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f THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,tN MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B'■> OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 3 Williamaton, Marlin County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 8, 1953 ESTABLISHED 1899 Umsiead Outlines Program In Talk At Raleigh Today! —*— New Chief SuiiiKh Progres sive Nole In His In augural Address -$ William B. Umstead of Durham, the new Governor of North Caro lina, presented a broad and com prehensive program for the con sideration of the General Assem bly and the people ol North Caro lina in his inaugural address here today. Speaking at formal ceremonies in Memorial Auditorium, Umstead told the legislators that “this is an hour of great responsibilities for you and for me. I have com plete eonfid nee in your patriotic devotion to North Carolina Ahead of us there are new and unpre dictable problems. Let us not be afraid. Let us meet with a cour age that is characteristic of our people the uncertainties of a swiftly moving future." The new chief executive made a number of important recom mendations, with major emphasis going to public education, roads, highway safety, agriculture, con servation and development, treat ment and care for mentally ill, la bor, prison and paroles changes, liquor referendum, and taxes. He recommended a 10 per cent salary increase for public school teachers and other state employ ees, retroactive to July 1, 1952, and asked that as much increase in the salaries of teachers be made during the next biennium as can be provided within available re venues. The present school construction program is not meeting the needs of a rapidly increasing school po pulation, the Governor asserted, and he asked the General Assem bly to submit a bond issue to the people for funds "to provide the necessary aid to counties for the construction of school facilities for all our children.” He also called for further reduc tion of the teacher load, the saf est school bus trunsporution possi ble, improved vocational training programs, and a new study of re quirements for elementary teach ers. These requirements have been said to be so rigorous that Ihey deter young people from seeking to become elementary teachers, where a serious shortage »f trained personnel now exists. Umstead spotlighted the need for belter treatment and care of mentally ill patients in state insti tutions, describing the need so ur gent that it can be met adequately only by the a state bond issue. "We call the institution at Kin ston the Caswell Training School,” he said. "It is and has been a de tention home for feebleminded children who grow into feeble (Continued on Pagtf Seven) Injured In Truck Wreck Last Night —#— Robert Barnhill, Robersonville business man, suffered chest in juries and shock when his Dodge piek-up truck went out of control and turned over in a curve on the Gold Point-Hassel) highway last evening about 7:00 o'clock The " ^ extent bT ins "Injuries could not be learned immediately. Damage to the truc k was estimated at $300 by Cpl. M. C, Byrum who made the investigation. No one was injured and little damage resulted when two ve hicles were in collision at the county home driveway on High way 64 about 5:45 o’clock yester day afternoon. James Everett, Jr„ was making a left turn into the county home in a 1937 pick-up truck just as Robert O. Barfield, of Merry Hill, started to pass in his 1951 Chevrolet. Property da mage was estimated at $50 to the ear and $10 to the truck, accord ing to a report released following an investigation by Cpl. M. C. Byrum of the highway patrol. W, I. Skinner Named 1953 Senior Warden -» W. I. Skinner was elected senior [warden of the Church of the Ad vent at the January meeting of the vestry here, and Richard H. Smith was named junior warden. Milton James is secretary for 1953 and James Cooke is treasur 1 " Dime Store Enlarging Its Building On Main Street Leasing the culm proper!.'. Engle Stores will enlarge and modernize their present home, corner Main and Washington streets here during the next few months, according to reliable in formation gained a few days ago. The modernization program is pushing several tenants out of the Williamston Apartments on the second floor of the building, no tice having been given advising the apartment renters to vacate on or before March 1. Details of the expansion project have not been released, but the store operators are said to be planning to remodel and modern ize the entire building, A new front is inc luded in the plans, and I fit' .--id" ..it. 10 be chang jed. An addition, to join the eently completed Woolard Furni ture Store annex,' is to be built. Space not used for storage on the first floor is to be converted and added to the regular sales depart ment. Storage will be provided on the second floor along with rest rooms and store offices. It is planned to start the expan sion-modernization work about the first of next month. Plans for the project are said to be about completed, but no cost estimates have been made known. The store, owned by N. C. Green and G H. Harrison, is one of the largest here at the present time. TAX LISTINC f Tax listing in (he local township is Koine forward rapidly, List-taker C. M. Cobb statine this morning that more than 300 property own ers had already listed their holdings. Although he could give no definite figures, the list-taker said he believed the list values were more than holding their own, that possi bly there would be some gain. The lister, substituting for Mr. O. S. Anderson who con tinues ill at his home in the Tar Heel apartments, is main taining headquarters in the town hall treasurer's office. The convenience of the new location is believed to have speeded up the listing work. Farm Families In This Country Are Very Much Alike Habit* and Custom* Am Like* Vary Littlr, Survey Show* —-»— More than half of the farm fain ilies in all sections of the country except tht Northeast prefer a one story house with a basement am two porches. This preference i: made clear in a report based 01 rural housing surveys just issuer by the U. S. Department of Agn culture. In general, Americar farm families are more alike thai different in the kind of home the.t want. The report compiles result from th'- N rtma. ^^^So'dliern North Central, anti area: of the nation surveyed bv the.Bu reau of Human Nutrition ant Home Economics in Cooperatior with '14 State agricultural experi rnent stations. Homemakers o: about 4,000 farm operator larniliei in 42 states were interviewee about household activities a nr housing References. The statis tics show which housing feature: are likely to suit farm familiei best. In all regions, most familie: who prefer a house more than on* story high want a bathroom a nr at least one bedroom on the firs floor. Bedrooms also rank as firs choice in rooms to be added wher and if expansion of present quar ters can be started. A separate dining loom, phi; eating space m the kitchen. ;s"iif most universally desired. Seating (Continued on Page Eight) Cars Damaged In Street Accident ——»— No one was injured but consid erable damage resulted when tw< cars crashed at the intersection oi Hass.ell and Academy Streets here yesterday morning at 10:3( o’clock. Mrs. J. G. Staton was driving south on Hassell Street in a Cad illac, and Ernest Carroway was driving his Dodge east on Acad emy. A fender was damaged anc a headlight broken on the Cadil lac and the side, including tht doors on the Carroway car wert badly battered. No estimate on the damage could be had but the loss will like ly run up to several hundre d dol lars, according to Officer Bill Haislip wno made the investiga tion An agreement was reached between the parties, the officel said. Assembly Granted Pay Increase For Officials Of Stale l.iriitriuint Governor Plan* To St renin line Senate Committee* -* Increased pay for top State offi cials was thi- first order of busi ness when the 1953 North Caro lina General Assembly was con vened in Raleigh yesterday. Dur ing the meantime, Lieutenant Governor Luther Hodges an nounced plans to streamline the committees in the Senate. Today, the lawmakers and the general public are participating in a series of formal exercises, including the inaugural activates for Wiliam B. lUmstead, and with little actual business on the calendar. The members of the Assembly lyid barely warmed their seats be ; for the salary increase measure was on the way toward enroll ment as law after encountering | clear sailing in the Senate and and only token resistance in the ; House. Passage of the bill was | reminiscent of 1941, when another increase for elective officials was approved on opening day of the •session. The action had been anticipated. Several legislatures had signified i in advance they favored raising the salaries of the officials. Speedy enactment was necessary to make the increases iaw before the officials take oath this after 11 noon for then new terms. Under j the Constitution, the raises would not be effective during the next four years if voted after the new terms begin. j Senatoi John D. l.aikins, Jr., of Jones, chairman of the Appropria tions Committee in the 1951 Sen late, sent forward the bill, with a | least 45 other Senators as eo-sig/i j ers. lie advised the other four I Senators that “the doors of the 1 church are now opened" and call led for a roll call vote so those who I had not signed “will have an op portunity to do so.” Three others signed quickly, making a total of 49. No one vot ed against the bill, however, so that if went in the records as pass ed, 50-0. The non-signer, if there was one, did not oppose the proposal. Larkins said he thought there must have been a mistake in counting. “1 think everybody signed,” he ••■wkled.—. The bill increases the pay of the Attorney General by $2,000 to $12,080 a year. It means an in crease of $1,000, to $10,000 a year for members of the Council of State—the Treasurer, Secretary (Continued on page eight) Painfully Burned Af Country Home -« Miss Betty Jane Mizelle, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mizelle, was painfully burned about the fate and one arm when an oil stove exploded at the Mizelle home near Williamston on the Hamilton highway shortly before noon yesterday. Miss Mizelle, 17, was at home with her five-year-old sister, Joan, when the stove backfired. She sent the little girl to Nichol son’s store for help, and complete details could not be learned im mediately. She was removed to a local hos pital where she was reported to be resting fairly well today, Piano Marathon Nets $166 Here For Polio Fund —»— Jerry Bull ‘■Stumped" Ou Only Seven Tunes Last Tuesday Jerly Ball, noted pianist, raised $166.3(1 for the March of Dimes during his marathon play here last Tuesday. While the net did not come up to expectations, the income was about average for towns this size. Unable to play seven tunes selected by the patrons, Mr. Ball contributed $7 from his own poc ket to the fund after offering his services free to the committee in this county, Chairman W. M. Bak er explained. Seating himself at the piano on the porch of Attorney H. G. Hor ton's office, Mr. Ball began his marathon play at 10:30 o’clock Tuesday morning and continued at his post until that evening, tak ing a few minutes out to get a bit to eat. He played more than 150 tunes, all without music. Mr. Ball play ed under a distinct handicap, but he came through all right. His son was injured in an automobile accident out in Arizona, and Mr. Ball left here for Norfolk where he boarded a plane to go to his : son. The seven popular tunes that stumped Mr. Ball were "Trying", j “Razz-ma-tazz”, "My Devotion", “Happy Christmas, Little Friend”, "1 Think I'll Have To Change My Plans" and "Kentucky Waltz”. To help bolster the fund, Rober son’s Esso Servicenter. corner of Main and Haughton Streets, con tributed one cent for every gallon of gasoline he sold during the day. The polio fund drive is rapidly gaining momentum in the coun try, but Co-Chairmen W. M. Bak er and L. B. Wynne and R. M. Ed wards, chairman of the Negro di vision for the drive, point out that 100 percent cooperation will be needed to reach the $5,984.00 goal in the county. So far every polio ease in this county has been financed by the March of Dimes fund Once the fund was depleted and the Na tional Association came to the rescue, rendering every aid possi ble. The disease is advancing up the ladder, claiming victims in the older-age brackets each year (Continued on Page Eight) Jaycees Sponsor Playground Area William,-.ton's Jaycees voted at their meeting Friday night to sponsor the erection of play ground area in cooperation with th»- town of Williamston. The re creation site is located behind the American Legion Hut on Watts Street. A committee of Jaycees will be appointed this month to survey the grounds for an estimate of the work necessary ut put it into use. Edgar Gurganus, chairman of the Jayeee Christmas projects, lauded club members for partici pation in the party for underprivi leged children. Frank Weaver led the group in a song and Exum Ward gave the invocation"'*”' . Tobacco Fart School In Th Although the special school for farmers was poorly attended in the courthouse on Tuesday of this- week, tobacco growers are expected to pack the courthouse next Monday night at 7:30 o’clock when specialists from State Col lege discuss tobacco. R. R. Uen nett and H. H. Nau, recognized authorities on tobacco, will had the discussions which will center around nematode control, plant bed treatment and management, methyl bromide variety, fertili zation, sucker control, insect con trol and other allied factor.. General farm schools are be,rig held throughout the State, hut the tobacco school in the county courthouse next Monday night is one of only a few planned in the State. Martin farmers are vitally in terested in tobacco, and the school Ask Railroad To Reconsider Stand On Right Of Way K«‘proM‘ututiv«** Dmy They Agreed To Limit C.luiui To Kight Feet Meeting with town officials here Tuesday, representatives of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company were asked to reconsid er their claim to a 30-foot right of-way for its track from Wash ington Street to Smithwick. The meeting was cordial and the rep resentatives of the company seem ed agreeable, but it was fairly ap parent that antagonistic opposi tion existed higher up. Representatives ot the company denied having promised the town permission to pave the street to a point eight feet from the center of the track, explaining that they were misunderstood, and adding that they had promised to recom mend such a concession. The re presentatives, apparently anxious to cooperate with the town in sol ving an acute problem, said they would again take it up with high er offieials. During the meantime, the com pany is maintaining a 30-foot right of way for its tracks from Wash ington Street to Smithwick with heavy iron stakes and steel cables, making it difficult for traffic to move one way on the street. The town ise making ready to handle an extensive drainage pro ject in that area between Elm and Sycamore Streets, and again it faces the Atlantic Coast Linf- Rail road Company. Engineer Henry Rivers plans to connect the newly proposed drainage project to the ditches beside the railroad at or near the foot of Slade Street. No answer has been received since the matter was called to the atten tion of the company offieials The railroad has encountered difficulty in keeping its clear from Washington to Smithwick for some It was neeesesary for the train crew to push vehicles off the track at times. That was an ex treme condition. Now, the com pany has swung the pendulum to the other extreme in declaring its rights to a 30-foot strip. Many local people, including a number of the company patrons, are up in arms against the action, and have directed meaningful complaints to the town officials. Hack in 1912, the right-of-way was leased or deeded over the sig nature of Mayor B. F. Godwin, to the railroad company for the mag nificent sum of $10, the town hav ing previously built the track to the river for the old Williamston Cooperage Company. Since the right-of-way was staked off, several vehicles have crashed into the iron stubs, but no threats have been made against the company. much track Street time (Continued on Page Eight) Victim Of Tree Tull Reported Improving -•— Suffering a broken back in u fall from a pecan tree several weeks ago, Mr. Abe Haislip of near Robersonville was reported much improved following an ex amination in a hospital here yes terday afternoon. He made the trip to and from the hospital for the examination inaltobcrsni i TffiflSulanee. tiers To Hold e Courthouse [offers a splendid opportunity for I them to learn the latest methods in combating various diseases and pests. Mr. Bennett, number ed among the leading tobacco specialists in the eounrty, has appeared on previous programs in this county, and lie is now iri an ' even better position to assist fur ! mors in solving their tobacco problems. It has been pointed out that farmers can gain valuable infor mation at the school, making it unnecessary for them to experi ment at great cost to themselves or gamble on certain factors such as nematodes and various dis eases common to the crop. The specialists, following their gen eral discussions, will answer ques tions, and Martin County farmers are invited and urged to attend and participate in the discus New Judge On Bench In The County Court ■ *- % Judge Peele Calls j Twenty-six Cases In County's Court 1 >«‘fcml;mts Asstvssc'l $295 In Fines During Loiig Session Momliiv —<$.— Holding his first session follow-i ing his special appointment by the county commissioners a few weeks ago, Judge 11. O. Poole handled twenty-six cases before adjourning the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Tuesday aft ernoon. The court, with Solicitor Clarence Griffin prosecuting, was in session until almost 4:00 o’ clock. and found it necessary to continue quite a few cases for trial at later dates. Judge Peelv frowned down on careless and reckless driving and exacted "pinching" toll in most | cases. Vehicle operators, charg ed with reckless driving, lost | their licenses for as long as eight j months. . Proceedings: I The case in which Oscar Bur- j nett, Jr., was charged with as-M saulting a female, was nol press ed. Pleading not guilty of an as- | sault with a deadly weapon, Jim II. Coltrain was adjudged guilty of a simple assault, the court suspending judgment upon the payment of costs. Charged with drunken driving, Charlie Rogers was found not guilty. 1 George Reaves, of HKD 2, Wil liamston, pleaded guilty of speed ing seventy miles per hour, and was fined $25, plus costs. Charged with careless and reckless driving, Clarence Rod gers was adjudged guilty of speeding and was fined $25, plus j, costs. Pleading guilty of careless and, reckless driving, Earl Columbia [ Shepherd was given a suspended 1 judgment, lie is to pay the court I and $250 to the town of William ston for damages done to its po j lice car. . Charged with careless and reckless driving, Thea ltobelsoii , was adjudged not guilty. James Edward Roberson was adjudged guilty of careless and ; reckless driving. lie was sen fenced to the roads for sixty days, the court suspending t ie road j term upon (In payment of the: court costs and surrendering his operator’s license for eight; months. Pleading guilty of caieless and reckless driving, Willie Stephen Williams was sentenced to the , roads for sixty days. Judge Peele, suspended the road sentence up on the payment of a $10 fines and I costs and on the further condi tion that he surrender his opera tor’s license for six months. I Frederick Anderson Jones, ! adjudged guilty of careless and reckless driving, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Levi Williams was charged with drunken driving. At the con clusion of the state’s evidence, { defense counsel tendered a plea of guilty of careless and reckless tii i viiig " ’ Tdie pfefs*$PBs *aecepted and a fine of $25, plus costs, was ] | imposed Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Neal Gaynor was senten (Continued on page eight) s Call Firemen To Griffin Avenue Williamston volunteer firemen i handled their third call in four days last Tuesday afternoon at' 5:10 o’clock when they .were called to the home of Sim Smith on Grif fin Avenue. A fire, starting around a defective flue, charred several joists and threatened the hovel. Other than water damage, there was no loss to furniture and) clothing, and the actual damage to the structure itself was lim-1 ited. Firemen had been called to the home at least once prior to last Tuesday. , The fire-fighting equipment! was blocked in the heavy Main j t Street traffic in making its way is to the fire. |t >OK\l \l. Following the longest Christmas New Year holiday in years, the Martin County sellouts are back on a normal operating schedule, accord ing to a report released yes terday by the office of the county superintendent. Despite much general sick ness, attendance figures were said to he about average. Only one teacher, Mrs. Evelyn Cherry, of the Kobersonville faculty, was unable to resume her work. It was reported she continues ill at her home in Stokes. A few changes have been reported in pupil personnel, but the tenants have not start ed moving yet in great num bers, and the individual schools do not know how many pupils they are to lose in the shuffle. Native Of County Died Tuesday At Washington Home -■$> 'iiurriil lli-lil Wnlm-sdu) Vflrriioon In \\a>11iun ion for II. K. Itrowii Henry K. Brmvn, native of thi mint.v ,ind ;i retired Washington lusinc- - man, dn il al Ins home here last Tuesday morning at 1:00 I'clork following a critical illnt-ss if about a week He had been in ailing health sinia- 1046 when lie ■etired The son of the late Janies X md Mary Jane Long Brown, lie .vas born near Jamesville in this •iiunty III) years ago on August 20, (172, and spent most of his early ife there on the farm. Moving to A’ashmgton when a young man, le engaged in the cafe business in many years, after making his ionic in Pinetown for a short ime. Mr Brown was a member of the 'inclown Missionary Baptist Jhurch and was a former superin endent of the Sunday School He vas a member of tin Junior Order md the Charitable Brotherhood .edge, Mr Brown was married hree times, the first marriage be ng to Kinnut Latham; the second o Currie Respa- , and the third to ..aura Whitley in 1913, who sur /ives. Surviving besides he widow ire three sons, James and Icnry II. Brown of Pclletici. Kim •r H. Brown of Pinetown; one laughter, Mr, I-: S Winstead of Washington; ten grandchildren, ax greatgrandehildren. Funeral services were held at he First Baptist Church in Wash ijgton Wednesday afternoon at 2 (Continued on Page Fight) — i — Everetts Ruritans Install Officers Woolard Peel was installed pre adent oi tin Everetts R i Vi 71 a IT .'lull at its meeting Tuesday night M. P Mobley Is the vicc-prcsi luiit and G. 11 Forbes is treasui ■r. Darrell Tavlor also assumed us duties as seen tary during the •eremony Committees appointed for tin lew club year are as follows: He reshmeiit, G. G. Bailey, chair nan, II. 1,. 'Roebuck, and Alton Ceel; entertainment and program, 'aid Bailey, chairman, Buck Ay •rs, Lewi.- Wynn, and II L. Roe juek, education, Eugene Murrow, -hairman, J E. Mobley, and R. 1. Jailey; objectives, Monie Mobley, hairman, G. G Bailey, Paul Bail ■y, G. W. Taylor, and Eugene ■furrow; finance, George W Ta.y or, chairman, D. C. Peel, L. A 'lark and G. H. Forbes. A report was given on tile tnr ,ey shoot and turkey raffle by Jarrell Taylor, who said the re ponse was unusually generous yid was given several needy 1am lies from the funds raised by this iroject. The women ol tile Missionary iuciet.v of Everetts Baptist church erved supper to the members ot lie club. Eight Percent Cut In Leal Acreages Ordered For 1953 County Farmers Allotted 12.312 Acres Under New Proposal [n keeping with a general and unofficial order, calling for an eight percent reduction in the crop acreages this year, Martin County farmers will reduce their tobacco plantings from 13,383 to 12,312 acres It is likely that the eight percent reduction order will be applied straight across the board. A cut of twelve percent had been considered earlier but the 1932 crop fell below prelimin ary estimates and the reduction order was placated a bit. Coming in the face of a “tight” labor situation, the reduction is being welcomed by most tobacco farmers, it is believed. The new quota for North Caro lina adds up to a total of 1,048,000 acres as compared with 1,127,000 acres alluted last year. As usual, one per cent of the total acreage will be reserved for adjustment of individual farm al lotments for farms on which no llue-eured tobacco was grown during the past five years. Notices of 1953 acreage allot ments will be mailed in the near future to individual farm opera tors. Prospective demand for flue cured tobacco, cfepartment offi cials said, ''continued good” with no significant change in recent months. Demand by domestic manufacturers against the 1953 crop is expected to be around 900 million pounds and foreign demand is expected to be around 425 milion pounds. Noting that farmers generally plant about 98 percent of the gl inted acreage, the Department es I timates that the 1953 crops would i total about 1.300 to 1,325 million pounds assuming continuation of yields of recent years. In a referendum test July, 98.8 per cent ot 260,163 tobacco grow ers participating voted in favor of continuation of marketing quotas. North Carolina is the biggest single producer of flue-cured to bacco, with other producing states being Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama The quota action followed a meeting In Raleigh last month in which James E. Thigpen, Director of the Tobacco Brunch of the De partment of Agriculture, called a secret meeting to discuss the pos sible cut m the crop. Sentiment at the meeting ranged from no re duction to 12 per cent. County Youth Now Serving In Japan —<s Airman-second class Samuel D Rogerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse 1) Rogerson of RFD 2. Wil liamston, recently arrived in Jap an, where he is stationed with the US An Force. Airman Rogerson reached Yo kohama, Japan, on December 2U and the following morning left for luakuni, Japan, where he is now stationed In a letter written New Year's Eve, he said he and others m his group were pleasantly sui prised at conditions at the base. .v—ro* ■; urd—.“-.T*-* l>e' ted .they were placed in per* manent barracks. He also report ed that the men have no “kp" be cause Japanese civilians are hired for that duty and that the food is better than that served at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. Sailors and the Royal Air Force ot Australia are stationed on the base along with the US Air Force, Airman Rogerson reported. Hi- addless is A 2c Samuel D. Rogerson. AF 14389914, 75th Erec tion and Storage Sqdn., APO 954, care of Postmaster, San Francis co, Calif. Injured While Playing it School Yesterday -» Victoi Jones, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Ernest V. Jones of RFD I, Wilhamston, was painful ly but believed not seriously hurt while playing at the grammar school here shortly after the noon hour yesterday. He is said to have suffered a head injury in a fall. He w as removed to a local hos pital for treatment, and was re ported this morning to be improv ing. ■L
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