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tHE ENTERPRISE IS READ B! OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT, FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE* VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 76 William»ion, Martin (bounty, North Carolina, Tuesday. September 22. 1953 ESTABLISHED I89» New Record Set By Williamston Tobacco Market Yesterday Prisoner 0f War Undergoes “Chicken Liver’' Operation Sgl. Martel Hardy Tells Experiences In Prisoner Camp Stray Cats ami Dogs Ha<l Poor Showing In The Prisoner Stocka<le Declaring he was fortunate in that he was not physically tor tured, S/Sgt. Martel admitted in an interview at his home on Williamston RFD 3. Sunday that his was a rugged and trying ex istence during the nearly three years he spent in a North Ko rean prisoner «of war camp. But experience gained as an airman in World War II and the stafrnina of youth helped him weather the ordeal, he declared. Explaining that he was still under restrictions, the ypung man, son of MrC Nellie Hardy and the late Lon Hardy, said that some day he might be able to tel! the story in detail. For the present, he must limit his remarks, dealing with his own personal life. Sgt. Hardy, while composed de spite the trials and tribulations of the past three years, appeared nervous at times, and it was fairly apparent that he is fighting a noble battle to forget the ordeals, especially those experienced soon after his capture. Considering everything including the fast moving pace he has maintained since his release last month, the young man is rapidly adjusting himself. He is a bit shy, however, and is holding fairly close to home and relatives. A veteran of World War II with a long and enviable fecord, Sgt. Hardy was at Langley Field, Virginia, when the Korean con flict was launched in June, 1950. A few days later on July 3 he was moved by air transport to California, On July 5 he on a civilian transport for Tokyo, landing there 37 hours later. By the 9th of July l*e was working as a ground mechanic at a base about forty miles south of Hi roshima. Assigned to a B-26 as an engineer-gunner, he made his first run over North Korea in early November. A few days lat er while on his second mission in the Chu-u-dou region of North CuioiiKa, two hits were scored on the plane. The bombay was damaged by one hit and the second strike knocked out one of the engines. With the leit wing tin fire and part of it missing, the crew, including the sergeant, Captain Berry of Indiana, and Cpl. Jeffords of Nebraska, bailed out, Sgt. Hardy stating he was the first to jump. Despite a sprained ankle suffer ed in the jump, the sergeant said he tried^o drag himself up a hil|J and hide, praying during the meantime tliat other airmen | Making Plans To Celebrate j Return Of Prisoner Of War Plans are being advanced to | celebrate the return home of, S Sgt. Martel Hardy, Martin County young man who recently was repatriated following nearly three years in a Ninth Korean prisoner of war camp. The evtnt has been scheduled for 3:45 o' clock Thursday afternoon of this week. Heading the arrangements com mittee, Henry A. Johnson said the event will be highlighted by a parade and a short program just before the young soldier is pre sented a new Plymouth four door automobile which was fin anced by public contributions in a single day here last week. The parade, led by Williams ton's High School Green wave Band, is to form on Church Street, march down Smithwick to Main and then down Main to the Wash ington Street intersection where a brief but formal program is to be held. Attorney Clarence W. Grif»n, county solicitor, is slated to make the main talk which will last only a few minutes. The com mittee chairman explained that the program is subject to be alter ed, but that the hour and date are fairly definite. In case of rain, the event will be moved in doors. possibly to one of the ware houses. The public is being extended a cordial invitation to attend the event. {Three Accidents On County Roads One person was badly but be lieved not critically injured on the highways in this county dur ing the past week-end, according to reports coming from the high way patrol office in this county. Jule West, 9-year-old lad who moved to this county from Crcs well about three weeks ago, suf fered a compcTund fracture of the left leg and a head injury when he drove his bicycle out of the coun ty home driveway into Highway 64 and directly into the path of a car being driven by Mrs. Wool ard of Robersonville, about 4:00 o’clock last Thursday aftmnoon. Following first aid treatment in a local hospital, the boy was re moved to a Durham hospital where he was reported this week to be responding to treatment with the expectation that he’ll be able to return home the latter part of next week. The driver of the car, traveling east, swerved her Car in an effort to miss the lad who apparently darted into the highway without looking. The investigating officer said the ac cident was unavoidable1 on the part of the driver. Driving a 1953 Mercury toward Hamilton on Highway 125 last Friday evening about 8:00 o’ clock, Joseph Thigpen of Ahoskie striking a truck that was making a left turn into the Taylor farm His machine skidded out of con trol, and the back swerved and struck the.truck. Damage to the car was estimated at $150. There was no damage done to the truck and no one was hurt. James Oliver Wynne was driv ing his 1950 Ford on Highway 125 about one-half mile south of Hamilton Sunday at 8:30 p. m. and lost control when the machine place in the -twk After going into a ditch the ma chine turned over twice. No one was injured and damage to the car was estimated at $250. - -■ - — -4^" — - — *. Successful Farm Bureau Canvass ""OW ■ • ijpMHim&t M4M% WW: *v>. I ' Rolling up their sleeves, and go ing into all nooks and corners, membership canvassers for the Martin County Farm Bureau re p-iri'ed ii“ suiicissfuT’ campaign at a Special meeting .held in the ...»,c1f'urthfiM';e last Friday.*S‘!S'nr f.. Assigned a goal of 2,050 mem bers, the canvassers reported 1, S27 signed up on Farm BujeiuT! day id the county last week, a second special meeting wdl be held on Friday evening of next week and the leaders are confi dent the goal will have been reached and passed by that time. Splendid showings were made in all sections of the county with the possible exception of Wil Jiamston where the canvass was not immediately completed. The report by townships: Jamesville, 101; Williams' 80; Griffins, 145; Bear £rass, 102; Williamston, 142; Cross Roads, 161; Robersonville, 381; Poplar Point, 99; Hamilton, 134; and Goose Nest, 182. New Employment MiiJMM. The Department of Commerce reported recently that more Amer icans were working in August than i.V'STvy othcr-monitr"hr the nation's history. August employ ment reached a hital of 63,408 - 000., unemploymnl decoding to a post-war low of 1.240,000. thm trpjryf■ tlwrlr 1rh< uiicinploymeiit figure i - ciose to the minimum possible to attain. The Commerce Department re ported that, in August, less than two per cent of all civilian work ers were out of jobs and, more surprising, it is reported that em ployment in factories, stores and other businesses had climbed from July to Aug-ust. These figures, like others re cently, indicate business continues to be good despite the talk of recession. They are encouraging to business, and to the U. S. Trea sury alike. . Farm price drops continued the darkest spot in the picture. | TAG DAY TOMORROW v/ The Green Wave Band of Williamston High School will be up (own tomorrow from 10:30 and 11:00 to conduct its annual Tag Day Sales and at 11:30 will leave for Ahoskie to participate in the big pa rade in that town. The football unit of the hand did a fine job last Fri day night, and the full band is ready to do equally as well In the parade tomorrow when it will be In parade with a dozen other high school units from this area. Arrest Two Nen At Liquor Still Samuel James, 38, and Tender son Moore, 25, both colored were arrested at a liquor still in the , lower part of Jamesville Town ship early last Saturday morning : by ABC and county officers. A third man Leamon James, made bis escape. ABC Officers Cecil Bullock and DWifey Craft, Sheriff M. W. Hol loman and Deputies Garland Bunting and Harry Jones took their stand near the plant late Friday afternoon after the still had been spotted the day before. Some of the officers spent a restful night, but the watch was diligently maintained durmg all night. Moore was caught by Officer Jones, and Officer Bunting plac ed James under arrest. Leamon James did not offer to run at first, but remained to talk with the of ficers. A few minutes later he found an opening and made good his escape. The operators were cleaning up and making ready to fire up the .vhco' tin offipcs'vvvrevt't! in on them. The officers Roured out 400 gallons of beer but could not find the kettle. At a hearing held before Justice W. M. Tetterton Saturday after noon, James and Moore were placed under $300 bond each and are to be tried in the county uourt October 5. •iW-flim*. > A.V Firemen Called To Rural Fires yojunto^v^reir^n called out twice last week-end when fire threatened an auto i i ' CiTiT'""/? it "OjHU Ztucl a woodea area between Wiiiiams ton and Everetts just off High way 64. One of the Scott boys was driv ing his father’s car just bought that day, when a tight brake lining started smoking and throw ing off sparks. The sparks fired the grass near Jenkins’ service station-store on the Hamilton road and the fire department answered a call there at 7:15 o’clock Friday evening. No gcnenul alarm was sounded but firemen were called out early last Saturday afternoon when the woods fire threatened a tobacco barn just off Highway 64. Grand Jnry Hears; Technical Charge! In Court Monday Juripc Walter Bone Out lines Duties and Reviews Types Of Crimes In a 45-minute charge, Judge Walter J. Bune of Nashville point ed out duties amj reviewed the various types of crime for the Martin County Grand Jury. The charge, highly technical, stressed no particular action on the part of the jury. Judge Bone instructed the jury to pass on all bills of indictment, the jurist explaining that a bill of indictment was merely a writ ten accusation to be considered by the jury and then sent to the solicitor for handling. The test of a true bill, according to the jurist, is determined when evidence shows that a crime has been com mitted and that there is a reason able probable cause of guilt found. He suggested that the jurymen exercise common sense and be conscious of their oath in passing on bills of indictment. He explained that the grand jury dc#s not have to be convinced defendant is guilty before return ing a true bill, that it is the duty |of the petit jury to decide upon the I guilt of innocence of a person (charged with a crime. “If there i is no reasonable probability of j guilt, then no true bill should be found,” Judge Bone instructed the jury. Reviewing the types of crimes, the jurist mentioned and briefly explained the four capital ones— murder in the first degree, bur glarly in the first degree, arson and rape. Pointing out that time would not permit him to mention all the non-capital felonies, Judge Bone listed such felony crimes as second degree burglarly, breaking | and entering, manslaughter, as I sault with intent to kill, larceny of more than $100, embezzlement. Misdemeanors, another crime category, differ in matter of pun | ishment, the judge explained, and i he listed such crimes associated Iwith violation of the motor ve hicle laws, liquor law violations, drunken driving and so on. | Pointing out that bills of in Idictment originate with solicitor, I Judge Bone explained that the | jury, in some caserf, should make | presentments to the court. “The" I old system required jurors to go J through the county and seek out ! law violators,” the jurist said. He went on to explain that with mod I ern transportation and communi ! cation, such action is hardly ne cessary now. The jury, however, still has the power to make pre sentments. In those cases, the jury investigates and the solicitor pre pares the bill of indictment, the judge pointing out that a grand juryman should mention any crime known to him if no action has been taken to bring the vio lator to justice. Judge Bone reviewed the laws requiring grand jury inspection of public properties. The jurymen uTe To'’Inspect iiii county homo and jail and work house if there is one, and see that they are sani tary and the inmates properly cared for and humanely treated. It is not the duty of the jury to inspect other offices or agents un less the jurymen believe a crime (Continued on page eight) Hewmriinir The Grand Jury ..«. Completing a full year of duty, rim> Martin-Ortoi... Ity Grand Jury moved out and nine new,.{n,emher^were drawn *o p|adfPlS|Sn4ay: ^ f armer Reuben *j. Everett of Robersonville, now starting on his second six-month stretch, was named foreman of the jury this week. Names of the new grand jury members are, Johnny W. Rogcr son, N. Lawrence Hyman, James B. Holliday, LeRoy Griffin, Ellis G. Keel, Elmer Griffin, Luther Harr s, Ecan Crisp and Eason Re vels. Faced with a large number of bills, the jury is only completing its work today. Ordinarily, the jury handles its work and sub mits its quarterly report in a single day. r ROUND-IP Apparently there was little activity on the crime front in this county last week-end. At least, few people found their way into the county jail. The record shows that only five persons were arrested and jailed, two for violating the liquor laws, and one each for drunken driving, drunk enness, and assault. All five were colored and their ages ranged from 17 to 47 years. Funeral Sunday In Church Here For Mrs. Cherry —®— Prominent Voting Woman Had Bren In III Health For Several Yearn Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o’ clock in the Pentecostal Holiness Church on North Haughton Street, for Mi's. Eliza Cherry, ♦well-known local resident, who died in a hospital here last Satur day morning at 3:00 o’clock. Hci pastor, the Rev. J. W. Berry, con ducted the rites, assisted by the Rev. S. A Fann of Clinton and the Rev. Jerome Hodges of Rocky Mount. Interment was in Wood lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Cherry had been in de clining health for several years and confined to her bed for about two months. She was removed from her home on Cherry Street to the hospital last Friday when her condition became gravely worse the night before. The daughter of the late George and Charley Ward Wynne, she was born on the Mary Cherry farm near Williamston 02 years ago on December 18, 1890, and Spent her early life on the farm. She was married to Claude Cher ry in 1907 and since that time had made her home in Williams ton. Mrs. Cherry was a faithful member of the Pentecostal Holi ness Church for thirty years, working dUigontly in its service and for its members. She was de voted to her family and played thp role of a real neighbor and friend to all. As a practical nurse, she wait (Continued from Page One) Engineers Will Meet In Kinston The East Carolina Engineer? Club will begin its fall series of meetings on Wednesday Night September 23, 1953 at the Barrie Construction Company’s Recrea tion Hut in Kinston, N C. The club’s local program com mittee in Kinston has arranged for Mr. John Groet, of the Du Pont de_ Nemours Compahv t< discuss some of the Dacron ma jor problems encountered in till construction and maintenance ol Dacron plants. Mr. Groet, main tenance supervisor for the Kin ston plant, has been-with DuPont since 1940 and has been associated with the manufacture of Dacron since its beginning. This discus -cite* _s (jjar^Hhe ley^y^r. terest to civil, electrical, mechan ical and industrial engineers. Firm Opens In » Mew Ilnasiers TfrSrTjftivWiii it - new Joeution in the building formerly oirupiotl by Western Auto Store, held a gala formal opening lost P’riday evening. The owners-operators, Mrs. Everett and Mrs. W. H. Cas tarphen, greeted several hundred visitors, ineluding quite a numb er surrounding towns and com munities. Extensively renovated and modernized, the store was de corated wijth flowers, the gifts of friends. Refreshments were served and favors were extended the guests who complimented the owners-op erators for adding to the local business field. Clear Few Cases From The Docket In Superior Court Sentence Prononneed In Lone Case I Mirin'* First Day of Court Term —_<*,-L Opening promptly at 10:00 o' clock with Judge Walter J. Bone presiding, the current two-week term of the Martin County Su perior Court was off to a good start on the trial of a crowded criminal docket. However, the court machinery was soon slowed down by techni calities and long, drawn-out trials in which the defense counsel ap parently offered a lot of fire in the place of good, substantial evi denee. Before recessing for the day, the court had handled two jury trials, pronounced sentence in a lone case, continued three others, no! pressed still another and shift ed the trial schedule for still oth ers. Charged with forgery on three 'different counts, Allen Warren, | Jr., pleaded .guilty and was sent enced to the roads for six months in each case, the sentences to run consecutively. The case in which Ottis Ward Whitaker was charged with speed ing was nol pressed with leave. Charged with drunken driving and appealing their cases from the recorder's court, James Rouse veil Peel and Jesse Whitley, col ored, were both found guilty. The jury was out on the Whitley case 'only a few minutes, but deliberat ed nearly half nh hour in the Peel case Judgment was not pronounc ed immediately. The cases in which Luther B. Mozingo and Henry A. Gray are charged with drunken driving, and Dempsey Roberson with dis posing of mortgaged property were continued until December. At 3:30 o’clock Monday after noon, the court started working on the case in which Homer Bryant Bowen is charged i with reckless driving and speed ing 85 miles an hour. The charge ; was vigorously contested^ and the court recessed foe the day oti | ly the evidence had been heard, leaving the argument and judge's charge for this morning. The de ( fondant maintained that he was ; mistaken for some other person, j that he knew nothing of the | speeding charge, that someone i else threw three gallons of illicit liquor out of an automobile close j ly resembling the one he operates The local peanut larceny cases I have been set for trial tomorrow. Few Excused By Court From Jury Excuses supporting their pleas to he relieved of jury duty were patiently heard but failed tu stand up in most cases in the superior court this week when the pre siding judge learned that several had never served as members of a jury. J. K. Copland, Jr., and Gordon Bailey were excused when they pointed out to the court that they had served during the current year. Laurence Eason Lilley, K T Bedwell, J. E. Hill, Irving Keel offered good excuses, but most of them had never served so Judge Walter Bone, presiding, cordially insisted that they remain around awTftu^fnci heljRiU'i. Raymond Robertson and Lewis Johnson were excused on medical eert'ficatcs, it w’as learned. Prize Winners Ai Hopkins' Store Tin- tfnpKitu: Jrjb"'; Store, locat ed in the Tai heel Apartment Building forrneijy occupied by the House of Fashjon, had a success ful opening last week-end, tho event attracting many shoppers and well-wishers from a large territory. Free pairs of shoes went to the following: J D. Hines, Queen E. Roberson. Josephine Johnson, Delzora Wiggins, Eunice Grimes, Clyde Roberson, Mary Alice Han son, Janice Hardison and O. F. Blair all of Williamston, Euta Biggs of Everetts, Mis. C. W. Norriss of Jamosville, and Jean Bailey of RFD*2, Williamston. 423,970 Pounds Sold For $64.24 Average f -—N | CALF SALE v/ | 1 Quite a few club members and individual farmers from this county are making plans to attend the feeder calf sale to be held in Rocky Mount Thursday afternoon of this week at 1:00 o'clock. Assistant Farm Agent D. W. Brady said yesterday. The <>00 calves to be sold are being graded by government representatives. It is possible that the club members will get their feed ers there with the idea of en tering them in the fat stock show in this county next spring. Funeral Sunday in James ville Church For Mrs. Hardison VS <-II-Kiiom n Krsi'lrnt Died in Hospital Satimlav \f l«*r A Lour Illness -*> Mrs. Hazel Martin Hardison, prominent young woman of Jumesvillc, died at her home there at 3:00 o'clock a m. last Saturday following several years of declin ing health. She had received hos pital treatment during fairly long intervals over a period of many | months and her condition was i grave for a long time. She had just recently returned from a Nor folk hospital where she under went operations and was a patient for several weeks. The daughter of the late Wil liarn H. and Laura Jordan Mar tin, she was born near Jamesvflle 40 years ago on July 4, 1913. Completing her education, she taught school several years, and following her marriage to Leslie W. Hardison she took an active part in the religious and civic af fairs of her community. She was a past president of the Woman’s Society of the Jumesvillc Metho dist Church where she was a member for a number of years She was also a past president ol the Jamesville Woman’s Club, taking an active part in every worthy and noble cause and lend ing a helping hand to others in time of need. Funeral services were conduct erf in thr Jumesvillc Methodist (Continued on Page Eight) Pullet Show And Sale Thursday 4-11 members of Martin County will conduct their third annual poultry show and sale on the lawn of tin agriculture building in Wilhamstpn The judging will be ZOO 1'. M. and the sale will start at 2:30, on Thursday after noon, September 24. Fourteen 4-H| Club members of the Poultry Chain will exhibit seven birds j each, or a total of 9ti pullets. These, pullets came from Belk’s Poultry Farm. They were hatched March' 1!.' and are of the New Hampshire | breed. Most of these pullets are !n ;>, m’iii,Sr* uoA rfi ! he in production. Everyone who is interested in purchasing good New Hampshire pullets should attend thi; show and sale. W. G Andrews, exten siia, poultry ■ oecialist of Stale i (JiTi’ge, Kaleign, will be in charge of the show and sale. Mr. Henry Johnson of the Roanoke Real Estati and Auction Co., will serve as auctioneer. The following 4 11 Club mem bers will enter pullets in the show. ^ Mary Rollins, Cold Point; James Slade, Gold Point; Pauline Gai ner, Robersonville; Winstead Cot ton, Oak City; Ernest Moore, Biggs; Samuel Rogers, Roberson ville; James Spruill, Roberson ville; Evelyn Williams, Everette; Bobby Williams, Everette; Pa tricia Wiggins, Everette; Thurs ton Guinot. Robersonville; Lin wood Parker, Hassell Milton Council, liasseil; Ada B. Hai ring-j ton, Everette. Individual Sales Soar To 90 Cents On Local Market Averages Numerous In The Middle And High Seventies -<$. Williamston’s Tobacco Market, holding to high figures since its opening August 20, keeps forging ahead to set new all-time records in both pounds and prices. The market really rocked in a big way yesterday when prices soared to the highest peak on re cord. Supervisdr Vernon Bunt ing presented government records showing that 423.070 pounds were sold for $272,345, or an average of $<>4.24. The average stands out alone in all available records, and the poundage is the largest ever recorded on a five and one-half hour sale. A few more thousand pounds were sold in one day back about 1041 when the market ran its sales all day. The market yesterday for the fifth time this season and the se cond day in a row sold more than 400,000 pounds on a single sale. It was the third time this season that tlie market paid out more than a quarter million dollars in a single day. Up unfi! this morning the mar k t had sold 7,468,852 pounds of leaf for $4,305,139, or an average of $57.64 for the season to date. Sales are pushing on toward the eight million-pound mark and are expected to pass that figure easily tomorrow. During the corresponding 22 day marketing period last year, the market sold 5,751,388 pounds for $2,811,042, or an average of $48.87. The nearest price figure to the reeprd established yesterday was recorded on October 8, 1951, w'hen 385,942 pounds were sold for $245,916, or an average of $63.72. It is conservatively estimated that two-thirds of the crop in this immediate area has been market ’d. Tobacconists, however, are of the opinion that the market will push right on toward and possibly surpass the twelve million-pound mark before closing possibly some time m October or earlv Novem ber. The market i: st year dosed on November 14 after selling 11, 327,154 pounds for an average of $50.28 per hundred pounds. Reports from the market main tain that all types of tobacco are commanding high prices, but it was also pointed cut that the quality of the leaf being offer ed from day to day is about tops. Individual averages are fairly numerous in the middle and high seventies, and prices in the 90 n iu rui.gi' are" deported from day to day. Tobacco is making its appear ance on the market here from just about every county in the belt, some being moved here from points one hundred or more miles away. Mfilive Of€wsiIf—• Dies In Hospital —*— Mrs. Whiner Gray Woolard, the former Miss Virgie Marie Griffin umturmfjf.y: ashing-.. ton hospital last Saturday noon. Mrs. Woolard, 21 years of age. was the daughter of Daniel and Adell Griffin, and moved to Washington three years ago, mar rying Mr. Woi lard there a year ago. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving besides her husband, mother and father, are an infant daughter, Dixie Lee; two brothers, James Griffin and Rodney Grif fin, both of Robersonville; three sisters, Carol and Edna Griffin of Robersonville and Mrs. Frances Drier of Windsor. Funeral services were conduct 'd at the home Monday afternoon it 2:00 o’clock by the Rev. Robert ..ee. Interment was in Washing on's Oakdale Cemetery.
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