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Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns ? Latchkey to over 1JM Homes of Martin Oouady. THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 92 Williarnston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 18, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 1 Watch the Label ea Tear Fa per, as It Csrries the Date 1 Your Subscript! oa Expires Handle Few Cases In County Court On Last Monday Three of Seven Defendants Are Found Not Guilty ? An unusually small docket faced the Martin County Recorder's court Monday, Judge Peel handling the seven cases in a short time. Three of the seven defendants facing the court were found not guilty, a non suit was allowed in a fourth case and prayer for judgment in two others, the court suspending sen tence in a last case. There were no fines and no commitments to the roads. Solicitor W. H. Coburn officially prosecuted his last docket for the term, Judge Peel announcing that the county tribunal would not meet again until the first Monday in. De cember, as the superior court is scheduled to convene next Monday for a two weeks' term. Judge W H. S. Burgwyn will take over the judge's bench during that time. Adam David Layden, young Eliz abeth City man who crashed a guard rail on the Roanoke River fill about two weeks ago, was found not guilty in the case charging him with drunk en driving. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, Matthew Griffin, at the conclusion of the evidence, made a motion for non-suit which was al lowed by Judge Peel. Thfi case charging John Stokes with violating the liquor laws was continued under prayer for judg ment until December 5. Oliver Whaley, charged with dam aging property, to-wit a dog, was found not guilty. Charged with non-support, Bert Gorham was found not guilty. The case charging Dollie Lee Hud son with an assault was continued under prayer for judgment until December 5. The defendant pleaded guilty in the case. Josh Pritchett, charged with being drunk on the highway, pleaded guil ty and was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. The court suspend ed the sentence upon condition that the defendant remain sober for three months. He was placed under parole of Patrolmen W. S. Hunt and H. W. Rothrock during that time. ' Viola tion of the parole will cause capias to be issued at direction of solicitor and defendant in that case will serve sentence imposed by court, Judge Peel ruled. ? Lull Follows Rush In Peanut Market Following a big rush that saw a considerable portion of the crop marketed in certain areas, the pea nut market was surrounde-d by a lull today. With a few companies "going off" the open market, possi bly teniBorary. deliveries were slow ed down, but the government sta bilization cooperative stepped in to forestall a break in prices. "Some of the cleaners have been receiving peanuts faster than they can handle them, but we plan to be back on the market shortly," one buyer reported this morning. It is generally agreed that the quality of the crop now moving to market is of the poorest quality of any in many years. Very few of the goobers are grading 65 per cent meat, and the general price average will hardly exceed three and one eighth cents. Latest reports that this county will market hardly more than half a crop this season. The lull in the open market yes terday and today started peanuts moving into government stabiliza tion warehouses on a larger scale, the two receiving units here report ing approximately 1,500 bags in storage with a large percentage of them coming in yesterday and early today. Robersonville reported around 1,500 bags stored in its ware houses earlier in the week. Former Resident Dies In Beaufort County James E. Chesson, half brother to Mr. Mark Chesson, of Williamston, and a resident of this county for sev eral years half a century ago, died at his home in Beaufort County near Washington, last Wednesday morn ing. Mr. Chesson was born in Roper, Washington County, 82 years ago. Before locating in Beaufort County he made his home with the Ward family in this county for about eight years. He was a leading citizen in his community and a prominent Beaufort County farmer. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon and interment followed in the cemetery at Wash ington. He is survived by four daughters, six sons and four brothers. Committees Review Tobacco Allotments For Coming Year Making a thorough study of indi-| "vldual tobacco allotments, Commun-i ity committeemen from the nine dis tricts in this county have just about completed the task, and plans are being rushed to have the 1939 quotas in the hands of growers as soon as possible before the tenth of next month. Taking each individual case into consideration, the committeemen are making every effort humanly pos sible to iron out inequalities and bring all allotments into line. The variations when eonsdered in a lump will not alter the total allotment hardly more than one per cent, it was unofficially learned today as the committeemen were working over the quotas for the last districts m the county. In some cases where the allotments were found unusual-1 1}- high, the committeemen are mak-1 ing some changes, /elding to those allotments that appear unusually low. Every effort is being made to give each farmer what he is entitled to and at the same time comply with the terms of the program. The work of the committees will be reviewed by the state office pos sibly during next week, and when the allotments are finally approved there, the office of the county agent here will set them as permanent records and notify the farmers what their allotments will be for the com ing year. Unofficial reports show that the average poundage is about the same in each of the nine districts in the county, that it does not vary but a few pounds-from the highest to the lowest. Board Commissioners File Road Complaints HQNORED Charles Manning, local young man who is working for his bachelor of law degree at Wake Forest College, was honored re cently when he was inducted into the Golden Bough, the high est ranking honorary society there. Three Arrested For Theft Of Chickens Three white men, Andrew and Thurman Scott and L. F. Lucas, were arrested this week and placed in the county jail for the alleged theft of twenty-five chickens from Farmer Owen Jones in Oak City last Saturday night. Officers reported a hectic sched^ ule with the alleged thiefs. Andrew Scott and Lucas were arrested Sun day by Oak City's Chief of Police Edmond Early. They broke out of the Oak City jail that night. Their trail was picked up as they went through Bethel two days later and they were arrested by the time they reached Greenville. They are being held in the county jail along with Thurman Scott who was arrested Monday night by Sheriff C. B Roe buck. The chickens were found penned with tobacco sticks in a field, near Thurman Scott's home, about a mile from Oak City. Lucas and Andrew Scott came to this county about two weeks ago from Wilson. ? ? Local Girls Victorious _ In Bowling Match Here ? After suffering defeat at the hands of Washington girls in the Beaufort capital last week, several local girls came back strong to reg ister a 146-pin marginal victory in a return match here last night. Names of the visiting team mem bers are: Misses June Crow, Frances Morgan, Clara Nichols, Mevis Bland, Lucille Woolard and Elizabeth Wa ters. Names of the victors are: Misses Blanche Sullivan, Lorene Weaver, Marion Pender, Neda Pendleton, Mrs. Jim Baston and Gordon Wright. ? Farm Bureau Members Picnic Here Tonight ? An interesting and entertaining meeting of th? Martin County Farm Bureau membership is scheduled in the Legion Hut here this evening at 6:30 o'clock. A barbecue dinner will be served. Discussions common to the organ ization and farming will feature the meeting. Several prominent speak ers will appear on the program. Direct Appeal Made To The State Office Of Road Commission Actual Facts Will Support Complaint Chairman Points Out Beleaguered by complaints coming from numerous citizens in all parts of the county during their recent meetings, the Martin County Com missioners this week appealed di rect to the State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission for an inves tigation looking forward to the im prvement of secondary roads in Martin County. In a letter addressed to Hon. Frank Dunlap, chairman of the Highway commission, J. E. Pope, chairman of the Martin County board said: "We are receiving numerous com plaints about the condition of roads in Martin County Mainly, that the roads have not been bushed, arc ov erlapping with brush and many of them entirely too narrow for ve hicles to pass when meeting. "Our people feel that we are not getting the same consideration and benefits as given to our neighboring counties and other counties of the state. The condition of our roads as compared to those of other sections bear this out, and we wonder why we are not receiving the same bene fits as received by others. "We are told that there is but one tractor for use in Martin County of sufficient size and power with which to do construction work.?We have only recently received aid in widen ing two or three little pieces of road ?and that was done only when dh~ rect complaint was made as to those pieces. "We wish to file those complaint with you and to ask that you make investigatoin as to our needs, and comparison as to benefits received, and see if we are not justifiable in our complaint. "We would be glad if you would send some member of your board, or a representative, to meet with us in the very near future and go over some of our roads, in order that we may prove our statements. Should you thus favor us with a visit we would appreciate notice a few days in advance. "We do not wish to ask for more than our share, but we do ask that you investigate the merits of the complaints that are being shower ed upon us by our people, and com plaints which we feel must be justi fiable according to our own observa tion." Commission Answers Apparently ignoring the request of the Martin County board for a (Continued on page four) Candy Salesman Charged With Embezzlement Here] H. W. Hall, middle-aged candy | salesman, was arrested here yester day for the alleged embezzlement of funds from the Swanee Candy Company, a Charlotte firm. At a hearing before Justice J. L. Has sell this morning, Hall pleaded not guilty to converting $259.61 of the company's money as charged in the warrant, but admitted that there was a small shortage which he plan ned to raise and turn over to the firm. Probable cause of guilt appearing in the case, Hall who has been sta tioned here for the past several months, was remanded to jail in de fault of a $500 bond. His case la .scheduled for trial next month. Defendants Seek More Information In $50,000.00 Suit Adverse Witnesses Testify In Bus Corporation Case Here Pointing out to the court that it was necessary and proper for the defense in the $50,000 damage suit brought by Edna Lee Mizelle against the Norfolk Southern Bus Corpora tion and J. T. White, driver, to ex amine the plaintiff "in order to present its answer and prepare its case for trial," Attorneys Horton and Rodman questioned Miss Mizelle during three hours at a hearing held here last Tuesday before Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne. The girl's fos ter father, - Mrr L P. Holhday, was also questioned by the defense as an adverse witness. Unofficial reports indicate the de fense found enough facts to prepare. an answer that would fill an ordi-1 nary size book. The attorneys traced I the girl from the time she left the Holliday home, near Jamesville, last December until the time she return ed about five days later. It was said to have been brought out that the girl first told she miss ed the bus to Jamesville and spent the night in a Williamston hotel, but when questioned later she broke down and told the story virtually the same as was reported some months ago. She reviewed the story as it related to how she was doped, carried on through Jamesville, her destination, to Colnmhia The mean ing of some of the words used in questioning her about the attack al leged to have taken place at the point of a gun in a Columbia hotel j caused some confusion, but one of the plaintiff attorneys, H. S Ward, clarified the meaning and the girl still maintained the first story was true. The case is slated for trial in the special term of Martin County Su perior court convening here next week. According to the calendar, the case will be called on November 30. Slated for trial several months ago in the Martin County Superior court, the case was transferred to the fed eral courts where the plaintiff took a voluntary non-suit The complaint was said to have been altered to in clude the bus driver as a co-defen dant, and the case was then slated for trial again in the courts of this county. The hearing here last Tuesday at tracted half dozen or more promi nent attorneys and leading officials of the Norfolk Southern Bus Cor poration. Church Of Advent Is Host To District j Religious Meeting Prominent Church Leaders Have Parts On Program By REV. JOHN HARDY On last Tuesday after a most in spiring celebration of the Holy Com munion by the Rev. Worth Wicker, Greenville, assisted by the Rev. John W. Hardy, the meeting of the Convocation of Edenton took place in the Church of the Advent, Wil liamston at eleven o'clock. The Cler gy and Laity adjourned to the rec-1 tory where the meeting was called to order by the Dean of the Con vocation,'the Rev. Mr. Wicker Miss Catherine Sherman, our new Dioces an Secretary of Religious Education, presented her plans for the year to the gathering, after which they were addressed by the national head of the Pi Alpha fraternity, the boys' organization of the Episcopal church, I the Ifcev. A. W. Pfaffko, of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. j At the same time the Woman s Auxiliary meeting was called to or-1 der in the church by the president, Mrs. Harry G. Walker, of Washing-, ton. The visitors were most cordial ly welcomed to the parish by Mrs. J. G. Staton, to whose greetings Miss, Helen Smith, of Farmville, respond j ed. In her annual address the presi-1 dent urged that we do all in our power to interest the younger wo men in the work of the church. She said also that there would not be that difficulty in securing officers, reported by so many organizations, If we would all think, as St. Paul, (Continued on page four) ? Rush Plans tor Financing Gymnasium at Jamesville Plans for financing a school gum nasium at Jamesville were announc ed virtually complete today, the sponsors hoping to start work on thC| structure In the near future. Martin County Loses Half Million When State Highway Authorities Deny Claim To All Road Refunds Move First Dirt For New Post Office Building Here The first dirt for the construction of a new postoffice building here was moved day before yesterday when C- H. Kiddle, of the Jones Con struction Company, put several men to work staking off the lot and mov ing several^ trees. "It will be ten days or two weeks before much work will be done on tho structure itsulf," Mr. Kiddle said, explaining that steel and other ma terials are not available at this time. "Construction work will be well underway within two weeks all right," the construction company representative said. The building, while costing less than the amount appropriated, will be considerably larger than many ordinarily constructed in towns of Coburn Prosecutes Docket Last Time In Recorders Court Johnson Takes Over Duties) First Monday in Next Month Although his'term docs not expire' until the first Monday in next month Solicitor W H. Coburn lias Complet ed his regular work as prosecutor in the Martin County Recorder's Court, Judge H. O. Peel announcing Mon day that his tribunal will not con vene in regular session again until December 5, the day newly elected officers start their terms and old ones start another period according to the political calendar. The solicitor wound up his busi ness as prosecutor after a brief ses- j jsion last Monday, and will now cen ter his attention upon the practice I of law as the junior partner in the firm of Coburn and Coburn. The attorney is completing his third term as county prosecutor, he hav ing defeated J. W. Bailey in the June, 1932, pirmary and gained ap pointment later that year. Scoring a decisive victory in the last June primary, Klphonsa John son awaits appointment at the hands of the county commissioners. The young man's name did not ap pear on the county ballot on Tues dav. November 8. and quite a few voters called in to learn why. They aparently forgot the office is an ap pointive one, that the candidates. following a custom in effect since the court was created nearly twenty years ago, enter the June primary that the voters might express their choice and lift the burden from thu shoulders of the county commis sioners. Unless the commissioners start their session earlier than usual. Judge II. O. Peel will possibly have to delay opening the court on the first Monday in next month. If he I convenes the session promptly at 9:30 he'll have no solicitor officially. The commissioners are almost cer tain to abide by the wish expressed by the people in the June 4 primary and the appointment can be rushed through in a minute. Anpther min uite or two will be required to swear in the young solicitor and hurry him to the hall of justice for his first as signment in Martin County's official family. Superior Court Will Convene Next Week A special two weeks' term of the Martin County Superior Court con venes here next Monday for the trial of civil cases only. Judge W H. S. Burgwyn will preside. | The Calendar, carrying fifty-four cases, is not expected to attract much attention from the general public. Most of the cases are of mi nor importance. Aside from the $50, 000 damage suit against the Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation, the cal endar carries one or two cases that are out of the ordinary court rou tine. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and S. -H. Grimes, a former deputy in the office of the sheriff, are defendants in a small suit brought by W. M. Sitterson. The plaintiff is suing for possession of a ring allegedly turned over to the defendants as bond col lateral. The defense maintains the ring was never received. this size. It will be fifty by ninety feet, and will look simikir In the building in Wilmington, but on a smaller scale, of course. The-depart ment appropriated (78,000 for the project. Approximately $6,000 was paid for the lot, and the contract around $20,00 for equipment. It may be that the surplus will revert back to the trcasuiy ? According to the terms of the contract, the building is to be com pleted with 210 calendar days from Thursday of last week. "We hope to move in about next July," Postmas ter Leslie T Fowdcn said today. The building will be located on the south side of Main Street be tween Watts Street on the east and Smithwiek Street on the west. The new 1939 State automo bile license tags will go on sale at the Carolina Motor Club bureau in the WtHiamston Mo tor Company building here De cember I when it will be legal to display the new platrs on cars and trucks Thr same price schedule for the current year tags will be maintained. A new color scheme has been advanced for the costly pieces of tin and the general characteris tic of the numerals Is decided ly different f'om the old Gothic type. The numerals and letters are in aluminum un a red back ground. Get your platrs early and avoid the rush. Give Cooperation In Tuberculosis Survey Commenting on the recent tuber- j culosis survey in the schools of this | county, health authorities pointed j out that the schooJLpeoitie, child t en and public cooperated splendidly. Advised that one out of seven [deaths among young men anri-afaoui-| one out of four deaths among young girls are caused by tuberculosis,' the general public - is .taking a I marked interest in the movement to' lessen the number of cases and deaths from tuberculosis in this county. ?un: icrrni survey, white children were found to hi infected to a certain extent, but 1, 117 other children were found free of infection. While the number equalling 12 per cent of the total, is large, it is below the average and even small compared with findings in many sections, health authorities explain. Infection among the colored children is more than double that found among white children, the recent survey showing that 235 col ored children out of 659 were infect ed to a certain extent. Arrangements are now being made to make a thorough study o* those cases showing positive reac tions, and the general public is cor dially urged to cooperate in thi movement. Local Boy Gains Go voted Honor! ??, Charles Manning, young son i Mrs. A. J. Manning, of Williamsto and the late Rev. Mr Manning, wi signally honored at Wake Pore College a few days ago when he w> inducted into the Golden Bougl leading fraternity of the institulioi John Lawrence, president of th Golden Bough, points out in connec tion with young Manning's appoint mcnt that "the qualifications essen tial to membership in this group ar leadership, scholarship and Christ ian character." He adds, "Charln has excelled in leadership as is ob VlGUs from the fact that he is pres ident of the law school, president o: the Barristers' Club, and was re cently recognized by 'Wlio'g Wh< Among Students in American Col leges and Universities.' Charlie ii also a good student, ranking a close second in his law class during the past semester." The honor was described as a co veted one and is limited to a small number each year in the college. Action Is Bitter Disappointment to People Of County Only Hope Is in Recogni tion of Secondary Road Needs ?? with a half million dollar road debt in the twinkling of an eye yesterday when Uiu NmiM Lai'olina nignway and Public Works Commission, the same organization that sponsored the construction of a two million dollar monumental bridge across Albemarle Sound and miles of "scen ic" highways on the mountain tops, denied all claims to refund 6f~mon les advanced by common taxpayers for building main arteries in the State's great highway system. The simple ruling of the commis sion. "It is ordered that each and all of the claims be and they are hereby declined," brought bitter dis appointment to county officials, the man about the street, the property owner far removed from the paved routes who had followed the appeals of their legislators for something they felt and believed they were en titled to. Before that simple order brought an end to the whole business, the claims had been bandied about from a legislature to special commission, back to a legislature and then to the highway commission. As support for its action, the high way commission cited the findings of the special commission which re ported to the 1937 legislature. That legislature turned the report and the claims over to the highway com mission which, after having the claims before it for well over a year declined them on the basis of the leport. During the period of its considera tion of the claims, the roads body, Chairman Frank Dunlap said, stud ied them "county-by-county." Some of the counties came in for special study, Dunlap said, listing some of them as: Lenoir, Pitt, Pamlico, Beaufort, Swain, Forsyth, Guilford,* Duplin, Sampson, Ashe, Brunswick, Iredell, Buiicuiiibe "iand~ others " Yesterday's order from the high way commission cited this part of the repqrl ut- the special commis sion: ? - ? ? ? ' whelmed with a maze of statistics and information, the aecurateness of lermine, and yet finds itself lacking in much essential information which it regards as beng necessary in order to make definite recommendations as to what cash refunds, if any, any county or counties are entitled to re ceive . . . "That the commission finds that some inequities probably exist as among the various counties of the State but does not regard them as being greater than must of necessity have been created in the-administra tion of the road affairs of the State by any highway commission that could have served it. "The commission does not regard cash refunds as being the proper method of adjusting any such in equities as may exist. "The present State Highway and Public Works Commission has as sured this commission . . . that it is continuously trying through its pro gram of construction and mainten ance of highways to work out all necessary adjustments of alleged in equities." The highway commission listed its conclusions as: "That there exists no such inequal ity in the expenditures for road de velopment in the counties of the State that cannot be adjusted by the (Continued on page four) Near Heat Wave Felt During Past Few Days * ? A near heat wave 13 being felt in this section today, some of the old timers declaring the mercury is ranging higher at this season of the year than at anytime in their mem ory. Thermometer readings were re ported as high as 87 in the shade early this afternoon. Rain and colder for tomorrow, the weather men say. Very little rain has fallen so far this month and to date no killing frost has struck here.
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