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IB ENTERPRISE IS BEAD BY
?U MH MARTIN COUNTY
>HW ilYS TWICE BACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
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THE ENTERPRISE IS BEAD BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEBB
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 79
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolinu, Tuesday, October 5, 1948
ESTABLISHED 1899
Raise One-Fifth
Of Quota Locally
* For Hungry Tots
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Crusade for Children About
$2,000 Short of Goal
In This County
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The drive sponsored by the
* United Nations in behalf of mil
lions of children facing starvation
^ in war-torn countries is about
one-fifth complete in Martin
County, Mrs. N. C. Green, treas
urer, announced last week-end.
Up until that time, $452.76 had
been raised and reported locally,
leaving the drive just about $2,000
short of its goal.
Most of the town has been solic
ited, but it was pointed out that
the solicitors were unable to see
0 a goodly number of potential sup
porters and a special appeal is be
ing advanced, urging all those
who have not been solicited to di
rect their contributions to the
treasurer at their ^>ery earliest
convenience.
Millions of dollars are being
raised in this and about 40 other
countries for the starving children
who number well up in the tens of
millions. Most of tiie counties in
this state and many of the coun
tries participating in the humane
movement have raised their
quotas. Martin County was late
starting its drive, but it is not
too late for our people to make
contributions and help save a few
little children from starving.
^ The drive was planned by the
United Nations and every penny
raised is going to the places where
aid is needed most. Few contribu
tions have been received from out
side Williamston so far, but it is
hoped that thoughtful people from
all over the county will support
the Crusade for Children by for
warding contributions to Mrs.
► Green, the treasurer.
Contributions not previously ac
knowledged, include the follow
ing:
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Parker, $5;
J. C. Manning, $2; Miss Mary Car
starphen, 25c; Miss Bettie Rogers,
15c; Miss Sarah Wobbleton, 30c;
% T. B. Slade, $1; G. P. Hall, $1; Miss
Lissie Pearce, $1; Mrs. J. S. Get
singer,. $1; J. S. Getsinger, $1; Mrs.
Roy A. Peele, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Thrower, $1; J. H. Roebuck, $’l;
Miss Dorothy Manning, $1; E. R.
Froneberger, $1; Mr. and Mrs.
Milton James, $5; Mrs. C. A.
James, $3; Miss Lorene Rogerson,
50c; Mrs. J. R. Peele, 50c; Mrs.
John A. Manning, $1; York Flor
1 ist, $2; Mrs. J. C. Manning, $1;
Mrs. H. D. Harrison, $1; Mrs. Guy
Thomas, $1; Mrs. Maurice Moore,
$1; Mrs. Bill Peele, $1; Mrs. Ernest
Etheridge, $1; Mrs. Leman Barn
hill, $1; V. J. Spivey, $2; Mrs. J. A.
Wynne, $3; Mrs. C. I. Harris, $1;
Mrs. N. N. Ripley, $1;
J. Paul Simpson, $5; Dr. J. A.
Edens, $5; Mrs. W. I. Skinner, $1;
McClees, $1; Dr. and Mrs. J. D.
y Biggs, $5; Mr. and Mrs. Reg Simp
son, $1; Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Hardison, 50c; Mrs. Carroll Jones,
$1; Mrs. Jim Lowry, $1; Mrs. Hat
tie Edmondson, $1; Mrs. Chas.
Godwin, Jr., 50c; Ella M. Gaylord,
50c; Mrs. R. L. Coburn, $1; Randy
Harris, 50c; Mrs. J. L. Harris, 50c;
Mrs. Louise C. Taylor, $1; Mrs. Ju
lian Anderson, $1; Mrs. Pattie
Spruill, 10c; Mrs. Roy Hudson,
t 40c; Mrs. W. E. Dunn, 50c; Mrs.
Jack Riley, $1; Mrs. R. P. Mon
teith, 50c; Mrs. Evelyn Manning,
^ 25c; Mrs. G. P. Hughes, $1; Mrs.
Irving Margolis, $1; Mrs. W. O.
White, $1; Mrs. H. H. Cowan, $1;
Mrs. C. B. Clark, $1; and Mrs.
Moses Wheeler, $1.
Minor Wreck On
Prison Camp Road
Damage estimated at $82 re
sulted when a car, driven by J. D.
Ward of Bear Grass Township,
and a truck driven by Chas. W.
Lotta, 1000 Burch Avenue, Dur
ham, sideswiped each other on the
old Greenville or Prison Camp
Road, several miles from Wil
liamston, about 10:00 o’clock yes
terday morning.
The vehicles were rounding a
curve and were holding well to
the middle of the narrow road. No
one was hurt, Patrolman B. W.
Parker and M. F. Powers, making
the investigation, said. Damage
to Ward’s 1940 Buick was estimat
ed at $50 and that to Lotta’s Chev
rolet truck at $32.
CITIZENS OF TOMORROW
The Enterprise takes much pleasure in preaentinj another
i in a picture series of this section’s “citizens of tomonow”. So
far none has figured piominently in public affairs, lr it 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.
Reading from left to right are Junior, ten; Mable, twelve; and
Shirley, eight, son and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Casper of
Williamston; Patricia Ann, eleven; Nona, ten; and Ernestine, sev
en, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smithwick, Williamston,
and Betty, eleven; Joe, nine; Marvin, six; Jasper, four and John,
nineteen months, daughter and sons of Mr. and Mrs. V. M.
Jones of Route 1, Williamston.
FIRE PREVENTION
This week is being observed
as Fire Prevention Week
throughout the nation. While
no special program has been
planned here, Fire Chief G. P.
Hall and other firemen and
officials plan to visit the
schools.
Cooler weather yesterday
called for about the first fires
of the season and offieials are
urging all people to check
their heaters and flues and
eliminate every possible fire
hazard.
More Entrants
For Baby Parade
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Thirty-nine new contestants are
being entered in the baby parade
i which will be a feature of Wil
liamston’s annual peanut festival
on October 14, 15 and 16. it was
announced yesterday by Mrs. H.
O. Peel and Mrs. James Bullock,
members yf. the committee hand
ling the parade entrants.
The new contestants are Brenda
K. Roberson, 4; Linda Gurkin, 1
1-2; Margaret Fay and Alton Ray
Harris, 8 months; Alease Baze
more, 16 months; Joe Peele, 18
months; Dianna Cowan, 18
months; Judy Riley, 4; Lynda
Faye Dawson, 2; Judy Rawls, 5;
Wayne Coburn, 2; Joan Grey
Copeland, 4; Edwina Peele, 2 1-2;
Helen Ann Harris, 3; Beverly
Godwin, 2 1-2; Paula Simpson, 2;
Jeffrey Simpson, 5; Jimmie
Rhodes, 5; Johnnie Rogers, 5; Mar
tie Griffin, 5; Douglas Stalls, 5;
Alice Stalls, 3; Catherine Clark, 4;
Craig Ripley, 2; Jackie Manning,
1; Anna Manning, 3; Margaret
Handy, 5; George Mahler, Jr., 10
months; Judy Gurganus, 2; Ben
Courtney, Jr., 3; Betsy Baker,
1 1-2; Judy Anne Moore, 4; Jim
mie Everett, 1; Patsy Holman, 5;
Hoke Roberson, Jr., 4; David
Whitley, 3; Ann Oakley, 5, and
Robert ‘Eugene and Frances Ar
lene Lilley, 8 months.
To date fifty six contestants are
listed with the chairman. Those
wishing to enter their children,
girl or boy, are asked to call Mrs.
H. O. Peele or Mrs. James Bul
lock.
Reviews Work Of
Enforcement Unit
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Reviewing the work of his de
partment for the month of Sep
tember, ABC Officer J. H. Roe
buck stated in his report to the
board that he and his assistants
were quite busy during the period.
Two persons were arrested but
could not be scheduled for trial
immediately. Four gallons of illi
cit liquor were seized. The offic
ers poured out 2,500 gallons of
beer, much of which was contam
inated and down-right filthy.
Thirteen liquor plants were
wrecked, the officers stating that
half of the stills taken were made
of copper.
The officer traveled 1,282 miles
making investigations and carry
ing on the enforcement work.
Local Man Greatly
Improved In Hospital
Quite ill for a week, Mr. G. H.
Harrison, local business man, is
continuing to improve rapidly in
a Rocky Mount hospital. He was
sitting up last week-end and re
( eeiving company.
Local Band Does
Good Job In Big
Durham Parade
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Discipline, Organization As
Well As Playing and Pa
rading Draw Praise
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Take the reports of the towns
people who were there with them,
the comments of the officials and
the unbiased reports of the many
thousands who lined the Main
Street of Durham last Saturday
afternoon and they all add up to
the fact that Williamston’s High
School band did a first class job
in the big parade.
As for the man whose heart
beats followed their every action,
Professor Jack Butler, the direc
tor, says their job was perfect.
They did not make a slip, their be
havior was at all times above re
proach, discipline and organiza
tion were superb. He was elated
at the job they had done and glud
he went along with the invitation
although he found his band was to
be the last in all the parade of
bands and floats.
So well organized was the unit
that it was the third band in the
dining place although it marched
last and it was the second unit in
the vast Duke stadium.
There were bigger bands there,
but not much bigger, there may
have been some better musicians,
but the Green Wave Band was the
only one with a real color guard,
a full set of majorettes, a drum
major, good school colors that
could be seen and read by all, and
with uniforms that were “uni
form” from the tip of the drum
major’s baton to the last echo at
the end of the line. •
Discipline and organization got
the band a big hand from the
throngs when they were prepared
for any event and went into some
drill routines when they found it
necessary to wait for a float to be
repaired while other bands scat
tered about, split up and sat on
the curbs and so on.
Professor Butler and others in
the group with the band heard
many favorable comments and he
and his youngsters received the
commendations of the director of
the Duke band and directors of
the other school bands taking part
in the big parade. There were
about ten units on hand including
a crack American Legion march
ing unit, whose leader sought out
Profesor Butler to congratulate
him and his band on their per
formance.
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Throngs Attend
Church Meeting
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While failing to break old-time
records of five and six thousand,
the annual Primitive Baptist Asso
ciation at Spring Green last week
end attracted unusually large ‘
crowds. An estimated 500 were
present for the Saturday'program,
including Elder B. S. Cowin, for- i
mer pastor, who was forced into
retirement a year or more ago on
account of ill health.
On Sunday an estimated 3,000 j
attended the services which were |
held out of doors. Assisted by !
friends from various parts of the
county, including followers of
other denominations, the member
ship prepared more than enough
food for the throng.
Ministers from various sections
of the State had parts in the pro
gram, and visitors were there
from several states. I
Has Crime Record
Stretching Over
Large Territory
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Man Investigated Here A
Short Time Ago Had
Been Held 43 Times
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Detained here the latter part of
August as one of a group of four
men implicated in trick larceny,
Ernest Davis, colored man, it was
learned this week has a crime re
cord stretching over a large sec
tion of the country. Had the re
cord been available when Davis
and his companions were placed
on trial, it is likely he would have
been adjudged guilty. As it was,
one of the group, accepted the rap
for the quartet and took a 12
month road sentence.
According to FBI records, Davis
started his crime career back in
1926 when he was sentenced to the
roads for gambling in Sumter, S.
C. The following year he was sen
tenced a second time there for the
same offense. In 1939 he was sen
tenced to six years in the Virginia
penitentiary. He broke jail that
year and was given a year for that
in Richmond.
He next appeared in Greenville
in 1933 and was charged with a
traffic law violation. The follow
ing January, Davis was held for
investigation in Rocky Mount.
Just a month later he was held for
investigation in Columbia, S. C.
Jumping to Buffalo, N. Y., he was
fined $10 for gambling in July,
1934. He was held for investiga
tion in Wilson in December, 1934,
and was interrogated in Durham
in April, 1935. Two months later
he was charged with gambling in
Oil Cioy, Pa., and in December,
1935, he was investigated in Wil
son. In May, 1936, he appeared
in Washington, D. C., and was held
for investigation. Twenty days
later he was sentenced to the
roads there for disorde. ly conduct
and started serving a term on the
roads at Lorton, Va., in June, 1936.
His next stop was in Raleigh in
October, 1937, where he was held
for investigation. In December of
1937 he was charged with robbery
in Richmond. The following May
he was booked for vagrancy in
Louisville, Ky. At New Castle,
Pa., in June, 1938, he was “con
cerned and interested in gamb
ling.” A few days later he was
sentenced to the roads for a
month for gambling in Wilming
ton, Delaware. Less than two
months later he was charged with
robbery in Whiteville, N. C. On
September 5, 1938, he was involv
ed in a confidence game at Nash
ville, N. C., and four days later
he was booked in Raleigh for false
pretense. In July, 1930, lie was
charged with short changing at
Farrell, Pa. And then to climax
his record, he was booked for
“crooked gambling” in Miami,
drawing 12 days on the roads and
a $29.24 fine in February, 1940.
On March 25, 1940, he was sen
tenced to the roads in Miami for
larceny by trick. In September,
1940, he went to Tallahassee, Fla.,
and was investigated. A month
later he was held in Lakeland,
Fla., for vagrancy, but was re
leased on condition that lie leave
town. On February 22, 1941, he
was fined $100 in Jacksonville,
Fla., for playing the old flim-flam
game. Drunk in Raleigh in April,
1941, he drew thirty days on the
roads. The act and sentence were
duplicated in Greensboro on Sep
tember 4, 1941. On October 2.
1941, he was charged with flim
flamming in Rocky Mount, and
was held two days later for inves
tigation in Durham. In Hinesville,
Ga.,-he was sentenced to the roads
for 12 months for cheating and
swindling.
Moving north, he wgs charged
with playing the shell game in
Petersburg on February 11, 1943,
and a few days later was charged
with the possession of liquor in
Buffalo, N. Y. In June of 1943 he
was back in Washington City,
playing the ole shell game. He
moved to Norfolk in July, 1943,
where he was booked for gaming
ard as a sick nuisance. His next
stop was in September, 1943, at
Lumberton where he was charged
with gambling. His next stop was
at Newport News on February 7,
1944, where he was fined $12.50
and sentenced to jail for ten days
for being drunk. On February 28,
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Tobacco Prices Set All-Time
High Record Here Yesterday
Hear Possibility
Of Paving Block
On Local Street
Town Commissioners lloM
A Short Session Here
Last Evening
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In a fairly short session, one
lasting about one and one-half
hours, the local town commission
ers handled routine duties, dis
cussed the possibility of paving a
block on Smithwick Street and
Franklin Street from Smithwick
to Haughton. heard a report on the
rat eradication program and car
ried over right much business un
til a special meeting is called
within the next ten days or two
weeks.
A beer license waS issued to
Sadie R. Joyner for sale of the
beverage at the old Duck Inn site.
Appearing before the meeting,
Mr. Brown, representative of the
State Board of Health who is as
sisting in the rat eradication pro
gram, reported on the progress of
the drive. “We found fleas and
ticks on the rats, indicating there
is a potential health hazard pres
ent,” Mr. Brown said, adding that
no report had been received from
the State laboratory on the blood
tests.
Pointing out that a rat eats and
destroys annually property valued
at $22 a year, the health repre
sentative stated that the rat popu
lation is greater than the human
population, that to successfully
combat the rodent rubbish heaps
and other dump.A must be cleaned
up. "Eliminate the rat’s food
supply and destroy his living
quarters and you’ll eliminate the
menace,” he declared.
"The rat problem is similar to
a thorn in the flesh. You can
treat and heal over the wound
without removing the thorn, but
you have not eliminated the trou
ble. We are making ready to pois
on the rats here, but to successful
ly combat the rodent his feeding
places and living quarters must be
eliminated,” he said and went oh
to suggest that an ordinance be
passed, looking to 100 percent co
operation- in making the town lit
erally rat proof and more sightly.
Sanitarian W. B. Gaylord stated
that the people were beginning to
cooperate with the workers, that
only three persons hud refused in
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Democrats Flan
Big Party Hally
Democrats by the hundreds will
launch the 1948 campaign at a big
First District rally in Washington
Friday afternoon of this week,
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
announcing that extensive plans
had been made for the big politi
cal event. 40
> Attracting just about every one
of the state's political leaders, the
rally will be held in the John
Small School auditorium, begin
ning at 5:00 o’clock that afternoon,
followed by a free barbecue be
tween 7:30 and 8:00 o’clock that
evening.
The Beaufort County Executive
Committee is extending an invita
tion to all good Democrats te at
tend the rally. Reports indicate
that Martin County will be well
represented, that the rally will be
one of the largest held in this dis
trict in recent years.
KOIJMMJI
Activities subsided on the
crime front in this county last
week-end when only eight
persons were arrested and
temporarily detained in the
county jail, the list including
six colored men, one white
man and one colored woman.
Five were booked for pub
lic drunkenness and one each
for an assault and drunken
driving while slid another
was taken into custody for
"skipping'" bond.
DAMAGED
Wo accurate reports are to
be had, but it is fairly certain
that rains falling in this sec
tion during the past week
have damaged the peanut
crop to some extent.
It is estimated that 65 per
cent of the crop has been dug
and stacked, and where the
peanuts were properly stack
ed they are thought to have
weathered the rains all right.
Some of those peanuts plowed
up and not stacked are pos
sibly damaged, but no one
will venture to guess what the
rains have done to those pea
nuts still in the ground.
Draw Sixty-Six
People For Jury
Duty Next Month
I. isl Intitules Wlutt* Women
Ami Colored Men For
Special Term
Sixtv-six Martin County citi
zens, including white women and
two colored men were drawn by
the- Martin County Commissioners
in their regular October meeting
for jury duty during the two-week
term of the Martin Superior Court
convening the tail'd week in Nov
ember. Nothing but civil cases are
to be tried tim ing the special
term.
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, com
pleting a two-week term of mix
ed court last week, has been as
signed to preside over the special
term.
The thirty citizens drawn foi
jury duty the first week, include:
Jamcsville: LeRoy Williams, J.
Tilghman Coltrain, Edward L.
Martin and Joseph James (color
ed).
Williams: James Smithwiek and
James If. Perry.
Griffins: Marion Hodges, Jesse
11 Peel, Raleigh D. Harrington
and Roland C. Griffin.
Bear Grass: W, G. Leary, Leon
Hall Rawls, Johnnie W. Wynne.
Willlamston: A. T. Edwards, B.
A. Critcher, Jr., W. Harrell Ever
ett. N. C, Green, J. Paul Simpson,
J. O. Manning, Jr., J. W. Garris,
C Milton James, Wheeler Martin
Ward and J. Haywood Rogers.
Robersonville: Mrs. B. E. And
erson, J H. Coburn, R. J. Langley
and N. R. Roberson.
Goose Nest: H. B. Bennett, Jr.,
1 L. Harrell, E. L. f ields (color
ed ).
The names of the thirty-three
persons drawn for jury duty the
second week follow:
Jamcsville: Geo. H. Manning,
Mrs. Paul Holliday and Ralph Da
venport.
Williams; L. K. Reason and Ar
thur D. Johnson.
Griffins: Robert Hodges Peel,
Paul Harrington, Noah R. Rober
son. Vance L. Peel, Geo. E. Peel
and J. Arthur Corey,
Bear Grass: Ernest Harrison.
Willlamston: W. J. Mills, Jr.,
Clyde Williams, David Gurganus,
J. H Black, R. W. Bondurant,
Bruce Chesson, Ira Meeks, J R.
(Continued on page five)
Young Man's Body
Is En Route Home
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The body of Seaman Oniley S.
Cowan, Jr., is en route home from
the Mediterranean area for burial
iri native soil, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. S. Cowan, were advised
by the government last Saturday.
A ship carrying his and the bodies
of several hundred more young
Americans landed at Philadelphia
that day. His body is expected to
reach here in three or four weeks.
Seaman Cowan was killed in ac
tion on August 111, 1044, in the
Mediterranean theater while serv
ing on a destroyer as a metal
Smith, 3/c.
His body is the*fourtee.ith of a
Martin County young man to have
been returned for burial in native
soil.
Third Of Million
Pounds Are Sold
For $58. Average
Sulrw Went Over the Ki^lil
Milliou-Pouml Mark
Here IMontiav
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All poundage and price records
carefully recorded on Williams
ton’s Tobacco Market during the
course of the past years were
shattered last Friday and yester
day.
A new poundage record for a'
single days was set last Friday
when 358,380 pounds were sold,
and a new high mark in prices
was reached yesterday when the
average for the entire sale, in
cluding all types, averaged right
at $58. One floor reported an un
official average of $80. Very few
piles sold under $50, and sales
held mainly in the 65- to 69-cent
range with a few bringing 70
cents.
Farmers and others were start
led by the big, bullish price trend.
Some reasoned that the crop is
.just about gone and that the com
panies are now convinced that the
crop is possibly shorter than was
predicted.
The American Company possi
bly led the purchases yesterday
but the Reynolds and Liggett
companies were in there, too. The
Imperial reached its highest price
peak yesterday, but even with the
price increase it w s cornered by
the domestic companies.
Selling nearly one-third of a
million pounds yesterday, the
market went over the eight mil
lion-pound mark. While some pre
dict that another million pounds
will be handled before the close of
the season, the miyt conservative
observers are of the opinion total
sales will not exceed eight and
three-quarter million pounds.
Prices on the market yesterday
climbed about three cents a pound
over those of last Friday when one
I of the best averages of the season
i up until that time was recorded.
| During the first 32 sales days of
last season, the market here sold
7,445,110 pounds for an average of
$40.84. The sales during the first
32 days of the current season
stand right at 8,020,000 pounds at
an average of $48.
A review of market activities
for the belt follows:
Strong demand on the part of
manufacturers and dealers during
the seventh week of Eastern North
Carolina flue-cured tobacco sales
resulted in highest averages of the
season for practically all grades
report the United States and
North Carolina Departments of
Agriculture.
The increases in grade averages
for the week ending September 30
ranged from 25c to $7.00 per hun
dred when compared with the
previous week. The most telling
gains were made in leaf and lugs
which comprised two-thirds of all
marketings. These grades were
up generally $3.00 to $6.00. Smok
1 ing leaf and primings were $1.00
i to $4.00 higher and cutters steady
to stronger. While the practical
j top averages was $67.00, it was
not unusual for individual bas
kets of best quality offerings to
bring $70 00 per hundred.
Volume of sales was fairly
heavy. For the week ending Fri
day, October 1, gross sales totaled
37,765,517 pounds and averaged
$54.55 per hundred. This average
exceeded last week's by $4.13 for
the highest of the season. Season
gross sales now stand at 260,170,
471 pounds averaging $48.07.
The quality was slightly better
to also influence the higher gen
eral average. More cutters, lugs,
and better leaf grades were sold
than during the previous week.
There were less lower leaf and
nondescript. Principal offerings
wen' common to good leaf, low
and fair cutters, fair and good
Jugs, and good smoking leaf. In
spite of the unfavorable weather
for handling tobacco, only a very
small amount was in unsafe keep
ing order or damaged.
With the higher prices came a
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County Board Of
Commissioners In
Regular Meeting
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Board Ordrr* $30,000 In
Bonds (lushed To Finance
Two .School Buildings
Holding about a three-hour .ses
sion Monday, the Martin County
\ Commissioners handled routine
duties, ordered $30,000 in bonds
! cashed, heard several road dele
gations, drew a jury and appoint
ed a constable for Goose Nest
Township, in addition to a few
other minor duties.
The $30,000 in bonds now held
in the reserve fund will be with
drawn to finance school construc
tion projects at Bear Grass, Wil
liamston and Hobersonville.
The board recommended that
the road leading off U. S. No. 64
via Williams Lower School, thence
northwardly to connect with the
Island Road be taken over and
maintained by the State.
A Jamesville Township delega
tion. headed bv F. W. Holliday
and armed with a 55-signature pe
tition, asked the commissioners to
recommend the paving of the road
leading off N. C. 171 at Carl Grif
lin's, running thence southwardly
by Mrs. Annie Mae Lilley’s, Jesse
Martin’s and others to the Sue
Jolly Cross Roads, near Geo. W.
Martin, Jr.'s homeplace, the road,
about two miles long, accommo
dates 55 families.
The board ordered an adjust
ment in the tax account of J. D.
Thrower, Jr., when it was pointed
out that a 1938 Chevrolet instead
of a 1939 model had been listed on
the books.
Paul Wynne, colored of Rober
sonville Township, was relieved of
poll tax payments on account of
partial blindness.
Wiley Cratt was appointed con
■ stable of Goose Nest Township to
j succeed Edmond Early who was
forced to retire some time ago
when he suffered a broken hip.
The appointment was supported
j by petition.
Reporting to the board, Tax Col
lector M. L. Peel stated that $136,
[779.01 of the#$283,168.48 levy for
1948 had been collected. It was
also reported that all but $9,695.71
of the $234,470.99 levy for 1947
had been collected, and that there
was a balance of only $3,066.00 to
; be collected out of the levy of
$207,294.63 for 1946.
I he various officers reported in
[ come from fees, fines, eos*s and
other charges for the month of
September, as follows:
Sheriff’s office, $306.77; register
of deeds, $376.75; clerk of court,
$1,370 in recorder’s court fines,
$661.25 in recorder’s court costs,
$190.10 in superior court costs and
lines, and $190.17 in miscellaneous
fees.
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Inmate Dies In
The County Home
Leo Haek, 87, died in the Martin
County Home Sunday evening at
0:00 o’clock. He had been in de
clining health for a number of
years and his condition had been
serious for about three weeks.
A native of Michigan, he came
to this county years ago in answer
to an advertisement for a hus
band. He was married in the
Jamesvillo section where he lived
a number of years, moving to the
county home in 1932 some time af
ter the death of his wife. His fath
er was a German and his mother
was English.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the Cedar Branch Baptist
Church Monday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock by Rev. W. B. Harrington,
and interment was in the church
yard cemetery.
As far as it is known he leaves
no immediate relatives.
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Mrs. Crilchcr Much
Improvetl In Hospital
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Suffering a compressed fracture
of her back in a fall at her home
here on North Watts Street a week
ago, Mrs Roger Critcher, after in
tense suffering, was reported to
day to be resting more comfort
ably in a Richmond hospital for
treatment.
She is expected to transfer to f
the local hospital in about tin
days.