A THE enterprise is read by
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
VOLUME L—NUMBER 58
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 22, 1047
ESTABLISHED 1899
Plans Go Forward
For Pageant And
^ Dance On July 30
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Nineteen Finns Sponsoring
Nineteen Entries In
Beauty Contest
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More recent plans for the Jun
ior Chamberpot Commerce Second
Annual Beauty Pageant and
Dance were announced by Chair
man Ernest Mears today.
The Beauty Pageant will begin
at 8:30 p. m. and the dance will be
gin at 10:00 p.July 30, in the
®|Jigh School gymnasium. Hyde
Fair and his Savoy Sultans, Louis
Jordan's greatest rival, direct
from the Savoy night club in New
York, will furnish the music for
the dance.
The pageant will include two
contests to determine the junior
and senior queens to reign over
the festivities. The senior queen
will be selected from an array of
^fcSeauties between the ages of 18
and 28 and the junior queen will
be selected from an age group
ranging from 4 to 7 years.
The selected queen of the senior
group will be given an all-expense
paid trip to the Miss North Caro
lina beauty contest to be held at
Wrightsville Beach, August 16 &
17. The second and third place
winners in this same group will
also be given prizes. The winner
of the Wrightsville beauty contest
will be sent to Atlantic City, N. J.,
to compete for ‘‘Miss America qf
1947.”
To date nineteen Misses and
their sponsors have entered the
senior contest and a few more are
expected to follow. The entries
are as follows: Lucy Andrews
Miss Belk-Tyler’s, Trv.lah Ward
Bailey-Miss Margolis Bros., Thel
ma Carrow-Miss Manning Truck
Line, Tvi'ai:y"‘uean Hardison-Miss
Blue Star Cleaners, Thelma Har
dison - Miss Peele's Jewelers,
Frances Jarman-Miss Baker Oil
Co., Dorothy Leggett-Miss West
mghouse, Rose Leggett - Miss
Wear-Right Shop, Angela McLaw
A horn-Miss Sinclair Ser. Sta.. Mai
r tha Mendenhall Miss Harrison Of
fice & Supply Co.. Elizabeth Park
er-Miss Lindsley Ice Co., Lennie
I Perry-Miss Williamston Motor
Co., Margaret Roberson-Miss
Darden s Dept. Store, ‘ l.ib Fay
lor-Miss Western Auto Associate
Store, Frances Thomas-Miss Dixie
Motor Co., Dorothy Umphlett
M'ss Alpha Cleaners. Anne Weav
t i-Miss Wuiianlston Hdwe. Co.,
Rose Woi thington-Miss Woolard
Furniture Co., Alice Wynne-Miss
Charles H. Jenkins Motor Co.
The entries of the Junior Beau
ty Contest are as follows: Beth
Spivey-Mr. and Mrs. V. J Spivey,
Sally Gray Griffin-Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Griffin. Diana Cherry-Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Cherry, Betsy
Davis-Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Davis,
Genie Glover-Mr. and Mis. W. R.
Glover, Lou Godwin-Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Godwin, Jr.. Bertie Harri
son-Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Harrison,
Constance Chesson-Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Chesson, Laura Frank
Crawford-Mr. and Mrs. Asa Craw
ford, Barbara Roberson-Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Roberson, Mary Emma
Peele-Mv. and Mrs. C. A. Peele,
Lela Frances Harrell-Mr. and
Mrs.'J. H. Harrell, Elva Jo Wil
liams-Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wil
liams, Jr., Martha Rawls-Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Rawls, Marion Holmes
Cobb-Mr. and Mrs. Marion Cobb,
Frankie Carstarphen-Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Carstarphen, Sharon
Williams-Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wil
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Folio Chairman
To Speak Here
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State Chairman Philip Ran
dolph of Infantile Paralysis Pre
f vention, will speak at the Martin
County AMVETS Post No. 26
meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the
courthouse.
Mr. Randolph will give addi
tional information as to the need
•and purchase of an infants’ iron
lung. The project of obtaining a
lung was reijently undertaken by
AMVETS (American Veterans of
World War II). There is only one
such lung in the state, located in
ft Durham. Dr. J. T. Llewellyn is
president of the Martin County
Chapter Infantile Paralysis Pre
vention.
All interested persons are in
vited to hear Mr. Randolph.
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Construction Amounts To
$200,000 Past Six Months
Appearing before a regular,
meeting of the local board of town
commissioners recently, Building
Inspector G. P. Ha.l stated that
permits for nearly $200,000 worth
of construction and repairs wefe
issued in the first six months of
this year. Construction cost totals
were well ahead of those for the
corresponding six months before
the outbreak of the war in 1941
and were much larger than those
of a year ago. the inspector said.
Permits were issued in the sum
of $98,550 for thirty-one new'
homes. While the average c^st
was listed or estimated ‘at about
$3,100. the price range was from
$900 to about $9,000. Repairs to
homes amounted to $15,300 dur
ing the period. The inspector
pointed out that most of the home
building during the period was
handled by colored citizens. It
NO MEETING
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Tentatively scheduled for
Thursday night of this week,
a meeting of the Williamston
Tobacco Market Boosters has
been postponed, it was an
nounced last evening by El
bert S. Peel, the chairman. A
date for the meeting will be
announced later, the chair
man said.
Alleged Attacker
In Countv's Jail
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Raleigh Speller, 46-year-old
Negro charged with attacking
Mrs Aubrey Davis just this side
of Windsor late last Friday night,
was held in the Martin County
jail a few hours following his ar
rest near the scene of the attack.
Arrested by Patrolman C. E.
Whitfield and Bertie officers,
Speller was transferred to Patrol
man W. E. Saunders’ patrol cai
between here and Windsor. While
no mob**action was reported, of
ficers, taking every precaution
against possible violence, remov
ed Speller front the juil here
about 3:00 o’clock Saturday morn
ing and placed him in another
jail.
Bt'.iw.t: here mtf-th&P
Mis. Davis, about 50, went to the
back porch to fasten a screen door
and was grabbed by Speller who
struck her in the face and drag
ged her into the yard. A scuffle
followed and Speller soon with
drew and was found thirty min
utes later at a Negro filling sta
tion about one-half mile away
Buttons and clothing torn from
him during the scuffle are said to
match those found on him when
he was arrested. His face was also
scratched, and officers are certain
they have the right man.
The attack was one of two re
ported in eastern Carolina last
week-end.
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Loses Control 01
Auto On Bridge
Losing control of his car just
as he entered a curve in the Roan
oke River bridge detour here this
morning at 6:30 o’clock, Claude
Saunders Griffin, young county
farmer, crashed into the guard
rail and barely missed going into
the swamp, reports stating that
the vehicle was about half on and
half off the bridge when it came
to a stop.
Approximately forty feet of the
guard rail were torn away, but
very little damage was done to the
car and the driver was not hurt,
according to Patrolman W. E.
Saunders who investigated the
accident.
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Postmasters To
Meet In Raleigh
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North Carolina’s postmasters
are scheduled to hold a meeting in
Raleigh on Friday and Saturday
of this week, it was announced by
the. secretary, Mrs. Mattie F.
Greer of Boomer.
An interesting program, carry
ing addresses by officials from the
Post Office Department, and the
national president of the organi
zation, has been planned.
was also pointed out that possibly
more homes were built just out
side the town limits than were
built inside.
The fourteen commercial build
ings supposedly cost right at $73.
000. the colored theater on Wash
ington Street accounting for near
ly half the total amount or $35,
000 of the $73,000. No stores were
added to the main business section
other than a small cafe on Wash
ington Street, but a few' filling j
stations and a $10,000 warehouse
at the basket factory accounted
for most of the commercial con
struction other than the theater.
Repairs to commercial buildings
were esmitated at $5,350.
It is believed that construction
during the remainder of the year
will keep pace with the record
established during the past six
months.
Mrs. Davenport’s
Funeral Held In
Oak City Friday
Prominent (.ili/.rns Had
Bren In Deelininp; Health
For a Foil" rime
Mrs. Luther J. Davenport, well
known Oak City resident, died at
her home there last Wednesday
evening following a long period of
declining health. An invalid for
several years, she suffered a
stroke early last week, the end
coming rapidly. Mrs. Davenport
on the day she was last stricken
had enjoyed her evening meal and
seemed to be getting along unus
ually well when members of the
family heard a slight commotion
in her room. Rushing there they
found her unconscious.
The formep Miss Cu.ssie Wool
ard. she was born in Beaufort
County 61 years ago, the daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Woolard of Bath, Shi v,a.s first
married to John W. Whitley who
died in 1907. One son, V. W. Whit
ley y! Roseboro, survives that un
ion. She was later married to
Mr. Davenport gnd the family lo
cated in this county about 1909.
Besides her husband, surviving
are three sons. N. K. Davenport
of Oak City, W L. and Otis Dav
enport. both of Raleigh: three
daughters, Miss Madeline Daven
port. Mis. F. L. Barrett and Mrs.
W. T. Brown, all of Oak City; five
sisters, Mrs. B. O. Burbage, Mrs.
Mark Edmondson, Mrs. Bessie
Salchwell, Mrs. Alice Sparks, all
of Bath, Mrs. Albina Short of Bal
timore; two brothers, W. C. Wool
ard of Norfolk and E. M. Woolard
of Greenville..
Mis. Davenport was held in
high esteem in both her native
and adopted communities. She
was devoted to her home and fam
ily and had many friends.
Mrs. Davenport had been an
active member of the Oak City
Christian Church for a number of
year, and a former pastor, Rev. J.
M. Perry of Robersonville, and
the present pastor, Rev. L. D.
Thomas of Rixiky Mount, conduct
ed the last rites St the home last
Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
Burial was in the Oak City ceme
tery.
Great Increase In
Gas Consumption
Motor vehicle usage as measur
ed by gasoline consumption,
showed a big increase during 1946,
according to Coleman W. Roberts,
! president of th^ Carolina Motor
Club.
Mr. Roberts reported that dur
ing thg past year a total of 437,
997.000 gallons of gasoline were
consumed for highway use in this
state, an increase of 155,625,000
gallons or 35.5 percent over 1945.
"For the nation as a whole,” Mr.
Roberts said, “motor vehicles
burned up the huge total of 19,
339.492.000 gallons, a gain of more
than 6,500,000,000 gallons, or 33.8
percent over the preceding year."
“California led all the states in
the amount of gasoline used by
motor vehicles, followed by New
York and Pennsylvania. Biggest
percentage Increase was register
ed by Nevada with a 48.6 percent
climb in gasoline coasumption
during the year.”
Mental Subject
Again Attempts
To End Her Life
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Friends and Neighbors Do
nate Funds for Care of
Second Snbjeet
North Carolina's disgraceful
failure to provide room for its
mental subjects was brought out
in bold relief this week when
neighbors and other friends made
individual cash contributions to
have a patient housed in a private
institution. There’s no room in
the State Hospital for the subject,
the superintendent advised. The
action taken will relieve the case
temporarily, however, and when
the contributions, amounting to
approximately $100, are exhaust
ed the private institution will be
obliged to discharge the patient.
While individuals took action
in that case, another mental sub
ject in the county tried twice dur
ing the week end to end her life
by slashing herself with razor
blades. Private physicians ap
pealed to the hospital head this
week, urging him to give the case
consideration. The county wel
fare department head also appeal
ed to the hospital, and arrange
ments are being made to deliver
the young woman to the institu
tion Wednesday. The first appeal
to the hospital was made last
week when the young woman cut
a fourteen-stitch gash in her arm.
I Correspondence, directed to the
hospital, went unanswered. Last
Saturday evening the subject
broke away and before she could
be stopped she had slashed her
leg. The family physician sewed
up the wound but the young wo
man tore out the stitches. Mon
day. she slashed herself on the
...... Mrpibers of t'<aah(jnily
have held or watched her twenty
four hours a day for some weeks,
but she would break away, pick
up a razor blade hidden out of the
reach of others and try to end her
life. Last reports state that she
was wrapped in a sheet and tied.
In a third case recently brought
to the attention of the authorities,
a young woman tried to take her
life by jumping in a well Sunday.
While such conditions are al
lowed exist, appeals tb the insti
tution in Goldsboro receive
prompt attention. Last week-end
application was made to the
Goldsboro unit lor the admittance
of a patient Monday morning a
reply (Vuj n the mail, advising
the officers to I ring the patient at
once. "We’ll do the best we can
for him," the superintendent as
sured the authorities.
Persons acquainted with condi
tions existing in the institution at
Kaleigh are pointing out the need
for corrective action. “Call the
legislature into special session.
Wake up the governor. Prod the
Council of State. Do something,”
they are suggesting.
Jaycees Starting
Third Year Under
A New President
Wheeler Mtiimiiiu Succeeds
Ernest Mears As Heail
Of Or^ani/aliou
The local Junior Chamber of
Commerce, which has risen to be
one of the top ten in the State,
began its third year at a meeting
and dinner in the Woman's Club
last Friday evening. Presiding
over the meeting was the newly
elected president. Wheeler M.
Manning, who gave just recogni
tion to the past achievements of
the club and unfolded a pattern
of the new tasks that lie ahead.
In recognizing the progress of the
club during its initial years Presi
dent Manning introduc'd Com
mitteeman Charles 11. Manning
who presented to past-Presidents
Clarence Griffin and Ernest Mears
engraved gifts, as token of the
club’s appreciation for then lead
ership during their terms of of
fice.
President Manning announced
the various committee appoint
ments for tilt- new year and dis
tributed lists to all members pres
ent. He made an announcement
concerning the plays for the com
ing Jaycee Beauty Pageant and
dance to be held in the High
School Gymnasium July 30, and
appointed special committees for
the promotion of the pageant.
Special emphasis was placed
upon the duty of the Jaycees to
I attend the weekly meetings of the
Willjamston Tobacco Market
; Boosters and to assist in every
way possible toward the promo
i tion of the Williamston Tobacco
Market.
Cnmmittcemci Earnest Mears
and Edwin "Flip” Peele gave re
ports on the progress of the forth
coming Beauty Pageant pointing
ouf that the number of contest
ants for the title of “Miss Wil
: liamston” had exceeded twenty'in
both the Junior and Senior class
es of compelition.
Guests for the evening were Joe
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lUllMMI’
Eight persons, facing vari
ous law violation charges,
were rounded up and jailed
ite.f over the wicft iiul, t vvu
of the number were young
white men. llnahle to gain
admittance to the State Hos
pital, one mental patient was
detained in the jail. Two
others were hooked for
drunken driving, three for
public drunkenness, one for
possession of illicit lit)nor and
one for an attack.
The ages of the group rang
ed from 'i 1 lo 4ti years.
Martin County Tax Values
With tiie listings of $17,818,703 for 1947, Martin Coun
ty now has the largest assessed property valuation since
1918-19 when the total listings were approximately 21 mil
lion dollars. The total listings this year -$6,59,249 per
sonal property, $9,150,245 real (‘.state and $2,009,209 cor
poration listings—are $1,966,926 larger than those record
ed in 1946. Corporation listings, despite reductions re
ported for the Coast Line Railroad Company, Western
Union Telegraph and the American Railway Express
Company, show a gain of $22,853.
The figures below show a comparison, actual and per
centage, in gains of real and personal property values, ex
clusive of corporation listings, by townships and races:
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
Totals
1946
1,846,899
376,963
743,642
706,637
3,220,242
659,464
2,374,679
390,105
951,399
1,233,971
WHITE
1947
2.365,714
403,893
803,483
759,364
3,840,796
713,153
2,721,882
409,517
1,019,056
1,262,551
$12,504,001 $14,299,409
COLORED
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
$
1946
166,156
51,683
31,325
46,483
285,390
55,354
283.595
18,223
151.595
281,616
1947
$ 176,289
53,532
32,470
52,503
330,818
65,456
322,542
19,224
169,031
288,220
Gain
518,815
26,930
59,841
52,727
620,554
53,689
347,203
19,412
67,657
28,580
$1,795,408
Gain
10,133
1,849
1,145
6,020
45,428
10,102
38,947
1.001
17,436
6,604
Pet.
28.
7.
8.
7.4
19.
8.1
14.6
• 4.9
7.1
2.3
14.3
Pet.
6.0
3.5
3.6
12.9
15.9
18.0
13.7
5.4
11.5
2.3
Totals
$1,371,420 $1,510,085
138,663 10.1
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Much Sugar Used In
Making Illicit Liquor
Officers Report
1,200 Pounds At
Plant Last Week
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\pp«>al To Supir Dnilt'fs
i To Cooperate in Prive
Asiaiihtt Trade
Pointing out that much sugar is
being used in the manufacture of
illicit liquor in this county, ABC
Officer Joe H. Roebuck this week
directed an appeal to sugar deal
ers, urging them to cooperate with
the enforcement agency by keep
ing as much sugar as possible out
of the hands of the illicit liquor
manufacturers.
"It is really surprising to learn
how much sugar is being divert
ed from legitimate channels to
the liquor business right here in
our county,’’ the officer said. “We
raided a plant in the Free Union
section of Jamesville Township
last Saturday and learned that 1,
200 pounds of sugar had been us
ed there in recent days,” the of
ficer declared, adding that the
sales apparently had been made
by a wholesaler to little country
stores and then delivered to the
liquor plant operators.
The officer pointed out that
very little molasses is now being
used for the manufacture of il
I licit ilquor in this county. In their
raids last week Officers Roebuck
and Roy Peel found 100 pounds of
sugar. During .the meantime
j sugar stocks are running low in
j \ ol Cd YU vhu, .
Reviewing enforcement activi
ties of the past week, Officer
Roebuck said that Constable Paul
Holliday and two assistants
wrecked a 50-gallon capacity kel
tic and poured out one-half gal
lon of liquor and fifty gallons of
sugar beer at a plant near Dar
dens at 11:30 o'clock last Monday
night, liosea Janies, colored man,
was caught at the still and in the
county court this week he was
fined $50 and taxed with the costs.
A road sentence was suspended.
Last Thursday Officers Roebuck
and Peel wrecked two distilleries
in the Great Branch section of
RuberspnviUe Towt\,hm and
poured out. 100 gallon ■ of sugar
beer. One of the plants was
equipped with a 50-gallon capac
ity copper kettle and the other
had an oil drum for a kettle. Re
turning to Jamesville Township
that afternoon, the officers wreck
ed a plant and pjiured out 50 gal
lons of sugar beer.
A large plant, equipped with a
100-gallon capacity copper kettle
and four fermenters, was wreck
ed in the Free Union section of
Jamesville Township lust Friday,
Th(x officers poured out 100 gal
lons of sugai beer and confiscated
100 pounds of sugar and a small
quantity of meal. The operator
had just started a fire under the
kettle, but aided by signals, he
escaped just ahead of the officers.
Saturday morning the officers
wrecked a plant in the same part
of the county but could not find
the still. Fight lifty-gallon fer
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Divorce Actions
Filed In Court
Several divorce actions, most of
them bused on two-year separa
tion grounds, were filed in the
Martin County Superior Court a
few days ago.
Based on two-year separation
grounds, the following divorce
actions are now pending in the
court: John 11. Gant against Car
rie Bell Gant, H. B. Lilley against
Hu by Gilley, and Joe Scott against
Martha Scott.
In u third case, Hilda Goode
against Herbert Goode, the plain
tiff points out that the defendant
was alre ady married to a woman,
Evelyn Goode, in Georgia, that
when she (the plaintiff) married
him he had not gotten a divorce.
On that grounds she is asking a
divorce. It is understood that
Goode was convicted in the courts
of this state for bigamy, that he is
shortly completing a sentence in
Haiiian prison.
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DAMAGED
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Starting out with unusually
bright prospects for a bumper
crop, peanuts have been dam
aged by excessive rains in
certain sections of the coun
tv. Some farmers declare
they have not been able to
plow in their fields in almost
a month and add that the
grass has got out of hand.
A heavy rain—1.39 inches—
fell here last Saturday night
and a light fall was reported
| last night, meaning that cul
j fixation of the crop virtually
has been blocked.
Former Resident
Dies In Hospital
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Mrs. Lucy Roberson Page
Barnhill, a former resident of
Williainston died in a Greenville
hospital Monday morning at -I lii
o'clock. She had been critically
ill for several days.
Mrs. Barnhill was born in the
Stokes community of Pitt County
and spent her early life there. In
early womanhood she was mar
ried to C. P. Page and later locat
ed in Williamston where Mr. Page
served the town as chief of police.
Some time after his death in 1925
she returned to Pitt County and
was later married to Lam S. Barn
hill who died in 193ii.
Mrs. Barnhill was a faithful
member of the Brim Swamp
I Primitive Baptist Ciiufch' fbi
I many years and Elder A. B. Ay
ers is conducting the funeral at
the home in Stokes this afternoon
at 3:00 o’clock. Interment will
follow in the family plot in Wil
liamston’s Woodlawn Cemetery.
She is survived by three strp
I daughters, Mrs. Elias Nobles ot
near Winterville, Mrs. Arthur
Barnhill of* near Greenville, and
Mrs. Herman Garris of near
! Greenville; five step-sons, Jim
' Barnhill of Paetolus, Arthur Barn
hill of near Statons Mill, Lam
Barnhill, Jr., of Bethel, Clarence
Barnhill of Bclv.'lU', .red. . Le/.\rv
Barnhill of Sweet Gum Grove
: Cnrntnunpv ■ tv:". 1 ■ ■ ■ , j ^ ,i
Roberson and A. S. Roberson of
I Stokes; four half-sisters. Mis. W.
11. Everett of Stokes, Mrs. P. ().
| Allen of Greenville, Mrs J. W.
| James, Jr., of Statons Mill, and
! Mrs. Fannie Barnhill of Ivanhoe;
I two half-brothers, J. L Roberson
of Rocky Mount and B. O. Rober
son of Greenville.
Registrations Of
Cars Increasing
Motorists m North Carolina
paid a total of $11,132.000 in m u1
(ration fees during 1946 as com
pared with $9,489,000 during the
previous year, Coleman W. Rob
erts, President of the Carolina
Motor Club, reported toda,\ .
On the basis of figures supplied
by AAA. National Headquarters
in Washington, 1). C., Mr Roberts
said that for the nation as a whole
registration collections bv states
amounted to $441,910,000 as com
pared with $385,694,000 in 1945.
"When other miscellaneous col
lections, such as dealer license
! fees, operators’ permit lei s, and
the like are added in,” Mr. Rob
I erts said, “total state motor regis
tration taxes amounted to the re
cord breaking sum of $520,780,
000.”
"These registration fees are, of
course, in addition to the gasoline
taxes and many other taxes on the
motorists by the various levels of
government.”
“Total special taxes paid by
motor vehicle owners during 1940
are estimated at the all-time high
total of $2,400,000,000 compared
wit hlhe pre-war record of $2,
150,000,000.”
Minister's Condition
Showing Improvement
Quite ill at his home for over
two weeks, Elder B. S. Cowin was
reported much improved over the
week-end. He was said to be able
to sit up during brief intervals,
and Sunday he received almost
two hundred visitors.
File Damage Suits
In Superior Court
In Past Few Days
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Victims ul Highway W reck
Vie \skin*: SI5,000
In Damages
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Several civil .suits, the plaintiffs
seeking from $2,500 to $10,000
damages, were filed during the
past few days in the Martin Coun
ty Superior Court and are tenta
tively scheduled for trial in Sep
tember. it was learned from Clerk
of Court L. Bruce Wynne;.
J. B. Sullivan and his wife, Mrs.
Margie Sullivan, are asking $15,
000 damages in their cases against
Amos Cox and Vance Harrington.
In the complaint it is pointed out
that the defendants were driving
toward Greenville on the night of
last January IS when about one
mile out of Bethel their car crash
ed into a truck parked on the
highway. It is alleged in the com
plaint that the driver of the truck,
Arnos Cox. hud deserted the truck
and left no rear light on it, that
rain was falling, making it im
possible for Mr. Sullivan to see
the truck until he was within a
few feet of it. Harrington owned
the truck and the complaint al
leges that Cox was acting as his
agent Reports slate that the de
fendant curried proper insurants
for his protection.
In his complaint, Mi Sullivan
stales that he wag seriously cut
on the lace and neck, that other
parts of his body were badly
bruned and that bones in his
right hand were broken, that he
received severe and lasting shock.
He is asking $5,000 damages.
In her complaint, Mrs. Sullivan
points out that she received seri
briuscs on her face and other
parts of her body, that she lost
nearly all of her teeth and that
there was a bone injury to her
| right foot. Unconscious for sev
I oral days, Mi - Sullivan was treat
I ed m the local hospital for quite
l .some time. Shi ... asking $10,000
! damages.
The complaints were filed by
; 1 Vt 1 and Manning, local altor
i neys.
A third suit was filed in the
court last wet k, the plaintiff, Mil
| di I'd Kay, seeking $2,500 damages
j from the defendant, Graee Mayn
|"ard. as a. resuil ot an as auit with
a deadly weapon committed on
Ti11 night £>i fast July a.
la the complaint filed by At
torneys Critcher and Gurganus,
the plaintiff says, in part: "That
by reason of aid unlawful assault
on the plaintiff with a pistol with
intent to kill, pluintilf was frigh
tened, feared that her life would
lie taken without cause, that she
was humiliated and embarrassed
before her friends and people then
in the cafe, and as a result there
of she suffered a nervous break
down and mental anguish, could
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Two Minor Auto
Wreck Reported
No one was injured but prop
erty damage approximating $U00
. resulted in two automobile acci
dents reported in the county last
week-end.
Driving toward Plymouth early
last Friday night, Woodrow W.
Daughtrry -truck B. N. Holliday's
car parked in front of Clark's cafe
j in Jamesville, doing about $200
damage to Holliday's 1940 Olds
mobile and about the same
amount to his own, a 194(i Chev
rolet. After knocking the Holli
day ear partly around, Daugh
trey’s ear swerved to the left and
i ame to a stop a short distance
j away. Officer Paul Holliday and
I Patrolman W. E. Saunders inves
Itigated the accident and detained
Daughtrey temporarily. Daugh
they was the first man booked for
trial under the new highway safe
ty laws that went into effect tho
first of this month.
Apparently driving at a rapid
speed, David Brinkley Gurkin lost
control of his 1937 Ford, d idled
and turned it over on a curve in
the dirt road connecting Highway
17 and 64 just “back ol Dennis
Hardy’s store last Sunday after
noon at 3:15 o’clock. No one waa
hurt. Damage to the car was esti
mated at $200 by Patrolman W. E.
Saunders Who made the mvcsti
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