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\ THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 74 THE ENTERPRISE Williamaton, Marlin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 13, 1946 < ^^— THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 ■ Minor Civil Cases ! Slated For Trial In Superior Court Only Two Days of Two Week Term Allotted To Civil Calendar -$ Other than twenty-five divorce cases, the civil calendar prepared for the regular two-week term of Martin County Superior Court convening here next Monday for the trial of criminal and civil ac tions, carries very few suits. Only two days—Monday, September 23 and Tuesday, September 24—-have been allotted for the trial of the fourteen civil cases on the calen dar. Very few of the cases are recognized as being of any great importance, but quite a few thousand dollars are involved in one or two of them. A bar mem ber was quoted as saying that the prospects for the court were the poorest in some time. Alleging breach of contract, C. B. Saunders is suing H. A. Bowen for $19,800 damages. The plain tiff alleges that he paid $300 for an option on the defendant’s farm with the understanding that the purchase price would be $15,000 plus other considerations. It is also alleged by the plaintiff that the option, expiring May 11, 1946, was renewed for one month, that the defendant claimed to be “too busy” when asked for a deed be fore the expiration date of the option, and that on the day of the expiration, the defendant absent ed himself and did not return home until the morning of June 11. The plaintiff also alleges that the action on the part of the de fendant was taken after a $30,000 offer had been made for the pro perty The defendant denies the allegations and main.tair,s..tbal the, plaintiff is entirely responsible for the lapse of the option. It was stated that the defendant was not inerested in,sel!ing the property Hanging fire in the courts for some months, the case in which Universal Finance Company is suing Steve G. Clary for posses sion of an automobile, is again on the calendar R. S. Critcher is suing J. E. Wil liams and Ernest Winslow for the possession of personal property, two oxen, “Buck” and “Bill”, an ox cart, cross cut saw and one pair of log grabs. It is admitted that the oxen and cart had been sur rendered, leaving $75 due on the lien. A boundary line dispute is in volved in the ease of Edward L. Owens against J. H. Davenport and others, the plaintiff alleging that the defendants had removed timber valued at $2,000 and that $500 damage was done in remov ing the timber. In the case of Elizabeth Pierce against Ben Biggs and wife, the plaintiff alleges the defendants ( wrongfully entered upon certain fends and removed timber and sand valued at $550, that in their acts the defendants damaged ( other property to the extent of ( $100. In his case against Hattie Riv ers, Sylvester Dancey is petition- . i.ng the court for the sale of cer- ] tain lands in Roberson vi l] r Towr.- , ship. j Charged with abandoning his , crop, Louis Simpson, is being sued j by V. G. Taylor for $215, money j advanced the defendant. Growing out of the accidental , death of her husband, Lloyd Rob , erson, back about 1930, the case | (Continued on page eight) i ! Ministers rlan Prayer Meetings > * At a meeting of the Williams ton Ministerial Association Tues day morning in the study of the c president, Hev. John W. Hardy, f plans were mads for the meetings to be held in local churches dur- ' ing the month of October. Rev. John L. Goff was asked to arrange a series of cottage prayer * services for the week of Septem ber 23-27 in preparation for the meetings that begin at the Meth odist Church on Sept. 30-Oct. 8; Christian Church, Oct. 7-18; and , the Baptist Church, Oct. 20-30. The association urged that all Christians pray and make plans ^ for attending the services. The evening services at all churches w’lll begin at 7:30 next y Sunday and continue at that time „ through the winter. < Watts and Marco Theaters Independent Chain Leases \ Alter operating theaters here for more than a quarter of a cen tury J. Wig Watts recently leased for fen years the Watts and Mar co movie houses to Messrs. Worth Stewart and H. H. Everett, inde pendent but very successful heads of a chain of theaters in North Carolina. The lessees, under the local management of Mr. C. W. Hamilton of Beaufort, will take over the properties on Sunday. Mr. Hamilton, a native of Beau fort and stationed in Farmville and Goldsboro with the Stewart Everett theaters, will be assisted for a week or ten days by Mr. W. W. Cunningham, the firm’s dis trict supervisor. The new firm, retaining all the old employees at the Watts, is em ploying more personnel, including Messrs. J. D. Batts of Wilson and Elton VanWelton of Goldsboro as machine operators. While the firm maintains, to a large extent, a local atmosphere in its operations, it is large enough to bargain with producers for pictures releases and contracts, Mr. Watts said. Mr. Stewart of i Dunn and Mr. Everett of Char ] lotte have been ir the business for •a number of years, working with | distributors and operating theat j ers. ' No radical change in operations ] will be made otlter than in the j show schedules. At the Watts con tinuous shows will run from 11 a. m. to 11 p. rn. each week day. On Sundays there’ll be three shows in the afternoon, beginning at 1 o'clock and an evening show be ginning at. 9 o’clock. Continuous shows will run at the Marco from 1 to 11 p. m. on Monday through Friday and from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. on Saturdays. The Sunday schedule there will be the same as the one at the Watts- -three shows in the afternoon beginning at 1 o’clock and one in the evening beginning at 9 o’clock. Asked aoout his future plans, i Mr. Watts said that he had none ! right at the present, that he like ■ Dr. Biggs would be available to go on any trip upon invitation at - any time from any one. After hewing to the line for over 25 years, lie plans to rest a while, he said. Manslaughter Trial Scheduled In Court i Judge Stevens To Be Here for Term Of Superior Court Oiify F ifTc'rn ( asrn Arr I’lacnl On Docket For Trial -» Tht i nred man charged with man slaughter, is expected to feature the criminal proceedings in the Martin County Superior Court opening a two-week term here next Monday to heat a /nixed Socket. Judge Henry Stevens, a potential candidate for governor, is to preside, Clerk L. B. Wynne announced. With few major eases on the criminal docket and only one or two important actions on the civil calendar, the court is likely to ae in session no more than two or ihree days in each of the two iveeks allotted for handling its juarterly work. Nine men are to replace that lumber on the “permanent” »rand jury, and Judge Stevens is expected to make a timely charge ,o the gr oup. Pending in the courts since last March, the case against Belcher is •onsidered the most serious one o come before Judge Stevens lext Monday. Belcher, charged n addition to the manslaughter ■ount, with drunken and reckless Iriving. ran into a car at Sweet Vater Creek, near here, last Feb uary 17, murdering Lloyd Cow in, Hertford County white man, ind critically injuring Marccllus 'Jewsoir.c, aged mas. also of Hert ord County. Mr. Newsome, about 15 years of age, suffered a broken lip and after about five months n a Durham hospital was recent y released. The case was con inued for the State, pending the lutcome of his condition. Denied lis freedom for a while, Belcher vas later released under bond in i he sum of $2,000. Comparatively few cases have j leen placed on the docket since | une and several of the others iave been continued from term to erm as far back as last Decem er. Up until Thursday only fif een cases had been placed on the rimina! docket, but one or two thers were pending at that time. John E. Williams, charged with btaining $527 under false pre ?nse from R. S. Critcher on July 3. 1945, is scheduled to appeal fter his case had been continued aur times. He is said to have giv n a mortgage on property he did ot own, A drunken driving charge pend- i ig against him since last Novem- * er 13, Henry L. Harvey in the , ounty court asked for a jury , ial but on two occasions he i wasn’t in court for trial. !, Early May Boston is charged j dth assaulting I^sman James j rith a knife and a bottle, doing • (Continued on page seven) New Pastor Takes l |> Duties Here Hi-v. Floyd Williams, a native of G.. cnvill*-. ( Mli-; i'd upon hpew . dutii s as pastor of the local Pen tecostal Holiness Church last Si nctay, succeeding Rev. II M. P pi who resigned to i nterevan gi.-Jist.kv. v -.a ■ his wife, a native of Oklahoma, moved into the parsonage on North Haughton Street last Fii day. After attending college at Franklin Springs, (la Rev Wil liams was graduated from the Home and Bible Institute in Greenville S. C, and held a pas torate in Bethel before locating here. -_o Water Plowing to Area After Wait Of Twenty Years —*—. St‘\»>ral (ui*foin<-rs Nook On To Town Sy»I(-hi The Fir*t Day — «—— After a wait of about twenty years, town property owners in the North Haughton Street area this week finally got fire protec tion and an available source of water when the town water mains were extended there. Three cus tomers were said to have hooked on to the system the first day and others are anxious for connec tions. it was learned. With greater fire protection now available, property owners in that area, it is believed should be eligible for lower insurance rates. Within the incorporated limits and subjected to town taxation, the late Mr. George Moore ap pealed to the town authoritie;- for consideration. His pleas were heard, but the number of poten tial customers was limited end the project was not considered feasible at the time. The area ex perienced sort of a boom and • plans were advanced just before the war to lay water and sewer ones there. The money was rip- | propriated, but the project was nterrupted. Anxious to get wat :r to the area, the authorities sicked up pipe here and there and 1 finally extended the water line here last Tuesday. The sewer me project is being held in Aieyance, pending a drop in ; :osts. It is planned to carry the water nain beyond the town limits al nost to the highway department iepot. but iust. now the pipe is not ivailable. The authorities are also igreeable to the extension of wat >r lines down Pine, Plum and Oak ind other streets. Citizen in the area were very nuch disturbed when water lines vere extended into the West End 1 i i I r { c ( (Continued on page seven) Judge J. C. Smith Has Fifteen Cases In County's Court Several Hoad Smlrtin*'* an* Imposed; (oHeet $170 In Fines Monday Handling fifteen cases in the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday, Judge J. Calvin Smith developed a liberal trend when it came to meting out road sentences and imposing fines. Several long road terms were im posed and fines amounting to $170 were collected during the session lasting well into the noon-hour period. No large crowd was pres ent for the proceedings. No session of the court will be held during the next two weeks, Judge Smith and Solicitor Paul D. Roberson yielding to Judge Henry Stevens who opens a two week term of superior court next Monday. Proceedings last Monday: The case having been heard at a previous session, the court sus pended judgment upon the pay ment of the costs by Nemi Moore who was charged with operating a motor vehicle with improper brakes. Going into court for the third time for alleged drunken driving, John A. Eberhart, Raleigh white man, pleaded guilty and was sen tenced to the roads for twelve months. Explaining that he and his fartier had imbibed freely of beer and wine the evening they were arrested, Eberhart main tained that he wasn’t driving fast. The arresting officer stated that ! the deft ndant was very polite and j caused no trouble. The defend-1 ant, pleading for a fine instead of a mad term, appealed to the high- j ■■ a&d ■> ■■■ •: ';. r,.,*s**r * • ed blind in the .sum of $350. Pleading guilty in the case charging him with drunken driv ing. Chains H. Bagiev was fined 1m> lit jv i ' s license revoked for one year, John H. Doyle and Smith Wil son, charged with attempting to obtain money by trick, did not answer when called in open court and their cash bond* iu-ie for feited. The case merging Ray mond Williams with aiding and abetting in the flim-flam attempt, was continued for the State until the first Monday in December. Charged with assaulting a fe male and on officer in one case and assaulting a female in a sec ond instance, Dave Purvis, Jr,, was sentenced to the roads for nine months in the first and three months m the second which is to begin at the expiration of the first. Tlie defendant asked for a -lay of judgment execution until he harvested his crop. The plea 1 was granted hut bond was requir- ; cd in the sum o£ $;i5l) for his ap- 1 pearance in court on November ■ 15 when he is to start serving the term. 1 Charged with an assault with a 1 deadly .weapon, Jobe E. Parker i was found not guilty. * Ollie Page was fined $25 and ( required to pay the cost for oper iting a motor vehicle without a ‘ Iriver’s license. ' Judgment was suspended upon 1 ;he payment of the court costs in 1 he case charging Will Bell with 1 in assault with a deadly weapon. • Charged w ith operating a trans 1 Tr without a chauffeur’s license, ' rledmond D. Keefer pleaded gull- I y and was fine d $10 with court *• ;osts attached. lfench‘1 'son.Moore was fined $25 I ind required to pay the costs for ‘ iperating a motor vehicle with iut a drivei’s license. Elmer "Tank" Bennett, charged vith being drunk and disorderly ir.d canying a concealed weapon, , vas sentenced to the roads for ( hue months. He pleaded guilty (Continued from page five) n -<1--— n ientence Likely To He 1 Invoked In Theft ('.one j Alleged to have violated his f larole, Vernon Gray Weathers- $ >ee, young white man. was ar- t ested a few days ,igo and is he- a ng held in the county jail Con icted at the June term of super- f or court, Weathersbee was sen- n enced to the roads for eighteen t norths for the alleged theft of t n automobile. The sentence was c uspended and the defendant was ilaced on parole. e His arrest came at the direction t i the parole officer and details 1 oulcl not be learned here lmme- c: iiately. v i Colonial Frozen Foods, Inc. To I Open New Plant Here Monday! $50,000 Plant On Corner Grace and Haughton Streets -^.. Ninety Percent Of Stock In New Venture Owned By Local People -® Rc-cenly completed at an ap proximate cost of $50,000 the freezer locker plant of the Colon ial Frozen Foods of Williamston, Inc., will be placed in operation next Monday, it was announced this week by Manager Claude J. Goodman. The opening, planned months ago, was first delayed by building material shortages and more recently the project was held up when part of the freezing equipment was lost for weeks in shipment. Installations of all equipment has been completed and tests are being made today. Manager Goodman stating that the preliminary runs have proved very satisfactory. Recognizing the need of a freez er locker plant in this section, local and county citizens interest ed themselves in the project more than a year ago. Authorities were invited here to discuss the frozen food business, and a corporation was created later with G. H. Har rison as president, I). V. Clayton, treasurer, and Ben D. Courtney, secretary. Twelve citizens here and in the county subscribed to the stock. Dr. E. T. Walker trans ferring his when he moved to At lanta. The present stockholders are, D. V. Clayton, B. S. Courtney, Johnny Gurkin, J. S. Whitley, Ben D. Courtney, William Ever ett, Noah Rogerson, C. J. Good man .V. f Green. G H ' Harri son, and lte'-sy• 4'o eigh. The plant, located on the cor ner of North Haughton and Grace (Continued on page eight) -o WoolardToOpen New Store Here —«— Completing an extensive reno vation program of the interior tnd unpacking large shipments, he Woolard Furniture Company s rapidly advancing preparations ’or the opening of its second store lore next Wednesday. Located in the Tar Heel Apart nent building diagonally across he main street from the first Jure, the new extension offers i realistic setting for the display >f an exquisite line of furniture ind home furnishings. On opening day the store will iffer several valuable prizes, in cluding an electric washing machi ne, iron and radio, the drawing to ake place that evening at 9:30 (’clock. Miss Elizabeth Daniel, recently dried to the company’s personnel, vilt be assigned to the new store long with several of the old em iloyes, it was announced. Miss": ianicl recently returned to her J lome in the county after a stay of bout five years in Baltimore .here she was in the sales de artment of a large furniture es ablishment. -* farmers Sign Up For Soil Money '—*— Martin County farmers are fii ■ g on Friday and Saturday of ris week claims with their re pective community committee ren claims for soil building pay lenis under the 1946 program, ’hey are being asked to list the ractices already handled and mse they plan to advance this ill. The county has been allotted 51,000 for soil building practices lis year, but only a part of the llotment has been taken. Those farmers who find it im ossible to report, to their com lunrty committeemen, are asked t file their claims in the coun f agent’s office before Saturday f next week Soil building payments may be arned by planting either Aus : lan winter peas, vetch or clover, lye, planted this fall, will earn redits under the 1947 program, it /as explained. I County White Men A nswer Induction Call This Week isxnausung ns current supply, | the Martin County Draft Board last Wednesday sent only seven of fifteen white men called for - final induction by the armed forces. Eight were instructed to ' report, but one, Maryland Annie Hadley. RFD 2, Wiiliamston, did not report. It was unofficially re ported that the young man had enlisted for service in the armed forces. The call for final induction was the first to be answered or partly answered in this county since June. A pre-induction examina tion call for white men is expect ed the early part of week after next, but the number could not be learned. The names and addresses of the white men answering the call for inal induction Wednesday lol ow: Rodney Harvey Roberson, Rob ■rsonville. Herbert Leslie Manning, RFD 1. Williamston and Rocky Mount. Alton Flay Peel; RFD 1, Wil iamston. James Elbert Ayers, RF’D 2, Williamston. Ottis Hope Peel, RFD 3, Wash ington. Milton Bennett Wynne, RF’D 3. Williamston. Mack Hyman Warren, RF'D 1, Robersonville. Four of the eight men in the current call come from the farm. No teen-age youths were included n the group, the ages of the sev ?n reporting ranging from 20 to 24 years. Twenty-five Divorc Cases Set For Trial Man Steals Both Coming and Going | Wi)lie' A. Norman, young eol | ored man of Plymouth, was ar rested Wednesday for allegedly | breaking into the home of C'oial | Hill in Jamesvilie on Monday and stealing a radio. Thumbing his way to Plymouth, Norman sold ■the radio. A. sh'U't lime later | -'< 011afoiv ,. j mouth, thumbed his way through ! Jamesvilie to Williamston and ;sold the "hot” radio set to a deal | er„ , I Following the man’s arrest in I Plymouth, the llill radio was re covered and officers are tracing ! the radio stolen in Plymouth and sold here. Norman admitted he removed the screen at the Hill home and pulled the radio through the win dow. 4,182,830 Pounds Tobacco Sold On The Market Here -» L«*af Kriii" I’larcil Oil Sale Now For Auction Farly Next Work -6 Marked by fairly wide price fluctuations from day to day, to bacco sales continue to go for ward in leaps and bounds on the local market. Through Thursday of this week, 4,182,830 pounds of tobacco had been sold for an aver age just under $50 per hundred pounds. The price trend is causing con cern in some quarters, anci it is believed that congestion is having its influence. However, after showing weakness for two days, prices regained much of the Joss Thursday, but they have not yet recovered the high level reported on opening day, August 19. With 2,885,190 pounds already sold, the local market handled 316,300 pounds last Monday fur at! official average of $51.12. On the following clay, 333,678 pounds— the largest sale to date—sold for $157,678.86, an average of $47 26. The 322,774 pounds sold Wednes day averaged $45.93 for a new low figure. On Thursday the 322, 774 pounds offered . for sale brought an average right at 49 cents. Possibly the quality of the leaf is having much to do with the price average fluctuation, but it is apparent that the inferior grades fir* battling to hold their price figures. Next Monday’s sale was being placed on local warehouse floors Thursday morning, and farmers were calling for space for Tues day’s sale. The glut is really on in a big way and some relief must come, observers declare. It is now the prevailing opinion that the selling hours will be re (Continued on page five) Several Parties Appeal To Court For Subsistence Four IMumliffs Srrkin« Di vorces On Grounds Of Adultery Scheduled to complete the trial STW&o-week beginning next Monday the Mar tin County Superior Court plans to crank up its divorce mill and grind out approximately twenty- j four separation cases. Of Die two do/t'ii divorces cases j on the calendar, not including one where the defendant “passed over the rAver” a short time ago, four of them are based on grounds of adultery. Marital relations are also at a breaking point in sev eral other cases ill which the plaintiffs are appealing to the court for subsistence. In most of the cases no answers to the complaints have been filed, and where there are children they are in the care of the mothers. Some of the litigants wi re mar ried as many as thirty years ago, and are coming into couit at this late hour to tear asunder the bonds of matrimony. Married in August, 1916, and separated in June, 1941, Maggie Davis is seeking a divorce from Harry Davis. While there is ap parent cause for divorce on the grounds of separation, the com plaint charges adultery. No co respondents were named in the complaint, however, arid the ac tion is not contested. In his ease against Velma Bri ley, the plaintiff, Willie Buley, claims separation of two years the grounds for a divorce. He states that they were married in November, 1937, and separated in March, 1939. He admits that their child is with the mother, but maintains he has been giving it support. The action is being con tested. The case of Wilson Staton jgainst Lena Staton before the courts for two or more years, is icheduled for another airing. The plaintiff is asking a divorce on the grounds of two-year separa tion. Contesting the case, the de fendant admits they were mar ried March 23, 1930, and that they lived together until August, 1944. About three months follow ing the separation, the court ordered the lusband to pay $15 a month to his ivife. According to the wife, the lusband did not support her, that vhen his mother came to live vitii them he would bring food ionic for his mother and himself ind hide it from her She is ask ng a reasonable subsistence Asking for subsistence without livorce, Frances Whitley in her ■ase against Jesse Whitley, states :hat they were married in Feb ■uary, 1932 and separated in 1944, itid alleges mistreatment at the lands of her husband, and further (Continued on page six). Plant Certain To Boost Market For Farmers’ Produce -<$ Manager <f. J. Coorfman (>ul line- Scr\ire 4 Locker Plant -■*—— Announcing the opening of the new freezer locker plant by Col onial Frozen Foods of Williams ton, Inc., on the corner of Haugh ton and Grace Streets here next Monday, Manager Claude J. Goodman this week briefly out lined a few of the services offer ed. Most of 511 lockers in the plant have already been rented to in dividuals. Mr. Goodman stated, and applications are being taken for others. Just now there are few garden products available for storage, but several locker own ers are looking .around for beef cattle, chickens, hogs and a few vegetables, such as butter -beans. It will take some time to build up a supply, but once the system runs partly through a cycle of a few months, the lockers can really pay off for the owners, it was de clared. Plans for building up a food supply and instructions for pre paring foods to be placed in the lockers may be hud either at the plant or from the county home demonstration agents. After commenting on the vari ous cooling, freezing and storage rooms, Mr. Goodman explained that considerable attention will also be given to the pork curing room. With a temperature of 38 degrees, the pork curing room can handle 200,000 pounds of meat at one time. The plant, adequately equipped with modern machines, can take a dressed hoe. cut it up and nark the metit'jSrv.-tiwiafc**co mmutes. Farmers, wishing to have their meat cured, may de .vi r the dressed hog, or they may cut the meat themsuiluas..s©.d, .de Y> v et! V Vv i be packed. The plant will not guarantee any meat where it is packed by the owner. However, when the meat is packed by the plant if is guaranteed. Even when the fai me! packs his own meat and delivers it to the plant for storage, the plant will repack it. The plant offers three types of curing meat, either with plain, sugar or smoke salt. The plant will grind sausage and lard but it is not yet equipped to render the lard. Mr. D. M. Roberson of Rober son’s Slaughter House, has agreed to cooperate with the plant and owners of the individual lockers. He will custom slaughter beef, but arrangements are to be made before hand lor such slaughter ing. The chicken picking room with a capacity of 1,0.00 chickens a day, is certain to prove popular. When broilers are the right size they ran be delivered to the plant on any Thursday for slaughter and picking and packing. Instead of buying one or two chickens each week, the individual locker own er may place an order for a dozen >r two dozen, have them prepar 'd and packed on any Thursday for use as he needs them. hia direct sales are provided list yet at the plant, but the ser vice will be extended from time :o time. The plant, Mr. Goodman con tinued, is well equipped to do ■ustnm cutting for meat whole (Continued on page eight) -A Three Cases In Justice’s Court Before leaving last Tuesday aft i noon for a few days stay in ■\sheville, Justice John L. Hassell rand led three cases in his court. James Purvis, charged with dis n’derly conduct, was fined $5 and axed with $8.50 costs. Drunk and in court again, -lydo Silverthorne was sentenced o the roads for thirty days, the ;ourt suspending sentence he payment of $9.50 costs, ire letting the suspended sen ences accumulate wi^h the possi ulity ol having the defendant serve them all at one time,” tt ustice was quoted as saying. Charged with forcible trespj ind a simple assault on Willja Vlidgett a few days ago, Harvey Bryant was bound over to the :ounty court under bond in th arm of $50. The case 'or trial on September