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w THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BE OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTE FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK f THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3.009 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LI—NUMBER 39 W illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 13, /9 Id ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge J. C. Smith « Has Sixteen Cases In County’s Court ■-o Fines and Forfeitures At Short Session Monday Amount To $425 Judge J. Calvin Smith handled ^ sixteen cases in the county's re corder’s court last Monday, the session lasting about three hours. Fines imposed and collected at the session amounted to $425, exclus ive of forfeitures reported in sev eral cases. The civics class of the Bear Grass High School witnessed the proceedings. ^ Charged with drunken driving, J. Carl Kelly pleaded not guilty . and the case was continued for the defendant until next Monday. The case charging Dalton Brown with an assault with a deadly weapon was remanded to the justice of the peace court for completion of the warrant. Pleading guilty in the case H charging him with drunken driv ing, General Columbus Freeman was fined $100, taxed with the cost and the court recommended that his license to operate a car be revoked for one year. W. C. Warbritton, pleading guilty of public drunkenness, was fined $10 and required to pay the costs. Lena Warbritton, charged with dk operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, pleaded guilty and was fined $25, plus costs. Charged with speeding, Robert W. Hedeman failed to answer when called and papers were is sued against his bondsman and for his arrest. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver's ^ license, Richard Bowen was fined $25 and required to pay the costs. Herbert G. Vogelsang, Buffalo bank president, pleaded guilty of speeding and was finefl $25, plus costs. L. H. Hamm and Ben Roberson, charged with issuing worthless checks, pleaded not guilty. At the ^ conclusion of the state's evidence, defense counsel made a motion for a verdict of not guilty as to Rob erson. The motion was allowed, and judgment, as to Hamm was continued until the first Monday in September. James Clinton Council was fin ed $25 and taxed with the costs for operating a motor vehicle without a driver s license. He on |l tered a plea of guilty to the charge. Thomas “Boo” Saunders, charg ed with the possession of illicit liquor, pleaded guilty and was1 fined $40 and required to pay the costs. ' Pleading guilty of larceny and receiving, Arthur Taylor was sen tenced to the roads for four months, the court suspending the term upon the payment of a $30 If fine and costs. The defendant, under the terms of the judgment, is to vi(»late no criminal law dur ing the next two years. Herbert Lacy, adjudged guilty in the case charging him with! non-support, was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term on con dition that he pay $50 now to his I 0 vwuiituiueu un page eigntj , larger Crowds Attend Services Attendance uport the special services under way this week in the local Baptist church continues to increase with each succeeding service and interest in the meet ing is mounting. The first in the series of special services was held last Sunday evening, and near record crowds were present for the services by last evening. The attendance upon the morning ser vices at 10:00 o’clock almost doubled, it was stated. Volunteers are conducting a nursery in the basement of the educational building for the little tots whose parents would attend services morning or evening. The public is invited to make use of the service and attend the pr/ascte ing services. , The pastor, Rev. Stewart B. Simms is conducting the services and Mr. John D. Holmes of Ral eigh is directing the song service. CITIZENS OF TOMORROW Tile Enterprise takes much pleasure in presenting another in a picture series of this section's “citizens of tomorrow”. So far none has figured prominently in public affairs, but as fu ture citizens they have a tremendous assignment to handle in a muddled world. Certain they'll do a better job than has been done or is being done, The Enterprise presents the youngsters ^is the orit' great hope for the future. Reading from left to right: Top row, Brpwnie, three, son of Mr and Mrs. Irvin Roberson, Williamston; Eddy Gene, five, son of M*. and Mrs, E. H Harrell, Oak City; Nancy, four, daughter of Mr and Mrs. C. T. Roberson, Williamston; Bottom row, Eliza, four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Roberson, Williams ton; Dicky, four, son of Mr, and Mrs. A. D. Harris, Williamston, and Joyt“ Ann, six, daughter of Mr, and Mrs W. M. Long, Rob ersonville. j DOWNWARD 1 v._y A further decline—slight, to he sure, but definite—in local post office receipts was reported for the first quarter of this year, according to in formation released this week by Postmaster W. K. Dunn. At the same time a drop of sev eral thousand dollars was re corded in the money order business handled by the of fice. During the first quarter of last year, stamp sales amount ed to 88,921.19. In the first quarter of this year the sales dropped to $8,250.06, a de crease of $671.13. The money order business dropped from 368,065.06 in the first quarter of last year to $62,782.96 in the corre sponding period of this year, a decrease of $5,282.10. Review,? Work Of Legion Auxiliary During Past Year Reporl Mnilc To Meeting In Windsor Recently By File Secretary -• The Auxiliary of the John Wal ton Hassell Post of the American Legion handled an effective work during the past year, according to a report read before a district meeting by the secretary, Mrs. Ed na Laughinghouse, a few days ago in Windsor. No worthy causes were turned down, the auxiliary extending aid to all groups and for every move ment, in addition to handling its regular work The auxiliary now has 56 mem bers, the report explaining that it had met all its obligations, includ ing donations, as follows: Central Fund, Oteen Hospital, $24; Cen tral Fund, Fayetteville Hospital, $12; educational loan fund, $5; and Hospital Memorial Library Fund, $2 75. Returned Here In Non-Support Case Julius Eborn, .facing his second non-support charge in less than a year, was retur ned here yesterday from Princess Ann, Virginia, for a reckoning in Judge J. C. Smith’s court next Monday. Seventy years old, Eborn was returned here from Virginia, and j when he was booked for trial about a year ago he was directed j to pay $25 and costs and so much ; each month for the support of his! wife and children. He paid the* $25 and costs and retur ned to Vir- j ginra. ignoring the other terms of the judgment. Deputy Murray Holloman went for the man lust Sunday but Eborn evaded him. Princess Ann officers took him into custody Tuesday and turned him over to the county officer yesterday. Native of County Died In Raleigh Monday Afternoon Funeral Service For Rufus T. (lohiirn Held W«>«1 iMxlav Afternoon —1—•— Rufus Theodore Coburn, native of this county and successful Ra leigh business man, died at his homo in the capital city last Mon i day afternoon. He had been in declining health following a heart attack suffered last January, but the end came unexpectedly, Mr. Coburn was born in the Gold Point section of this county | on December 10, 1883, and came to I Williamston when a youth to work with his brother, Gus Co burn, m the mercantile business. He later formed a business part nership with F. K. Hodges, late of Williamston, and several years later started traveling for a shoe company. He was a son of the late James Coburn and wife, and, was recognized as one of the most successful salesmen in the coun try for many years. In addition to his duties as salesman he was instrumental in opening and oper ating shoe stores in a number of North Carolina towns and cities. Mr Coburn was married on (Continued on page eight) New Librarian For Unit The board of directors of the B. M. H. Regional Library Associa tion through its president, Rev. John L. Goff, Williamston, an nounced yesterday the coming of a new librarian, Miss Virginia McDonald, on May 15. Miss McDonald has her Master’s Degree in Library Science and has just resigned her last post, as a li brarian for the federal govern ment. It was Miss McDonald who set up the huge library when Fort Bragg was expanded at the beginning of the war. She had the unusual distinction of being given a c heck for $10,000 and sent to New York to purchase the books. She accomplished this feat within ten days and the li brary was circulating books with- j in three weeks. I Mrs. Ford S. Worthy, who has| served as librarian since Miss Elizabeth House became a staff member of the North Carolina Li brary Commission, has continued to expand the service until it is now serving nearly four thousand registered borrowers, besides the schools and libraries in the area. Beginning from scratch the li brary now has over fifteen thous and volumes and its Bookmobile covers more than one thousand I miles per month in the counties of 1 Beaufort, Hyde and Martin. The Board of Directors is hoping that < (he counties will increase the ap- I pi opi iaiions for the cotiuag yeat I in order to continue this growth jc so that the' remotest sections of! the area may continue to have c more and better books. j t Cancer Fund Drive; Brought To Close In Martin County, -.* Goal of ^1,500 Exceeded By Nearly $150, Chair man Reported Today The annual Cancer Fund Drive! was brought to a successful close ! in this county yesterday, Mrs. Chas. I. Harris, county command-' er, and Mr. Dan Peel, chairman of the fund raising campaign, stat ing that the $1,500 goal was ex ceeded by approximately $150. The funds are being turned over | to the North Carolina Cancer So-, cioty for promotion of research work in the relentless fight against the disease. Seven of the eleven districts exceeded their assigned goals and the colored citizens helped con siderably in pushing the drive over the top, Chairman Dan Peel said. The drive was handled by vol unteers who did a good job in the various districts, as follows: Jamesville, Mrs. Leslie Hardison; Chas. L. Daniel, Williams; Wo man's Club, Williamston; W. B. Harrington, Griffins; A. B. Ayers, Mrs. J. D. Wynne, Mrs. James Russell Cherry, Mrs. Pete Men denhall, Mrs. Claudia Rawls, Mrs. LeRoy Harrison, Mrs. Kneezer 1 Harrison and Mrs. Henry White, I Jr., Bear Grass; Mrs, A. P. Barn-1 hill, Cross Roads; Chas. Gray, Ro bersonville; Mrs. Nat Johnson, Goose Nest; Mrs. E. R. Stewart, j Hamilton; Mrs. LeRoy Taylor, j Poplar Point; and J. W. Eubanks, Hassell. Handling the drive among the i colored citizens and schools and \ organizations, Chairman Mary Gray also did an effective work, adding $150.72 to the fund. The final report, as submitted u.y wit- uuuiuy iiicuniiuii. Quota Amt District Jamesville $ Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Roads RobersonvilJe Poplar Point Hassell Hamilton Goose Nest Colored Citizens 100 35 75 75 600 75 300 30 35 75 100 Raised 72.00 41.114 118.20 88.85 666.43 54.56 212.66 34.60 41.24 59.00 | 103.161 156.72 1 $1,500 $1,649.26 Contributions made by colored citizens and schools were report ed by Chairman Peel, as follows; Biggs school, $2.55; Corner Stone Baptist Church, by Mary Mizelle, $18; Williamston Colored High School. $11.74; Bl. B. An drews, 50 cents; Mount Pilgrim (Continued on page eight) -o Military Funeral j For Gun Victim A military funeral was held at the home of his aunt in Williams Township Tuesday afternoon for Lewis Riddick, young colored man, who was shot down and kill ed in co!u blood by Abrarti B\>n ville on Washington Street here early last Saturday morning. Rev, Chance conducted the services and a detail from the American Legion Post No. 68 officiated at the graveside in the family ceme tery near the old home. The services were attended by j a large crowd Brief History Of Village And City Delivery Service I Service Inniiuiirutetl Hack In !')!(» Kecenilv K\ |>an<le<l Here Expanding the city delivery ser vice here last week, Postmaster W. E. Dunn delved into the record I and pulled up a few interesting j bits of history in connection with J the service. His brief review follows: “Village Delivery was inaugur ated at the Williamston Post Of fice in April 1916 with two Village Carriers, Jisse S. Ambers and Hu ger A. Critcher. While Jesse S. Ambers was in military service during World War One his route was served by temporary ear lier, Joe Roebuck. Kate Philpot was appointed Village Letter Car rier October 2, 1918. replacing Roger Critcher and served con tinuously until she was retired May 31, 1941. Jesse S. Ambers also served continuously except tor service in World War One un til he was retired in 1945. "The delivery service was changed from Village Delivery to City Delivery July 1, 1936. “Leslie T. Fowden, Jr., succeed ed Kate Philpott and served until he was transferred into the office as clerk in 1946. I fis tour of ser vice was broken by military ser vice in World War Two. “During World War Two the two routes were served by Hen F. Gurganus and Clyde I). Anderson. Ben F. Gurganus resigned to en ter military service, June 30, 1947, Joseph Gurganus succeeding him. “The city delivery service was extended to 268 additional fami lies on May 6, 1948, requiring the (Continued on page eight) -* County Mon Cravrly III In ihr Hospital — ■» Mr. John Davenport, well known Hamilton citizen, was re ported gravely ill in a Raleigh hospital this morning. lie had been in declining health follow ing a stroke suffered on May 9, of last year, and he suffered a second stroke yesterday, pneu monia developing a few hours lat er. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . The nineteenth week is gradually gaining the title, "Wreck ’em Up Week.” Nn less than four wrecks have been reported in that week during the past three years. Back in li)4(j there were six wrecks and five injured in the lilth week. Last year there were*five wrecks and one in jured. This year, the count was reduced to four wieeks and no injured. Some im prove-ment! The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. Iftlh Week Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam’ge 1948 4 0 0 $ LI05 1947 5 1 0 1,300 Comparisons To Date 1948 54 20 1 $10,505 1947 49 2(3 3 10,725 I Next Saturday Last Day To Register For Primary < Alter setting off to a .slow start jn Saturday May 1, new registra tions for the primary on May 29 are showing some gain, according ,o incomplete reports coming 'rom several of the thirteen regis trars. Handling less than a dozen re gistrations tlie first Saturday, the wo Williamston registrars have roosted the total to about 45. Jross Roads reported only two so ar, and an unofficial report said hat one of the precincts had add 'd no new names at all. The registration books will be ipen Saturday of this week for he last time before the May 29 1 primary for registration:-. They'll i be open the following Saturday , 1 but only for challenge j Those veterans who voted in the { .general elections while they were , , in service and did not register l with their respective registrars | must register to participate in the t primary on the 29th The ruling does not apply to those veterans who registered and voted before jj entering the service. Most of those registei ing so far ate transferring fiorn precincts ( within the county, while quite a', tew came in from other counties: and states. The list also includes t quite a few veterans who oe re- j gistering for the first time. FOR COUNTY JUDGE Although county politics have received scant attention so far. there are several interesting and important contests to be dccid ed by the voters on Saturday, May 29 One of Iht contests features the two gentlemen above, (.'has. II. Manning, young Wil homston attorney, and Judge J. Calvin Smith, of Rnbei sonvilie, who arc in the race for judge of the Martin County Recorder's Court. Advance Plans For Anti-Rat Campaign Deliver Bail To County’s Schools Next Wednesday ItolirrMtm i!l«* l.iiiiurlirs ll l>ri\»‘ On llifi Scale Thi» Morning Plans arc just about complete for an all-out drive against rats in this county, it was announced by representatives of tin health department and extension service yesterday. Several hundred pounds of pi t |>ared bait will be delivered to the | county next Tuesday for distribu tion through the schools the fol lowing day when the drive is to get under way on a county-wide basis. Approximately 4,000 letters have been placed in the hands of school children who were asked to contact their parents and urge them yi participate in the move ment. to help cheek the rat men ace here and throughout the coun ty. The poison, ready mixed by a firm at Beaufort, is being offer ed to farmers at cost or $1 for three pounds. It is estimated that that quantity will be sufficient to wipe out the rodents on the aver , age size farm. Wliile the drive is being launch-, -‘d on a county-wide basis next W< dnesdav. Rohei sonville is con flicting an all out drive today, ac ■ording to reports reaching here, n fact, Robersonville has been ■ari ymg on an effective campaign I igainst rats for some time. But! •he c urrent drive is carrying more | neaning with all hands taking >art. It is being sponsored by j he Robersonville Junior Cham-j xi of Commerce in cooperation with twenty high school boys, the I own forces and other interested lartics there. Williamston just recently ap nopriated several burned dollars! or poison and it is planned toj dace a special force at the task I it spreading the poison from one ■nd ul the town to the other with peeial attention ti. be given the needing place at the trash dump! lear Sweet Water Creek. The poison, while not poison iu.s to cats and dogs, will make ome animals sick, and owners! will find it advisable to pen orl hain their dogs and eats during he campaign. Specialists, making a study ul he rat situation in and around1 Villiamston, declare that the rat1 iopulation is now at a maximum icak, that there are so many of I he rodents that they are devour ing one another. One ease of tv ! hus fever, proving lutal, has ecu traceable to rats here, and 1 here is little doubt that the rod nts are spreading other diseases, ot to mention the enormous da W. 1,'cc.y £ r: 4.to property ' While the town is undertaking > battle the rat: in public places, : (Continued on page eight) j < llKMINQl IM | v_/ After holding; to a very low point for a number of years, delinquent tax accounts start ed ■ climbing in tins county for the 1947 tax year, accord inn to a report filed this week by Tax Collector M. 1- Peel. A year ago there were 191 delinquent accounts — 57 white and 134 colored — and an unpaid balance on real property of 82,036.22. This year tiie number of delin quents jumped to 258 — 87 j while and 171 colored—with 83,393.23 unpaid real proper ty taxes. The delinquent list »•> brim; advertised today for sale on ; the first Monday in June. Ilrmi \\ avr Uaial Enters Gallopadc In HocIvn Mount ^ miiio IVltisieiaits "Hid I lie Town I'roiiil ’ hi Kli/.ti luTli < iIx Parade Fresh from their successful in vasion of Kh/abeth Clt. whetv they did the town proud" m il> words of one observer, the Wil liamston High School Green Wave Band is going to Rocky Mount to morrow morning (Friday) to take part in the giant (inllopadc paiade which starts in mat city at 1 1 a. m. The bat'd its director. Jack Butler, a,id all who saw it in its parade at Elizabeth City are proud of its .job there. The trip was an enjoyable one and high praise was given the young mu- j sicians, ( specially for the drill j they put on in the crowded down town section of Elizabeth City In executing the "pin wheel" man euver which takes a lot of space some of the children had to climb over ears and push their way throuh the crowds but they fol lowed then designated routes and when they had finished and stop (Continued on page eight) Presbyterians To Install Minister —«— Jii'v Jaiiv’s I. Lowry, recently ailed to the pastorate ol the Pres byterian churches - Willianiston, Bear Grass and Roberson's Chapel 1 —in this county, will be installed it a special m rvice to be held in .he Bear Glass church Sunday . ■vennig at 7:!!0 o’clock. Monibcis' ill'I friends ol all the churche: are nvited. The Rev. Sam Zealo.v of Wash- J ngton will preach the installation; •■vnnoii, it was announced. j Prior lo the mivKc, a picnw upper will be spread by the t numbers of all the churches at • 1:00 o’clock. j t Pupils of Eighth (/ratio \ isited In Raleigh Recently - €> \oulli* (,really Impressed By Stori; > l'old by Prin cipal of Blind School By Doris Peel ' Last Friday mornin. 33 of Mrs. George,Corev eighth grade his tory class went to Raleigh. During the day we learned many interesting facts about our capital city. One was that Ral t igh is the only pianned capital city in the Union. We saw the old Meredith School for girl' This building, a large three story structure, has been converted into a hotel. We next went to the Governor’s Mansion. Leading to the brick building is a wide brick walk. The bricks for the house and walk were hand made by pris oners at Central Prison many, man years ago. On some of the brick initials were carved which can still be seen. There is a story that a butler served fourteen governors or fifty-two years 1 nthe Governor’s Mansion. Since the government will not hire anyone over sixty five, “Uncle Dave,” the butler stayed sixty-live for many years. kver.v time a new governor would come into office, “Uncle Dave” would turn back to Sixty-five years again. When he died about a year ago he was still sixty-five. In the Mansion there are thirty three rooms and thirteen bath rooms. In one of the bed rooms there i, a bed built especially for a governor and his son. When this governor came into office he had a small sun. His wife had died. The small child was very much a 1 raid ol Tie dark; there lore. he wanted to sleep with his father. The governor, who knew hr- >n was a bad bedfellow, did mi w ant to .-loop with him. But hr wanted to please his son, so hr had a bed made that was about is wide a , the average bed ’ long On this he and his s°n slept in peace. While riding over the State campus we saw the birthplace of Andrew Johnson, a small weath er beaten old house. At both ends there is a very wide fireplace which was fashionable in days gone by. We had lunch in Pullen Park. Alter lunch we went to the State School for the Blind. We were led into the assembly room where the principal talked to us about the blind. First, he had a Lu\ with only two percent of his vision, play the piano for us. The boy also read, using Braille. 1 he principal said some very met things about the people of William, ton. He spoke especial ly of the peanuts they received Irum the town about two years go. He said the children really enjoyed them. 1 he principal said he had been used to girls and boys in public school coming to him complain ing about lost rings or bracelets or tennis shoes, but when he had been in the blind school about one \ eai and a halt, a boy came to him one day and said, “I have lost my eye,” The principal, very shocked, a ked for an explanation. The (Continued on page six) !lold IVr-Srhool Clinic Next W eek --. 1 lie I’rc-School Ciiiucs for the d llliamston Schools are schedul 'd for Monday and Tuesday, May 1 i and 18, from 0:30 to 1130 a. in. hildren whose last name begins sub any lettei ti oin A through VI should be brought on Monday, ho e whose name begins with let ms N through Z should do Drought on Tuesday. Metis : is old accompany their •hildren as they are more ac luamted wills tlie childrens dis uses and vaccination* the ch&U Iren have already had. No child may enter school next n:l unless he i^ six years old an a before October 1, 1948, and h certificate from the Coy C ,.,c. tan showing nnmunixat gainst w:. -ping eougli, d llCUa ulid smallpox.
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