NEARLY 4.00# COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4.00« COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XLXX—NLMBEF 5 1
IFill'Jamaton* Martin County, North Carolina* Friday* Fohrnarx Afi*
ESTABLISHES) 1899
Library Bookmobile
Will Make Regular
Schedule Next Week
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Good Rending List For 194-6
Is Ready For Distribution
'Byftegional Library
It is hoped th„.i with good weather
and no more breakdowns, the book
mobile will make all of its scheduled
stops next week, Feb. 18-22.
Cooperating with the Home Dem
onstration work in the county, the
Regional Library has ready for dis
tribution the 1946 list of “Good
Reading for Home Demonstration
Clubs.” These lists will be given out
at regular club meetings conducted
by the Home Agents. Readers who
fail to secure the list through a club
meeting, may have same by asking at
the bookmobile. Most of the books
on this and the previous lists are
already available on the bookmobile.
Items not in the regular book collec
tion will be borrowed from other
sources for those who request them
in this county. To allow more time
for this free book service at the
schools a few changes have been
made in the schedules. These will be
followed until the summer schedule
is begun.
The schedule follows:
Monday, February 18
Williamston Elementary School, 9,
Edward’s Service Station, 11; Hamil
ton School, 11:30; Hamilton in front
of Bank, 12:45; Gold Point, Johnson’s
Service Station, 1:35; and Roberson
ville Public Library, 2:30.
Tue^dav, February 19
Hassell Post Office, 9:30; Hassell
School, 10: Edmonson Service Sta
tion, 10:40; Oak City School, 11:15;
Oak City. Barrett’s Drug Store, 1:30;
Smith’s Store on Palmyra Road, 2:15
Wednesday, February 20
Williamston High School, 9; Ever
etts, School, 10; Everetts, Ayers
Store, 11:30; Robersonville High
School, 12:30; Robersonville Elemen
tary School, 1:30; Parmele Post Of
fice, 3:00; Cross Roads Church, 3:30.
Thursday, February 21
Griffin's Service Station. 9:30;
Farm Life School, 10:30; Corey’s
Cross Roads, 12:30; Bear Grass
School, 1:30; Bear Grass, Terry Bros.
Store, 2 30; Wynn’s Service Station,
3:30.
Friday, February 22
Jamesville School, 9:30; Jordan’s
Store, Dardens, 10:30; Browning’s
Store, 11:30; Popular Chapel Church,
12:45; Jamesville, Brown’s Store, 2.
Deputy Will Aid In
Filing Tax Returns
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Beginning next Monday, Deputy
Collector John D. Lilley of the De
partment of Internal Revenue, will
aid Martin County citizens in pre
paring tin ir federal income tax re
turns.
Farmers desiring the deputy’s aid,
are asked to submit correct state
ments of sales of all crops and live
stock and parity payments, and a list
of expenses including those for labor,
feed, seed, fertilizers, gas and oil,
supplies, insurance and other ex
penditures made for producing 1945
crops. Farm owners are also asked
to submit depreciation schedule for
the year 1944.
Mr. Lilley will be at the following
places and will offer his services free
to those desiring them:
Monday, February 13, 8 a. m. to
12 noon, Clyde Brown’s store i/i
Jamesville and from 1 P- m. to 5 p.
m. at Jordan’s store in Dardens;
Tuesday, February 19. 8 a. m to 12
noon, Asa Johnson’s store in Hamil
ton, and from 1 p. rn. to 5 p. m. at
Joe Ayers’ store in O ,k City; Wed
nesday, February 2C 8 a. m. to 12
noon, Barnhill', store rn Eveietts,
and from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. at Cross
Roads; Thursday, February 21 8 a.
m. to 12 noon, Terry Brothers store i
in Bear Grass, and from 1 p. m. to 5 |
p. rn. at Gurkin’: store in Farm Life; |
Monday ana Tuesday, February 25 j
and 28. 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. post office
in Robersonville; Friday, March 1,
Monday, March 4, Thursday, March
7 and Friday, March 8 and from
Monday, March 11 through March
25 between the hours of 8 a. m. and
5 p. m. in the post office at Williams
ton.
All workers who made $500 or
more last year are supposed to file
form W-2.
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Methodists Inaugurating
Religious Hour On Radio
Bishop Clare Purcell, president of
the college of bishops of the South
eastern Jurisdiction of the Methodist
Church, will inaugurate “The Meth
odist Hour” on the radio in the sou
thern States beginning next Sunday
morning at 8:30 o’clock.
The program in this section may
be heard over WPTF, Raleigh.
Bishop Purcell will speak on “The
Church That Is To Be.”
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Sgt. Russell T.* Martin
^^^/Sg^Ttussell i. Martin, after
serving 31 months in the Army, most
of which time was. spent..in Puerto
Rico, returned home last week. The
son of Mrs. Penny Outlaw' Martin
and the late R. O. Martin, the young
man is planning to attend summer
school. •
Will Sink Another Well To
Boost Town’s Water Supply
Finding quality water but not in
sufficient quantity to guarantee an
adequate supply of water, Williams
tori s town authorities are having
another well sunk in the SkewarVtey
are;* not tar from where’one'project
is now nearing completion.
Sunk to a depth of 360 feet, tlie
well now nc-aring completion furn
ished 200 gallons of water per min
ut in a test made a few davs ago.
The water itself was analyzed as al
most perfect, the tests showing that
it was unusually soft, possibly more
so than that oumped from the origin
al wells at the municipal water plant
on Sycamore Street. The salt con
tent is onlv seven parts out of a
million, or just a small fraction of
th- percentage found in the water
ne w being taken from the well at [
th courthouse . The latest analysis
shows that the salt content of the!
wider from the courthouse well is
gr idually increasing, standing now
at about 470 parts out of a million.
According to the contract with the
company, 300 gallons of water per
minute was gauaranteed, meaning
that the new well will not udd to the
$13,000 contract price" unless it
boosts the combined capacity of the
last two weels to more than 300 gal
lons of water per minute. However,
if the well on which the company
forces are now working, brings forth
200 gallons per minute, the cost will
be increased by about one-fourth the
original contract price, or approxi
mately $16,000 for the complete job.
Special efforts are being made to
place the first of the new wells in
operation as soon as possible, but a
brick shortage is delaying construc
tion of a pump house, it was explain
ed, and it is likely that the town will
have to depend on its present supply
until then. The courthouse well will
be thrown out of production except
for emergencies.
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Ole man river is on another
rampage, hi't the latest reports
i’>^ic itr that the flood waters
vi!I 1 e only moderate < ompured
v/ith the escapade bark in 1910
\.Li'a tiie river went to about
20.4 ieet.
Today, the river at this point
was right at II feet. A thirty
seven foot water at Weldon is
expected to uu the stream at this
point to possibly a little over 12
feet about next Tuesday. Local
rains have swelled the river and
they are likely to be reflected
in the flood during the week
end. Present indications are
that the river will hardly come
within three feet of the high
water mark reported last Sep
tember.
Ten Divorce Cases
Filed In Superior
Court Since Monday
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Kitfht of Ten Are BummI On
Two Yeurw’ Separation;
Vet Cliurpes Adultery
Matrimonial bonds are Deing
strained to the breaking point in an
ever-increasing number of cases, De
puty Clerk of Superior Court Mrs.
Mary K. Davenport, announcing yes
terday that ten "divorce cases had
been filed in the Martin Superior
Court during the past few days.
Eight of the ti n cases are based on
two years of separation and the
other two allege adultery. One of i
the plaintiffs, a returned service
man, charges that his wife “commit
ted acts of adultery while he was
overseas in the armed forces, that the
wife is with child, and that he is not
the father.’’
The eight divorce cases, based on
two years’ separation, include the
following:
Mamie Sills against Thomas Sills,
Nina Bell Riddick against John Rid
dick, Joe Price against Gladys Price,
Alton Roberts against Emma W.
Roberts, William Bowen against Et
ta Mae Bowen, Edith W. Daniel
against John D. Daniel, Virginia Mi
ddle against Elmer Mizelle and
Frances R. Gray against William
Gray.
In his suit against Mary P. Or
mond, the plaintiff, Charlie C. Or
mond points out that he and the de
li ' dant were married on October 9,
1942 and they lived together as man
end wife until the early fall of 1944.
I i his complaint he alleged "that
while plaintiff was overseas in the
armed forces, defendant committed
acts of adultery with various men
unknown to the plaintiff, thu* the
defendant is with child of which
plaintiff is not the father.”
in ri • otift'i ease based on adult
ery, Sadie Rummeis charges tiiat her
husband, J E. Rummeis abandoned
her on or about June 15, 1944. that
prior to that time and since he com
mitted acts of adultery with various
and sundry women. They were mar
ried on October 14. 1944, the com
plaint points out.
The ten cases were filed in this
county in four days’ time, setting a
new record for the “busting” of ma
trimonial bonds.
PLANT BEDS
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A few days of clearing weatb- 1
er, sparked by a March wind, has
enabled tobacco farmers to pre
pare their plant beds and handle
a few other odd jobs in prepara
tion for the plowing and plant
ing season. Reports declare that
more than 90 percent of the to
bacco plant beds have been sown
in the county, that while the in
terruption caused by unfavor
able weather conditions has de
the delpv is~not~ atall serious.
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| while many farmers do not yet
see enough available labor in
sigh; to increase their tobacco
plantings this season they are,
with few exceptions, preparing
ample plant beds to take care of
the increase and more.
Ten Cases Handled
By Justice Hassell
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Justice John L. Hassell handled
ten cases in his court here during re
cent days, several of which were sent
to the higher courts for final dis
position.
Charged with disorderly conduct,
Wheeler Beach was fined $5 and re
quired to pay $9.50 costs.
Operating a car without 1946 li
cense tags, E. H. Taft was fined $10
and taxed with $6 costs.
Walter Andrews, charged with dis
orderly conduct, was fined $2.50 and
taxed with $9.50 costs.
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle without 1946 license tags,
George G. Owens was fined $10 and
required to pay $6 costs.
James L. Hassell was fined $2.50
and taxed with $9.50 cost in the case
charging him with disorderly con
duct.
Drunk and disorderly, Ben Clem
mons was fined $2.50 and required
to pay the costs.
Charles Bonds, charged with pos
session of a stolen auto, was bound
over to the superior court under
bond in the sum of $500. The de
fendant continues in jail.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon and disorderly con
duct, George Henry Rogers was sent
to the county court under bond in
the sum of $100.
Lee Campbell, charged with lar
ceny, was bound over under a $200
bond.
Charged with assaulting two fe
males, Levi Johnson was placed und
er bond in the sum of $100 for his
appearance in the county court for
trial on February 25.
Dr. M. A. Schooley
Opens Offic es Here
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Purchasing the business of Dr. A.
J Osteen, Dr. M. A. Schooley, a na
tive of Morgansville, Kansas, is open
ing offices here for the practice of
veterinary medicine in this section.
Dr. Schooley, accompanied by Mrs.
Schooley, arrived here several days
ago and is getting acquainted with
the people in the territory. He will
maintain his offices at the corner of
Grace and North Haughton Streets,
and at the present time he and Mrs.
Schooley are at home with Mrs. Jos.
A. Eason on Academy Street.
Graudated from Kansas State Uni
versity in 1936, Dr. Schooley took
graduate courses in the University of
Illinois, and located in Kinston where
he practiced for two years. He ac
cepted a position with the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture,
continuing in that post until he en
tered the service in 1642. A major
in the service, he was recently dis
charged after a stay of four years,
most of which time was spent in the
Pacific theater.
During his snort stay in this sec
tion he has made many new friends
and has been active in the animal
clinics sponsored by the office of the
county agent.
Dr A. J. Osteen, handling a large
practice here for several years, and
his family plan to leave about the
middle of March for Charleston
where they will make their home.
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Economics Teachers
In Recent Meeting
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Home economics teachers in the
county schools held their regular
monthly meeting in Robersonville
last Tuesday when materials used in
various phases of home eoonomics
were discussed.
Misses Elgia Scott and Bernice
Godley of the local department and
Misses Elernor Chestnut and Evelyn
Williams of the department at Rob
eisonville were in charge of the pro
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meeting included Miss
Lowery of WiJJiaajsViiE, •MMC. mm
ces Eaker of Oak City, and Miss
Maud Ketchem of Robersonville.
Refreshments, carrying out the
Valentine motif, were served by the
Robersonville teachers. The club
will hold its next meeting in Jajnes
ville on March 12.
Jas. S. Whitehurst
Reviews Record Of
Carrier Shangri-La
Marlin County Young Man
Was On Famous Ship Dur
ic- Campaign
(The final phases of the war with
Japan and its occupation by Ameri
can troops is told by Seaman White
hurst in this installment of the
saga that is the record of the USS
Shangri-La. Strikes were cancelled,
and excitement ran high as the great
news of the end of the war came to
the crew.—Ed.)
Early in the afternoon, as a flight
of planes was landing, the last plane
had no hydraulic power and would
have to land without flaps. This
meant he would come in at high
speed and generally this spelled
trouble. In he came like a streak of
lightning, the landing signal officer
doing everything in his power to
guide him safely. As the plane drop
ped onto the deck, it veered crazily
as it raced down the strip. The tail
hook caught the arresting gear cable
but the strain was too great. The
plane split just behind the cockpit
with the derilict cockpit, wheels,
wings and motor racing into the bar
rier. It struck the first, and plung
ed into the second, spinning and
twisting as though in agony. The
second cable held and the wreckage
came to a twisted halt against the
island structure. No one on the deck
thought the pilot could have escaped
serious injury through the pounding
and careening the wreckage had tak
en. But Shangri-La Luck was still
there. Not only was there no fire
but the pilot unbuckled his safety
strap and walked away from the
wreckage.
Hardly had we caught our breath
from this, than in same the word
that one plane had been unable to
release its 500 pound bomb. The
plane came in, the arresting gear
cables snapped it to a halt and the
bomb spurted down the deck . . but
there was no explosion. Like all the
other bombs before it, this one had
miraculously missed everything in
its path and slid to a halt beneath
the planes parked on the forward end
of the flight deck.
Things really began to happen in
fast succession. “Bogies” begun to
pop up on all sides of us. One of the
picket destroyers just over the hori
zon reported she had been hit by a
suicide plane and that she needed as
sistance in caring for her wounded.
At the same time the combat air
patrol shot down two more Japs and
the little destroyers accounted for
another pair. Yes, the Japs were
coming out for business after nearly
a month of hiding, and we were
ready to give it to them.
Soon aftei wards we got. one of our
closest calls of the war. Just as our
strikes were returning a Jap was re
ported somewhere near the task
force and all hands were put on the
alert. He popped up suddenly sev
eral miles astern of us and the com
bat air patrol hadn’t time to set him
afire before the ships’ guns opened
up. But hr- came on in, more guns
opening up all the time, and com
menced his dive on the U. S. S. Wasp.
It looked for a while as though there
was another Bunker Hill or a Frank
lin in tlu> offing, but the 5-inch bat
teries deflected him enough to send
him crashing in flames just off the
carrier’s starboard bow.
Late that evening, when all our
planes had returned, our pilots found
it hard to tell their stories of destroy
ing Jap airfields because we were so
busy recounting our own excitement
that day.
But we did listen when the an
nouncement was made that another
atomic bomb had been dropped on
Nagasaki. That sounded like the
shades of things to come.
The Shangri-La crew will long re
member August 10. Lute teat night
as we were getting ready for bed,
the news sudde nly swept throughout
the ship . . the Japs had suprnitted
a proposal for peace. Impromptu
celebrations broke out in every com
partment. The war wasn t over yet.
But we felt certain this was “It” and
only a matter of hours would bring
the official end of hostilities.
The weather turned bad enough to
cancel whatever air operations were
on the schedule and for the next two
days we glued ourselves to the radio.
The news was brief and many ques
tions went unanswered: mainly were
we or weren’t we going to end the
war? But what fact didn’t supply
we filled in with scuttlebutt until
we actually were whipping ourselv
es into a war of nerves.
But the big jolt came on August
13. Twice strikes were scheduled
and then called off and each time
the tension mounted. Finally the
strike was on “for sure.”
However, while we were half
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Runs Out Of Jungle For
His Discharge And Home
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Advised while on maneuvers in a
thathewa^vvMn
line tc^n!un n home unageff^nBf"
HHKl»>.*n ' Army,
(Blue) Manning is reported to have
cut a straight path to his point of em
barkation. He appealed to his com
rades to pack his clothes and send
them to him, the young man, taking
no chances cn being left, choosing to
travel in his jungle attire.
Man Gets Long Term
For Assaulting Wife
Judge J. C. Smith
Calls Tweiify^Rve
Cases In His Court
Fines, Exceeding $400, Col
lected During Sessions
Held Cast Monday
Calling twenty-five cases last j
Monday, Judge J. Calvin Smith dur- j
mg the regular session of the Martin |
County Recorder's Court imposed
tint's totalling more than $400 and
meted out road terms ranging up to
eighteen months for an assault on a
female with a deadly weapon.
Quite a few cases were continued
until February 25, the court an
nouncing that several of the officials
and lawyers would not be in the
county next Monday.
A fairly large crowd was present
and remained until the last case was
handled just before adjournment j
was ordered for a late lunch.
Elbert Jones, Williams Township
colored man, who shot his father
several months ago and who ran his [
wife away from home last Saturday
night was sentenced to the roads for
eighteen months. The sentence, one
of several imposed during the ses
sion, was about the longest meted out
by the jurist in recent months.
The case charging Ernest White
hurst with drunken driving was au
tomatically placed on the superior
court docket when the , defendant
asked for a trial by jury,/
The following cases were emit mu
ed until February 25: Willie Modlin,
Dennis Modlin and Rudolph Goss,
trespass; Chas. E. Hassell, drunk and
disorderly; D. D. Hill, assault on a
female; Navin Hawkins, assault with
a deadly weapon; Charlie Cherry, no
chauffeur’s license; N. S. Nichols, as
sault, Willie Mac Boston and Oscar
Council, non-support; C. B. James,
assault with a deadly weapon.
Charged with assaulting a female,
Roy Boston was adjudged not guilty.
Alexander Teel, charged with as
saulting a female, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the roads for six
months. The sentence was suspend
ed on condition that the defendant
pay a $50 fine and costs and be a law'
abiding citizen for one year. The
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School Principals
In Monthly Session
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Holding a dinner ltieeting in the lu
cid high school lost Monday evening,
Martin County school principals and
special guests discussed various
school problems and heard a report
from Miss Lissie Pearce, supervisor
of elementary schools in the county.
Concluding the business session of
the regular monthly gathering, A. L.
Hendren, Robersonville High School
principal, offered for consideration
the following topics: the use of stud
ent teachers in the schools; the trans
fer of pupils; and, students taking
subjects in one school would find
that another school did not offer the
same subjects.
Jesse R. Rhue, principal of the
Jamesville Schools, introduced Miss
Pearce and she reviewed the super
visory activities for the first five
months of the current term; propos
ed certain supervisory activities for
the remainder of the year; and, held
a round-table discussion of stand
ards to be attained for Martin Coun
ty school children.
Misses Pearce and Ruth Manning
were the meeting hostesses. The
ciub will hold its next session here
on March 11.
Those attending the meeting tins
week included, A. L Hendren, M.
}m. Evert it, C D. Bund-:, H M Aim
ley, J. it. ithue, Cbas. A. Hougii, Has
sell Gurganus, John L. Hassell, J. C.
Manning, S. R. Edwards, Andrew
Holliday, Misses Lissie Pearce and
Ruth Manning, Mrs. Thelma P Tay
lor and Mrs. Ethel Roberson
Much Money Raised
At Valentine Party
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Several hundred dollars were rais
ed in a baby contest and at a Vulen
tine party sponsored by the local
high school home economics club in
the high school building last Wed
nesday evening.
Receiving more than 8,000 votes,
Little Bobbv McClees, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy McClees, led the field in
the baby contest which attracted
much interest during the previous
week. He was awarded a silver lov
ing cup by the club. Little Miss Nan
cy Peele, daughter of Mr. anu Mrs.
James Bailey Peele, was second with
several thousand votes and wjpi Liv
en honorable mention. Other con
' party, climaxing the
contest, was greatly enjoyed by a
large number.
proceeds from the contest and par
ty wiii be used for the improvement
of the department, Miss Lowery,
teacher, announced.
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COMPLETE TESTS j|
Preliminary tests foi video
ing the Roanoke River bridge
here have been completed, and
the contractors. Bowers Con
struction Company of Raleigh,
moved its pile driver and other
equipment used in making the
tests back to Columbia to com
plete a roati project there.
Piling have been ordered for
the project here, but possibly it
will be thirty or sixty days be
fore material for the bridge is
delivered. A right-of-way to be
used w'hile the main draw is be
ing widened has been cut and a
temporary bridge will be placed
there. The detour leaves the
concrete bridge a little over KM)
feet from the farther end of the
draw and re-enters the highway
at a point where the road to the
Standard Fertilizer Company
runs into the highway.
Officers In County
Deal A Heavy Blow
To Liquor Traffic
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One Man Arrested For Alleg
edly Mukiug Fi|iii|»inent
For Use In lllieil Trade
ABC Enforcement Officer J. H.
Roebuck, aided by special deputies,
Roy Peel and Julian Roebuck, and
Federal officers, dealt the illicit li
quor manufacturing business a
heavy blow in this county during the
past few days, according to a review
of the officer's activities.
Going into the Free Union section
of Jamesville Township on Monday
of last week, the raiders wrecked one
complete plant equipped with a 50
gallon capacity oil drum, and three
partial plants. They poured out 350
gallons of molasses beer and wreck
ed several pieces of manufacturing
equipment.
On Wednesday of last week, the
officers invaded the Stingy Point
section of Robersonville Township
and wrecked two plants, both equip
ped with 50 gallon capacity oil
drums for stills. Three fermenters
were found and destroyed, but no
beer was in them at the time of the
raid. The officers poured out 150
gallons of beer at the other plant.
Last Thursday the officers tore up
a 50-gallon capacity tin still and
poured out 200 gallons of molasses
beer not far from Sweet Home
Church in Bear Grass Township.
Assisted by federal officers from
Elizabeth City, the enforcement
agent returned to Bear Grass and ar
rested Will Knox for making a still
worm allegedly for manufacturing
illicit liquor. Knox was given a
hearing before U. S. Commissioner
Respass in Washington and required
to give bond in the sum of $300. His
case is tentaitvely scheduled for trial
in the federal court at Washington
in early April.
Last Tuesday, the county officers
went into Hamilton Township and
wrecked a 50 gallon capacity oil
drum and other equipment and pour
ed out fifty gallons of molasses beei
Yesterday the raiders invaded
Griffins Township and blew up a
large plant, equipped with a 100
gallon capacity tin still and an oil
burner They poured out 100 gal
Ions of molasses beer.
Hvtuly 'l'i> Shirt Hnihliiift
Of 1 > riffin Motor (iaraftc
Material, including lock, brick,
and and cement blocks has been
ilaced on the lot next to the Blue
Star Cl< aners on Washington Street
bi'i the construction of a garage for
he Griffin Motor Company. Con
(ruction is scheduled to get under
.vay at once.
According to an unofficial report,
in option has been taken on another
Washington Street lot for the con
duction of a garage to house a
Caisor-Frazier automobile sales
igency. No details could be learned
are immediately, however.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Motorists really piled up the
wrecks during the sixth week in
this county, highway patrolmen
reporting five to boost the total
for the year to date to sixteen.
Already this year one person has
been killed and eight others have
been injured, several of them
critically.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
Accidents Jnj’d Killed Dam’ge
1946 5 2 0 $ 1,109
heck
1945
1 0 0
Comparisons To Date
16 8 1
75
1946 16
1945 5
0
3,550
475
Sgt. C. B. Martin
Will Run for House
Of Representatives
Is Srrond County Man to Give
!Noti«e Of Camlidary Suh
jert To May Primary
Sgt. C B Martin, Jamesville
young man who eagerly anticipates
his discharge from the Army in early
April, this week announced his can
didacy for a seat in the State House
of Representatives from Martin
County. A member of the armed
forces for almost three years, the
young man offered no platform when
he announced his candidacy, but
promised to state his policies in a
formal release as soon as he received
his discharge from the service or
possibly before that time.
Mr. Martin is the second man to
toss his hat into the political ring
subject to the wishes of the people
in the May democratic primary. At
torney Hugh G. Horton, a few days
ago, announced Ins candidacy for the
Slate Senate from this district.
A native of Jamesville, Mr. Mar
tin is the son of Mrs. Penny Outlaw
Martin and the late Mr. R. O. Mar
tin. He is a graduate of Wake For
est College and plans to return there
this summer and complete his work
on a master's degree. Following his
graduation, he taught n the Bear
Grass School one year, and went to
the schools in his home town where
he taught for two years. lie then
served as principal of the Farm Life
School for four years, going to Pan
tego in 1940 where he served as
principal until he entered the Army
on May 28, 1943. Spending all his
time in the service at Fort Bragg he
has been engaged in educational
work there. A brother, S/Sgt. Rus
sell Martin, was just recently re
leased from the service.
The young man’s announcement
for the House adds interest to the
coming democratic primary. Con
gressman Herbert Bonner has an
nounced his candidacy to succeed
himself, and it has been reported
that Robert I,. Humber, a Greenville
man and nationally known figure,
will enter the primary for a seat in
the National House of Representa
tives.
W. R. Hampton of Plymouth this
week announced his candidacy for
the State Senate from this district,
and it was rumored that John C.
Rodman, Washington attorney just
out of the armed services, was seri
ously considering announcing his
candidacy for the post. This, the sec
ond senatorial district, has two seats
and if Mr. Rodman enters the race
there'll be competition. E. A. (Razz)
Daniel announced this week that hi'
would not be a candidate to succeed
himself, H G Horton, local attorney,
announcing a few days ago that he
would be a candidate to succeed
Daniel, a Beaufort County man who
has served two terms in the State
Seriate Hampton has served one
term.
Mrs. II. A. Swindell
Dies In Washington
D
Mrs. H. A. Swindell, mother of
Mrs. Million Cohb and Mrs. George
Whitehurst of Williamston, died slid
lrnlv at her home in Washington
last Monday night of a heart attack
The daughter of the late Lewis and
Iredell Credle Swindell, she was
born in Hyde County 63 years ago,
but hud made her home in Beaufort
County and Washington for many
years.
Surviving besides her daughters
here are her husband; one son, H. A.
Swindell, Jr.; five daughters, Mrs.
Fred Poore and Mrs. Ezra Denton of
Washington, Mrs. George W White
hurst and Mrs. Marion Cobb of Wil
liamston, and Mrs. J C. Harris of
Durham; two brothers, Dr. Lewis L.
H. Swindell of Washington, and E
S. Swindell of Durham; and three
•>is}< rs, Mrs, Jj lia Brinn of Dunn,
Mrs. Maude Gi iff in or Swan Quarter,
and Mrs. Corrine Swindell Stilley of
Farrnv ille.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at 11 o’clock from
the home with the Rev. C. Freeman
Heath in charge, assisted by the Rev.
Edgar W. Downum of Aurora and
the Rev. A Lincoln Fulk of Wjjft
ington. Interment was in Oakdale
cemetery, Washington.
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Tit liniltl Residena^Funeral
Home On Washington Street
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Adrow Smith, in cooperation with
others, is clearing the old Jake Ruf
fin lot on Washington Street near the
New Carolina warehouse prepara
tory to building a modern funeral
home for the colored population.
Cost figures have not been definitely
determined, but the builder plans to
invest approximately $6,000 in the
structure, it was learned.
In addition to the living quarters,
ighe structure will house a small
chapel and other rooms needed in an
undertaker’s work.
Pre-uni net ton
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Between eight and a dozen young
Martin County white men have been
notified to report for pre-induction
examinations at Fort Bragg next
Monday.