TOE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BJ
OVER 3,00# MARTIN COCNT1
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 46
PT illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June II. 1*)IH
ESTABLISHED 1899
County Officials
In Session Here
Monday Morning
Stair Commission Agrees
To Add Three Roads To
Its System
Martin County's commissioners
handled lengthy routine duties,
cleared their calendar and ad
journed before lunch here yester
day. The officials plan to meet
later in the month to tackle the
budget figures for the next fiscal
year.
For a quite a number of years
the commissioners have been,
upon the request of the citizens,
asking the State Highway and
Public Works Commission to add
new roads to the state system. A
similar request was made at the
meeting this week, and from time
to time the commission has grant
ed these requests. At the current
meeting the commissioners were
advised that the commission had
added three roads at one time.
The first of the three roads to be
added starts at a point 1.7 miles
southwest of Everetts near the E.
A. Clark old home place and runs
via George Keel's and Walter
Beach’s, a distance of about one
mile. The second road to be add
ed leads in a northwestwardly di
rection from the old Greenville
Road nine-tenths of a mile toward
Paul Bailey's and John M. Bow
en’s farms. The third road is
known as the Warren Neck Road,
running from a point near Dar
dens to a point near the pulp mill,
a distance of about two miles.
A request was received from
citizens in the Farm Life section,
urging the commissioners to ap
peal for a wider road from Man
ning and Gurkin's store, via Ma- j
pie Grove church, P. E. Getsing- j
er's and W. G. Hardison’s and:
others to Route 171.
In accordance with the terms of j
a special county law, the commis-'
sioners paid Roberson’s Slaughter
House $460 for forty-six sheep j
killed and maimed by dogs on
May 14.
In joint session with the Martin
"wumrfa-, (v - o'. Ed t “ *
officials reappointed V. J. Spivey]
as chairman of the Martin County
Alcoholic Beverages Control
Board for a term of three years.
The appointment was made sub
served as chairman of the ABC j
board since it was created back in j
1935
Commissioner C. A. Roberson
whs named to inspect the county
home property.
A contract for auditing the vari
ous county departments was
awarded to Frank E. Butler, CPA,
of Rocky Mount, for $550.
Tax relief orders, supported by
errors, death or other valid caus
es were allowed, as follows: Ulys
ses Cherry of Williams Township,
$2; William Midgett, late of Wil
liamston, $2; Isolene Meeks of
Williamston, $1.25; Laura Moore,
of Williamston, 63 cents; and Don
ald H. Jenkins of Robersonville,
$2.
Gets Thirty Davs
J j
For Jail Assault
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Aiready facing trial on three or
more counts, including assault
with intent to kill, Leamon Ben
nett, colored man, added another
charge last Saturday night when
he beat and battered Joe Frank
Mabry in jail.
Apparently without provoca
tion, Bennett hopped on Mabry,
throwing a bowl at him and then
mauling him in the eye with his
fist and kicking him.
Charged with an assault, Ben
nett was carried- before Judge J.
C. Smith in the county court yes
terday and was sentenced to the
roads for sixty^dj^'s
Bennett said that Mabry, partly
drunk, was carried to jail with
two others, that he was forced in
to action by their cursing and
rowdyism. In pleading his case
he saiu that they carried Christ
could find no fault with the man,
and that they crucified Him. "And
that s what they are doing to me—
crucifying me.”
Bennett appealed to the higher;
court, and it now looks as if his
cases will require the greater part
of a day of the court’s time.
Bond Election Vote
Slated for June 15th
Town’s Rond Debt
At Present Stands!
Right At $200,000
Need for Larger Water Stor
age Facilities And Ex
tensions Imperative
Williamston's citizens will de-1
cide in a bond election next Tues
day whether to call for the issu
ance of $100<000 in bonds for the
construction of a 300,000-gallon
cappacity water storage and sew
er and water line extensions
(within the town) or live in faith
with the present inadequate sys
tem.
No high pressure tactics are be
ing employed for or against the
proposal, the commissioners de
ciding, after a careful study of the
situation as it exists, to place it
before the people for a final de
cision.
That the expansion program
will cost something is readily ad
mitted, but it was also pointed out
that unless action is taken to re
lieve present conditions the town
stands to lose in the march of pro
gress, not to mention the possi
bility of a water shortage and
other risks.
The present system was install
ed more than a quarter century
ago when there were only 1,800
people in the town. The popula
tion has been increased by about
three times since then, and the
recent added growth is taxing the
system to a dangerous limit In
fact, there are certain periods
when the customary demand can
not be met with the present facili
ties under normal operating con
ditions. In other words, the 75,
000 gallon elevated storage is not
sufficient to guarantee normal de
mands, not to mention an emerg
ency.
Local authorin' is, ^studying the
needs, reached trie conclusion
tHat there’s little else to do but go
ahead with the program. They
found that the present elevated
tank is in bad condition, that ex
tensive repairs are needed if it is
to pass inspection much longer.
The proposed program is based
entirely on needs within the
town, but, naturally, it will re
lieve the condition for all served
by the present system. There are
still sections of the town not serv
ed by sewer lines, and if the
town’s growth is to be maintain
ed, the service must be extended.
Turning to the town’s bonded
debt picture, the officials find that
approximately $200,000 bonds are
outstanding. Well over half that
amount or $110,000 is a hangover
from the 1919-1920 program which
was advanced for the initial water
and electric systems. In another
ten years, just about all the cur
rent bonded debt wilj have been
retired, leaving just about $28,000,
unpaid. A considerable portion of
the current bonded debt, or ap
proximately $80,000 would have
been nearing maturity, but there
was a general refunding of the
town’s bonds in 1941, the action
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SCOTT HERE I
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Swinging into the north
eastern section of the State,
Kerr Scott, candidate for gov
ernor, is building up his
fences for the second primary
to be held on Saturday, June
26. Declaring there is a def
inite swing toward his candi
dacy, Scott is stopping here
for lunch and will move on
into Bertie, Chowan, Perqui
mans and Pasquotank Coun
ties this afternoon.
County Without A
Highway Death In
Over Three Years |
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Only Four Countirs Willi
oul a Fatal Koa«l Vcci
(lout In Past Year
RALEIGH.—When it comes to
Highway Safety, Graham County
holds by a long shot the best re
cord in the State—not a single:
traffic deatli has occurred in the
entire county since 1944.
Three years without a traffic
fatality is some record, especially
in North Carolina, where 836
highway deaths occurred in 1947,
1,028 in 1946, and 732 in 1945.
In 1945, Graham was one of four
counties to go through the year
without a traffic tragedy. The
other three were Gates. Tyrrell,
and Yancey, and all these coun
ties got a hearty word of praise
from the Motor Vehicle Depart
ment and its safety experts.
Then came ’46, and the number
of counties with perfect safety re
cords dropped to three—Jones, j
Swain, and little Graham again.
That was some record- two years'
in a row, and Department officials
1 v. ::r>d.-:ring if maybe the old
prod;. ti,»n that happens
twice happens three times,”
might hold true for Graham.
When the tabulations for the
entire year 1947 were in, again
Graham held the record of no
traffic deaths for the year. 'Three
other counties held perfect scores
for '47—Camden, Clay, and Yan
cey. Yancey had reported no
deaths in '45, but in '46 its mot- j
ousts slipped up and four persons
met violent death on the high- j
ways.
But the little mountain County |
of Graham, bordering on Tennes-1
see, was still in there pitching—]
for three years her citizens had!
found other ways to die; at any
rate, they were not being killed
in auto accidents.
Graham's safety record is even
more astounding in view of the
fact that Fontana, one of the fav
orite vacation spots of North Car-1
olina, is located there, and even \
the tourists and vacationists have 1
not marred the perfect record.
What about ’48'.' Again, Graham !
has come through. For the first |
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Aged Wman Dies j
In County Friday
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•Tamer Rogers Biggs, thought to
be around 100 years old, died at
the home of her daughter, Anna
Brown, near Williamston last Fri
day night. She had been in de
clining health for some years, but
; was able to be up until about
three weeks ago. Just prior to I
that time she was able to walk
with the aid of another. She had
been blind for about three years.
She was married to James Biggs
soon after the Civil Wa. and he
died a few years ago and was
buried in the Biggs Cemetery on
the Staton farm.
There were eleven children
born to the union, six of whom
survive her. She is also survived
fm
iuv. iimn cii
15b' great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conductr
eu in the Hickory Grove Baptist
Church yesterday afternoon and
interment was in the cemetery
there, near her old home. Her
pastor, Ifcv. Goldus Godard, con
ducted the last rites.
Two Are Slightly
Hurt In Accident
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Jesse Samuel Fulford of Rober
sonville and Enna Eide who gave
her address as Williamston, were
•slightly hurt when their car, an
old 1930 model Ford, crashed into
the left railing of Gray's bridge in
the Farm Life section late Mon
day afternoon. Fulford was driv
ing south on Highway 171 and
was said to have been under the
influence of some intoxicant.
Charged with drunken driving he
was jailed along with his compan
ion who was booked for public
drunkenness.
Fulford was cut on tile bp and
forehead. They were treated in1
the county jail j
Investigating the accident, Pa-j
trolman J. T. Rowe estimated the'
damage to the car at $50 and that'
to the bridge at $100, the officer
stating that the car ripped away
part of the railing and one post. I
Fire Burns Home
And Catches Two
Others Saturday
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Lons: Block of Property In
West Knd Threatened
hate In Afternoon
Fire, starting from an oil stove,
almost destroyed the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Bellflower, caught
two others and threatened a block
of property on the Slaughter
House Road in West End late last
Saturday afternoon. For a while
it looked as if the fire would wipe
out most of the homes in the long
block. The town’s fire depart
ment answered the call and first
tackled the fire with a small wat
er line connected directly to the
truck. There was some doubt if
the 1,200 foot of large hose on the
truck would reach from the fire
to the nearest fire hydrant on the
lower end o; Park Avenue in the
West End settlement. With the
fire gaining rapidly and convinced
the small hose line was useless,
the firemen started stringing out
approximately 1,000 feet of hose, a
call having been sent in for the
town’s second fire truck.
Much delay resulted in spread
ing the long line of hose and only
limited pressure could be applied
to it, but once the water started
moving, the firemen beat out the
big fire, put out a fire that start
l'd on the Whitaker house roof on
one side and wet down the Thom
as house on the other side of the
Bellflower home.
Part of the roof and a small sec
tion of the front of the Bellflower
home did not burn, but for all
practical purposes the structure
was damaged beyond repair.
The fire spread rapidly, the
smoke from the composition shin
gles drifting across Highway (14
about one-half block away. Mem
bers of the family and neighbors
and other friends could save only
a few pieces of furniture from the
home, but neighbors moved out
most of their belongings from the
adioimng homes, one report said.
The home, owned by A. Sanford
1 jm^ojyjo^^a.ii only v^bouiiisur
anee, and insurance carried by the
occupants on their household fur
nishings expired lust March, mak
ing their estimated $1,500 or $1,
1100 loss complete. A canvass was
made for funds for the family
who lost most of their belongings
in a fire about four years ago on
the Clark farm near Williamston.
It was the second time the house
had caught fire, firemen barely
saving the structure about eight
or ten years ago.
Firemen, missing the truck and
trying to make it to the fire in
their own conveyances, were de
layed several minutes when the
public crowded the streets. Some
of the firemen found it necessary
to park in Abbitt's mill yard, a
block or more from the fire.
The owner was looking over his
property yesterday but it could
not be learned if he planned to re
build.
20 Tons Tobacco
Burned Abroad
•
London, Eng,—Bales of tobacco
weighing 40,000 pounds began to
go up in smoke recently. The
British Army arc burning it.
It was lend-lea.se tobacco which
had been kept in Tripoli ware
houses since it was shipped there
during the war. At present prices
it could have been sold in this
country for 120,000 pounds f$4!10,
000 )
Efforts to sell the tobacco to
Egypt, Palestine and other places
or to return it to the U. S. A fail
ed. Clause 9 of Lend-lease for
bids the transport of the tobacco
to Britain because it would intcr
fer with the tobacco trade be
tween this country and the U. S.
A.
Storage charges mounted at
such a rate that it took the new
War Minister, Mr. Shinwell, and
his experience at the Fuel Minis
try todecideUiebcstandcheap-J
Tsf^^y7!ffT,lwofflcPffe*T^T!WnnTT^
lot.
Xbe deci’-Oir. to destroy, the. to.-,
baceo was received by the Army j
authorities in Tripoli, and are the
first to go up in smoke.
Soldiers must not burn it in
their own pipes. That would be
against the King's regulations. I
Sentiment Strong For The Installation
Of Parking Meters In Business District
I
While still detesting the tilings,
a large majority of business men,
realizing that something has fb be
done to help relieve the existing
condition, last week-end express
ed a strong sentiment for the in
stallation of parking meters in the
town's business districts. A pe
[ tition, asking the business house
heads to express their wishes, has
not been circulated in its entirety,
but the last report on it listed six
ty-seven for and nine against the
installation of meters. Every
thing being equal, it is quite like
ly that the town officials in their
next meeting will call for bids on
meters.
Chief W. E. Saunders was dis
patched to the business house
owners and managers with the pe
tition, and he reports that there
was no strong opposition offered,
but, at tlie same time, no one
I seemed to be overjoyed by the
prospect that meters would be in
stalled, However, several said
that something had to be done,
! that even farmers and other out
j of-tovvn patrons had spoken for
I meters in the belief that they
could get within shouting dis
lanee of the business districts. The
circulation of the petition reached
1 a climax when one petitioner, en
terim> opposition, called the paper
back to vote "Yes'' when he saw
parked in front of Ins door the
car of a clerk working in another
store
The town officials have express
ed determination to eliminate the
revenue feature of the meters.
They are anxious to provide park
ing space for visitors, to work
with the merchants and employes
in finding out-of the way parking
places for the homofolks.
According to some reports, the
meters can bo installed without
any cash outlay on the part of the
town.
Minor Accidents
On County Roads
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Three minor accidents were re
ported on the highways of this
county during the past few days.
No one was hurt and damage was
limited, Patrolman J. T. Rowe
and M. F. Powers reported.
Driving his Ford five passeng
er coupe on U. S. 17 about four
miles out of Williamston, John
Dinwiddie Mobley, local young
man, dropped off to sleep about
12:30 o'clock last Saturday morn
ing and ran off the right side of
the road. He was awakened when
the car struck a mail box, but it
was too late to miss a parked ear
belonging to Henry t\ Moore.
Mobley was not hurt and damage
was limited to a broken wind
shield, and battered fenders. Da
mage h> the Moore car was esti
mated at $20 and that to the Mob
ley car at about $50 by Patrolman
Howe who made flic investiga
tion.
Driving west on U. S. 04 about
two miles out of Robt rsonville
last Thursday afternoon, Joe R.
James, RFD I, Stokes, started to
make a lelt turn into a private
drive just as Clay A. Bennett of
Greenville started to pass in his
1947 Nash. The cars had been
brought almost to a stop when the
"Iv «;!$,’ HITWV j7!Vi \ »4
let. Patrolman Powers estimated
the damage at $15 to the Chevro
let and $30 to the Nash. No one
was hurt.
Dennis Whitaker, driving a log
truck toward Highway 04 on the
prison camp road, started to pass
Mack Bowen's Ford apd sideswip
ed it, doing very little damage, ac
cording to Patrolman Rowe.
Whitaker did not stop there, but
Bowen iollowed him about, a mile
and reported the accident to the
patrol.
Justice Johnson
Hears Three Cases
Justcie R. T. Johnson handled
three cases in liis court during the
latter part of last week, following
a very busy session earlier in the
week when he had fourteen de
fendants before him.
Thomas Ryan, drunk and dis
orderly, was sentenced to the
roads for thirty days, the court
suspending the road term upon
the payment of the costs.
Charlie Clark and Dora Spruill,
both charged with being drunk
and disorderly were each fined
$2.50 and taxed with'one half the
costs.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
case charging Eddie Dolphin and
his wile with being drunk and
disorderly.
Justicr Hassell
Has Five Cases
Justice John L. Hassell, inac
tive for several weeks, reopened
his court here last evening and
heard five cases.
Drunk and disorderly, Perry
Little was fined $1) and taxed with
$7.50 costs
Sam Mungin, drunk, was fined
$10 and taxed with $10,50 cost:
front of the courthouse, was fined
Su. plus $0,60 costs.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of $8.50 costs for be
ing drunk.
Joe Mabry was fined S5 and tax
ed with $8.50 costs lor being
drunk.
Give Strong Support
To Business Bureau
I
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Organization To
Carrv On Work of
Various Agencies
r>
Letulrrs (ionfi«l<‘iil $5,000
(>o;il W ill ll<* Kc.h IkmI
W iilliii ;i Fnv Days
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A bettor business bureau -an
organization designed to handle
duties ordinarily carried on by
various agencies is almost a cer
tainty for Williamston, according
to a preliminary report released I
yesterday by a representative of j
the committee.
Briefly stated the proposed bu
reau is being organized with the
view of coordinating the work or
dinarily handled by various agen
uk s. The bureau proposed to es
tablish a credit rating department,
to fix holiday closing dates and
hours, promote special trade j
events, cooperate-with the tobacco'
market in a general advertising
program, prepare information!
TTTnVui tile WftTWtSTi(MT
and discuss various problems af
fecting the trade and the town in
general.
Reporting on the organization
drive to date, a member of thej
committee explained that a large
portion of the town had been can
vassed, that a large majority of
the business leaders favored the
proposal, and that only one with
held his support.
The plan calls for $5,000 to fin
ante the organization the first
year, and the leaders are confi
dent the amount can and will he
raised.
Commenting on the organiza
tion, a representative of the spec
ial committee said:
"Williamston is in need of some
such organization to act as a clear
ing house for the problems that
come before the business men.
Also, to act as a sort of mediator
when it comes to settling traffic
problems, closing days and hours,
"special trade days”, to work witli
the Tobacco Board of Trade, and
to answer inquiries from people
wishing to come to Williamston,
or those trying to get information
about our town.
"Before the drive is over, the
canvassing committee hopes to
enlist every business man, both fi
nancially, physically, and morally.
If all the merchants and proles
sional men participate, then it will
be a good thing. If just a few
font.ibute and work, then it will
wither as other organizations have
done Also, there is some involv
ed—if this is divided among many
then the cost is small, but if just
a lew have to support it, then it
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Ilrrol;* inn In Mill
Irridrnl Urn1 Monde
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Elbert Person, young colored
man, suffered a compound frac
ture of the left arm below the el
how while working at Whitley’s
S'" mill mi Sycamore Street here
The man was pulled into a piece
ol machinery when .his. shirt got
caught iii a set screw. His shut
torn away, the man ran nearly
two blocks to the Wilhamston
Supply Company office where he
was placed in a car and carried to
a doctor lor treatment.
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KOI MM I
Local and county officers
were busy rounding up the
drunks Iasi week-end, a re
port from Jailer Roy Reel
staling that nine persons were
detained temporarily in the
jail, seven of them for public
drunkenness. One, a migrant
worker from Florida, was
held for operating a motor
vehicle without a license, and
a ninth person was jailed for
alleged bastardy.
Fight of the nine were col
ored, including a woman. The
ages of the group ranged
from 17 to r>ti years.
Former Resident
Of County Passes
John Henry Wildman, 14, died
in a Winston Salem hospital early
last Thursday morning following
a eei eljral i a mm i hag' . n I! < ; ' > I
the day heWrfs^ "
The son of Rev. J. T. and Jose
pi line Ericson Wildman, he w as
born in Georgia, and moved with
his parents to Martin County, lo
cating in Parmele in 1920 He
completed his high school educa
tion at Washington Collegiate In
stitute in 1025, attending Citizens
Military Training Camps each
summer, and entered government
service in 1935, working with the
Civilian Conservation Corps, Dm
mg the war he served in the mili
tary forces at home and abroad,
and since the war he had been em
ployed by the Veterans Adminrs
tration with headquarters in Win
ston Salem. He was a member of
the Presbyterian church.
Surviving are his wife, the fur
mer Lenten llrnwn; one son, John
E. Wildman, and a daughtci, Eli/
abeth Wildman, all ol Winston
Salem; lus lather; five brutlieis,
C. E. of Oxford, Lieut. Col. Albert
(’. Wildman of Korea; Carl C and
Victor of Louisville, Ky , Paul’C.
of Portsmouth, Va. and Raymond
J, Wildman of Wilmington; two
sisters, Mis. Josephine Johnson of
Fayetteville and Mis. Carl White
sides of Marion. Funeral services'
were held Friday at I 1 a. m. from
the Bogin Chapel, conducted by
Dr. George Mauze, with inter
ment in Elmwood cemetery, Ox
ford.
MU. President
Lists Committees
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Recently elected to head the
Williamston Parent Teacher Av.u
elation as president, V. .1. Spivey
last week end announced commit
t< e chairmen to aid the organiza
tion's work this summer and next
iiool ter nr: " """
The committee chairmen:
Procedure and by-laws, It. L.
Cobuin and J. 11. Edwards; pro
gram, Mrs. living Margolis and
Mrs John L. Gull’; membership.
Brown; finance, A J Manning
and Mrs (i. G Woolard; socui,
Mr, George Pee! and Mrs. 1! P
Mobley; music, Mrs. Beecher Pat
terson and Miss Grace Tulton;
lunch room, W. B. Gaylord and
Miss Ruth Manning, publicity. E. I
M. Manning and L>. G. Stewart. |
()\<t Six Hundred
Lose Licenses In
State Last Month
Omt (t.ftOO l umirkil of
Trnifir Law \ iolalious
During I’rriod
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KALH1GH During May, 0(55
persons lost their driving licenses
in North Carolina because of
drunken driving, the Motor Ve
hicle Department announced to*
day.
This compared with 842 persons
who lost their licenses for the
same offense during May of last
year, and brought total drunken
driving convictions for 1948 to 4,
024. The May drunken driving
convictions were nearly 300 less
titan in April, when 959 motorists
had their licenses revoked for this
offense.
Revocations and suspensions
processed during May totaled 1,
023 That included 08 persons
caught driving drunk outside the
State, 40 for driving drunk and
miscellaneous, 30 for speeding ov
er 75 miles per hour, 32 for trans
porting liquor, 13 for two offenses
of speeding over 55 miles per
hour; 19 for larceny of automo
bile, and 28 for driving after li
cense.: had been revoked.
Seven persons lost their licenses
for being habitual violators of the
traffic laws, four for failure to
show proof of financial responsi
bility, six for hit-and-run, and
seven for aiding and abetting in
transporting liquor. In addition,
418 other drivers were convicted
on charges of reckless driving,
bringing to 1,872 total reckless
driving convictions for the year.
However, reckless driving re
quiri , no revocation or suspen
sion on 111 si offense.
A total of 8,803 other motorists
were convicted of traffic viola
tions which do not constitute a re
vocation or suspension for the
first offense
The leading convictions in this
class were for speeding, with 2,
721 offenders, bringing to 111,251
l .till , peed • e.i', a'f. for the
* t■ i i,
have drivel's license, 1,224; faulty
equipment, 579; improper lights,
292; driving on wrong side of
road, >2; failing to stop at inter
section, 48; tailing to stop when
entering highway, 24; failing to
dim lights, 29; passing on curve,
28; running through red lights,
331; passing school bus loading or
unloading, 57.
C >I the total violators, 5,819 were
North Carolinians, and the re
maining 984 were out of state mo
torists.
June Marriages
(>ff To Big Start
II the present trend is maintain
ed throughout the month, Juno
will see a record number of mar
riage in this county, according to
an advance report coming from
the office of the Martin County
register of deeds.
Seven marriage licenses were
i sued iu the first few days to the
following couples:
George H. Wynne and Mamie
Estelle Adams, belli of Williams
ton; Cot il H. Williams of Wash
ington, D and Augusta Lewis
of New Bern; Sylvester Fuller
Bailee and Elizabeth Everett, both
ol ltaleigh; George Dewey Wade
and Ruth Ford, both of Roberson
ville; Arson William Hunt of
Plymouth and Eunice Jane Phil
lips of Williamston; William T.
Howell and Reva Max Wilks, both
of Robersonville; Frank Saunders
Weaver and Lucy Mane Andrews,
both of Williamston.
\aiin‘ issistiinl limin'
iurnt for tlir County
Mi. - Aunts Beal has been nam
ed assistant home demonstration
agent for Martin County, suc
ceeding Miss Garnette Crocker
who recently resigned after an ef
' 1 i o ■ ’.‘-"ik to i ntcr the main
Miss Beal, c. native of Red Oak,
Nash County, is a graduate of
W man’ College of .he I’nieer "
sity of North Carolina, Greens
boro. and taught in the Aulander
school during the 1947-18 term.
Shi plans to cuter upon her new
work in this county on July 7#