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rHB ENTERPRISE IS READ RE OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEER THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEBB VOLUME LI—NUMBER 56 Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 15, 1948 ESTABLISHED 1899 Speedsters Have p Another Day In The Countv Court j -o Fifteen Fined Total of $315 By Judpe J. C. Smith Last Momtay Speedsters on the highways in I this county had their day in Judge J. Calvin Smith's court last Mon- I day. Fifteen defendants were called during the morning and af ternoon sessions, and fines were imposed in the sum of $315. Sev eral other cases were continued until early August and one or two defendants, charged with speed ing, failed to answer when called * last Monday. Most of the cases originated over the long July 4 week-end when tourists turned on the speed in trying to get to and from their vacation spots. Judge Smith this week reduced the minimum speeding fine from $25 to $15 under normal condi tions, but heavier fines were im posed when the defendants were found guilty of traveling in the higher speed brackets. Some of of the fines ranged up to $50 when it was alleged that the speedsters were running in excess of 70 miles an hour. Those cases carrying $25 fines originated before a general reduc tion of $10 in the fines was adopt ed by the court, it was explained. The speeding cases included the following: Garland E. Warren, Roberson ville, $25 and costs. Thurman Riddick Harrell, Ed enton, $25 and costs. Rush F. Herring, Cherry Point, $25 and cost. John T. Trimble, Red Bank (N. J.) attorney $25 and costs. David Weinblatt of Asbury Park, N. J., failed to answer when called and papers were issued against him and his bondsman. Floyd Allen Whitfield, Hamil ton, $25 and costs. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Arthur Edison Watts, Durham, $15 and costs. ersonville, $15 and costs. Mrs. E. B. Hicks. Wilson, $15 and costs. William Gerald Edwards, Ral eigh, $15 and costs. James William Steele, North Wilkesboro, $50 and costs. The defendant in this case was alleged to have been driving in excess of 70 miles an hour. West Williams Byrum, Edenton, $15 and costs. George E. Richards, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, $25 and costs. George H Collins, Mt. Rainer, Maryland, $25 and costs. W. H. Heidenreich, Charlotte, $15 and costs. One of the cases continued for trial in August charges a 63-year old Virginia woman with travel ing along at about 80 miles an hour. Bond in the sum of $125 was posted for appearance in the county court on August 2. o Democrats Prove More Modest ——•— Philadelphia.—Sen. Alben W Ba» klev of Kentucky did not pre dict a Democratic victory in his keynote address to the party’s na tional convention this week. Barkley said the Democrats de serve to win in November, but he declared at the outset: “We shall not follow the exam ple so egotistically set by. oux.ep. ponents from this rostrum three short weeks ago, by announcing the result of the contest four months in advance.” Many speakers at the recent Republican convention said a GOP victory in November is as sured. -o-— Minister Directing (.am ft an Pamlico For Tiro Weeks Rev. John W. Hardy leaves Sun day afternoon to direct a junior camp at Camp Leach for two weeks. The following young people of Wnliamstcn are planning to at tend the camp, Bobby Coburn, Calvin Chesson, Harry James, Anne Gresham, Lee Handy, Mar tha Dunn Kimball, Patricia Tay lor, Ann Peel and Sarah Everett. CITIZENS OF TOMORROW The Enterprise takes much p.ensure in presenting another in a picture series of this section's "citizens of tomorrow”. So far none has iigured 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 as the one great hope for the future. Top row, left to right, Curtis, seven, son of Mr. and Mrs D. W. Elks, Everetts; June, nine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Peele, Williamston; Fletcher, eleven, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Thomas, Williamston; Bottom row, Peggy, six, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Hughes, Williamston, Joel, six, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Muse, Williamston, and Tummy, five, son of Mr. and Mrs W. C. Griffin, Williamston. Find Stolen Car Parked on Street Stolen from the owner, Dan Peel, back of the Central Cafe here last Saturday night, a 1939 Fold sedan was found parked on Railroad Street last Tuesday morning. The machine had been driven about 500 miles and appar ently had not been damaged. Working on a meager lead, local officers late Tuesday arrested Ju lius Sylvester James, cafe worker, and charged him with the theft. The case was turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and James, 21 year old, was given a preliminary hearing before a U. S. Comm’ssioner in New Bern yes terday. Placed under a $500 bond, he was returned to jail and will be tried within a month or six weeks in Raleigh before Judge Don Oilliam. .. Accompanied by his brother. tor' * VV liUUl , J n»i i <» POI US mouth Saturday night and visited relatives Sunday and Monday. Leaving there they went to Tar boro and returned here about 2:00 o’clock Tuesday morning, desert ing the car on Rai'road Street. They were accompanied home from Portsmouth by Arthur Lee Janies, another brother, and James Burnett. Officers question ed the two and they said that Ju lius explained he had borrowed the car from a friend. The de scribed the car and later identi fied the Peel machine us the one they had ridden in. When con fronted with tile facts, Julius ad mitted tile theft. -V Inspection Lane Attracts Vehicles Facing an August 31 deadline, owners are rushing to have their vehicles inspected in the lane now operating on Warren Street here. Fairly long lines are forming for the inspection but this morning a drizzling rain halted the inspec tions, one report stating that the inspectors could not write in the rain. The /ane will be maintained here until next Wednesday and will not be reopened here until August 31. All motor vehicles of year mod els up to and including the yeai model 193G and motor vehicles of year models 1947 and 1948 are to be inspected on or before the 31st of next month. Unless the owners of those model vehicles in this county have them inspected be fore next Wednesday, they'll hardly be able to meet the dead line unless they go to lanes in other sections. --<3»- -- _ First (,ene.al Rain Since May 30 Recorded The first general rain to fall in this section since May 30 was re corded by Hugh Spruill at the river bridge here last night and early this morning. He reported 1.22 inches today and pointed out that it was the first rain of any consequence since the 1.72 inches fell on May 30. Less than a quar ter of an inch of rain fell during the first thirteen days in July. RATTLE I While plowing his peanuts earlier this week. Farmer Si mon Lilley said he heard a rattle reminding him of cured peanuts ready for stacking. The vines were so dry they actually rattled as the plow hit against the vines. The farmer added that the dry weather had ruined his corn, that tobacco prospects on his Griffins Township farm were very dishearten ing. Dies Of Accident Injuries Tuesday ♦ Isaac Nichols, well known coun ty colored citizen, died in a local iio.if du 1 last 1 .da,, .dtevnoon of bile-bicycle accident on July 5. Funeral services will be con ducted in the Bethlehem church in Williams Township Sunday af ternoon at 2 00 o'cloc k and inter ment will be in the family ceme tery. Nichols was struck bv a car driven by George H. Manning late in the night of July 5 The victim was said to have been riding a bicycle without any light. Thrown from his bicycle., Nichols suffered a broken leg and a skull fracture. The car driver said he was meet ing another car, that he did not see Nichols who was riding on the right side of the road until it was too late to avoid striking him. Nichols was a conservative character and was well known by members of both races. He was victimized to the tune of about $1,000 by flim-flammers several years ago. ■o Youth Loses Life While Swimming -€> Arthur Williams, 16-year-old colored son of Fate and Mariah Williams, lost his life by drowning while swimming in the Roanoke River near the Hamilton wharf late Tuesday afternoon. The body was recovered early this morning near the scene of the drowning. The boy who lived with his par ents on the Beach farm about a mile from Hamilton was swim ming with two other youths. Par ticulars of the drowning could not be learned immediately. The drowning was the third re ported since last April in the Roanoke along the Martin County shore. -o General Pershing Died Early Today General John J. Pershing, cuni mandei in chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, died in Walter Reed Hos pital. Washington, D. C., this morning at 2:50 o’clock after a long illness, it was announced by the White House early today. I Drunken Driving Causes 479 to Lose Licenses In June —— Total Cor Last Month Drop ped 30 Below June Of Last Year Raleigh.—During June 479 mot j orists in North Carolina were , shorn of their driving licenses be j cause of drunken driving, bring ing to 4,503 total drunken driv ing convictions for 1948, the Mot or Vehicle Department announced this week. The June drunken driving con victions were 30 less than for June of last year, when 509 persons were convicted. The report showed that a total of 795 motorists lost their driving privileges during June because of traffic law offenses and practices detrimental to Highway Safety. Revocations totaled 636 and sus pensions 159. These included 48 persons caught driving drunk outside the State; 42 driving drunk and mis cellaneous; 26 driving after li cense had been revoked; 24 for speeding over 75 miles per lioui; 11 for larceny of automobile; 33 for transporting liquor; 14 for be ing habitual violators of the traf fic laws; 11 for speeding over 55 miles per hour and miscellaneous; 18 for two offenses of speeding ov er 55 miles per hour. Eighteen persons lost their li censes for two offenses of drunk en driving. A second drunken driving conviction means manda tory revocation of license for a period of three years. One person lost his license for a third offense of drunk driving. The third of fense means that the license is re voked permanently, unless at the end of five years the person can prove that he is entitled to have it back, then the Department can give his application due considers - tion. Three persons lost their driving privileges for failure to maintain proof of financial responsibility. During June, 348 persons were convicted of reckless driving, less driving convictions for 1948. Reckless driving requires no revo cation or suspension on the first conviction. In addition to the major viola tion* wnich are cause for revoca tion or suspension, there were 6, 623 other violations which do not constitute loss of license on first offense. During 1948, there have been a total of 48,253 convictions in this class. Speeding took the greatest toll with 2,696 convictions, bringing to 14,951 total speeding offenses for this year. Other offenses: failing to have driver’s license, 1,301; faulty equipment, 638; improper lights, 356; running through red light, 318; failing to slop when entering highway, 50; failing to dim lights, 37; passing on hill, 36. Of the total violators for the month, 5,786 were North Caro linians, and 837 were out-of-stat ers. 7 own C,onuniationer» Meeting Here Tonight - m Meeting in special session here this evening at 8:00 o’clock, the town commissioners are expected to discuss the budget figures for the new fiscal year, it was bn nounced this morning bv Treasur er Dan Sharpe. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Except for the figures in the death column, the 1948 motor vehicle accident record is gradually pulling ahead of the recordings of a year ago. There have been more acci dents, more injured and ja greater property loss this year than last. The following tabulation* 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. 28th Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’pe 1948 1 1 0 $ 200 1947 100 loy ComparisoiM To Date 1948 73 37 1 $15,000 1947 61 29 3 13,200 Truman-Barkley Chosen To Head Democratic Party Diss^ntion Reported Before Convention 1« Kiuied Early Today In a three-day convention marked by open revolt and bitter i charger and countercharges, the I nation's Democrats early this I morning named Harry S. Truman i and AI ben Barkley of Kentucky , to head their ticket and defend j their title against Thomas E, Dew ley and Earl Warren, Republicans, in the November election. The nomination of Truman and Barkley did not come until the Mississippi delegation in its en tirety and about half of the Ala bama delegation had deserted the convention in protest over the adoption of a civil rights program in the party platform. Three men-rTruman, Paul V. McNutt of Indiana and Richard B. Russell, U. S. Senator of Georgia —were offered for nomination. McNutt immediately released the Indiana delegation and he polled very few votes. Russell gathered considerable strength in the Sou thern States, but Truman took the nomination on the first ballot aft er North Carolina split its vote, 19 for Russell and 19 for Truman. The action of the convention it self caused observers to predict defeat for the Democrats next November, but President Truman, addressing the throng in the early hours of this morning, directed a challenge to the opposition, indi cating that if the Democrats lose, the Republicans will know they hud been in a contest. The President, pointing out the sins of botli commission and omis sion chargeable to the eightieth Republican Congress, announced he would call the lawmakers back into session on Monday, July 2ti and let them take a definite stand on the important issues of the day. Withdrawing from the conven tion m Philadelphia last night, the Mississippi delegation made it clear that a meeting of Southern " & *1 n ■ 11 \ , where, that another ticket would be offered. —————'—^— ——-—1 Seeks New Boat For Shrimp Study Morehcad City. The ruggea Reliance, a 2-ma.stcr Glouccstei fishing .schooner that was brought to North Carolina to be used ir the cm i cut shrimp survey off tlx coast, just couldn’t take it wher she nosed into 100 Fathom Curve waters of the Carolina capes ol Fear, Lookout and Hatteras, ane as a result a new or more sea worthy craft is now being sought in order that the project may bt completed satisfactorily. W. A Ellison, field director ol the survey, that is being conduct ed by the U. N. C. Institute ol Fisheries research here, stated that to date some important oceanography fact* have been dis covered on the offshore bottoms for instance, trawlable waters have been found in the center of great coral reefs. The Reliance, loaned to North Carolina by the Woods Hole Ore j unogfaph Institute was originally I built for fishing operations on tin famed banks off the New Eng land coast. That was back it: 1918. Since them the old ship has aged considerably and it. was hei tge plus rotted timber, that made her unsuitable for the rough wat ers off tin- capes ol Kear, Lookout and Hatteras. “We hope to replace the Reli ance with a deep tea trawler of the type that now operate with the fleet off Cape Hatteras during the winter months,” said Ellison, adding, "Those boats can really take the rough offshore waters.” ....<•> Burvi' Tanker Unloatl* Cargo at Local Dock -- Fairly definite steps to head off an oil shortage in this section were taken today when a large oil bat ge, carrying several bun died thousand gallons of ml „rui measuring possibly 150 feet, tied up at the Sinclair dock on Roan oke River here. The boat was formerly used by the U. S. Navy and is towed by tug. a Disorderly Conduct Gets Legal Standing f PKKPING TOM 1 V Sneaking around homes on Simmons Avenue ;«>out 3:00 o'eloek last Sunday morning, a peeping tom barely escaped with his Hie when neighbors tired on him with a .22 calibre rifle. The man ran and fell over a bicycle, but he quickly regained his footing and es caped. Prowlers have been report ed in other sections of the town, during the past few nights, and numbers of house holders were said yesterday to have brought out their fire arms, expressing the deter- ] miration to shoot to kill. Army Worms Hit : Additional Fields —0— After laying waste to sixteen acres of pasture on the V. G. Tay lor farm in Poplar Point Town ship last week-end, the army worm has made its appearance in fairly large numbers in other sec tions of the county, according to a report coming from the office of Farm Agent Tom Brandon yes terday. L. P. Lindslcy, cultivating some over two hundred acres of soy beans on his Conoho farm near here, stated that the worm enter ed an mght acre field Tuesday, that possibly other fields were in fested Farmer Lindslcy, culti vating the beans for seed only, was making ready to poison the forms with a five percent DDT j dust today. During the meantime, Farmer A. Barnhill reported an infes i tation in his corn and soybean j fields on tiis farm near Everetts. | Mrs. Ed Hardison reported that | something was destroying much on South Haughton Street here, but the agent found it was downy mildew. Dock Hollis, managing the Tay lor farm in Poplar Point, plowed a ditch around the infested fields there, and last reports stated that the worm had not troubled clover and lespedeza in nearby fields. A later report stated that the worm had made its appearance in a corn field near Itobersonville. Where farmers plan to harvest a crop for feed they are using ar senate of lead to combat the worm. In other cases they are us ing DDT dust. Hurl In Accident Here Early Today Winston Holliday, young white man, was painfully but no seri ously cut on the head and face about ttii20 o’clock this morning when his 1948 Dodge pick-up truck v/as in a collision with a 1947 Chrysler driven on West Main Street by Bruce Everett. Holliday, traveling west on the street, started to make a left turn when the Chrysler, traveling into town, crashed into the side of the small truck, Holliday was remov ed to the local hospital for treat ment. Damage to the truck was esti mated at $400 and that to the cat | at $500 hv Officers Saunders and i Rawls who made the investiga I tion. ■--—* Few Cases Before Justice Johnson Justice R. T. Johnson heard sev eral cases in h:s court here this week. Charged with fishing without a license, Leslie Dixon of Farmviilc was fined $5 and taxed with $6.50 costs. Operating a house trailer with out a license, James Malcolm Laic was fined $10 and required to pay $6.50 costs. Operating a motor vehicle with , out proper brakes, George Bryant was fined $5 and required to pay j | $6.50 costs. Profane Language Permissible Under Law In The County Defriulauls <liari:»<l Willi lifting Profane Lan^ua^e Freed In Court Here Angry with someone and want to bombard him with abuse and profane language? Then all you have to do is take a stand on a county highway or road, and let fly all the invectives a forked tongue can spit out and you'll vio late no law. The use of profane language and disorderly conduct were given legal standing in this county with some reservations, of course, this week when two laws were cited in the county record er’s court, one making it no crim inal offense to curse outside town limits or act disorderly away from public buildings or grounds. Charged with using profane lan guage and later with assault and disorderly conduct, several young white men were carried into the county court last Monday. Back in 1913 the North Carolina General Assembly passed the fol lowing law: "If any person shall on any public road or highway and in the hearing of two or more persons, in a loud and boisterous manner, use indecent or profane language, he shall be guilty of .1 misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding $.r>0 or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.” The law is very explicit, hut for some reason that can’t be easily explained away, Martin and fifteen ether counties in the State were exempted from the terms of me law. When it was explained that this county was exempt from that law, the warrant was amended to was then that another iuw, one passed in 1941, that was trotted out to defeat common decency and justice. The 1941 law reads, "If any person shall commit any nuisance, or conduct himself in a disorderly manner in or around any public building and grounds . , . he shall be guilty of a misde meanor and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned in the dis ere tion of the court . . .” The law defines public buildings and grounds as such places as publicly owned buildings; that is, school houses, court houses, governor s mansion, capitol, etc. The law was interpreted as not being ap plicable to such conduct when brazenly displayed in or around a filling station. The defendants in the cases at bar this week gained their free dom when the court found the evidence insufficient to support the assault charges. That the cases are borderline if not brazen or flagrant violations of the laws is fairly well ubstan tiated in the statutes which deal with assault. It has been explain ed that when a person curses an other and causes the second per son to strike the detainer then the person doing the cursing is guilty of passing the first lick. And when a person uses such profane lan guage as to cause fear in another, then he is guilty of assault. While there is no specific law to protect t.hi' citizens outside town limits and away from public buildings against abuse and pro fanity and disordi rly acts, the various towns, as a rule, have or dinances making such brazen acts unlawful. During the meantime, quite a few citizens are planning to petition the county representa tive and urge him to enact a law which will guarantee all people protection from such common acts us were reported at a filling sta tion near Williamston a short time ago. Colonial To Often I\ etc Store Here Sulunltiy Colonial Store will open their new store here in the- Tar Heel building on Thursday of next week. Extensive plans are being made for a big opening, it was an nounced. chai ge the UefrNiitifit > W lilt till ri < j li C t It U | Judge Smith Hears Thirty - One Cases In Countv’s Court i —*—■ l)rfriul:iii(H Kinrtl Total of $.> 10 In Sessions Last Monday Judge J. Calvin Smith handled thirty-one cases in his court last Monday when he held the tribun al in session until about 3:00 o’clock before clearing the docket that afternoon. Fifteen of the thirty-one cases charged speeding. Fines were imposed in the sum of $540. including $315 for speeding. Holding no formal session on i Monday. July 15. when a general , holiday was observed, the court found an accumulated docket fac ing it lust Monday. Proceedings other than those in volving speeding, follow: Calling for a trial by jury, Les ter L. Whitfield was found guilty of drunken driving by Jurymen W. G. Thomas. J. Walter Gur ganus, Fenner Hardison, Jimmie Tyre, W. P. Harris and H. A. Early. The defendant was fined $100 and taxed with the costs, the court recommending that his li cense be revoked for one year. Charged with non support, Mel vin Higgs was sentenced to the roads for three months, the court suspending the road term on con dition that the defendant provide adequate support for his wife and children. ! Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, Roy llollingshead was fin ed $25 and taxed with the costs. Pleading not guilty, Hopie Brooks was adjudged guilty of an assault and was sentenced to the roads for 90 days. The road term was suspended upon the payment of the costs and on the further condition that he does not assault lus wife, Estellu Brooks, for one year. Pleading guilty of issuing a worth’ 'ss check, James C. Over ton was sentenced to the roads fer six months. The road term was "■ pet led upon the payment of j tic costs and on trie further >ndi ley on or before the first Monday m next November. Charred with larceny and re ceiving, James Willis Lloyd failed to answer when called and papers were is.,nod for his immediate ar rest. 1 !l> , , hui .....g Louis i citoit Freeman with bastardy was nol pressed or dismissed. , ■ Francis Chewning was fined $25 and required to pay the costs when tie was adjudged guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a drive'-',; license. One ol the two cases charging Charlie Francis Gray with bas tardy was nol pressed or dismiss ed, but in the second action, Gray was ud.iudgi d guilts. He was sen tenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of the costs and the guaranteed payment ol $3 each week to Ella May Little during the next twelvemonths for the support of his illegitimate child. The defendant is to remain assay from the prosecuting wit ness for one year. Charged with reckless driving, Gene Hass'Is pleaded not guilty. (Continued on page eight) ! Fairly Crnrral Cains In County Tlu,' grip held on most of this rectum b> .1 pi--.- ,igcd dry spell wus loosened a bit early last evening when limited but fairly general rains fell. Nothing like a season was reported but fairly general rains fell. Nothing like a season was reported in most sec tions of the county, but in other returns the dry spell nas been broken and crops are fairly pro mising. In the section from Williamstcn [toward Plymouth and in most of WiUitims and Griffins and a few bordenrg townships, the rain | came too late to insure a normal | production *-l tobacco and, corn* i Fbhly heavy rains fcIt in the we k in the Gold Peinlif ; Poplar Point and Hamilton, tions. and the crops there and.i a few other sections of the eoUB are more promising, reports . clai’ir.
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