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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
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FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEE
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME L—NUMBER 39
Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 16, 1*117
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First Two Years
Of United Nations
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“Truman Doctrine'’ Takes
The Place of Collective
.■Security Work!
Just two years ago 50 nations
met at San Francisco to insure
world freedom from fear of war.
Today, the very fear the United
Nations was designed to banish
forever has become a world psy
chosis dominating the foreign
policies of the great powers.
^ Nations are groaning under in
sufferable weights of tremendous
armament budgets.
The shadow of the atomic
bomb is coloring every fearful
move of diplomats in the world
capitals.
Power politics, which Cordell
Hull consigned to historic obliv
ion three years ago, is the uni
versal rule in relations between
.nations.
^ Truman Doctrine Paramount
The U. S. A., which two years
ago aspired toward world seren
ity guaranteed through collective
security, has found instead the
“Truman Doctrine.'’
Instead of open frontiers secur
ed by the UN. the U. S. A. has
found its security frontiers push
ed far from the New World to the
Oder and Niesse rivers in mid
Germany. to the Macedonian
mountains overlooking Salonika
and to the 38th parallel in Korea
where American and Russian
troops are face to face in the Far
Fast.
L'N Believed Oversold
In the record of human aspira
^ tions for abolition of warfare,
two years provide an inadequate
yardstick for measuring the po
tential of the UN structure creat
ed at San Francisco.
Yet, since freedom from fear
was the* cardinal objective of the
founders of the UN and that free
dom still is an ephemeral dream,
the first 24 months since the be
ginning at San Francisco can
hardly be accounted a success.
That, at least, is the conclusion
both at the White House, and the;
Stale^Dept where President Tru-1
man and Secretary of State Mar-'
shall weigh the elements that
comprise U. S. foreign policy. Sig
nificantly—and perhaps tragical
ly for the world—the thesis most
heard in private this year at the
State Department is that “the peo
ple of the United States were ov
ersold by the Government on the ;
potentialities of the United Na
tions.”
Diplomats Embarrassed
That conviction adds up to the
great’ paradox of U. S. foreign
policy. Tile American people,
converted to the principle of
world security and the UN by a
tremendous educational barrage,
now seeks to utilize UN and rely
on its machinery—to the conster- j
nation and embarrassment of the
very officials and diplomats who
did the educating.
Every popular index shows that
while the U. S. Government may |
have scant confidence in UN at
moments of great crisis, the j
American people as a whole have
refused to give up their confi
dence and aspirations.
In his historic message to Con-i
gress on Mar. 12 enunciating the I
“Truman Doctrine,” President!
Truman was able to dispose of the
UN as an alternative course of ac- !
tion in exactly 44 words.
Yet one month rater the Gallup
poll showed that 63 percent of j
Americans felt that the Greco- ]
Turkish problem should be turned
over to the UN for action. That
figure represented a seven-point
increase over a sampling two
weeks earlier.
Changes In Policy Noted
Every poll ever taken of popu
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r Capture fugitive
In Virginia City!
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Joe Willie Moore, Jamesville!
man who escaped from the State !
prison farm at Cary last July, was !
recaptured this week in Rich- ,
mond and is now waiting to be
returned to this State, according
to press reports.
Moore, 32, was sentenced by
Judge Q. K. Ninrocks in the Mar-]
tin County Superior Court back
in March, 1940, to serve 20 to 25
years in prison for the murder
of Cheatham Ray in February of
that year.
Tobacco 1 ransplaMhigbn
"I'ke-Smmty Being-GeiaycA
and more recently by blue mold
and a light frost, tobacco trans
planting is hardly expec.ed to ap
proach a climax in this county be
fore the latter part of next week
or possibly the early part of the
following week, according to re
ports reaching here during the
past two or three days from
nearly every one of the ten towm
ships.
A few farmers have completed
the transplanting of their crops,
but up until now hardly ten per
cent of the acreage has been
planted, it is estimated.
Back in April when the plants
had been held back by cold
weather, it was predicted that
the transplanting season would be
late. However, fairly favorable
conditions prevailed in early May,
and quite a few farmers express
ed the opinion at the time that
the task would get under way on
a large scale immediately and
that the work would he about
PETITION
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No official announcement
has been released, but a peti
tion is being proposed for a
referendum to ban wine and
beer sales in l\Ia~tin County.
Observers are of the opinion
that the proposed movement
is certain of a strong support.
Before the issue could be
placed before the voters, at
least fifteen percent of those
participating in the last gub
ernatorial election would
have to sign a petition, call
ing for a referendum at the
direction of the county com
missioners. No action calling
for a referendum is possible
before next December, it is
understood.
Department Nurse
Dies At Wallace
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Mrs. William E. Wilson, the
former Miss Mary Stokes Robin
son who was associated with the
Martin County Health Depart
ment for several years as nurse,
died at the home of her mother,
Mrs. G. H Robinson in Wallace
last Monday evening at 6:45
o’clock. Mrs. Wilson, 35, had
been in declining health for some
time.
Funcal arrangements were be
ing delayed pending the arrival
of her husband who was stationed
with the ai med forces on the west
coast.
Remembered us one of the most
able nurses to ever serve the
health department in this county,
Mrs. Wilson made many friends
here and throughout the county.
She was one of the first two nurs
es to do public health work in
this county.
Surviving in addition to her
husband and mother, are one
brother, Gabriel H. Robinson, Jr.,
of Wilmington, Del; three sisters,
Mrs. Robert Cosby of Powatan,
Va., Frances Robinson of Rich
mond. Va., and Mrs. Guy C. Boney
of Wallace.
Bear Grass P.-T. A. i
Met l ast Tuesday
Holding their last meeting of
the current term, members of the
Bear Grass Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation last Tuesday night elected
officers and made ready for work
during the school year beginning
next September. The new offic
ers are: Mrs. Walter Wynn, presi
dent; Mrs. J. D. Wynn, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Guy Liggett, secretary;
and E. C. Harrison, treasurer.
After handling the business
program, the group discussed pos
sible projects to be sponsored by
the organization, including beau
tification of the school grounds.
Submitting a financial report,
Treasurer Harrison stated that
the association had a balance of
P1.797.43. possible the largest bal
mce held by any association in
there parts. The association plans
to-spend a greater portion of the
amount for the purchase of lunch
room equipment when a building
is provided.
The next meeting of the organi
sation will be held in September.
week. Blue mold la lei interrupt
ed the schedule and the damage
was aggravated by a light frost
last Friday and Saturday morn
ing. Any number of farmers said
on Wednesday of this week that
they did not know when they
would be able to complete the
transplanting task. “We fixed our
ground .thinking our plants were
about ready to be pulled and
transferred o the fields, but now
the outlook is not at all bi ight."
quite a few farmers said, express
ing the opinion that much touacco
would be transplanted in early
June.
During the cold nights last
week and the early part of this,
plants in the field were attacked
fairly extensively by cut worms,
but otherwise the transplanted
crops were said to be looking fair
ly well. Future weather condi
tions will have much to do with
the transplanting schedule from
now on out, the farmers said.
Current Schedule
For Bookmobile
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Although running head-on into
school closings, the B-H-M book
mobile will maintain its winter
spring schedule through Friday
of next week, it was announced
today.
The schedule follows:
Friday, May 16
Williamston High School, 9;
Williamston Elementary School,
12; and Griffin's Service Station,
3.
Monday, May 19
Edward’s Service Station, 9:30;
Hamilton School, 10; Hamilton
(in front of Bank), 12:15; Gold
Point, Johnson's Service Station,
1:35; and Robersonville Public
Library, 2:30.
Tuesday, May 20
Hassell, 9:30; Hassell School,
10; Edmondson Service Station,
10:40; Oak City School, 11:15;
Oak City. Barrett’s Drug Slorc,
1:30; Smith’s Store on Palmyra
Road, 2:15.
Wednesday, May 21
Everett’s School, 9:30; Everetts,
Avi i s Store, 11; Robersonville
High School, 12; Robersonville
Elementary School, 1:30; Parmele
Post Office, 3; Cross Roads
Church, 3:30.
Thursday, May 22
Farm Life School, 9:30; Corey's
Cross Roads, 11:30; Bear Grass
School, 12:30; Bear Grass, Terry
Bros. Store, 2:30; Wynn’s Service
Station, 3 30..
Friday, May 23
Jamesville School, 9: Jordan's
Store, Dardens, 10:30; Browning’s
Store, 11:30; Angetown, 12; Pop
lar Chapel Church, 1; and James
ville, 3:30.
Wildlife Drive In
J. C. Manning president of the
Martin County Club of the North
Carolina Wildlife Association,
stated yesterday that judging
from the reports-!?? had received
from over the county compara
tively little progress had been
made in the current drive to se
cure new members for the or
ganization. Joe Winslow report
ed last week that he hud secured
approximately 30 new member
ships but according to the presi
dent Mr. Winslow was the only
solicitor to make a tentative re
port and that he was skeptical as
to the success of the county-wide
drive.
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Finals Program In
Bear Grass School
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The Bear Grass School, under
the direction of Principal Hough,
is completing a successful term
next week when the commence
ment program will be held.
The first in the program series
is scheduled for Sunday night,
May 13, when Rev. T. O. Hickman,
a former principal, delivers the
commencement sermon at 8:00
in the school auditorium there.
The seniors will hold their class
exercises next Monday night at
B:00 o’clock, and Congressman
Herbert C Bonner will deliver
the commencement address at the
graduation exercises next Tues
day night at 8:00 o’clock.
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Weathers R^nigis T
In Local Sckeel&p.
Rnmvl AniiAHiinpw
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| Looking for Teachers To
l Fill Four Places; Miss
Tattoo Is Returning
Williamston s local school com
(mittee, even before the current
] term closes, is making ready for
j the 1947-48 sessions, the chair
I man, R. L. Coburn, announcing
j this week that all but four facul
tv positions had been filled and
that applications were being con
sidered for most of those places.
Six resignations have been
tendered and accepted, but three
of the positions made vacant have
already been filled, leaving three
old and one new position open
for appointments.
No official announcement of
their future plans was made, but
it is understood that the six teach
ers resigning plan to enter other
work or continue their work in
schools nearer home. The resig
nations announced by the board
include those of Miss Alice Hardy,
first grade; Miss Hessie Jaynes,
eighth grade; Miss Florine Clark,
home economics; Mrs. Evelyn B.
Moore, commercial; Mrs. C. J.
Goodman, English; and H. H.
Hall, science and athletics.
Names of the teachers planning
to return for the 1947-48 term in
clude: Misses Lamina Baker and
Ada Morris, first grade; Mrs.
Mary B. Carstarphen and Miss
Estelle Crawford, second grade;
Mrs. Rosalie I Froneberger and
Mis. Elise D. Kimball, third
grade; Misses Josephine Everett
and Frances Jenkins and Mrs. F.
F. Fussell, fourth grade; Mrs. Vel
ma h. Coburn and Misses Dora
Bailey and Mamie Modlin, fifth
grade; Misses Mary Ross and Mil
dred Byrum, sixth grade; Mrs.
Mary Lee Hassell and Miss Mary
Whitley, seventh grade; Mis.
Ralph Gorham, eighth grade; Mrs.
Evelyn H. Manning. French and
English; Ralph Gorham, social
studies; and Miss Anna Bell Pri
vott, mathematics.
Miss Grace Talton, former first
grade teacher, is returning to that
position. After teaching in the
local schools for several years.
Miss Talton joined the Henderson
faculty, and last year taught in
Clayton, her home town.
Miss Peggy Hopkins, of Oak
City, has been named to succeed
Miss Clark as home economics
teacher. Miss Hopkins is being
graduated at East Carolina Teach
ers College, Greenville, this year.
Stuart Mavnard has accepted
the position of director of physi
cal education and athletics. A na
tive of Dunn. Mr. Maynard is now
serving as secretary of the Drap
er YMCA, a position he has held
since completing two and one
half years in the Navy. A gradu
ate of Guilford College where he
captained the varsity football
team, the new professor is mar
ried and has two children.
The committee announced this
week that there were openings
for teachers for the eighth grade,
public school music, English and
home economics.
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lobacco Markets
Committee Named
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At their regular meeting for the
month held Tuesday evening, the
board of directors of the local
Junior Chamber of Commerce ap
pointed a threeman committee
composed of Jaycees A. J. Man
ning, Paul Simpson and Jack Ed
mondson to serve as representa
tives from that organization to
work with similar committees
from the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
and the Tobacco Board of Trade,
in promoting a larger tobacco
market for Williamston.
Among other items of business
was the authorization of $75.00 to
be used for bleacher seats at the
local ball park, to supplement
funds being donated by other
civic groups of the town.
The directors nominated and
elected Wilbur Jackson to serve
as reporter for the Jaycees’ City
Softball League. Jackson will be
in charge of the publicity for the
games, the results and other news.
Plans were made for the club's
second annual ladies and installa
tion night banquet and dance, to
be held Friday night. June 29th,
at which time the officers for the
new year will be installed.
pCalling For Hr!]?*
■Mtoai ifiriiiifc
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Prices Reported To Have
Dropped To Record Low
For Inferior fir ados
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1 Maryland tobacco farmers, call
ed "Free Marylanders’’ back yon
i der during the war when they got,
| their lawmakers in Washington
( to have them removed from all
I government controls, were said
this week to have turned to Wash
ington and called for help.
Tobacconists, returning directly
from the markets there this week,
stated that prices had tumbled to
a new low, that common tobacco
was selling for two cents a pound,
that there was little demand for
the medium grades. The best
quality grades, however, were
| selling for as much as 60 cents
1 a pound. One report stated that
the price average tumbled about
12 cents a pound over the week
end. Earlier in the season farm
ers halted sales when the price
average fell to 50 cents a pound,
but they took no action when the
price tumbled over the week-end.
Deliveries were reported as light
on several of the markets, anc!
local tobacconists returned home
Wednesday.
Tobacco specialists were called
out of Washington, the farmers
i reportedly begging them to do
I something in their behalf. The
specialists tried to explain that
Maryland had doubled its tobacco
crop, that without control price
support is just about out of the
question. There is much doubt if
the situation can be relieved this
year, but there is no doubt but
wdiat the ‘‘Free Marylanders”
would welcome a farm program.
Realizing the precariousness of
their present condition, farmers
are said to be canceling orders
for fertilizer for the new crop.
Lumber Mill Here
Damaged I>y Fire
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Believed to have been of in
cendiary origin, fire gutted the
planing mill boiler room at the
Williamston Lumber Company
plant on the Washington road
here Thursday morning at 4:30
o’clock. Unofficial estimates plac
ed the damage at approximately
$600.
The fire was the third one at
the plant since the middle of last
March.
No fire had been in the boiler
furnaces since 5:00 o’clock Wed
WSite?}" u/teiiiooii, and one of the
two owners-operators, Mr. Dean
Speight, inspected the property
shortly after 10 o’clock that night
and found everything in order.
It is thought that some one slept
in the saw dust in the fuel room
Wednesday night and carelessly
fired the place with a cigarette.
Volunteer firemen fought the
fire for about thirty minutes and
confined it to the boiler room. I
Flies B-17-E Over
Town Wednesday;
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Flying a B-17-E, Lt. S. W. Man- |
ning saluted friends in his old
home town here about 8:30 o’clock
Wednesday morning. After circl
ing tlK- immediate territory and
flying at a reasonable altitude,
the big four-motored ship point
ed to the northwest and toward
its base in Colorado.
The young man and his crew
had delivered Major General
Bourne to Langley Field, Va., the |
day before. Granted a few hours’
leave, Lt. Manning visited his
mother and sisters here Tuesday
evening.
RIDS
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At least three bids for the
the construction of a c olored
school building at Everetts
were submitted this week for
consideration by the county
board of education at 2:00
o’clock Thursday afternoon.
Two of the bids were sub
mitted by Statesville contrac
tors and one by a firm in
New Bern, it was learned.
No action on the bids was
expected immediately, one
report stating that the costs
were running into large
figures.
Certain To Move
Lunch Room from
Hi«;li School Gym
Committee Coes To Work
Early In Preparation for
Next School Year
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Admitting that, there are diffi
cult obstacles ahead, Williams
ton's local school committee, nev
ertheless went into action this
week to make certain that exist
ing conditions will be improved
if not. remedied altogether.
Positive action was taken Mon
day when Committee Chairman
R. L. Coburn called the members
*—C. B. Clark. Sr., R. H. Goodmon,
W. Iverson Skinner and Marvin
Britton—together for a detailed
inspection of the school proper
ties. For two hours the commit
tee members inspected the plants,
finding minor repairs needed at
both schools and declaring frank
ly that conditions in the high
school lunch room are intolerable.
The janitor service at the high
school was described as being not
so good, but the committee did
not elaborate. Janitor service at
the elementary school was very
good; in fact, it was found to be
excellent, Chairman Coburn said.
Plastering is falling off some of
the walls in both buildings, the
lighting is poor, and other defects
were found. The committee, find
ing no fire escape at the elemen
tary building, was advised that
one had been ordered, the school
authorities explaining that the old
fire escape had been improperly
ust-d, that prowlers had used il
to gain an entrance to the build
ing and for other questionable
purposes. It will be replaced,
however, and the committee inti
mated that the police will be call
ed upon to “bear down" on the
prowlers.
Discussing conditions at the
lunch room, members of the com
mittee said that something had to
be done. “The conditions must
be improved or the service must
be suspended,” the committee
spokesman said. It was pointed
out that rats run loose in numbers
in the building, that the old wood
en hull can’t be properly heated
for use as a lunch room.
Completing their two-hour in
spection, members of the commit
tee met in a lour hour session
that night and studied the prob
lems and decided to go before the
County Board of Education at the
June meeting of that body.
Reviewing their study made at
the meeting Monday night, the lo
cal committee issued a press re
lease Tuesday, in which it was
stated that the members were still
hopeful that additional facilities
could be made available in a new j
building. Realizing that high!
construction costs will prove aj
serious obstacle to a new build
ing program just now, the com-!
mitee members announced that
they hud studied alternate plans I
which they plan to submit to the
county board.
Chairman Coburn briefly ex
plained that present facilities are I
far from adequate, that one room !
was forced into an out building
on tlie high school grounds, that
another and possibly two addi
tional rooms would be needed to
cure for an expected increase in
enrollment next fall. “We are
expecting between 175 and 1 BO
pupils in the first grade next fall
and an increase of 30 or 35 stud
ents in the high school," Chair
man Coburn said.
Continuing, the chairman said,
"It is possible that two rooms can
be converted into classrooms in
the elementary building. One of
them is in the basement, and we
believe two cloak rooms can be
thrown together to provide an
other room.
other room. If this plan isn't
feasible, we’ll have to locate two
classrooms in flic vocational
building on the high school
grounds.”
It is the committee’s plan to lu
cate the sixth grades in the ele
mentary buildings, alter slightly
the vocational building and locate
the lunch room there. i
The committee will also appeal
to the county board to make the.
old gymnasium more comfortable,!
I • BRIDGE 1
Despite delays caused by
material shortages, work on
the Roanoke River bridge
here continues fairly rapidly,
but Superintendent Dickson
and the engineers will not
yet offer a guess when the job
will be completed. Work on
the main bridge fender is well
advanced, but the delivery of
34 additional piling is being
delayed and the fender job
will hardly be completed be
fore June, if by that time.
Steel for the bridge draw
is to be delivered early next
month from Roanoke, Vir
ginia, and it i> believed that
the structure will be ready
for traffic either in late July
or August or just about 25
years after the first bridge
was opened to traffic in Sep
tember, 1922.
Legion Meeting
Elects Officers
New officers for the John W.il
ton 11 asst-11 Post of the American
Legion were named by the mem
bership in a meeting of the or
ganization held in the hut on
Watts Street here last Monday |
night. William W. Gurgunus,
Wo’ld War II veteran, is to suc
ceed John W. Hardy as command
er. Approximately half of the of
ficers and committee heads are
World War 1! veterans.
The meeting named a commit
tee to investigate the possibility
of beautifying the grounds back
of the 'hut for recreational pur
poses.
The roster of officers and com
mittee heads follows:
Win. W. Gurgnnus. commander;
John A. Ward, first vice com
mander; Jack Edmondson, second
vice commander; R. C. Sexton,
third vice commander and pub
licity officer; W. B. Gaylord, ad
jutant and finance officer; (.! C.
Ray, sergeant-at arms; Rev John
W. 1 lardy, chaplain; N. K. Harri
son, service officer; R. A Taylor,
historian; Eli M. Taylor, athletic
officer; H. L. Swain, American
ism-membership officer; i;dga>- J.
Taylor, national defense officer; !
J. Sam Getsinger, graves registry- .
tion officer, Herbert Whitley, cm- I
ployment officer; R. W. Bondur
unt. Boys' State officer; Exum
Ward, Jr., Boy Scout officer; R.
A. Taylor, sons of the Legion of
ficer.
The newly elected officers are
to assume their duties next fall.
Farmer Passes In
County Tuesday
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Chas. Thomas Bembridge, 82,
died at the home of his son, S. T.
Bembridge, in the Kairvicw sec
tion of this county last Tuesday
evening at 8:30 o’clock. He had
been in declining health for some
time.
The son of the late Duke Bem
bridge and wife, he was born in
Washington County on March li,
1805, and moved to this county
when a lad. He farmed all his
life. He was first married to Miss
Mollie Modlin who died some
years ago.
Surviving are seven children,
Samuel P Bembridge with whom
lie made his home; Chas. Albert
Bembridge of Windsor, C Elmer, 1
Ervin Franklin and Eugene Bem
bridge, all of Willinmston, Mrs.
Bill Roebuck of Norfolk and Mrs.
Hazel Barron of Baltimore; a
brother, John Bembridge, of Nor
folk; 21 grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren.
He was a member of the Cedar
Branch Baptist Church and iiis
pastor, Rev, W. B. Harrington,
conducted the last rites at the
late home Thursday afternoon at
3:00 o’clock, interment was in
the Modlin Cemetery, near
Juincsville,
Cels Jl* l/t/ioinlmont
For Hamilton District
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Appointed by Governor R. G. j
Cherry recently, Mr. Ben H.
James qualified as justice of the,
peace for Hamilton Township be- *
fore Clerk of Court L. U. Wynne
here Thursday morning.
Juris! Imposes Fines In the
Sum of 8 I !■."» ill Se. sion
f is? VloiiiJay
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Working before a fairly large
audience until noon last Monday,
Judge J. Calvin Smith handled an
even dozen cases in the Martin
County Recorder’s Court. Fines
in the sum of $145 were imposed
and several defendants drew
terms in jail and on the roads.
While the docket was not very
large, it carried more cases than
usual for the time of year, and the
fines, while not up to recent rec
ord levels, amounted to much
more than the total ordinarily col
lected in May.
Proceedings:
Pleading guilty in the case
charging him with an assault on
a female, John Norfleet was sen
tenced to jail for two days, fined
$15 and required to pay the costs.
Margaret Brown, pleading guil
ty of assaulting another with a
deadly weapon was lined $10 and
taxed with the costs.
The case charging C. E. Ange
with obtaining money by fraud,
was thrown out of court.
Linwood R. Osborne was ad
judged not guilty in the case in
which he was charged with
drunken driving.
Pleading not guilty, Charlie
Mack Jenkins was adjudged guil
ty of speeding, and he was lined
$25 and required to pay the costs.
The court recommended that his
operaotr's license be revoked for
four months.
In the case charging Amanda
and Chelsea Biggs with assaults,
Chel.ea pleaded guilty and
Amanda was adjudged guilty of
simple a sault. Judgment was
suspended a.s to both defendants
upon the payment of the costs.
John Thomas Hussey, Jr.,
charged with larceny and carry
ing a concealed weapon, pleaded
guilty of carrying a concealed
weapon and the court adjudged
him guilt' on the other count. Ho
was sentenced to the roads for
six months.
Pleading guilty of assaulting a
female, Joseph Lilley was fined
$20 and required to pay the costs.
It was brought out in the trial
that the defendant and the prose
cuting witness, Cornelia Frances
Ldley, had an argument over a
boundary line, that the defendant
allegedly removed a boundary
line stake, and that he pushed thu
prosecuting witness and tore her
apron.
iu the ease charging James
Wynne and Dallas and Luther
Leggett with an assault with a
deadly weapon, the defendants
pleaded not guilty. At the con
clusion of state’s evidence, coun
sel for the defendants made a mo
tion for a directed verdict of not
guilty as to all defendants. The
motion was allowed.
Pleading guilty of operating a
motor vehicle without a driver’s
license, Ether Umphlett, Jr., was
lined $10 and taxed with the
costs. The boy's father, charged
with allowing an unlicensed driv
ed to operate a motor vehicle, also
pleaded guilty and he was fined
$15 and required to pay the costs.
The father defendant told the
court that he thought it was all
right for his unlicensed son to
operate the car while he was with
ium.
The case charging Leslie G.
Lambert with bastardy was
thrown out of court, but is sub
ject to be called up again.
Charged with selling beer with
out a license and on Sunday,
Johnson Corey pleaded guilty and
was fined $25. The court ordered
that no beverage license be issued
(Continued on page three)
Defendants V( in
Damage Action
SiH’il for $50,000 as a result of
the death of Clyde D. Paul on the
Washington Highway near Wil«
iamston last June 1, Dallas Tay
or and L. J. Leggett, Jr., won
their ease in the Beaufort County
superior Court Wednesday.
Taylor was ■ driving Leggett's
;ar w hen it went out of control
ind came to a stop on the high
\ av Paul, riding a motorcycle
•n route from Norfolk to his home
n Beaufort County, ran into the
tar and fatally injured himself.