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THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 46
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 7,1946
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ESTABLISHED 1899
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Senate Approves
Draft Extension
Until July, 1947
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Aftrr Brief Respife, Teen*
Apers Faein^ Induction
After This Month
The Senate passed a draft ex
tension hill this week which
would continue the act until May
15, 1947, permit 18 and 19 year
olds to be drafted again after this
month, and raise the pay of enlist
ed men.
The vote on final passage was
69 to 8. It came after the Senate
defeated, 63 to 14, a proposal that
actual inductions be halted while
the volunteer system got a further
trial with the pay of an Army pri
vate raised from $50 to $75 a
month.
The main features of the Senate
bill, which grants most of the ad
ministration's requests, are sub
ject now to House action. That
chamber voted an extension only
to February 15 with a ban on
teen-age inductions, and approv
ed pay increases in a separate
measure.
The Senate and House, in seek
ing to adjust their differences,
will work against a July 1 dead
line when the temporary draft
extension expires.
Senators Revercomb, Wilson
and Wherry had proposed the
stop on inductions, arguing that
Congress should await results
from the pay increase.
“I don’t want to draft American
boys to march into Spain," Rever
comb said, adding that he does not
know what this country’s commit
ments might be. ‘‘And I don’t
want to draft boys to take part
in a civil war in China.”
Administration leaders con
tended it would be dangerous to
ban inductions and leave future
manpower needs of the armed
forces to the uncertainty of vol
unteering.
A Senate House committee will
have to compromise differences
between the two branches. Three
days of Senate debate drew the
issues.
The chief point of controversy
between the two chambers is
whether 18 and 19-year-olds
should be subject to the draft.
The House voted no. The Senate
decided, 53 to 26, that they should.
Talk already is going around of
a possible compromise dropping
boys 18 but taking those 19.
The House voted to extend the
draft only until February 15 and
to suspend all inductions from
May 15 until October 15.
The Senate approved an in
crease from $50 to $75 a month in
pay of "buck” privates, increase
for other enlisted men, but no
pay boost for officers. The House
m a bill separate from its draft
measure, voted comparable in
creases for enlisted men.
The Senate and House agreed
that the service of future induc
tees should be limited to 18
months and that fathers should
not be drafted.
The Senate bill, as drawn by
the military committee, took ac
count of the possibility that vol
unteers may meet future needs
through a section directing, in ef
fect, that no one shall be drafted
if sufficient volunteers do step
forward.
This section requires that the
Army shall be reduced “consis
tently month by month” from the
current figure of about 1,550,000
to 1,070.000 by July 1. 1947 D- aft
requisitions, it adds, “shall not
exceed the number of men re
quired after consideration of the
actual number of voluntary en
listments during the three months
pieceding that month in which
the requisition is made.”
Senator Edwin C. Johnson, vig
orous critic of “peacetime con
(Contir.ued on page six)
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Legion Post To
Select Officers
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Meeting in the Hut in Williams
ton next Monday night at 8:00
o’clock, members of the John Wal
ton Post of the American Legion
will elect officers for the coming
year, it was announced this week.
Other business also wall be dis
cussed at the meeting, it was
learned.
A special invitation is being ex
tended all the legionnaires of the
post to be present and participate
in the election of officers and dis
cuss other business matters to be
placed before the meeting.
Relief Ageney Asks
For Budget Increase
EMPTY
y
Following the passage of
the law eliminating teen-ag
ers from the Selective Ser
vice draft, there has been no
one in the draft pool in this
county. Possibly aware of the
shortage of available man
power in the draft pool. Sel
ective Service issued no call
for final inductions in June.
Eighteen colored men were
called this week for pre-in
duction examinations, and
approximately thirty - four
white men are being called
to report for pre-induction
tests the latter part of next
week, it was learned today.
Organize District
Soil Conservation
Group In the East
--
Ceding Held In Goldsboro
Recently To Discuss
Local Problems
About sixty-five farmers, rep
resenting the eight soil conserva
tion districts covering eastern
North Carolina and others inter
ested in the soil conservation
movement, met in Goldsboro on
Tuesday of last week. There, ac
cording to A. C. Edwards, of
Hookerton, who acted as chair
man, a forward step was taken
to assure better land use for this
entire section.
J. W Butner, representing the
city of Goldsboro, made an ad
dress of welcome, to which re
sponse was made by W. W. Eagles
of Edgecombe County.
The chairman explained tne
need for an organization of super
visors in eastern North Carolina.
"We should get together occasion
ally,” stated Mr. Edwards, “in or
der that we may exchange views
on ways and means to solve our
common problems. The job of
soil conservation here, as any
where else," he continued, “is too
big for any one of us to attempt
alone. We should and must work
together for the benefit of all.
We have problems such as drain
age which are not important in
the middle and western parts of
the state; and so we can work
them out best in meeting with
those who represent sections con
fronted with similar problems.
This is not," emphasized Mr. Ed
wards, “to be construed as taking
a lesser interest in soil conserva
tion in the entire state, but rather
an effort to work more closely on
our local problems without tak
ing up extra time at the annua]
state meetings."
At a preliminary meeting held
in Greenville on April 16, com
mittees were formed to work on
the major problems confronting
the soil conservation districts in
eastern North Carolina. These
committees were to deal with the
following subjects: 1. Drainage, 2.
Pastures, field crops and erosion;
3. Education and public relations;
4. Forestry and wildlife, and 5.
Cooidination between agencies.
Reports indicating caieful and
business-like thought were made
immediately following noon re
cess. These reports included de
finite recommendations and com
ments were made upon them by
various farmer supervisors pres
ent.
In addition to farmers repre
senting the eight soil conservation
districts, invited guests present
included representatives from the
Soil Conservation Service, Exten
sion Service, AAA, Department
of Vocational Education, State
Forest Service, Farm Security
Administration and State Experi
ment Station.
W. W. Eagles, chairman of the
Coastal Plain District board of
supervisors, Macclesfield; M. O.
Speight, secretary of the Coastal
Plain District board of supervis
ors, Winterville; G. E. Goff, RFD
2, Rocky Mount; A. C. Edwards,
Hookerton, and C. U. Rogers, Wil
liamston, attended from this sec
tion and were helpful in contri
buting to the general success of
the meeting.
By unanimous consent it was
decided that the organization
would be made permanent and
known as the Coastal Plain Asso
ciation of Soil Conservation Dis
trict Supervisors,
Program Calling
I For Over $j^UJj)L
For Fiscal Year
I Comity Bring Askril To
Raiw Nearly $1 7,000 As
Its Share of Cost
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Submitting its proposed budget
to the Martin County Commis
sioners in their recent meeting,
the welfare department called for
$30,299.00 to sustain its program
during the 1946-47 fiscal year.
The budget figures exceed those
of a year ago by $729.36, but are
several thousand dollars below
the amount actually spent by the
department during the fiscal
period now drawing to a close.
The budget calls for the fol
lowing appropriations: Adminis
tration, salaries, travel and allied
items, $9,230,00; old age assist
ance, $8,940.00; aid to dependent
children, $3,840.00; aid to the
blind, $939.00; general relief, $2,
500; drugs, $300; hospitalization,
$4,500.00; and miscellaneous, $50.
During the fiscal year now end
ing, the department had appro
priated for its program, $29,
569.64, but spent only $25,867.50.
It was pointed out in a budget
note that "A number of old age
assistance and aid to dependent
children grants should have been
increased during the past few
months but lack of case workers
made it impossible to make neces
sary home visits in order to re
vise budget,” There are three
full-time employes in the depart
ment at the present time, and ad
ministration plus travel and a few
Other items account for nearly
one-third of the budget.
A comparison of the budget
shows: a $200 reduction in admin
istrative costs for the new year: a
$100 decrease in old age grants;
no change in the total amount for
dependent children aid; a $4 36 in
crease in blind aid; a $500 in
crease for general relief; $50 ad
ditional for drugs; $500 more for
hospitalization; and a $25 de
crease in miscellaneous costs.
The new budget estimate also
pointed out that reimbursements
reduced the cost of the depart
ment by several thousand dollars
in the current fiscal year.
Next year the department an
ticipates the following funds from
the state and federal govern
ments: $2,700 for administration,
$0,705 for old age assistance, $2,
880 for aid to dependent children,
and $704.25 for aid to the blind,
leaving the county to raise by tax
ation approximately $16,809.75 for
the program in the new year.
A report on cases handled by
the department follows: Old age
assistance, 232 persons with 14
cases pending; 38 cases aid to de
pendent children with one pend
ing; aid to blind, 10; general re
lief, 28 cases; hospitalization, 14
cases; service, 143 cases; parole,
7; individual children, 63; family
adjustment, 10; county home, 12;
T. B. Sanatorium, 6; vocation re
habilitation, 14; medical and
health, 16; out-of-town investiga
tions, 15, making a total of 450 ac
tive cases.
Charles Jaekson
Died Wednesday
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Apparently suffering a heart
attack, Charles F. Jackson, S3,
was found dead in bed at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Ray
mond Cherry, in Williamston,
Wednesday morning. Death is be
lieved to have occured at 5 a. m.
Born in Beaufort County, Oct.
13, 1862, Mr. Jackson was the son
of Frederick Jackson and Mar
garet Hodges Jackson of Beaufort
County. He was a retired farmer.
Funeral services were held at
the Biggs Funeral Home here at
3:30 Thursday.afternoon, conduct
ed by Rev. J. M. Perry, Christian
minister, of Robersonville. Inter
ment w'as in Oakdale cemetery in
Washington. Mr. Jackson was a
member of the Christian Church
at Old Ford.
He is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Raymond Cherry of Wil
liamston, and one son, Lt. Comdr.
A. W. Jackson of the Coast Guard;
one brother, peorg : Jackson, of
Rocky Mount, six grand children
and three great grandchildren.
Thirty Positions
Vacant In County
School Faculties!
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Six Persons Apply For Tlie
Office Of Principal
In School Here
^ischool faculties, far from com
plete these past few years, con
tinue to dwindle in this county, a
report from the office of superin
tendent this week stating that
there were at least thirty vacan
cies waiting to be filled at the
present time. Resignations are
still being received, it was also
learned. While the teacher situa
tion continues serious, there are
some bright spots and school of
ficials are possibly more optimis
tic over the outlook than they
were about this time, a year ago.
The vacancies are fairly well
scattered over the county, it was
explained, and a few applications
are being received, especially by
the larger schools.
Two resignations were received
by the local committee during the
past few days, boosting the total
to six so far since before and
right after the close of the 1945
46 term.
Miss Charlotte Sasser, eighth
grade teacher, tendered her resig
nation, and Miss Verna Bell Low
ery, home economics teacher in
the high school for the past sev
eral years, is leaving to enter
extension work. At the preserit
time there are vacancies in the
tw'o eighth grades, mathematics,
science, and home economics de
partments and tlu> office of prin
cipal. Several applications for
the grade positions and home eco
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THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Humans were battered,
bruised and broken, and life
itself was snuffed out, not to
mention costly damage done
to property, in a series of
motor vehicle accidents in
this county last week-end.
The accident figures offer a
mighty serious p i c t u r e,
speaking for themselves as
follows:
The following tabulations
offer a comparison of the ac
cident trend: first, by corres
ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
the present time.
Twenty-Second Week
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam'ge
1946 4 7 1 $ 1,300
1945 1 1 0 00
Comparisons To l>alc
1946 65 56 3 16,820
1945 26 12 3 6,500
Justice Hassell
Calls Eight Cases
In Mayor s Court
J. II. VI iUktni* Admits Rob
bery anti Theft Of
Truck Tires
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Justice John L. Hassell called
eight cast s in his court during the
past few days, the charges aired
during the sessions ranging from
robbery and larceny down to pub
lic drunkenness.
John H. Williams, arrested
along with John and Romulus
Moore, for breaking into the G.
and H. Builders’ Supply Company
the early part of last week and
stealing two truck tires, confess
ed the crime and cleared the other
two men. Williams was trapped
when he tried to sell the tires at
reduced prices. He admitted that
he broke into the building and
rolled the two tires down the
highway, hiding them in some
bushes until he contacted friends
who would help him dispose of
the loot. He claimed to his friend
that he found the tires which
were valued at $158. Williams,
24 years old, was bound over to
the superior court for trial this
month. Bond in the sum of $200
was required.
Charged with assaulting an
other with a deadly weapon, Ben
Frank Little was bound over to
the county court for trial in bond
of $50.
Ernest Godard was fined $10
and taxed with the cost for al
legedly operating a motor vehicle
with improper brakes. The cost 1
in his case amounted to $(!.()().
Charged with being drunk and
down, Jimmie Gray was fined
$2.50 and required to pay $7.50
costs,
Sidney Dixon, charged with dis
orderly conduct, was fined $2.50
and taxed with $7.50 costs.
Manuel Wilson, charged with
operating a motor vehicle with .
improper lights, was fined $10
and required to pay $0 costs.
Taffey Mitchell was required
to pay $9.50 costs in the case
charging him with disorderly con
duct.
Charged with operating a mot
or vehicle with improper lights,
James Curtis Howell was fined
$10 and taxed with $6 costs.
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Little Peggy Harrison
Heporletl Improving
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Critically ill for several days,
Little Miss Peggy Harrison yes
terday w'as reported slightly im
proved. A patient in Duke Hos
pital, Durham, for nearly six
weeks, she continues quite ill. Her
mother, Mrs. E. C. Harrison, has
been with her for about ten days,;
and Mr. Harrison is visiting her
today.
County Property Values
Despite the ban on building construction and a limit
ed repair program, real property values in Martin County
this year gained slightly more than a quarter million dol
lars over those of a year ago, according to a report releas
ed a lew days ago by Tax Supervisor M. Luther Peel.
White property owners listed real property at $202,545
more in 1946 than they did in 1945, the gain being 2.6 per
cent. Values listed by colored property owners were in
creased by $49,041, a gain of 6.4 percent. Cross Roads re
ported a $38 loss in values listed by white property own
ers and $2,250 in those listed by colored citizens. Hamil
ton white owners lost $4,370, but the colored boosted their
values by $5,230 to offset the loss. Total real estate values
for the county for 1946, exclusive of corporation listings
now stand at $8,644,449.
In a next review combined values of real and personal
property will be compared for the years 1945 and 1946.
WHITE
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
Totals
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
Totals
“—Denotes loss.
$
1945
795.820
254,906
439.498
446,658
1,942,147
452,033
1,475,307
265,722
694,152
863,039
$
1946
846,340
269,394
449,215
455,789
2.029,087
452,000
1,491,506
272,217
689,782
876,502
$7,629,287 $7,831,832
COLORED
1945
$ 114.164
36,780
11,395
19,275
173 297
28,615
129,480
5,670
76 014
168,886
$
1946
117,952
36,515
11,765
21,205
192.269
26,365
149,356
5,670
81,244
170,276
Gain
Loss
50,520
14,488
9,717
9,131
86,940
* 38
16,199
6,495
* 4,370
13,463
202,545
Gain
Loss
3,768
* 265
370
1,930
18,972
* 2,250
19,876
5,230
1,390
Pet.
06.3
05.6
02.2
02.4
04.4
*00.0
01.1
02.8
*00.6
01.5
02.6
Pet.
03.3
*00.7
03.2
10.0
10.9
*07.8
15.3
06.8
CO.8
$ 763,576 $ 812,617
49,041 06.4
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Nearly $500 Raised,
In Relief Movement
First Appeals Get
Liberal Response
Chairman Reports
Rereiving Agent* Are Nam
ed For Hamilton, Oak
("ity and Jainesviile
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The first direct appeals made
in support of the movement to re
lieve starvation among the mil
lions of helpless people overseas
are meeting with a liberal re
sponse, Hildreth P. Mobley, chair
man, said yesterday morning.
Heading the committee named by
the local Lions Club to handle the
task in the name of starving hu
manity, the chairman stated that
$448.01 had been contributed in
less than two days, that only a
portion of the local business dis
trict had been solicited. It was
also pointed out that quite a few
volunteer contributions had been
forwarded to the chairman and
members of the committee.
Most of the funds reported to
date were solicited by two mem
bers of the committee, others re
ceiving a few donations over a
scattered area.
On Saturday of this week, the
Lions committee will place and
maintain a special booth on Main
Street with the help of the Boy
Scouts and wives of club mem
bers.
Paul Bailey, Everetts, V. B.
Hairr, Jamesville, and George
Haislip, Hamilton, have willingly
agreed to accept donations in
their respective communities, and
anyone desiring to do something
in the name of suffering human
ity is asked to leave a contribu
tion with any one of the three
men.
Robersonville is reported to
have made a successful drive for
funds, and Oak City, under the
direction of the Ruritan Club, is
making progress. Disheartening
reports had been heard in some
communities, where generally
recognized leading citizens have
shown very little discretion in
turning their backs on starving
children. One report stated that
a solicitor was alrriost insulted
when she carried the appeal to
one man.
Following is a list of names and
contributions received during the
first days of the food collection
drive in this community:
Lion’s Club, $56.01; Mrs. Alice
Dunning, $10; Mrs. John A. Ward,
$5; Martin & Elliott, $20; Wil
liamston Supply Company, $10;
Harrison Oil Company, $20;
Moore Grocery Company, $20;
Williamston Motor Company, $20;
Roanoke Chevrolet Company, $20;
Eastern Bond and Mortgage Com
pany, $5; Price Gulf Service Sta
lion, $1; Lindsley Ice Company,
ii20; Russell Griffin’s Service
Station, $20; Williamston Hard
ware Company, $5; Farmers Sup
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Iwo County Girls
WCIJNC Graduates
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In the class of 448 students
graduated Monday morning, June
1, from the Woman’s College were
wo from Martin County. In grad
lating exercises in Aycoek audi
orium speakers were Governor
1. Gregg Cherry, Dr. Frank Pur
er Graham, president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina; Dr W.
2. Jackson, chancellor; and Miss
3etty Jane Sarratt, Brevard, rep
esenting the senior class. Gov
•rnor Cherry presented diplomas
o the graduates on whom Presi
lent Graham conferred degrees.
Miss Evelyn Grace Griffin, of
Villiamston received an A. B. de
;ree with a major in Biology, and
uliss Esther House, of Roberson
dlle, who received an A. B. de
;ree with a major in Primary
duration, were the Martin Coun
y graduates.
Miss Griffin is listed with other
indents on the Dean’s list, and
s a member of the chemistry club,
nedical technologists club, and Y.
V. C. A During her junior year
he served as hall proctor and
unior advisor.
Also on the Dean’s list is Miss
louse who belonged to the educa
ion club, interfaith council and
L W. C. A,
ELIMINATION 1|
2.500 and 2.000 dogs in the
county, the authorities are en
hancing the drive against
rabies by the power of elim
ination. The first such move
was made Tuesday when of
ficers moved into Williams
Township and killed four
dogs whose owner had chosen
not to have vaccinated. And
the disposal of the dead dogs
was left to the owner, Laura
Moore.
There were five dogs on the
farm, the aged woman prom
ising the officers she would
have the fifth one vaccinated
if they would only spare the
animal.
No indictments have been
brought, but some are expect
ed, the authorities pointing
out that too many mad dogs
had been killed already in the
county to allow loose enforce
ment of the law requiring the
vaccination of all dogs six
months old or older.
Eighteen County
Colored Men Are
Called For Army
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l're-ln<lnelion Lull Is The
First To lit" Answered
Si nee April
Eighteen Martin County color
ed men were called to report to
Fort Bragg this week tor pre-in
duction examinations for possible
military service, but quite a few
of them did not report. Several of
them had moved and left no for
warding addresses and others had
not reported additions to their
families, the blessed events be
ing recognized as valid grounds
for deferment.
The group does not include any
teen-agers for the first time in
many months, the ages of the men
ranging from 20 to 23 years.
Most of the men have had at least
one physical examination at an
Army induction center, and were
drawn from the 4-F classifica
tion.
While the call this week was for
eighteen men, only seventeen
could be processed, and one of
them, it was learned, had joined
the Navy.
Thirteen of the seventeen men
processed for pre-induction come
from non-farm jobs.
Names and addresses registra
tion and last-known follow:
Ulysses Whitley, Williamston
and Philadelphia.
John Alton Roberts, RFD 1,
Williamston.
Charlie Staton, Jr., Williams
lon and Philadelphia.
Bernice Williams, RFD 2, Rob
erson vi lie.
Joe Jardan Rodgers, RFD 2,
Williamston.
William Augustus Spruill, Ev
eretts.
Kelly Purvis, RFD 1, Oak City
and Hamilton.
William Henry Everett, Wil
liamston and New York.
Benjamin Wiggins, Jr., Wil
liamston.
Samuel Pierce Briley, Robcr
sonville.
Earl Cortez Roberson, RFD 3,
Williamston and Ne wark, N. J.
Melvin Higgs, RED I, llobgoud.
Oscar Lee Slade, Everetts and
Philadelphia.
Obediah Whitaker, RFD 1,
Jamesville.
Ernest Williams RFD 1, Oak
City.
Abner Lee Fields, RFD 1, Pal
myra. Fields, it was learned, had
joined the Navy.
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Removed To lloa/tital In
Durhum For Treatment
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A victim of illness for three
months, Mr. Hugh Bennett, Mar
tin County farmer, was removed
to Duke Hospital Tuesday night
for treatment. He had been a
patient in the local hospital for
about two weeks. Last reports
received here staled he continued
quite ill. By noon Wednesday he
had beer* examined several times.
Mr. Bennett made the trip to
die hospital in a Biggs ambu
lance.
Few Cases Heard
In County Court
Monday Morning
Tribunal Feels Summer
Slump With Lightest
Docket In Vlonlhs
Only three criminal cases w^re
booked tor trial in the Martin
County Recorder’s Court last
Monday, the docket being the
lightest before Judge J C. Smith
in many months. In the absence
of Solicitor Paul D. Roberson, At
torney Clarence W. Griffin pros
cuted the docket.
Ordinarily the court has a
slump in business each year dur
ing the summer months, but the
slump came a bit earlier than us
ual this year.
Kenneth Harrell, charged with
bastardy, was ordered to continue
the payment oi $10 a month for
the use and support of his illegiti
mate child, and reappear on the
first Monday in January, 1947, for
further judgment.
Charged with operating a mot
or vehicle without a driver’s li
cense. Roosevelt Andrews pleaded
guilty and was fined $25 and tax
ed with the costs. The court rec
ommended that no driver’s license
be issued the defendant fur nine
months.
Hearing the evidence on May
27. Judge Smith handed down his
decision Monday in the civil ac
tion brought by H. K. Spruill
against Jesse Rogers, the plaintiff
receiving a judgment in the sum
of $47.03.
In the case charging Jasper
Williams and Evelyn While Story
with adultery, Judge Smith sen
tenced Williams tii the roads for
twelve months and the woman to
jail for six months. The woman's
sentence was suspended on con
dition that she return to her na
tive Virginia and not return to
North Carolina for at least one
year. In another ease, in which
he war charg. d dak .bandoning
his five children, Williams was
sentenced to the roads for six
months, the sentence to begin at
the expiration of the first if the
court cost is not paid.
Both defendants pleaded not
guilty, but the state had little
trouble in proving that the two
ting a divorce. It was agreed that
county since about the first of last
March on the Bellflower farm in
Goose Nest Tow nship. It was also
brought out during the trial that
the two defendants had been car
ried into the Virginia courts, that
they were forced to leave that
state.
Joe Williams, witness for the
state, said that the defendants
spent a week at his home in Oak
Cii.v, that tiiey occupied the same
room.
Testifying in the case, Sheriff C.
B. Roebuck said that the wife of
the defendant, Williams, had
asked if he knew where Jasper
lived, that she had been informed
that two of the children had been
moved from the home of their
uncle. A vvai rant was issued soon
had lived us man and wife in this
ed out that two of the children
wi re left with Chas. Bland, one
each with J. Jones, Joe Williams
und with a family in Everetts,
that the defendants had taken two
of the children with them after
locating on the Goose Nest farm.
Testifying in his behalf, Jasper
Williams said that he and his wife
went to a Norfolk lawyer last
year and discussed plans for get
thereafler. The officer also point
re would be charged with adult*
rry, Declaring to the court that
ue thought the divorce had gone
through, he was married to Eve
lyn While Story, 20-year-old
outlier of two ehildieti, on Nuv
•iiibei 20 of last year in South
Mills. He maintained that he had
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Traffic Fatalities
Headed For Peak
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The National Safety Council re
sorted on April 29 that America's
aaffic fatality rate is almost back
.0 its peak prewar level. In the
first three months of this year,
1,120 persons were killed in motor
/chicle accidents, the council said,
compared with the record of 8,250
for the corresponding period in
1041, the last prewar year. The
,’uuneil reported that the 2,670
ieaths in March represented an
ncreuse of 39 percent over the
;ame month last year, and that the
otal for three months of 1946 was
rp 44 percent from last year.