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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
* OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME L—NUMBER 49
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, Jit nr 20, 1947
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OvER 3.000 .MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ESTABLISHED 1899
Witnesses Placed
On Spot In Court
Defendant’s Build-up Flops
When Side Facts Are
Brought Into Open
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Aiding in good faith and with
Tuesday Morning
out reward, character witnesses in i
the Superior court this week were |
placed on the spot—a hot spot.
They were not thrown into the
fire directly, but they were
scorched indirectly when the pre
siding jurist, Judge J. Paul Friz
zelle, following their appearance
on the stand, told how character
witnesses in the Lenoir County
Superior Court had apologized
and pleaded with the court to
overlook their evidence offered in
behalf of an admitted abortionist.
Tom Scott, colored man, was
being tried for assaults with dead
_^ly weapons. The'defendant was
' really on the spot and counsel
pleaded him guilty, depending on
the mercy of the court to save
the man. Witnesses, including
the prosecuting witness, sheriff,
police officers, merchants and
newspapermen, vouched for the
defendant's good character, and
apparently a good lick was plant
ed in the accused man’s behalf.
Then the defendant's "outside”
sweetheart took the . stand, and
during the questioning, it was
brought out that the defendant
was the father of her child recent
ly born without legitimate Stand
ing. That deplorable fact seemed
to have slipped by without too
much comment. To aggravate the
4 case, the witness, when leaving
the stand and in direct answer to
a question propounded by Judge
Frizzells, admitted there were
lour children and that the defend
ant was the father of all four. She
did not know that she had lived
in adultery and violated the law,
it was explained to the judge
whose kind face wrinkled a bit In
disgust at such carryings-on.
i And then to aggravate the case
4k more, the defendant, when asked
if he would marry the woman,
answered he was already married.
Judge Frizzelle waded into the
Case with bare fists, castigated, in
a nice way of course, the charact
er witnesses and mentioned for
the defendant six years on the
roads.
About the only redeeming angle
in support of the character wit
nesses came when the jurist point
ed out that they acted in good
faith, that they did not know and
were not supposed to know that
the defendant had violated one of
the most sacred of the Ten Com
mandments. And then to soothe
the situation a bit further, the jur
ist told the defendant he was on
the verge of sending him to the
roads for six years, but because
the good citizens had acted in his
behalf he was reducing the term
to two years.
The jurist then went on to say,
in substance, “Be sure your sins
will find you out,” looking direct
ly at the defendant and indirectly
at a great many others at the bar
and in the audience. “It appears
your sins have found you out,”
the judge told Scott, adding that
the mills of the gods grind slowly
but exceedingly fine, and in
Scott’s case the mills had turned
fairly rapidly.
Scott was charged with danger
ously cutting Charles Mason, his
good friend and with whom he
had shared .drinks of alcohol
earlier in the day of the attack,
and Annie Clyde Davis while he
was crazy drunk. The doctor al
most ran out of thread and clamps
in closing the victims’ wounds.
During the meantinte Scott nurs
ed serious head injuries inflicted
with a chair by Mason who said
in open court that he really
"worked on him.”
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W ildlife Club Meeting In
Oak City Friday Evening
Meeting in Oak City Friday
evening of ,this week at 7:30
o'clock, members of the Martin
County Wildlife Club will enjoy a
barbecue supper in the gym
nasium.
Joe R. Winslow, recently sworn
^ in as a member of the State Wild
life Resources Commission, will
attend the meeting ai d a special
speaker is to address the group, it
was announced by the president,
J. C- Manning.
Number of Farmers Exceed
Their Tobacco Allotments
Preliminary reports coming |
from the supervisors or commun
ity Triple A committeemen indi
cate that quite a few farmers in
this county have planted in ex
cess of their tobacco allotments.
Up until the middle of this week,
approximately 300 or about 20
percent of the tobacco farms had
been measured. No official esti
mate on the number of farms
where allotments have been ex
ceeded could be had, but it is be
lieved that the number is run
ning slightly ahead of the figures
for the 1946 crop. In most cases
the excess ranges from just a
fraction to almost three acres,
w^th the possibility that the range
will go even higher when all
measurements are completed.
Started the 4th of this month,
the measurements are being
handled unusually rapidly in
Local Attorney Improving
In Hospital At Durham
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Entering Duke Hospital three
weeks ago, Mr. Wheeler Martin,
local attorney, was reported this
week to be improving gradually.
It could not be learned when l>e'll
be able to return home.
Prosecution In
Case Commended
Acting in the name of justice,
without hope of regaining lost
property and with the aim of
checking further law violations,
rFarmer J. E. Copeland of this
jcounty was highly commenced for
his action by Judge J. Paul Friz
zeile in the superior court here
Wednesday afternoon.
•'Too njany who have lost prop
erty to thieves prefer to forget it
rather thpn go into court," Judge
Frizzelle said, adding that such
action acceirates law violations.
"Everyone owes it to society and
good government to see that law
violators are brought to justice,”
he said. '
Reminded by Attorney Julian
Allsbrook that the state’s prison
population now stand* at 6 590.
Judge Frizzelle admitted it was
bad and expressed the belief that
it will become worse. *T believe
we are going to have a crime
wave sitnilai to the one following
World War 1 when the wheels of
justice could not turn fast enough
to cope with it,” the jurist said,
citing a case he recalled back in
that period in Which a well-to-do
man whose father had lost his
property and who to maintain his
his standard of living went out
to commit crime. “I see evidence
of such a treriat already,” the jur
ist said, adding that the best way
to hold crime down is to enforce
the law vigorously.
Journal Editor
Touring State
George R. Myers, editor of the
Western Tobacco Journal and a
prominent figure in tobacco
manufacturing circles, stopped
here overnight this week while
! touring the tobacco section of
eastern North Carolina. Mr. My
ers, a man who is well acquainted
with the tobacco industry in
every section of the country, was
en route to Virginia Beach to at
tend the annual meeting of the
Tobacco Association of the Unit
ed States. It was his 28th con
secutive trip to a meeting of the
association.
Former Prisoner
Writes To Friend
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Writing to his former employ
er, Mr. Roland Sills of Oak City
a short time ago. Otto Steinfeldt
stated that he hoped to get bacK
to his old home in Germany by
the time he received the letter.
Steinfeldt was one of the Ger
man prisoners of war held in the
loeaj camp and who wijrked on
the Sills farm. Held in the Brit
ish zone following his return to
i Germany, Steinfeldt stated that
he had heard from Mr. Sills, but
did not reveal any details relative
to conditions in Germany, but
said he would write more laier.
some districts while in others very
little work has been handled and
reported to the office of the coun
ty agent. The work was describ
ed as 85 or 90 percent completed
in one or two of the districts.
There is little that can be done
to solve the problem created by
excess plantings. The farmer is
not allowed to destroy the ex
cess, and by planting more than
his allotment he subjects the ex
cess to a penalty of 19 cents pet
pound. and forfeits his claim to
price support by the Stabilization
Cooperative Corporation. While
the farmer who is within his al
lotment is guaranteed a price up
to 90 percent of parity, the farm
er with excess plantings is at the
mercy of the open market, mean
ing he can turn to no one for re
lief if his lobacco should sell for
less than 90 percent of parity.
Eleven Cases In
Justice’s Court
Justice John L. Hassell handled
eleven cases in his court here
during the past few days. Most
of them were out of his jurisdic
tion and he sent them to the
county court for "trial next Mon
day.
Charged with assaults with
deadly weapons, James Thomas
Rogers and Alec Horne were
bound over to the county court.
Bond in the sum of $50 was re
quired of each .
L. O. Buchanan, booked on a
disorderly count, was sentenced
to the i»ads for thirty days, the
justice suspending the road sen
tence upon the guaranteed good
behavior of the defendant for 12
months. He was required to pay
$9.50 trial costs.
George Anthony Perry was
was bound over to the county
j court under $100 bond in the case
I charging him with an assault
with a deadly weapon.
Sam Brooks, charged with in
decent exposure, was sent to the
county churt for trial next Mon
day. Bond was required in the
sum of $100..
L. L. Britt, charged with being
drunk and disorderly, was sen
; tenced to the roads for thirty
1 days, the court suspending the
term upon the guaranteed good
behavior for 12 months and upon
the payment of $10 trial costs.
Drunk and disorderly, Lemuel
Outterbridge w'as fined $5 and re
quired to pay $8.50 costs.
Charged with operating a mo
tor vehicle without a driver’s li
censes and with improper brakes,
Sam Roberson was bound over to
the county court under bond in
the sum of $100.
Charged with the larceny of
a case of wine from Hollywood
Inp, Elton Ruffin and James Bak
er were bound over to the county
court for trial next Monday.
They were required to furnish
| bond in the sum of $50 each.
Charged with the theft of
dresses valued at $50 or more,
j Mary Bryant was bound over to
! the recorder’s court for trial next
j Monday. She was required to
post bond in the hum of $50.
Crop Outlook Is
Much Improved
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T.he_crop outlook, holding an
uncertain course during weeks of
dry weather and blistering sun,
was much improved by general
rains falling in. this section last
week-end.
Approximately tw'o inches of
rain fell in nearly every section
of the county, casting out a spir
it of despair and replacing it
with one of optimism.
Tobacco resetting is now' com
plete, the task setting a new rec
ord for lateness in this county. It
is conservatively estimated that
the crop represents hardly 75 per
cent of a stand, that the stands
will range from 50 to about 00
percent of normal.
With th<j thick layers of dust
washed away, peanuts are look
ing green and are growing rapid
ly. The corn crop has also shown
much improvement during the
few days following the week-end
rains.
Funeral Thursday
For Mrs. Ballard
In Robersonville
Native Of Griffins Town
ship Died At Son's Home
Late Tuesday Night
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the Robersonville Primitive
Baptist Church Thursday after
noon at 3:00 o’clock for Mrs. B^rd
Ballard who died at the home of
her sqn, Dalton BFown, near there
last Tuesday night at 11:30
o’clock. Elders B. S. Cowin and
W. E. Grimes conducted the last
rites and interment was in the
Robersonville Cemetery.
Mrs. Ballard had been in de
clining health for some time. She
suffered a stroke of paralysis on
Wednesday evening of last week
and her condition had been criti
cal since that time.
The daughter of the late Wil
liam E. and Mary Jane Roebuck
Manning, she was born in the
Farm Life saction of Griffins
Township sixty-six years ago, the
10th of next November. She spent
her early life there and in early
womanhood she was married t<
Robert Brown, locating in the
Robersonville community where
she had since made her home
most of the time. One son, Daltor
Brown, was born to the first un
ion. Her second marriage was U
Byrd Ballard who died some
years ago. Surviving that unior
are three daughters, Mrs. Mary
Selleck of Cambridge, Maryland
Mrs. Lisha Bassett of Seaford
Delaware, and Mrs. Lyda Dicker
son of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Also surviving are two sisters
Mrs. Sherrod Corey of Griffin:
Township anel Mrs B. B. Biggs o:
j Everetts, and two brothers, Johi
I Eber Manning of Mississippi, ant
A. Eddie Manning of the old hom<
in Griffins Township.
Mrs. Ballard was a member o
the Primitive Baptist Church fo
mai1y years, holding membershii
at Hayes Swamp at the time o
her death.
She attended the schools in thi
county and studied at the old Ay
den Academy and taught in tin
schools of this county for a num
ber of years.
Span For River
Bridge Unloaded
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Delivered in eight cars, the
steel span for tho river bridge
here was .unloaded this week, anc:
workmen are to start erecting the
structure within the next few
days, possibly the early part o
next week.
The steel structure and machin
ery exclusive of the concrete flooi
weighs 455,000 pounds and it
erection will require about fou
weeks, according to informatioi
released by Superintendent Difk
inson of the Bower Consti uctiol
Company.
•No delinite date for opening tlv
bridge to traffic has been men
tioned.
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Unusual Marking Found
On Hon Egg tty Farinei
Gathering the eggs early thi
week, members of the George K
Lilley family in Griffins Town
ship found one with a very un
usual marking on it. Embeddec
in the shell was the perfect fig
ure “7”. Other than the cleai
marking, the egg resembled an)
other normal specimen of her
fruit.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
One person was hurt in a
lone accident reported 'n the
highways of this county last
week, leaving the record
trailing the figures for the
first 24 weeks of 1940.
The following tabulations
offer a comparison of the ac
cident trend; first, by corres
ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
the present time.
24th Week
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge
1847 1 1 0 $ 000
1940 1 * 0 0 500
Comparisons To Date
1947 57 29 3 12,700
194(1 07 50 3 17,070
Perfect Record
Of Attendance
In School Here
Seventy-one Pupils Neither
Absent Nor Tardy Dur
ing the Recent Term
Seventy-one pupils went
i through the entire 1946-47 term in
the local schools without missing
a day. Principal B. G. Stewart an
nounced a few days ago.
Wlyle the attendance figures
were considerably better than
those of a year ago, they are not
yet up to what' they should be,
according to the school man.
The names of those with per
fect attendance records for the
term recently ended, follow:
First Grade: Dianne Cherry,
Billy Ray Bowen, Larry Pate, and
Dorothy Leggette.
Second Grade: Gene Copeland,
Ronald Peaks, Evelyn Wynn, Ann
Lilley, Jeannette Leggette, Mary
Lee White, Edna Taylor and Clar
ence Thymas Wynn.
Third Grade: Albert Cherry,
Lee Glenn, Alex Jones, Angeline
Dickerson, Vivian Pate, Alice
Fayet Nicholson, Dickie Clayton,
Kenneth Hardison, Joseph Tyre,
Sandra Gardner, Jeannette Ray
nor, James Price, Phyllis Jones,
and Janie Harrison,
Fourth Grade: Jean Whichard,
Dorothy Biggs, William Coke, Jes
sie Marie Corey, James Spruill,
and Bennie Harrison.
Fifth Grade: Evelyn Nicholson,
Wayne Lilley, W. B. Bullock, Dick
Manning, Wilber Stewart, Charles
Johnson, William Cullipher, Vir
ginia S. Price, Theresa Modlin
William Lassiter, Turner Man
ning, D. R. Sullivan,
Sixth Grade: Ernest Godard
Wanda Jones, Sallie Roberson
Jerry Savage, Wilbur Edwards
June Glenn, Marie Peele, Tuyloi
Ro'gerson.
Seventh Grade: Joyce Andrews
Pauline Bullock, Doris Peele
Priscilla Roberson, Mary Jam
Rogers, Hugh Spruill, Adelaidt
Fussell and Ira Rogerson.
Eighth Grade: Jack Edwards
Betty Sue Gurganus. Harriet
Peele, Lona Johnson, Rhoda Fayi
Peel, and Harriet Ward.
Ninth Grade: Bobby Hurrisor
and Charles Carver.
Eleventh Giade. William Hog'
erson.
Twelfth Grade: Elizabeth Hop
kins, and Elizabeth Parker.
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Bumper Peanut
Crop Expected
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With indications of a bumpei
1947 peanut crop to bo markotec
through Commodity Credit Cor
poraUon, representatives of ul
segments of the peanut industry
appointed by their sectional asso
ciates, met in Washington, D. C.
June 10, 11, and 13 to evolve <
program that will be practical t(
the industry and prevent lurgi
unsuleble surpluses at the end o
the crop year.
These selected representative!
formed themselves into the Na
tional Peanut Industry Commit
tee for 1947, and elected Roy Par
rish, of Moultrie, Ga., and pas
president of the National Peanu
Council, chairman and Harolc
Smith of Washington, D. C., secre
taiy. A diversion plan was rec
ommended which would in a k <
only the finest peanuts availubh
for sailers, confectioners, and pea
nut butler manufacturers at i
more favorable competitive price
These recommendations wyuld re.
suit in second and lower grades
being diverted into the oil indus
try in a morn orderly manner
This would spread the supply ol
peanut meal over the entire year
After studying the pi'oposec
program from all angles, Com
rnodity Credit Corporation agreec
that a program might be promul
gated in which they would buj
No. 2 and lower grade peanut:
from shellers at a level that wil
enable shellers to sell No. 1 pea
nuts a’t a lower price than other
wise would be possible, with ex
act price to be established aftei
parity price of July 15 is known.
C. C. C. emphasized that the
price of No. 1 peanuts sold b}
sheliers cannot be under contro
and the program would only b(
offered in order to place sheller:
in a better position to price theii
peanuts on a more nearly compe
titive basis with other food item:
and at the same time offer the
market a better Jielltd peanut.
Peanut Case Blocks
Early Adjournment
Of Superior Court
Directed Verdict
Frees Murderer
In Court Tuesday
Bewhiskered False Pretense
Case Continued Until
September Term
Starting out with what was siz
ed up to be a two-day docket, the
1 Martin County Superior Court
ran into a peanut case block and
did not complete the trial of its
criminal cases until Thursday,
throwing the civil calendar sched
ule into confusion and prolonging
the visits of witnesses and liti
gants by almost a week.
The court, placing a record
number of youthful defendants on
probation, was making fairly
rapid progress up until Tuesday
morning when the case charging
Arthur Davis, William Taylor and
Sijn°n Ellison with the theft of
six bags of peanuts from Farmer
Copeland, was called. Battle lines
were drawn quickly with Solicit
or George Fountain on one side
and Julian Allsbrooks, state sen
ator from Roanoke Rapids, Jas.
Liverman of Scotland Neck and
Edgar Gurganus of Williamston
on the other. Attorney Gurganus
admitted his man w»as guilty in
j helping transfer the stolen pea
nuts from the Davis car to the
I barn, but maintained he did not
know they were stolen. Taylor
was allowed to testify for the
state and he helped score a vic
tory for the prosecutidn.
Hours were spent hearing the
testimony of the principal wit
nesses, and th^ii Attorney Alls
brooks used a large number of
prominent Halifax citizens as
character witnesses for his client,
Arthur Davis. At the conclusion
of the evidence Wednesday morn
ing, a motion calling for a direct
ed verdict ot not guilty as to Elli
son was allowed by Judge J. Paul
Frizzelle, and the battle centered
on Davis and Taylor. Attorneys
and Solicitor Fountain di gued the
case before TTTc juiy that morn
ing, winding up just in time for a
late lunch. Judge Frizzelle com
pleted his charge; at 3:20 and the
jury returned a verdict of guilty
twenty-five minutes later.
During the meantime a special
jury was literally chased into the
box to hear a divorce case brought
by Mamie Davenport Coach
against Leo Coach, the plaintiff
alleging adultery. Witness Mitch
ell said he saw the defendant en
ter a Norfolk hotel with a woman
, other than the plaintiff, that the
plaintiff asked him not to say
anything about it. The divorce
was granted.
Apparently disappointed, At
torney Allsbrooks made u long
and appealing plea in behalf of his
' client, Arthur Davia, the plea de
I laying work on other-cases al
most an hour. After commenting
on the case and reviewing the
current crime tiend. Judge Friz
’ zelle sentenced Davis to the roads
for twelve months and suspended
the sentence for three years upon
the payment of a $200 ling and the
case costs.
William Taylor, the co-defend
ant in the case, was also sentenc
ed to the roads for 12 months, the
sentence to be suspended for
three years upon the payment of
a $200 fine and the trial costs.
There was some doubt if Taylor
who had spent 'wo months in jail
awaiting trial, Vould meet the fi
nancial, requirement immediate'
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I The bewhiskered case of John
E. Williams which got that way
with nearly two years of age, was
continu'd until the September
term after bumping along through
one court after another. Wil
liams is charged with obtaining
’ money from the prosecuting wit
i ness, It. S. Critcher, the solicitor
explaining that some kind of civil
action is pending and that for that.
’ reason one continuance after an
other is being granted it. It was
admitted, however, that the case
came very near being thrown out
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Following welcomed rains
last week-end, Martin County
farmers this week have
handled an extensive work.
Many of them cultivated their
tobacco for the first time,
hardly finding it possible to
give needed attention to other
crops. However, the dry
weather retarded the grass
and the crops are clean for
the most part.
At the present time the
crop outlook is bright, having
improved nearly too percent
during the past few days.
Weapon Reported
Equal To A-Bomb
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The Canadian press said re
cently that development of a se
cret weapon, "with capabilities
approaching the atomic bomb in
effectiveness,” lay behind the
naming of an Auckland Univer
sity Engineering Professor T. D
J. Leech, to the birthday honors
list of King George VI.
A dispatch from Auckland to
the London Ever*ng News dev
scribed the new weapon as an ef
fective alternative to the atom
bomb. It quoted Prof. Leech as
saying "by comparison the atom
| bomb r a clumsy method of mak
ing an attack. ) — -
Prof. Leech received a Com
mander ship of the Order- of the
British Empire. He was identi
fied as director of r esearch for the
weapon project.
The weapon did not “reach tin
stage of practical application dur
ing the war, but work sldt is be
ing pursued in the strictest se
crecy b.v scientists in the United
States, Britain and Now Zealand,”
the Canadian Press said.
“No hint of the details of the
weapon has been revealed, but it
is staled that one means of ap
plication would have some simi
lardy to one method of using the
| atomic bomb.
“The secret weapon rroject
originated w ith the idea of a Wel
lington, N. Z., man who com
munieated the plan to Britain and
the United States. Both countr ies
immediately made development
plans. The project was to havt
been carried out in Florida, but
| was moved to New Zealand and
Pacific areas owing to the fears
of espionage.
“Leech was seleeted to lead the
r esearch because he had pr evious
ly done wor k distantly related. He
had a team of 170 Americans and
New Zealand experts, most of
I whom were given no idea of the
I ultimate objective, for secur ity
| reasons.”
Opium Traffic
Now On Increase
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Tift traffic in prepared opium
lias been rising since 1944, after
reaching an all-time low in 1940,
Harry Anslinger, Federal Nar
cotics Commissioner, said recent
ly in his 194(1 report.
Seizures last year amounted to
4408 ounces, compared with 1024
in 1940.
There was not much change in
morphine traffic, compared with
the previous year, but traffic in
marihuana "continued to be an in
creasingly serious problem.”
Hulk marihuana seizures total
ed 10,361 ounces against only 4533
ounces in 1945. Marihuana cig
aret seizures were about two
thirds of the total of the previous
year, but seizures at the borders,
especially facing Mexico, were up
sharply.
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CONSTRUCTION
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Construction work is progress
ing very rapidly on a storage
plant tor the Howell-Holding Oil
Company on the property be
tween the old prisoner of war
i camp and the Williamston Pack
I age
I plant
Manufacturing
near the river.
Company
Names Of Honor
Students Listed
In Loeal School
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I'Yw In Migtli School Meet
Lust Period Scholastic
Requirements
The names of 121 pupils appear
on tlie last period honor rolL in the
local schools. Principal B. G. Ste
wart announced a few days ago.
However, very few—nine—of the.
honor pupis were in the high
school. The list, follows, by grades:
First Grade: Francis Johnson,
Eleanor Sue Eubanks. Eugenia
Hoyt Glover, Betty Modlin, Sally
Grey Griffin. Kenneth Gurganus,
Samuel Rogerson, Danny Man
ning, Lee Roy Rogerson. Billy Ray
Bowen. Billy Catstarphen, Jimmy
Cooke, Constance Chesson, Di
anne Cherry. Mary Claudia Cher
ry, Leona Coltraine, Betsy Davis,
Ray Pate, Guy Thomas, Jr., Ger
ald Stalls, and Beth Spivey.
Second Grade: Billy 'Thornton,
Ann Darden, Emma Jean Godard,
Henry Handy. Jr., Ann Harrison,
Allan Modlin. Joe Murphy, Tom
my Phelps, Jimmy Hardison,
Clayton Weston. Carolyn Beau
cherrun, Nancy Britton, Peggy
Godard, Blanche Manning, Jane
Peele, Mary Lee White, Virginia
Holloman.
Third Grade: Joseph Clayton,
;John House, Iverson Skinner, Vi
vian Pate, Faye White, Jon Clark,
Billy Dudley. James II Ward, Jr.,
j Sandra Gardner. Jane Manning,
Eliene Smithwick, Sandra Mar
golis, Annette Rogers, Billy Par
tin, Rodney Pittman, Faye Peele,
Joyce Baker, Jeanette Raynor,
Phyllis Jones, Jean Nicholson,
Billy Simpson, and Jane Barnhill.
Fourth Grade: Melva Lee
W ,v i m. Joyce Manning. John
Dunn, Robert Weston, Janice Rog
ers, Doris Rogers, James Pitt
man, Jean Coltrain, Patricia Har
rison, Frankie Everett, Mary E.
Britton, and Edward Rogerson.
Fifth Grade: Betty Sue Clark,
Lee Handy, Janice Manning, Bet
ty Helen Mobley, Janet Ho'ss. Pa
tricia Wynn, Dorothy Mobley,
Willie. Stewart, David Davis, Jr.,
Ralph Parker, Jr Virginia Price,
I Martha Dunn Kimball, Judith Ay
1 ers, Ann Crawford Gresham.
Sixth Grade: Jesse Cowan, Har
rell Everett, Eitzhugh Fussell,
Jean Ward Mobley, Sally Rober
son, Wade Gardener, Mary Ann
Manning, and Gloria Taylor.
Seventh Grade: Joyce Andrews,
Coniine Bryant, Bobby Goff,
i Jackie Harris, Bury Gladys Long,
Doris Peele, Nonna Jean Pittman,
Shirley Rogers and Ernest Taylor.
Eighth Grade: Betsy Horton,
Elizabeth Gnlfin, Sarah Manning,
Ruby Savage. Jean McLawhorn,
Louise Corey, Mary Carolyn Leg
gett. Rhoda Faye Peel, and Har
riet Ward.
Ninth Grade: Lilybet Muse,
Rachel Chesson, Runny LevitWnd
1 Frank Wynne. \
Eleventh Grade: Edna tladlVy.
Twelfth Grade: Louise Gliffirk
j Louise Hines, Elizabeth Manning
and Elizabeth Parker.
Milk Cows Die of
Soda Poisoning
[. _ n
Two ruilk cows belonging to
Fnl mer John N. Hopkins died of
, soda poisoning in his lot near Wil
I liamston last Thursday, according
to reports reaching here.
One of the farmer’s sons left a
' load of soda in the lot the night
before and the t^o cows tore into
i a bag and ate only a small portion
of tin- nitrates. The animals were
I found dead, lying hardly more
than two yards from each other
| the following morning. Both cows
j were liberal producers.
County )tnilli Serving
II ith Carres In China
Except for that yearning to he
home, Pfe. Robert Staneil Hardi
son, young son of Mr. and Mrs,
Claudius Hardison of Griffins
Township, says in a recent letter
to his parents, he is getting along
O. Kelt. "I’m playing baseball and
reading the good ole Enterprise
which is coming pretty regular
now," the young army man said.
Entering the service in Novem
i her, 11)45, Pfo. Hardison received
’his basic training at Paris Island
and then moved into Japan, later
[going to China to serve as an MP
with tiie 1 umtli. Marine Division,