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» THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTV FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3.009 MARTIN COUNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WERE VOLUME LI—NUMBER 34 Williamalon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. April 27, I9 IH ESTABLISHED 1899 Blow Dealt County's ’ Illicit Whisky Trade Four Persons Are Cited To Courts * During Week-end - ■ ■ - Two Arrested At Liquor Plant Early Sunday Morning A stinging blow was dealt the illicit liquor traffic in this coun ty last week-end when ABC Of ficer Joe H. Roebuck, assisted by * Deputies Roy Peel and Buck Hol loman rounded up two retailers and two alleged manufacturers of illicit liquors. Working with the local officers, Roebuck and Peel of the ABC en forcement division, checked up on the illicit retail business in Rob ersonville Saturday morning. Earl , Gurganus was found with ten pints of illicit liquor in his pos session and he was placed under $100 bond for his appearance in the county court next Monday. Going next to Oscar Daniel’s store, the officers found a quart of white liquor and the colored man was placed under bond in the sum of $100 for his appear ance before Judge J. C. Smith in ^ the county court next Monday. A raid on the manufacturing business was planned that after noon, and the officers returned to their base for an early start Sun day morning. Meeting Pitt Coun ty ABC officers, the three officers from this county raided along the Martin-Pitt boundary line not so far from Flat Swamp Church shortly after 4:00 o’clock. The officers took their stands and waited for developments. A short time later two men, William Everett and Oscar Jordan, both colored, moved in carrying manu facturing equipment and mater ials. One of them spotted an of ficer and he set a pace, bui it was not fast enough, one of them fall ► ing into the hands of Deputy Roy Peel and the other into the hands of Deputy Holloman. The officers had planned to hold their positions until opera tions were under way, but the plans failed to materialize. Everett and Jordan were placed under bond in the sum of $100 each and they are scheduled to appear before Judge Smith next Monday morning. Five men have been arrested in the past ten days for liquor law violations. -« Musical Program Heard By P.-T. A. - - »*— A musical program featuring the junior and senior choirs was presented under the direction of Mrs. Beecher Patterson to a large audience at the P-TA meeting last night in the local high school auditorium at 8 o’clock. Following the scripture reading by Ralph Parker, a pageant en titled “Song of America” was pre sented by the various grammar grade classes. Included in the pa geant were introductory speeches to the different eras in American life from the Indians to Pearl Harbor. Following each introduc tion an appropriate song was sung by the choir. Also, a Virginia Reel and a special Indian dance were included. At the close of the pageant the audience joined in singing "God Bless America.” Concluding the program the glee club sang “Dust on the Prairie,” “Smoke Gets Into Your Eyes,” and "Without a Song.” During the business session President Mobley announced that the by-laws and constitution of the local organization had been approved and that the charter was expected immediately. Mrs. Irving Margolis, Mrs. John Henry Edwards and Mr. Jessup Harrison will serve on a commit tee to nominate officers for the coming year. They will report at the next meeting. Pr-ssAdsyat .M.obJev read"!3 qiiesr tions to the members concerning future school legislation and Mrs Marvin Britton gave a financial ras won by Miss Modlin s 5th grade. _renaj^ Attendance prize a S ROUND-UP s_s Other than a shotgun attack in Parmele and a few drunks, there was little activity on the crime front in this coun ty over the week-end. Only three persons were ar rested and placed in the coun ty jail here. Two were book ed for public drunkenness and one for an assault with a deadly weapon. All three were colored, their ages rang ing from 15 io 24 years. Makes Report To TB Committee In Meeting Friday —-»— Outlines Program of Acti vities Planned For Twelve Months Meeting in the county court house last Friday evening, the Martin County Tuberculosis Com mittee heard a report on the or ganization's activities for the past eleven months and planned a pro gram for the next twelve. Chair man Edgar Gurganus presided over the meeting which was at tended by most of the committee members. One of the features highlight ing the program during the past year was reviewed by Dr. John W. Williams county health offic er. lie pointed out the value de rived from the mass TB survey, how the victims had been found, how they had been removed to slate institutions or to the coun j tv sanatorium for treatment. In j addition to pointing out the treat | ment program, the health official declared that the danger of the disease spreading had been great ly reduced by the removal of the j victims from crowded homes in some instances. i Mrs. Eva Grimes, committee . seen iarv, stated that (fie commit i tee spent $3,0111.98 last year in the | light against tuberculosis. The largest single item in the expense list was $1,395.98 spent for X-ray [ film in taking approximately 12, i 000 chest x-rays during the mass | survey drive. Other disburse | ments were listed as follows: Sal ary of executive secretary from May 1, 1947, to March 31, 1948, I $825; office rent, $80.65; printed material for libraries and county sanatorium, $10.26; transportation of TB patient from sanatorium home, $20; health department for film storge chest, Coolidge tube and X-ray film, $436.07; seal sale expenses, $258.02, making a total of $3,031.98. The county com mittee remitted $528.02 to the North Carolina Tuberculosis As sociating, making a grand total of expenditures of $3,559.88. The committee, after hearing Miss Ann Mann, field represen tative of the North Carolina Tu berculosis Association, approved the following budge for the nexl twelve months in the sum of $2, 157.50: meetings, $25; insurance $12.50; office equipment anc supplies, $35; postage, $110; pur chase and manufacture of sup plies and printed matter, $150 rent,'$120; salary of executive secretary, $900, clerks, $50; tele phone, $20; travel $210; and tu (Continued on page eight) Enters Home Here Drunken Prowler Said to have been intoxicated George W. Andrews, 57-year ole colored man, staggered into the H H. Cowen home about 11:30 last night. Apparently realizing hi; mistake, the man asked to be ex cused and hacked out, members ol the night police force taking him into custody a few minutes latei in the next block. i-Vnd*-'&w£’’TaT<! to' ?)"TTCVi7*oak I City or fioBersonviiie, frightened members of the family badly at I first. The police are investigating Alleged Members Of A Counterfeit Ring Are Taken Patrolman Powers Picks up Trail Oil Main Street Here Last Friday Three members of an alleged counterfeit ring drove their con vertible Ford into a jug near Windsor last Friday morning and pulled the stopper in after them. Ernest Cleveland Smith, 28, his wife, Beulah Louise Smith, and Lloyd Mason Joyner, 28, all of Garysburg, Northampton County, were placed under arrest in front of the Bertie County jail a few minutes over 12 hours after they handed a counterfeit $20 bill to a filling station operator in Selma and broke away from a patrolman who stopped them between Fay etteville and Dunn. The arrests were made by Pa trolmen M. F. Powers of Wil liamston and J. P. Thomas of Windsor when the fugitives turn ed into the dead-end dirt road and the Patrolmen followed be hind to throw up a road-block. Unlike their first contact with the patrol, the fugitives made no effort to avoid arrest, innocently inquiring as to what they had done. The trio had about $400.00 in cash with them, all apparently legal tender. No counterfeit money was found on them or in i their car immediately and they re fused to make any statements when questioned in the patrol of fice here Friday afternoon before being returned by Sgt. C. A. Speed of the Highway Patrol to Smithfield to await further action by federal authorities. The trail which ended at the entrance to the Bertie County jail started in Selma Thursday evening at 9 o'clock when Ernest Cleveland Smith handed the pro prietor of Garner's grocery and service station a bogus $20 bill in payment for a Coca Cola “with the top loosened a little.” j Mrs. Lessie Gainer, who came i to Williamston to identify Smith as the passer of the bill, said that Smith walked around the station casually inquiring about business conditions before asking for the coke. She said her husband put the bill in the cash register and had started to close the drawer after making the change, when he noticed the bill and thought it ap peared “different.” Close inspec tion convinced him the bill was no good and he called Sheriff Denny of Johnson County who in turn notified the patrol. Garner had the license number and when Patrolman Wilson, working out of Fayetteville, came across the car he stopped it and was placing handcuffs on Smith when the prisoner snatched the patrolman’s gun, relieved the officer of his car keys, the cuffs and gun and drove off. Wilson notified the patrol office of the occurrence and no furthei trace of the fugitives was had un til Patrolman M. F. Powers walk ed out of a Williamston cafe and caught the number 6 on the Ford convertible passing along the j (Continued on page eight) Driven Inin Harrier \t River Rrirlfse Herr Heinz Henry Ratzell, Marini stationed at Cherry Point, tore in to one of the traffic barriers or i the Roanoke River bridge here last Friday afternoon, doing con siderable damage to his 1946 Ford sedan. The bridge was being closed after a boat had been turned through, and the barrier, operated by compressed air, closed and sprung up again just as Ratzell was driving over it. The frame ol • the car was badly bent, and re pairs will cost possibly $150. i -o J Stolen Ear Recovered Early Thin Morniiifi j The Chevrolet car stolen from j Miss Mary Taylor, county health I nurse, from in front of her home j on Warren Street last night was ; &>£ a'color -c-el tbiir'm b.ir/vks away eai ■ ly this morning by night police The car had been driven aboul aged, as far as it could be learn Seine Fishing Gets Under Way A t Jcwiesville 7 oday Delayed by high water for weeks, seine fishing finally got underway in the Roanoke at the Fleming fishery today. No re ports on the activities could be had here immediately, but the owner-operator admitted over the week-end that the prospects were very discouraging, that he was placing the large net in the water to wash out the tar to keep it from sticking together this summer. The season ordinarily gets un derway about the third week in March, the fishery already hav- j ing missed the best fishing. The season ordinarily ends on May 10. | but it is possible extra time will I be added. However, it is quite1 possible that the size of the ] catches will be so small that oper j ations will prove unprofitable be fore that time. Reports from individual fisher-, men at this point late yesterday! stated that there were very few j herring in the river, that one ma chine picked up only sixteen l'ish all day Monday. Some rock are j being taken, but most of them are fairly small. j Studying the river gauge for the past fifteen years. Bridge keeper Hugh Spruill said yester day that the Roanoke had been in flood stage continuously for the longest period on record. Flood ing its banks in January, the riv er dripped to a point below ten feet (flood stage) for a short time | and then went out of bounds on February 10. holding to that or; higher reading until last Sunday j morning, April 25. This morning j the stream had dropped to about 8.09 feet, and was continuing to j fall at the rate of about six inches j every twenty four hours. | DELAYED A meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening of this week in the local Baptist Church for advancing plans for call ing a special referendum on the sale of beer and wine in this county, has been delayed until Friday evening of this week, it was announced. A special committee, ap pointed at a meeting last week, asked for more time to complete an assigned task, and the members of that group will report to the Fri- j day meeting which is to be held in the Christian church at 8:00 o'clock when the pe tition circulators and many of the signers are expected to at tend and complete plans for appealing to the authorities for an opportunity to vote on the beer-wine sales ban. Jno. D. Tetterton I Died At Home Of Nephew Friday —'—<* I M ill niiH'iui nrrvHT Home of Mr. a11«I Mrs. Harry Jones Sunday --o John Debro Tetterton, for manyi years a resident of Williamston and community, died at the1 home of his nephew, Harry Jones, on West Main Street last Friday aft ernoon at 5:50 o'clock. He had been in declining health for al-! most a year but was able to con-: tinue his work up until about two months ago. He leturned to Wil liamston on March 28 and his con dition showed some improvement! during the following days, but he suffered a relapse about two weeks ago and his condition had been critical since that time. Mr. Tetterton was born in Washington County 69 years ago cn February 10, 1879, the son of the late Henry Taylor Tetterton and wife, Joanna Gibson Taylor. When a young boy he came to Williamston with his parents and located on the old Marion Bur roughs farm, living in and near Williamston until 1930 when he moved to Brooklyn where he was associated with Fruit Industries until his retirement. He had farm ed all his life until he left the county to make his home in! Brooklyn. Mr. Tetterton was married to j Miss Bertha Perry of Williamston on January 18, 1905. When a young man he joined the local Methodist church, and during his stay in this county he made manyj lasting friendships, and although he hud been away eighteen years' he was anxious to return to his, old home. He made the trip! down on Easter Sunday and seemed to greatly enjoy the asso ciation of old friends and ac quaintances during his last days. (Surviving are Mrs. Tetterton, an adopted son. Mervin Tetterton, of Williamston; and one sister, Mrs. J. L. Wood, of Brooklyn. * Funeral services were conduct ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones Sunday 'imernoon ' in a 00 o’clock by Rev. E. R. Shuller, pas tor of the local Methodist Church, terment was in Wuodlawn Ceme tery here. Carrie \\ hitford Died Last INight Following Stroke — .. .<»— — luiirral Srrviccs Will He Held At Funeral Home Weduenlay Miss Carrie Wlntford, local beauty shop owner and operator, died in the local hospital last night at 11:30 o’clock following a long period of declining health. She suffered a stroke of paralysis on April (i and entered the hos pital two days later, little hope having been held at that time for her recovery Although experienc ing feeble health for months, Miss Whitford continued very active until her last illness. Her condi tion gradually became worse and was critical since early last week. Miss Whitford was born near Vanceboro in Craven County six ty-six years ago on January 27, 1(1112. After spending her early life there she made her home in New Hern, coming to Williamston nineteen years ago. During her stay here she made many friends in the town and community, serv ing a large clientele in her es tablishment She was a member ot the Methodist church for many years and during her residence here attended churches of all de nominations Surviving are two brothers, John Whitford of Vanceboro and Charlie Whitford ol Norfolk, and two sisters. Mrs. Bill Smith of Vanceboro, and Mis. Ethel Jack son of New Bern. The funeral has been tentative ly scheduled for 2:00 o’clock Wed nesday afternoon in the Biggs Funeral Home on West Main Street here. Interment will he in the family plot in the New Bern cemetery. It was explained that definite funeral arrangements could not be completed until members of the family reached here. -a,-—.— Co Over the Top At least four districts Hear Grass, Griffins, Goose Nest and Williamston—have already gone over the top In the annual can cer fund drive, according to a re port released late Monday by W. Dan Peel, county drive chairman. Reports from other districts are encouraging and it is certain that the $1,500 goal will be reached and passed. Bear Grass raised $88.85 and Griffins followed next with $118.20, amounts considerably in excess of their quotas. Goose Nest, with a $100 quota, raised $103.16, Mrs Nat Johnson, town ship chairman, said. In Williams ton where direct mail appeals were made and street contribu tions were solicited, $048.36 was raised, exceeding the quota by $48.36. The drive chairman explained that $1,077.57 had been raised and reported, that possibly unreported amounts will carry the drive to a point near the original goal of $1, 500. Complete reports are ex - peeled,.shortly, tie ••hairtvan stat ing that no word had been receiv ed Irom Itobeisunville ami iias Uistncts .va:i said to have exceed ed its quota but had not reported Prominent Farmer Died Suddenly At Home of Daughter Funeral Servin' Monday In Robersonville For W. Marion Green Funeral services were conduct ed at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David Grimes, Sr., in Rober sonville Monday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for Mr. W Marion Green, retired farmer and prominent citi zen of this section of the State, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Javan Rogers, last Saturday night. Elder A. B. Ay ers and Rev J M. Perry officiat ed and interment was in the Rob ersonville cemetery. A tremend ous crowd, attesting the high es teem in which he was held, was present for the last rites. Mr. Green had been in declin ing health for several years, bui was able to be up and about unti just a few days before the end Following the death of his wife about two years ago he had visit ed among his children and was or a visit with his daughter in Beai Grass when he was taken ill jus’ a short time ago. A son of the late Martha Anr and Kelly Green, he was born ir Bear Grass Township 88 years agi on May 3, 1880, where Mr. anc Mrs. Sam Mobley now live. Ii 1910 he located in Robersonville. Although he never alfiliatec with any church, he attended re gularly and was a liberal support ir of the various Primitive Bap list churches in this section. Hi: daily walk through life exempli fied fine ideals, and his disposi tion was marked for its cheerful ness and friendliness. In his home in his business transactions am associations with his fellowmai he adhered closely to Christiai principles, and his goodness on beared him to friends and ac quaintanees in all stations of life irrespective of color or creed. He reared and educated a largi family, all of whom are promi pent in their respective fields am localities. Surviving are six daughter; Mrs. Mamie Taylor of near Wil liamston, Mrs. Javan Rogers o Bear Grass, Mrs. .1 N. Coburn o Whiteville, Mrs. David Grimes Sr., Mrs. Oscar Smith and Mrs Vance Roberson, all of Roberson ville; two sons, Claude Green o Robersonville, and Dr Williar Green of Whiteville; one sistei Mrs. Luke Roberson of Parmelc twenty-eight grandchildren am ten great-grandchildren. -o 4-11 dub Member* At Lions Meeting Thursday Evening -<* J. It. (ilirrry Donnies Lo For Bov Scout llul Hu Smith wick Stic#*! -a> I The regular meeting of the loca Lions Club was featured by th annual visit of members of th county 4 J1 clubs, last Thursda evening. On the program th i year were Miss Celia Stokes o the Oak City club and Maste Corrone Bryant of the Williams ton club. Miss Stokes talked o her work in connection with a re cent trip to Raleigh while Maste Bryant talked about a wild lit trip to Rockingham Miss Gar nette Crocker and Mr. Jesse W Sumner, county 4-H club work ers, were also on the program. Lion D. V. Clayton announce* that a lot, sixty feet wide, and ad joining the present Christia Church, on S Smithwick Stree I had been donated by Mr. Joe T: | Cherry, for the site of the Scon I Hut. Lion Hack Gaylord announce ■ that the question of a hospital un der the Hill-Burton bill had bee placed in the hands of the count, commissioners to be put to a vot by the citizens of the county. The Lions-sponsored tin j 1 chow, the "Great Virgil,” was dis cussed, and tickets were distnbut ed to each member to be sold. Mr. McGee of the CAA licit a-gn.'.:.* of Lion Claude Good man. The meeting was preside) i-vt i by PrtK. D. Won ell. Lioi prize which w Tarkentom * Colored Youth Stops Card Game with Gun STHAY DOCS s A concerted drive is now under wav here against stray , dogs, authorities stating tli.it i arrangements had been made to round up tin* canines and pound them at Dr. YV. E. Cop page's where they'll be held for a few days before they are killed. The drive to round up the dogs is being advanced fol lowing several vicious attacks by dogs on children. Marion E. Smith. Prominent Farmer. Passes In County Funeral Tuesday Xflernuou At I lie I,isle Home Near Kohersonv ille Marion E Smith, prominent farmer and well-known county { citizen, died -suddenly at his home near Robersonville early Sunday afternoon, the victim of a self i inflicted gunshot wound, i Although reports stated that hi had been somewhat despondetv for awhile, Mr. Smith appeared n his usual health Sunday morning . He ate breakfast and went ac cording to his usual routine unti shortly before noon when he toll members of the family that hi was taking his gun and going t< I shoot a hog that had been break ( ing out of the pen. He caused tu ( suspicion, but some time later Mrs John Taylor, who has niadi her home there for a number o years, sent Lester Rollings, a col ored man, to look for him lh found him dead near the pig pen Making an investigation, Corune I S. R lliggs stated that Mi. Sniitl had tired a load ot snot l'rom ; single barn 1 gun into his righ chest, that lb'- victim lived pos |. sibly twenty minutes. A nob |. was found in Ins poeketbook, on< report stating that he explainei he had more than he could bear that he hoped the Lord would for give him. The coroner found tha j no formal inquest was necessary that the victim had used a van 1 stick to push the triggei of the j gun. Mr. Smith, ;>2 years old, was , son of tilt- late Aaron E. and Eliza belli Taylor Smith Followup ' the death of his father he line continued the operation of tin r family farm and was thought t< y have been getting along very walk ^ In early manhood in- wa mm lied to Miss Blanche Robersoi [ who died some year.-, ago. Surviving are five daughteis Mrs. Clinton Johnson, Mrs. John ny H. Ross and Miss Betsy Smith 1 all of Robersonville, Mrs. Muse: - Langlet of Stokes and Mrs Ernes - Johnson of Oak City; five grand children; two sisters, Mrs. "Sally s Cox and Mrs, Thomas Roberson f and. one brother, Claude T. Smith r all of Robersonville. Funeral screvcs are being eon i ducted at the home this aftcrnoiu - at 3:00 o’clock by Rev. J. M her r ry, pastor of the Robersonvilh ■ Christian Church. Interment wil be in the Robersonville Cemetery I Local Hand Draws* Praise At Tarbon i —I*.— Public acclaim which was givei the Williainston High Schoo 11 Hand during its participation ii the Hospitality Day Parade a | Tarboro last Friday afternoon, be came official this week when Kx i ecutivc Secretary !{. H. Davis o f the Tarboro Merchants Associa , tion wrote Director Jack Butle here of the fine showing the bam I made, 1 he letter was addressed n . Principal B. G. Stewart for trans fer to the band and its members ’Thanks a million for sending . ! the band and please rornev nr [ appreciation to all the members, > Mr. Davis said. “Everyone hen nificent organir-ation.” (ins Pitt, Negro, | Slightly Wounded At Parmele Store l.osin^ Kin.-. I-ift.-t-n-Yeur Ol.l Kr iii”' l |> Shotgun K.-iiifor.-.-ni.-nts John Smith, fifteen-year-old ' problem boy. broke up a card | game in Verna Little's little store I in Parmele lust Sunday noon, em | ploying armed force to do it. Recounting the rather serious I developments growing out of the ! "friendly’’ card game, Deputy Sheriff Buck Holloman said that tin- Smith boy was playing cards with friends in the Little store when Walter Lewis, about 21, came in and took the boy’s cards and forced Ins way into the game, j Smith, admittedly a problem | child, went to his home about 100 | or so yards away i^pd came back with a loaded .22 calibre rifle. When he marched into the store, ; James Curtis grabbed the weapon \ and during the scuffle the rifle fired, but no one was hit. Gus Pitt look the rifle and broke it in j to several pieces by beating it over a post. I Apparently having failed in his first mission. Smith returned to his home for reinforcements and came back with a double barrel shot gun fully loaded and with extra hells in his pocket. About {the time he took a stand on the railroad, Pitt saw him and started to dart into the store door. Smith ! let go with both barrels, several | shot striking Pitt in his shoulder [ and face. Other shot pierced the . windows and the card game was over for the day. Pill was treated for his wounds which were said not to be serious. Officers arrested the lad and . placed him in jail, later releasing him in the custody of his father. Julius Smith. He is to be given a hearing before L B. Wynne, judge J of the county juvenile court, but nu date had been fixed early to [ ; • Reports state that the boy has given much trouble in the school at Parmele, that officers had on one occasion removed all firearms j from the Smith home. Following the attack Sunday, several colored persons were said to have threatened the boy, offic I e rs considering it advisable to re move him to the county jail for j his own safety. VVrw*ks Mis Lar To Miss V Dog Haj T. Wells, Plymouth maxi, ! badly wrecked his 1947 Ford se { dan shortly after 6:00 o’clock Sun ( day evening when he turned I quickly to his left to avoid strik ing a common, ordinary dug on U. S, Highway 64 between Plym ; outh and Dardens. Driving toward Jumesville, ’ | Weils passed a ear and was just ' | turning to his side of the road j when the dog ran into the high way. The driver pulled to the 11 left and the car went out of con trol when it struck the lefthand shoulder. Plowing down the road ' side ditch a short distance, the car turned over, landing on all four wheels. Investigating the accident. Pa trolman M. F. Powers stated that I Wells, riding alone, was not hurt j but that the damage to the ear will approximate S650. The accident was the omy one l reported in this county over the J week end, members of the patrol i stating that the large volume of ! traffic moved w ithout incident in . other parts of the county. Expected Home Today IUnn Richmond Hospital Mrs. Myrtle Brown, well-known i local woman who underwent an Jopeiatioti m a Richmond hospital 1 last Thursday morning, is being j transferred to Brown’s Conmmn-J ■ it\ Hospital here today. SJhs,.C<>tw! tinues quite sick. She is making the trip home in a Biggs ambulance, aatonijpanlw^ . n.# ! Billy Biggs and Thad F.
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