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VOLUME LI—NUMBER 91
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. November 16, 1918
ESTABLISHED 1899
Few Cases Placed
On Calendar For
• Trial Next Week
Court Opens Term in Coun
ty Next Monday for Trial
Of Civil Cases Only
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Opening a two-week term of
Martin County Superior Court
| next Monday for the trial of civil
£ cases only, Judge W. H. S. Bur
gwyn will find only eighteen ac
tions other than divorces 'on the j
calendar. The civil calendar car
ries the smallest number of cases
carried by any calendar in recent
years. Very little importance is
attached to any of the cases, and [
the court is expected to attract
very little attention. No big dam
age suits are slated for trial.
4$ The court term is set for two
weeks, but to avoid a conflict
with the Thanksgiving holiday, no
cases were scheduled after Tues
day of next week, and the court
plans to function only three days
in the second week, if that long, j
• C. M. Barber is suing J. C.
Vaughan and W. S. Cowan, Jr.,
for $409 alleged due him under a
landlord-tenant agreement.
The boundary lines dispute be
tween Elizabeth Pierce and Ben
Biggs is back on the docket.
In his case against Wm. R. Mor
an, Edward L. Early is seeking to
recover possession of certain beer
parlor equipment.
R. S. Critcher is advancing a
claim to certain property in his
^ case against Robt. Rodgers.
The Dixie Motor Company in
its case against James Rogers is1
suing to recover title to a 1941
Plymouth car.
J. S. Whitley is suing W. S.
Hunt for $400 rent allegedly due j
on fair grounds held by the de !
fendant for ten days in Septem- '
ber, 1946.
In the case of W. V. Ormond
against D. G. Matthews, the plain- i
tiff is asking a settlement A ac
count. It is alleged in the com
plaint that the plaintiff borrowed
a certain sum of money from the
defendant, that the plaintiff own
ed two houses and that the de
fendant was to collect the rent
weekly and apply it on the debt.
The defendant, answering the
complaint, maintains that the
plaintiff deeded him the property,
that nothing is due.
Milton James, colored, is suing
Willie Boston to recover posses
sion of two black steers, valued at
$500.
The case of Thurston Daven
port against Dorothy Taylor is
back on the calendar. Thinking
the title was clear, the defendant
improved the property, and while
the title is no ionger contested the
defendant is asking consideration
for the improvements. The case
was heard before Judge Burgwyn
last April. At that time the jury
valued the improvements at $7,
500. After making a personal in
I spcction of the property, the jur
ist set the verdict aside, declaring
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End Successful
Service Series
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Rev. Albert E. Simms, pastor of
^ the Calvary Baptist Church, New
port News, and brother of Rev.
Stewart B. Simms, concluded a
successful series of religious ser
vices in the Memorial Baptist
Church here last Sunday evening.
Unusually large crowds, fifling
the church to capacity several
evenings, attended the services
during the week and seven were
received into the church, six by
baptism and one by letter.
^ Several churches suspended
their Sunday evening schedules
to join the Baptists in the service
series climax at that time.
The visiting minister made
many friends during his short stay
here, and formed a perfect team
with his brother leading the song
service during the meeting.
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Red Cron Chapter To
Meet Here Tomorrow
The annual meeting of the Mar- \
tin County Chapter of the Ameri-!
ran Red Cross will be held Wed
nesday, November 17 at 1.00 at.
the Woman's Club. Everyone in-1
terested in the activities of the I
Red Cross is urged to attend.
Parade Of Babies Features Peanut Festival
fe than throe thousand persons, the bahy parade was one of the big features in the recent Peanut Festival here.
Much was added to the parade and the festival itself when more than thirty small colored children formed a close line and moved by
the judges’ stand. Much larger than was anticipated, the event was hampered by some confusion, but it was all right. When the di
vision moved up the street, the time was late and the picture was hampered by poor light and shadows. Pictured at the left is the
crack Marine Corps Band from Cherry Point. A rope was necessary to'hold back the crowd at the r ght. (Royal Photo Center)
Marked Decrease In Road
Accidents In This County
After breaking all records and
reaching alarming proportions,
motor vehicle accidents almost
disappeared from the highways
and streets of Martin County last
week, according to a joint report
coming from C'pl. T. Fearing and
Patrolmen E. P. Simmons, B. W.
Parker, J T, Rowe, R. P. Narron
and M. F. Powers,
Week before last there were
nine accidents in the county, and
the big truck accident on the
Roanoke River fill is not included
in the total. Eight persons were
hurt during that week, and the
property damage amounted to $1,
560.
Through last week there had
been 127 motor vehicle accidents
this year on the highways and
streets in which two persons were
killed and 71 injured, some maim
| FARM BUREAU !
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Chas. L. Daniel, Martin
County Farm Bureau presi
dent, stated today that the an
nual membership drive for
the organisation is to be re
ported to the State office on
Friday of this week, and he
addressed an appeal to the
canvassers to devote an entire
day this week to the task of
carrying the county over the
top. At noon yesterday,
1,590 members had been sign
ed and reported to the county
office, leaving the drive 400
short of the goal. *
The canvassers are slated to
meet in the courthouse Fri
day evening at 7:30 o'clock
and the officers are anxious
to report the drive complete
at that time.
Opens Hog Killing
Season In County
Farmer Calvin Ayers opened
the new hog-killing season on his
farm in Bear Grass Township last
week when he killed three sizable
hogs. Most of the meat was made
into lard and sausage.
The number of animals wasn’t
very laige, but the pounds ran in
to fairly high figures. A two-year
old weighed 842 pounds dressed,
and a seven-month old hog weigh
ed 272 pounds.
Farmer Ayers is of the opinion
that the county will Kill an ample
supply of meat during the 1948-49
season Vo meet home needs with
some to spare.
ed for life. The property loss for
the 40 weeks amounted to more
than <30,000.
Compared with the frightful
wrecking business in the first 45
weeks of the year there were only
two minor accidents reported in
the county last week.
Patrolman R P. Natron stated
that a 1941 Chevrolet car driven
by an Oak City High School stud
ent turned over on a curve near
Taylor's service station in Hamil
ton about 9:30 o'clock Friday
night. No one was hurt and the
ear was turned back and driven
a w 3 y.
Robb L. Sheppard ripped the
rear bumper off his 1938 Plym
outh last Thursday afternoon
while trying to pass a school bus
in Parmele. Damage was slight
and no one was hurt.
Peanut Pickers
Operating Again
Idle for several days on ac
count of weather conditions, pea
nut pickers were placed back in
! operation in the county yester
day, but. buyers said that m most
eases the peanuts were too wet to
i be picked.
Inspecting crops on several
I farms yesterday afternoon, one
i company representative said that
! he found only one crop dry
enough to be picked and moved to
i market It was plainly stated that
wet peanuts would not be aecept
| ed, and at least two loads were
turned back at the Warehouse be
cause the goobbrs were not dry.
Where the peanuts were prop
erly stacked, picking is in order,
but in those cases where the vines
j are resting heavily on the ground
picking is not in order, one buyer
explained. Several of the crops
i examined yesterday were found
to have stacks wet from twelve to
i eighteen inches from the ground.
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Revetting Treatrnenl In
A W mhington Hospital
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck entered
a Washington hospital last. Friday
for treatment. His condition is
improving and he is expected to
return home tomorrow.
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Install Tol-Pak Fountain
In Viccar Thauler Here
Complying with numerous re
quests, the Viccar Theater here
is installing a Tol-Pak fountain
in the lobby. Soft drinks will be
served the patrons while attend
ing the shows, it was announced, j
| FUTURE CITIZENS ||
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Reading from left to right
are Sandra, four, and Marcia,
five, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas L, Speller of
Route 3 Williamston.
Ottis 0. Ange
Dies In County
Ottis O. Ange, 38, died in a
Washington hospital last Friday
night after a four-day illness.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Ange of near Jamesville, he spent
. his early life on the home farm,
l moving when a young man to Pitt!
County. He returned from
Grimesland about a year ago to
make his home. He was a mem
ber of tho Winterville Baptist
Church and Rev. P. B. Nickens,
Baptist minister of Plymouth,
conducted the last rites at the
home Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Interment was in the
Ange Cemetery near the home.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by his widow, the former
Miss Annie Mae Smith; a daugh
ter, Mary Jane; a son, Ottis Ray
Ange, all of Grimesland; four
brothers, LeRoy, Clifford, Russell
of Plymouth and S. C. Ange of
Jamesville; and a sister, Mrs.
Clyde Waters of Plymouth.
Farmers Placing
Orders for Lime
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Orders for more than 1,406 tons
of lime have been placed with the
farm agent’s office in this county
for distribution possibly the early
part of 1949, according to a report
just released by T. B. Slade. The
cost to the farmer is $2.70 per ton
delivered and spread in the
fields.
Additional orders ar< being
placed from day to day, and Mr
Slade expressed the belief that
orders received within the next'
few days will be filled before
planting time next spring.
Ordinarily Martin County far
mers buy between four and five'
thousand tons of lime a year, in
eluding potash lime. The cost
runs around $10 on the open mar
ket, it was pointed out. i
Report Flare-Up
On Liquor Front
In Marlin County
Fivr Illicit l.iquur I’litftln
Wrecked lly Officers
i Last Week
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Virtually idle for several weeks,
the illicit liquor l'ront went into
action in tins county last week,
according to a report released this
week by ABC Officer J. 11. Roe
buck. Enforcement operations,
while continued without let-up,
had met with little success until
last Tuesday. One plant was
wrecked that day and the business
reached a climax Thursday when
three plants were destroyed. De
spite the flare-up, Officer Roe
buck expressed the opinion that
the illicit liquor manufacturing
business continues at a low point
in this county.
The first in the series of plants
wrecked last week was found
along the Martin Beaufort Boun
dary. The plant was crudely
equipped with a 50-gallon capaci
ty wood still and a 100 gallon fer
menter. No beer was found and
the oflicers stated tnat the plant
apparently had not been operat
ed in several weeks.
Thursday, the officer, accom
panied by Deputy Roy Peel, went
into Hamilton Township and
wrecked three plants just off
Highway No. 11, not far from
Hassell The first plant was equip
ped with a 50-gallon oil drum still,
doubler and cooler. The officers
poured out 200 gallons of sugar
beer.
A 30-gallon oil drum still was
wrecked and the officers poured
out 100 gallons of beer at the sec
ond plant.
Apparently anticipating a raid,
tile owners of the third plant had
moved much of the equipment
from the third plant, but the of
ficers wrecked two 50-gallon ca
pacity fermenters,
Returning to the same area last
Friday, the two officers found and
wrecked a 50-gallon capacity oil
drum used for a kettle and pour
ed out 100 gallons of sugar beer.
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k. //. Ilarrisim Enters
Hos/tilal far Irralnivnt
Suffering with a severe cold,
Mr. G. II. Harrison entered the
local hospital for treatment last
week-end. His condition was re
ported improved this morning.
Hi.s .-am, George, .Jr , returned to
his home during the week-end af
ter receiving treatment in the hos
pital.
Bring Children’s Crusade
To An End In The County
Tin' crusade launched as a part’
of a 54-nation drive in behalf of,
over 200 million underfed and
ragged little children in the war-1
torn countries, has been brought)
to a close in Martin County, Mrs.
N. C. Green, treasurer, announced
this week.
Five-dollar contributions by the
Williamston Chapter of the Ord
er of the Eastern Star and the
Williamston's Woman's Club last
week-end boosted the total col
lected to $1,165.72. The drive,
coining along with other appeals,
fell short of its goal in the county
by $1,334.28.
While the crusade, sponsored by
the United Nations, has ended,
there arc still several ways in
which Martin County people can
lend a helping hand to the less
fortunate overseas. Direct ap
I DRAFT CALI 'I
Two Martin County young
men are being called to re
port for final induction into
the armed forces on or about
November 29, according to
unofficial information receiv
ed here this week.
Out of the eleven men re
porting from this county for
pre-induction examinations,
only two passed and they arc
now in line for service.
Eighteen men are slated to
report for pre-induetion ex
aminations at Fort Bragg on
Thursday of this week, hut
their names have ont been
made public.
Engineers Meet
Here Wednesday
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The East Carolina Engineers’
i Club, an organization formed
earlier this year by construction,
highway, municipal, consulting,
.communication, electrical and in
dustrial engineers in this part of
the State, will hold its monthly
! meeting in the Woman’s Club
here tomorrow evening at 7:00
o’clock, it was announced by R.
E. Kimball, local member.
Between forty and fifty mem
bers from W’llson, Roanoke Rap
ids, Rocky Mount, New Bern,
Kinston, Tarboro, Washington,
Greenville and Williamston, in
cluding several city managers, are
expected for the meeting, Mr.
Kimball said.
Mr. J. C. Gardner, consulting
engineer of Tarboro, will preside
over the meeting as the club’s
1 first president, and Mr. E. C.
Bookman, system safety engineer
of the Virginia Electric and Pow
er Company, Richmond, will de
liver the principal address.
The club was organized to pro
mote interest in the various types
of engineering win k in progress
and contemplated in eastern
North Carolina, to further fellow
ship among the profession, and to
create a broader understanding of
the various problems confronting
engineers in this section of the
State, Mr. Kimball explained.
Driver of Truck
Gets Prison Term
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Milton Sturgis, driver of the
1 truck that turned over on the
Roanoke River fill near here the
first of this month, fatally injur
ing James While, colored of Bell
Glade, Fla., and injuring several
i other migratory workers badly,
was convicted of manslaughter in
the Bertie County Superior Court
yesterday.
Judge R. Hunt Parker, hearing
the case, sentenced Sturgis to
State's prison for not less than
seven and not more than ten
years.
C, Hudson, owner of the truck,
has not been here to check on the
accident, and as far as it could be
learned has done nothing about
hospital and other bills. He ad
vised the Red Cross that he would
be here on November 5. The date
was later changed, but he has not
reported as yet, according to un
official information.
peals have been and are being re
ceived by individuals, urging
them to send food and clothing
especially old shoes of any kind
and size.
One of the most convenient and
possibly the most effective plans
advanced is the one handled by
“CARE" (Cooperative for Ameri
can Remittances to Europe, Inc.).
Any one wishing to send a pack
age to a friend or particular per
son anywhere in Europe may
send $10 to “CARE," 50 Broad
way Street, New York 4, N Y .
and the most acceptable articles
will be packed and forwarded to
any person the contributor wishes
it sent to. Just give the name of
the person and address and for
ward $10 in check or money order
to “CARE" and the package will
be shipped without delay. The
gift will be acknowledged.
Mrs. Carl Broome
Addresses Legion
Auxiliary Session
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Morn Than Our llimdrctl
Ami Fifty Delegales Pits
out H»*rf Yewterilay
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Mrs. Carl Broome, of Hickory,
N. C. Department president, spoke
to one hundred and fifty delegates
representing thirty units of the
American Legion Auxiliary at a
First Area conference held in the
Presbyterian Church here yester
day morning.
i Mrs. Broome outlined the re
quisites for a well rounded or
ganization, touching briefly on
membership and the necessity of
each member taking an active
| part in all auxiliary activities. She
: stated that five new units had
been organized in the Department
this year and more auxiliaries
! were expected to be organized
Mrs. Broome placed particular
emphasis on the Gilt Shop pro
gram ami Rehabilitation. Each
member contributes annually
one or more gifts to the unit
which ale sent to the Veterans’
: Hospital at Swannanoa. Through
this service each veteran is assur
ed a gift for his family. He may
visit the gift shop which is open
ed three weeks prior to Christ
mas and select gifts for his fam
ily. Members of the auxiliary
wrap their selections in Christ
mas paper and mail the gifts. Last
year, she stated, boys were
remembered by the gift shop pro
gram and at a cost to the Depart
ment amounting to approximate
ly $30,000.
The business meeting prior to
Mrs. Broome’s address, was pro
sided over by Department Vice
President Mr. Sam R Motzno of
Woodland. Mrs. Raleigh Har
rington, president of the local
chapter, welcomed the delegates
and Mrs. I. * Harper responded.
Following the roll call of the
units, Mrs. Motzno recognized the
district committee women and
chairmen.
Miss Arelia Adams, Department
secretary and treasurer, presented
an outlined program of work fur
the year.
Miss Ida Privette, vocalist,
rendered a program of special
music. She was accompanied by
Mrs. J. M. Ward.
Reports from the radio, mem
bership, education of orphans of
! veterans, finance, hospital, reha
bilitation, child welfare and Am
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There was rigid much ac
tivity on the crime front in
this county last week-end
when local, county and state
officers arrested and temp
orarily detained thirteen per
sons in the county jail.
Eight of ihe number were
hooked for public drunken
ness. two for larceny, one for
aiding and abetting larceny,
one for assault and ane was
detained for Beaufort County
officers.
Five of the thirteen were
white and the ages of the
group ranged from JG to 58
years.
Nine Asking For
Absolute Divorce
In Superior Court
IMuiutiff Is: Karh C.a»r Bum*
Wtion On Two Y**ars
Of Separation
Matrimonial bonds; apparently
arc holding better in this county
at the present time than in recent
veils, the civil calendar prepared
for the next term of the Martin
Superior Court listing only nine
divorce cases compared with eigh
teen to thirty in terms past.
The nine divorce cases have
been set for trial next Monday
when Judge W H. S. Burgwyn
opens a two-week term of the
court. All of the actions are bas
ed or. two-year separation
grounds and none of them is con
tested. About half of the mar
riages which th«i plaintiffs are
seeking to invalidate in the court
took place during the war years,
but others date back to the period
just after the first World War.
Some of the marriages lasted
hardly a month while others held
for more than a quarter century.
Most of the litigants are colored,
and few children were born to the
unions which the plaintiffs are
now seeking to have dissolved by
legal action.
In his complaint against Sarah
Cloman, Augustus Cloman says
they were married in 1937 and
explains they separated in Sep
tember, 1945, adding that no chil
dren were born to the union.
Suing Louise Chance for a di
virce, W. C. Chance, Jr., says they
were married on December 25,
1941, were separated May 1, 1946,
and that no children were norn to
the marriage.
In the case of Lourandia How
ard against Charlie Howard, the
plaintiff says they were married
on April 20, 1924, that they sep
arated May 1, 1945, and that there
are now- no children under 21
years of age.
In his case against Rose Lee
Rhodes, the plaintiff, Charlie
Rhodes states they were married
in December, 1945, that they sep
arated three months later in
March, 1946.
Married in 1919, Mandy Eborn
is now suing Julius Eborn for a
divorce, stating that they separat
ed June 1, 1940, that the two min
or children are living with and
are being supported by her.
Lala Vaughan Phelps is suing
Claude J. Phelps, Jr., for a di
vorce, stating that they were mai
ried June 10, 1946, and that they
separated August 24, 1946. No
children were born to the union.
In the case of Mary Elizabeth
Cherry against Elijah Cherry, Jr.,
the plaintiff points out that they
were married on January 9, 1945,
and that they separated on De
cember 31, 1945. No children were
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Office Robbed In
Jainesville School
Believed to have slipped into
the building while a group of vet
eran trainees and members of the
comittee were meeting, a robber
or robbers tried to force the door
of a small iron safe open in the
principal's office in the James
ville High School last Thursday
night. The robber failed, leaving
the safe virtually ruined but sev
eral hundred dollars and other
contents intact.
The robber gained an entrance
to the office by breaking a glass
in the door.
County Officer Buck Holloman
and Agent Cannady of the State
Bureau of Investigation are work
ing on the ease. No progress re
port has been released, but it was
learned that they were waiting
the outcome of certain facts now
being developed.
The school was robbed about
this time last year.
Recovering From Serious
Injury In Hospital Here
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Critically injured ip a farm ac
cident nearly two weeks ago. Far
mer William Stanley Peel was re
ported to be improving in the to- •'
eal hospital today .He was able
to sit up a short while vesterd*y
afternoon, and ins recovery is ex
pected.