Commissioners, tied in Williamston and this are.i with the Virginia Electric and Power Company's 110,000-volt transmission system the lHth of lust month. Marking one of the most progressive indus trial events in this section in a number ol years, the switching operation at the VEPCO's $100,000 sHkwUrtipn near Williamston was handled in the presence of (left to right) Mayor Robt. H. Cnwen, R. Edwin Peele, representing the Williamston Boosters; P. H. Goodmon, vice president of the com pany; A. L. Jameson, district manager. Mr. Edwards has his hand on the switch.—Photo by Royal Photographic Center. * Judge Williams Stresses Duty In Jury Charge jW. 11. (lurMlurplu'ii Sue-! eeeds llarrihim A* (>nm|i Foreman ->e Presiding over the first of a two-week term ot the Martin County Superior Court, Judge? Clawson Williams of Sanford, stressed duty in his charge to the grand jury. Nine new members were drawn for duty on the jury during the next twelve months, including J .C. Keel, E L. White, Roy Ward, Henry A. Harrison, Joe Lawrence Coltrain, Leo Rob erson, Norman Turner, C. U. Rog ers and Roland B. Lilley. John L. Hassell, member of the Oak City faculty, was excused. Wm. H. Carstarphen was named foreman, succeeding Jessup Harrison who recently completed a year of ser vice as a gfand juror. Declaring the grand jury was one of the most important agen cies connected with the enforce ment of the law, Judge Williams said that its members should be proud when called upon to serve because they were selected be cause of their moral character, in tegrity and courage He pointed out that lew countries exist to day where the common man has i any authority in administering ! the law. The jurist explained that such a privilege has been main- ! tamed at great cost and sacrifice. ‘‘It may be a sacrifice for some of you to leave your business and | serve this week, but that sacrifice is small compared to the sacrifice made by others to maintain the system,’ 'the jurist said, remind ing the jury members of the sac rifices made by youth on the bat tlefields. “This is a wonderful age with all its inventions, and the pro gress has been made possible by the ‘American way of life’ which gives to the individual the right to pursue his own ideas and thoughts and to develop all the latent power God has given him,” Judge Williams said. “Our way of 1 life is traceable to the Magna ' (Continued on Page Eight) < i Work Progressing On Power Project —«— After effecting a connection hole, contractors, employing neat ly one hundred men, are rapid ly extending the Virginia Electric aid Power Company’s 110,000 volt transmission line toward { Washington and Greenville, A. L. Jameson, district manager for the company, said last week-end. The right-of-way has been cut to Whorton’s where a sub-station s almost completed on the road leading off Highway 17 and run ning a few miles west. Structures have been raised far beyond the road leading from Corey’s Cross Roads to Bear Grass, and the large wires have been stretched 10 that road, Mr. Jameson said. 'We hope to have the line built into Washington and far along toward Greenville within the next two months,” the power man said. Draw Additional Citizens for Jury —— Judge Clawson Williams, ple ading over the current term of the Martin County Superior Point, took action yestfrday to relieve the jury shortage when he irdered eight additional citizens drawn for duty. In addition to the August draw ng, eight more persons were drawn for jury duty last week, and now eight additional ones were drawn Monday for duty or. the petit jury during the rernain ler of this week. Quite a few of hose originally drawn hacj mov 'd out of the county and several were excused Monday. The last drawing included: K. Hugh Coltrain and George t Griflm of Griffins, Grover 3owen of Bear Grass, Dillon Jobb, John S. Whitley and Sidney Bearham of Williamston, Ernest ’ui vis of Robersonvilli and Hen •y L. Hopkins of Hamilton. CONTINUES QUITE ILL Although his condition was im- ! >roved over the week-end, Mr. fill Harrison, Martin County , ommissioners, continues quite . 11 in a Rocky Mount hospital. Fix Penally Rale On Excess Peanut Acreages In 1952 i>— J\o Kxrrsh IVauulii Arc To Hr Sold For Oil With out IVuuhy Penalty rate on peanuts liar vested in excess of the quotas has been set at (i cents a pound for the 1952 crop, it is announced through the County PMA office. Last year the penalty rate was 5.8 cents a pound. Where the farmer intends to market the peanuts which lie has been advised through the PMA office are in excess of Ins quota, a converted penalty rate will ap ply to all the peanuts he will mat ket In this case he will be is sued a red marketing card. The local PMA office will de termine the percentage of his acres ill excess and will use a chart to obtain the converted penalty rate based on that per centage. For instance, if the farm plant ing peanuts is 25 percent in excess of the quota and tin wish is indicated to market the peanuts in excess, then the table shows the converted penalty rate which will apply to all peanuts from that farm to he 1.5 cents per pound If the excess acreage is 50 rr cent, then the per pound penalty for all peanuts on the farm is 3 cents. The chart also shows the per pound rate for other percentages of excess. All farmers have been notified of their acreage as determined by measurement in the summer. They have been told what is in excess of the quota. Some farmers may elect to turn the hogs in the xccss acreage. After the PMA office receives a notice from a farmer that he wants to turn the bogs in the excess, the PMA will send someone to measure and stake off the excess. A fee of 50 ■cuts an acre or $3 per farm is •lunged for this measuring. Later i certificate will be turned in by he farmer lhat he did turn his logs into the peanuts in excess of lis quota. Any farmer who elects to sell he excess peanuts will get only I (Continued on Page Light; Clear Few Cases From the Docket In Superior Court Completed In Case Against t ony Cur rie Late Monday Getting off to a slow start yes terday morning, the Martin Coun ty Court before recessing at 5:15 o’clock cleared only three of the twenty eases scheduled for trial the first day of the two-week term. There was a shortage of jurors, and witnesses were missing when they were needed. The grand jur-v was slow in getting its bills of in dictment cleared, and just about all the court machinery dragged throughout the day. A call for more jurors was issued, and Judge Clawson Williams, presiding, is speeding up the machinery today No eases were decided by the jury, but two are pending. In the ease in which Nollie Johnson, Jr. is charged with rape, the court heard the state's evidence, but witnesses for the defendant could not be found immediately and thi trial is to be concluded today. All the evidence was heard in the assault with a deadly wea|^ i with intent to kill ease against William Thornton (Tony) Currie before the court recessed for the day, and it is to reach the jury following Judge Williams’ charge this morning. Currie, charged with shooting and almost fatally wounding El mer Gray Modlin, young war vet eran m Jamesville last June 3 was in court without counsel, and Judge Williams had to warn him against arguing several times when cross examing the state's witnesses. Modlin told his story of the attack, declaring there was nothing done to provoke it, add ing that he knew no reason why Currie shot him, He said he wai in the hospital two and one-hall months, thut his arm was brok en by one, bullet and that his, in testines were punctured in si.\ places by the second shot fired into him by Currie in John Ca bin i us’ cafe in Jamesville, fol lowing a fish suppei on Roanoke River. Cpl. M. C. Byrum quoted Cur rie as saying he shot Modlin be cause Modlin and “Red" Hassell tried to throw him into the river Cabarrus said that he saw no knife, that the attack, as far as he could see, was not provoked Currie, lingering in jail for more than three months, had a story all his own, apparently pro (fabricated day by day during his long stay behind bars He said .that Modlin had threatened tc mutilate him, anil throw the ‘trimmings” in the river, that Modlin played carelessly with a knife. Currie also told a drinking bout, how more liquor was pur chased and consumed. He said he followed Modlin into the cafe after "Red” Hassell had warned him Modlin was out to get him (Currie). The defendant, telling a long story without interruption on the stand, maintained that hi shot Modlin when Modlin started advancing on him with a knife in the cafe. He denied having said he should have finished Modlin “off” before he was taken into custody by Cpl. Byrum. Currie called two witnesses in his behalf, but they could help him little, and the outlook at the (Continued on page eight) Dies Day After Father's Funeral —*— Denton Bell, 43, coning from Washington, D. C\, to attend the funeral of his father, Frank Bell, on Sunday, died of a heart attack early yesterday morning at the home of his mother-.n-lavv, Mittie Slade, on Elm Street. Apparently he was in his usual health just be fore the attack which resulted in death before medical attention could reach him. Bell, an employe of the Ches apeake and Potomac Telephone Coinpjny, had been in Washington about 25 years.t His father's funeral Sunday af ternoon at the Corner Stone Bap tist Church on West Warren Street was about the largest ever held here. Funeral arrangements for the son were not completed immed iately. I Record Sale On The Market Here Monday r [ NOT SO GOOD j Following favorable reports ] received from several parts of the county, Farmer J. N. Hop kins, of near Williamston, came along yesterday with a little different story about the peanut crop. He made no definite count, but after- a thorough exami tion of his fields, the farmer said he was convineed his crop was hardly up to normal, that it was too early to think about digging. Series Oi Minor Auto Accidents In This Section l\o Onr lludly Injured, Of ficers and I’ulrolmcn Kepnrled No one was badly injured in a series of highway and street ue cidents in this section during the past few days Property losses were held to a fairly low figure, j according to reports released by members of the highway patrol and police officers. The first in the series was re ported on a river fill bridge last Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Jasper Allen of Currie was driving an oil tanker south on U S 17 and stopped just be fore entering a bridge to allow a Chevrolet truck, driven by James Robert Penwell of Aulan der, to pass. Alfred Lewis Kighton of Washington, driving south, ap plied the brakes on his 1951 CMC truck to avoid striking the tank er and skidded across the line jn to the path of the Chevrolet truck. Damage to both vehicles combined was estimated at $550 by Patrolman Travis Register who made the investigation. At 5:00 o'clock that afternoon, two young men, believed to have been Marines, lost control of their 1950 Ford which literally hid it self 25 feet in the woods after skidding and swerving over a dis- I tance of about JO feet The boys, traveling toward Williamston j from Windsor, caught a ride to Williamston, presumably to get medical attention for minor in- , juries. They disapeared and have | not been heard from since, ac- i cording to members of the high- | wiiy patrol who made the inves tigation. Damage to the car which i is still being held in a Williams- | ton garage, was estimated at about $200 Last Thursday evening at 7:20 1 o’clock Solomon Hardy of Hassell! was driving his 1937 Chevrolet] on Highway No. II toward Be thel. When the engine went dead. Simon Henry Hanell of Hobgood started pushing it with Ins 1937 Plymouth. James Thurman Ma dry, following them in a 1947 Pontiac, crashed into the Chevro let, causing about $500 damage to all three cars. Madry, a Scotland Neck man, was said to have been slightly hurt. Patrolman Travis' Register made the investigation. Saturday about noon, James William Brown <*f Poplar Point started to make a left turn off 11a ugh tun into Church Street here just as Bernice Silverthorne started to pass. No one was in jured, according to Chief John Roebuck who made the investiga tion and who estimated the dam age at $100. There was only minor damage in a main street accident Sunday (Continued on Page Right) Patrol Meeting Here Wednesday Members of the North Carolina Highway Patrol in Districts 1, 2 and 3 will hold an inspection meeting here tomorrow morning at 10:00 o’clock. Colonel W. B Lent/ of Raleigh will address the group. i Between fifty and seventy-five members of the patrol are expect- i ed from Ahoskie, Elizabeth City ' and Rocky Mount, t Price Average Is Fourth Highest Of Year To Dale Sales Today Certain To Carry Poundage To Four Vud Half Million One of the largest sales report ed on the local tobacco market in more than two years was chalked up for the records yesterday when 372,6(ii; pounds of leaf were sold for $163,679, an average price of $49*34. The price average, de spite varying reports from indi viduals, was the fourth highest of the season to date The largest sales ever record ed in recent years on the local market was reported three yeais ago on opening day. August 21, Fm'9. when 366,136 pounds were sold lor an average price of $46.36 Incidentally, the 8,910,898 pounds of tobacco sold here that year averaged only $49.05, accord ing to the record. The next larg est sale was recorded on opening day, August 21, 1950, when 373,098 pounds were sold for an average of $55.88. After getting off to a slow start, sales this year are getting larger almost day by day and are clos ing the gap between those of the current season and those of a year ago with the price averages hold ing to about the same figure for the two years. Through yesterday the local market had sold 4,214,166 pounds for an average right at $49.00 per hundred pounds. Sales today are expected to carry the total beyond the four and one-half million pound mark. Battling possibly the poorest quality crop in years, the local market is more than holding its own with any in the whole coun try. More farmers are coming here from greater distances than ever before. While some farmers are a bit disappointed, they de clare that they have done the best if not better than they could any where, and they keep coming back. A report on the activities on the markets throughout the belt fol lows: • Demand for Eastern North Car olina flue-cured tobacco picked up slightly last week, according 'o the Federal-State Market News Service. Volume of sales was fair ly heavy. Quality of offerings was below that of the preceding week. Increases in grade averages were mainly $1.00 to. $2.00 a hun dred pounds, with a few offerings as much as $3.00 higher. Around one-fourth of the grades remain ed steady, while a like number showed small losses Declines oc curred chiefly for lower quality marketings. Gross sales during the week to taled 47,847,408 pounds, averag mg $49.97 per hundred. This av erage was 57c above the previous week. For the first sixteen days this year, season sales stand at 129,849,158 gross pounds and av erage $49.86. Last year during the same number of sales days 149,813,276 pounds had averaged $50.27. A continued increase was shown in the percentage of leaf market ings -mainly common and low qualities. A corresponding de crease occurred in the proportion ot low and fair primings. The ra iv^uuuiiuuu un rage iMgruj Minor Damage In Ross Motel Fire —•— Damage, estimated at several hundred dollars, resulted when fire started in a utility room at the Ross Motel a short distance from here on the Washington nghway. Its origin unknown, the fire burned two mattresses, sev eral chairs and other equipment, ind sent smoke through the attic from one end of the building al nost to the other. Wiring in the •oom was burned to a crisp and hat in the attic was damaged, iceording to one report. Williamston’s volunteer fire nen were called there and they cere able to confine the fire to lie one room.
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