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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ 81 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE 18 READ Q> OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH ffEEJ VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 83 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 15, 1953 ESTABLISHED 189* Much Interest Shown In Some PMA Elections More Hi an Two Hundred Vote In Contests Down In Janesville Area -<*— While little interest has been shown in most of the Production Marketing Administration elec tions for community committee men and county delegates, con siderable attention was directed to the contests down in James ville Township. A preliminary re port stated that 219 farmers in that area went to the polls Tues day and participated in the elec* tion. Less interest was reported when it was suggested that some of the votes would be challenged. The last of the elections is be ing held in Williams Township today. Torporrow, the delegates will meet in convention at the agriculture building and elect a county committee. The results of the elections held since the last report follows with the name of the community chair- ] man, vice chairman, regular member, first alternate and sec ond alternate, and the delegate and alternate to the county con vention listed in that order: 'JamesvillcI: Harry Jones, Paul : Barber, Howard Hardison, Wen- j dell Modlin and Carl Griffin; Her bert Sexton and Carl Griffin. Jamesville II: Arthur Ange, Seth Davis, C. G. Gurkin, Hosa Fagan and David Ange; and Dan Fagan.and R. G. Coburn. Griffins' D. Clarence Gurkin, j Lester J. Griffin, Raleigh Lilley, i Thurman Griffin and H. Gabe Roberson; and D. Clarence Gur kin and Stephen Manning. Little Poplar Point Township reported 56 votes cast, the count representing a good "turn-out” there: W. M. Hardison, Slade White, Jr., L. C. Leggett, Gentry Mills and Gordon Howell; and L. G. Taylor and4iW<U. Cherry. Hamilton reported 110 votes cast eft its two polling places: D. R F.dmondson, H. A. Haislip, C. W. Johnson, L. R. Beach and George Oglesby; and W. E. Purvis and R. H. Salsbury, Jr. Williamston farmers apparently too busy to visit the polls, but 36 decided the election as follows; Willie H. Modlin, Clayton Bailey, Roy T. Griffin, J. Edward Corey and Noah D. Griffin; and Church D. Modlin and Charlie Cullipher. —i-%--——— Sweet Potatoes Move Toljarkei Harvesting their largest sweet potato crop in several years but no record acreage by any means, Martin County farmers are re porting spotted yields. The har vest reached a climax this week, but the task, started by a few farmers three or four weeks ago, will hardly be completed before the latter part of next or the ear ly part of the following week. An average yield of between 125 and 200 bushels per acre is being reported. A few farmers have re » •'SsWtCd. ?50,h'isbct yields, of .$jj . 1 yams, but even in the individual cases the yield varies. One farm er stated that production varied within the rows. Prices arc ragning from $1.50 to r.bout $2.55 on the markets, de pending on quality, pack and weight. mm rior Court Five divorce ases, all based on grounds of two years of separa tion, were filed in the Martin County Superior Court during the past few days, according to Clerk L. B. Wynne. The divorce cases were brought by, W. H. Gilliam against Minnie L. Gilliam, Cleveland Godard against Eliza Godard, Ruth Baker against Flank Baker, William A. Davis against Emma Davis, and Lonnie Brown, Jr., against Viola Brown. Mi.i.i Oglesby Elected Treasurer Nurse Club Miss Lorene Oglesby of Hamil ton was elected treasurer of the Vanderbilt Graduate Nurse Club at the University School of Nurs ing in Nashville, Tennessee, Where she is a graduate nurse stu dent, it was announced this week, j Lay Church Cornerstone Elbert S. Peel, chairman of the church board, and W. O. Griffin, building fund chairman, pause as they laid the corner stone for the new Christian church, corner of Smithwick and Liberty Streets hereRecently. Native Of County Dies In Hospital --— Clifton Hyman, native of this county, elided in Duke Hospital, Durham, at noon yesterday fol lowing a long period of declining health. A victim of arthritis, he had been critically ill several weeks and was a patient in the hospital during most of that time. The son of Minnie Hyman and the late H. Zeb Hyman, he was born near Oak City forty-nine years ago, and located in Edge combe Connty when a young man. He engaged in farming most of his life and operated a country Store in more recent years. He was married to Miss Jodie Moore of this county and she sur vives with two daughters, Mrs. Penelope McDermott of Greens boro and Mrs. Anfelin Rollins of Greenville; two sons, Carlton Hy man of Tarboro and Reginald Hy man of Raleigh; his mother; three brothers, Hugh Hyman of Kins ton, Livingston E. Hyman of Wil liamston, and Arthur Hyman of Oak City; three sisters, Mrs. Gladys Harris of Enfield, Mrs. Margaret Morgan of Portsmouth and Mrs. Nancy Rose of Norfolk, and six gcandchildren. Graveside services are being conducted this afternoon at 4:00 o’clock in Tarboro’s Greenwood Cemetery by the Rev. W. C. Med lin, pastor of the West End and Oak City Baptist churches. •— .i-———— Charge Nan With Robbery Of Cafe —•— Laverne Roberson Gorham, 30 year-old colored man, was ar rested and jailed yesterday after noon for the September 30 rob bery of Wier’s Coffee Shop on Washington Street. Questioned by Officer Chas. Moore and FBI Agent Fentress, Gorham admitted entering the cafe, but denied stealing a pistol there. It is believed that Gorham had a part in other robberies and rob bery attempts here in recent weeks, but he admitted none of them when questioned soon after his arrest —,-C' .. HIJNTKRS Hunters started banging away at the crack of dawn to day to mark the opening of the season for taking squirrel, deer, coons and opossum. Few reports could be had by noon to determine the supply of game in the woods. Quite a few deer have been seen in the lowlands and squirrels are fairly plentiful, according to preliminary re ports from observers. No count could be had but it is believed that a record number of hunters entered the woods and swamps this morning, searching for squir rel and - Injured In Auio Wreck Saturday —*— Mr. and Mrs. James Norman were painfully but not seriously injured in a bad automobile ac cident near Roanoke Rapids ear ly last Saturday evening while en route from their home in Rich mond to spend the week-end with relatives in Jamesville. Mrs. Norman, the former Miss Elsie Mizelle, suffered a broken collar bone and a several-stitch gasji her head. Her husband, Jriver of the car, suffered bruises and shock. Following treatment in a Roanoke Rapids hospital, they were able to continue to James ville, returning to Richmond the following day. Just as Norman started to pass an old model car, the driver made a left turn, striking the Norman’s 1953 DeSoto and tnrowing it out )f control. The DeSoto turned aver at least three times, it was reported. Valive Of Crmat) m Mayor In Colorado S. R. Coburn, Jr., Jamesville native, was recently elected may :>r of Pioneer Village, Colorado. It could not be learned on what ticket he was elected, but pre sumably tho democratic. The young man is a senior at Denver University. bishingJn Roanoke River Puzzling The Ole-Timers Fishing in the Roanoke is puz zling the old-timers, some of them maintaining that the herring James Herbert Ward and Charles Peele taught this week isn’t a herring. From the time Lane made his expedition up to Wil liamstnn looking for gold in the muddy waters of the Roanoke, no one ever heard of a herring being taken from the stream in October. The catch puzzled the old-time fishermen, but when they learned the fish was taken on a hook, well, they just gave up and declared that anything can happen under the present administration in Washington. Fishing for perch, Fishermen Ward and Peele were using min now's, Mr. Ward declaring that the herring swallowed bait and hook and almost got the sinker. Yes. the fish was displayed, but even after they saw it some fishermen almost refused to believe what they Saw. Fishing styles in the Roanoke are changing rapidly since Kerr lam was built, and quite a few perch are being taken from the river at this time. Holding to fairly low levels, the stream is now affected by the tide, and crabs are coming up the streams in numbers and threaten ing the eel and cattish fishing. Fishermen declare that the crabs are packing their nets and block ing out the fish. Trying to get a dear field, one fisherman went Iwelve miles up stream with his acts, but the crabs were found here. Concert GronpTo Start Membership Drive Next Week —•— Present Indications Ppint To Successful Season For Association Plans have been completed for launching the Martin County Community Concert Association’s annual membership drive on Tuesday of next w£ek, it was an nounced today by Mrs. Chas H. Manning and Mrs. Tom Skinner, co-chairmen of the drive. The group will establish temporary headquarters in"the Virginia Elec tric and Power Company's lobby here on Main street. Present indications point to one of the association's most succes sful seasons. No contracs have been signed, but the association is assured one of the best pro grams planned by the national as sociation, it was explained. Tickets are priced at $6 for adults and $3 for children, and are good for at least three pro grams in the Williamston High School auditorium and three or more in auditoriums in other towns where associations are ac tive. Much interest in the activities of the association is being shown by citizens in other towns where no programs are planned this sea son, and a capacity ticket sale is predicted. Handling the membership drive are: Hassell, Mrs. John W. Eubanks; Oak City, Miss Nancy Worsley; Hamilton, Mrs. Catherine Harrell; Jamesville, Mrs. C. A. Askew; Farm Life (Griffins), Mr. and Mrs. W O. Peele, Jr.; Everetts, Mrs. Beatrice James and Mrs. Merritt Tarkington; Roberson ville, Mrs. S. A McArthur; Bear Grass, Mrs. Ruth Hazel Hai ti and Mrs. Tim Malone. Williamston, Mesdames Ben D. Courtney, Paul Jones, Abner Brown, Reginald Simpson, T. F. Exum Ward, Darrel Clayton, Charles R. Mobley, C. B. Clark, Jr., T. B. Brandon, Jr., Robert W. Newell, Clyde Griffin, William Everett, L. T. Fowden, Jr., Hilton Forbes, Paul Simpson, J. T. Llewellyn, Robert E. Mann ing, John Edwin Manning, Charles I. Harris, Jr., Titus Critcher, Lee Reynolds, Woodrow Tice, W. C. Manning, Jr., W. K Parker, James M. Ward, and Misses Mary Wal lace Foye, Addie Lee Meador, Marjorie Lindsley, Georgia Dean Roberson and Maude Thomas, Mrs. Dick Slade. Interested citizens in the con cert program are advancing the ticket sale in Windsor, Plymouth, Washington and several other towns outside the county, it was stated. -♦ Fair Passes Go To Sale Drivers —♦— Exercising due and diligent care and employing safe habits in driv ing motor vehicles, several Mar tin County people were awarded free passes to the State Fair by members of the Highway Patrol •his week. In addition to their careful driving habits, these re ceiving the passes possessed a knowledge of the rules of the road, it was explained. Patrolman Jack Arthur gave passes to the following: Woodrow Purvis, RED 1, Bethel; William J. Johnson, Jr., RFD 1, Palmyra; Mrs. F. S. Barrett, Oak City, and Peter and Baker Burnette, both of the Oak City section. | 5 .-,i; i buted to "careful drivers by Cpi. M. C. Byrum and Patrolman B. W. Parker, but the names could not be learned immediately. A thousand or more school chil dren from this county are plan ning to attend the fair. Officers Wreck Illicit Distillery Raiding in the Free Union sec tion of Jamesville Township yes terday afternoon ABC "Officers Cecil Bullock and Wiley Craft and Deputy Roy Peel wrecked a crudely equipped illicit distillery. The operators were using a nasty gas drum for , a kettle and had two barrels of filthy mash almost ready for the pot. Officers state that there's been little activity on the illicit manu facturing front in the county dur ing recent days. Twenty Cases In County's Court Monday Morning Fines Amount To $795.00; Road Sentences Appeal ed To Higher Court -s> Judge H. O. Peele and Solicitor Clarence W. Griffin handled twenty cases in the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday morning. Fines imposed during the session amounted $795. Sev eral road sentences were imposed, but in one case the defendant ap pealed to the higher courts. Proceedings: Pleading guilty of larceny, Wil liam Allen Hines was sentenced to the roads for three months, the sentence to begin at the direction of the court anytime during the next two years. He was taxed with the costs. Johnnie Tllen Smith paid a $25 fine, plus costs, for operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s iut‘l Ibt. Pleading guilty of speeding 65 miles an hbur and failing to heed a siren warning, Fred Mason was fined $25, plus costs. Entering a plea of nolo conten dere in the case in which he was charged with an -assault with a deadly weapon, William Clifton Melton was sentenced to the roads for three months. The defendant explained to the court that he had paid the prosecuting witness’ doctor’s bill, and the sentence was suspended upon the payment of a $50 fine, plus costs. Pleading guilty, Bon Long Stevenson was fined $100, plus costs for drunken driving. He loses his operator's license for a year, The case in which Otis Mozingo was charged with assaulting a fe male was nol pressed. Pleading not guilty of operat ing a motor vehicle while his driver’s license was revoked, James Alexander Hardison was adjudged guilty and was fined $200, plus costs. Charged with bastardy, James Grimes pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for three months. The road term was su spended for two years upon the payment of the court costs and $5 a week for the support of his child. The cases in which William and Luther Perkins were charged with violating the liquor laws, were nol pressed. Judge Peele based his fines'for liquor law violations at the rate of $100 per gallon. Pleading guilty of possessing a gallon of illicit li quor, Wesley Ormond was fined $100, plus costs. A six-month road sentence is to begin at the direc tion of the court anytime during the next two years. Charged with having two gallons of illicit liquor in his possession, Lazarus Wil liams pleaded guilty and was fin ed $200, plus costs. The six-month road sentence was suspended. Williams appealed to the superior court, and $300 bond was requir ed. The liquor case against James Edward Roberson was nol pross ed. • Pleading not guilty of speeding 75 miles an hour, James McKim mon Saunders was adjudged guil ty of speeding not more than 70 and not less than 55 miles an hour, and was fined $25, plus costs. Charged with the possession of materials for the manufacture of illicit liquor^, Leamon James pleaded not guilty. He was ad judged guilty and was sentenced to the roads for six months. He appealed and $300 bond was re v *** ■ * ’ ■ ■ * Pleading guilty of non .support* Charlie Ellison was sentenced to the roads for six months. The (Continued from Page Six) ( HOMK EXHIBITS ~) The Martin County Fair is offering valuable prizes for home exhibits this year, in cluding $30 for first, $25 for second, $20 for third and $5 for all others, it was pointed out this week. The special prizes were left out of file fair book distributed this week, it was explained. In all, the fair is offering $1,000 in premiums to exhibi tors this year, and reports maintain that agriculture will really be on display in the New Carolina warehouse here week after next. -g. Asking $165,975.00 In Six Damage Suits ELEVEN MILLION ! i/ Williamstons tobacco mar ket is nearing the eleven mil lion-pound mark today. While prices are not up to the peak reached earlier in the season, they are holding up well and averaging right at $60 per hundred pounds. The market yesterday sold right at 80,000 pounds for an I average above $59 per hund- I red. Sales today are about the same and it is expected that more than 100,000 pounds will be placed on the floors tomor row. Painfully Hurl In Road Accident —•— Mrs. Dewey R. Edmondson was painfully but believed not serious ly injured and Mr. Edmondson suffered a slight head injury and j shock in an automobile-truck ac cident at Ernest White’s store on N. C. Highway 125 between Wil liamston and Hamilton about 8 00 o'clock last evening. Mrs. Ed mondson was treated in a local hospital for multiple bruises and ! brush burns and a head injury. Brought to the hospital in an am bulance, she remained for further examination and treatment. Mr. Edmondson was able to return to his home. Walter Wiggins, young colored man of near Bethel and driver of the pick-up truck figuring in the accident, was treated for minor bruises on his chest and knees. Following a visit with the Ben James in Poplar Point, Mr. and Mrs. Edmondson were returning to their home in Hassell. Ap proaching Highway 125 at White's store, Mr. Edmondson stopped and seeing no approaching vehicles, pulled into the highway and turn ed toward Hamilton. He had traveled only a short distance be fore his 1952 Chevrolet was hit from the rear by the 1938 Ford pick-up and knocked to the side of the road, the trtiek continuing down the highway more than 100 yards. Mrs. Edmondson was thrown from the car to the ground, but was not hit by either vehicle. , Investigating the accident, a member of the Highway Patrol estimated the damage to the Ed mondson car at $300 and that to the truck at about the same figure. Eastern Firemen Net On Tuesday —*— The Eastern North Carolina Firemen's Association held its quarterly meeting in Roberson ville Tuesday evening and were graciously entertained by the de partment and officials there. Bar becued chicken, pig, the trim mings and dessert were served in the high school cafeteria to ap proximately 200 guests. The visitors were welcomed by Mr. Sherwood L. Roberson and a short talk was made by Waldo Cheek, retiring State Insurance Commissioner. Rocky Mount will entertain the next meeting in January. Fire Chief G. P. Hall, B. T. Baldree, Dick Taylor, Ira Har ri.^n, Jim Thrower and W. B. Gaylord went from here. Action Traceable To Fatal Accident In County June 12 Carolina-Norfolk Truck Co. Named Defendant In Bip Damage Cases -« Suits in which six plaintiffs arc asking a total of $165,975 in dam ages, were filed in the Martin County Superior Court a few days ago, court officials pointing out that the claims are among if not the largest ever advanced in a similar action in the courts of this county. The large damage suits j are traceable to an automobile- ! truck accident in which J. A. ‘ Powell and his son, Cecil B. Po- 1 well, prominent farmers of this county, were fatally injured and four others were hurt near Bear Grass last June 12. The suits were brought aginst the Carolina-Norfolk Truck Line, a transportation firm with head quarters in Norfolk ZoUy Brinkley, an employee on the Powell farm near Gold Point and a passenger in the Powell car, is asking $2,500 personal dam ages, $150 for loss of time and $450 medical expenses. James Shepherd, another pas senger in the car, is asking $2,500 | personal damages, $150 for loss of: time and $425 medical expenses. | Willie B. Brinkley, by his next friend, Chas H. Manning, is suing for $5,000 personal damages, $20, for disability and los of income \ and $7,500 medical expenses The j minor was riding in the back seat of the Powell car at the time of the accident. Mrs. Edna M. Powell, adminis tratrix of the estate of Cecil B. Powell, driver of the car, is ask ing $5,000 for pain, discomfort, shock and mental anguish suf fered by plaintiff’s intestate, $50, 000 for injuries and death of her husband and loss of income to her and her children, and $100 for medical expenses. Mrs Sarah E Powellft admin tratrix of the estate of J A. Pow ell, is suing to recover $5,000.00 for pain, discomfort, shock and mental anguish suffered by her husband, $40,000 for injuries and death of Mr. Powell and loss of in come to her and her children, $100 medical expenses, and $2,000 ac tual or damages to the car own ed by her husband The Guaranty Bank and Trust Company of Greenville, guardian of Ellen Powell, the young daughter of Mrs. Cecil B. Powell and her late husband, is bringing suit for her, asking $5,000 dam ages for pain, shock and mental anguish suffered by her, $15,000 for injuries, disbility and loss of income resulting from accident, and $100 medical expenses. Piled by Attorneys Clifton Eve rett of Bethel and Dink James and W. W. Speight of Greenville, the complaints cover several type written pages and alleged o. gli gence on the part of the truck driver, Asa David. The car, owned by the senior ! Powell and driven by his son, I was traveling on the Bear Grass road leading off Highway 17, about six miles from Williamston, and the truck was traveling from Bear Grass, heading, more or less straight down the road intersect (Continued From Page Six) Spotted In Martin County \ While prospects for the peanut crop as a whole are not at all encouraging in this county, a few individual farmers are predicting average and possibly above nor mal yields on their farms. Rains, favoring the growers in certain areas, are making the difference and leaving the crop report spot ted. More than ninety-five percent of the crop has boon dug in this county, and with favorable weath er prevailing, threshing opera tions are likely to get under way in the near future. During the meantime, a State report points to a lower yield than was predicted earlier in the season. The report, dealing with the crop on a state-wide basis, follows: The 1953 North Carolina picked and threshed peanut crop is esti mated at 203,500,000 pounds as of October 1, by the North Carolina Crop Reporting Service. A crop of this size, if realized, would be the smallest in 20 years and 35 percent below the 311,550,000 pounds produced last year. • A reduction in acreage of 8 per cent or 16,000 acres from last year accounts for part of this de crease in production. However, a decrease in yield from 1,550 pounds in 1952 to 1,100 pounds' this year is primarily responsible for the lower production. Extremely dry weather during the maturing season has resulted in lower yield expectations. How ever, rains during the latter part of September should help the crop to receive maximum benefit from this moisture. Issued Eighteen Licenses To Wed During September —«— Issuance Holds To About An Average For The Past Ten Years Eighteen marriage licenses were issued in this county last month, the issuance holding to about an average for September over a ten-year period. It was the third largest issuance of the year. The marriage licenses went to nine white and nine colored cou ples, as follows: White Clifton Matthew Whitaker ot Williamston and Barbara Ann Brown of Norfolk. Lewis Wilson Huffer and Janie Margaret Roebuck, both of Nor folk. Earl David Campbell and Mar gie Hopewell, both of Williamston. Gerald D. Howren of Norfolk and Maxine Long of Jamesville. Gleen Earl Whitehurst and Carolyn Coburn Simpson, both of Robersonville. Henry L. St. Clair and Ruth Harmon Taylor, both of Rich mond. Alvin Cooper of RFD 3, Wind sor, and Pauline Beach of RFD 2, Williamston. Chas Thad Harris of RFD 2, Williamston and Mrs. Lucy Rog ers Leary of Williamston. Norriss Edward Rose of Pantc go and Mollie Bembridge of Jamesville. Colored Annie Norris Clark of James ville and Acie Ebron of Washing ton. Benjamin Ward and Mary Eli zabeth Bullock, both of Williams ton. Henry C. Price and Eula Mao Clark, both of Williamston. Harry Lawrence and Mary Lou ise Andrews, both of Williamston. Charlie Williams and Armazo Hudgins, both of Williamston. Japser Knight and Mary Ball Wilson, both of Williamston. Fred Little and Retha Clark, both of Robersonville. Willie Everett Pugh and Vivian Aline Goddard, both of Williams ton. William Isaac Price of Wil liamston and Lucille Leathers of Hobgood. namieson nas a Gain In Earnings Baltimore, Oct 13—Earnings of Mathirson Chemical Corporation for the nine months to September 30, 1953, of $13,806,153 or $2.53 per share on the 5,463,773 shares outstanding on that date were an nounced today by Thomas S. Nichols, president. These compare with earnings of $10,915,458 or $2.00 per share for Mathieson and Squibb combined in 1952, The merger with E. R. Squibb and Sons took place on Oc tober 1, 1952. Earnings for tiie third quarter amounted to $4,977,520 or 91 cents per share, compared with 70 cents per share for the two companies in 1952. Sales for the nine-month period fold third quarter respectively were $184,074,445 and $60,385,. 994, compared with $162,134,699 and $54,536,509 for both compani es prior to the merger in 1952. Mathieson alone in 1952 earned $8,305,998 or $2.64 per share for the nine months and $3,170,482 or $1.01 per shate for the third quarter. si ' Vi n//fii Motor Com 'pinny " • ■ ♦ ■ - Cecil Brown, manager of the Griffin Motor Company, returned home early Monday after spend ing several days in Detroit, spe cial guest of the Chrysler Motor Corporation. Mr. Brown drove a new 1954 Plymouth home which is now on display in the show room of the Griffin Motor Company. A qew Plymouth is also on dis play at tlic Dixie Motor Com pany. Everetts Boy Finishes Army Leaders' School Pfc. James T. Bullock recently completed the infantry leaders’ school at Fort Jackson, South Ca rolina, and earned a ten-day fur lough home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bullock, of Eve retts. Following the furlough he is to report to Alaska where he will be,stationed.
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