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\ THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ b' OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT FAMILIES TWICE EACH WF’t VOLUME LYI—NUMBER 93 IFilliamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday. November 26. 1953 ESTABLISHED 189* Court To Resume Civil Case Trials Here Next Monday -<* Tribunal Suspended Trials Wednesday For The Two-Day Holiday Following a two-day holiday for Thanksgiving, the Martin County Superior Court will be gin the second of a two-week term next Monday when it re sumes the trial of civil cases. No criminal cases are being consid ered. A lone divorce case, Mit chell against Mitchell, is on the calendar for trial the first thing next Jt/Ionday. Other cases on the calendar for trial during the second week of the term include the following: In his case against Roberson Slaughter House. Dr. W. F. Cop page is asking $002.70 for profes sional services. In the case of the adminstrator of the J. B. Cherry estate aginst J. F. Thigpen and others, the plaintiff is asking to be declared the owner of certain land in the town of Williamston, maintaining that an error was made in draw ing the deed. Standard Fertilizer Company is suing J. R. Whealton to recover 221.78 on account. Critcher Brothers are suing At las Plywood for $1,390.84 alleged due on a contracta. As a result of an automobile accident on Highway 64 in West 'End on August 16, 1952, Peter Christopher is suing Delmus Dar rell Williams to recover $300 dam ages. Standard Fertilizer Company is suing L. L. Hodges to recover $640,68 alleged due on a note. Henry T. Thomas is suing Coas tal Plain Life Insurance Company to recover $500 insurance carried on h(s late wife, Mary G. Thomas. In the case of Harrison Oil Company against E. W. Briley, the plaintiff is seeking to recover $200 alleged due on account. Three cases are pending against Julius Whorton and Robert Lee Sawyer, the plaintiffs asking for combined damages in the sum of (Continued on Page Six) Responsibility Law Explained The State Department of Motor Vehicles will move swiftly begin ning Tuesday night toward firm enforcement of North Carolina’s new Motor Vehicle Safety Re sponsibility Law, which becomes effective on January 1. The initial steps looking toward complete enforcement on the statutory effective date were an nounced as follows: 1. The department has prepar ed a small leaflet explaining es sential details about the law which motorists may pick up at any gasoline station, without cost, be ginning Tuesday morning. 2 On Tuesday evening Motor Vehicles Commissioner Edward Scheidt will address the people of North Carolina by radio in the first official explanation of how the new law will operate. 3. Throughout the month of December, through the coopera tion of the press and radio of North Carolina, the Department of Motor Vehicles will keep the public, and particularly the mo torists, advised about various phases of the law up to the hour enforcement begins. Commissioner Scheldt's address i . ■«., , 'ot.v*-'* Vr vrv" i 'W»' * * w. ties of Station WPTF in Raleigh, and will be heard over other sta tions throughout the state.-It will be enitled "Safety and Security on Our Highways." In view of ear lier commitments, all stations may not be able to broadcast it simul taneously and it was suggested that those desiring to hear it con sult the daily radio programs in their local newspapers on Tuesday morning and afternoon. The new law, which was enact ed h> the last session of the leg islature, requires the automatic suspension of a driver's license if he is involved in a traffic accident and fails to furnish satisfactory proof of his ability to meet dam age claims up to $11,000. Com . missioner Scheldt will explain the conditions and circumstances un der which this can happen and also information as to how it can be avoided. Forty-three other stales have enacted the same type of law. Heavy Blow Dealt To Illicit Liquor Traffic f OBSERVANCE -* Thanksgiving Day was ob served in this community without incident, according to reports coming from various sources. The day was a gen eral holiday, but large crowds attended special religious ser vices, including the union Thanksgiving worship in the Presbyterian church where the Rev. John L. Goff preach ed. Hunters turned to the fields and woods in numbers and re ported generally good luck. There were no accidents and law enforcement officers reported no arrests. Superior Court In Recess Until Monday Morning —*— $6,000 Compensation Suit Settled Late Tuesday By Agreement After clearing only a few cases from the calendar, the Martin County Superior Court, sitting in a special two-week term, recessed Wednesday afternoon for the Thanksgiving holiday but will re sume its work next Monday morn ing. Judge Malcolm Paul, Washing ton man who was recently ap pointed to the bench as a special jurist, is presiding over the cur rent term. After granting Delzora Hardi son a divorce from James Hardi son of Virginia Tuesday, the court called the $6,000 compensation suit brought by Laura Mae Purvis and her minor son against Earl Whitaker and others. After the jtiry was selected, the court spent considerable time drawing the is sues in the case. The trial took an unexpected torn when the plain tiffs rested after offering records, tending to show that the defen dants had transferred their pro perty in an effort to block col lection. The defense was denied in an effort to block collection. The defense was denied a motion for non-suit, and about 3:30 o’clock Tusda.v afternoon, an agreement was reached. The widow Purvis is receiving $1,300 and the minor son gets a like amount to be plac ed in trust with the clerk of the court. The three plaintiffs’ attor neys were allowed $1,250, making a total of $3,850. The case dates back to August 9, 1950, when Willie Purvis, hus band and father of the plaintiffs, was accidentally killed in a logg ing accident while employed by the defendants. The Industrial Commission awarded the widow and minor son $18 a week for 350 weeks, the total not to exceed $6, 000. The defendant took excep tions to the award and went into the superior court. Receiving an adverse decision there, the de fense went to the State Supreme Court and it was sent back to the county. After disposing of one lone di vorce case, the court called the case of Critchcr Lumber Company against Richmond Cedar Works and worked on it until 5:30 before turning it over to the jury. After arguing the three issues for two hours, the .jury announced its ver dict at 7:30 o’clock that evening, ifw >! a •»>:-« mw j of $409.35. Alleging the defendant had breached a contract, the plain I tiff asked for $818.69. Robbers Entered New Oyster Bar —»— Breaking a glass, rubbers en tered the newly opened oyster bar near the highway patrol radio station some time after Wednes day midnight and carried away about $25 in change. The cash register drawer was left partly open by the proprietor, John llut I ton Gurganus, and the robber took only the money that was visible, leaving ten or fifteen dollars in the back part of the drawer. As far as could be learned noth else was missed from the place. The robbery was not discovered until Mr. Gurganus reopened for business early Thanksgiving even ing. > — ^-1 Eleven Plants In County Destroyed During Past Week Three Men Arrested At Crude Plant Near Has sell Last Sunday A telling blow was dealt the il licit liquor traffic in this county during the past week when ABC Enforcement Officers Cecil Bul lock and 'Wiley Craft, assisted by deputies from the sheriff’s office destroyed eleven manufacturing plants, arrested three men at a crude plant near Hassell and checked numerous retail outlets in Williamston and other parts of the county. The drive reached a satuartion point in Bear Grass Township during the week, Chief Cecil Bul lock stating that eight plants were wrecked in that district during the period. Early in the week, the officers destroyed a plant in Cross Roads and then moved over into Bear Grass. Tuesday, submarine type plant was wrecked there. Three plants, all equipped with crude oil drums, were torn asund er the following day. A submarine type still was destroyed on Thurs day and a similar type plant was wrecked the following day. Resting for the most part on Saturday, Officers Bullock and Craft, assisted by Deputies Gar land Bunting of Oak City and Al ton McLawhorn of Hassell, raided two plants in the Hassell area of Hamilton Township Sunday morn ing. William Bullock, Walter Lee Purvis and Lester Brown, Jr., and a fourth man who made his escape, were operating crudely equipped plants. Bullock, Purvis and Brown were given a prelimi nary hearing before U. S. Com missioner Buck Taylor in Wash ington that afternoon, and they were released in $300 bond each. Their eases are to be called in the federal court at Washington din ing the spring term of the court there. Officer Bullock estimated that they poured out approximately 5, 000 gallons of beer or mash at the eleven plants during the week. While a concerted attack was being directed to the manufactur ing end, officers were also check (Continued on Page Six) Three-Car Wreck Near Williamston —•— No one was injured but con siderable property damage re sulted in a three-car accident at the drive-in theater near here on Highway 64 Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. A line of traffic, including ears driven by Cpl. M. C. Byrum of tte N. C. Highway Patrol, and cine driven by Henry J. Nibles of the Maryland Highway Patrol, had stopped for a school bus. The traffic was just beginning to move I when Kenneth Johnson, driving a 1952 Cadillac, bumped into the , Maryland car which, in turn, struck Cpl. Byrum’s car. All the vehicles were moving west. Johnson explained that he glanced to the side of the road where a bulldozer was in opera tion, and struck the car before he saw it. ft was estimated that $600 dam age was done to the Cadillac and j $600 to the Maryland Chevrolet and $50 to Cpl. Byrum’s car. Mr. Nibles was in the county visiting relatives and hunting. Minor Wreck On Oak CHy Street A minor accident was reported on Oak City’s main street last Tuesday afternoon at -1 ‘.’0 o'clock No one was injured and the pro perty loss was limited to about $125. Rolifnd Rummy Sills of Oak City was driving down the street when Chas. Edfar Bunn, a travel ing Salesman from Franklin, Va., pulled from the curb and into the side of Sills’ new Ford, doing about $100 damage to the Sills car and about $25 damage to his 1953 Buick. Prominent Farmer Died In Hospital Early Wednesday Funeral Service Com!noted In Holly Springs Chureh For Nymplius S. Cherry Nymphus Staton Cherry, pro minent Martin County farmer, died in a hospital here shortly be fore 6:00 o’clock Wednesday morn ing, the victim of a heart attack. He had been in declining health for some months, suffering with a heart condition. Last Saturday morning he suffered a severe at tack and was removed to the hos pital immediately by ambulance, but little hope was held for his recovery. The son of the late William An drew and Louise Gurganus Cher ry, he was born in Williams Town ship 73 years ago on April 12, 1880, and lived and farmed in the com munity all his life. He was a mem ber of the Holly Springs Methodist Church for many years, ably sup porting it and taking a stand for life’s finer and nobler ideate. Mr. Cherry was married Nov ember 27, 1901, to Mary Lucy An drews. Surviving besides his widow are four sons, William Martin, Fred Gilbert and Percy Cherry of Wil liamston and Warren Cherry of PJymouth; five daughters, Mrs. John R. Jones, Mrs. W. D. Jones and Mrs. Frank Hopkins of Wil liamston, Mrs. Henry Hopkins of Oak City, and Mrs. Edward Hol lis of Norfolk, one sister, Mrs. Annie Roberson, of Williamston; twenty-two grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. The funeral service was con ducted in the Holly Springs church Thursday ntn moon at 3:00 o’clock by the pastor, the Rev. R. E. Walston, assisted by the Rev. W. B. Harrington, Baptist minis ter, Interment was in the Andrews family cemetery in Williams Township. Janesville Youth Critically Stabbed —— Claimed to have acted in self defense, Raleigh Raseoe, Jr., 15 year-old colored boy, critically stabbed Stephen Lilley, about the same age, in front of the Cabarrus cafe at Jamesville early Tuesday afternoon. Raseoe was said to have driven a several-inch paring knife blade into the victim’s abdomen. Lilley was removed to a local hospital where he underwent sur gery. Arrested and placed in the county jail by Deputy Dennis Ro berson shortly after the attack, Raseoe said that he had had trou ble with Lilley some weeks ago, that they entered into another argument in the cafe, and that Lil ley and three other colored youths started on him with a dag ger. According to Rascoe’s story as told to Deputy Roberson, Ras coe owed Lilley some money, that when Raseoe explained he could not pay the debt at that time, Lilley and the others started mov ing on him. Raseoe, employed by a cleaning establishment in Jamesville, left the scene of the attack and re turned to his work where he was arrested. He is being held in jail without privilge of bond ponding the outcome of Li Key’s condition. Krlurnn Home From lloHpitol Wcdtirsday CriticHIly wounded in a shot nun accident about three weeks ago, Carroll Roberson, young county man, returned to his home '.'ii'jjy1 L>1 * ey&K. following an operation and treat ment in a Durham hospital. He is able to be up, but is not getting out much. SURVEY r J Starting this week, Leigh Wilson of the North Carolina League of Municipilities, is making progress on a survey for the recently appointed town zoning commission. He plans to complete the project early next month and place Uie survey before the zoning commission which is made up of the following, W. T. Martin, W. B. Gaylord, G. P. Hall, John H. Gurganus and Mrs. R. W. Bondurant. After a study of the survey by the commission, recom mendations will be made to the town officials for final action, it was learned. Santa Coming To Town December 4 A. ^ ii blic Meeting ) Hear Country C l ii b Discussion Plans for advancing a country club project in this immediate area will be discussed at a public meeting to be held in the court house here next Monday at 8:00 o’clock, it was announced today. All citizens interested in the pro ject are invited to attend the meeting and participate in the discussion. A recognized authority will have inspected possible sites and he will give an appraisal of the plan. The committee, appointed at a me eting of an interested group of citizens a short time ago, have inspected several potential sites, and the group will present its findings at the meeting next Mon day. During the meantime, interest in the project is mounting, quite a few parties, convinced of the value a club offers a community, having volunteered their support Peanut Growers Vote December 15 —«— The referendum to be held throughout the U. S, peanut grow ing area December 15 will deter mine whether peanut growers want to continue the marketing quota program which has been in operation since 1949 Reuben S. Everett, chairman of the* Martin County Production and Marketing Administration Com mittee, explains that the program to be voted on is essentially the same as the one that has been in operation in 1951, 1952, and 1953. The difference is that under pre sent law price support loans, available when marketing quotas are in effect, starting with the 1955 crop, will be available at not less than a percent of parity be tween 75 and 90 percent which depends on the supply of peanuts available at the beginning of the marketing year. For the 1954 crop straight 90 percent of parity loans will continue to be avail able if marketing quotas are ap proved. If marketing quotas are not ap proved, the loans available to growers who plant within their acreage allotment will drop to 50 percent of parity for the 1954 crop. In case of disapproval, there will be another referendum a year from now. A two-thirds favorable vote is required to keep the program in operation. To clear up a common misun derstanding, Chairman Everett explains the referendum will not determine whether there will be acreage allotments in 1954. The Secretary of Agriculture is re quired by law to establish peanut acreage allotments each year whether marketing quotas are in effect or not. He urges all peanut growers to study tin1 problem and the pro gram carefully and to express their wishes in the December 15 referendum. All farmers who share in 1953 crop peanuts on a farm on which more than one acre of peanuts was harvested for nuts are eligible to vote. j Represent County iti 4-H Congress Miss Joan Coltrain is leaving this week-end for Chicago where she will represent Martin County as State winner of the Westing house-sponsored electric contest. J. C. Cooke, local officer of the Mathieson Chemical Company, will also attend the congress in the windy city. He leaves Friday by plane from Norfolk. Mr. Cooke’s company is sponsoring a National -1 II Alumni Itccognitinn program. Speci il awards will be made next week to eight winners in the company-sponsored nation al contest, it was announced. The company’s program is dedicated to building more productive soil, growing more profitable crops, and encouraging better farming. There are seventeen million alum ni of the 4 II Clubs in the nation. Miss Coltrain is the first 4-H club member to represent Martin County at the natiun congress. i Williamston Packing Finn Rebuilding Its Plant Here Holiday Schedule For Stores During Christmas Season Itioinrss Houses to Remain Open Until 9:00 l\ M. Uliristmus Week Santa Claus is coming to town —on Friday afternoon. December 4, at 4:00 o'clock, Ed Grady, ex ecutive secretary of the Williams ton Boosters,, Inc., announced to day The visit of the merry ole gentleman is certain to be con firmed over the week-end, Mr'. Grady explained. Extensive ar rangements are already being made to greet Santa, and a sec tion wide invitation is being ex tended to all the children— adults, too—from miles around to come to Williamston that day and all during the Christmas sea son. Details for greeting Santa and welcoming thousands of visitors will be announced early next week. It can be said that thou sands of little favors will be given the children. Now that Thanksgiving is spent, the town and its merchants and other business operators are making ready for a great Christ mas season. Street decorations are to be placed next week, and the lights are to be turned on next Friday evening, December 4. Ex pensive decorations have been purchased, and the town is ex pected to model its gayest dress in years. The light and decorations are to be installed across the streets, offset bv stars. There'll I be no green leaves to fade, but I there’ll be bright tinfoil. | Special prizes are being offered | for the best individual decorations ; in doorways and around the I homes, and cash recognition will go to those handling public de corations. Fairly sizable sums are to be offered in cash prizes, a list of which is to be announced soon. Polling the business houses this week, the Boosters announced yesterday that a large majority voted to keep the .stores open on December 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 and 24 , until 9:00 o’clock p. m. j The vote was almost unanimous for observing Friday and Satur day, December 25 and 20, and January 1, New Year’s, as holi days. A few store operators favored remaining opening on Friday, December 4 and 11, and several favored remaining open only un til 7:00 or 11:00 o’clock during Christmas week. The majority vote, however, favored the 9:00 o’clock closing during Christinas [ week. During the meantime, Williams ton business houses are rapidly adding to the Christmas' stocks, introducing new innovations and merchandise for effective shopp ing. By special invitation Santa Claus has virtually agreed to be on hand each evening from about 5:00 o’clock until closing time dur ing Christmas week. Finishing Touches On Windsor Road —«.— Highway Chairman A. H. Gra ham anti Commissioner Emmett , Winslow of the First Division re I ported today that the finishing touches were being put on the widening and reeonstruetion of | US 17 between Wiiliamston and Windsor .... The improvement is 7.01 miles long. Work was started in Oe tober, 1952. The Bertie County job runs from the end of the 22 foot eoncrete pavement on US 17 about four miles northeast of Wiiliamston northeast to a point m Windsor. The pavement is 24 feet wide. Dickerson, Ine., of Monroe did the grading and paving at a con tract estimate of $367,086. Pyra mid Construction Company of Wilmington built the structures at a total cost of $M,S0a. Highway department personnel who supervised the work includ ed W. N. Spruill, division engi neer; J. D. Miller, assistant di vision engineer in charge of con struction; arid R. J. Peel of Wil liamston, resident engineer. Graham and Winslow said wid ening and reconstruction US 17, a heavily travelled tourist road, is part of a long-range plan to rebuild and modernize tins im portant coastal highway. Purchasing the property in March of last year, the Williams ton Packing Company is continu ing an expansion and moderniza tion program at its plant just west of the town limits on the Me Caskey Road. Concrete floors for the pens and concrete chutes have been built, and just now the owners, Messrs. Russell Griffin and George Peele are rebuilding the south wing of the plant in its en tirety. The owners are to add to their equipment there, enlarging its facilities for custom meat cur ing. Th(> wing will also house a lard room, two smoke rooms and a processing room. Fireproof walls are being com pleted this week and the wing will be completed without interrupting operations, Mr. Griffin explained. The owners plan, intime, to re TOY COLLECTION Preparing for their annual Christmas party for quite a number of local youngsters, Jaycees will canvass the town Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o' clock for toys. Last year the Jaycees entertained about 50 children, and the organiza tion is calling upon local peo ple to help provide an ample supply of toys and other use ful articles for the party this year. Householders ars asked to place their toys on the porch es for the collectors. No date has been fixed for the party. Armstrong Speaks To Rotary Club —»— Rod Armstrong of the North Ca rolina State' Wildlife Commission addressed the weekly meeting of the local Rotary Club Tuesday noon and interestingly reviewed th hunting and fishing industry in the State. Ranking about fourth in the list of industries in the State, hunting and fishing in North Ca rolina is a $100 million dollar busi ness, Mr. Armstrong said. The economic value of the two sports is placed at about seven billion dollars annually in the nation. He went on to explain that the average sportsman spends about $200 a year on his hunting and fishing. It’s rather costly, but the speaker pointed out that when wear and tear on car, gasoline, equipment, license fees, and a dog or two are considered, the cost is not so great after all. The speaker briefly reviewed the work of the commission, ex plaining that it was striving to make North Carolina one of the main hunting and fishing states in the nation. ‘‘And if the people get together and promote a sound program, there is no doubt bul what North Carolina can gain that position.” He pointed out the necessity of playing the game fair, of abiding by the hunting and fishing rules and regulations. "Buy, you know, there are those who would not client anywhere else, but would shoot a bird of out season,” he said. Mr. Armstrong said that while some types of game are a bit scarce, it is fairly certain that deer ( and quail are .more numerous now than they were in the days of Sir Walter Raleigh. "We have a good supply of game in eastern North Carolina. Let's preserve it,” he pleaded. Divide Beer And Wine Tax Income Collecting approximately $5, 000,000 in beer and wine taxes, the North Carolina Slate Department of Revenue this week div ided the ineomc with various counties and towns in the state. Martin County received $10, 040 as its part of the tax pie. In addition to that amount the fol lowing towns reeeived shares: Williamston, $5,002; Roberson vilie, $1,421; Jamesville, $531; Hamilton, $500, and i’armele, $•1011. The towns of Hassell and Oak City were not meluded in the list of those sharing in the special tax. build the north wing of the plant and make other improvements in their long-range modernization program. The company, less than two years old, is experiencing a steady and substantial growth. Just now the plant is employing seventeen persons and has openings for sev eral others, including experienced meat cutters. During the first several days of this week, the company was handling more than 200 hogs dai ly, not to mention the purchase of other animals. A livestock market is being maintained for livestock raisers throughout this section, and the company is adding more customers from day to day. Its products are now being sold in twelve eastern North Carolina counties, and the demand is in creasing rapidly, it was learned. Williamston Boy Author oi Book, "Search Party" —«— I’ap-imt I’ri'ss, New York, To RelruMC First Kilitioii On December 1 I A Williamston boy, twenty-two year old Julian Mason, has writ ten an exciting new book of poetry that succeeds in being I both sophisticated and sincere. Its sophistication lies in the ideas that are presented, and its sincerity, in the refreshing manner with which the poet uses language to express bis thoughts The little poem, dealing with man’s search for God, says of the poet. “Somehow I have Not been a part Of one of these 1 Search parties, yet. I And he doesn't think he will I return. Then, he says, the search parties: “Will go out, Following star trails, To find man, Who has disappeared And left no trail behind." The poet also writes well of na ture, using symbols which are highly effective. One poem com pares the stars to: "Bright, sputtering sparks, Sprinkled carelessly on The plus velvet of night ." Born in Washington, North Ca rolina, Julian Mason attended high school in Williamston and was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1953. lie is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Order of the Golden Fleece and Phi Mu Alpha, national music fraternity. The poet now holds a Carnegie Fellowship at the Geo. Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee, for work on a Master’s Degree in education. Christmas Club Checks Nailed —<■— Checks, averaging well over $100, are being placed in the mails for the 400 Guaranty Bank Christ mas Club members, Cashier D. V. Clayton announced. The syste ; matic saving plan works wonders for the club members at Christ - j mas time, and the $47,000.00 sav ed will make itself felt in ths economy during the course of the next few weeks. Cashier Clayton explained that the club is expanding each year, that the piospects are good for the coming season. The new 1954 club is now open for memberships m four denominations. Savings jean be effected at the rate of 50 cents, $1, $2 or $5 weekly, grow j ing into $25, $50, $100 and $250 | checks a year from now. Minor Fire il Itashcl Factory Here If ctlncsilay Very little damage, if any, re sulted when trash caught fire* in a dry kiln at the basket factory nn Roanoke River here at 11:30 o' clock Wednesday morning. Discovered in its early stage, the fire was brought under con trol by plant employees who used an emergency hose. Firemen an swered the call and reachd the 1 scene about the time plant work cis had the fuc under control. '
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