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* THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY ,.*5 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE IS READ KX OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACiffPftT— * VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 30 Williamston, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Thursday, April 15, 1951 ESTABLISHED 189'. Four Charged With .Rohberiea In Counts * w * Admit Break-Ins At Two Towns In County This Year Leads 4re Lstabl idled In A Least Tho Other Recent Robberies Several rings within one bij crime ring are believed to have young colored men wertwren ed, two in Edgecombe, and one each in this and Pitt County. The last January robbery a Parmele and the e>ne in Everett: last Sunday morning have beei admitted, according to informa tion gained from Sheriff M. W Holloman, who added that lead: had been established in at leas two other robberies—Thomas store near Hamilton and Neal Roberson’s store in Farm Life The officer explained that addi tional evidence is being gainei and that other arrests were ex pected within the near future Sheriff Holloman pointed out tha the other leads could not be dis cussed just now, but that he hop ed they would lead to at leas five more arrests, that the recen crime wave could be smashed t< pieces. Arrested in connection with tin J. H. Roebuck store robbery ir Parmele last January 20 and tin post office and Hardy store rob beries in Everetts last Sundaj morning, were LeRoy Grimes, Jr 25. and his brother, Elbert Grimes 20. They were arrested early n the week at their home in Pit County about one and one-ha! miles from Bethel. Ottis I^'e Dan iels, 31, was arrested at his honn in Edgecombe County belweei Bethel and Hassell .the following day, and Ash.ey Page, Jr,, 22, wa arrested yesterday at his homi Hi 1 ar meie. . LeRoy GiiiUf-s, Jr , and Otti Lee Daniels admitted the Pa’rmeli robbery, but Daniel maintain: that he remained in the car whili pairs oMwe^ThT^nd jackets were stolen, Grimes main taining that he stole nothing else Six pairs of overalls and four o (Continued on Page Eight) • District Nurses In Meeting Here —*— Registered nurses from Green ville, Washington. Tarboro, anc Williamston met here in the Fel lowship Hall of the Methodis' Church Tuesday afternoon for tin regular monthly meeting ol Dis trift 20, N. C.. State Nurses As sociation. A conflict in scheduled meetings made it impossible foi the Rocky Mount nurses to at tend. Mrs. Margie H. Walker of Wash ington, president of the District presided. A directors’ meeting wa held preceeding the regular sas sion. The chief business of the afternoon centered around the coming National Convention to b< held in Chicago the latter part of this month. This district is send ing three delegates. Mrs. Louise S. Shafer. Secretary ) introduced Mrs. Charles Benson, speaker for the* meeting. Mrs. Benson of Pant ego is recording secretary of the N. C\, Home De monstration Clubs. She gave a very inspiring account of a re cent trip to the U. N. Assembly. During the social hour follow ing the meeting refreshments were served by the Williamston a nurses who were hostesses for the meeting. Sister* Become Mother* Hume Day Here This Week Two sisters, daughters of Mr and Mrs. Jim Griffin of near Jamcsvillc, became mothers the same day in a hospital here this A daughter was born to Mrs % Eugene Bowen at 2:13 o’clock Tuesday morning. Mrs. Bowen is the former Miss Gloria Griffin. A son was born to Mrs. Edwin Knowles of RFD 4, Windsor, at 7:28 o’clock that morning. Mrs. Knowles is the former Miss Doris % Griffin. GENERAL HOLIDAY Next Monday—Caster Mon day—is to be observed as a general holiday by stores and most other business houses in Williams ton. Some heavy in dustry will operate as usual. The post office will not close and mail deliveries in the town and rural areas will be handled as usual. All the schools in the coun i closing tomorrow at day morning. Band Plans Trip To Greensboro Plans for the Williamstpn High School Concert Band’s first ap pearance in the State Music Fes tival at Greensboro were just about complete yesterday, accord ing to Director Jack Butler who put the band through a rehearsal yesterday afternoon and followed up with another workout last night in the band room with Di rector Herbert Carter of East Car olina College’s band assisting. Williamston is the third senior band on the program, following ' Statesville and New Bern in the | Group III section. The band will ' take the stage at 1:40 p. m. Thurs day, April 22 and will Have about I 20 minutes to set-up play and get I off the stage again. New Bern and Willianiston are the only two in Group III from “down east.” The | Greenville band will play Friday, i Present plans call for the band to leave shortly after noon Wed nesday of next week and the bus likely will take them through Wake Forest, Durham and on to Greensboro. The return trip will j start Soon after the band's ap pearance and a stop will be made I in Raleigh for the everting- meal The boys in the band will be quartered up town m Greeroberc while the girls are to be assigned i to dormitories on the Woman’s College campus ’"^‘ofTieTf Tuog.^Tr Til ' be*"C?Ienn Bainum of Northwestern Univer sity, Irving Cheyette of Syracuse University and George Faulkner of Mary Washington College at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Four of the numbers used in the recent spring concert of the band here will be submitted for the contest, one of them, King Cotton, a Sausa march, to be a 'warm-up number. The band can select two of three numbers to be played and the judges name the i other. Besides King Cotton, the other numbers aJb: Dorian, an overture by WhJhey; Broadcast from Brazil, a si| Bennett; Huldig umphal march and If Thou Be mann. The Bac number the ban present. While i: cult technically, musically. iba number by [ngsmarsch, tri Grieg-Johnson; iar, Bach-Moehl pumber is a new |s working on at is not too cliffi |t is not easy ' arm Life (Unit To Slave Dig Minstrel Drafting super talent from its own membership, the Farm Life Puritan Club will stage a big ministrel in the school auditorium there next Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock, it was announced today. There are 45 in the cast. Proceeds from the 35 and 00 ' cent admission will go for the support of worthy causes sponsor ed by the club, it was explained. Superior Court In ! Recess Today For “Rgsi OfThgltesk —•— Considerable Time Spent Hearing The C. Frank Moillin Will Case Completing the trial 01 the C. Frank Modlin will case, the Mar tin County Superior Court is scheduled to call a damage suit for trial today and go into a re cess for the remainder of the week. Easter Monday is to be observed as a holiday, and there is a possibility that the court, scheduled for the trial of civil cases only, will have little or any thing on its calendar for next terday preparing for trial and | hearing evidence in the Modlin will case, the caveators maintain ing Mr. Modlin was not competent to write and was unduly influenc ed in preparing the document on or abount April 18, 1951. He died in March of last year. Both sides offered a goodly number of wit nesses, the profounders maintain ing that he attended to his busi ness and was capable of handling his affairs. Counsel argued the case at length and Judge Paul de livered a long charge before the jury got the case shortly before the noon recess or about 12:45 o’ clock this afternoon. The court is then expected to call the $5,000 damage suit brought by William Thompson against James Cliton Wiggins as a result of an automobile accident on Highway 125 near Williamston last January 8. Proceedings not previously re ported : Wesley Hamilton, in his case against John Biggs, was awarded a judgment in the sum of $275 as a result of an automobile acci dent on Highway 17 near Wash ington on March 12, 1953. In the case of Slade-Rhodes and Company against H A. Haislip and others, the plaintiffs took a voluntary non-suit. The Fenner Respass case againsl Mary Keys and rothi rs was clear ed from the calendar when the defendants were declared the bona-fide owners of a house and lot on Williamston's North Elm ' Street. The plaintiff went into | court alleging the e state of his ■a ne | to pay off the debts of the admin (Continued on Page Eight) taster i ime line Of Certain Hope Easter is a time of sure hope, and the symbol of continuing life, j There is for mankind the glori ous announcement. “He is risen!” bl inking again the realization that j the one great sacrifice has brought I about the triumph of eternal life | over death. We remember that i Christ allowed himself to be cru j cified that man might earn the glory of immortality. Easter marks the turning point for nature, when the whole coun tryside seems to respond and echo with the words “I arn the Resur rection.” We may see then a great kinship between two of God's cre ations; nature and the soul of man. As man may grasp immor tality with his dying breath, so is it true that nothing in nature is ever completely destroyed. With Easter comes flowers to adorn the fields, but lately heavily laden with snow. Leafless trees come alive w ith bright green branches, dull bark is soon hidden beneath bright sprays of greenery and pink-white blossoms. As life on this planet once be gan in a garden, so does the world again each Easier season. | Purchase Land and To Let Contract for Country Club Buying eighty five aces of lane about one mile out of Williamstoi on Highway 17, directors of thi Roanoke County Club in a re cent meeting advanced plans foi starting work oil the projee within the next two or thre« weeks Plans and specifications for the I club house are nearing comple tion, and a contour map was plac ed in the hands of the golf course architect this* week. Just as soon as he determines the fairways work on clearing many of the 75 acres will be started by Cop I I page and Rogers, it was .said, i An unofficial report lists forty , six stockholders and about 150 members in the club at the pre sent time witn approximately $75,000 cash paid in at the pr< . ent time. According to one report much of the material for the project will be made available at cost and the labor will be placed under ; contract. I While the membership is made I up mostly of Williamston people, i quite a few others in surrounding jtowns have already joined, it was 1 learned. Fat Stock Show Whiners Thomas Revels, Griffins Township youth, (top) took first honors with his grand champion Hereford at the recent Mar tin County Fat Stock Show. He sold his calf to Colonial Stores lor 45 cents a pound. Mike Griffin, Jainesvillc club lad, was close with the reserve champion, the owner selling Ins animal to S and V market for 39 cents a pound. Both hoys received $8 prizes which went to eleven other exhibitors of choice grade ani mals. Showmanship prizes went to Lester Early, $8, and Ward Perry, $5 - -Photos by Royal Studio. Land Purchased For Tobacco Warehouse THE KECOlt!) { SPEAKS . _ Martin County is having fewci motor vi^^y^c events Ilian il I did a year ago, but the margn j advantage of two is mighty mighty close. On the other hand the accidents so far this year art proving more costly in life, limfc and property than they did a year ago. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this yeai and last and for each year to the present time 14th Week Wrecks Inj'd Killed Damage 1954 4 0 0 $ 1,575 1953 5 2 0 2,000 Comparisons To Date 1954 08 24 1 $26,975 1953 70 16 0 18,240 Installing New Gum Machines The local Lions Club is spotting additional and more modern gum machines in !hi> immediate ter ritory. Serviceman ltogei Roberts who has devoted much time to the machines, explains that the new marline dispenses several kinds of chewing gum, and costs about $35 each. The club h..s been operating a goodly nuiiibi a of gum Lull ma chines for quite a few years, di verting all the income from them to the aid of thr needy blind and other worthy projects. Mr. Roberts said that the club has suffered several set backs in handling the project, explaining thiit only reel oily one of the gum ball machines was stolen fiuin in front of St.vron’s grocery near the Hayes School on Washington Street. "I’ll give a dollar of my own money to recover the ma chine," he said Iwravply III Follouinff Operation Yesterday Undergoing a major operation for the removal of a tumor from j the braifl in Memorial Hospital | at Chapel Hill yesterday, Mr. | Fvan Willard, well-known loculi tobacconist, was reported gravely j ill there this morning. i!Firm Planning To Open Large House | Here This Season ' Four Acres <If Fund (hi Tin New By-PdHH Sold To Kiiif! Kulicrls —♦— Purchasing four acres of land fmm Wheeler Martin this week King Roberts, widely-known to bacconist of Fuquay Spl ines, was reported today to be making plans for the immediate construction of a large tobacco warehouse here. No official announcement has been released, but title to the land was passed on Tuesday of this week. It was also learned that the new firm planned to have the house ready for operation during the 1954 marketing season. Representatives of the new firm Messrs. Roberts and the Smothers brothers of Reidsville, were here Tuesday to complete the land tarnsfer, it was learned Accord ing to one report, the Smothers brothers will, with possibly an other partner, operate the ware house. The site is located on the west side of Highwa.v 17, about 700 feet from the center of the highway at Skewarkey down tin new truck route or by-pass The type of con struction planned for the house could not be learned, but the structure is expected to cover most or the 300-by-580-feet lot., possibly about three acres One re poll said the proposed structure | would be about 290 feet wide, leaving only about enough room I for a drive down tin side As far as it could be b anted to | day no construction conduct lias been let. but one of the firm n-p i reselltatives was said to have in cptired about the price of lumber 'on the local market., betore ic turning to his home Tuesday aft ernoon. Members of the firm, according to reports heard here, are interest ed in tile operation ol several n an houses, m ,p |, a -I three late, and possibly four, tin hiding n’mr kct., at Tifton, <la, Fuquay i Springs in tins State, and Owens boro. Kentucky, where they own one of the largest tobacco ware houses in the world. During their stay here Tuesday, j members of the new firm met j with local tobacconists and dis j cussed the tobacco marketing situation it was said Benson's Support 4)n Farm Program I Flmvi ^PHStT —-• Only One Farm Organiza tion on Record for Flexi ble Support Plan —-*> Contrary to claims that Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Ben son's farm program had strong support in all sections of the country, the following report com ing out of Washington a few days ago tells a different story: How do the nation’s farmers feel about the administration's proposed farm program? If their feeling is accurately ..represented bv farm organiza mmmrnmmmmmmm before congressional committees, they do not give it unqualified support in its present form. The three major farm organiza tions have taken widely divergent stands on the major features of the program. Only one has given it outright endorsement, although this is the largest of the group. One is adamantly opposed to its main purposes, and the other goes along with the administration on ly pait way. The President's principal pro posals call for: * 1 A change from price support at rigid 90 per cent of parity to a flexible system ranging from 75 to 90 per cent, depending on sup ply; 2. A change-over to a modern ized parity basis for all commodi ties, instead of using both the old and new system as at present, de pending on which gives the farm er the greater benefit; 3. A $2,500,000,000 set-aside ol present surpluses in a "frozen" reserve that will hold these sur pluses out of normal trade where they would depress prices; 4. A federal drive to increase form exports; 5. Planned use of acreage di verted from surplus crops under the quota cutback. Parity For First Year The American Farm Bureau , Federation has given its endorse ment to tin1 program, with very j minor exceptions. I! doe-., how | ever, uiae aii amendment Which , would hold price supports at 90 1 pei cent of parity during the first imposed on any commodity im mediately following a year in which such quotas ate not in ef fect. The idea of this is to give the farmer a year’s notice of crop ad justments so that he will not he subjected suddenly to marketing quotas and lowered support level at the same time. <Continued on Page Eight) Two Are Arrested For Shop-Lifting Two local women, Mary Mc Intyre, Franklin Street, and Anie Mae Mobley, 110 Martin Street, are being held in Wilmington in connection with the alleged shop lifting of goods and articles, valu ed at $500, from Wilmington stores u few days ago, according to information release yesterday by Hu Wilmington police depart ment. The New Hanover authorities contacted local police yesterday foi the records, il any, but no disposition of the eases was men tioned. It was reported that shop lifting was carried on in seven stores. More Candidates In -01? illy llfiiee Hare f SUNRISE SERV ICES v/ A feature in the religious observance of the Easter period will be sunrise serv ices in several centers in the county Sunday. Most of the services, weath er permitting, will be held in cemeteries, the Tice Com munity Cemetery at 5:28 o' clock. Woodlawn Cemetery in Williamston at 5:30, Rober sonville Cemetery at 5:30, No detailed program had been announced early today for the Woodlawn service. The several local colored churches will hold a union service Sunday morning at 0:00 o'clock on the E. J. Hayes School lawn. jTaxis Subjected To Two Attacks -9 Taxi cabs were marked for at tack by animal and powered vc hide in this area during the past few days, according to report: coining from the highway patrol. John Little was driving or Highway ti4 near the Bantbv warehouse last Saturday night at 11:25 o’clock when a yearling darted from behind a clump o! bushes and struck the side of his taxi. No one was hurt but the am mal later died of its injuries ano about $250 damage was done ti the ear. Ownership of the anima was not immediately determined the investigating officer said. Monday evening about 8:30 o' clock, R L. Stephenson was back mg his 1052 Pontiac into Highway 84 at Saunders' mill betweer Jamesvtllc and Williamston one struck John Gurganus' 1951 Ply j mouth taxi. The driver of tin laxi, Miekie Gurganus, was no I injured and neither was Mi GtepheiVsirli DvnYfirgc' fry - -t1 r* ■ r.:-. was estimated at between $90(1 and $1,000. Damage to the othci car was minor, according to an unoiticial report. Conclude Infant Care Institute —«— The Duke University mobile in stitute is concluding a two-day program for the care of prema ture infants at the Martin County Health Center, corner of Hay and Harrell Streets, here this after noon. Approximately eighteen nurses are attending the institute from several counties in this sec tion of the State. The institute is designed to help train North Carolina nurses who ! are unable to attend the more jn ! tensive courses in premature care , at Duke | Sponsored b.\ tin N (.' Petlia i trie Society and the N C. League i of Nursing Education in coopera tion with Duke Nursing School land administered through the State Hoard of Health, the pro gram has helped to train more than 200 hospital and public health nurse- throughout the State. Ilotli the regular courses at Duke and the institutes are eon ducted by Miss Eileen Kiernan |ol the Duke Nursing School staff Making, Plans for Canvass For Cancer Fund In Town Plans are being completed thi wick lor launching the 1054 Cun eer Fund drive in Williamstori and details s ill be unnouncii within the next tew days, it wit learned from Mrs. H. H. Goodmoi and Mrs. M. M Levin, co-chair man of the drive, in the town hen As far as it could be learner here no nrgain/ation has heel perfi i led for handling the funi, drive throughout the county. Laid year there was no organized drive hut members of several home de monstration clubs lent a helping hand and some money was raised and forwarded to the Cancer So cieties in the State and nation. No detailed report was released on tilt- euirvass last year, but tin county is believed to have fallen ■ tar .-Iuii t ii! it.-- quota. It was un I olfii lulls' learned that Martin was , the only eourity in the State that I did i.ot pei lect an orgaii/.ution > for handling the fund drive ni i; 195:**. | [explaining they were unable to I handle the drive on a county-wide basis, Mrs. Levin and Mrs Good mon said they felt it necessary tu do something about the urgent need, and that they would lttake j every Mfort to perfect an organi zation and handle a bloek ean ! vass in the town of Williamston, beginning next Tuesday, During the meantime, volunteers are j asked to lend a helping hand and make certain that local people | (will measure up to the urgent j need. I Saturday Is Last Day To Gel Names In Political Pot llrnry S. Everett In Rare For Four County Context To Date The county political pot is boil ! ing over with four prominent con | tests already made and with the ; possibility that others will deve tgmfegjpMrr .lii-aii. limp Ip JUig rc^cf. .latToO I Saturday evening of this week. | A report from th eoffice of I Hoard of Elections Chairman O. 11). Carstarphen late yesterday j listed contest for judge of the county recorder’s court, sheriff, representative in the State Legis lature and county commissioner for the Jamesville-Williams dis trict. Two contests on the town ship level were already made with the possibility that a third candi date will enter the race for Wil liamston Township constable. Another major contest on the county level developed this week when Henry S. Everett, mayor of Robersonville and former mem ber of th eMartin County Board of Commissioners, filed for judge of the recorder's court. Herbert O. Peele, incumbent, filed to suc ceed himself last w'eek. Neither candidate released a formal an nouncement at the time, but Mr. Everett said vesterdav he would make a statement to the voters within the next few days. Still another important contest developed Tuesday of this week l when Joe Lawrence Coltrain, Wil j liams Township farmer and son of former County Commissioner I Joshua L. Coltrain, announced his candidacy for county commis sioner for the Jamesville-Williams district. C. C. (Frosty) Martin filed last week to succeed himself J in the position. A Corey, Janie; vide man and incumbent, officially entered the for county representative in I the (ienei'al Assembly a few days ago when lie filed his candidacy wild the election board chairman. ^TTnuikTvettTrTi^aimTto,, uuSI*"' ness man, announced his candi dacy and filed for the position a lew weeks ago. While there are contests for some offices, the Martin County Board of Education late yesterday still had two openings to be fill ed. The latest development there (Continued on Page Eight) Seven Report For Final Induction Seven Martin County yong men reported Tuesday to the Raleigh Service Center for final induction into the armed forces. An eighth one, Noyar Edward Ayers, form erly of Robersonville, was trans ferred to Philadelphia for induc tion there. Those answering the final in duction call were: White John Richard Matthews of Robersonville and Bobby Clark Hardison, of RFD 1. Jamesville. Colored John Wheeler Slade of RFD 3, Williamsion, Homer Gee, Jr, of RFD 1, Jamesville, Surry Mack Whitaker of RFD 1, Jamesville, Claudius T. Ward of RFD 2, Robersonville. and James Harney Roberson of Roberson 1 ville. The seven (leveled by regular bus schedule, leaving Williams ton at 10:15 that morning. A pro-induction call for twenty men is to be answered on Tues day, May -1, it was learned, but no final induction call is pending at this time Roar Response' T« Thr Soft Hall League Cull The call for players by the lo cal soft ball league is receiving a comparatively poor response, ac cording to a report released to day So far about fifty players have signed up, and there is a need* for at least forty others. The deadline for handling applications is next Tuesday. Interested persons are asked to contact without further delay one of the following: Dillon Cobh, Wilbur Jackson, Tom Davis or Frank S. Weaver.
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