THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
Over 3,000 martin count*
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 23
ffilliamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, March Id, 1048
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT*
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ESTABLISHED 1899
Grand Jury Files
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■ Quarterly Report
In Court Tuesday
Jurymen Declare They
Found Offices and Prop
erty In Good Condition
Submitted over Foreman Jim
* Peel’s signature, the quarterly
grand jury report lor Martin
County received favorable com
ment from Judge R. Hunt Parker
in open court Tuesday, All offices
and various public properties
were found in good condition, re
commendations of past juries car
ried out and reports properly fil
ed.
• The report reads, in detail, as
follows:
We passed on all bills of indict
ment presented to us.
We visited the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court and
found it to be in excellent condi
tion, with all guardian accounts
filed.
The Auditor turned over to us a
report of all the monies turned in
to the Treasurer by all Justices of
the Peace in the county for the j
past two years, and we found that
all fines have been paid in, and we
are attaching the auditor's report
and making it a part of this report.
The Sheriff's Office and Tax
Collector’s Office were visited
and found tt> be in good condi
tion with all records up to date.
We found the Register of Deeds’
Office in excellent condition and
all bonds in order.
We visited the office of the Sup
erintendent of Schools and found
it in excellent condition. We in
spected the certificates in this of
fice and found that all school bus
drivers have proper licenses.
We checked all Justice of the
Peace reports and found them all
filed with the Clerk of the Court
and fines submitted to the Treas
urer.
We visited the County Jail and
found it to be clean and well kept.
We found 1 white male inmate
and 8 colored male inmates. We
recommend some paint on the
window frames in the jail.
We visited the County Home
and Prison Farm and found every
thing clean and in excellent condi
tion.
We visited the county schools,
both white and colored schools,
and found the following, to-wit:
The schools as a whole are in
good condition except for a few
minor repairs that are needed, and
Mr. Manning, the County Super
intendent, has assured us that he
is doing all he can to have this
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Justice Hassell
Hears Few Cases
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Justice John L. Hassell heard
five minor cases in his court this
week.
Charged with not displaying
proper license plate on his trailer,
Gaston James was taxed with $7
costs.
Melvin Godard was required to
pay $7 costs for failing to stop
upon enterting a highway.
Publicly drunk, Henry Nichol
son was taxed with $8.50 costs.
Andrew Lyons was required to
pay $7.50 costs for public drunk
enness.
Operating a trailer with im
proper license, Arthur Gurganus
was taxed with $7 costs.
TWO-THIRDS
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Based on preliminary re
ports received this week, the
Red Cross fund drive in the
iVfartin County Chapter is
about two-thirds complete, ac
cording to Chairman C. B.
Clark, Jr. While only about
one-third of the amount has
been actually reported, the
chairman said canvassers said
they were completing their
solicitations and had been
very successful in most in
stances.
To date, $746.80 has been
- turned, into the .. treasprx.
$597.50 by Williamslon and
Slflg SO by Bear (trass. No late
•••vepurtrlKiv® -bees
from Jamesville, Williams and
Griffins districts or the col
ored -iti*ens in the chapter.
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Ambrose Family’s New Home
(Photo by Whit Saunders)
| BAND FACTS |
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Facte to bear in mind con
cerning the appearance ol' the
Elisabeth City High School i
Rand here tomorrow after
noon include:
Arrival about 4:30, unload
ing at Grammar School.
Line of march. Grammar
School grounds along Watts
Street to Main, along Main to
Haughton, hack along Main to
Post Office block (Smithwick
to Watts) where special show
will be staged.
After drills and march, the
unit will parade to the High
School for picnic supper sup
plied by Band Parents of Wil
liainston. (Food should be at
cafeteria by 4:30.)
Police will clear Post Office
block after 4:30 to make room
for show and the public is re
quested not to use the parallel
parking spaces on Main Street
between Sinithwick and the
Haughton Street corner so the
hand can march in full forma- J
tlon.
Concert by visiting band at
High School auditorium be
ginning at 8:00 o’clock.
Officers Destroy i
Three Distilleries
ABC enforcement officers went
on another rampage along the
Martin-Beaufort boundary last
week-end, wrecking several illicit
distilleries and capturing much
equipment and material.
In Griffins Township Thursday
morning, Officers J. H. Roebuck
and Roy Peel found a large plant
running full blast, but the operat
or, warned by gun signals, cleared
out ahead of the officers, leaving
a few identification papers and
clothing. The plant was equipped
with a 200-gallon submarine type
still, five large vats containing al
most 1,000 gallons of beer, twelve
5-gallon jugs, several lanterns,
200 pounds of sugar, 100 pounds of
hog feed, and two bags of rye.
The next day, the officers, aid
ed by raiders from Beaufort Coun
ty, raided along the boundary in
Bear Grass and wrecked a 50-gal
lon copper kettle and poured out
200 gallons of beer.
Saturday morning, the officers
from this county joined those from
Beaufort for a raid along Trant
ers Creek, wrecking a 100-gallon
submarine type plant and pouring
out several hundred gallons of
beer. The raid Jed to the arrest
of one or more persons and the
confiscation of a liquor-laden car.
Seeks Permission j
To See His Child
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Unable to set- or visit his child,
Robert B. Nelson will go into a
Virginia circuit court at Norfolk
next Monday seeking permission
of the court to see the child at1
stated intervals and ask for the |
child the privilege of visiting the!
father. The hearing has bcc-n
iihedukd-fee#e»c-Jv5^p.T:vyl.M:...
Folowing legal action in the
.■ourts of this county, the mother |
■ ardiiantiil v us tod;, of
the child. It was reported that
the piaintitt was seeking to nave
ihai-JiidgOs.t-fij-ecf k-v.v. »..■
Later pointed out that the father,
is only seeking the right to see the
child at stated intervals. 1
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$1,500 Project Handled
for (lasli Outlay of Less
Than $(>50
Pictured above is the new three
| 100m structure housing Ammie
I Ambroses aged grandmother and
her family of eight children and
grandchildren. Given an estimat
ed value ranging all the way from
$1,200 to $2,000, the house, its
walls covered with sheet rock and
every room and the porches wired
according to the latest specifica
tions and modern requirements,
was built with an actual cash out
lay of only $646.53.
All materials, including nails
and hardware, cost $527.13. After
nine volunteers had worked sev
eral days on the house, it was de
cided that it would be only fair
to pay them for one day of their
time, and the labor bill amounted
to $60 80. Holding to their jobs
without taking time out for lunch,
the volunteer workers were given
a free barbecue dinner, costing
$10. A cook stove, costing $30.60,
including stove pipe, was purchas
ed and delivered to the family
when it was found that the old
stove could not be moved from the
old shack The light bill was paid
up to next December at a cost of
$18.
A total of $680.70 was received
in contributions, exclusive of a
$1.50 check written by mistake, it
is certain, on a non-existent bank
in Williamston. The contributor
is not known locally, and in
changing the name of a local bank
to Peoples Bank, she failed to
change the name of the town. At
the present time the fund has a
balance of $34.17, of which amount
$32.67 is in cash, and $150 in
money order made out to the
grandmother. The money order
is being turned over to her, and
efforts are being made to provide
a privy for the family with the
$32.67 cash balance. If the need
ed unit cannot be installed for that
amount, the money will be turned
over to the grandmother with the
suggestion she supplement the
fund and have one installed.
As tor Ainmic Ambrose s appre
ciation for all that has been done
for her by friends and others, in
cluding white and colored in sev
eral states and unknown to her,
the old women threw up her
hands in trying to find words to
express herself. But the tears of
joy, trickling do vn her cheeks the
night the farpily moved out of the
old and dangerous shack, more
adequately expressed her thanks
than ordinary words ever could.
The Ambrose case came to light
the first time last November when
Neal Coburn, a colored man, stole
approximately $300 from the old
woman, the money having been
saved over a period of about three
years to put a new roof on the
house. It was suggested at the
time that possibly a roof could be
put on the house, but neighbors
said it could not be done. The fam
ily faded out of public sight until
early February when an Enter
prise reporter and Sheriff C. B.
Roebuck went there to see if all
the members of the family had
lived through the big snow.
It was at that time that a mem
ber of the family said they got
along as well as could be expect
ed, with no suggestion of begging.!
Realizing that the family could j
hut''“possibly " “rehabilitate' ‘ jfefetf, j
and convinced by reports front'
neighbors and others that the fam-1
ily was worthy of aid, the sheriff
and. The..En.le.rpi ise; . e mg jnde-'
'!+- itof ^a)tzt o Bjf{ jvr ■;.,
publicised the case, suggesting
that contributions were timely,'
f Continued on page eight)
Right Divorces
! Are Granted In
Court Yesterday
i Judge Says Bible Does Not
Recognize Some Grounds
Of Separation Action
1 Eight divorces were granted
! and a ninth action yvas thrown out
' of court Wednesday when the
| plaintiff failed to appear and pro
| seeute the action before Judge R.
Hunt Parker.
Running along at full speed, the
divorce mill was delayed just a
! few seconds when Judge Parker
commented on the evidence offer
ed by one of the plaintiffs. Ask
ed why he and his wife had sep
arated, the witness said "V\e just
could noi get along.” While the
action may stand up under North
Carolina law, Judge Parker ad
vanced the opinion that such
grounds for divorce are not recog
nized by the Bible.
| The marriage of Alice Ferrell
| Perrin and Roscoe I. Perrin, Jr.,
was annuled when the plaintiff
submitted proof tending to show
that the defendant had a living
wife when they were married in
August, 1946. The plaintiff is a
lesident of Clayton, and the de
fendant wus last known to have
maintained residence in Califor
nia.
All other divorce actions heard
before the court recessed at 1:00
o'clock Wednesday afternoon un
til next Monday morning were
based on two-year separation
grounds, as follows:
Janice Saunders Robrahn
against J Charles Robrahn.
Mary Brown Gray against Fel
ton Gray.
Roberta Gorham Moore against
Joshua D. Moore.
Betty Mobley Lilley against W.
Katcr Lilley.
Christine Quick against Nelson
Quick.
Clyde O’dell Cowey against
Jane Esterline Cowey.
Esther Marie Pitt against Jesse
James Pitt.
The divorce action brought by
(Continued on page eight)
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Robertson Rites
Largely Attended j
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph
L. Robertson who died at her
home here last Monday morning
at the age of 86, were largely at
tended Tuesday afternoon, and the
floral offering was an extensive
one. Her former pastor, Rev. 13.
T. Hurley of Stantonsburg and
Rev. E. R. Shuller, the present
pastor of the Methodist Church
here, conducted the last rites and
interment was in Woodlawn cem
etery here.
Among those from out of town
attending the service were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ellison, Sr.,
Dr. and Mis. J R. Ellison, Jr., and !
Mrs. Joe Gay of Suffolk; Mr. and
Mrs. Tom McKim and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Baker,
Mr. and Mrs. William Harrell, of'
Ahoskie; Mrs. Paul Gilmore and
Mis. S. H Hatton of Norfolk; Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Pope, Jr , of Rober-1
sonville; Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Tay
lor of Bethel; Mr. and Mrs. John
ston Dees, Mr. and Mis. J. H.
Woolard and Mrs. Parkinson of j
Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
G. Moore of Durham; Mis. B. F.
Mitchell, Miss Charlotte Robert-j
son and Mr. Harry A. Biggs of Vir
ginia Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Mitchell and Mr. and Mrs. W. E.'
Ellison of Belhaven; Mr. and Mrs. I
John H. Thrower of Littleton; Mr. I
and Mrs. Ellison Goddard and
Mrs. C. Thomas of Dunn; Mr. and j
Mrs. W. R. Curry and daughter of
Kinston; Mi. and Mrs. Henry Dav
enport of Columbia; Mrs. Dennis
Chesson of Roper; Mr. George
Booker and Mr. Graham of Rocky
Mount; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ander-*
son and daughter and Miss Sally
Robertson of Washington, Mrs.
Bob Guns and son, Mrs. R. E.
Cleaton, Mrs. I. E. Ready, Mrs.
Sam Bunn, Mrs. Virginia Babcock,
Mr. William B White, Mrs. G C.(
Readford, and Mrs. Blair Gioson
of Roanoke Rapids; Mrs. B. G.
Campbell. Mrs. W C Jones. Mrs.
S. it. Brown, Miss Miriam Ausboii, .
Mrs. W^fjLMcConibs, Mrs. vs. ii.
Thomas, !$nrLena Carlisle, Mrs
Harry Barnhill, Mrs. A. J. Byrd,
Mrs. Allie Harrison and Marion
Ramsey, of Plymouth. I
Making Plans For
Annual Fat Stock
Show Here In May
Prospects Vre For Smaller
Hut Better tonality Baby
Beef F n tries
Tentative plans for holding the
annual Martin County fat stork
show in Williamston on Friday,
May 7 were formulated by farm
leaders and representatives of the
various civic and business organi
zations in a meeting held here last
evening in the agricultural build
ing.
Details are to be completed
within the next two or three
weeks and will be announced
along with the prize list as soon
as possible, J. W. Sumner, assist
ant county farm agent, said.
With every civic and business
organization represented except
the Robersonville Jayeees, the
meeting advanced much interest
in the event, and it is certain that
all the organizations will support
the show to the limit.
Speaking to the group, Chas. L.
Daniel, president of the county
farm bureau, appealed to the civic
club leaders, urging them to take
more interest in the show. “In
stead of supporting the farm lead
ers who have been staging the
event, get busy ami stage the
show yourselves with the help of
the farm agents and agricultural
teachers and other farm leaders,”
Mr. Daniel was quoted as saying.
Advancing plans lor the event,
the meeting named C. J. Goodman
chairman of the show. He will be
assisted by V. B. 1 lairr, Jamesville
agriculture teacher, as head of the
swine department, and John Has
sell, Oak City agriculture teacher,
as head of the cattle department.
K. P. Lindsley was named secre
tary and treasurer of the show.
It is fairly certain that attrac
tive prizes will be offered by the
several organizations, but the rep
resentatives, including E. '1'.
Smith of the Oak City Ruritan
Club, C. A. Roberson of the Rolj
ersonville Rotary Club, E. N Mod
lin of the Jamesville Ruritan Club,
T. B. Brandon of the Kiwanis
Club, W. T. Ross of the Williams
ton Jayeees, and C. L Daniel of
the Farm Bureau, explained that
they would have to discuss the
matter with their clubs.
A second meeting of the repre
sentatives or directors of the show
will be held on April 28, and dur
ing the meantime a booklet, carry
ing paid advertisements, will be
released.
Discussing the prospects for the
(Continued on page five)
Native Of County
Dies In Plymouth
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Mrs. Bertha Hardison, 59, died
at her home in Plymouth yester
day morning at 8:15 o'clock. She
had been in declining health for
about a year and her condition
had been serious for several
weeks.
The daughter of tin- late John
and Kate Waters Gardner, she was
born near Jamesville on April J,
1889, and spent most of her life
there and in the Dardens Com
munity before locating in Plym
outh in 1940. In early womanhood I
she was married to Louis Hardi- j
son who died eleven years ago this 1
month. I
Mrs. Hardison, highly esteemed
as a friend and neighbor both in'
her home and adopted communi- |
ties. She had been a member of
the Cedar Branch Baptist Church
for a long number of years, and j
the services are being conducted
there this afternoon at .'i:00 o’clock
by her pastor, Rev. W B Hai ring- '
ton and the Rev. Mr. Nickens, j
Baptist minister of Plymouth. In I
terment wil be in the Gardner'
Cemetery near the old home not
far from Jamesville.
Surviving are twelve children,
seven daughters, Mrs Hilton
Forbes and Mrs. John G. Coltrain,
Jr., both of Williamston Mrs El
mer Mi/elle, Mrs Ronald Tetter- l
ton, Mrs. Deima Harris anu Mgs'
Emma Bell Hardison, all of Plym- j
ouih: and Mrs. Jasper Bennett of;
Everetts; five sons, Dewey Haidi-1
son of f tOiii Li 11 iYi l.- iijuinr , '
Arthur, Miir.v«'rf,"amt r
B. Hardison, all of Plymouth; and
one sister, Mrs. Eb Hardison, of
Jamesville.
Plan Special Services Each
Day In Theatre Next Week
As a vital part in tire Holy Week ,
leligious program, the Williams-1
ton Ministerial Association is!
planning a series of union services
in the Watts Theater each morn
mg from Monday through next
Friday at 10:00 o'clock. While the
services are planned especially for
the working people, everyone is
invited to attend. Local merch
ants. while not planning to close
their places of business during the
30 minute services, have agreed to
stagger their forces, permitting
some to attend each day, it was
\ announced. Following the ser
: vices in the theater the ministers
| will repair to the high school for
| a special morning service during
the five days.
Speakers for the special ser
vices are as follows:
Monday, Rev. Stewart 13.
Simms. Tuesday, Rev K. R. Shul
ler; Wednesday, Rev. James I.
Lowry; Thursday, Rev. .1 T. Ash
ley; and Friday, Rev. John W. J
Hardy.
Climaxing the union worship
schedule during the Easter season
will be the sunrise service Sun
day morning. March 2fi Rev. John
L. Goff will be in charge of that
service, it was announced.
In addition to the union worship
services, several of the churches
are planning special programs at
other hours during next week.
A cordial invitation K being ex
tended the general public to at
tend all the services.
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Criminal Cases Here
Court Ends Trial Of
Justice Tempered
With Mercy Durin
The Current Term
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Five-To-Kight Years IVlaxi
mum Sentence; Thieves
Co On I’rohatiou
After dragging along .since Mon
day morning, the Martin County
Superior Court completed the trial
of the criminal docket shortly be
fore noon Wednesday.
Presiding over the two-week
Parly May Boston, charged with
badly assaulting his wife, wiggled
' out of court with a suspended
road sentence. He pleaded guilty
but at the conclusion of the state's
evidence, he changed the plea to
( ne of nolo contendre, meaning hi |
neither admitted the charge nor |
denied it. He was sentenced to I
tin.' roads for twelve months, |
Judge Parker placing him on pro :
bation for five years Boston is to
move out of the house owned by I
his wife, Sarah Jane Boston, and
is to pay $5 a week for the sup-1
port of his children. Among other j
things, probation means the de
fendant is, I
To avoid injurious or vicious I
habits; avoid persons or places of,
disreputable or harmful charac- ■
ter; report to probation officer as!
directed and permit probation of-j
ticcr to visit his home or else- '
where; work faithfully at suitable!
employment as far as possible;
remain witiiin specified area and
not change place of residence
without written consent of proha-j
lion officer; support his depend ;
ents; and violate no criminal law
ot any state or federal govern- ^
merit, and be of good behavior.
The ease charging Clara Bell
Moore with larceny of $10 was nol1
prossed.
The case in which Henry Lee I
F, Shelby was charged with vio
lating tlie motor vehicle laws was
continued until the June term.
The ease charging Burnice Bul
lock with bastardy was nol pross
ed, possibly because the prosecut
ing witness, Margaret Beacham,
had married.
A verdict of not guilty was di
rected in the ease charging Levy
Jones with breaking and enter j
mg the home of Harry Wynne.)
The action was taken after the]
state had concluded its evidence. !
George Junior Jackson, young,
colored man, who nearly stabbed I
Jimmy Crumey, Edenton taxi
driver to death over in Williams
Township a few weeks ago, was (
sentenced to prison for not less
than five and not more than eight
years. Jackson, without the ser
vices of a lawyer, pleaded guilty
of stabbing Crumey with the in
tent to kill him, hut pleaded not
guilty of the •'trouble.” When
Jackson could not explain what he
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/Wt-nts-l\‘ut lu-rn 7 «»
Meet In (.olorwl Sclionl
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Mt*mbi ;s of the Parent-Teacher J
A.. Station"'wifi n.ott in the eel
ci cii Ui/.-> ; yxii'.i
ing (Thursday) at ti 00 o'clock, it
was announced this v/eek. All
parents are asked to be present.
CANDIDATE
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VV. Tom Roberson, Griffins
Township man, announced Ins
candidacy this week for
county commissioner from the
Griffins-Bear Grass district.
His announcement marks the
opening of the political season
in this county.
Mr. Roberson explained
that he decided to announce
his candidacy after talking
with friends, and pointed out
that Griffins hail not had a
man of its own as a member
of (he board in fourteen or
sixteen years.
No other candidacies have
been announced for county
offices even though the time
for filing ends April 17.
Victim Of W reck
Still hi Hospital
Badly injured in an automobile
accident between Plymouth and
Jainesville, near Plymouth, last
Friday evening. Miss Avis Jack
son, 17-year-old Jamesville High
School student, continues in a
Rocky Mount hospital for treat
ment. Miss Jackson was said to
have suffered a broken left arm
and a head injury. Mis, Gladys
Brewer, a passenger in the car
with Miss Jackson and others who
were cn route to Plymouth to at
tend a basketball game, suffered
severe bruises and shock, but she
is getting along very well and is
back at work with the Ayers Elec
tric Company here.
The car, driven by Miss Esther
Martin of Jamesville, went out of
control when a tire either blew i
out or went flat and the machine
struck the soft highway shoulder j
and turned over on its side.
The victims, partially covered '
by mud, were given first aid treat- .
ment in a Plymouth doctor's of
fice.
Miss Jackson whose home is in
Dunn has been living with her
sister, Mrs Edward Martin, in
Jamesville where she has been at
tending school since last fall.
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Paving Approach
To River Bridge
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Delayed for weeks by bad
weather, highway forces this week
started paving the western ap
proach to the new half-million
dollat rivet bridge here. Material
has been near the project site for
weeks, but it was impossible to
start the work until a few days
ago.
The sti ip is ten feet wide and
eight inches deep and extends
from tin- bridge around the curve,
U distance of several hundred feet.
Using a small mixer, the build
its plan to complete the project
the early part of next week Dur
ing the meantime, one way traffic'!
is being maintained b\ the pro
ject.
The strip is being laid on grade 1
and when r.nir,plated and opened!
t<J tijiifUC iil HUuUt t -1 u
much of the danger ass«xi«ii?<TT
with tin1 curve will have becnj
eliminated
Truman Calls For
Action Just Short
()! \\ ar In Speech
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l.-lls CoiifrrrHx Draft Lan Is
N«*r<**»ary \l«m# With
l tmrrsul Training
Addressing a joint session of
Congress yesterday, President
Harry S. Truman called foi action
just .short of war, declaring that a
draft law is necessary immediate
ly to build up the armed forces to
authorized strength until univer
sal military traihing or the con
scription of just about every youth
can be instituted. A third point in
the drive to "stop Russia” calls for
tile immediate passage of the Eu
ropean Recovery Pi ogram, calling
for an expenditure of nearly six
billions of dollars.
The President warned the New
Yorkers that the American people
may be called upon in the coming
year to assume the gravest risks in
their history, but he said the dan
ger has been thrust upon us by
Russian expansionism and cannot
be sidestepped.
"The issue which confronts the
world today ... is tyranny versus
freedom,” he said, adding that the
sole purpose of his preparedness
proposals is “to prevent war.”
“Our faith and our strength
must be made unnustakeably
clear to the world,” he said.
The Russian ambassador and
envoys from the other eastern sat
elite slates were conspicuously ab
sent from the diplomatic galleries.
But Finland’s minister, K. T. Ju
tila sat among the Western Euro
pean diplomats.
Thousands of worried Washing
tonians, unable to gain admission
to the jammed House galleries,
gathered in tin.' streets around
automobile radios and radio shops
to hear the President’s somber
words.
Mr. Truman made it clear that
the extraordinary military pre
paredness measures he advocated
were being forced upon the United
States by Russia.
H' lashed out against the Krem
lin in the strongest terms lie has
ever directed against that gov
ernment since he took office three
years ago.
He labeled the Russians and
tliici satellites in Eastern Europe
as aggressors who alone are re
sponsible for the present interna
tional crisis; he accused them of
obstructing the work of the Unit
ed Nations by repeated use of the
veto, and hi.' charged them with
(Continued on page six)
InsjMM'iiou Lime
Closes Saturday
Opening on Warren Street here
last Monday, the North Carolina
Inspection Lane handled 347 ini
tial vehicle inspections during the
first three days, and cars and
trucks were moving into the lane
in fairly large numbers this morn
ing. In addition to the initial in
spections, the lane checked 48 ve
hicles for the second or third
time.
No cars or trucks have been
condemned, and while quite a few
did not get the approved stickers,
only minor adjustments or cor
rection ol' minor defects will quali
fy tin vehicles, it was learned.
The lane will be closed here at
noon Saturday when the operat
ors are to load the equipment and
move to Plymouth. They will re
turn here on May 14 for another
week. Theose owners whose ve
hicles did not pass inspection this
week w ill have until May 14 to get
the mechanical defects corrected.
They are to go through the in
spection lane a second time with
out cost.
The Williamston Parents
Teachers Association w ill hold
its regular meeting in Iht
High School auditorium Mo
ua- night at K tio o’clock, Pre
sident llildreth Mobley ait
nounred today.
\ possible postpoucineb
was ruled out when it appear
ed IVsnV i i\v «th« wad* '
"mgsTafe seiit'driSTcS iortfig",
of the month that no
truhkimil iloto oiSiilnl Isa Hm