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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY • FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE2 ~ . .-"->■■ ~~ VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 11 William $ton, Martin County, North CmoHnm* February 9. 1954 ESTABUSHED 18**. Schedule Hearing At 7:30 Tonight *!n Robbery Cases ♦ Eight Youths Involved In One or More of Thirteen Three-Countv Break-ins -<$>-— Seven teen-age boys, all of 01 near Williamston, will be giver preliminary hearings before Jus tice of the Peace W. M, Tettcrtor in the court room here this eve ning at 7:30 o'clock in eonnectior _ with a series of four robberies ir this county. Warrents, involving several of the group in eight 01 more robberies in Beaufort Coun ty, are being prepared for service, possibly at the close of the hear ing here this evening. Warrants have been drawn as follows: James Moore, William Rober son, William Hardison and James H. Price are charged with having browen into Dewey Leggett’s corn mill in Bear Grass Township last December 22 and carrying away about sixty bushels of corn, valu ed at about $100. On January 6, William and Harold Barnes, James Moore James H. Price, Onward Rea son, Bobbie Mims and William Roberson are charged with break ing into the Everetts school and removing goods valued at about $50. Ten days later, James Moore William Roberson, Albert Cherry Onward Reason, William Barnes William Hardison and James H Price are charged with breaking into Henry Thomas' filling statior at the Sherrod farm near Hamil ton and carrying away good; valued at $100. Onward Reason, Bobbie Mims James Moore, William Roberson William Barnes are charged wit! having broken into Noah Rober son's store in Farm Life on Jan uary 29 and carrying away cast and goods valued at about $350. A late report from the sheriff! d/tttieatSte?tftiifson* '.IftWfecyJ have been connected with at least eight robberies in Beaufort Coun ty, and one in Washington Coun ty, near Plymouth. An outboard motor, stolen at * camp near the “Y" in Beaufori County on January 29, was recov 'er^PmWTohiiby Week, auSWWT^t miles fror, Plymouth. Othei goods, stolen at various places, ha; been recovered and officers in th< three counties are still searching for more. Another radio was recoverec last week-enn, and a wrist watch the owner of which has not beer determined, was turned into the iheriffs office. Sheriff M. W Holloman said one of the boyi claims he bought the watch Iron a drunk in a local pool .oom foi $2 and sold it for $5, the last pur chaser surrendering it voluntarilj when he learned of the robberies Moore, Roberson and Hardisor are at liberty under $1,000 bonds and Harold Barnes was not jailed Albert Cherry entered the ser vice last week and has not beer returned. Sheriff M. W. Holloman statec this week that the Reason youtl was not dishonorably discharged from the service. The officer, commenting on the serious crime wave instituted ir the three-county area during re cent weeks, said that the parent; had cooperated splendid'y ir clearing'up the details of the rob beries. At the same time it was learned Q that conditions in some of the homes invited lawlessness. Two of the boys’ fathers were said tc drink freely. In other homes the boys fared all right. In still an other, unemployment plagued the household, it was said. In most of the cases the youth; allegedly wandered around al night and slept and maintained ^ headquarters in pool rooms by day, working little at any time. Firemen Called To Bailey Farm Saturday s JUI F Firemen were called to thi Bailey farm, two miles south ol here last Saturday morning al 11:20 o’clock when a wood- pilt fire threatened other property The fire, fed by lightwood poles was confined to the wood pile. Firen#n received their' seconc call of the day when fire, start ing in an old automobile, threat ened the parking lot at Parker’s junk yard on West Main Streel shortly after six o’clock Satur ay evening, No damage was re rted- ‘ Work Advancing Rapidly On U. S. 17 Truck Rm£e Started fast November, work on U. S. 17 truck route around Wil liamston is now going forward rapidly with the possibility that the project will be ready for use by or even before next June. AH of the route has been clear ed and most of the tiling in the ; theravines has been laid. Most of the ravines have been filled in, and work was started on a fill across the lower end on the Peele farm. A representative of the J. S, Hill Construction Company of Washington, the contracting firm, stated last week-end that the fill across the Peele property would require approximately 27,000 FORUM. J A county-wide industrial forum is to be held in the county courthouse on Wednesday, February 17 at 10:30 o’clock, it was announc ed this week by Ed Grady, executive secretary of the Williamston Boosters. A special invitation is be ing extended to county offi cials, mayors and other offi cials of the several towns, ci vic club leaders and other in terested citizens. The N. C. Department of Conservation and Develop ment will send representa tives to the meeting to dis cuss timely topics, Mr. Grady said. Band Members Do Well Ai Greenville —•— - Taking part in the band clinic at East Carolina College in Green ville last week-end along with re presentatives of 33 other high school bands from East Carolina Wave band turned in creditable performances and brought further recognition to the local band pro gram. Director Jack Butler was pleas ed with the positions accorded local musicians in the clinic con Britton was given first chair in the cornet section, the first time this spot in the clinic band has gone to a girl, Jean Coltrain drew first chair in alto clarinets, Lee Handy, reporting Saturday, was in the first saxaphone chair, Janet Ross was first in the second stand of trombones, Jesse Marie Corey, first chair in second group tenor sax, Sandra Margolis, first stand of second clarinets. * Saturday afternoon a bus load of band members went over from Wilhamston with Miss Maude Thomas and Bill Glover as chap erones and a number of band par ents and friends attended the con cert Saturday night. Work is now under way for the Annual Spring Concert to be pre sented by the Green Wave Con cert Band on Thursday, April 1. Earm Ownership Borrowers Meet - ♦ ■ ■ The Farm Ownership Borrow ers of the Farmers Home Demon stration will hold their annual I meeting Friday, February 12, in the court room of the Martin County courthouse. 1 The program for the morning will consist of record book sum , rnaries, recommendations for ! crops for 1954. home food supply, j and 1954 outlook. The afternoon will be devoted (entirely to disease and insect control, and improved varieties and cultivation methods for to bacco, peanuts, and corn. The public is cordially invited to come at 1:15 P. M. and see the films to be shown on the disease and in sect control. -*, John Deere Day Here Planned For Thursday The Lindsley Implement Com pany is planning a big John Deere day here on Thursday of this week, it was announced by Mr. L. P Lindsley, manager. Starting at 10:30 that morning, the company will show two spe cial pictures in the Viccar The ater, and in the afternoon a spe cial demonstration on wr Ht’s new in 1954 machinery will be held at Skewarkey. yards of dirt, that they were now moving in the dirt now at the rate of about 500 yards each day. The operation will be speeded up within the next few days, weath er permitting, the company re presentative explained. The fill will be as high as seven feet in some places, it was learned. It is possible that the truck route will present a problem near the bridge where the new link crosses the road leading to the Sinclair Oil Company plant, and to the Standard Fertilizer plant, not to mention the railroad track. The track is to be raised about three feet where the road is to cross it. Booked For Knife AssanUs Saturday Two colored men, Jesse John son and Elijah Manning, have been booked for trial in the courts for alleged knife assaults last Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Going to his rooming house on Jamesville Street Saturday even ing, Johnson accused John Henry Pullen with occupying his bed. Said to have been intoxicated. Johnson rushed Pullen with a knife. Pullen warded off the blow with his arm and was painfully cut on the hand. Johnson is under $100 bond for his appearance in the county court next Monday. Enjoying a fish fry on Hunter Street about 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning, Manning climaxed an argument by driving a knife into the back of Robert Clayton Wil liams. A piece of the backbone was chipped away, and the vic tim continues in a local hospital. Manning is being held in jail pending the outcome of his vic tim’s injury Flier Buzzes His Parents-Daughter —<*>— Local citizens got a mighty good look at and from fairly close ranee theAL ^(tree's latestjob the yesterday morning when Major Joseph V. Johns “buzzed” his daughter, Jill, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Johns here. Completing ten weeks of spe cial flight training at a Florida base, the major was on a routine flight when he circled the town. His daughter, attending school and making her home here dur ing the past several months, will join him and her mother when the major returns to his base at Savannah. Georgia, later this month. Six Million Cars Made Last Year —♦— Figures for last year show 6, 150,000 passenger cars and 1,209, 00 trucks rolled off the assembly lines. This total was second oj^ to the record pronuelion oi iffaO, when output was some 700,000 units higher. Final 1953 figures show the re tail market for new cars began to decrease shortly after the mid dle of the year, but the three ma jor producers continued to pro duce and distribute cars at near record volumes throughout the remainder of 1953. General Motors produced 2,800,000 cars during the year; Ford built 1,550,000, Chrysler built about 1,125,000. Estimates of sales in 1954 vary, but the trade does not expect pro duction to match that in 1953. Be cause new models have been out only a short time (some are just coming out), the competitive pic ture has not yet developed any trend in 1954. With the automobile having be come almost a necessity in the American way of life, the key to greater sales is still found in the same principle that produced the first mas-production facilities in the United States, the principle of selling more cars at lower pric es, reducing unit profit but in creasing the gross profit. IMPROVING Quite ill in a Richmond hospital for some time, Dr. James S. Rhodes, Sr., was reported this morning to be improving. How ever, it was stated that his ap petite was poor. Youth CriticaUy Injured In Ante Accident Sunday • -• Murray Bellflower, 11, Continues In Hospital At Tarboro .-fr-- — One person was critically in jured in a series of three auto mobile accidents on the highways in this county during the past week-end. Property damage was rather limited, and no other per sonal injuries were reported by members of the highway' patrol. Murray Bellflower, 11-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bellflower, suffered a severe head injury, bruises and considerable shock when he was struck by a 1950 Ford driven by William Bul lock, Jr., of Scotland Neck, on the Hamilton-Palmyra road about 5:45 o’clock Surtday evening. Bul lock, accompanied by several members of his family, was driv ing toward Palmyra, about eight miles from Hamilton, and was be ing met by the Bellflower boy and a younger brother at the N. M. Hyman home. The Bellflower boys were on the ditch bank and just before the Bullock car reach t ed them, the older boy ran into the road and into the path of the car which was meeting another vehicle at the time. The victim’s head struck the hood, and the lad was knocked into two feet of water in a roadside ditch. The younger Bellflower boy saved his brother’s life by holding his head out of the water until Bul lock and others could reach him. The victim, removed to a Tar boro hospital, did not regain con sciousness until Monday morning, it was learned. Still confined to the hospital, the lad is expected to recover if no complications develop. The driver of the car removed him to the hospital. Speed finally caught up with Milton Baines, young colored man of Everetts, last Saturday night about 10:00 o’clock when he lost control of his 1*4* C+ievrolet <*n a curve in a dirt road near the Arthur Taylor home in Roberson ville Township After tearing down a right ditch 150 feel, the car bounced out and skidded and swerved another 150 feet before turning over. Baines was not hurt ■^a-d- Halve,j,Q to his car wuj-^pti-j mated at oniy $100. The investi gating officer, pointing out that Baines had been cited foi speed ing only the afternoon before, ap parently was traveling too fast to make the curve in the road Saturday night. A hit-and-run accident as re ported Sunday night about 10:00 o'clock at the intersection of the Prison Camp road on Highway 04. Milton Morris Evans, travel ing west on 64, started to make a left turn and was struck by a 1952 Ford. The driver of the second car continued into the Amoco station nearby, and ran away. Damage to eadh vehicle was esti (Continued on page eight) -.-,*>_ Ask Information On Centenarians —— Raleigh.—Information concern ing all person in the Tar Heel State who have passed their 100th birthday is being sought by the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. The information about centerarians existing in our state is being made for research purposes throughout the country. Recent estimates have placed the probable number of North Carolina residents who are past their 100th birthday at slightly more than 200. Anyone in the state having in formation about persons of 100 years af age or more are invited to communicate with the Medical Society of North Carolina, Post Office Box 790, Raleigh North Carolina. ROUND-UP i / Including seven youths who were taken into custody from the middle to the latter part of last week, fourteen persons were jailed in this county last week-end. Three were charg ed with public drunkenness, and one each with larceny, assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving. Nine of the fourteen were white, and the ages of the group ranged from 16 to 32 years. < Candidate Stales His Platform In Race For Senate Washington Attorney First To Announce for Second District Position “I’m against secrecy, for a bal anced budget, for making Eastern Carolina attractive to Industry, and for a well rounded progi«.m of progress for all our people.” This is the basic platform which L. H. Ross, 44 year old Washington attorney stands for, as he announced his candidacy for the North Carolina Senate from the Second Senatorial district of the State. Beaufort Native Mr. Ross was born and reared in Beaufort county at Edward near Aurora. A veterah of World War II, he served with the U. S. Navy for three and one half years. He attended the University of North Carolina and later the University of Louisville Law School where he graduated in 1936. He was licensed to practice law in North Carolina that some year. Married to the former Miss Lyle Golden of Mississippi, the Ross family has one child, Eliza beth, aged six. Mr. Ross is a member of the First Christian Church of Wash ington and a member of the Board of Deacons. He is also a member of the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks, and Improved Order of Red Men. In his political life in the area, he has been an active Democrat all his life. He has served as judge of recorder's court, city attorney, on the city board of education, and at present is serving as Beau fort County attorney. Broad Platform In announcing his candidacy, Mr. Ross said that he would work for the repeal of the secrecy law enacted by the last legislature. “I believe that there should be no secrecy on any government level in i»UUe. I UUaati ttmt.all ss»» sions of committees, sub-commit tees, boards, and other governing agencies should be open to the citizens at all times." "Sound government demands that we work for a balanced bud get at all times,” said Mr. Ross. ‘Good business practice dictates "fTfiif n o’ mi than we take in in revenues,” he added. ”Our farmer is the backbone of our state, and if elected, I shall work at all times for what I con sider the best interests of our farmers,” he added. ‘‘Eastern North Carolina is now seeking more and more industry. It is my thought that we should make our section of the state as attractive to industry as we know how to do,” he said. ‘‘We cannot and must not forget our school’s . d their needs, and 1 shall de vote full effort toward help in this direction,” he added. “Progress is the goal which we should ever work toward. If the voters of the Second Senatorial district should honor me with this high office, I shall represent nil the people of my district, and if elected, shall at all times do my conscientious and honest best to do a gflyj^joh for tnv fellowciti zens." The Democratic primary takes ^Continued on Page Eight) Charge Nan With Larceny Oi Hogs Muses Lee Williams, 25-year old tenant farmer of Cross Roads Township, was jailed last week end for the alleged larceny of a number of hogs from Farmers Clark and Moseley on the Wynne farm not far lion Everetts, Sher iff M. W. Holloman stated that possibly twenty hogs had been stolen. When arrested last Friday, Wil liams said he had sold some hogs for a friend by the name of Barr I Steele of Beaufort County. Check | mg with Steele, the officer learn | ed the story was unfounded. Wil liams then maintained the ani mals were running loose, that he cornered and sold them. He is being held in the county jail un til a hearing can be arranged. Given a preliminary hearing Monday afternoon before Justice W. M. Tetterton, Williams admit ted the theft of five hogs, four on December 28 and one on January 29. Bond was fixed in the sum of $500. He is to appear in the county epurt next Monday for trial. Seventy-Five Pupils Plan G^Hege Course Future Plans For| Seniors Discussed j In County Meeting -- Representatives Of Nine teen Colleges And Hos pital Talk To Seniors Approximately seventy-five j Martin County young men and. women plan to enter college next [ fall, according to a report releas ed following a meeting of 190 county high school seniors and college-hospital representatives held in the Williamston High School Monday. A goodly number ptan to en ter East Carolina College in Greenville. About twelve are making preparations to enter Wo mans College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and an equal number of young men are planning to go to the University at Chapel Hill. Three plan to go to Wake Forest, and three others stated they planned to enter Duke at Durham. With about three exceptions, all the in stitutions represented at the meeting will share in the current crop of seniors, it was stated. Traveling by special convey ance, the 190 seniors from all over the county entered the meet ing at 9:00 o’clock and were intro duced to the representatives of the various colleges who made brief talks. All were then asked lo meet with the representative of the college they planned to at tend. The following colleges, schools, hospitals and the military were! represented: Atlantic Christian College, Wil son. Tame* E. FuTghunv, Campbell College, Buies Creek, Dean Hart; Chowan College, Murfreesboro, President Mixon: Duke Universi ty. Brooks M Weggoner; East Ca-1 rolina College, Ed J. Carter; j Greensboro College, Clark Co-1 how; Guilford College, Charles C. yenrlrl^s: irurh_PiiirO^Co^U^t\ 1 Grady II. WT?usi"' ness College, Orville T. Smith; Louise Obiei MemoVial Hospital, Suffolk, Miss Friend; N. C. State College, E. C. Thurlow and F. H. Spain, Jr.,; Salem College, Edith A. Kirkland; University of North Carolina, Ed French; The Wo man’s College, C. W. Phillips; Wake Forest College, J. C. O' j Flaherty; Meredith College, Mary Bland Josey; Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Audrey Has.sing er; Hardbarger’s Busines School, W. R. Covington, and the U. S. Military Service, Arlice C. At wood. A goodly number of the young men questioned the military re presentative, and it is believed that the current senior class will be well represented in the armed fores next fall. Following lunch which was served in the cafeteria, the stu dents planning to enter the pm ■» ions heard the following; Tr; presentatives: Dr. G. G. Hem melwright and Miss Mary Taylor, medicine, pharmacy, nursing and, allied fields; H. F, McKnight, agriculture; Allen Hadfield, en gineering; J. C. Manning, teach ing and business education; and E. Gordon Conklin, ministry and religious education. Those students who plan to en ter the vocations heard the fol lowing: Mrs. Lucy Mobley and Bruce Strickland, telephone operators and linesmen; Ernest Mears, clerks and salesmen; Mrs. Earlint* Hollis, office clerks, bookkeepers and stenographers; Robert Hais lip, farming; A. L. Jameson, elec tricians and mechanics; George Nicely, filling station attendants. County Represented At Lancer Detection Clinic -— Martin County was represented at the recent cancer detection clinic m Rocky Mount. Several persons were there from various parts of the county, it was learn ed. The clinics are held each first and third Wednesday at 9:00 o’ clock in the Municipal Building, Rocky Mount, under the auspices of the American Cancer Society and supporting agencies. They are held free for persons forty years of age and older. FOURTH S_-J Martin County contributed the fourth largest amount fo j any county in the State to the CROP fund last year, accord ing to a report just recently released. Catawba led the State, shipping two cars of wheat valued at nearly $5, 000. Martin contributed $2, 569.56, according to the final report. Beaufort listed a $642.41 contribution. Bertie gave $698.25. Halifax advanced 295.14. Pitt's contribution was listed at $1,515.45. Washing ton, the other county adjoin ing Martin, was not listed. The drive, headed in this county by Farmer Mayo Har dison, has matched the lead ers for several years. Recreation Group Studies Problems —*— Meeting in the Church of The Advent parish house last Thurs day evening, the Recreation Com mittee of Williamstun studied the various problems confronting the movement here, got considerable advice, a little information, and voted to close down the Youth Center at the American Legion hut on Watts Street until more definite plans for its operation can be effected. A committee was named to in vestigate the program at Rober sonville and report back to the full committee within two weeks. Study of programs in some of the other towns was ruled flut when it was noted that those towns are putting thousands of dollars in a full time effort and the Williams ton groub does not have anything approaching those resources. On tile committee to investigate the Robcrsunville program ai <■ Mrs. Irving Margolis, Mi's. Car lyle Lang'oy and Lee Reynolds. Some members of the commit shocked when one visitor at the meeting arose to take the group to task for not having taken ad vantage of what he said had been several offers of assistance and opportunities. It appears that the information concerning volunteer workers had come before the Wil liamston Ministerial Association but never reached the Recreation Committee. The proposal to have full time workers at the Youth Center and have all children checked in and out at each ses sion was again made as it has been at virtually every meeting of the committee for years. And as be fore, it was necessary for the com mittee treasurer to remind the group that there was no money for employment of full-time workers and no one at the meet ing was willing to go down and check the children in and out each night for nothing. ■ The proposal of one member that the group study and pray over the problem and come back to the next meeting with con structive ideas and suggestions was well received. Westinghouse Service School The Westinghouse Company viili condui t a one day service school iv the Boy Scout hut on South Sniithwick Street here all day tomorrow, it was announced today by K. D. Worrell, local dealer. The school is being held for dealers and .servicemen through out this section of the State, from Roanoke Rapids to Columbia and to Elizabeth City. The factory is sending four representatives here to conduct the school which will consider all types of appliances, especially the lale models, it was explained. —-P AMVET MEETING -» The meeting of the Martin County Amvets Post No. 61 will be held at the Hardison Farm Supply store in Jamesville at 7:00: p. m. Wednesday evening, Feb. | 10th. All members arc urged'to be present. Suggesting Few Changes Be Made Tn Zoning Plant F'uhlic Hearing Hei<! In the Courthouse Here I^ast Thursday Night -V Holding a public hearing in the courthouse here last Thursday mght, Williamston's zoning com mission members received a few minor recommendations for changes in the proposed zoning ordiance. The suggestions are be ing studied and it is expected that the proposed ordinance will be submitted to the town board for adoption or rejection early in March. Attended by only twenty per sons, including members of the commission, the meeting suggest ed that the area designated for business be extended to Watts Street on East Main and to Syca more Street on West Main. While there is apparently no immediate need for it, we think it should be provided now," proponents of the change poin'ed out. With few or no other recommendations, the plan advanced by the zoning com mission remains virtually the same as it was when first drafted by Leigh Wilson, representative of the N. C. League of Municipali ties, Raleigh. All the territory from Watts Street to Sycamore Street on Mam, from the rear dividing lines of property facing Church Street and on down Smithwick to a point across the railroad, from Main down Washington Street to the Jamesville Road and along Elm and the north side of Pearl Streets, is included in the business area. Industrial sites are centered in those areas near and beyond the Williamston Peanut Company and to the eastern part of the town to ward the river and south of Main Street. A neighborhood business area is provided in the North Haugh ton Street section with certain regulations to be met. The proposed zoning ordinance briefly provides that no residen tial construction will be in order on lots of less than 8,000 square feet, that the front footage should be at least seventy feet, and for minimum front and side yards. »!!■ street new, the ordinance stipu lates 85 feet for the front jyard, and eight to ten feet for side yards. Where homes are already on a street, a new unit should have a front yard with a footage based on the average of the yards already in existence. Mr. Wilson pointed out that the proposed ordinance is not one of restriction but rather is one of protection. He explained that it is possible to binW a residence in any zone, but that no business or industry euul>’!'0BagM0r*:X'.ic'.i' tial area. The existing order can not be changed, meaning that a business already established in a residential area cannot be moved. Mr. Wilson also explained that if a business house in a residential area is destroyed by fire or other causes, it could be replaced, pro vided action was taken within a year. He explained that “imvlar ordi aiici n Have bee'n upheld in various courts, that violators are subject to indictment. If and when the ordinance is adopted, a builder would apply for a permit, stating and sketch ing the type of structure he pro posed to build Kerr Scoll In Race For Senate The May 29 Democratic pri maty .started .shaping up in semi final form on a State basis last Saturday when W. Kerr Scott formally announced his candidacy for the United States Senate. He placed the clincher on the an nouncement Monday when he paid his $250 filing fee in Ra leigh. Alton Lennon, Wilming ton lawyer, had previously an nounced his candidacy to succeed himself. The former governor made a timely statement at his llaw Riv er farm last Saturday afternoon when newspapermen and photo graphers gathered there for the event. Mr. Scott’s announcement was well received by the people in this county, especially the farm ers who recall Ins efforts to get them out of the mud and muva the State forward. .A.
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