SHE ENTERPRISE IS READ BI 0 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME LI—NUMBER 66 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 79, 1048 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ W OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 * > Judge J. C. Smith V~' Handles Eighteen Cases Oil Monday —*,—_—~ , Filler In Comity Court At Session Amounted To More Than $500 • — Handling eighteen eases before a fair-sized number of spectators in less than three hours, Judge J. C. Smith in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday im posed fines amounting to more than $500. Two or three cases were continued: Proceedings: In the case in which Major Pi erce was charged with an assault, it appeared to the court that the prosecution was “frivolous and not required by the public inter est" and the witness, Earl Jones, was taxed with the cost, the de fendant going free. Operating a motor vehicle with out a driver’s license, Herman Whitfield pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for ninety days. i nc vGo'cl’* tct'iti v*. n.i sus pended upon the payment of a $50 fine and the court costs. The court recommended that no license be issued the defendant for one year. The case charging Raymond D. Davis with drunken driving was continued fbr final verdict next Monday. Chester Mooring pleaded guilty and the case charging him with larceny was continued under prayer for judgment until August 30. Pleading guilt.' of an assault with a deadly weapon. Walter Jones was sentenced to the roads for sixty days, the court suspend ing the road term upon the pay ment ot a $20 fine and costs. Hardy Williams was sentenced to the ’oads for sixty days when he pleaded guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon. The road term was suspended upon the pay ment of a $25 fine and costs. Charged with an assault, Wal ter Wilkins pleaded guilty of sim ple assault and the plea was ac cepted by Solicitor Paul D. Rober son. The defendant was sentenc ed to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the term upon the payment of the costs and a $15 fine. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a license, Adrian L. Cobb was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Sarah Jean Getsinger was fined $25 and required to pay the costs. Fred M. Harwood and Malcolm Herbert McWhorter, both charged with allowing unlicensed drivers to operate motor vehicles, were each lined $25 and required to pay the costs. George Wynne pleading guilty of disorderly conduct and resist ing arrest, was sentenced to the roads lor six months. Probable cause of guilt appear ing in the case charging him with larceny, Ananias Thompson was bound over to the county superior court lor trial in September. Bond in the sum of $200 was required. Charged with larceny, George Green was bound over to the su perior court for trial when pro bable cause of guilty was found (Continued on page eight) * Band Parents Club Meets on Monday --o The first meeting for the coming school year of the Band Parents Club will . he. beid,. -v,t—Ibe -fe-vgh school building Monday night at 8:30 for the purpose of electing ^ officers and discussing plans for the year. A rehearsal of the band is to be held during Monday evening and the meeting is to follow this re hearsal. Among the major items of busi ness to be taken up will be the matter of plans for a trip to a nearby town which the band has been invited to make. The invita tion has been tentatively accepted 4 and definite decision is to be made at the club meeting. The rehearsal Monday will con sist of both marching and playing, the musical part to be held in the auditorium after darkness ends; the outdoor drills. I CITIZENS OF TOMORROW The Enterprise takes much pleasure in presenuni another in a picture series of this section's “citizens of tomorrow”. So far none has figured prominently in public affairs, t it as fu ture citizens they have a tremendous assignment to handle in a muddled world. Certain they'll do a belter 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, E. T., four, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Taylor, Williamston; Tommy, two, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Manning, Williamston; Chloe Ann, three, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gurkin, Williamston; Bottom row, R. J . eight, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hardison, Williamston; Lina, nine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kirkman, Jari'ies'viue, and Alex if, nine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Junes, Williamston. DRAFT MEKTING | v-✓ Tentatively scheduled to meet in Davis' Pharmacy this evening at 8:00 o'clock, mem bers oi' the newly created Martin County Draft Board— —Eugene Rice, L. R. Everett and Chas. Gray—will discuss plans for a registration of 18 25 young men and name a board secretary. Offices have been taken on the third floor of the City Hall, hut they have not been occupied as yet. The board will decide whether to hold the registration i:. one center or handle it in various parts of the county. 1948 Town Taxes Are !Now Payable The.nearly 1,500 Williamston town taxpayers will receive no tices of their 1948 tax accounts the latter part of this week. Treasur er Dan Sharpe said today. The last of the notices are being pre pared today and will be placed in the mails just as soon as envelopes are available. The levy this year is approxi mately $63,500 as compared with $01,999 last year. Accounts may be paid now at the treasurer’s office and carry a two percent discount through Sep tember 1. Examination For County Teachers In accordance with state law, all school teachers must have health certificates before starting work week after next. The coun ty health office will handle the examinations between 9:00 a. m. and 12:00 o'clock noon any day in the week except Sunday. While the department is only interested in examining for com municable diseases, more thor ough examinations can be arrang ed. T< achers, coming into the county for the first time, will be X-rayed, but those returning need not have X-rays made for tuber culosis. All teachers residing in the county are asked to report for ex amination-. as so' n as possible. 1-H Dress Revue In Hut Saturday The annual 4-H Dress Revue will be held on Saturday, August 21st, at 10:00 a. m. in the Ameri can Legion hut. There will be ten girls participating in this event. They are: Mary Ola Lilley, Lena Bennett, Edith Rogergon, Grace Rogerson, Peggy Joyce Coltrain, Evelyn Cowan, Margaret An drews, Jean Coltrain, Dorothy Biggs, Mamie Clyde Knox, and possibly others. This revue will climax many hours of planning and hard work for each girl. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Army Asks Draft Of Doctors For Armed Services Nei*«l 6,(KM) Medics In Ail
  • lion To 3,000 Already In Tin* Service The Army will ask Congress in January for authority to draft doctors, it was disclosed this week. Informed Army sources said about liOOO would be needed, in addition to the 3000 now in serv | ice, to give proper care to youths | called up under the draft law. I The act does not call for special ' registration of dgctors as origin ally proposed, although all, those 25 or under must register. There are few, however, who have com pleted their formal education and internship at 25. Subject to the approval of Con gress, the Army wants to call up first the men who received their medical training during World War II at government expense and then did not see service. The Journal of the American Medical Association said recently that thousands of doctors educat ed under the wartime ASTP and Navy V-12 programs were “obli gated" to the government and the people to volunteer now. But an Army source estimated that even if all the men who were educated at government expense should volunteer, the service still would need 3000 to 4000 more. The House draft bill originally proposed that graduates of the ASTP and V-12 programs be call ed up first. This provision was i knocked out after AMA members promised to do all they could to : get enough volunteers. But Army officials now are con vinced that a draft is needed and have called in AMA representa tives to look at Army records. These representatives reportedly ! are convinced that a doctor draft 1 is inevitable. “Hot” Soft Ball i (iaine Scheduled Advance reports declare it'll be j a hot time on the local high school ' d'iarKv.rjd'firAt-AV^-fTftr, mgt