• Give Liberally During United War Fund Drive Now Under Way
NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES CF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
'AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XLVIII—-NUMBER 81,
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 12, 1945
John Jas. Roberson |
—■ .Basse* SMchknl y In
Griffins Wednesday
Funeral Held At Home Yes
terday Afternoon For Pro
minent Citizen-Farmer
John James Roberson, well-known j
Griffins Township farme: and a lead
ing citizen of this county, died at his j
home in the Farm Life Community \
Wednesday morning at 8:00 o’clock j
following a short illness. Suffering
an attack of influenza the latter part
of last week, Mr. Roberson was quite
ill for several days but his condition 1
was much improved early Wednes
day morning. He sat up and ate his
breakfast and was feeling very well
until about 7:45 o’clock when he suf- I
fered a heart attack, death following j
about fifteen minutes later.
Mr. Roberson was bom in Grif
fins: Township on December 17, 1868,
the son of the late Harmon Thomas
and C5erw?ut'ma Collrsdn. Roberson. I ‘
He spent his entire life in the com
mui.ity of his birth, farming and op
erating a country store and saw mill.
Mr. Rooerson was a member cf the
Primitive Baptist Church for a num- '
her of years and was held in high es
teem as a leader in his community
and county. He never aspired to any
political office, but he was always
found on the right side in the sup
port of his government and in the
promotion of worthy undertakings „
ana nign laeais. Mr nonerson was
an industrious farmer who advanced
and adopted advanced methods in
agriculture, and his judgment was
readily recognized and accepted.
About 51 years ago he was mar
ried to Miss Sara Ada Hardison who
survives with three children, David
M. and Coy J. Roberson, both of Wil
liamston, and Miss Ida F. Roberson,
of the home. He is also survived by
I three brothers, Messrs. H. Thad Rob
erson, former sheriff of this county,
Joseph A. and Claudius Roberson, all
of Williamston; two sisters, Mrs. A.
R. Corey and Mrs. Ephraim Peel,
both of Griffins Township, and a
half-brother, David Roberson, of
California.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home yesterday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock by Elders Roberts, Sim
mons and Ross. Interment was in the
( Roberson family cemetery, near the
' home. Hundreds were present for
the last rites, attesting the high es
teem in which Mr. Roberson was
held by neighbors, other friends and
acqilaintances.
™ More County Youths
Register For Draft
\ n
Thirty-two Martin County men
registered with Selective Service in
September, according to a report
coming from the draft board. Twen
ty-two of the new registrants are
white, and the number included sev
eral who had served long terms in
various branches of the service, but
who had never registered.
The names and addresses of the
registrants follow:
White—Robert Henry Biggs, Ev
eretts; Lester Bland, RFD 1, Rob
ersonville: Robert Franklin Ed
mondson, RFD 1, Hobgood; John
Benjamin PUrvis, RFD 1, Bethel;
Daniel Taylor Lilley, RFD 1, Wil
liamston; John Asa Harrison, RFD 1,
Robersonville; Donald Earl Bunting,
Oak City; Russell Manning, Oak
City; William Charlie Padgett, RFD
1, Jamesville; Giles Ervin Stallings,
RFD 1, Jamesville; Leslie Thurston
Fowden, Williamston; Howard Rus
sell Taylor, Robersonville; Thad
Leach Hodges, RFD 2, Williamston;
Junior Manning, Parmele; Curtis
Wilmer Hopkins, RFD 3, Williams
ton; Edward Eason Matthews, RFD
3, Williamston; Ellis Gray Keel, RFD
3, Williamston; Fredric Carson Wag
staff, Robersonville; Raymond Mat
thew Pope, Williamston; John Lin
wood Cherry, Williamston; David
Clifton Roberson, RFD 3, Williams
ton, and Dannie Randolph Rogerson,
RFD 2, Williamston.
Colored—William Turner High
smith, Everetts; Cornelius Mooring,
RFD 1, Hobgood; Charlie James Bell,
RFD 1, Williamston; Walter Brown,
Jr., RFD 2, Williamston; William
Burnis Jones, RFD 1, Oak City;
Claud Woolard, Jr., RFD 1, William
ston; Jesse Taylor Matthews, RFD 2,
Robersonville; Peter Alonza P.
Godard, Washington; Ben Biggs, Jr.,
Norfolk, and Ernest Lee Bryant, Oak
City.
Two Suits Are Filed
In Superior Court
Two suits, one for divorce and the
other for $5,000 damages, were filed
in the Martin County Superior Court
this week. I
Alleging two years separation,
Oliver Whaley is suing Verna Whal
ey for divorce. The Whaleys have
three children.
Joe Boyd is suing Mack Reddick
for $5,000 damages as a result of an
automobile accident. Plaintiff Boyd
was hurt when the defendants car
ran over his ankle at the Gulf Fill
ing station on Washington street here
last August 28.
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The War h Over! Wbx~J+**- \!xu*ed
in Ti
Launching a Campaign for $]3,232.96 At Th
nTMartin County?'
' #??I c
Here s Answer To a Timely Question
A goal of $13,232,96 has been accepted by the fTnited War and
Community Fund of Martin County for the 1945-46 campaign, which
officially began last week. Some people have asked why this cam
paign is necessary, now that the war is ended. Clarence Griffin, chair
man of the campaign, answers this question:
"The war officially is over, but humanitarian needs continue.
“The fighting has ceased, but there will be weary, morale
breaking months of waiting for many of our boys before they are
returned to civilian life. The War Department has asked the
USO and ITSO Camp Shows not only to continue but to intensify
their work for the occupation troops and those awaiting return
to this country.
“Peace has returned, but there is want and hunger in the
lands which bore the brunt of our common battle. The friendly
hands of our foreign war relief agencies extend to our Allies some
food, clothing, medicine and, above all, sympathetic encourage
ment.
“After V-J Day, the National War Fund, through which our
funds go to USO and other war service and war relief agencies,
decided to make this one last federated appeal to provide funds
operation of some agencies to liquidation, and for the op
^^rauon jt others up to December 31, 1946. Budgets were reex
amined and all economics made possible by the end of the war
were effected. The national goal for 15 months’ financing of the
agencies is $115,000,000—the amount originally intended to cover
costs for 12 months only.
"We are asking the people of Martin County to shoul
der our share of this, to finish a job well done during the war
years. Let’s make it a gift of thanksgiving for the end of the
war. Be generous in victory!”
Dardens Community
First Over The Top
In War Fund Drive
Colored Citizen* There Ex
reed Quota By Large Per
rentage In Early Report
--
Raising $120.00, an amount well in
excess of the assigned quota, the col
ored citizens of the Dardens Com
munity were the first in the county
to go over the top in the current
National War Fund Drive, it was an
nounced by the chairman, Clarence
Griffin, this week.
The drive was headed by Noah
Boston and W. S. Keys, and if that
little community can exceed its quota
every district in Martin County
should be able to go over the top
with flying colors.
| Names of the contributors and the
amounts donated follow:
Prof. John S. James, $3; Rev. Noah
Boston, $3; Willie D. Boston, $2;
Johnnie James, $2; Clarence Taper,
$1.50; Doris Peel, 50c; Abraham
Pierce, 50c; Delia James, 50c; Erma
Hoover, 50c; William S. Cordon, 50c;
Mittie James, 50c; Thomas Moore,
25c; Samuel James, 25c; Gladis
Pierce, 50c; Edward Cordon, 50c;
Leora Smith, 50c; Eddie Boston, 25c;
Blanch Ruffin, 25c; Ethel Barfield,
50c; Rev. W. R. Boston, 50c; Rev. W.
S. Keys, $2 ; Matthew Pierce, $2.
The following persons contributed
$1 each: Haywood James, Early Bos
ton, Romas Peel, L. J. Cordon, An
drew Pierce, James Keys, Joseph
Boston, Atis Boston, Elbert Cordon,
Ethel Winstead, A. L. Wollard, Mar
tha James, Nathaniel Brooks, Hardy
Kodgers, Ebrom Pierce, W. W.
Brooks, Albert Boston, George
Moore, George Moore, Jr., Meredith
Moore, Rev. S. W. R. Keys, Rboert
Pierce, Dallas James, Chas. H. Peel,
Julius Smith, Claven James, Naomia
James, Bruce Gee, Edward Moore,
Dollio Williams, John Barfield, Rob
ert Gee, Sallie Keys, Mamie Keys,
M. W. Whitehurst, Alverta P. Ewing,
Ella P. Bryant, Maxine J. Harris,
Sylvester Moore, Jimmie James,
James Rodgers. Aaron Biggs, Jacob
Smith, James Brooks, James Pierce,
Melvin Biggs, Jerimiah Peel, Willie
D. Boston, Jr., Edom James, Samuel
Moore, Jr., Bernard Moore, Ionia
Keys, Cleophus Rodgers, Rev. Early
Whitehurst, Lizzie Whitehurst, Ar
thur James, Emma Whitehurst,
Mw. Whitehurst, Flossie Wollard,
Mack Wollard, Minnie Butts, Enoch
Peel, Nancy D. Keys, Roosevelt Keys,
Christine Keys, Ivory Keys, Wilburt
Keys, Hubert Keys, William H. Keys,
(Continued on page four)
TOBACCO SALES
vIy
With entire sales averaging be
yond S46 per hundred, tobacco
prices on the local market reach
ed their highest peak of the sea
ton this week. The price trend
was noticeably upward on the
better grades, and there was pos
sibly the smallest quantity of
damaged tobacco on the floors
than at any other time in recent
weeks. While poor quality to
bacco was selling for about the
same price, there wasn't as much
of thai type as there had been,
and averages pointed upward.
Up until this morning, the local
market had sold 8,757,930 pounds
for an average price close to $44
per hundred.
The floors have been cleared,
and while the rush is definitely
over, sales have heul up unus
ually well on the market this
week.
NO BASEBALL PLANS
Williamston will not bp repre
sented when baseball officials
meet in Greenville Sunday after
noon to map plans for the re
organization of the Coastal Plain
League. While it la fairly cer
tain that Williamston will not
maintain its berth in the Coastal
Plain circuit, there is a possibil
ity that a semi-pro organization
will be perfected by towns in the
Roanoke-Albemarle area.
Over Hundred Tires
Allotted By Board
Last Friday Night
Certificate Holders Slate That
They Are Unahle To Find
New Car Tires
One hundred and nineteen tires—
92 for cars and 17 for trucks—were
rationed by the Martin County board
last Friday evening. Now that the
certificates are being issued, the
holders are finding it next to impos
sible to get the tires. Stocks are at
a low level, reports stating that there
are fewer tires to be had than at any
other time during or since the war. I
Unofficial reports seem to indicate
that the tire manufacturers are giv
ing first consideration to car manu
facturers, that a large part of cur
rent production is going to equip
new vehicles rather than for replace
ments. I
Passenger tire* were issued to the
following:
Robert H. Cowen, Joe H. Hopkins,
Geo. L. Cooper, Roland Harrison,
Benjamin L. Harrell, William Purvis,
Wheeler Staton, Archie Daniel Col
train, Hubert M. Pope, Irene McClar
en, M. L. Peel, A. C. Roberson, Ernest
L. Owens, Alonza Revels, E. E.
Brown, F. C. Williams, Roy Godard, ,
J. F. Martin, J. D. Knox, Silas House,
Velma Bailey, Claudie Rawls, J. B. ,
Barnhill, Jr., H. W. Leggett, Wheeler ;
Martin, Ira F. Griffin, Standard Fer- j
tilizer Co., Marvin M. Everett, L. B. .
Brown, J. D. Etheridge, Elmo Bui- |
lock, L. A. Croom, H. L. House, R. H i,
Edmondson, Wm. C. Griffin, R. N.
Turner, Lucy Bailey, J. R. Leggett, ,
Hewett Edwards, J. H. Perry, N. C. |
Highway Patrol, Arthur Ange, G. H.
Wilson, Nathan Bullock, Jim C. Gur- ,
kin, C. C. Parker, Elmer Chesson. ,
J. C. Rawls, J. T. Holliday, Mamie ,
Clyde Taylor, Ernest Wynne, Alonza ,
R. Jones, Robert Griffin, H. C. Rob- |
erson, J. C. Norris, Mrs. W. F. Peaks,
H. R. Smith, Pender Lock, Paul Har
Jrington, Geo. E. Peel, William W.
! Davis, Sr., Robert E. Lytle, W. J.
Johnson, R. L. Ward Coal Yard.
Truck tires were issued to the fol
lowing:
| R. L. Ward Coal Yard, F. F. Pol
I lard, Harrison Oil Co., Taylor Mill
land Gin Co., Williamston Supply Co.,
Roberson Slaughter House, Town of
Williamston, Tilmon Coltrain, Wil
liamston Package Manufacturing Co.,
Foreman and Derrickson Co., Mrs.
Kate York and J. R. Pierce.
Funeral Monday For
Mrs. R. W. Chesson
Funeral services were conducted
XU UiC Urift Oitjr Xjcipiiot CiiUii.il liiijt
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock for
Mrs. Richard Worsley Chesson who
died in a Norfolk hospital last Sat
urday following a short illness.
A native of Pennsylvania she met
and married Mr. Chesson in Nor
folk where they made their home.
Besides her husband, a native of
Oak City, she leaves a child about
three weeks of age.
jJEcohable. CauseJu ,
JqjfensltHightrr €a»»
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Charged with operating a motor
vehicle with improper brakes result
ing in the death of B. K. Taylor,
young Martin County white man in
Bear Grass Township on September
24, Lester Gray Ward was bound
over to the Martin County Superior
Court last Tuesday evening under
bond in the sum of $500. Probable
cause was found in support of the
charge at a hearing held before
Justice John L. Hassell. Taylor was
driving a wagon team into a dirt road
at the Harris farm when he was
struck and instantly killed.
The hearing was one of several
cases reviewed by the trial justice
in recent days.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Nettie Parker, explaining that she
just wanted to kill a “nigger" at
tacked Will Biggs with a knife. Aim
ing at the man’s throat, she missed
and gashed h'm badly across the fare
land shoulder. She was placed under
bond in the sum of $200.
Ear! Green, drunk and down, was
fined $2.50 and taxed with the cost.
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle with improper brakes, James
Henry Rogers was fined $10 and tax
i'd with $0 costs.
Paul McKeel, drunk and down, was
fined $2.50 and required to pay $7.50
costs. Facing a similar charge, Wil
ton Sheppard was fined $2.50 and
taxed with $8.50 costs.
S. Sears, Hyde County man charg
ed with shoplifting in a local store,
was bound over to the higher courts
under bond in the sum of $100.
County Young Man
Discharged By Army
Although he was not in the ser
vice so mighty long, Pvt. Winford
Mobley, Martin County young man,
got a pretty good taste of war before
hi- was honorably discharged by the
Army at McGuire General hospital,
Richmond, last Sunday.
Entering the service July 20, 1944,
i the young man went overseas last
January 3 and moved right in to par
ticipate in the German, Belgium and
Northern France campaigns. An
heavy weapons crewman, Pvt. Mob
ley was carrying ammunition for
machine guns to the front at Vic
trtz, Germany, on the Roer River,
February 23, when a mortar shell
tore through his right shoulder,
breaking bis collar bone. He undcr
! went two operations in Belgium and
was removed a short time later to
England. After a short stay there
he was returned to the States last
March and spent a few days at home
before going to Finney Hospital,
Thomasville, Ga., and later to Mc
Guire General, Richmond, for treat- 1
ment.
| Holding the Purple Heart, Com
bat Infantryman’s Badge and the
EAME Ribbon with throe bronze
stars, the young man is getting along
very well and improving all the
time. He wants to take it easy a
while before making any definite
plans for the future.
Speaks To Students
On Fire Prevention
Addressing local school children
last Tuesday, Mayor John L. Hassell
stressed the need for fire prevention
and called upon the pupils to cooper
ate in reducing fire costs both as to
human life and property.
Fire drills were held in the two
schools, the high school pupils filing
from the building in 65 seconds. A
drill was held and the building was
cleared in fifty seconds. At the
elementary school, the children left
the building in 85 seconds.
Supporting the fire prevention
movement, questionnaires were
carried home by the children, and
the parents were asked to list fire
conditions in and around their
households.
TIIE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Accidents started piling up in
ever increasing numbers on the
highways and streets in this
county last week, patrolmen and
town officers reporting five dur
ing the period ending last Sun
day. Only one person was badly
hurt, the reports stating that a
11-year-old boy was badly injur
ed when he was run down by a
car in Robersonville. There
were five accidents reported, the
property damage amounting to
approximately $500.
The following tabulations of
f'.i a k.uUil>cit woil \jl the acciuClit
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
Fortieth Week
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge
1945 5 1 0 $ 450
1944 213 150
Comparisons To Date
1945 53 27 6 10,450
1944 54 25 4 9.200
ForlSd wwrtw
Construction Program
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TEST WELL
In the first tangible move to
improve the town's water sup
ply.. specialists of the Layne-At
•antic Company yesterday start
ed digging a test well on North
Ilaughton Street. Machinery
set set up for the operation ear
lier in the day and by night fall
drilling was well under way. It
is proposed to carry the well
down around 300 feet, if neces
sary.
If a sufficient water source can
be found, the officials will close
the well near the courthouse ex
cept for emergency use The ac
tion is being taken to reduce the
salt content in the water here.
Tri-County Library
Celebrates Fourth
Birthday Recently
Over 150,000 Hooks liirnila!*
ed In Three Counties Dur
ing The Pawl Year
By PAULINE WORTHY
Tlu> Beaufort, Hyde, Martin Re
gional Library recently celebrated
its fourth birthday. Its most prized
birthday present was the pleasant
discovery that it had become a model
regional set-up, observed and copied
by other states.
Last week Miss Shirley Brothers,
Supervisor of Rural Libraries in
Alabama, came all the wav to North
Carolina to see the BUM Library in
action, and to learn how to go about
setting up regional libraries in Ala
hama. The state of Alabama paid
Miss Brothers’ expenses here to ob
serve this particular library because
news of its efficient functioning has
gone abroad in the library world.
After conferring with the Regional
librarian, Miss Elizabeth House, in
her office in the Brown Library at
Washington, Miss Brothers toured
the tri-county set-up with Miss [
House. They were accompanied by I
Miss Marjorie Beal, Director of the I
North Carolina Library Commission,
and Mrs. Ford S. Worthy, ;; trustee
of the BUM Library.
A few short years ago the seventy- <
odd thousand residents of the rural 'l
areas of Beaufort, Hyde, and Mai tin
Counties had no rural library service
whatever. Today people in the most
remote country districts have access
to the finest available books. The
story of the growth of library ser
vice in these three counties of eastern 1
North Carolina is little short of mir
aculous.
The story behind that story would 1
record the efforts of those library '
conscious citizens who struggled and
fought for a legislative appropria 1
tion which would grant State Aid for
library service in this state. Specif
ically, in this instance, it would rec
ognize that devoted little group in
Beaufort, Hyde, and Martin Coun
ties who believed in the gospel of
good books and pooled their energy
and their resources in order to make
books available to every citizen in
the throe counties.
Four years ago the HUM Regional
Library began from scratch. It own
ed neither books, bookmobile, nor
equipment of any type. It had only
the promise of the State Aid Fund,
which was made available by the
legislature of 1941. The county com
missioners generously did their part
in matching promised state funds.
Nine trustees were appointed, three
from each county.
Acting on the advice of the State
Library Commission, those trustees
selected Miss Elizabeth House of
Robersonville, N. C., as librarian. An
experienced librarian with a degree
in Library Science from George Pea
(Continued on page four)
Local Naval Officer
Highly Commended
Completing seventeen months’ ser
vice on the USS Destroyer Preston,
Lt. Russell T. Roebuck, son of Sher
iff and Mrs. C. B. Roebuck, was high
ly commended by his commanding
officer when the young man recently
transferred to another ship for a visit
home.
The commanding officer, Comman
der G. Serpell Patrick, USN, said, in
part:
“His (Lt. Roebuck) initiative and
industry combined with the best
qualities of leadership liispiied ui
high degree of cooperation from all j
he wor> j with. Hia frankness and
honestness in aiding and advising
others has been a true measure to
those that served under him. His
| keen judgment and harmonious
j working with others demonstrates
!his ability to fill any administrative
job. As a naval officer he was out
standing.”
Cost Figures For
Proposed Projects
Not Yet Available!
Lunchroom* For Schools Ami
Negro High School liuihl
ing Cart of Program
Meeting in special session here this
week, members of the Martin Coun
ty Board of Education canvassed re
quests and reviewed needs for a
school building expansion program.
No cost figures could b - had imme
diately, but the proposed program
Will likely exceed over $100,000.
The board miVnbci., instructed the
superintendent to prepare cost esti
mates, but no immediate action on
the building program is to be expect
ed. Reports declare that dealers will
be unable to deliver material within
three to four months, that no brick
could be made available within six
months.
No definite options have been tak
i'ii where additional property will be
needed to accommodate the expan
sion program, it was learned. The
board at its recent meeting did not
designate the order in which the
units would be constructed, but twm
of the officials explained that the
needs would be carefully reviewed
and studied and the most urgent
would have priority rating in the
list.
In addition to the new construction
program proposed bv the board, bad
ly needed repairs are being consid
ered for several of the school plants.
Asked about financing the pro
gram, school officials declared they
were of the opinion that the costs
could be met without increasing tax
rates, that some obligations were be
ing retired and that the tax structure
would remain virtually unchanged
as far as financing the program is
concerned.
It was also pointed out that there
is a possibility that the federal gov
eminent will participate in finane
ing the cost. However, no such aid is
likely unless there is mass unemploy
ment.
No definite type of construction
has been determined, and it is likely
that alternate plans will be prepared
for some of the proposed structures.
Included in the program are:
A teachcrage, and a lunch room
with vocational shop combined under
one roof are planned for Jamesville.
Buildings to house the home eco
nomic departments and lunch rooms
at Farm I .il'c and Bear Grass are pro
posed.
A lunch room Is proposed for Ever
oils, and at Robei sonvillc the pro
gram calls for the construction of a
building to house the home economics
department and the lunch room
In Williamston a new high school
building of about six or seven rooms
is proposed for the colored school. A
building to house the home econom
ies department and a lunch room is
proposed for the Williamston white
high school
Homes for the principals in Wd
liamston and Robersonvillc are also
proposed, thi' officials pointing out
that these two projects along with
the Jamesville teacherage woidd be
self-supporting units.
Repairs to old buildings will be
handled as rapidly as possible.
Rations in several communities
have already started raising funds to
equip the new buildings, but it isn’t
likely Hint construction will get un i
del wav on any appreciable scale be
(Continued on page four)
Milken Seeontl Trip Home
From The Taeifie Theater \
LI. Billy Watts, just back from the
Pacific following Ins second period
of service in that the ate i,
arrived hist!
night to visit, his fathe r. He' was ae- I
com pa nieel Imre by his sister, Mrs. W.
A. Thomason, the former Miss Gwen
Watts, and Mr Thomason, of Alex
andria, Va.
i*acka<;ks
Not certain where their sons
or brothers will he Christmas,
relatives in this section are not
mailing holidays packages to
servicemen in numbers this year,
according to information coming
from the local post office. Only
in those cases where the service
men are in the occupation forces
are relatives mailing packages.
Last year at this time packages
were being mailed ai the rate of
possibly tuu a day. Now the
mailings are limited to ten or a
dozen daily.
Next jViiiiiiua'j , • October-!5; is
the last day for mailing Christ
mas packages overseas, and
where it is known that a service
man will be overseas Christmas
day, every effort should be made
to have a remembrance from
home for him on that day.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge Oa! v«uJi&d tb
■4*?t44r-i4— For hr- leases
In Court On Monday
-$
Koad Sentenees Meted Out
And Fines ('olleeled Total
Nearly $800
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Holding the county court in session
until dark last Monday, Judge J.
Calvin Smith established possibly a
new record when lie called forty
cases. Several road sentences were
meted out and fines, amounting to
$790, were collected during the day.
The court room was crowded m the
early part of the day, and except for
an empty jury box the court re
sembled the superior tribunal.
Proceedings:
Charged with being drunk and dis
orderly and resisting arrest, Thur
man Edmondson pleaded guilty and
drew six months on the roads. The
road term was suspended for one
! upon payment of a $100 fine
land costs, and on the further condi
j tion that the defendant have no in -
toxicating iiquor in his possession
during the next year.
The ease charging Lester Brown
with cruelty to animals was nol
prossed.
Charged with an assault, Henry
Pitt pleaded guilty of simple assault
and was fined $10 and taxed with the
cost.
Delwood Earl Woolard, charged
with speeding, was fined $15 and re
quired to pay the costs.
The case charging Floyd Spruill
with non-support was continued un
til the first Monday in January upon
the payment of the cost.
The cases, charging Jack A. Farm
er, Jake Downs, Elie Armstead with
drunken driving were continued un
til October 22. A similar case
brought against Robert Herbert Ed
mondson was continued until De
cember 3.
Gordon Ray Hinton was required
to pay the costs in the ease charging
him with operating a motor vehicle
wihtout a driver’s license, the court
iocommending that no license be is
sued him for six months.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him withoperating a motor ve
hicle without brakes, LeRoy Rogers
was lined $10 and required to pay
the costs. His operator’s license was
revoked for 30 clays.
Andrew Hudgins was fined $10 and
required to pay the costs and had his
license revoked for fifteen days.
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle with improper brakes and
lights, Haywood Strickland was fin
ed $20 and required to pay the costs.
Joe Lee Durham, operating a mo
tor vehicle with no brakes, was fin
ed $10 and taxed with the costs.
Charged with operating a motor*
vehicle with no brakes, Charlie
James Carney was fined $20 and tax
ed with the cost.
.lames Williams, churned with op
erating a motor vehicle witli improp
er brakes and lights, was fined $10,
taxed with the cost and had his op
erator's license suspended for ten
days.
Chained w,th allowing an unli
censed driver to operate a motor ve
hicle, Warren Wade Hinson was fin
id $211 and taxed with the cost.
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle equipped with inadequate
brakes Charlie Andrews was fined
$20 and taxed with the cost.
King Latham pleaded not guilty in
the case charging him with reckless
driving The court adjudged him
guilty of operating a car on left of
contei of highway, and he was fined
$10 and taxed with the cost.
Adjudged guilty over his own plea
ol innocence in the case charging
him with speeding, Edward Mat
thews was fined $20 and taxed with
the cost.
Charged with reckless driving, Oc
tavinus Manning, colored, pleaded
not guilty. Adjudged guilty, he was
sentenced to the roads for four
months. In a second case, Manning
was adjudged guilty of an assault
with a deadly weapon, and he was
sentenced to the roads for sixty days
the sentence to begin at. the expira
tion of the first.
William Augustus Keel was fined
$20 and taxed with the cost in the
.are charging him with operating a
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Miss Mary Holliday
Dies In Hamilton
Miss Mary Tina Holliday died at
her home in Hamilton early Tues
day morning following a long period
of decliining health. She had re
ceived hospital treatment during the
past several months.
The daughter of the late Henry
and Mary Jane Wynne Holliday, she
was born in Cross Roads Township
t>8 years ago and spent her early life
m that community, moving to Ham
ilton about forty years ago.
She is survived by a brother, J. D.
Holliday of Hamilton, and a sister,
(Mi;,. Susan *\vrett-of'Norfolk.
Miss Holliday was a member of the
Everetts Christian Church and her
pastor, Rev. J. M. Perry conducted
the"* lust rites at the home yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Inter
ment was in the Wynne family cem
etery, near Everetts.