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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ il OVER 3,0*0 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH SEE) VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 81 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 8, 1953 ESTABLISHED 1895 Pay Day In County’s Court Last Monday T ifiy-T wiTX-sses Handled By Judge Herbert 0. Peele Fines Collected In The Sum Of $1,605 During The All-Day Session -• It was pay day in Judge Her bert O. Peele’s court last Monday when the county tribunal assess ed fines in the amount of $1,605 and cleared fifty-two cases from the docket before calling it a day at 5:10 o’clock that afternoon. Several sizable fines were impos ed during the day, one in the amount of $500, and several road sentences were meted out. About sixteen cases were continued for action at later dates. Proceedings: George Colon Reeves, pleading guilty, was fined $100, taxed with the costs and lost his operator's license for a year for drunken driving. Facing the court on a third drunken driving count, Aaron Council pleaded guilty and drew six months on the roads, the court to invoke the sentence at anytime during the next two years. Coun cil, father of a large family and a tenant farmer, paid a $500 fine and the court costs. The case in which Charles W. Dotson of Sugar Grove, N. C., was charged with speeding was nol pressed along with the one in which George W. Bean was charg ed with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. Pleading not guilty, Floyd Grimes was found guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to the roads for three months, the court suspend ing the road term upon the pay ments of a $50 fine and costs and the prosecuting witness’ $15 medi cal bill, Herbert Hardison was taxed with the cost in the assault case brought against him. The 58-mile truck speeding case against Eari Matthew Stewart of Crestwood, Va., was nol prottsed Pleading guilty of an assault and being drunk and disorderly, Robert Green was fined $25, plus costs. Charged with allowing an un licensed driver to operate a motor vehicle, Joseph Price pleaded guilty and drew three months on tor's license for three months and pay a $50 fine and costs. Will E. Blount was taxed with the cost after pleading guilty of careless and reckless driving. H Pleading guilty of careless and ■ reckless driving, Joseph Taylor B was given a three-mor.th road C sentence, suspended upon the con B dition he surrender his driver’s license for six months and pay a $25 fine plus costs. Leola Williams, pleading guilty 1 of careless and reckless driving and operating''a'* motor vehicle" without a driver’s license, was fin ed $25, plus costs. Ernest Wooten was fined $25, plus costs, and Rudolph Ruffin was sentenced to the roads for three months for carrying ton ! (Continued on Page Seven) Sew Firm 0pe*$ Funeral Chapel —•— Forming a partnership, O Blair, licensed mortician, and G Rovcson, funeral director, are opening a colored funeral home here on South Sycamore Street in the building formerly occupied by the Hitching Post. In addition to its undertaking work, the firm is operating a Cadillac and offer ing a 24-hour ambulance service. The mortician, a native of Eden ton. has been a licensed mortician in Plymouth for eight years, and his partner will continue the busi ness in Columbia. The new firm is opening for business Sunday, but the formal opening is scheduled for Novem ber 1. The Sycamore Street pro perty has been remodled to pro vide a small funeral chapel, show room, office, waiting room and embalming room. f Tight sales.-f i _/ After handling an unusual ly large sale last Monday, the local tobacco market report ed small poundages the last two days, the deliveries yes terday going barely over the 100,000 mark. While the practical top is off about $1 per hundred, prices on the inferior grades have held stable all the while. The average for the 105,974 pounds sold yesterday was right at $63 per hundred. To tal sales to date are 10,286, 632 pounds and the average stands right at $60.00, or $59. 41, to be exact. Boy Seoul Appeal Is Gelling A Good Response Locally —«— Complete Reports on Drive Due In Latter Part Of This Week -- Twenty nine civic leaders of Willaimston enjoyed a fine seven o’clock breakfast on Tuesday morning for the kick off campaign for the BOY SCOUTS OF AM ERICA of the East Carolina Coun cil. Each man accepted the chal lenge to serve youth by contacting a few persons for their invest ment in the Scouting program. Those reporting stuted all were very cordial when approached. Early returns bring out the fact of only 4 percent of those con tacted have felt unable to assist Scouting in general. This is a fine record and shows great com munity spirit. The first man to report for breakfast was Mr. Eugene Peele and he received the latest copy of BOYS' LIFE magazine, a publica tion of the Boy Scouts of Ameri ca. Mr, R. J. Peele received a copy of the HANDBOOK FOR BOYS for making the closest guess as to the number of pen nies in a bottle. Both mementoes represent “good reading with Seoutcraft interest” and "wealth of klowledge through interest and support” of a great program for boys in America. Complete reports will be forth coming by the later part of the week as to contacts completed for minnnrt in comnarrisim with those paign. The people of Williamston should feel proud to have fine men leading this drive and to have such interest manifested among its citizens. We also salute the leaders «of our Packs, Troops, and Explorer units who so unselfishly give of their time and talents to lead boys to bettei manhood. The various firms who have taken upon them selves the oppertunity to be the chartered institution for the dif -Scouting Units, also de serve a hand of gratitude. Scout ing Marches or, with all nf its community-minded citizens.—Re ported. Local Band Joins In Parade al ECC -O-; 3 he Green Wave Parade banu of Williamston High School will join four other high school bands in helping East Carolina College observe its annual home-coming day on Saturday of this week in Greenville, Director Jack Butler has announced. The band will leave Williams ton about 12 o’clock and join in a parade at Greenville at 1:30. In the afternoon the various bands will practice for the halftime show of the ECC-Elon game. The college will provide supper for the visiting musicians. The game is scheduled to start at 8:00 p. m The Williamston band is popular in the Greenville area where it has a number of graduates in the college band and orchestr a. The next parade appearance of the band is scheduled in Williams ton during the Harvest Festival. The football band will probably go to Ahoskie for the game there on November 6. Weather Review In This Section For Past Month *mi- I •<">' Of 47 To A Hi^h Of 97 Degrees After bowing to the calendar makers during the first day or two of the fall season, the weath er started asserting itself with the the rainfall overflowing normal mercury running to extremes and by about one inch. The old Roa? oke with a new young master in charge at Buggs Island, remained within ^ts traces but it bobbed from a low of 3.2 feet to a high of 5.5 feed during September. When there is no more than 2.3 feet variation in the gage during an entire month, the old Roanoke is really behaving itself. Possibly the low point would have been even lower had it not been for the tide. There were rains or traces of rains on nine of the thirty days in last month, the total measuring 4.32 inches for the period. Had it not been for the 2.32 inches on Sunday, the 27th, the total would have been about an inch below normal instead of being an inch above the average. The weather data, including the river gauge readings, as released by Mr. Spruill for the month of Sept, 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 each day of the month: Date 1. _ 2. 3. . 4. 5. 6. 7, 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. dfe River 4.1 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.0 4.5 3.8 3 2 3 4 3.6 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.3 II 95 97 94 93 93 80 81 84 80 81 84 90 82 84 92 91 89 82 86 84 85 78 74 79 78 82 71 81 L 70 71 73 71 69 70 62 53 52 54 57 54 62 54 53 60 58 58 61 58 68 57 47 48 50 63 63 65 Rain 0 0 .01 .01 0 0 0 0 .02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.31 .05 0 0 0 Ground Observers Sought By Army ——•*— Pointing out the necessity for a strong civilian defense program, Sgt J. D. Lang of the Durham Filter Center, yesterday afternoon appealed for ground observers at a public meeting held in the court - house here Although a hit re luctant, the few in attendance agreed to cooperate with the pro gram. Sgt. Lang did n<*t choose to re sort to threats or paint a peril ous picture, but he did point out that most anything could happen, that we should be ready to meet any emergency. “We must organize our forces, train them and be ready,” he de . (are !. The army man, working out of the Durham Filter Center, ex plained that radar stations cost more than five million dollars, and that the cost of a complete radar system, even if it were 100 percent effective, is too great to provide ample protection. “We must depend on ground observ ers, and it is vitally necessary that we have ten stations in this coun ty,” he declared. The Montana native, assigned to organize the observer corps in twenty counties in this part of North Carolina, frankly said that we are not much closer to peace today than we were a year ago. Tentative schedules were ad vanced, and the army man will return to the county later this month to address his appeals to various civic clubs and other or ganizations. He explained that the present program does not call for a 24 hour watch schedule. Farmers Show Interest In Commercial Egg Projects Realizing that this county is importing eggs, several Martin farmers are showing interest in Lparc-.<*YM»ng eggs commercially, ac ; I cording to Assistant County Agent j i D. W Brady. It was reported that j lone farmer, N. D. Griffin, was making plans to start immediately with a flock of 1,000 layers, that others are considering similar projects. A study of commercial egg pro duction was made on the spot down in Pender and Duplin Coun ties this week by the agent, Farm ers N. D. Griffin, Julian Fagan, and Assistant Agent Larry Hodges and K. P. Lindsley and son. It was learned that the com mercial producers in Pender are accounting for about $3000,000 of the county’s farm income. There j are about five commercial pro ducers, and all of them reported profits last year, it was reported. In addition to inspecting the investigated the marketing’ tions. The farmers have several outlets, one or two of them main taining their own grading and cooling stations and handling their own deliveries. Most of the eggs produced in the area, however, are delivered to the freezer locker plant where they are graded and made ready for the markets. Oth ers deliver to a central point W’here they are picked up by a special truck operating out of Charlotte on a weekly schedule. The grading system, it was learned, pays good dividends, the group learned during their trip. Individual culling methods and other factors in commercial egg production were carefully noted. Dennis E. Bunting Died At Home In Oak City Today Funeral From Home There Tomorrow Afternoon For Retired Farmer -<*> Dennis Bunting, retired farmer and lumberman, died at his home in Oak City this morning at 3:00 o’clock. He had been in declining health for eight or ten years and his condition was critical for some weeks. The son of the late James and Vickie Jenkins Bunting, he was born 54 years ago on October 23, 1898 in Pitt County, but moved to Martin when young and located in the Oak City community where he farmed most of his life. Prior to his retirement following an opera tion about ten years ago he engag ed in the lumber business in Oak City for a short time. He was in World War II, serv ing with Company H of the North Carolina National Guard from Ju ly 9, 1917, until honorably dis charged April 18, 1919. He spent almost a year in Europe or from May 12, 1918, until April 13, 1919, and saw much action in France. He was married soon after his return home from the service to Reba Lynch of Fountain. Surviving besides Mrs. Bunt ing fyur sons, Garland, Frank, Donald Earl and Doyle Bunting, all of Oak City; a daughter, Mrs. Clifton Pate of Scotland Neck; and three sisters, Mrs. Marshall Hyman of Emporia, Mrs. J. A. Powell of Scotland Neck, and Mrs. J. A. Averett of Portsmouth; and brother. Augustus Bunting of The funeral service will be con ducted at the home Friday after noon at 3:00 o’clock by the Rev W. C. Medlin, Baptist minister Interment will be in the Oak Cit; Cemetery. Heard About Bank Robbery In Tokyo —»— News of the recent Guaranty Bank and Trust Company robbery traveled far and fast, it was learn ed soon after the Strickland hoys staged the bold huld-up. How ever, it was not until a few days ago that it was learned the news reached Tokyo a short time after it happened. Writing to The Enterprise from his station jn Japan, Pfc. Rufus Coltrain, Martin County young man. said: "Ju.-.i firm red leading Tv Enterprise and thought I’d drop you a line and tell you how much I enjoyed it. Every since I ar rived in Japan, eight and one naif months ago, the paper has been the main source of news from home. “Three weeks ago, another county boy, Pvt. Chas. Griffin, was stationed here, and many hours are now filled by actual talk about good old Martin Coun ty. “We were reading The Enter prise of September 3, and noticed an article, “News of Robbery Goes Long Ways”, which we would like to add to. The news of the bank robbery took only twelve and a half hours to reach Tokyo. Not bad for being half way around the worldi . Young Coltrain’s comment on the robbery was the first to be received from outside the United States. TIIE RECORD SPEAKS ... i Tlie highway accident record took another tragic turn last week when a sixth life was snuffled out. Only one fatal accident was re ported on county highways during all of lat't yeat The accident count last year is far ahead, the number j injured is larger and the property I damage is much greater, but the ghastly "business' is far more ! gruesome and deadly this year. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time 39th Week Wrecks Inj'd Killed Damage 1953 3 1 1 $ 675 1952 8 2 0 1,450 Comparisons To Date 1953 153 48 6 $41,300 1952 210 97 1 67,540 Industrial Forum Held This Week State leaders and industrialists frankly discussed the shift of in dustry from the North to the South at a development forum held in Scotland Neck last Tues day evening. Several hundred ci tizens from a number of counties in this section of the State attend ed. The forum warned against those industries that came around seeking something for nothing, but it was plainly pointed out that ly. More than one industry has been turned back by land specula tions and empty promises. While there is an apparent lull in the southward movement of in dustry, the forum leaders, includ ing Lt. Governor Luther Hodges, sounded an optimistic note re lative* to future developments. The leaders uregd the communi ties to cooperate with prospective industry, pointing out that this section can maintain its progress per capita income bv bringing in new industry and ex ' pandijng the old It may be neces sary for local capital to furnish housing with the provision that rental will repay the capital out lay. j George J. Hartnett, Jr., superin ! tendent of a new firm recently lo I rated in Wilmington, told how j sites were chosen, and pointed out that the appearance of a town and ' community -in tinpr.rian' f \ tor, along with its assets and na tural resources, the speaker also pointing out the friendliness and cooperative spirit among the peo ple. Telling about the location of a new industry in his town Judge V. D. Strickland of Rich Square, said that the location of industry had its headaches, but with all the people cooperating and with the help of the Department of Conservation arid Development the problems could be handled. Walter I. Dolbeare, vice presi dent of the Virginia Electric and Power Company, also addressed the meeting, pointing out his com pany’s work in inviting industry to this section. Col. George W. Gillette explained the work of the new State ports and how they were working to aid industry and the State as a whole. Williamston was represented at the meeting, and much interest was shown in the program. Seventy-two Are Drawn For Jury Duty Next Month -<$>—— Two-Week Term Superior _; Cases Only Seventy-two Martin County ci tizens. including several women, were drawn by the board of com missioners in recent session for jury duty during the two-week term of the superior court next month. Thirty-six are to report during the first week, beginning November 23, and the other oth er thirty-six are to report the fol lowing Monday, November 30 The first week of the term will run into Thanksgiving, meaning that comparatively few cases will be handled the first week. No judge has been assigned as yet to preside over the term. The Supreme Court will dispatch a jurist to the countv for the term, possibly one of the special or emergency judges. Names of the jurors are, by | townships: First Week Jamesville: Matthew Pierce, Henderson Mizelle, Perlie A Hardison, Annie Hopkins, J. A. | Perry and Lonnie E. Gardner. Williams: J. Williford Griffin, j Harry C. Jones, Jr., and Albert Tyre. | Griffins: H. Virgil Lilley. j Bear Grass: James Henry Wynne and Jasper C. Griffin. Williamston: C. R. Jones, John Linwood Cherry, Jesse II. Rogers, A. C. Bailey, M. L Peel, Jr., Rus sell Holliday, Haul M. Riddick, Jr., Milton S. Raynor, K. L. Fus sell, M. A. Price, Wm. W. Gur ganus and Sylvester Taylor. Robersonville: Gorman L. Par risher, Clarence Matthews, J. E Barnhill, E. G. Anderson, Ken neth H. Roberson and R. R. Eve rett. Poplar Point: Marvin Keel. Hamilton: Ridge Sears and Sam Short, Jr. Goose Nest: E. H. Harrell, Har ry E. Daniel and H. R. Thompson. Second Week Jamesville: Mary C. Holliday 'and Albert Martin. Williams: Lester McKeel and Floyd Moore. Griffins: James Evan Perry, Chester B. Revels, John A. Lilley, Howard Peel and B R Manning Bear Grass: Jasper Rogerson, ! George Reason, Joseph E. Griffin, i Raymond Bowen, J. H. Paramoie and Irving Griffin. Williamston: H. A. Bowen, Joseph Wilson, John Wobbleton, Sr., J. B. Taylor, Jesse R. Brown, Chester Nicholson and James | Oscar Daniel. Cross Roads: John E MobW ington. Robersonville: Wm. A. John son, Thomas Ward, James II. Bri ley, James Earl Jenkins, F. C. Laughinghou.se. Hamilton: John W. Eubanks, J. B. Everett and E. D. Purvis. Goose Nest: Mrs. Alice B Ty son, M. E. Bennett and Mrs. R. R. Thompson. Husband and wife are included in the jury list, but one is sche duled for the first and the other is to report the second week of the term. Winners Named * In Contest Here —«— Prize winners in the Homo Fashion Time contest conducted recently by local furniture stores 1 ic amm'irui d thi: week . The judges apparently are linding il difficult in selecting the winners I in the special essay contest, but j the event has been narrowed . down to six contestants and a win ner is to be announced within the i next few days. Winners of the special door | prizes and guessing contest, in ! elude: Carroll Jones, dinette suit ; given by Courtney’s. Marion Cobb, a desk given by 11leilig-Meyers. ! Hattie Ft. Wallace, box springs j given by McLawhorn’s. Mrs. Seth Bailey, platform rock I er given by Williamston Furniture j Co. Clarence Britton, mattress giv en by Woolard’s. The special prizes and contests were special features of Home Fashion Time conducted by Wil liamston furniture stores li t week along with other stores i throughout the country. P. - M. A. Elections Scheduled In County I*. i'm.v.KiM. — \j Town officials and several local citizens are in Raleigh this afternoon, protesting the proposed location of a bus sta tion on North SmithwLck Street here. The hearing is scheduled before the State Utilities Commission in the State Library Building at 2:30 o'clock. The property owners, it was unofficially learned, are not appearing before the commis sion in support of their plans. Enters Agreement With Commission For Right Oi Way Making I Man s To Surface Klin Street From Main To Washington Street Meeting in special session yes terday morning, Williamston town | officials entered into an agree 1 ment with the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission whereby the town will accept approximately one third of tin' cost to be incurred in obtaining a l ight of way for the truck route or by pass around the town. Representative Webb of the commission could offer no definite cost figures, but he was of the opinion that the town’s share of the cost would not exceed $2,000. Only a portion of the proposed truck route is within the town limits, and that is located near the river. In their regular meeting Mon day night the town officials ques tioned the terms of the agreement, but the final action came without too much discussion at the spe cial session. Representative Webb explained that the truck route would addd to the town’s street mileage and would increase the income receiv ed by the town under the Powell Bill provisions. No time was mentioned for lett ing the contract on the project and it could not be learned when work would be started on the $171,000 project. However, it is believed that the go-ahead signal will be given the low bidder shortly, now that the right-of way agreement has been signed with the town. nually, and no special parking privileges will be recognized, it was learned. Plans are being pushed for the paving of Elm Streets from Main to Washington Street. It is pro posed to have the town do the grading and place about four in ches of rock on the base and then have a contractor cover it with two inches of asphalt. No definite figures are available, but it is estimated the project will cost approximately ten or twelve thou sand doiiais, leavmgTfflotfl*lJ8?!)IW in the special street fund. V-oUsjJb.Eiassr-.: - Roads And Bear Grass On Friday Nominee* Named At Meet ing Held Throughout County Recently Martin County farmers are to select their leader for administer ing the 1954 Production-Market ing Administration program in special elections to be held in the various districts, beginning in Bear Grass and Cross Roads on Friday of this week. The nominees were named at special meetings held throughout the county last Thursday evening, and in the fourthcoming elections the grow ers are to elect their community committeemen, including a chair man, vice chairman, regular mem ber and first and second alter nates, and a delegate and alter nates to the county convention to be held on Friday, October 16, the day after the last community election is held. The polls are to be open from j 8:00 a. rn. until 6:00 p. m. or elec tion days, as follows: ! Friday, Octobei 9—at LeRoy [ Harrison's garage in Bear Grass, and at Taylor's Service Station in 1 Everetts for Cross Roads. Saturday, October 10—At Ay ! (-i s' store in Oak City for Goose ■ Nest Districts I and II, and at the Masonic Hall in Robersonville for Robersonville 1 and II. Wednesday, October 14—City Hall in Hamilton and P. C. Ed mondson's store in Hassell for Hamilton district, and agriculture building for Wilhamston. Thursday, October 15—Count} I House in Williams. A representative of the P. M. A will be at each of the polling | places to receive applications for j assistance in carrying out soil conservation practices in 1954. It is estimated that the conserva tion payments for 1954 will be about one-fourth less than those paid this year. At the meetings held last Thurs day night the following were nominated: Jamesville I: For committeemen Harry Jones, Carl Griffin, Paul Barber, Howard Hardison, Wen dell Morilin, Lea Holliday, Ar chie Barber, Clyde Modlin, Leon ard Holliday and Edgar Hope wen; for delegate and alternates, Herbert Sexton, Carl Griffin and Carroll Modlin. Jamesville II: For committee L. G. GurKin, RrU'Sextoh, H. L. Riddick, Hosea Fagan, Seth Dav is, J. L. Knowles, James Long and Arthur Ange; for delegate and alternate, R. G. Coburn and Dan Fagan. Williams: For Grady Godard, James Perry, J. L Daniel, Wendell Hardison, Paul Harrington, Hen ry Lee Hardison and Albert Tyre; for delegate and alternates, Jim mie Tyre, W. D. Gurganus and Adrian Hardison. Griffins. For committeemen, committeemen, Howard Tyre, Coltrain, C. L. Griffin, R. J. (Continued on page eight) -,i I Announce Peanut Quotas For 1954 Washington. The Agriculture Department has announced a marketing quota of (>73,785 tons and . . 1.81.0.000 national . acreage allotment for the 1854 'peanut crop. The quota and acreage figures are the minimum allowed by law. The department set December 15 as the day peanut producers will vote on whether they want to continue quotas for the 1954-55 and 1958 crops. Peanut quotas have bee); in effect since 1949. If the necessary two-thirds of i those voting approve quotas, pea nut prices will continue to be sup ported at 90 per cent of parity next year and between 75 and 90 per cent of parity the following two years. If quotas arc voted down, sup ports will drop to 50 per cent of parity. The 1954 restrictions would compare with this year’s quota of 663,000 tons and acreage allot ment of 1,678,481 acres. Here is the acreage N. C. would get under the 1054 allotment: 168,813. Enforcement Unit Busy Last Month —»— Alcoholic Beverage Control Board enforcements officers, as . :■' 'r- ll.i ' ZawAy kiipyties land the sheriff had a busy month ! in September, according to a re port filed for the period by Chief I Cecil Bullock, and his assistant, Wiley Craft. Eleven persons were arrested for violating the liquor laws, in cluding five at liquor manufac turing plants. No trials were held [ during the period. The officers confiscated thirty nine gallons of Illicit liquor and poured out 5,000 gallons of beer. Twenty-one manufacturing plants were wrecked during the period, the still count running 1 well above normal. Five of the plants were equipped with cop per kettles. Oddities in the list of plants was a 20-gallon capacity unit that was all bricked up in Bear Grass Township. The raiders said it was apparently operated to turn out a superior brand of the spir its. i
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