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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOL* Ml XLIX—NUMBER 42 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER ADOO MARTIN COUNT? FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK Williamston, Martin County, Worth Carolina, Friday, May 24, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1899 Tiiirty-ono Youths Register For The1 Draft Last Month I —*— I w.«ntj four s*t the Number Jus! Recently Became Eighteen Years Old Thirty one Martin County young men registered with the Martin County Draft Board last month. Twenty-four of those reg istering had just recently reached their eighteenth birthday, the re maining seven having already served in the armed forces. The seven entered the services either before the draft was created or before they were required to re gister. Sixteen of the group register ing last month were white, and most of the thirty-one live on farms. Names and addresses of the men registering during April fol low: William Earl Lawrence, col., RED 1, Oak City. Garland Lawrence Taylor, w, RFD 2, Williamston. Archibald Everett Manning, w, RFD 1, Jamesville. Russell Darrell Roberson, w, RFD 2, Williamston. George Caraway, col., RFD 1, Robersonville. Elverna Keel, col., Everetts. J Romas Hiawiatha Cordon, col., RFD 1, Jamesville. George Smith, col., RFD 1, Jamesville. Charlie Lee, col., RFD 2, Wil liamston. Raleigh Manning, col., RFD 1, Oak City. John N..thnn Roberson, w., RFD 3, Williamston. Cecil Whitfield, col., Everetts. Eddie Walts Brown, col., RFD 2, Williamston. Harry Clinton Stokes," col., Wil liamston. . James C. McNair, col., RFD 1, 1 Plymouth. Willi a ms ton. James Earl Ampley, col., Rob ersonville. Henry Bellflower, w, RFD 1, Palmyra. Lonnie Mack Nicholson, w, RFD 3, Williamston. James Edward Watts, col., Wil liamston. Ken Maynard Bunting, w, Par mele. I Dan Gordon Bunting, w., RFD 2, Robersonville. ' James Ed Ewell, col., RFD 3, Williamston. William Roy Taylor, col., RFD 2. Robersonville. The names art addresses of the veterans registering in April: Herman Edgar Roebuck, w, Dover, New' Jersey. Grover Cecil Lilley, w, RFD 1, Jamesville. Berkley Saunders Nicholson, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Grover Milford Nicholson, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Jodie Dee Woolard, Jr., w., Wil liamston. Haywood Carroll Mobley, w, RFD 2, Williamston. Nathan Mizcllc, w, RFD 3, Wil liamston. • -* Mrs. Carrawan J Died Wednesday —$,—_ Mrs. Billie Carrawan, 79, died at her home near Swan Quarter Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock following several years of declining health. Her condition had been critical for about two months. Mrs. Carrawan was a faithful member of the Rosebay Primitive Baptist Church for many years, and her pastor, Elder P. E. Get singer, of this county, conducted the last rites there Thursday aft ernoon at 3:00 o'clock. He was as sisted by Rev. W. B. Harrington, Baptist minister of this county. Interment was in the family ceme tery near the home. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Roy Peel of Williamston and Mrs. Bettie Sawyer of the home; for sons, Cleveland Carrawan of J Belhaven, Staton, Harvey and Arthur of the home. -# Lonely World For Lad < Over In Pacific Area 1 -*- ( It is proving to be a lonely e world for Pfc. Benjamin F. Lii- i ley, Jr., who is stationed in Japan, i Landing there soon after V-J day, i the young Martin County boy has seen millions of people, but not s the first one he knew. i Candidates For_Congress m .1 The race between Robert Lee Humber, left, and Herbert Bon ner, right above, is holding the spotlight as time draws near for the primary on Saturday of this week. Other politics have all but been overshadowed by the race for Congress in the district’s fourteen counties. Few Names Appear On Primary Ballots RETURNS In keeping with a service rendered for years. The En terprise will tabulate and post the election returns Saturday night of this week for the three contests before the vot ers in this county. The bal lots are unusually short and the first returns should start coming in within an hour aft er the polls close at t>:30 o'clock. . _ Election officials have been contacted in all the precincts, and they have agreed to co operate in getting the returns in as rapidly as posstbler—* Interested parties are cor dially asked not to call for re ports on the election until after the precinct officials have an opportunity to use the telephone to file the re sults. Make Provisions For Children To See Lost Colony j —•— To Open Dormilorirw At Airport Anil Offer Sperial Rales For tiie first time, North Caro lina school children will have an opportunity to see the state-spon mred drama, Lost Colony, under terms within the reach of almost jvery child in the state. Mrs. Richard Joshua Reynolds, :>f Winston-Salem, chairman of a special children’s participation rommiltee for Lost Colony, an nounces that some of the barracks' find other facilities at the aban doned Navy airport at Manteo on Roanoke Island will be converted nto dormitories to house special groups of children this summer. Under a program set up by the lommittee, local communities, :ivic groups and other organiza ions may sponsor bus li ips to the Island, where the children will be loused, fed and given tickets to i Lost Colony performance for a Jat fee expected to be around >3 per child, plus transportation, tfrs. Reynolds announced that ;ome reservations already had ieen made and anticipated forma ion of dozens of groups during he season beginning June 30th. 1-H Clubs, Boy and Girl Scout roops, and similar organizations ire expected to take advantage if the low-cost trip. At the same time, John Walk :r, general manager of Lost Col-. (Continued on page six) -—— Stolen Car la Recovered Recently At Chapel Hill -♦ Stolen from the streets in lhapel Hill on Saturday, May 11, he Buick car belonging to Mr. lhas. H. Godwin, Sr., wras recov red on a sideroad near the uni ersity town last Saturday even ing along with wearing apparel nd other articles left in the car. The machine had not been dam ged and the clothes were found ntact. I t> -* Voters In County To Take Part In Only Three Races —*— To Volt* for CongrcHHiuan, Two Slnlo Senators anti Commissioner -* One of the shortest political bal lots in many years will be placed before the voters nj Martin Coun ty in the primary election on Sat urday of this week. Only three contests are hooked for what pro fairly big off-year election, and only seven names appear on the two ballots. On the First Congressional Dis trict ballot appear the names of Herbert C. Bonner of Washington and Robert Lee Humber of Green ville. The names of the two men will be on one ticket, and on the senatorial-county ticket will ap pear the contests for the North Carolina State Senate and Mar tin County Commissioner. The names of Hugh G. Horton of Wil liamston, Roy Hampton of Ply mouth and John C. Rodman of Washington appear on the ticket under the senatorial contest head ing, the voters to support wo of Jhem. The county commissioner contest appearing on the same ticket carries the names of Leslie W. Hardison of Jamesville and Joshua L. Coltrain of Williams Township. Candidates for the county of fices of sheriff, clerk of court, judge and solicitor of the record er’s court, treasurer, coroner, and commissioners for the Griffins Bear Grass, Williamston-Poplar Point, Cross Roads-Robersonville and Hamillon-Goose Nest Dis tricts were declared the demo cratic party nominees when no formal opposition was filed. While the congressional race, packed with charges, is attracting right much interest, the absence of the usual county political con tests is almost certain to result in a reduction in the size of the vote. However, the silent vote remains a dark secret, and it is quite plain that this latent power has some of the politicians greatly worried. The polls open on Saturday, May 25, at 6:30 o’clock a. m. and close twelve hours later at 6:30 p. m. Voting, with one or two exceptions, will go forward at the places regularly maintained for elections. One or two changes have been made to avoid conflicts with business interests, Board of Elections Chairman Sylvester Peel explained. Regardless of who's on the ticket, believers in good govern ment point out that every eligible citizen should participate in the election, and every election. • * Atlantic Christian College Graduates Two Martin County young wo men, Misses Rosalyn Mizelle of Jamesville and Gladys Rebecca Roebuck of Robersonville were graduated last week-end from At lantic Christian College, Wilson. Miss Roebuck completed her course of study with praise. Call Nine Cases In The County's Court on Monday —*.— Defendant Retains Driver's Lieense In A Wry Unusual Case - <t>~—— Calling nine cases, Judge J7CT Smith held the Martin County Rt corder’s Court in session until 11:45 last Monday morning, the proceedings attracting a very small crowd. Fines, exclusive of court costs, were collected in the sum of $115, and a few jail and road sentences were imposed. Solicitor Paul D. Roberson prose cuted the docket. A very unusual case was heard during the session, one in which a defendant after virtually admit ting he was driving an automo bile while under the influence of some opiate, was adjudged not guilty. And, according to law, the court was right in adjudging the defendant not guilty. The de fendant, Edward Early, colored doctor of Williamston, was charg ed with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and in a reck less and careless manner. Early, calling in an expert witness, Dr. Jas. S. Rhodes, Jr., pleaded not guilty of di unken driving and went on to prove that he had been taking some sleeping tablets, which the defendant maintained constituted no violation of the law even when a person took them and operated a motor vehicle. The defense attorney read the law in open court and the tablets were not mentioned, leaving the de fendant with his driver’s lieense. The doctor was adjudged guilty of reckless and careless driving, and the action was continued under prayer for judgment until July 1. Other issues, indirectly connected with the case were aired in open court, the defendant offering to explain why he had taken the fendant a year ago that the opera tion of Duk Inn, a beer joint with quite a reputation, would get the defendant into more trouble. Ear ly went on a wild drive on Wil liamston’s Washington Street some days ago, barely missing one or two cars and striking several others before crashing into a ce ment pillar near his place of busi ness. Other proceedings: The case charging V. J. Pcele with disposing of mortgaged prop erty was nol pressed. Jimmie E. Harmon, charged with speeding, pleaded guilty and was fined $20 and taxed with the court costs. Adjudged guilty in the case charging him with non-support Ernest Worsley proved to the court that he and his wife had de cided to live together, and judg ment was suspended upon the payment of the costs. After pleading not guilty in the case charging him with carrying a concealed weapon, Richard Dav is was adjudged guilty and was fined $50 and taxed with the costs. Charged with assaulting Har mon nurnette with a deadly weapon, Alexander Savage was adjudged guilty over his plea of innocence. He was sentenced to jail for six days, fined $25 and di rected to pay the court costs and $10 to Dr. E. E. Pittman for medi cal attention rendered the prose cuting witness. The case charging William Crews with an assault with a deadly weapon was continued un tii next Monday. Irile Lee Cotton was fined $20 md taxed with the costs for speed ing. His license to operate a mol ar vehicle was revoked for sixty lays. Charged with an assault with a Jeadly weapon, John Henry White rvas adjudged guilty of public irunkenness, and was sentenced 1 o the roads for thirty days. ROUND-UP 1 ._/ ! Officers were fairly busy running down alleged law violators in this section last week-end when they cited several to court and jailed five others. One of the five book- i ed in the jail records was charged with larceny and re ceiving, one with non-support, l two with public drunkenness and one with an assault. The ages of the group rang- I ed from 18 to 54 years, and i three of the five jailed were white. County BoardH£» Education Holds Special Meeting Four-Room Brick Building lo Replace School >\t Everetts "^tlccting in speciaffsession last Wednesday, members of the Mar tin County Board of Education authorized the construction of a new building to house the Ever etts colored school, ordered a few other improvements and studied the 1946-47 fiscal year budget for about an hour. Mr. Ernest Edmondson, farmer business man of Hassell, entered upon his new duties as a member of the board that morning after the oath of office was administer ed by Clerk of Court L. Bruce Wynne without any formal cere mony. Mr. Edmondson was nam ed by the Martin County Demo cratic Executive Committee to succeed Mr. Leslie W. Hardison who resigned to enter the race for county commissioner in the Jamesville-Williams District. The term expires in April, 1949. The new board member, showing a keen interest in school affairs, readily entered into his new du ties. The Everetts school building destroyed by fire a short time ago is to be replaced by a four-room brick structure, the board decid ing to limit the building lo four rooms until conditions are more favorable. The plans call for the addition of four rooms at a later date. Architect’s plans will be drawn immediately, and tiie board will make every effort to have the building completed and ready for the opening next fall. In an effort to relieve the hous ing shortage and provide a home for the principal in Williamston, the board will move the o-hnWWpl ual arts building from its present location to the corner of East Grace Street and School Drive and convert it into a residence. K. G. Flanagan of Henderson was placed under contract to pre pare plans for the project and also for the Everetts building along with several others now under consideration. No date has been set for a further study of the budget by the board members it was learned. Raise $5MFor Cripple Children Nearly $600—$585.93, to bo exact—was raised in the recent drive fin funds in this county fui crippled children, Miss Mary Tay lor, chairman, announced this week. Contributions not previously re ported follow: Moore Grocery Co., $12.50; Lions Club (Williamston), $10; Nat Israel, $5; Em’s Beauty Salon, $3; Dr. V. E. Brown, $10; Ray H. Goodmon, $2; Blue Star Cleaners, $3; Sam Zeamon, $5; Belk-Tyler Co., $10; J. Paul Simpson, $5; Peel’s Jewelry Co., $5; Ayers Elec tric Company, $5; W. I. Skinner & Co., $5; King Tobacco Company, $5; N. C. Green, $5; Harry Biggs, $5; A. O. Roberson, $1; Peel and Manning, $5; Charles H. Jenkins, $5; Williamston Colored School, $28; Jones School (colored) $4; Everetts School (colored) $5; Whichard and James (colored) $5; Salsbury School (colored), $2.27; Everetts School, $9.91; Woolard’s School (colored), $4.70; Farm Life School, $10, A. J. Manning, $5; S. L. Roberson, $2; J. T Llewllyn, $5; H. L. Barnhill, $1; John L. joff, $2.50; Rev. and Mrs. John Hardy, $2.50; J. W. Watts, $10; Dr. aid Mrs. M. A. Schooley, $5; Harence Griffin, $2; Johnson Mer :antile Co., $3; J T. Barnhill, Sr., >3; Wheeler Manning, $2; Skewar cee Lodge No. 90, $12.50; and Di ed Darden, $5. Previously reported lontributions totaled $362.05. -$ Young War Bride Arrived Thursday From Belgium -$>-■ Mrs. Chas. E. Bullock, the for ner Miss Nellie Louise Dossery of lerai.ig, Belgium, arrived here Phursday afternoon to make her jome. She will make her home vith her mother-in-law, Mrs. lames H. Crab'ree, until her hus >and returns from overseas with n the next month or two. The young couple were married ast November. Farm Conditions Hanging In-Trhe Balance In County —____ * l As a result of frequent and heavy rains, the farm situation ' was said by quite a few farmers to be “hanging in the balance.” ! While the situation is not critical,! the farmers declare that it can become that way in a short time if rains continue to fall. The tobacco crop with some few exceptions is doing very well. Transplanting has been completed for some days now, but resetting is being made necessary by drowning and cut worms. A few I farmers are known to have plow- 1 ed up portions of their crop in lowland areas where water flood ed the fields and drowned the plants. Earlier this week, a few farmers, finding it impossible to get a mule in their fields, carried plants in aprons to finish trans planting and the re-setting tasks. The crop is quite yellow in most places and the leaves are growing j to a point, it was said. However, the outlook for tobacco is fairly encouraging, certainly more so than that for other crops in this area at the present time. Peanuts are coming up in most cases to make hut the grass has a good snm^na there is some doubt if most of the farmers will be able to get it out with the limited labor supply. The acreage planted to peanuts has been reduced somewhat in this county from the plantings of last year. Most of the acreage taken out of peanuts has been planted in tobacco. The corn crop, while doing fair ly well, is yellow and grassy. Farmers are in a quandary as to what to do. Some are of the opin ion that the fertilizer has been washed away, but being not cer tain they do not want to apply more fertilizer. They are just waiting to see what the crops do aefore doing anything themselves. IJSO Suspending Its Operations May 31st Over Thirty-Five Thousand Guests Entertained Here —•— Plan Closing Party In The Legion lint Sometime Next Week -« tty Rev. John L. Goff The Williamslon U S O Service Men’s Council will cease its activi ties for service men and women Ht* Friday, May 31st, after two years of service as a part of na tional United Service Organiza tions, Inc. During its operation the U S O has been “a home while away from home” to 35,021 service men and women. It has provided sleeping quarters for 2,103 men, though there were no sleeping fa cilities at the club, the homes of friends of service men were made available for this fine service. There were sixty homes register ed with the club offering this en tertainment free of costs. Mrs. A. R. Dunning’s home for tourists was always open for service men and their wives. Many times dur ing the war years Mrs. Dunning’s home was filled with service men as her guests, not as paying tran sients. Some 10,191 senior and junior hostesses gave of their time to provide a high class social period for the camp-weary men of the service. Too much cannot be said tor this type of service. All girls who served in these ca pacities were recommended by a secret committee as to their moral and personal fitness for enter taining the boys in uniform. The churches and civic organi zations of the town have been very generous with their support in money, leadership and free foods. The local committee and organization wishes to express their very sincere appreciation for these helps. Mrs. J. D. Thrower and her as sistant, Mr. J. R. Leggett, in con junction with the committee an nounce that a final closing party will be held at the club sometime next week to which the public is invited and at which time certifi cates and pins for those who have served «o well will be awarded. Further announcements will be made at a later date. While the local U S O will close officially, the USO will continue to function where ever service men are stationed. This is particu larly true near the large camps and the bases overseas. In the Philippine Islands and in Japan some of our largest clubs are op erating and word comes that new clubs are being formed as they are (Continued on page four) -« Miaa Bigg a Candidate For College Degree • ♦ Miss Mildred Smallwood Biggs, daughter of Mr. Warren H. Biggs of Williamston, will be graduated from High Point College, High Point, on June 3 with a degret in business administration and a minor degree in history, the col lege announced this week. VOTING HOURS The polling places for the primary election in this coun ty on Saturday of this week will open at t>:30 a. m. and close at 0:30 p. m., election officials reminding the voters that the hours from sunrise to sunset will not be observed. With one or two exceptions, voting will proceed at the reg ular polling places. Voters in Williamston's No. 1 precinct, that is, the territory on the southjMgjjy^^^vet't and the Everetts Highway, will cast their ballots at the court house, while the voting place for the No. 2 precinct will be maintained in the firemen's headquarters in the town hall. Justice Hassell Has Eight Cases In Mayor’s Court —®— Several Are Ghnrpal Willi Operating Vehicles Willi Improper Lights Mayor John L. Hassell handled eight cases in his court this week, several of them involving alleged violations of the motor vehicle laws. Proceedings: Charged with disorderly con duct, Claudio Peel was required to pay $t>.5() costs. In the case charging L. O. Buch annan with disorderly conduct, judgment was suspended upon the payment of $7.50 costs. Charged with operating a motor vehicle with improper brakes, James Pritchett was fined $10 and taxed with $0. costs. William Randolph Wynn, charg ed with disorderly conduct, was required to pay costs in the sum of $5.50. I Clarence Willie McCotter was fined $10 and required to pay $0 | costs in the case charging him 1 with operating a motor vehicle with improper brakes. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Bill Brown was bound over to the county recorder’s court for trial under bond in the sum of $50. John D. Hopkins, charged with operating a car in the night time with improper lights and without hrakeb, was fined $10 and requir- j ed to pay $H costs. ( Charged with operating a mot- j or vehicle at night with improper ( lights, J. M. Davenport was fined , $10 and taxed with $0 costs. -s Recovering From Broken t Arm Sustained In Attack 1 -s—— Suffering a broken left arm < when attacked by a hug, Mr. T. J. t Gardner, Williams Township far- t ner, is recovering rapidly. c Walking into the hog lot about < three weeks ago, Mr. Gardner was 1 cnocked down by the hog and then the animal caught and snatched his arm, breaking it near :he wrist. t I t More County Men Are Brleasecf fjy The Armed Forces Slow Down fu Rale of Army Disrliarj**'* !s Nolrd Recently Martin County young men--thirty-eight white and thirty-five colored—were re cently released by the armed forces, most of the men getting their discharges in April. The rate men were discharged in April was decren ,ed, and under the now make shift draft law, dis charges are almost certain to lag even more. Coy Stalls, young white man of Robersonville, who entered the service in March, 11142, was dis charged last January, but was a bit lute filing his discharge pap ers. Otis Linwood Davenport of Annapolis, Md., was discharged in February. He was inducted in February, 11)40. The following white men were discharged in March, the numerals indicating the dates the men were inducted: William Joseph Griffin, 2-40, RFD 1, Williamston; Francis Crowell Egan, 1 40, Williamston; Allen Kai l Lewis, 6-43, RFD 3, Williamston; William Thomas Cullipher, J:„ 2 45, RFD 3, Wil liamston; William David Harri son, 12-42. RFD 2, Williamston; John William Fulford, 9-44, RFD 3, Williamston; Wilber Gerald James, 4-43, Norfolk; Jesse Hay wood Crisp, 10-43, RFD 1, Oak City; and Luther Cleveland Mod lin, 2-40, RFD 3, Williamston. The following white men were discharged in April: Garland Staton Barber, 12-44, RFD I, Jamesvilte; Dallas Taylor Jones, 4-44, RFD 1, Williamston; William Oscar Donald, Jr., 8-43, RFD 3, Williamston; Javan How ard Rogers, 6-43, RFD 2, Williams ton; William Eugene Peele, 2-43, RFD 2, Williamston; Verlin Grif fin, 10-44, RFD 1. Wdfiumston;' Luther Edward Nicholson, 9-44, RFD 3, Williamston; James Roual Carson, 12-43, Williamston; Hugh Millard Martin, 4-43, Jamesville. Dallas Marion Taylor, 10-43, RFD 3, Williamston; Joseph Howard Thigpen, 10 43, Williamston Gor don Garlic Price, 10-44, RFD 1, Jamesville; Robert Elwood Brown, 11 44. RFD 1, Jamesville; Alva Ru dolph Roberson, 4-43, Jamesville; Joseph Hardy Struod, 9 44, Scot land Neck; Oscar LeRoy Rober son, 8-44, Hassell; Gorman Leslie Punisher, 4-44, Robersonville; Rupert Turner, 4-45, RFD 1, Pal myra; Samuel David Jenkins. 7 14, lvFD 2, Robersonville; Bert i olci, 2-4 i, lii- D I, Lniul, N. C.f riiomas Redmond Harrison, 5-44, RFD 1, Robersonville; William Fletcher Martin, 6 44, Rohrrsnn /ilie; James Leslie Williams, 7-45, RFD 3, Williamston; Charles Brantley Martin, 6 43, Jamesville; kVi Ilium Leslie Riddick, 3-44, Bethel; Pete Ellis Cherry, 4-44, iVilliamston; and Verner Dalmond Jodwin, Jr., 10-43, Williamston. Inducted into the service in April, 1941, Thurmon Earl Collie, ■olored, of Hassell, was discharg 'd last January 26. Lewis Augus us Brown, col., of RFD 2, Wil iamston, entered the service in March, 1943, and was discharged ast February 9. The following colored men were iischarged in March, the numer i Is indicating induction dates, hat Is, month and year; Bernie Lee Ormond, 12-42, Wil iams! on; Tom Jackson, 10-43, Villiarnston; Larry Thomas Rut in, 9-44, Robersonville; C. L. (Continued on page six) seventy -three Crowd At Political Rally -» A crowd, estimated at from 1,« 00 to 3,000, attended a four ounty political rally held in the nterest of Herbert C. Bonner’s andidacy for Congress at Suwan ice River Club at Gold Point last Tuesday evening. Congressman Bonner addressed he group and his speech was iroadcast. The supply of food was not ade luate, and while a few late-com rs found the platters clean, the arly •'birds’’ stored away large juantities and quite a few were ceompanied by trays w'hen they eft for home. The rally was one of the biggest f its kind held in this county in lany years, if no! in all the eoun y’s political history.