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• THE ENTERPRISE IS REAS BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LI—NUMBER 53 Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday. ,/n/y /. IV18 ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge J. C. Smith Tries Score Cases Fines Imposed At The Ses sion Total $718.70: One Defendant Appeals Disposing of twenty of the twenty-three cases on the docket A in Martin County Recorder's Court Monday of this week. Judge J. Calvin Smith collected over $700 in fines. One defendant de manded a.jury trial and another entered an appeal to higher court. Proceedings: Judgment was suspended upon the payment of a fine of $25 and costs in the case charging Walter Clayton Hall with speeding. Booker T. Williams, charged with speeding, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the county jail for sixty days and assigned to work the roads, but the court sus pended the road term upon the payment of $25 and costs and upon the further condition that the defendant docs not operate a p motor vehicle for a period of thir ty days. Joe Walter Williams was ad judged guilty over his plea of in nocence and was fined $100 and taxed with the costs in the case charging him with drunken driv ing. The defendant appealed through his attorney and bond was fixed in the sum of $100. Judgment was suspended upon 4 the payment of a fine of $25 and costs :n the case charging Sher wood Linwood Johnson with In County speeding. Charged with speeding, Robert Dors Manning pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for sixty days, the road term being suspended by the court upon the payment of $25 and costs. I* Fred Walter Carter pleaded guiltv to the charge of speeding. Judgment was suspended upon payment of a $25 fine and costs. Joseph D. Wynne, charged with improper parking, made a motion to remand the case to the J P. court for compliance with judg ment. ’Trie motion Was allowed ^ hy the court Pleading guilty to the charge of operating a motor vehicle without an operator’s license, Billie J. Davis had judgment suspended upon payment of a fine of $25 and costs of court. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of a fine of $25 and costs in the case charging Max Reginald Bedford with speeding. Charged with drunken driving, Jesse S. Fulford pleaded guilty and judgment was suspended in his case upon the payment of $100 and costs. The court recommend ed that his operator’s license be revoked according to law. Thomas Peel pleaded guilty to the charge of operating a motor vehicle without an operator’s li cense. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of a fine of $25 and court costs. Adjudged guilty of an assault, Ruth Gorham drew a six months sentence in the Woman’s Depart ment of State Prison in Raleigh but the term was suspended upon payment of costs and upon further condition that the defendant does not visit or be in the house occu pied by Ken Manning for a period of two years. William Mobley pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehiele without an operator's li cense and paid a fine of $25 and costs of the court. Charged with drunken driving, Forest Saunders pleaded guilty. Judgment was suspended in the case upon the payment of $100 and costs. The court recommend ed that his operator's license be revoked. John Henry Williams, pleading not guilty on a charge of assault on a female and non-support was found guilty only of assault. Judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs. Sam Roberson was adjudged guilty over his plea of innocence in the case charging him with op ■M" tine a motor vehicle without a,. taxed with the costs. Pleading not guilty to a charg of non-support, William Jaspe Page was adjudged guilty and ser tenced to the county jail for a pe> iod of six months and assigned 1 work tli-j roads. The court sui (Continued on page eight) CITIZENS OF TOMORROW The Enterprise takes much pleasure in presenting another in a picture series of Uiis 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 lias been done or is being done, The Enterprise presents the youngsters as the one great hope for the future. Top row, left to right. Pain, seven. Kinky, five, sons of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Wheeler, Williamston; Jean, ten, Carolyn, six, daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. W M. Coltrain, Williamston; Janie, twelve, Lou Venia, ten, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C G Rogerson, Wil liamston: Bottom row, Billy, seven. Judith, three, son and daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs W I. Thrower; Edgar, nine, Bob, six, sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Shuller, Williamston; and William, nine, Pol ly, five, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. N. Bunting, Wil liamston. | NO PAPER TUESDAY | v---/ It being impossible l'or the staff of The Enterprise to ob serve the general holiday next Monday and produce a Tues day edition of the paper at the same time, the management announced today that there would be no issue of The En terprise printed next Tues day. Regular publication schedules will be resumed on Thursday, July 8. Mrs. Geo. Griffin Dies ki Hospital In Washington -a Funernl This Afternoon Al 3:30 In Simliiwirk vk Outrej! • Mrs. Jimettie Manning Griffin, 53, wife of Geo. C. Griffin of Griffins Township, died in a Washington Hospital Tuesday aft ernoon at 1:20 o'clock following several years of declining health and about ten days of serious ill ness. Born, January 4, 1H95, Mrs. Griffin was the daughter of the late Harmon James and Della Daniel Manning. She was born and soent her entire life in Grif fins Township where she was known and loved by all as a de voted wife and mother and a good neighbor. A member of the Smithwick Creek Primitive Bap tist Church she adhern d closely to its teachings, leading a humble and consecrated life. Thirty-two years ago she was married to Geo. C. Griffin, promi nent farmer of Griffins Township and a member of the Martin County Board of Education. Besides her husband, Mrs. Grif fin is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Milton James of Williams ton, Janie Sue Griffin of the home, and Mrs. Tommie E. Morris of Newport News, Va.; three sons, James Harrell Griffin, Washing ton, D C.. a member of the armed forces, Leon 'Earl Griffin of the home, and Geo. C. Griffin, Jr., of Willian.ston. Funeral services arc being held at 3:30 o'clock tins afternoon at li^oruinuea on page eignij Official Count Cut* Johnson Lead to 112 Meeting in the courthouse on Tuesday of this week the Martin County Board of Elections can vassed the vote in the second pri mary, June 2b, and found I hat tin official vote for Charles M. John son was 1640 and for Kerr Scott, 1529 in the governor's race. ficial count as tabulated Saturday night at The Enterprise office was | to take one vote from Johnson and | add one to Scott in Bear Gl ass i precinct. The vote there official ' ly is 155 for Johnson and 89 for Scott, giving Johnson a majority of 112 in the county instead oi the 113 figure unofficially listed. Two Thirds Of Tax Jump Traceable to School Buildings ♦ Transfer of Money From General Fund Molds In rreuseTo 15 Cents Although a hurried glance at the Martin County budget for next year seemed to indicate that increased appropriations for the welfare and health departments, and allied agencies, had caused the jump in the tax rate, a detail ed study of the figures shows that actually only one third of the 15 cent jump was chargeable to de partments other than schools. While there were increases in the operating costs of the schools the debt service account was ic 'd .d ' .'."-VfCv cause of th(- 10 cent rate increase caused by the school department was in the classification known as capital outlay or the permanent improvement of school facilities such as the construction of new buildings and additions to others. The capital outlay fund for next year jumped more than $90,000 and would have gone even high er, it is understood wert it not for the transfer of reserves in the general fund to that account. New buildings and additions alone are costing $110,446 while improvements in existing struc tures will take the balance of the $104,500 listed to capital outlay for public schools in the county. Last vear capital outlay was listed at $70,950. The school fund total of $265,442 is within $93,405 of the total for all purposes listed in the budget last year. The tax rate for everything but schools is listed as 55 cents for the coming fiscal year as against 50 cents for the year ending yes terday. The school rate is listed as 65 cents against 55 cents last year. Three rates were decreased in making up the levy this year, the bond interest and sinking fund go ing from .264 to down to .258, the old age assistance rate dropping from .07 to .068 and the debt ser vice fund for schools going down, 12 to .052. The current expense rate for schools also fell, .15 to .138. Bonded and other indebtedness (Continued on page eight) -* IHitcl; Of Smithicick Street Iteing Paved The block of Srnithwick Street between Railroad Street and Mar shall Avenue is being filled in and will be paved as soon as possible, it was announced yesterday by Mayor Bob Cowen. Srnithwick Street is the oldest as the Hamilton road. The new project will result in the paving of all ol the southern end ol the street and add much to the con venience of motorists attending the local Christian church as the street has been washed and jut ted badly at ttie point where the paving is being placed. Harvey Roberson Dies Suddenly In Office Wednesday Operator Of Public Oil Company In Rohcoon* villc for 26 Years -o Harvey L. Roberson, one of Robersonville’s most prominent and outstanding citizens died sud denly in the offices of his oil sta tion in Robersonville Wednesday morning at 9:15. Shortly before he died Mr. Rob erson had been talking to Mr. N. C. Everett and fell when he went to open his safe in an adjoining office. Although a physician at tended him soon after he collaps ed he died within fifteen minutes. His death was attributed to a heart attack. Back in 1942 Mr. Roberson’s health began to decline and in 1942 he was confined to his home and bed for approximately three months. He suffered from ana emia constantly after that and his general health had been uncertain for several months. Sixty-four years old, Mr. Rob erson v\as the son of the late B. H. and Chloe Frances Coburn Ro berson. He was born in Gold Point and in early life associated himselt with the firm of W. A. j Roberson and Company in Rober sonville. With the liquidation of this business he and the lute J. M. Highsmith formed a partnership and built the Trio Theatre and or ganized the Public Oil Company ! This partnership was dissolved soon thereafter, Mr. Highsmith taking the theatre and Mr. Rober son the oil business, continuously operating it since 1922. An outstanding leader in the business,* civic and religious at* tivites of Robersonville and Mar Min County, Harvey Roberson was an affable character. He knew nV stranger and always had a friend ly greeting for his friends and ac quaintances. Kind and generous he was admired ancf recognized as a natural leader by his townsmen and the citizens of the county, Mr. Koi a—rjyif>1 he r ,o f the Rubei sonville Christian church which he joined in 1912. He was also a charter member of the Robersonville Rotary Club and an active member of the Con ehoe and Rainbo\V Gun Clubs. In 1912 he was married to Miss Lena Parker who survives along with two sons, Dixie Dan Rober son, now in school in New York; Rodney Roberson of the home; a grandson, Richard Roberson; five sisters, Mrs. C. A. Roberson, Mrs. (Continued on page eight) Mrs A. T. Griffin Dies in Goldsboro Mrs. A. T. Griffin, .wife of a na tive and former citizen of this sec tion, died at her home in Golds boro at 3 p. in. Monday, June 2(1. Funeral services were held Tues day from the St. Paul Methodist church at 4:40 p. m. Interment was in the Willowdale cemetery in Goldsboro. Surviving are her husband; one brother, John F. Barwiek, Grifton; two sisters, Mrs. L. B. Roberson, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. W. F. (Harper, Goldsboro; five children, Mrs. R. B. Kirkwood, Bennetts vilie, S. C„ E. A. Griffin, L. B. Griffin, S. C. Griffin, A. T. Grif fin, Jr., and W. B. Griffin, all of Goldsboro. Mr. Griffin was born and reared in Griffins Township. When a young man he ran for sheriff of Martin County and was defeated by just a few votes. Soon after ward he moved to Goldsboro where he married Mrs. Griffin, the former Miss Susan Winifred Barwiek. **»• Attending the funeral from this county were T. C. Griffin, R. T. Griffin, W. O. Giiffin, J. E. Grif fin, Mrs. D M. Roberson, Mrs. Jack Hardison, S. C. Griffin, Irv ing Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph fin, Lester Griffin, Mrs. Lutie.Ro berson, Miss Nannie Margaret Ro berson, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Liliey, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Manning, Mrs. W. D. Corey, Mrs. Ben Roberson, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gay, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Hawthorne, Mr. W. A. Perry, Mr. Simon Pen> and Joe Gray Curoy. Tobacco Market To Open Here On Thursday! Aug. H ToIrraiMM* Of ,">0 I'oiiihI* i AIIomimI In W riiilil Limit Tlii* Year The Wilhamston Tobacco Mar ket, and others in the Easten Carolina Belt, will open Thurs day, August IS), according to an nouncement by the 15-mcmbe Flue-Cured Marketing Commit tee following a meeting in Raleigl Tuesday of this week. The markets in the Georgia Florida belt will open July 22, ii the Border Belt August 3, Easten Carolina Belt August 19, Middli Belt, September 2, and Old Bel September 13. Selling time on all belts was fix ed at live hours a day, with tin selling rate at 400 piles of lea per hour. While the maximum weight pel pile remains at 2.10 pounds, a tol erance of 50 pounds per pile foi tobacco sold by farmers is beirq allowed this year The tolerance is being allowec as a benefit to farmers who havi grades weighing over 250 pound: but less than 300 pounds. Undei it, the committee said, grower: will be spared the weighing handling and auction charges tha formerly were imposed on tin over-flow of grades falling withir the more-than-250-and-less-than 300 bracket. There was some complaint about this last year. Closing dates are usually set b\ the individual markets accordinf to the flow of tobacco into tin warehouses and the committee ii session in Raleigh did not considei this subject. However, the committee did ap prove of holidays during the regu lar sales season. These were La bor Day, Armistice Day and tin Thanksgiving holidays. The in spection service of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture was re quested to enforce the regulations Fred H Hoy:... , of iiende-rsw .was re-elected as chairman of tin cohliniUie and J B Rountiee o Lumberton was named secretary The opening day conics 0 day: earlier this year, opening last yea having been on August 25 whicl date fell on Monday. In view of the fact that the to bacco crop in this section is re garded as a week or more ahear of last year in respect to housing the earlier opening meets witl general approval. tannery «f|>ens In Jamesyilk The Jamesville ('ominunil; Cannery will be open each Mon day afternoon, all day Wednesday and all day Friday. Number 2 am 3 cans are available at the can nery. Appointment is not necessan but patrons are requested to b< at the cannery before 4 o'elocl each afternoon. Approximately 12,000 cans o fruits and vegetables were canne< in the cannery last summer. In dications now are that with favor able weather conditions mud more than that will be canned thi summer. Swimming Classes Proving Successful n -a Ihe swimming classes beinj conducted at the Williamstoj Municipal Swimming Pool as , part of the local recreational pro gram are attracting a number o would-be swimmeis, it was im ported today. Ihe first two or three instruc tion periods attracted about ; score of non-swimmers and other are showing an interest in tin classes which arc held each Tues day rhursday and Saturday morn swimming public. Classes arc held from 10 to 1 for non-swimmers below 13 year of age and from 11 to 12 for tbosi 13 years or over. Little Bear, lo cal Boy Scout leader who recent l.v returnd liorn two weeks of in struction at b, jvurd, m cbaigi oi the elaci-cb. Draft Board Membership Likely To Be Entirely Neic - ■ .ft j Although no information has I been received here as to who the ' members of the Martin County j j Selective Service board will be, it ! I appears now that it will be an j entirely new board. One member of the old board, i J. H. Avers, Sr., of Oak City, has died since the board was disband ed after the recent war. Another, Raymond H. Goodmon of Wil j liamston, has definitely declined | to serve again. The third mem ber, Dr. Jesse E. Ward, of Rober sonville, was out of town today and could not be reached but it is expected that he will also decline to serve for reasons of health and other duties. Mr. Goodmon, serving as vice president of the Virginia Electric and Power Company and presi dent of the Coastal Plain Base ball League, was appointed by Governor Gregg Cherry on April 9th. He was out of town when tin- notice of his appointment ar rived here but on April 27 he no tified Adjutant General J VanlV Metts, in charge of the draft pro gram in this state, that he would be unable to serve on the revived board. He has not had further word from General Metis or the.' gove rnor. While the strain which weighed heavily on the members of the board during the war will not be so evident this time, the work of the board will still require a great deal of time and Mr Goodmon, anil likely Dr. Ward, finds it im possible to assume the duties of board member again. The governor is following the policy of reappointing former members of the various county boards and naming new members only where the old ones are un able to serve. Seventeen Secure | Marriage License j in Month of June! —♦— Not Shirr April lias; Issuance T« (loloml (auiplrs Been So l.nw For the iirsl time since April, ! 193!), the month of June slipped by this year with but one marri age license listed to colored cou ples The balance ol' the 17 issued j during last month went to white | ’ couples the largest majority bold | i by them in many years. While the issuance for June loll below the previous month when 34 licenses were issued, and drop ped lti from June, 1947, when 33 were written, it is not a record as either a high or low figure con sidering a period of several years. License issued during last month went to: White j Robert P. Hollar of Greenville ; and Emma Grace Clark of Ever | George II. Wynne and Mamie . | Estelle Adams, botli of Williams ton. Cecil II. Williams of Washing ton, D. C., and Augusta Lewis of New Bern, N. C. Sylvester Fuller Bailey and 1 Elizabeth Everett, both ol Raleigh. George Dewey Wade and Ruth Ford, both of Robersonvillc. Arson William Hunt of Pl.yrn I outli and Eunice Jane Phillips of Willinmston. Frank Saunders Weaver and Lucy Marie Andrews, both of Wil , liamston. Mack VanLandingham of Wil-1 liamston and Margaret Modlin of ' Plymouth. Joe Lawrence; Coltrain of Wil , liamston and Anna Louise Taylor I of Everetts. William Joseph-Johnson 111 of Oak City and Billie Frances ’ Whitehead of Hobgood. James G. Norman of Richmond, Va , and Elsie Mizelle of James ville. Rush W. Bondurant and Edna I S. Laugbinghouse, both of WU liamston. Daniel Martin Jones and Helen i Harrell Grimes, both of Williams > ton. M. L. Williford and Barbara Mizelle, both of Windsor. David B. Green, Jr., of St. Aug > ustine, Florida, and Mary Worsley I of Oak City. Jennis E. Phelps of Washing ton, N. C., and Verna Speller of Windsor. Colored William T. Howell and Reva May Wilks, both of Robersonville. ’ ,, --® Tobacco Ttam Hale Will Average l.'l/J dents in ' HI The average loan rate for 1948 i crop tobacco has been set at 43.9 > per pound, 3.9 cents above lust • year's rate, it has been announced ■ by the Agriculture Department in Washington. from 14 to 05 cents and will be available to farmers through re - sponsible organization: such as co-( : operatives. The parity rate for, flue cured tobacco has been set at 90 percent of September 15 par- j ity. Department officials do not expect a nign percentage oi ia-io j tobacco to be under loam. INKS SI DDKINI V Stricken while in hi* office, Harvey I,. Roberson, operator of the I’uhlic Oil Company, died at 9:30 Wednesday morn inK. victim of a heart attack. Four YohILs Faro Disorder! v Fount Charged with using profane language and disorderly conduct, m addition to threatening bodily harm, Jean Rawls, V'. L. Peel, Samuel and Carroll Rogers of the Bear Grass section were given sixty-dav road sentences suspend ed upon the payment of a $25 fine by each defendant, in addition to the court costs, when they ap peared before Magistrate H T Johnson here last night. The warrants were issued at the request of Messrs, J. ('. White and "Cap” York who, with their wives and the nine months old child ol Mr. and Mrs White, were at the East Side Service Station last Sat urday night when the incident oc curred. The defendants were charged with racing their motor directly in front of the York car and filling it with dust and dirt stirred up by the exhaust. The driver of the car, Jean Rawls, was al. o charged with reckless driving and he un der a separate warrant was plac ed under a $100 bond for his ap pearance in the Recorder's Court July 12th, The defendants, according to Messrs. York, White and Nath aniel Coltrain, operatin' of the sta tion, cursed and promiscuously used profane language in the pres cnee of the prosecuting witnesses' wives. It was also brought out in the testimony that Rawls drove his car recklessly about the York cur and threatened the occupants when they complained. All the defendants gave notice of appeal and were placed under $100 bonds for their appearance in Recorder's Court July 12th, Louis Eelton Freeman, colored, was jailed last night when he fail ed to produce bond in the amount of $200 on a bastardy charge. The warrant was issued at the request of Ethel Gray Saunders, who later mon.v at a preliminary hearing in dicated that Freeman left imme diately after the marriage cere mony to accept a job at Virginia Beach, Justice of Hk' Fean: Johnson fined W. H Vanderford of the Robi *...mvill. sect. f'.; r '’ f ;• failing to halt at t mop Shortages Plague Work In County Brick Ma-oiis Located Phis Week lo Solve Labor I’i'iililem For W liilc Although plagued by shortages m b<itti labor and material. Coun ty Superintendent of Schools J. C Manning said this week that he is still hopeful that the build ing program of the county schools can be completed in time for use of the new units when school opens tins fall although the race is certain to be close. Altiiough contractors moved some materials to the building sites ot the new high school unit in Williamston, the addition to the high school at Bear Grass and the cafeteria at Robersonville, and the foundations were soon poured, a scarcity of brick masons stalled operations at that point. Brick masons were located on Tuesday of tins week for work on tin' three projects but a shortage of window frames has developed for the Robersonville and Wil liamston projects. They are not expected on the building site be fore early August. C B. Mooney and Sons have the general contract foi the construc tion of the Williamston High •school unit which is to cost $40,300 with the heating, plumbing and wiring contracts pushing the total to $49,010. C. B. Mooney and Sons, of Eden ton, also have the general con tract at Bear Grass for $41,065. It. is to be an addition to the present high school building there and is being placed on the site formerly used as a baseball diamond. The general construction con tract I'm the Robersonville cafe teria is being handled by L. M. Er nest of Greenville for $13,942. Un less more iti; factory contracts een be obtained, the county will handle the electric wiring, heating and plumbing contract at the cafe teria Original bids were regard . .•!<I ly 1 ... pi. I ... Whil< difficulties are bein,; en» 1 1 >unti mi by I'm goner,11 contract ms there has been no indication ■ to what the situation may be when the sub-contractors get to work on the project. Some types "I electrical, heating and plumb ing equipment are reported to be available after a spotty fashion. However, minor items of electrl 1 ;lI wiring and the heating units will not necessarily prevent the um nf the buildings at the start "I the school term when the .weather will be warm and there ; will be plenty of daylight for sev eral wi eks during school hours. Leonard (Yisn DiVs In Emporia —#.— funeral services will be held bum the Scotland Neck Funeral home at :t no Sunday afternoon for Leonard C. Crisp, 58, who died m Fmporia, Va . Tuesday. Inter ment will be in the Oak City Cem etery. Horn in Pitt County in 181)0, he tv as a .son of the late T. C. and Willie Whitehurst Crisp. Surviv ing are one son, L. C. Crisp, Jr., w'*th the armed forces in Ger main-, lour brothers, Jesse and be 111an of Oak City, Tom Crisp of Tarboii , George Crisp of Em poria, and several nieces and ne i phews. Monday Will Be A Holiday Here -o The Fourth of July falling this vear on Sunday, the merchants, business houses, manufacturing plants and prolessional offices as j well as all county offices, will be j dosed -dl U«.\ Monday in observ ance of the annual Independence I Day Holiday. ! kc post, pit see will also he dos isuj! throughout the county Tues [ day morning. No special pro grams of observance have been arranged, the matter being left to [ the individuals according to their choice out it it expected that there w ill be a general exodus toward Hi*’ btsicht s lor 1 bf' Ivuii.djMi jhuvti..
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