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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY ^ OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TW^CE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 70 Williams!on, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, Septan:bar 7, 19o4 ESTABLISHED 1899 Town Officials in Regular Meeting ‘Here Last Night Special Session Held Friday And Another Scheduled This Afternoon Williamston town officials art going into regular and special! huddles day after day. tackling | special problems and handling I routine duties. Little in the way j of concrete action has been re ported so far at any of the ses i sions. Following a special session last Friday, the commissioners held their regular monthly meeting fast night and handled routine busi ness. This afternoon at 3:30 o’ clock, the authorities are sche duled to meet again to consider a special problem relating to the town's water supply. Representa tives of a well company and ge ologists are tentatively schedul ed to meet with the board, it was learned. At the meeting last evening, the officials were advised that the paving program is creating new problems as it advances. Convinced that water, moving I rapidly off Smithwick Street, Halifax Street and School Drive; Is washing private property, the j officials agreed to share the cost | - of tiling a ditch near the intersec tion of Simmons Avenue and School Drive. Fenner Respass, retiring on ac count of declining health after thirty-five years in the business, surrendered his taxi franchise at the meeting, and a franchise was granted James Everett. The board agreed to open the taxi field to, one more operator provided action j j is taking on a pending application. ; L Just now there are twelve taxis t operating here. t Treasurer C. M. Cobb reported ; r 112,521.79 cash on hand, including I J $5,509.75 in !he sewer rental fund, i parking meters and the sewer L ® rentals added up to $1,026.20, the j ^ treasurer explained. So far $32,- i 389.95 has been collected in 1954' ^ town taxes. j , Pointing out that the block on j Main Street between Haughton ; gnd Elm Streets is rapidly de- [ ■teloping into a business district, J Mrs. J. G. Staton suggested that the main thoroughfare be widen ed and trees cut down in that block. It was also suggested that ' K block on South Haughton from Main to Railroad Street be widen rd. _ The promiscuous use of rifles W|n town was pointed out, a prop erty owner declaring that win dows in her home had been shot j eut. The board renewed a $5-a-year j rental agreement with the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad Company. |t was again pointed out that about twenty feet of the mumci (Continued on Page Eight) File Large Sail In Federal Court Operators of the New Deal to bacco warehouse here went into federal court at Washington last Friday, asking treble damage in the sum of $300,000 and injunc tive relief alleged due them by the operators of the Carolina, Farmers, Roanoke-Dixie and Planters warehouses. A. hearing in the case is sche duled before Judge Don Gilliam in chambers at Tarboru Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock. The plaintiffs, Bethel, Marson and Eugene Reynolds and J. M. and Garland Smothers, allege a restraint of trade, and are asking that they be aHoted 37 1-2 percent of the first and second sales, bas ed on floor space. At the present time, the new house is allotted one-fifth of the selling time and a first sale every fifth day, the sell ing time and sale schedule being based on the unit system. The complaint, naming opera tors of the other foul houses and members of the tobacco board of trade, was filed by Attorneys Cri teher and Gurganus. UNDERGOES OPERATION Although he was resting better late yesterday, Mr. Joe Godard continues quite ill following an operation performed in Duke Hos pital last Friday. He is expected home within the next ten days or two weeks. Aerial Photo Oi Martin Farm Home The aerial photo, the seventh in a senes of mystery pie turns taken lot this papit b> ■J ‘ it photographer working on a special assignment, is a bit puzzling and could be li.ud to ulci til> ■ It looks a bit familiar, but the photographer did not know the owner and our readers ate dsk( d to help identify it. 'The picture appearing last week showed the home and premises ot bat met James R Williams on Highway (14 near Gardner’s Creek in Jamesville Township. Original photographs may be had by the*property owners at the newspaper oil ice at cost The Williams pietuie was, identified by Little Miss Marie Bland, Messrs. Floyd Moore, LeRoy Godard and quite a lew otheis. Large Drop In Enrollment In County Colored Schools A marked decrease and one au-| un ities are at a loss to immedi- j tely explain was reported in nrollment figures reported in the | lurteen colored schools in this | uunty for the current term as1 ompared with early figures re orded for last term. According to reliminary reports, enrollment igures in the colored elementary i hoots are 289 below the coui^y .-*» e? ... —-.ivH Vt?HI it >. /Mil oiifiitTiiTTBBw. ncreased in the three colored igh schools from 638 to 699, a ain of 55. As of Monday, this i/eek, there were 3.889 children moiled in the colored schools as compared with 3,4(33 enrolled in the white schools in this county. ,| Just about every one of the col ored schools reported enrollment losses. Dardens was consolidated with the school at Jamesvillc. and one eighth grade sections, assign ed to Williamston last year, was ieturned to Jamesvillc this year, the move partly accounting for the loss of 53 pupils in the Hayes .‘(/(‘ikiat.rMmMtfH’'1 -HVt As of Monday there were 7,352 pupils enrolled in all the schools in this county. A comparison of enrollment figures follows: Williamston Oak City Parmek Biggs Rodgers Williams Burroughs Robersonville Everetts Gold Point Hamilton Salsbury Whichard Jamesville Dardens ‘Dardens consolidated wi 1954-55 Total Ele. H.S. Total 1047 693 301 994 536 333 206 539 413 232 166 418 166 132 132 149 146 146 95 97 97 97 63 «3 442 373 373 251 229 229 121 118 118 220 212 212 214 169 169 140 119 119 118 260 260 114 * 4123 3196 093 3889 at close of 1953-54 term. 1953-54 Ele. H.S. 753 284 355 161 250 163 166 149 95 97 442 251 121 220 214 140 118 114 3485 638 th Jamesville ROUND-UP The crime front was pack ed with activity in this coun ty during the past week-end, the jail record showing fif teen arrests during the per iod. Eight were booked for public drunkenness, two for speeding, and one each for drunken driving, assault, larceny, bad check and in vestigation. Five of the fifteen were young white men, and the ages of the group ranged from 22 to 45 years. Noted Minister Will Speak Here Dr. Donald F. Ackland, Editor of The .Southern Baptist Maga MweiiMsi 'i’juwwt1 &>'_fes SpS'SEgTSTtHTMUSSBadP Church tomorrow night at 8:00 p. m. He will speak on “How Southern Baptists Appear To a British Baptist.” Dr. Ackland was born in Lon don, England and from his ear liest years was associated with the Baptists of that city. In 1928 he became the Editorial Secretary of The Christiafi, an old establish ed religious magazine In 1946 lie resigned and ma'de his first visit to the United States. In 1949 he returned to accept his present position. Dr. Acklyd is here as the fea tured speaker for the Roanoke Associational Sunday School Pre Victory Rallies, and the public is urged to hear him speak. Boy» Hold Numerical Idvantofic In School The boys hold a numerical ad vantage in the local schools, but the advantage is mighty small. A report lists 457 boys and 430 girls in the elementary school, and 140 boys and 169 girls in the high s'ehool, giving the boys a four man lead over-all. The first grade has 136 pupils, a gain of one over last year. County Board In In Short Meeting Monday Morning Tax (lollwlor Rc|mi ls !{«•«• onl (oiled ion* (hi Tilt* ( urn-ill Levy 6ther than handling routine business, the Martin County Com missioners had very little busi „V<’' l;‘!'7 elation al the regular monthly meeting Monday. Tax Collector M L, Peel made the big news when he reported that approxi mately two fifths of the current fiscal year taxes had been eol leeted, that the collections wen I running between $15,000 and $110, j 000 ahead of collections for the i corresponding period of 10511 The collector said that about one thousand or about one-eighth of the taxpayers had paid theii accounts for the current year Ac cording to the report filed will" the commissioners, $179,1129.25 ha: been paid on 1954 tax accounts For the tax year of 19511 then is a balance due of $26,801.74 dui „n the $4011,077.1111 levy. The 1951 ! tax report shows $13,1110.86 dm on the $1193,582.02 levy There’: an unpaid balance of $8,705.89 dm | on the $370,939.90 levy for 1951 and $4,108.10 remains unpaid oi j the $335,462.01 levy for 1950. Acting on a petition presentee I them, the commissioners recoin mended for black topping a roat in Griffins Township, beginning near Smithwick Creek Churcl land running southerly to thi j Beaufort County line via thi | home of Mrs. Mary Bet Hodge i and others. I The board appropriated $1.00(. (Continued on Page Eight) Enrollment In Wititt1 Schools j i A .slight downward trend was eported in the early nrollment igures in the eight white schools n th's county, according to pre iminary reports filed with the loard of education office. Most of he decrease is centered in the elo nentary schools while most of the arger units reported gains in heir elementary totals with one txceplio t. L: st t ear there were 2,599 en •olled the first few days in the sight white elementary schools ind 874 in the five white high schools. This year the totals fel lo 2587 or a decrease of 12 in the elementary schools, and to 878 ii the high schools, a gain there ol tun 'tliidi'iits. A quick review of the figures; of the 1953-54 end 1954-55 terms' shows Jarnesville losing nine in the elementary and two in the! high school; Bear Grass held its own in the elementary depart- j men! and went on to gain thiee in. the high school; Williamston 1 gained 22 in the elementary andj 14 in the high school; Roberson-1 ville gained three in the elemen tary and lost eleven in the high | school; Oak City gained five in the elementary and lost two in the high school; Farm Life lost six; Everetts lost fourteen and Hamilton came up thirteen short. These figures are subject to change when late-comers finally get their names on the rolls. I Jamesvilk' Boar Grii^s Williamston RobfTsonvillu Oak City Farm Liti Everotts Hamilton 1953-54 Elc. ll.S. Total 326 114 440 231 83 314 865 301 1166 471 242 713 222 134 356 131 131 180 18!) 164 164 2599 874 3473 1954-55 Ele. H.S. Total 317 112 429 231 86 317 887 315 1202 474 231 705 227 132 359 125 125 175 175 151 151 2587 876 3463 Four Accidents j On County Roads In Recent Days I\o Out* Injimul Bmlly Ami Property Loss Held To About #1,600 No one was badly hui t and | property damage was limited to I an estimated $1,000 in a series ot automobile accidents on the high ways in this county during the past several days. Driving west on Highway 04 be tween Parmele and the Pitt Coun ty line, Edward I. Clayton, as -tn control of his 11)49 Plymouth and vVTd chon» lost 1 the machine turned over. Clay ton and three passengers were not even bruised, the investigat ing patrolman said. Damage to the ear was estimated at $000. Driving east on Highway 04, Lt. j Gordon Roger Jacky of Durham lost control of a 1952 International carry-all truck and the machine | turned over, coming to a stop on its wheels. He suffered a few bruises but was discharged soon after an examination in Brown's Community Hospital. Damage to the truck was estimated at $500. Bill Mobley of RFD 1, Oak City, was driving north on Highway 125 toward Hobgood last Friday afternoon and was making a left turn just as Demetrius Papdopu los, Murine, started to pass in his 1040 Bunk No one was hurt. Damage to the Buiek was estimat ed at $150 and repairs to Mob i ley's 1951 Ford piek up will cost about $150, according to an esti I mate offered by the investigating i patrolman. | Sunday morning about 11:00 o’ clock, Clarence Pate lost control I of his 1949 Chevrolet at the Dan j lel-Staton Mill road intersection jon the route running from Holly | Springs to Farm Life The ma ! chine turned over and no one was i hurt. Damage to the ear was esti | mated at $500 PAYINC 1 j Started last Thursday mor ning, the town's quarter mil lion dollar paving program is going forward rapidly. Sev eral streets have been surfac ed, and the pavers arc expect ed to catch up with curb and gutter work within possibly a week or ten days. They'll take a leave of absence then and return poxsibly in early October. Curb and gutter will be laid next on Rhodes Street at Woodlawn Cemetery. Work is progressing rapidly on the highway truck route, but no date for opening the route has been mentioned. Elmo Bennett, 50, Died Last Frida] Elmo Bennett died in Duke lies pi la 1 Inst Friday evening at 5:31 o’clock following a long pcrioi of declining health, llis condi lion worsened about three week ago and he entered the hospita week before Inst for treatment. The son of the late James an Suthe Harris Bennett, he wa born near Williamston fifty year ago, and lived in this county a his life He spent most of his lif on the farm, engaging in loggin work much of the time. He ha niade his home with the June boys in recent years, and wa with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin June near Jamesville until he entere the hospital. Services were conducted at th graveside in the old Bennett ci melery near Williamston Sunda afternoon at 11:30 o’clock by th Hev. Grover Everett, pastor of th I.ewiston Baptist Church. Surviving are four sisters, Mi Eva Myrick of Roanoke Rapid Mrs. Charlotte Chambers of Pet torsburg, Va.; Mrs. Cecil Britto of Lewiston, and Mrs K O. Cat sey of Elizabeth City; two broth ers, Jimmy Bennett of Norfoll Va and Irvin Bennett of Lewi; ton? Civil War Diary of Docton Warren Bagie) Installment 8 I (Mr. Bagley listed the volun | teers in Company A and men i tinned the passing of Captain Cle I menus' Company C down the river ] from Hamilton en route to Hat teras on June 5, 1861. In the cur W!PTOh*ii}ften*ora V'ioi„ v.rtmM-eT [company in this county). “Williamston, N. C. "June 17, 1861. “Another Volunteer Company i having been formed as follows, and offered themselves to the I Governor in the following man ner and terms, viz. "To His Excellency, Governor El lis, "We the undersigned having formed ourselves into a Company 'of Volunteers, hereby tender to I you our services during the wai4 ! now existing between the United States and the Confederate States j i of America, and pledge ourselves j to conform to the rules and regu lations that may be adopted by the Company and War Depart | ment. 1 * "Our Company stands C of the I Martin Volunteers and is known by the distinctive title of 'The j Bagley Guards’ "We have this day elected our officers which resulted in the! choice of, "Richard W Rieves, captain; JAmildK. UvuWont.'. St . v..oa, mm J. R. Mizell, third lieutenant; Eu gene Burras, first sergeant; T A. Pollard, second sergeant; Joseph Taylor, third sergear*; John Tay lor, fourth sergeant; "And pray you receive u.s arid commission the same at once.”* (There were 88 volunteers as of June 17, but the numbei was increased to 83 on June 24 when the company was holding a drill , At the first .sign up, Mi Bagley ; noted in the diary, “The above all sigix^d before me or made then mark in my presence and under by observation”. S D Ward re signed and Eugene Burras was promoted to second lieutenant to fill the position, and Henry A. Girkin succeeded Burras as first sergeant). The volunters arc listed in the! diary, as follows: R. W Rieves, N. B Fa Ran, S. j D. Ward, John R Mi/ell, Eu- j gene Burras, Thomas Pollard, j Joseph Taylor, John Taylor, Janies G. Tweedy (fifth sergenat) i Henry H. Tweedy, While F. Tay- j leu...Ann A Peel' TRmiuvv. v- 1 mrr y/mi., ,y 'Wwi-W;!1 m/ij' Standly Whitaker, Edmund Mar-1 tin, William Bateman, Spencer, Gardnei, Daniel P. Ballinger, Henry W. Holliday, William Jolly,! James W. Coltrain, Joseph J D. Webb, Allen As kew, Bailey Craddock, Wiggins j Gardner, Win. H. Hardison, Al bert Richards, William Best, Noah C.'owen, William olley, Jr., James It Ourgant s, Noah T Gurgari ns, Richard 'Flicker, McGilbra Wynn, Tilmon Ayers, William Daniel, Henry Barber, Allen Aus born, Jasper Lerry, Asa Hardi son, F M. Craddock, Henry D., Taylor, Noah Asby, Jesse Beach, James B. Leggett, James L. Keel, Josiah Taylor, William Belanger, Richard Hamilton, James A. | Simpson, Ashly Modlm, Eli Gur-j — genus, Adolphus S. Cobur James Allied Modlin, Cotton Rei sons, Asa Brown, Arden Rose son, Franklin Simpson, Win II Sexton, Joseph Vai horn, William I! Robason, Will Hardy, Luke Hopkins, Seth Wi liams, William C. Russ, James 1 Keel and D J. .LUky “■w.fippwrflr flSii-iW June 17, Mr. Barley noting tin fifty of them were unable to rea or write, that they merely mac a mark by their names. On Jui 25, the following signed up): William W. Mizelle, Noah 1 Robason, Asa Sinithwiek, Job Cowen, Henry A. Girkin, Hard H. Mizell, William A. Bland, Wi liam Ross, William E. Bailey, ! B. Harrison, Edmund Harrisoi William Simpson, Seth William William R Mizelle, Joints 1 Wynn, Thomas B Wynn. (In the next installment, Ni !J, Mr. Bagley catches up with h bookkeemg as treasurer of til volunteer fund, and goes on t list the free Negro men and ai extended their families while th men were in volunteer service Report Heavy Sales On The Market Here I STORE CONTRACT ~1 ] s_,__✓ A contract has been let to * a Richmond firm for the construction of a large build- 1 ing for Colonial Stores at the J corner of Kim and Main i streets here. The amount of , the contract was not disclos ed. Construction work is to get under way within the next ten days or two weeks and is lo be completed in about ninety days, it was learned. William Roebuck Died Ai His Home Saturday Horning iFuiHM'iil llcltl Sunday In j WYsl End for Well-Known i Farmer-Citizen William Robert Roebuck, well-' known retired farmer-citizen, I died at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Ophcus Price, on Park. Drive in West End here last Sat urday morning at 9:30 o’clock. He had been in declining health about three years and seriously ill following a stroke suffered twoj weeks ago. The son of the late Edward Hak er and Mary Elizabeth Leggett Roebuck, he was born in Cross Roads Township 74 years ago on April 11, 18B0. After spending his i early life there on the farm, he moved into Bear Grass where he • continued to farm until he re tired three years ago. He had made his home here with his I daughter for about one year In early manhood he was married lo Miss Dora Corey who died in f 1»44 He was a member of the Cross Roads Christian Church for many years, and was held in higli es I teem by all who knew him. He I led h noble life a»d was a thought . ful neighbor, playing the role of . a true friend to his fellowman. I Besides his daughter with whom he made his home, he is (i survived by three daughters, Mrs. s Marvin Cowin and Mrs Elbert s Rawls of Williamston and Mo I Miles Poland to Bluefield, West , Virginia; one son, Vernon Roe , buck, of Rocky Mount; four bm | (hers, Lewellyn Roebuck of Til s lory, Dan Roebuck of Hamilton, s Leon Roebuck <d' Washington and s! Leggett Roebuck of Hassell; three I sisters, Mrs. John W. Green of I near Williamston, Mrs Bud James [, i of Purmele and Miss Mamie Roe buck of Robersonville, and five (. grandchildren The funeral service was con , ducted at his late home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by thi Rev. P. E Guyton and tla Rev . John L. Goff Interment was n the Peele family cemetery in Beai i Grass Township Jamesville Calls Fire Deparlmenl Williamstun's fire ik'partmi'ii 1*1 volunteers were <•;»Ilt*»I out at 4:2t Monday afternoon when tire de stroyed a storage house and tlirea toned other buildings, includiiq the Walter Brown home in James ville. Origin of the fire and tin dam age could not be determined im mediately, but the loss will rui only into a few hundred dollars according to one report Neighbors and other friend: j-ti-tv"1 t" the tvno.e and kept th< mounted tank and special puni| could be moved from the Gaine: and Kirkman mill to the scene bj a tractor. The special equipmen was used in knocking out the fin which was under control when tin Williamston fire-fighting equip men! reached there. It was reported that mechanica trouble delayed the Jamesville fire truck in reaching the fire. Rubersonville’s fire deparlmen was ailed out last Friday mormni when a trash fire went out o control and caught an out-build ing on the Best Fleming fain near Hassell. The firemen savec an adjoining building but one structure with a car shelter at taehed was burned. No estimate on the damage could be had. Prices Stronger roday Following Downward Trend 'iiiokin': Leaf Of Orange Type Showing from SI To S I Increase Salt's mi the local tobacco mar set, following a holiday yes ter - lay, are pushing on toward the hree and one-half million-pound nark today. It is estimated that ight at 400,000 pounds of tobac co.are on the floors here today, re ports from tho early sales point ing to a stronger price structure :>ver last Friday when some grades were down as much as $1.00 per hundred pounds. Smoking leaf of the poor orange type was up as much as $4 per hundred, but leaf of fair lemon was viown $1 last Friday along with some primings. Best thin non-descript was down $1.50 per hundred, according to the market ing services. The holiday yesterday saw to bacco roll in in quantities with the possibility that the market will run into a block today. The sale last Friday was the largest of the season. A report show 370, 022 pounds were sold for $ 190. 708, an average of $51.40. There were large quantities of poor quality tobacco offered, including heavy tips. Up until this morning the mar ket had sold 3,045,538 pounds for $1,020,718, an average of $53.41 per hundred pounds. Although deliveries were being made early today, the market is expected to eleai the block to morrow. Following is a U. S and State Department of Agriculture report for the marketing activities in - the entire belt for the past week: | Eastern North Carolina flue cured tobacco sold for about the same average prices by grades last week as for the week before. The Federal Stale Market News Ser vice leports volume of sales was fairly heavy. Quality of the to i haceo was slightly lower. Gross sales for the week end ing September 5 amounted to 42, 643,627 pounds and averaged $52.47 per hundred. This average was down 65 cents from tho prev ious five-day period. The volume (Con- »n d on Page Eight) Truck Caravan To Come Here Friday As stated by Williamstun’s In ternational Harvester dealer, manage! Harvey Baggett of Mar tin Tractor and Truck Company, the International Better Living Motor Truck Caravan will arrive at Williamston Friday morning September 10th. The program will begin at 10:00 a. m., with a parade through the city to be followed by' an all day open house, during which time the entire Caravan will be on I public display at Martin Tractor Truck Company on the new high* | way truck route. According to Mr. Baggett the Caravan is made up of a cross i section ol the most complete line ot motor trucks and refrigeration | equipment in the world. There will be .i transcontinental freigh . ter which towers elevel feet ill . the air, dump trucks from the ■ smallest to the largest, fire Irueks, :; jv wheeler; giant moving vans., II mobile, trucks with automatic transmissions, and many others plus a complete line of household refrigeration and air conditioning 1 units. The star of the Caravan is the new International R-100 PickUp. Everyone is invited to drive tilts truck m the K-100 driving contest. Valuable prizes will be awarded I lo those who can drive the farth i est distance on 1 10 gallon of gas, : as checked by electric gas met ers. There will be door prizes, re i freshments, music, and helium i filled ballons for the children. Martin Tractor & Truck Com pany management cordially in vites everyone to attend the Cara | van showing Friday of this week.
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