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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 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<le<l (alizeii-Fariner -* Willie A. Hodges, highly re spected Martin County citizen and fanner, died at his home in Grif fins Township at 6 15 o’clock last Tuesday morning following sev eial years of declining health. His condition had been critical for about two weeks. Mr. Hodges, son of the late John A and Allic Riddick Hodges, was born in this county on March 17. 1882. and lived and farmed all his life in the community of his birth. He was a Christian gentleman, neighborly and lived at peace with his fellowman. Mr. Hodges was a member of the church at Macedonia, and was held in high esteem as a citizen and friend. He married Mrs. Mary Bel Whitaker Peel and she survives with an adopted daughter, Mrs. Carlyle Stallings; four brothers, Thomas, Fate, George and Ma rion Hodges; and three sisters, Mi s. W. H. Hardison, Mrs. Thomas Lilley and Miss Hattie Hodges, all of the home community. Funeral services were conduct ed at his late home near the Beau fort County boundary Wednes day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by 7iis pastor, Rev. Dennis W. Davis, assisted by Rev. M. Luther Am brose, pastor at Maple Grove, and Rev. J. M. Perry, Robersonville minister. Burial was in the Tice Cemetery in Griffins Township. Hundreds attended the last rites, attesting the esteem in which Mr. Hodges was held by hj„ telle * man. Could Not Answer | April Draft Call In Its Entirety —*— , Mont of the Twelve Men Ifail Keen Passed For Limited Service -* Much has been said in and out | of congress about compulsory | military service, but more men are steadily being called from this county for military service. Re ports state that twenty-four Mar tin County white youths were call ed for this week, but that the re serve pool was not large enough to accommodate the call in its en tirety. Twelve men, five of them coming from the farm, were in structed to report for final induc tion examinations at Fort Bragg Wednesday. All of the men had previously reported to the induction center and most of them had been passed for limited military service. It is understood that they will be given another physical examination, that those who pass the test will enter the service immediately without the privilege of at least a 21-day induction stay. Various proposals are pending in Congress at the present time, but it is fairly apparent that the draft will be maintained as it now is until definite action is taken by the law makers. One of the pro posals as advanced by the House would exempt all essential farm workers, fathers and teen-age youths. It s also proposed to call a draft holiday, and to reinstate it after five months only if volun tary enlistments do not offei suf ficient personnel to maintain the armed forces at an arbitrary strength. There are a few while men in the draft pool in this county at the present time, but they were not put there in lime to be includ ed in the group leaving on Wed nesday of this week. (Continued on page four) Easier Music Program In The Baptist Church -*- — The public is cordially invited to attend a program of music to be presented in the Memorial Baptist Church at 5:00 o'clock on Easter Sunday afternoon. The combined adult and youth choirs, consisting of fifty voices, will sing traditional and modern church music appropriate for the Easter •season. The youth choir which was or ganized in January of this year, will make is first appearance in new choir robes. The program is under the supervision of Ben E. Manning, organist and choir di rector, who will play additional oi'S«m numbers during the „er ice. t-X ! I PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS | v/ Beginning next Tuesday and continuing through May 7, the Martin County ilealtli Department will conduct a scries of pre-school clinics, it was announced by the office of the superintendent of schools, as follows: Jainesville, April 23: Farm Fife, April 24; Bear Grass, April 25; Everetts, April 2t>; 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\r<l After dragging along with bail ly worn and obsolete equipment for years the Enterprise Newspa pers are placing mi operation to day a new Cox-Q-Type web press made by the (loss Company, Chi cago. The owners, going in debt a little deeper, know very little, about the new machine other than \ that it will print as many as eight pages at a time and turn out as many as 3,500 papers an hour. The paper is fed from a roll, going in “here” and coming out “there” ready for the mailing department and the carrier boys. Costing right at $10,000 install ed, the new press is designed to relieve a bottleneck that has flay ed the nerves of the entire Kilter prise gang for some years, es pecially during the past five when help was scarce and one shifted from first one job and then to an other, working long hours night and day and occasionally on Sun day to keep the shop open. Hop ing the new press will solve a perplexing problem, the entire force today is anxiously looking forward to the switch from the old to the new press. The mem bers of the force look forward to the change possibly with more eagerness and keen anticipation than the five-year-old tot looks forward to a visit from Santa Claus. They are not so greatly impressed with the newness of the package, but they arc impressed with the proffered relief from long hours of press feeding and paper folding by hand. Under the old system one man was assigned to the press eight hours to produce an eight-page paper. Four hours were spent on !he folder. Two more hours were ;pent at the insertion tabic, and >till 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 -.<s Other than divorces, eighteen cases have been placed on the civil calendar for trial in the Mar tin County Superior Court during the one week-term opening here next Monday. Ordinarily, two I weeks of court arc held in April, I but there were not enough cases j to hold the tribunal in session that long and the first week was call ed off. Judge Luther Hamilton of Morehead City is scheduled to preside over the term. For the most part, cases on the calendar are likely to attract very little attention from the general public. Possibly the greatest in terest centers around the $10,000 damage suit brought by Miss 1 Elizabeth Holliday by her next friend, W. E. Holliday, against the | Williamston Lumber Company. I Critically injured when she was run down by Kader Brown, driv ing the company's log truck, on May 31, 1945, the young girl was a patient in hospitals for weeks, and it is reported that she has not fully recovered from her injuries. In addition to the $10,000 personal damages, the plaintiff is asking $H75 for medical and hospital bills. A compromise settlement was pending in the case at one time, according to unofficial re ports, but little would have gone to the victim after expenses were ' paid. Hugh (i Horton is repre senting the plaintiff, and Norman and Rodman of Plymouth are re presenting the insurance oempany in the case which is to be called next Tuesday. The old alley way case brought by the town against E. I’. Cun ningham is again on the calendar. . Centering around an alley lead ing off Smithwick Street, the case has been pending in the court for years. The Standard Fertilizer Com pany is suing Freddie M. Carter to recover $550.25 alleged due on an account. Joseph Wiggins, Jr., is suing A. S. Roberson for possession of cer tain lands on the McCaskcy Road, near Williamston. The case of J. S. Shugar against L. W. Rhodes involves a claim and delivery. In the suit of Heady Chemical Company against the Farmville Woodward Lumber Company, the defendant claims that the product sold by the plaintiff did not meas ure up to the guarantee, and that no amount is due the plaintiff. Jesse Savage is suing Thurman Moore to recover $2UU allegedly due under a contract. Mrs. Mattie Sanford is appeal ing to the courts to recover on a $300 note in the case against Mis. L. K. Johnson, administratrix. The $5,000 damage suit brought by Jos. Saunders Leggett against Mrs. Pearl Benton is on the cal endar for trial, after two motions by the defense to have it moved to Mecklenburg County were de nied. In April of last year, young Leggett was visiting his sister in the Benton rooming heusc in Charlotte. The plaintiff alleges that Mis. Benton had trouble with some pat ties in the home, that he .' and his sister decided to leave the ' home. As they were leaving, he 1 (Continued on page four) ---I] Adultery Alleged By Plaintiffs In Six Of The Cases -■» 1 Haim ILfemlanl- \\ ere Not I'aillitnl W 11iI<* lliisltaiiils Wore In Service Eighteen divorce cases have been calendared for trial in the Martin County Superior Court next Monday, the complaints filed in the clerk's office showing that the plaintiffs are alleging adultery in six of the cases, adultery and two years of separation in two others, and two years of separa tion in eight instances. Two of the plaintiffs charge their wives with being unfaithful while they (the plaintiffs) were in foreign service with the armed forces. Several of the actions are being contested, but in another case, the defendant admits all the allega tions and informs the plaintiff that the action will not be con tested. In his suit against Velma Briley, Willie Briley says they were mar ried in November, 1937. and lived apart since March, 1939. and asks divorce on two years of separa tion. The defendant denies the allegations. The divorce action of James Washington against Mary Wash ington is a hit complicated. He claims they were married in Feb ruary, 1933, that they separated in February, 19-14, that the de fendant committed adultery with Gus Rascoe and others. The de fendant admits the marriage, but suggests another date and de clares that he was known at the time as Johnnie Monk. In deny ing the allegationSj she points out that the defendant left here. Min ried on January 17, 1942, Loo Manuel Rawlings says he and his wife, Lossie Lee Page Rawl ings, separated in August, 1943, that she committed adultery on August 1, 1944, and that a child was born later. The divorce is not being contested and the al legations are admitted. After living together from April 1941, until April, 1944, William Henry Dempsey alleges that his wife, Janie Dempsey, committed adultery. No answer has been fil ed in the case. In his case against Leila Kave White, the plaintiff, Lester S. White, says they were married on June 11, 1943, that he last saw his wife on new year's night, 1944, that sin- gave birth to a child in February, 1945, while he was in the armed forces. She left for Ohio. In the two-year separation case of George Washington Joyner against Dorothy Joyner, it was pointed out that the parties were married in Toledo in May, 1942, that they separated the following January. Levestcr P. Taylor, suing Sarah Moore Taylor for divorce based on two years’ separation, says they were married in April, 1932, and separated in October, 1943. Suing Rachel H. Best for di voice on grounds of two years' separation, Calvin Best, Jr., says they were married in December, 1934, and separated in May, 1938. Oscar Little says he was mar ried m October, 1938, and that he and Ins wife, Irene Little, separ ated in October, 1943, and bases his divorce pica on two years’ separation. In his ease against Mary Purvis Ormond, Charlie C. Ormond says V.V-UJ lUIRH II Ull uyillj 411 Crou|> 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.