* THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BE OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEB ESTABLISHED 1899 VOLUME LI—NUMBER 19 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, March I. 1918 4 Judge J. C. Smith Has Twenty Cases In County’s Court Several Defendants Sen tenced to Roads; Others Are Fined $365 Judge J. Calvin Smith and Solicitor Paul D. Roberson handled twenty cases in the Mar tin County Recorder’s Court last Monday. Several defendants were sentenced to prison and the roads, and others were fined a total of $365. Several cases were continu ed and prayer for judgment was continued in two or three others. Proceedings: His case coming up for further judgment, Willie Lilley, charged with non-support, was ordered to continue the payment of $3 a week for the benefit of Elsie Bland Lilley and reappear for further judgment the first Mon day in next January. Pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, Hillard Knight was fined $25 and taxed with the cost, the court also order ing him to pay $25 medical bill for Billie White. Annie Purvis, 17-year-old moth er and who has been deserted by her parents, was sentenced to the women’s department of State’s Prison for stabbing Joe Brown. The charge was aired in the court on February 23. The girl, expect ing another child, could not ar range to finance a fine at the time and tempering justice with mercy, Judge Smith allowed her to go home and return later for final judgment. Before that day was over she assaulted Brown with a pop bottle. Facing the second as sault charge in court this week f she was sentenced to prison for four more months, the second sen tence to begin at the expiration of the first. Delivering the prisoner to the prison, Deputies Joe Roebuck and Roy Peel were advised that no one is admitted there under 18 years of age She was returned . ~i~ivf e a11ch i,mit'i < ii j uiilii 4 next Monday. Pleading nut guilty of drunken driving; namely, a mule and cart, Lee Tyner was adjudged guilty and the action was continued un der prayer for judgment until next Monday. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Sir Walter Raleigh Thomas was adjudged not guilty. Judgment was suspended upon w the payment of the cost after John SmallwooC entered a plea of nolo contendre in the case charg ing him with assaulting a female. Leamon Bennett pleaded not guilty when charged with at tempted holdup on the highway. He was adjudged guilty and the case was continued under prayer for judgment. Bennett is also facing a charge of assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon. * Charged with disorderly con duct and assaulting an officer, George Owens was sentenced to the roads for six months. Samuel Morris was adjudged not guilty of reckless and careless driving. Charged wijh drunken driving, J. D. Gurganus was adjudged guilty of drinking liquor on the highway and failing to,give a pro per hand signal. He was fined $40 and taxed with the costs. ♦ Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Geo. H. Wynne was fined $25 and required to pay the costs. David Schoer. ger, charged with speeding on U. S. 17 between Wil liamston and Washington at 65 miles an hour, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Wilbur James, pleading guilty ^ of speeding, was sentenced to the roads for sixty days. It is one of the few eases where a speedster has been sentenced in this county to serve time on the roads. Charged w'ith non-support and tailing to send his children to school, Albert Hardison pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the loads for eighteen months. The —upon, p the payment of the cost and on condition that he pay $10 a week for the support of his three chil . , .. Charged with the possession of illegal liquor for the purpose of sale, Sam Moore, colored, was fin ed $100 and taxed with the costs, (Continued on page eight) Two New Ministers Move Residence Herd This Week Accepting calls to local churches, Rev. James I. Lowry, Presbyter ian, and Rev. Stewart B. Simms. Baptist, and families are taking up residence here this week, and will enter upon their new duties as resident ministers Sunday morning. Their entry into the lo cal religious field recognized as a great asset to the spiritual life of the community and section, the two ministers will be welcomed at a union church service to be held in the Baptist church the 14th of this month, according to plans announced yesterday by the ministerial association. Rev. and Mrs. Lowrey, moving here from Rocky Hill, South Car olina, today will be at home in the manse on Watts Street, and Rev. and Mrs. Simmons and 15 month-old son, moving tomorrow from Forth Worth, Texas, will be at home in the parsonage on Church Street. Rev. Lowrey, a native of At lanta and more recently from Montgomery, Alabama, was grad uated a few days ago by the Union Seminary, Richmond. He has been serving the local church for sev eral weeks while completing his work in the seminary. He is a graduate of Davidson College, and was married to Miss Anne Lyle Poe of Rock Hill. Rev. Simms, a native of Ral eigh, is a graduate of Wake For est College and Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth. He has served the Ridglea Baptist Church in Fort Worth for several years. Mrs. Simms is also a native of Raleigh. Tlie Presbyterians have been without a regular pastor since Rev. Gower Crosswell resigned to enter the armed forces as chap lain during the war, and the Bap tists have had no regular minis ter since Dr. Ira D. S. Knight re signed to pastor the Virginia Beach Baptist Church several months ago. Christian General Demands Kai-shek To Quit His Post —•— Former Chief Aide Suys the GeneraliNKinio h Doomed The following is an open letter from Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang to Chi ang Kai-shek. Feng, who won fame as the “Christian General”, was vice-generalissimo to Chiang during the war and has broken with Chiang over the continuation of the civil war and the failure of Chiang to form a coalition gov ernment including the Commun ists and smaller democratic par ties, as well as liberal elements of the Kuomintang. He was expell ed from the Kuomintang several weeks ago for attacking Chiang wno had seiiVTiim To* 'foe XT'S" W to study water power projects. Feng’s open letter to Chiang came unsolicited to a New York news paper a few days ago. It was of fered for the light it might shed on the top-level political troubles facing Chiang. “In September, 194(i, before leaving Shanghai for the United States, I urged you in a letter to stop the civil war and form a de mocratic coalition government for the sake of the Chinese people. Your only reply was to continue the civil war and your own dicta torship. In May, 1947, because you were arresting and killing stud ents and professors, suspending independent newspapers, and de priving the people of all civil lib erties, I issued a statement in San Francisco. In it I denounced your dictatorial behavior and again called for peace and democracy in China. "In August, 1947, I received a threatening letter from one of your secret service men in the United States, warning me sharp ly that if I spoke against you again my life would be in danger. I threw it into the waste basket and since then have been speak ing more bluntly and loudly against your policies. Your per sonal order to recall me as veil as your personal decision to expel me from your Kuomintang were no surprise. . . . "A Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang was set up in Hongkong on Jan. 1, 1948, under the chairmanship of the veteran Kuomintang leader, Gen. Li Chi shen. I am honored to have been elected to the Central Board of the Revolutionary Committee and pledge to fight for the overthrow of your reactionary regime anrl the realization of peace and demo cracy in China. “On Jan. 14, 1948, I declared that my relationship with your government had been totally sev ered. From now’ on I am fight ing against you to the end. «*• •V'eP'.J DS.Jlf alffj nrfon rj>|f will stir your conscience. In 1927 you resigned because your staff commanders would not listen to | followers, like Ho Ying-ehin, turned against you. But I urged j you to come back and supported you for the post of commander (Contixiued on page five) RED CROSS r > V Early reports state that the the Red Cross Fund Drive is off to a promising start in this chapter, N. C. Green and J. Paul Simpson of the spec ial gifts committee stating contributions are holding up well, and that all indications point to a successful cam paign. No direct reports have been received from other districts, but all plans have been com pleted for handling the drive, Chapter Drive Chairman C. It. Clark, Jr., said this morn ing. Bookmobile Ends Toijr This Week ... The; Bookmobile, is completing its current schedule in this coun ty tomorrow. Gone are those days when the mail order catalog and the al manac were the best read books in the rural districts. Today county-owned bookmobiles pro vide people living on farms and in small communities with the same popular titles which are found in city libraries. Outstanding new titles on the bookmobile this month will in clude: The Essays of Shakespeare edit ed by George Coffin Taylor of Chapel Hill. Biography of the Apostle Paul by Edgar J. Goodspeed. Hollywood Merry-go-round by Andrew Hecht. Transfer Point by Kathryn Forbes. Confessions of an uncommon Attorney by Reginald Hine. A Masque of Mercy by Robert Frost. Mary Roberts Rinehart's Mys tery Book. Woodrow Wilson. A biography for young people by Alden Hatch. Hope of Earth by Margaret Lee Runbeck. Beyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy. Once there was a Waltz by Paul Murray. Europe without Baedeker by Edmund Wilson. The usual schedule will be fol lowed. -* -— Electrician tests Fire Siren Today —«,— Burned out when it froze sever al weeks ago, the town’s fire alarm system is being tested to day by electricians. Since the motor was repaired almost a month ago, the sound volume holds to about half of what it should be. A short time ago there was a night alarm and only four firemen heard the siren. ■rn fii'icians were .sun checking the system at noon to day, one report stating that in stead ' f turning 3,600 revolutions per n„iutPihe motor was turn ing up hardly half that number. Several tests were made this morning, the alarm attracting quite a few before they learned there was no fire. Whit E. Saunders Offered Chief of Police Job Here -o Appointee Reported To Have Resigned from Pa trol Wednesday Whitney E. Saunders, popular member of the State Highway Pa trol for a number of years, was of fered by a unanimous vote of the town board of commissioners the position of chief of Williamston's police at a meeting of the town's governing body last Tuesday night. The appointment was made following the j-eceipt of Chief W. T. Simpson's resignation which becomes effective the 20th of this month. The new appointee today had not formally accepted the position, but it was learned that he had tendered his resignation to offic ers of the highway patrol, and it is expected that he will accept and enter upon his new duties on or about April 1. Quite a few applications, writ ten and verbal, for the position were received, several of them having been, submitted with the understanding that they be with drawn if Mr. Saunders applied. Among the applications with drawn were those of Chas. R. Mobley, former chief, and J. D. Harrison. Other applications re ceived included those submitted by L. H. Nelson of Rocky Mount, John Roebuck and Paul Ballard. Several others verbally asked that their applications be considered. One or two of the applicants ex plained tlii.t they were not neces sarily interested in the position of chief of police but were candi dates for places on the force, if and when there are vacancies. Mr. Saunders, born and reared on a Hertford County farm, came to Willtamston as a member of the State Highway Patrol nine years ago, and during his stay here he has gained the respect of the pub lic as a citizen and law enforce ment officer. And he likes it here, too, the young man explaining a short time ago when he was order ed transferred to Washington that he preferred to remain here. Following the turn of events, local officials insisted that he consider the opening here. Chief Simpson is leaving the lat ter part of this month to continue his service in the armed forces where he will be eligible for re tirement in about Seven years. He is to report to the Marine Corps. As a parting testimonial for the retiring chief, the following letter received by Mayor Robt. C’owen (Continued on page eight) Might Close Two Freight Stations The discontinuance of freight stations by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company at Has sell and Everetts is being con sidered before the Utilities Com mission in Raleigh today. The company maintains that revenue is not sufficient to main tain the stations. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Mishaps on the highways of this county during the first nine weeks of this year gave those of the corresponding period in 1947 a close race, showing actual gains in two columns but trailing slightly in two others. There have been more accidents this year ' than last and the property loss is just a little greater than it was a year ago. More consideration, however, is be ing shown life and limb this year than last. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cidcnt trend: first5i hy.pqf res ponding weeks in tin’s year " and last and for each year to the present time. 9th Week "Accidents Inf’d Killed Uam’ge 1948 1 2 0 $ 350 1947 110 000 Compa isona To Date 1948 2” 12 1 $ 5,150 1947 25 19 3 5,050 Propose $100,000 Bond Issue For Water Plant Improvements Offer Service To’ Customers Outside The Town’s Limits | —»— Plan Construction of Cargo Elevated Storage Tank For Water System Meeting in regular session last Tuesday night, the local town board of commissioners proposed a $100,000 bond issue for financing a water works improvement pro gram, and called for bids on the construction of a 300,000 gallon elevated water storage tank. A bond ordinance was proposed on a motion made by Commissioner John Hatton ■Gurganus seconded by Commissioner K. D. Worrell, the motion receiving unanimous support, but the actual vote is be ing delayed. Rated us an emergency, the pro gram does not necessarily call for a bond election, but the matter will be placed before the public in detail before further action is tak en, it was explained. The town's bonded debt will be reviewed and the effect such an issue will have on the advalorem tax rate will be discussed. Convinced that the town’s wat er system is operating on a shoe string literally speaking, officials discussed the condition with the Local Government Commission in Raleigh and the issue was advised. While no vote on the bond issue is necessary, the board will place the matter before the public for consideration. If valid opposition is offered, the commissioners will provide for an election. Working for the best interests of the town and anxious for the people to know all the facts, the commis sioners appointed a committee to . prepare and submitjngui cs cover ing every angle of the town's taxe rate. To save time the town is calling for bids on a new water storage tank, realizing that delivery can not be expected within 400 days from the receipt of the order, and that the older can be cancelled if the proposed program does not meet with general public approv al. No further official action on the program is scheduled before the regular meeting in April. Assured that the public water supply here will be increased within the next sixty days or be fore peak consumption develops, the commissioners at their meet ing this week voted to offer water service to customers outside the town limits. However, it was rul ed that the town will lay no more water mains outside the town for the present, that connections will be limited to those cases already on the main lines. In other cases, the applicants for the service will be responsible for the cost of the pipe in addition to the regular connection charge. "We don’t think it hardly fair for the town taxpayers to finance the cost of laying water mains outside of town, that it is only fair for out side users to accept such costs," one of the commissioners com mented. It was suggested that water rates to customers outside the town be increased to permit those customers to share in the added costs for maintaining the system. For instance, the town taxpayers are now paying advid orem taxes for the water system itself and they are being called on (Continued on page eight) I To Help Prepare ) State Tax Return Deputy Collector K. R. Krone bcrger will be in bis office in the Marlin County courthouse on «*••<»»*• <•»••« * .. *f?] ii 1 i Ji 4 1, 1 i .4 n i > i 4 •> t» i i'nibii taxpayers prepare their state in come tax returns and list their intar.JWW" personal prop.-.. it w!?siWn?!TfrTre(?™,",,—mm The deputy collector explained that single persons making $1,000 or more and married persons earning $2,000 or more in 11)47 , must file returns for the stale. ! CANDIDATE s__J Following' C'. B. Martin’s announGement, stating that he would not be a candidate to succeed himself as a mem ber of the State House of Representatives from Martin County, Mr. A. Corey, Janies ville man, said this morning that he was considering en tering the race. ‘I will make an official statement shortly," Mr. Corey said. Issue Twenty-two Marriage Permits In Martin County —®— Dan (lupitl Seems To Be Almiil lloliiiiif! His Own In This County Twenty-two marriage licenses were issued in this county last month, six to white and sixteen to colored couples. In February of last year twenty-two licenses were issued, six to white and sixteen to colored couples, proving tlui.t Dan Cupid is holding his own in the all-important work in the county. The issuance, while no larger than the one for the corresponding month in 15)47, is slightly above the average for the particular period. Licenses were issued to the fol lowing: White Jack D. Johnson and Nancy Taylor Martin, both of Roberson ville. William Elbe Cherry of Wii liamston and Violet Marie Sulii van of Washington, D. C. _t J a; v. Jdm.i >! t*4. id .„ .H." 1»Tsuay-'-Us and Margaret Beacham of Wil liamston. Jack Woolard and Ernestine Warren, both of Washington. James F. Trieble of Johnstown, N. Y., and Doris Rachel Edwards of Williamston. Joseph W. Dunlow and Martha V. Hoggard, botli of Windsor. Colored Jack Skinner, Jr., and Christine Worsley, both of Palmyra. Earl Rogers of RED 2, Williams ton, and Ada Lewis, RFD 1, Wash ington. Jesse Johnston of Williamston and Josephine Griffin of Everetts. Herbert Davis and Marion Sta ton, both of Jamesville. Joseph II. Bonds and Christine Gurganus, both of Williamston. Larry Dickens of Robersonville and Arline Purvis of Williamston. Willie B. Carr and Sallie Ann Green, both of Oak City. Perry Bryant of Oak City and Martha Andrews of Hobgood. Richard Peel, RFD 1, Williams ton, and Ada Gerolene Godard, RFD .'i, Washington. Roosevelt Wiggins and Novelle Cross, both of Williamston. Alexander Wilson and Mattie Swain, both of Windsor. Jesse Glenn Moore and Louise Andrew's, both of Robersonville. Ernest Edward Little of Rober sonville and Bertha Jackson, RFD 2, Robersonville. Isaiah Wilson and Annie Morris, both of RFD 4, Windsor. John Lee and Pattie Louise Smithwick, both of Williamston. | William Thomas Bland, Jr., and ' Beulah Mae Keel, both of Rober J sonville. -■ i - I Ni‘t‘d II lu‘4‘1 I,Imirs l » .iii'' *Tv'' TV ’ I uu *1 *’iVk * u VtVVCV- ' ary, 1938. No children were born to the union. Married in 1937, Augustus Clo nian is suing Sarah Cloman for a divorce, stating that they were separated in 1945 and that no chil dren were born to the union. Clyde Odell Cowey is suing June Esterline Cowey for divorce, slating that they were married on January 12, 1944, and were separ ated August 29, 1945. One child was born to the union. In his suit against Vime Bryant Williams. Daniel Webster Wil liams says they were married ill 1939 and separated in 1943, that nn children were born to the un ion and that the defendant is now living in Virginia. Roy Barrel is suing Irma Allen Harrell for a divorce after being married for almost twenty-two years. They were married on Jul,\ 10, 1922, and separated April 15, 1944, the plaintiff saying that all children born to the union are grown, working for them selves and self-supporting. Suing W. Kater Lilley tor a di vorce, Betty Mobley Lilley says they were married on May 30, 1934, and separated in November 191(1, that the two children born | to the union are 11 and 13 years old, and are living with her. Ester Marie Pitt, m her ease against Jesse James Pitt, says they were married on November 21, 1943. and were separated in Nov ember, 1945, that no children were born to the union. Janice Saunders Robrahn, su ing J. diaries Robrahn for a di vorce, says they were married in Sante Fe, New Mexico, on August 30, 1944, and were separated on September 8, 1945. that no chil dren were horn to the union, that the defendant is now a resident of Dt liver, Colorado. In her ease against Roscoe I. Perrin, Jr., the plaintiff, Alice Ferrell Perrin says they were, married on August 23, 1940, in j Johnston County, that they sep~ Ltj&L-?.. IMA1?.. . wliiwiP she learned that the defend was married to J aqua lute Pe She is askin.. that the marriage j i fendantTSncTT’v* ■' in WeSdVfhl | ginia but is now believed to be I siding in El Centro, Call Robert Gorham (Continued on page