Witch IV UW -On Paper, As It Carries Your Subscription E a THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1J00 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 22 W'illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March l.i, IV U). ESTABLISHED 1899 Nine Cases Called In Countv s Court ByJud^eH. O.Peel ISuxwllfi Alton A Ijy (irowd To Hall of Justice Last Monday ? A goodly number of spectators, witnesses and litigants was present for the proceedings in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Mon day when Judge H. O. Peel called nine cases for trial. No evidence of a spectacular nature was offered from the witness stand, and the ses sion, while a bit longer than usual, offered nothing out of the ordinary. There were several cases on the docket alleging violation of the li quor laws, the court suspending sen tences upon payment of costs Then there was a bastardy case, but a set tlement was effected and the case never reached the trial stage. Proceedings in the court: Adjudged guilty of drunkenness over his plea of innocence, Claud Jenkins, colored, of Robersonville, was directed to pay the case costs, the court suspending judgment upon that condition. Charged with reckless driving. Linwood Johnson was found not guilty. Columbus James. "Colored, was sentenced the roads for sixty days in the case charging him with an as sault with a deadly weapon. He pleaded not guilty at the bar. At the conclusion of atl the evi dence in the case charging Sampson Roberson with an assault with a deadly weapon, a motion for judg ment as'of not guilty was ofered by the defense and approved by the court. Johnnie Powell, a second de fendant in the case failed to answer and papers were issued for his ar rest. In the case charging Henry F. Hog- | era with bastardy, a judgment of j non-suit was allowed by the court I without trial as the State and defen- j dant had^already made satisfactory settlement. The terms of the settle ment were not disclosed. Charged with violating the liquor | laws, Nathaniel Boston was fined 325 and taxed with the cost." Pleadirtg guilty of violating the li quor laws, Archie Mobley was sen tenced to th?^ m?H? for term twelve months and directed to pay the costs. The sentence is to begin at the direction of the court at any time within the next hree years. The de fendant in this case is not Archie Mobley, Jr.. the clerk noted on the minute docket. The wheels of justice turned rap idly for Dallas Whitley who was be fore the court for the larceny of a bicycle. Arrested Monday morning by Deputy Bill Haislip, the defen dant was tried a short time later, sentenced to the roads for four months and by mid-afternoon he had started serving the sentence. Ganzy Williams, charged with vi olating the liquor laws was sentenc ed to the roads for three months and directed to pay the case costs, the road sentence to begin at the direc tion of the court at anytime wihin two years from date. Completing the trial of its docket, the court adjourned until Monday, April 1, the superior court to occu py the hall of justice during the next two weeks Home Destroyed In Early Morning Fire Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed the home of Shepard Rice on Church and Sycamore Street* here at 4 o'clock this morning, the man and his wife barely escaping with their lives. All contents, including $500 in paper money, were destroy ed. No definite estimate on the loss was reported to Fire Chief Hall, but the damage will approximate $2,000 including the cash money and all contents. The loss was partially off set by insurance Believed by some to have been of incendiary origin, the fire was burn ing through a wall separating the dining room and bedroom where the couple were sleeping. "The cracking timbers awakened me," Rice said. Darting into the near-freezing wea ther and attired only in his night clothes. Rice ran to a neighbor's home more than a block away to j turn in the alarm. Rushing back to the burning building. Rice in his great excitement forgot all about the trunk holding his $500 and turned 1 to the piano which he toon learned could not be moved without help. Apparently musically bent, the man grabbed his radio and threw it out the door, the fire forcing him out be fore he could save another article. He had to turn to neighbors for wear ing apparel. Fanned by a strong wind, tfie fire lighted the western end of the town, and firemen, called from their sleep at the dead hour of the morning, fol lowed the light directly to the home Effecting a connection to the water mains across the street from the burning building, firemen found a defective hydrant and were forced to move the apparatus to a hydrant on Main Street, a block away. Late in receiving the call and experienc ing a delay or a few minutes. Tire men were only able to keep the fire from.spreading to nearby buildings. Fanned by a high wind, sparks and burning shingles fell more than a block away, but no other buildings Start Drive for One - Variety Cotton on All Martin Farms Preliminary plans for the adoption of a single-variety cot ton by all Martin County far men were advanced at a regu lar Farm Bureau Forum held in the agricultural building here last evening. Assured that a single variety of high standard cotton will prove profitable, the farm leaders last night agreed to run several tests during the com ing season and support a con certed drive for a uniform pro duction of the most successful variety. The meeting was poorly at tended, but those few present are certain that the efforts ad vanced will bear fruit in time to come. Agent T. B. Brandon will order seed for the tests, and farmers in various parts of the county arc asked to cooperate in handling them. "If we can get all farmers in the county to plant one type of cotton, the work of the forum and time spent by the farmers will have proven well worth while," Farmer Bob Ev erett, of Palmyra, declared. The (roup last ni(ht a(reed that the meetings were being held too often, that semi-month ly sessions would possibly at tract more farmers. In accord ance with the opinions expressed meetings in the future will be held each first and third Thurs day evening, the new schedule to become effective on April 4. No meeting will be held prior to that timr. An experienced peanut buyer miller will address the next for um and discuss the best types of peanuts, handling and other fac tors that directly or indirectly enter into price fixing. Registration Problem Before Election Board VACCINATIONS A preliminary schedule for vaccinating dogs in this county is being drafted this week by Or. A. J Osteen in cooperation with Sheriff C. B. Roebuck who is charged with the enforcement of the law designed to control rabies. The vaccinations, scheduled to begin on April 8. will be handled in rvery community or township in the county. More than 3,004 dogs were vaccinated in the round-up last year. Owners are required to pay 50 cents at the time their dogs are vaccinated but they are given credit for that amount on the tax books. A fee of 81 will be charged outside the clinics for each vaccination To Observe April As (dancer Control Month In Nation EiteMlve I'.nliniiiK'iii DriveJa llring Fnrniiilatrd Over Wide Territory By MYRTLE ELLEN l.aHARR Director of Publicity, N. C. Division, Women's Field Army, Greensboro Every individual in this country has a right to know the danger sig nals of cancer an30,000 im provement program on Williamston streets Monday week, that work on a new colored school building for Pnrmele will get underway on Apri| 8th All details for handling the proj ects have been Ijan01ed, and it is reasonably certain that work wilL g& underway on the dates fixed, the WPA head added While a few men will be transfer fed from other projects now in prog ress in the county, most of the labor for the street work will be drawn from those groups recently applying for WPA work Construction work on the Parmele schoo) will be han dled mainly by a force that has been assigned to other construction proj ects in the county including gymna siums at Jamesvillc and Oak City and on a colored school in Bear Grass Township, A representative of the Rivers en gineering "nn will be ip charge of the street work here while Builder A. T. Perry is slated to superintend the construction work at Parmele. Grading work (or Warren Street is included in the first work to be handled here, Superintendent of Streets R B. Manning stating that the work on a that streets would be advanced in an effort to inconven ience traffic as little as possible. No definite date for completing the projects has been set, but engineers maintain that the work, with normal Weather conditions, could be com pleted by late summer or early fall. Thirty-Nine Years Ago As Recorded In The Enterprise Thandaj, January 31, 1M1. Read the new ads in this issue. Subscribe to The Enterprise. Dr. U. S. Hassell, of Jamesville, was in town Monday. Miss Lela Simpson is visiting her sister. Mrs. Cobb, in Mildres. Everybody is looking for bargains and are finding them at Gurganus'. After being thoroughly renovated the "Plymouth" is back on her reg ular run. .' ' The steamer ' Lucy" belonging to the N. and S.. was at our wharf Mon day night. Mrs. J. B. Cherry was baptised at the Missionary Baptist Church Sun day night. Miss Pattie Skinner, one of Green ville's very charming young ladies, is visiting Miss Anna Crawford A fine stock of goods, low prices and accommodating clerks, can al ways be found at Eli Gurganus*. Mrs. G. W. Blount who was re ported sick in last week's issue is very much improved and able to be up. Misses Lizzie and Mattie Quarter mas returned from Greenville Friday after a very pleasant visit of several weeks. I Three runaway teams in one day is a pretty good record for a town of Williamston's size. This is the rec ord of Tuesday. There are bargains and bargains at Gurganus' looking for purchasers. We know you won't let them pass Some of the New York holders of January cotton got a hold on it Mon day and for a while it sold as high as 12 1-2 cents there. After a hail storm Saturday night and rain Sunday the wind blew al most a gale Sunday night leaving cold weather in its wake. Such little piltk~as DeWitt's Little Early Risers are very easily taken, and they are wonderfully effective in cleansing the liver and bowels. C. D. Carstarphen and Co. Leave your orders at The Enter prise office for engraved visiting cards, wedding invitation" so tor neat and strictly first class of fice and business stationary. Mrs. J. L. Ewell was summoned-to the bedside of her niece, Mrs Jor dan. at Jamesville, last Friday, find ing her better. Mrs. Ewell returned to the city Saturday on the freight, train. Mr. S. N. Yarrell, one of our most popular and prosperous farmers, was seen on our streets Tuesday. Mr. Yarrell's kind thoughtfulness of us during the fruit season last year has not been forgotten. The merited reputation for curing piles, sores and skin diseases ac quired by DeWitt's Hazel Salve has led to the making of worthless coun terfeits. Be sure you get only De Witt's Salve.?C. D. Carstarphen. The Jlank of Martin County will make application to the purrsent ses sion of the General Assembly for a charter of incorporation. Books are now open at the bank to receive sub scriptions to its stock. Those wishing to subscribe are requested to do so at once. When threatened with pneumonia or any other lung trouble, prompt relief is necessary, as it is dangerous to delay. We would suggest that One Minute Cough Cure be taken as soon as indications of having taken cold are noticed. It cures quickly and its early use prevents consumption. ? C. D. Carstarphen. Last Sunday night between 11 and 12 o'clock we heard the report of a pistol. Upon investigation we found, a colored boy had been teasing a tramp and the latter shot at the boy. the bullet missing the object fired at and passed through the glass in (Continued on page four) Community Forum Organized by Group The Willlamston Community For um met and organized in the Wo man'i Club laat evening. The pur pose of this new organization as the name indicates Is to give those of the community who desire an opportun ity to meet together regularly and air their views in an orderly way on certain social, economic, religious, political, philosophical and moral is sues that confront us today It is hoped that every interested person in the community will come to the meetings and take part in the discus sions whether you have been invited or not for It la open to all. At various times outstanding authorities?on current topics will be brought in by the club. The group which met for the first time laat night set up its organiza tion and made tentative plans tor the future Mr. Arthur Bertolett was elected chairman and Mr. Sam Ed wards, secretary. The steering and program committee is composed of the chairman and secretary and Rev, John Hardy, Mr. Irving Margolls and Mrs. Charles Leonard, The group will meet twice a month on the first and third Wednesday nights at 8 o'clock. Each meeting "wilt be strictly lim ited to one hour unless a vote for extension of time is made. It is hoped that the meetlnp can continue to be held in the Woman's Club. The next meeting will be held on the first Tuesday in April. There were twelve present.?Reported. Superior Court Opens Regular Term Monday Superior Court Will Convene Two Weeks Term Next Monday Jiulur 0- k. INimorkd. Jr.. To IVeMilr Over His Kir?l Term in Coimlv A fairly crowded docket will greet Judge Q K Nimocks. Jr.. when he opens a two weeks' term of Martin Superior Court next Monday -Twen ty-four eases are already on the criminal docket awaiting attention, and numerous complicated civil eases are on the trial calendar for consid eration as soon as the criminal dock et is completed. Judge Nimocks comes to this county for the first time as a membey of the North Car olina bench. Regarded as an able jurist, he is a resident of Fayette ville. While the docket includes alleged crimes all the way from murder on down to minor infractions of the law. it centers around a little crime wave that swept'over several com munities in the county during the last three months of 1989 For tin first time in recent sessions, a first degree murder case is on the docket Joe Willie Moore, colored, will go on trial for his life for the murder of Cheatani Ray. half-breed, in Jamesville on Sunday. February 18 The possibility that M'ctore would plead guilty of manslaughter has been virtually eliminated, reports declaring that he statwd he had got ten the man he was after. Other cases on the docket are. as follows: Gus Forrest, non-support. Randon Jones, assault with in tent to kill. Jones attacked James Whitehurst in Williamston on Octo ber 7-With :> instil t)w> On.t taring through the man's intestines. A true bill was returned by the grand jury last December, but Whitehurst was unable ?M nttenri trinl pijit lima? Columbus Rogers, bastardy Preston Clyde Durant, (irunken and reckless driving. The case was appealed from a judgment in the county court where the defendant was adjudged guilty and fined $50. Leamon "Red" Taylor, careless and reckless driving. This case was placed oh the "big" court docket by appeal. Charged with violating the motor vehicle laws, Curtis Rhodes and Lin Williams both appealed from judg ments in the county court. Reports state that Williams only last week was again charged with violating the rules of the road. Alleged to have forged the name of "Mrs. J. G. Whitehurst" to a check, C. Vernon Whitehurst is booked for forgery. Herbert Pago -really-, put himself on the spot last December 1(1 when he was alleged to have stolen three automobiles. He stands along in two cases charging him with the theft of cars from A. O. Roberson and Company and from Harvey Rober son. In a third case he is charged along with Paul Dennis Terry and Dennis Crisp with the theft of an au tomobile from Jasper Roebuck. James Roberson faces a seduction charge. Charged with breaking into the home of Mrs. Bettie Bullock in Cross Roads Township on February 17 and stealing $20 or more, Matthew Cran dall will be called for trial next week. Dennis Wynn, young county white man, will possibly hold the court spotlight when he is called to answer in five cases, charging him with as sault with intent to kill, robbery, breaking and entering and larceny. The young man stands alone in two cases but shares the alleged guilt with several others in three cases. He is charged with stealing an automo bile tire from the Harrison Oil Com pany last December. On December 23 he is alleged to have attacked Charlie Davis, Williamston merchant, with an automobile crank with in (Continued on page four) JUDGE MMOCkS A relatively new memlM?r of the North Carolina Superior Court bench. Judge Q. K. Nim ocks, Jr., of Fayetteville, will preside over his first term of Martin County Superior Court heginning here next .Monday. Issue Pen Murriugt1 e> Licenses In (lotintv During Fast Month IfiHiitiiH't' I. SnialU-M For \ny Fi'lirnarv Since tin Year. 1 The fairer sex, charged'as .custom i would have it with taking the lead in promoting eupid's activities, did i not do so well in this county last | month despite Hit t nlm dn view of the marriage records m the Martin court house shows the small est issuance of licenses for tin- per iod th.in in wiy.oiiicx Ftbiuaiy tltrr ing the past seven years. Tht love attack proved exceptionally weak .n the colored ranks, the number of li censes issued to colored couples last month falling two below the figure recorded for February, 1939. There was an increase of one in the num . ber of licenses is^icd ^ whiteeott^ I pies. It was one of the few times that the number of white marriages in this county equalled the number of col ored marriages, the number issued to colored couples in the particular month ordinarily exceeding the num able margin. Last month licenses were issued to five white and five colored couples, as follows: White Albert G. Tyre and Edith Hardi Son, both of Martin County. J. C. Leggett and Cora Lee Rob erson, both of this* county. Cecil Williams and Elsie May Page, both of Robcrsonville. LeRoy Beach, of Williamston, and Gladys Bernice Hardison, of Oak City Colored Johnnie Alston and LucyrTillery, both of Palmyra. William Henry Dixon and Irene Bennett, both of Williamston Augustus Reddick and Flora Wool ard, both of Martin County. Peter Little, Sr., of Kveretts, and Frances Johnson, of Robcrsonville. Robert Martin and Elizabeth Wil liams, both (if Martin County. March promises to be a bumper month fhr colored marriages in the county, the office of the register of deeds reporting the issuance of three licenses during the fir6t three days. Stolen Car Recovered SI ear I irpinia Line Stolen on Maui Street here last ! Tuesday night, the Ford car belong- , ing to Edwin Holding was recovered j a few hours lalcr by-Highway Patrol man Gibson near the Virginia line, not far from South Mills The car was not damaged Commissioners Hear Tax Complaint At Meet Monday Sitting at a board of equalization InH review, The Martin County com Tiiaiioners will hear complainta ?gainst aaaesai'd property valuea for I MO at a special meeting to be held n the agricultural building here next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. While the authorities In this county gener illy show great patience in hearing complaints meeting after meeting all the year through, the law says any ind all owners who wish to enter ob jections to tsx values assessed against their properties must file their com plaints on the eleventh Monday fol lowing the opening of the listing Jtrted, the date this year falling on March 18 No new valuation of real proper ty was effected this year, and since the changes are centered around per lonal property only, very few com plaints are anticipated by the board members at their meeting next Mon lay. A comparative study of the tax lists has been made by the county tax supervisor, S. H. Grimes, and a few interested citizens, but two town ships, Bear Grass und Jamesvllle, have not filed their lists and a com plete comparison of total values for 1939 and 1940 cannot be made Un less the two districts report appre ciahle gains, the total assessed va! uation is going to reflect a slight de crease in taxable values this year as compared with the listings a yeur ago Added interest in the meeting next Monday is being centered on the county treasurer's office, com missioners arc expected to abolish the office and turn the Job over to a bank or banks or retain the office and leave the selection of a treasur er up to the people in the primary to be held on May 2ftth. The propos al has its suporters and then there are those against it Republicans Of The First District In Meeting Here c Vrra Throws Support to the t'anciiilary of Taft for President in "wen?yg here Wh* i ?h's nomination Messrs gsK-jsyrs and B C Ic'r'Z"'r- "f f'^d"otank. 1 " 1 Carrawan. of Beaufort County, were etected alte,naust< the convention X^:::r-^r,urr?'w':r kerson w?| be wlthou( lv th'itPwmary i,nd " '?sn t at a" llk<' will h- ,en' "'e Democrats' man w I have opposition in the primary' hut the two will be on the ballot ne*,' November. Wilkerson stating before he convention here yesterday that hi would make an "extensive" paign. The Ropubltem, canddaTe Ptan. to file for the office? ' o. e' rlv'T 'ate today filing '"morrow, the deadline for "K coming tomorrow midnight The group, asserting a t S^cPV dl'U,rni'nation o"pur POM. did-not center its eye on sub divisional polities, but reports from the meeting indicate that the Uemo hie H.,Co".rPri't T")K ?PP?sition ?. k " lilt the line There'll hi' ret koning done about the selection of governor i? this State and th ' v, grcssional district scrans ^ denJfT W tP'H,d^gndv^tS^y ^?-aasrssws:^: ( M l and a *tate' set-up J c Meekms. W J Manning. K C /"'i and Wheeler Martin w.-r. the Slate remn ,tce .- P.. sen. the firs, district. Th' ,,,,, .?ne'e Alh includes. Clu. iih< Allen, Beaufort; 1>. |) Burgess Camden: M S Plli.ai /-> ll,k>ss. c. ??.?- ? r.iiioii. Chowan B C hinsey, Currituck: W l| Kll.'ot, Hertford. Harvey Mason. Hyde JeSae Wilson Price, Martin; M N i'oxey tesrvsstira wwe ""t represented II A Ihr'ctmim11tc'cr ? **? Numbered among the aoorovi rnatcdy fifty delegates ,o\,~ I i 1 l<>urt house were Mr Josh ; cV pPH8"y