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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B? OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNT? • FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TW»CE EACH WEES VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 79 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 7, 1954 ESTABLISHED 1899 Twenty-Three In Recorders Court JH. O. Pecie Impose* Fines In Amount Of 8230 Monday The speeders had their day in court again last Monday when twenty-three were charged with making haste at clips ranging from fifty-five miles an hour in a truck to ninety miles an hour in a car. Judge H. O. Peele# im _ posed fines in the cases in the amount fo $230, only a few of the defendants escaping with nothing but court costs taxed against them. Proceedings: Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost when Hil ton Eugene Clark of RFD 1. Rob ersonville pleaded guilty of driv ing 50 miles an hour in a 35-mile zone. Claude H-. Ellison of Newport News was fined $25. plus costs, for speeding 75 miles an hour. Pleading guilty of speeding 7C miles an hour, Bernice Vernice Myles of Rochmond Hill, N. Y.. was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. John Edward Sickles, mow ing'em down at the rate of 75 miles an hour, was fined $25, plus costs. He is from Maysville, Kentucky. Charged with speeding 55 miles an hour, Joe Mobley of RFD 2, 'Williamston, was taxed with the costs. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs when James Alex Ellis of Smithfield, Va., pleaded guilty of speeding 55 miles an hour in a truck. Pleading guilty of speeding 70 miles an hour, George William Cobb of Norfolk, John Wiley Reese of Swanee, Georgia, and James Arthur Connolly of Mia mi were each fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Charged with speeding 80 miles an hour, careless and reckless ® driving and operating a motor ve hicle without a driver’s license, William Quinley Carraway of >>guilty and was servfenceir^^^Wc roads fo sixl\ days. Robert Evans of Greenville was * (Continued on Page Eight) Department Gets Call To Everetts » 9 Williamston velunteei firemen were called out yesterday morn ing at 1:45 o’clock when aft auto mobile fire threatened the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bullock in Everetts. Damage was limited to the interior of Mr. Bullock's Fol d auto. Mr. Bullock drove the auto into the carport about 11:30 o'clock I and retired. About 1:30 o'clock) he heai d the horn blowing and j looked out to see the fire leaping almost to the ceiling of the car-1 port. The gears were engaged and the owner of the car could not get to the shift lever. '1 could not push the car out and it seem ed no one would ever come to help," Mr. Bullock said. When it looked as if the fire would spread to the home, a call for the fire de partment was made. During the meantime, neighbors heard the call for help and they pushed the machine into the street with the aid of a truck. a. - Two Local-People Hurt In Accident Mrs. John R. Peel and Mrs. Joe tnay Corey, lore! lesldents, were painfully but believed not seri oiusly injured in an automobile W accident on Highway 64 near Co neto last evening about 6:00 o’ clock. Mrs. Peel suffered a sprain ed ankle, bruises/ and shock, and Mrs. Corey suffered bruises and possibly a cheek bone fracture. They were hospitalized in Tar boro overnight, and are expected to return home today. Mrs Peel was driving home when another motorist left his side of the road and crashed into ^ the left front and side of her 1953 Pontiac. Both Mrs. Peel and Mi's. Corey were thrown out of thg car. Both cars in the accident were said to have been damaged beyond repair. Aerial. Photo Of Martin County Farm Home The mystery farm picture this week looks a bit familiar, and is thought hi be m the Smith wick's Creek section, but the publishers will have to wait for official identification from readers. The picture is the eleventh in a scries taken by an aerial photographer at random over the county a few weeks ago, The picture last week was identified as the Everett farm where Johnny Holliday lives on the Hamilton-Williamston road. Original photographs may be had by the prop perty owners at the newspaper office. The Everett farm was identified hv Miss Sarah Raynor. Farmer Sells His Tobacco Crop for $1335.36 an Acre By D. W. Brady Assistant County Agent Mr Samuel Clark who lives near Robersonvilie on Mr. J. T. Powell's farm sold 2210 pounds if Dixie Bright 101 tobacco per acre for $1335.30 per acre on 7.3 icjes. Mr. Clark says he is not ready for any new varieties of to bacco that he is entirely satisfied with Dixie Bright 101. His crop last year did not do bad either. He said he sold 1970 pounds per acre for W 17-7 -per--acre in 1953. He related hi* general operation if his tobacco crop: His rotation consists of peanuts, corn and cot ton and tobacco. Mr. Clark says MO < ,-p( < , I " V 1 ’. i k MS ' bacco behind Cotton best corn. He planted 2.8 acres of cotton this year in a rotation and made 1520 pounds lint cotton plus 300 pounds of seed cotton. Mr Clark makes over 2000 pounds of! peanuts per acre in his rotation. Mr. Clark says he planted his; tobacco in 3 1-2 feet rows 20 inch es in the drill on April 27th. He plowed three times leaving his to bacco on a bed or ridge. He likes to top his tobacco medium low and begins topping when he first sees the button, going over the topping operation about four times before completing the job. H»' keeps the suckers pulled and says this is very important to making weight and quality. Mr. Clark stated it is very important to leave this variety of tobacco on the stalk until it is dead ripe or until it looks like it is fixing to bum and then pull the leaves that are ready —to pull otherwise will cause it to cure “slatey”. His tobacco averages about 5 IPMOfe' "lght after ti pped The nature of ills soil is medium j sandy loam type. On this soil he used 1200 pounds of 2-9-6 with no top dressing. Several other farmers have said they have pro duced more pounds per acre and i sold tobacco for more dollars per | acre this year than they have ; ever done. ! REGISTRATION I vj Kooks for the registration rf new electors for the Nov ember 2 election will be open ed in the thirteen precincts in this county on Saturday, it was announced this week by C. D. Carstarphen, chairman of the Martin County Board of Elections. The books are to remain open on the following two Saturdays, but registra tions may be handled by ap pointment on other days in the week. Little interest is being shown in the coming election in this county, and a small registration is anticipated. Those who have registered for previous elections wi|l not find it necessary to register again. Painfully Hurl ~ In Car Accident Fied Gilbert Cherry of RFD 1, Williamston, was painfully hurt in an automobile accident early yesterday morning on the u'ad running from the Eason Lilley home to the Holly Springs-Farm Life road. It is possible that he suffered a fracture of the left shoulder • Cherry was riding with Wilton Laverne Godard of 1832 Bramble tor. Avenue, Norfolk. Godard lost control of his 1941 Chevrolet in a curve and ditched the machine, causing about $200 property dam age. The two victims were unable to get out of the car until help pass ejl that way about 6:00 o’clock yesterday morning. Godard said the wreck happen-1 ed about 1:00 o’clock Wednesday j morning, and Cherry’ gave the time as being about 3:00 o'clock that morning. I Split* /, ffi 0/n‘ii With Power Skill Saw Here Cecil Bowen, working on the j new Colonial Stores building, cor ner of Main and Elm Streets here, opened about a five-inch gash in his right thigh yesterday j morning. The wound, more than an inch deep, was closed in a lo cal hospital and the victim left for his home on the Prison Camp road. Joe Vance Noye Died In Hospital Early Yesterday Kinirrul For Well-Known Toluiccoiiigl Tomorrow In Koliei'Koni i I It* Joe Vance Move, widely known tobacconist, died in a Greenville hospital at 7:li0 o’clock yesterday morning following a brief illness. Hi- had been in declining health for some time, but he continued active and completed his day’s, assignment with the New Deal I warehouse in Williamston Tues day. Taken critically ill late that night he was removed to the! Greenville hospital about 2:30 oVInrkjd^^^ ’>out five horns Mr, Mo.ve was born in Pitt County till years ago, the son the late Josephus and Martha Ann Smith Moye. After spending his early life on the farm, he entered the tobacco business and located in Robersonville about forty years j ago. In addition to his work here on the tobacco market, he operat ed warehouses here and in Tar- ; boro, Robersonville and Georgia, and was recognized as an able judge of tobacco and an expert ( warehouseman. He was a mem j her of the Reedy Branch Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife; three daughters. Mis. R. J, Langley and Mrs. Dell Gray ol Robersonville and Mrs. D< nnis Marlowe of Dela ware, Ohio; one son, R J Move (Continued on Page Flight) Civil War Diary of Docton Warren Bagley Installment 17 (Mi. Bagley, writing under vari nus dates in September, 1801, made the following entries in his diary): Tuesday, September 3, 18<il "The Volunteers met agreeable to order, but before the meeting °* drill, it was proposed and ac cepted that a public met ting be O'..ilotvl Pia.aj t*. hear 'he report of Captains Lanier and Moore who had just returned from Plymouth, to which placi they had been sent the night pre viously for information, th<Jr re po:! being ••erideroo’ aft'T U irig the meeting to order bv ap pointing D W. Bagiey, Chairman, and W. T. Crawford, secretary. "Mr. Hassell, Judge Biggs, Capt. Moore, Capt. Lanier and. others addressed the meeting “It was resolved as we felt in-1 sec ure from the want of concert of action and the alarm in Wash ington together with the apathy and alien feelings of many that we would dispatch Captains Mooie, Lanier and Me Ison to learn every particular respecting the enemy's location, strength and so forth, and to visit Roanoke Island and learn from the com mander at that point every par ticular and to tender to him our services as he might direct at any time. "It was learned and with plea sure that the noble General llayes 1 had sent tom s forward to the re lief of Hatteras, but arriving too late the forces fell back to Roa noke Island where they are forti fying themselves "Captain Melson declined to i make the trip to Roanoke Island, and the other two (Moore and Lanier) leit^^imt 4:00 p. in Sep ' tember :i ^ Sunday. September 8, I Hid "Messrs. Moore and Lanier re turned and reported having been to Roanoke Island where they O ‘ f .. dO C'd ,Vi i„,.: ,;!C I nf a force of some 1,000 Geor gians arid some laborers who were engaged day and night throwing up works of defense, but they were short of provisions arid the laborers were few, having been sent preipitably for the aid of Hatteras, but being too late to take part in the fight stopped at that plaee and went to work to! work to prevent the enemy com-fi mg iarther up our sounds. "Messrs. Little John and Short report an expedition from Ply mouth going down with provis ions and laborers. Tuesday, September 10, 1801 On the eve of a meeting being! held here to obtain supplies and I hands for our friends at Roanoke Island we learned that large sup-1 'plies had been sent from Bertie, Washington and other counties, j Learning such gratifying news, I we gave up the sending for the present, knowing it would be en dangered there if taken by the foe, and that in due time we too would do any and everything laid in our power as necessity or their com fort demanded. tVedneyhiv _nn.i Captain Jordan Walker muster ed his Cavalry Company, through on foot. Friday, September 14, 18(il "The Governor having ordered, O' rather 'hi Adjutant CL-;.: rat, tie: sheriffs of the seveiai coun ties to collect and forward to him at Raleigh all the old Slate mus kets, and he (sheriff of Martin County) having collected about 100. is about to send the muskets to Raleigh. "When by a called meeting for the county in the courthouse with I). W. Bagley serving as chairman and C B. Hassell as secretary, it was unanimously resolved under our pressing necessity of defense I that we retain aid muskets, be ing entirely without defense with! an unprincipled enemy nearly in | our midst, and from whom we have to expect the scenes of plun der, rape and so forth enacted in Virginia and elsewhere, if not met| at the threshold of every attempt: upon our waters our -<*— | ‘‘II whs also requested of committee on Military Affairs j llinl they have the muskets per cassioned us rapidly as they can I procure gun smiths to do so, and it is to be hoped and expected that jtl.e next County Court will pay! for the same and that the State i will reimburse the county for the j expenditures thus made. "And further that the pun be ! Pul into the hanu of reliable per j sons after furnishing the Volun : teers, and in every case to give j Captain J. R. Lanier of the Home • Guards a receipt and promise to , '“eliv. i th< oafiiv whin railed up j oil. I he preamble and resolutions were sent to the Adjutant General by our sheriff, Mr. (W. T. Craw-1 ford. ; “Our Military Board as appoint ed in meeting of the Regiment on the list are: John L. Knight, Shepherd R. Spruill and Anson j J. Mi/ell. William B. Lanier has been ( appointed Captain of the Home Guards in place of his brother who was elected captain of the Military Volunteers on the 31st ult.” (In the next, 18th installment, Mr. Bagley quotes from letters tile whereabouts of the men who were at Hatteras, many of them having been removed to northern! positions), | Jurors Drawn For Special November Session 01 f vuri Tribunal Will Hear Only Civil Ciwps Beginning November 22nd Seventy-two Martin County ci tizens were drawn by the board j of commissioners in the regular i October meeting for jury duty during the special term of Mar tin Superior Court, beginning November 22. The court, schedul ed to run for two weeks, will hear civil cases only. No jurist has been assikned to hold the term of court, but it is likely that Judge Malcolm Paul, special judge of Washington, will preside. Thirty-six jurors are to serve the first week, as follows: Jamcsville—Mrs. Annie Mae Lillev and M. T. Hardison, Williams—Alton Bell, Bear Grass—James E. Peel, M. R. Roberson, J. B. Rogerson and Dennis Beach, Williamston—W. M Baker, Melvin R Wynne, Horace Ray, Dennis H. Leggett, James Russell Bullock, William E. Leggett, J. D. Willoughby, F. W. Sparrow, Mrs. Daisy Purvis, Kelly Davenport, R. J. AUen, R. O Slade and Wil liam H. Griffin, Cross Roads—John Rhodes, Sr., Winford Mobley and A. D. Wynne, Jr., Robersonville — L. A. Groom, R. J. Langley, R. H. Taylor, Hugh Roberson, R. E. Taylor, Jr., Blaine I W. Cargile, James A. Roebuck} and Cecil Keel, Poplar Point—L. S. Edwards, Hamilton— Spencer Raynor, Thelma Reaves and William Scott, Goose Nest—J. A. Stalls. Second Week Griffins Oscar B. Roberson, S. J. Lillev and P. E. Getsinger. Bear Grass—John W. Gurganus, | J. D. Leggett, Oliver Harrison, Jr., I Mrs. Kneczer Harrison, Williamston—W. H. Tarkington, G. W. Mills, Leslie K. Roberson, Cecil Brown, J. Herman Biggs, W. C. Bunch, M. D. Corey, L. H. Leggett, R. W Bondurant, Mack W Align, John D. Everett, H. A. ■ * — III - '1 H qn»i wi |||g» ^tC^mTooed no Page Eight; rvvi\<; j Following a break in the schedule, the White Paving Company, handling: a sub contract, will resume paving work on local streets the week of October 18, accord ing to information coming from Mr. White yesterday. Approximately twenty four blocks of streets are now ready for the pavers, and it is possible that curb and gut ter on others will have been completed by that time. Just now the Kea Construc tion Company is preparing Church and Sycamore Streets for the pavers. Fifth Polio Case Reported In the County Th is Season 1 ... . ** Martin County's fifth polio ease of the season was definitely diag | nosed in a local hospital late yes terday, and all indications point led to still another case in the | Robersonville area, accord ini; to preliminary reports heard here late last night. | His throat affected and possible his respiratory system damaged, William Biggs Howard, three year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis (Gurney) Howard of Beech Street Williamston, was re moved by Biggs ambulance to Duke Hospital early last evening. He was accompanied to the hos pital by Miss Mary Taylor of the county health department. No late report on his condition could be had here. The child was taken ill earlier in the week and enter ed the hospital Monday. A Robersonville child was re moved to a Greenville hospital late yesterday, preliminary re ports declaring that all indica tions pointed to polio. Just now there are five child ren in various hospital.- being treated for polio or what appears to he polio. One, a Stokes child, has returned to its home in the county following hospital treat ment. Charles Hodges, recovering from the disease, is expected home shortly from a Greenville hospital. Robert Jones, now a pa tient in a Greenville hospital, is expected to transfer soon to Duke in Durham or to the polio hospi tal m Greensboro soon. A Hines child was said to continue in a Greenville hospital. Four of the early victims ap parently arc improving, it was said. Fifty-Four Cases In Marlin County Court Fines Amount To Nearly $1,300 In All-Day Session Cane* lltul ArriiiuulHtiMl During: Two Weeks liig (loiirt W as In ScMMion Except for a brief interruption caused when two attorneys clash ed, the Martin County Recorder's Court moved rapidly to clear fif ty-four cases from its docket last Monday. The cases had accumu lated while the superior involved | alleged violation of the speed j law. Fines were imposed in the amount of $1,21)0, including $230 assessed against the speeders. Proceedings other than the speeding cases follow: Pleading guilty of issuing a 1 was se^encei^hiffwnc^sRu^ thirty days, the court suspending execution of sentence upon the payment of the check nd the courst costs. Charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, William Henry Pearson failed to sustain his plea of innocent and he was fined $125, plus costs. He loses his operator’s license for a year. The case in which Lola Mallory laced a liquor law violation charge, was nol pressed. Pleading not guilty, Johnny James Reaves was adjudged not guilty of violating the liquor laws. John Anderson Warren pleaded not guilty when he was charged with drunken and careless and (Continued From Page Six) Prices Holding To High Figure On Market Here Tobacco prices continue to hold to a high figure on the Williams ton maiket, the average exceed ing the general price reported in the belt. Yesterday, the market came through with an average ol' $58.86 per hundred pounds. Up until this morning the market had sold It).41!1,814 pounds for $5,790,3211, an average for the season of $55.58 per hundred pounds. Sales have been comparatively light during the past two days on account of the all-out effort to I get the peanut crop dug and 'stacked. However, the market is I set to go over the eleven million about Monday, average is trailing >*.ir b> abi-»! -fro's* cents a pound, but farmers are re ceiving more money per ar re than they did a year ago. i pound mark 'ho Naaman Knox Is Census Leader Appointment of Naaman Knox j of HKD 2, Robersonville, as a! erew leader for the 1954 Census ! of Agriculture was announced to day by Field Supervisor Mr. Ran dolph Williams. Mr. Knox will direct a force of 14 enumerators who will canvass all farms in Martin County. Hi- r eported on October 4 to the census agriculture field office at Wilson for a week of training. j The crew leader is one ol the key people in the field operations of the Census of Agriculture. It is his responsibility to train the enumerators and supervise their work; plan and allocate work as signments; review the work of the enumerators and take re medial action where necessary, and to conduct difficult enumer ations. After attending the training! conference, Mr. Knox will return to his district where he will spend three weeks recruiting enumera tors, checking enumeration dis trict boundaries, and training en umerators in preparation for the start of the census on November County Teachers In I? 3eting Here —— Martin County teachers hold a | mooting in tho high school hero yesterday afternoon at 2:00 o’ clock. Miss Ella Stephens Barrett, j supervisor in guidance service, Homer A. Lassiter, associate di rector, division of elementary and secondary education, and J. T. Dunlap, also ot the State Depart ment of Education, Raleigh, add ; l eased the groupa. Students were dismissed for the j afternoon. CLl'B PLANS CARNIVAL The Williamston Woman’s Club is making preparations to hold a Ihg HaJlowceii carnival here on the night of October 30, it was announced today. Nominees Named For Agriculture ~ Committee Posts fclpction Ballot- \r»* Mail#-«l To Farmer* In County This Week -*> At least one hunch-ed and thir ty Martin County farmers were ennminated at special conventions held recently for places on the various community Agricultural Stabilization Conservation com mittees. Ballots are being mailed to farmers this week and they are being ask d to get them back into the office in the county agri culture building* not later than October 18. Ballots, returned by mail, must be postmarked not la ter than October 15. The ASC mailing list is limited in this county and those farmers, including sharecroppers and ten ants, may get ballots by calling at the office in the agriculture building. Comparatively little interest was shown in most of the nomi nating conventions, but in a few sizable crowds were present. At least ten persons were no minated at each of the recently held conventions. The many pol ling the greatest number of votes will be the community committee chairman. The next in line will be the vice chairman, and the next will be a regular member of the community committee. The fourth and fiftn in the list will serve as first and second alternates. The chairmen will serve as delegates to the county convention to be held on October 19 when a county committee will be named. Vice ehairmen w ill serve as alternates to the county convention. Farmers are asked to vote for any five of the nominees in their lespcctive districts. The names of those nominated at the recent conventions follow by districts: Jamesville 1: Paul Barber, Clar ence Barber, Elwood Brown, Carl Griffin, Leonard Holliday, Arthui Wallace Lilley, Garfield Mobley, Arnold Modlin, Herbert Sexton and F. C. Stallings. 'amesville 2: David Ange, P. M. Ange, Seth Davis, Dan Fagan, C. G. Glinkin. ElwondUr jliday. wnw.mai L. Knowles, Grover Lilley, Clarence Sexton and David Scott. Williams: M P. Bennett, Reg inald Coltrain, Wendell Griffin, W. D. Gurganus, Marion Hardi son, R J Hardison, Paul Harring ton. Joe Manning, James H. Perry and Howard Tyre. Griffins: J. Leonard Coltrain, LeRoy Griffin, McDonald Hardi son, Pete Hardison, Raleigh Lil ley, B. Frank Lilley, Sr., Carlyle (Continued on Page Eight) Funeral Held For Mrs. Rogerson Funeral services were conduct ed yesterday afternoon at 4:00 at the home on West Main Street for Mrs. John L. Rodgerson who died m a local hospital Monday night at 10:05 o'clock. The Rev. J. Don Skinner, her pastor, as sisted b\ the Rev. Z. T. Piephoff of Graham, a former pastor, con ducted the rites. Interment was in the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Rodgerson, a native of Re nova, Pennsylvania, had been in failing health for some time, but was apparently getting along well Sunday evening when she was visiting in the home, of a neichbor and suffered a heart at tack. She was a charter member of the local Presbyterian Church, and members of the board serv ed as active pall bearers. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clinton Hr.t. Roberson t tile, anu f fi^s Mai , Rodgerson of Williamston. Lillie Activity On PoiaioMarkei After Betting off to a good start ! early in the week, the local sweet ! potato market reported little ac tivity today. Opening at about j S2.75 per bushel, the market re ceived sun-cooked potatoes and the price dropped to as low as S2 45 and $2.25 per bushel. More than 2,000 bushels were handled by the market during the first two days, and with the ap pearance of cooler weather heavi er deliveries are expected later tlii„ and next week.
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