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* THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEBB VOLUME U—NUMBER 7 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 22, 1948 ESTABLISHED 1899 CAA Radio Station r Begins Operation On Limited Seale ——• High Frequency Range To Be In Use Within A Short Time —■ — -<t> » The Interstate Airways Com ^ munication Station of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, lo cated on the second floor of the town hall here, was placed in op eration on a limited basis yester day, Chief Aircraft Communica tor J. B. McGee explaining that weather and operational teletype circuits were used for the first time. The office here, one of hun 0 dreds of units now in operation throughout the country, is servic ed by special circuits running out of Norfolk. / “In addition to these facilities, radio receiving equipment, oper ating on standard frequencies, and one very high frequency air ground channel will be commis sioned,” Mr. McGee said. ^ Some delay was experienced in adjusting and installing the tele type machines, but the installa tion kinks were ironed out in time to place the equipment in opera tion yesterday. In the near future, the very high frequency radio range, lo cated on the Ball Gray farm, a few miles east of Jamesvillo, will be placed in operation. The range ft will be controlled from the CAA quarters in the town hall here. Explaining the service, Chief Communicator McGee said the communications personnel will be in position at that time to greatly aid the flying public by taking progress reports, flight plans in flight, and disseminating weather information for any section* of the f* country. Mr. McGee continued, “In the past few years, CAA per sonnel throughout the States have saved many lives by assisting lost aircraft in establishing their posi tion and giving pertinent informa tion through Flight Assistance Service which enabled pilots to find a safe landing area. Operating personnel for the !:: ^ cal station, Lt.oiut-s C-niet AircYalt Communicator McGee, includes, Aircraft Communicators Frances LaBarre, E N. Wood, David L. Knight and Noel E. McDaniel, and Maintenance Technician Y. Kirk ley- , Mr. McDaniel is being trans ferred to the. stalion here from Alaska. Mr. McGee is planning to buy a home here. Miss LaBarre, ft a native of Mississippi, is at home with the Goodmans on Smithwick Street. Mr. Wood is looking for an apartment for himself and family. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkley are at home in an apartment in the home of Mrs. Lennie Manning, and Mr. Kight is rooming in the home of Mrs. W. E. Warren In addition to the operating person nel. engineers, Messrs. Robt. L. Henry, Thos. Roberts, and L. C. A Jackson, are stopping at George Reynolds hotel while handling thie installation work. Experienced Radio and Com munications personnel are needed . by the CAA at several stations throughout the Second Region, which includes seven Southeast ern states. Salary while training as Assistant Aircraft Communica tor starts at $2644 per annum. 10 Minimum requirements for this position are 15 words per minute sending and receiving Radiotele graph code and 40 wpm typing speed. Persons interested in these positions are urged to contact Mr. McGee at the local CAA office. -o WARNING r v. «/ # « Advised that there have been several near-aceidents, town officials this week issu ed a timely warning: against careless skating in local streets. So far there have been no serious accidents, but reports state that some of the skaters are careless, almost defiant of traffic in the is nil ordinance pro hibiting skating in the,streets, but unless the youngsters ex ercise more care, the practice may be ruled out by special ordinance and limited to cer tain streets that are little us ed. greets. There Taxi Driver Victim Ol Serious Assault James Crumey Of Edenton Narrowly Escapes With Life George Jark.son. Jr. of Rop er, Is Being Hehl Here For Knife Assault James Crumey, Edenton tatci : driver, was nearly beaten and cul ! to death when he was attacked about 10:00 o’clock Tuesday night by George Jackson, Jr of Roper, on a dirt road in the island section of Williams Township, this coun ty. Badly beaten in the face, and dangerously cut in thg neck, on the forehead and hand, Crumey lost considerable'blood before he was removed to the local hospital where his condition was regarded as critical for hours. On account of his serious condi tion. officers did not question Crumey at length, they picked up a lead in the case and arrested Jackson yesti rday morning about 9:00 o’clcok not so far from the scene of the attack. The taxi driver, about 45 yearg of age, was engaged by Jackson in Edenton to make a trip to Ply mouth. Upon their arrival in Plymouth, Jackson asked the driv er to take him into the country. Finding the road impassable, Crumey explained he could not go any further. Officers are of the opinion that Jackson was try ing to lure the driver off on a little-used road with the intention 1 of killing and robbing him. When j the plan did not work there -Jack-: son told Crumey that he hJd re latives in Martin County, that he would pay tlie difference in fare i if Crumey would take him there. They drove through James- ! ville and turned into the island ! road near Nurney’s store. When! they reached the Ben Barber 1,,,,,,,, aboul three ’‘-v', £h( highway. Crumey explained that he would have to turn back. He lowered his side door glass and when he looked out to see how lo turn his car around, Jackson, sit ting m the front scat with him launched the attack, striking w ith his fist and knife while Crumey had his head partly turned. Crumey struggled in 11is de fense and i ither fell out or got out of the car. followed bv Jackson. Following a ‘brief scuffle on the ground, Jackson apparently be came frightened and ran. Crum ey called to the Barber home, a short distance away, for help but before Mr Barber could get out the taxi man got into his Chevrolet and drove away. He reached the police station here without help, but in a dangerous | l_v weakened condition. After re ex to local officers, he was removed to the hospital. With w'hat little information they could gain from the attack victim, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and Deputy Murray Holloman started looking for the attacked. They went irjto the island section, but could make little progress in the dark. Keturmng to tnat section early Wednesday morning, Deputy Hol loman found the scene of the at tack and recovered Jackson’s hat. After talking with Barber who re called what he knew about the at tack, the officer went in search of the hat owner. Using a cart and accompanied by Barber, the offic er forded the swamps and met l bareheaded Jackson as he was leaving the Frank Barber home. Jackson was arrested before he could break to run. Jackson admitted attacking the taxi driver, but his story conflicts with the facts related by- the vic tim." Jackson said that Crurney was in Plymouth and asked him to go with him for a ride. "He cursed me and I attacked him,” Jackson told officers. After wading in water ranging from a few inches to about two feci iri depth, Jackson found a barn on one of'the island farms and spent the night in it. Al though he had worked with a log ging, firm in the island section, | Jackson lost his way that night I (Continued on page eight) | ALL SET y -> Everything is all set for the old clothes collection on a county-wide basis, beginning Sundav, according to a report released today by Mrs.' R. H. Goodmon, chairman. Church es, schools, civic organiza tions, Boy Scouts and individ uals have pledged the collec tion their support. The peo ple are asked to either deliver some serviceable items to their churches Sunday, send them to school by their chil dren, or if they live in Wil liamston or Robersonville, have their bundles on the porches for the collectors when they make the canvass Sundav afternoon. Martin County is being ask ed to contribute 26.0IM) pounds or more of clothing as its con tribution in the campaign to “Fill a Shin with Friendship." The need for clothing is well demonstrated in the picture on this page. The collection will go to the ill clad in Eu rope. Receiving Direct c Appeals For Help From the Germans -o- — — Former Prisoner of War Asks < iotliin<z: Yonii" Girl Makes Appeal Direct appeals for aid from in dividuals in Germany l eached this county a few days ago indicating that the people in the British Zone i-specially are experiencing a critical situation. Arthur Paetzke, a former pris oner of war who worked rn the Williamston Tobacco Market v-.YmV ii-M.Ci.iUi iii i... . i“ and who was only returned to his native land from England last August, wrote a letter to J. Leor - aid Collrain, Martin County far mer a short time ago. i He wrote, “Dear Mr. Coltrain: I hope this letter will find you very well in your dear country, On 14th of August 1 am discharged from Eng land. 1 have been prisoner of war four and one-half years. 1 think it is long enough. "1 still remember what a splen did time I lived together with you or. tobacco market in Williamston. You told me if I write to you, you want to write again. I am sorry< I have written two times but I have not got an answer. Please don't, forget this time, "11 is not so easy to come home and to - - •• al circumstances. The general misery in Germany is much great er than I thought it could be pos sible. My greatest trouble is that my parents are only poor. We have lost everything. 1 only pos sess what I brought with me as a prisoner of war. It probably/night (Continued on page eight) Cars Damaged In No one was hurt but consider able damage resulted when two cars figured in a crash in front of 1 iit- B. and H. Motor Company in West End last evening at 6:00 o’clock Elbert H. Rawls, accompanied by his brother, was driving home a 1941 Fold he had purchased a few hours earlier in Tarboro, when, according to a report made to Patrolman B. W. Parker, Bailey Willoughby drove or started to drive into the highway. Rawls ap plied his brakes suddenly and a 1946 Ford driven by J. C. Rawls, a brother to Elbert, plowed into the first Rawls ca.r. causing about tib'j aanioRilTo u.t iu4i car about $200 damage to the 1946 machine. A* complaint was made and a hearing in the case is scheduled before Justice R. T. Johnson this evening about 7:00 o'clock. n Building and Loan Association Ends Successful Period - •- ■«> - — Lent Nearly Third «f Mil lion Dollars In Over One Hundred Borrowers The Martin County Building and Loan Association last year had its most successful period in its history. Secretary Wheeler Martin reported to the stockhold ers in their annual meeting held in his office last Tuesday morn ing, The number of shareholders reached a record figure and the number of shares of stock in force at the end of the period pushed toward the 9,000 mark, it was re ported. Comparatively few stockholders were present for the meeting, but a greater portion of the stock was represented by proxy, and the annual business was handled without delay. All the officers and the entire board of directors were re-elect ed. C. D. Carstarphen was again chosen to head the association as president. Other officers: N. C. Green, vice president; Wheeler Martin, secretary and attorney; Mrs. Vella A. Wynne, treasurer. Directors re-elected: C. 1), Car starphen. N. C. Green, Wheeler Martin, Mrs. Vella A. Wynne, C. B. Clark, Sr , K. B. Crawford, J. E. King, W. C. Manning, F. J. Margolis, Herbert Whitley and Jesse Whitley. Mrs. Bettie L. Coltrain was added to the associa tion's office staff as a full-time employe to help handle an ex panding business. During last year the association advanced $329,088,50 to 113 bor rowers, most of the loans having been floated to finance new home construction, if was estimated that over fifty percent of the loans were made to World War II vet erans for the construction of homes. The business did not in clude the large scale construction project to the west of the town, it -.vis learned. At the close of the year the as ,>\w.T,it.v»j,\* Var., V/CVd shaic.i.Let and 8,577 shares of stock in force. There was an increase of approxi mately 100 shareholders during the year, the all-time record num ber representing quite a few World W'ar 11 veterans. Reporting $16,814.95 earnings from the year’s operations, the as sociation now has assets in the amount of $775,807.35, the latter figure representing an increase of about $180,000 over the past re cords. The organization while holding to a safe margin in making loans has been instrumental in financ ing a greater portion of the build ing program here for a number of years. Drivers" Licenses "GoTfig Faster Now Acting to keep out of a la.st minute rush which motor vehicle drivers whose last names begin with A and B encountered, driv ers whose last names begin with C and D are reporting in fairly large numbers for licenses, Ex aminer Boyce said this morning. While there has been no big rush, the examiner and his assist-* ants are keeping fairly busy issu ing the new type drivers’ licenses. | PHOTOGRAPHS | The Enterprise wants pic tures of all the little folks in the county, and has made ar rangements to have standard photographs made in the Wo man's Club hall here next Monday and' Tuesday from 1:00 to 8:00 p. m. each day. The pictures will be taken and printed in the paper without charge. There is no obliga tion to buy pictures, but par ents may purchase prints if they desire. Arrangements have been made with the uaiAJh's lead ing children photographers to make the pictures and print ing plates. Pictures are want ed of the little tuts, from a tew months old on up into the pri mary school grades. Mass TB X-ray Survey To Get J J \ Under Way In County Tuesday CLOTHES FOR GERMAN CHILDREN THE FIRST SHIPMENT of clothing sent from Bolling Field, Washington, D. C., to Weisbaden, Germany, is shown being disti lbuted to needy chil dren in that city. Acting as distributors are Maj. Charles W. Marteny (left), staff chaplain ot the U. S. Air Forces in Europe, and Cpl. George j Letnke of Kenosha, Wisconsin. The clothing drive was started by an I Air Force chaplain at Rolling Field who was once stationed at Weis baden. Official U. S. Air Force photo. (International Soundphoto) | Sheriff Captures One-Arm Bandit Virtually non-existent in the county for about six years, the one-arm bandit, a coin slot ma chine created with high technical skill but without a conscience, made its appearance in the county a few days ago. But the cunning robber scoundrel was picked up by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck Tuesday of this week before a clean sweep of dimes could be effected. Found in the Whitaker service j .. (’pi-- Jp,- Tot* P'-Inp. the machine yielded the first catch of dimes to the-owner last Satur day. But the second batch of coins was caught in the machine and will be turned into the infantile paralysis fund. The owner of the machine, his name yet unknown, has not been contacted by the law as yet. Fir. r j ■ Answering their third call of the new year, local volunteer firemen moved just outside the town limit yesterday morning at IT 10 o’clock when fire threatened Sunny Side Inn. Black smoke was pouring j from the ventilators in volume i when the i i reiiiFf!.ere and they hooked up a large hose line, blocking the highway for a few minutes. The fire, believed to have start ed in an electric relay box, was gaining much headway when it was discovered by Farmer Clyde Williams who was traveling into town. The owner- busy in an other part oi the building, were notified and tiiey went into action with water buckets and a small hose line. They wen- able to con fine the fire to a corner in the oys ter bar and to the loft. No damage- estimate could be had immediately. Mrs. I. B. Pritchett Dies In Hamilton —<*,— Mrs. 1 Bert Pritchett, 62, died at hei home in Hamilton last Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock after a long period of declining health. She 6ad bet n a member of the Hamilton Baptist Church for a number of years and her pastor, I He”. E. R. Stewart, k, conducting | Hie- funer al in the church there i inis aflernooi at 2 30 ■ l-:.Tr. j terment will be in the Hamilton i Cemetery. She w as u ue-voted J wife and mother, j Surviving are hi r husband and two children, Mary Eunice and Edward Pritchett. mini Called l o Sunny Side r~r m '“*■ r —' s . CALL FOR BIDS _> Meeting in special session at noon today, Willianiston's town eoimnissioners called for bids for drilling another deep well. Engineers Rivers and Rivers were instructed lu pre pare the specifications as soon as possible, and it is likely that the bids will be ready for a canvass within three weeks or a month. It is esti mated that the well, including ; a test well, will cost apprt>.\i match $8,000 or $0,000 ex •ViiiSl iiVt ' ment. The board briefly discuss I ed plans foi the installation of a 300,000-gallon capacity elevated storage tank and the construction of a sewer line from the river to the western edge of the town, but no ac I lion was taken. March Of Dimes Making Progress r> n The annual March of Dimes is going forward rapidly in this county, Chairman L. B. Wynne .stating this morning that he felt certain the $2,600 goal would be reached by the early part or mid dle of next week. 1 So far. 106 replies have been re ceived from the direct mail ap pt als, netting $466.50. The contri butions ranging as high as $50, are averaging nearly $5 each. More i epiie.s arc expected. The school children, white and colored, are busy throughout the county, and already there is a dime shortage as a result ot the thorough collection. Chairman Wynne hopes to have a complete report by Wednesday of next week. —---— ' Nine Defendants In Local Court Nine defendants, facing various charges, were carried before Jus tice John L. Hassell this week. Zen West. Frank Williams Wil liam and Willie Gorham and Lew is Harris, charged with disorderly conduct, were each fined $5 and required to pay $7.50 costs. Operating a motor vehicle with improper steering equipment, Donald Nobles was fined $5. plus $8.50 costs. Charged with disorderly con duct, Benjamin Wiggins was fined V> and taxed with $6 50 costs. Drunk and efisordei iy, Tom Peel was lined $5 and required to pay $8,50 costs. Operating a motor vehicle with improper brakes, Robert Andrews, Jr., was fined $10 and taxed with $7.00 costs. Service Available To All Who Are 15 Years Old or Over —*— K(|iii|iniriit ami IVisoniiol One This Week-eml For Conuly-Wnle Survey One of the greatest campaigns ever launched in this county in the name of better health will get under way next Tuesday when the first X iays in a county-wide TB survey are made. Convinced of the value of the survey, pearly every person in the county, fifteen years old or older, white and colored, rich and poor, are expected to have X-ray made of their chests to make certain they are free of the killer germs or to learn whether they have them so they can hopefully look forward to treatment and a fairly certain cure. Health officials and others, making plans for the mass survey, are certain that thousands will want to have the X-rays made. "Wo are facing one obstacle, and that is transportation for quite a few persons,” an official said this week. To meet that obstacle, spe cial and urgent appeals are being made to neighbors to see that those without transportation get to the mobile units. Landlords are being asked to get their tenants to the mobile units for the X-rays. Hundreds of voters are hauled to the voting places in political elections. It is far more impor tant from a health standpoint to haul people to the mobile units for X lays, it was pointed out this week. All the people are being asked to get behind the- movement and make the survey 100 percent effective. There is no cost for the indi vidual. One- does not have tu un dress 111 nave an X ray made, and only a lvw*SW!f3s m e required of one's time. Extensive plans have been j made for the survey. The people ; in every section of the county I have pledged their support. They ■ are being urged to see the survey i through to a successful conclus I ion. j Special equipment, costing I thousands of dollars, is being mov i ed into the county over the week j end preparatory to making the i fixst X rays next Tuesday, Janu | ary 27. Accompanying the equip ! merit are, Dr. and Mrs. F. F. Bell, i Mr, and Mrs. Robert 1» Igou, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Lamm, Misses | Margaret L. Kfird Treva Hooks and Helen Gregson, and Messrs. William Green, Kenneth Malcolm, | Bill Barbour, Brantley Tutor, Roal Benbow, Carl Rowell and Bob Ruiz. Special clerk to as i 1 in nuiTT ing the survey include, Miss Eliza beth Holliday of Janusville, Mrs. Dubose Simpson. Mrs. Dare Bland, Mrs. J B. Sullivan, Mrs. Fannie 1 Ray Moore and Mrs, Billie Peel, j The health department said yesterday that it had not found I enough rooms to accommodate all visiting personnel, and asked any one who could rent a room for | three weeks to contact the health j office in the town hall. Scheduled to operate in this county from January 27 through February 14, the mobile units will make X-rays from 11:00 o'clock a. j m. until 4:00 o'clock p. m. at each j A their first stops When the ine I bile units are b Hiked for more than one day at a given location, the X-rays will be made from 10:00 a. m. until 4:00 p. m with no time out for lunch. Three units will be placed in operation at 11:00 o’clock next Tuesday morning, one at the Farm Life School, one at the Everetts School, and one at the plant of the Dixie Peanut Company in Williamston. Next Wednesday. January 28.’ a | unit will be located in front of Cl: ; 'e-Pham,a. , in W;di.-mM.m where it will operate each week day except Saturday until the end or the survey. Two other units will be in operation tor the day, one at Bear Grass School and the (Continued on page eight) Judge J. C. Smith Hears Twenty-five Cases Last Monday Fin**s Import'd At Regular Session Vinoiinled To A early $300 Returning to the bench after a one-week holiday, Judge J. C. Smith heard twenty-five cases in the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday. Most, of the defendants pleaded guilty and the court completed its work for the day before adjourning for late lunch. The .jurist struck a liberal streak when it came to meting out road sentences. Fines imposed during the regular session amounted to nearly $500. Appar ently the cold weather limited the number present to the litigants and officials. Proceedings: His case having been continued at a previous session. Walter No bles. charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to the roads for twelve months. The court suspended the sentence upon the payment of the costs and $32 for C. B. Fagan's medical bill. The defendant is to remain off the Fagan premises for at least two years. Zora Desmond Cox, charged with failing to give proper hand signal, and Joe Mobley, charged with speeding, were adjudged not guilty. Pleading not guilty in the case charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon, Early May Bos ton was adjudged guilty and he was sentenced to the road for two years. Appeal was noted, and bond w as required in the sum of $500. J L. Wai ren, charged with as saulting a female, pleaded not guilty, but failed to support his plea. He was sentenced to the loads for six months. Back in March the defendant was sentenc ed to the roads for nine months when he was adjudged guilty in a j similar ease. It was brought out 1'Juring the trial last Monday t)— t | the defendant had violated, the v. . ,v: n 11lc1 ITiO - months road term was suspended, and Judge Smith invoked that sentence which is to begin at the expiration of the first. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Elton Ruffin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for sixty days. In a second case, Ruf fin was adjudged guilty over his own plea of innocence, of tres passing on the property of an | other and was sentenced to the I roads for thirty days, the second sentence to begin at the expiration j of the first. Facing the court in two cases, j each charging him with being drunk and disorderly, Sidney j Harris failed to answer when call i ed and papers calling for his ar j rest were issued. Charged with issuing a worth I less check, Jasper Jones was ad^ guilty. Pleading guilty of drunken , driving, Alfred Worsley was fined I $100 and taxed with the costs, the | court recommending that his li cense to operate a motor vehicle be revoked for one year. Pleading nolo contendre in the case charging him with possessing equipment for the manufacture of illicit liquor W. Kader Lilley was i adjudged guilty and was fined $50, l plus the costs. * Charged with failing to send his | son to school, C. G. Council plead | (Continued on page eight) SEN m DAYS LEFT r Only seven clavs are left for motorists to buy and display their State motor vehiele tags, reports from the loeal bureau j in the office of Harrison and Carstarphen stating; that the sale is trailing the one a year j’ ago. While the sale of Williams ton motor vehicle tags is well s I ahead of the distribution last year, quite a few vehicle uwa> er^ have not vet purchased the tin plate. The police de partment reminds the vehicle owners that instructions have been handed down, directing court action in those cases where plates are not proper ly displayed.
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