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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY 3.300 MARTIN CQEVTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER j,300 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES^TWICE EACI VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 54 Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. .Inly Z.1, /9;>4 ESTABLISHED 18W Paving Program To . Be Extended Locally To Spend $60,090 Additional Under Present Contract Will Offer Notes and Bonds For Sale During The Next Two Weeks Entering into a contract with a Charlotte firm at price far below the original estimates, the Wil liamston Town Board of Commis sioners in delayed regular session last Thursday evening voted to extend the paving program to the approximate limit of $225,,000 pre viously proposed and approved in a recent bond election. The pro posed extension to the program will add approximately $60,000 to the original contract price of $139,072.50 and boost the total for actual construction of the origi nal and extended projects to $199, 072.56, leaving $21,000 for con tingencies such as engineering fees, miscellaneous costs and about $6,000 for additional drain age. Not all of the extended pro gram has been petitioned for, meaning that the additional work may not be handled. It is proposed to curb and gut ter and surface the following streets as a part of the extended program the figures including the cost of drainage, excavations and paving: Pearl Street from Main to War ren, $15,700; Wilson Street from Elm to Sy inore, $5,569; Biggs Street from Main to Ray, $4,810; Roberson Street Ji'om Church to Main, $2,978; v^ance Street from Lee to Jack son, $1,897; Jackson Street, one block from Vance to Liberty, $1,640; Broad Street from White to Center, $6,541; Martin Street from White t<> Hy man^^KM; , Hymar Street from fioaVTT to Sycaimw;.,-1*4.431: Henderson Street from Sim mons Avenue to Halifax Street, $2,932; Cemetery Drive from Haughton to Rhodes, $2,932. It is proposed to open Cemetery Drive as a new street, leaving Haughton p--ir the ! foot of West Liberty and skirting, the old part of the cemetery. The j one-block project would provide I a direct main entrance to the en larged cemetery, it was explain edr Engineer Thomas Rivers also recommended that a paved con nection be made with the by-pass or truck route. Further study is to be given the proposal, the en gineer outlining three possible routes: one down Watts Lane by the Roberson home, another bv extending Watts Street, and still another by extending Harrell Street. To finance the over-all program,' the town is to offer for sale with- , in the next two or three weeks, i $110,000 in four-year notes, the i remaining $115,000 to be in the; form of 19-year bonds. Little other business was on the calendar for discussion. The board was advised by a special committee that the acceptance of a street, an extension of West (Continued on Page Eight) -# Association Has Increased Assets According to Mrs. Vella Wynne, ► treasurer and acting secretary of the Martin County Building and Loan Association, the assets of the Association now stand at $2, 445,543.76, and approximately two million of this amount is in first mortagage loans. These figures were tabulated and recorded as of June 30th. On that date the association distributed $31,450.45 in profits or interest to the investing mcmb-1 I ers of the organization. Showing a steady and healthy | growth the Martin County Build ing and Loan Association is as targe, if not larger than any as sociation in North Carolina con sidering the size of the town and community. PRESIDENT A, L. (Roy) Jameson was installed as president of the local Rotary Club at the or ganization’s regular meeting last week. He succeeds Robt. H. Cowen in the position. Mrs Anna Rainey Died Early Last Friday Morning -O Funeral Held lit Littleton Siitimlttv Afternoon For Loral Ke«ident Mrs. Anna Laura Mills Rainey, a resident of Williamstun for the past three years, died in Lake side Nursing Home, Ringwood near Enfield at 12:30 o'clock last Friday morning. Apparently in splendid health uhtil she suffer ed a stroke at h»$. Lome here on Marshall Avenue the latter part of April, Mrs. Rainey had been gravely ill since that time. After spending weeks in a local hospital she was removed to the nursing hotne where she suffered a second .'' / r'.'t «•.* • Mr... Rainey -wav-team Long Island, New 1j3 years ago on October lti, 1890, and spent her early life there, moving to New port News, Va., in 1908. She was married in 1910 to Rrarrk M. Rai ney who died in 1943. She later made her home in Littleton and Roanoke Rapids, and came to Wil liamston three years ago to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Joe B. Glenn. She was a member: of the Methodist church, and en deared herself to many during: her residence here. Surviving besides her daugh ter here are two sons, Francis M. I Cun tinned on Page Eight) .--— One Auio Wreck In This County Only one automobile accident was reported on the highways in this county during the past week end. No one was injured and property damage was limited to about $150, according to a report coming from the highway patrol office. Driving on the Bear Grass-Eve retts road, Jerry L. Moseley, 16 year-old youth of Roanoke Rapids, lost control of the 1951 Ford con vertible belonging to Gary Davis, of Jamesville. The machine skid-1 ded 35 yards in a curve near the i S. T. Wynne farm and plunged in- i to a ditch, overturning after skid- j ding sixteen additional yards. No, .v.sw tif ’Vie six tjccupa/ita 'ec.'C'Hved'i a scratch, the investigating offic-1 er declared. The accident was reported' about 8:30 o’clock Saturday eve-1 ning. Drainage Cate Much In Evidence In Court -*-— I While a battery of prominent lawyers were in superior court slugging it out in the county's No. 3 Drainage District, a rep resentative of the company handling the contract was carri ed before H. O. Peele for operat ing a vehicle of greater width al lowed by law on the highways. The defendant in Judge F'eele’s court was dismissed upon the payment of the case cost. Call Twenty-Two County Youths To Report To Center —»■— Sixteen Were Slated For Pre-Induction Tests; Five For Final Induction -- Twenty-two Martin County young men were called by Selec tive Service recently to report j Monday morning for a trip to the army center in Raleigh, five for final induction and the other for preliminary examinations. They traveled by charter bus. No report has been received on the preli-1 minary examinations. Melvin Hodge, formerly of Wil liamston and last heard from in Detroit, was to have reported for final induction. He did not report and is being continued on the de linquent list. Simon Louis Short, Jr„ of RFD 1, Oak City, was carried on the books as delinquent up until a short time ago, and he was sent for final induction without the benefit of preliminary examina tion. Five young men, all white, were included in the final in duction group, as follows: LeRoy Leggett of RFD 2, Wil liamston, Robert Adrian Brown of Rober son ville, William Donald Ramsey, Has sell, Raymond Amleck Robertson, Jr., Williamston, George Alonza Harris, of Wil liamston, and Carlton Ambrose James, of Parmele. Among the group scheduled to report for pre-induction examina tion on Monday of this week, the following four failed to report and were immediately listed as de linquent: James Frank Hardison, colored, of Williamston, Octavius Man ning, colored, of Williamston and Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Ernest Daniel, colored, of RFD 2, Williamston and Washington, and WiUic.Jamus, Dickens, colored, of Oak City. Only two white youths, Dennis Hoell of RFD 1, Roberson ville, and David Eugene Perry of RFI) 3, Williamston and Norfolk, were called to report for the pre-inouc-1 for the trip. j Tl.^^fijffowing “cTiioreu youths reported for the preliminary ex amination: James Howell, RFD 2, Williams ton, Eddie Allen, Hamilton, Tyler Jones Williams, RFD 1, Palmyra, Vandy Griffin, RFD 2, Wil liamston, James Augustus Little, Williamston, Claude Woolard, Jr., RFD 1, Williamston, Durbit Ray Ebron, Roberson ville, Walter Williams, RFD 1, Rob ersonville and RFD 4, Greenville, William Estes, Williamston and Basset, Va. William Simon Brown, RFD 3, Williamston and RFD 1, Oak City. Local Lions Club Installs Officers W. H. “Shag” Abernathy was installed as president and Roger Roberts was named Lion of the Year at the regular meeting of the local Lions Club last Thurs day evening. Succeeding Fletcher Thomas in the high club office, Mr. Abernathy was installed by Wheeler Manning. Other officers installed at the session for the new club year were, J. D. Page, first vice presi dent; William Clyde Grffiin, second vice president; J. W. Snead, thirds vice president; Irv ing Margons, Lion (uiner, Charles Gaylord, tail twister; Larry Hod ges, secretary, and Joe W. Grif fin, treasurer. New members of the board fo directors are D. V. Clayton and W. A. Williams who I will join George Corey, A. J.| Manning and Fletcher Thomas, j old members of the board. Mr. Roberts was chosen Lion i of the Year when his record was' reviewed, a retiring officer ex plaining that Lion Roberts had done much to promote the inter est and work of the club. He maintained the gum ball machines ' and turned over a sizable amount of money which is used to aid projects for the blind. Lion Eugene Rice was recog nized for his work in promoting pictorial publicity for the club. First Christian Church Dedicated Here Sunday Williamston's new $150,000 First Christian Church, corner of Liberty and Swithwick Streets, was dedicated debt free here Sunday morning, the event attracting an over-flow congrega tion from various parts of this and one or two other states. Piloto by Royal Studios. Mrs. Bullock Died At Her Home Near Everetts Friday —♦— Funeral Held In (!hri*tiuu Clitm-li Monday For Mrs Annie K. Bulloek Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Bullock, well-known county resident, died at her home near Everetts last Friday afternoon tit 1:15 o’clock following a long period of de clining health. Suffering a broken hip in a fail last February, she had spent almost two months in hospitals, but continued an in valid, the end coming gradually. Mrs. Bullock was born in Cross Roads Township 71 years ago on September. 5, 1882t the daughter of the late James and Bet tie Brown Keel. She lived in the Eve retts community all her life, play ing the role of a good neighbor land friend. She was a member of the Everetts Christian Church. | Shi--.Hafcb-StnUm Bullock 4'^yearsago. Survjvin^nesmrsTu-i* husband are a son, Nathan Bullock, of Eve reSts; one sister, Mrs. Martha Bullock, of Williamston, and five grandchild ren. The funeral service was con ducted in the Everetts Christian Church Monday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock by her pastor, the Rev. Henry Hillard, assisted by the Rev. W. B. Harrington, county Baptist minister. Interment was in the Robersonville Cemetery. Regional Library Head Resigning Miss Elizabeth Copeland, Beau I fort-Hyde-Martin librarian for the past five and one-half years, has tendered her resignation, ef fective September !), it was an nounced today. Her resignation was accepted wiih regret, the Rev. John L. Goff, member of the regional library board, said. Dur ing her service as librarian, the, circulation of books in the rural i areas of the three counties has almost doubled, it was pointed | out. Miss Copeland is going to | Greenville as librarian for Sliep 'herd Memorial Library, it was j learned. Tobacco Harvester Placed On Sale by Jamesviile Man [ I Invented and perfected by a | Martin County man, John Brown | Holliday of Jamesville, the Roan- j oke-Holliday tobacco harvester I was placed on the commercial market this season for the first time. The pilot machine, invent ed and made by Mr. Holliday with the aid of Machinist A. K. Rrowd er in the Browder Machine Shop here on West Church Street, was successfully used on the Holliday farms in Jamesville Township last year. The machine was also used after a limited manner season be- , fore last, mainly for tupping to- j bacco. Mr. Holliday contracted with the Harrington Manufacturing Company in Lewiston to make j the machine, and sales are pick ing up rapidly, according to re- 1 ports reaching here One of the In t maehini mai - keted was sold to O 11 Castel low, Kelly Ashell and Lewis <’ns lellow, HKD 11, Windsor, a few days ago. The ha rvo.,1 ei one i >| I he first ' evei seen in opointion in this sec lion ot the State, attracted coun try-wide attention during the har vest season last summer Mr Holliday stated that harvest op erations were Ultei rupted fro- j qucntly, that hundreds witnessed I the machine in operation. The two-decker machine has a1 tricycle-type chassis and is pow-1 ered by a 15-hoise engine | If TWO AT A TIME 1 v-—_/ Possibly for (lie t'irsl time in the history of this county, two courts were in session in the courthouse Monday at the same time. Judge Malcolm Paul, pre siding over a special term of the superior court, graciously withdrew to the commission ers’ room on the first floor | while Judge II. (). Peele held torth with the county re corder's court on the second floor. Hearing the Martin County No. X District Drain age case, Judge Paul found the quarters a bit cramped, but no complaint was heard. After Judge Peele folded his tent, the superior tribunal repaired to the courtroom. To Compete In State Contest -<*> Mis-. Oliva l,vt- Handy “Me V\' i H m 11 is I on of HIM" and dnugh mU Mi. i i ” )' * * fa’iuFy" uall i, Ninth Carolina Pageant to be held in Burlington Wednesday through Saturday Miss Handy will be accompain ed to Burlington by Miss Mary Bib Britton, who will be her ac companist in the talent contest and companion during her stay | in Burlington. Mr. Bobby Grady will be the official representative I and chaperone from the local i Junior Chamber of Commerce Miss Handy will be represent ing Town of Williamston and the Junior Chambei of Commerce arid a large number of Jaycees and friends are making plans to at tend the finals Saturday night Winner over twenty-one con testants in the local pageant, Miss : Handy will appear in evening Idress, bathing suit and will per form with the saxophone playing Whispering" She will also be i judged on personal it v and poise Miss Handy will be competing with around forty lovely ladies ; from all over the State for the j title of Miss North Carolina ol 1954. The winnei of the state pageant will receive numerous' gifts, including a scholarship, a complete wardrobe, an appear ance on the Kd Sullivan Toast of the Town TV Show , a week’s Gay at Morchcud City and a week’s stay in New York City. - Dedicate Church At Service Here Sunday Six Hundred In Attendance Upon Special Service —«— I.iiik'Iicoii anil l{rcc|ilion In Aflrriioou Allnu l Ylunv Visitors —» Under ideal weather conditions, lliv membership, accompanied by former members and friends from various parts of this and other ■ stales, dedicated Willlatnston's J new $ 1 r>0,000 First Christian ' Church last Sunday morning at j I 1 (It) o’clock, the event being re I cngm/ed as a prominent milestone i T/i Vie the local church The In t formal evenl in tin ***■ T'’.V'i. and Snuthwick Streets, was held! %\ ii.-la I! 270 gathered three for the church school service. Planned I'm the special service, i the 11:00 o'clock service program included a dedicatory prayer b,v I j Elbert S. Peel, chairman of the church board, and a special ser mon by I)r. J. Warren Hastings, pastor of the National City Chris- 1 tian Church, Washington, D. C. There was special music by a 21! member choir, directed by Mrs. W C Manning, organist-director, assisted by Mr. Russell Roebuck, j former organist for the church, who is here this week assisting in a series of services in the church. An estimated six hundred were in attendance upon the special service, and between 1,200 and 1 ,.‘>00 were present for the lunch eon which was served no the grounds between 1:00 and 2:00 : o’clock. The reception beginning that afternoon at 4:00 o’clock was at tended by several hundred who inspected the building and enjoy ed the brief fellowship. Mrs. Del la Green, Mrs. J. T Edmondson | and Mrs. J T Barnhill, Sr., pre sided at the reception table After using the topic, ’’What Means These Stones", at the moi lung Iioui, l)i. Hastings preached on the topic, “Christ Musi In crease” at the evening service, j The visiting minister will occupy j the pulpit each evening at 8:00 o’clock through Friday of this week The Williamstoti Chiisliuii Church was organised ui )!!!!!! when the State Missionary Society ; sent a minister, the Rev. Henry J C. Bowen, and his wife to Wi!-| liainston. There were ten Disci 1 pie: in the area at the time, 1 twelve including the minister and • Ills will A yi ur later, the small ' congregation began the construe 1 lion of a cbm eh home on South Snuthwick Street, the churches at 1 Macedonia and Robei sunville * lending considerable aid to tin 1 undertaking The church was 1 formally enrolled during the 1800 State Convention meeting at ' llooki i ton in 1800. At that time 1 there were fifteen members and ' W. H (Hilly) Wilson served as * church clerk and superintendent 1 _....__ i (Continued on Page Two) c HAIL LOSS \ A fairly complete hut un official rc(M>rt places the dam age resulting from hail that fell in this county on June 27 at approximately $75,000, the figure being a conservative one. Local insurance representa tives handled 238 claims amounting to $53,700. Other claims, it is estimated, boost ed the total to $75,000 or more, it is believed. The losses ranged from a small percentage up to 100 percent. The number of claims Was among and possibly the larg est ever filed by tobacco growers in flic county ill am one year. ■EhmrdrStxepiion Is Well Attended -(ft_ In uddition to several hundred local friends, the reception held m the new Christian church here Sunday afternoon was well at tended by friends from other towns in the county, State and several other states. The visitors included, Mr. A H Seat, Mr and Mrs. A It Seat, Jr., of Virgilina, Va., Mrs. Fred crick W Hoyt, and children, Fred, Jr . Allen and Helen of Smith field, Mr. and Mrs A. W Griffin, Mr and Mrs C E Worley of Goldsboro, Mi and Mrs. Carlton A I’help.- and Mrs ,1 S Mcward of Roper, Mr Thomas W Holt ol Narrows, Va., Mrs. W, A Moore of Southern Pines, Mi and Mrs. J. M Sullivan, Roger M., James and Morris Sullivan of Ahoskie, Mi K K Holding of Rich Square, 1 Mrs II 1, Austin of Kelford, i Louise Brunson, Mrs. J II. Co ward, Virginia Bell Cooper and Mrs. W. W. Salsbury of A.vden,1 Jimmy Childress of Charlotte, Mi and Mi M Stuart Duvis of Luuixburg, Mr and Mrs. Woodrow <ConUnucil >iii Page Eight) Large Crowd Al Nanning Funeral K'..iu ia! lor Mrs. !!akm Chesson Manning, 22, were large ly attended at the home of hei i parents, Mr and Mrs. Jack Ches son, near Ftobersonville last Sun- 1 day afternoon at 4:00 o’clock. M i than one hundred cars form ed the procession from the home j to Woodlawn Cemetery here. The Ilc\ K. Gordon Conklin, pastor of tin Williamslon Memorial Baptist | Chum , and the Itev. It. K. Wals- j ton, local Methodist, minister, con ducted the rites. Possessed of a pleasing person ’ alily, Mis. Manning, an employee m the offices of the J. Paul Simp son insurance agency here, was held in high esteem, the large crowd in attendance upon the last rites paying tribute to her mem-1 ory. Drainage Case Still Rugging In Second Week —*— Jury Finally Dismissed Fri day and Jiu^e Paul Is Hearing Issues The Martin County Drainage District No. 3 case i.s dragging in its second week with the promise of being the longest drawn out and most tedious and confusing cases booked in the Martin Coun ty Superior Court during recent years. A late report maintained that while no end of the case is in sight just now there was some hope expressed for completing it the latter part of the week. "Wait and see how we get along today and we’ll have a better idea of when to expect an end,” one of the attorneys in the batter of legal counsel was quoted as saj - ing. There have been quite a few twists and turns to the case. First there were the motions, followed by a battle of the engineers after a decision was reached, discarding the jury and agreeing on a point of no return. After observing Monday of last week, the court, with Judge Mal colm Paul on the bench, started work on the case on Tuesday of last week. Five members of the regular jury were retained when most of the others were found to be busy tobacco farmers. A spe cial venire of fifty men was call ed to report Wednesday morning. After exhausting all but one member of the special venire, the petitioners and respondents final ly got a jury. The jurors were dismissed to return later or aft i er more motions were argued. Finally, Friday morning counsel for the 314 petitioners and the two respondents agreed to have the jury discharged along with the I court stenographer and allow Judge Paul to hear and pass on the evidence. It was further agreed that no appeal would be I in order. The Atlantic Coast Line Rail I road Company, one of the re )•undents offered its first cvi deuce last Friday, after almost a week id almost solid contusion. »Thc last t>C. was heard Monday afternoon and the the other fespondent <n the case, , offered its first witness, Engineer Blake Lewis. He wa= on the stand I when a recess was ordered for j the day. The Coast Line witnesses, Nor thern Division Engineer Perg inill, Division Engineer Conyers, Road Master McRoy, and Section Master Dale, maintained that the Coast Line would not be benefit ed by the drainage project, that it would cost the railroad eom i pany approximately $13,000 to ! rebuild its trestles over the streams. It was stated early this mot (Continued on Page Eight) Summer Concert Presented Sunday The annual summer concert of the Green Wave Band of Wil liamston High School was present ed on the school grounds Sunday afternoon, attracting a large and appreciative audience. Since the personnel of the band fluctuates during flu summer with first one group of members and then an othei on vacation, the summer concert is always of a "pop" na ture with some confusion and a few miscues taken afc a matter of course. Director Jack Butler and the audience agreed the youngsters did a good job and some of *,t\c. numbers drew liberal applause. One encore was called for before the order to pack up was issued to close the summer's activities for a few days. The band now is to prepare loi its Fall work, in cluding football shows. While the marches were well done, the audience reaction was perhaps greatest when "There's Something About a Sailor" and "Time Out for Jam Session” were rendered in a spirited fashion. A novelty number, "Three Blind Mice," featuring Bobby Maiming, Gerald White and Victor Brown, clarinetists, also proved popular. The audience stood in a seini cirle before the band, sat in park ed cars or sat in folding chairs to listen *0 the 45-mmute concert
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