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-TOnaio*. . THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY * FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 86 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 2, 1954 ESTABLISHED 1899 Tobacco Sales Right .At Thirteen Million Sale Here Monday i One Of The Besti So Far This Year ; Sales Only 64,000 Pounds Short Of The Thirteen Million Pound Mark The Williamston Tobacco Mar-j . ket yesterday had one of the, highest sales in weeks,- reports | stating that it was one of the best I of the season. The price average, pegged at $59.06 per hundred pounds, was the fourth highest daily average of the season, the 73,420 pounds selling for $43,360. At the close of sales yesterday the market had sold 12,913,944 pounds for $7,213,307, an average] of $56.86 for the .year to date. A general report for the entire' eastern belt, as released by the ] Federal-State Market News Serv ice, follows: Steady to slightly lower aver age prices were paid for most grades of Eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco last week. Quality of offerings showed little change from the previous week | reports. Volume of sales was j fairly light although some mar-' kets held heavy sales on Friday, j Gross sales for the week ending October 29 amounted to 30,531,254 pounds and averaged $55.84 per hundred—down 40 cents from the preceding week. Season sales were- raised to 466,313.500 pounds for an average of $54.96. During the same number of days last year 465,922,437 gross pounds averaged $57.42. Around one-third of the grade averages showed no change from the previous week. Most fluctua tions were $1.00 and $2.00 per hundred pounds with nearly twice * as many losses as gains. Decreas es were more frequent for 1 wer quality offerings. , acc-of,' iss ard ion deacfiptiRci cased slightly. Cut ters and leaf appeared in smaller proportions, although the ratio ift good quality tobacco showed an increase. Principal market ings consisted of low ' good of ferings with leaf, lugs and smok ing leaf predominating Deliveries to the Stabilization Corporation under the Govern ment loan program amounted to ^around 87 of weekly gross sales. Season receipts were approxi mately 7.47,. Windsor closed for the season on October 27 Clinton will hold final sales November 10. Wen dell began operating with one set of buyers Monday, Novembei 1 Education Board In Short Session Holding a meeting Monday morning, members of the Martin County Board of Education dis cussed the gymnasium problem from every angle, but found no solution. Several requests are pending for gymnasium projects, and there is just about enough money on hand to finance one of the several projects. It was the second time the a ' . board has discussed the problem ijf), without coming near to a solu tion. The board members are to meet again soon for a third dis-! cussion. At the meeting this week the board approved the sale of the old Dardens school property to W Jackson Holliday for $3,000. The approval was made subject to new bids, it was explained. Need Permit To Install Irrigation S y s I e in s, It has been pointed out that permits are needed before irriga tion systems may be installed. The permits, denied in onk> un usual eases, are designed to pro tect all parties concerned, and are issued by the State Department of Conservation, Raleigh. Appli ^ cation forms may be had at the j office of the county farm agent or the FHA headquarters in the courthouse. The permits make certain that no one else is damaged, that his supply of water is not affected, i it was explained. ROUND-UP Seven persons were en snared in the law's net in this area last week-end, a re view of the jail record show ing one arrested for speed ing ninety miles an hour, and two each for drunken driv ing, drunkenness and operat ing motor vehicles without drivers' licenses. Three of the seven were white and the ages of the group ranged from 22 to 40 years. County Board In A Short Meeting Monday Morning Road Requests are Handled Along; With 't he Isnal Routine Business With little new business on ! their calendar, the Martin Coun ty Commissioners completed their ; work in about two hours M»n day morning and adjourned the | regular session until the first Monday in December. It was the, last full meeting scheduled for' the term, but since all the board ' members are being elected, ; there’ll be no change in Decem ber. ! The board recommended im provements for the Ira Jones road 1 in Griffins Township, the board suggesting the three-quarters of | a mile of road being handled as ! a community project. It was requested that the State maintain in its county road sys tem, 15 of a mile of road in Par mele, beginning at a point across 1 the railroad from the J. T. Laugh j inghouse store and connecting i wilh a dirt road. The board also 1 t in Pa/mele, running from a pa\ ed road beside the Laughinghouse store in an easterly direction to the railroad, be abandoned The board also recommended as a community project 300 yards of road running from the Coltrain road to Mrs. W T. Roberson's and the improvement of fifteen yards of road from Highway 171 to the' Hardison Mill Cemetery. It was also recommended that i the load running from the uld Keyes school on ..the Mill Neck road to the Ward farm be improv- | ed. Tax Collector M I-. Peel sub mitted his books for 1953 and the auditor's report was accepted. The report shows that the origi nal levy was $408,077.83, that $820.73 was added by late listing and penalties boosted the total by $1,100.80, making a total of $410, 005.30. On the credit side, the re port shows $375,442.07 paid in cash to the treasurer. Discounts' amounted to $4,155.48. Relief or ders accounted for $501.10. The (Continued on Page Eight) i W. L. James Dies In Rocky Mount a Rocky Mount ho^ital Mon iv afternoon at 4:40 o clock W. L (Fate) James, retired business man-farmer and well known citizen of this county, died | in da He was born in Pitt County 72 years ago and when a young man located in Robersonville w'here he engaged in business for a num ber of years. 'Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Nina Roberson; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse Taylor and I Mrs. E B Whichard, both of Rob ersonville; two brothers, J. R. James of Stokes and D. A James of Roberson ville; one sister, Mrs. Fannie Edmonds of Scotland Neck, and four grandchildren. He was a member of the Rob I ersonville Christian Church, and the funeral will be conducted' | there at 3:00 o’clock Wednesday J afternoon by his pastor, the Rev. W'ilbur Wallace, assisted by the Rev. J. B. Hurley, Methodist min ister. Interment will be in the ■Robersonville Cemetery. The body will be moved to the church one hour prior to the service. Paving Petitions; Are Submitted To' Local Tcwn Board! Officials Handle Little Nw Business at Regular Ses sion Last Night Even before the quarter million dollar street paving program is half completed petitions for ad ditional paving are pouring into the town clerk’s office. Some of the petitions are being supported by delegations who at a regular meeting of the town officials last night pleaded for consideration of their streets. One delegation was headed by Professor G. T. Hill, and he had eight or ten staunch supporters. The latest petitions call for more paving on White Street and three additional blocks on Syca more. Other petitions, coming in after the original program was launched, are also before the board. Today, officials are making a personal survey of the streets with the promise to the petition ers that all possible will be done to expand the program. It was explained, however, that the pe tions will be recognized in the order in which they were receiv ed, that every penny of the bond and note issues will he used in ad vancing the program. Just now the program is not quite half complete, and it is evi dent that more streets will be sur l faced than were first specified in tht original plans. Up until the first of this month, $104,326.68 of the $225,000 appropriated for street improvements had been spent. A contract was entered into with the Harry Jones Construc tion Company for remodeling the keeper’s home at Woodlawn Cemetery, the project to cost ap proximately $2,800, exclusive of the plumbing and wiring. Before the short meeting was concluded and after all routine business had been handled, com plaints directed against the carni val at the fair here last week i Somt oi th< complaints cat :e from j | members of the sponsoring or ! ganizations, and were directed | (Continued on Page Eight) ' 1 Enters Upon New Duties In School Professor George Sturgeon en tered upon his new duties as teaeher of vocational agriculture in the local high school yesterday. He and Mrs. Sturgeon are now at home in the teacherage on North Smithwick Street. A native of Kentucky. Mi. Sturgeon taught [n the Ingh school at Saratoga before returning to his native state to superintend a large orphanage farm near Louisville. He is succeeding Chas. Hawley who has accepted a position as assistant farm agent in Pasquo tank County. He and Mrs. Haw ley moved during the week-end to Elizabeth City. Revive Community Concert!' Series For Another Year j After cancelling the series for j this year, sponsors received num- j erous appeals and support pled ges from various citizens through out this year, urging the con tinuation of the Community Con certs here this year. With the re newed support pledges, the spun-1 sors have agreed to arrange the j 1954-55 series, and the member-1 ship drive is scheduled to get un der way here and in several sur-! rounding towns and communities i on Tuesday, November 9, it was announced today by Mrs. Jos. W. Griffin, secretary. L. Bruce Wynne is heading the Martin County Community Con cert Association as president. Mrs Griffin continues as secretary, and | Mrs. Vella A Wynne will serve again as treasurer. Mrs. Abner Brown is heading [ the membership drive as chair-1 man with Mrs. R. E. Manning and i Mrs. Irving Margolis as co-chair- j men. Miss Ruth Woodman, represen- j tative of the national association, j is coming here next Monday to assist in the membership drive, and a dinner meeting will be held in the Christian Church fellow ship hall that evening at 7:00 o' clock for the officers, membership group and workers. This is the fifth year the con certs have been scheduled here, and a general appeal is being made to the public to support the 1954-55 series. Emergency Loans Now Available Martin County has been desig- ( nated by Secretary of Agriculture i Ezra Taft Benson as an ar£a where eligible farmers can obtain emergency loans from the Farm- ! ers Home Administration to re pair damage caused by the recent hurricane. Details of the emerg ency loan program were explain ed by Mr. James C. Eubanks, FHA County Supervisor today. Any established farm owner or farm operator in Martin County whose crops, buildings, or other] farm property were damaged by] the hurricane, and who is unable j to obtain from other lenders the credit needed to continue normal operations may be eligible for a loan. Applications are made at the county office of the Farmers Home Administration. The office for Martin County is located at Wilhamstun. Eligibility of applicants is de I termined by the county commit tees of the Farmers Home Admin istration, composed of men fa miliar with local conditions. The committeemen for Martin County o -c ■* AcS-eCics' Mr. Garland if. Forbes, HFl> 3, Williamston, Mr. B. Frank Lilley, HFD 1, Williamston, Mr. Fred S. Barrett, RFD 1, Oak City. Loans may be obtained for the purchase of feed, seed, fertilizer, replacement livestock and equip ment, replacement or repair of buildings, and for other essential farm and home operating expens es. Loans may not be made to pay existing debts, to compensate applicants for their losses, or to expand operations. The loans bear 3 percent in terest on the unpaid principal, and are scheduled for repayment lover the minimum period of time consistent with the borrower's ability to repay. Ordinarily loans secured by liens on chattel pro perty are scheduled for repay ment within one to five years and loans for repair or improvement of real estate are scheduled for re payment within one to ten years. (Continued on Page Eight) Few Are Voting In The Election In County Today Hardly More Thau 1,500 Votes Were In Prospect At Moon Today Indifference is surrounding the j general election in this county ; today, according to preliminary reports received from several of j the precincts early this afternoon, i In the two precincts here few- j er than 200 had cast their ballots early this afternoon, but a pick up was anticipated with the pos sibility that both precincts com bined would count approximately 500 ballots before the polls close at 6:30 o’clock this evening. During the first two hours the polls were open, eighteen had voted in Robersonville. Less than two dozen votes had been cast at noon in two other precincts, and a light vote was in the making in all the precincts at that time. No definite report is to be had, but all indications point to a De (|o'.nocfdjc vote of almost unani ili” d’s proportions in Martin j County While there is no opposition to the Democratic ticket in this I county and little or none in the , First District congressional race, 1 some interest iu the election was created when it was pointed out this morning that an Eisenhower Democrat, Robert M. Hanes of Winston-Salem who is connected with the Department of Conser vation and Development, was j working indirectly against Hugh I Alexander, Democratic nominee | for the National House of Repre | sentatives in the Ninth District. I Hanes denied he had acted against Alexander who is not in Hanes’ i district. I The proposed amendments to I the State Constitution are attract i ing more attention than they were I expected to receive in this coun i ty. While the passage of any or all of the proposals is in doubt, a favorable support was reported in some quarters, especially for the one that would limit one State Senator to a county. National Guard's Armory Dedicated Friday Afternoon —_*— Major General Claude Bow ers Delivers Address Be fore Small Crowd Here Before a small but interested i group of Martin County citizens, prominent military and- civilian leaders from various sections of eastern North Carolina, the $100, 000 National Guard Armory, home of Battery C, 150th AAA Gun Bn., was dedicated here last Friday evening, the event being follow ed by a big barbecue supper and a dance in the modern building. Following the invocation by the Rev. John L. Goff and a special concert by Professor Clyde Wade and his band from the local high school, Captain Elbert S. Peel, Jr., welcomed the group, Mayor Robt. H. Cowen responding. Lt. Hugh G. Horton, Jr., gave a history of the battery, and distinguished guests were recognized. General John Hall Manning was unable to attend and participate in the program, and Major Gen eral Claude T. Bowers, introduc ed by Capt. Peel, made the dedi catory address. Long in the Na tional Guard service. General Bowers, <1 native of Warrenton. declared, in his address, that the National Guard is vital to the fu ture of America, and said the pri vate citizen can do much by sup porting the Guard and its pro gram. “You have something here to be proud of, and you should visit the Armory and see what the guardsmen are doing." "Everyone of us must realize that the defense of America is everyone’s duty,” the officer said, explaining that indifference on the part of tin1 American people between wars was largely respon sible for the many casualties. He explained that improper training costs lives. If the National Guard is to pros per and carry out its functions it must have the support of private ci'izens, and if the people support it the security of America will luA'e been enhanced, the speaker said. General Bowers went on to ex plain the tremendous savings made possible by the National Guard. "We must have a large | standing army, but for every mil lion men the National Guard can replace, the taxpayers save thir teen million dollars a day," he I said. j The officer reviewed briefly the ; introduction of nuclear weapons, and pointed out that Russia has about everything we have, that i .she has the capacity to deliver those weapons. While he does not believe war is imminent, he men-! tioned the possibility that Russia might strike it and when she thinks it possible to knock out our major cities. “We need the Na tional Guard, and it needs our support,” General Bowers said, paying tribute to the fighting ability of the 30th Division in past wars. The training of vourtg men was stressed, the speaker adding that the National Guard can and will (Continued on Page Eight) Civil War Diary of Docton Warren Bagley -A:— -- I -1 Installment 24 The coastal defense having fal len (Roanoke Island on Febru ary 8. 1862), the people in this section feared the enemy would approach up the sounds and riv ers. Picket duty was assigned and runners were provided to w'arn of the approach of the enemy. In the current installment, Mr. Bag ley. the old Civil War Patriot who lived on the site where the post office now stands, hints about “high spirits” among Union men in Washington County and tells about the movement of troops to Washington, N. C.) Picket Duty, Dispatches, Etc. Williamston, N. C. February 15, 1862 Mr. J A. Daniel, Dear Sir: Reliable news from below Ply mouth on the sound says there was no steamer in the sound as jfar as seen . . . February 16, 1862 2:00 p. m. Mr. Fagan is just up from Ply mouth and repor ts no steamer in the river. The picket is just up also and he reports all quiet be low for fifteen miles. We hear the Union men oi' Washington County are in high1 | spirits. Colonel Leaventhrope is here and actively engaged. D. W. Bagley February 17, 1802. : 3:00 p. m. Mr. W. R. W. Sherrod, My Dear Sir: Yours was received at 12, noon,, and I at once laid your plans be- j foie General Stubbs, Captain Ed-j mundson and others who arc pleased with your idea and have j adopted as their letters to you, here with will show. | Cols. Leaventhrope and Clark, had left, Colonel Leaventhrope for some point below here in the river, Jamesville probably, and dark foi Bertie County. In haste, Yours truly. D. W. Bagley. (The message was sent by spe cial messenger to Hamilton). February 22, 1862 There was drafted from the Mi-j litiu 100 men who were marched! to Foil Hill near Washington and! l there remained until, Februaryi | 15, when th*y were ordered baekj for defense at home. There was another draft on the I Militia and 160 men drawn, lj learn, after which all the Militia ' was ordered out which was mar ched from this place to James- I ville, thence to Rainbow Banks,] near Hamilton, until the Edge-! combe Militia of lti effective men,1 the Halifax Companies hud been! ordered back. (The defenders apparently ex-1 peeled the enemy to proceed up, the Roanoke w ith a view' of racll- j ing Weldon and wrecking the j rail line there). Colonel Watts disbanded thej Martin men subject to his call at, any time, ending the 26th of Feb-! ruary, when he discharged them.] I may not be minutely correct,] but very nearly so. (In another entry, Mr. Bagley j said): Roanoke Island (about which I had >© much anxiety for its( safety, feeling as I did about Hut-1 tel as, that it was neglected) as I had predicted, fell on the 8th of February, which news reached Raleigh where I was in the con vention on the afternoon of tin 10th, causing much excitement. The next morning at 5:00 a. m. I left for home. At Goldsborough I learned that the 38th Regiment who had left the day before for Washington, had been ordered to Halifax, and the 34th Regiment was about leuving for some de stination when I arrived there, having been in barracks there for some long time, as also the 34th tit Raleigh. I arrived home on the 12th in the afternoon, having met very many persons of all colors, six and conditions in every con ceivable manner, fleeing before the enemy which they were ex pecting to follow up their victory (at Roanoke Island) with their usual outrages, particularly from the lower counties. 1 tound Mr. Short and son, William, and their families here on their way far ther up country, and the village in wild confusion with milita be ing under orders, etc. (In the next installment, Mr. Bagley tells of large troop move ments in this area with the expec tation that the enemy will move sln. Some complaint is also heard). Report Fifth Road Fatality In County FLEECERS I -* I Representing themselves as pest control experts, a party j Riving a Greenville address, was said to have fleeced sev- | era I home owners in this county last week. In Griffins Township the pest control “experts" were said to have overcharged a widow for their questionable services. Others are said to j have been fleeced. Learning of the alleged rac ket, Sheriff M. W. Holloman checked the group and learn- , ed there was no such address in Greenville, that the group apparently is a fly-by night outfit, fleecing victims and moving out ahead of the law. Pest control is needed, but property owners are warned to make certain that they are dealing with reputable firms before contracting jobs. I Weather Review For This Area In Past Month —— | IYmprrnttir«‘* ll<-M to High Ship; Kiiinfall (lonlinu ril On Till* Lon Side ] Just about all kinds of wea- ( | ther wore experienced in this ar-i I ea during the past month, accord- | ing to a monthly review released j yesterday by Hugh Spruill,1 , bridegkeeper and tender of wea- 1 ther instruments on Roanoke Riv 1 er. Temperatures held to an abnor ; nvally high level during most of the month, and the 1.15 inches of rain fell 1,65 inches below nor mal. I Muiicane Hazel, one or the worst ever known in this im mediate area, brought only ,.1H I of an inch of rain, but it fanned j up a “breeze", estimated at times las high as 75 and HO miles an hour. The weather observer ex plained that the wind started I from the southeast on the mor ning of the 15th at (1:00 a. m., shifting to the south at 2:30 o’ clock that afternoon, and then to southwest thirty minutes later ; The barometer fell to 28.80. The wind, it was told, shifted box ears at the siding of the Standard Fer tilizer Company. j The weather data, including the 1 river gauge readings, as released by Mr. Spruill for the month of October follows, with the date in the first column, the l iver range I readings in the second column, the maximum temperature read ing in the third, minimum tem perature reading in the fourth land the rainfall in the fifth col umn for (‘iich (ln.v of the month: Date 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. River 4.5 4!) 4.7 4.0 3.5 3.3 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.7 II 80 no 90 93 95 07 77 73 81 85 87 84 00 59 08 05 71 51 44 50 50 53 Itain 0 i 12. 13. 14. 15. IB. 17. IB. 1!). 20. 21. 99 3.7 3.7 4.0 5.3 5.3 5.B 5.8 5.7 5 8 B.2 B.5 88 89 83 78 88 87 73 87 82 82 88 51 80 85 85 41 40 38 44 48 38 38 0 0 0 .58 .40 0 0 0 0 0 (Continued on Page Eight) Judge Fountain To Hold Court Judge George Fountain has been assigned to preside over the two-weeks term of the Martin County Superior Court, beginning November 22. It will be his first official visit to the county since he was moved up from solicitor to judge by special appointment. The term is to handle only eas es of a civil nature. Seven Wrecks On County Highways In Recent Days Tliree-Y ear-Old Child Dien En Route To Hospital Sunday Evening A three-year-old child was fa tally injured and at least three others were badly hurt in a series of motor vehicle accidents on the highways and streets in this coun ty during the past few days. Ac cording to preliminary reports, property damage exceeded $3,000 in the seven accidents. The series included a hit-and run accident in which a man had his right leg mangled on a Wil liamston street late last Saturday night. Virgil Earl Willis of 407 East Church Street, Williamston, died en route to a Durham hospital late Sunday evening of injuries received in an accident on High way (14 between Williamston's town limits and Sweet Water Creek. His mother, Sarah Wiilis, and his seven-month-old sister, Vera Yvonne Willis, were pain fully bruised but believed not seriously injured in the accident, the fifth fatal one reported on the highways in this county so far in 1954. The three-year-old was playing with the handle when the door came open and he toppled out. His mother reached after him, lost her balance and fell out, carrying the baby with her. Apparently the boy was not too badly injured in the fall to the highway, for he raised up just ahead of a car driven by John Richard Rice of 2529 Rosalind : Avenue, Roanoke, Va. The car l bumper struck his head, fractur ing it and breaking a leg. Follow ing first aid treatment in a local hospital, th< victim was placed in a Blair-Towson ambulance for the trip to Durham. He died when they leached a point near Bunn in Franklin County. Investigating the accident, Cpl. M. C Byrum of the Highway Pa trol, said the mother and child ren were riding in the back seat of a ear driven by Chester Lester Let of Williamston. Lee had just passed a ear a short distance bark and was driving possibly between 45 and 50 miles an hour when the door flew open and the trio fell out The ear swerved, and Fred Hardison, driving behind Lee, swerved and missed them. Rice, also driving toward Williamston just behind the Hardison ear, was quoted as saying he saw an ob leet in his lane of traffic and slowed down. Just as he reached the boy, the little fellow raised himself to a sitting position. The •ar. its speed greatly reduced by that time, was stopped within its length, plus six feet, the investi gating officer said. The mother and infant daughter were not not struck by the car, it was ex (Continued on Page Eight) Pastors Assigned County Churches Two Methodist ministers have been returned to their charges in this county, and a new one has i been assigned to Holly Springs, the church there having been in cluded in the charge with James | ville and Siloam, according to a i report released following the con 1 ference concluded Sunday in Ral eigh. The churches in this county were moved out of the Elizabeth City district, and are now in the : Rocky Mount territory. I The Rev. R. E. Walston was re turned to tlie Williamston church j for his fourth year. The Rev. J. R. Hurley was returned to Rob ersonvillc to pastor the church I there and the one at Hamilton for : a third year. Taken out of the Wilhamsto. ! charge, Holly Springs is to be i served by the Rev. W. S. Daven j port, pastor of the churches at I Jamesville and Siloam. The Rev. Arnold Pope is to con j tinue his pastorate at Vernon. ! near Williamston, as a part of the I Stokes charge.
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