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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Hi OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ « • OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTi h EMILIES TWICE EACH WEE* VOLUME LV1 NUMBER 67 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 20, 1953 ESTABLISHED 189* Early Sales On Williamston Tobacco Market Average $55.00 Judge Peele Has Thirty Cases In Recorder's Court Fines Add Up To $430 Dur ing Two Sessions Last .- Monday —«-— Judge H. O. Peele and Solicitor Clarence Griffin handled thirty cases during the morning and aft ernoon sessions of the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday. Fines imposed in the amount of $430. There were several defendants before the court for operating motor vehicles without drivers’ licenses. Speeders were fairly numerous also. Proceedings: Driving after his operator s li censes had been revoked, Ray mond Dixon was fined $25 and taxed with costs. He entered a plea of not guilty in the case. The case in which Chas. E. Bul lock was charged with speeding and reckless driving was nol prossed. Booked twice for alleged viola tion of the liquor laws, Allie Lu cille Pittman was fined $25 and taxed with the costs in each case. Pleading guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, James Leary was sentenced to the roads for sixty days. The court suspended the road term for two years upon the payment of a $10 fine and costs. S. T Bland pleaded guilty and was fined $25, plus costs, for op erating a motor vehicle without t driver's license. Charged with careless and reck less driving, James Hudgins pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. The road term was suspended upon the payment of a $25 fine and costs. The defendant was to vol untarily surrender his driver’s li cense for six months Pleading guilty, Redden L. Woolard was fined $100, plus costs, for drunken driving. He loses his operator’s license for a year. Mary Lee Rogers was fined $25, plus costs, for operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. The case in which James Edgar Speller was charged with non support was nol prossed with leave. _ truck 55 nnles an hour, william Godfrey Taylor of Wilson was taxed with the court costs. Ulysses Williams pleaded guil ty and was fined $25 for operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license. Pleading not guilty, John Hen dry Rogers w’as adjudged not guil ty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. Shirley Stewart Crutchfield of New Bern was taxed with the court costs when she p laded guilty of speeding 65 miles an hour. Charged in two cases with vio lating the liquor laws, Carrie Ro berson was found not guilty in one. Adjudged guilty in the other case, she was fined $50 and taxed with the court costs. Luther Waddell Stallings of Williamston pleading guilty of speeding 65 miles an hour, was fined $10, plus costs. James Campbell, pleading guil ty of allowing an unlicensed driv er to operate a motor vehicle, was taxed with the court costs. Pleading guilty of speeding 65 miles an hour, Elijah Sheppard of Williamston was taxed with the court costs. * -Charged with speeding 57 milps an hour in a 35-mile zone, S T Sherrod of RFD 2. Williamston, was fined $10 and tax/id with the court costs. Linwood Turner pleaded guilty of operating a motor vehicle with out a driver’s license and was fined $25, plus costs. Jesse Louis Turner pleaded'not guilty when charged with careless and reckless driving Found guil ty, he was fined $25 and required to pay the court costs. Pleading guilty of assaulting a female, Jesse Beach was sentenc ed to the roads for sixty days, the sentence to begin at the direction of the court at anytime within the next two years. In a second case, Beach pleaded guilty of non support and was sentenced tr the roads for throe months. The road (Continued on page eight) Postal Receipts In Local Office Show Slight Drop After holding to a fairly firm upward trend for a number of years, postal receipts at the<iocal office were on a slight decline for the-.-3.ps.v~d q»s»- of.~tfei* year, according to figures gained from Postmaster W. E. Dunn this week. The decline, it was pointed out, is comparatively small and is farily certain to be checked this quarter. Even with the decline, the office is expected to hold its first class rating, the postmaster said. It was explained that several of the ten meters maintained by the local office were about exhausted just before the quarter ended, that they have been serviced since June 30 and the revenue will be reflected in the current three month period. f* CALL FOR DONORS I V_/ The Red Cross Bloodmo bile is scheduled to make its tenth visit to the chapter on Thursday, September 3, and the call is being renewed for donors, it was announced to day l^y Dr. J. S. Rhodes, Jr., chairman. A plea is also be ing made for recruitment chairmen in the chapter, in cluding all the townships and communities. The chapter last time fail ed to meet its 150-pint quota, and it is hoped that the people will respond in sufficient numbers to make up for the deficit and meet the new quo ta two weeks from today. Donors are asked to contact the Red Cros office and sign up as quickly as possible. Native Of Town ! Dies In Tarboro ■-- ♦> I Charles Edward Hoard, native of Williams to: . di“d at his home | in Tarboro Tuesday following a long period of declining health. The son of the late Jack W. and Sarah Ann Gurganus Hoard, he was born in Williamston sixty years on August 4, 1893, and when a young man located in Tarboro Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Lillie Bozeman of Tarboro; three daughteis, Mrs. Carl Uifong of Asheville, Mrs. Clinton Baker of Roberson ville, fnd Miss Doris Hoard of Tarboro; one son, Charles B. Hoard of Tar boro; #three sisters, Mrs. J. E. Hammond of Bethel, Mis. Ruth Wells of Tarboro and Mrs. An drew J. Summerlin of Williams ton; three brothers, J. H. Hoard of Tarboro, N. C. Hoard of Bethel, and Samuel Hoard of Norfolk, and three grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Calvary Episcopal Church in Tarboro yesterday aft ernoon at 4:00 o’clock by the Rev. S Grayson Clary. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Tarboro. Station Plans Formal Opening The Roberson Brothers, Toot sie and C. T. who recently opened their new Sinclair Service Sta tion on Washington and Elm Streets ip Williamston, have com pleted plans for a big formal opening and will give away valu able prizes. The formal opening date will be Wednesday.‘'Stpteui ber 2nd; however, the public will have the opportunity to visit this new establishment at any time prior to that date and register for the grand drawing on Wednes day night, September 2. The grand prize will be a 17-inch Television Set. Other lucky winners will re ceive $10.00 and $25.00 in trade. "Tootsie” and C. T. arc both natives of Williamston and both have had years of experience with public service to the people of this county. Their new station is located just across from the New Carolina Warehouse and is one of the most modern and attractive services stations in this section. They will operate under the name Roberson Brothers Super Sinclair j Service Station and carry a com ' piele iine ui Sinclair products. While there was an increase of $170.43 in stamp sales handled by the office during the first six months of this year as compared with those handled in the corre s>pon.ding''3jtiiod of 1932, the mo ney order busines handled by the office dropped from $143,963.05 to $138,063.78, a decrease of $5,889. 21. During the first quarter of this year stamp sales amounted to $12,779.32 as compared with $12, 161,47 sales made a year ago in the first quarter. Stamp sales dropped from $11,471.13 in the first three months of last year to $11,023.71 in the corresponding period of 1953, a drop of $447.42 in the second quarter of this year The drop last quarter did not wipe out the first-quarter gain, but it reduced the margin considerably. Funds Available For Farm Houses A new allotment of federal funds for farm housing loans in Martin County was announced this week by James C. Eubhnks, Supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration at Williamston. Purpose of the credit is to fin ance homes and farm buildings for farm families. Veterans re ceive preference. The loans bear 4 percent inter est and are repayable over periods up to 33 years. In the last two years five families in Martin County have borrowed approxi mately $45,000.00 to construct new farm dwellings and outbuildings Since the demand for these loans far exceeds the limited loan funds Mi. Eubanks explained, on ly farm owners receiving all oi a substantial portion of their in come from the Sale of farm com modities may qualify as borrow ers, A loan may be made to im prove a farm on which the opera tor works off the farm only if he or members of his family art farming on a sizeable scale. These loans may not be used to con struct rural residences or oil ei buildings for families not general ly recognized as farmers. All FHA .committee ill eat h farmers, decides who is eligible, In Martin County, Committee Members are Mr. Lee D. Hardison, Route I, Williamston, N. C., Mr Fred S. Barrett, Route 1, Oak City, N. C , and Mr. Garland II Forbes, Route 3, Williamston, N. C. Since this new type of credit was established by Congress four years ago, about 16,300 farm own ers throughout the country have used the aid to improve theii homes and buildings. Loam amounting to $81,416,000 nation wide have been made for new houses, for repairing and remo deling old houses; for new barns poultry houses, and other build ings, and to improve existing buildings. Numerous loans also have included funds for farmstead water systems. Held On Alleged Rape Charge Here -—«— Earl Daniels, 20-year-old color ed man, was arrested here late last night for allegedly raping a 12-year old girl, daughter of Vio la Wallace of Philadelphia. Said to have admitted the at tack, Daniels will be given a pre liminary hearing before Justice W M Tetterton here this evening at 7:00 o’clock The attack was alleged to have taken place on the colored school grounds last Sunday night. Admitting the attack, Daniels said he did not realize his victim was so young, and maintained the act was committed without re sistance. One report said the vic tim had been attacked twice by Daniels, a married man, since she came here from Philadelphia about two weeks ago to visit re latives. The warrant was procured late last, night shortly after the moth er learned about Hie attack fol lowing her arrival from Pennsyl vania. Stale Per Capita Income Drops To Forty-Fifth Spot —*— Average Ineome Is About $600 Below That For The 'Stairs ’ -$ Raleigh. — Proud and loyal North Carolinians who might have had hopes that their State would make a better comparative showing in 1952 in that most im portant of ait economic baromet ers—incomes of individuals—are doomed to a bitter disappoint ment. With a 1952 per capita income of $1,049, North Carolina dropped from forty-fourth to forty-fifth rank among the states, a new all time low. These and many other signifi cant items of information were contained in new 1952 figures on per capita and total income pay ments which were released here today for the first time by North Carolina Research Institute through the current issue of its official publication, North Caro | lina Facts. In releasing the information, Felix A. Gnsette, Executive Di rector of the Institute, pointed out that North Carolina also declined in 1952 in the State’s share of the National per capita income, in rank in total income payments, and in the rate of increase in all categories of individual income in 1952 as compared with 1951. As though these reverses might not be sufficient. Grisettc added a final blow by pointing out that for the first time in the refolded history of such statistics, North Carolina dropped below South Carolina in rank among the States! Only Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi had per capita in comes less than North Carolina, thus giving North Carolina a rank of eighth place among the 11 Southeastern states, another all time low. North Carolina’s 1952 per capita ineome of $1,049 compared with $1,639 for the United States us a | whole and $1,121 for the South east as a group. Thus the North Carolina figure was only 04 per cent of the National Average, whereas it has been about 60 per cent in recent years, a drop of! Jamesville Girl Is On Winning Team —$— A Jamesville girl, Staff Ser geant Johnnie Mae Sawyer, is a member of the Wisebaden Co mets, softball team that recently won the WAF/WAC League championship, Northern Division for 1953 in Germany. The picture of Sgt. Sawyer ap peared in a service newspaper along v^th other members of the championship team. A write up in the same paper credited Sgt. Sawyer with virtually win ning the crucial game for the Co mets when she hit safely three out of four timi's at bat to turn back the Olth General Hospital nine. After taking the Northern Di vision championship, the Comets are to contend for higher honors in the country. Miss Sawyer, in overseas duty since last January, returned with members of the team Tuesday, landing in Boston. The schedule of future champion ship games has not been released. -o Plans Announced For Kindergarten Plans are being completed for the second church - sponsored kindergarten here this fall, it was announced this week by Mrs. R. K. Tarkington, Jr., and Mrs. R. L. Bowling, teachers. The registration will he held in the Methodist Fellowship Ilali on Wednesday, September 2 between the hours of 8:45 a. m. and 10:GO a. in. Children between the ages of 4 and 6 years are eligible to re gister and attend the school, it was announced. Definite plans for opening the school and other details will be discussed and an nounced later. INTERRUPTION I v* Sunday morning, August 23, 1953. and possibly on Mon day, August 24, 1953, there will be a series of interrup tions of electric service for short periods of time in the Town of Williaimton. These interruptions arc necessary to make certain changes in the town which will improve voltage conditions and pro vide for future load growth of the town. Every effort will be made to keep the incon venience to customers at a minimum. The interruption will not affect the entire town at one time, power officials explain ing that it will be extended section by «ection, that the interruption should be for periods only. Plans Go Forward For Referendum C. S. Alexander, of Scotland Neck, President of the North Car olina Peanut Growers Associa tion, announced this week that educational meetings have been held in all major peanut-produc ing counties during the past two weeks in preparation for the state-wide Peanut Referendum, which will be held on August 29. The North Carolina Peanut Growers Association has been authorized by the General Assem bly to conduct the referendum, which, will enable farmers to vote on the question of whether or not they should levy upon themselves an annual assessment of one-cent per hundred pounds of peanuts marketed for a three year yerid, 1953, 1954 and 1955. The proceeds from the assessment would be turned over to the association by Commissioner of Agriculture L. Y. Ballentine to be used to pro mote the interests of North Caro lina peanut growers in all phases of production, marketing, process ing, consumption and research. This new organization would function in a similar manner to Tobacco Associates, which leaf growers authorized in 1947 under the same law. Alexander said the meetings explaining the proposed peanut assessment were highly success ful, and con'OTieridoi on by the county Farm Bureau organizations, the Extension Ser-> vice, Production and Marketing Administration, Soil Conservation Service, Vocational Agriculture teachers and the Farmer’s .Home Administration. "The formation of the N. C. Peanut Growers Association was the result of a resolution passed at the last State Farm Bureau Convention, where delegates de cided that peanut producers should have an organization tu promote their commodity under the same enabling legislation that tobacco growers have promoted the marketing of their product,” Alexander added. Etheridge Infant Dies In Hamilton -—-«>— 'Jesse Everett Etheridge, son of Robert L. and Melba Everett Eth eridge of near Oak City, died at the home of his maternal grand parents, Mr and Mrs. Jesse Eve rett, in Hamilton Tuesday even ing at 8:90 o’clock. He was born on June 24, 1953, and had received hospital treatment for several weeks. Besides his parents and mater nal grandparents, he is survived by three sisters, Linda, Nancy and Maude Etheridge, and his pater nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. K B. Etheridge of near Oak City. Graveside services were con ducted in tin- Hamilton Cemetery yesterday afternoon at 4:00 o’ clock by the Rev J. B. Hurley, Methodist minister of Roberson ville. W eather Condition* Ideal For Opening Weather conditions were ideal for the opening of the tobacco market here today. The skies were clear and the temperature was moderate, adding to lively Oak Ciiy Farmer Murdered At Caie Tuesday Evening —♦— John Lanier Being Ques tioned By Officers In ConnertitmCith Case ~ Frank Cherry, 40-year-old Ne gro farmer of near Oak City, was J shot and fatally wounded just outside the back door of Owen Jones' cafe in Oak City at 9:10 o’clock Tuesday night Hit in the left side by several buck shot, Cherry was pronounced dead up on arrival at the hospital here. Just before he died. Cherry was quoted as saying someone shot him, that he did not know why and that he had never done any one any harm. Investigating the case, Sheriff M. W. Holloman and FBI Agent Fentress questioned John Lanier I of near Oak City, but they have not disclosed any findings or evi dence. Lanier was detained when it was learned that he and Cherry luid quarreled presumably over Lanier’s girl friend, Odell Rober son. It was also declared that Cherry had been seen with the Roberson girl on several occasions during recent months, that the two men had quarreled and made threats some weeks ago. Lanier is said to have offered a story about his travels the night of the shooting, and officers are checking the story, one report maintaining that some discrepan cies had been found in the story. The sheriff said that Cher ry who lives about one mile from Oak City on Highway 44 went to Jones’ cafe in Oak City to col led for watermelons delivered there a few days ago. After mak ing the collection, Cherry bought and drank a soft drink, engaged in brief conversation and went out the back door to get into his ear. Just before reaching the ma chine, he was fired upon at fair ly close range. Jones’ wife wots walking up a back stairs to the Jones apai t-1 merit ovei the cafe when the gun i was fired and was missed only I by inches, Sheriff Holloman said. The attacker was seen running from the scene, and other evi dence is gradually being unravel Uninjured When Car Turns Over .-<$>— — Miss Elsie Ruth Bowers and hei two companions were uninjured when her car, a 1950 Meri%ry, went out of control and turned over on the old Williamston Greenville road near Christian Chapel yesterday morning at 4:90 o’clock Driving toward Greenville, Miss Bowers lost control of the machine when ^t skidded, inV vestigating officers of the high way patrol stating that the ma chine, running about 55 miles an hour, went off the,road on the right and into a ditch and tear ing down a road sign before swerving to the left across the road and on into a corn field where it turned over. The ear traveled about 300 feet after go ' ing out of control, the patrol member said. Damage to the car was estimat ed at $500 Hold Funeral For Native 01 County -—<*>—, Mrs, Kittie Browning Waters, daughter of the late John and Odoliza Ewinson Browning of Martin County, died m a Ply mouth hospital last Monday night She was 04 years of age and had made her home in Wash ington County most of her life Funeral services were conduct ed m the Christian Hope of Christ yesterday afternoon at. 4:00 o' clock by the Rev Robert Lee of Washington. Surviving are hir husband, Lloyd C. Waters; four sons, Clur-1 ence and L. Ronald of Plymouth,! Humbert F. of Elizabeth City and | Jumf's It Waters i»l Spencer, twuj brothers, Wr W and John Brown-1 ing of Plymouth; eight grand-! children. Quality Of The Leaf Better Than In 1952 r I I >! AHKFTS Reports were scant on early sajes on other markets in the belt, but Rocky Mount, short ly before noon, reported an estimated average of $52.50 to $53.00 per hundred. The top was placed at 69 cents a pound. The quality there was said not to be “too good." One or two other markets, withholding -definite esti mates, merely said "tobacco was selling good.” Price Fluctuation' on Border Markets —♦— Demand strengthened Wednes day for South Carolina and Bord er North Carolina flue-cured to bacco as most average prices mov ed back up to Monday’s high level The U. S. and North Carolina Departments of Agriculture re ported that the gains ranged from $1 to $4 per 100 pounds. Quality of offerings also showed a little improvement. There was an in crease in the percentage of good lugs and smoking leaf Volume of sales was heavy on a few' markets but most were classified as medium Yesterday’s sales grossed 7,513,311 pounds for an average of $55 45. This was 42 cents below the high average of Monday. Season sales were in crease to $89,510,387 pounds, av eraging $53.56. Auction bid averages on a lim ited number of grades were: Leaf: Good lemon 66.00, fair lemon 64.00: low orange 53.00. Cutters: Fair lemon 69.00: low lemon 68.00. Lugs Good lemon 68.000; fail li mon 63.00; fair orange 60.00; low orange 50.00 Primings: Fair lemon 55.00; fair orange 50.00; low orange 37 - 00 Nondescript: Best thin 23.50; poorest thin 9.25. Resident Passes .. ■ <3>' W llebcr Robinson, father of Mrs. Julius Gurgauus of William ton, died in Duke Hospital iate Monday night. He was born in Pitt County 49 years ago and lived and farmed in the Greenville community most of his life Funeral services were conduct ed in a Greenville funeral home yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’ clock by the Rev. Henry Melvin, Free Will Baptist minister of near Winterville Interment was in the Winterville cemetery. Surviving besides his daughter here are, his widow, the former Gladys Stocks; three daughters, C. Helms of Jacksonville, Mrs Vance Briley Jr., of near Green ville, and Mis Russell Newton of Farmville; six sons, Pfc Stanley Robinson, U. S. Marine Corps, now stationed at Quaritico, Va , Pvt. Clifton Robinson, U S. Army, now stationed in New Jersey, and Winstead, Donald, Kenneth and Dewey Robinson, all of the home; four grandchildren; a brother, Leslie Robinson of Williamstun; and three sisters, Mrs Robert Haddock of Greenville, Mrs. Krn est Loftm and Mis. Roy Loftin, both of near Ayden To Discuss Plans For Zoning Town —•— - • * Meeting with officials, mem bers of a commission and inte rested citizens, S Leigh Wilson, field consultant for the North Carolina League of Municipali ties, will discuss plans for placing into operation machinery for zoning the town. The meeting has been scheduled for next Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the ■ou rt house. AH citizens interested m fur nulating a uniform set of rules md regulations relating to zoning ire invited to attend the meeting. Sales Expected To Pass 700,000 Pounds Tomorrow —«— Market Expected To Main tain Fast Pace Set During First Hours Today [ Averaging l ight at $55 per hun dred pounds for its first sales this morning, Williamston’s tobacco market is almost certain to push toward new high records for both poundage and price before the day is spent. And market observers went on to declare that they see no reason why the market should not push right on to set a new record for the season. “There's little tobacco in many parts of the country, including a few areas in the eastern belt, and the com panies apparently need and want tobacco,” an observer said after following the sales during the first two hours this morning. Farmers are generally happy, possibly more than happy with their first saies which are aver aging several dollars above the opening day figures for 1952. A year ago on August 21, the market here sold 297,756 pounds for an average of $50.08. The record the market today is shooting at is the one recorded in 1950 when the market sold 873,098 pounds for an average of $55.88. Brief and to-the-podit cere monies marked the opening of the market here promptly at 9:00 o’ clock when Sales Supervisor Ver non Bunting stated it was a hap py occasion when farmers, buy ers, other tobacconists and old friends held their first reunion in months. “We welcome our old and new farmei friends and old and new tobacconists,” Mr. Bunt ing said, declaring that the mar ket appreciated their interest and support and then went on to plead for continued support. Introduced by the market sup ervisor, Mayor Robt. H. Cowen extended an official welcome to farmers and tobacconists. "For more than half a century, the ■aU!jg^h:lvc 111.!) e ted a rood to I sincerely hope that support will continue and the market will con tinue to grow," the mayor said. "While I could talk on, you pa trons and others are more inte rested m pro es," the mayor said urging Auctioneer Harold Hutch ison to tune it away at sixty dol lars and up. The first pile of tobacco with a government support figure of 38 cents a pound sold for 54 cents. During the first hour of sales, the Stabilization Cooperative had re ceived only 1,620 pounds. The first 3,220 pounds sold for an average of $55.62. The next few thousand pounds fell slight ly below that figure when much inferior tobacco and some dam aged fell under the auctioneer’s hammer. The dip was soon recov ered and b.v the time approxi mately 56,000 pounds had been sold the average was holding firm between 55 and 56 cents a pound. A few piles sold in the seven ties, but 69 apparently was the practical top A few piles sold as low as 15 cents, but they could be counted on one’s fingers al most. Observers who have followed the markets year after year and checked the sales on the Border declared thi ■ morning that prices foi the better and medium grades were little changed from the fig ure prevailing a year ago. Prices for the inferior grades were rang ing some higher, Farmer J. C. Gurkin, a recognized judge of tobacco, declaring that the com mon grades were selling $5 a hundred above those on the Bord er markets early this week. Ptliter and Wynne of RFD 3, Wilhamston, sold 620 pounds for S401.28, the prices running til, S3, 67 and 69 cents a pound. Li!ley and Phelps of RFD I, Williamston, sold piles for 50, 52, 55, 58, 67, 69 and 69, or 1,012 pounds for $615.04, to hold the spotlight in the early sales. Melvin jodard, selling an entile row, iveraged above 55 cents a pound. (Continued on pegs eight)
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