THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 1H
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 14, 1946
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE F\CII WEEK
ESTABLISHED 1899
Handle Fourteen |
Cases Monday In j
Recorders Court i
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Him*:* (nllt-ciml In (lt«» Sum
Of $223 In l mi dually
Long Session
Pulling out of a slump in which j
j 1? or i'
tin County Recorder’s Court last
Monday handled fourteen cases,
collected $225 in fines and meted
out road sentences ranging from
a fewv days up to six months.
The court was in session much
longer than usual, Judge J. C.
Smith and Solicitor Paul D. Rob
erson completing their work
shortly before one o’clock that
afternoon. A goodly crowd was
present for the proceedings.
The ease charging Sylvester
Taylor with cruelty to animals
having been continued under
prayer for judgment, the court
removed the cause upon the pay
ment of the costs.
The case in which Ed Moore
was charged with trespass was
nol pressed.
Pleading not guilty in the case
, .charging him with asaulting a fe
male, Mayo Matthews was ad
judged guilty and judgment was
suspended upon the payment of
the costs.
Ben Frank Little, charged with
an assault with a deadly weapon,
pleaded guilty and was fined $25,
the court requiring him to pay the
costs also.
Till' case charging Ronald Russ
Johnson with speeding was con
tinued until June 24.
Charged with drunken driving
and operating a motor vehicle
with out a driver’s license, Oscar
Whitley was fined $50 and taxed
with the cost for alleged drunken
driving, and was sentenced to jail
for five days on the other charge.
No driver’s license is to be issued
to the defendant for twelve
months.
Lee Tyner pleaded guilty of ob
taining money under false pre
tense, and the court suspended
judgment upon the payment of
the cost and $5 to R. S. Critcher,
the prosecuting witness.
Charged with tie theft of
clothes, Hilda Mae Reeves was
adjudged guilty over her strong
plea of innocence. She w as sen
tenced to jail for six months and
was ordered removed to State ®
Camp 404, Raleigh.
Charged with violating the li
quor laws, Thurman Harrell
pleaded not guilty. Adjudged
guilty he was fined $100 and re-1
quired to pay the costs.
Johnnie Joyner, Jr., charged
with an assault with a deadly
weapon, pleaded not guilty. He
was fined $25 and taxed with the
costs when the court adjudged
hint guilty as changed.
Pleading guilty of not support
ing his child, Willie Briley Was
sentenced to the roads for six
months. The court suspended the
sentence for three years on con
dition that the defendant pay $100
now for the support of his child 1
and $200 on or before the first j
Monday in next November. He
was also ordered to report for
, further judgment on the first
Monday in December, 1948.
Maintaining his innocence in
the case in which he was charged
with an assault with a deadly ;
weapon, Roy Lee Hyman was ad
judged guilty and the court fined
him $25 and required him to pay
the cost. i
Charged with drunken driving
O M. Banks was adjudged not -
guilty. ;
No session of the county court
will be held next Monday since '
the superior court will be in ses- .
sion at that time. Judge Smith :
and Solicitor Roberson are sched
uled to resume their work on .
June 24.
Handles Two Cases
Justice John L. Hassell had
only two cases in his court this !
week.
Charged with being drunk and
down, Henry Mizelle was taxed
with $10.50 costs*
Luther W. Stallings was fined |
$10 and required to pay $6 costs
for allegedly operating a motor
vehicle with improper brakes.
Walter Freeman, charged with j
an assault, was bound over to the ^
county court. Freeman was said
have suffered several hard (
blows on his head and neck when
his victim turned on him.
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Ask Certain Registrants to!
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Furnish Board Information j
An order was issued this week
by R. H. Goodmon, chairman ol
the Martin County Draft Boaicf,
directing all registrants between'
the ages of 20 and 29 years of age, :
inclusive, who are subject to draft
call, to notify the board of any
changes in their draft status. It
was pointed out that quite a lew
reigstrants in the mentioned age j
group had become fathers and
had not notified the board of the '
family addition or additions. The
draft is reaching the registrants '
in the 20-29 age group, and sev
eral fathers have been called to
report for pre-induction examina
tions. It was pointed out that
fathers in the group may be dc- j
ferred if they offer valid proof of
iny addition to their families, j
Those who now have children
and have not reported the change
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Only one accident report
found its way into the acci
dent record last week, boost
ing the total to 66 for the first
23 weeks of 1946. However,
there have been already this
year nearly as many acci
dents us were reported in all
of 1945. But for the 23rd
week the records were identi
cal.
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-Third Week
Aeeidents Inj’d Killed Dam'gc
1946 1 0 0 $ 350
1945 1 0 0 350
Comparisons To Date
1946 66 56 3 17,170
1945 27 12 3 6,850
B. II. Roberson
Branch Of Clan
Holds Its Meeting
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Speakers Discuss Tilings to
lie K\|tcclc«l In Future
In World Affairs
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The 14th annual meeting of the ]
Hie II. II. Roberson branch of the
toberson Clan was held June 9,
1946. at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
I L. Everett with Mr. and Mrs.
j. A. Crofton of Williamston as
•o host and hostess.
Lunch was serve cf picnic style
in the shady lawn after which j
3raves Roberson Mumford of
Hopewell, Va , vice chairman,
presided over the meeting.
Aftci the business session the
'ollowing program was enjoyed:
I. Mrs. Graves Mumford pre
sented the devotional, Gen. 2:7:
And the Lord God formed Man
>f the dust of the ground and
rrcathed into his nostrils the
ireath of life; and man became a
iving soul.”
She discussed: (a) Taking time
o live; romance of life misunder
;tood by some; making money
nakes some callous and cynical;
b) Living with our conscience;
'c) Loss of romance of life by
;ome, as indifference, sickness,
tardships; (d) Convenience of
nodern living causes us to rush
ind hurry too much; (e) Chris
lanity in living. 1. The simple
hings make living worthwhile. 2.
Appreciation of Ait, Music, Liter
iture. 3. Friends must be culti
vated. 4: Materialism breeds self
ishness.
(f) Wholesome spiritual life in
fving Faith, Bible Study, Prayer
ind Daily Devotions.
II. Pitt Roberson presented
iredictions of things to be expect
'd in the future according to his
ipinions.
Prediction 1. Democracy such
is we: have been used to which
>enefits a relative few, will in
he very near future become com
ilelely disintegrated, and the
lenefits that were brought about
luring the present order will be
alvaged and carried over into the 1
lext. J 1
Prediction 2. People will event
laliy learn that so far as human
ftort is concerned that every
hing is a psychic matter and that
latural law lies back of every
hing. Just as natural law which
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in ilicii draft status are subject
to be called in the future, i; w a*
announced.
A cal! was issued a few days
ago to thirty-five Martin County
white men, instructing them to
report next Monday for pre-in
duction examinations. Up until
Thursday morning, eight notified
the board that they now are
fathers and are entitled to defer
ment. It is possible that some
fathers will find their way into
the armed forces unless they no
tify the draft board so the records
can be brought up to date for the
individual registrant.
While the draft does not reach
teen-age youths, the board chair
man pointed out that the Selec
tive Service law still requires
every male to register when he
reaches the age of eighteen years.
Post Officers Are
Named At Meeting
Here Last Monday
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Orpini/.ution Drafts Veter
ans Of Keren! War For
The Top Positions
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Drawing heavily from the
ranks of World War II veterans,
members of the John Walton Has
sell Post of the American Legion
elected officers for the coming
year at a regular meeting held in
the legion hut on Watts Street
here last Monday evening. Be
tween thirty and forty members
were present and participated in
the organization’s annual elec
tion.
John W. Hardy, chaplain-major
in the recent war and rector of
the Church of the Advent here,
was elected commander of the
post. At least six of the newly
elected officers come from the
ranks of World War II veterans.
Names of other officers elected:
II. L. Winherry, first vice com
mander; P. C. Blount, Jr., second
vice commander; Nat Johnson,
third vice commander; R. A. Tay
lor, adjutant; W. W. Gurganus,
finance officer; Rev. J. R. Ever
ett, chaplain; J. S. Getsinger, ser
vice officer; G. C. Ray, sergeant
al arms; Bruce Whitley, publicity.
Appointive officers named by
the commander-elect follow:
John Ward, assistant adjutant;
W. H. Gray, guardianship officer;
Paul Roberson, historian; W. W.
Beaird, athletic officer; W. W.
Reaves, child welfare officer;
Fred Taylor, Americanism offic
er; Paul Robi rson, national de
fense officer; J. S. Getsinger,
graves registration; N. K. Harri
son, employment officer; Hugh
Horton, boys’ state officer; Hor
ace Ray, boy scout officer; R. A.
Taylor, membership; H. L. Swain,
oratorical contest, and W. E.
Dunn, sons of the legion.
The meeting discussed a request
for permission to use the hut as a
youth recreational center and
upon motion of W. E. Dunn, a
committee was named to contact
Williamston’s town officials to
further discuss plans for convert
ing the hut into a recreational
:enter for youths. The commit
tee, composed of P. M. Holliday,
H. L. Winberry, Rev. J. R. Ever
?tt and W. E. Dunn, is to report
:o the post members at their
neetign next following the con
'erence with the town authorities.
It was point out that the USO had
suspended activities in the hut.
Delegates were named to the
state convention convening Sun
lay in Winston Salem for three
lays.
Author To Speak
In Club Tuesday
Mrs. Bernice Kelly Harris, well
■mown author, will speak in the
ocal Woman’s Club next Tuesday
;vening at 8:00 o’clock, the ad
iress marking the close of the
irst year for the Reviewers’ Book
Ulub which was organized as a
jart of the Woman’s Club litera
ure department. Mrs. Harris is
i native North Carolinian and is
naking her home in Seaboard,
ier best known books are “Purs
ane” and “Portulaca ”
The ~lub is extending a most
ordial invitation to the genera!
tublic to attend the meeting and
tear Mrs. Harris.
Conn lv 4-H Club
Member. Reports |
Trip To Virginia
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Nearly 100 Marlin County
Hoys And Girls Attend
Annual Camp
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By Celia Stokes
It was seven-thirty Monday
morning, June 3, when a group of
Martin County 4-H boys and gil ls
boarded three trucks and left
Williamston for a camp near
Jamestown, Virginia, for a week's
vacation. About eight o’clock
we reached Windsor and’ were
joined by a group of Bertie Coun
ty members who accompanied us
on our trip.
Most of us enjoyed the sights
along the way as they were new
to us. A few of the group had
never before left North Carolina
and, naturally, the trip was more
thrilling to them.
We made the trip in about six
hours, making only one stop to
eat.
We reached the camp about
one-thirty p. m. We registered
and were assigned to our cabins.
Immediately everyone made
themselves at home and set out
to explore the camp.
The camp is situated on a beau
tiful portion of the James River
and is quite private. There is only
one road leading to il and that one
road is surrounded by trees which
meet each other half-way form
ing an arch across the rocks and
sand.
The boys and girls cabins faced
each other, being on opposite
sides of John Hall, where we ate!
our meals. The grounds were
covered with grass and enough
trees for sufficient shade. There
were benches scattered around
the yard so no one had to become
tired from standing. The river
itself was a marvelous sight to
behold. Especially at sunset
when the waves were washing
the sandy beach and from that
position we could see the James
town monument peering above
the tries and cars racing down
the highway in the distance. Once
in a while a boat would go by
and farther up the river we could
see an anchored warship, no long
er in use, changing position with
the tides. To the left was Perry
Hall where our Vesper services
and recreational activities were
held each night.
As we had no planned schedule
Monday afternoon a few of the
group became a hit lonesome for
the folks back home hut after
eating the wonderful chicken din
ner that was prepared for us and
becoming acquainted with our fel
low campers everyone was happy
and looking forward to the good
times ahead of us.
After supper we met at Pony
Hull and were divided into four
groups for competing in relay
races and other daily games. Our
leaders were:
"Hand” Group, Miss Elizabeth
Parker; "Heart” Group, Miss
Maxine Pleasant; “Head” Group,
Miss Virginia Patrick, and the
“Health” Group, Miss Garnette
Crocker.
We were also introduced to the
other staff members who became
our close friends. Mr. William
Page was our camp director but
to most of us he was known as
the man with the whistle. Mr. L.
W. Cone wfis our treasurer and
policeman. Misses Julia Ann
Hancock and Dalhia Adams and
Mis. Margarette Pearce lead the
morning exercise and recreation.
Tom Brandon, Jr., Charles Sice
loff, and Slade Revels were our
lifeguards. Miss Margaret Tad
lock was camp nurse.
We had two State specialists
With us who conducted dusecs
handcraft. Miss Ruby Scholz,
food conservation and marketing
specialist, directed our making of
stationery holders, spatter paint
ing and inking leaves and mono
grams on stationery and making
mats and rugs from coin shucks.
Dr. David S. Weaver, in charge
of Agricultural Engineering, Ex
tension helped us make knife
racks with our 4-H emblem on
them. He awarded bronze dogs
to Barbara Burket, Barbara
Smith, Ellenor Eubanks and Sully
Hardison for making the best all
round racks.
Miss Katherine Gillam was the
editor of our camp newspaper,
"The Snooper.” It was one of
the spotlights of camp. Some of
us wrote articles for it and every
one donated gossip.
After the introductions, we
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Colled More Than
$ 1.3(H) For Needy
In Foreign Lands
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Lions £lub ^UMnlicrx To
Larry Drive To Rrsi
• Initial \r«*a* Sunday
With the drive in the business
section about complete, members
of the local Lions Club, sponsois
of the Emergency Food Collec
tion, will carry an appeal in the
name of starving millions to the
residential areas Sunday after
noon between 2 and 4 o'clock,
Chairman H. P. Mobley announc
ed yesterday.
To date, $1,309.22 has been col
lected in this community for the
fund. No reports have been re
ceived from Jamesville, Everetts
and Hamilton, but it is now
thought that funds from those
areas along with the residential
canvass here that the total will
go well over $1,500.
Contributions not previously
acknowledged follow:
Dixie Peanut Company, $10;
Blue Star Cleaners, $5; Red Front
Grocery, $5; J. L. Peele, $5; J. E.
Pope, $5; Manning and Sharpe
Laundry, $10; Charles H. Jenkins
& Company, $20; G and H Supply
Company, $10: Arthur Gurganus,
$2; Williamston Lumber Com
pany, $15; Sunny Side Market, $5;
Cowan Grocery. $1; Thrower Ap
pliance Company, $10; George
Crofton, $1; E. L. Brown Grocery,
$2; W. E. Dudly, $1; B and W Tire
Rebuilders, $25; Central Service
Station, $5; Woolard Furniture
Company, $10; Standard Fertiliz
in' Company, $10; Dr. J. S. Rhodes,
$5; Willard Shoe Shop, $5; Earl
Wynne, $5; Clarence Grilfin, $5;
A. J. Manning, $5; George Rey
nolds Hotel, $5; N. K. Harrison,
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Jayeee Directors
Met Last Tuesday
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The local Junior Chamber of
Commerce launched what it
hopes will be a most successful
year by holding the first meeting
of its hoard of directors, Tuesday
night. This meeting was held in
a private dining room at “The
Switch” and followed a fried
chicken dinner for which Jaycees
Clarence Griffin and Ernest
Meats were hosts.
With President Meats presiding
in the absence of the chairman
of the board, the "main item of
business centered around the ap
pointment of various standing
committees. Every member of
the club was named on a commit
tee and w ill hi' expected to do his
share during the year.
The directors discussed plans
for holding the first annual beau
ty pageant here sometime during
the month of July, at which time
a Mins Williamston will be select
ed to represent the local club and
town in the statewide contest to
be held in Wilson in August. More
plans concerning this project will
tie announced later. A commit
tee headed by Ernest Mears and
Exum Ward, Jr., will handle this
project.
In addition to a few other items
the directors decided' to hold a
regular meeting once a month, on
the second Friday. Those at
tending Tuesday night's meeting
were Jaycees Marion Cobb, Exum
Ward, Jr., Wallace Tarkington,
William Everett, James Bullock,
John Miller, Jr., Clarence Griffin,
Oswald Stalls, Ernest Meats and
Wheeler Manning.
Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at *1 :f)0 o’clock
in the Bear Grass Primitive Bap
tist Church for Little Miss Peggy
Harrison who died in Duke Hos
pital last Sunday morning. The
family pastor, Elder B. S. Cowin,
assisted by Elders A. B. Ayers
and W. E. Grimes, conducted the
service and interment was in the
Family burial ground near the
fiome.
Hundreds quit their farm and
ather tasks to attend the last rites
and pay tribute to the memory of
:he little girl who so bravely
I'ought the lavages of disease over
a six year period.
A patient in hospitals for
ntanths, she had received 153
alood transfusions during the past
>ix years.
Superior Court Wilt
Open Term Monday
Manslaughter And
Robbery_Cases On
Thi^Ffm Docket
Unable To Fiirtii*h Rond,
Five l)ef<‘iulani» In Jail
Awaiting Trial
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Carrying over seven cases from
previous sessions and with a few
new ones added to its docket, the
Martin County Superior Court is
slated to sit at least two days of
the one-week term in handling
the criminal charges. As far as it
could be learned few civil cases
will be handled during the term,
but several divorce actions have
been calendared for consideration
after the criminal docket is clear
ed.
Judge Walter Bone of Nashville
is returning to the county to pre
side over the short term.
More than half the cases on the
docket date back several months,
one as far back as 1944. However,
a few were added during recent
days.
Manslaughter and robbery
charges feature the docket with
possibly the most attention cen
tering in the case in which John
Henry Taylor, colored, is charged
wdth assaulting Farmer S. K.
Jackson with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill and robbing
him of a goodly amount of money.
The crime took place on Novem
ber 12, 1944, while Mr. Jackson
sat on the front porch of his home
between Everetts and Gold Point.
Thi‘ farmer was almost killed, and
Taylor, stealing the farmer’s car,
escaped. He was arrested last
April by FBI agents and returned
to this count*’. Unable to raise
bond in the sum of $2,000, he is
in jail awaiting trial.
Other cases on the criminal
docket:
Henry Paul is slated for trial
next week after having the man
slaughter case against him con
tinued feir one reason or another
since June of last year. Paul
failed to report for trial in March,
and papers were issued for his
arrest this week, and notice was
served on his bondsrr^an. Driving
a furniture truck for a Greenville
firm, Paul on March 14, 1945, ran
into a truck driven by Jeremiah
Brown near Everetts, causing in
juries that later proved fatal to
Brown.
Kader Brown, charged with
reckless driving, is in line for
trial now that a civil action grow
ing out of <in accident which bad
ly injured Miss Elizabeth Holli
day near Dardens on May Hi,
1945, has been cleared from the
trial calendar.
Several defendants stand charg
ed with false pretense, John E.
Williams with obtaining $357;
Peter Williams, $80; and Joe Bell,
$30, all from It. S. Critcher, the
prosecuting witness. In another
case, Willie Savage is charged
with obtaining clothes and other
property from R. J. Brock under
false pretense.
The case charging Henry L.
Harvey with drunker- driving
came up from the county court
when the defendant asked for a
jury trial and was continued last
March in superior court.
Early May Boston, charged
with dangerously-a v ulting Lea
mon James with a deadly weapon
last December 24, appealed from
a judgment handed down by
Judge J. C. Smith in the county
Charged with breaking into the
home of Lother Perkins and steal
ing clothing valued at $12 last
December 25, Ben Nichols did not
report for trial last March and he
was later cited and placed under
$200 bond for his appearance in
the court next week.
Charged with breaking into
Mobley’s service station in Ever
etts last March 5, Thurman Beach
had his case continued last March.
Tried in the county court and
adjudged guilty of drunken driv
ing. J. F. Council appealed to the
superior court.
Charged wdth seriously assault
ing James Battle with an axe on
March 9. Roberta Baker is to face
the court next week.
James Bannerman is charged
with a’.saulting Josh Rascoe with
a pocket knife on last March 24,
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(OMMKMKMIYI 1
The Union Vacation Bible
School will close its annual
two weeks session on Friday
evening- of this week at 8:00
o’clock at the Baptist Church.
The public is cordially invit
ed, and parents of the chil
dren are urged to come. The
program will consists of the
regular assembly worship
program of the school along
with brief demonstrations by
the various departments of
some of the work they have
been doing. One of the spe
cial features is the combined
Junior and Intermediate
choir which will sing. The
boys and girls have done
some good work this year
under the leadership of a
very commendable faculty.
In addition to the program
there will be a display of the
handwork, much of which is
to be sent overseas for relief.
The offering this year will
also go for relief and it is hop
ed it will go well over $1(H).00
by commencement night.
Hamilton Theater
Has Bi«; Opening
Last Wednesday
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Hamilton ( ili/rns Crnrioiis
IIohIk To llundrcils
Of Visitors
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Hamilton’s modern theater had
a great and successful opening
Wednesday when the first pic
tures were flashed on the screen,
followed bv a big barbecue at
1:15 o'clock and a baseball game
between Everetts and a local
team. A crowd estimated at from
I 1,200 to 1.500 was present for the
j barbecue dinner which was serv
! ed free as a community event.
I The guests, coming from at least
j three counties and more particu
larly from the surrounding com
munity and towns, started as
semhling before noon for the bar
becue which wiis served in plenti
ful helpings with a hearty invita
tion to all to return for a second
tray. Twenty-two pigs wi re bar- j
hecued by Mr. R. A Edmondson j
and bushels of bread were baked
and slaw and pickles were made
ready by the hundreds of pounds.
There were most generous por
tions left over.
The crowd, assembled under
the large shade trees in the Oliver
Stokes yard, heard Mr. Henry
Johnson, Jr., master of cere
monies. He introduced Hugh Cl.
Horton of Williamston, C. B. Mar
tin of Jamesville, Henry Johnson
of Gold Point, who made remarks
fitting the occasion. Rev. Boone
returned thanks and the big din
ner was served without a hitch.
Constructed at a cost of ap
proximately $35,000, the theater
seated several audiences during
the day and evening, a few of the
younger spectators remaining for
more than one show.
"The Hamilton” opens with the
good will of all the people over
a large area, and is certain to
meet with success and at the same
time fill a great need in the enter
tainment held there.
In his brief remarks, C. B. Mar
tin commended the several stock
holders and others for visualizing
and--jr-s.-e.!,:cg tfee - #nt ■■ U It unit.
need there.
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Man Charged With
Posing As Doctor
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Willie White, colored man, was
arrested this week in Oak City
for allegedly impersonating a
doctor and selling medicine with
out a license.
Details of the charge could not
be learned immediately, but one
report declared that the man had
received $25 for a small bottle of
herb juice.
Given a premliminary hearing
before Justice J. B. Whitfield in
Oak City, White w'as placed un
der bond in the sum of $150. He
was jailed here and is to appear
for trial in the county eouit on
June 24.
Fifteen Divorce
Cases Placed On
Court Calendar
Most of the Vrlions -Jased
On (.vivomU of fw'ft
Years of Separation
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Fifteen divorce cases have been
placed on the calendar for con
sideration during the one-week
term of the Martin County Sup
erior Court convening here next
Monday. The cases have been
tentatively scheduled for Tues
day, but there is some doubt if
the criminal docket will be clear
ed in time for the court to consid
er the divorce actions along with
one or two minor civil suits on the
second day of the term.
Most of the divorce cases are
based on grounds of two years’
separation. In one of the cases
adultery is alleged, and, strange
as it may seem, the defendant
answered the complaint and ad
mitted the allegations. In another
case, impotency was alleged along
with two years of separation in
support of the claim for a di
vorce. *
In the case of Nancy Clemmons
against Jonah Clemmons, the
plaintiff states that they were
married in 1921 and separated in
1932, that there were five chil
dren.
The case of Ella R. Taylor
against Thurston Taylor, Jr., is
based on two years’ separation.
In his divorce action against
Clara Cl. Slancill, the plaintiff, D.
O. Slancill states that he and the
defendant were married in 1926
and separated in 1943.
The divorce plea of Emma Gray
Little against Clarence Little is
based on two years separation.
Married on December 8, 1942,
Rennie E. Bland and Alease
Moore Bland separated on De
e< mber 9, 1942, and now he is sit
ing lor divorce, alleging in addi
tion to the separation grounds
that the defendant in 1944 com
mitted adultery in Martin Coun
ty
Two years or more of separa
tion form the grounds for divorce
claims in the cases of: Calvin
Best, Jr., against Rachel Best, Os
car Little against Irene Little,
George Washington Joyner
against Dorothy Joyner, Elaine J.
Barber ogams/. Macon D. Barber,
Archie Snow against Elizabeth
Snow, llatiie Bonds against H. D.
Bonds, and Maybeli Barfield
against John Henry Barfield.
In the divorce action brought
by Lee Manuel Rawlings against
l.ossie Lee Page Rawlings, the
plaintiff stair's that they were
married in January, 1942, and
alleged that the defendant on
April 29, 1944. committed adul
tery with L. Roy Perkins, and that
a child was born to the defendant
and l’erkins in 1945, that the
plaintiff and defendant had lived
apart since August, 1943. The de
fendant admits the charges in an
answer filed by her attorney.
In tin Willie Briley versus Vel
ma Briley divorce ease which is
based on two years’ separation,
the defendant is contesting the
action.
In her case against Richard
Broadnax, the defendant, Delzora
Broadnax states that they were
married in December, 1943, that
they separated in March, 1944,
and alleges as a second cause for
action the nnpotentcy of the de
fendant.
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Jamcsville Bible
School Program
The jumesviiie Vacation Bible
School will climax its week of ac
tivities Sunday morning at 11:1)0
o'clock in the school auditor turn.
A program with emphasis on the
work accomplished during the
week will be given at that time
and will take the place of the
regular morning church service.
The school has bcin operating
all the week through the coopera
tion of all the Jumesviile churches
with Mrs. Wendell Modlin as sup
erintendent. The school hae had
an attendance of approximately
75 pupils.
Those assisting Mrs. Modlin
during the week were: Rev. W. B.
Harrington. Rev. House, Mrs. Tom
Gaines, Mrs. Effie Holliday, Mrs.
C. A. Askew, Mrs. Ira Alexander,
Melba Martin, Margaret Ange,
Mrs. J. C. Kirkman and Joe Hol
liday.
The public js invited to attend.