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 XLi\—NUMBER 32 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 79, 7916 ESTABLISHED 1899 Thirty Cases Are Handled By Judge Robert L. Coburn Fines Amount To $425; Rond Sentence Imposed In Larceny Case Working until after 5:00 o’ clock. Judge Robert L. Coburn and Solicitor Paul D. Roberson just about cleared the docket in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday. Thirty cases were handled during the morning and afternoon sessions which were attended by fairly large crowds. Fines collected amount ed to $425, the court imposing one in the sum of $200. In another case a 12-months road sentence was meted out. While the docket scheduled for the day was virtually cleared, quite a few cases already have been scheduled for the 2!)th of this month. No session of the county court will he held next Monday, Clerk L. It. Wynne slat ing that next week has been set aside for the trial of civil cases in the superior tribunal. Judge Coburn continues to pinch-hit for Judge J. C. Smith in the county court. Late reports state that Judge Smith is improv ing and hopes to return to the bench in early May. n uceeamgs ill tnc conn lust Monday: Pleading not guilty, Jas. F. Council was adjudged guilty and was fined $50, taxed with the cost and had his driver’s license re voked for one year. After paying the fine and costs, the defendant called for his money back and appealed to the superior court. Bond was fixed in the sum of $100. Charged with an assault, Cla bon and Kiln Mae Northern were found not guilty. The case charging Ivory Clark with an assault with a deadly weapon was nol pressed. Krncst Leo. charged with driv ing while under the influence of intoxicating beverages, was found not guilty. The cases charging Ollie and Joe Henry Gainor and Linwood Howe II with assaults were nol pressed. Henry Crawford was fined $25 and taxed with the cost for oper ating a motor vehicle without a driver's license. Charged with the larceny of a guitar, James E Brooks was ad judged not guilty. The case charging Robert Gee w ith bastardy was nol pressed. George Tims. Edwards, charg ed with non support, was directed to pay $7 a month for the support of his wife, and report for fur ther judgment on the first Mon day in September. Solomon Keyes, the man who plowed an automobile into the porch of the Rooks' home in Jamesville recently, was fined $50 and taxed with the cost for speeding. The defendant was al so ordered to repair damages to the porch. Aloe Jones, colored of Oak City, was fined $25 and required to pay the' court costs in the case charging him with speeding. William J. Sandcrlin, charged with reckless driving, was found not guilty. Fishing on Roanoke River and getting a late start for his home m Bethel. John Robot Roberson was fined $25 and taxed with the costs for operating a motor ve hicle with improper lights. Herbert Reeves was fined $25 and taxed with the costs for oper ating a motor vehicle with im proper' lights. John Smith was found not guilty in the case charging him (Continued on page four) -- federation Clubs Meet INexl Week A meeting of the 15th Distiict Federation of Home Demonstra i tion Clubs will be held in Ply mouth next Thursday, beginning with a registration at 10 o'clock. The morning session will hear re ports from the various clubs, the several presidents reviewing the records and achievements for the past year. Dr. Jane S. McKim inon will address the federation that afternoon. Mrs. J. Eason Lilley is chair man of the federation, and Mrs. Noah ft Rogerson, aho of this county, is secretary for the dis trict. A special invitation is being ex tended all Martin club members tu attend the meeting. Enterprise Papers Install Neiv Cox-O-Type Press Purchased and installed at a cost of nearly $10,000, the Goss Cox-O-Type press, pictured above, is turning out an edition of the Enterprise news papers for the first time today. Jimmy Gallatly, erector from the com pany's factory has been too busy with his job to explain all the details, but ho says the machine will print and fold as many as eight pages at a time and that it has a normal production of about 3,000 per hour. All the operations are mechanical. The papers are delivered in quarter or half fold, ready for the mailer and carrier boys. More Men Are Called For Military Serviee I V. OVER THE TOP > Assigned a quota of $25, the small eommunity of Hassell raised in a short time 130.28 for the Cancer Fund, Chair man J. W. Eubanks announc ed this week. Collections, re ceived in small coin collec tors, were reported as fol lows: Eubanks’ store, $20.71; \V. I>! Bell store, $2.00; P. C. Edmondson store, $1.10; M. II. Ayers store, $3.24; Man son Council's store, $2.71, and T. E. Goodrich's store, 46 cents. The community main tains its good record of meet ing every quota assigned in the name of others. The Cancer Fund Drive continues to make progress in the county, the chairman, R. L. Coburn, again urging all .Martin citizens to help pul the drive across without fur ther delay. Willie A. Hodges Died Tuesday At Home In Griffins — Funeral Woilncsilay Aflrr« noon For |{n»|>e; Robcrsonville, April 30; Oak City, May 1; Hamilton and Hassell, May 2; Williamston, May « and 7. , All the clinics will lie held from 9:00a. in. except the one at Hassell and that will he held at 1:00 o'clock p. in. Children becoming six years of age on or before next October 1 arc asked to attend the clinics. Enterprise Force Looks Forward to Press Operations Owners Co In Drill \”;iin Hill Hope Mrrlumical IVolili-m l{ilic\rtill two more hours were spent; (Continued on page eight> I Saturday Is Last Day To Register For School Vote Tomorrow', Saturday, April 20, is the last day to register for the special school election to be held in the Williamston district on May 4. So far there has been very little interest shown in the pro posal to enhance the value of edu cation in the district, reports from the two precinct registrars stating that less than one hundred per sons had registered since the books were opened on the sixth of this month. It is generally believed that no strong opposition will offer itself, but at the same time, proponents are showing little interest in the move, leaders have pointed out. "It is a question that everyone should be interested in and one every citizen in the district should have a part in answering,” a school leader was quoted this week as saying. The vote is limited to the Wil liamston School District which embraces all of Williamston Township and parts of Bear Grass and Williams Township. At the polls on Saturday, May 4, the vot : ors will bo asked to either vote , for or against a special tax levy of 2(1 cents on the $100 property . valuation which education leaders propose to use in adding public school music, band and physical ! education to the local school cur riculum. All citizens interested in schools are again reminded that they must register to lit' eligible | to vote in the May 4 election, that those living on the south side of i Williamston’s main street and the Everetts Road to Beaver Dam Swamp may register with Miss Edith Stallings, registrar for Pre cinct No. 1, at Attorney B. A. Critcher’s office, and those on the other side will register with Pre cinct No. 2 Registrar O. S. Ander son in the office of Harrison and Carslarphen. BoolIrwT Fans rn Old Liquor Count In County’s Court -- Officrr* Tnkr l ni<|iir l.i i|iior Slill M;ul<‘ I'Yniii A f look Slmr Kr*rrvoir Running away after lie was trapped in the illieil liquor round up conducted in this county about a ye.n ago by State ABC agents, Janies Bennett, young colored man of Hassell, was carried into court this week on that and a new count. He pleaded guilty in both cases and was sentenced to the lauds for six months, the court suspending the sentence upon the payment of a $200 fine and the court costs. Working in the county about a year ago, the special agents bought, a qua11 of illicit liquor from Bennett. Just about the time the agents and county offic ers started closing the net about the alleged liquor law violators, Bennett moved out ahead of the law. He did not reveal his trav els, but in due time he returned to the county and resumed his il licit liquor operations where he left off. Going into the Bennett home last Saturday, County ABC Officer J. II. Roebuck found a quart of white liquor in the man's possession. He was immediately charged with the possession of il legal liquor for the purpose of sale. While traveling with the officers for a preliminary hearing, Bennett was reminded of the old charge and he admitted it. With •i two-year suspended sentence j hanging ovei ins head, Bennett, paid the $200 fine and costs in’ cash and let!, the cout tin.use ap patently discouraged with the h quor bu: incss. Last. Sunday morning, Officers Roebuck and Rov Peel i aided ill (Continued on page eight) f KAINI-ALL Amounting to only 2.15 inches the rainfall in this area continued considerably below normal last month, lip un til yesterday, 2.42 inches had been recorded since the first of April. Freakish weather struck the section last week-end when the mercury dropped below freezing and a fairly heavy frost fell. Crops in general were not damaged, but a few Irish potato tops turned black. Fairly cool and rainy weather this week has aided blue mold in plant beds and tobacco transplanting will, no doubt, be delayed. Five Cases Heard In Mayor’s Court —» Justice John L. Hassell heard five cases in his court and sent three others to the higher courts during the past few days. Charged with disorderly con duct, Jesse Griffin and Haven Moore were each taxed with $8.50 costs. Burnes Fagan, charged with abusing an officer, was fined $5 and required to pay $8.50 costs. Thomas Lee Hawkins was fined $5 and taxed with $10.05 costs in the case charging him with disor derly conduct. Charged with disorderly con duct, Lawrence Lilley was fined $2.50 and required to pay $9.50 costs. Clyde Silverthorne was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days for disorderly conduct, the court suspending the sentence for three months upon the payment of $9.50 costs. Anna Jackson, charged with perjury, was bound over to tin (Continued on page eight i Court Has Eighteen Divorces On Docket SUNRISE SERVICE | / The Union Kastcr Sunrise Service will hr held in WchhI lawn Cemetery at 5:24 Sun day morning. With the Church Call being blown at this precise moment of the sun’s rising by Mr. Horace Ray, the service will begin. Those attending are asked to come in from the back of the grounds where they will be given the order of service, and are asked to move toward the pine trees facing the east. In the event of inclement weath er the service will be held in the Baptist Church and the order of service will be fol lowed as arranged, it was an nounced. Eighteen Cases On Docket For Trial In Superior Court Alleutiou Cenlers On $10,* 000 Diunn^r Suit Against Lumber Company -. Plans Recreation INidit Under tlie direction of the home md farm agents, Misses Elizabeth Parker and Garnette Crocker and Claude Goodman, Martin County t-U club members will hold their second recreation program tonight it 8:00 o'clock. The event will be in the Farm Life gymnasium, and all club members are invited to attend. Miss Crocker asks the elub liembcrs toweai clothes the> will injoy playing in, such as slacks md shirts. A similar program held in the rVilliamston gymn seveial weeks igo was greatly enjoyed. Other programs will be held in various >*rts of the county each month.