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■yH.E. enterprise is OVEE 3,300 M \RTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK _ TUF ENTERPRISE T* RFAD S¥ miiimifc• . •rr*' -iinmii.-. • OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVII—MIMBER 6H Williamnlon. Martin County. Sorth Carolina. _Thnrttduy. Aiiftntt 12, I9jj4 ESTABLISHED 1899 Operators Ready For Williamston Market Opening August 16 #>v . Hamilton Against | Proposed Changes; In Postal Service Williamston A 11 <1 Other! Towns in Line for Curtail- i men I in Tlieir Services j Acting in the name of economy,' the Post Office Department is. making extensive changes in its service schedules, curtailing a service here and discontinuing a schedule there. The net effect of the recent action is not yet de finite, Postmaster W, E. Dunn stating late yesterday that he had not been advised of all the pro posed changes, that the new sche dules are not yet definite for all routes. During the meantime, service is being reduced to an absolute min imum for Oak City, Hassell and Hamilton with the possibility that other towns in the county will feel the bite of a sweeping enono my move. It was reliably learned that service over the route from Ply-1 mouth is being curtailed and that the route from Rocky Mount to Plymouth is being discontinued. Ordinarily, the carrier running from Plymouth to Rocky Mount reaches here about 9:30 a m., and the carrier from Rocky Mount to Plymouth reaches here about 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Post master Dunn yesterday afternoon did not know how the new sche dule would offset the curtailment of one route and the discontinu ance of another. However, the postmaster expressed the opinion that the service will be improved. The highway post offices, op erating between Raleigh and Nor j> meeting point. Hie being timooli- j * tinued. They are being replaced j by another highway post office which has been let to private in terests. Robersonville and Par mele are being added to the high v, u> office -sehed'wiie vvtndi is to be maintained effective next Monday between Rocky Mount and Elizabeth City with extensive laterals to include Stokes, Wash ington and other towns off the di rect route. The new highway post office route originates at Rocky Mount at 2:15 o’clock a. m„ seven mor » nings a week and makes its first * stop at Conetoe. It comes on j (Continued on Page Six) -<D Organ Recital In Everetts Church A program of sacred music will j be given in the Everetts Chris tian Church on Sunday night, , August 15th at eight o’clock by : Gene Barnes, baritone, and Rus- ' sell T. Roebuck, organist. Mr. Barnes is a native of Wil son and for the past several years has done extensive study in New York where he is now living and ! working in the musical field. He | is a graduate of Atlantic Chris- , tian College in Wilson and is a former member of the chancel ! choir of the First Presbyterian j ^Church in that city.. Mr. Roebuck, son of the .ate i Sheriff and Mrs. Roebuck of Eve retts and Williamston, is the min ister of music and business man ager of the First Presbyterian Church in Wilson. He is also a graduate of Atlantic Christian College and has served as organ ist for several churches in eastern Nor»h Carolina. The public" ,s cordially Invited to attend this program. MESSAGES Special messages appear in this edition, the business firms all combining to extend the farmers of this section a hearty welcome to sell on the Williamston Tobacco Market. The messages, which, after all, make this edition possible, are designed to advance the general interest of the mar ket and Us patrons. Read the messages and understand that the business people of the town are supporting the Wil liamston market and that they are interested in the wel fare of all. VV illi&mstoirs Newest Toiiaeeo W arehouse Experienced F irm At jN ewW arehouseHere Reynolds F amily And Two Brothers Operating House -:»> Owensboro, Ky.. Firm Ptir rhattet* House From King Robert* Only Recently Purchasing the “New Deal” to bacco auction warehouse recent ly completed here by King Rob erts, Messrs. Bethel Reynolds and his sons, Marson and Eugene, of Owensboro, Kentucky, will op erate the large house in coopera tion with Messrs. J. M. and C. Garland Smothers of Reidsville. Coming to Willi; iston for the • 4,,;;..*.. tXR3J.'r-~tV;.- wesv ! -i>p„. I < .-ators are new to this immediate '■ territory, but they are old in the business, all ,,f them having lit erally gi wn up in the tobacco business. The smothers Brouters, duiio ing a record of good will as able! tobacconists, have operated wan -1 houses Ui then house. town of, Reidsville, N. C., Live Oak, Flor ida. Tifton, Ga., Dunn and Carth age in this State and Owensboro, Kentucky. They Reynolds group form an effective combination when it comes to selling tobacco. They have operated houses in I their home town of Owensboro, Ky., Jasper, Florida, and Way cross, Cjeorgifl. The quintet is making a strong bid for tobacco, having employ- | ed an able and efficient working force throughout the organiza tion. C F. Perkins, on this mar ket at one time, will be in charge of the office as bookkeeper Casey Elks, experienced in the business, j is general manager. Mr. Elks and | Mr. Perkins are coming here from Greenville. Irving Manning has (Continued on Page Six) Band Rehearsal Set For Tonight —♦— Although a successor to Direc- j I tor Jack Butler who resigned re cently. h.'is bH tertar s'givci **«• • jwilliamston High School, «. re hearsal of the Green Wave Band will be held tonight at 8:00 in the band room, it was announced yesterday. Authorities have been working j for two months to secure a new i director and much correspondence j : has ensued but no tangible results: had. been announced today.t. . _ J j Ordinarily this would be a busy j S season for the band since the foot | ball season is only about a month away, and even less if a game is j secured for September 10 which \ is at present an open date. The i first currently scheduled game is j at Tarboro on the 17th of next j month. Jointt Laboratory Staff In HoM/iital Thin Week Mr. S. J. Jamieson of Asheville joined the laboratory staff in Martin General Hospital here this week, succeeding Mr. Cochran who has accepted a position near his home. Mrs. Jamieson, a regis tered nurse, has joined the nurs ing staff in the hospital. They are at home on East Simmons Avenue. f- 'S INDICATIONS j V / Late in harvesting the crop, Martin farmers are expeeted to offer limited quantities of leaf tobacco for sale during the early days of the season opening next Monday. A fairly large offering is ex pected the first day, but de liveries are likely to be light during the next few days. Limited to 60 percent of ca pacity, the market will sell possibly a maximum of 200, 000 pounds opening day. Prices are expected to hold to about the last year’s open ing figure. The market last year on opening day sold | 365,590 pounds for an average of $.53,60 pe*4k*.VMhTft ijUVOTife—i Will Seek Ban On County Carnivals Led by a group in West End, j rifuens it this county <<tc f-x-J peeled to appeal to the State Leg- j islature to ban carnivals from this county forever and ever. The proposed action was discussed j this week following an argument j over the blocking of streets in; West End where a parnival is playing an engagement. The issues surrounding the ar gument are quite unusual, and the action has not been challenged. Learning the latter part of last week that a carnival planned a | week’s engagement in the rear | : portion of the old fairground, West End residents blocked their | streets. It wois the residents’ con- ! tention that the streets are now | in town, that the highway com- j mission refuses to maintain them. The residents also pointed out that they are responsible for the maintenance of the streets, that they hold deeds to the streets. It was also explained that heavy traffic during dry se'asons con stitutes a dust menace, that the | streets will not stand up under heavy traffic during rainy per iods. An entrance to the carnival grounds was provided off the Mc Caskt/ lOud. Acknowledge Aid In Preparing For Tobacco Edition Many Interesting Karls Vre Uncovered During Past Few Months The publishers take this op portumty to acknowledge the co operation and express their ap preciation to all those who aided in preparing the material for this tobacco market edition of The Enterprise. Descendants of Doc ton Warren Bagley have been most helpful along with quite a few' others, including Miss Mat tie Russell and Mr Mix of the Duke University Library, Mrs. Margaret Price of the State Lib OPERATING J Tlie Coastal Lumber t om n- .<»w newest Industries, started operations on a limited scale at its new plant this week. plant is located on the old Biggs Farm just off the new highway truck route and hack oi the Martin Tr.nioi and Trurk Company’s new hiimc an tite by-pSKfi. The company is buying lumber of all kinds from the mills and preparing it for the markets. New Construction Valued At Three-Quarter Million New construction—residential I 1 heree-quartei s of a million dol lars in value here last year, ac cording to figures released by Building Inspector G. P. Hall. Fifty-two homes were either completed or started duijng 1953, l 1953, carrying an estimated value of $303,900. The unit construction costs ranged from an humble figure of $1,000 up to $20,000. Most of the homes fell into the $5,000 to $7,000 value classifica ! tion while ten were valued at ! $10,000 or more Seven new commercial build ings were constructed here during the period, including a $110,000 storage house. The commercial units included several stores, of fice building, filling stations, J beauty par lor, building I fish market and so on. j Comparatively lew repairs were made to either residential or commercial property, according to the building inspector. Per mits were issued for repairs to i sidelines costing $11,000. Re pairs to commercial property was estimated at $8,500. According to the inspector, a total of $704,050 was spent on re sidential and commercial con struction, including $19,500 spent for repairs The building program was one of the most extensive ever re ported here in any one year, and is expected to hold close to the record. However, much building is now in progress here. The com bined record for 1952 was estimat eri at Judge Peele Has Sixteen Cases In Recorder's Court —— , Fines* A«l«i U|> lo $3 10 Dur ing Short Session Mon day Morning Jurist' H. O. Peele handled six teen eases in the Martin County Recorder’s Court during a two- j hour session last Monday mor ning. The coitrit completed its work and adjourned at 11:30 o’ clock Fines were imposed in the amount fo $310. Proceedings: The case in which Columbus! l,i I ley. Jr., was charged with speeding 65 miles tin hour was nol pressed. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Sprivil Winston Casper was fined $100 and taxed with the costs. He loses his operator’s license for twelve months Charged with operating a mo tor vehicle without a driver’s li cense, Fannie Lee Peel was fined $25, plus costs. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the court costs in the case in which Murl Edward Sadler was charged with speeding 50 miles an hour in a 35-mile zone. Pleading guilty of speeding 70; miles an hour, John Zych, Jr., was| fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, William Henry Harrell, teen-ager, plead ed not guilty. He was adjudged | guilty and was sentenced to the j roads for twelve months. Notice I of appeal to thi appeal given .1!.' >■ superior court quired. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost m the "case in wlu'cif Donald Moore was charged with the improper regis tration of a vehicle J B Woodard was taxed with the court costs for speeding 55 »*vcik-'‘ Li<i Pleading guilty of violating the liquor laws, Emmett O'Neal Tho (Continued on Page Six) Five Big Warehouses Will Be Open On Market This Season Full Complement of Buyers ' For Local Tobacco Market Thi' Williamston Tobacco Mar-j kct has ben assured of a full com plement of buyers for the season opening next Monday. While it ts possible that the market will share buyers with another mar ket during the first three or four | days, every one of the major com panies and numerous independent firms will be represented, it was announced. Most of the old buyers are re i turning, including one or two who I have been out for a few seasons. Mr. Arthur Beal, well remember- \ | ed on the market here in past sea sons before illness forced him into temporary retirement, is return i mg to the market and he will represent the Washington Tobac co Company, Lori Hard and W 1. Skinner Companies, in addition , to handling several independent accounts. Mack Lamb, on old stand-by on the market, is re turning tor the American. Joel Muse will again represent the Export. A. C. Monk of Farmville will be represented on the ma'rket by Bruce Roebuck. Alec Jones will return for the J. P. Taylor i Company and several independ- j cuts. Reynolds will again be rep resented by Roger Dillon. Jakie Bell will be back for Liggett-Mey ers, and Larry James, Jr., will again represent the Imperial. Other companies have announced ; they plan to be represented on the market here, but definite assign 1 merits had not been released early today. The buyers, well known to the farmers of this entire section. , have proved their ability and have | | always shown an interest in the j I market and its patrons. Noble Gesture Made In Town's Interest DENTIST A voting man. believed to have just recently completed "1 his school and training, is considering locating here for the practice ut dentistry, ... cording to iniorination com ing tram the Boosters' office today. The 4ltPt'l»r (tdvised *“ WageflEi' liraHy that he planned to visit the town ear ly next week, that he was much interested in locating in Williamston. No name was revealed. Big Job Begging For Applicants Contrary to tin- rule, a bin government job is going begging in ibis section for applicants, ac cording to information gained here tills week. It was unofficial ly learned that a $10,000-a-year position in the Agricultural Con servation Service is waiting and begging for an eligible Republi can. The job, it is understood, is to have its headquarters in Ra leigh. At least two applicants in this county are after the job, but they have just about been ruled out, according to a report received here. It is admitted that the job has a limited field to choose from in ; this county Patriot Lends A Helnina Hand To KM « ../»- ■ ;f...■»««** > * »•-—^ Railroad Project Dot-Son W, iu|«T«*sl <mI lii I lit* Profjroww Of His Nnii\i* Villairi' Many men have contributed to tVlC^Voitai'e (II Riel! and took the lead m the march of progress, but one of the most no ble acts ever advanced in behalf of Williamston and Martin Conn ty was uncovered in the diary of the late Docton Warren Ragles*. 1801-1878, The Williamston and Tarboro Railroad Company had encount ered many obstacles, involving manipulations bv carpetbaggers, and the struggle to get the road through must have been disheurt ening. Mr, Ragley rendered a service and was tendered a $10(1 fee, according to the following letter address to Mr. Bagiey; "Secretary’s Office, Williamston and Tarboro R R Co., Williamston, 5 July, 1809 “At a meeting of the Board ot Directors held this day the fol lowing resolution was unanimous ly adopted: '• ‘Resolved tliiil D W Bagley, Esquire, in consideration of his services as Commissioner and in the organization of the Rail Road Company, hr* allowed one hund red dollars, and (hat upon the completion of lln R’sid he receive a free ticket to travel over said j Road for life •Jos. 1) Blues, Secretary.” Mr. Hanley's reply, expressing true pa'riotism and a keen in terest in his native village anil county, was addressed to the com pany directors under date ol July I 7, 1869, and reads as follows: tContinued frostt f ag Six) i • Ci vil War Diary Ol Docton Warren Bagley 1st Installment Martin County people have played a patriotic part in all wars Jr-am through the K.oiean eonllict. Many of the stories have been handed down by word of mouth, day. From time to time such ex Warren Bagiey’s Civil War Diary was found in Duke Library where it had been placed by relatives more than half century ago, the document giving bare facts— some good and some bad—and listing many names, some Having been lost to posterity and others having remained to grow in num ber. The publishers of this paper had the diary photo printed, and the first installment appears to day. From time to time sues ex planations as are possible will be offered, but, in the main, the diary is to be published just as the old patriot jotted it down. The diary tells about contribu lions, volunteers, (rials and 1 ■ i bulatiorus, traitors and refugees. | While the diary us recognized a., rtiiiT'ISOKf 'historical source do Uu Civil War as it relates to Martin ! County, unfortunately Volume | II is not to be hod. It has been j said that Mr. Bagley, then about ] t;2 years of age, became so criti cal of the way the war was run i and was so bitterly outspoken I against the Yankees that relatives | destroyed the second volume as a I safety measure. Telling of a meeting of patriots) for thi- first time, Mr. Bagley, un der date of Williamston, April 19, 18(11, wrote, as follows: There was a meeting of the citizens called at the courthouse to take into consideration our defenseless condition against the Northern foreign mercenary j horde led on by a fiendish fanati- j j cal hate in obedience to that tool1 J of a black-hearted Cabinet at j Washington to lay waste out Sou them States, who, while they held j out hopes of peace, secretly gar- | m tilled ui.rd f iil targe I. r'f slid' munitions all along our coast The meeting was addressed by j the Hon. Asa Biggs and others, and the following subscription was opened to raise funds for equipment, etc.: The undersigned promise to pay to the Treasurer which may be [heard after appointed by the vol i unteer Company to be formed in , the County of Mai tin, the for j maltori of which is commenced t this day, the sums opposite to our j names for the purpose of arming j and equipping said volunteer i company. Theodore Hassell was appointed secretary and to solicit recruits with Dr. Knight D. W Bagley was appointed t»easurer. The following persons then sub m i ibi d as follow:-;, viz: R Biggs, $100, D. W. Bagley, $50; W. H. I Carstarphen, *25; Stand ley Fug 1 f;;n : , $5, J Knight, $15;'W. H. j H&rrell, $10; J. H. Ellison, $10; W W Andrews, $10; Samuel Rogerson, $25; A. C. Williams, $5; J. R Stubbs, $50; C. B. Hassell, j $25; S. R. Spruill, $100; J. D. I Biggs, $100; Miss Helen M. Slade, $200, and Abner S. Coburn, $25, making only $755. (This subscrip tion, described by Mr. Bagley as "Only”, was just a beginner. In les than a week, approximately $10,000 had been pledged, and a $10,000 had ben pledged, and a $10,000 bond issue was in the making. The financing of the County Volunteers and the care of their families will be reviewed in subsequent installments. In the second installment, the diary tells about the formation of the Martin County Regiment and re solutions adopted by the citizens). | Hassell Supports The Cancer Fund The small community of Has s. 11, prompted by members ot , the Homi Demonstratu^i Club, j raised $25 for the 1954 cancer | fund, as follows: | P C. Edmondson, $5; Robert j Haislip, $1; Joe Haislip, $1; Elmer 'Edmondson, $1; Dewey Edmond | son, $1; E. K. Edmondson, $1; Wiley Goodrich, $1; J. W. Eu banks, $5; Woodrow Purvis, $1; Dallas Purvis, $1; Janmbal Pur vis, $1; J. E. Etheridge, $1; Ernest Edmondson, $3; H. J. Haislip. $3; Lynette Haislip, $1; ither contri butions, $5. Full Complement 01 Buyers To Be Here Opening Day All Detail* llainlletl Ami Tin* Market I* Set For A Bifj Season Operators of the Williamston Tobacco Market are all set for the opening of the tobacco market here next Monday. Ail details have been handled for the event, and the market is preparing for what promises to be the best sea son in its history. Certainly, the market is better prepared than ever before to serve the farmers of all Northeastern North Caro | lina. Five big houses will be open j on the market here this year with , recognized authorities in charge 'of the operations. All personnel has been employed, the warehouse i proprietors pointing out that the auctioneers, floor managers, of j fice men and general managers are all experienced in the busi I ness, that every indication points i to an effective operation. A large new warehouse, “The New Deal”, is opening on the I truck route or by-pass here this year in addition to the four hous ; es that have been operated for a | number of years | The same proprietors are again I—' t.1 Vv - ' ^ II Dixie and Planters Warehouses, ' i and the Farmers and Carolina j Warehouses At the Carolina and Farmers houses. Messrs S.~Claud Griffin, Jimmy B Taylor, Leman Barn rhtiF»iuul Lilh will again. be in charge Harold Hutchinson ' ,>f ;c\s!!..( ■ -y,',; iy. rMurnmg m auctioneer. Dewey Perry and Henry Griffin will manage the flood operations and Arthur Re vels will be general manager. El bert Tice will handle the books, assisted by Clarence Stallings and ’ S LeRoy Griffin. Messrs. Carlyle Langley, Urbin ’ Rogers, Johnny Gurkin and Ros sell Rogers will again be at the ; Roanoke Dixie and Planters hous ■ es Duel “Speedy” Wilson, a form ’ er employee on the market here, is returning from Scotsvilie, Ky., Fas auctioneer. Mr. Wilson was on ’ the Rocky Mount market during (Continued on Page Six) Club Directors Hold Meeting f The monthly meeting of the Williamston Lions Club Board of Directors was held Tuesday night at the BWCW cabin. Lion George Corey served the members a I charcoal broiled steak supper. I The main business concerned im proving the attendance record of the club. Lion Pr< odent Shag Ab ! ernathy pointed out that the club now holds an Midi attendance re cord which is above the national average. Every effort will be made to get the average to 90 percent for the coining year, j Means of-furnishing additional Christmas cheer for the blind was : also discussed. The Lions Club ‘ '.; - a ru—dse.nV£Ve!in.{r. ... | Thursday night at 7:00 in the 1 scout building. --—-"\ INDEFINITE J j I V, Plans for handling tobacco sales on the markets in this belt are still indefinite. Other than that the sales will be held, little is known. Since quite a few of the Georgia markets are expected to close tomorrow, it is pos sible that the smaller mar kets will not have to share one set of buyers the first few days, meaning that sales will be held as usual. Sales, how ever, are to be limited to sixty percent of normal, or 1,320 piles to one set of buyers.