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rr=r~l-===a=a=,.■ r-u THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 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 19 Williamiton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 5, 1953 ESTABLISHED 1899 Growers Association Farmers Support Nut Sidney Mallory To Represent County At Meeting Today Final Action Being Taken Al Mass Session In Scotland Neck . ——— Martin County farmers, repre; senting just about every town ship, in a meeting called by the Farm Bureau here last evening unanimously endorsed a move ment, calling for an organization of North Carolina peanut grow ers. Sidney Mallory, Goose Nest ■ Township farmer, was elected a director for this county, and he is attending a meeting of directors from at least thirteen other pea nut producing counties in Scot land Neck today. The directors’ meeting is charged with the duty of preparing resolutions and con crete proposals to a mass meeting of peanut farmers this afternoon in the Halifax County town. Following a timely sermon on Farm Bureau and after stressing the need for building a strong wall around agriculture, Farm Bureau President Chas. L. Daniel briefly explained the tentative plans for perfecting an organiza tion of peanut growers. It is proposed to form an asso ciation similar to Tobacco Asso ciates, an organization devoted mainly to finding and creating new outlets for the farm commod ity. “We are to perfect the or ganization, the majority willing, and then go to the North Carolina State Legislature and ask for an enabling act whereby it will be possible to tax ourselves so much, possibly one or two cents a bag or ten cents an acre and from the income gel peanuts moving into the mouths of hungry consumers,” President Daniel explained. Mr. Daniel pointed out the im ■ pet tav*>ar« «$■ na . and-iia. ing something, warning that un less something is done the peanut program is going the way of the irish potato program. “We are selling $50 million worth of pea nuts, and 30,000 people in this State are dependent upon the r ■<‘l*op. not to mention the others tv no art* processing plants," Mr. Daniel said. The danger the program faces is seen in the million bags now held in storage from the 1951 crop. “There are those who are working to destroy the program. They have spent, an estimated two million dollars in an effort to wreck the program, and they are now opposed to the sale of the (Continued on Page Six) Rotarians Weak On Their History Put to thp tost a* a regular meeting of their club Tuesday noon, Williamston Rotarians made a low score on an impromp tu history quiz. The test was centered around the Louisiana Purchase, and the “students” did very well on the time element. As for size, one “student” guesses that the pur chase embraces about nine mil lion square miles, missing the an swer by a mere eight million and one hundred thousand square miles. The right answer—$15 mil lion—was given when the quiz master asked the amount of the purchase price. Program Chairman R. H. Cow en went on to offer a few of the historical high spots leading up to the purchase and how it was bit* terly opposed by members of Congress. Local Merchant* Perfect Credit Reporting Bureau Meeting in the Western Auto Store here last evening, sixteen Williainston merchants perfected a credit reporting bureau, and will work as a unit in a four county system, including Wash ington, Martin, Bertie and Hert ford counties, Ben B. Courtney was named secretary of the bureau here, it was announced. I HEARING V___ J Representing the fisher men, several people are meet ing today with federal offi cials in the interest of rock fishing in the Roanoke. It is possible that the Buggs Island dam will release water spasmodically and threaten rock fishing in the stream around Weldon. The fishing interests want a fairly steady flow of water maintained during the fishing season, it was explained. It is believed a solution can and will be found to the problem. County 4-H Clnbs Plan Observance Of National Week —*— Working Together For World Understanding To Be Theme Four-H Club members of Mar tin County will join with more than two million boys and girls throughout the nation in observing National Four-H Club Week, March 7-15, according to Larry Hodges and Miss Ruby Lee Spen cer, county club leaders. Theme of the observance this year is "Working Together for World Understanding” and Mar tin County Four-H’ers will carry this theme out through open house meetings, exhibits and displays, school programs, and programs at service clubs and churches. L. R. Harrill, State Four-H Club leader for the State College Ex tension Service points out that the Fopr-H CJub is known nationally arid internationally as one of the great youth organizations in the world today. "It has as its chief objective the training of farm *-T>atilh in Itir iri-wf. J.ivi.ng.„nr o vj<b ing for their training in economic, social, physical, moral and spirit ual growth and development.” "It is truly a democratic organi zation in that it is a voluntary or ganization and each member joins J because of his or her particular interest in some special phase of agricitffSW or h'Umt7y.frkk.»g>ifi*j§jpM( glub has the privilege of selecting | its own local leader who gives his time and services because of in : terest in rural people in the com munity.” Mr. Harrill points out that in I 1951, the latest year for which comparative figures are available, l North Carolina led the nation with more than 134,000 members enroll 1 ed in Four-H. Four-H is a part of the Agricul tural Extension program of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and is supervised in the various states by the Extension Service of the [Land-Grant Colleges which in North Carolina is State College at [ Raleigh. — Plan For Holy1 Week Services —♦— Under the- leadership of Presi dent Thomas L. Hastings, the Williamston Ministerial Associa tion at the monthly meeting on Monday made plans for the ob servance of Holy Week in the city. Pastor E. Gordon Conklin of the Memorial Baptist Church and Pastor R. E. Walston of First Methodist Church were designat ed to work out the details of the observance. The morning week day services will be held this year' in First Methodist Church from ten to ten-thirty. The speaking schedule for these services fol lows: Monday, E. Gordon Conk lin of Memorial Baptist Church; Tuesday, John L. Goff of Wil liamston Christian Church; Wed n esa ay 7 Thom a s L. Hast i n g s of the Church of the Advent; Thursday, W. C. Medlin of West End Bap tist Church; Friday, J. Don Skin ner of First Presbyterian Church. The community observance of Holy Week will culminate with the Easter Sunrise Service in the cemetery on Sunday morning. The Reverend J. W. Berry of Wil liamston Pentecostal Holiness Church will-be the speaker at this closing sei vice. I Thirty-Four Hen Went To Raleigh For Examination —$— High School Students Must Apply For Reciatisifica tion To Finish Term I Thirty-four Martin County j young men went to Raleigh yes terday for pre-induction exami nations. Several others were call ed, but one, Oscar Farmer of RFD 3, Williamston, failed to report, and three or four others were re classified at the last minute to al low them to finish the current schol term. Eugene Rice, chair man of the draft board, stated yesterday that those young men of draft age who are in high school and wish to complete the current term, should, if they have not already done so, apply in writing to the board for reclas sification. The application, Mr. Rice explained, must be accom panied by a letter from the school principal, proving the attendance upon classes by the applicant. Simon Everett Parker, Jr., of Robersonville, was transferred to the board in Hillsboro. The board clerk, Mis. Olivia L. Handy, stated that draft officials wanted to get in touch with Jesse Tommie Moore, whose last ad dress was 602 Warren Street, Wil liamston. Names of the thirty-four men— fifteen white and nineteen col ored—who reported for the pre liminary examinations yesterday include the following: White Joseph Malick Manning of RFD 1, Williamston Bernice Cratt, RFD 2, William ston David Dearl Gurganus, RFD 3, Williamston Joseph Watson McKeel, RFD 3, Williamston James Durham Hardison, RFD 1, Jamesville Jimmy Darrell Simpson, RFD 3, Williamston James Darrell Tyre, RFD 1, Williamston Ira Rogerson, Jr., RFD 2, Wil liamston Robert Edward Whitehurst, R •iHf—‘*T- . . Russell Mize lie, RFD 3, Wil liamston Abron Joseph Lassiter, RFD 1, Jamesville Russell Howard Bembridge, R FD 1, Williamston Billie Baxter Harrison, RFD 22, aston . Thade Eugene Hardison, RFD 1, Williamston Henry Wallace Williams, RFD 2, Robqfsonville Colored Joseph Cotton and L. T. Tyson, both of Oak City Herman Alexander Whitaker, RFD 1, Jamesville Roland McKinley Latham, Wil liamston Samuel Lee Spell, RFD 2, Wil liamston Eddie Lee Wilson, Roberson ville William Henry Council, RFD 1, Bethei Thomas Alexander Hardison, R FD 1, Williamston S T. Sherrod, Jr., RFD 2, Wil liamston Preston Williams, RFD 1, Oak City Willie Wooten, RFD 1, James (Continued on Page Six) --o Band Working On Its Spring Concert -A. The Green Wave Bund of Wil liamston High School has begun extra rehearsals for its annual Spring concert to be presented in the high school auditorium at 8 15 p. m. on Thursday, March 26. As has been the custom, a pro gram of music to suit all tastes is to be offered including overtures, selections, popular music, novel ties, and so forth. Further de tails will be released later in the month. However, it is plan ned to feature a clarinet soloist and a cornet trio. Firemen Called To Home Here On Marshall A venue Volunteer firemen v.ere called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Godard on Marshall Avenue at fi:05 o’clock last evening when ah oil heater went out of control. Little or no damage was caused by the fire, it was reported. Chest X-Ray Response In County Very Encouraging Following up a county-wide survey made last year, two mobile X-ray units are getting an en couraging response in their call for chest pictures, according to a report released today by a repre sentative of the Martin County Health Department. None of the findings has been released, but if past performances are maintain ed several persons will be help ed back to health and possibly several ljyes saved. Sponsored by the Martin Coun ty Tuberculosis Association in cooperation with the State and County Boards of Health, the mboile X-ray units are to be in the county just two more days, the operations to be stopped promptly at 4:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Despite unfavorable weather conditions prevailing Tuesday af ternoon when the units were first opened and yesterday during a six-nour schedule, the units here and in Robersonville took 1,294 chest X-rays. The Williamston unit, located on the main street in front of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company building, handled 220 pictures Tuesday af ternoon and 460 yesterday, for a total of 680. The unit at Rober sonville located at the Public Oil Company station handled 212 X rays Tuesday and 402 yesterday, making a total there of 614. The pictures are made without cost to the individual, and the public is invited to take advan tage of the service. There’ll be no county-wide survey this year, it was explained. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . 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 Motorists .just did miss chalking up another perfect saftey record on the high ways and streets in this coun ty last week. Two weeks ago there was a perfect record. Last week only one minor hichway accident was report ed. Rth Week Accidents Inj’d Killed DanTge 1953 1 0 0 $ 400 1952 5 0 0 450 Comparisons To Date 1953 40 11 0 $10,010 1952 50 18 0 14,830 Janesville Plans Municipal Votes -<*> In a meeting this week, James ■ Cu.m liutM'd of~,-Mumuauw:. ers made plans for holding the municipal elections there this spring. During the meantime, a special law, directing the county election board officials to arrange for the primary and election, is ►" a iUuira'.vn, . in‘mm j— unofficial reports reaching here. I J. A. Ellis was named registrar, | J. E. Hedrick, and Emily E. ; Smithwick, judges of election. j A new registration has been | ordered, and the books will be opened on Saturday, Mareh 21 in the town hall, and remain open through Saturday, April 4. The registrar w'll have the books open on Saturday, April 11, for chal lenge. The primary is to be held on Monday, April 13, and the gen eral election will follow on the first Tuesday after the first Mon day or May 5. Candidates for commissioner and mayor must file on or before 6:00 o'clock p. m, on April 3, it ■ivt,; tmawi cd. The filing fee is $5. The commissioners are holding a second open house in the James ville school auditorium next Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting will be open for discus sion of any topics relating to the election and town affairs, it was learned. The public is invited and urged to participate in the discus sion. A constructive open forum was said to have been held in the auditorium the middle of last week. -—-«. Enforcement Unit Busy In February -- Chief ABC Officer Joe H. Roe buck reported a busy period la.st mnoth for his department. In his monthly report the offic er stated that eighteen distilleries were wrecked. Two of the plants were equipped with copper ket tles, but most of them were oper ated with crude equipment. In cluded in the plants was a huge outfit, the report showing that 5,200 gallons of mash were pour ed out at one time. The officers confiscated 165 gal lons of white liquor and poured out a total of 8,850 gallons of mash during the month. Scientists Check Soil Conditioners At State College —♦— Advise Caution In Ruying Various Product* For Conditioning Soil (The story below is another in a series prepared by State Col lege during an institute held re eently at the institution for rep resentatives of newspapers and radio stations). An old, battered washing ma chine is the key instrument in work at North Carolina State Col lege to test the many new soil conditioners recently offered for sale. Soils specialist N T. Coleman says soil conditioners tie tiny in dividual soil particles together into small lumps which do not ! disperse when wet. This change in physical condi tion of the soil has several good [effects: (1) Water soaks into the soil faster, (2) water and air move around faster within ihe soil, and (3) soils are less likely to settle into a hard mass when they dry out. Judgmg'"ihc effects Til <sftTTTTTPr ditioners boils down to measur ing their effect on the small lumps of soil in water. That’s where the washing machine is used, in an operation called “wet sieving”. says a weighed sa£)|}^ o^placed in tho top of a nest of sieves. Top sieves have larger holes, lower ones have pro gressively smaller holes. The washing machine works the en tile nest of sieves up and down in water. Parts of the original soil sample held by each sieve after agitation give a measure of the sizes of soil particles and a mount of each size in that sample. In general, after treating soil with a conditioner, the percent (Continued on Page Six) AMVETS Move To Jamesville Drawing just about all of its strength and support from the Jamesville area, the Martin County Post of Amvets (Ameri can Veterans of World War II) is moving its headquarters to Jamesville, it was announced by Commander Luther Hugh Hardi son yesterday. At a meeting held in the coun ty courthouse Tuesday evening, everyone of the Amvets was from Jamesville except one, the at tendance having held to about that ratio since the first meeting of the organization. The members decided to take tht post to the members. All Amvets are urged to main tain their memberships and at tend the meetings which will be held in the future at the Hardison Farm Supply store in Jamesville. The next meeting is scheduled for next Monday night at tt:00 o’ clock, it was announced. DEPUTY IMPROVING Taken suddenly ill while at tending court Monday morning. Deputy Sheriff Dennis Roberson of Robersonviile was reported much improved following treat ment in a hospital here. It could not be learned whe* the newly appointed deputy would be ablej to return to his home. Call Twenty-four Cases In County's Court On Monday Speeders \ ohuitarily Snr j render Driver's Lieenses In Judgr Peele's Court Handling twenty-four cases in a three-hour session of the Mar tin County Recorder's Court last Monday, Judge H. O. Peele im pressed several defendants and quite a few spectators with the seriousness of speeding and care less driving on the highways. Jail terms were imposed in several cases, the court suspending the terms upon the condition the de fendants surrender their opera tors' licenses for as long as three months in one instance. Fines were imposed in the a mount of $580. One defendant, convicted in the court and sen tenced at a previous session to the roads for violating the liquor laws, withdrew his appeal to the higher court at the session Mon day. Proceedings: Pleading innocent, Dempsey Roberson was adjudged guilty of disposing of mortgaged property, and judgment was suspended up on the payment of the costs. He appealed to the superior court and $100 bond was required. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Arthur Augustus Ed mondson was fined $100 and taxed with the costs, He loses his operator’s license for a year. Facing the court on two liquor law violation counts, Gus Rollins pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for three months, the sentence to begin at the direction of the court at anytime during the next two years. He was fined $25 and taxed with the costs in both cases. Pleading not guilty, James Os car Narron was adjudged guilty and was fined $100 plus costs. He loses his license UtL.ji .yoax.. tice of appeal was given and $150 bond was required. Frank Williams and Clarence Edwards, charged with careless and reckless driving, pleaded not guilty. Adjudged guilty each was -feM-'d n.y.,1 with t court costs. Adjudged guilty of drunken driving, Julius Smith was fined $100, plus costs. He loses his op erator’s license for a year. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Raymond Dixon was rnwim'mme ** w um-a $100, and is to surrender his driv er's license for twelve months. Pleading guilty of non-support, Elmo Rogers drew six months on the roads, suspended upon the payment of the costs and $15 a month for the support of his two children. A performance bond in the sum of $100 was required. Duncan Ward, Jr., was taxed with the costs when lie pleaded guilty of public drunkenness. William Russell Mobley and Frederick Woolard Harrison en tered pleas of guilty when charg ed with speeding seventy miles an hour. Each defendant was sentenced to jail for ten days and lined $10, plus costs. The jail terms were suspended upon (lie condition that each defendant (Continued on Page Six) Colored Citizens Plan Fund Drive Meeting in the county court house Wednesday afternoon, col ored citizens mapped plans for the annual Ited Cross fund drive in this chapter, embracing James v 11 If, Williams, Griffins, Bear Grass and Williamston Town ships. The colored citizens are being asked to raise approximate ly $625 as their share in the 1953 drive. Attending the Wednesday meeting were, J. O Buffaloe, Thad Newsome, Charity Outtcrbridge, Floyd Spruill and Mrs. Arthur Teel of the Burroughs community, H. D. Rogers and W. V. Ormond of Biggs, James 11. Faulk, Naomi Spruill and Romus Lee of Wil liams, A R. Jones, Jack Biggs, James Bowens, Joe White, Ernest Bowens, Author Rodgers, W H Rodgers and Raymond Bowens ol Rodgers, John S. James of Dar dens, Jane Norfleet, Emma Gre gory, Offie Hopkins. Mamie S. Knox and Mary Everett of James viHe. Will Expand Dairy Operations In Area WAR 0!\ NEMATODES According to reports com ing from nearly every town ship, Martin County farmers, especially those planting to bacco, are making ready to war on the nematode, the lat est obstacle to present itself in opposition to normal tobac co culture. It is conservatively estimat ed that fifty per cent of the growers will fumigate their soils. The estimate runs even higher in some districts. Most of the growers plan to use the row fumigation method in combatting the pest. County Citizens Donate $5421.59 To Battle Polio Drive Chairmen Kxpress Their Pride In Sum Colleeted Here Martin County citizens gave $5421.59 to help fight polio in the March of Dimes campaign that ended February 1. according to a final report compiled by L. Bruce Wynne and W. Marvin Baker, co chairmen of the drive, and Rich ard M. Edwards, chairman of the colored division. Although the total fell $562.41 short of the county quota of $5984 00, the chairmen expressed their pride in what the county do nated. Pointing out that this area is feeling the effects of a pool crop year, Mr. Baker said the sum col lected this year compared very favorably with $3,852.00 raised in “1952 and with $4,800.00 in 1951. “Much of the credit for the suc cess of the campaign goes to the chairmen who worked hard in their divisions,” Mi Baker declar ed and added he wished to ex press Ins personal appreciation to W'h-O' sv - : a irrm ‘ <-»**-* various townships. “Without their help Martin County would have fallen far short of its obligation,” he assert ed. The largest contribution from a School where $900,000 was collect ed. Miss Ruth Manning was chair man of the committee. The townships, their committees and the amount collected are list ed below. Williamston, L. Bruce Wynne, Robert Newell, Vernon Bunting, John 11. Gurganus, B. G. Stewart, and Ruth Manning, $1920.79; Rob ersonville, I M. Little, M. M. Ever ett, C. B. Martin, $660.87; Oak City, B. F. Sloan, N L. Hyman, $150.25; Hamilton, George S, Hais lip, Norman Everett, $134.12; Jamesville, G. H. Baker, Ji , P. C. Blount, $208.40; Bear Grass, H. V. Parker, Jr., Pete Mendenhall, $234.51; Everett E. F. Murrow, Johnnie Mobley, $131 2 a. farm Life, C 1. Cox, Mrs. Bruce Peel, R. D. Perry, $117.36. Direct mail contributions total ed $653.28 and coin collectors took in $63.83. The visit of Jerry Ball, marathon pianist, also added $16090 to the total. A final tabulation of the color ed division showed that $98603 (Continued on Page Five) County Asked To Invest In Bonds Marlin County has been assign ed a IJ. S. Defense Bond quota of $403,200 for the year 1953, it was announced today by It A Bowen, County Defense Bonds Chairman, The overall county quota consists of $2(17,009 in Series E bonds; $71,400 in Series H bonds; and $04,200 in Series J & K bonds combined. The overall county quota is a proportionate part of North Caro lina's quota of $07,200,000.00, and a national quota of $5,050,000,000. The quotas which the IJ. S. '1 reasury has assigned the De fense Bonds Division for 1953 re present a 40'i increase over 1952 sales foi the nation, and a 57'< ■ increase over 1952 sales for North j Carolina. New Bern Firm Buys The Taylor Dairy Plan! Here -- Will Maintain and Knlargt* Plant To Mrrt NpciIs Of This Section Purchasing the plant and good will of Taylor's Dairy here this week, the Maola Milk and Ice Cream Company is rapidly ad vancing plans for expanded busi ness operations throughout, this area, according to information re leased yesterday. Explaining that the plant on South Haughton Street will be maintained and enlarged and that the personnel is being increased, Mr. Donald L. Paul, general man ager for the New Born company, is currently directing operations in this area, and declared that he was impressed with the prospects for a growing dairy industry in this part of North Carolina. "We come to Williamston and northeastern North Carolina to cast our lot with the people and work with them for a better and finer community." Manager Paul said, adding that he was greatly impressed by the friendliness of and the cordial welcome given him and his company by the peo ple here since taking over the plant early this week. He readily pledged his cooperation in work ing for the general advancement of this section, and declared that his company takes much pride in handling the finest dairy products to be had anywhere, "We are vitally interested in developing a top-notch market for milk produeers in this part of the State and will make available field men to all farmers interest ed in milk production,” Mr. Paul said. "Definitely, we are now a part of Williamston and this section," Mr. Paul declared, ex plaining that the local plant will ,],?!, maintained as ail individual unit. " ■"* The dairy bar wiil be maintain ed and it sservices greatly ex panded by the new management, it was learned, and deliveries to wholesale and retail outlets will that his company never spared expense in producing and distri buting the finest quality dairy products. The dairy bar on South Haugh ton Street includes in its line of milk products the following items: homogenized vitamin D and pasteurized vitamin D milk, chocolate milk, whole lactic milk, butter milk, golden flake milk, cereal and coffee cream, whip ping cream, sour cream (salad style), cottage cheese and butter. The company also offers a com plete line of ice cream in numer ous flavors and in all sizes of packages. It has an extensive line of ice cream novelties and (Continued on Page Si:.) Company Making Personnel Change Several personnel changes, ccn tered around general promotions, were announced this week by the Virginia Electric and Power Com pany. James F. Wellons, rural repre sentative for the company in the local district, moved to Elizabeth City this week. James H. Mc Brayer has succeeded him. Mr. McBrayer moved his wife and son from Richmond last week-end and are now at home in West End. R P. Monteith, superintendent of the Albemarle District with headquarters here for the oast several years, is leaving April 1 to go to Richmond where he will be in the company’s system plan ning department. He will be suc ceeded by Allen S. Hadfield, for mer district engineer "of the Roanoke District. Bynum S. Smith, assistant en gineer here, is being transferred to Richmond where he will be in the company's system relay de partment. The change is to he roine effective the first of next month.
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