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V. ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY Yft'IjLN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 53 Williamtton, Martin County, ISorth+Carolina% Thursday, July ft. 1954 ESTABLISHED 189V Let Contract For • Building Addition County Board Of Commissioners In ' hgriailfeeHiig Little Bu^ine^ Handled By TTie Officials During • A Short Session Observing Monday a£ a holi day, the Martin County Board of Commissioners held their regular monthly session yesterday. There was little business on the regular calendar but a contract was enter ed into for the construction of an addition to the county agriculture building. H. B. Wyatt, Wiiliamston con tractor, submitted a low bid of $17,462 for the general construc tion contract. The highest bid was submitted by W. R. Hardison in the sum of $32,594.50, and a third bid, submitted by J. M. Beasley of Tarboro, was for $27,274. The low bid was considerably less than the original estimates. The wiring contract was award ed to Ayers Electric Company for $837.60. No other bids were sub mitted on the wiring. The heating contract was let to D. R. Sugg oi Tarboro for $2,200. Corey Plumb ing and Heating Company was close with a $2,383 bid. The plumbing contract was awarded to Corey Plumbing Company for ■ $984. D. R. Sugg was next with a bid of $1,050. The entil e project will cost $21, 483.60, a figure that tails con siderably below the $40,000 it was estimated the entire projetl would cost. Work on the addition is to gel under way within the near future There was very little businest ft -on the calendar for the commis sioners and they recessed before the lunch hour, returning at 2:0C o'clock to open the bids on the addition. The officials approved an ap propriation of $557,761 to run the ^countyr including the schools anfi ♦.iii ut pa. Unfci fiscal year. Only a portion of tha1 amount is to bo raised by general (Continued on Page Eight) Fueral Held Jot •Mrs. Jas. Cherry At Holly Springs Mrs. Cherry Died In Houpr tal Here Lust Saturday Evening at 6:00 -• Funeral services were conduct cd in the Holly Springs Metho dist Church Monday afternoon a 5:00 o’clock for Mrs. Lizzie And rews Cherry who died in a hos pital here last Saturday eveninj at 6:00 o’clock. She had been ir declining health for some timt af»d was a patient in the hospita two weeks. Her pastor, the Bfev R. E. Walston, conducted th< rites, assisted by the Rev. W. B Harrington, county Baptist min ister. Interment was in the famil) cemetery near the church over ir Williams Township. Mrs. Cherry was born in Wil • hams Township 77 years.ago or February 11, 1877, the daughtei of the Jate Luther and Lucy Per ry Andrews, .'she lived in Wil hams Township all her life ex • cept a few years spent in Wash jngton County with her children She was a faithful member of thi Holly* ‘Springs church', "ahd hac made her home recently with i daughter, Mrs. John A. Griffin « near Williamston. In early wo manhood she was married U James Robert Cherry who died ir i£l{l during the influenza epide nwc. , Surviving besides her daughtei with whom she made her home arc a son, James Cherry of Ply mouth: three daughters, Mrs. Ab ron Styons and Mrs. Lexter Eve rett, both of Plymouth, Mrs. Hoy t^Lalley of Farm Life; fourteei grandchildren and eiglit great grandchildren; three brothers Ben Andrews of Williamston ant Sam and Julius Andrews, both o Williams Township; and four sis teni, Mrs. Sam Jones, Mrs. GroJ er Godard, Mrs. N. S. Cherry-am r‘ Mrs. Sam Hopkins. -- OPENING DATES V._ ✓ The local tobacco market along with others in the Bright Belt will open the 1954 marketing season on Tuesday, August 17, it was announced following a recent meeting of the Board of Governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Asso ciation in Raleigh. The plan ned opening is three days ear lier than the one last year. The Georgia-Florlda mar kets open on Thursday of next week.'The South Caro lina-Border markets are to open on August 8. The opening date for mar kets in this belt; while fairly certain, is not definite, and will not be announced as final I until the Board of Governors I meet again early in August j Jurors Pose Big Problem For The Superior Court Court Schedule Proves To Be Quite Ruffling To Member* of the Jury Meeting in special session this week, the Martin CourRy Su perior Court encountered all. j kinds of difficulties in getting a jury to hear the. cases centered in Drainage District No. 3. Running head on into the busy tobacco harvest season, the court leaned over backwards to help the farmer jurors. Twenty or more were duly called for jury I service last Tuesday. Several I were excused for various reasons ; and all tobacco farmers were dis missed, leaving only five. A spe cial venire of fifty men was caH , eri for after Judge Malcolm Paul denied a motion to have the case removed to another county or call ■ a jpry *v<iro. aaftttWt.^PCtion i>f_ lh<‘ district. The special venire i was to be drawn from James ville, Williams, Griffins, Wil ; liamston and Goose Nest Town ! ships. All but one of the fifty men were reached by the sheriff's department and instructed to re port Wednesday mornings All to bacco farmers who could get m> one to take their places on tire farm were excused. Starting the task of selecting a jury at 9:30 o’clock yesterday ; morning, counsel for the petition ers and respondents exhausted all but one in the list before getting the twelfth man two hours later. Then it was the jurors’ turn to be baffled. After they were en panelled by Clerk L. B. Wynne, i the twelve men were dismissed with instructions to return at 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Returning on time, the jurors (Continued on Page Six) i Car Dilched With Cargo Of Liquor Starting the chase aHang the Beaufort-Martin boundary about 1 1:50 o’clock Monday morning, ABC Officer Cecil Bullock and a member of the highway patrol ran down a 1939 model Chevrolet and found .sixty gallons of illicit li quor aboard. The operator ditch ed the car and escaped in Beau fort County. Albert Gray Lilley, Martin ,, County man,.. ( connection with the chase. Lilley was quoted as saying that he was ' in the car, that it was not his, and ( that he did not know the driver. -*—-- - Aaked To Reconaider Community Concerta , ■ -♦ — . Learning of the committee ac tion ruling out plans for promot I ing another in a series of com munity concerts here this coming : season, several patrons have ask i ed the committee to reconsider and plan for the programs. , The committee is anxious to l have the concerts, and will co ! operate with anyone who will ■ serve as chairman.of the project. Volunteers are asked to contact I Mrs. Jos. Griffin or Mr. L. B. Wynne. Drainage District Case Up Fwtfrial ■ In Superior Cowl Nearly Two Days Spent In Checking The Petitions And Acreages -t After hearing motions and j spending considerable time get- i ting a jury, the Martin County Superior Court is now hearings evidence in the Martin County Drainage District No. 3 case. Un less there are unforseen develop ments, the trial is likely to go into next week. The court observed Monday as a holiday, and spent all day Tuas*- ' day hearing motions and trying to solve the jury profelem. Counsel for the respondents or the North Carolina Pulp Com pany and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company asked the court to move the case to another county for trial, claiming that there were 314 petitioners who were related or well known throughout the county. It was also suggested that if the case could not be moved to another county that a jury be brought in from another county. The court finally ruled that jurors should be drawn from Jamesville, Wil liams, Griffins, Wilfiamston and Goose Nest Townships, areas re moved from the drainage district location. All but one of the spe cial venire were summoned to appear in court, and all but five reported. Action against those five was not announced immedi ately. The district, comprising almost 20,000 acres of land, mainly in Robersonville Township, was cre ated about two years ago by 314 land owners. Only two of the landowners, N. C. Pulp and the Coast Line, are appealing, claim ing the drainage project will do them no good. The pulp company has about 916 acres in the district. After getting and dismissing the jury, the court started checking the petitions and acreages. Sixty percent of the land in the district, has to be represented in the peti tions, it was explained. The checking was completed about : noon today, aild the first evidence ]Tn the fWPWIPIffiitively sehedul (Continued on Page Eight) -4-— Lillie Rain Is Reported Here —•— Although greatly welcomed, little* rain fell here during Sun day evening and late Monday night. However, the fall offered some relief and crops were greaf ly aided. The local weather station re corded only .113 of a ninch, .34 of an inch falling Sunday and .45 of an inch coming late Monday night. Certain areas, especially in the Farm Life section of Griffins Township reported a much heav ier fall. A few farmers explained that some tobacco flopped in the hot spn following the Monday night rain. Other section, parti cularly that area from Hamilton west, continues mighty dry, it was said. ' —-♦ Tobacco Harvest Nearing A Peak —•— Although a few started the task ! three weeks ago, the tobacco har j vest is just now nearing a peak ! ui this county. It is estimated that ninety percent of more of the farmers will have harvested one ' or more barns by the end of this ...week-.. With a few exceptions, the quality of the early harvest is not measuring up to expectations, many farmers declaring that the leaves- had parched without rip [ STREET WORK J Recently awarded a con tract, the Rea Construction Company of Charlotte b sche duled to start moving In equipment next Monday pre paratory to paving and gut ter several miles of streets here. Actual construction work is to get under way about the middle of the week, it was learned. Holiday Is Observed pQuielly In ^"County MEETING Their meeting scheduled for the first Monday in this month having been postpon ed, Williamston's town com * missioners are to hold thpir regular session this evening. One of the problems likely to be discussed is the paving program. Since the bids were considerably below estimates, the commissioners will consi der the possibility of extend ing the program or of hold ing the bond issue down to approximately $140,000 con tract. There's little other business on the schedule except that of a routine nature. Clean-Up Drive Gains Nomenium Here This Week —•— Committee* On the Joh ami Individuals Settle Down To Support Drive -1 Even before the clean-up, paint up drive was officially launched ! here this week, quite a few prop perty owners got busy and did a splendid job in clearing vacant lots and touching up their yards. There has also been some progress j noted ni the- clean-up drive in back lots and on the streets. A special committee is making a survey of the town and picture before and after the drive are to be made. One marked improve ment was handled near the rivef1 bridge by the State Highway Commission, and the river front ' long a disgrace in that area is I rapidly being made into an invit i ing site. Individual lots have been j made into an inviting ste. Indi vidua.1 lots have been improved tm Simmons Avenue. North I SmUbvit'k Street, East Main and other areas., .the committee ex piaTium^^m^tncoiiipiele cnees, had not been made, but that all improvements would be recog nized. In a meeting held at the health this week, the committee again of fered some timely suggestions, and dircted an appeal to the gen eral public to join in and support the movement. The suggestions touch on the following: Removal of out-dated advertis ing signs from poles, Covers for garbage cans and other refuse containers, Improve town properties, Beautify grounds around the new armory, Clear site of the old Wells-Oafts Company, Improve approaches to the town, Plant flowers or shrubs m un sightly areas, Clear baeklots and parking places, Keep store fronts and alleys clean, Provide containers for waste paper and other refuse, Paint homes and outbuildings, tContinued on Page Eight) Check Addresses Of Registrants ——-•— Failing to give changes of ad dress, quite a few Selective Surv ive registrants are being sought out Uy the f'.tuntv Draft Board. It was explained ihat'un less correct addresses are reported to the draft board immediately, the names will be turn'd over to the FBI, meaning that the regis trants will be made subject to im mediate induction or prosecution in the courts. The registrants whose addresses are not correct are being asked to contact the draft board at once. Relatives or friends knowing the addresses of those whose names are listed below are asked to ad vise the registrants to contact tin board. i Malvin Hodge whose last ad dress was 2022 Beaubier St., De troit, Mich., has been listed as de linquent. The following whose last known (Continued on Page Six) Only Two Minor Anto Accidents During Week-End Traffic At Peak On The Hiplmuys During Loiifj July I Holiday The long July Fourth week-end was observed without serious in cident in this county, according to reports coming from members of the North Carolina State High way Patrol, the sheriff’s office and police departments. Only two automobile accidents were reported during the period, and they were not too serious. There were no drownings. shoot ings or other accidents, officers said. Nine or ten persons were ar rested over the week-end, and a farmer's smokehouse was raided. Also on the crime front liquor dealers were active, ABC Office] and a member of the Highway Patrol overtaking a car loaded with1 sixty gallons of illicit li quou The chase started near the Beaufort County line and ended when the car was ditched and the occupant or occupants fled the ! scene. An arrest was later made I in the case. The first of the holiday week end accidents was reported at 9:30 | o'clock last Saturday night on the Hamilton-Palmyra road. Charlie Gray of RFD 1, Oak City, stopped lus car in the highway to repair a mechanical defect. John J. Wil liams, also of RFD 1, Oak City plowed into tin' rear of Gray’s Ford. The machines caught fire and burned. Scotland Neck’s fire 1 department sent a truck then 1 and firermn were able to salv I age part of the wreck. Sallie Mai Harrell. dll, of RFD 1, Palmyra j was badly cut about the face wher she was thrown into the wind (Continued on Page Eight) Summer Concert By Band Sunday Director Jack F. Butler an nounced this morning that plans have been completed for the sum mer concert of the Green Wave Band of Williamston High School The event will be Sunday on the school grounds at the end ol tin band and cafeteria bunding lac ing School Drive and persons hav ing folding chairs are asked bring them along to provide a place foi them to be seated during the con cert, which starts at 6:15 p. m. In addition to the tentative pro gram listed below, the band will present a novelty number by three of its members entitled "Three Blind Mice," Clarinetists Victoi Brown, Babby Manning and Gei aid White will play the numbei | this time without band accom | paniment. j Loyal Legion, march, Sousa Becker; The Glass Slipper, Cm dci el la Story, Yoder; Tic T<V Polka, arranged by Beeler; Slow March from "Scipio, Handel-Leid zen; Atlantic Seaboard, march Grundman; There’s Something About A Soldier, descriptive pa trol, arranged by Yoder; The Mai I Love, G< rshwin-Yod< r; Deep River Rhapsody, Walters; Turn Out for Jam Session, llandion Men of Ohio, march, Fillmore. Two Barns Burn In This Ccar.!y | Two tobacco curing barns wen destroyed in the county this week the losses being the first report ed so far IhS season. Lightning struck and fired i large barn and almost 1,000 stick: of tobacco on the Purvis farm a Spring Green late Monday night There were five barns in the a ret and one of the two filled with to bacco was destroyed Roberson vilie’s fire department was caller there to protect other near-bi barns. The loss will approximaU Si,500. Matthew Pierce, Jamesvilh Township farmer, lost a Iti-foo' log barn Tuesday morning abou 10:00 o’clock. Four hundred*stieki of tobacco were in the bant whicl was equipped to burn wood Funeral Sunday For Mrs. Helen Chesson Manning ——— Popular Young Woman Is Victim Of Sialden 111 ncss At Home Today Mrs. Helen Frances Chesson Manning, popular local young wo man, died in her Wat's Street apartment here this morning at 2:110 o'clock following an illness of only a few hours. Apparently enjoying perfect health, she was taken with a se vere headache about 9:00 o’clock lust evening. Medical aid was summoned and following treat ment, her condition seemed to improve. About three hours later she suffered a cerebral hemor rhage, leaving her right side par alyzed. Her doctor was called agairl and about two hours later she suffered another attack, death following within a matter ot a short time. The daughter of Jack and Fran ces Harrell Chesson, she was born near Williamston 22 years ago on March 28, 1932, later making her home in the Roberson ville community until her marriage on December 25, 1951, to James Manning of Poplar Point. She at tended the Williamston schools and was graduated from the Rob ersonville High School. She was employed by the Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph Company here before going with the J. Paul Simpson Insurance Agency in January of last yeau* Mrs. Manning possessed a pleasing personality and * had made numerous friends here, and her sudden death came as a de cided shock to all who knew her. She had been a member of the i Community Christian Church i near Williamston since early girl ■ hood, and was held in high es teem in her native and adopted communities.* Surviving besides her parents and husband are three sisters, Mrs. Donald Street of Gladbrook, Iowa, Mrs. H. G. Hollins, Jr., of Richmond, and Miss Sybil Jean Chesson of Roberson vj lie; and one brother, Tom Chesson, a member of Williatnston’s police department. i"^Turierai services wi^^ue con ducted ai the home of hvi parent. near Robersonville Sunday after noon at 4:00 o'clock by the Rev. K. Gordon Conklin, pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church here. Interment will be in Woudlawn Cemetery here. Men To Answer Calls In County —<•— Seventeen Martin County men are to answer draft board rails next Monday. For the first time, men answering a pre-induction call and men answering a final in duction call are to travel together to the center in Raleigh. They are to go by charter bus. Twelve of the seventeen are go ing for physical examinations. The other live are going for final induction, it was learned. - .1— - Call Firemen To Grass Fire Here -« Wilhamston answered tlieii second call of the day at 3:40 o’ clock Thursday afternoon when a grass fire went out of control and threatened to spread through the | underbrush and vines on and near | the railroad just below White’s Healing and Sheet Metal Works. The fire, said to have started from a burning trash pile, was cheeked ha fore i! could spread to ,a large area Ij HOIMMir J Nine persons were rounded up and temporarily detained in the Martin County jail during the long July 4 week end. A elump-down on speed ing is reflected in the jail re cord which shows two detain ed lor exceeding the limits. Two were booked for drun ken driving, two for public drunkenness, one each for breaking and entering, and non-support. Two of the nine were while. One was a woman and the ages of the group ranged from 21 to 65 years. To Dedicate Church At Sunday Services j MINISTKR I)r. J. Warren Hastings, pastor of the National City Christihn Church, Washing ton, D. C., for the past twelve years, will he the guest minis ter for the dedication of the First Christian Church here Sunday, and continue with the church til rough Friday evening of next week. Dr. Hastings is a graduate of Yale University Divinity School, and earned his doc torate at the University of Fdinhurgli, Fdinhurgh, Scot land. Funeral Saturday Near Jamesville For Mrs. Hardison 1’roiuiiM‘iil Comity Citi/.rn 1 In Hospital Lutil I'liiiixlav Kvriiing -<»v~— Funeral services were conduct ed at the home near Jamesville last Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock for Mrs Sarah Louine 5 (Lula) '1 , .V, ... .W . 1 1 in a WilliamsUm hospital Thursday evening al 7:30 o’clock. Her pas tor, the Rev. W. R Harrington, conducted the rites and interment was in the family cemetery neat the home Suffering with a heart condi tion she had been in declining health for some time. Her condi tion became critical and she was removed to the hospital one week before she died. The daughter of the late Theo dore and Annie Elizabeth Rob erson Long, she was born in Jamesville Township 72 years ago on November ii. 1881, and liv ed there all her life She was mar ried November If), 1903 to J. Le onard Hardison who died in 198 | She was a member ol the Cedar Branch Baptist Church lor many years, exemplifying its teachings I in her daily walk through life, i Possessed of a kind and thought ful nature she was appreciative of i every kind act, her doctor and nurses explaining they had never served anyone who was more grateful for every act done in her behalf. Mrs Hardison, always wearing a smile, was jolly and thoughtful of others She put a great deal into life, and - nettled to get mucin out ol hi) "While 1 don't want to be a burden to any one, 1 want to live as long as I can," she was quoted as saying not too long ago. Surviving are six sons, Otis, llumbR'i t and Robert Hardison all (Continued from Page Six) Takes Position With Lotal Firm Everett T. Diggs, a native of Norfolk, has accepted the position of sales supervisor for the meal district ol the Virginia Electric ami Power Company with head I quarters hen He entered upon ' Ins new duties this week Mr. Diggs, a graduate of Maury 'High School and Johnson's Busi ness College in Norfolk, has been with the Virginia Electric and Power Company for twenty years, serving in the sales departments for the past eight years. He plaits to move his family here just as soon as he can find housing. i Program Planned For Dedication 01 $150,00(Mtuilding AI1-1)hv Sche<!iilp of Events Sinnlay Followed hv Re vival All Next Week Williamston's First Christian Church will be dedicated Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock when the new, $150,000 edifice is for mally occupied for the first time. The special service will follow tljc Bible school hour, and a full day program has been planned. After the 1100 a. m„ worship service, a church family luncheon will be held, and a church re ception is scheduled between 4:00 and 6:30 p. m., in the Fellowship Hall. The evening worship is sche duled for 8:00 o'clock. Dr J Warren Hastings, pastor of the National City Christian Church, Washington, D. C., will occupy the pulpit at the 11:00 o' clock worship hour Sunday mor ning, using for his sermon topic, "What Mean These Stones". Dr. Hastings will continue with the church through Friday evening of next week, preaching nightly at 8:00 o’clock, it was announced bv the pastor, the Rev. John L. Goff. I A 28-member choir under the direction of Mrs. W. C. Manning j and Mr. Russell T. Roebuck of Wilson, will furnish special mus ic. The Rev. Howard G. James, 1 graduate of Atlantic Christian ! College and of the Duke Univer 1 sity School of Religion, will assist with the music program follow ing the Suncfay services, it was announced. i Invitations have been extended ' to other congregations, and. eve ning services in other churches are being called off, giving the members an opportunity to par ticipate m tlu program Sunday ! evening. MnuAda Williams Died In Hospital Saturday, July 3 Funeral Held At Home Oi Her Daughter Monday Afternoon -• Mrs. Ada Williams, native of Wi I liairts Township, died in a Washington hospital Saturday afternoon following an illness of only a few weeks. She entered Ihe hospital about u month ago, and underwent an operation three weeks ago. The daughter of the late Eli Hoyt Gardner and wife, she was born in Williams Township 59 years ago, and lived there most of her life. She was married in early womanhood to Lonnie Williams I who died in 1951. Following his death she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Garfield Mobley near Jamesville. She was a member of the Maple Grove Christian Church. Surviving besides her daughter i with whom she made her home ' are two sons, James Williams of Baltimore and E. H. Williams of | Jamesville; three daughters, Mrs. ! Chine l)e Young, Mrs. E. S. Lup ton and Miss Louise Williams, all > of Norfolk; one half-brother, Lou is Gardner, ol Jamesville; sixteen ! grandchildren and four great ■ grandchildren. A son was killed in an accident in Virginia a few (Continued on Page Eight) Hurl When Auto Runs OH Road —♦— Frank Weston, popular local lumber mill operator, suffered a broken collar bone and one or more cracked ribs in an automo bile accident a short distance from ( here on the Jamesville road about | 9:10 o'clock yesterday morning. Experiencing a fainting spell, Mr. Weston lost consciousness and his car ran off the highway and struck a tree, causing consider* able damage to his automobile. He was removed to Brown’s Com munity Hospital for treatment.
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