THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 29
Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 9, 1946
ESTABLISHED 1899
Farmer Relieved
Of $1,040 In His
Sleep On Sunday
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Finds Monev and Com
mon Law Wife Gone
Jess Gainor, colored farmer liv
ing near Williamston on the Had
ley farm, was relieved of $1,040
in cash presumably by his com
mon law wife and her sister early
last Sunday morning. A slight
lead has been established in the
case, but no arrests have been
made Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said
late last night.
It was a bad week-end for
Gainor, reports stating that after
living with Delzora Corey, his
common law wife for about thir
teen years, he wanted to get mar
ried last Saturday but could not
offer the proper credentials.
The Corey woman’s sister, call
ing herself “Mother Batt” and
professing to be a preacher, came
to this county a short time ago to
spend a few days following a visit
with sisters in New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Rocky Mount. Sat
urday night about 11 o’clock the
family retired, Gainor taking the
daybed in one room and the sis
ters going to another room. About
1:00 o’clock Gainor got cold and
went for a quilt. He noticed that
the Corey woman’s suitcase had
been moved, and then he found
the two sisters gone. He then
missed his money, Gainor ex
plaining to officers that he had it
concealed in a shirt pocket under
another shirt. Using a pair of
scissors, someone had cut the
pockets open and removed the
money while Gainor slept.
Gainor appealed to neighbors
for help soon after he discovered
his money was missing, but it was
early Sunday morning before the
robbery was reported to officers.
A search for the two women was
started, but officers have not yet
learned how they left the county
or where they went to. It is
thought that the robbery was
planned some hours in advance,
that a confederate picked them
up and carried them away.
The Corey woman s husband,
“Butcher” Corey was seen talking
to her Saturday afternoon, and
one report states that he attempt
ed to send her a message later,
but that the message never reach
(Continued on page six)
Remove Inmate To
State Institution
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William David Brown, young
colored man ruled mentally in
competent by doctors here last
week, was removed to a state hos
pital in Goldsboro lart week-end
by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck. The
trip was uneventful except for a
short stop in Snow Hill.
Just as the officer was prepar
ing to drive away from a filling
station, Brown pointed out to the
sheriff a hand sign pointing to a
Snow Hill undertaker’s establish
ment. Brown, an inmate in the
county jail for almost a week, told
the officer that the hand was that
of the Lord, and insisted that the
officer follow the sign. Paying
the request no great attention for
a second, the officer was remind
ed of the sign by loud shouts and
whoops from Brown. The sheriff
made the turn in accordance with
the sign, drove around a block and
missed the sign that tup and all
was well with Brown.
The young colored fellow at
tracted more than usual atten
tion ten days ago when he entered
a church in the Hassell section
atPred in his long underwear and
overcoat and took over the religi
ous service. He later wrecked a
liquor still claimed by him to be
his own, and was riding into the
town of Hassell on horse back,
still dressed in the overcoat and
long drawers and carrying several
gallons of liquor which he was
“carrying to a place where the
Lord had told me to carry it.”
County Young Man Gets
Discharge From Navy
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After more than three years in
the service, Joseph R. Davenport,
Rdm. 3/C, was honorably dis
charged from the Navy at the
Charleston Separation Center last
Thursday.
The young man, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Davenport of near
Jamesville, was given the cap
tain's commendation for rescuing
an American airman drifting at
sea, and wears several ribbons
and medals.
i Few Register First Day For
School Election In District
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i Very few persons registered the
first day the registration books
v-vere open £oEjJj,6.#»eci«l school
election to be held in the Wil
i liamston school district on Satur
day, May 4, Registrars Edith
I Stallings for Precinct No. 1 and O.
S. Anderson for Precinct No. 2,
said yesterday.
| During last Saturday forty-sev
en persons registered in the dis
trict, thirty-five in the No. 1 pre
cinct and an even dozen in the
other precinct within the district.
Most of those registering lived
within the town limits, the re
maining ones .-coming from scat
tered sections in the district.
The registration books will be
held open two more Saturdays,
but it will be possible for citizens
to register by special appointment
with their respective registrars.
The books will be opened on Sat
urday, April 27, for the challenge
of any elector’s name.
A last-minute change in the
"lection personnel was found ne
'essary when local garages de
;idej$ to observe Saturday after
noons as a holiday. Jos. Gray
Corey, receiving the original ap
pointment as registrar for Pre
cinct No. 1, resigned because the
registration center in the Wil
liamston Motor Company would
be closed on Saturday afternoons.
Miss Edith Stallings, capable sec
retary of Attorney B. A. Critcher,
was appointed by the county com
missioners to succeed Mr. Corey
as registrar, and she is holding the
books open in the attorney’s of
fice, corner of Main and Smith
wick Streets.
No polling place has been
selected for Precinct No. 1, but
arrangements will be handled in
due time to handle the vote on
May 4. Doring the meantime all
citizens interested in better
schools for the district are urged
to register with their respective
registrars.
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Raiding Parties
Busy Last Month
ABC Officer Joe H. Roebuck re
ported another busy period on the
liquor law enforcement front last
month. “We worked just as hard
in March as we did in February,
but did not capture as many
stills,” the officer said, his review
of the monthly report to the coun
ty's alcoholic beverage control
board clearly indicating that the
illicit business is on the decline in
this county.
During the period, the officer
and his assistant. Deputy Roy
Peel, wrecked nine liquor plants
and poured out 1,080 gallons of
beer, made mostly from molasses
and a cheap grade at that. They
also poured out six gallons of
illicit liquor, white and clear as
crystal with a smell worse than
that of a skunk. Two alleged of
fenders were cited to the courts,
but no convictions followed dur
ing the month.
During the first few days of
April, the enforcement officers
had taken one-third as many stills
as they did during all of March.
One, a crude plant with a 50
gallon capacity oil drum for a ket
tle, was captured in Griffins
Township last Wednesday morn
ing. The officers wrecked five
fermenters and poured out 100
gallons of molasses beer and a gal
lon of white lightning. That after
noon, the officers found two stills
at a plant in Bear Grass, the oper
ators stepping up production from
one of 30 gallon capacity to fifty.
Two fermenters were destroyed
and the officers poured out 100
gallons of molasses beer or mash.
Pa king up a scent last Thurs
day, the officers found about
three gallons of w’hite liquor
buried a short distance from the
old Greenville Road about three
and one-half miles from Williams
ton. Ownership of the liquor and
the five gallon glass jug could not
be determined immediately.
Fire Destroys Home Of
Former County Resident
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the home and all con
tents belonging to Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Stepps, Jr., near Snow Hill
last Saturday afternoon. The
members of the family were away
from home at the time, arid they
saved only the clothes they were
wearing.
Mrs Stepps, before her marriage
last January 14, was Miss Louise
Culhpher, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Cullipher of near Wil
liamston with whom she is mak
ing her home until living quarters
can be found in Greene County.
| MONEY ORDERS 1
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Effective April 15, 1946, the
money order window at the
Post Office will close at 5:00
o'clock p. m. instead of the
regular closing hour of 6 p. m.
This earlier closing has
been made necessary by the
increase of business in this de
partment, and is to enable the
clerks to balance their ac
counts without the use of ov
ertime. All other windows
will remain open as usual for
tbe transaction of other busi
ness.
Patrons are requested to co
operate by transacting their
Money Order business be
tween the hours of 8:00 a. m.
I and 5:00 p. m.
CANCER DRIVE
After getting off to a slow
start, the drive to raise >1,000
In this county for an unre
lenting fight against cancer is
now rapidly gaining momen
tum, according to late reports
coming from the leaders.
County Chairman R. L. Co
burn stated last night that one
or two districts are making
splendid progress, that they
would possibly reach their
goals the latter part of this
| week.
Today, 300 direct mall let
ters were mailed to citizens in
Williamston, urging them to
support the fund. “We are
hoping'the appeals will strike
home, that a liberal response
will follow," Mrs. P. B. Cone,
chairman for Williamston,
said.
Bob Adkins reports that
Robersonville is responding
splendidly. Chairman Coburn
is visiting several of the other
townships today in the inter
est of the drive.
Fifteen Register
With Draft Board
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Fifteen Martin County men—
six white and nine colored—reg
istered with the draft board in
March, it was announced follow
ing a meeting of the draft offic
ials a few days ago. The registra
tion was unusually small.
Names and addresses of the reg
istrants:
Columbus Knowles, Jr., col.,
RFD 1, Jamesville.
Julius James Sheppard, col.,
RFD 2, Williamston.
Daniel Martin Jones, w, RFD 3,
Williamston.
Geo. Welton Outlaw, col., Wil
liamston.
Elmer Goss, col., RFD 2, Rober
sonville.
William Archie Johnson, w,
RFD 1, Robersonville.
Sir Walter Raleigh Hardison,
col., RFD 3, Williamston.
John Donald Price, Jr., w,
Jamesville.
George Robert Bryant, col, RFD
1, Hobgood.
James Alphonso Ward, w, Wil
liamston.
Fred Henry Dolberry, RFD 1,
Palmyra.
Wilbert Joyner, col., RFD 1,
Palmyra.
John Aaron Mizelle, col., RFD
1, Robersonvil»e.
| Johnnie Pittman Taylor, w,
RFD 3, Williamston.
Arthur Nichols Brown, Jr., w,
RFD 1, Palmyra.
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Reporta Bidilie With
Three Normal Leg a
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A biddie with three perfectly
shaped legs and feet was found
j last week-end in a brood of six
teen chicks by Farmer G. H.
Moore on his farm near Williams
ton. The chick seems to be nor
mal in other respects and is as
healthy as the best, the farmer
said.
Schedule Revival In
Church At Piney Grove
Beginning tomorrow evening at
7:45, Rev. W. B. Harrington, the
pastor, will conduct a series of re
vival services in the Piney Grove
Baptist Church, it was announced
today. The meeting will be
brought to a close Sunday, and the
public is invited.
Expect-Havdiseft—
To Resign If He
Runs In Primary
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Education Board Post To
Pilled By Dmse?at» *•
Executive Committee
—
Although his candidacy has not
been officially announced and his
application to have his name ap
pear on the democratic ticket in
the May 25 primary has not been
received by Sylvester Peel, chair
man of the Martin County Board
of Elections, it was fairly certain
late Monday that Leslie Hardison,
Jamesville business man, would
i enter the race for county commis
sioner from the Jamesville-Wil
liams district.
It was learned that he tendered
his resignation yesterday as a
member of the Martin County
Board of Education to enter the
race for commissioner, but the re
signation could not be accepted by
the education board. It is under
stood that the resignation will go
to the County Democratic Execu
tive Committee, E. S. Peel, chair
man, where it will be considered
The resignation had not reached
the committee chairman early
this morning. *
Appointed by the last legisla
ture for a four-year term, Mr.
Hardison was scheduled to serve
at least two more years on the
board of education in this county.
However if he resigns and his re
signation is duly accepted there
will stijl be no opening on the
education board to be filled by
the omnibus bill in the legisla
ture next term at the direction ol
the voters in the democratic pri
mary next month. The law pro
vides for unexpired terms on the
board to be filled by the county
democratic executive committee
Since Mr. Hardison’s resigna
tion has not reached the commit
tee, no comment was to be had
relative to a possible successor
' However, it is quite likely that
the committee will go into an
other part of the county for a suc
cessor since Jamesville has had
two representatives on the board
for several terms. The uppet
part of the county has been with
out a representative on the board
for some time.
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Political Activity
On The Increase
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Causing little more than a rip
pie on the surface up until now
politics are beginning to take or
new life in this county, but ever
then interest is limited, more or
less, to the professionals and the
candidates themselves. Competi
tion is now in the making in one
or two offices, but no “hot” elec
tion with a big vote is in sight
just now.
Congressman Herbert Bonner
was in the county again this week
in the interest of his campaign
for the renomination in the May
25 primary. R. Lee Humber, his
, opponent for the First District
Congressional seat, had represen
tatives in the county yesterday
Both were quoted as saying that
the “situation looked bright.”
I There has been very little ac
tivity in the State Senatorial race
so far, but the three candidates,
H. G. Horton of Williamston, Roy
Hampton of Plymouth and John
Rodman of Washington, are said
to be working in most of the other
six counties in the district.
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Mrs. Crissie Biggs
Dies In Everetts
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Mrs Crissie Biggs, a native oi
Bertie County, died at the home
of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. B. B.
Biggs, in Everetts last Tuesday
An invalid for nine years, she had
been confined to her bed most ol
that time. She was 76 years old
last December 29.
When quite young she was mar
ried to Robert Biggs, and one son,
Biscoe Biggs, was born to the un
ion. Following the death of her
first husband she was married to
Dawson Biggs.
She is survived by six grand
children and four great-grand
children.
Mrs. Biggs was a member ol
the Bear Grass Primitive Baptist
church and Elder A. B. Ayers, as
sisted by Rev. J. M. Perry of Rob
ersonville, Rev. Robt. Councilman
of Windsor and Rev. Mr. Holt ol
Bethel, conducted the last rites al
her late home last Wednesday af
ternoon at 3:00 o’clock, and inter
ment was in the Everetts Ceme
tery.
MtllegetWlsief Is j
Caught at'Light |
Checking Station |
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Several Others Arrested for
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Improper Equipment
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Checking lights and equipment
at more or less regular intervals,
highway patrolmen never know
what will turn up during an in
vestigation. Stationed at the cor
ner of Main and Haughton Streets
here last Friday night, the offic
ers checked possibly more than
100 cars before their attention
, was attracted to an old model rat
tletrap by the driver's actions.
Running almost into the check- j
ing station before he realized
what was going on, William Pur
vis, colored of Poplar Point Town
ship, backed up and parked mid
way the block in front of the
Robert Everett home. The officers
thought it unusual, so Patrolman
W. E. Saunders walked up and
instructed Purvis to drive on
down to the corner where there
was more light. Glancing back
over his shoulder, the patrolman
saw Robert Brown, colored, jump
from the car with a bag partly
filled with something. Purvis and I
Brown proceeded to the corner,
but not until Brown had hidden
the bag containing three nice
hams in the Everett yard. Patrol
man Saunders went back, found
the meat and reported to the sher
iff who later found that the meat
which had been hidden in the
Everett yard in an emergency was
stolen from Johnny Holliday on
the Everett farm in Poplar Point
Township.
Purvis declared that he did not |
know the meat was stolen. Brown, I
believed to have been operating
with a confederate, was adjudged
guilty in the county court yester
day and drew a six months term
on the roads. The sentence was
postponed until the fall. Purvis,
charged with operating a motor
vehicle with improper equipment,
was fined $30 in the court.
At least seven persons were ar- '
rested at the checking station for
operating motor vehicles with im
proper equipment, and others
were advised to hj^ve their lights
checked. The station was the sec
ond one conducted in this imme- i
diate section during recent weeks. |
Despite repeated warnings, urg
ing them to have their lights fix
ed and other equipment put in
shape, many motorists wait until
I their vehicles are checked before
even offering to remedy what is
proving to be a deadly menace on
the highways.
Local Jaycees In
Regular Meeting
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Holding their regular meeting
in the Woman’s Club Hall here
last Friday evening, members of
the local Junior Chambber of
Commerce selected winners of the
organization’s contest conducted
in the local high school to get the
young people’s idea of what is
Williamston's most needed im-,
provement. The papers had been |
eliminated down to ten by a spe
cial committee before the meeting
and John Hatton Gurganus, chair
man, had those ten read before
the group. First prize, a $25 bond,
went to Elizabeth Manning. Tom
Brandon, Jr., received $15 and
Sallie Hardison was awarded $10
cash for placing second and third
in the contest.
The Jaycees hod as their guests,
Don Johnson, Tommy Owens, T.
F. Davenport, Jr., Rudolph Peel,
Thad Harrison and Francis Peel.
Davenport, Owens and Francis
Peel took membership with the
organization, the president, Clar
ence W. Griffin, announced.
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Expected Home Soon
From Durham Hospital
Undergoing a major eye opera
tion in a Durham hospital two
weeks ago, Jim Manning is recov
ering fairly rapidly now and is
expected home between now and
the latter part of this week. The
stitches are being removed today, I
but it will be some time possibly I
before the outcome of the opera- I
tion is determined. The young I
mar; has been blind for several
years.
CORRECTION
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Reporting toe county court pro
ceedings last week, it was stated
that Johnnie H. James was charg
ed with drunken driving. The re
port was in error, and correction
is gladly noted here. Mr. James
was charged with speeding.
Only Few Days-hef&o-File
For County Political Posts
Although there are only a few
nore days in which office aspir
snts may toss their hats into the
"y..U4i:al pot, there lias de
veloped no competition, as yet,
ind in one instance an office is
Degging for a candidate.
Mr. Sylvester Peel announced
vcsterday that just enough candi
iates have filed to fill the major
county offices, that no one had fil
’d for county surveyor and races
'or constable and justices of the
peace have been forgotten appar
;ntly.
The county political line-up
aow includes the following candi
dates: L. B. Wynne for clerk of
court, C. B. Roebuck for sheriff,
J. C. Smith for judge of recorder’s
court, Paul D. Roberson for solic
itor, S. R. Biggs for coroner, C. B.
Martin for house of representa
tives, Joshua L. Coltrain for coun
ty commissioner from the James
ville-Williams district, R. Lee Per
ry for county commissioner from
the Griffins-Bear Grass district,
John Henry Edwards for county
commissioner from the Williams
ton-Poplar Point district, C.
Abram Roberson for county com
missioner from the 'Cro£3~ffoads~
Robersonvilie district, and R. A.
Haislip for county commissioner
from the Hamilton-Goose Nest
district, R. H. Smith for county
treasurer, leaving the office of
county surveyor without an an
nounced candidate. Mr. Corey,
county surveyor, is considering
entering the race for the house,
but last reports stated he had not
filed.
According to a report received
here this week, Leslie Hardison,
Jamesville man, is filing for com
missioner from the Jamesville
Williams district, but the applica
tion had not been received by the
election chairman late Monday.
Filing time ends promptly at
6:00 o’clock p. m. on Saturday of
this week.
Terms of other county officers
do not expire this year, including
those of register of deeds and
members of the board of educa
tion.
BLUE MOL!)
Striking the early part of
last week in force, blue mold
is raging in tobacco plant beds
throughout the county, farm
ers, questioned here this
week, declared.
Where the plants are small,
the mold is wiping them out,
and badly stunting those two
to three inches toll. Farmers
are not greatly worried over
a possible plant shortage,
most of them believing that
the mold will soon pass on,
that the plants in most cases
will have grown out again in
time for transplanting by the
latter part of this month or
early May.
The mold is striking earlier
this season than in any other
year, and is possibly more dis
astrous than any in several
seasons.
Vaccinate Nearly
700 County Dogs
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Nearly seven hundred dog:
were vaccinated during the firs'
week in the drive to stamp ou’
rabies in this county, Tax Collec
tor M. Luther Peel said last week
end.
The clinics, scheduled conven
iently in nearly every section ol
the county, are receiving a larg
er patronage this year than thej
did last, reports indicate. Mosl
of the dog owners are cooperating
splendidly, but already a few for
got or for some other reason die
not have their dogs vaccinated, il
was learned. A list of those own
ers who fail to have their dogs
vaccinated is being prepared as
the drive progresses and will be
turned over to the law enforce
ment officers for action at the
close of the drive.
Dogs have been vaccinated in
the various districts so fur in the
following numbers: Dardens and
Padgett’s store, 130; Jamesville
179; No. 90 Filling Station, 75
Manning and Gurkin’s store, 134
Lilley’s store, 78; Corey’s Cross
Roads, 96, a total of 692 for the
first week.
According to unofficial but re
liable reports, two mad dogs have
been reported in the upper part of
the county so far this season. It
is fairly certain that both were
stray dogs, that they had not been
vaccinated against rabies.
Today, clinics are being held in
Bear Grass, at J. Paul Lilley’s
store Wednesday, at Slaton Bail
ey’s store Thursday, and Cross
Roads on Friday.
Released Following Five
Months In Army Hospital
Released from a» government
hospital where he spent five
months receiving treatment for a
leg injury, Pfc. John M. Leggett is
spending a 30-day furlough with
relatives in the county.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Leggett, he plans to return tc
Memphis, Tenn., for continued
treatment.
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BREAKING CAMP
The Army is closing its prison
er of war camp here this week
Captain Vincent Vehar stating to
day that most of the prisoner
had already been transferred t<
Camp Butner.
Funeral Saturday
For Mrs. Marriner
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Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home on Park Street
here last Saturday afternoon at
3:00 o’clock for Mrs. J. J. Marrin
er who died in a Washington hos
pital last Thursday night. She
had been in declining health for
some time, death following a ma
jor operation performed earlier
that day.
I The daughter of Mrs. Anna
Spruill Trueblood and the late T.
R. Trueblood of Roper, Mrs. Mar
riner was born in Washington
County 41 years ago on March 26,
1905. In early womanhood she
was married to Mr. Marriner and
lived in Battleboro a number of
years before coming to Williams
ton four years ago this summer.
I During her stay here she made
many friends and was held in high
, esteem by all who knew her. She
Was a member of the Baptist
Church, a devoted wife and moth
er and a splendid and thoughtful
neighbor.
Surviving are Mr. Marriner and
two daughters, Mrs. Maurice
Bradley and Affie Hope Marriner,
both of Williamston; two sisters,
Mrs. Carroll Davis and Mrs. Ron
ald Jones, both of Elizabeth City;
three brothers, Oscar and Philip
Trueblood of Roper, and Bennie
Trueblood, of the U. S. Merchant
Marine; and two grandchildren,
Sandra Wray and Julius Benja
min Bradley.
Rev. John L. Goff, pastor of the
local Christian church, and Rev.
C. G. Wood, Aulander minister,
conducted the last rites and in
terment followed in the family
cemetery near the family home
not far from Roper.
Bank Observes Its
Eleventh Birthday
The local Guaranty Bank and
Trust Company observed its elev
enth birthday anniversary last
Wednesday. There was no formal
ceremony, but the event marked
another milestone in able banking
service rendered this section.
While the local branch rounded
out its eleventh year, the parent
organization in Greenville was ob
serving its 45th anniversary.
Founded in 1901 on a small scale,
the Guaranty Bank and Trust
Company now holds a ranking
position in North Carolina’s fi
nancial field. It is headed by a
former Martin County man, Mr.
W. II. Woolard, and its other of
ficers and directors are well
known in this county and section.
| ROUND-UP
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Law enforcement officers
had another busy period last
week-end when they round
ed up ten alleged violators.
Seven were hooked for public
drunkenness, two for larceny
and receiving and one, a lad
of just sixteen years of age,
for drunken driving. All ten
were colored, and the ages of
the group ranged from six
teen to thirty-seven years
The number of drunks fall
ing into the hands of the law
, is steadily increasing, but “we
are still picking up little more
; than what may be called a
i drop in the bucket,” one en
forcement officer declared.
Several Are Hurt
In Car Accidents
In Martin County
Three Rfmoxpf? To Hospit
al Here For Treatment
Sunday Night
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At least five persons were pain
fully hurt and others were shock
ed and slightly briused in a series
of highway accidents in this coun
ty early last Sunday night. Mr.
and Mrs. V B Hairr. members of
the Jamesville faculty, entered
the local hospital about 7:00
o'clock for the treatment of injuri
es received in an accident a short
distance this side of Gardner’s
Creek on U. S. Highway 64. Two
others, Leon Powell and a small
child whose name could not be
learned immediately, were carried
to Plymouth for medical attention
in the Papineau-Furgurson Clinic.
A fifth victim, M C. Hooker, local
colored man, injured when run
down on East Main Street here,
was removed to the local hos
pital for treatment shortly before
9:00 o’clock that evening.
Traveling toward Jamesville,
Mr. and Mrs Hairr were rounding
what is known as “dead man’s
curve" when Leon Powell, driving
a 1940 Chrysler, overran the
curve, pulled back and hit the
Hairr car, a 1941 Chevrolet, head
on. Mrs. Hairr, thrown partly
through the windshield, suffered
a< hand and leg injury and was
unconscious a short time follow
ing the accident. Mr. Hairr was
injured in the chest and was cut
on the chin. Powell, a Roper col
ored man, was badly hurt on the
right knee, and a small child, rid
ing with him, suffered a broken
leg. Other occupants in the Pow
ell car were slightly bruised and
shocked, it was stated.
Investigating the accident, Pa
trolman W. E. Saunders said it
was difficult to estimate the prop
erty damage, but that it would
possibly exceed $750 on the two
cars.
The patrolman had hardly
cleared up that wreck when he
was called to Jamesville where
Solomon Keyes, Dardens colored
man, had cleared a block of high
way, cut down a post or two and
plowed his brother’s LaSalle club
coupe into Miss Stella Rooks'
home. No one was hurt, but the
property damage will run possibly
more than $800, including that
done to the home.
( Driving toward Williamston,
(Continued on pane six)
Local Nine Wins
Its Second Game
—®—
By Jo Jo Thigpen
Featuring a nine run rally in
the 11th inning, Williamston took
its second straight win in an ex
citing tilt played Sunday in "the
town that never sleeps”.
The locals drew first blood in
the third stanza, scoring one run
on two hits. Everett, the starting
chunker, was replaced by Bullock
on tbe mound for the losers in the
fourth when Davenport, H.
Wynne and Junior Perry collect
ed consecutive bingles.
Robersonville fought back with
runs in the fourth and fifth in
nings to tie the ball game up at
4-4. Wynne, sharing hurling
duties with Sullivan, staged a
pitchers’ duel with Bullock until
Wihie Lassiter's boys unlimbered
their big guns in the eleventh. The
final inning saw 15 Martin hitters
collect eight hits and nine runs to
sew up the ball game.
E. Whitfield hit safely three
times to lead Williamston as did
Johnson and Everett for the
Grimesmen.
Theron Perry, local infielder,
was spiked in both arms by Ross
on a play at third base but is ex
petced to be back in the line-up
for next Sunday’s game.
Garland Wynne received credit
for the v.in; Haywood Wynne
completed Williamston’s battery
while Whichard caught for Rob
ersonville.
These same clubs clash in the
high school park here nejet Sun
day.
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Marriage Licenses Are
Issued to Three Couples
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Marriage licenses were issued in
this county last week-end to three
couples:
Win. J. Griffin and Tillie Gray
Griffin, both of Griffins Town
ship.
B. F. Roughton, Norfolk, and
Frances Girvin, of Jamesville.
Samuel Killbrew and Mamie
Harrell, both of Oak City.