tat ENTERPRISE IS READ HI
OVER MH MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BX
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEIS
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 8B
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, Novow her 4, I*) III
ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge J. C. Smith
Has Thirty Cases
In County’s Court
Tribunal In §e«»ion Until
4:00 O’Clock Clearing
Large Docket
■
Calling thirty cases, Judge J. C.l
Smith worked until 4:00 o’clock \
beiore clearing the docket in the j
Martin County Recorder's Court!
last Monday afternoon. Speed- j
sters were defendants in seven
teen of the cases and drew fines
amounting to $390. Fines in the
other cases amounted to $325, |
making a total of $715 for the day.
The feature trial was that of
John Levy Flanagan. On October
11, Flanagan, charged with oper- ^
ating a motor vehicle without a
I driver’s license, asked that his
case be continued. Last week and
before he had cleared the oourt
hurdle in the first case, Flanagan
was charged a second time with
operating a motor vehicle without
a license. In the first case he was
fined $25 and taxed with the costs
and in the second case he was fin
ed $50 and required to pay the
costs.
J. B. Clark, charged with aban
doning his crop, was sentenced to |
the roads for nine months, the
court suspending the road term
on condition that he pay the costs
and reimburse Alice Salsbury
$110, money advanced him. Clark
did not meet the terms of the
judgment immediately.
Charged with drunken driving,
Jasper Ellis was fined $100. taxed
with the cost and had his license
revoked for one year.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
case charging Joe Dickens with
public drunkenness.
Erwin James, charged with
carrying a concealed weapon, was
fined $50 and taxed with the costs, j
Tltc court ordered the pistol con
fiscated.
Charged with non-support, W.
W Byrd was sentenced to the
roads for twelve months, the court
suspending the road term upon
the payment of the costs and on j
condition that the defendant pay j
$50 immediately and $10 a week
for one year to his wife.
Noah Council, possibly think
ing the roads were clear at 4:30
o'clock in the morning, allowed
his nephew, Emmanuel Council,
to operate a motor vehicle, know
ing the nephew did not have a li
cense to operate a car. The uncle
and nephew were each fined $25
and taxed with tile costs.
James Brown was fined $25 and
taxed with the costs for operat-;
ing a motor vehicle without a
driver's license.
Wannamakcr James, charged
with the larceny of an overcoat
and other wearing apparel, was
sentenced to the roads for twelve
months. He appealed to the high
er courts and Judge SmHh re-!
quirctl bond in the sum of $300.
Pleading guilty of operating a 1
motor vehicle without a driver’s
license, Ulysses Bowen was fined
$25 and required to pay the costs.
- Interest Centers
In Minor Contests
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Wliilc the Truman victory made j
the headlines, minor political con - j
tests featured the voting on the
home front last Tuesday. There
was little possibility of an upset
at home, but one ‘ write-in” can
didate polled 105 votes in the race
for Jamesville Township consta-1
blc. Two others did not fare so j
well, annexing only one vote each j
and those two were found in the j
Republican column.
The regular nominee, Paul Hoi- j
liday. polled 325 votes to lead the ■
race for constable of Jamesville.
Dallas Holliday, off to a belated
start Tuesday morning, polled 105
votes when friends wrote in his
name. Friends wrote in the
names of W. W. Holliday and W.
C. Wallace in that precinct, each
getting a single vote.
In Williamston, Chas. R. Moore
polled 798 votes for constable. W
R. Glover was second with three
votes and Francis Barnes brought
up the rear with one vote for the
position, the votes of the last two
unannounced candidates havir^
been written in.
So, the two townships’ con
stabulary went through the hec
tic election unscathed.
Support Peanut Festival Theme
(jelling mm the real spirit ot tlie occasion, th'e three mile tolKs,
Craig Ripley, Celia Ann Manning and Helen Ann Harris, sup
ported the real motif of the town s first annual Peanut Festival
with their unique costumes. They were in tiie baby parade on
October 14.
r
EXCITING
Tuesday’s election, taking
its place along with the Wil
son-llughes contest back in ,
1916, was the most exciting
ever held in the nation.
Right on through the night
and until Mr. Dewey conced
ed the election, the vote tabu
lators watched the lead in one
state alter another swing first
to one and then to the other
presidential teams. While
many deserted the election
parties between 2:00 and 3:00
o’clock, a few held to their
posts until the outcome of the
day's voting was definitely
determined.
Bodies Of County
Boys on Way Home
The bodies of Pvt Bernice L.
Rogerson and Dennis H. Which
ard, county young men who made
the supreme sacrifice in Italy dur
ing World War 11, are cn route
home for bunai in native soil, re
latives here and in Bear Grass
were notified this week.
A U. S. Army transport, bear
ing the bodies of the two youths
and those of several thousand ;
others, is docking in Philadelphia
this week, according to informa
tion received here.
The bodies are expected to
reach here in about three weeks
Funeral services will be announc
ed later. Arrangements have
been made for the burial of the
young men in Woodlawn Ceme
tery here.
Bodies of foui teen other Martin
young men have been returned
home for burial.
Minor Wreck On
Road Near Here
No one was hurt, but damage;
estimated at $150 resulted when a j
car, a 1946 Fend sedan, and a 1942
model one and one-hall ton truck !
crashed on Highway 64 in West
End last Tuesday at 10:50 o’clock.
' Mrs. Eva Tilley Taylor of Rob
ersonville was driving west and j
started to pass as Royal E. Gur
ganus of James'dlle, traveling in
the same direction, went to turn
into the Conoco oil plant. The
damage was confined to the car,
Patrolmen M. F. Powers and E. P.
Simmons said following an inves
tigation.
Larceny of $400
Bares An Alleged
Morals V iolation
Charge DiMiiiwca**! At llrar
iiiji Bcftiri1 Justice John
Htm Last Kvcning
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The alleged larceny of four $100
bills from Milbert Mitchell paved
the way Tor u second case in
which Bobby Ormond, operator of
a store and beer counter on Broad
Street, was charged with aiding
and abetting prostitution.
Going to the Ormond place of
business where rooms connect the
place of business, Mitchell asked
Ormond if there was a place
where he and his girl could go and
talk in private. He quoted Or
mond as saying, "not specially,”
but since they were friends he
(Mitchell) could go into the front
room. Accompanied by Martha
Gray, young woman who figured
indirectly in the Sim Quinerly
murder case in Jarnesville some
months ago, Mitchell said they re
tired to the room and removed
I their clothes, that the $400 was
! counted along with some other
i paper bills. When they made
ready to leave, the Gray woman
(Continued from Page Seven)
County Democrats
Poll Large Vote
Unopposed, Democratic nomi
nees for offices in this county
were given a great vote of confi
dence in the election on Tuesday
of this week, most of them being
returned to office *
J Sam Getsinger, up for re
election to the office of register
of deeds for another four-year
term, led the county ticket with
4,687 votes. Chas. H. Manning,
: county court judge-nominee, was
second with 4,661 votes. Running
I for the State Senate in this, the •
! second district, John Rodman of
! Washington and Sam M. dampen!
! of Alliance polled 4,58“) and 4,515
votes respectively. Other votes
I for the party’s nominee are listed!
I unofficially, as follows:
For county representative in
the General Assembly, A. Corey,
4,637 votes; for treasurer, R. H.
Smith, 4,601; for county commis
sioners, John H. Edwards, 4,569;
: C. Abram Roberson, 4,559; W. M.
Harrison, 4574; C. C. Martin, 4,587;
and Henry S. Johnson, 4,576.
I
Speedsters Have
Another Day In
Recorder’s Court
Seventeen Are Fined Total
Of $390 By Jndpe Smith
Last Monday
Apparently in a great big hurry
and possibly unconsciously vio- J
lating the law, seventeen speed
sters pleaded guilty of exfceeding
the 55-mile speed limit and were •
fined a total of $390 in Judge J. C. ,
Smith’s court last Monday.
The speedsters really “hogged"
the docket that day, the records |
showing that there were thirty
cases handled and seventeen in
volved speeding.
One defendant, Oliver Peel, was
a defendant in two of the cases,
and for good measure he was
booked for the improper use of a <
spot light. Peel, a resident of the ,
Dardens section, was fined $100
iipd t:.v,■ i? with tin* rosN for driv
ing in excess of eighty miles an
hour, the court recommending
that his license be suspended for
a year. Leading patrolmen in a
hot race, Peel escaped after he
was “clocked” doing eighty miles
an hour, and a short time later
when the chase was resumed,
Peel was clocked doing 70 miles
per hour. He was fined $50 on
that count, plus the costs. In the
third case charging improper use
of a spotlight, Peel was fined $10
and taxed with the costs.
Joe Thomas Fain of Tarboro
was fined $15 and required to pay
the costs for speeding.
The other defendants, all of
whom were fined $15 and requir
ed to pay the costs in each case,
include the following:
Wilmer Gray Woolard of Wash
ington. Fred J. Pielu of Lodie,
New Jersey, Jason Davis of Wil
liamston, H. B. Gaylord of Plym
i outh, William Henry Walston of
I Williamston, John Frank Norfleet
of Williamston, M. M. Smith of
Plymouth, Edward M Hart of
Washington, D. C., Paul Schweit
| zer of Norfolk, Joseph John Capo
tosto of New York C ity, Raymond
J. Patterson of Hartford, Connec
ticut, Kenneth Edmund Tobin of
Silver Springs, Maryland, Wil
liam Evan Griffin of Williamston,
and William H. Price of Rich
mond.
i
Victims Of Wreck
Reported Better
Four of the 25 victims of a
truck accident on the river fill
last Monday afternoon were re
ported today to be improving in
the hospital here. However,
James White, who suffered a
broken neck, continues in a criti
cal condition, one report stated.
Ten persons were given hospital
treatment but all but four—
James White, his wife and daugh
ter and Annie Mae Bankton
were discharged following treat
merit and were able to continue to
their homes in Florida.
Milton Sturgis, driver of the
truck which was carrying the mi
gratory workers from New Jer
sey to Florida, is being held in the
Bertie County jail, pending the
outcome of White’s condition.
Three others, charged with pub
lic drunkenness, are being held
as material witnesses.
Cared for by the Red Cross over
night, most of the victims of the
wreck continued to their homes in
Florida Tuesday night.
An Election “Miracle1* Returns
Truman To White House And
Gives Congress To Democrats
Democratic Broom
In A Clean Sweep
Of Entire Nation
liieoiiii>lt‘l«' Upturns Give
Dpinorrals 5 I Senators,
261 RfpiTsrnlulivrs
In what was rated an election
"miracle" by some but what
others chose to brand as plain old
dumbness on the part of the
“kept" press, prognosticators, the
air gabbers and vvishivd 11 ,i m,c i
the Democratic Party made just
about a clean sweep of the nation
last Tuesday when the voters re
turned Harry S, Truman back to
the White House with his run
ning mate, Albcn Barkley, and
captured control of both the Sen
ate and House. Enhancing their
fancy work, the Democrats won
twenty of the thirty-three guber
natorial contests, giving them a
30-to 18 "back-home” control of
the political situation.
Ttio columnists and commenta
tors arc frankly admitting their
dumbness as the only explanation
for the miserable gues: mg or pre
election "maneuvering”. They
are now bowing and scraping be
fore the President who now goes
into the White House a free man.
He is under obligation to no man
and the dead weight he has been
carrying is certain to be discard
i'd. After failing miserably in
their election predictions, the
commentators are now guessing
that the President will make a
stroke or two with his broom in
and around Washington. Several
shelves in the Cabinet are very
likely to be cleaned out, the ob
servers stating that few members
there went out of their way to
help the President in the recent
campaign. Daniel Tobin, secre
tary of labor, lent a helping hand,
but Forrestal, Krug, Snyder and
I some others chose to play golf, i
leaving the President to light the
battle almost single-handed.
It was also predicted that the
President is expected to start
bearing down on pi ivilege, that he
plans to call for monopoly inves
ligations and launch an effective
program now that the dead
weight of reactionaries and other
non-desirables has been lifted
from his shoulders.
1 he 1 uesday election, it,sell,
was the greatest nip-und-tuck
battle of ballots ever recorded in
the nation’s political history, and
it was not until 1 1:05 o’clock Wed
nesday morning that the Demo
flats laid definite claim to vic
tory, Thomas Dewey, the man
some had chosen to refer to as
President-elect or the "next Presi
dent," sent a message of congratu
lation to Truman at 11:15 o'clock
that 'morning. Until that time,
the commentators held their
necks in, resting from the over
time work they had carried on
with their necks out.
Latest reports give Truman ill)
states and 304 electoral votes, and
Dewey sixteen states and 109 eiec
(Continued on page seven)
How They Voted In County
Bear Grass 344 13 0 I 329 0 12 338 1 10 335, 10
Williamston I 583 17 1 7 591 1 8 605 1 6 598 0
Williamston II 706 54 0 8 728 2 20 751 1 14 737 20
Cross Roads 310 1 0 3 308 0 2 313 0 0 305 0
Robersonville 669 43 1 7 669 0 31 678 0 27 671 28
Gold Point 148 I 0 0 148 0 1 140 0 1 149 1
Poplar Point 176 0 0 0 176 0 0 176 0 0 176 0
Hassell 114 0 0 3 115 0 0 115 0 0 115 0
Hamilton 198 2 0 0 198 0 1 202 0 1 198 |
Goose Nest , 344 4 0 8 326 1 2 339 0 0 336 0
TOTALS 4632 162 2 52 4607 4 105 4691 3 85 4628 661
President
l! S Senate Go ernor t'oiij;.
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
460 27 0 11 4^8 0 28 455 0 20 442 0
201 0 0 3 195 0 0 198 0 0 197 0
379 0 0 1 376 0 0 373 0 0 371 0
Victors In Tuesday Election
President Harry S. Truman (left) and Alben Barkley effected
near to a political "miracle" v. non they successfully campaign
ed their way through the Tuesday election against almost insur
mountable odds and major obstacles to occupy the positions of
President and Vice President for four years beginning nest
January U0.
Dedicate Church
At West End Here
Sunday At P. M.
Stale Siipei'inteiitleiil Of
lliil>ti^l Mission, Itev. (!.
W. IWillanl. To Creaeli
Kundiiy afternoon, November 7,
at three o'clock, West End Mem
orial Baptist Church will held its
dedication service. lire message
for the dedication will be brought ;
by the Reverend Cl W Bullard,
State superintendent of Baptist
Assoeiational Missions, who was
instrumental in the organization
of the church.
The Reverend W. B. Harring
ton, the first pastor of West End
and who lias contributed greatly
to ils progress, will present its Ills- I
tory.
This young church was the
dream of one of Williamston s
most beloved pastors, the late Dr.
William 11. Burrell. It was he who
bought the first lot upon which!
the church was to be built, and be
also remembered the church in
his will. The first lot was found
to be too small, and with the aid
of the State Baptist Convention,
the present property was purchas
ed. The inspiration of Dr. Burrell,
the generosity of many of Wil- '
liamston’s citizens and others
throughout the state, and the hard
work of the handful of members
; who undertook the task, are re
sponsible for the beautiful place
of worship that now stands on the
Tarboro Hoad just outside of Wil
liainston. ,
The church was organized July'
2!), 1947, and meetings were first
held m the home of the members,'
1 the Martin Sandwich Shop, and
Roberson's Cale. Work was fin
ally completed on the church
building and the first service was
held there June 1, 1947. A half
time pastor was called to carry on
the work, Reverend J. Thad Ash
(Continued on Page Seven)
Contributions To
Democratic Fund
hate contributions boosted the
total fund for the Democratic
Party in the county this week to
$710.80, the party treasurer, F. M.
Manning, announced yesterday.
Melba Martin submitted $53 for
Jumesville Township, and Van (i.
Taylor added $10 to the Cross
Hoads fund, E. S. Peel submitted
an additional $31 to the fund for
Williamston Township.
No reports have been received
from Hassell and Hamilton Pre
cincts.
In accordance with an order is
sued by the < xecutive committee,
the treasurer this week forwarded
$250 to the state party treasurer
for use in meeting the expenses of
the state and national campaigns
successfully completed Tuesday.
KLKCTION PARI'Y
Receiving splendid coop
eration from the officials and
other very aceommodatins
friends, The Enterprise was
able to report the election re
turns without delay Tuesday
evening. This county was
one of the first to report, and
was one of the very few to
give a complete review of the
entire vote.
The party did not attract a
record crowd, hut it was very
successful, and the publishers
are most appreciative of the
efforts advanced by the elec
tion officials and others who
submitted the precinct re
turns. Poplar Point was the
first to report a completed
count
Record Vole (lasl
In Marlin County
Contrary to expectations anti
predictions, Martin County voters
went to the polls on Tuesday ot
this week in record numbers. The
vote count exceeded by an even
200 the previous record high ol
‘17,'ll) votes reported in 1940
The large vote came as a sui
prise about as much so as the out
come of the election. Many citi
zens, expressing dissatisfaction
and admitting confusion, declared
they would not vote at all But
when Poplar Point reported the
first vote count, it was evident
that the pre-election predictions
were packed with errors.
It is conservatively estimated
that about five out of every six
eligible voters participated in the
election, but apparently almost
three hundred got their votes;
tangled up or else they did a lot
of vote scratching.
The iecord vote was east as lol
lows, by precincts
Jamesvilh . .‘>(19; Williams, 200;
(biffins, 305; Bear Grass, 357;
Williamston I, 023; Williamston 11.
792; Cross Roads, 322; Roberson
ville, 72(1; Gold Point, 150; Poplar
Point 170; Hassell, 117, Hamilton,
213 and Goose Nest. 359 a total
i of 4,939 votes.
While three precincts did not
.east a single ballot for a Republi
can, Poplar Point limited its vote
entirely to the Democratic ticket.
(oiinliy Home Itnrns
Lost Tneaduy !\otm
Fire of undetermined origin dc-j
j stroyed the home occupied by a
| tenant family and owned by Far
mer John R. Coltrain, near Man
ning and Gurkin's store in the
Farm Life section of Griffins
Township lust Tuesday afternoon.
The tire destroyed the home
and spread to the smokehouse and
woodshed, the occupants of the
home saving only a few pieces of
furniture and some clothing. The
property was known as the N.
Reddick Roberson hoineplace. No
j damage estimate was offered
Voters Of County
Ably Support the
State Democrats
krrr Scolt l.rad* tin1 Ticket
With I„(i91 Voles For
(Governor
Marlin County voters went all
the way down the line in extend
ing support to the Democratic
Party candidates, and it is believ
ed that the percentage of vote giv
en the party will compare with
the best in the State and possibly
in the nation. A few voters got
the instructions tangled up a bit,
but there was little scratching.
The electors directed their wrath
against the opposition, the pre
ponderance of the vote for Demo
crats clearly indicating that the
party members are, after all,-at
peace with themselves and the
world.
Tin' county vote given the nom
inees of the Democratic, Republi
can and Progressive Parties on
the state ticket, follows:
For U. S. Senate: (short term),
Broughton, D, 4,607; (long term),
Broughton, (D>. 4,608; Wilkinson,
| (R), 105, and Brown, (Progres
sive), 4,
For governor: Scott (D), 4,691;
Pritchard (R), 85; and Mary I^dee
(P), the first woman to run^kir
governor in North Carolina, 3.
For lieutenant governor: Tay
lor (D), 4.607; Hayes (R), 59; and
Harris (P), 2,
For secretary of state: Eure
(D), 4,621, Dockery (R), 87,
For auditor: (short term).
Bridges (D), 4,591; (regular
term), Bridges (D) 4,488; and
Hickman (R), 59.
For troasurei Brandon Hodges
(D), 4,593, and Spence (R), 93.
For attorney general; McMullar.
i(D), 4,593; Sea well (R), 87; and
Pearson (P), 3.
For superintendent of public in
struction: Erwin (D), 4,597: Hen
derson (R), 86.
For commissioner of agricu'
ture: (short term), Coltran (D),
4,594; (regular term), Ballcntinc
,(£)), 4,595; Craig (R). 86; and
Stubbs (P), 2.
For commissioner of insurance;
Wm P Hodges (D), 4,600; end
1 Clifton ( R), 59
Koi commissioner of labor:
Shuford tD). 4,51)4; and Harrill
(R), 86.
For associate justice of the State
Supreme Court Ervin (D). 4,188;
and McNeill (R), 88.
For judge of superior court, 1st
district, Morris (D), 4,51)2.
For judge of superior court:
13th district, Phillips (D), 4,585.
For judge superior court, 20th
district. Moore ill), 4,587.
For congressman, first district,
lionncr (D), 4,828; and Ratcliff
(R), 88.
Returns from 1,714 of North
Carolina’s 1,1)59 precincts gave
Truman, 427,584; Dewey, 220,700;
Thurmond, 83,225; and Wallace,
3,809. It is estimated that 47,
150,000 votes were cast in the na
tion.
Three Out ol Four
Amendments Lose
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Thiii1 of the four proposed
amendments to the North Caro
lina State Constitution were, on
the basis of preliminary vote
ecHints, rejected at the polls last
Tuesday. There was a fairly
bright possibility that the No. 4
amendment, the one making it un
necessary to vote against the re
gistration in special elections in
stead of counting the opposition
vote actually cast in such elec
tions, was fairly certain of pass
ing.
The voters are not in favor of
paying the other fellow, the legis
lator, in this ease, a living wage
as proposed in the No, 1 amend
ment And they are not in favor
of removing the limit on borrow
ing as proposed n, the No. 2 issue.
They also prefer to hold the tax
rate limit at 15 cents for general
county purposes as expressed in
the No. 3 issue.
The vote on the amendments in
this county w as:
No. 1 salaries, 1,244 for and l,»
487 against; No. 2, debt limitation,
862 for and 1 478 against; No. 3,
tax rati', 478
No. 4, change
ial elections,
against.
for and 2,053 against;
' in vote count in gp
1,680 for
and