THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY f FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bs OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEL* Willinintston* Martin County, IS'orth Carolina, Thursday, March 11, 1034 ESTABLISHED 1891' VOLUME LYI1—NUMBER 20 T Record Amount Is Raised For Dimes •MarcFln County Nearly $6,000 Contributed To Paralysis Fund In Recent Drive Martin County this year raised ; a record amount for the infantile I paralysis fund, according to a re-1 port released jointly by Co-Chair- j men W. Marvin Baker and L. B. Wynne and R. Mck Edwards, chairman of the Negro division. H The recent drive netted $5, 919.25, a figure $494.66 larger than the amount raised in the 1853 campaign, Chairman Baker said. The success of the drive is tractable to a large extent to the schools, both white and colored • in the county, it was pointed out. A review of the fund campaign by chairman and districts and schools follows: R. Mck. Edwards, Martin Coun ty Negro Schools. $864.00. W. Marvin Baker and L. Bruce Wynne, Martin County Direct Mail and Business district in Wil hamston, $1,337.92. Williamston High School, B. G. Stewart, 544.89; Williamston Ele mentary School, Ruth Manning, 674.64; Robersonville High School, C. B. Martin, 77.64; Robersonville Elementary School, M. M. Eve rett, 182.50; Everetts School, E. F. Murrow, 70.55; Oak City High School, Geo. P. Cullipher, 313.87; Hamilton School, Geo S. Haislip, 98.32; Jamesville High School, William C. Gay, 132.72; Farm Life School, A. H. Braswell, 61.31; Bear Grass School, H. V. Parker Jr., 215. 96. Coin Collectors. Geo W. Corey Williamston, N. C., 78.75. I. M. Little. Ch. Robersonville, .130.51; N. L. Hyman, Ch. Oak City, 71.70; Norman Everett, Ch. Hamilton, 70.46; P. C. Blount Ch. Jamesviile, 44.09; Mrs. Bruce Peel, Ch. Griffins Township, 22. (Continued on Pa^e Eight) Baptists Plan Special Rallies The Rev. E. Gordon Conklin, | ~ nf Williamston, Associational I W Sunday School SupefiiiTendont of j the Roanoke Baptist Association, I has announced plans for three "Half-Million Rallies” to be held on the following dates: Monday night, March 15th, at the First Baptist Church of Washington; Tuesday night, March 16th, at the • First Baptist Church of Roanoke Rapids; and Thursday night, March 18th, at the First Baptist Church of Wilson. Each of the| rallies will begin at 7:30 p. m., it! was announced by Miss Hilda | • ■ ci,"Director of ChvU.tion Edu- j cation for the association. The Rev. Ellis E. O’Neal, pas tor of the Hillsboro Baptist Church, Yancey Mills, Virginia, will bring the principal address in each of the meetings. His topic will be “Why Go On?”. Hev. O’ Neal is a graduate qf the Andover Newton Seminary, Boston, and while taking his seminary train ing there served on a Boston hos- i pitai staff in the capacity of chaplain. Throughout his minis try he has been noted for his work among young people. Others appearing on the pro gram of the rallies will be Miss! Emilyn Wagner, Williamston; Rev. Janies Coggin, Tarboro; Miss' Imogene Douglas, Rocky Mount; # Mr. C. B. Carowan, Jr., Washing ton; and Mrs. Ed L. Grady, Wii hamston. Each of the hostess churches will provide special music. April is being designated by Southern Baptists as ‘‘Half Mil ium Month ir their special cam paign for “A Million More in ’54”. In the Assoeiational, Half q Million Rallies emphasis will be given to checking up on progress already made and planning for enlistment of others. Each Sunday School within the Roanoke Bap tist Association is urged to have a good representation at one of the rallies. Firemen Failed Out Yesterday Afternoon -* | Williainston firemen were call ed out at 2:55 o’clock yesterday afternoon when a v, ouds fire threatened the home of Dan Jones about three miles from here and just off Highway 17 at Conway's. Pigs in a pen were released just A^ltcad of the fire. No great dam k® ’age resulted, firemen said. Dismiss Exceptions In Drainage Cases BUSY DAY f Monday promises to be a busy day in and around the Martin County courthouse. Superior Court opens a two week term. The Martin Coun ty Commissioners are meet ing as a board of equalization and review. The grand jury, adding on nine new members, will be in quarterly session. | The income tax boys will have a corner for the iast minute round-up. The driv er’s license examiner will be in his office, and routine schedules will be in force in the various offices and de partments. Club Supporting ; Church Activity | - -—»•— The Support of Churches acti vities of the Kiwanis Club of Wil liatnston, in conjunction with similar work done by other Ki wanis clubs across the continent, have been recognized by a Dis tinguished Service Scroll and a $50.00 cash award by the Free doms Foundation Wendell Peele club president, announced today. This awrd was won by Kiwanis This award was won by Kiwanis hundreds of entries to the wards juries of the Freedoms Founda tion of Valley Forge, Pa. The Freedoms Foundation Award gives to Kiwanis the distinction of being recognized by this or ganization for the fourth year for its meritorious community ser vices. The Foundation is a non political, and non-sectarian or ganization that is actively work ing to promote more personal par ticipation in citizenship functions and the furthering of the Ameri- 1 can way of life. Kiwanians firmly believe that in the church lies the strength of the country, the community and the individual, and their Support of Churches program is dedicated to encouraging in every way pos sible the more active participation o! aii the Jwaffltrefgtr (A tin | communities in the affairs of the churches of their own choosing. Kiwanians are striving to raise the moral standards in the coun try bv stressing such themes as: "Regular attendance at Church should be a lifetime habit,” “The best investment of time and effort you can make is in the young peo ple of your community,” and "Don't wait until Easter—Start Going to Church Now!" Some 225,000 Kiwanians are actively working to support these themes. At their last meeting the Wil liamston Kiwanis Club planned to give its fullest support to this “Go To Church” movement. The club plans to place local church meeting schedules in tour ist courts in and around town. They not only are urging others to attend church but the club is planning to attend some church in a group once a month. This program was presented to the club by Reg Simpson, Chairman of the Committee for the support of churches in our spiritual aims. Other members of this commit tee are J. Sam Getsinger, George Nicely, Dr. W. C. Mercer, R. J. | Peele, Jr., Tom Brandon, Jr., and |J. D. Woolard. Nasons To Hold Banquet Tuesday Climaxing a spirited attendance com lest beginning la.4 November and ending last month. Skewar key Masons will hold a big ban quet in the local high school au ditorium next Tuesday evening at 7:00 o’clock. Lester H. Gillikin, Grand Steward of Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina, of Goldsboro, will address the meet ing. The Masons are having their wives and the widows of Masons i. special guests, it was announc ed. The team captained by Rupert Cowen and J. Paul Simpson won the attendance contests which av eraged 115 members during the six meetings. Approximately $1, 000 was raised for the Masonic Orphanage at Oxford and for the Masonic and Eastern Stai Home at Greensboro during the contest, it v as learned. All-Day Hearing Held By Clerk Of Court Yesterday —$— Fairly Certain Case Will Be Carried To The Superior Court Martin County Drainage Dis trict No. 3. following an all-dav hearing held in the county court house here yesterday by Clerk L. B. Wynne, is now believed headed for the superior court. Judge Wynne overruled all ex ceptions after making a few minor corrections in the petitioners findings. The argument was advanced by twenty-one complainants, the At lantic Coast Line Railroad Com pany and the North Carolina Pulp Company taking the leading role in the opposition. The two companies took up just about all the time allotted, starting their argument at 9:30 yesterday morn ing and holding the floor until 4:45 o’clock in the afternoon with only an hour off for lunch. Sev eral of the differences in the in dividual complaints were ironed out after that time, but it could not be learned how many would finally appeal to the superior court. One report indicated that errors had been made in acreage measurements and that classifi cations were questioned by the individuals. The two companies, picking out technicalities. questioned the project from beginning to end, but Judge Wynne held a consis tent course and overruled the op 1 position in about twenty instanc es- . .. i The opposition que.snuiHiu nc ooundanesTi? {hi' drainage dis trict, one of the largest ever pro posed in this immediate section. The opposition questioned the right of the Town of Roberson ville as represented by the board as a unit to participate in the project to the tune of several t h ou - an d Holj.v. legal papers was questioned, but only about 200 acres were ruled out on account of improper ser vice or similar technicalities. The pulp company questioned | the location of their lands, main taining that much of their aere i age was not in the proposed dis I triet as best as could be determin I ed by an indefinite boundary de ! scription. Late in the afternoon, the rail 1 road questioned Engineer Tom Rivers and ?*fi . G. A. Oglesby, a ; member at file board of viewers, about the correctness of the $2, j 500 assessment against its ap ! proximately 200 acres of land on its seventeen miles of right-of way. Mr. 3. H. Lillard, another member of the board of viewers , for the district, was briefly quey ! tioned. The Coast Line also discussed | the cost of enlarging, rebuilding i or repairing its trestles over five j outlets for drainage laterals. It was estimated by the company | that the cost would run as high as $13,000, and that no benefit would accrue to the company. It was ruled that the company . should bear the cost, and the $2, 500 assessment was ruled as fair. The company's attorney then questioned the validity of the sta tutes, leaving little doubt but what the case will be fought through the courts. The clerk is to submit a writ ten report of hi* findings Dur , mg the meantime, the project wit! be held in abeyance with the pos i sibility that nothing more will or can be done until action is taken by the courts. Return Stolen Car To Owner A 1947 Buick convertible, stolen ; in Norfolk last Monday afternoon and recovered here later that . day, was returned to its owner, Mrs. Lucy M. Colonna, 1338 Gray , don Avenue, Norfolk, yesterday rooming. The owner’s son, Jack i C. Colonna, drove the car away. RobeH Ha we, 14-year-old boy I from Waukegan. Illinois, who was arrested and charged with the theft, is now in the custody of the i FBI. County Boy Wins District Debate KEFrThis Week Charles Johnson To Coni* pete For Slate Winner In Raleigh March 30 Competing in a field of five eon-1 testants from Martin, Perquimans, j Bertie, Greene and Beaufort coun- j ties Charles Johnson, 17-year-old youth of RFD 1, Robersonville, won the district finals in the Farmers Cooperative Exchange oratorical contest held in the Wil liamston High School Tuesday afternoon.' The topic of the de bate was, “The Government’s Place in Agriculture." The Rov.| R. E. Walston and Messrs. ii. ’G. Stewart and Chas. Gaylord judg ed the contest. Young Johnson, awarded a $25 prize for taking top position in the district contest, will go to Raleigh on March 30 to compete for a college scholarship and an additional cash prize. Bobby Smith of Belvidere and Wilbur Russell of Windsor won second and third places in the contest and received $15 and $10 prizes re spectively. Miss Eleanor Mitch ■11 of Snow Hill and Miss Beulah Waters of Bath were the other contestants to compete in the dis trict finals. Johnsons talk on the debate subject follows: What is considered to be the backbone of our world today? The backbone is the supporting element on which everything de pends. The stronger the back bone—the greater is the constitu tion on which every need rests. Since the world began, agricul ture has been the base of life. Someone had to produce food to keep the people alive. Until re cently nearly all people were con sidered farmers. If not full-time farmers, they at least produced part of their food. As the world Deeame more civilized, people be I'Diiu; disi onlented with their way of life and, therefore, went out to seek ;ew ways of earning a liv ing. New fields of work impress ed them. Mining, manufacturing, lumbering, commerce, and num erous other occupations lured thi m to the city. This left a great field open in agriculture. ■Svv- fee-v-w; •?-:*>■ population gave the rural inhabitants a won derful opportunity to compete with these other industries. This group left on the farm were the , superior workers because they had the desire to stay and work on the farm. They wanted to im prove farm conditions in general as well as the standard of living. With this desire, they set ouv to ! achieve their goal, hut. something ; was missing. Tory produced good crops but markets failed. Un employment increased. The far mers really took a beating arid many lost their farms. How could they unprove their situation? What was the answer to their problems? For many decades, neither the officials of the state or federal governments nor the public gen erally seemed to realize that | either the state or the federal gov | eminent had any place in agri culture. Agricultural workers were the forgotten men and women of America. Until 1932 when (the nation came to a brink of bankruptcy and with great shock and impact the American people and high governmental of ficials suddenly realized that our (Continued on Page Six) First Report On 1 Red Gross Drive; -v~ - The first report on the current Red Cross fund drive in the Mar tin County Chapter is very en couraging, and if the tempo is maintained the goal is certain to he reached. The report, limited to a part of the local residential area, is incomplete, Mrs. Charlotte ! Abernathy, chairman, explained. The first reports were submit ted. as follows by the listed cap tains: Mrs. Herman Bowen and Mrs. Clias. Manning, $57.25; Mrs. J. Paul Simpson and Mrs. Jessup Harrison, $78.50; Mrs. Roger Criteher, $13; Mrs. Mary Crofton, $3.25; Mrs. Pearl Ross, $12; Mrs. Thomas Speller, $13.09; ••Slim” Davis, $6. Mrs. Abernathy is appealing to the captains and other workers to complete the canvass just at toon ' as possible Speeders In The County Court In Numbers Monday —*— Fines Add Up To $108.00 And One Or Two Lose Their Licenses i Speeders on the highways and streets in this area were bark in the Martin County Recorder's Court in numbers last Monday, j Twenty-one eases were called and fines were imposed in the total amount of $108. One or two of the defendants will lose their drivers’ licenses for a while. A problem presented itself when two Canucks, charged with 1 speeding, could offer only Can- i adian money m payment of then fines. Arrangements were made 1 with the banks for exchange through New York, and the two men from different parts of Mon treal continued on their way. The case in which James F. Sheffington of Norfolk was charg ed with speeding 63 miles an hour, was nol prossed, subject to be re opened at a later date. Taylor J. McLafferty of Clifton, New Jersey, was fined $20 and taxed with the costs for speeding 75 miles an hour. Martin B. Kane of Virginia Beach and Francis B. Howard each were fined $10, plus costs, for speeding 70 miles an hour. The 65-mile-an-hour speeding charge against Everett Hill of Lit tle Creek, Va., was nol prossed with leave. Pleading guilty of speeding 65 miles an hour, Walter A. Radwick of Somoni', Connecticut, was fin ed $10 and taxed with the costs. Charged with speeding 68 miles an hour, George A. Payne of New Hyde Park, N. Y., pleaded guilty and vvas fined $13, plus costs. Pleading guilty of speeding 70 miles an hour, Rodolphe Michaud nf Montreal was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Edward F. Witkowski of Nor walk, Connecticut, was fined $20, plus costs, for speeding 75 miles an hour. Charged with speeding 65 miles ,n hour, Cornelius Campbell of ! j Continued on Page Eight) 1 ■—- Schools Support w March Of Dimes j Williamston's school children, led by their teachers, did a noble job in supporting the 1954 March of Dimes, according to a report released this week by Mr. Mar- j vin Baker, co-chairman of the drive. The high school building raised $544.89 and the elementary school building reported $881.29, making a total of $1,308.18. A review of the solicitations by grades, follows: Elementary School Mrs. Cowen, 101.75; Miss Man ning, 78.10; Mrs. Froneberger, 80.77; Mrs. Mangum, 58.76; Mrs. Saunders, 53.59; Miss Jernigan, 51.57; Mrs. Carstarphen, 48.30; Miss Talton, 46.30; Mrs, Sherman, 38.10; Mrs. Wynn, 30.00; Miss Saunders, 27.80; Mrs. Smith, 28.03; Miss Warren, 20.35; Mrs. Coburn, 17.29. High School Mrs. Taylor, 48.02; Miss Hines, 11.43; Mrs. Bunting, 51.11; Mrs. Nichols, 1.50; Mrs. Adkins, 1.60; Mr. Hawley, 2.20; Mr. Thrift, 3.65; Mrs. Winslow, 67.27; Miss Whit ley, 11.46; Mrs. Crawford, 26.13; Mrs. Criteher, 37.15; Mrs. Rob erson, 25.50; Miss Guthrie, 33.52; Mrs. Manning. 22.16; Mrs. Eve rett, 28.88; Miss Jernigan, 19.00; Miss Privott, 3.71; Mrs. Whitaker, 8.50; Mrs. Gray, 3.74; Miss Tno i mas, 13.10; Miss Lucas, 65.46; Mrs. ■ Grillin', 27.78; -Mikx•iivvajri, 32. K/. UNDER WAY Delayed when It Mas found necessary to change the plans for the foundation, construc tion work got under way on a $200,090 store for Belk-Tyler on West Main Street uere yes terday, The Hand Construe lion Company of Charlotte is making ready today for the foundation and materials arc now being placed on the site next to the Tar Heel build ing. With favorable weather, Mr. Hand stated this morning that completion of the store is planned by early Septem ber. Murder Case Plaeed On D-'dket For Trail - Crowded Criminal Docket Ready For Court Next Week —♦— Incite Chester Morris Will; Preside At Mixed Term Opening Monday Fifty criminal cases have been | placed on the docket for trial dur- i ing the first week of n two-week j term .of the Martin County Su-; perior Court opening here next Monday with Judge Chester Mor ris of Coinjock presiding. The entire first week has been set aside for the trial of the criminal cases, including a murder charge. Divorces and civil cases are on the calendar for trial during the second week of the term. 1 The docket, as a whole, carried no great interest, and even the murder case against James Haw- ( kins is expected to attract very ( little attention outside the local colored population. Hawkins is al- 1 leged to have fatally stabbed James Augustus Hodges to death in a home on Martin Street here the 20th of last month. The case is mired down in what described by officers us a drunken brawl, and the evidence offered at the preliminary hearing left much to j be told, possibly some facts of a startling nature. Hawkins, 29, eon tinucs in jail without privilege of, bond. Eighteen of the cases on the docket were continued from pre vious sessions, some dating back j as far as last June. Ten of the I fifteen drunken driving cases on the docket were continued at pre vious terms. A brief review (if the criminal docket follows: Walter Freeman, charged with assaulting Itia Mae Bazemore in IWilliamston i>n the night of Feb ruary 15 of last year, and break ing into the home of Emma Minns last April 1!), is again booked for j trial. Under a ,$:)0t) bond in one' ease and $750 bond in the other, | Freeman chose to leave his bonds men holding the bag, his trial “pending in the first ease since March of last year, j Edward Harrison is booked for the robbery of person, allegedly having taken $3.50 in cash from the person of John Henry Lynch last July 31. He is also alleged to have taken Lynch's red baseball I cap. i His trial pending since last j June, William Quinterly Carra j way failed to answer at the Sep I tember term to the charge of stealing $100 worth of clothes j from the Wilson Hotel in Rober sonville last May 20. Joe Brown is booked for trial for an assault with a deadly wea pon with intent to kill. He is charged with striking Eddie Cof field, Sr., over the head with a piece of lumber in Oak City last June 20. Eugene Whitley is in the "big” court on appeal from the county “tribunal where he was found guil ty of non-support. His trial has been pending since last Septemb er. Appealing from a judgment in the county court, Frederick W. Harrison is booked for trial for allegedly speeding in excess of 90 miles an hour last October 10. His case was continued at the j last term of court. Willie Brantley is all mixed up with women and the courts. | Charged with bigamy he is alleg ed on last September 21 to have | married Elizabeth Keel, knowing I he had two living wives, Nolie pbii'etoot Brar.tlej".-.ipfi it/, Faulkner Brantley. He tailed to • Continued on page eight) Special Fence l*ual Demons!ration Planned -• J. ii Phillips, Jr., Extension Forestry Specialist, will conduct ;i fence post peeling and treating demonstration at Council’s Ser vice Station, Hassell, Tuesday, March III, at I 30 P M Several methods of treating fence posts along with the con struction of a post peeler that can be built on the average farm will hi- included in the demon stration. All interested farmers are urg ed to attend, it was announced by R. McK Edwards, Negro Coun ty Agent. f RKVIKW BOARD \ j Meeting as a board of equalization and review, the Martin County Commission ers are expected to have very little business to handle next Monday morning at 10:00 o’ clock. There was no over-all change in real estate values, and the artnal listing in some townships has not been com peted. It is possible the of ficials will invoke a ten per cent penalty on late listers. Any one having a legiti mate complaint against his 1954 assessed property valua ation is invited to appear be fore the board and air his complaint. W. A. Ross Died At Home Tuesday Near Gold Point —*— Fuurrul for Prominent Far mer Hold Al Spring Green Yewterday -«— W. A. Ross, prominent Martin, County farmer, died at his home near Gold Point Tuesday morn-1 injt at 12:15 o’clock following a I heart attack suffered a short timcj before. He had been in feeble health only a few days and was j about as well as usual when he, retired Monday night A son of the late Lamb and ! Johnnie Grimes Ross, he was born J in Robersonville Township 74 years ago, and lived and farmed in the Gold Point section all his life. He was a member of the Spring Green Primitive Baptist Church for forty years, and was numbered among its most faithful members. lie was a splendid citi zen, thoughtful neighbor and val uable friend, giving of his tune j and means to others, lie was an industrious farmer. In early manhood lie was marri ed to Miss Lillian Hyman of Oak City. Surviving hi sides Mrs. Ross are three daughters, Mrs. Rulus Tay lor of RED, Robersonville, Mrs. Milton Bennett of Oak Cits and Miss Hazel Ross of Newport News, Va.; three sons, W. T. Ross of Wil liamston, Bennie Ross, stationed (Continued on Page Eight) Two Diphtheria Cases In County Two diphtheria cases have been reported in the county recently, and there is a suspicion of one scarlet fever case. However, no official report on the scarlet fever case has been released. A representative of the health department, commenting on the jdiphtheria cases, said, "The diph theria cases are regrettable in that it is preventable.” The repre sentatives added, ‘‘Doctors recom mend that each child he started on its three injections for whooping cough, diptheria and tatanus at the age of three months. Yet we continue to find children in school or just starting school who have not had the injections.” | Nurses are in the health de partment each afternoon between !4:00 to 5:00 o’clock and on Thurs day afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 j o’clock and each Saturday morn j mg to givi the injections. Pre-school clinics are to be neld in the. count., within the near future, but parents will find it advisable to have their ehidlren protected against diphtheria and other communicable diseases, in cluding smallpox, without delay. Artists Are Impressed H itli Loral Hospitality -<• The Mauncy twins, Ernest an Wilson, all of Wilhumston, enli-t* ed in the air force.