THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 94
ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE 13 READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
Williamston, Martin County, Worth Carolina, Friday, November 22, 1946
ESTABLISHED 1899
Fifty-Four Boys
" -Register During*
Past Two Months
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List liiclutleH Two Yount:
Veterans Recently Re
turned Home
Fifty-four Martin County
young men, including two return
ed veterans, registered under the
provisions of the draft act during
the last few days in August and in
the months of September and Oc
tober. Thirty of those register
ing were white.
The two returning veterans
who volunteered for service be
fore they were required to regis
j ter were, Zeslie Bryan Haislip of
Oak City, and Chas. Cecil Harris
^ of Williamston, both white.
Names of the white registrants
and their addresses:
Roy Lee Vanderford, RFD 2.
Robersonville.
Marvin Saunders Keel. RFD 3.
Williamston.
Samuel David Stalls, RFD 1
Robersonville.
Alvin Octavious Everett, Ham
ilton.
Hubert Davis Smith, RFD 3
Williamston.
Bruce Nelson Stalls, RFD 3
Williamston.
Julius Ear! Edmondson, RFD 3
Williamston.
Garland Midgette Anderson
Jr., Jamesville and Salemburg.
Adron Gilbert Hopkins, RFD 2
Williamston.
Carroll Gray Rogerson, RFD 2
Williamston.
Thurman David Terry, RFD 1
Robersonville.
Joseph Columbus Coltrain, Wil
liamston.
William Joseph Gurganus, RFI
3. Williamston.
Joseph Wendell Manning, RFI
1, Williamston.
Horace Lee Thomas, Hamilton
James Daniel Griffin, RFD 1
Williamston.
Atung Ward Bullock; RFD 3
Williamston.
Thomas McLeon Adams, Par
mele.
Edward Ray Daniel, RFD 1
Jamesville.
David Verlin Griffin, RFD 1
Williamston.
Claude Thomas Rawls, RFD 3
Williamston.
Ichabod Mayo Little, Jr., Rob
ersonville.
Jesse Ray Jackson, RFD 1
Jamesville.
Moses Outler Gurganus, RFD 2
Williamston.
William Haywood Modlin, RFI
1, Jamesville.
Herbert Lee Hardison, RFD 1
Williamston
John Carroll Williams, Jr
Jamesville.
Names of colored registrant
for the same period and their ad
dresses follow:
Fred Williams, RFD 2, Rober
sonville.
Roy Lee Hyman, RFD 1, Pal
| myra.
Oscar Timothy Stallings, RFI
,, 2. Williamston.
Thomas Peel, Jr., Williamston.
William Henry Stokes, Wil
liamston.
James Wesley Oirnond, Wil
liamston.
Roscoe Williams, RFD 1, Pal
myra.
William Henry Jenkins, RFD !
(Continued on page two)
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Closing Hamilton
Meeting Sunda)
’ * ' i'lie“s?lries^o? 'reviWr^??Wc*
conducted during recent weeks ii
Hamilton by Rev. Harvey C
Bream, evangelist for the Roan
oke District Churches of Chris!
will be brought to a close Sun
day evening, it was announce!
today. Services will be heli
each night during the remainde
of this week and on Sunda;
morning at 11 o’clock, and a spec
ial Thanksgiving service is beini
scheduled for Wednesday night o
next week in Everett’s stoi
where the meeting is now in pro
gr ess.
The minister, assisted in tit
work by Mrs. Bream, states th.^
the meeting has been very sue
cessful, that plans are being mad
for the erection of a church build
mg there. It was reported that
lot had been purchased, that do
nations had been made for th
construction of a brick church.
A Baptismal service will b
held in the Robersonville dime
Sunday afternoon at 3:IM) o’jggdi
To Change Telephones For
,4;; /4 utomaltc &vstem Mere
Starting next. week, telephone
company employees will replace :
all of the approximately 800
phones served by the exchange
here with new units preparatory
to switching to the dial automatic j
system. Manager Thornton ex- ]
plaining that it would be some
months before the shift could be
completed Until then the now
telephones will be used just as I
the old ones are used, Mr. Thorn- j
ton added.
The company has almost com- ;
pleted the remodeling and en
largement of its telephone build
ing on Smithwick Street here
preparatory to installing auto
matic equipment and setting up
an eight-panel switchboard for
long distance operators. Before
the change to the new system is
made, the company will place all.
its wires in the business section
underground. The task will re
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I SPECIAL SHOW |
\
One of the greatest fishing
experts and anglers in the
country will appear in a spec
ial show at the high school
gymnasium in VVillianiston
next Monday night at 8:00
o'clock. Brought to this coun
ty by the Martin County
Wildlife Club, Art Nuss will
demonstrate the use of a rod
and reel, make a short talk
and show movie shots of
some of the most thrilling
fishing stories on record.
The public is invited to
I hear the man as guests of the
wildlife club, Secretary John
II. Edwards announced.
Kill Wild Hogs
In River Swamp
Four wild hogs, some weighing
as much as 446 pounds, were Kill
ed by hunters-farmers in the
Roanoke River lowgrounds this
week. Three others were killed
about two weeks ago when they
attacked deer hunters a few miles
’ up the river from Williamston.
Two acres of his corn virtually
destroyed by the wild hogs, Far
mer Bill Davis of Hamilton shot
and killed a sow this week. The
animal, weighing 446 pounds,
’ measured nearly eight feet in
length. Its head' weighed 46
pounus and had to be cut oil be
( fore it could be placed on a gam
brel and weighed at the locker
plant here Tuesday.
’ Three other wild hogs, weigh
ing from 184 to 830 pounds, were
’ killed just off Devil's Gut be
tween here and Jamesvillc on
5 Tuesday by Fate Gurganus and
W. T. Currie. The animals were
delivered to the locker plant for
processing.
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Accumulation 01
Cases For Court
No record number of eases has
accumulated, but the Martin
• Court
week while the superior tribunal
was supposed to have been in ses
sion, will face a fairly heavy
" schedule when work is resumed
next Monday.
Approximately thirty cases had
been placed on the docket for
trial up until Thursday of this
week, and others are likely to
r find their way by deadline time
Friday. Several of the cases al
,,n e... n.^-1. jo, ^ K
5 tentatively scheduled fm trial
1 week after next.
A review of the docket shows a
varied list of alleged law viola
’ lions, including non-support, aid
ing and abetting false pretense,
| bastardy, operating motor ve
hicles without diivers’ licenses,
liquor laws, assault with deadly
weapon, speeding, careless and
reckless and drunken driving,
j harboring fugitives from justice,
false pretense.
Special Shine In The
High School TonighI
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f A special show, sponsored by
- the Williamston Parent-Teacher
; Association, will be staged in the
- high school auditorium here Fri
i day evening at 8:00 o’clock. The
- radio station, WRRI1', will present
; a radio revue with Bud and
Henry and the Trail Biazers writh
; Uncle Rufus and his supporters.
The show will last an hour and
a half
i
quire several months, -and work
men will be kept busy several
weeks replacing the old tele
phones with the new automatic
units.
In addition to its modernisa
tion plan here, the company is
making some progress in advanc
ing a program calling for the re
building of the entire rural tele
phone system in the county, in
cluding those telephones served
by the offices here and in Rober
sonville. Lines are being rebuilt
in the Robci sonville system, and
right-of-way have been obtained
for the rural system served by
the local office. Some difficulty
was experienced in this section,
but the last cast merits have been
obtained, and it is understood
that the company will rebuild the
lines in time to hook them in
with the automatic system just as
soon as that system is completed.
Bookmobile To
Bun Next Week
Among the new books which
the Bookmobile will bring to
Mcn tm County readers during its
run next week will be found
Suinnc i Welles’ new work
•Where Are We Heading?" in
which this well known statesman
appraises the personalities and
the purpose of the men in power
in Europe', Asia and Latin Ameri
ca.
Sholem Asch will be represent
ed with East River.” In this new
volume the author of The Nazn
rene turns to a twentieth century
setting and gives us a skillful
I story depicting the conflict of the
new world and the old.
"Thunder out of China" by
Theodore White and Annalee Ja
coby is a keen analysis of China’s
crisis written by two Time cor
respondents.
In addition to these headliners
I there will be a number of light
' novels. But most important of all
I will be a collection of old favof
i ites for children in attractive new
j dress. In this group will be found
beautifully illustrated editions of
"Black Beauty.” "Heidi,” “Little
Women,” “Robin rfood,” "Robin
son Crusoe” and many others.
Be- sure and meet the Bookmo
bile at one of the stops listed be
low:
Friday, November 22
Williamston High School, 9:00;
Williamston Elementary School,
12, Griffin’s Service Station, 3.
Monday, November 25
Edward'; Service Station, 0'30;
Hamilton School, 10; Hamilton
(in front of Bank), 12:15; Gold
Point, Johnson's Service Station,
1:35; Robersonville Public Lib
rary, 2:30.
Tuesday, November 20
Hassell, 9:30; Hassell School, 10;
Edmondson Service Station,
10:40; Oak City School, 11:15; Oak
City, Barrett's Drug Store, 1:30;
Smith's Store on Palmyra Road,
2:15.
Wednesday, November 27
Everett’s School, 9:30; Everetts,
Av<-vs Stoic. 11: Robevnnnville
High School, 12: Robersonville
Elementary School, 1:30; Parmele
Post Office, 3; Cross Roads
Church, 3:30.
Thursday, November 28
Thanksgiving Holiday.
Friday, November 29
Jamcsville School, 9; Jordan’s
Store. Dardens, 10:30; Browning’s
Store, 11:30; Angctown, 12; Pop
lar Chapel Church, 1; Jamesville,
Students Compete
For Scholarships
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Miss Louise Hines and Chus.
Siceloff, local high school stud
ent.', have been chosen to com
pete with seniors from other high
schools throughout the nation for
the 121 four-year college scholar
ships and more than 600 fifty-dol
lur certificates of merit being of
fered this year by the Pepsi-Cola
Scholarship Board, it was an
nounced this week
The two local Indent: will take
a special aptitude test on next
February 11. the test being the
first hurdle in the competition
series. ’I he winners will be an
nounced next April.
While the contests have attract
ed much attention in past yeais,
tins is the fust year local students
oflcitu to par UvipuL..
Robber Sentenced
In Federal Court
By Judge Gilliam
Kuyiunml Curacy Tried To
Escape From County
jail Last Week
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Raymond Carney, charged with
breaking into and robbing Dan
Gardner’s store and Silver
thorne's garage on North Haugh
ton Street here on the morning
of last October 11. was tried1 be
fore Judge Donnell Gilliam in the
federal court at Raleigh this week
for robbing the post office at Pol
locksville. Pleading guilty, Car
ney was sentenced to a federal
penitentiary for a stay of five
years, the judge instructing the
clerk to attach a note of retainer
on the judgment, calling for Car
ney's return to this county at the
end of the sentence to face trial
in the Martin Superior Court for
robbery. Carney also faces rob
bery charges in Jones county
where he broke into a drug store
and later stole an automobile.
A native of Wilson but more
recently a frequenter of prison
camps in this state and South
Carolina, Carney worked dili
gently in an attempt to break out
of the Martin jail last week. Pry
ing a piece of iron from his bunk,
Carney, working only when the
freight train was passing the jail
so his own noise could not be de
tected by the jailer, tore up a sec
tion of the water works. He had
almost forced an opening through
a sewer and told officers that in
another night lie would have
reached the vent line and remov
ed1 about the last obstacle to an
escape through the roof of the
jail house. However, he was re
moved to Washington and turned
over to federal authorities to an
swer the post office robbery
charge before he could make good
his escape here. Sheriff C. B.
Roebuck, moving to remedy about
the only escape route, stated that
Carney's fancy work cost the
county about $125.
Reports from Washington state
that Carney did considerable da
mage to the jail there before he
was removed to Raleigh.
The man although comparatively
young, is known to have served
at least five prison sentences for
violation of various laws. He
served four terms in North Caro
lina prisons and one in South
Carolina, and now he will be a
guest of the federal government
until he completes his five-year
term.
Armed with the pistol stolen
from Gardner’s stone here and
burglar’s tools, Carney was ar
rested! on the railroad between
Everetts and RobersonvilJe by
Cpl. W. T. Simpson early in the
evening of November 11.
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Critically III At Her
Home In Jumcsvilte
Suffering a stroke last Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock,
Mrs. Ella Davenport, 74 years of
age, continued critically ill at her
home in Jamesville Thursday.
Mrs. Davenport, a semi-invalid
since she broke her hip about a
y.jgs, Was sitting ia ,,
when she was stricken.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Figures in the accident re
cord continued to climb and
climb fast last week-end in
this county.^ In addition to
a minor one on a Roberson
ville street, Martin County
people figured in two outside
the county. None proved
fatal, Left several persons
bounded into hospitals, one of
the victims having been bad
ly hurt, according to reports.
The only redeeming facts
about the report is that two
less have been killed so far
this year than last. But there
are six more weeks left in
1946.
The following tabulations
offer a comparison of the ac
cident trend: fust, by corres
ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
the present time.
4t»th Week
Accidents Inj'd Killed DanTge
1946 4 4 0 $ 850
194a 1 0 . 0 . 200
Comparisons To Date,
1946 112 80 4 20,840
1945 63 39 6 13,195
Nine Divorces
Granted IrrThe ~
Superior Court
One Claimant Rejeeleil anil
Twelve Others Have
Cases Continued
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Nine divorces were granted in
less than an hour in the Martin
County Superior Court last Tues
day morning, leaving thirteen to
he carried over for consideration
in future sitting of the court. One
claimant was denied a divorce,
and twelve plaintiffs had their
cases continued for one reason or
another.
All the cases called for trial
were based on two years’ separa
tion, but the claim in one of those
was denied by Judge W. H. S.
Burgwyn when it was brought
out in the evidence that the
plaintiff. James Washington, had
slapped his wife, Mary Washing
ton, and chased her away from
home. “No man is going to beat
his wife, chase her away from
home and get a divorce in my
court," Judge Burgwyn announc
ed.
Complete details were not
brought out in all the other cases
called, according to reports heard
shortly after the session. It was
reported that one plaintiff had
bundled his wife up, sent her to
an institution and refused her ad
mission when she was ready to
return home. The evidence was
not offered in open court, possi
bly because the defendant did not
have enough money to employ
counsel. And the divorce was al
lowed the old codger jn the case.
For many years divorces were
sought only hv whites, but now
the colored population is repre
sented in more than half the cas
os, if not in two-thirds of them.
Seven of those going into court
last Tuesday were colored.
Divorces, based on two years’
separation, were granted the fol
lowing white couples:
Inez R. Keel against Roddis
Moye Keel, Sr., W. D. Bell against
Catherine Peoples James. In the
Keel ease, the plaintiff was given
custody of their four-year-old
son, Roddis, Jr. In the Janies ease,
the father was given custody of
their son, Ambrose C. James. The
court provided, however, for the
mother to visit her son when she
wanted to.
Divorces were granted the fol
lowing colored couples:
Robert A. Wilson from Florene
Wilson, Paul Cherry from Mil
died A. Cherry, Abel Lanier from
Mary Lou Lanier, Hattie Bell
Jones from William M. Jones,
Clarence Purvis from Estelln S.
Purvis, Mary Bradley from Wi!
more Bradley.
Local Boy Has
Part In Rescue
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1st Lt. S. W. Manning, local
young man, was one of the army
fliers who participated in emerg
ency flights from Peterson Field,
Colorado, to carry supplies of
feed to starving cattle, stranded
bv one of the worst blizzards in
'Ti. sitae s history. Flying a (' 4V.
plane, loaded with bales of hay,
Lt. Manning aided in the saving
of many valuable herds, isolated
by the prolonged and unseasonal
winter weather that gripped Col
orado for several weeks, resulting
in extensive damage to crops, cat
tle and ranchers who were cut off
from normal means of transporta
tion.
The appeal to the Fifteenth Air
• i til c* s z. i. K, ■’.‘•■[—'■—■■'a 1 ■ a as
made in a desperate effort to cope
with the tragic results of the
wave of blizzards and snow drifts.
Lt. Manning, an experienced Air
Corps flier, was one of the first
to respond to the cull for aerial
rescue missions.
Question Attacker
In State’s Prison
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Otis Ragland, charged with an
attack in this county, was pre
sumably questioned by Sheriff C
If. Roebuck on Death Row in the
State’s prison. Raleigh, Thursday
The officer could no* be reached
for a statement imnw diately, but.
there is reason to believe that
some progress' has been made m
developing the case against. Rag
land. It is known that the ac
cused has made and signed at
least two statements, but they
h#ve not been revealed.
Peanut Market Gradually
Pulling(Tut OfBadStuMp
Tin' peanut market is gradually
rtgaining its equilibrium, but. it is
blow it received last week-end.
Today, farmers are not anxious to J
sell at ten and one-half cents and
the buyers apparently are not
anxious to buy at that figure.
However, a few sales are being
made with prices ranging from
ten to ten and’ one-half cents per
pou nd.
Very few crops are being sold
in this immediate section at the
present time, weather conditions
and the price slump combining to
reduce the activities on the mar
ket to a low point. Possibly one
thousand to fifteen hundred bags
are moving to the market here
daily, but most of them were con
tracted for before the slump set
in on Thursday of last wee. k.
Heavy rains last Sunday and un
favorable weather this week luilt
Dangerous For TB
Patient To Delay
still suffering from the heavy
Vullioritio* D«»cliir«* Tlirro
Is INt* Such Thins: Vs
“Touch of TIP
Have you over heard the phrase
"just a touch of TB”? There is no
such tiling as “a touch of TB”, A
person may not feel sick, but if
his doctor has told him that he
has TB, it is not a matter to be
treated lightly. Any delay in
treament may jeopardize the suc
cess of the cure. It may endanger
everyone who appioavhes the pa
tient.
Tuberculosis frequently has a
long, symptomless onset. People
may have it for weeks or months
before they think of consulting a
doctor. Those whose cases are
discovered in the early stage are
fortunate. It is in this period
that the disease is most easily and
quickly curable. If neglected, it
advances to a point where cure is
difficult, time-consuming and
costly.
People who die of tuberculosis,
144 Americans every day, do so
usually because they wait until
they feel “sick” before going to a
doctor. The symptoms of cough -
ing, losing of weight and spitting
blood may not appear until the
I disease is already advanced.
Even in its early stages, tuber
culosis is communicable, a threat
to the heaiui of the patient s fam
ily, friends and fellow workers. A
person with active TB may let
loose a shower of germs when he
coughs, sneezes or spits. These are
lethal germs to be breathed in by
those around him. They may also
be spread by the dishes and tow
els he uses, “Just a touch of TB”
can be as dangerous to other peo
ple as an advanced ease with all
the far-advanced symptoms.
Some patients with early TB
may think they can be cured by
staying homo for awhile and
“taking it easy.” They believe
then hiiiilfWai. pi a tide the t est,
good food and fresh air the pa
tient needs. But when the doctor
speaks of rest, he means supei
vised rest, not a nap now and
then, but complete body rest 24
hours a day in a sanatorium or
TB hospital. Few homes can pro
vide the proper treatment and
precautions against spread of the
disease, day after day, week after
week.
p., iIt in
skilled doctor: and Hurst'S and the
finest me dieal equipment on hand
when he needs them. He need
not go far from home, as climate
is not important in the treatment
of tuberculosis. The sanatorium
near his home is the best place
for t eatment.
Nation’s Tobacco
According to the latest govern
ment icports, tobacco stocks in
the hands of dealers and manu
facturers continue to increase in
this country. As of a few weeks
ago there were two billion nine
hundred and ninety-seven mil
lion pounds of ali types of uibac
jo on hand as compared with twe
billion nine hundred and twenty
eight million pounds oh hand a
1 eai ago.
ed the picki' -s, and it will be sev-1
oral more days before the work
can be resumed.
The market for cleaned goods,
admittedly not near as strong as
it was a year ago, is plagued by
several obstacles. The sugar
shortage is limiting the candy
makers’ production. There is a
shortage of glass jars for peanut
butter. A shortage of box cars is
causing cleaned goods to pile up
in the plants. And. according to
some observers, stronger compe
tition is being offered by produc
ers in other regions. It was point
ed out that the manufacturers of
peanut products are turning more
and more to the Spanish type to
take advantage of the price dif
ferential.
While the crop in this county is
possibly no larger than it was last
year, production, as a whole, is
believed to be greater than it was
in 1945.
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Meeting in the agriculture
building here next Tuesday
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock,
chairmen and vice chairmen
of the Triple A community
committees in this county
will make plans for holding
the organization’s annual
nominations and election, it
was announced today.
The nominating conven
tions will he held in various
parts of Hie county during
the week beginning Decem
I her 2 and the election will be
conducted at the regular vet
ing precincts on the following
Saturday.
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Gifts For Wars
Wounded Planned
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The John W. Hassell Post ol
the American Legion and the
I Auxiliary are again sponsoring
the ‘Gift to the Yanks Who Gave'1
program, Mrs. John A. Waul, re
presenting the auxiliary, an
nouncing this week that commit
tees, named a short time ago, are
already working to collect gifts
and solicit donations for hospital
ized veterans in the State at
Christmas time.
Mrs. Ward stated that the or
ganizations had trained special
hospital service workers, and that
they would handle the work in
the hospitals.
The county auxiliary unit has
already sent eighty-eight articles
to the gift shops for distribution
to veterans in the hospitals where
little reminders are more neces
sary now than ever before.
The committee is convinced
that many people in this county
would like to have a part in a
program designed and planned
for those young men, many of
whom will never be able to re
turn to normal lift-. Anyone wish
ing to make a contribution is ask
(xl to forward it to Mrs. Arthur
White, treasurer, Williamston.
The auxiliary has been asked to
toi w.'i': rv: . V WP1 '» ..
Wednesday of next week, and the
time is short for handling the
work.
The county auxiliary is packing
Christmas boxes individually I'm
the nine patients “adopted” by it
Others are asked to he lp in mak
ing possible the distribution of an
additional 20,000 gifts to patients
in the veterans’ hospitals.
Old TuyffSeapit
By Local Jayrees
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Members of the local Juniot
Chamber of Commerce will can
vass the residential sections of
the town Sunday afternoon, be
ginning at 2 30 for the collection
of old toys. Anyone having old
and discarded toys is asked to
place them on their front porches,
where the Juyctos will pick them
up.
Collections will he made the
next two Sundays, and all toys
collected Will bt repaired and
will be used for the benefit of
those children who will be guests
of the Jaycees at their second an
nual Christmas party for under
privileged children, which is to
be held on the ingiii of December
18th The citizens of the town arc
urged to cooperate by donating
be,;, that, will no lunger be used
III H 1 p 1 1* llAlilO'
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Two-Week Terra
Of Srrperior Coart
Held In Two Hours
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Sawed Off at Both Fnds the
Term Finally Blew Up
Right In Middle
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Scheduled at first for two
weeks, the November special
term of the Martin County Super
ior Court was sawed off at both
ends and then finally blew up
right about the middle. The sec
ond week of the term was lopped
off some time ago when members
of the bar could not get their
ducks lined up for handling an in
significant number of cases. Then
when Judge W. S. Burgwyn,
scheduled to preside, was detain
ed by a bad case of lumbago, no
sessions were held on the first
day of the term.
Finally at 10:30 o’clock Tues
day, Judge Burgwyn opened the
term, and in less than two hours
the jury was dismissed, but not
until after none divorces were
run through the court’s divorce
mill. A civil suit to recover
money allegedly due under a ver
bal mortgage reached the jury,
but a mistrial resulted, and the
jury limited its work to tearing
asunder the bonds of holy matri
mony.
Although no regular civil cases
reached the jury, quite a few
cases were settled by agreement
and were removed from the
docket. Judge Burgwyn heard
the consent judgments until about
3:30 that afternoon and then he
officially closed the term and re
turned to his home, carrying with
him a hot water bag for his ail
ment.
Proceedings:
In the case of H. M. Peel
against'Jennie Everett and Madge
Pittman, the plaintiff is to get
possession of certain property on
or before November 23. If the de
fendants do not vacate by that
time, ejectment proceedings arg
to be instituted.
The Church of the Advent ves
try is to get possession on or be
fore January 1, 1947, of property
now occupied by the defendant, J.
K. Everett.
After a mistrial was ordered in
the $125 suit brought by W. A.
Vanderford against Lee Carson, a
settlement: was agreed on, the
plaintiff accepting $59.
A non-suit was ordered in the
case of Mrs. J. A. Eason against
P. G. Lane, operating as B. and
L. Transfer Company.
Voluntary non-suits were ac
cepted by the plaintiffs in the
case of, Hugh B. Griffin and J.
Staton Griffin against Farm villa
Woodward Lumber Company,
and the Williamston Lumoer
Company against I A Coleman.
An agreement was reached in
the case of Sumara-Mitchell '
against Abeyounis, administra
trix. but the consent judgment
was not submitted immediately
for recording. It was reported
that the plaintiff are to get a clear '
title to a house and lot in Wil
liamston.
A voluntary non-suit was taken
in the case of W. H. Roberson
against B. M. Winberry after a
said to have been gained
through false pretense, was re
turned to the plaintiff.
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Countv Young Men
Join Regular Army
Thii'i1 Martin County young
nu n, Whit M, Donald, Charlie H.
Bailey and Charles G. Thompson,
■ «—ilar
1st Sgt Arthur W Grant, com
mander of the U. S. Army Re
uniting Station, Greenvile, an
nounced this week.
Thompson, a Robcrsonville boy
and a former member of the FBI,
was employed for eleven months
by the International Bank of
Washington, I). C . before enter
ing the service.
Donald, son of Mrs. William O.
Donald, was only recently dis
charged from the service, but de
cided to re-cnlist. Bailey is the
son of Mr and Mrs. Chas. H.
Bailey. Both young men are
graduates of the schools at Ever
etts and Robcrsonville. Leaving
for Fort Bragg they plan to serve
with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Other young Martin County
men interested in the Army as a
profession 01 a stepping stone for
their education are directed to
contact the recruiting officer est
the third floor of the city hail tit
Greenville. *
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