THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
. FAMILIES,rS5V»CTJEAG!I WEEK...
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 50
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Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, Jumj 21, 1946
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ESTABLISHED 1899
Six Divorces Are
Granted Tuesday
In Superior Court
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One Denied, juror With
drawn »n One Cas**; Sev
eral Olliers Continued
Six divorces were granted in
the Martin Cuunty Superior Court
last Tuesday after the trial of the
criminal docket was completed
ahead of time on account of a
death in the family of one of the
practicing attorneys. One divorce
pleading was denied by jury. In
another case a juror was with
drawn and the pleadings will be
repeated possibly at the Septem
ber term. Several divorce cases
were continued at the last min
ute when some of the applicants
were unable to finance the ac
tions and others could not get
furloughs from the armed forces
to appear in court.
Most of the divorce cases hand
led by the court Tuesday were
based on grounds of two years’
separation. A few other civil
eases were handled and after dis
missing the jury, Judge Walter
Bone, presiding, held a hearing
in the Montgomery versus Smith
wick case.
Divorces, based on two years’
separation, were granted, as fol
lows:
Archie Snow from Elizabeth
Snow. Contrary to the name im
plication, it was a hot day in
court. Lawyers perspired freely,
and the presiding officer made
them sweat because he insisted
that all details be handled in
strict accordance with the mean
ing of the law.
Delzora Broadnax from Richard
Broadnax. Although a second
cause—impotcncy—was listed in
support of the divorce claim, the
motion was allowed on two years’
separation.
D. O. Staneill from Clara G.
Stancill; Oscar Little from Irene
Little. Emma Gray Little from
Clarence Little. In the last ease,
ttie court gave ttie plaintiff cus
tody of the litigants’ child, Ethel
Lee Little, ruling that the father
may visit the child.
A juror was withdrawn in the
divorce case brought by Simon
Daniel Moore against Alma Mae
Moore. The two-year separation
claim was not recognized because
the plaintiff was on good terms
with the defendant when he left
for foreign military service in
February, 1944. It was also
alleged that ttie defendant gave
birth to ;In illegitimate child in
August, 1945, but no concrete
proof could be offered at the trial
and a juror was withdrawn at the
direction of Judge Bone who
commented that it was apparent
that a divorce was in order, hut
that sworn evidence would have
to be offered in the case.
The divorce case brought by El
la R. Taylor against Thurston
Taylor, Jr., was dismissed when
the jury found that the plaintiff
had not been a resident of North
Carolina six months prior to the
time the action was instituted.
In the case of C. H. Godwin,
Jr., against Arnieia Slade, the
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File Report On
Food Collection
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Making a semi-final report on
the food collection drive conduct
ed in this section by the local
Lions Club, Chairman H. P. Mob
ley said Thursday noon that u to
tal of $1,365.72 hud been raised,
that possibly final reports expect
ed over ;hc week-end would boost
the total to around $1,500 or $],
600. A canvass of the residential
section was called off last Sun
day afternoon when too few of
the workers found it convenient
' to participate, it was learned.
Anyone wishing to make a contri
bution is humbly asked to deliver
it to the chairman or any member
of the Lions Club. It is planned
to wind up the canvass this week
end.
Contributions not previously
acknowledged:
Mrs. Marine Whitley, $1; Col
onial Stores, $5; Employees Tele
phone Company, $12; L. Bruce
Wynne, $5; Lorene Rogerson, $1:
Juanita Coltrain, $1; Dorothy
Manning, $1; Lucille Rogerson,
$1; M. L. Pecle, $5; Joe Roebuck,
$1; Mary Taylor, $2.50; Lorene
Nobles, $1; Paul Simpson, $5; Ter
ry Brothers, $5; and C. U. Rogers,
$10.
Jamesville Citizens Petition
For Special School Election
Supported by petitions signed j!
3y possibly one hundred or more :
■iitzens in the district the James- '
/ille local school committee this |
week appealed to (he Couniy ,
Board of Education for a special ‘
school tax election. The action 1
was taken after the petitions were -
circulated and after a meeting of ■
ibout twenty-five interested citi- i
tens met and discussed the pro- :
oosal at a public meeting held in ,
lamesville earlier this week.
Much interest has already been
shown in the proposal which has
already been pledged strong sup
sort by leading farmers, business
Tien and other citizens in tl^e dis
trict.
The appeal was directed to the
xiard of education by Local Com
nittemen J. C. Kirkman, chair
nan, J. A. Gardner, secretary,
and Elmer Modlin, member of the |
I DELAYED j!
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A complete switchover
from the well near the court
house to the new pumping
stations at Skcwarkcy has
been delayed for a few days,
but most of the water flowing
into the mains is now coming
from one of the new wells. It
was explained that one or
two strategic, parts needed for
one of the new wells could
not be had just at this time.
Until the needed parts arc
made available, water will be
taken from the other new
well at Skcwarkey. The one
well, however, will not fur
nish quite enough water to
meet the demand, and some
water will be taken from the
courthouse station.
A complete changeover is
expected within a few days.
A. S. Strickland
Passes Thursday
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Alpnus S. Strickland, native of
Nash County and a resident of
Williamston since November,
1044, died at 4:48 o’clock Thurs
day morning at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. H. V. Wheeler,
here on Rhodes Street. He had
been in declining health for two
years and had been confined to
his bed since last February. He
was the victim of several paraly
tic strokes, suffering the last one
on Tuesday of this week. His con
dition had been critical since that
time and the end was not unex
pected.
The son of the late Allyson
Strickland and wife, he was born
in Nash County near Spring Hope
on December 6, 1866. After
spending his early life on the
farm he was employed by a Bat
tleboro oil mill, retiring on ac
count of failing health about two
years ago. In early manhood he
was married to Miss Evelyn pat
ton who survives with one daugh
ter, Mrs. Wheeler, six grand
children and seven great-grand
children.
The* body was removed to a
Rocky Mount funeral home
Tnursduy morning and services
will be conducted at the grave
side on the old home farm near
Spring Green Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. H. M. Pope,
pastor of the local Holiness
Church, will conduct the last rites
and burial will be in the family
cemetery.
Condition Of Burn
Victim Improved
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Critically burned while helping
to prepare a meal in her home
near Jamesville, Little Miss Em
ma Padgett continues to improve
in the local hospital. Rounding
out nine weeks Thursday in the
hospital, the little girl has been
an ideal patient during her long
stay there. When her condition
w®s not very encouraging a short
time ago she was given several
pints of blood plasma and now she
is. very bright
Possibly with the exception of
the late little Miss Paggy Harri
son who spent so much time in
the hospital during a five-year
period, “we have never had a bet
ter little patient," Dr. V. E.
Brown said this week.
ocal group. Ai a special meet
fig Thursday morning, the board
>f education members cnsidcivd
he appeal favorably and imme
Iiately petitioned the county com
n’ssioners to set up machinery
ot holding the special election on
Saturday, July 20. The petition
vas recognized and granted bv
he commissioners in their special
neeting Thursday and election of
icials were named and dates fix
id.
The registration books will be
ipentd on Saturday of this week
ind continue open through Sat
jrday, July 6. The books \ il' he
opened for challenge c i July 13.
Calling for a 20-cent tax on the
^ 100 assessed property valuation,
[he proposal will supplement the
minimum state-supported school
term, and will bo limited, princi
pally to Jamesville Township, it
was pointed out.
Handles Fifteen
Cases In Mayor’s
Court This Week
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Dorkrt Is largest K<*|M>rt»*»I
By Justice J. L. Hassell
In Several Weeks
Justice John L. Hassell report
ed the largest docket in some
time when he handled fifteen
cases in Ins court a few days ago.
Fines amounting to $45 were col
lected, and several defendants
were bound over to the county
court for trial.
Booker Lanier and Willie B.
Roberts, charged with disorderly
conduct, were each fined $5 and
required to pay $7.50 costs.
Charged with being drunk and
with an affray, Charlie Wiggins
and Levi Smith were each fined
$2.50 and taxed with $7,50 costs.
Operating a motor vehicle with
no rear light, Askew Brown was
fined $10 and taxed with $6 costs.
Linwood Brown, charged with
disorderly conduct, was required
to pay $7.50 costs.
Lewis Freeman, charged with
larceny, was bound over to the
county court for trial under bond
in the sum of $50.
Charged with an assault witli a
deadly weapon, Wallace C. Moore
was required to raise bond in the
sum of $50 for his appearance in
the county court next week.
Leon Jones, James Moore, Leon
Skyles and Clifton Peel, charged
with gambling, were bound over
to the county court for trial, each
under bond in the sum of $50.
Charged with the larceny of
$31, Oscar Morrow was required
to raise bond in the sum of $100
for his appearance at the next ses
sion of the county recorder’s
court.
William Stokes was fined $10
and required to pay $7.50 costs
in the case charging him with dis
orderly conduct.
Drunk on the highway, Colfax
Speller was fined $5 and taxed
with $7.50 costs.
Local Lions Club
Wins State Award
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The Williamston Lions Club
gained stale-wide honors last
week-end, when it was announc
ed that the local club had won the
Activities Award for District 31
C, for clubs with 36-65 members.
This announcement was made at
the 24th Annual State Conven
tion held in Raleigh.
This coveted award, a hand
some hardwood plaque with a
bronze Lions emblem and engrav
ed plate, is awarded on the basis
of the number and quality of ac
tivities and projects undertaken
and carried out by a club, and is
about the highest honor that can
be given. There are 40-odd clubs
in this district that compete for
this award. The presentation was
made by Lion J. L. Seal of Hend
erson, chairman of the Activities
Committee, and was accepted by
Wheeler Manning, local club sec
retary.
The Raleigh convention was
one of the most successful ever
held, and was largely attended.
Representing the local club were
Lions H. P. Mobley, Kenneth P.
Lindsley and Wheeler Manning,
along with the wives of the latter
two. The convention voted to
hold next year’s session at Ashe
ville.
Seeking Boarding
Homes for Orphan
County Children
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Jntcrr-lrti Tf> Pro
viding Homos, Asked To
Sec Welfare Agency
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One or more foster buarTn^P
romes for children are greatly
needed in Martin County so that
children may be given good care
in them until arangements can be
made for their permanent care.
There are many reasons which
contribute to the making of home
less children. Among such reas
ons are: Broken homes, either
temporary or permanent; death of
one or both parents; emergencies
such as illness of the mother,
leaving no one who will be re
sponsible for the children; irre
sponsible and unstable mother,
absence of the father where there
is no mother; and parental ne
glect.
There arc today in the county,
children in need of a-home out
side of their natural home, chil
dren who have a right to a nor
mal life. The Martin County
Welfare Department has the op
portunity of knowing the condi
tions.
Certain standards set by the
State Board of Welfare must be
met in order to qualify for a
“foster boarding home.” After
an investigation of the home by
the County Welfare Department,
it must he approved by the State
Board. The amount paid for board
varies, according to the child’s
age, and the payment may be
made by relatives or by the place
ment agency.
A “foster hoarding home" is not
a rooming or boarding house, but
a home in which there is both a
father and a mother. The parents
of tlie home must be of suitable
age and temperament to care for
children. Each member of tin
family must be in good mental
and physical health, and the total
number of children in the foster
home, including the family’s own
children, must not exceed six
There must be other sources of in
come in the home, in addition ti
the income received for the board
of the children.
The “foster boarding home’
must conform to the county sani
tation laws; must provide ade
quate sleeping quarters, proper
diet, a yard in which children car
play; and be accessible to church
and school facilities.
Persons in the county, who are
interested in giving “foster board
ing home” care to children, ma>
communicate with Miss Mary W
Taylor, aupi i intcndervl of tlu
Marlin County Welfare Depart
ment.—Reported.
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Mother-Daughter
Banquet Is Held
Local girls scouts and Brownie:
and their mothers were entertain
ed at a banquet in the Woman’:
Club hall here last- Wednesday
evening, the event marking tin
last meeting of the scouts befor<
the summer recess.
Following a delicious mea
served by the ladies of the Meth
odist church, a very interestinj.
program was rendered by the
scouts. The ten scout laws were
given in pantomime by members
of the various troops. Marie
Peele, Sallie Roberson and Jean
Ward Mobley of the North Star
Patrol won prizes for the best
performances.
Quite a few second-class badges
and attendance prizes were
awarded.
Under the leadership of Miss
Mary Taylor and her assistants,
the young girls did some very fine
work during the past year.—
Marie Peel.
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To Occupy Vacated
Hiiildinfi Here Soon
Vacated last week-end after
being used as a storage room by
the Courtney Furniture store for
several years, the building next
to the Enterprise office on Main
Street is being made ready for
two new tenants.
The Ayers Electric Company
will occupy one side of the build
ing shortly, and B. A. Critcher
Jr., and Miller Harrell are plan
ning to open a shoe store in the
other side within the next seveial
months.
Grand Jury Makes
Recommendations
In Regular Report
Body Coni|>leU's Work For
The* Term Last Monday
Afternoon
its work early Mon
day afternoon, the Martin County
Grand Jury filed its report in
open court and recessed after
making a few recommendations
to the county commissioners.
The report, filed by Foreman
James Harrington, reads, in de
tail, as follows:
We have passed on all bills of
indictment presented to us.
We visited the Clerk of Court
office and found it to be in ex
cellent condition with all Guard
ian Accounts filed.
We found the Register of Deeds
office in excellent shape and all
bonds in order.
Tiie Sheriff’s office and Tax
Collector’s office were visited and
found in good condition witli all
records up to date.
We visited the office of the Sup
I
I
erinlendont of Schools and found
il in excellent condition.
We checked all justices of peace
reports and found them all filed
with thi' Clerk of Court and fines
submitted to the treasurer.
We visited the County Jail and
found it to be clean and well kept.
We found 8 Negro male inmates
and 1 white male inmate.
We visited the County Home
and Prison Farm and found
everything iti good condition.
We recommend about six more
chairs for the Courtroom.
We recommend a private toil
et for botli male and female em
ployees of the Courthouse.
We recommend putting screens
in the windows of the cook room
at the County Sanitorium.
Select Candidates
In Reality Contest
Thirteen candidates have been
chosen to compete io the beauty
pageant being sponsored by the
Wiliiamston Junior Chamber of
Commerce in cooperation with
local merchants and other busi
ness firms. Others will be an
nounced later, it was learned.
The list of entries and the spon
sors follow:
Miss Nancy Biggs will be Miss
Alpha Cleaners.
Miss Mary Charles Godwin will
be Miss Davis Pharmacy.
Miss Frances Jarman will be
Miss Western Auto.
Miss Della June Mobley will be
Miss Weir Furniture Co.
Miss Elizabeth Parker will be
Miss Baker Oil Co.
Miss Lorenc Rogerson will be
Miss Pittman’s.,
Miss Lucille Rogerson will be
Miss Chas. H. Jenkins Co.
Miss Angela McLawhorn will
be Miss Manning Service Station.
Miss Mary Alice Roberson will
be Miss Wiliiamston Hardware.
Miss Mildred Thomas will be
Miss Roanoke Chevrolet Co.
Miss Esther P. Wynne will be
Miss Peele’s Jewelers.
Miss Frances Thomas will be
Miss Margolis Bros.
Other contestants will be an
nounced later.
The winner of the local contest
will be entertained at Carolina
Beach for live days prior to the
"Miss North Carolina” pageant to
be held in Wilson, it was announc
ed. The winner of the contest in
Wilson will represent the State at
Atlantic City in September.
TYPHOID
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Two cases of typhoid fever
were recently reported in this
county, according to informa
tion coming from the health
department this week. Both
victims are colored boys, one
ten and one eight years of
age. One lives in the Hassell
section and the other near
Everetts. It was pointed out
that one of the victims had
never been immunized, that
the other had not taken the
anti typhoid vaccine in three
years. The cases, diagnosed
by Drs. Vernon and W. E.
Ward, arc among the first re
ported in this county in some
time.
Immunization clinics arc
still being held every Wed
nesday afternoon in Kobcr
sonville, and on Saturday
mornings in Wiliiamston.
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Authorities Spend All Day '
Studying, Budget Estimate
The Martin County Commis-1
doners spent all day Thursday oi j
Ibis week reviewing preliminary
budget figures submitted ny the
various county departments for
the V340 47 fiscal year. Only ten
tative estimates were advanced,
the action now being subject to
public review and study. Com
plete figures could not be had in
time for publication this week,
but they will be offered in an of
ficial budget estimate to be made
public shortly, it was explained.
Other than maintaining the
school plants and handling school
debts, the tentative budget calls
for approximately $173,000 for the
next fiscal year. The amount is
slightly larger than the budget re
quirements for the fiscal year
now drawing to a close. It was
explained, however, that the bond
indebtedness for the new period
is $10,000 greater than it was for
19-45-4C'. that possibly an increase j
r>f nr- half cent in the lax rate I
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requirements. The following
budget estimates were submitted
for consideration:
Dew;./' e »n)yr p> • c J
fund, $4,560; health department,
$0,010; bond arid interest and
sinking fund, $46,781; old age as
sistance, $8,040; aid to dependent
children, $3,840; aid to the blind,
$039; and welfare administration,
$0,200, making a total of $173,
611.00.
A report on the school budget
estimate could not be had imme
diately, but with an expansion
program considered vitally neces
ray, the trend there is almost cer
tain to be upward.
No official report could be had,
but preliminary estimates indi
cate that a reduction in the tax
rate is hardly "possible or advis
able for the new fiscal period.
Name Stewart Head
Of the Sehools Here
Four Openings In |
Faculty Positions
Mis* llrnullry Krsi^ns; Miss
I'lorim- (Hark To llcml
l.eoiioinics Drparlmrnl
Williumston’s local committee
Messrs. R. L. Coburn, C. B. Clark
and R. II. Goodmon—is rapidly
completing arrangements for
opening and operating the local
schools next term, a report com
mittee this week stating that a
principal had been named along
with two teachers and that only
four faculty positions were to be
filled.
Burton G. Stewart, holder of A.
B, and M. A. degrees front Puke !
University, returned his signed
contract this week following his
unanimous election by the board
a few days ago. Mr. Stewart, a
native of Carteret County, start
el his teaching profession in Mon
roe back in 1929, later going to
Clayton where he taught several
terms. In 1933 he went to Dur
ham where lie taught in the high
school, later heading the science
department there. In 1943 he was
an instructor of physics in Duke
University and then went to
Leaksville as principal of the
schools there. Highly recom
mended, he comes here from
Leaksville; During his stay in
Leaksville, he was chairman of
the Board of the Draper Meth
odist Church, vice president of
the Rotary Club and a member of
the district committee of Boy
Scouts. He is married and has
two sons, one 13 and the other 9
years of ago.
Members of the local commit
tee are making every effort to
find the new principal a home or
an apartment, remembering that
Principal Sam Bundy resigned
when he was unable to locate his
family here. “We are impressed
with Mr. Stewart’s record and
recommendations, and we call
upon the people of the town to
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4-H Clubs To Hold
District Meeting
Four-H club members from
sixteen counties will hold a one
day program in the Negro high
school here on Thursday of next
week, it was announced yester
day by the home agent.
The day’s events will gi t under
way at 9:00 o'clock that morning,
and a picnic lunch will be served
at 12:30. Officials from the State
Extension Service, Raleigh, and
leaders from A. and T. College,
Greensboro, will attend the meet
ing and participate in the pro
gram.
Counties scheduled to send rep
resentatives to the meeting in
clude: Beaufort, Bertie, Chowan,
Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Hali
fax, Hertford, Martin, Nash,
Northampton, Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Pitt, Warren and Wil
son.
PARALYSIS
The first case of infantile
paralysis of the year was re
ported on the T. L. Johnson
farm in Cioose Nest Township
on Wednesday of this week.
The victim, Lee Curtis Cross,
2-year-old son of William
Cross, had been a patient in
a Greenville hospital for
about two weeks before he
became paralyzed in his right
arm and side and his case was
definitely diagnosed as polio
myelitis.
The colored infant is being
removed to Gastonia for
treatment, according to infor
mation coming from the
health department office
Thursday.
County Boy Picked
As A Delegate To
Prague Conference
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,| i in my Wallace Plans Tour
Of European Countries
Next August
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Jimmy Wallace, son of Mr. and
M... Clarence Wallace of Janies
ville, was recently chosen to rep
resent the University of North
Carolina at the International
Student Conference in 1’iague,
Czechoslovakia, during the month
of August, according to a story
appearing in a current issue of
the “Tar Heel,” University stud
ent publication.
Wallace, one of twelve appli
cants for the honor, was selected
by a special committee which
studied the applicants’ qualifica
tions for nearly three hours, the
story pointed out.
The Tar Heel account reads, in
part, as follows:
“Wallace will leave for New
York a few days before the
American delegation sails for
Prague to participate with repre
sentatives of ten other college
representatives and fifteen repre
sentatives of student organiza
tions who will formulate a pro
gram and elect delegation offic
ers.
“After the conference he'will
tour some European countries as
the guest of the participating na
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Graduated From
Cavalry School
Fort Riley, Runs.—Maj. Leslie
W. Bailey, of Big Stone Gap, Va.,
was graduated here today from
the advanced intelligence course
at the Intelligence School of The
Cavalry School.
Major Bailey, who served with
the 34th Infantry Division in Eu
rope and in Italy and North Afri
ca, wears the Combat Infantry
man’s Badge and his European
Theater Ribbon carries four but
tle stars and one arrowhead for a
D-Day landing in Afiiea.
He is the husband of Mrs. Les
lie W. Bailey, of Williamston, N.
C.
•Superior Court In
Final Session Of
Perm On Tuesday
Klrvrn I'rimmai <a~4“- \irc
C'ontiiiM4*<l h. ilaslt‘11
laid Of Term
Jiuu. term ■ lu<' Martin
bounty Superior Court, schedul
'd to hear both criminal and civil
pes of cases during the week,
.inexpectedly completed its work
and folded its tent Tuesday after
loon. Adjournment was hasten
ed when eleven criminal cases
were continued, mainly because
if a sudden death in the family
if one of the practicing attorneys
early that morning.
During the two days the court
was in session fairly large crowds
were in the old hall of justice, hut
the casual spectators, busy on
tin ir farms and in other business
pursuits, were limited in number.
Proceedings:
Pleading guilty in the case
chargin'; him with bigamy. Jerry
Hardwick, a native of Florida,
was sentenced to the roads for not
less than three and not more than
five years. The rntenci is to be
gin at the expiration of an
eighteen months term he is now
serving for violation of the law in
Pitt County. Hardwick, it was al
leged, married in Chilton last No
vember, and came to this county
and marri'd "Sweetie” Williams
in January of this year.
The year-old case charging
Kader Brown with reckless driv
ing was nol pressed after having
been continued for several terms.
The following cases were con
tinued until the September term:
John K. Williams, false pretense;
Henry L. Harvey, drunken driv
ing; Early May Boston, assault
with a deadly weapon; Beil Nich
ols, breaking and entering and
larceny and receiving; Roberta
Baker, assault with a deadly
weapon; Jamc s Bannerman, as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill; Frank Belcher,
drunken driving and manslaught
er; Willie Savage, fal.-e pretense;
Joe Bell, false pretense, and Peter
Williams, false pretense.
In a second case in which Wil
lie Savage w as charged with false
pretense, the defendant pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to the
roads for not less and not more
than three years. Savage, it was
alleged, obtained clothes from R.
J. Brock, Williamston building
contractor, under false pretense.
The ease charging Fi ank Belch
er witli drunken driving and
man::1 'ighter was continued be
cause one of the prosecuting wit
nesses, Mareellus Newsome, Ber
tie County man, continues in a
Durham hospital ho treatment of
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Use An Airplane
For Dusting Crop
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(Robcrsonville Ilerald)
A crop dusting demonstration
I>v plant' was held at the farm of
Mrs. J. M. Highsmith, near litre
Monday afternoon, with a fairly
large number of farmers in at
tendance to study this new
method of dusting their crops as a
preventative against insects.
The plane owned bv George
Hatch of Tarboru and piloted by
Tory Vaughn, etfectively dusted
the eighteen acres in approxi
mately III minutes, and observers
at the demonstration stated that
it was a success despite weather
that was unfavorable for the oc
casion,
Crylitr, a product consisting
principally ot arsenate of lead
and lmu. was used for dusting
and it was said to cover the field
of tobacco from one end to the
other with the dust covering both
the top and bottom of each leaf.
Rushing out to see the results
of the demonstration Ben and
Willie B. Everett, Vance Rober
son and Reuben Everett, were
practically deloused. They were
of the opinion that the demon
str; turn had been completed and
when the pilot swung back to
make his last run over the tobac
co field, the foursome was caught
directly in line with the plane
which was traveling just above
the tobacco. Too old to full down
Willie B. Everett stuck his head
in the ground leaving his mid sec
tion exposed to the plane. Reuben
and Ben fell to the ground and
crawled like moles out of line
with the plane. Hardly over four
feet in heighth Vance Roberson
just sal down.
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