Newspapers / The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / Jan. 12, 1954, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,900 MARTIN COUNTY * FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,00f> MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 3 William $ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, Jam -ry 12, 1954 ESTABLISHED I8V* Victory In Fight Against Iniantile Paralysis Nearer Turning Point Two Years -Wnfnlj.nftljalUe The 1954 March of Dimes should make the greatest appeal to Am erican public in the history of the long war on polio. The reason is that medicine now stands on the threshold of the conquest of in fantile paralysis. Those who have faithfully sup ported this mighty crusade in past years can draw new enthusi asm and stimulation from the fact that this is the year in which their contributions will do the most good. Victory may be in sight. There seems every reason to be lieve that a safe vaccine, now being tested to prove its effec tiveness, may be available to pro tect our children against polio in the near future. Meanwhile, large-scale trials in the summers of 1951 and 1952 have established the fact that gamma globulin, a derivative of human blood containing disease-resist ing antibodies, is a stopgap wea pon in epidemics, providing pro tection against paralytic polio for about five weeks in most cases. Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, reports that the Foun dation spent $5,500,00 for com munity use of GG in 1953. During 1954, he says, $19,000,000 will be needed to provide gamma globu lin for use during epidemics; an additional $7,500,000 will be re quired in 1954 for determining the | effectiveness of a trial polio vac- j cine recently developed by March of Dimes-supported scientists. Turning Point 2 Years Ago The turning point in the war on polio came two years ago with two announcements at the Sedond International Polio Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. I was pre- 1 sent and I still remember the i thrill of excitement that engulf- j ed delegates from all parts of the world who" • the• foil impor-r of' these accomplishments was made plain at the closing session of the | world when the full import of these accomplishments was made plait: aTTEe efer-ing session\*>t"the ronference. One was the demonstration that >11 the strains of polio virus en rountered so far in all parts of the earth belonged to three types, *o that a vaccine against polio would have to be all-inclusive. The other was the development of a technique by which polio vi rus could be grown in unlimited quantities in test tubes contain ing bits of npn-nervous tissue. Until then research had been ex ceedingly difficult and complex because practically all experi ments required the use of live monkeys. Open Way for Vaccine These two advances opened the way for the attainment of an adequate vaccine. Research of equal importance is going forward today to find a drug that will inhibit the growth ot the polio virus. It is now known that the virus enters the digestive tract and multiplies there before invading -titer net r'Jyzt system. An adequate drug would stop the virus before it could cause paraly sis. But even though the menace of polio were ended tomorrow', there would still be the need of March of Dimes campaigns to finance the tremendous task facing the Na tional Foundation for Infantile \ Paralysis in taking care of the ■ thousands of victims of th» ep;- j (Continued on Page Six) f ROUND-UP j Eight persons were round ed up and jailed for alleged violation of various laws in this county last week-end. There were no larceny cases in the group. Three persons were charg ed with public drunkenness, and one each for speeding, drunken driving, operating a motor vehicle without a driv er’s license, violating the li quor laws and issuing a worthless check. 6 Three of the eight were white and the ages of the group ranged from 19 to 58 years. I E Start The March Of Dimes In The County M/Sgt. Woolard F. Strickland native of Martin County and miss ing in action in Korea since. Nov ember 26, 1950, is now presumed dead, according to an announce ment release by the Army last week-end. Nothing has been heard from the young man since he was reported missing more than three years ago. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Strickland, he was born in this county in April, 1929, and attend ed the Williamston and Roberson ville schools. Mi. and Mrs. Strickland lived on the W. Barcil Daniel farm be tween Williamston and Everetts before moving to the Parmele sec tion, later locating on RED 2, Battleboro. Sgt. Strickland had served twenty-one months in the service, and was one of six Martin County young men who laid do<>n their lives in 'he Korean conflict. Other Martin County young men who lost their lives in Ko rea include: Pvt J. R. Bullock, Sp*. James-Cpl. Harry 1 Paul Roberson, Cpl. John II. Gar rett, and Cpl. Oscar Lee Little. Fourteen others were wounded, and sti!’ another was taken pris oner oy" t ne Ttefi^ aSTi rot* * ed. Minor Accident At Intersection —•— ‘No one was injured and little property damage resulted when two cars were in collision at the intersection of Church and Smith wick Streets here Sunday after— loon at 3 45 o’clock. ( j C. S. Grinin was driving his Mercury west on Church Street i and Howard T. Simpson was driv ng Elliott Bullock’s Mercury on Smithwiok 'toward Main when the | ught front fender locked horns I A'ith the left front fender on the ither machine. Some damage was done to the Griffin car radiator and it had to be towed away. Combined damage was estimat ?d at about $100 by officer Bill Saislip who made the investiga tion. Report Robbery InRcbersonville The wave of robberies that has; -wept various parts of this county! during the past two weeks or more has subsided, but the rogues are still active, according to reports 1 reaching here yesterday. The latest action on the robbery ; front was reported Sunday night in Robersonville when someone broke into the Keel Tailoring Company there and carried away property valued at approximately 525, according to preliminary re jorts reaching here. Marriufie Licenses Are Issued In Tlte County Two marriange licenses, about lie first of tlie new year, were ssued in this county last-Satur day to two couples by* Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger. Licenses went to: V. E. Duncan, 1600 Gleen St., Dallas, Texas, and Nellie M. Prid >en of Nags Head; Archie Benjamin Hardison and dane Goodrich, both of Hassell. hair men Explain ¥%i^^For1t2afial Drive Cempieied| March of Dimes Is Already Progressing In Several Towns In County While the March of Dimes start ed moving in several towns in the county last week, plans were an nounced just about complete Monday for extending the drive into all other areas. “We have an effective organization and there is every reason that with the worthy cause to support and a people interested in the good cause, the goal will be met,” Chairmen W. Marvin Baker and L. Bruce Wynne said yesterday. It was pointed out that every part of the county had been or ganized for the drive except two centers, Everetts and Bear Grass, where chairmen are to be named. While the organization was be ing perfected in its entirety, school children in one or two areas sounded the appeal. No re port has been received on their drive, but Williamston was can vassed from nook to nook several times last week. Chairman Baker said that R. McK. Edwards would head the Negro division in the county. The following co-workers, in cluding chairmen in the various districts and schools, were an nounced this week: Williamston business district. Geo. W. Corey, F. E. Weston, J. C. White and Howard Bowen; schools, B. G. Stewart and Ruth Manning. Robersonville business district, I. M. Little; schools, C. B. Mar tin and M. M Everett Everetts business district, (to be namCd); schools, E. G. Mur row. Oak City business district, N. Lawrence I^mar^schools, Geo. P. Cu)))pherT*,*®*****,,,l^ Hamilton business district, Nor man Everett; schools, Geo. S. Ha islip m. ,■****m* ■ (to be named); scnools, H. V. Par ker, Jr. Jamesville business district, P. C. Blount; schools, William C. Gay. Farm Life area, R. Dewey Per ry, Mrs. Bruce Peel, Oscar B. Roberson; schools A. H. Braswell. The chairmen said that possibly other workers would join in the task later this week. Coin collectors have been plac ed in business establishments Hirough-a* the county. Direct mail appeals will go out later this week. Climaxing the drive in the county this year will be the Moth ers’ March on Polio”. Mrs. George 7. Nicely, Jr., is Williamston’s chairman of the march which is (Continued on Page Six) —-'» Parmele Nan In Auto Accident Winston Cargile, agent for the A. C. L. Railroad at Parmele, was painfully but believed not seri ously injured in an automobile ac cident near Leens in Pitt County early Sunday morning. Details of the accident could not be learned immediately, but it, was reported that his car went out of control and turned over. He suffered lacerations about the ‘ head and face. It was said that j twenty stitches were necessary | to close the cuts. He was treat*:: in the Ward Clinic, Robersonville and continued to his home in Par mele. DEMONSTRATION A special demonstration for the control of nematodes and weeds in tobacco plant beds will be given on the farm of i Commissioner Henry S. John- I son, Hamilton, on Thursday afternoon of this week at ZM o’clock, it was announced by Farm Agent T. B. Brandon. The demonstration will fea ture the gas treatment. < All farmers and others in- 1 tercsted are invited to attend. t Minor Accidents On County Roads While motorists piled up the j wrecks in other areas alter sleet i and snow fell, vehicle operators i went ahead and had thejr. acci roads were xeetTovef. ~~l wo miiuT accidents were reported Monday afternoon on rural roads in the county but no one was injured and the property loss was negli gible. At 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon on the old Greenville road in Cross Roads Township near the Marion Griffin home, Zack S. Cowin, driving a piek-up truck, crashed into the rear of a school bus when the brakes on his vehicle failed to take hold. Mr. Cowin was runn ing only about fifteen miles an hour when the bus, operated by Arthur Purvis out of Parmele, slowed down to discharge pas sengers. No one was hurt and there was no damage to the bus. Damage to the pick-up was esti mated at about $75. Two hours later on the 5-cent road in Bear Grass Township, two vehicles, one driven by Lewis R. Taylor and the other by Jesse Irving Taylor, crashed at Lewis Taylor's driveway, causing about $50 damage to his 1946 Chevro let and about $85 damage to Jesse Taylor’s 1950 Ford. Although ice covered many roads in the county last night and early today, .the highway patrol reported no accidents in this coun ty following the minor crash at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Accounting For March Of Dimes Chairman Marvin Baker this week reviewed the 1953 activities financed by the March of Dimes in Martin County. A total of $3, 509.57 was spent, including $1,500 sent to treasury of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis. It was pointed out that this county in previous years had drawn heavily from the national treasury after exhausting local funds. Last year the Martin County unit spent $ 13i.20 on a case in Jamesville Township, and $1, sSG i r f*p,rfcr;-iyi -tvrc- y Robersonviile area In addition to the $1,811.30, the county unit spent $67.00 for braces for an old case near Robersonville, Mr. Bak er said. If the current drive reaches its goal, and the leaders are confident it will do just that, then there will be sufficient funds to meet any emergency that might arise during 1954, and at the same time help finance research on a nation al scale. -- -- Local Mothers On Polio March Going into action in a big way in this community for the first time, local mothers, under the chairmanship of Mrs. George Nicely, will join the Polio March on January 29, it was announced today by County Chairman Mar vin Baker. Mesdames J. S. Rhodes, j Jr., and J. PiuJ'Sin.psw. ing with Mrs. Nicely as co-chair man, and plans for the big march on the evening of the 29th are being formulated, it was announc ed. Detailed plans for the Mothers' March will be released within the next few days. Herring Season Opened A t Ja mesviIle Friday Mo rn ing It is getting more difficult by Ihe day to tell what’s what. The latest state of confusion involves Roanoke Hiver fishermen who ■an’t decide when the herring sea son closes or when it begins. Fishermen James Herbert Ward ind Chas. A. Peele caught a hcrr ng in the Hoanokc near Williams on late in the fall. And they ■aught the fish on a hook and line, rhe catch was most unusual for j hat time, and the manner it was! effected was even more unusual, since it is difficult to determine vhen the season ends or begins, •ledit must go to Ward and Peele or catching the last herring in i he Roanoke in 1053, but the hon- | ors for the first catch in 19f)4 goes to Henry Gii vin who dipped two nice herrings from the stream at Jamesville last Friday morning followed by a catch of six a short time later. And when the first! herring are taken from the Roa noke, spring can't be far behind. C. C. Fleming, operating a fish ery on a large scale, is making ready his nets for another season which is tentatively scheduled to get under way in March. The fishery made large catches last i rear, but they were confined mostly to herring. While preparations are being nade to take herrings, other types »f fishing are being handled on he river, some with fair success Hotel Property Ruled Out As Site For Loeal Bus Station Open Meeting On Station Location —*— Several Locations Available But No Action Taken To Select Site The George Reynolds Hotel property on North Smithwiek Street was in certain terms ruled out as a possible bus station site irt an open meeting held in the courthouse here last evening, a town official explaining that the matter was closed and was not subject to be reopened again. The action, ruling out the property as a station site, was taken when the meeting, attended by sixty or more interested citizens, spoke against the location and then sup ported their position by a stand ing vote which included more than 90 percent of those in attend ance. Said to have entered into a con tract with the owners to lease the property, the bus operators are now believed to be in a position to look elsewhere for a location. Several sites are available, but as far as it could be learned today no*i action has been taken, looking toward the selection of a site. During the meantime, operations arc being maintained as advan tageously as possible under the most unfavorable conditions in the little wooden box next to the Carolina warehouse on Washing ton Street. No organized opposition was of fered at the meeting last night, but individuals were quick to take to their feet and state their posi tions. Opening the meeting, Mayor Rob*. Cowen explained that *he matter was believed *o have been settled when the town commis-1 sioners went on record against it [ following a hearing held before) thv Slate militia Commission in . Raleigh*"**,! fall. When the | meeting was ended last night, the; board with Commissioners N. C. G re en. Lem an B arnh i a n i j n^.yiri Moore present, chose not to re verse the stand taken several months ago. Mayor Cowen read a letter from Attorney Wheeler Martin who opposed the location. Mr. Martin, in his letter, referred to the congested area, and pointed out that traffic making a left turn off Main into North Smithwiek Street was using the sidewalk to complete the turn. He also men tioned the danger to the approxi- 1 matelv 400 school children who use the sidewalks daily, and pointed out tin problems the taxis would create. In another letter read by Mayor Cowen, the Baptist Church Board of Deacons withdrew its opposi tion, but it was explained that in dividuals were free to express their personal opinions. It was brought out that the byard of deacons met with bus company representatives last Friday even ing, and that the bus operators aad agreed to alter their routes m^rrovide for taxi parking with the assurance that the station would be operated in an orderly manner. Elbert S. Peel, Jr., representing the bus companies, stated that it was hot planned to "bulldog” the location over the opposition, but (Continued on Page Five) verXwa ftrruey'l o Date* More than two thousand per sons fifteen years and older, have had their chest X-rayed so far in the courty-wide tuberculosis survey, it was announced by a representative of the Martin County Health Department late Monday. The response to the call while encouraging, is far from the maximum. With the exception of one day, the mobile X-ray unit in Wil- ! liamston has maintained a fairly stable schedule in that 343 per sons had their chests X-rayed on : each of three days. On the other ■ of the four days the machine was in operation on the main street here, the count fell to 256. A sec- , ond unit handled only 142 X-rays at the basket factory the first day the survey was launched. Oak City reported 672 X-rays Station Planning Formal Opening The city of Williamston now has its second new designed ser vice station built by the Colonial Oil Company. It is located on the corner of Haughton and Grace Streets. It is a modernistic esab lishment and is an added asset to this particular section of the city. Lewis Barber is the proprietor and operator of the new station. Lewis is a Martin County boy and has many friends in this area. He extends to all of them a most cor dial invitation to visit him in his new place of business for any and all service and produces for their motoring needs. He is open for business at the present time. How ever, he is planning to have a gala opening on Thursday, Fri day, and Saturday, January 14, 15, and 16. He is planning a big auait with fiee gifts for every body, candy and balloons for the kiddies. Lewis stated that his new sta rVii ■ '-'V i 11'ri1 icl'^rd i ViV ■Si‘ , vice. It has the latest facilities j for complete car service. He will carry a full stock of well known Pure Oil products, Pure Premium and Pure Pep Sensitized gasolines —Purelube Motor Oil, Pure tires, batteries, and accessories. Lewis is enthusiastic about the new mo- ( dern, latest lubrication equip rnent, complete battery service facilities and other modern equip- | j merit that has been arranged for ! . complete one-stop service. Lewis is anxious for his many friends in this area to visit and inspect his new establishment and especially wants everyone to visit , him during his grand opening. First Fire Call Of The New Year —•— Williamston’s volunteer fire- 1 men received their first call of the New Year last Friday after- ’ noon at 12:30 o’clock. . Starting li-om a y a rtf Tu!Sff*B3S^ ket, the fire spread to the grass | in an adjoining lot and threaten- ( od to sweep on across the larger part, of a block. No damage result cd. A second call of the new year , was received about 6.15 o’clock , Friday evening when a hollow oak caught fire near the Will L. ■ Manning residence over in Wil- I liams Township near the.old Dan iel and Staton mill. Help was summoned when sparks started falling on nearby buildings. PENDING The half-holiday schedule, planned on a more or less year around basis, is ntill pending here with the cer tainty there'll he no half holi day this week. The recent poll, taken by Williamston Boosters, has encountered a hitch, and a special committee, represent ing retail mercantile firms, will meet this afternoon in an effort to solve the prob lem, according to information gained from Boosters Presi dent Marvin Baker. Jji (I r a f t ■luring the the three days the mo bile unit was there last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the peak ■oming on Friday when 378 x-rays .vere made. Through yesterday, the depart •ncnts said 2,01)9 persons had been K-rayed in the county. One of the units will continue it its present location in Williams on through Saturday, January !3. The other unit is in Hamilton oday. Tomorrow it will be lo oted in Jamesville for a two-day day, moving to Bear Grass on Fri lay. On Saturday the unit will nove to Robersonville where it vill remain through Saturday, lanuary 23. The units do not operate on Mondays, but on other weeks lays they are open from 11.00 i. m. until 5:00 p. m. NEW PRESIDENT 1 ^/ \ Aii active member for sev eral years, Mr. Wendell Peele was installed as president of tfic focal Kiwanls Club at a regular meeting last Thurs day evening in the Scout Hut on South Smithwick Street. rhree Injured In Friday Accident Three persons were injured, lone of them believed badly, in i two-car collision about three i niles out of Williumston on ! fighway 125 last Friday evening ibout fi:20 o’clock. Driving toward Hamilton in a 952 Dodge, James Clifton W:g- 1 [ins of North Biggs Street, Wil iamston, crashed into a 1953 1'ly- I nouth being driven by William Thompson, also of Williamston. Thompson was driving toward Villiamston and both ears were n a curve. The Thompson car was urneri almost around in the crash Thompson lost several teeth nd suffered lacerations about the nouth and an eight-stitch gash n his leg. Dorothy Fagan was lightly hurt, but they were able o leave the hospital following B8fd lent Wiggins, bruised a bit. • vas cut slightly on the eye lid, I iut his injuries were classed as minor ones. Damage to each vehicle was stilted at $1,090. The accident was one of several eported on county highways in] ecent days Guard Armory rom Battery C, 150th AAA Gun lattaliori was started here last 'hursday when Frank Christo her, construction superintend nt for W. G. Dunn, contractor, tarted placing the stakes for the lundation for the $100,000 struc jre. Mr. Christopher, who recently implcted the construction of a ational Guard armory at Ze ulon, stated last week-end that j laterials are to be placed on the it without delay and that work i the foundation is scheduled to ■t underway shortly. It is planned to complete the instruction work by late spring • early summer, the supermten 2nt said. Begin Work On Large Increase Reported In The 1953 Farm Debt \merirau Agriculture Has * M inMKjan tm jpttm (From The Federal Reserve Monthly Review) Total assets of American agri culture, including all physical as well as financial assets owned by farm operators, were valued at $15(1.4 billion on January 1, 1954— a decline of 5 percent from a year earlier. Declines are indicated in the value of both farm real estate and other physical assets. Farm financial assets on the other hand (primarily bank deposits, cur ency, and United States savings bonds) appear likely to total slightly more than $22 billion— up about 1 percent over 1953. While the value of farm assets declined in 1953, the volume of farm debt increased about $800 million or $5 percent. Farm real estate debt totaled about $7.8 bil lion on January 1, 1954, or about 9 percent above a year earlier In addition there was a slight in crease in farm non-real-estate debt, with all of the gain result ing from a sharp expansion of price support loans held or guar anteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Other non-real-est ate debt is declining for the coun try as a whole—the result of low er livestock prices, fewer pur chases of farm machinery, a more cautious attitude on the part of both borrowers and lenders, and some refinancing of short-term debt with real estate mortgages. General Economy to Decline In the words of one of the speakers from the Bureau of Agri culcultural Economics at the re cent National Agricultural Out look Conference, "With demands from some segments of the econo my leveling off and in a few in stances declining, there is a real possibility that the total demands on the economy in 1954 may be less than and employment that appears to be in prospect for 1954 is smail." Although this analysis of future business conditions is relatively optimistic, it was within this framework that the analysis of the agricultural situation for 1954 was developed. Farm economists at the outlook rWh f fTST-P TT«P MT.1M ihal1 ^Tleln dications are for a continuation of the cost-prize squeeze on the American farmer. Both gross in come and total farm production expenses are expected to be a lit tle smaller in 1954 than in 1953. rt is doubtful, however, that ex penses will drop as much as re ceipts, so that a slight further re duction in realized net income may he expected. Commodity Highlights The demand for cigarette types J tobacco is expected to continue trong in 1954, even though the regular increase in cigarette pro luction characteristic of recent /ears leveled off in 1953 and may •hange little in 1954. Cotton sup jlies are large, and acreage con trols in 1954 appear likely to force i substantial reduction in cotton acreage. According to the BAF, a con tinued large slaghter but more si'ice stability for cattle is in pro pped for 1954. Hog production A-ill increase with some lowering h (Witt.., a. he larger spring pig crop come o market. Prices of lot likely to change nay remain slightly iverage 1 via! iohship rriees. Retail prices products have declined only dightly in the past twelve nonths, while prices received by armers for milk and butterfat lave dropped 13 percent Prices lambs are much and above an to cattle for dairy (Continued on Page Six) HANGSSPOFCHECK ) Checking on Bang's disease among cattle, Dr. G. S. Brad shaw is working in more than 200 cattle herds in this coun ty. Owners of either beef or dairy cattle interested in hav ing their herds checked, are directed to contact the coun ty agent's office immediately. The work was started this week. Sent to the county by the United States Department of Agriculture, Dr. Bradshaw has been assigned to the pre sent task for a period of about six weeks. County Ageut Tom Brandon said.
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 12, 1954, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75