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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER S,$M 'MARTIN* COUNTY ^FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 “ - over s,mr^KCRtrs, 'mww * FAMILIES TW»CE EACH WEEK Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 30, 1954 VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 77 ESTABLISHED 1899 Notify Forty-Six Men To Report To Induction Center Two Of Thirty-Seven Men Passed Preliminary Test September 8 1, Forty-six men, nearly all in this county, have been notified to report next Monday, October 4, for pre-induction tests in Ra leigh. They will leave the county at 7:00 o'clock that morning and travel to Raleigh in a charter bus. One of the forty-six men, Juni us Dale Walser, a member of the local school faculty, was trans ferred in by his local board in Lexington, N. C.. for the test. Ten of the forty-six men are white. A final induction call is pend ing for October 19 when five men are scheduled to report. According to unofficial but re liable information, only two of the thirty-seven men reporting September 8 for the pre-induc tion tests passed. Most of those being called have made trips to the examination center on previ ous occasions. Names of those scheduled to re port for the pre-induction ex aminations next Monday are: White Gus Gurganus, Williamston, John Daniel Price, RFD Jamesville, Joseph David Cratt, RFD, 2, Williamston, Samuel Davit! Stalls, RFD l, Roberson vi lie, George C .Griffin, Jr., Williams ton, •He/.ekiah Scott, Hamilton and Scotland Neck, Virgie Ray Casper, RFD 1, Oak City, and Roosevelt Lucas, RFD 1, Oak City, and RFD 1, Robersonville. Colored John Willis Mobley, Jr., RFD 1, Roberson ville, Williamston anti Pottstown. Pa., Judge Thomas Bunch, Oak City, £ Russell Ampley, RFD 1, Rob ersonville. Jasper Williams, Jr., Williams ton, Kdwairi Fa rlv Gray. RFD 1. Jamesville and Plymouth, Ellie Jones Davis, RFD 1. Oak CAv and Baltimore, * Dan Carr, RFD 1, Oak City, and Washington, D. C., Orange Sid Harris, RFD 1, Oak City, Charlie Lee, RFD 2. Williams ton, Eddie Watts Brown, Jr., RED J, Williamston, • Milton Green, Hamilton, William Roy Taylor, RFD 2, Roberson ville, Frank Pittman, Hamilton, Charlie Harrell, RFD 1, Pal myra, Milton Lyons, RFD 1, Williams ton and Philadelphia, (Continued on Page Eight) Wreck Two Stills In Martin County Raiding in widely separated areas, Martin County ABC offi cers wrecked two illicit liquor dis tilleries last Tuesday. The first of the plants, equip ped with a 50-gallon copper ket tle, cap, worm and other items, was wrecked in Bear Grass Town ship The second plant was found in Goose Nest Township off High way 125 between Oak City and »*Hobgood. It was equipped with a 50 gallon copper kettle. Four em pty baiv«fe n't'fe 'he. first plant, and the officers pour ed out 200 gallons of mash at the second Tuesday night. frFtraa ResnleBi • Is Badly Burned Eugene Andrews, former local resident, is slowly improving form serious burns suffered near New Bern last week, according to last reports received here. A patient in a New Bern hospital, the voung man was said to have eaten his first meal yesterday follow ing the accident on Tuesday of jttst week Andrews, employed by his bro | ther, Donald Andrew's, was work I ing on a power line when he came [ in contact with a wire carrying [2,300 volts. He was critically bur ned on one arm, side and leg, it was said Aerial Photo Of Martin Farm Home ■m THBBr —“■'X The “mystery ' farm picture, the 10th in a series, looks a bit familiar, and is be i lieved to be on Highway 125, but the aerial photographer seems to have had a gift for slipping up from the rear to take tile pictures. Readers are asked to help identify the picture, the original of which may be had by the own at this office. The picture last week was that of Farmer Rufus ! Taylor at Gold Point, and was identified by Gene Johnson. Plans Go Forward For Annual Fair Patrons of the annual Martin County Agriculture Fair, which will be held here during the week of October 25, are assurred of top notch entertainment according to John Hatton Gurganus, man ager of the event. On Monday night, the Melody Masters, a local male chorus di rected by Mrs. Ed L. Grady, will take the stage at 7:15. Tuesday night will be set aside for a col ored amateur show, while the white amateurs will take over on ■fP.-Jo ..dat «■<*’>**»» The Sunshine Boys, a vocal group with a large following in this section, will provide the show at 3:30 p. m., and 7:15 p. m., on Wednesday while Friday will he "Grand Old Oprv” day when Con boy Copas and the Oklanouia Cowboys, noted radio stars from Nashville, Tennessee, will pre sent afternoon and evening shows. Saturday night will be Jam boree time at the fair when an array of TV talent from Green ville’s WNCT will take the stage for a period of fun and frolic. All of these acts are covered by the $1.00 season tickets which are good for an admittance to the ex hibit building at the New Caro lina Warehouse at any time dur ing the week. For the carnival touch, the Greater Virginia Shows have been booked again, and will be set up in the vacant lot adjacent to the warehouse from which there will be free entrance. Gurganus stated that premium ! books, which list approximately $1500 in prizes for farm, home and school exhibits, are in the ! hands of the printers. These books j will be distributed to all mail I boxes throughout the county with the exception of those served by city carriers. The fair manager also reported that practically all commercial booth space has been sold, and that present indications are that these exhibits will be among the finest ever seen in this section of the state. Go All Oul For Fire Prevention -- , October 4 to 10 has been desig nated fire prevention week for i woodlands along with the fire prevention week fm other prop (Kgpwr-f V 4 V* - -W— ■— i wj ■ by John H Wiseman, President of the Southern States Forestfire Commission, Inc. School teachers throughout the South, and also civic club speak ers are being asked to explain to their listeners how a few moments with a brush top by a teen-age school boy can stop a forest fire which iss alowed to run might de stroy thousands of acres of timber acreage before a ranger could ar rive w ith equipment. "The reason for the need of vol unteer aid in fighting woodland fires is that so many start at the same time, which makes it impos sible for a few fire wardens to reach all the burning areas in time", the local conservation of ficial asserted. f FIRST MONDAY v_ ■> > Other than the handling of routine duties, neither the county board nor the town board of commissioners have little business on their calen dars for discussion at their regular meeting next Mon day. The county body is to draw a jury for the special term of Martin County Superior Court in November and ap point a tax collector for the next year. "We have nothing on docket for consideration except rou j Cobb said, reporting for the town boafd which meets at 7:30 o'clock that evening. To Open Sweet Potato Market The Carolina Yam Distributors j will open the market here next Monday with enlarged facilities, j it was announced this week. The organization has increas ed its plant to handle an addi tional 20,000 bushels of sweet po tatoes, placing it in position to offer a better service. Highest market prices will be in order. Special arrangements have been worked out for the storing of growers’ potatoes. The manage ment welcomes inquiries. The market will remain open daily from 7:00 a. m„ until 6:00 p. m., during the entire marketing ■season. A successful season is predict ed for the market here. I Native Oi County Promotes Project N. C. Hines, native of the Oak City community, is holding a pro minent place in promoting a Ca ribbean ferry system, according to a story appearing in the Miami Herald a few days ago. In a letter calling attention to the part Mr. Hines is playing in the two million-dollar project, J. R. Davis, formerly of New Bern, said, “He (Hines) has done a terrific job in organizing the ♦ • r* mi Hi. in Hi * IL-•• nvniort i***g0*%j&. *■* >«*.«*»*• Reb. it R. Reyn-..Iu.s is president of the line. The first of the fer ries, costing $600,000, made a trial run last week and will maintain I regular schedules to Cuba and l several Caribbean islands begin* nm0 October 4 at Key cWst. Mr Hines left this county, went I to Raleigh and later to Washing j ton where he was with the Fed | eral Bureau of Investigation. He I moved to Florida about two years ago, presumably to retire. He be came interested in the ferry proj ect and took a leading part in organizing the company. ——-..—— 7'i» Use Memorial Projector For First Time On Sunday .—^ In connection with the Albe marle District Christian Youth Fellowship which meets in the I First Christian Church on Sunday | afternoon at 3:30, the president, j Miss Delia May Goff, announces j that there will be a picture "The I Beginning" shown. This will be i fhe first picture shown on the new IS. W Manning memorial projec tor. Predicting Higher | Price For Peanut; Crop This Season1 Competitive Bidding O n The Open Market Is As- j snred For 1951 Crop , Ahoskio.—There will bv a re-1 turn 1n price competition which will push ti.e price for peanuts] above government support pric- j es .at,th.e.-cooperative warehoi^ S. W imaek Lee told members of the Peanut Growers Cooperative Marketing Association here. Womack is manager of the as sociation office in Franklin, Va., and was speaking at the first an nual membership meeting of the organization. Womack based this prediction on the lack of carryover of Vir ginia type peanuts this year—the first time such a condition has prevailed in several years—and the fact that crop shortages exist j in Texas and the Southeast. The Peanut Growers Coopera tive Marketing Association, oga ! nized last year and merged with i the Growers Peanut Cooperative, is the peanut growers organiza tion through which government price supports for peanuts are maintained in Virginia, North Ca rolina, South Carolina and Ten nessee. Tin- cooperative operates warehouses throughout the area for receiving farmers’ peanuts and advancs Commodity Credit Cor poration loans to farmers who choose to market their crop through the cooperative. The co operative also engaged in milling ■ operations last year through con tract for the facilities of the Ber tie Peanut Company at Aulander. ' William V. Rawlings, who ser ved the new organization as pre sident and manager during the period of organization, reported to the membership that hi- could assure them that the first year’s . although final audit of the books has not bzeen completed. Because of the indicated short supply of peanuts this fall, coupl ed with the indicated competitive demand among tie mills for all the >).? I” (Continued on Page Eight) FEWER FARMERS The Ik S. farm population decreased by 789,000 in the past year and by 3,200,000 since 1950, the Census Bu reau reported this week. The report says farmers now arc 13.3 per cent of the total population, compared to 14.3 per cent last year and 10.0 per cent in 1950. This drop in farm popula ' lion, the report adds, “con ;! tinues the long-time down ! ward trend." It would have serious results in a depres sion, because it increases the competition for industrial | jobs. Civil War Diary of Docton Warren Bagley Installment 15 (Bad news from the war front ! was recognized, but citizens of the county came right back to plan a patrotic arade and volunteer for service in the militia, according to Mr. Bagley. The 15th install ment fellows): Saturday morning the 31st of Ifltil, brought us the cer tainty that Fort Hat torus and Fort Clark had to surrender to 1 the enemy, being badly prepared : with fortification, but few guns | and of short range, particularly «^|| Waft * ’V-.vV giving out made it imperative to surrendei which they did after engaging and keeping the whole Lincoln fleet at bay for eighteen ; \ hours. Our soldiers fought to the! I last to every disadvantage and i | never would have surrendered if their amunition had held out. Upon hearing this sad news, Col. S. W. Watts issued his orders this afternoon that the Militia! turn out on parade tomorrow at 11.00 a, in . in the town of Wil liamston with 2nd rations (double portion) with them and with the best arms they might have. Sunday, the 1st day of Septem ber, witnessed a patriotic response to the call of their Colonel, and I should suppose there were 1,000 persons in our little village, and sunn- 500 in ranks. After marshal ing them some little they were addressed by Colonel Watts, Judge (Asa) Riggs and others. Volunteers were called for to go anywhere where danger threaten ed our soil, the intention being to march at once to Washington County and there act in concert with their volunteers and militia 1'j n.yev"1 >m V f>orn com ing up the river, but having re ceived a letter from Col. E. W. Jones of Washington County, say ing our force was not needed at present and that he would give -;/• <■}<*>&£]..tV Of1 Si.. he had his men under arms and the Videt Guards from Tyrrell would give the alarm when dang ler approached. (It is apparent that ! after the fall of Hatleras, this isection expected the Yankee gun boats to mov into the sounds and rivers, including the Roanoke). “Consequently the militia and volunteers were discharged, the j volunteers to meet on Tuesday, ! September J. and the cavalry on Thursday, the 5th. 'Names of the volunteers m the i infantry: "John R. Lanier, A. J. Daniel, J. L. Knight, J. R. Robason, Hy man Peal, Jason Tice, William Wyatt, J. B. W'hitfield, Alexander Rawls, S. D. Everett, J. L. Eve Tit, G. D Robason, M B Stalls Alfred Mi/.ell, John Moore, Out law Gurganus, Henry Bailey, H. H, Lanier, J. B. Robason, W. G. Whitfield, “Noah Biggs, M. G. Lilley, H. T. Rogers, Jonathan Caraway, Wil liam H. Williams, H. W. Griffin, J. C. Whitaker, B. F. Lilley, J. D. Price, Me G. Cooper, James L. Godard, John D. Biggs, O. C. Lipscomb, Nutlian "Wfn'ffi'pad*; i Lewis Powell, J. C. Gctsinger, i John P. Ebron, Robert Ward, W. D. Glisson, J. H. Ward, “Simon S. Perry, Joseph II. 1 aid, J. L. Coary, Henderson Har rison, William Bond, James . Lynch, Laniel Wainwright, Loten Gardner, Daniel B. Mann, Wil I ham J. Lanier, Thomas Yarrell, Rei bin Boweri, W. A. Robason, IW. H. Reddick, George Gurkin, “T. W. Sexton, Levi Edmundson, W, A. Ellis, George L. Roebuck, J W. 11. Johnson, Calvin Boyt ! (Boyette), Reuben T Edmondson, James Hurst, John W. Harrell, T W. Johnson, Hosea Herrington, William F. Hoard, Benjamin Clark, R. J. Rawls, William E. j Coultrain, “Joseph A. M lore, Christian C Bach (Beach), Joseph Coarey, John W. Manning, Richard E. i Clytry J E Gibson. G W Hardi .son, Turner Peal, John W. Swan ner, Joseph S. Williams, Edgar Smith wick, James A. Beasley, William B. Taylor, Simon Perry, C. C. Lewis, J. N. Griffin, Dem psey Mizcll, Hyman Browning, W. S. Modlin, Bryant Wlynn, ‘‘John R. Purvis, Simon C. Dan iel, Henry ft. Manning, Will;e J. Hoard, J. B. Lee, Kelly Green, TVi'i.-a (Beriya) -C: Wttrd-%i4b| Sallinger (possibly Stallings), Joseph H. Olivet, Joseph B. Step henson, H. E Li I ley, S. D. Ward, H. T. Hodges, J. S. Peal, R. E. I Chaneey, John D. Powell, J. G. : "John R. Lanier was made cap- I j tain, A. J. Daniel, 1st lieutenant; J. L. Knight, 2nd lieutenant, and J. R. Robertson, 3rd lieutenant. (Clingmun's Brigade, tilst Regi ment, had moved into this sec tion from the west, and the vol unteers were included in Co. H of that command, apparently). I (Mr. Bugley notes in his diary i that the list is not quite accurate, 1 that some of the volunteers back led out, and the company was re | organized). (In the next, the ldth install ! ment, Mr. Bagley lists the Cavalry I volunteers, and offers a statement i from the War Department, deny ing responsibility of reverses in North Carolina) Action Delayed On Three Proposed School Projects proposed ulUMMiUau of three,. high school gymnasiums at James ville, Bear Grass and Oak City j encountered what, appear to bej insurmountable obstacles at the! opening of contract bids by the! Martin County Board fo Educa tion in a special meeting Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. When the bids were tabulated, the costs of the three proposed projects exceeded available funds by about $45,000, and that, brief ly stated, is the main obstacle staring the education board in the face. While the bids have not been rejected, it fairly certain that the program cannot be handled just now in its entirety. It is possible for the board to accept bids on two of the three projects, but de ciding which two is the second big obstacle. It was suggested that two projects be named by a hat drawing. No such action was con sidered by the board members who are studying the problems. I The 4Y,:Ar ;:hidx '•)' the projects 1 were announced as follows: Oak City, $45,262; Bear Grass, $45,760, and Jamesville, $45,734, or an av erage of $45,023 if the contracts were let on a combination basis. The combination bids, excluding wiring, plumbing and heating,! ranged from a high of $144,000 down to $108,000. W. Ci. Dunn of! Greenville was the low bidder on the general contract. Dick's Electric Company was low with a $4,485 bid on the wiring. Howell Plumbing Company was low with an $8,000 hid on the plumbing, and R. E. Deans was low on the heating contract with a bid of $14,583. The plans call for widening the three gymns and adding about 30 feet to the length of the present buildings. State fire regulations require masonry walls when the building space exceeds 4,000 square feet, meaning that new buildings would have to be built under the existing roof, plus ad ditional roofing at each building. Tobaceo Sales Pass Nine Million Pounds t f SALARIES J Nearly $100,000, represent ing the first month salaries, was paid to the teachers, janitors and bus drivers in the Martin County school system 1 yesterday. Of the amount, $8,758.00 was paid from local funds to vocational teachers. Regular teachers and other employees ;j in the system received $88,- j '04.00 fiom the State (and. ' « t** .*0 ■ \ »<* f ■ *-.y 4 r »*,.< % 4-*n ■■ it was learned. Funeral Held For { Mrs. Carstarphen ■ ■. j Funeral services were eonduct ed in the Biggs Funeral Chapel j On West Main Street Monday af-1 ternoon at 4:110 o’clock by the Rev. R. E. Walston, pastor of the First i Methodist Church, for Mrs. Eliza I : Bennett Carstarphen who died in ! her sleep at her home on North' ! Smithwick Street here early Sun I day morning. Interment was in the family plot in Woodlawn Ce 1 metery. , The atendancc upon the ser j vice was large, attesting the high! esteem in which Mrs. Carstarphen | was held. Surviving are four sons, Messrs. C. D„ W. II. Bryant B. and Sut i ton Carstarphen, and one daugh ter, Miss Mary Carstarphen, all of | Williamston; a grandson, W. H. | Carstarphen, Jr., of Williamston; i one sister, Mrs. Alon/a Hassell, of I Roanoke Rapids. Prices Continue At High Figure On Market Here \\rragc Fur The Season To Dale Pushes Above The Fiflv-Five Cent Mark • -«— | Tobacco prices continue to hol«l to a high figure on the Williams J ton Tobacco Market, an official - > v'SWfiwdifc.MI *3 v’c | terday right at $03 pet 1 tut nit oil j pounds. I! was the second highest \ daily average chalked up so far J this season. The volume of sales hys c* vtndl ed liotru since the fust of the , . cl',,- - farmers exploiting that they arc finding it necessary to slow down their tobacco market | ing to devote their time to the peanut harvest which is getting under way on an extensive scale ! this week. Yesterday, the market passed the nine million-pound mark, and a sizable sale is in progress today. Up until this morning, the market had handled 9.018,450 pounds, the | average for the season to date j climbing above the 5-cent per ' pound figure to stand at $55.0(1 per hundred pounds. On Septt .Tiber 110 of Iasi year, the market had handled 9,243, \ 738 pounds for an average of $58.93. The market went on from that date to seil tin additional | two million pounds. It is believed 1 that the market is in line to han dle more than twelve million pounds this season, and sonic ob servers arc of the opinion the total will push on toward the thirteen or fourteen million pound mark. The average price to date is trailing that for the correspond ing period last year by $3.85 pci hundred pounds. Although the av erage this year is lower, numbers of farmers say they are receiving more money per acre for their tobacco than they got last season. The crop is weighing more to the : acre in some few instances, and 1 $1,200 per incomes are fairly num erous. .Quiti^ifew farmers in this un have completed the 1 marketing of their crops, and pos sibly 75 percent of the poundage j had been sold in this section. The I market is drawing tobacco from ever before, and the new business is expected to send the total I poundage to a new all-time high this season. Ui Ilium a tun \ uuth t.Inb W ill ISot Meet Saturday -<1 Due to the fact that the Green Wave Band will he attending the Duke game in Durham Saturday, the WilUamston Youth Chib will not meet on Saturday night this week. The club w ill meet on the following Saturday night at the regular time, 8:00. All members are asked to be present on October 10 to finish the business of organizing the club and setting up the coiistitu- ] tion and by-laws Superior Court In Final Session Of Term Here Today Few (iane Cleared from the Civil Calendar Since Last Monday The Martin County Superior Court is folding its tent today, marking the close of a two-week term. Last week criminal cases were cleared from the docket. This week a few actions have been removed from the civil cal endar, including a number of di vorces. Trials of the civil cases handl ed this week were drawn out, and attracted little attention. The court was working yesterday af ternoon with only one spectator around. He was Ahc Spruill, a kind of professional attendant upon the proceedings of one tri bunal after another. Proceedings not previously re ported: In the case of Glen Toler in which he was asking about $400 damages against John H. Carson and Bernard J. Johnson, the plaintiff recovered nothing and was taxed with the cost. Defen dant Carson filed a counterclaim, and he recovered nothing. An order was issued by con sent in the ease of F. F. Pollard against. Eugene Roberson, nam ing D. G. Modlin for Joe M. Dres baek, surveyor. In the case of T. G. Griffin against J. F. Flanagan, a bound ary line was involved, the plain tiff asking $100 damages. After working on the ease Tuesday af ternoon, the court was advised yesterday morning that the de fendants would yield, j Seeking to recover on a note I from W. T. Smithwiek, the Stan dard Fertilizer Company was giv I en a judgment in the sum of j $448.80, with interest from June L1A JU50. The col-. *■* tarted hearing the | ease of Harrison Oil Company against L. M. and Clyde Williams, I the plaintiffs seeking to recover $1,170.48 on account. It was said the aeeoiin! was not disnuted. blit 1 !•»<1 —».<■*?»<«»■»•/ >.£"4 V «- xi- •iJti J.-ia. * i ' ■ tamed that the account was owed, by liis-ds. ,Htw«r:',!Phr-/v.I’jrTJoJ'ttffi-* ■ease at 11:30 this morning. The court immediately called the ease of W. C. Hopkins against | Standard Fertilizer Company, i leaving only two other cases on 1 the calendar for consideration I during the current term. I Ann Scott, by her next friend, 1G. C. Whitley, is suing Virgin Scott for alimony without divorce. The case attracted a goodly num ber of witnesses and a few spec tators were waiting in the court room at noon to hear the proceed ings. A settlement was believed in the offing in the case of Josiah Brierlev against Laurence L. Rhodes, the plaintiff suing to re cover on an account. The court is set to adjourn for the term late today, but if any of the remaining eases are long drawn out, adjournment will come late, it is believed. Dentist Opening Offices Tuesday Dr. Edward F. Wright, Jr., is | opening an office in the Man | ning building here next Tuesday j for the practice of dentistry The offices have been remodeled to meet the requirements of the doc [tor and his patrons. A native of Wilson, Dr. Wright practiced with Dr. J. M. Kilpai {l ick in Robersonville for four j years before making plans to io I cate here. He is known to many I patrons in this and adjoining ~.~mr t0 ' ***• [Minor Accident On County Road No one was reported injured and property damage was limited to about $200 in an accident on Highway No. II about three quar ters of a mile from Oak City yesterday morning Brooks Mills was making a turn off the highway with a trac tor nad trailer when four Cherry Point marines plowed into the trailer with their car. The trail er was wrecked, but the load of ungraded tobacco was not damag ed, according to reports reaching here.
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