THt ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
TI1E ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 99
ESTABLISHED 1899
Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 10, 7916
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Large Number In
Its Honor Lists
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Only Ten Meet Honor Roll
Requirements In The
Hi);h School
The names of 134 pupils appear
on the honor roll in the local
schools for the six-week period
recently ended, Principal B. G.
Stewart announced a few days
ago. Only ten of the 134 were
high school pupils, it was pointed
out.
A list of the honor pupils'
names follows:
Miss Baker’s First Grade: Car
lyle Brown, Billy Carstarphen,
Jimmy Cooke, Aaron Davenport,
Lemon Whitaker, Constance
Chesson, Dianne Cherry, Mary
Claudia Cherry, Leona Coltraine,
Betsy Davis, Judy Donabauer.
Mias Hardy’s First Grade: Beth
Spivey and Guy Thomas, Jr.
Miss Morris’ First Grade: Ken
neth Gurganus, James Danier
Leggett, Danny Manning, Lee Ray
Rogerson, Ronnie Reese, Eleanor
Sue Eubanks, Sallie Grey Grif
fin, Eugenia Glover, Carolyn Hol
liday, Francis Johnson, Betty
Modlin.
Mrs. Carstarphen’s Second
Grade: Jimmy Hardison, Charles
Hudson, Clayton Weston, Carolyn
Beauchemia, Nancy Godard, Mary
Lou Jennings. Blanche Manning,
Jane Peele, Mary Lee White.
Miss Crawford s Second Grade:
Ann Darden, Emma Jean Godard,
Henry Handy, Ann Harrison, Al
len Modlin, Joe Murphy, Billy
Britton Thomas, Billy Thornton.
Mrs. Davenport’s Third Grade:
Joseph Clayton, Julian Batey, Iv
erson Skinner, John C. House, Vi
vian Pate, Faye White, Gerald
White, Rudy Ward, Angerline
Dickerson, and Ann Holliday.
Mrs. Fronebcrger’s Third
Grade: William Batey, Jon
Clarke, Billie Dudley, Grady God
ard, James H. Ward, Jr., Betty
Carstarphen, Jane Biggs, Sandra
Gardner, Joyce Lilly, Jane Man
ning, Sandra Margolis, Annette
Rogers, Elline Smithwick.
Miss Manning’s Third Grade:
Victor E. Brown, Jr., Billy Partin,
Bobby Parham, Rodney Pittman,
Billy Simpson, Sarah Harrison,
Phyllis Jones, Joyce Baker, Jane
Barnhill, and Jeannette Raynor..
Miss Everett’s Fourth Grade:
Jean Coltrain, James Pittman and
Doris Rogers.
Mrs. Fussell’s Fourth Grade:
Mary Elizabeth Britton, Frankie
Everett, Patricia Harrison, Bobby
Manning, William Moore, Edward
RogerSon, Kathryn Spruill.
Miss Jenkin’s Fourth Grade:
John Dunn, Carole Gurganus,
Joyce Manning, Janice Rogers,
Robert Weston, and Melva Lee
(Continued on page eight;
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Three Injured In
Saturday Wreck
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Three persons were painfully
but believed not seriously hurt
when two cars crashed at the in
tersection of Sycamore Street and
the Jamcsville and Washington
Highways here about 8:30 o’clock
last Saturday evening.
Ernest Godard, colored, and
driver of one of the cars figuring
in the accident, received a bad
head injury. Waverly Outter
bridge, 12, and Verna Lee Out
terbridge received neck injuries,
but a six-month-old baby, an
other passenger in the Godard
1935 Ford car, apparently was not
hurt.
Godard stated he was crossing
the Washington Highway and was
about to enter Sycamore Street
when a car driven by David Gur
kin of Williams Township struck
his auto, knocking it around and
into a telephone pole. The Gar
kin car, a 1937 Chevrolet sedan,
was traveling in the direction of
Washington and when it came to
a stop it was locked against the
Ford, one car facing one way and
the other in the opposite direc
tion. Neither Gurkins nor his
companion, Norman Godard, was
hurt badly.
The blow broke the telephone
pole ft* two near the bottom and
and again a few feet from the top,
leavuy# a Urge number of tele
phone wires dangling in the air.
No estimate of the damage
could be had immediately from
the investigators, Officers John
Roebuck and Chas. Moore, but it
will run well into the hundreds
of dollars.
On Telephone Project Here
While there were many slips
between the promises and the ac
complished acts, workers are
maintaining a guaranteed sched
ule for laying conduit on the main
street, here for underground tele
phone cable. However there is
some doubt if the contractors can
complete the project and get out
of town by Thursday night of this
week. No effort will be made
just now to replace the broker
concrete, the telephone company
president promising a group ol
disturbed merchant^ last Thurs
day that sand would be used ir
the top of the ditch until the dir'
packed.
Going before a special meetinj
of the town commissioners las'
Thursday afternoon, representa
tives of most of the businesi
houses on the main street callec
for a restraining order in an ef
fort to have the work delayed
President Hill, appearing on the
scene by coincidence or otherwise
explained that the contractor;
were scheduled to leave soon fo
Florida, that if the work was no
handled immediately the presen
and admittedly inferior telephone
service would obtain for anothe
nine months, the president addini
four months to the delay after I
appealing individually to the [
commissioners the day before.
I After hearing the company presi
1 dent’s arguments and accepting
j his promise at face value, the
| merchants withdrew their objec
tions and agreed to suffer out the
inconvenience in the face of the
Christmas shopping season.
Mr. Hill promises that not more
than 300 feet of the main street
will be blocked at any one time.
Saturday afternoon the thorough
fare was blocked from Smithwick
to Haughton except for a one-way
drive opening at Washington
Street. Something was said about
backlot parking. But the main
entrance to the Harrison parking
space was blocked early Satur
day. Old junk machinery was
i not moved and promised lights
were never provided. No walks
were provided over the ditch,
and men, women and children
■ tracked clay they had picked up
, in quantities on their feet w'hile
» climbing over the mound of dirt
■ into stores. The project was just
. about abandoned late Sunday, but
t' local people are praying for con
;! tinued good weather and the
• I scheduled exit of the air hammers
> 1 and the mess makers.
Few Cases Cleared
From The Docket
In Superior Court
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Plan To Complete Triul of
Criminal C.a«e» By
Thursday
Interrupted by the return of a
true bill and the arraignment of
Otis Ragland for a capital offense,
the Martin County Superior
Court cleared comparatively few
cases from its criminal docket
during the first day of the cur
rent term Monday. After getting
off to a late start, the court nol
prossed or otherwise dismissed
two false pretense charges and
several defendtns pleaded guilty,
the action making up for some of
the time lost.
The courthouse was well filled
during the early part of the day,
but the proceedings were not of
sufficient interest to hold the
crowd throughout the day, but
a packed congregation was pre
dicted for today.
Judge Henry Stevens, past com
mander of the National American
I Legion, of Warsaw, is presiding,
land Solicitor George Fountain of
Tarboro is prosecuting the docket.
The solicitor is being assisted by
Private Prosecutor H. G. Horton
in the Ragland case.
The;court quit for the day Mon
day at 5:35 o’clock after handling
the following cases:
The cases charging Joe Bell and
Peter Williams with false pre
tense were nol prossed.
John A. Eberhart, sentenced in
the county court to serve twelve
months on the roads when he ap
peared before Judge J. C. Smith
on the third offense of drunken
driving, appealed to the higher
court. He pleaded guilty, and
Judge Stevens told the defendant
that he would give him a last
chance. "I am sentencing you to
the roads for two years, but you’ll
be placed on probation for five.
You are not to operate a motor
vehicle for two years and you are
not to use any intoxicating liquor
of any type during the next five
years. You are to pay a $50 fine
and costs,” the judge said. Point
ing directly to the defendant, the
judge added, “I am convinced that
you will serve those two years.”
(Continued on page aix)
CHRISTMAS SCENE |
The unique Christmas
scene, portraying the Nativ
ity, prepared by artists con
fined in the German prisoner
of war camp here a year ago
will be displayed on the Pres
byterian Church lawn on
Main Street here. Attracting
much attention and wide ac
claim last season, the scene is
being handled by members of
the local Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
The Jaycees inspected the
materials Sunday and made
ready Monday to locate the
scene.
I ATTENDANCE
_ _
Its attendance running
after a hit-and-miss method
for several years, the local
i school with the aid of the par
ents and children, too, is mak
ing splendid progress in
maintaining respectable at
tendance figures this year.
According to a report just
recently released by the prin
cipal, B. G. Stewart, nearly
half of the approximately
1,000 children enrolled in the
white schools here or 410 of
them, to be exaet, were
neither absent nor tardy dar
ing the second six-week
period.
Possibly the weather lent a
helping hand, but it is appar
ent that pupils and teachers,
too, are making a noble effort
to make every day count for
something.
Doctor Agrees On
Man’s Mentality
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Apparently mentally unbalanc
ed, Thad Martin, 72 years old,
was found' wandering in the
woods in Goose Nest Township
near the Edgecombe County
boundary early last Thursday
night and was placed in the coun
ty jail a short time later for his
own protection. He had endang
ered his life earlier that day when
he wandered down the middle of
the highway, a motorist stopping
to lead him off. While his ac
tions were not violent, the old
man had wandered around the
section, turning out team and
other stock. He was carried to a
State institution in Goldsboro
Saturday morning by Deputy J.
H. Roebuck.
Passing on the old fellow’s men
tality, Dr. W. E. Early asked,
“You know me?” The old man
replied, ‘Yes sir. You are Bro
Jones and I heard you preach last
Sunday.” The doctor was quoted
as saying, ‘It’s no use asking any
thing more. Give me the entrance
papers and I’ll sign them.”
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Firemen Called Out
Here Monday Morning
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Local volunteer firemen were
called out yesterday morning
when a flue burned out in the
home of George Williams on the
corner of South Pearl and Griffin
Streets and filled the Ralph
Spruill upstairs apartment with
smoke. No damage was done.
Firemen had a difficult time
starting the truck, but after push
ing it about a block the firemen
got it into operation.
PRECAUTION
Fairly certain that no overt
action will be taken against
his prisoner, Sheriff C. B.
Roebuck decided to take pre
cautionary measures and con
tacted the governor's office,
and a patrol detail of pos
sibly ten men will be assign
ed here during the trial of
Otis Ragland.
f^#¥ur3 -Vet—
Of Martin County
Dies In Hospital
Sully Jenkins Lost Right'
Hand In Mill Accident
Short Time Before
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Sully Jenkins, 26-yea,--old vet
eran of World War II. died in a
rarboro hospital last Wednesday
afternoon about 4:00 o’clock, ap
parently the victim of shock re
ceived when his right hand was
torn off less than three hours be
fore in a planing mill accident at
Hassell. The young colored man
was said tc have been on the op
erating table when he died.
Sawyer and mechanic at P. C.
Edmondson’s mill, Jenkins was
adjusting a tap on the planer
when he caught his right hand in
the machine. The blades peeled
it off to the wrist, and reports
reaching here stated that the hos
pital doctors were taking the
damaged limb off just above the
wrist. Said to have been very
careful in working in and around
the mill Jenkins forgot two
wheels were turning close to the
tap which he was trying to adjust.
“I just forgot, and it was my
fault,” he was quoted as saying
as he was being carried to the
hospital.
It could not be learned how the
hand was extracted, but it is be
lieved he snatched it from the
machine and ran almost 100 yards
where Mr. Edmondson was start
ing his car, preparatory to taking
him to the hospital. First aid
treatment was rendered and the
accident victim was said to have
lost no great amount of blood.
Jenkins sat up in the car on the
way to the hospital and talked
with Ernest Edmondson who was
driving the car. After reaching
the hospital, a tourniquet was
applied and Jenkins told Mr. Ed
mondson that he was feeling all
right at the time.
Jenkins, a good worker and an
able sawyer and mechanic, had
i been employed at the mill five or
six years except for about six
months spent in the armed ser
vice. He never married and com
pensation will go to his brothers
and sisters.
A young white man, Leon Eu
banks Barfield, was killed at the
mill a few years ago when he ap
parently slipped and he fell into
a cut-off saw.
Raise Money For
Hospitalized Vets
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Approximately $300 was con
tributed by various citizens oi
this county to finance the pur
chase of Christmas gifts for
World War I and II veterans whe
are confined to the several gov
ernment hospitals in this State
Mrs. John A. Ward, chairman ol
the Christmas cheer movement
announced this week. Gifts have
been packed and delivered to the
hospitals for distribution to the
veterans by organized groups ol
Legion Auxiliary workers.
“We wish to express our greal
appreciation, to all those who as
sisted in the work or made con
tributions to a cause designed tc
carry a bit of happiness to those
who are still confined to hospit
als,” Mrs. Ward said.
No Developments
In Attack Case
Officers have been so bus)
handling other duties that the)
have not had time to push theii
investigation of the attack mad<
on them just off Highway No. 11
near Oak Oity on Monday after
noon of last week. Some evidence
has been gathered in the case
however but it has not yet beer
disclosed.
Reviewing the activities lead
ing up to the rifle attack on Offic
er$> C. B. and J. II. Roebuck ant
Saunders, Deputy J. H. Roebucl
explained yesterday that he wa:
making investigations alone earli
er that day, that he picked up ;
beaten path and followed it al
most to the still. The officer ex
plained that he was unarmed ex
cept for a blackjack and alone
that when he saw what was go
ing on at the still, he thought i
best to get re-enforcements, tha
he sheriff and patrolman answer
cd his call. When the raid wa
arranged there was no turnini
back, the officers continuing thei
march on the still in the face o
1 flying bullets.
HundFcd (sitiaens Galled ! W*
jury Service In Ragland Case
Little Child Dies
In Hospital List
Friday Of Burns
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Funeral For Two-Year-Old
Dorothy Dean Griffin
Held Sunday
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Accidentally burned at the
home of her parents near here
shortly after noon last Friday,
Little Miss Dorothy Dean Griffin
died in the local hospital a few
hours later at 5:30 o'clock. Most
of her clothes and part of her
hair burned, the child was un
conscious until an hour and a half
before the end. She talked with
her mother and grandmother, but
doctors, examining her burns,
said recovery was doubtful from
the first.
The daughter of Ben E. Griffin
and Dorothy Coltrain Griffin,
she was twenty-five months old
on Tuesday, December 3, bright
as she could be and unusually ac
tive for one her age.
Mrs. Griffin placed several
pieces of wood in the heater and
went to sweep the front porch.
Dorothy and her older sister, Lin
da, talked with their mother
l through the window. After
sweeping the front, Mrs. Griffin
went to sweep the back porch. A
few minutes later she heard the
child scream and rushed into Un
living room to find her clothes in
flames. Mrs. Griffin threw a
blanket around her and smother
ed the fire. Picking the child up
in her arms, she ran to the road
and a neighbor brought them ti
the hospital.
Just how the child’s clothing
caught fire is not known, hut il
is believed that she fell against a
red hot spot on the stove and
fired her clothing. No furniture
or furnishings were burned.
Surviving besides her parent;
and young sister is a brother, Wil
liam Eugene, her maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Coltrain Hadley, anc
paternal grandfather, Mi W. W
Griffin.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. John L. Goff at the
home in Williams Township, neai
Nurney’s store, Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, and interment fol
lowed in the new family cemetery
nearby. An unusually large num
ber of friends of the little girl
and the family attended the ser
vices.
Thieves Busy In
Oak City Section
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Thieves have been active in the
Oak City section during the pasl
few days, according to informa
tion gained here yesterday fron
Deputy Edmond Early.
Eleven bags of choice goober;
belonging to Floyd Harrell wen
stolen from a tobacco barn slid
ter on the Spencer Burnette fai n
near Oak City last Friday night.
Last Wednesday night niru
bags of peanuts belonging to B
l,. Johnson were stolen from a to
bacco barn shelter on new high
way No. 11. The theft was no
discovered immediately and wa
not reported until Sunday.
Operating in the Jamesvilh
section Saturday night, thieve:
stole several bushels of swee
potatoes from a curing barn.
No arrests have been made ir
either case so far.
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Five Murriayca In
County Lust Wcek-eni
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1 Five marriage licenses were is
sued in the county last week-em
i by Register of Deeds J. Sum Get
■ singer:
i Joe M. Bullock of Roberson
■ ville and Burnell Wuolurd, o
RFD, Washington.
Maurice Hardy and Ellrsteci
, Scott, both of Robersonville.
Percy Gattis Hughes, Jr., an
t Mary Frances Fowler, both o
L Elizabeth City.
Herbert Bullock, RFD 1, Rober
s sonvilie, and Rosa Mae Wynne, c
; Robersonville.
Charles Milton James and Del
E la Margaret Griffin, both of Wil
• liamston.
| CABBAGE VMM.)! VIE |
v
"It was just like manna i
from heaven," Mr Willie K.
Parker said in telling about
how food literally fell and
flew into his lap and that of
his son, Burke.
Returning from Virginia
one evening last week, Mr.
Parker picked up a goodly
number of cabbages after
they had bounced out of a
truck bumping across Chow
an River bridge. "We had
enough for ourselves and all
the neighbors,” he said. The
next day, the son was hauling
a truck load of nails from
Kinston when a small covey |
of quail flew up at the side of i
the road, and swooped down
inside the body of the truck,
| killing themselves. One or
j two got away, leaving barely
I enough for the family, Mr.
Parker explained.
IS peaks Briefly
Fireman's Fxouse Is Timed
Perfectly Willi Fire
Alarm Monday
Explaining that no charge
i would be necessary since Judge
W II. S Burgwyn had addressed
them last September, Judge Hen
ry Stevens of Warsaw, presiding
over the one-week term of Mar
tin Superior Court, Monday spoke
briefly to the jurymen. “It was
my loss when 1 could not hold
your September court,” he said,
explaining that Judge Burgwyn
wanted to exchange and that the
move was made as a matter of ac
commodation. “It is always a
pleasure to come to Martin Coun
ty. Your court officials are com
teous and nice, and Martin is a
splendid' county and one you
ought to be proud of. Edmond
Early was named officer of the
grand jury.
Turning to the petit or trial
jurymen, Judge Stevens told
them that their selection was a
matter of lottery, that it was the
most impartial and fair system
known.
Getting down to the time to
hear excuses for jury duty ex
eruption, the judge warned that
they had had 20 days’ notice to
arrange their business and serve
their county. “You render no
greater service in peace time than
by serving as jurymen,” he said.
And just at that point, Williams
ton’s fire alarm sounded. Fire
man Wheeler Manning was ex
cused then and there when he was
pointed out as a member of the
fire department. Connie B. Clark,
electric service man who has the
duty of cutting wires from burn
ing buildings, was excused to at’
swer the call, but Judge Stevens
instructed him to return.
N. C. Everett and J. W. Peel
were excused to pick peanuts, and
William Lambert was released
when he explained that he com
pieted only last June a year of
service as a grand juror, Mel
chant I). E- Darden was retained
after he explained that he was
the only man in his department
stole. “The women are running
the country,” Judge Stevens said
and then instructed the clerk to
empanel the jury.
To Grand Jury In
Arrest Man For
Entering Home
Lafayette Pearsall, 22-year-old
colored man, was arrested and
I jailed here Sunday by Officer
Chas. Moore lor allegedly enter
ing the home of Chas. Grimes and
■ stealing a pocketbook containing
f about $1‘J. Pearsall is alleged tc
have crawled through a window
i of the home Saturday night and
found Grimes taking a nap with
I his clothes on. Pearsall, according
I to the officer, reached slowly and
steadily into Grimes’ pocket and
• extracted the wallet. Grimes
1 opened his eyes just in time to see
Pearsall run to and jump out the
- window.
Pearsall is booked for I rial in
' the superior court tins week.
Victim Recognizes
Her Assailant In
(lourt Yesterday
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Officers Work Lair Into
INiiilil Koiindini; l p S|»(‘
eial Vt*nir«* For Trial
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Preliminary arrangements
were virtually complete by early
VTonday afternoon for trying In
lay in the Martin County Super
ior Court Otis Ragland, young
Negro man. charged with crimin
ally assaulting Mrs. Floyd Moore
at her home in Williams Town
ship on November H. A special
venire of 100 county citizens was
ordered by Judge Henry Stevens
and officers worked late last
night rounding up the men arid
instructing them to appear in
court Tuseday morning at 9:30
o’clock when a jury is to be sel
ected in the case,
Ragland, thicklipped and heavy
set fellow with a dent in his fore
head, was arraigned before
Judge Stevens shortly before
noon Monday. When he was led
into the courtroom with several
officers accompanying him. Mrs.
Moore aparcntU recognized him.
She broke down and wept and
was helped from the courtroom.
Faces, expressing sympathy and
understanding were grim. There
was no commotion and the court
room was quiet.
The grandjury considered it nr
ct ssury to question only one wit
ness, Sheriff C. 13. Roebuck, and
the group a few minutes later re
turned a true bill if. a body a!
11:11 o'clock.
Judge Stevens explained in
open court that it was his duty to
appoint a lawyer when he was
advised that the defendant was
without money. He further ex
plained that it was the duty of the
appointee to the court, county
and state to accept and give In
best service, that a man's life was
involved. Hugh G Horton was
first appointed, hut lie explained
that lie had been employed as pri
vate rosecutor. 11. L. Swain was
then appointed and when hi said
he did not want the job, the
court said that if there was no
other reason, lie would be in
structed to represent the defend
ant.
Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne
then read the bill of indictment
drawn by Solicitor George Foun
tain and returned by the eighteen
grand jurors shortly before the
attorm y appointment w'as made,
The bill, as read try the clerk:
Jurors for the State upon their
oath present: That (His Ragland
on the bth day of November, 194k,
with force feloniously assault
Mrs. Floyd Moore, and forcibly
and against tier will, did ravish
and carnally know against tin
form and statute in such ease and
provided, and against the peace
and dignity of the State. ’ Ac
cording to the charge there can lie
no compromise in the case. Rag
land goes on trial for his life
meaning he will he found guilty
and sentenced to die or he will hi
found not guilty.
After the bill of indictment wa
read with the defendant standim
before the bar of justice and hi
right hand raised the clerk askt ■
him how ht pleaded. According
to law, a person cannot pleat
guilty in a capital case, but bi baa
he could be stopped, Haglanr
mumbled something. Observe.,
understood him to say that he wa:
guilty of something, but that pus
sibly he was trying to deny part
of the charge. The court inter
(Continued on page eight)
KOI M>-1 I*
v.
Crime broke loose in this
immediate section last week
end when seventeen alleged
violators of the law were,
rounded up and placed in the
county jail. Nine were hook
ed tor public drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, two
lor breaking and entering,
I one as a material w itness, and
I one who was mentally unbal
anced.
Most of those jailed were
colored men. The ages rang
ed from tender yeats up to
seventy-tw o.
S/ta du!*' I)ivof(*e
Vctions For Trial
lei Court Thursday
Ml Bui On<* of th«* Cases
BummI On Two Y ears
()f Separation
Twelve divorce cases have
be en scheduled for trial in the
superior court before Judge Hen
ry Stevens on Thursday of this
week, it was learned Saturday
following a meeting of the Mar
tin County Bar Association mem
bers.
All but one of the dozen actions
are b«; < d on two years’ separa
tion. Several of the cases have
been in the courts before, Judge
W. II. S, Burgwyn denying abso
ii’. r separation when he presided
over a special term of the court
last month.
Charging adultery. Lester S.
White is suing Leila Faye White
for divorce. The plaintiff says
that he and the defendant were
named en .June 11, 1943, while
he was in the armed service. He
further state s that he last saw his
wife on new year’s, 1944. that in
Fabruarv. 1945. a child was born
to the di fondant. No answer has
been made to th complaint.
lfi her suit against William
Whitehurst. the plaintiff, Della
Whitehurst, ays they were mar
ried- Ft bruary 2, 1923, and that
lilies separated June fi. 1940. She
also states that nine children wene
born to the union, and alleges
! that -he supported them, that,
| now, mo. t of them are self sup
porting.
After being married ten years,
Jamies Washington, in his divorce
action against Mary Washington,
were st pa rated on
1 February 2, 11)44. At the Nov
ember term Judge Burgwyn de
'nud the plaintiff a divorce be
| cause it was brought out in the
evidence that the plaintiff had
slapped the defendant. ‘I’ll not
give any man a divorce who beats
his wife and runs her away from
home,” the judge was quoted as
I saying at 1 he time.
Delia Major is suing Cap Ma
im for divorce on separation
grounds The couple were mar
ried on July Hi. 1941, and separat
ed m August. 1944. One child was
burn to the union.
In the case of James E. Straw
l»i klge against Venita (Benette)
Strawbridge, the plaintiff says
they were married on October 22,
liiHfi, and separated on July 14,
1944. The defendant in her an
swer to the complaint, alleged the
plaintiff abandoned her and their
li year old child at her mother’s
home without provisions or
money, that the plaintiff was con
victed of abandonment and non
support, and -ns no reason why
a divorce -hould be allowed.
Lettic Brooks is suing LeRoy
Brooks for divorce. They were
married on December 4. 1939, and
separated on June 16, 1942.
In the ra e of Emmett Thomas
against Etlu I Thomas, the plain
tiff s;e s the y were married in Ov
teber, 1938, that they separated in
Seplembc 1944. and that he was
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(/mews Destroy
I1: Mini; u j > apparently in antici
pation n( i big holiday business,
tin illicit liqu>.r business was
dr.i 1 . stin uing blow last week
by ABC Oili it J 11. Roebuck,
Deputy le v Reel and other offic
ers.
.Tix pi .nts were wrecked during
tin pei ioci and 1,250 gallons of
niche -is beer was poured out.
A fifty gallon capacity still was
wricked along with seven t'er
iiifi'liM not far from Oak City
late Tuesday.
A anted by Pitt County ABC
Officers Ward and Taylor,'and
Deputy W K. Parly, Deputy Roe
buck wrecked three plants on
Wednesday one in the Hassell
section of Hamilton Township and
two in Robotson\ ille Township.
They poured out 750 gallons of
chi ip beer that day.
1 ,i ? Thui: cUfV ihs3 officer? dis~
rupted plans in the Free Union
section at J a nj'.s vi lie Toyvnship
yvhen they captured a 100-gallon
capacity still and poured out 300
gallons of molasses beer. Later
iliat day the officers went to the
Mill Neck section of the same
township and destroyed a 50-gal
lon capacity oil drum and poured
out 200 gallons of cheap beer.
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