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*** INTBEPR18I IS BEAD BY I OVBB SAN MABTIN COUNTY BAHI.ltS TWICE EACH WEBB THE ENTERPRISE -/? THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3,900 MARTIN COUNT1 FAMILIES TWICE EACH == VOLUME LI—NUMBER 92 William aton, Marlin County, North Carolina, Thursday. Novomlwr Iff, Win ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge J. C. Smith Has Twenty Cases * hi County’s Court Imposes $420 Fines Ami Mete» Out Road Terms In His Last Session Monday Holding his last session as judge of the Martin County Recorder’s Court, Judge J. Calvin Smith last • Monday called twenty cases, im posed fines amounting to $420 and meted out several road sentences. The retiring jurist handled his last case shortly after noon, clos ing his docket book a few min utes later at 12:30 o’clock. Only a fair-sized crowd was present for the judge's last ses sion, but the jurist called his ^ “shots” as he saw them right on through the last case. Progceedings: The cases in which Thad G. Briley was charged with speed ing and C. M. Ward with an as sault were nol pressed. Charged with careless, reckless and drunken driving, Dewey E. Hardison was adjudged guilty of careless and reckless driving and was fined $25 plus costs. Charged with being drunk and disorderly, Elmo Ray Woolard was adjudged not guilty. Francis Thomas, charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, was fined $10 and taxed with the costs. Pleading guilty of drunken driving and operating a motor ve hicle with a driver’s license and j with improper brakes, Arthur j Lee Brown was fined $135 and re- | quired to pay the costs. Charged with careless and reckless driving, Ernest W. Bunt ing was adjudged guilty of vio lating the “rules of the road” and the court suspended judgment upon the payment of the costs. Pleading guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, James Ball was fined $50 and taxed with the costs, the court ordering the gun confiscated and destroyed. Charged with careless and reck less driving, Robert Earl Shep • pard pleaded not guilty. The court adjudged him guilty of hit-and run driving wherein damage was less than $25, and he was senten ced to the roads for sixty days. The sentences was suspended up on the payment of a $20 fine and costs, the court directing the de fendant not to drive a motor ve hicle for thirty days. Ellie Davis was fined $25 and taxed with the costs for operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. In the ease charging Sol Hardy and Mary Lee Dickens with an af fray, Hardy, pleading not guilty, was adjudged guilty and senten ced to the roads for four months. The road term was suspended up on the payment of a $15-?fine and costs and on the further condi tion that he remain away fruin the premises of Mary Lee Dickens and Letha May Hardy. The Dick ens woman pleaded guilty and judgment was suspended upon payment of costs. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, Letha May Hardy pleaded guilty and she was fined $25 plus costs. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Robert E. Willoughby was sentenced to the roads for sixty days. William Jones, Jr., pleading guilty of an assault, was sentenc- j ed to the roads for four months, j The sentence was suspended and the defendant was directed to pay a $20 fine and costs and stay away from Rosella Barber. Charged with the larceny of a 1 small hog from I. T. Coltrain. I James Blount and Columbus i Knowles pleaded guilty. Knowles 1 drew six and Blount got four; months on the roads. Leon Thig-! pen, charged with aiding and (Continued on page eight) AM More To f und For Europe's Needy Youth The fund for hungry children in the war stricken countries was increased by $15.50 this week when the Standard Fertilizer \ Company donated $10 and a friend sent in $5.50. The fund now stands at $1,181.22, Mrs. X. C. Green, the treasurer, announc ed yesterday. I * Sixteen Youths Left Here Today For Fayetteville KxitccU'd To Return To Their Homes in County Friday or Saturday Sixteen Martin County young men left here this morning by're gular bus for Fayetteville where they will undergo pre-induction tests at an army recruiting center, according to unofficial informa tion gained at the bus terminal. Several of those making the trip underwent similar tests during the draft in force for World War II. Nine of those called to report for the pre-induction tests are colored and come along with the seven white men from all parts ot the county. Only two of the eleven county men reporting for pre-induction tests at the Durham Recruiting Station several weeks ago passed., A call has been received in the county, directing two men to re port to Raleigh on Monday, Nov ember 2p for find induction. It was learned unofficially that one of the men has married since he registered, but it is not yet cer tain if his marital status will have any bearing on his draft standing. It could not be learned if the recruits who left today would complete their tests in time to re turn tomorrow or Saturday. Names and addresses of the men called to report for the prelimin ary tests, follow: Jesse Bryant Black, Col., RFD 2, Robersonville. Durward Ray Braynt, w, RFD 1, Bethel. Richard Allen Rease, col., RFD 2, Williamston. James Curtis Stanley, col., RFD 1, Robersonville. Luther Waddell Stallings, col., RFD 2, Williamston. Bradford Adolph Staton, col., RFD 1, Jamesville. Richard Randolph Thompson, j w., RFD 1, Palmyra. Warren Saunders Nicholson, w., RFD 3, Williamston. William Ruffin, col., Jamesville. Harold H. Reddick, w, Wil liamston. Hurtford Smith, col., Oak City, i Albert Turner Pccle, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Delmar Gray Manning, w, RFD 1, Williamston. Johnnie Smith, col., RFD 1, Oak City. James Roscoe Council, col., RFD ■ 1, Bethel. ‘ Dillon Augustus Wyrfne, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Picker and Baler Wrecked by Blast Last Tuesday night persons or parties unknown went to the farm of Mr. Arthur Perkins in Beaufort County and completely wrecked a j j peanut picker and hay baler with ; dynamite. Owned by E, E. ! Glover of near Washington, the peanut picking equipment was moved into the field of Mr. Perk ins, preparatory to peanut pick ing operations planned for the next morning. According to Sheriff Humley of Beaufort County both the picker and hay baler were completely I wrecked by the heavy charge 01 | dynamite. Although officers in the adjoining county have been working diligently on the case. No arrests had been made through yesterday. I TYPHOID CASE \ iv-' Typhoid fever, all but wip ed out in this county by pre vention methods constantly practiced down through the years, reared its ugly head in Poplar Point Township a few days ago, according to infor mation just released by the > health department. The victim is a white moth er, the health officer stating that the case seems to be a very mild one and that she is responding to treatment. It was pointed out that the vie tim bad not been immunized against typhoid. The case is the second one to be reported in this county in eight years. 1 One Of The Floats In Recent Peanut Festival Parade Pictured above is one of the main floats in the parade held as a part of Willinmstoi.’s first 1 liamstcn Peanut Company, the float carries the junior queens, Little Misses Jackie Leggett and Kenneth Manning, and attendants. It is estimated that ten thousand persons lined the streets tops to witness the parade as it moved down the business streets. a ’eanut Festival. Entered by the Wil Mary Emma Peel, and Junior King and crowded into positions on house Twenty-One Cases {Heard By Justices I Of The Peace Here Two Trial Juglires Total Mori* Than $200 Handling twenty-one eases* in their courts during recent days,! Justices R. T. Johnson and John L. Hassell imposed fines amount ing to $80 and levied costs boost ing the total to $201.20. In addi tion to the twenty-one cases, the : justices sent several others to the ' higher courts for trial. Cases handled by Justice John- i son included the following: Charged with failing to stop at a road intersection, John Henry Rogers, Moses L. Anthony, C. F. Joyner, W. R. Jones and Moses Hudgins each were taxed with $5.85 costs. Lawrence Owens, charged with operating a motor vehicle’ with improper equipment, was adjudg ed not guilty. Eugene Rawls was fined $10 and taxed with $5.85 costs for the alleged illegal use of a spot light. Charged with hunting with un plugged guns, Charlie Hoard and Sidney R. Lewis were found not guilty. Charged with violating the hunting laws, Chesterfield Morn-! ing and George Peel were each fined $1(1 and taxed with $5.85 costs. Haywood Spruill and Tank Ben nett were each fined $10 and re- 1 quired to pay $0.85 costs for al ('’ontinued on page eight) Minor Road Wreck Near Here Monday -•— No one was hurt but damage, estimated at $150 resulted when! the cars of Sarah Wobbleton and Cleo Daniel crashed on U. S. Highway 17 a short distance south : of here last Monday noon. Miss Wobbleton was driving her 1948 Chevrolet south when Dan- j •el s 1941 Chevrolet, traveling! north, swerved and sideswiped the Wobbleton car. <■ Patrolman 13. W. Parker made: the investigation. Charged with operating a car on the wrong side of the road, Dan iel was fined $10, taxed with the cost and ordered to pay $65 for repairs to the other car. r TO SPEAK HERK | Dr. John I). Messick, presi dent of East Carolina Teach ers College, Greenville, will address a meeting of the Mar tin County Council of (he Parents-Teaehers Association in the - Williamston High School auditorium next Tues day night at 8:00 o’clock. Dr. Messiek is one of the leading educators in North Carolina and the public is cordially in vited to hear him. Anti-Rat Drive Is Progressing The Anti-Rat Campaign which has been underway here for some time was reported this week to be progressing satisfactorily but of ficials are mindful of the fact that there may be isolated spots in the ; area where rats are still thriving , and these trouble spots can be | the source of supply for another j rat infestation of the town if they are not located and cleaned out. Sanitarian Hack Gaylord who1 has been ^presenting the Health | ' Department in working with the anti-rat campaign, said today that i anyone who knows where rats are I | located in the town should call j the health department so that i steps can he taken to kill out the | rodents which have escaped the ; drive against them. Generally, he .said, the public has cooperated • splendidly in searching out rat1 I burrows on their property The type of rats infesting this j section usually lives underground 1 but will have an entrance to its den where it can be seen, usually under a box or some other object I on the ground. Harry 0. Jarman Died Suddenly At Home Here Today —»— Fnmral \rrnn^4‘Mi<‘iil8 In definite Pending; W uni From Kelvin es Harry O. Jarman, well-known j local citizen and operator of a furniture manufacturing plant, died suddenly at his home on Williams Street early this morn ing, the apparent victim of a heart attack. lie was very cheerful when he retired between 10 and 11 o’clock last night after a day in the woods hunting. Receiving no answer when they called him about (1:30 o’clock morning, members of the fai..; 1 y went to his room and found him dead. It is thought that he died about 2:00 o’clock. The son of the late Nicholas T. Jarman and wife he was born in Onslow, County near Richlands on April 11, 1902, and spent his early life there. When a young man he moved to New Bern where lie en gaged in the furniture business for several years and where he was married to Miss Martha Stocks. He located in Williams ton in 1939 and was employed by i the Woolard Furniture Company until July, 1944, when he opened a plant for the manufacture of furniture, later building a factory on the Jamesville Highway. Re cently he disposed of has plant and was looking forward with in terest to entering the . i vice of a well established furniture firm as salesman. During the meantime he was enjoying himself hunting,; and it is thought that over-exer tion aggravated his condition and resulted in his death. Mr. Jarman joined the Chris tian Church when a youth and served as deaeon the churches in (Continued on page; tight) Release Fish In Gardner’s Creek Approximate ly 10.01)0 I,re am fingcrlings, measuring from one and one-half t » two inches Hi length, were released in Gard ner s Creek this week by District CLmc Warden Ben If. Janus. re presenting the- North Carolina Wildlife Coi11rnission. The fish were brought from the State Hatchery near Fayetteville. I I Kin IRKS Alter more than thirteen years of able service, Judge .1. Calvin Smith of Koherson villo is retiring from the bench of the Marlin County Recorder's Court. He presid ed over his last regular ses sion oil Monday of this week, Man Beaten And Thrown from Car A 30-year old colored man, giv ing as his name "Last Chance”-, was robbed, beaten and thrown j f rom a moving car about ten I miles I rom here on U. S. Highway ! 1”, south, shortly before noon to- I day. Batteied and bruised and with j at least four of his ribs broken, | Ibe victim of the four gangsters i was removed to a Washington hospital in an ambulance. lew details of the attack could be learned immediately, but Highway Patrolman J. T. Howe is continuing his investigation. The victim, thought to-be front ■ Virginia, had been in this county ! gambling in a deserted farm house with four other Negroes from Washington. According to lus story, Chance won between $1,000 and $1,200 from the other! lour. They did not like it, and they robbed and beat him and j pitched him nurt of the moving ■ car. Chance says he docs not ! know lus assailants but that he eouJd identify them. It was first reported that sev j oral persons had been critically j injured in an'accident there, and three ambulances were made! ready to handle them. ‘ Funeral Service Sunday Afternoon For Jimmy Watts Loral Y’oiiii^ Mail Mailc llu* Supreme Saerifiee In Italy, February, 1945 Funeral services will be con ducted at the home on Ray Street here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for T/Sgt. James W. Watts, Jr,, who made the supreme sacri fice for his country in Italy on February 7, 1945. Rev E. R. Shuller, pastor of the local Meth odist Church, assisted by Rev. B. T. Hurley, a former pastor of Stantonshurg, and Rev. John W Hardy, local Episcopal minister, will conduct the service, and in terment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. The young man's body, one of over two thousand returned to this country a short time ago from temporary American cemeteries in Italy, is. scheduled to reach here about poon Saturday from the distribution center in Phila delphia. The body will be re moved to the home where it will lie in state until after the funeral Sunday afternoon. Sgt. Watts, flight engineer and gunner on an American Air Force bomber, was on a mission over vital German targets on February 7, 1945, when one of the engines on his plane was shot away. The pilot turned homeward and was hardly more than five minutes from a landing field when another engine went dead and the ship crashed. Two members of the fcrew were killed and others were injured. Jimmy’s body was re covered and buried temporarily: near Bari, Italy. The son of James W. and Eliza both Wadsworth Watts, he was born in Williamston on January IB. 1923. Surviving besides his parents is a brother, John Watts, a student at Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg. Wht^n a youth he joined the Methodist Church where he laid the foundation for a moral, wholesome life. He was always ready to overlook the er rors of others, and willingly lent a fellow a helping hand whenever lie could. The young man was most thoughtful and his letters to this paper and others expressed contentment in the knowledge that he was serving his country and fellowman even though that service called for sacrifice and eventually his life. Jimmy was that kind of a boy who would have had it that way rather than shirk a duty. At the same time he got much out of life in his few short years, ever adhering to the finer and nobler ideals. After attending the local schools, he studied at Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville, Georgia, and later at Abingdon Academy, Abingdon, Va., where he was graduated in 1939. He lat er entered State College, Raleigh, and offered his services to his country in 1943 when he was hardly twenty years of age. After his basic training in Mississippi arid Texas he flew to Italy, reach ing there in July, 1944. He par ticipated in at least twenty mis sions over enemy territory and his meritorious service earned him the Distinguished Flying (Continued on page eight) THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . After a fairly heavy run fur .several weeks, the number of accidents was suddenly re duced to zero in the 46th week of,. 1947. While drivers on , Martin County highways last week did not reach the state of perfection, they did drop t the number of accidents from | nine to two, and both of those were minor ones. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time, i IGlii Week I Aeeidi-uU Inj'd Killed Daui ge < TJ411 2 0 0 $ 100 }{ 1947 000 00 ! Comparisons To Date i 1948 127. 71 2 $30,135 - 1947 121 56 3 27,235 :i Red Cross Holds Annual Meeting Here Wednesday --• W. II. (iaNarplim Sue* cc^l^ Mrs. John Hardy Am < liapler Chairman Holding their annual meeting in the Woman's Club Hall here yes j terday noon, directors of the Mar tin County Chapter of the Ameri 1 can Red Cross heard a report of the work handled during the past year and elected officers for the coming year. Retiring after an effective work handled for the chapter during the past two years, Mrs. John W. Hardy is retiring and W. H. Car starphen is succeeding her as chairman. His election was by unanimous vote along with the election of Mrs. J. Eason Lilley, vice chairman; Mrs IJrbin Rogers, secretary, and H. A, Bowen, treas urer. Forced to resign on account of other pressing duties, Mrs. Victor E. Brown is being succeeded as chairman of the Junior Red Cross by Miss Agnes Beal, assistant home agent. Mrs. Brown ably handled the task during the sev eral years she served the Junior organization. In her annual re port she explained that nineteen schools had been enrolled, that 223 gift boxes and other packages had been sent overseas, that other work had been handled and that the treasury has a balance of $220.11. Making his annual report, Treasurer Bowen stated that the Red Cross had a cash balance on ! hand of $1,266.74, that a few obli gations were outstanding, includ ing expenses incurred in caring for the victims of the big truck ac cident near here on November 1. In his report to the meeting, Disaster Chairman Chas. Man ning stated that the Red Cross had spent $200 in caring for the wreck victims, that the organization had accepted obligations up to $700 if the owner of the truck refuses or fails to meet certain costs approv ed by the chapter officials. Handling first aid projects, Jef frey Michaud stated that swim ming lessons had been offered, but that the polio stopped the work. At the present time a first aid class is being held for sixteen pupils. Handling the major work of the organization during the past year, Mrs. Edna L. Bondurant stated that 425 cases had been aided, that there had been 125 referrals, and that 200 had been to the Red Cross office for information. Mrs. Bondurant explained the various types of cases handled, including those of a mandatory nature. She also explained that the organiza tion had rendered aid in hardship cases, that the requests were numerous. Since the war there has been little work handled in the produc tion division. However, it was ex plained by the retiring chapter chairman, Mrs. Hardy, that there was a great need in war stricken countries for certain garments. "We had a shipment of woolen materials on hand for eight months, but were unable to have it made into garments, and we finally had to return it untouch ed," Mrs. Hardy explained. Miss Elizabeth Parker, home agent, accepted the chairmanship of pro duction and will try to promote a program during the coming year. The following were named members of the chapter’s execu tive board: Mrs. J C. Kirk.nan and Mrs. Camille F. Rawls of Jamesville, Mrs. R. ,1 Hardison of Williams, Mrs. Pete Mendenhall and Mrs. LeRoy Harrison of Bear Grass. Miss Janet Cox, field service di rector of Rocky Mount, briefly ;,d~ diessed the group ol' about twen ty-five, pointing out that the Red (Continued on page eight) ---o M/'j. Innie Holierifon Injured In Full Here Mrs. Annie Roberson painfully injured herself m a fall at the 'ionic of her son, Dallas Roberson, m Williams Street here late Tues day afternoon. Her hip was badly oruised and the pelvis bone was ■racked, doctors stating that it will be necessary for her to re, || nain in bed for several weeks.
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