THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER S,m MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
VOLUME LV—NUMBER 87
WiUiantalon, Martin County, JSorlh Carolina, Tuesday, October 28. llJo2
ESTABLISHED 18911
Democrats Hold Big
Meeting In District
Thousand Attends
'Thursday Meeting
At Robersonville
Gospel Preached For More
Thau Two Hours By
Party Leaders
Holding one of the best rallies
in the entire State, Democrats
meeting in Robersonvillc’s new
high school gymnasium last
Thursday evening formed their
ranks to offer a united front
against the Republicans in the
next Tuesday election. That the
ranks are well formed was evi
denced. w h e n Senator Willis
Smith, first on record as not be
ing too enthusiastic about the
ticket, “warmly" said he would
vote the ballot from top to bot
tom. Rally folowers across the
State declared Smith was the
Warmest he had been, possibly
taking his cue from Secretary of
State Thad Eure’s determined
declaration about party loyalty
and party favors, and impressed
by the crowd of more than 1,000
party stalwarts from all over the
First Congressional District.
A. Corey, nominee for the State
House of Representatives from
this county, opened the meeting
with prayer, and Mayor H. S. Ev
erett welcomed the visitors. Jim
Gray, chairman of the Martin
County Democratic Executive
Committee, introduced the host
congressman, Herbert Bonner,
who opened up on mugwumps
»nd sized up Richard Nixon, the
nominee for vice president on the
Republican ticket.
The host congressman said he
admired a man why says he is a
Democrat, “and I admire the man
*'ho says he is a Republican, but
we don’t want any mugwumps in
he Democratic Party.” He warn
'd against the enemy trying to in
Tiltrate into the party ranks and j
ake our young men and women !
away, and went*on to explain
that a revival is needed in the •
party.
“Our party has made it possible
,'or young men and women to
make money. Some of them do
Hot remember the day of the
^Hoover cart, and we must get off j
the sidelines and tell them about'
it. Unless we tell them the rec
! urd, the Republicans will mislead I
them. The Republicans already j
jave young men and women in
•heir ranks that should be in
nurs,” Congressman Bonner said.
Pleased that such a large corwd |
had turned out all the way from
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Haiive Of County!
Died In Hospital
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Funeral services were conduct
| ed in the Smithfield Free Will
Baptist Church last Friday after- i
noon at 3:00 o’clock for Mrs
■Geraldine Williams Faircloth, a
. native of this county, who died I
in a hospital there last Wednes
day afternoon. Suffering with a
kheart condition, she had an at
tack of asthma early that morn
ing and entered the hospital. The
Rev. Earl Gleen. her pastor, of
ficiated and interment was in
Sunset Memorial Park at Smith
field.
The daughter of the late John
Statbn Williams and Emma Tay-1
lor Williams, she was born near j
Robersonville 27 years ago on
May 18, 1925, and spent her early
| life* in the community. About
lit! she came to Williamston and
made h^r home with her sister,
Mrs. Kater Raw ls. In 1944 she met
and married E. P. Faircloth,
|Johnston County young man who
; was in the service at the time.
| Following her marriage she has
made her hime in Johnston Coun
■ ty. She was a member of the Free
[will Baptist Church in Smith
■ field.
Surviving besides her sister and |
•husband are two children, James
and Gwynn Yvonne, both of the
home; and six brothers, Clarence
and Raymond Williams of Rober
sonvjlle, Dallas of Newport News,
Lorie of Bethel, Cecil of Williarns
ton pnd James D. Williams of
Richmond.
| YOUNG DEMOCRATS
The organization holding
an inactive status for some
months, young Martin Coun
ty Democrats are meeting in
the Wilson Hotel at Rober
sonville this evening at 7:30
o'clock to perfect a working
organization.
Billy Harrison, State presi
dent of Rocky Mount, is to
meet with the group. The new
organization is expected to go
into action immediately and
throw its support behind the
Democratic ticket.
Democratic Rally
Urged To Take No
Election Chances
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County Lcatlcrs Say There
Ari* Some Democrats
For Eisenhower
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First District Democrats, at
tending a big party rally in Rob
ersonville last Thursday evening,
were warned to take no chances
but get out and work for an over
whelming vote next Tuesday. It
was admitted that there are some
Isenhowercrats in this section, but
they are not expected to make
much showing. However, it was
pointed out by Mrs. B. B. Everett,
National Committeeman, that the
Republicans have strength in the
west and that every Democratic
vote is needed in this section to
offset the opposition in other
areas.
Each of the fourteen counties
in the district had large delega
tions present, including far-off
Dare. Most of the county chair
men pointed out that there were
Eisen-crats in their counties, but
they predicted sizable majorities
for the entire Democratic ticket.
Reporting for this county, E. G.
Anderson, pinch hitting for Chair
man Jim Gray, said that there
were possibly thirty or forty in
Robcrsonville who would vote the
Republican ticket, but that he
thought the county would go
about 99 percent'Democratic D
C. Barnes of Murfreesboro said
there were possibly two or three
hundred Ike votes in Hertford
County, but that he expected
soma of them to reconsider their
stand when they entered the vot
ing booth.
Elton Aydlett, reporting for
Pasquotank, said, "We have a few
jackasses with very short mem
ories. They are known as Eisen
crats, but desite them our county
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Sales On Tobacco
Market Continue
To Hold Up Well
I
Hundred Aud Fifty TIuiiim
uud Pounds Sold Muii>
day Fur $53 Average
Despite a short crop, dry and
cool weather and the lateness of
the season, tobacco sales on Wil
liamston's market continue to
hold up unusually well. Yester
day, the market sold 150,046
pounds for a $53 price average.
Farmers, questioned on the
warehouse floors, declared the
price was just about the highest
of the season, considering the
quality of the leaf. Lust Friday
the maiket handled 100,160
pounds for an average light at
$53 per hundred pounds.
Up until this morning, the mar
ket had sold 10,397,662 pounds for
$5,254,433.00, or an average near
$51.00 per hundred pounds.
A review of activities on /all
the markets in the belt as pre
pared b.v the Federal and State
Departments of Agriculture, fol
lows:
Generally steady prices con
tinued last week for most grades
of Eastern North Carolina flue
cured tobacco. Volume of sales
was fairly heavy on Monday and
Friday, but extremely light on
the other days, reports the Fed
eral-State Market News Service.
Quality of offerings was about the
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Thousands Attend Annual Harvest Festival
By 2:00 o'clock thousands of visitors from nil over this and
many parts of other eastern Carolina counties started gathering
for the town's annual harvest festival parade an hour later last
Wednesday afternoon. The rlowns are seen in the main street
alley, amusing the waiting erowds It was estimated that be
tween 12,000 and 15,000 persons saw the annual event.
—Photo by Royal Studio
Party Leaders At Big Rally
Democratic Party Leaders (left to right) Bruce htheridge, Harry ivieMun«in“nad K.uro„ ncr
b« it Bonner and Bill Umstead, at a First District rally in Robersonvlllc last Thursday eycninn uvji
cd the Democrats in this section to get busy and work for a large vote in the election next Tuesday
—Photo by Royal Studio.
Harvest Festival Queen
Miss Elizabeth Walker oj Lntiekt was chosen queen of Wi!
liamston 1952 harvest festival last Thursday evening. She was
crowned by Miss Patricia Tayl ir, the 1951 queen.
Funeral Sunday
For Moore Infant
Graveside services were held
in Woodlawn Cemetery here Sun
day afternoon at 4:00 o’clock for
the infant daughter of Maui ice
and Jane Golf Moore, Jr., who
died in a Florence, South Caro
lina, hospital late Saturday night.
The Rev Thus. Hastings, rector
of the Church of the Advent, con
ducted the rites.
Mrs. and Mrs. Moore, formerly
j of Williamston, are now living in
' Hartsville, South Carolina.
; | PKK.INDUCTION
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Because next Tuesday is
election day, the thirty-seven
Marlin County men schedul
ed to report lor pre-induction
examinations that day are
having: their trip to Raleigh
delayed.
The young men are to re
port on Friday, November 7,
it was announced today by
Mrs. Olivia Lee Handy, dratt
hoard clerk.
Council Of Slate
Pleased Ai Rally
IN Robersonville
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Kim* Says Work For Parly
Or Slop VrcrptiiiR
* Favors From 11
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That members of the Council of
State and party .leaders were
pleased at the rally in Roberson
ville lust Thursday evening was
evidenced when they admitted
there was nothing to worry about
when Democrats turn out in such
numbers in a district rally widely
scattered and with a corparatively
small population Everett Jor
dan, chairman of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee, pre
sided over the meeting and he
declared it was one ot the best
Tallies held in the State.
Mr. Jordan introduced Com
missioner of Agriculture Stag
Ballentine, Insurance Commis
sioner Waldo Cheek, Treasurer
i Brandon Hodges, Auditor Henry
■ L. Bridges, Commissioner of Lab
or Forrest H. Shulord, Attorney
General Harry MeMullan and Se
cretary of State Thad Eure, the
chairman explaining that others
were on missions for the party in
other parts of the State along
with Governor Kerr Scott and one
or two more. They sent greet
ings to the rally.
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I COUNTY FAIK
1 v,/
Flans are just about com
plete for the Martin County
fair which will be held in the
New Carolina warehouse here
next week. Members of the
Cions and Klwanis Clubs, the
joint sponsoring organiza
tions, are clearing off the ad
joining lot for the Virginia
Greater 'Shows which will
play the fair. Hut there'll he
no tent shows or gambling
devices, it was explained.
Special entertainment will
be provided inside and out
side the warehouse, and exhi
bits are being lined up in a
big way with $1,000 in pre
miums being offered.
The sale of exhibit spaces
is progressing very satisfac
torily at the Martin County
Agricultural Fair according to
an announcement by Fletcher
Thomas, Director of the event.
He stated, however, that sev
eral commercial booths arc
still available and anyone in
terested should contact him.
Appointments In
Methodist Church
Holding its unmuil sessions in
Burlington last week-end the)
North Carolina Methodist Con I
ference reported a successful 1
year, favored legislation provid 1
ing a State-wide liquor referen
dum and announced its appoint
metds for the new year.
The Rev. It. E. Walston was re
turned to the local church for
his second year. The Rev. J B.
Hurley is succeeding the Rev. Mr.
Johnson in Robersonville, and the
itev. Vance Lewis, with head
quarters in Roper, is succeeding
the Rev. Mr. Bingham as pastor
of the Jumesville and Si loam 1
churches in this county
The It.ev B Duke Criteh.ee, 1
former local man, is transferring
from Durham to Beaufort where
he will pastor the Ann Street
Church.
The itev. B. T. Hurley, a form
er local pastor, will be at the Tar
River church in the Raleigh dis- I
trict.
Peanut Pi
IN ear Sup]
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Till KM TIME
'
I’sing a brick tu break out
a window, rubbers entered
the Itoanoke Chevrolet gar
age on Washington Street
here last Sunday night lor the
time in less than two weeks.
After breaking the glass, the
robber released the latch and
crawled into the garage and
then moved’toward the front
where he ransacked the cash
register.
Only a few pennies were
left in the register and noth
ing else was missed.
Twenty Cases In
The County Court
Saturday Morning
Krrc-lor- Ml li<;lii l akes
l p Mitch Time In
The (amrl
Judge It T Johnson called
twenty eases in the Martin Couil
1.V Recorder s Court last Saturday
and held the tribunal in session
about throe hours before clearing
the docket. Considerable time was
spent hearing a free-for-all light
m Williams Township. Fines
amounted to $41)0 and one defend
ant, a carnival worker, was ses
tenced to the loads for four
months when he pleaded guiltv nl
drunken driving. Eleven of the
eases involved speeding.
Proceedings:
James Hawkins was found not
guiltv ol operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver's license.
The eases in which Oetaviou>
Daniel was charged with assault
ing a female and Guilford Blown
Jr., with non support, were mil
pi iisseil.
Charged with assaults, Russell
Li I ley was ad.judgud guiltv ol
simple assault and was taxed with
the costs. Eugene Bembridge, a
second defendant in the ease, was
found not guilty The two young
men along witii Bruce Lillcy
were ehargid with assaulting Ben
Barber. Lillev is a minm and
goes into I lie juvenile eout t.
Joseph Lewis Was sentenced to
the roads for Inin inoothi toi
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Fire Threatened
Load Oi Peanuts
A large truckload nf Farmei
Mnpkin.s’ peanut.- was threatened
by fill' shortly attri 5.00 o rlurk
last Friday evening llav tailing
betweeji the boils and cab was in
nited li.v tin exhaust pipi and the
truck caught fire a.s the vehicle
traveled Highway (>4 a .short do
tancc beyond Sweet Wutei Creek.
Hopkins, Williams Township
farmer, stopped to pick up a cou
ple of bags ol peanuts that had
lalleli 11 out tin- load lid discov
ered d/f'-i.v,.J'„vek'*d&; k- ... a
erator ol .1 transport truck and
who lived clo.si■ to wh re the
truck was stopped, put tin fire
out with extillgui- lu i: 11 mu his
truck. The Williamston lire dc
partment was called, but the fire
was out when tin truck reached
the sei ne
Plan To Add Equipment
To Weather Station Here
Although making fairly good i
progress, the annual Farm Bureau
membership drive in this county
got a shot in the arm last Friday 1
evening when farm leaders met in
the agriculture building and
pledged time and effort to the
task of getting out and pushing
tin' campaign over the top.
■'Regardless of who is elected I
on November 4, we will need a
strong farm organization to repre
sent us in Washington," President
Chus. L. Daniel told the group,
Continuing. Mr. Daniel said, "It
we let the Farm Bureau go down,
we will soon be back to 1932, for
we’ll have no strong agency to un
derwrite our programs. It is our
responsibility to put the drive
over the 2,050 goal in this county.
We an’ going to have to sacrifice,1
and wo .should get behind tho
drive or quit Tho group frown
od upon quitting and .sovoral said
they would quit tlioir other
work and devote eonsidernble
time to tho inonihei ship drive this
we'ek.
Several membership canvassers
explained that the drive was (lit
percent effective1 in their com
munities, while in others the1 far
mors were' showing little interest,
apparently de siring to leave it up
to tho othe r fellow tei carry the
burden.
Approximately 1,300 member
ships have bee'll reported tee the
countV office', and it is believed
that the drive will approach the1
2,000 mark by the eiiel eif this
Week when the group holds an
other meeting.
•ires Open
port Level
Heavy Deliveries
On Local Market
In Past Few Days
I’rirr Holding Firm To The
Loan Kale Seliwlulc
On Open Market
Hardly before the first dust of
the season had settled around the
threshers, the local peanut mark
et went into action here last week,
and by late yesterday it was con
servatively estimated that the
growers had sold and delivered
between five and six thousand
bays of the goobers.
No official reports could be had,
but it is fairly evident that the
open market price is holding
light to the loan rate schedule ad
j vanced by the Peanut Growers
jCoopeiative That plains the open
market price just about three
quarters to one cent per pound
I below the theoretical support
figures.
In other words, a farmer whose
peanuts have a ti5 percent meat
content and as many as 22 per
cent extra large Is receiving right
at $10,911 per hundred for them.
The theoretical support price is
$11.90 per hundred* pounds. Jf
the farmer chooses to turn to the
government he can get the sup
| port price, but he has to guaran
tee weights, pay storage costs,
j which it is estimated will approx
imate one cent or more,
i It is believed that the open
] market has set what appears to
j be a matching price in that the
c leaners will have to provide their
own storage, insurance land take
any shrinkage in weight that
j might follow between the time of
purchase and sale
The open market apparently
is anxious for the crop, and it is
'believed that if marketing is
! handled after an orderly fashion
the government will not find it
1 necessary to step in and hold the
price up. It is certain that the gov
ernment will act if the price
structure on the open market
wavers much.
Reports from the buyers main
tain that the early deliveries were
not of the best quality, that the
weights are running low and the
I meat content is off several points.
Quite a few of the nuts arc not
mature, indicating they were dug
possibly too early.
The yield is running consider
ably ahead of that reported last
vear Farmer Roland Farmer on
ilu Terry farm in Bear Grass
Township was said to have pick
ed 100 bags from four acres, and
combined reports from various
I parts of the county point to H
yield of seventeen to twenty-five
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Liquor Traiiic
In The Streets
■ ■ -™<s.
Lurking in tin- bushes, joints
and otln'i dark plact-s all these
years. tin- illicit liquor traffic
reared its head and took to the
open streets here last Sunday aft
ernoon.
Riding out Washington Street,
local officers -saw Leander Win
hush transferring a live gallon
demijohn from an old warehouse
storage room to a ear. Closing
in on the man, the officers saw
Winbush throw the container with
about two gallons of white liquor
in it, to the cement walk. When
it did not burst, the container
was picked up and thrown to the
concrete a second time. Unable
[to break the glass jug, Winbush
picked it up and placed it in his
ear
Winbush declared he was run
ning the errand for a friend and
maintained that he did not kruow
who handed the liquor out the
warehouse window. He would
not tell who sent him on the er
rand. Police are of the opinion
that Columbus Williams passed
the liquor out the window to Win
bush. Williams is out of town this
week and no hearing in the ease
has been scheduled.
Officers said that the Winbush
ear was not confiscated since he
did not drive away- with the lir