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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK rw vj v • 4J*.. THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ R1 OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TW<CE EACH WEES VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 83 ffilliamston. Martin County, JS'orth Carolina, Thursday. October 21, 1931 ESTABLISHED 1899 County Fair To Open , Monday, October 25 Task Force Builds | Booths And Wires Building Tuesday Organizations Give Alien*! lion lo Urgent INced For Modern Library By Wendell Peel With booth sections practically complete, the 1954 version of the Martn County Agricultural Fair is rapidly shaping up for the opening on Monday, October 25, i A task force of approximately 80 members of the local Lions and | Kiwanis Clubs, the sponsoring or-: ganizations, met at the New Ca-i rolina Warehouse on Tuesday | night and in a matter of hours had completed the wiring and much of the carpentry work, j Teams of workmen from both clubs will continue to work each remaining night during the week and on Saturday afternoon pre paring the exhibition hall for the many exhibits and free shows which will' be .featured at the event next week. «| Many commercial booths are already being prepared by their sponsors and by Saturday, the. warehouse is expected to be hum-1 ming with the activity of exhibi-; tors. With all but four small and i one large booth spaces already reserved, indications are lhat - these exhibits will be among the most numerous ever displayed in this part of the state. The quality if these exhibits is also expected to reach an all time high as firms' throughout the county vie with each other in presenting their merchandise in the best manner possible. Farm, home, school and other ^ non-commercial exhibits are also expected to be among the finest ever put on display. They will be less numerous, of course, than those to be seen it the State Fair, but it is certain that they will re flect a great deal of credit to ♦their sponsors and to Martin County. Fair manager, John Hatton Gurganus, announced today that the warctfcius^ will be opened daily at 1:00 p. m., during the re (Continued on Page Six) More Changes In Mail Schedules More changes are being made m mail schedules for this section The latest change provides a round-trip schedule between Wil liamston and Elizabeth City dai ly except Sundays and holidays, Postmaster W. E. Dunn announc ed yesterday. The new star route carrier leaves Elizabeth City each mor ning at 7:15 a. m., traveling via Winfall, Hertford, Edenton, Mer ry Hill, and Windsor, reaching Williamston about 10:15 a. m. The carrier leaves Williamston on the return trip at 2:15 o’clock in the afternoon. The following mail schedules are now in effect for the local office: Outgoing * 5:110 a. m., to Elizabeth City via Plymouth and via Windsor, 7:00 a. m., to Rocky Mount via Robersonvillc, 1:30 p. m., to Plymouth 2:15 p. ni., to Elizabeth City via Windsor, connecting with higii . way. ..-jj-W: t - office ,.P-t reaching the Virginia city about 7:00 p. ni. h 5:30 p. m., to Rocky Mount via Robersonvillc, 5:30 p. m , to Windsor, 0:30 p. m., to Rocky Mount via Washington. Incoming 5:15 a. m , from Rocky Mount via Robersonvillc, 5 30 a m , from Rocky Mount \ia Washington, 7 30 a in . from Plymouth, 10:15 a. in., from Elizabeth City ® via Windsor, 1:30 p. m., from Rocky Mount via Roberson ville, 5:00 p. m., from Elizabeth City via Windsor, 0:30 p. m., from Elizabeth City via Plymouth, and 6.30 p. ni , from Windsor. f DISTRICT RALLY ~J Although they hold a safe position. Democrats in the First Congressional district are holding a big rally in Elizabeth City this afternoon at 5:00 o'clock, the event to be followed by a big fish fry on the Weeksville road. Prominent Democrats in the State are atending the meeting along with a sizable delegation from this county. While there’s little opposi tion in this area. Democrats in the county and district are being asked to help build up a strong victory margin for the state ticket November 2. Call Twenty-Four Cases In County's Recorder's Court Fines A«l«l Up to Only 8100 During Short Session Monthly Morning Busilll'.Vi Was l Uliipd 1 H11 Vct^ ^ slack in Judge H. O. Pcele's court ! hist Monday when only twenty 1 four eases were called during a | short session. Ten_of the cases ! involved speeding charges. Proceedings: Pleading not guilty, Jesse Fields was adjudged guilty and was sen i teneed to the roads for four months in the case in which he : was charged with an assault with i a deadly weapon. Carlton Ile/.ekiah Merritt of HFD 1. Oriental, was fined $15 and taxed with the costs when he pleaded guilty of speeding sev ' enty miles an hour. Charged with issuing a worth ' less cheek. James Hardison was adjudged guilty over his plea of (Continued on Page Five) Minor Wrecks On Conniy Highways No one was injured in two mi nor motor .vehicle accidents re ported on the highways in this county yesterday. Lester Randolph Meeks of RFD 1, Merry Hill, overran a curve in the MeCuskey road at 4:00 o’clock yesterday morning and wrecked his 1950 Buick. Damage to the car was estimated at $200 Driving on Highway 903 about two miles north of Robersonville Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’ clock, Alonza Gray Rawls of RFD 1, Robersonville, lost control of hi^ 1947 Chevrolet pick-up and ditched it, causing about $150 damage. Rawls was said to have ditched the machine to avoid striking another vehicle that had stopped just ahead of him for I a school bus. Wide Screen Is !*nt In Use At Vie ear | Installed Tuesday and Wednes day while the theater was closed, the new Wide screen at the Vic car Theatre will be put into use today with the first showing of i "Duel In The Sun" which will run the rest of this week. < Another CinemaScopc feature, “The High and The Mighty” will start Sunday and run through ; Thursday of next week. REGISTRATION V/ Saturday of this week is the last day to get new names on the registration books for the general election on Novem ber 3, Board of Flections f'hairman C. D. Carstarphen explains. During the past tew days few names were added to the books, and all indications point to a listless vote in this county. Those who are not register ed and who want to vote in the November 2 election should contact the registrar in their respective precincts and get their names on the books. Nan's Body Found In Farm Pasture; Early Wednesday —■%> , John Miimiii, Mining Since Sunday. Believed ^ ie* j tim Of Foul Play Missing since Sunday from his j home in Bear Grass Township, j John Mason, Negro farmer, was found dead in a hog pasture on the Jimmy Bowen farm early Wednesday morning, his body re duced to a badly torn skeleton by hogs. Officers are convinced there was foul play, but no definite j lead had been established in the! gruesome case early today. Mason, 60-year-old, tenant fawn er on the Rogers farm near Bear Grass, was last seen with Robert Everett, Williamston Negro,! about 8:00 o’clock Sunday eve-! ning. They were riding in Ma- j son's 1942 Chevrolet which Mason i bought only a few weeks ago. The car is gone along with $100 or more Mason had in cash on his person, and Everett has not been seen since Sunday. The two were said to have at tended a barbecue supper in the 1 I Bear Grass community, reports! stating that the group imbibed freely of liquor. It was also reported that the car was seen parked in the road about sunset Sunday near the pas ture where the skeleton was found yesterday. Farmer Gus Hardison, living on j the Bowen farm, found his hogs tugging at the skeleton shortly after 7:00 o’clock when he went to feed his hogs yesterday morning Undertaker J. D. Everett could ! find only part of the skeleton. The 1 torso was missing along with one arm. A littli flesh was left on the skull, the feet and one hand. It was said that Everett had aj (Continued on Page Five) Peanul Harvest Gains Momentum Started on a limited scale last week, the peanut harvest is gra dually picking up and is expected to push toward a peak in this c\ unty next week, weather con | ditions permitting. The threshing operations are scattered over the county where i ihe crop was dug early. , Graders are being assigned the ; county and extensive arrange I merits have been made to grade ' and handle the crop in the several i markets. Only a few sales have been re ported, the price holding close to j thirteen cents a pound so far. - Pavers Make Progress On The Streets Here Asphalt pavers are making pro- j gross on the streets here this I week, and possibly will catch up| with the curb and gutter contract-' ors late tomorrow. Just about all streets in the northeast section ol the town will have been paved by : late today or early tomorrow j along with several blocks on West j Church, Pearl and Sycamore. The paving contractors will j then withdraw and Wait for the ! curb and gutter contractors to j get more streets ready for sur j facing. Storm Damage In Wiliiamston Leaving a few structures untouched and spending full fury on others Hurricane Hazel last Friday exacted a million-doll;., damage toll in this sett ion. While property owners are busy digging from under the debris, the task will go on for weeks A few scenes otter some idea of the ,JVi,.ni nf the damage in Williumston. „ . In the top picture, large piles of till are seen rolled as a cal pet from storage houses at the Willem, ton Peanut Company plant. The second picture from the top shows tin blown hum the cJ"fim Warehouse. The next picture shows shelters blown from the Will,amston Tractor and In niement Company property and placed against the J. D. Met otter Company plant, some little distance awJy. Trees are seen piled up in the Jos. Robertson home next to the county courthouse on East Main Street. Pictures by Royal Studio. Civil War Diary of Doclon Warren Bagiev Installment 21 I (Their forces shattered and ! scattered following the fall of | Fort Ilatti i as, Martin County • men refov-mefC curr par,. I including those home on furlough i at tiie time the Dale County fort fell, those who escaped from the | Outer Banks and new recruits. ! They called themselves the “Hat teras Avengers”, and were incor porated in the 31st Regiment un I dor Colonel Jordan. In this, the j 21st installment of Docton W Bugley's diary, the personnel of tin company is listed under an October, 1H6I. date). Volunteer Company “The Hatteras Avengers” Captain C. W. Knight From the returned and those on furlough of the Roanoke Guards and of the Hamilton Guards and others here joining, makes up this company, after which the follow ing officers as here set forth were elected: Charles W. Knight, captain; Si mon J Latham, first lieutenant; Stephen W. Morrisett, 2nd lieu tenant: Samuel H. Hyman, 3rd W-Joseph T Waldo, 1st sergeant Arthur 15 Knight, 2nd sergeant; Ebnezer Pric< . 3rd ser geant; James E. Peal, 4th ser geant; F. P. Bazemore, 5th ser geant; A. J. Daniel, 1st corporal; Thomas Lee, 2nd corporal; Wil liam B Knight, 3rd corporal; and Perry K. Tunsdale, 4th corporal; Privates: W W Andrews, John J D, Andrews, Noah Biggs, Eli II Brewer, 1 John Bigg., B A Bowen . John Ii Ballard, Tit ilben Bowen. William H Button, Abnei Bland, L. Bowers, James E Corey, Jesse E. Coarey, Benjamin Clark, Reuben Clary, Reuben E Chan cey, Kinchen Coary, F. J. Cush ing, Seth Coburn. William Barnes, Kenneth Daniel, John P Eborne, Levi Edmundson, William Glisson, Major Gurganus, William J Grif fin, Outlaw' Curganua, Calvin Griffin, Alex Griffin, George W Hardison, Standley D Hardison, Benjamin T. Harrell, William Harrell, Rodman Harrison, Joshua Huchius, James R. Hoard, S B. Huff, James Hurst, W. J. Hoard, Marlin Johnson, Henry I1 Lilley, Ebenezer I.,i I ley, Me. G. Lilley, James Lyiieh, Standley Leggett, Jesse Martin, Merimon Meek si, Me Eli *Mabray, George Martin, Alfred S. Newberry, James ft. Berry, James R Peel, Josiah Pugh, Simon S Perry, Dorscn Page, Julius Perkin . James T Price, David Par kei, J I) J’riei K .1 R. «1 William 11 Red dick, W E Robason, William Rawls, Henry Rawls, J R Stev enson, John Salsbury, William Scott, John Stalls, Baker Staton, Thomas Williams, William H. Weathershee, F. W. Waters, Green C. Whitaker. Benjamin C. Ward, Henry Warren, William II. Wil liams, Janies I- Ward, Noah II Weaver, J. W. Wad-worth, Ran dolph Richard, James II Ward, N. II L. Gray, John W. Moore and Turner Page. (There were ninety-seven in the company, including officers). iJIT company had been ordered to Roanoke Island and every ar rangement had been made to leave on the 23rd (October, 1881) by steamer and vessel when bv mail of that day came dispatches! ordering them to Washington, far I which place they look up their line ol march tit about. 3:00 p. m., 1 with baggagi , wagons, etc (l.atei m Ins dims Mr Bagley, listed the casualtie: in till "Mat j teras Avengers". They had been sent to Roanoke Island for its defense under the command of; Captain C. W. Knighti. On the 7th and 8th of February, 18(12. the Burnside Fleet with a large ford attacked our forces, commencing on Friday, th< 7th, and landed a heavy column on j (Continued Freni Page UaI Area Digging-From Under Storm Debris - DEDICATION ) _ j Plans are shaping up nice ly for the dedication of the new $100,000 National Guard armory here next Friday, it was announced. The program gets under way at 4:30 o'clock when the high school band presents a program. The ceremonies are scheduled for 5:00 o'clock, fol lowed by a big barbecue din ner. The event will be cli maxed by a dance that night at 10:00 o'clock. The sale of tickets to the barbecue is encouraging, the Guard officers explaining that the proceeds from the supper and dance will be used in beautifying the grounds. Few Farmers Had Pari Recently In Special Election (Juite A F'mv (liim^es Made In (lomiininily dommit tee Member* Comparatively few farmers in j this county participated in the recently held Agricultural Stabili- | zation Sonservation communi- j ty elections, but the vote was said to have been fairly representa tive. Even though they cast a | small vote, Martin farmers made ; I their community committee se lections for the year beginning J November 1, and went on to name delegates to the county conven tion which elected virtually the same county committee for the new year. Only 726 votes were cast, the count being usually small in some districts. Fairly large votes were cast in Jamesville and Griffins| districts. Considering its size, Wil-| liams also polled a fairly large1 vote. No polls were held opun, the farmers voting by direct mail. Ballots were mailed to a limited (Continued on Page Five) Homecoming And Pep Rally Here A con tost to select the 19f>4 Homecoming Queen of Wilhams ton High School ends Friday with the crowning of the queen in front of Central Service Station around three o’clock. The candidates are Blanch Manning, Mary Lee White, representing the Sophomore Class, Shirla Griffin, Deli res Shipley, representing the Junior Class, Nancy Hovels, and Janice Holli day representing the Senior Class. Everyone has the chance to vote for the person of his choice. Jars have been placed in the stores in downtown Williamston, and votes are a penny each. The Queen will be introduced Friday night at the Williamston - Plymouth game, and will preside at the Homecoming Dance in the high school cafeteria after the game. The student body accompanied by the band, will parade Friday afternoon along Smithwick and Main Streets, stopping for a pep rally in front of the Central Ser vice Station. The people of Wil liamston are cordially invited to attend the parade, join the pep rally, come to the football game Friday night, and enjoy the Homecoming as much as the stu dents of Williamston High School. Show your Interest in the school and the students by coming to the p p rally and the game. ( TOBACCO SALES I \J While the record .sales are over for Ihr current season, Ike W'illUmsIon tobacco mar ket is handling a fair-sized poundage from day to day. During the first three days of I this w cek, the market sold nearly half million pounds or 446,372 pounds for an aver age above 57 cents per pound. I'p until this morning, the market had handled 12,131, i 096 ,-iounds at an average of I*'j3.78 per hundred pounds. Telephone, Light, Telegraph Service Now Near Normal .Main Insurance C laims Fil ed Aloiif! Willi Appeals To The Red Cross Martin County is rapidly dig gins from under the debris scat tered everywhere by the hurri cane last Friday, and while signs of the hig blow will remain for a long time, conditions are rapidly approaching normal, according to reports coming from all sides. Communications and power light services are normal or are approaching normal, and hund reds of repairmen are patching and replacing roofs and damaged buildings. Restoring possibly seventy per cent of its service within six hours after the storm struck, the Vir ginia Electric and Power Com pany had its operations back to normal early Tuesday. Sixty men, forming emergency crews, were brought here to help clean up after the blow. They with the re gulal employees worked almost around the clock and Sunday, too, trying to restore service to all the company's patrons. “We are still checking, but as far as we know all our customers have service," Mr. Allen Hadfield, representative of the company, said late yester day. Western Union Telegraph Com pany restored its wire services here and m several other eastern Carolina towns yesterday. Up un til that time, it offered twice dai ly service hv special messengers running out of and into Raleigh. Bruce Strickland, local manager for the Carolina Telephone and | Telegraph Company, said yester day that approximately fifty per cent of ‘lie estimated 1,500 tele ' phones in this area had been re stored to service, that the recov ery was progressing fairly rapidly now that the major damage had been cleared. The town was cut of from the outside world for almost twenty four hours, and then communica tions were limited to a radius ol hardly more than 30 miles. Con nections were made early this ' week with Rocky Mount and Tuesday lines were opened to other centers. Communication by telephone is now possible almost to any point, but on a limited bas is, Mr. Strickland explaining that not all the lines have been repair ed. Most of tlie telephones in Wil liamston are now in service, but I some of the towns in the county are still cut off along with many rural stations. The company bor (Continued on Page Six) -1 Entertainment At The County Fair A bin entertainment program has been planned for the annual Martin County Fair opening on the Washington Street properties and in the Carolina Warehouse here next Monday, it was an nounced by the management. Monday evening the Melody Masters will perform. This is one of the best choruses in this sec tion and the group has spent much time preparing its program i for the fair. Colored talent will feature the program Tuesday evening with Dick Carter as master of cere monies. The Sunshine Boys, well known j group and who have a large fol lowing throughout this entire section, are on the program for Wednesday evening. Dick. Carter will master the ceremonies for the white talent ; show Thursday evening. Some keen competition is developing ! for the special prises The Grand Ole Opry is present ing Cowboy Copas and his Okla ! homa Cowboys Friday night. A jumboree is booked for the last night of the fair on October 30 when Hal Lemmond and his TV stars take over. In addition to the special events, i there’ll be entertainment in the j way of rides and shows on the mid a ay all during the week.
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