Short Summary Of
Activities In The
State's Legislature
(Continued from Page One)
bills were withdrawn to send the
bills to the House floor for imme
diate consideration At the same
time, three new bills proposing to
submit the state institution bonds
to the people and to meet mental
institution needs through a com
bination of legislative and voter
approved bonds wen reported
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six bills were made a special ord
er of business lor Tuesday
Finance committee members
also demonstrated that "holding
the line" can work both ways Af
ter Rep. Rodman announced (1)
that the budget ran be balanced if
present revenue laws are not tam
pered with and (2i that he would
personally introduce a bill calling
for a study of the state tax struc
ture and for recommendations to
the 1955 General Assembly as to
fair and equitable new sources of
revenue should new revenues be
needed, the House committee let
the axe fall freely. A full dozen
measures, which would have re
duced revenues, received unfevor
able reports, but four more which
did not materially affect revenues
came out with committee approv
al. Two new bills of significance
were SB 420. which would require
electric membership corporations
to pay the same state and local
taxes now paid In private utili
ties, and HB 1145, which would
reduce the pel-machine tax on
drink dispensing machines from
$15 to $5.
Propositions and Grievances
In public session and by a con
vincing Voice vote, the HoUSc
committee on Counties. Cities and
Towns gave an unfavorable re
port to HB 454. proposing a state
wide referendum on the sale of
liquor, beer and wine. Brief dis
cussion for and against local op
tion preceded the final vote; six
negative votes were formally re
corded but no minority report
came out of the committee A few
hours later. _ a motion to recall
the bill from the unfavorable cal
endar was beaten down in the
House amid indications that dry
sentiment was not organized to
support the motion. Meanwhile,
the Senate committee considering
the same bill, undoubtedly influ
enced by the earlier House com
mittee action, postponed the Sen
ate version indefinitely. This par
liamentary move made a minority
report impossible. Proponents of
the bill are still seeking effective
ways in which to secure favorable
legislative action. Hearings giv
en proponents and opponents of a
bill to outlaw pari-mutuel betting
(anri thereby clog race tracks in
Carteret and Currituck counties)
generated a lot of heat but few
facts to guide attentive legislators,
who postponed voting on the
measure until this week.
Constitutional Amendments
and Kedistricting
Despite the argument on Thurs
day that this General Assembly
was proposing too many changes
to the state constitution, the Sen
ate was able to mustei although
just barely the 11 5 majority ne
cessary to pass on si'cunf.^^^j
two companion measui
gested by Lieut Gov. Hodges)
which would eliminate Saturday
sessions of the legislature if ap
proved by the people. Although
one of the bills tailed to pass third
reading on Friday when several
senators were not on the floor, the
vote was subsequently reconsid
ered and both bills will be up
again for passage today. On the
House side of the eapitol, HB 2(>2.
proposing annual sessions of the
General Assembly, was less suc
cessful and failed to pass third
l eading by a slender margin.
Efforts to reapportion the
House and redistrict the Senate
were stymied Tuesday night when
the House senatorial districts
committee rejected the two bills
designed to carry out the mandate
of the constitution. A minority
report on the House measure is
still possible. Taking a different
approach, Rep. Powell on Thurs
day proposed a constitutional
amendment (HB 1131), which, if
approved by the people, would re
quire the Secretary of State to re
apportion the House after each
federal census in accordance with
the constitutional allocation for
mula instead of leaving it up to
the slow acting legialatuie.
Highways and Highway Safety
The well-organized effort to
raise truck axle weight limits met
dedicated opposition in the House
and the hill passed only after be
ing rewritten to allow a weight
tolerance not much more than
that already permitted at high
way weighing stations. Mean
while, House Judiciary 1 labored
over driver financial responsibili
ty and how to curb speeding and
reckless driving. Favorable ac
tion is expected for the measure
which would encourage more driv
vi's to secure liability insurance.
At the same time, HB 143, which
calls for mandatory driver license
I suspensions for certain speeding
and reckless driving violations,
was rewritten to excuse motorists
whose licenses have been sus
pended under the hill from prov
We Are Now Operating Our Modern
Peanut Shelling Machine
HANDCOCK
SHELLER
Located Between
Williamston And
Hamilton
JOHN JL MANNING
PFRSONJO-PFRSON WANrADS
FOR OU/CK RFSULFS /
mg financial responsibility on re- J
issuance of their licenses and to
reduce suspension periods. It is
now on the House calendar.
The more highly-publicized is
sue of hot rods on 'he highways j
has resulted in another compro- j
mise which would permit charges
to be brought against the owner
of a speeding hot rod whose li
f5!IlJP
rop>^evontnoagnuie.y are not
able to identify the driver.
There wiil be widespread in
terest in two bills passed by the
House relating to a motorist's re
sponsibility. One provides that
contributory negligence shall no
longer be a total bar to recovery
in a negligence action but will be
considered in reducing the total
amount of damages recoverable.
The other does away with a long
standing judicial rule that a mot
orist, though operating within the
legal speed limits, cannot recover
damages sustained from a collis
ion with a negligently-parked, un
lighted vehicle which was beyond
the range of his headlight beam.
Miscellaneous
Senators and representatives
cannot get together on delegating
to county commissioners power
over salaries of county employees.
After Senate passage and House
review of Senate amendments,
HB 280 applies to all county offi
cials in 21 counties and to all but
elective county officials in eight
counties, while the status of seven
counties will be determined by
conference committees . . . Passed:
11B 561, strengthening the rabies
law, and SB 180, regulating the
preparation of garbage to he fed
to hogs. Passed one house: SB
186, the minimum wage proposal
affecting up to 30,000 workers, SB
263, establishing a milk commis
sion, and 11B 768, regulating dyna
mite salvs.
Steers Brought An
Average Of $32.35
Friday Aiternoon
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j paov.
! Hill Rogerson, commercial, 480,
32c, Robersonville Packing Com
pany.
| Melvin Price, commercial, 640,
|30c, Williamston Packing Com
* pany.
William Gene Powell, commer
cial, 641, 30c, Griffin Quick Lunch
and Farm Bureau Insurance
Company. ]
John Lilley, commercial, 640, ,
30c. Williamston Motor Company !
Wm. Gene Powell, commercial, j
590 28' c. Williamston Motor
Company.
Bill K"e' i commercial, 480. 1
132c, WiTi'iarnston Kiwanis Club.
John G'ill in, commercial, 840,
27' . e, Dixie Motor Company.
Mary Alice Griffin, commercial,
730, 27‘ .c, Dixie Motor Company.
Johnny Roberson, commercial,
602, 27’ .c, Robersonville Packing
Company.
Swine Department
The swine department did not
measure up to expectations in
numbers, but the quality was
there. It was explained that
many exhibitors were forced out
of the show when their animals
grew light out of the weight
range. The sale was pretty good
and averaged well ahove the mar
ket, the 9,372 pounds averaging
$21,88. The grand champion pen
of one was sold by Freddie Mar
tin to Dixie Motor Company for
40 cents a pound. F D. Cherry,
Jr., sold his 212-pound reserve
champion to Dixie Motor Com
puny for 27 1-2 cents. The grand
champion pen of three was sold
by Buzz.v Worsiey \o Farmers
Cerolina Warehouses for 21 1-2
cents, and Freddie Barrett sold
his reserve champion pen of three
to W. C. House for 21 1-2 cents a
pound.
There were 45 hogs in the sjiow.
While the number was small, i!
was of sufficient size to prove
that Martin County has some
I champion hog raisers. The 37
i hogs, outside the grand and re
serve champion class, were sold to
the Williamston Packing Com
pany for $21.35 per hundred
pounds.
Two Thousand Al
Annual Meeting of
The Farm Bureau
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"They are talking about a self
help program for the farmer, but
there is a limit farmers can go
under such programs,” Mr. Shaw
said, explaining that a Martin
-1
County farmer could not take a
load of tobacco to Europe, and J
that he could not selj it after he
got there. Pointing out that the'
tobacco produced on four out of
every ten acres is exported, Mr.
Shaw said only the government
can formulate plans and carry
them uut for handling such prob
lems He referred briefly to the
Marshall •
possible undei that plan to sell
35 billion dollars worth of com
modities to foreign nations.
Pointing out that 15 per cent of
the population produced the food
and clothing for the other 85 per
cent, Mi. Shaw solemnly warned
that there will be trouble if the
85 per cent does not "go along
with" the fifteen percent.
It was apparent from what Mr.
Shaw said that the farmer can
make the very best use of what
he has to work with, support his
efforts with fortitude and show J
real courage and then he’ll come j
up short. However, he declared j
that it is possible to promote a |
respectable farm program, and!
urged the farmers to maintain
their organization and be pie- j
pared to meet the issue head-on. |
Mr. Shaw paid his respects to I
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft
Benson, referring to him as a
great man with a great philoso-1
phv. “However, he has not recog-1
mzed the problem tied in with i
millions of pounds of surplus but
ter, millions of bales^of cotton and
millions of pounds of tobacco,”
the speaker said, apparently
meaning that Mr Benson is lost
under the mountain of surplus'
farm commodities
Town Native Died ;
At His Home In
Norfolk Saturday
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A. McCollum, both of Norfolk,
Mis. J. Sam Getsinger and Mrs.
John A Ward, botli of Williams-'
ton, and Mrs. K. L. Lowie of Gas
tonia, and a grandson, Charles \
Spencer Brown, Jr.
Funeral services were conduct
id in the Holloman-Brown Funer
al Chapel in Norfolk Monday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment
was in Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Norfolk.
Freed Via Long Distance
After living Locked In
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Philadelphia, Pa.—Working ov
ertime at a local manufacturing
plant, Mrs. Eva Lerner was sur
prised to find herself locked m
from the outside. Unperturbed,
slu‘ simply telephoned the main
office—in Lafayette, Ind. Sur
prised ,company officials relayed
the information to the Philadel
phia office. The watchman at the
plant was contacted and he freed
Mrs. Lerner.
Successful dairy farming de
pends upon the production of
cheap feeds.
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FEMALE HELP WANTED:
Teacher. Interesting summer
position for ambitious person.
$420 for GO days. Write Post Of- j
five-Host il k Jier.iinsviiUvN. C. - j
SEE OUR WEEK-END SPECIAL
containers. Price, $1.00, $1.50,
$2.00, and $2.50. Kate B. York,
Florist. a-9 2t
FOR SALE: 300 BALES OF Good
quality peanut hay. $25 a ton.
Jos W. Bailey, Dial 29073. a 14 2t
A BAKE SALE: THE LADIES OF
the Free Will Baptist Church
here will sponsor a Bake Sale
Saturday morning, April 18th, in
the Employment office on Main
Street. The sale will begin at 9
o’clock with cakes, pies, cookies,
chicken-salad, brunswick stew
and other delicacies on display.
The funds will be used fc; the I
new church building here, ap 14 2t i
BR'lSG VOLK LORN TO RAT’S.!
We buy or shell Located 3 1-2
miles from Williamston on James
ville highway. Tel. 291379. ap 14 tf
LOST: MALE BROWN^ A N D
white setter type bird dog.
Wearing green collar from vicini
ty Reddick Equipment Company,
last Thursday. If found please
call telephone 2508 or 2633. Re
ward. ap 14 2t
WAITRESS-WANTED: SALARY
$15. per week plus good tips.
Must furnish transportation and
good references. Conway’s Res
taurant. ap 14 2t
BOYS AND GIRLS . . . PAPER
pistol caps now on sale. West
ern Auto Associate Store, ap 14 tf
FEMALE HELP WANTED: COL
lege student. Interesting sum
mer position for ambitious advan
ced student. $420 for 60 days.
Write Post Office Box 311, Ken
ansville, N. C.
FOR RENT: Sljf ROOM MOUSE
on old fair ground property,
West End, Williamston. See Keg
Griffin at Griffin Motor Com
pany. ap 14 tf
FOR SALE: THREE NEW HOUS^
es, ten years to pay. Or will
rent them. See K. S. Criteher.
MALE HELP WANTED: TEACH
er. Interesting summer posi
tion for ambitious person. $420 for
60 days. Write Post Office Box
311. Kenansville, N. C.
FOR RENT: SMALL APART
ment. Call 3234. ap 9 2t
FOR RENT: 2 THReIT-ROOM
Apartments. Lights and Water!
located off Peele Street Tele- 1
phone 2656 apr 9 tf
WANTED IMMEDIATELY: TWO
waitresses. Experience not ne- ,
cessary. Apply George Reynolds :
Hotel. se 9 tf !
FOR SALE: DRESSED PINE
boards at $50.00 per thousand.
M S & M Lumber Company, Inc.,
Robersonville, N. C. jly 22 tf
SPINET PIANO — $10.00 A|
month rent. After six months
all rent payments and cartage feel
of $10 00 can be applied against ^
purchase of new piano of your i
choice with no down payments re-;
quired. This L our famous RENT
TO LEARN PLAN. W. (' REID]
A- CO., 143 South Main St., Rocky
Mount, or phone 2-2091. ap.7 8t |
FOR RENT: TWO BEDROOMS;
One l oom with twin beds and j
one with single bed. Call or con
tact Mrs. M. C. Byrum, 203
Haughton St., Williamston. ap 9 tf
WE DO ALL KINDS OF LAWN
mower sharpening and repair
ing. Heath’s Radiator Shop,
Washington Street. mr 31 tf
ADDRESS AND MAIL POSTALS
Make over $30 week. Send $1
for instructions. LENDO, Water
town, Mass. mr 31 6t
YOUR R. C. A. VICTOR TELE- j
vision dealer. Antennas & sarv- 1
ice for all sets. Call Jimmy Kitch-!
engs. Phones 3146 or 2689. ja 10 tf j
TRIO
RobernoAvillc, N. C.
TUESDAY, April 14
TROUBLE ALONG
THE WAY
With John Wayne and
Donna Reed
Comedy and Serial
WEDNESDAY, April 15
OPERATION SECRET
With Cornel Wilde and
Phyllis Thaxter
Comedy and Serial
THURSDAY - FRIDAY
April 1« and 17
WOMAN THEY
ALMOST LYNCHED
With John Lund, Joan Les
lie, Brian Donlevy and
Alidrey Totter
Plus: Cartoon and Short
FOR SALE: ONE 1950 FORD,
4-door Sedan. Good condition.
■ low mileage. Reasonably priced.
See W. A. Brown, Bear Grass.
ap 9 3t
FOR SALE: HAMPSHIRE BOAR.
2 years old, registered with pa
pers. C. D. Bullock, near Slaugh
ter House, Williamston. mr 26 tf
FURNISHED APARTMENT AND
Rooms for rent. 312 Smithwick
Street. P^one 2066. Lennie Man
ning. mr 24 tt j
iHEARING AID BATTERIES. AD i
types of hearing aid batteries.
Fit any make. Worrell Appliance.
Apr 29 tf
( OR KALE IMPERIAL «
able Wallpaper in many
and designs. B. S, Crurtney and j
Son, Williamston. mr 20 tf,
WANTED: M E N’S TUXEDOS
and dinner jackets. If you have
outgrown your present formal,
contact Bulluck’s for exchange or
trade. apr 9 7t
HILCO SANDING MACHINES
for rent. Sand your own floors I
and save money. Reasonable I
rates. Also complete line of fin- j
ishes for completing the job. Wil
liamston Hardware Co. ja 15 tf
LOST: LADIES’ BLACK CORDE
poeketbook with money, other
items, on main street, Williams
ton. Please return to Enterprise
or Mrs. W. M. Smithwick and re
ceive reward. ap 9 2t
TRY OUR DELICIOUS Busi
nessmen’s Lunch. Meat, three
vegetables, bread, and beverage
for only 60 cents. Our service is
prompt. Weir Coffee Shop, ja 3 tf
SUNDOWN
DRIVE-IN THEATRE
ROBERSONVILLE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY and
THURSDAY, April 15-16
HOODLUM EMPIRE
With Forest Tucker, Brian
Donlevy, Claire Trevor and
Vera Ralston
Plus: Comedy
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
April 17 and 18
AT SWORDS POINT
In Technicolor
With Maureen O’Hara, Cor
nel Wiltit.
HOT .LEAD
With Tim Holt
SUNDAY - MONDAY
April 19-20
RETURN OF THE
BAUMAN
With Randolph Scott, Ann
Jeffry and Gabby Hayes
Plus: Comedy
(W'e are open every night
Except Tuesdays)
Adni. $1.00 Per Car
Highway 64 Weal
Willlamston, N. C.
Enjoy a good movie under
the stars with individual
sodnd control through mi
crophones for each car.
TUESDAY, April 14
JUMPING JACKS
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Cartoon
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
April 15 and 16
CALIFORNIA
CONQUEST
Cornel Wilde & Teresa Wright
CARTOON
Open Every Night.
All Shows Start at 7:00 P. M.
Children Under 12 FREE
TWILIGHT
DRIVEN
THEATRE
FOR RENT: STORAGE SPACE
56x40 ft. off Washington Street.
Telephone 2656. apr 9 tf
WANTED IMMEDIATELY: TWO
dishwashers. Apply at George
Reynolds Hotel. se 16 tf
FOR RENT: 5 ROOM APART*
merit on Simmons Ave. Henry
D. Harrison. mr 17 tf
HIGHEST PRICES F*OR PINE
standing timber and also cut
[ over *imberlana. See us before
j you sell. Coulbourn Lumber Com
| pany, Windsor, N. C. Phone
| 3456. fe 10 tf
j WANTED 50,006 POUNDS OF
pecans and h^ns Friday from 9
I a m. tv. Friday
j at Martin Feed Mill, Williams
) ton. Wayne Poultry Company,
Goldsboro. no 27 tf
FOR SALE: HEREFORD BULL.
Registered, pole. 4 years old.
j Excellent breed. May be seen at
C. D. Bullock’s, first house north
I Slaughter House. mr 17 tf
:
FARM LOANS
10-15 20 YEARS
Prompt Closing
No Appraisal Fee
LOW INTEREST RATE
Chas. H. Manning, Ally.
VICCAR
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
TUESDAY, April 14
“NAKED SPUR"
-limes Stewart — Janet Leigh
Color by Technicolor
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