THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B¥
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTT
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ SS
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT*
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WOT
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 22
William si on, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 16, 1918
ESTABLISHED 1899
^ Clear Few Cases 1
From The Docket
In Superior Court
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Hog Thief Gels Eight Years
On The Roads; Cohurn
Tliefl Case Today
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Opening a two-week term here
yesterday morning for the trial of
criminal and civil cases, Judge R.
Hunt Paiker of Roanoke Rapids
cleared several cases from the
docket of the superior court be
fore ordering a recess late in the
afternoon. Early today the court
had quite a few eases left on its
docket, including several for the
jury. Court officials expressed
the opinion that the criminal ac
tions would be cleared by late to
day, making ready for the divorce
mill to go into action tomorrow.
The court attracted an over
flow crowd of colored spectators,
but there were comparatively few
white spectators present for the
early sessions of the court.
This morning the court is work
ing on the Leaman J. Bennett
cases, the defendant entering a
plea of nolo contendre or politely
pleaded guilty of improperly us
ing a spot light an a car, attemp
ted hold-up and an assault on a
Williamston officer, Chas. R.
Moore, with a deadly weapon. The
case charging Neal Coburn, col
ored man, with the theft of $300
from Ammje Ambrose, aged col
ored woman, is scheduled for trial
today.
Monday’s proceedings were high
lighted by the Whit Salsbury
eases, the defendant having plead
ed guilty in four counts. Con
siderable time was spent hearing
the facts about the series of brutal
hog killings and thefts Salsbury
handled over a long period in this
county lust year. In all, he drew
eight years on the roads, two each
for stealing hogs from Reuben
Everett, David Gurgahus,, Mon
roe Taylor and W. O. Abbitt.
No true bills were found by
the grand jury in the eases charg
ing Lillie ’Vk.e.B-en y with the lar
ceny of person, and John Frank
Silverthorne with the larceny of
a watch from Marvin B. Manning.
In the ease charging Willie
Frank Deans and Jimmy Watts,
colored youths, with breaking and
entering and larceny of batteries,
a mistrial was ordered. The war
rant charged the boys with break
ing into Parker’s junk yard, when
it should have charged them with
breaking into and entering the
Williamston Parts and Metal Com
pany.
L. D. Mizelle, appealing his non
support ease from the county’s
court, was sentenced to the roads
for twelve months, the judge plac
ing the defendant on probation on
condition that he pay $75 now and
$18 a month for five years for the ,
support of his two children and
abide by the probation regula
tions. He is to pay the court costs.
George Me. Carraway, young
colored fnan, was sentenced to the
roads for twelve months after he
pleaded guilty of breaking into
Hyman’s cafe and Crandall’s serv
ice station in Robersonville, and
stealings cigarettes and about $200
in cash. Carraway took advan
tage of circumstances and receiv
ed what, under other conditions,
would have been regarded a light
sentence. Carraway, possessing
a comparatively good record, said
that his father was dead, that he
had been virtually deserted by his
mother, that he lived with his
grandmother until she died. Judge
Parker sensed the situation and
declared that he had found simi
lar circumstances existing in quite
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V.
ROUNDUP
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All was fairly quiet on the
crime front in this county
over the week-end, a report
from the sheriff’s office stat
ing that only three persons—
one white and two colored'—
were arrested and detained
-during ifee~ period *
One person was booked for
reckless driving and two for
assaults.
No wrecks were reported
either, nicViUifers of the id eh
way patrol stating that aii
moved over the highways in a
very orderly manner during ,
the period.
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Large Number Of Vehicles
Inspected Here First Day
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Motor vehicle inspection, wide
ly attacked by some, was found
to be not so bad after all when
Lane No 35 was set up here last
week-end, and the vehicle owners
iealized that there was no effort
being made to clear the highways
of old machines.
State, county and municipal
vehicles were inspected last week,
and most of them were found to
to have minor mechanical defects.
The mechanics were instructed
to make the corrections within
seven days.
Monday, the inspection equip
ment, located on Warren Street
between Haughtnn and Watts or
at the corner of Park Street, was
placed in operation for privately
owner ~~rs and trucks. Superin
tendent Porter, unusually polite
and courteous and helpful, stated
late in the day that 125 cars had
been inspected, that not a single
vehicle was ordered off the high
ways. Approximately half of the
vehicles were found to have de
fective lights or brakes, but those
defects were corrected quickly in
most cases and the owners carried
their machines through the lane a
second time to get the approved
O. Keh sticker. One or two ve
hicles were run through a third
time..
Th£ service, costing only $1, is
designed to correct mechanical
defects and make the highways
safer, and any owner whose ve
hicle has adequate lights, brakes,
steering wheel and horn can ex
pect to pass the inspection regard
less of model or the condition of
the body. It is apparently fool
ish for one to condemn the serv
ice by saying the State is trying
to force vehicles off the highways.
When a vehicle is being operated
without brakes and with improper
lights, the vehicle, in the name of
safety, should be forced off the
highway until the defects are cor
rected.
The lane will be open each day
from 8:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m.
through Friday of this week, and
from 8:00 a. in. until Saturday at
12'00 o’clock noon. It will be re
opened in the county on May 13
for another week.
Defects found this week arc to
be corrected by the time the lane
is reopened in May.
| ANTI-RAT CAMPAIGN
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Farm and home agents and
health department represen
tatives are making plans for
a county-wide rat eradication
campaign, the dates for the
all-out drive to he announced
later. During the meantime,
the producers are appealing
to every person in the county
to get ready and help support
the drive.
Specialists are being called
in to help complete plans for
the drive.
It lias been pointed out that
typhus fever, traceable to rats,
has claimed at least one life
in this county in recent
months, that the rodents are
carriers of other diseases, not
to mention the destruction in
property exacted by them
every day.
Miss Bowen Died
Last Thursday At
Home of Brother
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Funeral Services Conduct
ed Suturduv Afternoon
At .‘i :30 O’Clock
Miss Mac Bowen, 41, died at the
home of her brother, D. Bowen,
near Williamston, last Thursday
morning at 4:30 o’clock. She hud
been in declining health for twen
ty-three years, and had been an
invalid for years, spending the
iast eight in bed.
Miss Bowen had been a parent
in several hospitals at intervals
over a long period of years, but
her trouble was never determined.
The daughter of the late Paul
and Millie Jane Gurganus Bowen,
she was born in Bear Grass Town
ship on September 22, 190B, and
had spent her entire life in this
county.
Surviving are three sisters, Hat
tie Bowen, Mrs. John Mobley and
Mrs. Mark Chesson of Williams
ton; and five brothers, Eli. Grov
er, D., Cortez, and Charlie Bowen,
all of near Williamston and her
mother.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at her late home Saturday aft
ernoon at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. W.
B. Harrington, county Baptist
minister, and Rev. James I. Low
ry, Presbyterian minister. Inter-j
ment was in the Bowen family j
cemetery, near Williamston.
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Broughton Will
Address Banquet
Tin1 Masonic Banquet scheduled
1!' •)! ■T'e iir'H «* I Tie1 n\;;Yi 'V.?V~Y if gytfK*
nasium March 23 has been post-,
poned until Wednesday, March 31.!
J. M. Broughton, former gover-!
pm
speak
Tiur, V/iH le the
the dinner I
All members wiio are interested
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in attending are asked to notify
W. Clyde Manning, H. G. Horton
or Paul Bailey by March 26.
L. Mon l ord Brown
Died Suddenly At
Home On Saturday
Funeral Sunday Afternoon
For Prominent Citizen
Of Jamesville
Luther Monford Brown, well
known county citizen, died sud
denly at his home near James
ville early last Saturday morning,
the apparent victim of a heart at
tack When he failed to get up
for breakfast shortly after 7 00
o'clock members of the family
went to his room and found him
dead. Apparently dying in his
sleep, he had been dead only a
short time when lie was found.
Although he had been in de
clining health for quite a number
of years, he was thought to be
getting along as well as usual, and
he told friends that he was feel
ing better than usual on Friday
when he worked all day.
The son of the late James Z, and
Mary Long Brown, he was born
in Jamesville Township 78 years
ago on April 3, 1870. He spent his
early life in the timbering busi
ness and later engaged in the mer
cantile business in Jamesville for
a number of years before locating
on the farm near Jamesville. Vir
tually retiring from the farm, he
had managed the county’s ABC
store in Jamesville for about five
years.
Mr. Brown was married in early
life to Miss Salbe Hardison who
died a few years later. His second
marriage was to Miss Susan Ada
Stallings, the couple having ob
served their 52nd wedding anni
versary last July.
Surviving are, Mrs. Brown; four
daughters, Mrs. A. J. Holliday of
the home, Mrs. P. M. Holiday of
Jamesville, Mrs R. L. Mizelle and
Mrs. Jos. E. Griffin, both of Nor
folk; four sons, D. A. Brown, pro
fessor in Wake Forest College, D.
C. Brown of Plymouth, Edward E.
Brown of Jamesville, and Maurice
Brown of the home; a brother,
Henry K. Brown of Washington;
a sister, Mrs. V. C. Langley of Wil
son; sixteen grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Mr. Brown was one of the oldest
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New Auto Agency
For This Section
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Operating under the firm name
of Martin County Motors, Messrs.
Evan Griffin and Jesse Heath
have been assigned the Kaiser
Frazer ear dealership for this sec
tion, it was announced last week
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The new firm is establishing
headquarters at Heath’s Radiator
Shop on Washington Street. The
i oo'ijvauy .'v ill. ?-.b v .d'splii’.'.
T7rrr?riC7l7ri7i:rx}'j,:'Z ^’V'iii,v, ‘tnr-1
net Haughton anu Washington
Streets. Several units are being
placed in the hands of the new
dealers foi immediate delivery
Juds;e Hunt Parker!
Addresses Meeting!
| Of Grand Jurymen
Detailed Instriielions Deal
With Duties Of The
Grand Jury
j In an address dealing mainly'
j with the duties of their body,
j Judge R. Hunt Parker, presiding
over the current term of the Mar
tin County Superior Court, Mon
day morning gave the grand jury
men detailed instructions and
stressed the importance of pre
sentment.
Nine new members, Messrs,
i Thurman Perry, N. T. Daniel. C.
B. Harrison, A. P. Hyman, Ver
non Griffin, J. A. Wynne, Julius
Revels, Lester J Griffin and J. G.
Forbes, were added to the more or
less permanent jury, succeeding
nine others who retired after serv
, ing as members of the body for a
year. Jim Peel, Griffins Town
ship young man, succeeded Henry
Johnson, Jr., of Hamilton, as fore
man of the body.
Instructing the jurymen to pass
on all bills of indictment, Judge
Parker explained that it wasn’t
necessary to examine all the wit
nesses in finding a true bill, that
if the examination of one or more
witnesses supported probable
cause, it would not be necessary
to proceed further with the inter
rogation, that the petit jury would
decide the case in open court.
“But before you return ‘not ° true
bill,’ you must examine every wit
ness,” the jurist said. He explain
ed that the first one called may be
bootleggers or gamblers that only
the last one may be a man of in
tegrity and would tell the truth.
If no true bill is found and all the
state's witnesses are not available,
the solicitor will withdraw the
bill until a later date.
Judge Parker dwelt at length, on
the power and duty of the grand
jury to present law violators to
the court. "Each and every mem
ber has sworn that he would true
presentment make of at] violations
of the law known to them or
where they have good reason to
believe that the law is being vio
lated,” the jurist said, adding that
since the jurores came from near
ly every section of the county no
crime can be covered up.
“There are times when present
ment can be important,” Judge
Parker continued. “There have
been times when certain men fla
grantly violated the criminal laws.
The violations were discussed in
public and reported in papers, but
officers failed to act on account of
the violators’ political power. In
those eases, law enforcement has
broken down. When such a situa
tion exists, where is the remedy.
It is in the hands of the grand
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Fay Last Tribute
To Hero’s Memory
Several hundred persons gath
ered in and around the little brick
Christian church in Hassell, busi
ness firms in Hamilton where in
terment took place suspended ac
tivities last Thursday afternoon to
pay a last tribute to the memory
of Cpl. William F. Haislip, II,
young Martin County man who
made the supreme sacrifice on
Guadalcanal on October 23, 1942.
The church was filled to over
flowing and possibly 150 or 200
persons waited outside while Rev.
J. M. Perry, a former pastor, and
Rev. Z. T. Cox, of Farmville, con
ducted the service and a special
choir sang several selections. A
freight train was shifting nearby,
the engineer pulling the throttle
softly as possible as a measure of
i espect.
A special detail from the Hais
lip-Roebuek American Legion
Post in Hamilton accompanied the
body from the Biggs Funeral
Home in Williamston to the
church and then to the Hamilton
cemetery, supplementing a special
kvl'/ir?"£'u£t'/.■ r ‘:..- r
center in Charlotte. The detail I
fired three volleys and Frank
Saunders Weaver, a member oi i
..Wmiiimston.'s ,T-,ho Walton Has '
■g-M1 ,,,,viiia.iLi?,q,,r,A gn,n:n
sounded taps.
Interment was in the family plot
by the corporal’s parents, Hanni
bal J. and Nannie Haislip Haislip.:
Commissioner Evans Outlines
Tentative Road Program Here
Promise Several
Highway Projects
For This County
Clan To Build Bond From
Culp Mill To Dardens;
Surface Olliers
Meeting briefly with the Mar
tin County Commissioners in
special session Monday afternoon,
District Highway Commissioner
Merrill Evans outlined a tentative
road improvement program for
this county, and declared that the
county had not been overlooked.
Mr. Evans explained that the
program as proposed is not defi
nite as yet, that it will be two or
three weeks before final plans
can be announced.
While the tentative program lias
its limitations, it constitutes a
forward step for transportation in
this county. As for widening the
county's miles and miles of nar
row roads, the commissioner ex
plained that heavy equipment is
still scarce, that the commission
had been unable to get anything
like enough machines to carry on
needed work. "We are getting
right many trucks and some light
equipment, but we need large ma
chines such as bulldozers and
heavy tractors to handle much of
the work now needed to be done,”
he was quoted as saying.
Reminding the board that the
program is a tentative one, Com
missioner Evans expressed the be
lief that several projects could be
handled in the county this year.
It is proposed to pave around
thi^jpulp mill jn the lower part of
the county, and reopen or build a
new road from the pulp mill to a
point near Dardens. The program
does not call for a surfaced road
from the mill to Dardens, it was
pointed out.
The surfaced road will be ex
tended on the Jamesville Wash
ignton route by several miles, pos
sibly three and one half miles.
Some material is being placed for
that project.
The road from Hassell to But
ler’s Bridge on Highway 64 is to
be surfaced, tin' commissioner ex
plaining that grading work has
already been started
The old Greenville Road going
by the prison camp is to be sur
faced, offering in time an all
weather route to Cross Roads and
on into Robersonville.
The commissioner agreed to ac
cept two or three additional road
strips in various parts ol tin- coun
ty and include them in the high
way system for maintenance.
However, very little new roadway
is being added to the system at
present because the heavy equip
ment is not available to build up
those projects and place them in
shape for regular maintenance.
While the 1(148 program i : pend
ing, work is being resumed on the
federal-aid project in Griffins
Township where the road from
John A. Griffin’s station is be ing
rebuilt to Farm Life via a point
near Smithwick’s Creek Church.
Bad weather conditions forced the
contractor to withdraw
Add Morv Money
To Ambrose Fund
While the main project—a three
room house—has been completed,
the Ammie Ambrose fund is still
receiving support, and it is now
planned to add a privy to the
property under the direction of
Specialist Palmer White.
The main project reduced the
fund to $22 but since that time
$15 has been added to the col- J
lection, making it possible to add
the necessary unit to the project. |
However, there is some doubt if
there’ll be sufficient money to1
finance the painting of trie house
C’V-dV.'' tirArst'rr. ■ rvu■ j,- ■ ■
greed to handle the job if the I
paint is made available.
Contributions not previously ac
knowledged, ineluae $5 from the'
No. 17, and submitted By C. C.j
Jones; and $10 from the Cedar,
JJlll Baptist Church, submitted i
by Plum Williams. j
Merchants Decide Holiday
Schedule At Meeting, Here
Meeting in the Branch Bank of
fices here last Friday afternoon,
local merchants and other busi
ness firm operators determined a
holiday schedule they plan to fol
low during the next several
months. While all the business
firms were not represented at the
called meeting, those attending
constituted a large majority, and
there is little doubt about the suc
cessful operation of the schedule.
While expressing a desire to co
op. rate with the Williamston Min
isterial Association, the merchants
decided against closing for the
special Holy Week services in the
Watts theater next week. How
ever, they agreed to stagger their
forces, permitting so many em
ployees to attend each day.
Easter Monday, Match 29, is to
bo observed os a holiday for the
merchants, but heavy industry
and other business houses are
scheduled to continue activities as
usual. The schools here and in
the county will not observe East
er Monday as a holiday as was
first planned months ago, the
weather having upset the school
schedule.
Beginning on Wednesday, April
7, the merchants and .just about
all ether business houses exclud
ing heavy industry, of course, will
observe Wednesday afternoons as
| hall holidays, one report indicat
i mg that the closing hour will be
fixed at 12:00 o’clock, noon. The
half holiday schedule is to con
tinue up until the tobacco market
opens the latter part of August or
early September.
Welcome Ministers
At Union Service
In Baptist Church
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Carise < aiiiurci’alioii I’reseiil
To Welcome Town's
Three New I'awtors
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Williamston’s new ministers,
Rev. E R. Shullor for the Meth
odists, Rev. Stewart I! Simms for
the Baptists and Rev. James I.
Lowry for the Presbyterians, were
extended a warm welcome by a
capacity congregation at a union
service in the Baptist church here
last Sunday evening. The service,
recognized as a good omen for re
ligion in this section, was well re
ceived by the minister.*! and the
large congregation. Just about
every denomination was repre
sented, not by a few individuals
but by groups.
Welcoming the new religious
leaders, Rev. John L. Goff, repre
senting the local ministerial asso
ciation, declared that during his
several pastorates he had found
no community where a finer spirit
of cooperation and brotherhood
had been practiced than that prac
ticed here. Declaring that the be
luted welcome extended Rev.
Shullor of the Methodist church
was attributable to circumstances
beyond the association’s control,
Goff concluded, “As we welcome
you, we trust we can march for
ward in Christian brotherhood
The combined Baptist choirs
were in the loft, and Miss Ida Pri
vett sang “The Holy City.” The
ministers’ wives were introduced
by Rev. Simms and the newcom
ers were immediately recognized
as homefolks.
Rev. Shuller offered the invoca
tion and following the Scripture
reading by Rev. John W. Hardy,
the Rev. Mr. Lotvry preached, us
ing for bis topic, “What. Must I Do
To Be Saved?’’
To be saved, the young minis
ter declared we must believe, and
to believe we must be humble. W'e
must repent, the preacher declar
ing that we had lost our concept
tion of sin, that gambling, cheat
ing and other similar acts are not
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Bakery Opened
Here Last Week
A modern bakery was opened in
the remodeled store building be
tween the Cand G Soda Shop and
Heiligh-Meyeis Furniture Com
pany store here on Washington
Street last week.
Leasing the property, Mi-. Mar
tin Moore, Jr., of Greenville spent \
several weeks remodeling the I
building and installing new and
formerly with the People’s
Bakery in Greenville, Mr. Moore!
ha.-, employed Mr. Charlie Cherry j
who has had sixteen vears of ex- !
y. o ■
"eeognt ys’:-t.t,b<’eitibsf‘"n'T’Re’
baking of breads, cakes and pas j
tries. Mrs. W J Aiisbrook has j
been employed as sales clerk. I
| LONK COMPLAINT 1
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Martin County people may
not be altogether satisfied
with their assessed property
valuations, but one thing is
fairly certain, and that is they
are not complaining. Sitting
as a board of equalization and
review from !):H0 o'clock un
til noon Monday, the Martin
! County Commissioners re
ceived only one complaint.
Discussing the value placed
on a new structure of his,
Milton Koynar of near YVil
liumston said it appeared to
I him that the valuation was a
1 bit out of line. After com
paring records, the board ad
justed the valuation from $1,
| 500 to SI,000.
Hadlev Properly
On Main Street
Sold At Auction
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VI. II. Snow of Windsor
Said To Itr IMaunin^ To
< ioiislriu't V Ilolrl
The old Ameleck Williams pro
perty held by the Hadley family
on East Main Street next to Court
ney’s furniture store, was sold at
public auction here last Saturday
noon by the Kochelle Realty Com
pany to W. It. Snow, Windsor man
who is operating the Hotel Duke
of Windsor.
Just outside the town’s main
business center, the property
brought no fabulous amount, some
observers saying that it. was reas
onable, others saying it was high
and still others saying it was
cheap. The sale price, just prior
to the sale, was estimated any
where from $9,500 to $27,000, four
guessing within $50 of the final
auction figure.
Offered for sale m ten foot lots
at first, the property brought $195
a front foot for the first thirty
feet. When little interest was ad
vanced in the next block of lots,
the realty company offered the
property as a whole, bringing $110
a front foot. The first thirty feet
were bid in by 11. 11. Cowen, but'
the sale was not confirmed, allow-1
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Hog Thieves Hit
Here Last W eek
Raiding Farmer Bill Peel's pas
ture near the river some time dur
mg last Wednesday night or early
Thursday morning, hog thieves
carried away a nice pig or parts of
the pig.
Believed to have knocked the
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carried the pig from the field on I
an improvised stretcher. Reach- j
ing the railroad this side of the]
basket factory, the thieves seven d J
'maTifuOT'wf ti'ii h'rar tire; e. . 1 - !
Officers are working on the j
case, hut so far they have found j
only some impressive foot prints, j
Oldest Native Of
^ illiamston Died
Monday Morning
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Funeral Service Being Hel«l
This Afternoon for Mrs.
Susan E. Hobertson
Mrs. Susan Ellison Robertson,
one of Williamston's oldest and
most remarkable citizens, died at
her home here on South Watts
Street yesterday morning at 10:35
o’clock following an illness of
about one month. Her condition
had been critical for several days,
but she was unusually bright Sun
day when she chatted with mem
bers of the family. She recognized
a son and daughter when they
reached her bedside about 4:30
yesterday morning from Miami,
but soon lapsed into unconscious
ness, death coming peacefully a
few hours later. All the children
except one were at her bedside
when the end came. One son, Eli,
was unavoidably delayed, and
did not reach here from Kentucky
until .just a short time after she
passed away.
The daughter of the late James
Henry and Charlotte Hatton El
lison, she was born June 3, 1862,
in Williamston, living all her life
except a short time spent on a
farm near here within a few yards
of her birthplace. On October 12,
1881, she was married to Joseph
Lawrence Robertson who died on
April I. 1924.
Mrs. Robertson was the oldest
native of Williamston and hud
been a member of the Methodist
church since her early childhood.
She was affectionately known by
old and young as Miss Sudie. Al
though she experienced many
hardships common during and
after the civil War, she maintain
ed a sense of humor right up un
til the last. Only last Sunday she
greeted a nephew who /ecently
u-turned to this section from New
York. "I’m glad you decided to
come back home, for 1 was afraid
if you remained in New Yorkj
much longer you would have turn
ed Republican, ’ she was quoted
as saying.
Although her eyesight was not
very good in late years, she con
tinued unusually active and cheer
ful, finding tune to visit her
neighbors and lend a helping hand
to others. She loved her home
and devoted her life to her fam
ily. She was the mother ol
eighteen children, the nine sur
viving ones exemplifying the
teachings advanced by a thought
ful mother in a Christian home.
When times were unfavorable for
others. Miss Sudie always had a
comforting word to offer, and
many found encouragement in her
humble and simple but true
philosophy of life.
Surviving are five sons, Eli H,
Robertson of Ov/ensboro, Ky,,
James H. Robertson of Washing
ton, Charlie A. Robertson ol
Greenville, Roland If. Robertson
of Suffolk, and Fitzhugh L. Rob
orison of Miami; four daughters,
Mrs. J. Owen Bowen of Miami,
Mis Julian C. Anderson'of Wil
liamston, Mrs W. H. Booker oi
Plymouth, and Mrs. Jesse W. Har
rell of Roanoke Rapids; two sis
ters, Mrs. H. 11. Pope of Rober
sonville, and Mrs. J. Gus God
dard of Dunn; one brother, Johr
R Ellison of Suffolk; seventeer
grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren. ;
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the home this after
noon at 4 00 o’clock by Rev. B. T
Hurley, a former pastor now ol
Stantoniburg, and Rev, E, R
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Holding a special meeting
in the county courthouse Fri
day night of this week at 8:00
o'clock, directors and canvass
ers of the Martin Couni
Farm llureau will make
tative plans for holding tl
organization's annual n
in?: jumI l*<*rbes.HfcJUW9. disc
the proposal calling for fu
to supplement a research
insect control in North C;
lina.
ThcinccUng ii opened to
. *.tee. Is
reau, and they are invtied
it I c=ul, President
Daniel announced.