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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 an<J the urgent im
portance of early diagnosis and treat
ment. Spreading information about
this disease which destroys thousands
of humans needlessly each year is
the duty of the Women's Field Army
of the American Society for the Con
trol of Cancer. This was the message
which Mrs Marjorie B. Iliig, New
York City, national commander, car
ried to meeting after meeting as she
journeyed from "the land of the sky"
to the ocean on her speaking tour of
North Carolina the past week.
Mrs. Illig addressed meetings of
Field Army workers, club women,
doctors, and social workers in Con
cord, Asheville, Charlotte, High
Point, Greensboro, Baleigh, Wilm
ington and Williamston and confer
red with local workers at many oth
er points.
"We feel greatly encouraged by
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Martin Farmfrt Buying
Lime In lAtrge Quantity
Martin County farmers are plac
ing orders with the county agent
for large shipments of limestone.
Several carloads have already been
unloaded, and other shipments are
moving into the county. Offered at
very attractive prices, the lime is
purchased by a grant of aid from the
government.
Two Party Leaders
In County Make No
Recommendations
Revision of List* Or New Reg
i*lrutioii of Voter* Re
quired By Law
Upon their appointment by the
State Board of Elections in Raleigh
tomorrow, the Martin County Board
of Elections will immediately face
a baffling problem centering around
the registration books. Just what ac
tion the county board will take is
not at all certain, but in accordance
with the 1939 election laws there'll
be u nhuko up in the books bufuit!
another primary is held.
Designed to weed out the names
nf those who have passed away or
moved to other precincts, the law
calls either for a complete new reg
istration of voters or a revision of
the books. In either event the elec
tions board is certain to face a big
task and many knotty questions. That
something should be done to bring
the lists up to date all politicians
readily agree, but which plan offers
the most advantageous solution can
not be determined very easily.
The two recognized party leaders,
Wheeler Martin for the Republicans,
and Elbert S. Peel for the Democrats,
are not certain which plan is the best,
Mr. Martin stating that he was in
clined to believe that a new regis
tration would be preferable. Believ
ing that a new registration would
leave many names of potential vot
ers off the books, the head of the
Democratic executive committee in
the county has not definitely com
mitted himself for or against either
plan, both of the party leaders stat
ing that they were willing to abide
by the action of the county board of
elections.
As soon as the are legally notified
of their appointments by the State
Board of Elections, the county group
will meet in the office of the clerk
of court not later than Saturday of
next week and decide whether to
order a complete new registration or
have the books revised
Under the revision plan, the elec
tions officials will have copied in a
new general election registration
books all the names of thosa who
voted either in the 1930 or 1938 elec
tions with the exception of the names
of those who are known to be dead
or moved away. The party affiliation
is not listed in the general election
registration books. The names of oth
ers appearing on the old registration
books and nut on the poll books for
either the 1938 or 1938 elections will
then be published once a week for
two weeks notifying those persons
that their names will be erased from
persons personally appear before
their respective registrars during the
(Continued on page four)
Fix Dates for Starting Work
On WPA Projects in County
A marked increase in Works Prog
ress Administration activities in this
county is scheduled for the latter
port of this month and early April
when work on two sizable projects
gets underway. Lee A. Wallace, dis
trict WPA head, announced today
that materials are being ordered out
preparatory to starting a >30,000 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<TrMW "" r"'"'r of the
15 v ? " ' Wl"' Mr. Evans who is
yeais Old. entertained the meet.
1 ? with political stories, their rem
nisconces bring,?g hearty applause
,ar v" m?tl d,SlUrlH'd the democratic
,ar y working the offices below
1 he n,(.c|,n? w harmonious one
? little band of faithful followers
nand'oki'parly U"'
Tlus county was well represented
' s nvdh'' " "U,nb('r fr,,m Hob
isonville and several from Wil
lamston attending.
Fo Represent Local
Schools In Debates
Debating fur the second time in a
mangle with Scotland Neck and
Washington. Wllliamston 'High
school will send her debating teams
to the nearby towns on Monday,
April 1. The query selected for de
late this year by the North Carolina
Debating Union, sponsors of the com
petition, is resolved, "That the Fed
eral Government Should Own and
Operate the Railroads."
The local affirmative team of Bil
lie Mercer and Joseph Thigpen will
argue the query against Washington
In Scotland Neek, while the negative
learn of John Goff and Marjorie
Dray Dunn defend their side of the
Huery against Scotland Neck in
Washington.
The Washington and Scotland
Neck teams will speak in the audi
orium at the local high school, all
debates being held at 10:30 a. m. on
April 1.
Members of the local debating
team are making final corrections to
their speeches und practicing for the
annual event.
Considerable interest in the con
test has been evidenced this year by
members of the debating chlb.TJe
bstes were written and presented In
competition by the following:
Affirmative: BUI Peele, Richard
Margolis, Nod York, Elizabeth Par
ker, Billie Mercer, Joseph Thigpen
Negative: Evelyn Griffin, Patsy
King, Madelyn Taylor, John Goff,
Marjorie Gray Dunn.