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-'.VJ ENTERPRISE IS READ BX OVER MM MARTfN COUNT! MMBIXH TWICE EACH WEBB ITHE ENTERPRISE wA THE ENTERPRISE 18 MAS OVER 3.0M MARTIN FAMILIES TWICE EACE Ml VOLUME LI—NUMBER 82 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 14, 1948 ESTABLISHED 1899 Explains Changes Proposed In The * State Constitution Be Unnecessary To Vote Against Registration In Special Elections H? Albert Coats, Director 4V Institute of Government On Tuesday, November 2, the • people of North Carolina will .vote: Tor determining results of special elections by majority votes, or Against determining re sults of special elections by ma jority votes. Present voting requirements: Article VII, Section 7, of the North Carolina Constitution pro vides that: “No county, city, town, or. other municipal corporation ^ shall contract any debt, pledge its faith or loan its credit, nor shall any tax be levied or collected by any officers of the same except for the necessary expenses there of, unless by a vote of the ma jority of the qualified voters therein.” The proposed change in voting requirement: For the words in the last clause of the foregoing pro vision—“unless by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein", the proposed amend ment would substitute the follow ing words—“unless approved by a majority of those who shall vote thereon in any election held for such purpose.” ' To illustrate the meaning of q this proposed change: Under the present voting requirement, if 1000 voters are registered (“quali fied” voters are held to be “regis tered” voters) 501 votes must be cast for the proposition voted on in order to vote it in. If 500 votes are cast for and one against it, the proposition is voted out, because , 500 votes are not a “majority, of the qualified voters.” Under the proposed voting re quirement, if 1000 voters are reg istered and 501 vote—251 for and 250 against it, the proposition is i vOted in, because 251 are a ma jority of those voting. Similarly, , if only 100 of the 1000 registered V Vote, and 51 are for and 49 against [ it, the proposition is voted in, be I cause 51 are a majority of those voting. Issues involved in the change: It is obviously more difficult to levy a tax or incur a debt under the present voting requirement than under the proposed voting ' requirement. Or, to put it an i other way, it is obviously more diffficult for people to get what they want through a tax levy or a bond issue under the present than under the proposed voting re quirement. In still other words, the present voting requirement makes it easier for people to keep down debts and taxes, while the proposed voting requirement makes it easier for people to get the services they want. It is for f the voters to say which is the wiser policy and this policy will be decided on Tuesday, Novem ber 2, by a majority of those vet oing rather than by a majority of those registered. Reasons cited for and against the change follow the line of cleavage outlined in the foregoing paragraph. One official wrote in opposition to the change: “My ob V servation has been that in elec tions called for approval of the is suance of bonds, we have a very ' small registration and if the elec tion is carried by only a majority of those who vote, then we have a bond issue authorized and sad dled upon the tax paying unit by only a small proportion of the people. I think the present ar- j rangement is better and fairer. If i a majority of the people do not j want bonds issued, then I think a ! minority should not be permitted i to authorize it.” Another writes:, “I do not think it would be wise to change the voting requirement in elections on necessary ex- j penses There are so many pres sure groups today just waiting for j an Opportunity to further some pet project and in most cases the pressure groups are composed of people who do not own property and, therefore, would not have to bear the additional tax burden.” Another writes: “I think that we! should use every effort possible to! hold down our bonded indebted- i ness; therefore my thought is that (Continued from Page Seven) Few Register In County So Far For November Election Few names were added to the registration books in this county last Saturday, indicating that no great interest is being shown in the general election scheduled for November 2; at least, not by po tential new voters. Eight were registered by the two Williamston precinct regis trars, reports from other precincts ! stating that only a few names j were added to the list while in at least one precinct not a single per son registered. As far ,as it could be learned, . the registration is holding to a straight Democratic ticket. It was stated that everyone who cn ] tered his name on the general re gistration book also asked to be registered in the Democratic pri mary book. It has been pointed | out that one does not have to state ! his party affiliation to get his 01 " - ***N her name on the general registra tion book to vote in general elec . tions, but to participate in a Democratic ' primary election he | or she must state party affiliation j and be registered in the primary ■ registration book. The same : holds for the Republicans. The splinter parties, even though they ; will be on the general election i ticket in the November election, j are not recognized in the primary 1 elections. However, regardless of party affiliation or political be liefs, one may register and par ticipate in the general election. The registration books will be open next Saturday and the fol lowing Saturday and all those who have not registered are urg ed to do so. The books are open for the two Williamston precincts. No. 1 in the courthouse and No. 2 in S. H. Grimes’ office on Balti more Sheet. BLOCKED i With the season opening to morrow for taking squirrel and deer, many hunters in this section will find the paths leading into the swamps in this section blocked by water. Recent rains have filled the swamps and if there’s much hunting done it will be on high land or in other sec tions, reports declare. Local hunters are making ready for a busy season. The Broad Creek Club sailed the Morattoc down the river ear ly this week, and the Conine Club reviewed Its rules and regulatleas and accepted new members this week. Clubs in other sections of the county are all set for the season. Raise One-Third Of County Quota For Hungry Tots l —*— ! Rol><‘r*oiivi!le Itaixo $83. To PuhIi Total To Dale To $842.45 The drive to raise $2,500 for the slowly starving children of war torn countries continues, late re ports from Mrs. N. C. Green, the county chairman, stating that a total of $842.45 or about one-third | of the quota assigned this county 1 had been raised and reported, t Robersonville raised and reported collections in the sum of $83.79 to push the drive over the one-third mark. No time limit for closing the drive has been set, but the treas urer is anxious to complete it and turn the contributions over to the United Nations Crusade for Chil dren. Those persons who have not beep solicited and have made no donations to the worthy cause are urged to forward cash or checks to the treasurer in Wil liamston. Contributions, not previously reported, follow: A. friend, $1; Mrs. Bill Carstar phen, $1; Blue Star Cleaners, $5; Dixie Motors, $25; Chas. H. Jenk ins Co., $10; Williamston Motor Co., $10; Roanoke Chevrolet Co., $10; Gulf Stream Station, $1; Jer nigan Cafe, 50c; John E. Pope, $1; Skinner Tobacco Co., $5; King To bacco Company, $5; Rev. and Mrs. John Hardy, $2; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Barnhill, $2; Janet Cox, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bunting, $2; Williamston Peanut Co., $10; N. C. Green, Agent Sinclair Oil Co., $10; J. W. Snead, $1; Geo. C. Griffin, Jr., $2; Mrs. John Wier, $1; Char lie Davis, $1; R. L. Coburn, $2; Mrs. C. J. Goodman, $1; Mrs. F. J. Margolis, $1; Mrs. W. O. Griffin, $1. , The Williamston High School raised $21.18, by grades, as fol lows: Miss Privett, $1.55; Mrs. Sumner, $3; Miss Roberts, 40c; B. K. Hopkins, $1.82; Miss Tilley, $1.20; Mr. Butler, $1.10; Mr. May nard, 55c; Mr. Cox, 85c; Mrs. Shul ler, $2.50; Mrs. Corey, $1.00; Miss Byrum, $1.07; Miss Best, 79c; Miss Whitley, $4; and Mrs. White, $1.35. Justices of Peace Hear Dozen Cases In Past Few Days One-tliir<l of the Case* Are Sent To Higher Courts For Trial Justices R. T. Johnson and John i L. Hassell handled a dozen cases in their courts here during the past few days, but one-third of them were sent to the higher courts for final action. Cases handled by Justice John son include the following: Charged with aiding and abet ting in the larceny of tobaoeo in transit from the warehouse floors to the packing room of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Ben Edwards and Perlie Williams were bound over to the county court. James Brown, charged with op erating a house for gambling and . illicit liquor constituting a nuis ance, was bound over to the ' county court for trial on October 18. J Charged with the possession of illicit liquor for the purpose of , sale, Charlie Moore, colored, was required to post bond for his ap pearance in the county court for ; trial next Monday. Pleading guilty of hunting out l of season, George Bailey was fin ed $15 and taxed with $5,85 costs. Justice Hassell handled the fol lowing cases: | Charged with assault with deadly weapons, Robert Crowell , and Fannie Crowell Were adjudg ed guilty of simple assault and were taxed with $8.75 costs. Robert Bonner, charged with disorderly conduct, was taxed j with $7.25 costs. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of $6.75 costs in the case charging Willie Brown with , simple assault. Rufus Taylor, charged with disorderly conduct, was required to pry $5.50 costs. Booked for disorderly conduct Johnnie Parker was fined $5 and taxed with the costs. Charged with public drunken ness, George Bond and John A, Philpot were each fined $5 and texed with $7.50 costs. Two From County On Magazine Staff A. E. Manning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Manning of Griffins Township, and Miss Elizabeth) i Manning, daughter of ' Mr. and j Mrs. Clyde Manning of Williams- \ ton are on the'staff of ‘Pieces of Eight,” magazine published at East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville. The young man is art editor, and the young lady is assistant business manager. Hamilton Girl Member Of Choir At Meredith Miss Idalia Oglesby of Hamil ; ton has earned a place on the i choir at Meredith College, Ral eigh, Dr. Harry E. Cooper, head ofj the college music department, an I nounced last week-end. Young Men Escape Uninjured In Car Accident Thursday ■■ • Marliine Turns Over Twice In Wild Ride Over 127. Yard Course Ralph Gene Gardner, 19, and his young passenger companion, Clarence Brown, escaped without a scratch when their car, a 1948 Kaiser, went out of control be tween Jamesville and Dardens at 6:45 o’clock last Tuesday evening. Driving his father's eight-day old car, the Gardner young man was rounding a curve just this side of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad crossing when he started to light a cigarette. The car ran off the right side of the road and traveled 57 yards down the shoul der before striking a signal block at the crossing. Swerving to the left the car went down the rail road seventy yards, turning over twice along the way. It was first thought that some one had been badly injured or possibly killed and an immediate investigation was ordered. Pa trolman J. T. Rowe received the call here and he made the inves tigation. Gardner declared that he was driving only forty-five miles an hour at the time of the accident, explaining that he turned his at tention from the road while try ing to light a cigarette, that he ran off the concrete and lost control of thg machine. Purchased just eight days pre viously by the driver’s father, Mr. W. J. Gardner, RFD 1, Willian^s ton, the car was damaged about $1,000, Patrolman Rowe estimat ed. The accident was the second one bordering on the serious side in the Jamesville area in three days. It was the 103rd motor vehicle < (Continued on page seven) -o Inspected Eight Hundred Vehicles Opening last Tuesday for a five day period, the North Carolina motor vehicle inspection lane had handled approximately 800 ears and trucks up until shortly before noon today. The lane will be closed here fof the period at noon Saturday, and is to reopen on November 10 for six days. All 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944 and 1945 model vehicles are to be in spected before the last day of this month. The 1940 and 1942 models are to be inspected before Novem ber 30, and the dead line for in spection of 1940 and 1949 models is December 31. Open New Road In Griffin* Township I Mudbound for years, the Farm Life section of Griffins Township is just about fixed for all-year travel. A new road, running via Sniithwicks Creek, is being open ed this week. All but one mile of the new road was opened yester day, and the remainder of the route will be opened tomorrow or Saturday, depending on the weather. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . For the past several years more highway and street ac cidents were reported in this county in October than in any other month in the year. While the wreckage1 business is off to a good start, it is not up to the speed record ed a year ago when eighteen accidents were reported dur- j ing the month. ! The following tabulations ' offer a comparison of the ac- j cident trend: first, by con es-' ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 41st Week Accidents I»j’d Killed Dam'ge 1948 5 2 0 $ 1*100 1947 310 100 Comparisons To Date 1948 102 52 2 $22,450 1947 105 53 3 22,090 Thousands Expected to Attend First Annual Peanut Festival Opening Here This Afternoon Mile - Long Parade Starts Moving At 1:30 P. M. Friday Army Secretary Speak* Fri day at 3:00; Spectacu lar Floats Prepared With all details arranged and fair weather promised, Williams ton's Boosters are all set to open the town’s first annual Peanut Festival this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock and to cany the three-day program to a successful conclus ion with an amateur program in the high school auditorium Satur day night. The almost unanimous coopera tion of merchants, professional men and others has made it pos sible to rush through extensive arrangements for the three-day event which is expected to attract thousands of visitors. Press ser- j vices'in two states are calling for stories and pictures, and Life Ma gazine, it was reported, will con sider publication of pictures. Present indications point to one of the best and largest parades seen in the State this year. The program, as a whole, is packed with entertainment and special events will add to the enjoyment for all who attend. Ten of the fifteen prize-com peting floats had been completed early today and the others will be I ready before parade time at 1:30 ► o’clock Friday. Observers, softer I attending parades in several cities ! during the past few months, de clare the make-up for the parade here beats ’em all. The first in the series of pro ■ gram events is scheduled prompt ly this afternoon at 3:00 o’clock ! when the Marine Band from | Cherry Point gives a concert from mobile stands in front of the Guaranty Bank. The first division of the baby parade, made up of 130 white children, forms on Washington Street at 3:30 this af ternoon and moves down Main Street to Watts and back again to the judges’ stand where L. B. Wynne will preside as master of ceremonies. The second division, including thirty-nine colored chil dren, starts moving from Wash ington and follows the same course with Jesse Rogers taking over as master of ceremonies. Street dances follow tonight on Washington Street at 9:00 o’clock, lasting until midnight. There’ll be special contests at intervals during the dance. Friday, October 15 Army Secretary Kenneth Roy all is scheduled to be here in time j to be in the parade which is slat ed to start moving at 1:30 o'clock and clear in time for the Secre tary to go on the air with a poli- | tieal speech at 3:00 o’clock. He I will speak from a stand near the j corner of Smithwiek and Main: Streets. All details have been; worked out for the parade. The 75 units, constituting three divis ions and measuring just about one mile in length, will form on Mar shall, Warren, Park and Williams Streets, move into Haughton, pro-! feed down Haughton, to Washing-1 ton Street, to Main down Main to Watts and then down Watts and! back to starting point. Head Mar- i shal Blue Manning has worked out a schedule to form and keep the parade moving without a hitch. Secretary Royall will speak for i thirty minutes and his talk will be broadcast over the Williamston Tobacco Radio Network. The pa rade arid preliminaries for the ad- j dress are to be completed not lat- i er than 3:00 o’clock, meaning there must be no delay in forming and clearing the parade. Friday evening at ii:00 o'clock, i the Robersonvillo and Williams-' ton football teams meet in a con ference game or. the high school j field here. The regular night ad- j mission rate will prevail for this event. (Continued on page eight) Cordial Welcome Extended All To Three-Day Festival Williamston's citizenry, white and colored, are making every ef fort to welcome the thousands ex pected here for the three-day Pea nut Festival opening with a band concert at 3:00 o’clock this after noon, followed by days of enter taining events. Attractive and original window displays have been prepared by a majority df the business firms, and peanuts, attached to vines, are hanging from telephone and light poles on the streets. Flags are flying in the streets and welcome signs are hanging from nearly every business house in the town, Business firms and hundreds of citizens, white and colored, have pledged their support to the pro ject which is to be highlighted at 1:30 Friday afternoon by the big gest parade ever attempted in this section. Traffic will be routed around the main business blocks, and the streets from Watts to Haughton and from Main to Railroad will be cleared for the events and safe ty of all. The baby parade this afternoon and contents will get valuable prizes donated by various firms and individuals. The prizes are on display in the Employment Service Office show window in the apartment building. Everybody is invited and wel come to attend the program. Former Resident Fatally Hurt In Fall At Norfolk —*— Funeral Held Here Wednes day Afternoon For Ver nol Forrest Jueksoii Last rites were conducted at Biggs Funeral Home on West Main Street here yesterday after noon at 2:30 o'clock for Vernol Forrest Jackson, Sr., who died early the day before in a Norfolk hospital of injuries sustained in a fall there. Rev. John L. Goff, pas tor of the local Christian church, assisted by Rev. D. D. Ellis, Nor folk minister, conducted the ser vice. Interment was in Wil liamston's Woodlawn Cemetery. The son of Mrs. Mamie Simpson Jackson, now of Williamston, and the late Samuel T. Jackson of Jamesvillc, he was born in Beau fort County 44 years ago on Oc tober 4, 1904. When quite young he moved with his parents to Jamesvillc where he worked in his father’s store. About twenty years ago he moved to Raleigh where he worked as a mechanic for two years before locating in Washington, D. C. He later made his home in Norfolk where he en gaged in the produce business be fore entering construction work. Reports reaching here stated he was standing on a 10-foot build ing scaffold and was knocked off by a falling timber, his head strik ing concrete. He was operated on in a Norfolk hospital but never regained consciousness. When a young man he was mar ried in Jamesville to Miss Annie Mae Dawes, Following her death a number of years ago, he was married in Norfolk. Three children survive the first union, two sons, Vernol F. Jackson, Jr., of Portsmouth, and Samuel T, Jackson of Richmond, and one daughter, Mrs. Noah T. Leggett of Robersonville. Twq,sons, Francis G. and Jos. Henry Jackson, both of Norfolk, survive the second union. Surviving also are his wi dow, Mrs. Katherine Rudacil Jackson; his mother, and four sis ters, Mrs. Garcie Carroll, of Gar ner, N. C„ Mrs. Mildred Arthur of Driver, Va., Mrs. Cottie Liles of Richmond, and Mrs. Margie E. Heath of Williamston. /VwiiHl llurvfHl In A (mill (oinplrtc In Tin• County Interrupted by unfavorable weather, the peanut harvest is nearing completion in this coun ty, farmers stating that with good weather the remainder of the week the task will have been completed by Saturday. According to scattered reports that portion of the crop now being dug is better than that harvested I earlier in the season. The support price has been j boosted by about 50 points per! hundred pounds for the current rop by the stabilization coopera-> live. j TOBACCO SALKS ■N Despite the delivery of the “scrappings” in fairly large quantities, tobacco prices continpe to hold up unusually well, a report from the local market late yesterday stat ing that 62,156 pounds aver aged $52.91. Many of those selling on the market this week were completing the marketing of their crops and their offerings included trash grades accumulated over a period of weeks. Through yesterday the market had sold 8,803,198 pounds for an average of $48.42. Issued Nineteen Licenses To Wed In Marlin County Ishtiunee To While (ionpies l.iii^esl for Any Sep tember on Keehnl Nineteen marriage licenses were issued in this county last month by the office of the register of deeds. While the combined issu ance is just about average for the past twelve years, more licenses were issued to white couples dur ing the period than in any other September on record. Apparently the peacetime draft had little ef fect on Cupid’s work during the month. Licenses were issued to fourteen white and five colored couples last month in the county, as follows: White John A. Harrison, HKD 1, Rob erson ville, and Emma Lee Bullock of Robersonville. James R. Griffin, RFD 1, Wil laimston, and Gladys B. Godard of Jamesville. David B. Manning and Annie Virginia Chesson, both of Wil* I liamston. Reginald Parker Peele and' Martha Lillian Mendenhall, both! of Williamston. Linwood Stanley Weuthersbee1 and Idonia Pierce, both of Rober sonville. Marcum Roebuck and Evelyn Keel, both of Robersonville. Julius M. Jackson, RFD 5, Greenville, and Margaret Ade laide Bullock, RFD 1, Roberson ville. Dallas Taylor, RFD 3, Williams ton, and Delia Frances Revels. • RFD 1, Williamston. C. B. Taylor. RFD 3, Williams ton, and Susie Gray Taylor, RFD 2, Williamston. Harry S. James, Jr., and Lela M. Cartwright, both of WeeksviMe. Alvin Octavius Everett of Ham ilton and Edna Ruth Smith of Pal myra. Elton Ray Martin of Roberson ville and Be-ttie Lorene Nobles of Stokes. Paul Clifton Bailey of Hobgood and Bettie Mae Smith of Palmyra. (Continued on page eight) Judge J. C. Smith Has Sixteen Cases In County’s Court j ♦ ■— Fines Imposed At Session Last Monday Amount To $350.00 Judge J. Calvin Smith called | sixteen cases in the Martin Coun ty Recorder’s Court last Monday, completing the trials in time to ; recess for lunch. Fines imposed during the three-hour session amounted to $350. There were only two speedsters in court and no one was called to answer for operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license or for not stopping at a road intersection. Proceedings: Charged with non-support, El mer Mizelle was sentenced to the roads for mne months, the court I suspendnig the road term on con ! dition that the defendant pay $100 j immediately and $5 each week for the support of his child. He is to make the weekly payments for two years and if he fails, the road sentence is to be invoked. Pleading guilty of simple as sault, James E. Moore was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days. The term was suspended upon the payment of a $20 fine and costs and on the further con dition that he does not go upon l the premises of Charlie, Lenora or Rubv Whiehard for two years j without first obtaining their per j mission. j His ease having been continu ed under prayer for judgment and it appearing to the court that the' conditions of the judgment could not be met, Kelly Wilkins, charg ed with non-support, was sen tenced to the roads for four months. Charged with speeding. Holi way Holman of Edenton pleaded guilty and was fined $15 with the costs attached. Adjudged guilty over his plea of innocence, Lee Rollins, charged I with an assault with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to jail for two days, fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Willie Taylor, colored, pleaded guilty of an assault with a dead ly weapon, and was sentenced to jail for two days, fined $250 and required to pay the costs. Guy Rollins, charged with car rying a concealed weapon, was adjudged not guilty. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Louellen Smith was sen tenced to the roads for four months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of a $25 fine and costs and on the fur ther condition that he violate no criminal law for one year. Charged with an assault, Selby Price pleaded guilty of being drunk and disorderly and was sentenced to the roads for four months. The road term was sus pended upon the payment of a $25 fine and the costs. The de fendant is to not be convicted of a law violation within the next two years. Pleading guilty of fornication , and adultery, Henderson Moore and Carolina Prevatt were given six months sentences, Moore on the roads and the Prevatt woman in woman’s prison, Raleigh. The terms were suspended upon the payment of $50 fines and costs each. The court instructed the wo man defendant to leave Martin County and remain away for two yeajs. Pleading not guilty in the case chraging him with reckless driv ing, LcRoy Bowers was adjudg ed not guilty. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case charging Will Crawford with violating the weights and meas ures law. Sam Brown, charged with issu ing "a worthless check, was ad judged not guilty. The case charging W. R. Cherry with an assault was thrown out of court. Pleading guilty of drunken, driving, M. Wheeler was fined $100, taxed with the cost and the court recommended that his oper ator’s license be suspended forj|9 one year. Charged with speeding, Georjjy ii M. Phillips, of Norristown, P&, % was fined $15 and taxed with |3£J eosts.
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