- -r * THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.S-V* MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LI—NUMBER 47 William*lon, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 10. 10 lit ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge J. C. Smith . Has Fifteen Cases In County’s Court Fines Imposed At Session On Monday of This Week Amount to $305 — ■ • Judge J. Calvin Smith held the Martin County hecorder's Court ¥ in session until 1:00 o’clock last Monday before clearing fifteen cases from the docket. A jury case and thetrial of Leamon Ben nett, colored man who faces sev eral charges in the superior court and who assaulted a fellow pris oner in the county jail last Satur day night, took up much time of the court. Fines imposed at the ^ session amounted to $305. Proceedings: Judgement was suspended in the case charging Sam Peel with disposing of mortgaged property. Charged with non-support, Richard Ewell was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of the cost and on k the further condition that the de fendant pay $50 now and $4 each month beginning in August for the next year for the support of his family. Tried by a six-man jury, Dalton Brown,' charged with an assault with a deadly weapon was ad judged not guilty. Members of the jury were, J. R. Rawls, W. N. Perry, Ben E. Griffin, Jimmie Lee, A A. H. Brown and R. N. Turner. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, Chest Mooring was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. O. H. Stutts, charged with drunken driving, failed to answer when called and papers were is sued calling for his arrest Adjudged guilty over his own 1 plea of innocence, John Waylv Gatling was fined $100 and taxed with the cost in the case charging him with drunken driving. The court recommended that his li cense be revoked for one year. Charged with reckless driving, Russell Bailey Wynne pleaded guilty of failing to report an ac and the court suspended judg ment upon the payment of a $25 fine and costs. J. D. Thrower, Jr., was adjudg ed not guilty in the case charging him with speeding. Papers were issued for his im mediate arrest when Walter Clay ton Hall failed to appear and answer in the case charging him with speeding. Richard Pritchard was fined $5 and taxed with the costs for op erating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. Pleading guilty of allowing an unlicensed driver to operate a mo tor vehicle without a driver’s li cense, Isaac Evans was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Anticipating what was in store for him, Laverne "Mutt” Rober * son called relatives over the tele phone, explained that he was just before changing occupations and told them good-bye. A short time later Judge Smith sentenced him to the roads for six months for non-support. Mayo Beacham, charged with non-support, was found not guil ty. Charlie Edward Lassiter, charg ■ ed with speeding, pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and required to i pay the costs. Adjudged guilty of an assault, (Continued on page eight) THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Martin County motbnsts are piling up more motor ve hicles this year than they did last, but they are more con siderate of life and limb with about the same regard or con tempt for property. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres and last and for each year to the present time. 23rd Week Accidents ii.j'd Kiikd B&ut'se 1948 3 0 0 $ 160 1947 000 00 Comparison* To Date 1948 03 22 1 $12,000 1947 56 23 3 12,700 j Bond Election For Water Department Next Tuesday ■ • Williamston citizens will decide next Tuesday the fate of a propos ed $100,000 bond issue for ex panding the town's water supply and extending water and sewer lines. The election will be held in the City Hall between the hours of 6:30 a. m. and 6:30 p, m., the present indications pointing to a comparatively small vote. While few if any persons want to see the town go into debt, most everyone recognizes the almost imperative need for providing adequate water storage and the extension of water and sewer lines. It is understood that there is some opposition to the meas ure, but little has been expressed openly. Discussing the proposal this morning, a town official explained that the commissioners had made a study of the present system, that they are convinced some action is needed without delay, that they are placing the matter directly before the people for them to de cide what shall be done. “We are not trying to frighten anyone, but the present system is seriously over-taxed, and should a real em ergency present itself it could not be adequately met,” an official said. There was a small fire just out of town last Saturday afternoon when the demand for water is normally at a peak. When the firemen withdrew from the scene of the fire, the water supply had been reduced to hardly more than 20.000 gallons, an amount hardly large enough to last twenty min utes in a real emergency. These are just a few of the facts the citizens are being asked to consider when they participate in the election next Tuesday. Series Of Robberies Solved In Oak City m:\ui \<; Charged with brutally as saulting Haywood Cherry, mill night watchman here on the night of April 28, Frank Crews and Henry Williams are to he given a hearing be fore Justice R. T. Johnson in the courthouse Friday even ing at 7:00 o’clock, Chief W. E. Saunders said this morn ing. The victim was just releas ed from the hospital this week, one report stating that his condition was much im proved. Crews and Williams have been held in jail pend ing the outcome of Cherry’s condition. Jayeees sponsor B^autv Pageant Again This Year P — ♦ ■ ■— Tweiily-six Entries Report ed Already in tlie An nual Beauty Contest ——<*b The local Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsoring organiza tion for the 'Miss Williamston of 1948 and Little Miss Williamston” pageant, are busy at work receiv ing entries and formulating plans for this event. Ttie pageant is to be staged at eight o’clock on Wed nesday night. June 23rd in the lo cal high school auditorium. Miss Angela McLawhorn, Miss Wil liamston of 1947, will reign over the festivities along with Con stance Chesson, Little Miss Wil liamston of 1947. J. Paul Simp son will serve as toastmaster. Im mediately following the pageant a public dance will be held in the high school gym honoring the con testants. Through Saturday, June 5, 17 entries had been received in the Miss Williamston contest and 11 entries in the Little Miss Wil liamston contest. Entries for com petition in each of the contests will be received through Satur day, June 19th. After that no en tries will be accepted. Each con testant in the Miss Williamston contest will be sponsored by a lo cal business firm. Already most of the entries have been assigned to their sponsor. A list of spon sors and their contestants will be announced at a later date. The local Jayeees hope to give Williamston a great deal of pub licity through this contest. Ber nard S. Harrison and Tbad Har rison, co-chairmen of this event have announced that arrange ments have already been made to of town newspapers and over the radio. A few days prior to the pageant the Jayeees and contes tants will be on the air tor a 15 ii.uiut."”' '.. ’. ; , v..\b be several announcements of the event coming over the radio each day for approximately ten days (Continued on page four) Arrest Three Men For Stealing Meat Anri Robberies Willie Taylor, Tliimiiuii Harrell ami James Daniel Held For Bijs (lour! -4~ Willie Taylor, 21, Thurman (Pre-Wee) Harrell, 28, and James Daniel, 40, all white, were arrest ed late Tuesday for allegedly stealing a quantity of meat from Farmer Maurice Mobley and the alleged breaking into and robbing of the J. H. Aye' s and Joe Bunt ing stores in Oak City last Satur day night and Sunday morning. The fust in the series was dis night when the Mobley’s returned to their home about two miles out from Oak City on the Tarboro Highway and found their smoke house door open. Investigating, they found seven hams and three shoulders missing. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck answered a call there with Captain Sessoms from the prison camp and Officer Edmond Early, and it is believed that while they were working on the meat case, the robbers were busy in Oak City. Suspicion centered on Taylor who lived on the Mobley farm, but he could not be contacted im mediately. The officers took a stand near the Taylor home and maintained a watch until about three o’clock Sunday morning and checked his movements along with those of Harrell and Jackson. During the meantime they learn ed about the two store robberies, and at 7:00 o’clock Sunday morn ing they questioned Taylor who maintained that he attended the show in Hamilton Saturday night. His story could not be picked to pieces immediately, but Sheriff C. B. Roebuck was convinced that the man was misrepresenting the facts. Tuesday afternoon, De puty Joe Roebuck made a search of the Taylor premises and found two pieces of meat hidden in a hedgerow near the Taylor home. Portions of the meat had been cut away. When questioned the sec ond time, Taylor admitted the meat theft and his part in the two store robberies, involving the other two men in all three alleg ed crimes. The robbeis gained admittance to the Mobley smokehouse by fil ing the hook chain in two. At the Bunting store, they worked the back door*by the jam, reached inside and removed the lock bar. They allegedly stole several pairs of pants, pocket knives, canned goods, ladies’ un derwear and other merchandise there. Doing to tne rear of tl Ayers store, the robbers cut ot a panel in the back door and sto overalls, a radio, a dozen or moi cartons of cigarettes, sdfittrcYgui and other merchandise. Not ail the meat has been ri covered but the merchandise w; (Continued on page '<;3ht) Kerr Scott Makes Hurried Visit In Eastern Carolina • Declares All Unneressarv Heads Will “Roll” If He Is Made Governor Making his first visit in this county, Kerr Scott this week hur riedly patched up his political fences and confidently made ready to go into the second gub ernatorial primary on June 26. The runner-up in the first round on the 29th of May, Scott made no public appearance in the county during his short stay last Tues day, but he contacted quite a few (individuals, explaining that he would like to spend several days but that his plans called for con ferences in several of the north eastern counties and that he was scheduled to be in Raleigh this evening. Traveling alone, the candidate enjoyed an informal lunch in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Abbitt and made one or two quick visits in other sections of the county before moving on to meet appointments in Bertie and other counties northeast of here. Trailing Chas, M Johnson, 161, 293 to 170,141, in the first primary, Scott was confident as he continu ed to lay his plans for the second round. “Given a fair election, I | feel confident we'll win." Scott said, intimating that there were reports of irregularities in the voting and counting in some coun ties on May 29. During his brief stay here, Scott talked informally of his platform and activities in the first cam paign. And apparently he knew in detail what went on and who was who, the candidate accepting it as a seasoned politician. As he talked about excess jobholders, his pulse quickened. “The people can expect the unnecessary heads to ‘roll’ if I am made governor,” Scott said, adding that such ac tion would be among the first in the order of business. Asked Governor Cherry’s posi tion in the race, Scott said that Mr. Cherry had promised to re jus&in ■xl--“Hi.d t .givr.. .bim, credit for doing just that," Scott said, adding, however, that it was a bit strange that so many of the department heads close to the ad ministration were fighting him for all they are worth. The candidate briefly reviewed his program as follows: Taxes—Repeal sales tax on all food. Remove discriminatory taxes on farm machinery. Bond issues—None, unless ab solutely necessary after huge sur .plus now' in banks without inter est is used. Roads—Repeal 'mud tax’ on farm-to-market, home-to-school and home-to-church roads. Schools—Save them by paying teachers living salaries, reducing pupil load, and aiding construc tion of new school buildings. Health—Carry out State Good Health Program. Welfare—Better provisions for aged and indigent. Business—Fair taxes and equal opportunity. Labor—A square deal. Veterans—State service pro gram second to none. Municipalities—Financial relief by returning State revenue from license taxes, helping maintain (Continued on page five) Finland Native Works Fn Fields Vidar Wolontis, native of Fin land, reported to the local em ployment office yesterday for work in the fields of this section. Following an interview with Mrs. Miller Harrell of the commission, the young man chose the Irish po tato lields in Tyrrell County where he plans to work for about two weeks. Studying to be a professor in a university back in his country, the young man has spent one year at mathematics. During the summer months he is spending his time touring the States, working in . various places. Coming to this country from Helsinki, Wolontis said that the; food situation, critical during the war years, was much improved now. i Three Murder Cases On Courl Doeket For Trial Next Week Sixteen Cases On Docket For Trial In Superior Court —<» Lemmon J. Color ed Man. In Four (luges Sixteen cases, including three murder charges, are being placed on the docket for trial during the one week of superior court here next week. While most of the cases are of a more or loss trivial nature, there arc several big ones even in addition to the three charging murder. The Martin County Bar is ex pecting the court to complete the criminal docket by late Tuesday, a report stating that a few divorce cases and several civil actions had been scheduled for trial on Wed nesday and Thursday. There is some doubt, however, that the cri minal docket can be cleared in the first two days of the term. Leamon J. Bennett, defendant in four cases, is very likely to oc cupy the court's time for at least half a day. He is said to have summoned witnesses from two counties. Bennett was arrested in Robcrsonville last November 12 for operating a motor vehicle with improper equipment. Ho appeal ed from a county court judgment and pleaded nolo contendre at the March term when the plea was ordered stricken out and the case continued. On February 2ti, Ben nett allegedly attempted to hold up John Slade on Williamston’s East Main Street. He appealed and the case was continued. On February 29, he was booked for carrying a concealed weapon and assaulting Chas. K. Moore, local officer, with a deadly weapon. On June 5 he was booked for as saulting Joe Mabry in the county jail. two previous terms, the case charging Henry Lee Fred Shelby with violating the motor vehicle laws is again slated for trial. Shel by was am sted in Robcrsonville on September 25 for various in fractions of the vehicle laws. He appealed from the lower court. Charged with operating a picolo without a license, Charlie Butler is going into the court on appeal from the county tribunal. W. F. Coppage, adjudged guil ty and fined on a speeding charge, is appealing from the county court. Roscoe L. Moore is booked for trial for being drunk and disord erly in Robcrsonville on March 27, his case having come up on ap peal. Burley Nelson is charged with breaking and entering a Rober sonville filling station and steal ing on May 18 cigarettes and cash money. ' Harmon Roberson is charged with the larceny of an auto from James David Lilley on the streets of Williamston on March 21. j Lenndora Coburn is facing the I court for assaulting with a knife j and almost cutting Thelma Louise Brown Little to death in Rober sonville on May 15. The victim was not expected to live for sev eral days. —o Justice Johnson Hours Few Cases JUSliCC 1' 1 \Jf olI I liCUCd". •" v” cfit 1 cases in his court here this week. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the com1 in the ease charging Daisy Mae Riddick witli operating a motor vehicle with improper lights. <• Chas. E. Hardy, charged with not stopping upon entering a costs. Operating a motor vehicle with out state licenses, John C. Harper .was lined $5 and ■ e/j nixed to nay the costs. Charged with improper parking in Bear Grass, Joseph Wynne was lined $10 and taxed with the costs. He appealed to the higher courts. J CONDITIONS Crop conditions in Martin County yesterday were de scribed as fair to critical. In some section where the rain fall has not been excessive, the crops look very good. In other sections where the rain fall has been excessive, the crops look very good. In other sections where the rain fall has been excessive during the past ten days or two weeks, the crops look bad, farmers stating that tobacco is yellowing. In still other sections the tobacco crop has been damaged by fifty per cent, peanuts are grassy anil corn is turning yellow. As a whole, however, the corn crop outlook is the best in several years in this coun ty. New Ford Car To Go On Display Here Chi June 18 Ku'liciil riumt't'* \iinoimc «'