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Martin County People are Expected to BUY $251,534 Worth of War Savings and Thrift Stamps Next Week VOL XIX. NO. 31 ROBERSON BROTHERS AND BOWEN, BANK ROBBERS, GET FIVE YEARS IN STATE PEN ) Large Criminal Docket Cleared - - - Mostly Monkey Rum, Divorce, and Seduction HIS HONOR, JUDGE KERR, MAKES SPLENDID IMPRESSION The June Term of Martin County Superior Court opened here on Monday afternoon witn Judge John H Kerr presiding. This is the first appearance of Judge Kerr before the Bar of the County. The Grand Jury was drawn and was given a clear charge as to their duty in the ex el cise of the rights with which « they were clothed With Solici tor Allsbrook representing the State, the Court proceeded to dispose of the Criminal Docket. The Grand Jury was composed of the following: U S Hassell. Foreman; W. T. Bland, L. M. Brown, Geo. F. Roebuck, Jos. B Cherry, Louis M. Roberson, Wr Jesse Lilley, W. A. Bailey, D. B. Whichard, S. D. Jenkins, J. B Barohill, L B. Godard, G. W. Keel, Ja vin Rogers, Sam T. Everett, J H Bailey, J. L. Brown and W. W Walters. The following cases have been disposed of: Moses Bell, c. f. a. Pleads nolo contendre. Judgement continued upon payment of half of cost. B mded for SIOO to appear Sept. term and pay remainder of cost. Carl Brown, a d. w. Judge ment suspended upon payment of cost. Carl Brown c. c. w. Pleads guilt v. and cost. J. B. Williams, F. Tres*. Con tinued. Sylvester Woolard, Jr. 1, r. Pleads guilty. *SO and cost. Jim Parisher. Larceny for tem porary use. Pleads guilty. *lo> to appear at March term of court for two years. Jim Parisher. a. d. w Two offences. Judgement suspended upon payment of cost. - J E. Moore and Sam Scott Gambling. Moore 6 months in jail with leave for Commission er.-, t > hire out. Scott to pay one ha! f of cost. .J. E. Moore. Reckless auto driving. Two offences. Pleads guiity. 30 in jail with leave to hire. Roy Warren, a. d. w. Pleads guilty. $25 and cost. J. A. Leggett. .Taking unlaw ful jurisdiction. Judgment sus pended upon payment of cost. No witness fees. Joseph and Will Mills, a. d. w. j Pieads guilty. Will Mills 825 and j cost and one-half cost; Joe Mills . one-half cost. Arthur Staton alias Arthur, Ellison. Nol pros with leave. Abram Daniels. 1 & r. Nol pros j witia leave. Granson Young, c. t. a. Motion for judgment in absolute accor dance with scifa. Oscar Bellamy. Called and failed. Judgment. Nisi, scifa and capiu L. R. Mxjore and Henry Ellison Attempted arson. Capias and cost. Geo. D. Gurganus. Assault Pleads guilty. Fined SSO and cost. J. D. Hyman, h. b. and 1. & r. Pleads guilty. Six months in jail with leave to hire out ( Dennis Evans. Disposing- of 1 mortgaged property. Judgement ' suspended -upon payment of cost. THE ENTERPRISE The case of the State against I Church and Noah Roberson and i Clyde Bowen for the robbery of the Bank of Everetts, on Tues : day, April 2nd, 1918, was the most interesting on the docket, i It will be remembered that the ■ Martin County Guards with of ficers and many others citizens i caught the men and recovered • the booty consisting of several ; thousands of dollars. The men f were taken to the State Prison for safe keeping until court. B. 1 A. Criteher represented the pri soners and made a strong plea for clemency. Judge Kerr spoke | very earnestly to the young men i J who had started out wrong, and 'sentenced each of them to five years in the penetentiary. Noah Roberson is a deserter from the • Army. j J D. Gurganus. v 1 & s 1, Pleads guilty. 12 months on roads. McDonald Baker. Seduction, i Enterr plea of nolo contendre Fined SSO and taxed for amt, of > $175 to pay cost of action. After I all cost is paid the remainder (goes to one Annie Belle Will-; , j iams I Abe Spruill. Mfg. liquor. Guil-i ■ ity. Prayer for judgment; praver t continued upon payment of cost, land defencnt entering into a i' 'ssoo bond for his appearance at i S -jpt. court then to abide bv final ■ jugment. . Chas. Hardison. Retailing. , j Pleads not guilty. Jury renders I verdict that Hardison give bond for appearance at Sept, court to > I answer churge of transporting : whiskey contrary to law, Andrew Williams, f. & a S2O » and one-half cost 1 Eli Bowen. Seduction. Enters j plea nolo contendre which is a - | cepted. Pays cost and $250 to i j one Lee Whitley. H. C. Henby vs Marietta Hen j by. Divorce. Granted. ! Elmer Ruff. Retailing. Nol i i pros with leave, ij W. C. Langley and Jasper Staton. a. d. w. 12 months in I ' jail with leave to hire. Ed Griffln and West Roberson. Found guilty. Johnnie Jones, a. d. w. Pleads | not guilty, Acquitted. Johnnie Jones, c. c. w. Pleads ; not guilty. Found guilty by jury !and fined £SO and cost. Andrew Williams and Mary .Dickens, f and a. Pleads guilty jAs to Marv Dickens Judgement i suspended upon of j coit. To Williams 6 rfomths in j jail with leave to hire, E. E. Ravnor. a d. w. and c. c. w. Pleads guilty. 8 months in jail with leave to hire. J. D. Coburn. a. d. w. Pleads guilty. Judgment suspended up on payment of cost. C. O. Godard. Profanin? the Lord's Day. Not a true bill. Abram Daniel. 1 & r. Nol pros with leave. i 1 — " T" . • i Commissioned Captain Dr. J. H. Saunders has receiv ed the commission of Captain in 1 the Medical Reserve Corps of 1 the Army, and is waiting orders ' calling him to service. He volun- 1 teered[several months ago; I WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY JUNE 21 igiK. WILLIAMSTON LOCAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS Mrs. J. W. Mallard and chil dren. are visiting in Wilmington. Miss Frances E. Knight is at home from South Carolina where she attended a house party of a school friend Messrs. Albion Dunn and S. J. Everett, of Greenville, attended court here this week. Hon. H. S- Ward, of Washing ton. was in town Thursday on business. Mr A C. Smith, of Hassell, spent a few days in town this week on business. James Edwin Harrell left this week for Raleigh where he has accepted a position Mrs. J B. Hopkins and little son, left Wednesday for Clifton forge Va. L. W. Godwin, of Farmv lie, has been in town this week vis iting his parents. John H. Thrower and family with Mrs. Walter Chappell mo tored here from Hollister on —your Uncle Sam wants a loan; the Kaiser wants the earth; what do you want? 4 buy War Savings Stamps • "" i" ' Si.. .Wt* , . * Saturday and left Sunday after -1 noon ,1 Miss Kmma Rohertson is at home from Kinston where she s taught, this year. 1 . Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith ami j children, of Plymouth, were in * town Sunday. B. Duke Criteher has been in ' Washington City this week on business. Mrs. Fred Gardner has re ) turned from a visit to Whiteville W C- Manning left Monday - afternoon for Southport on busi ness. ' T. F. Hodges was in town Monday on business. ( Mrs. C. B. Ciark and children left Sunday for Durham to visit relatives there. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wolfe, of i Florence, S. C., have been visit ors in town this week. | F. F. Fagan, of Rocky Mount, spent Sunday here with his sis ter. A. D. Mizell, who has recent ly accepted a position with a bank at Tarboro, was in town Sunday evening. Clifford Jordan is at home from the University of the South at Tenn. C. F. Page carried a colored de serter, Ben Clark, to Camp Lee on Sundav. Martin County of ficials are taking no chances on arresting those who defy the government. Despite the $2 00 fine, cows still roam the streets; six were , seen in one squad Saturday j night. Evidently the Boy Scouts i have plenty of ready cash. A man selling jewelry was on ] j the streets this week. That looks ( like a mighty useless job for a * man to be going about doing in i these]!war times. Why license ' Such men? , FREE DAILY POTATO REPORTS FOR TRUCKERS A local office of the Bureau of Markets, United States Depart ment of Agriculture, has been established recently in Washing ton, North Carolina, for the is suing of daily bulletins on the potato situation. These bulletins will include a record of the ship ments of the preceding day over the entire country, destinations of cars shipped out of North Carolina, and prices from near by shipping points and on the large Eastern markets The bulletins are compiled un der govorument supervision, are entirely free, and will gladly be sent to any potato grower, ship per, or other interested person. Simply send your name to the government representative, ll'ir- old J. Clay, Washington, N. C., ! and the reports will be sent to | you daily as long as the office re mains in operation. A great drive has been made against fish in the creek for the past week, and some fine ones I delighted the fishermen • | Tiieo lore Hassell, of Wilgon, i ; in to'v i «Vs week, tl Lieut, G. r. Godwin and Mrs. »: Ixl win have returned from Richmond. I .Judge Francis J). Winston and II Albion I)uri!i wero amon){ the J lawyers attending court hero this week i i Miss Alma Elam, of Chase ' itv, Va.. was in town Wednes day. i Miss Fannie Bonner Pope, .of i Robersonville, was here Wednes day .1 L Hassell & Co., are mak* ing marked improvements in I their building. Large arched en trances from adjoining store 1 1 have been made, thus throwing - the two into'one, and giving am ple space for their immense line ' of goods. Miss Minnie Roberson cele brated her birthday on Wednes day afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. C- Anderson. I More than fifty guests were pre- j sent and the hour passed pleasant- j ]y t j Scout Master Bundy and the' Boy Scouts are camping tfr's week at the Big Mill. Every pre- 1 paration was made for the real j camp life, and a big time is go-j ing on down there where the! lily pods blow, and the speckkd beauties are wise to the ways of! the anglers v m mm Is Visiting Camp. Rev. Clarence H. Jordan left 1 Monday for Kinston, where he j attended a meeting of the Stand- ing Committee of the Diocese i and from there went to Raleigh I he visited his cousin, Mrs. J. 1 Crawford Biggs. After leaving I Raleigh he visited his parish at Greenwood, S, C., and frora 1 there to Camp McClellen, near t Anniston, Ala., where he had ( been invited to go some weeks, t He will return in time for services s on the first Sunday in July. - t NEXT WEEK THE AMERICANS OVER HERE ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE THE HUN ANOTHER BLOW Next Week is War Savings Stump Week - - - You Are Urged to Pledge Your Utmost on this Occasion WILLIAMSTON SCHOOL CHILDREN MAKE ENVIADLE RECORD Another Veteran Passed In the quietness of the sum-, mer's evening on June 13th, ; 1918, the soul of Noah Staton , Peel was released from its house, 1 of clay to take its eternal flight to that Land from which no trav eller has ever returned. Weary of earth, it had struggled to be ' j freed from the tired and diseased I body, and at eleven o'clock that | night the release came. I For the past two years the •.health of Mr. Peel had been fail ing; he spent the summers in the ! mountains and the winters in I I Florida in vain hope of regaini ig Miis vigor. Carefully did he hus > html his strength and attended to iiis business affairs during the months at home. But the end cime at last, and anotner follow er of the immortal Lee passed o.er the river to join that illus trious company gone before. Horn in 184G of that sturdy j Martin County stock which has ; proven true in all the affairs of I men, he developed manly strength on the farm, where he i formed his habits of industry 'and was taught the principles of I.ttuthand virtue. Hewas a sound j business man, a wise adviser in (Church and State, for he possess \ ed a lii cad knowUdveof nfVnirs • i His service to th" democrati I party is known t> all men, and • like the true citizen, he stood for n.all that was best in t 1 ;o Couhtv, uState and Nation. For years he j! had served as Chairman of tie' (J County Hoard of Flections, and f> l at one time was Clerk of Court of the county. He .va.; a success- I i'ul merchant but had retired 'from business sometime ago " j For many years he had been a ! member of the Methodist Church, fian I liis loyalty and strong sup - i port contributed much to the I local congregation. . He married Miss Lizzie Yarrell j land two children were born to them, one dying in infancy and •> theother, Lieutenant Julius Slade r I Peel, survives him, but who was . unable to reach him before the , j end came, though he had visited !him several times during last | illness. Some years after the j death of his fir3l wife, he mar- Jried Mrs. Kmma Burroughs, who [has been dead several years. He! I leaves several brothers, Messrs. jPleny, Lawrence, Sylvester, Mack and Ephraim Peel and one j sister Mrs. Noah Koberson. I Saturday morning at 10:30, ! the body was taken to the Metho i dist Church, where services were , conducted by the pastor. The I interment Was in the Harris plot in the Baptist Cemetery. Glass In Candy I Several people among whomj was W. T. Meadows bought | some chocolate almonds on Satur-1 andday evening of last week from Theodore Roberson & Co., found that they contained particle of i glass. This is the first instances of the kind reported here, and mention is made of it for the 1 benefit of the public and also the dealer, who is in no way to blame, as the candy was purchas ed from the usual wholesale ' house with whom he has been trading. No doubt, the glass ac- i cidentally got in the candy by the breaking of some glass ves- sel, but the -people are suspicious J these days. $ Si.oo a Year in Advance ! The campaign for the sale of j War Savings Stamps and Thrift . Stamps is being waged vigorous ly, next \yeek being War Sav ings StampXVeek. for the f'oun , ty, State and Nation must j^ive ■ land buy until the war is won for . j US. Marti'i County has bought S4O, ,' nfio worth of these stumps; her I j apportionment is $391.534.00. • | :he columns of The Enterprise | for week have emphasized the jjureat necessity for the sale of . tie'-i' ni lilc . aveis. There yet j ii mains unsold of th»County's , i apportionment. $251,5111 00. r Below is the apportionment of . each Township I Hear Crass 22,50(5.00 ; Cross Haods " 30,844.00 I Goose Nest 45,604.00 ■ Griffin 18,810.00 I Hamilton 38.126.00 - Jamesville 52,140.00 Poplar Point 21.824.00 > Uohersonville 67,694.00 i Williams 20,834 00 [ WilliamstVin 73.0H2 00 i' Town of Williamson 34,628.00 i | These Stamps are the saft st in ' vestments in the world, and f within the reach of even the I small wage men and women; i j children who are taueht habits .Jof industry and ec >m ■ :; , and | whose hearts are burr.im: with i pa',. i'itie tires- nre hu . n • :••• ;n. ■ j !'•>; lv I I'f'.f Ij.ltj11 *1 \ r ports II ti it the p'i,i of t Iliatn- School totaled $7, i 1 10, oO in .salts and purchases. i ' i ! Tin* p.ipils bought (Hi:: -V S S. Ia t. ■ i 5J 7 limit Stamp', amount 'l intc to >3.44 1.25; thev s Id 733 I '-v S- S and 161 T S , a.uount- II nig to >3,705.25 grand total of . 157,119.5". Charles (indwiti, Jr., . I led the school, selling 5 2,33tf50; Hill Harrison, second with *205. |on; Tin ima Brown, tinni '.\itiv t|s2oi)so. The first giade led in .);•;> W. S. S and SS T. S. . |Tje xix'h grade led in s-Iling j527 W. S. S. ami 76 T S. JsiX COLOKED SELECTMEN i'i LEAVE FOR CAMP TAILOR , j The following Colored Seiect imen left to-day for Camp Tay ; I lor, Louisville, Kv. I Julius Schuler, Leo Eliison t Arthur Sh.de, David Charka . Jones, Moses Smallwood. Arthur Hen Slade. 'j Red Cross Entertainment Last evening at the City Hall, local members of the Red Cross , Chapter entertained a large au jdience for more than an hour. I This the entertt i iment to be held, was under ftie manage | ment of Mesuames Burrell and j Rhodes. The programme contain !ed attractive selecti »ns which wert? rendered with pleasing ef ! feet There were quartetts, in ! strumental (iuet and recitations. Those taking part were, Mes dames Carrie Biggs Williams, W. R Burrell, John I). Biggs. P. B. Cone, Wheeler Martin, Warren Biggs, J. S. Rhodes and Miss Helen Maynard, pianist At the close of the musical programme, ai official Red Cross motion pic ture was put on the screen, and one got an excellent idea of the Red Cross work at home and "over there." Simon Lilley left for Ncrfolk this morning to spent a few days. Miss Edith Byran is visiting friends in Norfolk. Lieut. John Garrett, of the U. S t Navy, who is stationed at York City, is visitinpr his sister, w c. T : ~'rman.