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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 31 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 16, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1899 Several Are Hurt In County Auto Wrecks Old Model Car Is Eliminated From Highway Saturday —»— Two Of Three Accidents In Past Week-end Were | n Minor Ones , Several persons were hurt, none critically, and considerable prop erty damage resulted in a series of highway accidents in various parts of the county last week-end. Two of three wrecks reported were only of a minor nature, and a fourth minor accident was clear ed up immediately and without breaking into the record. Driving an eighteen-year-old Ford car in the direction of Wash ington, Herman “Sugar” Moore started to make a left-hand turn into the Big Mill Jtoad at the Will Taylor farm last Friday morning about 9:00 o’clock just as Bel mont Moore, RFD 1, Washington, drove up from the direction of Washington. Tire Beaufort Coun ty man turned his 1938 Buick sharply to his right in an effort to dodge the Ford. He failed and the cars crashed side-to almost. Herman Moore received a five stitch gash on his head, and Bonds was bruised, shocked and batter ed a bit. They were treated in a local doctor’s office and soon discharged. Belmont Moore and his riding companion, Roy Wool ard, were slightly scratched but did not need medical attention. Damage to the Buick, according to an estimate offered by Patrol man W. E. launders who investi gated the accident, will run right close to $300. The Ford, worth possibly $75 to $100, was wrecked : beyond repair and one report said that it was eliminated from the highways for all time. One of the two minor accidents reported took place on the streets of Hamilton about 9:00 o’clock last Saturday evening. Columbus Sals bury had parked his car near the Slade, Rhodes Company store when Edgar Davis, driving a pick up truck, tried to dodge another car and ran into the Salsbury ma chine. Only slight damage re- j suited, Cpl. W. S. Hunt of the highway patrol, said. Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock Jury Perrinton was driving his 1938 Ford coach from Gold Point toward Spring Green when Ollie Barnes, driving a Chevrolet sedan, backed into the highway, injuring no one and cousing very little property damage. Barnes, said to have been operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, j ran from the scene of the accident. He was later cited to the courts I -and is to appear for trial on April 29 for driving a car without an operator’s license, Cpl. Hunt said. An automobile was said to have | bumped into the rear of another , one near Old Mill Inn on the Washington Highway Sunday. Only minor damage resulted and the parties, some of them from New York or New Jersey, settled their differences and drove on be fore an investigation could be made. -— , Checking Station I Held At Dardens ; -• Continuing tneir drive to en l hance travel safety on Martin •County highways, highway pa | trolmen held a third checking sta tion in the county last Saturday I afternoon. Working from 2 o’clock I until about 6, the patrolmen stop ! ped and checked well over one hundred motor vehicles. Most of i the vehicles were in bad condi I tion, and quite a few of the opera ' tors were cited to the courts for allegedly operating cars and trucks in a bad state of rapair. Dates and places for the check ing stations are not on the public schedule, but the patrolmen are expected to continue checking faulty equipment at more or less regular intervals. -» Army Recruiter Opena \ Office In Williamalon Effective at once a UJS. Army recruiting officer will be in the , offices of the Martin County Draft Board each Monday and Thurs day. The representative will be in Williamston at 9:30. EASTER SEALS j __j The Annual Easter Seal Sale for Crippled Children begins today, April 16, and will close Easter Sunday. Through the sale of these seals, physically handicapped children and adults of Martin County can be aided in train ing for the business of living, and they can have needed treatment and appliances. At the present time there are 30 cases of crippled chil dren and adults in Martin County who are being assist ed In one way or another through this fund. An appeal is directed to the citizens of our entire county to contribute as liberally as possible to this worthy cause. Twenty White Men Called This Week For Pre-Induction —•— Nine Of Group Come From The Farm; Farm Defer ments Not Yet Used - ■ « Twenty Martin County young white men were called Monday to report to Fort Bragg for pre-in duction examinations, the call be ing one of the largest received for white (Jfaftees in some months. Nine of the twenty called come from the farm. The Senate Com mittee recently favored extend ing the draft for one year, but it made provisions to defer essential farm workers. However, the pro visions for such deferments are not yet in effect. The original call was for twen ty-one men, but one, Jesse Daniel Gurganus, beat the draft when he enlisted in the Navy on March 7. A fairly sizable call for final inductees has been received and is to be answered tomorrow, it was learned from the local draft board. The names and addresses of the men called on Monday of this week follow: William Joseph Johnson, Jr., RFD 1, Palmyra. Charlie Daniel Price, Hamilton. Jesse Delma Beach, RFD 3, Wil liamston. David Rhodes Rogerson, RFD 1, Williamston. Charles Gilbert Thompson, Washington, D. C. Tom Brown Manning, James ville. Donald Edwin Everett, Chapel Hill and Robersonville. Millard Edward Ange, RFD 1, Jamesville. Francis Biggs Howard, Wil liamston. William Robert Silverthorne, Williamston. Milford Bennett Holliday, RFD 3, Williamston. Gus Gurganus, RFD 3, Williams ton. William Earl Moore, RFD 3, Williamston. Billy Reason, RFD 1, James ville. Ernest Saunders Wynne, RFD 3, Williamston. Asa Thomas Whitley, RFD 1, Williamston. Melvin Odell Harrell, RFD 1, Palmyra. Mack Gilbert Roberson, RFD 1, .Villiamston. Willie Justice Lynch, RFD 1, Robersonville. James Leo Cullipher, RFD 3, Williamston. Seventeen of those called are iust eighteen years of age. Three of those called, Charles ~i. Thompson, Millard E. Ange and Willie Justice Lynch, did not re port, but it was unofficially stated that possibly they had either been ransferred or had enlisted for service. Their papers, however, lad not been received by the draft xiard Monday. Undergoes Treatment For Injury Received To Eye Receiving an eye injury while cutting dogwood limbs last Sat urday, Mrs. G. H. Harrison, Sr., entered a Durham hospital Sun day for treatment. Reports state that her vision was not impaired as a result of the injury which, however, was described as very painful. Report Progress In Cancer Drive In Martin County Two Townships Have Al ready Reached or Ex ceeded Their Quotas The drive to raise $1,000 in this county in support of a nation wide move to raise twelve million for waging a concerted drive against cancer, is making progress, County Chairman R. L. Coburn announced yesterday. One town ship, Bear Grass, has already ex ceeded its $50 quota, the chair man, J. Rossell Rogers, explaining that the canvass was not yet com plete there. Robersonville has about reached or passed its $200 quota, Chairman Robt. Adkins said last week-end. No direct reports have been re ceived from any of the other townships, but the drive, accord ing to incomplete information, is going forward all right, the coun ty chairman said. Mr. Coburn plans to visit the chairmen today or tomorrow. During the mean time appeals are being directed to | the general public, urging every ' one to participate in and support l the worthy cause. Several hundred letters were mailed direct to citizens in Wil | liamston and in the township last week. So far the response has been very encouraging, Mrs. P. B. j Cone, chairman for the district, I stating that $155 was received in the return mails. Several of the checks were*much larger than the canvassers had really expected, the donations ranging from $1 to $25. | The drive is scheduled to close two weeks from today, and those who received direct mail appeals which they forgot to handle at the time, are reminded of them and urged to respond without further delay. Williamston's quota is $450, and it’s take a reply from nearly every letter to carry the drive over the top in this district. Pamlico County was the first in the State to go over the top. Since that time, several others have reached and exceeded their quotas, and Mrs. Myrtle Ellen i LqBarr, director of publicity of the North Carolina Division of the Field Army, American Cancer So ciety, is confident that the State will reach and pass its goal of $167,880. Mrs. LeBarr explains that sixty (Continued on page six) -* Many Attending Local Services —«— The first in the series of Holy Week services were well attended here yesterday morning in the Watts theater and last evening in the Episcopal church. Leading the morning services, Dr. Ira D. Knight related how Christ drove the money changers from the tem ple. He was heard by the high school student body and others, the group numbering between three and four hundred. Last evening Rev. John L. Goff preached in the Episcopal church and stressed “forgiveness,” the topic being based on Christ’s plea on the cross, "For give them, for they know not what they do.” Services will be held in the theater each morning at 10 o’clock through Friday, ana in one of the several churches each evening at 7:30 o’clock. f THREE CONTESTS V——'M According to preliminary reports reaching here, Martin County democratic voters will be called upon to settle or help settle only three poli tical contests in the May 25 primary. Candidates for all county offices will be certi fied since there was no filed opposition except in one case. Joshua L. Coltrain of Wil liams Township and Leslie Hardison of Jamesville Town ship are in the race for county commissioner from the James ville-Williams district. In the First Congressional district, Herbert Bonner, in cumbent, and Robert Lee Humber of Greenville are in the race for a seat In the Na tional House of Representa tives. In the State’s Second Senatorial district, Hugh G. Horton, Williamston attorney, Roy Hampton of Plymouth and John Rodman of Wash ington are seeking the two County Democrats Schedule No Meetings For Saturday While good Democrats are mak ing plans to perfect their precinct organizations anew throughout the State on Saturday of this week, reports from party head quarters indicate that few if any of the party members will meet in the small political subdivisions on that day. Few of the meetings have been held in this county, Mr. Pleny Peel, warhorse of the party out in Griffins, being about the last to report the proceedings of such a gathering. Of course, all Democrats are invited to meet in their respective districts, perfect an organization of their own and make ready for the county con vention which will be held in the county courthouse at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday of next week. Moving to save the county or ganization, party leaders every two years extend a cordial invi tation to all Democrats in good standing to attend the county con vontion, an event poorly attend ed for the most part for years. However, the party has maintain ed a nucleous around the small but faithful group. If any pre cinct Democrats decide to hold a meeting in their territory to name a chairman, other officers and delegates to the county conven tion, they are asked to notify the chairman of the executive com mittee, E. S. Peel. The following men have served as chairmen of their respective precinct committees, some of them for a long number of years: A. Corey, Jamesville; Joshua L. Col train, Williams: Pleny Peel, Grif fins; J. D. Wynne, Bear Grass; C. B. Roebuck, Williamston No. 1, Hugh G. Horton, Williamston No. 2; J. S. Ayers, Cross Roads. A. E. James, Robersonville; J. R. Wins low, Gold Point; W. Slade White, Poplar Point; L. R. Everett, Ham ilton; J. W. Eubanks, Hassell, and J. F. Crisp, Goose Nest. 1/-, ROUND-UP j l_/ Activities on the crime front in this immediate section were not quite so pronounced last week, officers stating that only seven persons were ar rested and jailed during the period. Three were held for public drunkenness, and one each for drunken driving, as sault with a deadly weapon and robbery, and for possess ing stolen property. Two of the seven were white, and the ages of the group ranged from 25 to 50 years. Mrs. Hoggard Dies Near Here Friday a> Mrs. Rowena Gardner Hoggard, 26, died in the Martin County Sanitorium last Friday morning about 6:00 o’clock following months of declining health. She had been a patient in the sani torium for some time. The daughter of Mr. Henry and Mrs. Lil Wiggins Gardner, she was born in this county on De cember 18, 1919, and lived in this county all her life. Just before entering the sanitorium she made her home in the Brown Springs community near Williamston. In early womanhood she was married to William J. Hoggard and he survives with five chil dren, Magdalene, Marie, Sallie, William E. and Roy Lee Hoggard. Also surviving are two brothers, Jesse and Jay Gardner, all of this county. Mrs. Hoggard was a member of Riddick’s Grove Baptist Church for several years, and her pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, conducted the last rites in the church over in Williams Township last Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Burial was in the churchyard cemetery. ———<« County Man Loses Life In Town Jail Eddie Dolberry, Jr., Martin County colored man, lost his life by suffocation in Scotland Neck’s town jail some time during the early hours of last Sunday morn ing. Dolberry was one of four to die in the jail when one of the quartet fired a mattress and filled the room with smoke. According to one report reach ing here, Dolberry, a resident of Goose Nest Township, was ar rested and jailed for public drunkenness along with the other three. Another report declared that he was taken into custody for alleged disorderly conduct. After placing the last of the four in jail about 8:00 o’clock that eve ning, Scotland Neck officers vis ited the jail about midnight and found everything all right. The town’s mayor was up early Sun day morning and when he enter ed the municipal building about 6:00 o’clock he detected smoke and investigated, finding the four bodies resting on the jail bunks. -f Revival Meeting Is Now In Progress At Bethany -« A revival meeting is now in pi<j|ress at the Bethany Penta costal Holiness Church near here. The two-weeks meeting is being conducted by Miss Marie Houser and Rev. Blonnie Johnson, Each service begins at 7:30 p. m. The public is invited. Jaycees Planning Softball League By Jo Jo Thigpen Softball activities for the com ing season will be directed by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The prgoram should-be a vital and entertaining part of the coming season's recreation, and everyone who is interested are invited to get in on the fun. Here are the formulated plans as released by the Jaycees yester day. The league shall consist of four teams, each to be sponsored by a local business firm. The first four firms to notify the Jaycees Sports Committee, Box 309; of their wish to back a club will be allowed to do so, on a first come, first served, basis. The players will be evenly and fairly divided between the quar tet of teams by a lottery. All men desiring to participate fill in a blank found elsewhere in this paper, these names are placed in a hat and drawn without discre tion. This will insure well bal anced and equally strong combi nations. Opening date has been set for May 1st, featuring a doublehead er, and the season’s schedule will be disclosed shortly. Each team will play approximately two games a w6ek and carry a roster of about fifteen players. A man ager and captain will be appoint ed for each team by its sponsor. Practice sessions and warm-up games will probably start as soon as weather permits. This year’s play promises to be the best in the towns softball his tory. The number of teams has been cut to a minimum to guaran tee the strongest possible repre sentation on each squad. To in sure the strength of the league will be a feature lacking in the past; a board of governors, plus an official statistician, which will ex ercise vigorous control over all contests. Any further informa tion will gladly be furnished by the Jaycee Sports Committee. Little Fishermen Given Concession -« Closing the season right in the face of those who fish in the creeks and lakes, the North Caro lina Division of Game and Inland Fisheries recently acted to soothe the irritation by lifting the ban during the Easter holidays. Ac cording to an announcement made by the department, it will be law ful to fish in inland waters on April 20 through April 22. Begin ning last Saturday, the closed sea son continues through May 19 ex cept for the special three-day con cession at Easter time. Going into the first season fol lowing the war, local people did quite a bit of fishing before the season was closed by the depart ment. Some of the fishermen are said to have actually neglected their work to spend more time in the creeks and on the lakes. Em ployers shook their heads, but made no complaints against the practice. -o, ■-.— Womun's Club Meeting la Coat fumed Until April 23 -*— The Woman’s Club meeting scheduled for Tuesday night, April 16th, has been postponed until April 23rd on account of the Union Services being held in the churches during Holy Week. Extension Editor To Broadcast Fat Stock Show Here -—— Plans About Complete For Third Annual Event On April 26 -$ Scheduled for Friday, April 26, l on a larger scale than ever before, Martin County’s 4-H club fat stock show will be broadcast over Radio Station WPTF at 1:00 o'clock that afternoon by Frank Jeter, agricultural editor for the State College Extension Service, it was announced yesterday by Assistant County Agent Claude Goodman. Editor Jeter will re port the acitvities of the show and interview the exhibitors. The show place in the Planters tobacco warehouse will be opened Thursday of next week for the ap proximately forty baby beef en tries and a few hogs. There’ll be no independent entries, Agent Goodman explained. The entries will be weighed in by H. L. Meach am, extension marketing special ist, and those weights will be re cognized. Headed by Dr. J. E. Foster, pro fessor of animal husbandry at State College, the judges will select the winners at 10:30 Friday morning, Editor Jeter’s fifteen minute radio broadcast following at 1:00 o'clock. An auction sale will be held at 2:30 that afternoon, Agent Good man stating that special invita tions have been extended to pack ers and individuals to attend and participate in the sale. Started by Former Assistant County Agent McLendon, the Martin County fat stock show in its first two years of existence attracted right much attention, and it is fairly certain that the show this year will attract con siderably more attention. The club members, in addition to in creasing their entries, have work ed harder for the prizes and some keen competition is expected. Several of the entries were im ported from the west and they have been hard to tame, but the young owners have done a master ful job and they are anxiously awaiting show time. County Youth Saw Huge Tidal Wave Stationed on Ohau, Chief Petty Officer William Edmond Early, Jr., suw the effects of a tidal wave that swept the shore of that is land and others in the Hawaiian group a short time ago. Writing to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Early of Oak City, the radioman said that he was not hurt, but that two hundred others were killed and that the proper ty damage was considerable. He also declared that panic reigned in that territory for some hours. The tidal wave consisted of three or four large swells and struck the coast with great fury. Hamilton Station Robbed Sunday Breaking through a bark win dow, robbers tore open the cash register and bursted a music box in Bryant Taylor’s filling station in Hamilton some time during last Sunday night. Two or three dol lars were removed from the cash register and several dollars were missed from the music box. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck investi gated the robbery early Monday morning immediately after it was discovered, but no definite lead has yet been established in the case. [ ANNUAL MEETING j Miss Modane Marshbanks, secretary of the National Pea nut Council, and Flak Shaw, secretary of the North Caro lina Farm Bureau, will ad dress the annual meeting of the Martin County Farm Bu reau here on April 26, it was announced today. Congress man Herbert Bonner has been invited to attend the meeting which is almost certain to be one of the largest ever held by the organization in this coun ty. Plans for the meeting are almost complete, Secretary T. B. Brandon stated, including arrangements for a big barbe cue supper that evening at 6:00 o’clock. [Robber Arrested F or Old Crime In County [ REGISTRATION v Interest in the forthcoming special school election in the Williamston district continues to lag, reports from the regis trars showing that hardly a good three dozen citizens reg istered last Saturday, the sec ond of three days scheduled for registration. Registrar Edith Stallings re ported 30 new names were added to the books last Satur day, boosting the total in Pre cinct No. 1 to 65. Registrar O. S. Anderson reported only eight new names in Precinct No. 2 last Saturday, boosting the total there to 20. It is again pointed out that the special election has noth ing to do with politics, that one must register if he wishes to vote in the special school election on Saturday, IVIay 4. Local Lions Club Observes Ladies’ rVij^ht Last Week —®— Buiiqurt Followed by Dance In School GynuHiiim Thursday Night -»>■ Tin1 Annual Ladies and Charter Night Banquet and Dance of the Williamston Lions Club was held Thursday evening, April 11th. This event is one of the highlights of the local club's activities for the year. This year’s event was presided over by President John H. Edwards, with Lion Tamer Er nest Mears acting as master of ceremonies. Following the call to order, the group sang a verse of the nation al anthem, and then gave the flag salute. Invocation was offered by Mayor John L. Hassell. A delici ous turkey dinner was served to the 150 persons present by the ladies of the First Methodist Church. During the dinner and in between the courses, the Enter tainment Committee presented a large number of nice prizes, that had been donated by various members of the club, to the hold ers of lucky numbers. At the conclusion of the dinner, the guests present were introduc ed and welcomed, the address of welcome being made by Lion Clarence Griffin. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Martin, representing the Kiwanis Club, Fire Chief and Mrs. G. P. Hall, Miss Jill Peden, Lions case worker for the blind and her as sistant, Mrs. Mary Coltrain, May or J. L. Hassell and Mrs. Mary B. Gurganus, and Lions and Lioness es from clubs in Tarboro, Edenton, Scotland Neck, Plymouth and Nashville. Entertainment was then pro vided by the Bear Grass Trio, ra dio personalities who sang sever al numbers, which were enjoyed. Lion Mears introduced District Governor James A. Glover of Nashville, who made the principal talk of the evening. Lion Glov er's address was opened with stoi ies of several recent incidents in which members of the club were involved, and which caused a number of blushing faces to ap pear among the group. On the more serious side, Lion Glover pointed out that the Wil liamston Lions Club had reached its ninth milestone, and that dur ing this time it had definitely es tablished itself as a leading civic club of this community and one (Continued on page six) -« Membership Gains In Wildlife Club - _<f> Tiie North Carolina Wildlife Federation, organized fairly re cently in this State, now has more than 12,000 members, according to a report released a few days ago by P. K. Gravely, president of the organization. The Rocky Mount man explained that the member ship was distributed among 97 af filiated clubs in 94 counties. The federation's major objective is to create a separate division of game and fish in North Carolina. New members are being added from time to time to tne club re cently organized in this county. Jno. Henry Taylor Jailed In Default Of A $2,000 Bond -- Nearly Kille«l I,. C. Jai kson In This County Rack In November, 1944 John Henry Taylor, young col ored man, was arrested by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation at RFD 1, Seven Springs, last week for allegedly assaulting and robbing L. C. Jackson, Martin County farmer, back in Novem ber, 1944 His arrest brought to an end a search that had been under way since the crime and which had been extended into sev eral states. Placed in the county jail last Friday, Taylor, a farm worker in this county for a number of years, was said to have admitted the crime that nearly cost Mr. Jackson his iife. He waived a pre liminary hearing, and Justice John L. Hassell fixed bond in the sum of $2,000, Unable to raise the required bond, Taylor continues in jail awaiting trial at the June term of the Martin County Sup erior Court. Following the dastardly crime, Taylor drove his victim’s car to a point near old Sparta where he abandoned the machine. He caught a bus to Wilson and a short time later continued into South Carolina where he claims to have lived until about three months ago when he returned to this State and located in the Kin ston area of Lenoir County where relatives lived. When arrested, Taylor carried a social security card with the name of Thomas Caroline on it. He declared that he found the social security card, that he had not been known by that name. Some months ago Taylor was reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a fugitive from justice, and the agents, picking up a new lead in the case a short time ago, followed him to the Kin ston area. Late in the afternoon of Novem ber 12, 1944, Mr. Jackson was sit ting on the porch of his home a short distance off the Roberson ville-Everetts highway. Someone slipped up from behind and as saulted him with an iron single tree, His head badly battered, Mr. Jackson was dragged into the house and left lying on the floor, the assailant apparently leaving him for dead. The robber-assail ant took a $100 bill and some change off his victim’s person and then drove away in the farmer’s 1935 model Ford. The crime was not reported until the following morning, and officers were balked after tracing the car to the Cone toe section until a short time ago when a new lead was established in the case. Martins Win Here Last Sunday, 6-2 By Jo Jo Thigpen Williamston chalked up its sec ond win over Robersonville here Sunday by a 6 2 count. Trailing by one run, the locals had a big seventh inning rally to score five runs on as many hits, two of them by David Perry; a walk, two hit batsmen and an er ror. Garland Wynne started for the home team and was touched for five safeties, with H. Wynne in the pivot spot. Bullock, Tayloc. and Hardy shared mound duties for the losers, giving up a total of ten hits. Whichard completed the battery. Perry, with a double and a single, and Cherry, with two singles, led the Martins at bat; while Bullock collected two singles for the visitors. <» County Young Man Gets Discharge From the Navy • Bainbridge, Md.—Dallas M. Taylor Rm 3-c, has been honor ably discharged from naval ser vice at the Separation Center, Bainbrdigc, Maryland. Taylor, who was last stationed at Navy Department, Washington, D. C., was in military service 30 months. His parents live near Williams ton, N. C.
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