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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3 000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK —————*—■——* m ■ VOLl MK \lJMBEB; Tfc —VLiUijpM^Uy>n, Martin County ^ 'SortbC.amlma,' i'nrsdry, Soptem bar / */17 ESTABLISHED 189* Clear Few Cases * From Docket In | Superior 'Court — * Judge J. CIuwmjii Williams Opens Court After A Week’s Delay -»- y Working until late Monday aft- | ernoon, the Martin County Su- J perior Court cleared comparative ly few cases from its criminal docket and it i’s fairly certain to day that the tribunal will not reach the civil calendar before ^fcite Wednesday or early Thurs day. The grand jury completed its work about 4:30 Monday aft ernoon and recessed after return ing a number of true bills, in cluding one charging William Kirkman with the murder of Fred Little in Parmele a few weeks ago. Only one ease reached the jury during the first day of court, but ▼judge Clawson L. Williams, pre siding. did not pronounce sen tence immediately in that or in several other cases where the de fendants pleaded guilty. The court is attracting only cas ual attention from the public, and spectators have been compara tively few during the first two days of the term, the first week of which was delayed on account of Judge Williams’s illness last week. Solicitor George Ffluntain of Tarboro is prosecuting the doc ket. After spending most of Monday morning addressing the grand jury, reviewing the civil calen dar and waiting for the grand jury to return some bills, the court worked for quite a while on the case charging Warren Grif fin, Bill Gilliam ar.d Sam Brooks with highway robbery. The de fendants were accused of robbing Dennis Whitaker, Williamston tax, driver, of about $35. After hearing all the evidence, the court declared Gilliam and Brooks not guilty, and Griffin pleaded guilty of lefusing or failing to pay a taxi 0 fare from Williamston to Farm Life. Sentence was not imposed kwi'evdittUiy in iiit- ease. Harold Clark, charged with breaking and entering and lar ceny of clothes from the Blue Star Cleaners in Williamston, pleaded guilty, Judge Williams delaying announcement of judgment in the case. The eases charging John E. Williams and James Robert Bul lock with false pretense, were nol pressed or dismissed. The William case had grown a full set of whiskers, it had been on the docket for so long. Matthew Williams, pleading guilty in the case charging him with breaking and entering and the larceny of meats and supplies from Roberson's Slaughter House, was sentenced to State's Prison for not less than eighteen months and not more than three years. Spending just about all of Mon cUtemac/n ovv ,,. e :;.f the manslaughter cases brought a gainst John David Wooten and Webb Ward, the court recessed for the day shortly after the jury got the case. Alter deliberating for about thirty minutes the jury found both of the defendants guilty, but judgment was delay ed The two defendants were driving automobiles on the Rob ersonville-Stokes Road iast De cember 15 and ran together, caus ing the deaths of Henry Ward, Mary Brown and Gladys Riddick. ■o Fires Into Group At Show Grounds -# Using a shot gun. some low down, common, sneaking scoun drel fired a load of small shot into * a group of persons at the carnival grounds here on Washington Street about 1:00 o'clock Sunday morning. Three persons—a white youth and two colored boys—were hit, but neither of them was bad ly hurt. Struck back of the neck by - single snot one of the colored boys bled freely for a few rrfinutes. but tin, other two victims had yieir 4 skin barely broken by one or two of the small shot. Two officers, on duty there at the time, investigated and voiced the opinion that the load of shot was fired from a moving automo bile. No motive supporting the cowardly act could be advanced. Local Lumber Plant Plans To Resume FulUDperation j While no report has been re-1 leased on the progress, if any, of negotiations between the union (District 50, UMW) and the W. I. Skinner Tobacco Company here, the Williamston Lumber Company management, it was learned this morning, planned- to resume full scale operations shortly. Its oper ating schedule reduced to a low point by a strike now in its sec ond week, thp lumber company plant is gradually resuming activi ties. the management explaining this morning that approximately fifty employes were operating the small saw mill, the planing mill and the grading shed. "We have about enough applica tions for work to resume opera tion of the ‘big saw milk” the managers said, adding that just as soon as a reorganization can be effected the whistle at the big | WARNING 1| «- _ > Peanut farmers in this county are again warned to get their questionnaires pre pared and back into the office of the farm agent by the last of this month. If the information desired and needed is not in the hands of the county Triple A com mittee by that time, basic figures upon which quotas are to be determined will be set up by the committeemen. Quotas for 1948 peanut plantings are to be establish ed for individual farms before the referendum is held in De cember, and the information must be had from the farm ers without delay, it was ex plained. Agreed Judgment In Damage Suits i' rTL .. . . I nft< r a friendly lashtnn by Tom Brown Manning and George Har rell Manning against Marvin W. Corey, were settled out of court this week. The plaintiffs were asking com bined damages in the sum of $40. 000. both having complained of sufferin broken backs and other 'injuries when the defendant’s car in which they were riding, was i wrecked in Jamesvnie early in the morning of last October 20. According to the judgment en tered in'the court records this week, Plaintiff Tom Brown Man ning through his next friend, Jas. Raleigh Manning, received dam ages in the sum of $2,750. His brother, George Harrell Man ning, was awarded $5,500 dam ages. The defendant or Ids in surance m pany. - H < costs of the two adi ms in addi tion to the damages. Several other large suits are pending trial this week, but there is some doubt if the court will find time to hear them. --o-■ Suffers Rib Injuries In Accident Yesterday -* Mr. Charlie Coltrain. mechani cal superintendent for the Martin ! County schools, suffered painful but believed not serious injuries (while working in the county gar i age Monday morning. He was i working at a np saw when the ( saw kicked back a piece of timber, throwing it into his side and in juring his ribs. He was nmoved j to the local hospital for treat , ment. ROUND-UP v-/ Local and county officers rounded up and temporarily detained six alleged violators of the law here last week-end, | the arrests running consider ably beiow those of Hie week before. Two persons were charged with public drunken ness, two with larceny and receiving, and one wtih false pretense. The sixth alleged violator was charged with skipping bond. One of the six was white and the ages of the group ranged from a low of seventeen to 25 years. plant will’be blown. No day was mentioned for the resumption of operations at the big milt, but the managers are planning to go on a regular schedule later in the week. ‘‘Some of our old workers are returning, but most of those applying for wo/k are coming from other places,” the managers said. ' The company is operating its trucks, but logging activities have been curtailed in some instances because the loggers were shifted to the fields to dig peanuts. How ever, enough logs are moving to the plant to keep the mill run ning. No other tangible results have been reported on the labor front here, the Standard Fertilizer Com pany plant management stating this morning that operations there were normal at the present time. (Inspect Property For Fire Hazards With the fall season at hand, Fire Chief G. P. Hall this week is sued a timely warning against fire hazards. At one time the local fire department received a goodly number of calls each fall when home owners built their first fires. Many of the habards have been removed over a period of years, but the fire department head suggests that careful in spections be made in tin effort to eliminate every possible fire haz ard. "Roof fires,” he said, “are chief ly caused by sparks leaking out through cracks in the chimney. In time bricks may foosen and a dangerous fire hazard is created. Such cracks should be cemented before the heating units are start ed in the fall.” He also recommends that stove pipes be thoroughly checked for XUSi holes and worn VBe sure the pipe joints fit snugly, otherwise smoke and flame may seep out,” he said, Emphasizing that fire can wipe out a life’s savings in a few hours, the chief reminded home-owners that America's fire losses for the first twelve months of this year are already greater than the en tire twelve months of 1942, These losses so menace the prosperity of the country and tne life of its citizens that President Truman through Secretary of Agriculture Anderson has asked all people to do their part in stopping these huge losses. -o | Prisoner Turned Over To Virginia Cun.pitting a sentence imposed upon him in Oates County, a c<*l ! ored prisoner, held in the camp I here, chose to return to Virginia voluntarily to lace a corn theft charge in Suffolk, it was learned last week-end. Asked if he wanted to fight ex tradition, the prisoner who had I paid his debt to society in this State said he would go voluntarily and went on to explain the volun tary action. “I was in Pennsylvania once and they wanted me in North Carolina for a crime I committed. Two -lawyers visited me in jail and advised they could keep me if I paid them $300. I begged the money from those hardly able to part with it. paid each of the law yers $150 and a short time later the law brought me back. No, I don't believe I want to bother with any papers this time,” the prisoner was quoted as saying. -*■ Local Man Critically III In The ilos/tilal ——» Mi Charlie Gurganus. local man. continues critically ill m a Washington hospital, the victim of j typhus fever. Last reports from the huspital stated that he had de veloped pneumonia, that uremic poisoning had set in and that his condition was gradually worsen ing. The fever, as far as it could be learned, has not been definitely traced, but it is believed to have come from ruts. J. Paul Leonard Talk To Members ! Of Kiwanis Club • Must A<l\ocato Economy Aiul Efficiency In Stale And National Affairs J. Paul Leonard, representa tive and spokesman for the North Carolina Fair Tax Association, was guest speaker at the meeting of the local Kiwanis Club last Thursday night in the George Reynolds Hotel, Mr. Leonard, who lives in Statesville, pointed out what he termed our “danger ous departures” from “the world’s noblest experiment in government marked by the signing of our na tional constitution 160 years ago, the righteousness of which was proved by the subsequent devel opment of the best system of self government and the most pros perous national life with which mankind has ever been blessed.” “We must, of necessity if our government is to survive, advo cate enconomy and efficiency in the operation of our state and na tional affairs," the speaker said. Mr. Leonard stated that in 1939 the total expenditures of the na tion did not amount to but nine billion dollars. “In 1946 the pay roll for federal employees alone amounted to eight billion.” The speaker also emphasized the necessity of maintaining the sovereignty of the individual, de mocratic principles in government and free enterprise in business. “There are many men in this country who would destroy our way of life and although their acts and intentions are insidious they remain on the government payroll.” “Our spending program,” the speaker said, “is out of step with our normal income. There io waste and extravagance from county operations up through the national government, and the public is aroused over such a large portion of the national income be ing consumed by taxes to finance our over-expanded federal gov .tsxmpeM with .surplus of.'/. m<] lion < ivilian employees added un der the guise of war emergencies and retained by a selfish bureau cracy.” Mr. Leonard stated that he did not object to assisting Europe with food and materials sotlong as it ! was consistent with common sense ! and sound judgment. “A total crop failure in this country would place us in a pro carious situation and no one can foretell the outcome should tl.i., happen. We must have a reserve and it is a know'n fact and appar ent to everyone who knows the conditions in Europe, that the more we give in billions to the countries of Europe to save them from Communism the more they hate and detest us.” Two Accidents On County Highways ——•— One person was badly but b< - lieved not critically hurt in ve hicle accidents on the highways of this county last week-end. Par ticulars on a second accident could not be had. Cph T. Fearing ex plaining that the vehicle, a 1938 Chevrolet pick-up truck register ed in the name of James Reason, was stolen in Hamilton Saturday night and wrecked on a bridge on the Williamston-Hassell Road, a short distance off Highway No. 125. The railing was ripped away on one side of the bridge and the truck was found turned over in the swamp. Irving Moore, colored of Rober sonvilie, was hurt when he was run down by an automobile in Parmele last Sunday afternoon between four and five o’clock. "I have heard so many versions of the assault I hardly know what happened,” Patrolman W. E. ,Saunders said following a prelim inary investigation The car, re gistered in the name of Eli Coun WS*> 1 (,'pOi h'u to 09V*1 been driven by John Council. Moore was .-aid to have been silting or lying beside the highway watch ing a baseball game when he was run down by the car. Picked up, Moore was delivered to a doctor’s office in Robersonville where his injuries were treated. The driver of the car did not I tarry long and was said to have I left for Norfolk, in another car. P.-T. A. Will Seek fitX! Members iii 47 Attended by a large number of parents and the teachers from every section ot the school dis trict, the Williamston Parents Teachers Association Monday night got a good start toward the membership goal of 500 set by Committee Chairman Mrs, Irving Margolis. President Hildreth Mobley ad dressed the meeting for several minutes outlining the work and purpose of the Parents-Teachers associations here and throughout the country. He called attention to the need for cooperation among the patrons of the school and the teachers for the good of the stud ents and the schools as a whole. He said that it not only offered an opportunity to help the schools but also gave parents a chance to mingle with otheis in their com munity, to make friends and dis cuss the problems of the day. Membership in the P.-T. A. is a “badge of honor", he said, and the organization needs the support oi all parents, patrons and friends Calling attention to the fact that there,are nearly four and one-hall million members enrolled in the National Congress of Parents Teachers Associations, Mr. Mob ley declared that this was one ol I the guardians of the future wel | fare of the nation which had nc ax to grind. In announcing the membershif gotil for the school year us 500 Mrs. Margolis said the member ship reached a total of 431 during last school year and the minimun aim this year was to get one par ent from each home. Principal B. G. Stewart report ed that the pupils in the Elemen tary schools the first ten days o this year totaled 700 as compare! with 724 last year for the sarm period and in the high school 16i as against 164 last fall. He sail that the record this year, whit showing a gain since last yeai was disappointing in that severe high school students who hai been expected buck this year fail ed to return. Since they are abov tin' age iimit covered by the stat law tiiey can no longer be com polled to attend school, lie said He also reported that condition were still crowded despite the ad dition of two rooms since las year. Four rooms m the schoo have 44 pupils each, he added. President Mobley called utten lion to a district parent-teacher meeting to be held October 8 ii Elizabeth City and urged as man; of the parents to go as could pos Sibly anange it. He said tha twelve representatives attendee the district meeting m Columbii last year and was recognized as ; large delegation but failed to ge any recognition because no or ganization existed here the yea before, “'Shis year we will be re cognized not only for our attend ance but also for our accomplish ments,’’ lie added. COl'lTliil t i .-j.jjwlliltl for the 1947-48 term include: Pro gram, Mrs. Herbeit Taylor; Mem bership, Mrs. Irving Margolis; Fi nance, V. J Spivey; Social, Mrs George Peele; Music, Mrs. Buche Patterson; Lunch-room, gramma school, W. B. Gaylord; Publicity Mrs. Geo. Corey; Procedure am by-laws. R. L. Coburn. President Meyer Levin of th< i Band-Parents Association an | nounced that the band fund ha< I reached a total of $2255.53. -t-. Suffers Itrolicn Leg In Mill Accident lien -<*, Mr. John Fagan, aged worker a the plant of the Williamston Lum her Company, suffered a com ! pound leg fracture when a scaf fold broke and threw him to thi ground at the mill last Friday af ternoon. He is recovering in tin local hospital. RUNNING FIKK v A Washing ton Count v farm - el wlule en" rutile to" the focal market almost lost Ids load of tobacco yesterday when it caught fire. It is thought that passing motorists flipped out •a lighted cigarette, that it caught in the canvas and started the fire. Other motorists saw the fire and stopped the farmer who put it out before much damage was done. \ t Schedule For Issuance Of Drivers’ Licenses Listed \ I A schedule to be followed in is-1 suing drivers’ licenses was issued j this week by the North Carolina I [Motor Vehicles Bureau. Licenses | i are now going to those drivers ! whose surnames begin with A or B. Persons whose last names be • [gin with C or D will be examined | for drivers’ licenses between Jan uary 1 and June 30. 1948. , The schedule for other alpha betical groups follows: [ E, F, and G—from July l to De cember 31. 1948. H, I. J and K—from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1949. L and M—from July 1 to Dec. 31. 1949. N. O. P and Q—from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1950. R. S, and T—from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1950. U, V, W, X, Y and Z—from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1951. Taking four years to complete, the re-examination program is de signed to eliminate all poor driv ers from the roads. A thorough driving test is now being given, which examines motorists on the essential driving techniques. Giv en in four parts, the exam consists of: a vision test, a highway sign test, a written rules questionnaire, and an actual road test. Half of the time allotted for the issuance of licenses to those whose last names begin with A or B is about spent, but far from half of those scheduled to take the tests have reported so far, meaning that there’ll be a last-minute rush and that possibly some will be without licenses after January 1. Licenses are issued in this county | every Wednesday and Thursday at Williamston and in Roberson | ville each Friday. Tobacco Sales Pass Five Million Pounds Price Average A Little Stronger Than Last Week —— Four-hour Selling Period In Effect On All Belt Markets . J Handling over a third of a mil I lion pounds last Friday, the local tobacco market went right on over . the five-million pound mark yes I terday and is closing today with its sales in excess of five and a quarter million pounds. [ Large quantities of inferior to ll bacco are still being offered, ob servers declaring that the quality ,! of the “break” today is about the poorest (if trie season, ' After gradually dt-cihuilg d'ui - ing most of last week, prices stag , | ed a slight comeback yesterday with little change noted in prices I early today. 1 Through lust Friday the market had sold 4,737,850 pounds for $1. - 808,150.71 or an average of more ; than $40 per hundred pounds, i Reports from other markets in i the belt place the average at a -j figure slightly below the purity L | price guarantee. The Border I through last Friday had sold 224, i 123,322 pounds for an average i price of $43.08. Last week’s sales t' on the border were 44,031,822 and . | average only $39.70. The stabiliza • I tion corporation took more than I 13 percent of the crop there last . 1 week. Fairly steady prices prevailed on the Eastern North Carolilitl flue-cured tobacco markets dur ing the fourth week of sales. How ever, the United States and North Carolina Departments of Agricul ture report lower quality offer ings forced the general average to the lowest point of the year for the heaviest volume marketed. Gross sales amounted to 53,502,385 pounds and average only $38.15 per hundred. This average was $2.32 below last week and $5.10 below that recorded the first week of auctions. Season sales were j brought to 160,284.088 pounds at an average of $40.57. Better leaf, smoking leaf, and cutter grades registered about the only gains of the week. Losses : were more frequent and occurred principally in lugs, primings, and jlowei leaf grader. Price changes when compared with the previous | week were mostly ai $1.00. Al though average prices day by day have shown a tendency toward | unsteadiness, weekly averages have held relatively firm through out the season. Because of the large amount of ! tips being marketed at this time tr-.rrv • than the week before. While the percentage of all leaf grades in creased. the largest differences were in common to fair qualities. Also, the proportion uf heavy non descript was greater. The shift was chiefly from tugs and prim ings as the ratio of cutlets was nearly the same. Bulk of sales was composed of common to good {Continued on five) TO MAKE SURVEY Meeting with Engineers Henry and Tom Rivers in a special session here last eve ning, the town commissioners called for a tentative survey of needed water and sewer lines and facilities. The en gineers plan to make a rough survey and report to the auth orities at their next regular meeting. No costs estimates and no definite program was out lined at the meeting. The possibility of meeting urgent calles lor water and sewer lines in the northern sector of the town and a HuO.OOO gallon elevated storage tank were mentioned. Hotel Renovation About Completed Under way for several month: the Hotel George Reynolds reno vation program here is now near ing completion, Manager Chas. J Brady said yesterday. Work or the first and second floors is just about complete and the modern) zation program is now being ex tended to the third floor, Mr Brady said, adding that the last of the new furniture would be locat ed within the next two or three weeks. Carpeting the floors in the halls and rooms, the new hotel owners Messrs. S. A- Mobley and It. L. Co burn. are re-equipping the entire bunding vuuTi'icw ’ "aitd ^iiodei n furniture and fixtures, and table telephones are to replace those on the walls. "The beds and othei furniture are the best that can bi bought,” Manager Brady said pointing out that no expense is being spared and every effort is being made to give the town a creditable hotel and a comfortable home for travelers. The hotel, maintaining a mod ern dining room, is reporting a rapidly expanding patronage Most of its fifty rooms are filled through file week, and patrons making repeut visits, are well pleased with the accommodations and impressed by the friendly at mosphere. EXCUSED v* Mrs. Brine Kuebuck, tine of two Martin County women citizens drawn for jury duty during the current term of the superior Court, was excused by Judge Clawson Williams «-. - ii V,;y. ituUilcli out iiiai Mis. John W’ier, drawn to serve at this term, was excused when she presented a doctor’s cer tificate to the clerk some time ago. Judge W’illiains was quoted as saying that since Mrs. Roebuck was the only lady left to serve that she coi Id be excused. Other women will be drawu lee jury duty in. Dc irher, GramUury Hears Brief Court on Monday True Bill Returned Apcuiust W illiam Kirkmun In Murder Case After a delay of one week on. account of his illness, Judge Clawson Williams of Sanford opened the September term of the Martin County Superior Court Monday morning and briefly charged the grand jury. His re marks to the jury were confined mainly to instructions and the sys tem followed in selecting jury men. Pointing out that we had lived through one of the greatest periods in history since he was I here five years ago, Judge Wil lliams called attention to the nn I portance of the high office grand jurymen hold. “The ideals men fought and died for are your re sponsibility now, for those ideals carry responsibilities,” Judge Williams said. “The United States is one of the few countries in the world where average citizens have a voice in their government,” the jurist said, pointing out the duty of jurymen and others to main tain that system. “You gentlemen were not chos en in a haphazard manner to serve as jurymen. You were chos en by the county commissioners first, and to be selected you had to have good moral character and intelligence,” the judge said, add ing that no state is more jealous I of the rights of its citizens than is | North Carolina. I Continuing, the jurist said, j “Some say that the grand jury is I antiquated and out of dale. This | is not in accordance with accepted 'judicial theory,” he declared and I cited tlie advice Robert E. Let* gave to his son, “Remember duty is the sublimest word in the Eng lish language,” Judge Williams directed the jury to inspect various public pro perties and make presentation of any cni,rif\JL,np,wn.to its inembeis. ' Nine new members were added to the jury this week, including Alton Croom, J. M. Perry, James E, Peel, E. M. Bland, C. L. Hadley, Geo. A. Harris, J. H. Leary, Gas ton L. Andrews and Clifton Keel. Mrs. Bruce Roebuck, the first Martin County woman citizen to be called for regular jury duty, had her name drawn for grand jury duty, but she had been ex cused a short time previously. Several members of the petit Jury had goodiexeuses to escape duty, but Judge Williams heard none of them. Three men, Sam Andrews. Wm. S. Bland and W. W. Taylor, were excused before the roll was called, two of them hav ing presented physicians’ certifi ' cates. !Meeting Of Young I Homemakers Held —*— A meeting of the Williamston Chapter of Future Homemakers of America was held in the home economics department here, last Thursday evening with President Lilybet Muse presiding. Plans were discussed for the current term, including arrange ments foi a Thanksgiving dance, entertainment of the local foot ball squad and duties of the his torian and reporter. Means of making money for the club were discussed but nothing definite was decided. A report on the summer camp was given by Rachel Chesson, Lu cille Quinn and Sadie Banks. The eiub is^composcd of thirty [nine girls, including, Doris An drews. Sadie Banks, Jean Bailey, Genevieve Banks, Mary E. Bul lock, Louise Cherry, Dorothy Chesson, Madeline Chesson, Ra chel Chesson, Edna Coltrain, Bar bara Coltrain, Louise Corey. Lu cille Godard, Elizabeth Griffin, Marie Gridin, Betty Gurganus, il.nhli ilai i ■ G*■'. y A- , , H i ■ b*i. .t Jackson, a aim rving, .vlary C Leggett. Sarah Manning, Jes sie M. Melson, Lilybet Muse, Jean McLawhorn, Alice Peaks, Harriett Peel. Joan Peel, Rhoda F. Peel, Lucille Quinn, Evelyn Rogers, Ruby Savage. Rosemon Simmons, i Betty R. Taylor. Jeanette Thomas. | Harriett Ward. Norma R. Wood, j Alice P. Williams and Elizabeth | Whitley—Rachel Chesson, le ft
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