— .. THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl ^j^JIVER .TOOO MARTIN^rmJNTT FAMILIES TWICE EACHWEE* - . .—-±^=-=.-J3 I VOLUME LV11—NUMBER 2 William ston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 6, 795/ ESTABLISHED I8 absence of Coroner W. W. Biggs who was out the State at the time, Sheriff Holloman made the in vestigation, and finding no evi dence of foul play, ruled the 54 year-old man went to his death by accidental drowning. Hall, a farmer of near Whitakers, went to the creek on Saturday, March 20, with a party from the Rocky Mount area. He toppled from the boat and drowned that night. Sheriff Holloman saying that the | - victim's watch which was found on the body,- stopped at 9:45 o - clock. About six dollars in cash was lound pn the body which was said to have been in a state of advanced decomposition, one re port stating it was almost beyond recognition. A party from Rocky Mount, in cluding Ilertnan Hill, John Brake and Bill Morrison, w«f fishjng in the stream w lien they heard the water bubbling. They looked and saw the body surface under a lirpb near the bank, or at the almost identical spot where the victim toppled out of the boat. The three men towed the body a short dis tance to a barge and Sheriff Hol loman was notified. It was the first drowning in the Roanoke or its tributaries in this immediate area this season . ^.|nd the first since 1952 when a rNash County farmer lost his life in Gardners Creek Funeral services /for Mr. Hall were conducted in :■ Rocky Mount . : funeral home Sunday afternoon j | at 1 00 o’clock by the Rev. R. F, ' Jones, Union Baptist Church, pas- i tor Interment was in the Mill | He was a son of the late Charles and Margaret Frahces Hall of Halifax County Surviving are [ his widow, the formei Miss Be atrice Lassiter; two sons, Julius Hall of Rocky Mount and Charlie Hall of the home near Hickory; three daughters, Mrs. Louise Tay j tor of Whitakers, Mrs. Kva Urid gen of Sharpsburg and Mrs. Lena Medial of Apex; tw# brothers, C. E. Hall of Rocky Mount, and if. H. Hall of Lynchburg; two sis ters, Mrs. Ida Morgan of Sharps burg and Mrs Annie Hall of Portsmouth, and fourteen grand | children. According to information reach ing here no trace has been found of the body of Buck Darden who is believed to have drowned in the Roanoke near Scotland Neck early last week. Announce Essay Contest Winners The essay of Gail Margolis, | younger daughter of Mr. and Mi s. j Irving Margolis, has been Jhosen as the first place winner in the Americanism Eassy Contest, £ sponsored by the local woman's club. Second and third place were won by Winfred Taylor nad Joel) Muse, all members of the seventh! grade. These e-- ays were entitled,! "What America Means To Me' They were between 800-1000, words in length and contained something about, “tin freedoms, [ provided bv our constitution, the j struggles of our forefathers for! ▼ freedom preceding the signing o^ tin Declaration of Independence, the adoption of the of institution of j tht United States' Judges were Mrs. Thomas L. Hastings, Rev. Cordon Conklin, and Judge H. O. Peele. The Ibcal pi lzy was five dollars, a gift of the womah's club. The three essays have been sent to , i national headquarters m Wash 1 .mgtoii. 1) C , to he entered in j ^nation wide competition for oth j cr awards. I Winners in the penny collection fund for the restoration of inde pendence Hall in Philadelphia were Miss Grace Taiton’s first giade and Mrs. Sue Cowen’s fifth igrade. They received a hook each, a gift of the woman’s club. 4 Thousands Expected For Fat Stock Show And Bureau Meeting R. Flake Shaw To Address Farmers Friday Afternoon Stock Show Opens In The Carolina Warehouse On Thursday Morning Thousands of farmers and other interested citizens are expected to attend the eleventh annual fat stock show and the regular Mar tin County Farm Bureau barbe cue here this week-end. The show, exhibiting the greatest number of beef calves and hogs yet seen at a similar vent, opens Thursday morning, and the sale and farm Bureau barbecue follow '-on Fri day. The 4-H club members and Fu ture Farmers of America are to place their beef calves in the warehouse by 10:00 a. m. Thurs day morning immediately after they are weighed in at the Wil liamSton Packing Company plant un McCaskey Road. The swine are to be checked in not later than 6:00 o’clock that evening. Designed to create and develop a greater interest in the produc tion of qualityNneat animals in this county and to prove to the general public that beef cattle can be raised in this section, the show this year is offering its best ex hibit of ^beef calves. The club members have learned much about the industry during recent years and the foundation is being carefully laid for expanding cattle raising, agricultural leaders say. It is expected that most of the entries will qualify for high grades. The beef calves are to be judg ed Thursday afternoon at 1:30 i lock and the hogs are to bi judg- | ed Friday morning at 8:30 o dock The sale gets underway Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Friday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock the annual F«n in Bureau meet-j the high school where the show exhibitors will be special guests. R. Flake Shaw of the North Carolina Farm Bureau and Con gressman Herbert C. Bonner are to address the meeting which will be presided over by President Chas L. Daniel. The committee, named at a spe cial inci ting of the Farm Bureau a short time ago, announces all arrangements have been com pleted for the annual event. Thir ty pigs are to be barbecued and expert cooks in the Jamesville community will prepare the br^ri and trimmings and serve the meal. A cordial invitatiori is being extended the public to attend the fat stock show and a large ma jority of the more than 2,000 members are expected to attend iCo' JinupH r*r> nntfp *M0ht) Special Service Held In The County Home A special prayer, service was | conducted in the Martin County : Home last Friday bv members of the Cross Roads Home Demon stration Club. Following the ser- ; vice which was featured by sev eral solos by Mrs. Herman Rawls of Richmond, the club members served ice cream and all kinds of cake. Mesdames Pete Wynne. Lillie Wynne. Herbert Roebuck. Staton Whitehurst, Martha Leggett, Helen Wynne, and Ella Mobley visited and talked with each pa tient. I DEMONSTRATION I A practical meat demon stration will be an added fea ture at the annual fat stock show on Friday of this week at 10:0(1 o'clock. Assistant Agent I). W. Brady and Jim Butler, swine specialist of, Raleigh, will take two fat and two lean hogs and kill one of each. The demonstrators will then cut up one-half of each hog. comparing it with' the live one and showing the type of meat coming out of the particular type of animal. The demonstration will be held in the Carolina ware house. OPEN ALL DAY To better serve their pa trpns during the pre-Easter season, Williamston stores will be open all day during the next two Wednesdays— April 7 and 14. The half-holi day schedule will be back in effect on Wednesday, Aprjl 21, following Easter. The agreement to dispense with the half holidays on the two Wednesdays before Eas ter was reached when the holiday schedule was adopted some months ago. Capacity Crowd Enjoys Concert Of School Band Annual Birthday Parly Fol lows In (lafrtrria With (.ako And Punch Before a capacity crowd that gave them rapt attention and lib eral applause the Williamston High School Concert Band pre sented its annual Spring concert in the high school auditorium last Thursday evening and then was entertained at a birthday party in the high school cafeteria. The tonal quality and musician ship of this year’s concert band was the best to date although the program as a whole was not as : lively as last year's production While the first part of the pro gram, beginning with a march, Hail Miami by J J Richards, was one to display skill and interest their (’riticj, the last portion of the program had the greatest appeal tor the audience :c a whole, espe cially the Mississippi Suite, Broad cast from Brazil and Ai ranger’s Holiday, the latter number taking Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star out ginners class and moving it up to a real production item. This one held the audience in close atten tion. The second number on the pro gram, Dorian, provided the only overture on the list. This was followed by Huldigungsmarsch, a triumphal march, and then came an excellent solo number featur ing Miss Mary Elizabeth Britton on the cornet, Valse Lynnette. A skillful performance drew approval and admiration for the young musician from the respon sive audience. Since it was to be included in the two numbers which Director Herbert Carter of the East Caro lina College band was to direct as guest conductor for the evening, Director Jack Butler of the local band announced that King Cotton, a lively march, was being moved Ui a later spot on the program and intermission followed the cornet solo number. Farandole from L'Arlesienne opened the second half of the pro gram, then followed a scheduled solo number and an encore which presented both composer and player Billy Glover, accom panied by Wilber Stewart at the piano played a trombone solo, Tht Holy City, which was so well received that he came back with his own composition, Spring Fev er, again accompanied b.v Wilber Stewart. Tin. time hi drew' ap plause for both his composition and the rendition of it. Mississippi Suite, selections, by Gt on - Bennett, included Father of Waters, Huckleberry Finn, Old Cl cole Days, and Mardi Gtas. At (Continued on Page Five) Suffers Itroken Limit In Fall A l Norfolk —•— i Mrs B C. Swain, the former Miss Margaret Everett ol WjI liarnston, was badly liurt last Fri day when she fell in the yard of I her home, 2609 Villa Circle, Nor folk, and broke her left-thigh near the hip. Just recovering from an operation she was return ed to Norfolk General Hospital where she way reported yesterday to he getting along as well as could be expected Delinquent Tax Accounts To Be Sold In County County Commissioner!* In Short Regular Meeting Monday Morning j With little new business on | j their schedule, the Martin County I i Commissioners held a short re- i j gular meeting Monday, adjourn j ing before lunch. In accordance with the law, all' 1953 delinquent tax accounts were ordered advertised the first Mon day in May for sale the first Monday in June. In his report to tht* commissioners, Tax Collector, I M. L. Peel explained that $52,568. 49 of the $408,077.83 tax levy for 1953 was unpaid. It was also pointed out that collections up to the first of April this year were slightly larger than they were for the corresponding period a year ago. However, the number of j delinquent accounts as of to date is believed to be some larger than it was a year ago. Mr. Peel ad 1 vaneed the opinion that the $52, 568.34 balance would be greatly reduced before the delinquent list is advertised next month. The collector also reported to the board that then1 was a balance of $15,078,18 due on the $395,431. 83 levy for 1952, that $9,311.47 was due on the $373,026.88 levy for 1952. On the 1950 levy of $332,389. 89 there is due $5,185.28. A delegation, headed by Mr. Dan Fagan of Dardens, a sited the board to recommend the blacktop ping of the old JamesviIle-Ply mouth river road, running from | Dardens westwardlv about three miles back to Highway 64. The board also recommended the 300 yards of road leading to the residence of H. J. Etheridge m Goost Nest Township be work ed as a community project, th ■ petitioners explaining that th > road serves four familii*s It was also requested that 1,4 miles of road known as the Bill J -■ The bluebird, one of the most] valuable friends the farmer has, j is just about to be wiped out, ac cording No intentional action i- being taken to eliminate the little crea ture, but tobacco barns with rci - i tain types of oil curers are dap ping the birds in what is said to be great numbers. The small smoke stacks used in the opera tion of certain curing systems are proving to be a trap for the blue bird, one farmei stating that In found thirty-seven when lie clean ed his burners. The birds get into, the stack or ventilator and ^-an't get out. Since the burl is a valuable as well as a pi city creature, it ha. been suggested that farmers leave the doors to the curers open. When the doors are left open the | bird can get out and make his way to safety through the bain vend- i lators. • , 11 An interesting story on the sub- 1 iect appears in the current issued of the North Carolina Wildlifeji magazine. i I EXCEPTIONS i ^-■> i Taking exceptions to the findings carried in a report prepared by Clerk of Court C B. Wynne in the Martin County No. 3 Drainage Dis trict case, attorneys for the Atlantic Coast Cine Railroad Company and the North Ca- j rolina Pulp Company are go ing into the superior court, it was learned following a < hearing on the report hurt Thursday afternoon. The case has been calendar ed for trial npxt week, but the companies are expected to ask for a continuance, and there is a possibility that a special term of superior court will be asked to bring the case to early trial. During the meantime, plans are being made to push the project, one of the hugest ever under taken in htis county. Budapest Native Will Speak Here Dr. Bela Udvarnoki, who will ho the guest minister next Sunday morning for the Youth Week Ser vice to be held in Memorial Bap tist Church, has led a full and exciting life as a Baptist minis ter. Dr. Udvarnoki was horn in Budapest, Hungary, whore his father was a pioneer Baptist min ister who founded the Baptist Seminary in 1906. He received his undergraduate training there. He also attended the University of Budapest and the University of Hamburg, Germany. His theological training was re ceived from the Southern Baptist Thenliogical Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, with a Ph. D. in Greek.' After his American training, Dr Udvarnoki returned to Uu-tv ! gary where he taught at the Semi nary and became the president of that institution in 1938. He was tlii pastor of a church jn Kispest during ff-iat't'i'me'" He'"',1fs '.VIonii^ president of the Hungarian Bap tist Convention from 1938 until 1940 His fust wife was Miss Gladys Smith of Mississippi and she was killed in World War II by a bomb explosion. Dr. Udvarnoki’s home as well as the Seminary of Buda pest was destroyed at the same time. Dr. Udvarnoki came to America ^ the lar-t time in 1947 and married the present Mrs. Udvarnoki in that year. She is tin- former Ruby Daniel of Stem, a small com munity near Oxford, N. C. The Udvarnokis vyere planning to return to Hungary in 1948, hut were unable to do so and delayed the trip until late that year. They were leaving for New York to catch a ship when they received a warning from friends in that country telling them that the Communists would arrest the minister the minute he set foot in his motherland so plans were changed and they have never re turned. Dr. Udvarnoki is now a teach er at Chowan College, Murfrees boro, The public is invited to hear Dr. Urvarnoki. He will also be the guest minister Sunday evening] for the Worship Service, Consolidate Two County FHA Units -- In accordance with instructions from Washington, the Farmers Home Admine {ration offices in Martin and Fiertie counties are ! being consolidated, effective April I 25, according to official informa tion received here this week The consolidation, rated an economy move, is likely to impair the effectiveness of the program, it is believed in some quarters. The work in the two counties will be handled by the office lit Williamston, but a part-time of fice is to be maintained in Wind sor, according to the report re ceived here this week. Windsor citizens and other in terested parties have taken steps in an effort to retain the office there, it was learned. I » Proposing A New Plan To Finance The Cost oi Project —«___ RoihI Flection Tentatively j Scheduled For Friday. June Fourth A $225,000 bond issue for fi- | ! naneing an extensive street Im- [ provement and paving program was authorized by the town board of coPnmissioners in regular meet i mg here last night. the final de | vision to rest with the voters in j a special election tentatively [ scheduled for Friday, June 4. The authorization was given by I the commissioners after they heard a report from Mr. Eastcr I ling of the Local Government I Commission in Raleigh. Explain ' ing the report Treasurer C M. j Cobb and Town Attorney Chas. | H. Manning said the town could ■ handle a $225,000 issuance with a safe margin. They also explained j a plan recommended by the local ! Government Commission repre ! sentative for financing the paving I program. It was suggested that once thi' program is approved it could be financed by temporary notes to tic sold in anticipation of settlements by property owners within a five-year period or the payment of assessment by the pro i potty owners immediately after the program is completed. At the end of five years, the bonds could Vic sold in a much smaller denomi- I nation to be financed by Powell | Bill monies. The advantage of the note plan | j lies in the lower rate of interest J j which usually averages less than half the interest bonds would or dinarily carry. It was pointed out that the pav ing program is being designed without restorting to general I taxation as a means of financing ; the cost. To give the property owners an j idea of what the paving, including! i curb and gutter and black top, would tost, the following exampli foot street, it would cost the pro j ports o w n e r approximately $177.50 on the basis of a 100-foot I ! lot. The cost could run slightly higher where a sub base for the black top is fotind necessary. On an average, the property owner would pay $35.50 per year plus in ; tcrest to have curb and gutter and j paving in front of his 100 foot lot S. II. Gj'imes was named regis trar and Chas. R. Mobley and J 1 W. Andrews were named judges for the June 4 election. Registra tion books are to be open for new I registrants during the period of May 14 and 21. No special regis tration is necessary, meaning that those whose names are on the books now Mill not have to regis ter again to participate in the ! bond election. Whether the program is approv ed oi not m the June 4 election, I the town instructed the superin | ti ndent of the water and sanitary ! departments to extend water and j sewer lines where needed with i out further delay Additional petitions for paving I are reaching the clerk's office j fairly regularly, and it is planned I to keep them in numerical order [and extend the program just as j far as possible. | Among the new petitions re corded at the meeting last, night were requests for curb and guttei , ana pavim* an. Woodlawn Drive from Franklin j -J, (Continued on Page Seven) I M SI \l. KOIM>-l I | / v. The week-end round up by law enforcement officers in this county was unusual in that all the alleged violators were white. Jailer Roy Peel said it was the first time since he had been jailer than one or more colored inmates had not been in Uie jail during a seven day period. Six white persons were ar rested and jailed, five for public drunkenness and one for speeding and operating a motor vehicle without a driv er’s license. The ages of the group ranged from 19 to 43 years. Peanut Bfilier Is Shipped To Needy In Foreign Lands' -- Marlin and Ollier Counties In This \rea Finaneed Tile 10-Ton Purchase Peanut, butter—nearly ten tons | of it—was shipped from a tnanu j facturer at Cary yesterday %o the I needy in Salzburg, Athens, | Naples and a refugee camp in Trieste. The butter, packed in 22 pound tins, was purchased with contributions made mainly in this and several other counties in this I section. All told, WO tins were shipped. Athens receives 13fi. Naples gets 182. Salzburg is assigned 455 tins. Trieste gets 107. Located in these cities are relief centers from which food and clothing supplies arc sent out to points of distribu tion to refugees and other needy people. Church people, both farm and town residents, from Bertie, Gates, ' Halifax. Hertford and Northampton counties gave cash and peanuts to make this ship ment possible. The gift was pre sented to State CROP Chairman L. Y. BallentiBe. Commissioner of Agriculture, by W. Mayo Har dison of Williamston, chairman of Martin County, and Guy Rcvelle of Conway, chairman of North ampton County Ballentine thank ed “all those in these counties who shared so generously.” He also stated that “the refugees of the Naples area. Trieste, Austna and Greece will be grateful recipients of ourt gifts.” The Rev. E R. Shriller of Con wav, i CROP district supervisor and a former pastor of the ''Wil liamston Methodist Church, led tlic litany of dedication. The Rev. J. L. Walter Moose of Gates villc, also a supervisor, gave the (Continued on Page Eight) Minor Accidents In This County -.A Only three minor accidents wore reported on the streets and highways in this county luring the past few days, according to WjWBi muRrffvsift •vsuriwgk patrol ol+'ice and police depart ments No one was injured and property damage was limited to approximately $800. Driving west on Main Street during a rain last Wednesday evening at 11:110 o’clock, Chester Emmett Minis struck a parked car near the Elm Street intersection. Damage to his 1938 Ford was esti mated at $80,’and damage to J. A. Glenn’s 1938 Ford was placed at $15. Glenn is from Hock Hill, S. C Driving west on a secondary road in Hamilton Township last Saturday evening at 8:00 o’clock, Chrislious Thompson of Oak City was struck from the rear by John D Williams Thompson, driving a 1951 Ford, said he was travel ing 35 miles an hour, and Williams said he was driving his 1951 Ford at the same speed, leaving the in vestigating patrolman a hard problem to figure nut just how the rear vehicle overtook the first one. Damage to Williams’ car was estimated at $300 and that to the Thompson car at $25. At 8:00 o’clock Sunday morning, Jesse Edmondson last control of his 1948 Ford on the Hobcrson ville-Gold Point road and ditched it, causing about $200 damage to his machine. Ten Million Are Accident Victims j Last year, 9,700,000 Americans | (over 1,200 every hour) suffered !a disabling accident Three hund j red and fifty thousand were dis | able permanently and 90,000 died' las a result if accidents Approxi mately 16 per cent of these acci dents were in industry Nearly three times as many were in the homes, generally regarded as the safest place on earth. And for every accident, there were 5 or li illnesses l-'orty three thousand new patients were hos pitalized every day for an average of 12 days. Sixty per cent of them had some type of peration, 1 out of 4 being a major, costly one. On a per capita basis, every man, woman, and child on the average suffered annually at least 10 days of incapacity due to illness or injury. A.