THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,009 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
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VOLUME LY—NUMBER 78
Williamslon, Martin Countyy.North Carolina, Thursday* Srptemlnr 25. 1952
ESTABLISHED 1899
Increase Reported In
County Liquor Sales
$6,361,691 Spent
For Liquor Since
The Stores Opened
,a»t Quarter Sales $4,000
Larger Than Those In
Second Quarter '5 L
After maintaining a downward j
trend for several years, liquor;
sales continue upward in this
county. The second quarter sales
this year were about $4,000 larger
than in the corresponding period !
in 1951. The low point was reach
ed in the second quarter of 1950
when the gross income amounted i
to $81,448.30. The $279,578.90
sales in the last quarter of 1946
still hold the record.
'According to the second quar- ;
ter audit just recently released,
the four legal liquor stores in this
county have accounted for $6,361.
691 90 in sales the so-called profits
•adding up to $1,461,316.98.
The store in Williamston con
tinues to show a slight gain in
sales over the other stores, and
for the first time since the stores
have been operating Jamesville’s
sales exceeded those in Oak City
For the three-month period end
ing last June 30, the sales added
up tq $95,198.30 as compared with
$91,023.90 in the corresponding
period in 1951. Profits last quar
I ter amounted to $18,164.16 as com
pared with $18,363.13 in the cor
responding period last year.
The audit shows that the Coun
ty ABC Board paid $70,977.13 for
liquor, leaving a gross profit of
$24,221.17. Operating expenses
amounted to $6,007.35. The assets ]
of the board at the end of last
June were figured at $60,088 46,
including or cash, $40.—•
940.53 in inventories and about
$2,000 in fixed and other assets.
The board liabilities were plac
ed at $13,665.98 accounts payable,
$21,703.65 due county and towns,
$12,000 surplus, and $12,718.83
for law enforcement.
Profits for the second quarter
are compared with those of the
corresponding quarter in 1951 as
follows, by stores:
1952
Williamston $10,857 93
Robersonville 4 442.58
%Jak City 1,345.94
Jamesvilie 1,517.71
1951
$10,745.04
4,434.04
1,826.73
1,357.31
$18,164.16 $18,363.12]
The profits were apportioned, j
as follows:
Martin County, $6,818.21; State]
of North Carolina, $8,063 11; re- i
serve for law enforcement, $1,
010.10; Town of Williamston, $l,-j
32u.78; Town of Robersonville,
$375.03; Town of Oak City,
$136.62; Town of Jamesvilie,
%141.20; Town of Hamilton,
$116.03; Town of Parmele, $92 47;
Town of Everetts, $55.68; Town of
Hassell, $31.03
The stores during the twelve
months ending last June reported
a profit of $100,342.06. The State
of North Carolina got the lion's
share, $42,393.47. Martin County
received $39,115.28, and $5,794 85
(Continued on Page Five)
•Position Open In
Post Office Here
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The United States Civil Ser
vice announces an open competi
tive examination for the position .
of Substitute Clerk and Carrier
for filling vacancies in ihe Post
Office at Williamston, North Car
olina. The usual entrance salary
this position is $1.61 1-2 per
hour.
Applications for this position I
will be accepted by the Director,
Fourth U. S. Civil Service Re
gion, Temporary Building "R”,
3rd and Jefferson Drive, S. W.,
Washington 25, D. C.
Competitors will be required
to report for written examina
tion, which will be held as soon
as practicable after the date set
4jfor the close of receipt of applica
tions. Full information and appli
cation blank may be obtained
from Mr. J. Julian Jackson, Sec
retary of U. S. Civil Service Ex
aminers, at the Williamston, Post
Office.
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BUMPER CROP I
While some farmers may
fall short in peanut produc
tion there's a young: farmer
down in Jamesville who is
certain of a bumper crop. Ac
cording to a report related by
Farmer Carl Griffin, a neigh
bor measured three quarts of
peanuts from a single bunch.
Farmer Ben Manning says
they have the best crop they
have had out in Griffins in
years. Farmer Clarence Stall
ings says his is only fair
t down in Jamesville. Farmer
Opheus Price is digging a
splendid crop on the Martin
farm. As a whole, the peanut .
production picture looks
bright in this county.
Gutenberg Bible
Stamps To Go On
Sale On Tuesday
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Murk* SOOlli Anniversary
Printing Of Bible From
Movable Type
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The 3-eent slump to commem
orate the 500th anniversary of the
printing of the first book, The
Holy Bible, from movable type,
by Johann Gutenberg, will be
first placed on sale at Washing
ton, D. C , on September 30, 1952.
This date was selected to coincide
with the national observance of
Bible Week. On the evening of
September 30 several million
Americans in more than 3,000
communities will gather to honor
the Holy Bible, and on this date
iilw and revised Standard
Version of both the Old and New
Testaments will be released to the
public. Protestants, Catholics and
Jews will cooperate in the va
rious cities to focus attention on
the vital contribution the Bible
has made to our Christian heri
tage and our national life.
The stamp will be 0.84 by 1.44
inches in dimensions, arranged
horizontally, printed by the ro
tary process, electric-eye perfor
ated and issued in sheets of 50.
The color of the stamp will be
announced later An initial print
ing order of 110,000,000 Guten
berg stamps has been authorized.
An unfurled paper scroll forms
the background for the overall
design of the stamp. A vignette
of "Gutenberg Showing a Proof
of the Elector of Mainz” appears
on the left half of the stamp. The
right half of the stamp is com
posed of the following Uttering,
reading from top to bottom:
“1492-52” in white face Gothic;
"500th anniversary of the print
ing of the first book, The Holy
Bible, from movable type, by
Johann Gutenberg” in dark old
English. "U S. Postage” in white
(Continued on Page Five)
Study Social
Security Plan
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Every worker or self-employed
man or woman should make a
special effort to understand what
social security means to him and
his family. There are two times
when --.uch action is very impor
tant, according to Marshall Bar
ney, manager of the Rocky Mount
office of the Social Security Ad
ministration.
Because every individual’s case
is likely to be different from any
other, he should obtain informa
tion from his nearest social secur
ity office when he arrives at age
65.
The other important time for
action is when a workei oi self
employed person dies. Someone
in his family should contact the
social security office immediately
so there may be no loss of bene
fits to his surviving family.
“Remember these two times for
action,” Barney sumarized, "by
the worker or self-employed per
son when he arrives at. age 65, and
by; some member of his family
when he dies. This individual ac
tion will avoid any possible loss
of benefits.”
$15,000 Judgment
Awarded Tuesday
In Superior Court
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Fen Other Cases Are Clear
ed Front Civil Doeket
This Week
A $15,000 judgment was award
ed in the Martin Countv Superior
Court Tuesday, but there is ser
ious doubt if the judgment is
worth the paper it is written on.
Qn the night of January 25,
1951, B. B. Wynne, riding with
Cecil Keel, an the Pactolus
Stokes road was fatally injured
when their vehicle was struck
by another driven by Floyd Lee
Clemmons. Mrs. Wynne, admin
istratrix, instituted the suit for
$15,000 damages. The defendant
never answered the complaint
and was not in court Tuesday
when the case was called. The
widow, without funds, talked with
Attorney E. S. Peel, Jr., and he
worked up the case but could
not get it called before he was
shipped oui to Korea. The eldei
nu-rnbei of the law firm carried
the case through the court this
week. The judgment is one of the
largest ever recorded in court
records in this county. As far as
it could Jio learned here, no crim
inal action was brought in Pitt
County against Clemmons who
was held in the court in this
county to have been negligent and
whose negligence resulted in the,
Wynne man's death.
Few other cases have been
cleared from the superior court
docket, but Judge W. I. Halstead,
presiding, has held night sessions,
hearing special pleadings in sev
eral cases.
In the case of B. S. Courtney
and Son against Isaiah Hill and
others, the court granted the
plaintiffs a judgment in the sum
of $525.
In the case of Romulus Peele
against Bennie E. Lilley. a judg
ment was gr&nted in the sum of
$329, damage alleged to have re
sulted in an automobile accident.
A judgment entered by default
in the case of Coast Auto Sales
Corporation against A. B. Hop
kins, Jr., of Tyrrell County, was
set aside and the defendant al
lowed thirty days to file answer.
A judgment, favoring the
(Continued on Page Five)
Furniture Store
Opens Saturday
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Its new building just complet
ed at the corner of Washington
and Elm Streets, the Williamston
Furniture Company will formally
open for business Saturday morn
ing of this week, it was announc
ed by the operators, Messrs. John
ny Kawls and Cecil Leggett. The
store is specializing in all new
and modern furniture, it was an
nounced.
Mr. Rawls has been connected
with the furniture business for a
number of years, and formed a
partnership just a short time ago
to enter into business as co-own
er and operator of the new store
just across the street from the
New Carolina Warehouse. Mr.
Leggett was associated with the
Rogers Supply Company in Bear
Grass for a number of years and
was on the tobacco market during
the past two years. Both young
men are well known in this sec
tion.
Hamilton Having
A Circus Friday
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Sponsored by the Hamilton Pa
rent-T each e r Association the
Beers-Barnes circus will appear
in two performances at Hamilton
on Friday, September 26th. The
afternoon show will begin
promptly at 2 o'clock and the
evening performance at 8 o’clock.
The Hamilton Parent - Teachei
Association will get half the pro
ceeds from all tickets sales made
by noon on the day of the show.
Tickets are now on sale at
Johnson Mercantile Company and
Slade, Rhodes-Company, in Ham
ilton. The muney realized from
the sale of tickets will be used
for school improvements and
Martin County citizens are asked
to be as iiberal as possible in pur
chasing tickets.
Extensive Drainage
Project For County
•«
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
For several years, the 38th
week has been a bad one for
traffic on Martin County
highways. A year ago, thir
teen persons were injured
when a school bus crashed
into a concrete support at the
death trap on Williamston’s
West Main Street. There was
a heavy accident toll in the
corresponding period the year
before and the year before
that. Now, in the correspond
ing week in 1952, members of
the highway patrol reported
ten accidents in this county,
resulting in injuries, more or
less serious, to four persons
and a property damage con
servatively estimated at $5,
410.
The following tabulations
offer a comparison of the ac
cident trend: first, by corres
ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
the present time. t
38th Week
Accidents lnj'd Killed Dam'ge
1952 10 4 0 $ 5,410
1951 2 13 0 400
Comparisons To Date
1952 202 95 1 $66,090
1951 177 89 5 39,395
Mrs. Beltie Keel
Dies At Coneloe
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Mis. Bettie Brown Keel,, 80,
mother of Mrs. George Harris, Jr.,
of Williamston, died at her home
near Conetoe Wednesday eyening
at 8:00 o'clock. She had been in
■derlining health fttt* many years,
and an invalid during the past
live years, most of which time
she spent in bed.
In early womanhood she was
married to John Keel of Martin
County but had spent most of her
life in Edgecombe.
Surviving besides her daughter
here are two sons, Arthur Keel
of Rocky Mount, Johnny Keel of
Smithficid, and three daughters,
Mrs. Mattie Riner of Rocky
Mount, Mrs. Russell James and
Mrs. Fernando James of Bethel;
ten grandchidren and three great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
in the Bethel Methodist Church
Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
and interment will be in the Be
thel Cemetery.
Appeal Dismissed
In Drainage Case
Claiming that it had not been
properly notified of the develop
ments, the North Carolina Pulv
Company this week went into the
Martin County Superior Court
and asked that its assessments le
vied by Martin County Drainage
District No. 2 be ruled out.
Judge W. I. Halstead, presid
ing over the current term, listen
ed to the arguments from about
5:00 o’clock Wednesday afternoon
until almost 8:00 o’clock that eve
ning, and later dismissed the ap
peal, ruling that the company had
no meriotorious defense to sup
port its claim.
The action involved an amount
estimated at several hundred dol
lars.
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Propose To Brain
25,000 - Acre Area
In Robersonville
First Hcuriii£ Will Be Held
In County Courthouse
On October 6
——<*
Plans are well advanced fee
launching a third and the largest
drainage project ever proposed
in this county, according to At
torney Robt, L. Coburn, repre
senting 100 or more petitioners in
Robersonville Township. A first
hearing in the matter is to be
held in the county courthouse be
fore the clerk on Monday, Octo
ber fi, it was announced this week.
No cost estimates have been
released, but it was learned that
$5,000 had already been posted
I to finance the preliminary costs. I
including surveys.
Known as Martin County Drain
age District No. 3, the project in
cludes approximately 25,000 acres
of land, mostly if not all in Rob
ersonville Township. The lower
part of the proposed project is
located at a point near Burr
Bridge on the Robersonville
Stokes Highway. From this point
jthe main drainage canal will run
an arbitrary course in Flat Swamp
{about ten miles to Parmele, cross
jing Highway 04 just west of the
Town of Robersonville. The pro
ject is considerably larger than
the other two, including the one
completed in the Bear Grass see
j t ion and a second now nearing
completion in Robersonville
Township.
It was reported that work on the
main canal in the No. 2 Drainage
District has been pushed to a point
above Gold Point, and that ex
e»pt laterals It shtroM l»e
finished within a comparatively
short time. Work has been pro
gressing rapidly on the project for
several months.
According to reports reaching^
here, little opposition has been
voiced against the newly propos
ed drainage project. It is esti
mated that 100 or more petition-!
ers, including officials of the
|Town of Robersonville, are sup
porting the project, that the pe
titioners hold 95 per cent or more
of the land In the 25,000-acre
area tentatively designated as the
drainage project
If no unforseen obstacles pre
sent themselves, the petitioners
will push for an early contract.
Injured In Auto
Street Accident
—<*,—
Margaret Gorham, eight-year
old colored girl, suffered painful
but believed not serious head in
juries, when she was struck by
an automobile last Tuesday after
noon at the intersection of Liber
| ty and Haughton Streets, not far
from Martin General Hospital.
Leaving the hospital where she
had visited her father, Floyd Gor
| ham, who was injured in an au
tomobile accident the day before,
| the girl, accompanied by several
other children, was said to have
dashed into Haughton Street and
into the path of a car driven by
Mrs. Garland Wynne who was
driving toward Main Street on
Haughton.
The victim was removed to the
hospital for treatment where she
is responding to treatment.
Price Averages Gradually
Climbing on Local Market
While there has been no ma
terial change in recent days, the
daily price averages on the local
tobacco market have been reflect
ing an upward trend. The sale of
281,13(1 pounds yesterday sold for
an average right at Sol per hun
dred pounds, the records showing
it to be the second highest of the
season to date.
Certain types of tobacco are
still in the doldrums as far as
price is concerned, but it is be
lieved that the poundage of bet
ter quality tobacco is gradually
increasing to influence the price
with the possibility that prices
for some types have moved up a
half peg or so.
Farmers declared on the local
floors yesterday that it was almost
sickening to see the inferior qual
ity of totytcco now being market
ed from the middle of the stalk.
And that type is not bringing a
high price. It becomes more evi
dent day by day that the tips will
hold the price spotlight this year.
There was a time when tips rated
low in the price structure.
Up until this morning the mar
ket here had sold (1,111(1,752 pounds
of leaf lor $3,031,739, or an aver
age resting right on the 49-cent
mark.
Calling Five Menj
For Induction Into!
j
The Armed Forces
Final ami Pre-Induction
Calls Announced For
Mouth of October
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Five Martin County men, three
white and two colored, are being
called to report for final induc
tion into the armed forces to
morrow. They are to leave by reg
ular bus for Raleigh where they'll
draw camp assignments for then
basic training.
Those called to report include:
White—Rufus Sylvester Wynne
of RFD 3, Williamston, Cecil
O'Neal Bowen of RFD 3, Wil
liamston, and Gilbert David Whit
aker, Jr., of RFD 2, Williamston
Colored—James Dalton Fagan
of RFD I, Robersonville, and Ed
die Preston Ilyman of Oak City
Both the final and pre-induction
calls for October have been ma
terially stepped up, it was learn
ed this week. On Friday, October
17, fifteen Martin County men
are to report for final induction
On Wednesday, Cctobei 22, thir
ty-seven men are scheduled to
report for their pre-induction ex
aminations Both groups are to
go to Raleigh, the first group by
regular bus and the second by
special bus.
Two men, James Norman Davis
and John David Coffield, both
colored, did not report for pre
induction on September 17 and
they have been declared delin
quent on September 17 and they
have been declared delinquent,
meaning they are subject to ar
rest. Davis gave his address as
RFD I, Oak City, and Coffield,
formerly of RFD 3, Williamston,
gave his last address as 11(10 N.
i'Uli Street, Philadelphia. The
men are being classified in 1-A
and are now subject to final in
duction.
The draft board announced that
.4. is trying to.get in contact with
one Clarence Earl Stevenson who
gave his address as 302 Sycamore
(Continued on Page Five)
Bible Observance
Service Program
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The program for the Bible ob
servance service to be held on a
county-wide basis in the Wil
liamston High School auditorium
next Tuesday evening at 8:00
o clock follows:
Prelude; Opening Hymn, "O
Word of God Incarnate"; Declara
tion and Invocation, The Rev. R.
E Ferguson, Robersonville, Pres
ident of the Martin County Min
isterial Association; Act Of Praise,
Psalm 119:33-41, The Rev J. W.
Berry, Williamston; Old Testa
ment Reading, Psalm 23, The Rev,
T. L. Hastings; New Testament
Reading, 1 Corinthians 13, The
Rev. W. C. Medlin, Williamston;
Thanksgiving Prayer, The Rev
R. E. Walston; Welcome, The Rev.
|J. L. Goff, President of the Wil
liamston Ministerial Association;
Hymn, "Wonderful Words of
Life”; Address, "The Word of
Life in Living Language”, The
Rev. Wilbui Wallace, Roberson
ville; Offertory Anthem, “Festi
val Song", Mendelssohn, William
ston High School Glee Club; Pro
sentation of Five Bibles, 1 Wil
liamston Library, Mrs. J. C
Cooke; 2. Robersonville Library,
Mrs. W T Swindell; 3. Civic
Life, Mayor Robert Cowan; 4
P.-T. A , Fletcher Thomas, pres
ident; 5 Bible Class Teacher, J.
W. Snead, Methodist Church; Act
of Thanksgiving, The Rev. J. D
Skinner; Dedicatory Prayer and
Lord’s Prayer, The Rev W B
Harrington; The Benediction, The
Rev E. G Conklin, The Closing
Hymn, "How Firm a Foundation,
Ye Saints of the Lord”; Postlude.
(Copies of the Revised Stand
ard Version of the Bible will be
for sale before and after the Ser
vice; there are three editions: $3,
$0, and $10;.
Conlimiea Quite III
In A lloainliil Here
'‘"-skjEE——*
Stricken at his home in Bear
Grass Township early last Man
■day morning, Mr. John W. Green,
prominent county farmer, con
tinues quite ili in a local hospital.
However, his condition was re
ported somewhat improved this j
morning.
Plans Well Advanced
For Harvest Festival
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| PEANUT HARVEST |
Started on a small scale a
few days ago, the peanut har
vest, delayed briefly by an
all-day rain on Monday of
lilts week, is now rapidly
gaining momentum with the
expectation that it will go
into high gear next week in
this county.
Reports maintain that the
crop is "spotty". A few far
mers are reporting poor yield
prospects, while a majority
of those having already dug
the goober declare yields are
above average.
Farm Bureau In
Hamilton Meeting
Tuesday Evening
I'resiiletil Retinvs History
Of Organization; IVannl
IHarkrlin^! Outlined
Holding its first sectional meet
ing in Hamilton last Tuesday eve
ning ,the Martin County Farm
Bureau reviewed the history of
the organization in the nation and
outlined its accomplishments and
its program. Approximately 50 re
presentatives from the farms in
that area, including several farm
women, attended the meeting
and enjoyed a Dutch barbecue
supper. New members were add
l'd to the list, boosting the total
to almost 700 in the current
membership drive.
Addressing the group, Presi
dent Chas L. Daniel recalled the
accomplishments credited to the
.organization, and declared that it
had been of tremendous value to
the nation's agriculture Ik- ex
plained that the organization is
now working to equalize freight
rates for farm commodities in all
sections of the country, and to re
tain the ninety percent parity fea
ture in the marketing of farm
products.
The group discussed the pro
posed increase in telephone rates
and agreed that a further rate
advance would necessitate the re
.r.oval of many telephones espec
ially in tfie rural areas of this
county.
County Agent T. B Brandon
outlined the plans lor marketing
the current peanut crop to obtain
the best price
It is understood that the Pea
nut Growers Cooperative is plan
ning the construction of a num
ber of warehouses for storage in
several states, that possibly stor
age arrangements will be made
in Williamston and Kobersonvilli
for the current crop
The Farm Bureau will hold its
next sectional meeting in Oak
City on Friday night of next week
at 11:00 o’clock in the high school
No supper will be served, but
farm leaders in the county are
anxious for a large crowd to at
tend the meeting and heal cur
rent farm problems discussed.
School Works To
Gei High Rating
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Although the local elementary
school has been on tile accredited
list, it involved much work and
cooperative effort to gain lor it
tlit- State Boaid ol kduiatiou s 1
rating, Principal B. G. Stew art ex
plained this week. The high rat
mg was announced only this week
for the school, one of about ten
m this section of the State to gain
it.
Reviewing the work required to
gain the rank, Principal Stewart
pointed out that more than 75
percent ol the teachers had to
hold Class A cel ti 1 ieiates, the em
ployment of a teacher w'ith local
funds to reduce the number of
pupils per teacher, professional
study programs, an active parent
teacher association with at least
fifty percent of the homes repre
sented in its membership, an ap
proved lunchroom, adequate li
brary space and books, audio-vis
ual programs, an average daily
attendance of 94 percent or more,
adequate equipment.
Series Of Events
Scheduled During
October 20 Week
Slrrel Dances, Parade, V
Beauty Pageant amt Vil
dress On Program
Foi the fifth consecutive year,
Williamston will play host to the
area when its annual harvest fes
tival is held here during the week
of October 20. Already, plans are
in the making to assure this year's
festival of being the most suc
cessful of all \vhieh have been
staged. As in previous yea is, the
festival will be sponsored by the
Williamston Boosters, Inc. and a
representative of that organiza
tion today stated that the general
outline of the festival "has been
set. and tile many and varied de
tails being filled in each day.
The festival will begin on Mon
day night, October 20. with a
street dance for the colored citi
zens of tile section; with the white
residents having their square and
round street dancing on Tuesday
night. Wednesday afternoon, Oc
tober 22, the fifth annual harvest
festival parade will be staged at
3:00 o’clock and on Wednesday
evening of the same date, the Har
vest Ball will be held in the Plan
ters Warehouse.
Due to the Democratic Hally
being held in Kobei sonville on
Thursday, October 23. Festival ac
tivity will be necessarily limited
during the day, but negotiations
are underway for an attraction tor
the evening of that date.
On Friday. October 24, the cur
tain will ring down on the Festi
val with the festival football game
| between Williamston and Ply
mouth being played in the Wil
liamston High School ball park.
This promises to be one of the
many highlights of the festival.
Again this year, “Princesses”
from towns, cities and communi
ties of the area are being invited
to participate in the festival, with
one of their number to be select
ed “Queen of the Harvest 1952",
These communities include: Ahos
kie. Bear Grass, Bethel, Edenton,
Enfield, Greenville, Hertford
tPerquimans), Jamesville, Oak
City, Plymouth, Rich Square,
Robersonville, Rocky Mount,
Scotland Neck, Tarbol'o, Washing
ton. West Edgecombe (near Rocky
Mount), Williamston and Wind
sor. Elizabeth City was also in
vited, but due to pressing activ
ities they will not be able to par
ticipate. Over half of the com
munities named above have ac
cepted the invitation and it is ex
pected that more acceptances will
be received this week.
School bands invited to partic
ipate m the Festival Parade in
clude Ahoskie, Elizabeth City,
Edenton, Enfield, Greenville, Ply
mouth, Rocky Mount, J. J. Clcm
(Continued on Page Five)
Funeral Held For
Daney C. Cowan
Dancy C Cowan, Martin Coun
ty farmer, died at ins home just
oil' the old Greenville road in Wil
liamston Township last Monday
111g;lit at 3:45 o'clock During the
day lie had wanked more than 100
sticks of tobacco, ate a hearty
-supper and retired apparently in
his usual health. He talked with
members of the family after retir
ing, suffered an attack and died a
few minutes later.
A son of the late John A. and
Cashie Mizelle Cowan, he was
born in Bear Grass seventy years
ago, farming there and in Cross
Roads Township most of his life.
He was married to Miss Zella
Whitehurst in 1908.
Surviving besides his widow
are three sons, Garland Cowan
of near Williamston, Lin wood Co
wan of near Robersonville, and
Jimmy Cowan of Norfolk, two
daughters, Mrs. C Forbes of Gold
Point, and Mrs Alex Rawls of
near Robersonville.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at tlie home yesterday after
noon at 3:00 o’clock by Elder A,
B. Avers. Interment was m thu
Robt rsonville Cemetery,