NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
3EHVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 74
W illiamston, Martin* County, North Carolina, Tuesday. September 19, 1944.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Ureat Sky Armada
To Join the Britis!
Miilioii Kuseiam Are Puishir
litie Front
Sign
The greatest airborne operatic
t in all history was reported Sunds
when an estimated 15,0C3 Allied me
landed in Holland, late reports sta
ing that an air train 283 miles lor
moved in yesterday to support th
initial landings and to boost th
number of men there to more tha
25,000. Hundreds of big bomber
loading supplies instead of bomb
fed the new landings.
Contacting patrols of the Britis
Second Army, the new operatio
could mean that more weight an
power is being centered in the norti
for an all-out flanking movemen
of the Siegfried Line. The air opera
tions, while the largest, was th
most successful ever attempted
There were few casualties and th'
mission held promise from the start
Reinforcements and supplies an
still moving in, and it is expecte<
that surface ct«ftwilUollow^
activiue^oj^^^^^S^^s in liu
West have attracted crack Germar
troops from the Eastern Front. Whih
the enemy is offering a stiffeninj
resistance, the mighty push is beinf
continued, and civilians are fleeinf
in great numbers from the Germar
cities in the path of the Allied ad
vance. Fighting was described al
the fierciest since D-Day, and the
heat of battle is certain to be in
creased when the seven Allied arm
ies establish and coordinate theii
position for a final drive on Hitler’s
crumbling domain.
While still begging the poor devils
to fight and die to the last man,
Adolf Hitler is said to be making
preparations for a quick get-away.
One rumor maintains that the mad
man has ten planes ready for a jaunt
to Gdynia, Poland, where he will
board a special submarine for a
sneak flight to Japan.
A great battle is now raging on
the Baltic Front today where an
estimated one million Russians are
battering the Germans and driving
through Latvia and Estonia. In ad
dition to that action, the Russians
have driven a new wedge pointing
toward Czechoslovakia.
Iny Italy, the drive graduall
moves northward, but the fight
there is hard, and no startling de
velopments have been reported in
the past few days.
The Americans are establishing
themselves on the Palau and rIalma
hera Islands invaded last week, and
the next drive is apparently pointed
directly at the Philippines. The fight
in China is not progressing at all
favorably, the Allies having suffer
ed possibly their most costly strate
gic setback of the year when they
were force dto withdraw fr^m Kwei
lin.
Late reports state that the Ameri
can forces are rapid'y preparing air
fields on the newly annexed islands
and that a concentrated attack on
the Philippines is to be expected in
due time. The work was being ad
vanced despite bitter counter-attacks
which were repulsed. American
losses have not been revealed, but
the Jap casualties were described as
being high.
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Tires Are Allotted
By Ration Board
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"Sfc'v'e'fuy ures^oi" Grade I s aria
17 for trucks—were rationed by the
Martin County War Price and Ra
tioning Board last Friday evening.
In addition to those rations, the
board received and passed applica
tions for two implement tires, sub
ject to final approval by the State
office.
Grade I tires were released to the
following:
Bettye Jane Fulton, W C Wallace,
Will Martin, Jordan G. Peel, Mamie
G. Griffin, James D. Roberson, Ar
rington Hale, Marcullious House,
Isaac Whitley, A. P Hyman, J. H.
Gray, Jr., Axthui Revels, Tullie
Cherry Taylor, Harrison Oil Co., W.
B. Beach, G. W. Barrett, Peter Bell
flower, Charles Everett, William A.
Rodgers, W. C. Faulkner, Mrs. H. J.
Haislip, Mrs. Eula G. Coburn, A. S.
Hardy, Bill Gay, William Warren,
Russell N. Turner, William R. Jones,
L. A. Weaver, Carey Bryant, Hay
wood Fields, Columbus Cross, Cas
sia S. Graham, David Mizelle, Mrs.
Fannie Wynne, Sam Stevenson, N.
R. Daniel, Samuel Clark, F. L. Hai
slip, John A. Ward, Joseph D. Hodg
ens, Jodie Haislip, Mack Bowen,
Jesse D. Haddock, Jesse Woolard,
Mrs. Patsy Robinson, Vance Whit
field, Roy V. Hudson and Julius
Manning.
Small truck tires were rationed to
the following:
John W. Green, C. C. Jones, W A.
Jackson, C. W. Copeland, Carroll
Griffin, J. O. Bunting, Mrs. N. J.
Corey, Dan L. Howell, John Gurkin,
Rufus Lynch, J. E. Corey, Town of
Williamston, W. E. Davis, L. J. Har
dison, J. L. Holliday.
Applications for implement tires
were passed subject to approval by
the State office for the following:
J. E. Copeland and son, Jackson
Holliday.
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usual opening-dzy s:ar\fsifier;T poa
bly a bit aggravated, was preset
making it impossible to get aceura
reports immediately. Some of tl
schools were said to have ironed o
the kinks and entered upon a fu!
day schedule, while others were st:
trying to find a starting point. On
three colored schools had submi
ted any kind of report late yeste
day, and since they reported no opei
ing-day figures last year, no enrol
merit comparison could be made.
Six reports, two of them incon
plete, were received from the te
white schools. On the basis of thos
reports, the schools arc holding a
advantage of eight in enrollment fij
ures over those of a year ago.
Jamesville reported 357 pupils i
the elementary school, a gain of 4
over the opening-day figures la:
year. However, it is possible that th
eighth grade was included this yea
and it was not last year. Bear Grasi
| TOBACCO SALES
Tobacco sales will pass the
two and three-quarter million
pound mark on the local market
today with the price trend
slightly stronger than it was last
week.
Up until today, the market had
sold 2,552,026 pounds for Sl,
080,754.12, an average of $42.38
per hundred pounds.
Sales, blocked for over a week
here, are possibly becoming
more congested. Tobacco was
being placed on the floors this
morning for sale next Friday,
and it was fairly certain that
the leaf would be moving in
this afternoon for sale next
Monday.
Indirect appeals have been di
rected to the farmers, asking
them to slow down the market
ing. It was explained that some
tobacco is certain to damage
when left on the floors too long.
However, no great amount of
damaged tobacco has been found
so far, and the sales are running
quite smoothly.
Nothing more has been heard
about a holiday, but tobacco is
gradually backing up from the
markets to the farmers’ pack
houses.
More Cigarettes
For Armed Forces
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The local Lions Club has just plac
ed an order with a leading tobaccc
manufacturer for another 20,000 cig
arettes to be sent and distributed free
to our fighting men on the front
lines. The club’s cigarette committee
requested that this shipment be sent
to members of the U. S. Navy and
Coast Guard now serving in the At
lantic theater of operations. Includ
ing this shipment, the club has now
sent a total of 160 000 cigarettes tc
our front line f.ghters, largely
through the generosity of Martin
.County citizens.
The club’s cigarette fund commit
tee has just completed its sixth per
iod collection and they wish to pub
licly acknowledge the establishments
a t - which -tire- -la-rg s-s t - c sM&et 1 o-n-s w or e
made. First place honors go to the
jar at Belk-Tyler’s Department store
where $8.59 was raised. In second
place was the jar at Terry Brothers
store at Bear Grass, with $5.46 for
this period. Incidentally, more mon
ey has been raised at this location
than at any other one in the coun
ty, thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Irv
ing Terry. In third place this time
was a newcomer, the Bus Station jar
collection amounting to $5.11, to
round out the “big three."
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Former Resident
Dies In Tarboro
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Mrs. Maude M. Fraley, a formei
resident of this county and a sistei
of Mrs. John L. Rodgerson’s, died a!
her home in Tarboro Sunday morn
ing at 4:15 o’clock following a shrl
illness.
The daughter of the late Mr. anc
Mrs. George McNaughton, she was
born in Pennsylvania 67 years ago
After spending her early life there
she moved with her family to Ever
etts where Mr. McNaughton engagec
in extensive lumbering and milling
operations fo- a number of years
She was married to John Fraley anc
made ner home in Tarboro for many
years.
Besides her sister here she is sur
vived by a son, Charlie Fraley, anc
a sister, Mrs. Walter Taylor of Okla
homa City, and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Fraley v/as an active membei
of the Presbyterian Church for many
years ,and her pastor, Rev. Rober
S. Hough, conducted the last rites a
the home yesterday afternoon at <
o’clock. Interment was in the Green
wood Cemetery. Tarboro.
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j pupils somewhere in the rush, th
Holding iknwr, with 185 in th
high schotTiT^^^! ’.«niston forgei
ahead to gain 20 pupils over the 56
enrolled in the elementary depart
ment a year ago. Tire gain was mad<
despite a drop in the first-grade en
rollment.
Everetts, reporting 212 yesterday
lost sixteen pupils somev/here alonj
i the line.
Hamilton lost 26 pupils, the open
ing-day figure there standing at. 143
One report declared that the mam
mas and papas waited around until
the day .school opened to buy then
young’uns overalls and dress mater
ial so the little tots could venture
out.
Oak City gained nine in the ele
mentary school and lost ten in the
high school. The presence of infan
tile paralysis in that district is not
believed to have influenced the
opening day enrollment whieh was
210 in the elementary and 140 in the
high school.
) Series Of Highway
Accidents Reported
In County Recently
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No One Believed Seriously
Hurl, But ('onsuleruhle
Damage Done
As far as it could be learned here,
no one was seriously hurt but con
siderable property damage resulted
in a series of highway accidents re
ported in various parts of the coun
ty during the past few days.
Major Bryant crashed into a pas
senger bus on Highway No. 11, near
Council’s Filling Station, last Satur
day afternoon. No one was hurt and
the damage to Bryant’s car will
hardly exceed $150. Charged with
drunken driving, he was jailed here.
Few details have been released,
hut it was learned that an automo
bile plunged into a canal near Gold
Point some time during the early
part of last Saturday night. Officers,
investigating the accident, said they
saw signs where apparently much
blood had been spilled. No estimate
of the damage could be had. The car
was removeu by unknown parties
before morning.
A truck driven by Marvin Price,
19, and a 36 model car driven by
Mrs. Pearl A. Williams crashed at
a road intersection on Highway 171
last Sunday. No one was hurt in the
accident, but Mrs. Williams was hos
pitalized here for a short time, ac
cording to one report. Damage to the
vehicles was estimated at $150 by
Cpl. W S. Hunt of the Highway Pa
trol. They were said to have been
operating the vehicles without driv
ers’ licenses. !
Driving while under the influence
of liquor, Dave Melton crashed into
a telephone pole on North Haugh
ton Street Sunday afternoon, doing
about $100 damage. He was jailed
by Patrolman W. E. Saunders, and
was about the eighth person jailed
that day by the officer.
There was a wreck several days
ago in the Parmele area, but no one
was hurt and the damage was hard
ly more than $100.
The series of accidents during the
pagt fe}y days boosted the total in
' the county tor'Tri'e 'year " to "date, V)
fifty, leaving twenty-four persons
injured, some badly.
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Extra Session Of
County Court Held
Moving to accommodate several
shipyard workers and a member of
the armed forces, Judge J. C. Smith
willingly arranged a special or real
ly an extra-ordinary session of his
county court here yesterday morn
ing. Crowding into the clerk’s of
fice, the judge accepted the pleas
and meted out the fines.
Charged with violating the liquor
laws, John D. Dugger was fined $25
and Harry Bell, John Lee, Elmo Lee
and Horace Lee, $10 each. The costs
were attached. A sixth defendant,
Herman Mooring, had his case con
tinued
Judgmont was suspended upon
the payment of the cost in the case
charging Thomas C. Cooper with
speeding.
Judge Smith was scheduled to en
joy a two weeks holiday while the
superior court was in session.
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Announce Revival In The
Everetts Baptist Church
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Beginning Wednesday evening,
September 20th, at 7:45 o’clock, Rev.
E. C. Wilkie, the pastor, will conduct
a series of revival services in the
Everetts Baptist Church. The meet
ing will be held each evening and is
to continue through October 1, it
was announced. Special music will
| be included in the program at var
i ious times during the meeting, and
the public is invited.
Bandage Quota For
1 Ami Maierj^^i'ivpd;
l! Move
After struggling along week afte
, week during the greater part of tw
months, faithful volunteer worker
with the valuable aid of units a
Bear Grass, Macedonia, Jamesvill
and Hamilton, completed the fold
ing of 50,400 surgical dressings fo
the Red Cross last Sunday afternoon
The prepared dressings were movei
to the transportation company yes
terday for shipment.
Reviewin gthe work, Mrs. J. B
Taylor, chairman, announced yes
terday that Jamesville volunteer:
handled 13,500 of the dressings. Beai
Grass and Hamilton each handler
4,500, and Macedonia would report i
sizable number. Volunteers here pro
pared approximately 26,500.
Material has been received foi
25,200 more dressings—lfi.OOO foui
by fours and 7,200 four by eights
Tile ru requests
from to, several units for part oi
the material. The requests are al
most certain to be made, and distri
bution will be effected possibly the
latter part of this week or early next
week.
Tlie room here >s closed for the
present, but the chairman plans tc
open it Friday night of this week
The equipment is being moved from
the second floor of the building next
to the Guaranty Bank to the third
floor of the town hall. Volunteei
workers will be definitely notified
by Friday of this week if the move
cun be handled and the room made
ready for work that night.
The names of those reporting to
the room here since Iasi Thursday
could not be obtained immediately,
hut Macedonia reported a great re
sponse last Frida ywiien the follow
ing persons volunteered there:
Mesdames Lucian Peele, Raleigh
Lilley, Albert Gurkin, Elmo Lilley,
Hoyt Manning, Ralph Holliday, Per
lie Rodgers, Clettie Griffin, Saun
ders Reves, Arthur Revels, Henry
Hollis, Alfred Griffin, Ben White
burst, Hebei Peel, Joe S. Holliday,
Henry Peele, R. L. Perry, Henry
White, Simon Perry, Hoyt Coltrain,
Bill Hadley, Clarence Gurkin, John
G. Corey, Charlie Peele, Misses Su
sie Manning, Evelyn Griffin, Melba
Revels, Ella Faye Rogerson, Evelyn
Holliday, Susie Pearl Ward, Eleanor
Perry, Janice Holliday, arid Messrs.
Raleigh Lilley, Norman Hopkins,
Robert Peele, Henry Corey, Russell
Peele, Jos. S. Holliday.
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Stolen Car Burns
Here Early Sunday
Said to have been stolen in Vance
boro last Saturday ,an old Model A
Ford was ditched and burned on
Sycamore Street near Church here
at 6:10 o’clock last Sunday morning.
Local volunteer firemen were call
ed out, but the car was almost burn
ed up before the alarm was sound
ed.
Kermith E. Bomesil, Norman Ter
telbaum and Louis Mazzodi, three
Marines, were detained and charg
ed with the larceny of the old car.
One of the group was quoted as say
ing the car was bought for $35 in
New Bern.
Car Stolen From Local
Dentist Sunday ISi^lil
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The 1941 Dodge car belonging to
Dr. Hutchison, local dentist, was
stolen from his garage back of Dav
is’ Pharmacy some time during last
Sunday night.
It was reported that the doctor
and a friend on leave from one of
the services had been riding Sun
day, that the doc befriended the man
further by offering him lodging that
night. Next morning, the young man,
car keys and car were all gone.
DELAY
Rains, falling in the county
Sunday, have delayed peanut
digging and greatly disturbed
the schedule prepared ftr plac
ing prisoner of war labor on the
farms. It was announced by the
office of the county agent this
week that the schedule would be
moved back each day, meaning
that the farmer who was sched
uled to get the prisoners on
Monday would get them Tues
day, provided weather condi
tions permitted the work to go
on on Tuesday. Farmers are ask
ed to keep this schedule ruling
in mind ,and contact the agent
for more definite details.
More than 200 contracts have
been placed for prisoners, and
the demand is greater than can
be conveniently handled. One
hundred and forty additional
prisoners were moved to the lo
cal camp Sunday and between
200 and 300 will be contracted to
farmers in this county each work
day.
I Report First Case of Inf until
mmrtmmiicrmm mmi <
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i Infanti
pJrai.r^is ires
appearance in the county during the
(MUttMMP'' .. —• t.ei: Of .i
Edmondson, two-j eiJi*uld .-on of Mr
and Mrs. Dean Edmondson, of Oaf
City, fall victim of the dreaded dis
r ease last Wednesday. In the ab
■j sence of the family physician, a Tar
s boro doctor examined the child yes
terday afternoon and he was quoted
as saying that the case was a very
J mild one. However, late reports
- reaching here stated that the child
* could not stand.
The case has been placed under
j quarantine and other children in the
family have been moved to their
grandparents. Dr. John W. Williams,
in Raleigh for medical treatment
himself, could not tie reached for an
official statement as head of the
ar'ment. The~'f£\
! boro deleter’s nurse reported th
jj^^g^l^^eriresentatiVt^T ‘ th
^nHmtyiieff!\^“?fCViii\tn\ent orders
i a quarantine until October 3. Mis
M.ny Taylor. Hhc-ajth nursi
contacted Dr. Stebic of the Stat
Board of Health late yesterday an
he did not think it necessary to clos
the schools. As a result of that con
versation, no order will be issue*
calling for the closing of the school;
the office of the superintendent an
nounced this morning.
According to reports reaching her
the parents are anxious to have th
child removed to a hospital eithe
to Duke or the special one at Hick
ory. No definite arrangements fo
moving the victim had been com
pie ted early today as far as it coulc
be learned here.
Unusual Case Attracts
Crowd In Court Here
Few Cases Cleared
From The Doeket
Jaim-svillr Liquor Store Rob
ber Plueeri on Probation
By Judge Leo Carr
Unofficial! scheduled to complete
the trial of its criminal docket yes
terday, the Martin County Superior
Court, in a two weeks term for the
trial of both criminal and civil cases,
made very little progress the first
flay and it was fairly apparent short
ly before noon today that the court
would hardly complete the trial of
the criminal docket by recess time
this afternoon.
There were only nine cases on the
criminal docket and most of them
were considered of a minor nature,
leading court observers to believe
that the divorce mill would be crank
ed up today, preparing the way for
the first of the civil cases tomorrow.
Judge Leo Carr of Burlington con
vened the session on time, made a
forty-minute charge to the grand
jury, listened to excuses from sev
eral jurors, but excused only three,
Gormer Harrison, W. It. Glover and
Wendell Peel. Three cases were dis
posed of before the noon recess, and
the court literally hit a snag in the
trial of the case charging Herman
Manning . d Joe Martin with aid
ing and abetting in an illegal opera
tion.
The first witness in the Manning
Martin case, Dr. V. E. Brown, was
called shortly after three o’clock
and at five the State had not com
pleted its evidence. At least two
other witnesses, Joe Hale and Mar
garet Phillips, were to be heard this
morning before the defense offered
its evidence. As far as it could be
learned, the defense had only three
witnesses and they were young girls
from Tar-boro.
It was testified by Dr. V. E. Brown
that the victim of the illegal opera
tion, Beulah Brown, young Martin
County white girl, was brought to
his hospital on Monday, June 12th,
in a critical condition, that she was
sent to his hospital jry Dr._ J. D. Hern
rningway who advised hospital
treatment after the young woman
had been carried to him for exami
(Continued on page six)
Officers Round Up
Eighteen Persons
Eighteen persons were arrested
and jailed or temporarily detained
by local and county officers and
members of the highway patrol last
weekend, most of the alleged vio
lators tailing into the hands of the
law on Sunday.
Three were charged with larceny,
two with drunken driving, another
with an assault and still another with
an assault with a deadly weapon.
Seven were booked for the posses
sion of illegal liquor,, and two wei <
detained for disorderly conduct arid
two more were booked for public
drunkenness.
It was about the biggest round-up
handled by the officers in the coun
ty this year, and the list did not
include one or two who were cited
to the courts for operating motor ve
hicles without drivers’ licenses.
Revival Meeting Underway
At Poplar Chapel Church
A revival meeting began in the
Poplar Chapel Christian Church last
night, Monday, Sept. 18th. The meet
ing is being conducted by Rev. Den
nis Warren Da'-h.
Home coming will be observed at
the church next Sunday and the
public is invited. On Sunday the
choir fvom the Brambleton Christian
Church in Norfolk will sing for the
congregation.
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COMMISSIONED
Arthur Anderson, local young
man, was recently commission
ed a second lieutenant in the
Army Air Corps. He has a broth
er, Captain Oscar Anderson in
the Army Air Corps now in Eng
land, and another brother, Mar
tin Anderson, a lieutenant In the
Army Air Corps stationed near
Wilmington.
Missing Young Man
Is Reported Safe
Sti.fl' Sergeant Edgar M. Taylor,
missing in an air raid over Germany
since lust February 22, is now safe
and well, according to a cable re
ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. Monroe Taylor, near here yester
day. The message stated that he hop
ed to see his parents soon, and that
a letter would follow.
It was the first word Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor had received from their 22
year-old son since he was reported
missing in a message received here
last March. 3t was stated that he
was seen parachuting to safety near
a German target after two engines
Jiad been shot off his bomber.
Last January, the young man was
wounded in a raid over Kiel, Ger
many. He was hospitalized in Eng
land for a short time and returned
to combat duty about ten days be
fore he was missing.
His parents do not know whether
he was liberated or exchanged or
whether he escaped.
He volunteered for service about
three and one-half years ago.
Several other Martin County men
have been reported missing ovei
Germany in recent months, and
word is anxiously awaited from
them.
County Boy Injured
In French Fighting
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Cpl. James Willis Griffin was
wounded in France a short time ago,
according to a letter received from
him by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T Griffin, of Dardens, this week.
The young man was wounded in
his right eye, but apparently the
wound was not serious, for the
young man asked his parents not to
worry about him, <hat he was get
ting along as well as could be ex
pected and that he hoped to be out
of the hospital very soon. He ex
pressed the desire to return to act
ual combat and “help finish the
job.’
Few details weie offered in the
brief letter, but it was learned the
young man was removed to an Army
hospital in England for treatment. It
could not be learned where the
young man was fighting when he
was wounded.
He is the thirty-third Martin Coun
ty man that lias been reported
wounded so far in the current war.
IGreater Support Of
j j ^ vir
jy^jiKi^p \
Duties of^
la A<ldr«*g»t Monday
\I»rnip»
Addressing the quarterly meeting
of the Martin County Grand Jury,
Judge Leo Ca*-r of Burlington, Mon
day morning urged a greater sup
port of rules and regulations design
ed for the prosecution of the war. In
his forty-minute address to the jury
the jurist, presiding over a two
weeks mixed term of the superior
court, reviewed the duties of the
body and stressed the need for the
advancement of a greater effort in
preserving law and order.
Nine new members were added to
the grand jury, the group to serve
for twelve months with Vance L.
Roberson as foreman. Names of the
new members are, Arthur C. Rober
son, Henry F. Williams, Vance L.
Roberson, W. J. Gardner. J. Daniel
Lilley, William Lambert, Jesse Keel,
Arthur L. Modlin and J. W. Gur
■ •■aiius.-'j'hu neve . f"i ’;jujo
John W Fu barms of Hass
assel
Opening his address, Judge Can
declared that the grand jury was one
of the most important organizations
in the law enforcement machine. The
jurist explained that he did not agree
with some who have said that the
body could be eliminated. He added,
however, that possibly some changes
could be made by constitutional
amendment to permit the trial of
felonies outside the capital crimes
without carrying them before the
grand jury. “This would give the
jury more time to handle other du
ties," he declared, adding that the
law should safeguard the right of
everyone and carry provisions for
one to ask for a review of a case by
the grand jury.
Judge Carr outlined the duties of
the grand jury under three classifi
cations. The first duties center
around hills of indictment, the jur
ist briefly explaining that it was not
the duty of the grand jurymen to
try a case, but to satisfy themselves
that there is probable cause of guilt.
The jurist went into detail in ex
plaining the duties under the second
classification which had to do with
grand jury prt sentments. In this
connection, the body is a "paper
writing jury," one that reveals to
the court violations of the law that
have escaped the attention of offi
cers or in those cases where the of
ficers know about law violations and
have taken no action. The jurist de
clared that something should be
done about such cases. “Any such
cases should be reported to the court
in a sealed envelope,” he explain
ed “The matter will be turned over
to the solicitor who will investigate
and presentment will take the form
of an indictment at the next term,”
he added.
Judge Carr pointed out that pre
sentments could be based on the
grand juryman's own knowledge of
alleged crime, or it could be based
on information furnished by reliable
parties. He urged the jurymen to
pay close attention to general re
ports covering crime conditions.
“Places of business operated in such
a way as to constitute a nuisance
can and should be closed up, and I
charge you to investigate them close
ly. _
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Arrest Seven And
Get Seven Gallons
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If Mr. Gallup had been in the coun
ty last Sunday, he could have con
ducted an interesting poll on per
capita possession of illegal liquor.
According to reports coming from
ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and his
assistants, the latest count is a gal
lon per head, basing the per capita
possession on the findings in seven
cases.
Seven persons were arrested and
seven gallons of liquor were confis
cated, or the greater part of seven
gallons, the officers explaining that
six joy riders from the shipyards
broke a gallon in their car and spill
ed part of it.
The distribution, however, was
about like the distribution of wealth.
One man had more than his share,
or the other six did not have their
share, or all seven had more than
their share. Henderson Woolard,
Griffins Township colored man, was
trapped with six gallons in his
smokehouse. Officers picked up just
a cold trail and followed it to the
man’s smokehouse. Woolard main
tained that his daughter had the
key and that he would step and get
it. “She lives only two miles from
here," he explained. Officers car
ried him there to find out that Wool
ard had the key all the time. He
finally surrendered it, the liquor was
found und a case was made against
the man.
John D. Dugger, Harry Bell, Her
man Mooring and three Lee broth
ers, John, Elmo and Horace, were
home from the shipyards and ran
into the law as they aired out on
the Robersonville-Gold Point high
| way Sunday afternoon. They had a
j gallon of white liquor aboard.
SM