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^ the enterprise is read bi OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE (S READ Bl OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES = VOLUME L—NUMBER 88 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 4, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1899 Report Series Of * Minor Accidents In Martin County! Strict hnforeenicnt of Mol-! or Vehicle Laws On State 1 Highways Sven. — Swinging into action last week Vn'ii ifii "enlarged highway patrol force reported the arrests of sev- j eral alleged highway law violat- . Ois a^a ir voJtigaum ^ series of ] minor accidents in various parts ^pf the county during the period. The first in the recent series of1 of accidents was investigated by ; Patrolmen W. E. Saunders and B. ! W. Parker between Robersonville ' and Parmele last Thursday after- j noon about 3:00 o'clock. Driving a 1942 Dodge toward Parmele, Charles Bland Swearinger of Nor folk encountered a slow truck. He applied his brakes, causing his car ^to skid to the left and into the path of a truck being driven by Marvin Layton. A w'heel was torn down and a fender smashed on the Dodge, Patrolman Parker estimating the car damage at about $100. No one was hurt and 1 very little damage was done to the . truck. The new patrolmen assigned I the county, Rowe and Narron, | drew their first field assignments | last Saturday night about 9:00 o’clock when Marvin L. Warren, RFD 2. Robersonville, lost control of his car at Cross Roads Church, jumped a ditch and plowed into a field. Damage was estimated at $50, and Warren, a college stud ent, was not hurt. The two new patrolmen were accompanied by j Patrolmen Saunders and Parker. | Tile third in the wreck series j happened on Highway 17 near Corey’s Cross Roads Saturday night about 10:00 o’clock. Donald D. Osborne, a Virginian stationed with the Marine Corns at Camp Lejeune, had stopped beside the highway and was pulling, back on the road just as Willard Gray Col train of Washington was driving ! * by in his 1940 Ford. A fender was damaged on the Coltrain car, pa trolmen estimating the damage to tho^or^tjihom $25. ...No pne was hurt. Cpl. T. Fearing and Patrolman , Narron investigated the fourth , nnd last accident in the week-end i lories at Hamilton Sunday after noon. William Linwood Whitley, RFD 1, Grimesland, was driving into Hamilton from Oak City and was rounding the corner on the main streets when he struck Jim my Jordan Core, Jr.’s 1940 Chev rolet. No one was hurt. Damage to Whitley's 194! Ford coach wa» estimated at $75 and damage to the Chevrolet will run about $20, Cpl- Fearing said. Whitley was temporarily detained for alleged ly operating a motor vehicle with out a driver’s license. Other activities handled by the patrol force last week-end includ ed the arrests of William Perkins, senior and junior, Isaiah Perkins, for hit-run driving and transport ing illicit liquors; Mack Woolard -S, . way: and Janies Blount for reck less driving. Driving a pick-up truck. Wil liam Perkins, Jr., hit a vehicle in Jamesville. While Officer Paul Holiday was investigating, Park ins drove aw'ay and he and the other two were stopped by patrol men at Gardner’s Creek, The of ficers found two gallons of white liquor under a washtub. Said to have been driving while in an intoxicated condition. G. M. Fisher of Virginia and Goldsboro ran his station wagon into a park ed car a short distance out. of Hamilton on the Oak City road. (Continued on page eignt) r MEETING I A public meeting at which the proposed extension of the ! town limits are to be discuss ed has been tentatively sched- I tiU-d-foi Wednesday e.vetting at 8:b# o'clock, November 19, j in the courthouse. No program was outlined t lor the meeting; the town commissioners, in session last evening, pointing out that such a gathering would pro vide an opportunity to go j over the proposal and frankly discusse the advantages and disadvantages. Leaf Sales Resumed After Brief Holiday L SAFETY SIIQW A special safetv show is be ing-bo&ked fe-r ■shriving in -• most of the sc' -is of this county week after next. Rat ing national recognition and stressing safety, the show is being sponsored jointly by Sheriff Chas. B. Roebuck and The Enterprise, and is be ing brought here by the N. C. State Automobile Associa tion. The show, centering around Officer Ernest E. Pressley and his trained animals, will be shown without cost to the pupils. A schedule for the shows will be released later this week. Funeral Yesterday For Mrs. Williams -m Funeral services were conduct ed in the Maple Grove Christian Church Monday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock for Mrs. Henry Williams who died in a local hospital Sun day morning at 12:50 o’clock. Mrs. Williams was a member of the church and her pastor, Rev. M. L. Ambrose, assisted by Rev. W. B. Harrington, conducted the serv ice. Burial was in the Roberson cemetery in Griffins Township j near Farm Life school. Mrs. Williams had been in de clining health for some time and underwent an operation about ten i days ago. Her condition was very satisfactory until last week-end when she suffered a relapse and | little hope was held for her recov ery. The former Miss Frances Gen- ] eva Hardison, she was born in I W'llliams Township 39 years ago! on Fabruary 13. 1908, the dauglr- ’ ter of the late Levi and Fannie] ried to Mr. Williams on October j 9, 1929, and continued to live in ! Williams Township for several j years before locating in the Jamesville section. Surviving are her husband; three children, Clifton. Dorothy, and James Matthews Williams, all of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Ro land Moore of Jamesville and Miss Bertha Hardison of the old home in Williams Township; and four brothers, Alexander Hardi son of Rocky Mount, Velmer Har dison of Hamilton, and Haulcy and Kelly Hardison, both of William slon, -n Plan Junior Red Cross Campaign —»— Plans art underway to enroll in the Junior Red ..Cros^^gl^ schools in the Martin County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Junior Red Cross is noth ing more or less than Red Cross in the schools. The program which was started this week calls for the organiza tion of a student council by Miss Ida Roberts and Julia Laughing house in the Wiliiamston high school and soon the Junior Red Cross hopes to establish councils in all the county schools. The enrollment period began November 1 and will continue through November 15th. All parents are urged to cooper ate with their children in this edu cational program which is operat ing on a county, state and national scale. Two thousand two hundred were enrolled in the county last year and -Mrs. Victor Brown, speaking for the organization, stated yesterday that they hoped to mak<* the enrollment 100 per cent this ye'1 r, —----—— ^njjprs Broken Leg In Accident At Oak City Johnnie Brown. Oak City white man, suffered a broken leg there last Saturday piorning when he ' was caught between two cars. Brown was standing against one car when Ben Cross backed one i out of Woodrow Tyson’s garage I and caught the victim in between i the two. 1 No Marked Change Noted In Prices Received Monday —1> Foreign Companies Are Held To Price One Cent Over Guaranty Level -o Idle during a three-day emerg ency holiday last week, tobacco markets reopened yesterday with no marked change in prices re ceived just prior to the holiday. Withdrawn from the markets week before last, the Export and Imperial Company buyers were slow returning to their positions. Sales on the local market were under way for a short time before the Export representative could rgach here, and the Imperial was not represented at all during the day. A similar condition existed on other markets, it was learned. Stepping ;n to relieve a crash that was almost certain to follow the withdrawal of the Export and Imperial buyers from the mar kets. the Commodity Credit Cor poration put up twenty-five mil lion dollars to finance the pur chase of tobacco during the re mainder of the season. Although the action will help stabilize the markets, reports indicate that the Export and Imperial prices are to be held to a point no more than one cent a pound higher than the price schedule fixed by the Flue Cured Cooperative Stabilization Corporation. It was fairly apparent on the first day of sales following the opening that the Export saved the day for certain grades. However, purchases were limited. At the same time the price trend was hardly as strong for some grades as it was prior to the closing of the markets a week ago. It was pointed out, however, that prices for certain domestic Aript r- vwi■v.jj+az#!W.1 have been a< any time this season. One farmer, selling a considerable amount, declared he received the best sale of the season on the mar ket here yesterday. According to government re ports, the market here sold 156, 376 pounds yesterday for $67, 518.61, the sale averaging right at $43.20, a figure about three eepts above the average reported on the last day of sales before the holi day went into effect last Tuesday. Total sales for the season now stand at 11 252,886 pounds, the price average standing right at $42.60 per hundred pounds. Rains falling over the week-end have further delayed peanut threshing operations, and tobacco farmers are expected to rush their tobacco marketing during the next few days. With some few exceptions most of the grow ers have just about completed the fiSg-'orTue ci op, ana (m/ae-' (Continued on page eight) Killer Of Martin Native Sentenced Frank Black, Kinston colored man and an ex-convict, was sen tenced by Judge Henry Grady in the Lenoir County Superior Court last week to die in the gas cham ber for the brutal axe murder of William Lester Corey near Kins ton on October 4 The execution date fixed by the judge is January 2, 194ft. Corey, a native of this county, had made his home in Kinston for several years, operating a taxi there. He received a call on Oc tober 4 and nicked up Black, who, using an axe with a sawed-off handle, fatally injured and rob bed his* victim. The trial of the case required only a short time, and the jury de liberated hardly ten minutes be fore returning a verdict. Passing sentence on the man, u<1ge Grady was quoted as saying, "Crime docs not pay and the wages of sin are death.” No appeal was noted in the case and Black was transferred to State's Prison last Thursday after noon to take iiis place on Death Row. jTown Authorities Discuss A Varied | Business Calendar | -4 j Gel Pa* iitg Report; Pur eliase Police Car ami j.Grant Bus Permit— I Meeting in regular session last evening, Wiliamston’s town com j missioners discussed a varied busi I ness calendar, touching on paving I costs, new police car, gasoline l bids, a bus line for the town, stray j dogs, sewer lines and streets. Nothing was said about the alley way problem which is dormant now except for the sprouting of some brittle whiskers. The recent paving project, ex tended folowing the submission I of preliminary estimates, cost $10,113.75. After the cost is dis tributed between adjoining pro perty owners, the town will be called upon to finance approxi mately half of the project. Calling for bids for a new police car, the board received only two, the Chevrolet dealers offering a tudor sedan job for $1,394 and im mediate delivery, and the Ford dealer offering a four-door sedan Ford for $1,505. The Chevrolet bid was approved. Calling for gas and oil bills, the board found the local five oil com panies holding to the same price figure, 19.7 cents per gallon for gasoline. The price was quoted before the recent advance. In fairness to all, the board ordered the business divided among the dealers. John S. Gurganus, local man, was given permission to operate a bus line here, subject to regular franchise rules and regulations. He is to take some action within the next ninety days. The fran chise question, pending for some time, came up again this week when two outside representatives came here to investigate the possi bility of providing the service. Asked for sewer lines in the street or alley between Rose’s and Darden’s stores and running to the railroad, the board reason ed that the property had not been , dgedcrl ] lie t< i;i'fi, U jaJS&Ue/i j that attorneys in the case had ex | plained that a street across the property would be given the town if the town would pave it with out cost to the property owners on it. There’s no record that the offer was accepted. (Continued on page eight) -Cl Fire Destroys Farm Paekhouse —•— Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed a one-story packbarn and between 2.000 and 2,500 pounds of tobacco on tiie Joe Cherry farm near here on the Hamilton road early yesterday morning. When discovered the first hud just about burned the walls down. Very little if any insurance was I carried on the barn and none on • ■;vbccc», •»»*v ijfig that insurance on the tobacco had expired only a few days previous ly. The tobacco belonged to Mr. Cherry and his tenants. Issue Twenty-two Marriage Licenses In Martin County Issuance About Normal For The Mouth of October ■—t»i*7en*v»r Pci‘io«r ■■ ■ ■ Twenty two marriage licenses were issued in this county last month, the issuance holding to just about an average for the past ten-year period. Licenses were issued, seven to white and fifteen to colored coup | les, during the past month, as fol lows: White Jesse T. Moore and Betty Gray Griffin, both of Williamston. Dallas Ward Gurganus and Del la Hunter Jones, both of Wil liamston. James Staton Whitehurst and Evelyn Louise Ayers, both of Wil liamston. Joseph D. Liverman and Katie I Mae Jones, both of Williamston. Edward G. Cannon of Stokes and Susie Gray Leggett of Wil liamston. Carey Bryant, Jr., RFD 1, Beth el, and Hazel Thomas, RED 2, Robersonville. George Tilghman Lillcy, RFD 1, Williamston, Nellie Gray Bak | er, RFD 2, Windsor. Colored Solomon Hardy and Willie Mae Staton, both of Hassell. Williapi Grimes, RFD 1. Oak I City, and Ella Mae Salsbury of Robersonville. William David Brown of W i I - ■ liamston and Annie Elizabeth Smith, RFD 1, Williamston. Augustus James and Delia Sta ton, both of Williamston. Golden Williams and Mandy Rose Jones, both cf Williamston. Willie J. Parker and Mildred Staton, both of RFD 1, Oak City. Rudolph Jordan and Joyce Aa kew, both of Cole-rain, i Otis Jackson Veale and Maggie Parker, both of Windsor, i Collin Green of Hamilton and ; Velma Brown of Oak City. j (Continued on page eight) -- (Jaite l>.'■‘^'tKvydhrrrrny— //ere On Park Slroet Suffering a severe attack Sun day morning. H. Thad Roberson, former sheriff of this county, con tinues quite ill at his home here on Park Street. Mr. Roberson w6s reported to have rested fairly well last night, and his condition possibly was slightly improved this morning. | NO SCRAP BUYER v-/ According to unofficial in formation going the rounds here yesterday, there’ll be no local market for scrap tobacco this season. Several million pounds of scrap were handled here last season, but the mar ket will he unable to operate in tbe face of rising costs, it was explained. ' .. The market withdrawal will eliminate employment for quite a number of work ers, one report said. To Observe Next Week As County Farm Bureau Week Pointing out that the organiza 1 tion’s annual membership drive is j jagging and that conditions de mand organized action now more than ever, Martin County farm leaders in a meeting held in the county courthouse last Friday evening renewed an appeal to all ! farmers and business men to sup port the Martin County Farm Bu reau by observing next week as Farm Bureau Week. “We want to carry the appeal to every farmer, white and colored, landlord and tenant and to all . business.....menJ whose livelihood depends upon'; I the. progressive. search-of agrieti! jture during that period,” Farm Bureau president Chas. L. Daniel said, “Or. November 1 a year ago, we had 1,700 members signed up,” Mr. Daniel said. “This year we have only 1.515 signed, leaving the drive about 800 short of its goal,” he added. Although lagging for several weeks, the drive is gaining mo mentum, the canvassers adding several hundred names to the membership last week. The drive ends the latter part of next week, and the thirty-five canvassers are asked to work just a little harder and the public is asked to support the movement. Reporting on re cent drive activities, a canvasser said last Friday that Farmer Cal vin Ayers is following Farmer Billy Cratt a close second in sup porting the organization. Mr. Cratt signed up five members of Lbis family .aud Mt-Aws. aton'd i c • i four m m: Several •• communities in the county have been signed up 100 percent in the drive, but in two or three others the drive is lagging badly. "We liopi the people in [those areas will get into the drive and help carry the county across,” President Daniel said, adding that Martin had never failed the or ganization in the past and that now was the time to follow through. Add JNew Patrolmen To Force In County New Recruits Get I First Work-outs During Week-end — ♦ New Patrolmen Initiated Into Bmiiu-HK During Pawl Week-end ■ • Two new patrolmen, Messrs. J. T. Rowe and R P. Natron, were added to the State Highway Pa trol force in this county last week end, the assignment of the two rookies boosting the highway law enforcement group to five and preparing the state for a strict enforcement of- motor vehicle laws. Following a sixty-day training in the field under the direction of Cpl. T. Fearing and Patrolman W. E. Saunders with the assistance of Patrolman B W. Parker who join ed the force not so long ago, the young men will draw definite as signments. Patrolman Parker is scheduled to locate in Roberson ville shortly. Patrolman Narron is going to Oak City and Patrolman Rowe is to be stationed perma inently in Williamston, according ! to a report released by hcadquar i ters. ! Patrolman Rowe, accompanied by Mrs. Rowe, came here from j Rocky Mount and are making their home with Mrs. John L. Rodgerson until they can find an apartment. Patrolman Narron, i young single man, is from Simms in Wilson County and is on the lookout for living quarters in Oak City. While the individual partol members will be assigned definite territory, they will be subject to call for service most anywhere by their superiors. It is fairly ap parent that the force is now ap proaching that size where high way law violations can be pre vented, and that a strict enl'or- e nmnt^Tf thc^a^^vdT'T'tuee some of the wrecking, maiming and killing on the highways of this county. The two new recruits had hard ly reported for field service be fore they were being put through the paces by the old hands of the patrol. Some of those who have been taking the law possibly a lit tle too lightly were a bit surprised when the enlarged force went into action over the week-end. Sever- I al persons were detained fori transporting illicit liquors on the highways and another was sur prised when the officers found him pouring white liquor for friends parked in a car right in the highway. Others were de tained for reckless driving and operating motor vehicles with im proper brakes. Messrs. Rowe arid Narron are two of lit) new recruits to be as ■■ ■ ■) .i i'n *ii Aimnr Uvr Patrol system last week-end. Un (Continued on page eight) -• Condemn School Auditorium Here —■«— Acting before safety authorities ! could condemn it, Martin County officials, meeting in regular ses sion here yesterday, closed the Williamston grammar school audi torium and ordered repairs be made to it as soon as possible, It was just recently discovered that I the celling in the auditorium is I weakening, and the action calling for the closing of the room was taken as a safety measure. A new built-up roof was order ed placed on the Hamilton School by the meeting which was attend ed by Messis. F. W. Holliday of Jamesville, Geo. Griffin of Grif fins, J. D, Wool.ard of Williams M.t S ft t : softVH)<*;.?«erfi ibt i' ErfiC* t Ed - I mondson of Hassell was ill with ! infuenza and could not attend the meeting. Reporting to the board, the superintendent said that the new Negro school building at James ville and Everetts should be ready for occupancy on or about the first of December, that a new lunch room is to be opened in the Jamesville white school soon. | FIRS !'CAM, 1 i \™_/i Idle sineclast August. Wil- i liamston’s volunteer fire de partment had its first call of the fall season last Friday morning at 11:15 o'clock. An oil stove in the home of William Gray on Washington Street went out of control, but the burning stove was remov ed from the house before the fire could spread and little damage resulted. A second call in as many days was received at 8:35 o’clock Monday morning when an oil stove went out of control in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones on Rhodes Street. The lire did very little damage there. Louis Holliday Funeral Friday Funeral services for MM 1/C Louis Thomas Holliday, who gave his life for his country in the Pa cific Theatre the first year of World War II, were held in the Robersonville Christian Church i I ! last Friday afternoon at 3:00 ; o’clock. Friends, joining with rel-1 atives, filled the church to over- ; flowing to pay tribute to the mem- j ory of the voting Martin County I man whose body was the first to be returned from foreign soil lot burial. Rev. J. M. Perry, pastor of the church, conducted the service, as- j sistcd by Rev. J. R Everett, Bap- • tist minister, and Rev. Sidney Boone of the Robersonville Meth odist Church. Rev. Mr. Perry read letters from the young man’s j comrades in arms who spoke highly of him as a young man, I friend and defender of his home riirrii'- 1'j'liliri'!1'11 "''b1 I m part, “Louis Hollidav one of the heroes of World War II honored Robersonville, Martin County, our State and Nation. May we honor his faith in peace." Rev. Mr. Boone read the Scripture and of | l’ered a timely prayer, and the \ church choir sang two selections. Members of the Murray Cargile Post of the American Legion had charge of the graveside service where a three-shot volley was fir ed and taps were sounded. The American flag for which the young man gave his life, was re moved from the steel casket and delivered to Louis’ sister, Mrs. 11. E. Baker, by Rev. Everett, chap ' lain in World Wat II | Local Man Booked For Manslaughter --- leader Harper, 55-year-old Wil j liamston colored man, is being held in the Halifax County jail for drunken driving and man slaughter, reports reaching here stating that bond was being de nied the man. Harper, plasterer and brick mason, was driving in South Wel don last Saturday evening when | he lost control of his car and ran down twfo boys. Jackie Ray Eth eridge, nine years old, died in a Roanoke Rapids hospital a short time later. * " Harper was said to have been working in Warrenton and was on I his way home. -g Red Cross Worker On Short Leave —<*>— Mrs. Edna Laughinghousc, home service director for the Martin County Red Cross Chapter, left | lliite' y dr* ■ Util Eecile, in the a ■ t’.on.l! Ch*,'dfCi* S'Carxhac lr.,n,c ».* Miamia and explained that Mrs. John W. Hardy, president sf the chapter, would handle any emer gency Red Cross cases that might arise during her ten-day leave of absence. A victim of rheumatic fever and a heart ailment, her son is expect ed to spend about two years in the cardiac center. ! County Board Of Commissioners In Meeting Monday ——«—— Hniitinr Kt'porh \ii<1 Tax Error* Vre Corm'rd -o Rc-utiim -reports fssm the •• de partment heads and old tax errors held the attention of Martin County's lire commissioners in regular session here yesterday. The authorities after listening to the reports and studying the tax records managed to find time to draw two juries, one for the De cember term of the superior court and a six-member body for duty in the county eouit next Monday, and make a lone load recommen dation before adjourning at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon. Tax relief orders were issued, as follows: J. Paul Holliday taxes on $1,000 valuation incorrectly listed for 1947 in Jamesvilie. H. E. Ellison estate, 1938 taxes listed in error on $545 valuation. Tliad Newsome. Jr., 1937 taxes listed in the sum of $7.60 in Wil liamston Township. John Andrews, Sr., 1928 taxes on $300 valuation listed in error in Robersonville Township. Lucy Bryant, 1939 taxes on $300 valuation listed in error in Wil liamston Township. Mack Latham, 1930-1939 taxes j listed in error on lots in Parmele. E W. Williams, 1939 taxes on | $200 valuation in Goose Nest. ! Johnny Williams. 1938 taxes on j $109 valuation in Goose Nest. Mark Lyons, 1932. 1934-1936 I taxes on $65 valuation listed in er 1 i or in Jamesvilie Township. | Nellie Wynne, 1938-39 taxes on $150 valuation in Robersonville Township. James Osborne, 1939 taxes on ! $65 valuation listed in error in I Robersonville Township, j Annie Bell Perry, 1928 taxes on ] $25 valuation or 47 cents listed in I error. j Since the property could not bo located, William Powell was re lieved of taxes due in the years, ' -*“*"• The total amount of the taxes amount to very little, but the county is clearing out all of its old tax accounts and relief orders are ■ necessary when payment is not made. Appearing before the board, Mrs. Kale York appealed for the opening of the Warren Neck Road all the way from Dardens to the pulp mill. Must of the road is usable now, it was explained, and it about a mile can be worked the road could be used for carrying a large volume of traffic. Recog nizing the importance of the road, the commissioners are appealing to the highway commission to have it included in the road sys tem. The special jury for an as signment in the county court next Monday includes nine citizens, including one woman, as follows: Mack L. Roberson, Mrs. J. Eas ojn J- gtatoiy Griff ip. ,,R.ov_ W in d ot Leal til tiss, Cluudie Rawls, It Leo Roberson, C. U. Rogers, W. W. Taylor, Jr., and II. L. Hopkins. The board ordered $206 trans ferred from the poor fund to the appropriation for aid to dependent children. By transferring that amount, dependent children in the county will be able to participate in an additional $1,000 to be ap propriated by the State and fed eral governments. North Caro lina’s "poverty-stricken" treasury v.'us opened up when the pathetic Hobson case was aired duwn in Harnett County a few weeks ago. The State decided to make avail (Continued on page eight) ROUNIM v. Aided by two patrol re I emits, local, county and state officers rounded up and jailed ... i'jitsrittss} lilted law. .vioJittors ' . last week end, most of them on Saturday. Seven were charged with public- drunkenness, three with possession of illicit li quor. two for assault, one for reckless driving and one for drunken driving. Three of the fourteen were white and the ages of the group ranged from 33 to 5ft years.
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