THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 90
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 8, 1946
ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge J. C. Smith
Has Eleven €aser
In County’s Court
Fines Collected In Last
Monday Session Total
Over SI00.00
Judge J. Calvin Smith called
eleven cases in the Martin Coun
ty Recorder’s Court last Monday
and completed the trial docket in
a little over two hours. The ses
sion was in marked contrast in
several particulars with the one
of the Monday before when an al
most record number of cases was
called and fines approximated
$1,000. A comparatively small
number of spectators heard the
trials, and no great interest was
shown in the proceedings by the
general public.
Fines collected during the ses
sion Monday amounted to $110.00.
Proceedings:
Pleading guilty in the case
charging him with speeding, Troy
Lee Haymer was fined $25, taxed
with the cost and had his opera
tor’s license revoked for thirty
da} 3.
Charged with drunken driving
and public drunkenness, George
Mobley pleaded guilty of being
publicly drunk. He was adjudg
ed not guilty of drunken driving,
but in the first charge the court
fined him $25 plus the cost.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, Dalton Brown
and Lewis Winberry pleaded not
guilty. Adjudged guilty, each
was fined $10 and required to
pay the costs.
In the case in which Webb Pa
trick was charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon, the de
fendant pleaded not guilty. The
court found from the evidence
that the prosecution was frivol
ous, that it was prompted by ma
lice and that it was not required
by public interest. Judge Smith
ruled the defendant was not guil
ty and taxed the prosecuting wit
ness, W. C. Sitterson, with the
cost.
The case charging Cieve James
with violating the sanitary laws
was continued for the defendant
until the 23rd of December.
Charged with an assault on a
female, Woodrow Wrisby was ad
judged guilty of simple assault
and the court suspended judg
ment upon the payment of the
I costs.
John Wesley Whitfield, plead
ing guilty of operating a motor
vehicle while his driver’s license
was revoked, was fined $25 and
required to pay the costs.
Charged with violating the san
itary laws, Hubert Robot son
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to the roads for thirty days. The
j;»ad term was suspended upon
the payment of the court costs
and on the further condition that
he erect a sanitary privy within
(Continued on page eight)
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Peanuts Moving
To Market Here
After getting off to a slow start
as a result of unfavorable weather
conditions and a season much lat
er than usual, peanuts are begin
ning to move to the market here
in larger numbers. Several thous
and bags of the goobers were
placed in local factories during
the past two or three days, and
with favorable weather the crop
is certain to begin moving in vol
ume next week.
Its plant remodeled and capac
ity greatly increased, the Wil
liamston Peanut Company is
scheduled to begin its regular
milling schedule next Monday
morning. Only one shift will be
employed at first, but an extra
operating schedule will get con
sideration w-hen deliveries gain in
volume.
The Dixie Peanut Company,
having made some changes in its
large plant, put fire in its boilers
this week, making ready to start
operations.
The market, according to un
official reports, remains bullish
with prices hovering around 11
cents.
Farmers, who in some instances
had anticipated fairly large yields
are disappointed with production.
“I had conservatively estimated
my crop, I thought, but instead of
getting around twenty bags I got
only thirteen,” one farmer de
clared. And thirteen bags will be
a high yield in the county this
year.
Observing Armistice
Day as Holiday Here
SPEAKER
m
Col. Edgar 11. Baiue of
Goldsboro, holder of the DSC
and Silver Star from World
War I and department his
torian, will address an Ar
mistice Day meeting of the
American Legion in the hut
here next Monday evening at
7:30 o'clock.
Doctor and Nurse
Shortage Offering
Problem In State
Doctor Points < till \ aluc of
Student Fund Proposed
lu New Program
One of the greatest crises North
Carolina faces today is the short
age of doctors, nurses, and medi
cal facilities, Dr. Hamilton Me- j
Kay. of Charlotte, told 60 of the
State's leading doctors who gath- j
ered in Durham last week to at
tend a dinner meeting held under
the joint sponsorship of the Good
Health Association and the State
Medical Society.
Dr. McKay told the assembled :
doctors that in his opinion the
Good Health Program being ad
vanced by the Good Health Asso
ciation is the "answer to tin*
health needs of our state.”
Dr. McKay, named by the Medi
cal Society to serve as liaison of
ficer witli the Good Health Asso
ciation. declared that the Good
Health Plan must become a reali
ty "in its entirety.” Any action
to split the program would pi ove
catastrophic, he asserted.
The problem of too few doctors
in the rural areas of the Slate
would be solved through the ind
ent loan fund stipulation of the
proposed Good Health Program,
Dr. McKay pointed out, observing
that in Tennessee the number of
doctors practicing in rural areas
has been sharply increased
through a similar plan.
Decrying the belief that mod
ern medical school gruduatesw^U
practice only in urban areus^Dr?
McKay stated tout doctors will
practice “where they are needed’’
so long as three determining fac
tors are observed. He listed the
three factors as good living condi
tions, proper facilities to work
with, and sufficient compensation
to live a good life.
People are more health ccnaci
ous now than ever before, Dr. Mc
Kay continued. He noted that
(Continued on page eight)
Denied Claim To
Canine By Court
For years and years dogs have
led nothing more than an ordin
ary dog’s life in this county, but
in recent years they have figured
prominently in court litigations.
In one or two eases witnesses
were called from several counties
to offer testimony in 1 lie big
courts.
This week Elton Andrew’s ap
pealed to the inferior courts in
support of his claim to a black and
white female dog in the posses
sion of Herman Farmer. The
plaintiff had very favorable evi
dence to support his claim, but
when it was learned that he had
not listed the dog for taxation,
Justice John L. Hassell cited the
law which denies claim to proper
ty not listed for taxation.
American Legion
Planning Program
For That Evening
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Stores ami Tobacco Market
IMan Holiday; Heavy
Industry To Work
Next Monday, Armistice Day,
will be observed as a general holi
day by Williamston stores, busi
ness houses, post office and tobac
co market, but heavy industry, in
cluding the peanut market, saw
mills and other plants will con
tinue operations.
The general holiday is being
proclaimed by Mayor John L.
Hassell at the suggestion of a ma
jority of business firm operators
and employes. The mayor’s pro
clamation reads:
“Whereas, Monday, November
11, is the twenty-eighth anniver
sary of Armistice Day. and,
"Whereas, we should show some
appreciation to the memory of
the gallant dead who served in
World War I, and a majority of
the business men have shown
their willingness to observe this
day,
“Now. therefore, 1, J. L. Hassell,
mayor of Williamston, do hereby
declare Monday, November 11, a
legal holiday in Williamston, and
call upon all business houses to
close in memory of the gallant
dead who gave their lives in (It'dor
that wo, as a nation, might never
die.”
No program for a general cele
bration lias been planned here
that day. but the John Walton
Hassell Host nf the American Le
gion will hold i xoreises in the le
gion hut on Watts Street here that
evening at 7:JO o’clock. A special
invitation is br ing extended to all
men and women who served in
the various branches of the arm
ed forces in any war, Post Com
mander John W. Hardy explain
ing that the invitation is not limit
ed to legionnaires.
Colonel Edgar H. Bain of Golds
boro will address the meeting.
The World War I veteran won the
Distinguished Service Cross and
Silver Star and is department his
torian of the American Legion. A
delicious supper is being prepar
ed and will be served “Dutch”
style at a very nominal fee.
In addition to the Armistice
Day program, the legion meeting
will discuss tentative proposals
for a suitable memorial for the
county’s war d< art. A special com
mittee discussed tentative plans
for a central memorial cemetery
and the construction of a field and
housing in memory of the war
dead. These plans will be placed
before the meeting next Monday
evening and all veterans, both
men and women, and service men
are asked to attend and take part
in the program.
Effort to Hi• Miiite
Form AMVET Chapter
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An organizational meeting will
be held at the Williamston High
School auditorium at H o’clock
Wednesday night at which it is
hoped to form a local unit of the
national veterans organization
known as AM VETS.
The organization is making its
principal appeal to the veterans
who have recently returned from
service in World War II.
HOI ELECTION
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time of the holiest elections
held in the country on Tues
day of this week was held in
llasscll. Two hours after the
polls were opened in the old
Salsbury store there, the
building caught fire, forcing
fhe election officials, Messrs.
Dewey Edmondson, George
Leggett and George Ayers to
grab up the ballots, hooks
and boxes and flee.
Starting from a defective
flue, the tire was stopped by
volunteer firemen's effective
work before much damage
resulted. After the building
cooled off, tlie election offic
ials re-established themselves
for further business which
was later described as unus
ually light.
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Opposition Party
Boasts-*$meteeii~
Votes In Conn tv
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Unexpected Opposition Is
Expressed In Race
For Constable
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While the nation, as a whole,
fell over backwards into Republi
can arms, Martin County Demo
crats continued their tight hold
on the ballot box, official repents
showing that the opposition an
nexed only nineteen out of the
1,346 votes cast in the general
election last Tuesday. Without
any local contests to attract at
tention and showing little inter
est in the proposed constitutional
amendments, the electorate, for
the most part, did not participate
in the election in this county, but
even then 169 more voces were
cast than there were recorded in
the off-year election four years
ago.
Unexpected opposition, appar
ently offered by pranksters and
without anyone’s knowledge, de
veloped at the last minute in the
race for the office of constable in
Williamston Township. Bill
Glover, according to the official
record, was given two votes while
Charlie R. Moore, the regular
nominee, went back into the high
post with 275 votes, or a mere 273
majority.
Without opposition from one
end to the other, the county tick
et attracted from 1,290 to 1,316
votes, as follows: For State Sen
ate: Hugh G. Horton, 1,316 and
John C. Rodman, 1.274; for House
of Representatives, Chas, B. Mar
tin. 1,291; for clerk of court, L. B.
Wynne, 1.309; for sheriff, C. B.
Roebuck, 1,308; for judge of re
corder’s court. J C. Smith, 1,295;
for treasurer, R. H. Smith, 1,291;
for coroner, S. R Biggs, 1.306; for
surveyor, A. Corey, 1,236; for
county commissioners: R. L. Per
ry, Joshua L. Coltrain, R. A.
Haislip and C. A. Roberson, 1,293
each, and J. H. Edwards, 1,290.
In the First District Congres
sional race, Herbert C. Bonner led
his Republican opponent, Zeno O.
Ratcliff, 1.296 to 18. Jainesville
cast 8, Bear Grass 2, Williamston
No. 1, 3, Williamston No. .2, 4,
and Robersonville, 1, for the Re
publican candidate.
George M. Fountain received
1,282 votes for second district
solicitor.
On the state ticket, M. V. Barn
hill led the voting with 1,265 votes
(Continued on page eight)
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Caution Noticed
In Sale Of Land
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After holding to figures regard
ed by some as near an all-time
peak earlier in the week, land
prices were said not to be quite so
bullish Thursday when 4,400
acres of timbui land were offered
for sale at public auction in front
of the courthouse here. ,
While there is a difference of
opinion, some thinking bids sub
mitted for the tirnherlnnd, most
<ve- jji Griffins
Township south atid southeast of
Jamesville, were on the high side,
others noted more caution on the
part of buyers. There were very
few bidders and not great interest
was shown in the sale.
One tract known as the 1,000
acre tract with 1,139,940 feet of
timber on it received a bid of
$10,000 from the North Carolina
Pulp Co. Another 2,200 tract with
an estimated 4,184,000 feet of tim
ber and 1,860 cords of pulp wood
was bid in for $29,000. The third
tract, containing an estimated
756,000 feet of timber, was bid
in for $5,000. No bids were re
ceived when the property was
offered as a single unit.
A few days ago the Lawrence
Cunis farm between Everetts and
Rcbersonville and containing 28
acres of cleared and 25 acres of
woodsland, was sold for $17,800.
Earlier this week the J. Lass
Wynne farm near Everetts, con
taining 120 acres of cleared and
180 acres of woodsland, was sold
to L. A. Clark for $36,000.
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Limited Rain full In
Section hunt Month
Less than two inches of rain—
1.87 inches, to be exact—fell at
this point last month, the fall be
ing considerably under the aver
age- for the past fifteen years.
Over an inch of rain fell last
Saturday,
Republicans Regained Control
Of Congress And the Country |
Local Tobacco Market To 1
Close Season November 13 !)
Completing a very successful
season but establishing no pound
age record, the Williamston To
bacco Market will close the 1946
season at the end of sales next
Wednesday, November 13, it was
officially announced by the board
of trade this week.
While the poundage this season
will fall behind the high figure
recorded for the 1945 season, in
come received by growers this
year will possible approach if not
pass all records.
To date, the market lias sold ap
proximately ten and three quar
ter million pounds for nearly five
and one-half million dollars. The
average for the season will tall
just a little short ol' $51.00 per
hundred pounds.
In announcing the closing date,
the tobacco board of trade repre
sentative pointed out that just
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i NEW STREET |
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Closed to traffic since the
track was laid to the river for
the old Williamston Cooper
age Company about 32 years
ago, Railroad Street from
Washington Street to Smith
wick is being made ready for
travel again. Catch basins
for storm sewers are being
constructed and dirt is being
moved in for the necessary
fill.
The street to be reopened
will be connected with Main
by a narrow drive running
between Darden's Depart
ment Store and Rose's five
and ten.
Vote Is Divided
On Amendments
Martin County voters split on
the two proposed amendments to
the Shite Constitution last Tues
day- when they favored the one al
lowing women equal rights under
the law and rejected the one al
lowing legislators a $10 per day
expense account during sixty days
spent in Raleigh making laws.
Roth decisions were marked try
fairly close margins, the opposi
tion showing much power when it
came to allowing the “other fel
low” a decent salary or expense
account.
The vote by precincts:
Women’s Rights Expenses
For Vs.
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Rear Grass
67
26
21
15
Wmstn No 1 83
Wmstn No 2 120
Cross Roads 20
R’ville .
Gold Point 7
Poplar Point 20
Hassell 10
Hamilton 17
Goose Nest 51
68
14
76
76
25
31
23
.5.8.,
46
18
32
45
30
For
57
10
10
9
61
403
10
-.2iU
Vs.
65
16
71
78
34
30
27
RL
6 46
16 16
16 35
27 25
34 57
Totals 585 551 456 500
Incomplete returns from the
state point to the passage of the
No. 1, or equal rights for women
proposal, by a fairly big margin.
The No. 2, or expense allowance
of $10 a day for legislators, is
doubtful of passage even though
it had a favorable vote in the first
returns.
Attorney Martin
111 In Hospital
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Taken ill suddenly last Sunday
afternoon, Mr. Wheeler Martin,
local attorney, was removed to a
Rocky Mount hospital Wednes
day of this week for treatment.
Handling a heavy schedule of ac
tivities, including those conned
ed with the Kiwanis Club presi
dency, Mi. Mai tin had not been
feeling very well for several
weeks.
Following a light attack last.
Sunday, lie went to bed at bis
home here. His condition showed
some improvement, hut it was de
cided best for him to enter the
hospital for examination and
treatment.
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about all oi the crop has been sold
n this immediate section, that
not more than one or two scatter- ]
='d lets would remain unsold after
Wednesday of next week. Offer
ings have been very limited on
the market during the past sev
eral days, and only a few thous- ]
and pounds are likely to be offer
ed for sale each day during the re- ;
mainder of the season.
Prices are definitely downward
and low averages are being made
compared with those received two
weeks ago. No one would make
the charge direct, but several said
they were anxious to sell out now
that the Republicans had regain
ed a stranglehold on the nation.
The market will observe next
Monday, Armistice day, as a holi
day, and reopen Tuesday to wind
up the year that day and on Wed
nesday.
Hollywood Talent
Will Act In Name
Of Better Health
Special INorlli Carolina
Slum On The V ii- Sat
urday Niidil al 7:00
Interested in North Carolina's
drive for better health, the state's
leading movie and radio perform- j
ers and state officials will appear J
on a thirty minute radio show on i
Saturday evening of this week at;
7:00 o’clock. The broadcast, ar-|
ranged in cooperation with the ;
North Carolina Good Health As- •
sociation, will be carried by every 1
full-time station in the State that
evening, and other stations will t
make transcriptions fur use the (
following day. Every North Caro- |
linian is asked to tune in.
Appearing on the show in addi
tion to a host of Hollywood stars
will he Governor Gregg Cherry of
North Carolina and Dr 1 G.
Greer, of Thomasvillo, President
of the Good Health Association.
The program will open in Holly
wood. after which the locale will
he switched to Raleigh for brief
remarks from Governor Cherry
and Dr. Greer. Then back to Hol
lywood where ten trip stars will
entei tain.
Heading the .may of talent will
be the entire complement of
North Carolina stars in Holly
wood, plus other non-Tur Heel
luminaries who have indicated
intereel in the Good lb alth pro
gram. The parade of North Caro
linian:. will include such celebri
ties as Actor Randolph Scott, of
Charlotte. Kathryn Grayson, sing
ing sensation from Winston
Salem, and Anne Jeffreys, bright
newcomer Horn Goldsboro. Also
former wife of (1) Mickey Roo
ney and (2) Hand leader Artie
Shaw; Skinnay Ennis, Salisbury
orchestra leader and singer; and
John Scott Trotter, of Charlotte,
director and com pose i featured
on the Bing Crosby Hour.
Kay Kyser, the "Old Professor”
of Musical Knowledge from
Rocky Mount, will ierve as mas
ter of ceremonies, and will be as
sisted b.v his band and Ish Ka~
bibfole, deadpan comic.
Joining the North Carolina
stars to round out the program
will be Red Skelton, radio’s
“mean widdle kid," and Dinah
Shore, Dixie songbird from Nusli
(Continued on page eight)
| FARM UUKFAU
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Canvassers in Hie Martin
County Farm Bureau’s an
nual membership drive arc
meeting in Hie courthouse
Friday evening of this week
at 7:SI> o'clock to make llirir
last scheduled report on the
campaign. Last Friday night
when the committee met, the
drive was hardly 200 short of
Hie 2,080 goal The group
agreed to make a last plea
and earn a free trip from the
state organization In the na
| tionui convention to he held
I soon ui ban 1 tauUaeu.
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Jains Made l iwlcr
Democrats In Past
teal’s Threatened
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V»H'»*r-Uiiiifrr> Republicans
Sui«l To Suggest Kcsitu;
nalion Of President
Sweeping the country almost
ock. stuck and barrell in an off
rear election last, Tuesday, the
Republicans, come next January,
vill resume control of Congress
ind dominate twenty-five of the
'orty-eight states at the scat of
government in the various cap
tals. With many reactionary De
nocrats on their side, including
some of our own right here in
North Carolina, the Republicans
nave only one barrier in their bid
lo republicani/.e the nation and
that lone barrier is offered by the
President himself. And some of
the Republican leaders even hail
the audacity to suggest that the
President resign.
Incomplete reports indicate that
the Republicans hold at least a 14
seat majority in the National
House of Representatives, and
working margin enhanced in the
Senate by ropublicats. In addi
tion lo that stranglehold the Re
publicans are safely entrenched
in twenty-five of the forty-eight
gubernatorial positions.
Hardly before the ballots were
counted. Conservative Republi
cans started discussing plans for
moving the people’s capital from
Washington back to Wall Street.
Representative Harold Knutson,
the conservative who is scheduled
to succeed North Carolina’s
Doughton as chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, pro
poses a 20 percent reduction in in
come tiixes. And just as if that
were not enough to help tin high
er income? croup, he went on to
propose a cut in taxes on such
items as cosmetics and whiskey.
The Republicans in their earn
paign, asked "llad enough?” The
voters by the millions answered
in the affirmative, meaning pos
sibly that the people will soon be
going on short rations.
Tile Republicans elected at least
23 Senators, 232 Representatives
and 20 governors in Thursday’s
elections.
The conquest brought from De
mocratic Senator J. William Full
bright of Arkansas a suggestion
that President Truman name a
Republican as Secretary oi Stale
and then resign in his favor.
Mr. Truman, back in Washing
ton from Missouri, where he vot
ed, had no comment on the sug
gestion nor on the election re
suits themsi Ives.
If this off-year election means
as much as those- of the past, the
Republicans would take over the
White House anyway in l!l4ti.
Republicans hit the political
jackpot for the first lime in 15
years.
democratic strong men from Mas
sachusetts to California and even
crunched into the edge oi the still
‘‘Solid South," means the widest
possible split between the While
House and Congress. A Demo
cratic President remains in office.
Republicans will be in undisput
ed command of the BOth Congress
which meets January 3.
Probably little change in Unit
ed States foreign policy. Leading
Republicans endorsed its present
lines and even helped mold it.
(Continued on page eight)
Three Cases Heard
By Justice Hassell
Following a week-end of little
activity on the crime front in this
community, Justice John L. lias
sell had only time vases in his
com t this week.
James Uilmule, charged u itli
disorderly, conduct, was fined $r
and required to pay $9.50 costs.
Charged with tallying a con
>raled weapon and ail assaull
with a deadly weapon, J D. Hill
was bound over to the county
court for trial. Hand was requn •
ed in the sum of $KI0.
Charged with speeding, reck
less and drunken driving, B. L
House was bound o\ei mah r $U)U
bond to tire county court fur trial.
Man Jailed Here
For! lariiori'ig an
Escaped Prisoner
« ar, Stolen Following Big
Prison Break, Reeover
«■«! In Norfolk
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Louis Frazier. 25-year-old col
ored farmer living just out of
Williamston on the Jamesville
Road, was arrested and jailed
here Tuesday for allegedly har
boring one of the eight colored
convicts who escaped from the
Martin County prison camp last
Sunday night. He was later re
leased in $2C0 bond.
Frazii r, it was reported, first
denied shielding the convict but
when prison guards searched the
home and found the escapee’s
prison garb, the defendant ad
mitted the presence of the man
in his home during most of the
day Monday.
According to reports. Charlie
Campbell, one of the eight long
term convicts fleeing the prison
camp near here, went to Fraziers
home about daybreak Monday
morning after wandering over a
several-mile course through the
woods barefooted. Campbell,
wearing a suit of clothes, an old
pair of slices and a hat given him
by Frazier, boarded a bus for Ply
moutn about dark. He was ar
rested while asleep in a home
there the following morning.
Numerous reports have been
received about the movements of
the remaining six escapees. One,
after being seen in the Parmele
section Monday night, was be
lieved to have boarded a car and
rode away in the direction of
(ireenvi lie. Nothing more was
lu ard to supplement that report.
Two are still believed hiding
out m tin' Kdi'nton section. Jes
sup Harrison’:; Dodge car, stolen
by at least two of the convicts,
was recovered in Norfolk Tues
day. tail nothing has been heard
firm the two men supposed to
1 have occupied it.
A strange man, said to have
been fleeing from the law, drown
ed in a small body ot water near
Ketiansville.
Some one slept in Vernon
i hutch on the old Everetts Road
last Monday night, but nothing
more has been heard from the in
truder. A farmer in the commun
ity w as passing the church shortly
after sunrise and heard someone
in the church.
Other reports stale that two of
three of the escapees were believ
ed to have been in Jones County.
A sizable robbery was reported
thin Monday night.
Baldwin and Campbell, wear
ing shackles and other prison
garb, ar- taking their regular
places at designated road stations.
Baldwin was sentenced in New
Hanover County on June 111, 1041,
to serve 20 to JO years on a car
nal knowledge charge. Camp
bell. sentenced in Guilford Coun
ty for armed robbery, was serv
ing a 20-30 year term.
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Negro Man 1 ells
One of tlio most unusual stories
heard by local police in years was
related ibis week by Louis Land,
25-year old local colored man.
Standing on the streets here
last Monday about noon, Land
said a colored man approached
him, and after explaining that he
(the stranger) wasn’t, feeling
well, "asked me to drive him to
Columbia in his; 1 t»3D Chevrolet
•1-door black sedan.
Land declares that he did not
recall getting into Hie car, and
knew nothing until Tuesday
morning when he “came to” while
ill i\ mg the car alone down a
street in Columbia, South Caro
lina. Land believes he w as hyp
notized.
The story up until that point
was really fantastic, but he went
on to ,-,ay that he told a Columbia
policeman has story, and declared
that he did not have enough
money to return home. A colored
man overheard the conversation
on the ..(reel of the South Caro
lina town and voluntarily contrib
uted $35 in cash. Land says that
lie did not give the officer his
name, nor did lus colored bene
1 actoi ask his name or the repay
ment of tlm $35.
"1 boarded a bus and started
for home, reaching here about
2 UO o'clock Wednesday morning.’*
Land told local officers wiiu art#
checking the story.