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I I THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BV OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK \ THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B* OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT, FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE* ---* ■ "---7- -: "-*== ' = VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 71 William tton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 3, 1933 ESTABLISHED 1899 Twenty-Six Cases In County Court Monday Morning Fines Imposed By Judg(^ II. O. Peele Add Up to S260 At Regular Session : Handling twenty-six cases, Judge H. O. Peele imposed fines in the amount of $260 and ad jounred a regular session of the Martin County Recorder’s Court by 12:00 o’clock noon Monday. There were no cases of special in terest on the docket, except the murder charge against John Iiani er who waived preliminary hear ing and who was returned to jail without the privilege of bond. Lanier murdered Frank Cherry in Oak City last month. Proceedings: Charged with assaulting a fe male, William H. Williams plead . ed nolo contendere and was sen f fenced to the roads for ninety days. The sentence is to begin at t the direction of the court at any ! time within the next two years, and the defendant is to pay a $10 fine, plus costs. Pleading guilty of speeding 58 miles an hour in a truck, Russell Linwood Tripp of Greenville was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Lawrence C. Glisson, also of Greenville, pleaded guilty and was fined $25 for speeding 55 [ miles an hour in a truck. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Tony Ayers, Jr., pleaded not guilty. Found guiltv. he was sentenced to the roads for 60 days, the court suspending the sentence upon the condition that he re main away from the premises ol Maggie Edwards and pay a $10 fine, plus costs. Levi Dixon was fined $10 and laxed with the costs for carelesl »nd reckles driving. Pleading guilty of careless and reokless driving and hit-and-run driving, Frank L. Ottanasio of Long Island, N. Y., was fined $25 1 and taxed with the costs. Billie W. Reed of Edenton was fined $10, plus costs, for speeding 75 miles an hour. He pleaded giul ty. Pleading gu'lty of speeding 73 miles an hour, James W. Bedwell of Jamesville was taxed with the costs. Charged with violating the li quor laws, John Hyman, Robert Whitaker and Elbert Clark plead ed guilty and each was fined $10, plus costs. , Pleading not guilty of resisting arrest, Elliott Jordan was found Dot guilty. John Graham, Jr., of Norfolk, Nas taxed with the costs for al legedly speeding 75 miles an hour. Charged with speeding 75 miles an hour and pleading guilty of the charge, Walt# Jordan of New > York City va.- f tied $20 and tax > ed w ith the "costs. The case in which J. L. Mobley was charged with violating the barber law was nol pressed, sub ject to be reopened at a later date. James Edward Bennett of RFD 1, Oak City, pleaded guilty of speeding 60 miles an hour in a truck and was fined $25, plus costs. Speeding 45 miles an hour in a 35-mile zone, Wilson Durwood Leggett of Arlington, Va„ was (Continued on p»ge eight) Sponsor Sittings For Photographs —•— The Alice Dunning Circle of the local Christian Church is sponsor ing sitting for photographs dur ing two weeks, beginning Mon day, September 14, and continu ing through the 28th. Special arrangements Ifavc been made with the Royal Photograph ic Center to make the pictures at low cost *to patrons. Mrs. Helen Tetterton, manager of the Photo graphis Center, is offering dur ing the two-week period photo graphs measuring eight by ten or 11 by 14 in Silenium for only $1.95. The only limitation is age, Mrs. W. H. Sessoms, leader of the | sponsoring church group, explain ing that the special offer is be ing available to children 14 yewrs j or younger. Sittings will he booked for each hour, beginning at 10:00 a. m. for one hour,'and then from 1:00 to 9:00 p. m., Monday through Satur day, and they will be by appoint ment only. Funds raised by the sponsoring ! organization will be placed in the building fund, it was announc ed. Enrollment In County Schools Enrollment, a bit spotted to be t sure, in the Martin County white 1 schools showed an over-all gain of 81 pupils during the first two ' days of the current term over the ‘ figures for the corresponding period a year ago. Four schools, i despite larger first grndes, repcyt- I ed losses in their early enroll ment figures, while the other four t showed fairly sizable gains. Wil- 1 liamston led the list with a gain < if 59 pupils, followed closely by lobetsonville with a^ain of 44. 'he loss of twenty in the James ’ille school is puzzling officials, nd it is expected to right itself s the term progresses. The opening of the new term vas without incident, school of ifials said. m A comparison of th" current nd last toi'lii enrollments fol ows by departments and combin 'd totals: Jamesville Bear Grass Williamston Robersonville Oak City _ Farm Life Everetts Hamilton < 1951*52 Ele. H.S. Total 352 108 460 214 86 300 810 297 1107 441 228 669 239 126 365 123 123 200 200 168 168 2547 845 3392 1952-53 Ele. H.S. Total 326 114 440 231 83 314 865 301 1166 471 242 713 222 \134 356 131 131 189 189 164 164 2599 874 3473 lobacco hales rass Three Million Mark \ ONE-DAY DRIVE J >- _s Instead of dragging the canvass through several months, farm leaders are making pl^ns for a one-day drive for Farm Bureau mem bers in the county this year. Tuesday, September 15. has been designated Farm Bureau Membership Drive Day throughout the county, and leaders in every community are being asked to carry the • canvass to every- nook and corner in the county. Of course, memberships will be received any day, but the 15th has been designated as the Big Day in the annual membership round-up. Farmers and others are urged to support the drive. News 0! Robbery i Goes Long Ways —*,— i News of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company robbery here last Friday morning traveled far and received much attention through out the country and even on the high seas. I In addition to appearing in the | daily press from coast to coast, coast, accounts of the robbery | were broadcast on the major ra dio net works. Lowell Thomas in cluded it in his usual broadcast, aid the Canadian Broadcasting System •••had! of-th.fi. robbery on the air. I Bobby Harrison, local young man, heard about it on the high seas while traveling from Alaska to San Diego, California. With the robbers tucked away in the Wilson jail and the money back in the bank, all activities ip local banking circles is back to normal and the robbery is seld om mentioned although the dar ing hold-up is less than a week old. Returning from Maine where he spent the summer, Bobby Clayton heard from friends who had read all about it up there. -<8> Ed Grady Speaks To Rotary Club —♦— Speaking to the regular week ly meeting of the local Rotary Club last Tuesday noon, Ed Gra dy, executive secretary of the Williamston Boosters discussed the industrial potential in the South during the next few yt^rs. “It has been forecasted that 3,000 multi-million dollar plants will locate in the South during the next ten years,” Mr. Grady said. Anticipating such an expansion, leaders in the South are cooperat ing in every i^ay possible to ad vance the movement. Mr. Grady explained that maps of Williams- ' ton and the community are being prepared along with a review of local assets such as transporta tion, unlimited power and other pertinent data for wide distribu tion. Mr. Grady appeared optimistic over the outlook for bringing new industry to this section, explain ing that the task is a slow one and one that must be worked continually. About two Million Dollars Paid For Tobacco To Date —•— Markets Will Observe Next Monday, Labor Day, Ah Holiday -•— Sales on the Williamston To bacco Market went scooting right on by ^he three million-pound mark yesterday with prices still blazing a new high trail. Prices yesterday were about thy highest of the season, the market selling 340,582,,pounds for $188,474.35, an average for the day of $55.34. Up until this morning the mar ket here had sold 7,168,744 pounds for $1,721,803.00, an average for the season to date of $54.34. The market is barely steering clear of blocks, and the sales are running smoothly with competi tion for most increasing almost from day to day! The Liggett Company was reported to have shown added interest in tips on the market here yesterday, and those types that are ripe are bring ing fancy prices, it was reported. Just about all types of tobacco are in greater demand now than they were during the early days of the marketing season. Sales today are heavy pnd full, sales are in prospect for tomorrow with the possibility that the mar ket will push right on toward the Four million-pound mark before the week is spent. The markets through out the belt will observe next Monday, Labor Day, as a holiday and there’ll be no sales. t During the first ten selling days last year, the market ■here sold lust a fraction over two million pounds, the current season hold ng better than a million pound advantage. The growers last year during the first ten d4ys receiv 'd less than a million dollars for Iheir offerings. Limited Holiday Here Labor Day ■— ■ ♦ Next Monday, Labor Day, will ae observed on a limited scale here. There will be no tobacco sales that day ."but the warehouses fcill be held open to receive to jacco for sales the following day ind later in the week. The post office will he closed dong with the offices of the Vir ;inia Electric and Power Com pany, the banks and federal and state offices. The day will not be observed <s a holiday by county offices and ausiness in general. The Martin bounty Recorder's Court will sit is usual and the various county md town officials will meet in ■egular sessions, it was learned. -a> SHORT 1 j The Martin Chapter early today was coming up short in the Red Cross blood pro gram. Quite a few pledges were cancelled at the last minute and drop-ins were few and faV between. Up un til noon, approximately fifty had donated blood, according to a report coming from the , center at the Legion Hut. Weather Review For Past Month In This Section -—<s>— Mercury Wanders From 52 To 100 Degrees; Rain Below Normal Of course there was no snow and the mercury did not get down to anything like freezing, but the weather man threw just about everything jn the book at this section last month. Ole Man River behaved him self fairly well, never offering to kick over the banks. But his depth did vary almost three feet during the period. The mercury struck a peak of 100 on August 2 and then dropped down into the low fifties week before last. The 4.74 inches of rain, while being .66 of an inch below nor mal, left the section extremely dry. There has been no trace of rain here since August 20. and outside of« the 3.68 inches trace able, more or less, to Hurricane Barbara, precious little rain fell in these parts. * The weather data, including thg^ river gauge readings, as released by Mr. Spruill for the month of August follows, with the date in the first column, the river gauge readings in the second column, the maximum temperature read ing in the third, minimum tem perature reading in the fourth and the rainfall in the fifth col umn for earh day of the month' Date 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. !). 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 13. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. River 4.5 4.6 4.2 3.8 4.2 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.2 4.3‘ 4.5 5.2 6.8 6.4 6.0 5.2 4.5 4.2 5.2 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.5 * Trace of rain. II 94 100 88 88 97 88 88 92 91 90 90 90 79 88 93 95 90 88 78 82 83 80 83 88 90 89 90 94 94 96 95 L 70 69 68 60 71 70 70 68 68 64 62 67 67 67 65 68 65 64 56 58* 52 52 54 52 55 55 57 61 64 66 65 Rain .00 .00 .00 .00 .42 .01 .19 .09 .00 .00 3.68 .00 .00 .22 .13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 4.74 f irst bollon is Ginned In County The Taylor MiJi and Gin Com pany officially opened its gin in Robersonville last Friday, August 28th. The first hale was ginned for Foy Rogers who lives on Route 2 Robersonville. The first bale ginned weighed 465 pounds and was purchased by Sherwood L. Roberson Company who now has the cotton on dis play in front of the store in Rob ersonville. Mr. Roberson said the cfBalit.v of the cotton was medium to good and the top market price was paid for the first bale ginned in the county. Mr. Taylor, owner and opera tor, stated the gin would remain open every day until the end of the season. Opening one of the most modern gins in the State, 1 he firm gins cotton from several eastern counties and in some in stances as far east as the coast. Enrollment In Colored Schools —*— Neither complete nor accurate figures could be had immediately on the enrollment^in the colored schools in the epunty this week, but the preliminary reports point ed to record numbers in most, if not all those schools. Principal Holmes of the Hayes School here reported 1,013 en rolled, 736 in the elerhentary de partment and 273 in the high school. Whichard-James, the only other colored school to report, en rolled 136 pupils. Reports from the other thirteen colored schools in the county arc expected short ly Cancer Society Directs Appeal In This County --- Marlin Only Comity In The State Making !No Report In the 1953 Drive -<t> Martin, the only county in the State that has made no report so far ir the 1953 cancer fund drive, is hearing a plea for contributions to the American Cancer Society. Appeals had been made to vari ous individuals to head ihe drive in the several townships, but on ly one, Floyd Moore, of Williams accepted the challenge. Now, the chairman, Mayor Robt. H. Cowen is directing a personal letter to individuals in this area, urging them to contribute to the fund. It was explained that the State had raised $308,000 of its $310, 000 quota, that Martin County’s $2,000 quota once raised, would carry the State over the top. Keeping forty percent of all funds raised, the county has ex hausted is cancer fund treasury extending aid to the needy vic tims. New calls are being receiv ed from time to time, and the pleas have to be rejectedf. In his direct-mail letter, Chair man Robt. Cowen said, "Due to various difficulties, it has been impossible for the Martin County Unit of the American C^pcer So ciety to carry on an active cam paign to solicit funds to support its program agtfffist cancer. “Today, Martin County stands as the only county in the state that has not fulfilled its obliga tion in this very urgent and wor thy appeal. :“We solicit your support in this effort by asking that you please help by mailing your contribu tion immediately to your local chairman, or to R. II. Cowen, County Chairman, Willianaston.” Record Number In': The School Here —•— Enrollment figures broke all re- . cords in the local white schools Tuesday and yesterday when 1, 166 education hungry young folks reported for work. Principal B. G. Stewart said 865 enrolled in the elementary departments and that 301 report ed for work in the high school. Showing an increase of 14, the first grade now has 133 little tots. Enrollment figures for other grades were released by Princi- ' pal Stewart, as follows: 1 Second, 116; third, 103; fourth, 93; fifth, 114; sixth, 93; seventh, 104; eigth, 109; ninth, .76; tenth, 80; eleventh, 76, and twelfth, 69. The enrollment figures are ex expected to climb as the term pro-1 grosses. : Fifty-nine more pupiis enterecf : the local schools Tuesday of this week than were counted on open ing day last term. -«>.--— Few Barn Fires In This County With the last of the 1953 crop out of the fields with the possible ' exception of one or two fields, a review shows comparatively few tobacco barns were destroyed by ' fire in the county this year. The figures are not official, but the review shows that eight cue ing barns were destroyed by fire in thet-ounty during the 1953 sea son. Ben Biggs lost a wood burner in Poplar Point Township a short time ago, and Farmer Clarence Wallace wag.reported to have lost an oil-curing barn the latter part of last week Insurance was car- , ried on both barns, it was report- i ed. 1 Eight barns were reported to have been destroyed by fire in the county last year. c SANCTUARYY Even though Willianiston has been declared by ordin- < ance to be a bird sanctuary, the little feathered creatures are not finding the spot a i safe sanctuary, according to reports heard this week. A few youngsters have been seen shooting birds with i rifles. Children and their par ents, too, are warned that it < is unlawful tc shoot bif-ds in- < side the town, and that vio- t lators are subject to prosecu- 11 tion in the courts. i Martin Education Board Goes On Record For Bond Proposal You ng Mother Disa/)pears From Her Home Near Here —-•> r ri«i uisuii, /oung mother of two children, | disappeared from her home near' Williamston about two weeks ago | tnd nothing has been heard from ler since. Her mother, Mrs Mary Bet Price, continues in a Wilson lanatorium and she along with >ther members of her family is greatly worried over her disap pearance and they are appealing :o anyone who knows her where ibouts to get in touch with them. Her husband, Jodie Hardison, said she left home on tlje Prison Camp road to see a doctor in Wil uarnsion ana cua nor return nome. Her disappearance can't be ex plained, her husband stating that she had not enjoyed very good health in recent months. During the past few days mem bers of the family have tried to get in touch with her as far away as Indiannapolis where she has a brother. Last reports from re latives stated she had not been seen in the Indiana city. Besides her husband she leaves two children, one eighteen months and the other, three years old, at home. August Marriages In County Above Normal For Month t wenty-Two Licenses Were IssimmI Last Month By Register of Deeds -♦ — After trailing the 19.r>2 issuance luring the first seven months, the lumber of marriage licenses re orded in the Martin County re lister of deeds office showed a airly sizable gain in August. The ssuance last month was the larg ■st for any period so far this year ind has been surpassed only twice n the month of August since 1931, iccording to the records. It was the fourth month this 'ear in which the number of li •enses issued to white couples ■xceeded those going to colored (tuples. Licenses were issued in the ■ounty last month, thirteen to vhite and nine to colored couples is follows: White Len Ivy Johnson and Helen Hills, both of Tarboro John V. Wheeler of Arapahoe ind Jean Bailey of RFD 2, Wil iamston Howard R Caratain of Roys on, Ga., and Evelyn Rose Tay or of Williamston Arthur Julius Whitehead of Scotland Neck and Dorothy Vir jinia Smith of Oak City Earl E. Hvman of Palmyra nari Sdna Clyde Bryant of Oak City David Aaron Boyd and Mary ifizabeth Harrell, both of Hamil on Willie Elton Wynne of Everetts ind June Ellen Bowen of RFD !, Williamston Earle Dudley Litzcnberjfcr ot Jethlehem, Pa,, arm Maray Altec 3ailey of Everetts Hubert H. Hardison of# Cljoco vinity and Bonnie Bell Clark ol 3FD 1, Washington Jarland C. Tice of RFD 1, Wil iamston and Pattie Swanson An Irews of Rocky Mount Dillion Ward Williams and foyce Pilgreen, both of Roberson Rile Shirley Farless of Merry Hill uid Lois Jean Gastello of Wind tor Stanley K White of Williamston md Mary Louise Everett of Ro jersonville. Colored Ren Nichols of Williamston and jois Bowen of RFD 1, Williams on Jake Bond, orf Star Route \ V^« M i i II I I4C-IJ Report Typhoid Case In County Typhoid fever made its first ippearance a short time ago in ibout five years, according to a eport released this week by the Martin Health Department. Annie Speller, 5-year-old color i child who lives on the Grime* arm near Robersonvillc, fell vie un of the’ fewer. Dr. Vernon Ward liagnnscd the case, and it was epnrted that the victim was now retting along all right. The child had not be>n immuniz 'd against the fever this year, it vas learned. Since the case was liagnosed as fever, other members if thV family were inoculated and he health department took steps o guard against the fever spread ng. r ROUTINE Only routine business has been scheduled for considera tion by both the town and county boards of commission ers at their regular monthly meetings next Monday. “It is fairly certain that some new items will find their way into the meetings, but just now only routine matters are on the calendar," Clerk J. Sam Getsinger of the county board said this morning. The two boards are not ob serving Labor Day as a holi day. The county board will meet that morning and the town officials will meet that evening at 8:00 o'clock. Family Inquires About Robbers Declaring they could not be lieve Inc news about the Guar anty Bank and Trust Company robber here, members of the Strickland family this week made inqupiries about one of the hoys, Quitman Strickland, the marine who went AWOL from Camp Le jeune. i Calling Sheriff M, W Holloman, the mother-in-law of the 21-year >old boy, wanted to know where i he was being held and if it would j be possible for members of the family to see him. The sheriff di rected her to contact authorities in Wilson where the boys are be ing held until their eases are call ed in federal court at Washington the latter part of next month. The boy's family is in Jackson ville, Florida, and apparently in i near-destitute circumstances. | There is a young child and an >th- j or is expected shortly, the moth- | er-in law 'old ))><■* sheriff When' Strickland last saw his family, I he was quoted as saying he was | going to get some money, one | way or another. "But we had no idea he planned to rob a bank," | the mother-in-law told the sheriff. I explaining that while they needed money, they did not need it that badly. Youth Injured In Bicycle Accident Jimmy Rogers, 9-year-old son of Mrs. I>ula Mae Rogers, was gainfully hurt in a bicycle acci dent near his home on RFD 3, Williamston, early last Monday evening. One report said the bike he was riding collided with an other one, throwing the lad to the hard surface. Another report said that the bov was struck and run down by a vicycle. Removed to a local hospital, the young victim is being treat ed for a head injury. Painfully Hurt In Car Accident —*— J. F. Brown, 93-year-old Mar tin County man was painfully but believed not seriously injured in an automobile accident at Bethel Tuesday. One report said he was thrown from the car in which he was riding when it collided with ! another. ; Removed to a local hospital, he | was said today to be responding to treatment for a bruised arm |and shoulder and shock. He was brought to the hospital here in a •Bethel ambulance. The County Could Get An Estimated $400,0 00Jin 1954 Sherwood L. Roberson Is Named To Chairman The Drive In Martin County -<* Meeting in special session last evening, the Martin County Board of Education went on record as favoring the proposed $50 million bond issue for school house con struction and a $22 million bond issue for the mental institutions in the State. Plans were formulat ed for appealing to the voters of this county to support the pro posals in the special erection to be held on Saturday, October 3. Sherwood L Roberson, prominent county business man and a mem ber of the board, has been named to chairman the drive in this county and he will launch the campaign next Tuesday when he appears before the Williamston Rotary Club and explains the proposals and the need for sup porting them in Martin County. During the meantime, the edu cation board is tentatively sche duled to go before the county commissioners in their regular meeting next Monday morning and get the support of those and other county officials in promot ing the campaign. While most of the special meet ing last night was devoted to plans for the futherance of the cam paign, the officials briefly dis cussed the need for the bond"is sues "If we do not get relief on the State level, the county will be faced with the problem o! going the financial route alone," Mr. Roberson explained. It waJ also pointed out that the'county has been investing an average of more than $50,000 a year in con struction projects and that the nded is still far ahead of the building program. "The passage of the bond is sues offers us about the only hope of meeting the most urgent needs," Mr. Roberson declared, adding that unless State funds are made available the schools of this county are certain to suffer in the immediate future and in th« years to come. The bond issue for the mental institutions has been recognized as a “crying" need for years, and it is fairly certain that the peo ple will recognize the need for both and support them on October 3. Mr Robe.rson, with the help of other members of the board and civic 'leaders throughout the coun ty, Is rapidly completing plans to . the proposals into every precinct carry the appeal for the support of in the county, and he is soliciting the cooperation of all organiza tions and individuals. It is understood that each coun ty m the State will be apportion ed $100,000. plus an additional amount based on the school popu lation,, plus a further amount to meet the most urgent needs. It was explained that special con sideration will be given those counties that have tried to keep abreast of the current needs. The board briefly reviewed the early enrollment figures and dis (Confmued on page eight) ■-* twenty-rive Sign For Kindergarten At a preliminary registration held at First Methodist Church Wednesday morning twenty-five boys and girls were enrolled in The Community Kindergarten sponsored again this year by the Williumston Ministerial Associa tion. A spokesman for the Associa tion said that September 15 had been tentatively set as the formal opening date. Parents of children "'ho have had their fourth birth day may enroll them with Mrs. R. L. Bowling or with Mrs. R. E. Tarkington at their homes or at the church on the opening day. The teachers pointed out that ad vance registration would help them in the preparation of cur riculum materials and in the ad vance purchase of supplies. It ap pears now that enrollment for this year will far exceed last year's.
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