THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bf
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEKE
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 24
Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 23, 1948
ESTABLISHED 1399
T County Farm Bureau
To Support Program
Directors Pledge
$1,060 For Plant
* Disease Research
Plans Made Friday Night
For Annual Barbecue In
The County May 7
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Meeting in the county court
house last Friday night, directors
and members of the Martin Coun
• tv Farm Bureau recognized the
need for intensive research in the
fight against plant diseases and
pledged $1,060 as the organisa
tion's part in supplementing a
$35,000 research program. While
in session, the group made tenta
tive plans for holding the annual
meeting and barbecue in William
ston on Friday, May 7. Tom Bran
don, Johnny Gurkin, Mayo Hardi
son, Joe Winslow and Van Taylor
were named members of a com
mittee to handle the arrangements
for holding the meeting and pro
viding the refreshments. The
place for holding the meeting will
be announced later along with
other plans.
Addressing the meeting, Farm
^ Bureau President Chas. L. Dan
iel said that the proposed plant
disease research program had
been discussed and explained at a
meeting of the State directors in
Raleigh a short time ago. “Gentle
men," he said, “it boils down to
this: We have had some good men
heading up the plant research
work in this state, but hardly be
0 fore they complete a projet t other
states come in, offer them more
money, double and even triple the
amount they are receiving and
take them away from us.
“North Carolina farmers are
losing sc . ml milli' n dollars eac h
year in plant diseases,” Mr. Daniel
pointed out, adding that the dis
eases are spreading and the cost
0 will become greater in the future,
and we should do all we can to
combat it."
Continuing, Mr. Daniel said,
"Had it not been for the research
scientists on plant diseases, some
sections of our state would not be
able to grow tobacco.”
Farm Agent T B Brandon said
that certain plant diseases were
making inroads into this county,
># that new seed and plant strains
were being developed, and that
new poisons were being tested,
“but we have got to learn the
tesidue effects, and it will be im
portant to advance the work as
rapidly as possible under a cap
able pathologist."
County Commissioner C. Abram
Roberson, speaking in behalf of
the proposal for this county to
raise $1,060, said that North Caro
• lina developed good men, but
could not pay enough to keep
them. "I believe that the Farm
Bureau, for selfish reasons, if no
other, should do everything to
make it possible to keep good men
in such vitally important posi
tions.”
Before the group accepted the
obligation, several advanced the
question why the State of North
^ Carolina did not pay higher sal
aries to the scientists. It was ex
4 plained that the State had a fixed
salary schedule, that if one per
son's salary were advanced, ail
others would have to be increased.
Assistant Agent Jesse Sumner
explained that other groups are
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t Minor Accident
Last Saturday
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No one was hurt and damage
estimated at less than $200 result -!
ed in a minor highway accident
between Williamston and James- \
ville on U. S 64 early last Satur-'
day afternoon.
Both vehicle;: were 'traveling
| toward Jamesville. Mr. Griffin
uriving a pick-up truck, started to
Wacjafift-8 left turn just as S. A. Van
Landingham started to pass in his1
mail truck. The vehicles side
.VA'.i.ded “ach other, doinf about'
$ia0 lamapt t'* tfrc" Grrffin mach
ine and about $25 to tne mail
truck. I
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Delayed by unfavorable
weather conditions existing
l'or weeks, Martin County
farmers started preparing
their fields for new crops this
week on a big scale. A few
ventured into their fields last
week with turning plows,
| “breaking” the high spots.
Spring came in over the
week-end along with sum
mer-time weather, and yes
terday spring plowing was
unde;' wav rn 98 percent of
the farms, it was conserva
tively estimated. Although
| they are starting from two to
three weeks late, farmers,
with their modern equipment,
are almost certain to get back
on schedule within a short
i time.
Jury Hears Two
Cases In Court
Here Yesterday
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j $500 Wriliot I** K«'Iiii‘ikmI
Lair In Afternoon In
82,500 Dainaur Suit
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Spending much of the day]
studying the calendar and hearing]
motions, the Martin County Sup
erior Court, going into its second]
week with Judge R Hunt Parker j
of Roanoke Rapids on the bench, j
prepared only two cases for the
jury yesterday. And one of the
two was a divorce action, inquir
ing only a few minutes of the
court’s time.
Two women jurors, Mrs Edna
Laughinghouse and Mrs. W. C,
Manning, were excused on ac
count of illness in their families.
Judge Parker recommended that
their names be included in a later
juiy list either for service in April
or June
Considerable time was spent
hearing a motion in the case of
Lyna J. Taylor against C. C. Tay
lor, the plaintiff appealing to the
court for appointment of a referee.
The proposal was opposed by de
fendant’s attorney, Paul D. Rober
son. who explained that all the
facts were available. Judge Park
er listened attentively to the argu
ments and suggested that the case
be placed in the hands of a referee
who is to hear and record all the
evidence and submit it to the
court in June. Each party to the
action was assessed $150 to pay
the expenses of the referee and
court reporter. E. S. Peel was
named referee.
Wheeler Boston in his cases
against Cristobell Boston was giv
en an absolute divorce, the action
being based on two-year separa
tion grounds.
After continuing quite a few
cases on account of the illness ol
Attorney Robt. L. Coburn and for
other reasons, the court called the
case of Mildred Ray against Grace
W Maynard at 11:00 o’clock. Al
leging she was the victim of a pis
tol attack at the hands of the de
fendant the evening of last July 5,
the plaintiff asked $1,500 actual
and $1,000 punitive damages. More
than an hour was spent hearing
the plaintiff’s evidence, but the
defendant did not take the stand.
Attorneys in the case completed !
their argument before the noon I
day recess, and Judge Parker
charged1 the juiy for nearly an
hour. Deliberating the four issues
presented it for about twenty
five minutes, the jury allowed the
plaintiff $500 damages, including
$200 actual and $300 punitive, the
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Save Money By
Renegotiations
Keiiegotiated war contracts sav-■
ed the nation about $2,770,000,000,)
according to a navy announcement
issued in Washington a few days
24.000 contracts. total
iijg about $7tilb00!b00,00b, v.'t*reJre-'
viewed. Of tries ■, savings were
made in about 6,000 cases.
Last Rites Held
Here Sunday For
Thomas Sullivan
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County Voting Man Gave
His Life In Naval Battle
Off Gmulaleanal
Last rites were held at the
graveside in Woodlawn Cemetery
here Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock for William Thomas Sulli
van, Martin County young man,
who gave his life for his country
in a naval engagement just off
Guadalcanal November 12-14,
1942. On account of the illness of
Iris mother, the services were pri
vate, only immediate members of
the family and a few friends at
tending to pay fitting tribute to
the young man’s memory. Rev.
John L. Goff, local minister, and
Rev. J. M Perry, pastor of the
Robersonville Christian Church
where Thomas worshipped as a
youth, officiated. There were no
military rites, Billy Biggs, under
taker and veteran of World War
II, folding the flag that draped the
casket and delivering it to the
young man's mother.
Buried in a United States ceme
tery on Guadalcanal, the body
was disinterred and returned to
this country, arriving in Sun Fran
cisco on February 11. It was de
livered here with an escort last
Thursday bv government motor
car, having made the long journey
home with that of William Free
man Haislip, 11, who was buried
in Hamilton on March 11. His was
the fifth body of a Martin County
man to be returned from overseas
for burial in native soil.
Transferring from the battle- j
ship, "Texas” in March, 1942, the
first class seaman visited here and
leported to New York where he
shipped out on the new cruiser,
"Atlanta.”
The ship moved into the Pacific
and he was mortally wounded
while in the line of duty on Nov
ember 111, 1942, dying two days
later on Guadalcanal without re
gaining 'consciousness.
A year or more before war
broke out the young man joined
before the draft was established
and was in line for promotion at
the time he lost his life.
He was a son of Robt. L Sulli
van and Mrs. Blanche Britton Sul
livan Jones, and waS born on Nov
ember 25, 1919, in Robersonville
where he spent most of his life.
He lived in Williamston several
years before going to Elizabeth j
City to make his home and where
he enlisted m the service.
Surviving besides his mother, |
are a sister, Mrs. James Bullock, I
and a brother, Jack Sullivan, both
of Williamston.
CAA Equipment
Flight Checked
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The installations for the Inter
state Airways Communication
Station located in the City Hall '
here were flight checked Friday
ly/ flight control pilot, William C. I
Ball, who arrived Wednesday
from Columbia, South Carolina, to
make the necessary inspections1
and tests. After the tests proved j
satisfactory Mr. Robert Henry an- j
nounced that he with Mr. L. C. I
Jackson, who have been in Wil- j
liamston since January 22, would 1
complete arrangements and in- j
stallations for the remote radio!
control center today and leave for j
Charleston, where they will fin
ish a partially completed station. ,
Mr. Tilghman, of the Civil Aero- I
riautics Administration, was here
yesterday handling details with
Manager McGee. The range find- ,
or near Jamesville will be placed
in operation and controlled from!
this point just as soon as a direct |
line can be built by the telephone)
company.
Fretl Hardison On Tlio
Doan's List At DiiLo
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Aiming thr 145 North Carolina
students at Duke University who
made tin. dean a liat last semester \
is Frederick Leon Hardison, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hardi- j
son of Route No. 1, Williamston.
Membership on tiie dean s list,
numbering 528 students, is given'
a ^ av<‘i’aae grade^i.
and entities them to ax c-las-s cuts
during the semester instead of the
regulation three absences, j
Large Number of Vehicles
Pass Inspection Tests Here
The North Carolina Inspection
Lane, operating in this county for
the first time, approved approxi
mately 550 motor vehicles last
week, Superintendent Porter stat
ing last Saturday that the per
centage of cars passing inspection
at the lane in this county was
higher than at any other point
they had operated. Porter said
that possibly the owners in this
county took better care of their
vehicles than those do in other
places, the chief inspector politely
overlooking the heavy run made
on the garages by owners trying
to get their machines in shape
during the past few weeks.
It was stated that 364 of the ve
hicles receiving the O. Kelt stick
ers passed the initial inspection,
that 60 percent of the 166 receiv
ing red stickers returned before
the lane was closed at noon Satur
day to pass final inspection. No
cars or trucks were condemned,
and the idea that one must have a
new car and that it must be ini
perfect shape from stem to stern'
was dispelled. Defective lights
accounted for most of the trouble,
but a few wore found to have been
operating vehicles with inade
quate brakes.
Superintendent Porter declared
that the people were very friendly
and cooperated with him and his
men.
Plans are being made to have
the lane located on the property
at the radio station on Highway
64, but there is some doubt if the
strip can be made ready when the
lane is reopened in this county on
May 14. *
Motorists whose ears are wear
ing the red stickers have until
May 14 to have the defects re
medied. They may, however, re
port to any other lane during the
meantime. There'll be no charge
for the second inspection.
| ELECTIONS BOARD
Messrs. Sylvester Peel of
Griffins, Hassell Worsley of
Oak City and Wade Vick of
Kobersonville were named
members of the Martin Coun
ty Board of Elections by the
State Board in Kaleigh last
Saturday, the Oak City man
succeeding Alvin Hasty of
Ilobersonville as a democratic
member of the county group.
It will be Mr. Peel's elev
enth term as an election offic
ial in the county. Mr. Vick,
the Republican on the board,
has also served, and served
well, for a goodly number of
years.
No definite date for an or
ganizational meeting lias been
announced, hut the group is
expected to meet on or before
April 10, name a chairman
and make ready for the pre
primary registrations and
May 29 election. During the I
meantime, Mr. Peel is rcceiv- j
ing candidates’ filing announ
cements and fees.
While Worsley is listed as
succeeding Mi. llastv, the
record actually shows that
Mr. Hasty never qualified for
the appointment on account
of a conflict, leaving Messrs.
Peel and Vick to handle the
work.
County Fishermen
Have Narrow Call
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Fishing in Scuppernong River
not iar from Columbia, Charlie
and Albert Gurkin and Elmo Lil-1
ley, Martin County men, had a
narrow escape from drowning
when their boat overturned while ]
they were fishing last Thursday.
Albei t Gurkin, standing up, lost
his balance when he stepped back
ward and got lus foot hung in the
fishing poles and line. When he
fell he caused the small boat to
turn over. Lilley, unable to swim,1
was just close enough to the bank
to grab a tree limb and save him
self in the eight- or ten feet deep
water. Albert Gurkin, putting in
to use and without delay the old
dog swimming stroke, pulled into
the shore, while Charlie Gurkin
rode the overturned boat to shore.
The fishermen were opening the
spring bathing .season a bit early
and they found it necessary to
build a big fire and dry out their
clothes—and quite a few paper
money bills.
Most of their equipment was
saved, but they came back with
the same old story: most of the
fish got away.
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Flies Humber IItune
From lliloxi, Miss.
Flying a B-25 from Biloxi, Mis
sissippi, Lt. Luo Mallory accom
panied by Sgt. Gruve of Gcoigia,
and (.'apt. Epley of Texas visited
hfc mo the;, Mr.-:. Effic Mallory,
real- Oak City last week-end
Making the run in about six
hours, the fliers landed in Green
ville. The young lieutenant sig
naled his mother from the air bv
cujchnu their hoim^ early last Sat
ur .,a-3:--s._sn.. ,-s,am! n.:, ,• 1
thi family went to Greenville for,
him and his company. |
Parents-Teachers
Name Committee
A T. A. Founder's Day pro
gram, "The Tale of Three Letters,”
under the direction ot Mrs. Joel
Muse, was presented at the P. T
A. meeting held last mght at 8
o'clock in the local high school
auditorium.
During the business session pre
ceding the program. Principal B.
G. Stewart brought out the facts
concerning the over-crowded con
ditions in the local schools. After
some discussion a committee was
chosen to see that a resolution is
taken before the County Board of
Education requesting an investi
gation. Members oi that commit
tee include Joseph Griffin, Hil
dreth Mobley, Francis Manning,
B. G. Stewart, Mrs. Harrell Ever
ett, Mrs Irving Margohs and Mrs.
C. B. Hassell.
Miss Ida Huberts’ 9th grade won
the attendance prize.
Others taking part on the Foun
dor's Day program were Mrs. Jos
eph Griffin, Mrs. M. M. Levin,
Mrs. (’. 1. Harris and Miss Grace
Talton.
Following the adjournment by
the president, Hildreth Mobley
refreshments were served.
Wife Critically
Hurt Bv Husband
Climaxing a fuss, William B.
Hill, ex-convict, stabbed and
nearly killed ins wife, Mary Bell
Whitehurst Hill, at their home
here on Griffin Street early last
Saturday night. A cripple, the
wife was cut on the face and arm
and stabbed in the side. She was
given first aid treatment here and
removed to a Washington hospital
where her condition was describ
ed in last reports as critical.
Details of the attack could not
be learned since no preliminary
hearing has been held. Making a
hurried investigation local police
expressed the opinion that Hill,
35-year-old colored man, attacked
his wife with a pocket knife, that
she, acting in self defense, poured
a pot of boiling coffee on him, tak- j
ing fairly large patches of skin off I
him about the neck and chest. He
was given medical attention and'
placed in jail to await the outcome
of his wife’s condition before bond
is fixed.
It was reported that afti r the
wife poured the coffee on him the,
husband then attacked her with a
butcher knife. While being book
ed at the police station, Hill tie
dared that she fell an the- knife.
Officers, riding a regular beat,
saw Hill run when he recognized
the police ear, and they chased I
him a goodly distance before over- j
taking hirn for questioning. He,
admitted that there had been I
trouble at home.
Attorney H ill Manage
llrou^hlttn s I.amimi^n
Clarence W. Griffin, !••• . ! prai
Being attorney, has been named to
manage- tin- campaign of J Mel
ville Broughton in Martin Coun
ty, it t'.WlR )Un i d thi. .-( !•: 1. «
Broughton’s state manager Jeff
L>. Johnson. Bmugliton.. ^nrry^r
, * a-pposi<*g »» dilute B.
Umstead for a seat in tin- United
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I
States Senate.
Present Petition
To Place Name Of
Wallace on Ballot
Mrs. \. V. Ward, National
(oiimiittoenoinaii, W ill
('imitate Paper
Despite' stringent rules and re
gulations advanced by the North
Carolina State Board of Elections
in session at Raleigh last Saturday
to block the- action, plans are go
ing forward to place the name of
Henry A. Wallace on the presi
dential ballot. Mrs. V. A. Ward
of Robersonville, recently named
national committeewomen for the
Wallace party, is circulating a pe
tition in this county in behalf of
tin* Wallace candidacy.
Briefly stated the petition pro
poses only to place the name of
Wallace on the ticket in North
Carolina, and when one signs it it
does not mean that he will vote
for Wallace in the election. The
petition proposal, meeting with
opposition almost characteristic of
the police state, makes it possible
for a voter to support the candi
date of his choice. While it is quite
i vident that the State Board of
Elections is trying to make it dif
ficult if not impossible to have
Wallace's name appear on the
ticket, there is some doubt as to
the legality of the board's action.
Announcing she would circu
late the petition, Mrs. Ward said,
in part: "Those of us intending to
support Wallace because we be
lieve he is sufficiently honest and
reliable to make effective appeal
to the dormant honesty abiding in
the souls of foreign despots and
demagogues are being called a
‘motley’ crowd.”
Mrs. Ward then asks, “Can
(anyone) supply me with the
names of candidates for president
and vice president whose follow
ing cannot be described by the
same epithets?” She continues,
"At any rate 1 do not count my
self deserving of being called
‘motley’. I do not consume alco
hoi, tobacco, opium or other
stupefying drugs, and I make a
point of refraining from partici
pat ion in man-made gambling en
terprise. 1 believe 1 have acquired
the kind of habits of personal liv
mg which enables me to contri
bute more good influence than
evil to causes I support.
"If 1 do not learn of any other
voluntary movement to enlist
Martin County electors on the
‘Wallace-for President’ petitions
before April 1, I shall proceed to
do as good a job as my spare time
and talents permit following that
date, and take the consequences
with patience and forbearance .
111i.-> country’s founders provid
ed for everyone to vote for whom
he pleased, but in the very seat of
“democratic" democracy, the of
ficials are fighting such a provis
ion. The petition circulators are
not asking any one to support the
Wallace candidacy with votes;
they arc merely asking that they
make it possible for the people to
vote for the man of their choice
despite the action taken in an ef
fort to deny the people that light.
To get Wallace’s name on the
Presidential ballot, petitions, car
rying 10,000 or more names, must
be submitted to the State Board
of Elections at least ninety days
he lore the election m November,
One may disagree with the Wal
lace movement, but that group has
a right to express itself if Demur
racy means anything.
Services Being
Well Attended
The; fir&t in the series of union
religious services for Holy Week
here were well attended yester
day morning and this morning at
10:00 o'clock in the Watts theater.
Rev. Stewart B. Simms led the
service yesterday morning, talk
ing on Christ's visit to the Temple
and how He took a determined
stand against the money changers
there. Rev K. R. Shuller, Meth
odist minister addressed the
group this morning. Following the
theater services a similar program
is being held in the high school. I
■■(■►addition to the scheduled!
union services the individual:
churches are hoiih ng.. speeiyi
vie:.: elurind the week, reports
stating that fairly large 1 ; jwds j
are attending.
Politics Shaping Up
For County Offices
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M<; WKI K
Vi-;
The sale of new automobile
and lrucks is increasing fair
ly rapidly in this section, a re
port from the state license
bureau maintained here in the
offices of Harrison and C'ar
starphen by the Carolina Mot -
or Club stating that more tags
were sold last week for new
vehicles than in any other
week since the war.
. There were 33 tags sold for
new ears and trucks, mostly
ears, N. K. Harrison, one of
the bureau managers, said.
Sales went to car and truck
purchasers in Windsor, Plym
outh, Kobersonville and Wil
liamston.
V isitin^ Baudots
A Grand Welcome
In Parade. Concert
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I'li/.alxlll (lily 11 i<4!i School
Oroiip Vttracls lliif'c
Crowd Here Itiilas
A welcome in the grand tnanuei
was given the Elizabeth City High
School band here Friday after
noon and night when they parad
ed along Main Street, put on aj
show in front of the post office,!
were given a picnic supper at the
school cafeteria and gave a very
fine concert in the school audi
torium at 8 o’clock.
Although they arrived .1 bit late
because of trouble with one of
their buses on the road, the band j
put on its parade and full how !
just the same.
The parade began at the corner
of Watts and Main when Miss
Sarah Page Jackson, one of the'
classiest drum majorettes ever to
twirl a baton, swung under Ihe
stop light and gave the signal for
music. As the visiting bund mov
ed into the second block the Wil
liainston High School band, now
grown to 411 pieces, moved along
for its (list appearance since the
football season and gave the mer 1
chants, business men and other
friends who had contributed to
their uniform fund a chance to sec
how the money was spent.
Reaching the (iuaranty Hank
Building the William ton band re
turned to the post office block
while the Elizabeth City unit turn
ed about at the llaughton Street
junction The Green clad young.,
tors of Williamston, led by Bobby
Clayton, formed a line surround
ing the space in front of the post
office and the visiting Gold and
Black marched into the enclosure
to put on a series of drills and
specialties that kept the crowd
almost breathless for about half
an hour. Everything moved with
exact timing but Miss Jackson was
the star ot the show.
Immediately aftei the show in
the post office block the band
moved out Snuthwiek Street to
the school cafeteria where a picnic
supper was served to members of
both bands and visiting official.-..
The “eats were prepared and
served by the Williamston Band
Parent;, Club and they made a lug
hit with the young musicians. It
was estimated that over 200 were'
served.
Although tiie band arrived late
and everything else moved behind
schedule through the supper, the'
concert was started almost on the
minute anil was one of the finest
ever heard here Opening with a
march during which the major-;
ettes performed in a cleared space
in front of the stage, the band
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\«t> Hon-tutors Sri l ft
7 (‘infittrai \ Station Urn
HoitiiiIci Joins (.uni assistants
opened .t ieinpornrv navv recruit -;
mg .station in iront ol tin post of-,
fiee here yesterday. The station,1
open each day tins week, is inter
viewing applicants front 17 to JO
years of age.
istments have lieen lauly ito -ill
some sections, hot that few signed
up in Plymouth lust week.
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Members of Board
Annoimee Plans To
Botin1 This Term
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S«*M‘ral (.undulates VIready
Yiiiiniiiiee for Various
(ioinitv ( )f fires
With the gubernatorial, con
gressional and other state contests
lined up, county politics is now
jockeying for the various public
positions here at home. So far no
contests have developed for any
of the county offices, but it is fair
ly certain that one and possibly
three places wilj be contested.
Following the definite an
nouncemems by Attorney Edgar
Gurganus foi the State House of
Representatives from this county
and Farmer W, Tom Roberson for
county commissioner from the
Uriffins-Bear Grass district, the
only tangible acts were the with
drawals of Messrs. R. A. Haislip,
representing the Goose Nest-Ham
ilton disti irt, and Joshua L. Col
tram, representing the Jamesville
Williamston district on the board
of county commissioners. Com
missioner Coltrain, having served
almost twentv-two years as a
mombi" of the board of commis
sioners. stated yesterday that he
planned to retire at the expiration
of his present term. Commission
el Haislip is now serving his fifth
or sixth term, both men, having
given freely of their time in the
interest of county affairs, explain
ing that then health is not so good
as it used to be, that they were
willing to step aside for other
candidates, possibly younger ones.
No name, as far as it could be
learned here, has been advanced
in Commissioner Haislip's district,
but Jnmesville citizens, learning
that Commissioner Coltrain was
planter to ret!!", went into ac
tion immediately yesterday and
proposed C C. Frosty" Martin
for the place, While no report
has been received from Mr. Mar
tin, it was learned that lie is fav
orably eonsidei mg the position
and that lie is expected to make an
announcement very shortly.
None of the three other mem
bers of the board of commission
ers has made an official announce
ment, but it is fairly certain that
Commissioner C. Abram Rober
on. representing the Cross Roads
Robn sonville district, and Hoard
Chairman John H Edwards, will
be without opposition if they en
ter the primary, leaving Commis
sionei W M Harrison opposition
in tiie Griffins- Bear Grass district
m the candidacy of Mr. Roberson
who lias already filed wuth the
board of elections.
With one candidate already an
nnounced for a seat in the State
assembly', it is likely that a contest
will be developed by Mr. A. Corey
of Jamesville. Mr. Corey has not
formally announced his candidacy
but he is seriously considering the
position, it was learned yesterday.
He has made no official an
nouncement but C'has. Manning,
attorney, is considering the posi
tion of recorder's court judge. No
announcement has been made by
Judge J. C. Smith, the incumbent.
(Continued on page eight)
Britain Halts Its
Naval Building
n
—»_..
The British government an
nounced on February 24 it has
stopped all new naval construc
tion and ha.-, cut naval appropria
tions ior the coming fiscal year
l>,\ 43,700,000 pounds t $154,800,
000). The total naval appropria
tions for 1948-1949 will amount to
153,000,000 pounds f$012,000,000).
The personnel strength of the
Koval Nav> and its adjuncts is
18'. 80 reduction of 13.000 over
la..! j vui. la;- March al ol tlus \ ear
the strength will be down to 139,
500. The cancellation of new con
struct ion will
pietion ol
oo,
!»c* veil
marinoe wul
March 31,