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NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW REARING THE EMEf'iUSE IS 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. Williamstovi, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 17, 1944. VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 91 ESTABLISHED 1399 Will Make A Final Ruling In Hunting ~ 0lMp-Todav Broad Creek Hunting Chib Offers Evidenee at Hear ing in Windsor ■ - - A final ruling on the injunction brought by J. G. Staton enjoining the members of the Conine or Broad Creek Hunting Club from hunting on lands along the reaches of the lower Roanoke River between Jamesville and Plymouth is expect ed today, according to information coming from Windsor where a hear ing was held in the case before Judge C. E. Thompson Wednesday. “To save gas and tires, I will go to Martin County Friday morning at 11 o’clock to hand down a final rul ing,” Judge Thompson was quoted as saying after he learned that Mar tin County people, mostly from Wil liamston, were filling nearly half the courtroom. No witnesses were questioned, the jurist explaining that he had read, the injunction and answer. Several! depositions were read, however, and proposals and counter-proposals were offered, but none were accept able. The defendants, Dr. J. S. Rhodes, Titus Critcher, K. B. Crawford, W. G Peele. H O. Peele, Rossel Rogers, N. C. Green and John Henry Ed wards, had their counsel read sev eral depositions, all purporting to show that J. G. Staton had procur ed the lease of the land as agent of the Broad Creek Hunting Club. A paper signed by C. C. Fleming stat ed that he (Fleming) had leased some land for use by what he thought was the Broad Creek Hunting Club or the members named as defendants, that Mr. Staton told him it was for the club. Similar depositions were signed by T. C. an<j J. S. Cooke and Johnnie Philpott. Working to settle the case, the de fendants offered Staton the right to hunt in certain areas. The proposal was not acceptable. Staton proposed that all go ahead and hunt as usual this year, but the defendants, appar ently looking to the future, rejected the proposal. Staton maintained at the hearing that he was the Broad Creek Hunting Club, that it had no members, and certainly not the de fendants named. Judge Thompson mentioned a pos sible course of action when he ten tatively suggested that possibly three days could be set aside each week for the defendants and three for the plaintiff, the jurist explaining that it as unlawful to hunt on Sunday. A motion to remove the case to this county for trial next week was rejected, the court intimating that the plaintiff could not get a fair trial in Martin. If no agreement is reached, the case will likely be call ed for trial in the Bertie County Su perior Court next February. Parents - Teachers Hold Meeting Here The second meeting of the Parents Teachers Association for the current year was held at the grammar school building on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Coburn, the president, asked Mr. Hurley to lead the devotionals, after which the meeting was turned over to Mrs. W. C. Manning, who was in charge of the program for the afternoon. Miss Mewborn’s boys’ quartet, Hal Dickens, A1 Ward, J. D. Lilley and Billy Myers, gave two vocal selec tions. The subject of How Can Educa tion Be Made More Effective was very ably discussed first, by Mrs. John L. Goff, representing the par ents; second, by Dr. John D Biggs, the citizens; and third, by Miss Gol den, the teachers’ viewpoint. Each of the three talks was both enter taining and enlightening. At the conclusion of the program the count was taken and the prize was awarded to the first and tenth grades for having the largest attend ance at the meeting. It was learned that 7010 free lunches had been served at the ele mentary school and 4414 at the high school during the month of Octo ber.—Reported. Presbyterians Announce Sunday Morning Service Rev. C. W. Solomon of Wilson will j conduct services in the Presbyterian j Church here Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, but he will be u.iable to meet appointments in any of the oth er Presbyterian churches in the county, it was announced. He will have for his topic at the service here, “How To Be an Effective Christian.” Sheriff Roebuck Expected To Return Home Monday -~db A patient in a Washington hospi tal since October?, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck is 10 few days nehasoeen able to oe ufr and about the hospital for brief per iod*, but his right eye is still giving him some trouble. Twenty-fol!P*Divorces In The Superior Court One Nazi a Minute IN A FIVE-MINUTE battle with the Nazis while on a mission over Vi enna, Flight Leader Lt. Sheldon K. Anderson. Kenosha, Wise., of the 15th U, S. Air Force, shot down five German planes. He was escorting heavy bombers over strategic tar gets. AAF photo, (/nternotional) Judge Calvin Smith Calls Nine Cases In The County Court —®— Small Crowd Present for The Few Proceedings During Brief Session Monday Calling nine cases for trial, Judge J. Calvin Smith held the Martin County Recorder's Court in session hardly two hours before the docket was cleared and the tribunal fold ed its tent until the first Monday in December. A special term of the su perior court will be convened next Monday for the trial of civil cases during the next two weeks. A very small crowd was in attendance upon the session last Monday and the docket offered ubuut the usual run of cases. Proceedings: Charged with reckless and care less driving, Linwood Bland was sentenced to the roads for nine months. The sentence was suspend ed upon the payment of a $10 fine and costs and $400 to Mrs. Irving Roberson .The defendant’s license was revoked for twelve months. The case against Lafayette Pear sall was nol pressed with leave. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with non-support, George Mooring was directed to pay the costs and $50 for the support of his two children. He is to pay an addi tional $50 before the first Monday in December, 1945. The welfare de partment will administer the fund and the defendant was required to give bond in the sum of $50. Robert L. Smith was fined $10 and raxed with the cost in the case charg ing him with speeding. Charged with being drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest, Cae sar Gorham pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for six months. The road term was suspended upon the payment of a $25 fine and costs. The defendant is not to get drunk in public during the next year. Raymond Carney drew a twelve months term on the roads for drunk en driving and speeding. Charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Robert Coburn, colored, was fined $60 and taxed with the cost. His driver’s license was re voked for one year. (Continued on page four) -1 Wounded Youth In Alabama Hospital Wounded in France last Septem ber, Pfc. Burrace F. Ange, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy M Ange, RFD 1, Jamesville, is getting along very well in a government hospital at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, his parents and wife, Mrs. Nina Ange, reported yesterday following a short visit ; with him in the hospital, i Pvt. Ange was removed to a hos pital in England soon after he was wounded on September 10 and later transferred to the States. A bullet, about one and one-half inches long and about the size of a cigarette in circumference, shattered his cheek bone and lodged near the ear, miss ! mg his brain by breath tu'tctnvptsam orMjjicfv, , The young man s lace is still brac ed and he has not been able to eat anything but soup and strained foods for weeks. Actions Outnumber 411 Other Cases On The Court Calendar Damage Suit for $20,000 To Be Called During Term Opening Monday Opening a special two weeks term here next Monday for the trial of civil cases only, the Martin County Superior Court will find a record number of divorce cases on its cal endar. Outnumbering all other cases on the calendar, twenty-three of the divorces are based on two years of separation and one on adultery. Pos sibly as many as twenty divorces have been calendared at a single ses sion of the superior tribunal in time past, but the two dozen scheduled for trial next Monday sets an all time record when it comes to tear ing asunder the bonds of matrimony. In addition to the divorce cases, four plaintiffs are suing for alimony with out divorce. With Judge Jeff Johnson of Clin ton scheduled to preside, the court apparently plans to run its divorce mill full blast next Monday, leaving a few cases to be ground out later in the term. The court plans to sit only two days next week, recessing some time Tuesday for the Thanks giving holiday. Activities will be re sumed the following Monday when the trial of twenty-two other cases will be continued. The twenty-three divorces, based on two years’ separation, follow: George Shannon against Esther Shannon, Linwood Rhodes against Cora Lee Rhodes, Martha Parker against Noah Parker, Janie Dempsey against William Henry Dempsey, William Jasper Weaver against Myr tle Weaver, Tony Manson against Mary Manson, Marshall Moore against Wannie Mae Moore, Maggie Davis against Harry Davis, William Everett against Susie Everett, Wil liam Frank Spruill against Mary Della Spruill, Luetta Knight against Jonah Knight, Lillian Rogers against Octavious Rogers, Herman Farmer against Louise Farmer, Ethel Dick erson against Robert Dickerson, John Terrell against Ruby Terrell, Daisy Thompson against Philip Thompson, Luther Hardison against Minnie Hardison, Stanley Hollis against Eliz abeth Hollis, Alexander Hodges against Gladys Hodges, Bettie Ann Green against Askew Green, Char lie Mack Mizelle against Annie Bai ley Mizelle, Martha Whitley against Noble Whitley, Jasper Andrews against Louvenia Andrews, L. E. Hy man is suing Ada Hyman for di vorce on the grounds of alleged adultery. In the cases of Esther Shannon against George Shannon, Frances Whitley against Jesse Whitley, Del la Staton against Wilson Staton, and Betty Outterbridge against Jimmy Outterbridge, the plaintiffs are su (Continued on page four) -# Two Are Cleared in Manslaughter Case Frank Brown and Roland Outlaw, colored men charged with man slaughter, were cleared in the Ber tie County Superior Court. The case against Brown was nol pressed by Judge C. E. Thompson at the con clusion of state’s evidence, and Out law was found not guilty by the jury. Brown, employed by the Standard Fertilizer Company, and Outlaw, em ployed by the Williamston Package Manufacturing Company, were driv ing trucks of their employers on the morning of September 28 and wreck ed them on the eastern end of the Roanoke River bridge, costing Mat thew Bond, Bertie colored man, his life. According to reports reaching here, the two men were not charged with reckless or careless driving. APPRECIATIVE Receiving an honorable dis charge from the Army after see ing action in two great battles in France, Willie J. Roberson, Martin County man who just re cently returned home, made a special trip to see J. C. Man ning, chairman of the Mania County Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross, to make a cash donation to the organization. “The Red Cross was so kind to me while I was overseas and helped me while I was hurt that I want to show my appreciation, even if my contribution is small,” the veteran explained in handing over a crisp $5 bill jtjma si Was m the thfck of the bat tles at St. Lo and Cherbourg, that he hurt his back by strain ing. I). Luther Williams Dies in Cross Roads -—~ j D, Luther I Pete I Williams, retir , eiT farmer and iffik s\f PitVCOvm j ty, dfeifAit the home of his daughter. j Mrs. Charles Beach, in Cross Roads Township last Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. He had been in failing health for some time. Undergoing an operation last spring, he had been m failing health since that time, but was able to be up until about throe weeks ago when he suffered a stroke and was forced to his bed. He is be lieved to have suffered a second stroke just before he died. He was born in Pitt County 71 years ago and married Miss Mollie Peaks in 1900. He moved to this county about 35 years ago and spent the remainder of his life here ex cept for about five years when he lived and farmed in Bertie County. Returning to this county about four years ago, he had made his home in Cross Roads Township. Besides his widow he is survived by the following children, Lelon and John Williams of Robersonville, Mrs. Charles Beach and Mrs. Clarence Phelps of Williamston, Mrs. Jake White of Choeowinity, Mrs. P. S. Ambrose and Robert Williams of Windsor, Mrs. Palmer Tyner of Edenton, Mrs. J. P. Cowand of Nor folk, and Pfc. Herman C. Williams who is in overseas service. He also leaves twenty-two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mr. Williams was an able and hard-working farmer until advanced age forced his retirement about two years ago. Funeral services were conducted at the late home Wednesday after noon by Rev. Dennis W. Davis and interment followed in the Bowen Cemetery in Bear Grass Township. Eighty-eight Tires Allotted By Board Eighty-eight tires, including 73 Grade I's, six for large trucks and nine for small trucks, were allotted by the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board last Friday night. Grade I tires were issued to the following: H. M. Ayers, Mary W. Taylor, Den nis A. Roberson, E. H. Ange, A. B. Ayers, Jr., Mrs. J. S. Godard, Vester Coltrain, I. L. Alexander, Arthur Johnson, J. A. Haislip, W. S White A. T. Gurkin, A. B. Fagan, Noah Brown, D. G. Modlin, Mrs. W. L. Manning, W. S. Peel, J. S. Wynne, Eli H. Bowen, W. W. Taylor, Mrs. J. W. Concklin, J. E. White, J. R. Wins low, Clarence allace, Willard Earl James, Vernon Davis, J. H. Jones, Arch Council, James W. Riddick, E. B. Peel, Lela A. Gainor, Robert Jones, J. E. Parrisher, A. B. Bullock, Willie H. Modlin, Tom Williams, Wil liam R. Jones, Charlie Spruill, Rob ert Lee Brown, William S. Powell, Hubert Wobbleton, R. L. Whitehurst, J. L. Gibson, Peter J, Byrne, Lester Cherry, Redden Tyre, James A. Lea thers, Arthur B. Gurganus, C. B. Gurganus, Jesse Gray Lilley, Harri son Land, A. B. Bullock, William A. Leggett, Dorsic Williams, L. E. Nel son, A. L. Hardy, Martin County Transfer Co., Leroy Harrison, Wool ard Hardware Co., M. B. Barefoot, Frank Bell, B. S. Courtney, Rufus A. Coltrain, E. C. Stevenson, L. D. Hardison, Rosa Lee Andrews, Ben jamin Best. Tires for small trucks were re leased to the following: L. A. Car son, B. F. Lilley, Farmville-Wood ward Lumber Company, Floyd A. Whitfield. Large ‘ruck tires were issued to the following. Martin County Trans fer Company 5, and J. E. Andrews 1. Resigns As Chief Clerk Of County Ration Board j Mrs. Irene Blount of Jamesville, after serving as chief clerk of Hit* Martin County War Price and Ra tioning Board, tendered her resigna tion a short time ago and ended her activities with the board Wednes day of this week. Accommodating and most thoughtful in her duties as chief clerk, she plans to spend much of the time in Virginia with her husband, P. C. Blount, of the U. S. Coast Guard. Her successor has not been nam ed, but Mrs. Myrtle Bunting of Ham ilton is acting as chief clerk for the present. Slightly Hurt In Auto Accident Monday Night James Warren Jones, young white man, was painfully but not badly cut under one of his eyes in an automo bile accident on Highway 17 near Old Mill Inn early last Monday night. The other car was driven by Mrs. Cottie Mae Wynne Williams. One of the cars was turning off the j highway and was rammed by the I other, causing damage estimated at | about $100. -A- ■ - | New Bern Minister Will l,onlinet Service Here rTfl-'r> Pf«v T Tohnonr fy, ..■svLi.s*i S»\.-»WiWvi>*■«••» .»•*■««• -««***■»»> ; prian Church, New Bern, will preach ; at 204 S. Smithwick Street Sunday j at 3 o’clock. You are cordially in ' vited to attend the service. Sixth War Bond Drive Opens In County Next Monday; Township Quotas Assigned Here Last Night Tobacco Sales Still Holding Up on the Market This Week -- Despite predictions that the end of the block would find all tobacco gone in this section, sales continued to hold up well on the local market. The daily poundage does not com pare with records established during past weeks, but fairly sizable sales have been reported every day this week. Sales through yesterday boosted the figures for the season to date to 10,304,780 pounds and to $4,478, 141.46 and setting an all-time record for poundage and income. The av erage price for the past few days has been right around 45 cents a pound, and would have been much higher but fair-sized quantities of scrap tobacco have been handled on the warehouse floors. The average for the season, according to unofficial reports, now stands at about $43.52, or approximately three-quarters of a cent per pound above the average for the belt. Most of the farmers have complet cd the marketing of their crops, but there are quite a few who still have a barn or two and in some cases sev eral barns yet to be marketed. It is not known how long the market will continue to operate, but it is fairly certain that sales will be resumed after the Thanksgiving hol idays. Next Thursday ami Friday will be observed as a holiday and the market will reopen the follow ing Monday, November 27, accord ing to present plans. Start Great Offensive Along Western Front Unofficial Reports Say Enemy Massing For Attack on U. S. —«— More Than Million anil Half Men Plunge Forward On Oertnnn Border Following one of the greatest aer ial attacks and artillery bombard ments in modern warfare. Allied forces, estimated at more than one and one-half million men are push ing against the enemy along the Western Front in what many believe to be an all-out winter offensive against Germany. Gains up to four miles were scored during the first day of the great push starting yes terday, and the enemy .apparently in a frantic position, was rushing sailors and old and young civilians to the line running from Holland southeast a distance of nearly 500 miles. During the meantime, a report not vet confirmed and given very little if any official recognition, states that the Germans are massing a fleet of submarines and ships to launch ro-! hot bombs on cities in the United States. Coming from a Norwegian source, the report mentioned New York and Boston as two of the pos sible robot bomb targets. With 2,350 bombers softening the way, the six armies started a gener al march on the Western Front yes terday, reports stating that the aer ial and artillery bombardment was so effective that casualties in the r.ew push were much lower than was to be expected. Spearheading the drive was the new U. S. "mystery” Ninth Army which promptly smashed up to four miles across Germany’s soil, captur ed five Reich towns after driving through a breach in the Siegfried Line north of Aachen created by the U. S. First Army nearly two months ago. The veteran First Army swung in to Eisenhower’s greatest offensive shoulder to shoulder with the Ninth, and four other armies also were striking with their full might along a front that rocked and blazed from historic Arnheim to the Swiss fron tier. Under lanky Lt.-Gen. William Hood Simpson, the Ninth Army con centrated its drive along a nine mile arc-shaped front between Geil enkirehen and Eschweiler, striking in three powerful, parallel columns —one of armor and two of infantry, front dispatches said. NEARING COAL J The Martin County Farm Bur eau is nearing its 1944-45 mem bership goal, according to in formation coming from a meet ing of the membership commit tee held here last Wednesday evening. Approximately 400 members had been added since the last report, boosting the to tal to date to nearly 1,400. Can vassers agreed at the meeting to continue their solicitations dur ing the next week or ten days and carry the membership drive over the 1,500 goal. Delegates to the annual con vention to he held in Chicago next month were named. Nearly $11,000 Has Been Donated To War Fund in County RolirrHonvilli1 Almost Dou ble* Farlv Contribution* To HoohI Total The United War Fund, already ov er the top, was materially boosted during the past few days when Rob ersonville almost doubled its prev iously reported contributions and other districts reported late dona tions. Hassell forged into first place in the fund drive when Chairman John Eubanks reported this week that the community there had near ly doubled its quota. Asked to raise $100 as its share of the $375.00 quo ta assigned Hamilton Township, the people of Hassell and community, including white and colored, con tributed $175,02. Hi -ai (liass boosted its contribu tion total to an even $500 when Sta ton Gurganus added a dollar and a friend contributed *12 cents. Cross Roads added $13 to boost its total to $4311.27 when the colored school re ported $12 and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bullock contributed a dollar. Robersonville added approximate ly $500 to its total to $1,215.72, an amount just $2114.28 short of its goal. Williamston added about $50 more to its contributions, and the colored citizens of the five lower or south eastern townships boosted their col lections from $686.90 to $830.25, an amount just $79.25 short of its goal. To date, $10,723.57 has been rais ed in all the county for the 1944 United War Fund, or $1,186.55 in ex (Continued on pnge four) f UNION SERVICE v.___ The Union Thanksgiving serv ice will be held in (he Baptist church with the Rev. J. S. Huske, Jr., rector of the Church of the Advent, as speaker. Spec ial music will be furnished by members of the several choirs. The service begins at 10:00 o’ clock that morning. Surely the good people of Wllllamston and our county of Martin have much to be grateful for. Is there a better way to express that grati tude than fellowshiplng with one’s brothers in the sanctuary of our state? A gracious welcome awaits everyone at the Baptist church Thanksgiving morning. (Continued on page four) Wreck Minister’s Car Beyond Repair Stolen from his son who was vis iting in Iiocky Mount a short time ago, the Ford car belonging to Rev. John L. Goff, local minister, was wrecked so badly by the thieves that it is bevond repair, the minister was advised this week. Arrested soon after they had stol en and wrecked the car, George Lee Anders, Harvey Taylor, Ernest Riv enbark, Nicholas Thomas and Dallas Matthews, Rocky Mount young white men, were given a hearing and bound over to the next session of the Edge - No insurance was carried on the car and it was reported that the thieves are without means to make good the damage. Leaders Optimistic Over Prospects For A Successful Drive Martin County Asked To Buy $245,000 E’s and $455,000 In Negotiable Bonds -«i> Plans wore virtually complete at a meeting of township and county chairmen here last night for launch ing the Sixth War Loan Drive next Monday, the leaders expressing the belief that Martin citizens will rally behind the movement and push it over the top long before the cam l .ngn is scheduled to close. While only five of the ten townships in the county were represented, most of the others explained that they would be ready to start the drive. Martin County is being asked to invest a total of $700,000 in bonds during the Sixth War Loan Drive, $245,000 in “E” and $455,000 in nego tiable bonds. The total has been di vided among the ten townships as to “E" and negotiable bonds, and while some of the quotas may be a little high in comparison with oth ers, they are certainly not out of proportion to the times and condi tions prevailing just now. Nearly ten million dollars has been paid for the tobacco crop alone in the county, not to mention poanuts that are bringing from $8 50 to $10 a bag. It lias been pointed out that if this county does not measure up to the challenge advanced in the Sixth War Loan Drive, it will have done much to dishearten our boys at the front. Most of those accepting the chair manship tasks in the townships ex plained that they thought it was about time to call on others. Fight ing men overseas, according to a scr ies of articles submitted by “Breezy” Beaird are anxious to come home, but they are not ready to quit and return until the job is finished. The job on the home front is far from finished, and it is believed that all workers will plug on and on and march to victory along with the fighting mc'ii, Herman A. Bowen is heading the drive as chairman, and Sherwood L. Roberson, of Robersonville, is serv ing as co-chairman. Next week, the township chairmen will perfect their organizations and start the drive immediately. The township chair men are: Chas. Davenport and C. C. Flem ing, Jamcsville; Joshua L. Coltrain and Mrs. K. J, Hardison, Williams; George C. Griffin, Griffins; G. D. Giles and A. B. Ayers, Bear Grass; D. V. Clayton, Williamston; Paul Bailey, Cross Roads; I). R. Everett, Robersonville; Mayo Hardison and L. H. Taylor, Poplar Point; Henry Johnson, Jr., and Ernest Edmondson, Hamilton; Hassell Worsley and John Hassell, Goose Nest. (Continued on page four) -# Counsel in Murder Case Visit County Attorneys Rivers D. Johnson of Warsaw and Faison Thompson and Needham Outlaw of Goldsboro, rep resenting Dr. Hecht Person in the case charging him with murder and with performing illegal operations, were in this county this week, pre sumably in the interest of their client Their mission was not dis closed, but it is understood they were reviewing evidence that had been given in the case charging Her man Manning and Joe Martin with aiding and abetting in an illegal op eration. The three attorneys are well known in legal circles throughout this section of the State, and it is apparent that the case will be bit terly contested. No date for the trial has been set. Wayne County holds its next term of court for the trial of criminal and civil cases the 27th of this month. Another regular session is schedul ed to be held in January. It was un officially learned, however, that the bonds, given in the sum of $5,000 and $2,000 by Person and his nurse, are returnable in December. Revival Closes In Local Holiness Church Sunday The series of revival services be ing conducted by Rev. J. H. Mar ley, | evangelist, will close in the local j Holiness Church Sunday evening at i 8 o’clock In addition to the Sunday night service, the Sunday school will con map. ‘Mag *8® '■>*' nr each me et 11a. m. The * %4..w Hi - —r >' —nmri c young people will meet at o p. m. The women’s prayer meeting is being held each afternoon at two o’clock.