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FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME XLIX— NX MBER 61
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 30, 1916
ESTABLISHED 1899
Election Outcome
Not Yet Certain
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Rilling On Eligibility of
Two Kogistrants Is
Found Necessary _
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The outcome of a special school
election held in the Jamesville
district last Saturday is still in
doubt, according to the best infor
mation obtainable here today. It
was pointed out that a ruling on
the eligibility of two voters would
be necessary before a definite
decision could be reached. Ap
parently not certain of the law's
governing the registration in de
tail, election officials discussed
t the eligibility of several regis
trants to participate in the elec
tion.
No official report could be had
on the election until eligibility
rulings are had in about three
eases, it was learned. No rulings
as far as it could be learned late
Monday, had been handed down,
but county election officials were
said to have taken the cases under
advisement. It will bo up to the
special election officials to make
the final decision, it is under
stood.
According to information re
ceived from unofficial sources,
157 names were placed on the re
gb (ration books for the election.
Ninety-four votes were cast last
Saturday, 78 for and 16 against,
but since the vote was against the
registration, the favorable vote
fell one short of a majority. It is
quite likely that no ruling would
have been necessary if a clear ma
jority had been gained by either
side.
At least two votes have been
challenged, it was learned.
Neither one of them was cast in
person but they arc grouped with
the opposition count. One of the
votes belongs to a registrant who,
according to information received
here, moved to the Jamesville dis
trict in February of this year. Re
gular election laws call for a resi
dence of at least one year before
one is eligible to register and
vote. If the same law applies to
special elections, then that vote
rightfully should be ruled out. In
another case a person in the dis
trict registered and the records
show that she was only 20 years
of age a few months ago. Since
the law governing elections rules
that one must be 21 years of age
or must attain that age on or be
fore the next succeeding general
election to vote, it would seem
that the name placed on the books
for the election last Saturday is
out of order. If these two names
are ruled out, then the election
will have a majority of one.
In another ease, the registrant
died on the day before the elec
tion but her vote W'as counted
against the proposal. It like
ly that a ruling on the eligibility
of the vole will be asked for.
Realizing that many school dis
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Two Minor Auto
Wrecks Reported
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One person *«:>? slightly hurt
and no great property damage re
sulted in two minor automobile
accidents reported by members of
the N. C. Highway Patrol over
the week-end.
Di lving from Robersonville in
the direction of Parmele, Julius
Smith, colored, plow, d into llie
rear of a car parked without
lights on the highway about one
and one-half miles east of Parme
le last Saturday night. No one
was hurt, but damage to Smith’s
car was estimated at $100 and
that to the other car was placed at
$20 by Cpl. W. T. Simpson of the
highway patrol. One report stat
ed that Jesse Bland, colored, stop
ped his car, got out and went
across the road to talk with
friends who had parked on the
other side.
W. E. Bateman, Jr., accompani
ed by his family of Oak City early
Sunday night was driving be
tw’een Williamston and Hamilton
when he ran into a pile of sand on
his tide of the highway, doing
about $75 damage to his 1941
Ford. His young son suffered a
slight back injury, but it was be
lieved not serious. Investigating
the accident. Patrolman W. E.
Saunders stated that the highway
forces had been mixing sand and
asphalt on the road, that appar
ently the v/arning lights had gone
out.
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Bicycles To WashingtonJ
Little Miss Lee Handy, 10-year- j
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Handy, and her cousin. An
na Wa.son, also ten years of age
and who was visiting in the Han- |
dy home, retired early last Satur- j
day night. Remembering how
Little Miss Lee disliked having
bedtime Culled early, her father
remarked about the schedule but
thought no more about it.
Sunday moi*ning about 6:00
o’clock Mrs. Handy visited the
children’s room, found them
sleeping and added more cover.
When members of the family
went to the children’s room they
found the little girls had gone. It
was first thought they had gone
into the back yard to play, but
an investigation revealed that the
father's and Lee’s bicycles were
missing. Mr. Handy thought they
had slipped out of the house and
were riding around town. A
short time later the police were
called and a search of the town
w’as made, but no trace of the
young ladies could be found.
Shortly before 11 o’clock that
I morning a relative living near
I Washington telephoned that the
two had just driven in on then
bikes, apparently none the worse
tor their 22-mile ride.
Miss Handy declared that the
U Yp''d the night
before, ^ id w-ent on to explain
that she and her cousin waked
early Sunday, planned the trip
and quickly went into action.
They left a note but it was not
found until after their return
when they pointed it out.
Lee rode her dad's bike and
even though she could not sit on
the seat and touch the pedals, she
set the pace. They stopped at a
filling station about six miles this
side of Washington and got a
drink of water. They next stop
ped a* a relative’s home, but when
they found them sleeping the girls
went to the back porch, ate some
watermelon, returned to the high
way and continued the trip.
Leo declared she could have
pedaled on to Jacksonville and
her little cousin insisted she could
have made the return trip under
her own power, but neither of
them argued when relatives ar
ranged to bring them home in a
car that afternoon.
Tiro More Barns Burn
On Farms In County
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Two more tobacco curing barns
were destroyed by fire on farms
in this county over the week-end.
Farmer Johnnie D. Mobley lost
a barn and several hundred sticks
of choice tobacco lust Friday in
Cross Roads Township, and Farm
er J. S. Ayers lost a barn and six
hundred sticks of tobacco on the
Roberson farm in the same town
ship Sunday afternoon. Both
barns were equipped with oil
burners.
Accoiding to the best available
reports, fifteen barns have been
destroyed by fire in the county
so far this season.
TB Patient Must
Undergo Lengthy
Treatment Period
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Nci'iIh Rest and Assistance
Of Members of Family
And Friends
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(The following is one in a series
cf articles prepared by the North
Carolina Tuberculosis Association
and sponsored by civic organiza
tions.—cd.)
Sometimes the family and
friends of a tuberculous patient,
with the best intentions in the
world, actually hinder the pa
tient's recovery.
Not understanding the nature
of the disease or the treatment,
they fail to offer the patient the
kind of assistance he needs to get
well.
The only known cure for tuber
culosis is rest. Complete bed rest
is essential to the person afflicted
with tuberculosis. Such rest is not
possible, however, unless the pa
tient is able to relax both mental
ly and physically.
All too often the family or
friend's fail to grasp-the signifi
cance of rest and its importance
to the patient. Even if the latter
is in bed, they go to him with
family problems, problems which
may disturb the patient mentally
and make him restless. They fail
to understand that the worries
they bring to his bedside have an
adverse physical effect on him.
His restlessness, even in bed,
places a strain on the diseased
lung, thereby retarding the heal
ing process.
Often, too, when the patient be
gins to look better after a few
weeks in bed and gains weight,
his family thinks he must be well.
Remarks about his lying in bed
when he looks so well may make
the patient feel guilty. Then he
is torn between following the doc
tor’s advice and getting up to
please the family.
Families should remember that
it takes time to heal a diseased
lung. It takes time and rest- and
plenty of patience on the part of
the family as well as the ill per
son. The doctor does not judge
the patient’s progress by his out
ward appearance. He forms his
opinion by certain tests he makes
and by studying X-ray pictures of
the lungs, which reveal whether
the lung is healing or not.
The family can help the tuber
(Contmued on page four).
j Brief Review Of
Army Air Forces
In This Country
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Observation Balloons Were
Used By Fedcrals In
The Civil War
The true beginning of the pres
ent Army Air Forces goes back
to August 1, 1907, when the Aero
nautical Division of the Signal
Corps was established. But the
U. S. Aimy Air Service might be
said to go back even farther than
that, buck to the Civil War, in
1802, when observations from
balloons were made for the Army
of the Potomac by civilian aero
nauts.
I In October, 1890, Congress ex
tended the scope of work under
| the Signal Corps to the duty of
collecting and disseminating in
■ formation which included aerial
operations. An officer was sent
to Europe to investigate aeronau
tics. A sperical balloon was pur
chased from France and stationed
at Fort Riley and later at Fort
Logan. At Logan a hydrogen
plant and shed were erected for
balloon experiments.
And in the year 1909 . . .
I Orville Wright, with Lt. B. C.
: Foulois of the Army as passeng
er, successfully accomplished the
required army speed tesi July 30
over a five-mile course from Ft.
Myer, Va., to Alexandria, Va., and
return. Shortly thereafter, with
Lt. Frank P. Lahrn as passenger,
accomplished the endurance test,
establishing a world’s record of
one hour and 12 minutes for a
plane with two occupants. The
Wright airplane was officially ap
proved and accepted by the Aero
nautics Division on August 2, the
first U. S. Military Airplane.
The first experiments with
radio in airplanes were begun by
ftiic Air Service in 1911. Experi
ments with aerial photography
also were started, and a Lewis
machine gun was fired from an
j airplane for the first time.
The United States entered the
war in 1917 with an Air Service
strength oi 65 officers, 35 of
whom fliers, and L087 enlisted
men. There were 55 airplanes of
an obsolete training type and
without equipment.
Bng. Gen. Billy Mitchell estab
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Funeral Saturday
For G. F. Matthews
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Funeral services were held at
the home in Robersonville last
Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
for Mr. George F. Matthews who
died there last Wednesday follow
ing an extended illness. Rev. J.
M. Perry, assisted by Rev. J. R.
Everett, officiated, and interment
was in the Robersonville Ceme
tery.
The last rites were delayed
pending the arrival of his daugh
ter, Mrs. W. L. Chesson, Jr., from
California.
Mr. Matthews was well known
in this-scct-kin where he lived for
a number of years.
ddress To Lions
^li
Ui
ub Last Week
Urges Hearers To Fare The
Realities of Life As
They Come
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Addressing the regular meeting
of Lions and a goodly number of
invited guests nere last Thursday
evening, Dr. James W. Kirkwood,
promising psychologist of Cali
fornia, urged his hearers to face
life's realities as they come and
warned that if we run away from
unpleasantries we will reap trou
ble.
Dr. Kirkwood, an able speaker
and master in the use of anec
dotes. discussed two types of per
sonalities, describing their char
acteristics and telling where they
might lead. The first type of in
dividual is suspicious, sensitive
and thin-skinned. He sees two
people talking and laughing and
although he has never seen them
before he believes they are laugh
ing and talking about him. He
believes someone is trying to steal
bis wife, the doctor declared, add
ing that the type will twist
thoughts, offer excuses and run
away from unpleasantries. He
cited several examples in identi
fying this type. “Little Johnnie is
sitting on the back steps suffering
a hero complex, trying to justify
his unpopularity. He is passing
the buck, twisting thoughts, bend
ing the facts, and he finds it pleas
ant to twist lbs thinking and to
j run away from realities,” Dr.
Kirkwood explained.
lie mentioned another instance
where a woman shopper was at
tracted to a $39.50 hat. She ad
mired it hut when she noticed
| the price, she said, “1 don’t want
! it. I would not bo caught dead
witii that fuzzy thing on my
head.” Such practices can get a
giip on one and become a habit
that will cause trouble.
The other personality type will
take any means to escape un
pleasant situations and seldom re
sorts to logical means. They will
put off unpleasant tasks from day
to day. The youngster, working
on his algebra, will turn on the
radio and after hearing Tarzan a
few minutes lit' forgets all about
his algebra and he pictures him
self as Tarzan.
The : peaker told about the
young high school girl who did
not like her teacher, and a little
incident causes a conflict of de
cisions. She feigns illness and re
mains at home that day. She is
all light the next day and for
about two weeks, but she is the
victim of another spell and in
stead of meeting the situation she
feigns illness and remains at
home the second time. The spells
become more frequent. She mar
ries and the technique of running
away from unplea.santiies is ad
vanced. She complains with this
or that ailment or disease, trying
to solve her problems by feigning
illness. “And she suffers just as
though she were afflicted witii
the diseases complained of,” Dr.
Kirkwood said. “And it is unfair
to expect the doctor to cure in a
week or even a year an ailment
(Continued on page four)
Prominent County
Man Died Friday
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Aaron E. Smith, prominent
county citizen and one of this
section’s leading stock raisers
and farmers, died at his home in
Robersonvillc last Friday morn
ing following a short illness.
Mr. Smith, 83 years of age, had
been unusually active for his ad
vanced years up until a short
time ago. He had been ill for
about one week and it was
thought the day before the end
that his condition was improving.
In addition to his farming in
terests he was in the hardware
business in Robersonville for
many years.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Saliie Cox and Mrs. Thomas
Roberson, both of Robersonville;
two sons, Claude T. Smith and
Marion Smith, also of Roberson
ville; seventeen grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home last Saturday aft
ernoon at 4:30 o’clock by Rev. J.
M. Perry, assisted by the Rev. J.
R. Everett, pastor of the Rober
sonville Baptist Church. Inter
ment was in the Robersonville
Cemetery.
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JChroHffi Att^uLJ
Daniel Funeral
In Robersonville
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Young bounty Man Killed
In Plane Crash On
July 18th
One of the greatest throngs to
attend a funeral in this county in
years was present to pay tribute
to the memory of Lt. James Rob
ert Daniel at services held in the
Robersonville Baptist Church last
Sunday afternoon. The large
church accommodated only a por
tion of the crowd.
The pastor, Rev. J. R. Everett,
assisted by Rev. E. C. Wilkie, a
former pastor, conducted the last
rites, each of them paying a fine
tribute to the young man’s char
acter.
Interment was in the Roberson
vil: • Cemetery, a military detail
from an Army Air Corps field
taking part in the service.
The young man, a lieutenant in
the Army Air Corps, lost his life
in a plane crash at Goodland,
Kansas, on July 18. He had just
been visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. R. Daniel, of near Rob
ersonville, and was on his way to
Utah where he was to be trans
ferred for duty to the Pacific. He
was riding as a passenger, and it
is believed that he and the other
passengers were sleeping when
the plane crashed in a field near
Goodland during a violent electri
cal and rain storm. Unofficial re
ports indicate that all were killed
instantly that none of the bodies
was burned.
The body, escorted by Lt. Cop
i polle of Denver, Colorado, arrived
in Rocky Mount last Saturday af
ternoon and was delivered to the
A O. Roberson Funeral Home in
Robersonville a short time later.
The following story was releas
ed by a press agency under a
Roanoke Rapids dateline last Sat
urday:
Two Eastern North Carolina
young men three years ago enlist
ed in tiie Army the same day, and
then began a friendship that lust
ed throughout the services.
If Bill got a furlough home to
Weldon, his pal Jimmy sought one
(Continued on page four)
Arrest Fugitive
Sunday Afternoon
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Wanted for breaking and enter
ing by Bertie County authorities,
Francis William Pritchard, 22
year-old colored man, was arrest
ed at the home of Sam Whitley
on the Creek farm near Williams
ton lust Sunday afternoon.
It was first thought that the
man was the “squeezer" or phan
tom who officers have chased and
sought for several weeks in this
section. It is possible that Pritch
ard was mistaken for the other
man, and it is fairly certain that
his arrest will slow down reports
on prowlers in this immediate
area. Wearing his hair long and
a chin beard the man was of dark
coinpic xion and at the time of his
arrest he was dressed in a blue
shirt and streaked (dress) pants.
Officers stated that the man
had been hiding out in this sec
tion for about ,^n or three weeks,
that Uu! man referred to as the
phantom had been operating for
six or more weeks.
Pritchard wandered to the
Whitley home Sunday and lie was
soon sized up to he the real
squeezer. One member of the
family was instructed to contact
officers who answered the call.
Unable to approach the house
without being seen from the front,
Sheri!) C. B. Roebuck and Deputy
Roy Peel parked their ear and
skirted the woods for three-quar
ters of a mile and came up from
the real. Separating at the hack
of liie house, the officers moved
forward and trapped Pritchard
before he could move. The man
was later turned over to Bertie
authorities.
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Returns From Richmond
Hospital To Home Here
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Injured while playing hall with
his son at Nags Head week before
last, Mr. Iverson Skinner, local to
bacconist, is returning home to
day from a Richmond hospital
where he received treatment for
a week.
Just how badly he was hurt
could not be definitely learned,
but one report stated that two
vsrtebrae in his back were injur
ed, that he would have to be in a
cast for about six weeks.
Teacherage Purclias
SijjggLJk Open
Term In County
On August 29th
County Approves $20,000
Project But Committee
Objects To Price
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Action on the proposed pur
chase of the remodeled K. B.
Crawford home on North Smith
wick Street for a teacherage was
delayed this week when the local
district committee all but agreed
that the $20,000 purchase price
was too high. The local commit
teed balked after the county
board of education had agreed to
accept three-fourths o: $15,000 of
the purchase cost at a meeting
held last Friday night.
Impressed with the five-apart
ment building during an inspec
tion last week, the local commit
tee later encountered a heating
problem, some of the members
declaring the proposed project
was just more than they wanted
to tackle.
Heating engineers have been
called in to make a study of the
property, and it is possible that
the problem can be solved satis
factorily, one of the committee
members pointed out in discuss
ing the proposed purchase of the
property.
"We consider the cost entirely
too high with too much uncer
tainty attached," R. T.. Coburn,
chairman of the committee for the
district, said yesterday.
Asked what arrangements
could be made to accommodate
the new principal and his family
and several teachers, Chairman
Coburn said that they were in
specting the S. S. Brown home on
Haughton Street with the view of
buying. He also stated that other
properly was being offered for
sale. Members of the board are
out of town this week and no final
decision is expected before next
Monday, if by that time.
It was intimated that the com
mittee had not definitely rejected
the Crawford house plan, that
possibly if the heating problem
could be solved they would give
it further consideration.
The school man said that some
thing would be done to house
Principal B. G. Stewart and Isis
family and teachers. “We'll take
some teachers in our own home
and 1 believe that there are others
interested enough in the schools
and the welfare of the children
to open their homes and help
handle the problem,” Mr. Coburn
said.
After the teacherage proposal
was discussed, the local commit
tee, Messrs. R. L. Coburn, C. B.
Clark and R. II. Goodmon, retired
and the county board discussed
dates for opening the schools for
the 194(1-47 term. The opening
will be held in Thursday, August
29. Two days will be allowed this
year for Thanksgiving, a holiday
that has been eliminated from the
schedule--feu: live.,,past. .several:
years. The schools will close tor
Chritsmas on December 20 and re
open on January 2. By starting
on August 29 it will be possible
for the schools to complete four
full months of the term which,
under normal weather conditions
and without epidemics, will close
on May 21.
Board members J. D. Woolard,
E. C. Edmondson and G. C. Gnf
fin were present for the meeting.
Messrs. Ford Holliday and Henry
C. Norman, the two other mem
bers, were unable to attend the
meeting.
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Gets Discharge
From The Army
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Flying in last week from the
Azores where he spent almost a
year one one of the small islands
there, Sgt. Maurice S. Moore, Jr.,
is receiving his discharge from
the army at Fort Bragg this week.
The young man, after making
a brief trip to Europe, returned
to the Azores a few weeks ago
and continued the homeward
journey last week. En route to
Fort Bragg lrom Massachusetts
where he landed, the sergeant
stopped over to spend the week
end at home, continuing to Fort
Bragg Sunday night,
ROUND-UP
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After holding to about sev
en for three weeks in a row,
the number of persons arrest
ed and jailed here last week
end showed a marked gain,
Thirteen persons were arrest
ed and jailed, ten for public
drunkenness, and one each
for drunkenness and assault,
one for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct and one for
breaking and entering.
Four of the thirteen were
white and the ages of the
group ranged from nineteen
to fifty-six years.
Funeral Services
Conducted Sunday
For Mrs. Holliday
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Janu*s\ illr Uili/.ru Passed
Away Friday Following
Heart Attack
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Mrs. Lucy Mizelle Holiday,
wife of Jackson Holliday of
Jamesville Township, died unex
pectedly in a Plymouth doctor's
office last Friday night at 10:0(J
o’clock following a heart attack
suffered just a short time before.
Apparently in her usual health.
Mrs. Holliday was active during
the day and was thought to be
getting along all right until she
suffered the attack. She was car
ried to the doctor’s office, dying
just as she was entering there.
The daughter of the late W. T,
and Hester Davis Mizelle, she was
born in Jamesville Township (53
years ago. In early womanhood
she was married to Mr. Holliday
and spent her entire life in that
community. She was a member
of the Christian church at Dar
dens.
Surviving arc eight daughters,
Mrs. Selma Delaney of California,
Mrs. Marshall Waters of Ply
mouth, Mrs. Kosa Gray Roberson
and Mrs. Verona Glenn of Wil
liamston, Mrs. Essie Norris and
Mrs. Vonnic Reed of Jamesville,
Mrs. Eloise Waters of Norfolk and
Miss Opal Holliday of the home:
seven sons, Winston, Millard
Joseph and Marion, all of James
ville, Woodrow of Williumslon,
and C. B. and Homer Holliday,
both of Plymouth; two brothers,
Lewis and Lommie Mizelle, both
of Jamesville, and several grand
children.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the lute home Sunday after
noon at 3:00 o’clock by Rev. Den
nis Warren Davis and burial was
in the family cemetery, near the
home.
County Young Man
Serving In Japan
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With the Eighth Army in Japan.
—Technician Fifth Grade William
B. Cannon, Jr., of Ilobgood, North
Carolina, is among the men serv
ing With the 1..t C<i . a 1. V' Ui v . a>>ii
in the occupation of the Nippon
capital.
Overseas since November 1945,
he is assigned to the 204th Ord
nance MM Company. He wears
the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Rib
bon and the Good Conduct Medal.
As a civilian, he attended Oak
City high school and worked on
the farm with his father. He en
tered the army April 30, 1945 anci
took his basic training at Fort
Leonard Wood, Missouri,
Younfi Colored Mini
Died Lost Sunday
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William Slade, young colored
man and errand boy for drug
stores and soda shops hero for a
number of years and more recent
ly employed as delivery man by
the Blue Star Cleaners, died in a
Washington hospital last Sunday
afternoon shortly before 4:00
o’clock. He had been in declin
ing health for several years and
was a patient in the hospital for
about two weeks. The young man
was held in high esteem by all
who knew him.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon and burial
will follow in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery here.
He is survived by his widow, a
young son and an adopicd uaugh
ter.
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On Prowlers Are
Heard In Section
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Main lMiautora or Squeezer
Is Still \l I,arae In Or
Near Willianision
There’s a whale of a lot of
prowling going on in this section,
or quite a few people are imagin
ing things, according to reports
from law enforcement agencies
which have been deluged with
calls and reports during the past
few days. The officers admit that
some of the calls might be well
founded, but most of them have
to do with irksome but harmless
prowlers. Then there are cases
of nervous tension where the vic
tims, weary with over-work and
hot weather, thought someone
was after them when it was noth
ing more than a green persimon
or leaf falling from a tree. With
out stopping to investigate, they
fled from the scene and reported
to officers.
No direct report on the “squeez
er.” us many are now calling the
fellow who is believed to have
escaped from a road camp, has
been received since he tried to at
tack a small colored girl near
Williamston some days ago. Of
ficers believe the man lias left
this section, but reports on prowl
ers continue to pour in.
Last Thursday night, local of
ficers were called to the corner
of Wilson and Sycamore Streets.
Two officers and a patrolman an
swered the call. Searching in a
backyard, Patrolman W. F. Saun
ders stumbled over a courting
couple, and about that time Henry
“Booze’’ Joyner fired a broadside
into the air. Windows were clos
ed and doors were banged shut.
burly Saturday morning Aza
i iah Roberson, sr. lus way about 4
o’clock to clean tire Hassell plot
in Skew trkey Cemetery, saw a
man loitering around the church
and he reported to officers. Shcr
ilf C. B. Roebuck and Deputy J.
H. Roebuck it la d up the trail
and run Moses Williams, Beaufort
County colored man, down on the
Washington Road. Williams ex
plained that he came to Williams
ton (lie night before, got a little
too much to drink and was late
getting a start home,
Trained bloodhounds were de
livered to tlie Martin County pris
on camp mar here from Halifax
last Friday night, and law on
lorcement office rs are working
and milking lcady to close in on
the phantom convict or squeezer.
During the meantime, the reports
on prowlers will be received over
the regular telephones.
Advised that a prowler had
been reported on the railroad
near Sweet Watei Creek, funn
els living; and working near the
railroad below Jumcsville are
hesitant to stay at their curing
barns at night. They were said
to be carrying their guns with
them.
Previously, the squeezer was
reported to have jumped on a lo
cal colored woman's porch and
snatched a glass from her hand.
The last report on the prowl
er came from Roosevelt Wilson,
(Contin-u-'A-page four) . .
Second Infantile
The second case of infantile
paralysis in the county this slim
mer was reported last Friday fol
lowing .1 diagnosis made hv doc
tors in a Greenville hospital.
Taken ill a few days before,
John Wade Coltrain, live-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Coltrain of the Farm Life section
of Griffins Township, was treated
by a Wiliumston doctor who ad
vised the parents to remove ilie
child to tiie hospital for treat
ment.
The case was described as quite
severe, one report stating that the
youngster had no use of his legs.
Advised of the case, the Martin
County chapter of the National
Paralysis fund Foundation im
mediately made arrangements to
have the child received in the
special hospital at Gastonia.
Transportation was provided and
the child will be treated at the ex
pense of the national foundation,
one report stated.
A small colored child whose
parents live in Gold Point fell
victim ot the disease about six
Weeks ufeu and he was removed
to the hospital at Gastonia,