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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 (COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 21 Willi (mutton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 12, 1953 ESTABLISHED 1899 Hi Clip-Oil" Save^ Tobacco Farmer Time And Labor —$— Special Gadget Invented At N. C. State College Is Handling Task -♦— (Continually working to lower production costs on the farm, State College engineers and spe cialists reviewed the progress of research in the field at a meet ing of newspaper and radio repre sentatives in Raleigh a short time ago. The article below touches on topping and suckering tobac co.) An important step forward in mechanizing tobacco production has been made with the develop ment and successful experiment al field use of the “Clip-Oil” for topping and suckering tobacco. Developed by agricultural en gineers at the North Carolina Ag ricultural Experiment Station, it cuts the labor needed for topping and suckering to only about six hours per acre. Doing this work by hand, the customary way for merly used, would take an esti mated 25 to 50 hours per acre, says R. W, Wilson, State College “Clip-Oil” specialist. Figuring half a day for one man to top and sucker an acre of tobacco with the “Clip-Oil", and assuming 70 cents an hour for labor, that's a saving in labor of around $14 an acre. It costs around $9 an acre using the “Clip Oil” and $23 an acre by hand. For North Carolina’s 150,000 flue-cured tobacco growers, that's big news, especially when they must compete with attractive wages offered elsewhere. The “Clip-Oil” was first announced in 1950 and today at least four com panies are manufacturing simi lar units and at least two arc selling the oil to use with it. An estimated 1,000 farmers used the "Clip-Oil” last summer. Briefly, the "Clip-Oil” looks like a pistol wtfFT a cutting unit on the end. In one operation it cuts off the top of a tobacco plant and squirts about one-half tea spoonful of commercial mineral oil emulsion around the top of the stalk. As the oil runs down the stalk it kills the suckers which grow out from, the leaf axils. This work takes only about four seconds per plant, compared to 19 seconds bv hand, according to treatment per plant with the "Clip-Oil”, compared to several trips with hand methods. An intriguing story lies behind the tests to find a satisfactory (Continued on Page Seven) Potato School In Oak City March 18 A special one-night school for Martin County sweet potato growers will be heid in the Oak City sehol auditorium next Wed nesday night at 8:00 o'clock, it was announced by the farm agent today. The school, the second schedul ed in the county this season, will discuss diseases, nematodes, cul tivation, fertilization, harvesting, and marketing of sweet potatoes. H. M. Covington, specialist, will conduct the school, it was an nounced, and the public is in vited to attend. Mr. Covington was scheduled to conduct a similar school at Farm Life a short time ago, but he was ill at the time and could not meet the appointment. \ DISASTER LOANS '- > Martin County has been de clared a disaster area due to the drought and extreme heat during 1952 that reduced con siderably crop production during that year. The Farm ers Home Administration is authorised to make disaster loans to farmers affected by this extreme reduction in the production of food, feed, and cash crops. This loan carries a five per cent interest rate and is secured by a first lien on crops and chattels. Anyone interested in a loan of this type should contact the FHA office located on the second floor of the Martin County courthouse in Wil liamston. ' Large Increase In The Size Of Next Month Draft Calls Wh thfiPr^rriier Joseph Stal in's do with it, is not known, but the size of draft calls received in the county this week have been con siderably increased for the month of April. The size of the calls re minds one of the enlistments dur ing World War II. Following a call on the 27th of this month when fifteen men are to report for final induction, thir ty-seven are to be called for final induction on April 7. Later in the month of April, the draft board goes into business in a big way with a call for seventy-four men for pre-induction examinations on April 22. A week later, the board is scheduled to send an ad ditional thirty-seven men to the Raleigh center for the prelimin ary examinations. The calls are Rotary Clubs Will Meet Here Friday The Edenton, Windsor and Wil liamston Rotary Clubs will hold an inter city meeting here tomor row evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Woman's Club. Plans were com pleted this week for the meeting which is expected to attract more than 100 visitors. Edenton formed the Windsor club, and Windsor • formed the Williamston club, making the meeting here tomorrow night one of grandfather, father and son. The Rev. R. W. Kiecklighter, pastor of the Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, is to address the meeting. Mr. William Calvert of Hart ford, Connecticut, spoke briefly to the local club at its meeting Tuesday noon. Declaring that the main goal in life is to enjoy life, he explained that one should al ways search tor those thing- that make life brighter and more cheerful. He told the club that he first started into the photo graphy business as a hobby, that now it is his regular vocation. His next hobby was tropical fish, and when he got about 8,000 of the fish he had to sell out to a commercial firm. Stamp collect ing is now his hobby, and he went on to explain the business that runs into millions of dollars an iiuiilh' He displayed his collec oiitcUiiUlfe Cjui rare items. Speech Authority To Address Cluh Mrs. Charles R. Davenport of Jamesville, instructor in logo pedics for Beaufort County, will speak to members of the William ston Woman’s Club and their guests at a meeting in the club hall next Tuesday evening at 8:00 o’clock. Mrs. Davenport, who will speak on “Speech and Hearing”, is one of thirty persons in the State who have completed a special course in speech and hearing. She will receive her master's certificate for her work and studies in logo pedics. The Reviewers' Book Club, a department of the Woman’s Club, made arrangements to have Mrs. Davenport to speak to the club. Miss Mary Wallace Foy, public school music instructor, will lead a group of her students in several songs and Miss Mary Lou Dudley will play the piano during the social hour following the meeting. The Woman’s Club invites all teachers, members of the parent teacher association arid other in terested persons, both men and women to attend the special pro gram. Peace Officers In Hamilton Meeting In a meeting held in the Hamil on School cafeteria Tuesday ivening. members of the Martin dounty Peace Officers Association injoyed a tasty dinner and heard i good speech by Solicitor Clar nce W. Griffin. Messrs. J. S. Ayers and Dick Everett entertained the group. V!r. Griffin spoke about world J trace. Members of the association rom all parts of the county were n attendance. | about. if not the largest received ’in VVus'county since the start oi the war in Korea. 1 here is some doubt if the board can meet the calls out of its present manpower pool. In that connection the draft board issued another and final warning to high school students in the draft's 1-A classification. Those students who have not already done so and who are subject to the draft are advised to apply in writ ing for a new classification. The application must be accompanied by a letter from the subject's high school principal, proving attend ance. If action isn't taken imme diately, the high school student subject to the draft is almost cer tain to be pulled out of school be fore the end of the current term, it was explained. | SHORT AND URGENT v-/ Time is short and the need is urgent for volunteers for the Red Cross Bloodmobile when it makes its quarterly visit here for the eighth time on Friday of next week. Dr. James S. Rhodes, chair man, today issued an urgent appeal for more volunteers. He explained that approxi mately 100 additional volun teers are needed if the 150 pint quota is to be met, and the need for gamma globlin is cared for. Quite a few donors will he in the gallon club by early Friday afternoon of next week, meaning that they ljave given blood each time the bloodmobile came here. Volunteers are earnestly asked to contact the Red cross office, phone 2661, or Dr. Rhodes at Martin General Hospital, phone 2186, today. Television Permit For Area Station A permit has been granted the Carolina Broadcasting System for the erection and operation of a television station in the Green ville area, it was announced to day. Bids are to be let for the studio-transmitter station within c *- - The station has been granted Channel 9 by the Federal Com munieations Commission, and of fices will be maintained in Green ville, Rocky Mount and Wilson. The authorized st?t*on will op erate with a power of 100,000 watts video power and 50,000 watts aqdio to be radiated from a 874-foot tower. No cost figures were mentioned, but the company has 336 stockholders and will employ about 75 persons. Earl McD. Westbrook, former mayor of Dunn, is president of the com pany, and A. Hartwell Campbell, radio station manager of Green ville, is its secretary. Bear Grass Scouts Inspect Navy Base -#— Scoutmaster Clayton Revels and Explorer Advisor Tim Ma lone, along with a group of Ex plorer Scouts from the Bear Grass Troop, inspected the Portsmouth Naval Base last week-end and viewed a boat given them by the government. Scouts on the trip were Billy Rogerson, Wayne Rawls, Carl Beacham, Reginald Pierce, Jimmy Peaks, Lonnie Joe Rogers, Paul Roberson, Guy Leg gett, Jr., Alton Rogers, W. A. Rogers and Bobby Taylor. Early Reports On Red Cross Drive In Loral Chanter l Six Canvassers Report A Total Of $517.50 In First Few Days • -• Early reports on the annual Red Cross fund drive in the Martin County Chapter were declared to be very encouraging, Chairman W. I. Skinner declaring yesterday that he was confident the $5,000 quota could and would be met. The organization for handling the drive is just about complete in all districts and divisions, and the early response is measuring up to expectations, except in a few individual instances, it was explained. It was not officially reported, but it was learned that only two main street individuals turned a deaf ear to the plea. Following virtual quota guar antees by Chairmen Arthur Wal lace Lilley in Jamesjville. Floyd Moore in Williams, Pete Hardison in Griffins and A. H. Ayers, Jr., in Bear Grass, the drive got un der way in earnest in Williams tnn the first few days of this week. However, only six can vassers had reported their ac tivities up until noon yesterday, 'showing a total collection of $517.50. While the time for the drive is, almost half gone, the canvassers are now getting dawn to the task, and good results are certain. Below is a preliminary report on the early canvass by six work ers in Williamston’s business area: Clarence Griffin, canvasser— R. L. Coburn, $10; Robt. Cowcn, i Clarence Griffin, Chas. H. Man ning, Wheeler Martin, Peel and Peel, Dr. John W. Williams and W. L. Howell, $5 each. J. Edward Corey, canvasser— Dr. A. R. Peel, $5; Price’s Service Station, $5; Griffin’s Quick Lunch, $12.50; Farm Bureau In surance Co., $5; Martin FCX, $15; P. O. Holoman, $5; J. E. Corey FertBteer Works, $10. M. M. Levin, canvasser—Caro lina Yam Distributors,, Maytag Appliance Co., Geo. M. Peel’s Store, Martin County Yam Dis continued on Page Eight) -o———— Boar (irons Boy Scouts Plan Proliantporoo Soon -• Boy Scout Troop 218 of Bear £v,c-- as for a district pre-camporee to be held in Bear Grass March 27, 2H and 29. Members of the troop and their Scoutmaster are urging all the Scouts in the district to make preparations for the outing Proposing Laws For This County —»’— A report from Raleigh shows j that more laws are being pfepoi ed for the county and one of its towns. A special law, outlining plans and procedure for holding a pri mary and general municipal elec tion in Jamcsville, was introduc ed in the House last month and was received in the Senate last week. The proposed law would have the 1953 primary and elec tion there held under the super vision of the Martin County Board of Elections chairman. However, at a meeting of Jamcsville citi zens a few days ago, it was de cided to leave the fate of munici pal elections there up to regula tions already embodied in the sta tutes, and the bill is expected to die on the vine in the committee on election laws and senatorial districts. Two other bills, Nos. 600 and 661, were introduced in the House last Friday upon recommenda tions of the Martin County com missioners. The first bill would outlaw the fox in this county, and make the open season for taking the animal all year long. Bill No. 661 would “permit the hunting of bears in the county under specified conditions.” A copy of the bill is not to be had from the county representative,! but one report stated that it i would be made lawful to hunt and kill bears which are caught de-! stroying crops, livestock, or other I valuable property. The bill, it j was also unofficially learned, j would allow the hunter to keep | the game, provided the local game protector is notified. Bro. Fox and Old Bruin haven't a friend in the House, for the bills passed there yesterday without opposition. SEINE FISHING Preparations are just about complete for launching the annual seine fishing season in the Roanoke at Jamcsville next Monday, Mr. C. C. Flem ing, owner-operator, an nounced last night. Herring were said to be plentiful in the stream but few other type of fish, includ ing rock, have made their ap pearance as yet. of tl^nrlv part if ^oPTli ot itiondaj^uuUeil^^ voted to ironing out the op erating kinks and clearing the fishing grounds, but smooth sailing is expected be fore the end of the day, Mr. Fleming said. Plan For Drainage Project A pproved By A CL Official Milking little progress in work ing with district representatives over a period of several months, Mayor R. H. Cowen went directly to officials of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company in Wil mington this week and got plans approved for a drainage project centered in that area between Elm and Sycamore Streets. The plan details are being mapped at this time, and during the mean time the town may go ahead with work that much be handled be fore the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Com mission connects U. S. 17 and U. S. 64 with a paved surface on Sycamore Street. Bottled up in that area by U. S. 17 on one side and the railroad on the other, water will be si phoned off in large storm sewers to outlets at the foot of Slade Street on the railroad. The proj ect will cost eight or ten thous and dollars, according to pre liminary estimates. Part of the right-of-way on Sycamore Street has been cleared, and just as soon as 1he drainage work can la completed, curb and guttc-i will be installed, followed by the ac tual paving of the street. While in Wilmington this week, Mayor Cowen discussed the prob lem. of right-of-way on Railroad Street, but no solution was to be had. It is understood that similar problems exist in other towns and that they will have to be handled in regular channels, pos sibly in the courts. During the meantime, the town is exploring every angle in an effort to solve the knotty problem and have the street opened to a decent width and paved. Forty Cases Placed On Criminal Docket i TO PRESIDE ] v--/ Judge Joseph VV. Parker, Windsor man who was re cently appointed to the bench, will preside over the two week lerm of the Martin County Superior Court, open- | ing here next Monday at 10:00 o'clock. College Will Hold High School Day Forty-nine Williamston High School seniors are planning to join those from twenty-one other schools in the State for Senior Day at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson tomorrow. The pro gram gets under way at 9:30 o’ clock and ends at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon. A full-day program has been planned for the visitors, includ ing a varied entertainment sche dule, games, radio broadcast and a tea dance, climaxed by a lunch eon in Hardy Hall. Those planning to represent the local school include: Hay Bell, James Coltrain, Ern est Godard, Wade Gardner, Paul Harrington, Shelton Lilley, Bobby Perry, Russell Roberson, Jerry Savage, Carolyn Bullock, Margie Cullipher, Nanette Harrison, Jean Holoman, Jeanie Hardison, Hilda Hardison, Jean Howard, Myrtle Nicholson, Jean Mobley, Zadie weight, Joyce Ward, Ben An drews, Samuel Bullock, Ernest Carroway,^ Jesse Cowan, Wilbur Edwards, Buddy Fussell, J. C Gurkin, Jr., Billy Harris, Preston I Hughes, Rodney Lilley, Billy Ray! McKeel, LeRoy Peele, Henry Roberson, Edward Ward, Joe Wil hams, Willie Lou Bowen, Joyce' Anne Cowan, Betty Lou Dudley,1 Susan Griffin, Wanda Jones, Jo Anno McLawhorn, Mary Ann Manning, Marie Modlin, Barbara Peed, Sally Roberson and Gloria Taylor. Wrecks Truck To Miss Look Cow Swerving to miss a loose cow in the highway, Edward Leo Gainer of RED 3, Williamston, ran his 1930 Chevrolet pick-up truck into Conoho Creek swamp at Whitley's bridge on the Poplar Point road about 11:00 o’clock last Monday night. In missing the cow, Gainer did about $600 damage to his truck, and suffered chest and back in juries. Investigating the acci dent, Cpl. M. C. Byrum of the Highway Patrol, said he did not relieve the injuries received by Uainer were serious. National Guard Unit Is Returning Home -’W Completing about two years of active duty, the Martin County unit of the National Guard is gra dually finding its way back home. Reg Coltrain, Wallace Warren, Alor.za Manning and Mack Mc Lawhorn led the procession home ward when they checked out of Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, last week-end. Bobby Carter fol lowed them in yesterday, and Bill Bob Peel, Rush Bondurant, Bill Gurganus, Charles Carver and Norwood Keel are expected in from Pennsylvania today. Four others, Clayton Keel, Edward Smith, Cecil Coitrain and Henry i Bellflower, arc due in this week end. The remainder of the unit, in cluding about thirty-three men, are scheduled to leave Merchant ville, New Jersey, this week-end for Fort Bragg where they’ll be mustered out on or about the 23rd of this month. Only a few are being left in active service, but their status could not be determined immc uiately. Lt. Lawrence G. Linds ley is en route home from Okin awa. Lt. Davis VanNortwick is in Alaska, George Moore and Lawrence Eason Lilley are not ex-j peeled home just now, according to unofficial information receiv ed here. About two years ago—May 7, 1851—seventy-two members of Battery C, 150th AAA Gun Bat talion, left by special busses for Wilmington where they joined other batteries and continued to Camp Gordon, Georgia. After a long stay there, they were located at Fort Dix, New Jersey, later moving over to nearby Merchant villc. Few details could be learned! about the status of the unit, but I one report said it is to be main tained. The “rear guard," mov ing in about ten days from now is said to be bringing in light equipment. The anti-aircraft guns and all other heavy equip ment are being left behind in the hands of new recruits. A site has been purchased and deeded to the State for National Suard headquarters, and the unit is next in line for an armory. It s possible that storage facilities *dli be provided until plans for , X'linancnt buildings cun be ad- i /enccd. i Civil Cases Set For Trial During The Second Week Ju<lj»r Joseph Park) Presi)l«> Over Term Heiiiuiiiiiii; Monday Will Forty criminal cases, few if any of them of a sensational nature, have been placed on the docket for trial during the first of a two week term of the Martin County Superior Court beginning next Monday. Judge attorney fill the Joseph Parker, Windsor who was appointed to positiou made vacant when Judge A. Hunt Parker mov ed up to the supreme court bench, is to preside over the term. Al though he visited the court fairly frequently in the past as a prac ticing attorney, Judge Parker is making his final official visit to this county since his appointment by Governor Kerr Scott. One-fourth of the eases center around drunken driving charges, while the others embrace just about every crime in the book outside those of a capital nature. Several of the cases have been pending trial In the court for months. Cast's on the docket include the following: James Perkins, who is now serving a term for beating his wife more than a year ago, is still facing an arson charge. Perkins is alleged to have fired an auto mobile to collect the insurance. John Battle is booked for breaking and entering and alleg edly carrying away goods valued at $125 from the home of Willie Williams in Williamston a year ago today. Grady Keith Lamm is facing tile court on two counts. On April 1! of last year he is alleged to have stolen a purse containing $90 cash and a $25 check from Wilbur Jones. In a second and more re cent case he is charged with hit and-run driving and operating a motor vehicle while his driver's license was revoked. LeRoy Reid is booked for alleg ed bigamy I! allt ged that on On din •; li, Hi,mi. wniTo marram to Annie Julia Melvin lie married Thelma 11 Rogers. Roger Lovett is booked for op erating a motor vehicle with an improper license and driving on the wrong side of the road. Charged with speeding and transporting illicit liquor, Ralph Edgai Boston, aftci evading trial since last September, has $1,000 to support his appearance in the court next week. Disappearing when Ins case was called last December, James Ai thur Brown, charged with the theft of $100 worth of tobacco from Farmer W L. Taylor last October 9, is to appear for trial next week. O. C. Johnson, a sec ond defendant in the sentenced to the roads months when lie was December. Simon Jenkins, the villi' bootlegger with a case ,. lot tried last Roberson No. 1 rat (Continued on Page Seven) Boys Registered For New Cub Pack Through the efforts of the Hun ton Club and the Parent-Teach er Association, registration for a new cub pack at Bear Grass lias boon started Joe Phelps is cub master, as sisted by A. B. Ayers Den mo thers are Mrs. Ralph Mobley and Mrs. Vann Parker, Jr Charter members of Pack 2111 aie Earl Cowan, Eddie Harris, William Holliday, Ralph Mobley, Vann Parker, III, William Phelps, Hilly Peele, Brownje Robinson, Felton and Jimmy Rogers, Tom ny Sawyer, Albert Wobbleton Hid Johnny Wynne Boy Scout Troop 218 and Ex slorer Post 218 at Bear Grass, jnder the guidance of the Ruritan Hub, have re-registered for an Jther year, and are continuing hire projects — Clayton Revels is Scoutmaster, issisted by Toba Bowen and R. 1. Malone is Explorer adviser, issisted by Henry White, Jr. Twenty-two Cases Are Handled In The County Court -4—_ . Oh nor Declared Right in Defending Ilin Proper ty Again*! Hops Judge H O. Peele and Solicitor Clarence Griffin handled twenty two cases during a short session of the Martin County Recorder’s Court Monday morning. Fines were imposed in the amount of $230. and jail sentences were met ed out in speeding eases. The court held that an owner, in defending his property, was justified in shooting and killing a dog. It was offered in e"idence that Joe Gainer shot and killed Elbert Carrow's dog when the animal attacked the defendant's pigs. Gainer was found not guil ty. Other proceedings in the court: The case in which William Guy Harris of Columbia was charged with speeding last October 25, was rail pressed, subject to be re opened at a later date. The case in which Virginia Sonnycalb of Norfolk was charg ed with speeding, was also nol pressed. Pleading guilty, Herbert Gra ham Waters was fined $100 and taxed with the costs for drunken driving. He loses his operator's license for a year. Willie Bullock was found not guilty of drunken driving. The case in which James Grant Dunbar was charged with oper ating a motor vehicle with an ex cess load, was nol pressed. Charged with disorderly con duct and resisting arrest, Eddie Coffield pleaded guilty and was fined $10, plus costs. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the ease charging Howard Johnson of Greenville with speeding. The case in which Hermit Dix on was charged with an assault, was nol pressed. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, Guy Rollins was adjudged not guilty. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost when James Wilson Hodges pleaded guilty of assaulting a female. Pleading guilty of speeding 70 miles an hour, Charlie Delmus Taylor of RED 1, Robersonville, was sentenced to jail for ten days, the court suspending the i.iil Jr-rtTi—noon th(■ payment of a further condition that the de fendant surrender his drivers’ll license for sixty days. Charged with speeding 65 miles an hour, Clarence Blount Ayers, (Continued on Page Seven) New Dairy Firm Advancing Plans Following the purchase of the goodwill and the dairy plant on South Haughton Street here from Taylor’s Dairy the first of this month, the Mania Milk and Ice Cream Company is rapidly ad vancin' pians for expanding its opt . ations. New personnel is be ing added, and additional equip ment has been ordered. The in terior of the plant is being reno vated. Pointing out that his company had been given a fine reception and that many new customers are being added daily, Mr. Donald Paul, manager, today expressed Ins appreciation to the people of this section for the friendly wel come and the splendid coopera tive spirit shown him and the Maola firm. "We shall strive at all times to prove ourselves worthy of the fine hospitality accorded us, and to (Tier an unequaled service and top quality dairy products to the people of this entire section.” REVIEW BOARD N-.-- J Sitting us u board of equali zation and review, the Martin County Commissioners next Monday will hear any com plaints property owners may have to offer. Since there was no revalua tion of real properties, it isn't likely that there will be many if any complaints. However, if errors have been made in listings, property owner* will find it convenient Uf have them corrected.
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