THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BE
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTI
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE -ENTERPRISE
TtlE ENTERPRISE IS READ B!
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COCNTE
FA.VRf’iES 'lTTtCE EACH W EEK
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'•*roniTrv-t7)nnn;
Ih Meeting Here
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Law Makers Address Small
But Interested Group
Wednesday Night
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Ail but forgotten by parents
and teachers, the Martin County
P.-T. A. Council went ahead with
a scheduled meeting in the gram
mar school auditorium here Wed
nesday evening, and although
few in number ti^e group of a
bout twenty parents heard the
county’s lawmakers in two timely
talks and Interestingly discussed
current school problems.
Ably presiding over the meet
ing. Mrs. W. C. Wynne, the
president, led the invocation and
outlined the aims and work of the
P.-T. A. She pointed out that
Bear Grass and Everetts were
the only two associations in this
county holding charters, that they
had submitted their reports to
the State organization on time.
Introducing the speakers of the
evening. Superintendent of Coun
ty Schools J. C. Manning declar
ed that if there were no P.-T. as
sociations there would be a dif
ference in the schools, that the
schools need active and strong
associations. He also said that
officials look to the P.-T. A. for
suggestions and aid. and express
ed the hope that someth: ,g hig
will grow out of the small begin
ning. the school man referring to
the faithful number in attendance
upon the meeting.
Speaking on, “What the Com
munity Expects of the Schools,"
Senator Hugh G. Horton said,
“1 have the highest admiration
and respect tor the noble profes
sion of teaching and the opera
tion of schools. 1 think it affords
the greatest possible opportunity,
next to the church, for service to
humanity.
“The school is the hope of
greater enlightenment and upon
it we depend for a diffusion of
knowledge, freedom and liber
ties under our constitution. The
public school system in our State
and Nation is our greatest gift
fo the civilization of mankind.
The public recognizes the
school as its most important
business, and also that the higher
the civilization of a country and
the more complex its life, the
broader and higher and more uni
versal must be the education of
the people in order to maintain
that civilization.
"iti "a" law stare-dp civilization
education as we have developed
if today was not necessary, but
under our modern system of liv
ing it is highly necessary. There
fore. we feel it highly important
for the schools to understand the
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Plans Complete
For Farm Meet
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Plans for the annual Martin
County Farm Bureau meeting and
UaffWWK. 'r.s * ^ anne-UKtSli coiii
plete by President Chas. L. Dan
iel following a meeting of the
committee on arrangements Wed
nesday evening.
’ ^TonmPP?! over nor J. M. Brougn
ton will address the farmer? and
other memher® of the organiza
tion in the high school auditorium
F1 '.day v«MMlinMafl
A very short program has been I
planned, and the committee plans I
to have the meeting adhere to a
strict time schedule.
The supper will be served in the
gymnasium at 5.30 o'clock, and
the committee explains that an
ample supply of barbecue — ap
proximately 2,500 pounds— is be
ing prepared along with some I
good Griffins Township corn
bread and the fixings. Two rolls
of wire are being stretched across
the ball field, and the Farm Bu
reau patrons will be served in
orderly fashion but rapidly an.d
continue out the gym door to the
prepared tables in the field. “We
are doing everything possible to
avoid congestion and make the
event worthwhile and enjoyable,’’
President Daniel said.
The meeting is being held in
conjunction with the fat stock
show, the committee pointing out
that the show sale will have been
completed in time for the visitors
to attend the meeting at the high
school.
Over 2.000 are expected here
lor the show and meeting.
Prize Bogs-Cattle loShozc
With tender affection, an affec !
tion that is evidenced by a young
ster for his pet. Martin County 4
|H club members started eeriy j
j Thursday morning delivering
their prize winning beef calves
and pigs here for the county's
fourth annual fat stock show.
Wesley Cratt, young 4-H Bear
Grass Club member, led the pro
cescion to the Planters Ware
house where the show is being
held beginning at 10 o'clock Fri
day morning and where the prize
meat will be sold at 3:00 o'ciock p.
m. The youngster has a pretty
Hereford steer, and he thinks so
much of the animal that there is
some doubt if he really wants to
sell him. By early Thursday aft
ernoon most of the 42 beef calves
expected for the show had been
delivered, and the youthful own
ers, including several girls, were
holding a close watch over their
| entries.
While all the entries had not
Cancer Fund Drive
About Two-Thirds
Finished in County
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Several Townships Go Over
The Top During the
1’usl Week
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Goose Nest township exceeded
its quota in the 1947 Cancer Drive
by 60 percent, raising $150.93 on
a $100.00 quota. N. Lawrence Hy
man capably served as township
chairman and did a splendid job.
The schools of Oak City coop
erated by raising about a third of
the total, the white school pupils
contributing $46.99. while the col
ored school people donated $5.25.
Contributions in the coin collec
tors amounted to $10.44. Serving
as a canvasser, E. U. Smith col
lected $10.00.
Another township to exceed its
quota was Bear Grass, where Mi
and Mrs. Irving Terry served as j
co-chairmen. Assigned a quota
of $75.00, the Terrys and Mrs. El
la Wynne canvassed and solicit
ed the people of that community
in the amount of $73.65. The coin
collector at Harrison and Col
train's store picked up $2.25 to
help carry the township over by
a small margin.
In Poplar Point towship, a will
ing but mighty buoy chairman.
Mrs. Ben H. James, collected
$13.30 of the $35.00 quota, along
with some collected in the coin
can at Ernest White’s store. Ac
cepting the chairmanship despite
the fact that she is teaching school
in another part of the county plus
a sizeable amount of household
duties, the chairman explained
that she simply did not have the
time to contact many people in
her community, and that if there
are people that have not contrib
uted, if they will do so to her or ,
the county chairman, it will be
applied on the Poplar Point quota.
A late lepoil from Mr. Leroy ,
iao of tin
ton end of Hamilton townshp, re- <
vealed that so far, $38.40 had ,
been raised in that community.
According to county chairman ,
V/k-ie-lw.* .ling, appi uxittiateiy jj
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Hamilton Board ;
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In a comparatively quiet elec- 1
tion, Hamilton citizens named ;
five new members to their of
fical family lust Tuesday
Frank Everett, World War 11
veteran, succeeded Henry S. ,
Johnson. Jr., as mayor. LcRoy
Everett, father, and Hilton Ev
erett. brother of the new mayor, ;
and Joe Cherry and George Hai
slip are the new' commissioners. <
D. G .Matthews succeeded him
self as a member of the board.
Legionnaires Announce
An Iniitorlunt Meeting 1
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An important meeting of the s
John Walton Hassell Post of the
American Legion will be held in i
he Legion Hu* here next Mon- .
lay night at 8:00 o’clock, Com- Is
nander John Hardy announced
yesterday. (
In addition to other business, t
ollicers will be elected for the
new year. (
been delivered, enough bud entei ■
ed the warehouse to prove thal
Judge I. M. Case of the State Ex
tension Service is going to have a
dfifieult time in picking the grand
and reserve champions. It was
also quite evident that the quality
of the entries is improved ovei
that noted at the show last year
and prospects are bright for a
great show. The club members
hoping to win top positions, arc
hoping for a 80-cent price for the
first prize winner and an ovcr-al'
average of around 25 or 26 cents
for the lot.
Bennie Ray Hopkins was the
first to make a delivery to the
swine department. Starting ou’
with a small Poland-China pif
eight months ago, the youth i:
showing a 310-pound hog and he
is a beauty. Jack Kelly, Exten
sion swine specialist, is to judge
the 30 hogs expe'eted for the show
Friday.
| FISHING
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Seine fishing is nearing the
close of one of the most un
successful seasons on the
Roanoke in a goodly number
of years. Operations have
been halted several days at
the Jamesville plant, and the
owner plans one more trial on
Friday of this week. If the
catches continues small, he
plans to hang the seine up
without delay, reports reach
ing'here Thursday noon stat
ed.
There have been days in
past years when the fishery
caught as many herring as
have been caught during this
season, to date.
Accounts Cleared
From Tax Books
In Martin County
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FVh Account* Had Been
Brought Over From l>c
proHHion Period
Accounts, hanging fire for as
ong as eighteen years in some
instances, were finally removed
from the county tax books at the
lirection of the board of corn
nissioners in recent meeting. It
A'as pointed out following an
mdit and investigation by the
•ounty attorney that nearly all
if the property against which tax
■hums were held, had been listed
n error or doubly listed. Hun
ireds of unpaid accounts were
wrought over from the depres
sion period but, after long months
nost of them were settled by cash
payment, leaving a few to be rc
noved by direct order from the
tommissioners where ernrs were
ound.
Most of the errvs found in the
•urren^listings are being cor
TOMaimost immediately and
collections are nearing the maxi
num. However, the depression,
triking in 1929, messed up the
■ollections for several years and
lundreds ot accounts became de
inquent.
Orders, relieving the property
^ ? >0r
vcre issued by the commission
ers recently in the following
ases:
Collie L. Hodges, Griffins
’ownship, for the years 1929,
931, 1932 and 1934.
Thomas A. Corey, Griffins,
929- 37
Will M. Andrews, Roberson
' i 11 e, 1938-39.
Sebron Brown, 1930.
Dossie Hyman, Robcrsonville,
930- 36.
M. U. Hodges, Grifrins Town
hip, 1931-34.
Columbus Boston, 1931-39.
L. Boston, Jamcsville Town
hip, 1938-39.
Margaret Ebron and Ransom
bice, 1932 and 1933.
Current relief orders were is
ued to the following:
1946—Levi Ausborn, Juincs
’ille. $1.56; Marina Sanders,
amesville, 81 cents; H. J. Hai
lip. Goose Nest, $9.93.
1945—James Elbert Beach,
boss Roads. $2; Charlie Warren,
loose Nest, $10.54.
1944—James R. Cherry, Beat
iras~, $2
; in Duke Hospital
! After Operation!
| Funeral For Prominent
! Hamilton Business Man
Friday Afternoon
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! Asa Johnson, promier.t county
j business man and influential cit
j izen of Hamilton, Wednesday
Hospital, Durham, Wednesday
morning at 8:25 o’clock following
an operation performed last Mon
day. In declining health for a
few weeks, Mr. Johnson entered
the hospital the 18th of last
month for treatment. His condi
tion was not considered serious
until the operation and from that
time there was little hope held
for his recovery.
The son of the late Asa and Mol
lie Harrell Johnson, he was born
in Hamilton 66 years ago the 31st
of this month. At an early age he
entered the mercantile business
in his home town and was one of
its oldest merchants. From a mod
est beginning, he built up a large
patronage, maintaining the confi
dence of his customers down
through the years and gaining re
cognition as an influential citizen
and business leader. While his ac
tivities were limited mainly to his
business operations, his counsel
and opinions were widely sought
by persons in all walks of life,
and by his acts he proved him
self a friend to his fellowman.
Preferring to play the role of a
quiet and humble citizen, Mr.
Johnson, nevertheless, liberally
supported the church and other
worthy causes, and he was a great
lover of sports and clean sports
manship.
He was married to Miss Susie
Woodard of Scotland Neck about
thirty years ago, and she survives
with two daughters, Mrs. Gilbert
Mister of Cherry Point and Miss
Helen Johnson of Hamilton and j
Williamston. Also surviving is a
sister, Mrs. W, A. Harrell, of Kin- j
ston.
Funeral services will be con
Iducted at the home in Hamilton
j Friday afternoon at 3 00 o'clock!
by Rev. Sidney Boone, Roberson- j
ville minister and pastor of the i
Hamilton Methodist Church, as- I
listed by Rev. J. M .Perry, pastor j
of the RobersonV!lie Christian
Church. Interment will be in the ]
Hamilton cemetery.
Buy Interest In
Warehouse Here
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Purchasing an interest in the
Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse here ,
from Bob Edmondson, Messrs. Ur
bin and J. Rossell Rogers, well
known county farmers and promi
nent citizens, will enter the mar
ket this coming season as opera
tors.
No official announcement has
been made, but it is understood
the young men will form a part
nership with Messrs. Carlyle
Langley, Johnny Gurkin and Ed
ward Corey for the operation of
the Roanoke-Dixie and Planters
vvarenoSSes.
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BAND CLUB PLANNED
A meeting of the parents of
meinbers of the local school hand
"is scRecTuicd for Monday night to [
organize a band club for the corn- i
i.ng scholastic year.
In Welfare Costs
For the New Year
Preliminary EslimaU' Calls
For Over * 100.000 In
Next Fiseal ^ ear
The 1947-48 Martin County
Welfare Department budget, as
approved by the board of com
missioners in a recent meeting
calls for a total expenditure of
$106,504.25 during the 1947-48
fiscal year, according to an esti
mated submitted by Miss Mary
Taylor, department superintend
ent, this week.
The budget calls for an increase
of $32,504 over the figures ap
propriated a year ago, mo t of the
increase being borne by the state
and federal governments. While
most of the gain is going to in
crease the old age pensions and
add new pensioners to the list,
costs zoomed upward in nearly
every department. Approximate
ly $66,600 is being earmarked
for the payment of pensioners to
the aged as compared with $44.
700 paid or is being paid in (he
current fiscal year to the aged.
Martin County is increasing its
appropriation to the aged by
$4,560, and Iho state-federal
governments are increasing then
allotments from $35,760 to $53.
100.
Aid to dependent children is
being increased from $19,200 to
$25,920, the county to share in
the increased cost to the extent
of $1,020 or pay $4,860 of the
total bill. Aid to the blind re
mains about the same at around
$1,000 cost to the county. Gen
eral relief, financed by the coun
ty alone, calls for $8 050, or the
same amount appropriated a year
ago. Outside poor is to receive
around $3,000 of that amount, and
$5,000 of it will go for hospital
ization. Miscellaneous costs are
placed at $50.
Administration costs, running
right at 1 I percent of the grand
total, have been increased by $2.
270.00, and now stand at * 1!,
570.00. The state and federal
governments pay $4,150 of the
administration costs, leaving the
:-ounly to pay $7,520. The super
intendent’s new salary is ’ being
.ncreased from $2,520 to $2,760.
Dne case worker’s salary is being
ncreased from $1,500 to $1,800.
second case worker’s salary is
Doing upped from $890 to $1,030.
(Continued on page three)
TESTS
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Speaking briefly at a meet
ing of the Martin County I\
T. A. Council Wednesday
evening, County Superintend
ent J. C. Manning pointed out
that pupils in the first three
grades in the county schools
are as good as those any
where, according to reports
coining from the standard
achievement tests recently
given in thf^jjjpnty sehcwl
system. Iteginning with the
fourth grade, the trend is
downward, the school man
said, explaining that absences
arc believed to have more
do with the poorer showing
in the grades including and
above the fourth.
Few Voted Last Tuesday In
L istless Mu n ici pa l E lection
Williamston's town politics I
were settled for another two
years last Tuesday when one j
hundred and twelve citizens visit
ed the polls iri the town hull and |
elected the April 14 primary
nominees. The election was a
listless one, the vote count fall
ing nearly 800 below the number
east in the primary. The elec
tion, recognized more or less, as
a mere formality in these parts,
attracted very little attention,
one report declaring that all the
nominees did not receive support!
even from immediate relatives [
and friends.
A spark of interest was creat
ed early in the morning, but it
soon faded away when it was
well established that no inde
pendent ticket had been offered.
There was a few write-in votes,
but for the most part, the vote ]
uas a straight one. Registrar
%
John E. I’opo .slak'd that 80 of
the 112 votes were east straight.
Ben D. Courtney, N. C. Green
anti K. D. Worrell led the ticket
for commissioners, each polling
an even 100 votes. G. II. Harri
son was next with 09 votes, and
John Hatton Gurganus followed
closely with 07 votes. Three
write-in votes were reported for
commissione] , A. J. Manning
and Leman Barnhill polling three
votes each.
Robert Cowcn polled 00 votes
for mayor, and three persons sup
ported John L. 11.■ sscil, present
mayor, by writing in Ins name on
their tickets.
The poll holders closed the
boxes at 8:30 that evening, and
in less than thirty minutes they
had completed the count
According to a somewhat in
definite law, the officers-elect
arc lo take oll'ice tile first Mon
day in June.
TTSfri0 AuYi'rirs'la
Local Leal Market
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1 obacconibts And
Javcees Discussed
j Plans At Meeting
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Faults Frankly Aired After
| Friendly Fashion By
Until Groups
At their regular May meeting,
Williamston’s Jaycees launched a
drive for a bigger and better to
bacco market for the town. Invit
ing the warehousemen, the Jay
cees frankly discussed the present
Status of the market following the
submission of a report by a spec
I ial comittee. Faults and short
loomings were freely discussed but
j in a most friendly and construc
tive way, and it was the consen
I. us of opinion that the first major
sti'p m building a bigger and bet
ter market here was taken.
The warehousemen asked no
quarter, admitting their faults
and pledging a stronger coopera
tion in the future. It seems that
the town and market have grown
apart, but the friendly spirit ad
vanced at the organization’s meet
ing virtually assured a closer co
rporation and marked progress in
the future. A liason committee
will be named by the market op
erators and the town, in general,
and a definite advertising pro
gram and other details will be
worked out within a short time.
The report prepared by the spe
cial committee was submitted as
j follows:
In fulfilling this assignment, the
committee operated under the
presumption that we were sup
posed to report to this club the
tiling or things which have stunt
ed the growth of the Williamston
Tobacco Market. No one can deny
the fact that the Williamston
Market is not on the march and
no on can deny that it should be
growing, because markets all
around us are growing. Have you
ever stood on Mrs. Dunning's cor
ner and watched the tobacco from
across the river pass through Wil
liamston, and have you ever stood
at Jack Daniel’s Filling Station
and watched the tobacco from the
lower counties turn to the left, in
stead of the right? Why shouldn't
that tobacco stop in Williamston?
The overall reason for the con
dition of this market is that the
tobacco growers in the surround
ing sections as well as outstand
ing people in our own town have
not had it called to their attention
sufficiently that we still have
warehouses and a tobacco market
in Williamston. When a farmer
sits in his pack house grading a
barn of tobacco, it naturally runs
through his mind: “Where shall I
sell this stuff?” Our problem is
to pul the Williamston Market on
that man’s mind.
Now, who is to blame for this
situation? In finding the answer |
’to i, Ur- nicmbi r:fof
this committee have contacted
people from every section and
every profession, including the
tobacconists themselves. We got
the answer that tia citizens of the?
Town of Williamston in general !
had no interest in their tobacco'
that the moreha of the Town
of Williamston are not tak .ig any
pride in the market and are not
concerned particularly with its
welfare and growth. We got the
answer that there are no so called
“wheel horses” in Williamston
capable of putting the market on
the map. We got the answer that
practically all the warehousemen
in Williamston are engaged in
business ventures other than their
warehouses and don’t have the
time to promote the market. In
other words, before and after
sales, they are men of professions
other than tobacconists; that they
are riot cooperating, and further,
that there is no friendly competi
tion between them.
It is not within this conuniMee’s
or this club’s province to say
which of these accusations arc
true or untrue, but we are report
ing what other people are saying
about us.
What can be done about this
situation? The same people who
offered criticism which lias ul-1
ready been outlined, offered sug-r
(Continued on page elx)
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Local people ate again urg
ed to supoort the drive for
old clothes this week-end.
Receptacles for old clothing
will be placed at the doors of
the several churches during
the period, and it is hoped
that they will he filled to
overflowing. Heavy delivr
erics are expected during the
Sunday school and church
hours.
Heading the drive as presi
dent of the local ministerial
association. Rev. 1$. T. Hurley
stated that they hoped to col
led at least one pound of
clothing r r person or 'ap
proximately 5,000 pounds.
Boyd, Candidate
For Governor, In
The Loeal Court
Loses Damage Suit l>nl May
Itrin<£ Slander Lliarue
Xgainst < a|>I. Jones
Alleging In was damaged m the
sum of $20(1. Olla Ray Boyd, can
didate for governor, went into the
local courts a few days ago to
push his claim. After hearing the
evidence. Justice of the Peace R.
T Johnson non suited the ease,
and Boyd, a resident of I’inetovvn,
appealed to the highei courts.
According to reports, Boyd aid
he suffered damages when mem
bers of the highway patrol stop
ped his car and a mechanic from
the Williamston patrol .station
garage ruled that it was not in
mechanical condition for safe op
eration on the highways. The suit
was brought against 11. .1 Silver
then nr, mechanic at the garage
According to the report, Silvei
thorne did not make the inspec
tion, that llic late Hubert Smith
handled the job.
Regardless of who made Ha in
spection it was the opinion of the
trial justice that there were no
grounds for suit, and the ease was
thrown out.
At the conclusion of the ease
trial. Captain Lester June called
here from Greenville as a witness,
asked if a bond should not he re
quirt'd of Boyd, intimating that j
the matter was such a trivial one
Lliat appearance of the party to
the suit should be made fairly cci -
lain at the next trial.
Advised that no bond wa in
ardor in such a case, the district
patrol head was said to have ug
gested that papers were in order
for the removal of the plaintiff to
Dix Hill Hospital Boyd was . aid
to have turned and walked out ot
the trial justice's office, saying j
nothing as he went.
iWT.nug
Pinetown candidate strongly indi- j
.sited that he planned to bring j
suit for slander. As far as ill
;ould be learned he was unable
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and he was reported to have j
'turned to Beaufort County
here he til
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Jurymen Drawn
For June Court
Twenty Martin County citizens
were drawn recently by the (dim
ly commissioners for jury duty
during the one week term of the
Martin Superior Court next
month.
Names of the men drawn for
duty follow:
Williams- Floyd Moore, Wil
liam Howard Tyre.and J. F. Hop
kins.
Griffins—Virgil Lillcy and Ma
ion F. Hodges
Jesse Jones, L. D
lime.- and W J.
Williamston
Lambert, G. E
Miller.
Cross Roads
jilas Leggett.
Rohcrsonvillc
Tuba Bowen and
-James 11 Gray.
I A. Johnson and R. T MeClar
n.
Hamilton—E, T. Stephenson,
lames Moore, G. W. Ayers, J. L.
Joffield and II L Hopkin
Guce,i. N e„t—G. L. JjlyilU.
Had Eleven Cases
In Short Session
I* iiu-s Impost'! \moiinil’ll
To On!) S70: Several
Ool Jail Senienees
Tlu Martin County Recorder’s
Court 1< apod and landed right in
the middle of a deprr ;sion last
Monday when fines and forfeit
ures amounted to only $70. an
amount about $500 below the av
erage reported over a period of
months. Po.-siblv the drop in fines
represents only a recession and
not a depression.
Judge J. C. Smith and Solicitor
Paul D. Roberson handled eleven
eases during the comparatively
short si .-sum last Monday. While
the court was a bit short on fines
it was fairly long on jail and road
sentences, several defendants
drawing time. A comparatively
small crowd was present for the
proceedings which were complet
ed before the noon day meal.
Proceedings:
Pleading not guilty, Benjamin
Edwards was adjudged guilty of
operating a motor vehicle with
out a drive i s license and he was
fined $2tt and taxed with the costs.
Attacking C. B. Fagan on April
21 with a knife and inflicting sev
eral wounds on his victim’s back
and shouidei Walter Nobles,
charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, pleaded not guil
ty. The action was continued
under'prayer for judgment until
the tii.si Monday in next Septem
ber.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, Jesse Whitley,
colored, pleaded not guilty. Ad
judged guilty of a simple assault,
he was sentenced to the roads for
thirty days.
Pleading not guilty of an as
sault with a deadly weapon. Thur
man Janies was found guilty and
was sentenced to jail for a day,
fined $25. taxed with the cost and
directed to pay the prosecuting
witness s $22 doctor's bill.
Charged with disorderly' cun
duet and an a., unit. Fred Fraley
had his ease continued until June
II, 11)47.
A continuance wa’s allowed in
the ease charging Amanda Biggs
and Chelsa Mae Biggs with an as
sault. The ease is slated for trial
next Monday.
W V. Ormond, Biggs School
principal, wu adjudged not guil
ty in the ease charging him with
the malicious whipping of a
school child. The state appealed
lu the superior court.
The ease charging John Thomas
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Rond Refused In
Burglary Case
Jock Ion Gary Nicholson, young
vhitc man charged with break
ng into the dwelling of Mrs. Del
a Cowcn here late last Monday
light while persons were sleep*
■ornmit a felony, was denied bond
>y Justice John L. Hassell at a
learing held Wednesday evening,
t wi
unofficially noted that de
proceedings. The
1’iiiv'cl maintained
{rin f\ .1
>ous corpus
iefendant’s
•ling man was
M»» r*w»v1
nto a bed room where per
is were sleeping, he did not do
with intent to commit a fel
>ny.
A rather extensive traveler,
Nicholson, formerly of this coun
y. returned here Monday and
ate that niglil went to the Cow*
n boarding house where he liad
'een afforded board and lodging
m previous occasions. It was
minted out that he joined How
l'd Cherry, a boarder, at a late
ncal in the kitchen where he
emoved his shoes. Wandering
nto the main part of the house,
ie pushed open the bedroom
our, walked in and sat down in
chair. Later, according to evi
encu offered by Elizabeth Du
enpoi' Cov.cn, he stretched
ninscl! out on the flour near the
ed, but did not star there long
ifure he got up and went out.
li Cowcn. sleeping most of that
nne. did not see him until he was
1 the hall. She recognized the
uni and called police. Leaving
no house barefooted. Nicholson
luded officers until about 6:00
clock Tuc day morning w hen
c arrested near litre.
t