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ml#) THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BE OVER 3,009 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEE THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME LI—NUMBER 95 Williamston, Marlin County, North Carolina. Tnemlay. November 30. 1948 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEB ESTABLISHED 1899 Train To I Run In i\ ext Month -9 Charge Father With Soil's TafarSlahhing Cash Allowance Is Said To Be Cause Of the Fatal Attack Have Brooks, Anticipating His Arrest, Got Busin*!* “Straightened Out” Dave Brooks, 75-vear-old color ed man, was arrested Monday aft ernoon and formally charged with the murder of his son, George Brooks. 24, at their humble home in the Pincy Woods section of Jamcsvilie Township last Wednes day evening. Selling his hogs and “straightening out' his business, the old man told Deputies J. H Roebuck and Buck Holloman thal he anticipated their call, and thal he was ready to go to jail. Believed to have been in t drunken condition when his son was fatally stabbed with a paring knife, the old man has been close ly associated with the attack, but he has not yet admitted it. Offic ers say it is possible that the fath er was too drunk to remember clearly the actual attack, but hi has told enough, officers believe to support a bill of indictment. Much damaging evidence was uncovered by the arresting offic ers Monday after they had inves tigated the first stories told by the father. The old man first claimed that two men broughi him home and threw him into th« house. That story has been dis credited as the victim was Iasi seen walking toward home late that afternoon. The victim, it was learned, had been receiving $100 a month frorr the government under the GI Bil of Rights for farmers. The son di vided a goodly portion of thi amount with his father until some few weeks ago when he allower the father just enough cash to buy "grub” for the two of them, divid ing the remainder rather freely with a woman. • The father had quarreled wit! the son about it, and it was learn ed that the boy had been threat ened by the father on at least twi (Continued on page eight) Miss Taylor Died In Hospital Last Saturday Evening • - • -— Funeral Held Monday Aft ernoon in Poplar Point Presbyterian Chapel ■ o Miss Anna Mildred Taylor, pop ular student nurse in the Tayloi Hospital, Washington, died then last Saturday afternoon at 5:3( o’clock following a short illness Although she had not enjoyed nn best of health, she was getting along very well until last Friday when she was taken suddenly il and removed to the hospital, •The daughter of Monrue an< Audrey Harrell Taylor, she wai born eighteen years ago on Nov ember 29, 1929, and made hei home* in Poplar Point all her lift until she entered the nurses school the first of October, thi: year, Miss Ta>lor was graduatec last spring from the Oak Citj High School where she was popu lar with her classmates, and hac great promise as a student nurse and a friend, of the sick. Surviving are her .parents, twe brothers, Edgar add Durward Taylor; and two sisters, Thelma and Shirley Ann Taylor, all of the home. Miss Taylor was a member ol the Hamilton Missionary Baptist Church and her pastor, Rev. E. R Stewart, conducted the funera! service in the Poplar Point Pres byterian Chapel not far from the home on the Hamilton-Williams ton Highway MonJatTafternoon'al 3:00 o’clock. Burial was in Wood lawn Cemetery here. I ■N | TOY COLLECTION Sponsoring; a Christmas Cheer program this holiday season, local Ja.vcees will can vass the town next Sunday afternoon for discarded toys and other items suitable for gifts. Householders are cor dially urged to place their bundles on porches for the canvass which will get under way at 2:30 o'clock that after noon. The movement will get a ready response from quite a few little tots at Christmas time, and everyone is asked to participate. Warren E. Everett Dies Suddenly At Washington Home Funeral Servire H»*ltl Mon day for Former Kcsiilenl; Burial In Cemetery Here Warren Edward Everett, 39, a native of this county and for a number of years a resident of Wil liamston, died suddenly at his home in Washington Park. Wash ington, Sunday morning at 3:45 o’clock Experiencing heart trou ble for several years, Mr. Everett had been getting along very well | until about a month ago when he had an attack of pneumonia and : his heart condition was aggravat ed. However, he apparently had recovered and was in his usual health when he retired last Sat urday evening About one o’clock he suffered a slight attack but his condition was not regarded as critical until about two hours lat I er when he suffered another at tack, death following within a short time. The son of the late James Ar nold and Roland Ora Taylor Ev erett, he was born near Williams ton on January 6, 1910, and spent his early life on the farm. Mov ing here with his family, he at tended the local schools and fin ished his education at Buie’s Creek and Randolph Macon Acad 'emy. In business with his brother, J. Robt. Everett, for several years, he accepted a position with the Standard Fertilizer Company and located in Washington about 1934 • where he became well known as a " business man and citizen. Surviving are his widow, the 1 former Miss Esther God ley of Bath; a daughter, W.ynie Jane and a son, Warren Edward, Jr ; a sis ter, Mrs. C. B. Swain of Norfolk; and three brothers, James Robert and William Harrell Everett, both of Williamston. and Joseph H. i Everett of Norfolk. Funeral services were conduct ■ ea " Washington Christian j Church yesterday afternoon at 2 j o’clock by the pastor. Rev. M. El more Turner, and interment was ! in the family plot in Woodlawn .Cemetery here. Mr. Everett was a Mason and members of the ord er were in charge of the last rites at the graveside. Small Child Recovering Front Serion* Illness -O_ Laurel Cherry, 2 - year - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Cherry, continues to improve at her home in West End after suc cessfully undergoing a serious throat operation a week ago in a Washington hospital. The child j choked on a piece of orange and a small particle of it passed into the windpipe and lung. Pneu monia resulted and for several | days her condition was considered J critical. However, tl..s week after ! further treatment she is greatly I improved IMPROVING I A patient in a Washington hos Tpuai" tor Ten days, Mr. Van G. Taylor was reported improving j there this morning. Speakt*!* Fi*.siiviil (Photo by courtesy Koyal Photographic c enter) Army Secretary Kenneth Royal], coining here as the feature speaker on the town’s recent Peanut Festival program takes time out to meet the festival queen, Miss Katie Leggett. ROtJINIMl* -—* Local; county and state law enforcement officers rounded up and temporarily detained ten persons in the county jail, \ including one female, eight colored male and one white male. Seven were booked for public drunkenness, two for assaults and one for posses sion of illegal liquor. Family In Dire Circumstances Reliable reports received here this week statfcd vi.uf <v luiuil'i' > ily in a nearby township was finding itself in dire circum stances, the reports declaring that the father and two children were invalids, tiiat the mother was in poor health and a son, the only able-bodied one in the group, had not been able to work on account of weather conditions. The father, almost sixty years of age, underwent a major opera tion some months ago and has to be lifted from the bed into a roll ing chair. One son and the daugh ter are paralyzed in their legs and 1 are virtually helpless. Neighbors have contributed to their support and a small amount is allowed by the Welfare Depart ment, but it was declared that the 1 need for additional aid is impera- ‘ tive. Neighbors and other friends have started a movement to sup- ' plement the family's meager in come. and donations will be more than welcomed. Mr. W. L Ausbon, RFD 1, Robersonville, will accept 1 the contributions and see that every penny is placed where u will accomplish the most good for 1 the family. Farm Committee To Be Fleeted Thursday Nominees Up For Election In The County Thursday Di'lrplrb lo ami KIit Comity Coninii'.Kr \l Merlin*: Friilay The first steps in electing com iiuinit.y and county eommitteemer under Triple A program were tak ?n last Friday evening when com paratively small numbers of far mers met in their respective dis adds and nominated delegates t( the county convention and offeree loihinees for the communit;, elec :10ns to be held on Thursday o this week. Several changes are fairly cer t;nn in the Triple A personnel the .'ommi: year, report- -biting Ilia' some of the old committeemen an ■esigning after long years of .-ter /ice. Following the community elec ions which will be held Thursday between the hours of 9:00 a. m md 6:00 p. m. in the regular vot ng places, the duly elected dele jates will meet Friday in tht ounty agricultural building and >leet a county committee. 'J’hr /oting for both of the Koberson 'ille districts will be held in the • and S Motor Companj building n Robersonville, it was announc 'd. The lists below, arranged by listriets, show the delegate and ommittee nominees m order, as ollows: Jamesville, I: J. Carl Griffin :nd H. A. Sexton. For commit ee: H. A. Sexton, Howard Hardi on. Arthur Modlin, Fdgar Hope veil. G. L Coooei G f'. Mmtin .nd'j“R'.,wTiTia'niT (Continued on Page Seven) Resume Trial Of Civil Calendar in Superior Court Fair!> Larj;e (tomiI* Arc In Vltemlance For Second \\ cck Sessions --<r After recessing for the Thanks giving holidays, the Martin Coun ty Superior Court resumed the trial of civil cases Monday with Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn on the bench. While tile court worked less than three days last week, it is now expected that the tribunal will continue in session well into Friday of this, the second oi the two-week term called for the trial of civil eases only. Fairly large crowds were in at tendance for the first sessions this week, but it was learned that nearly one-fourth of the crowd in cluded jury and most of the others present were litigants and court officers and lawyers, the latter group including several from other counties. Asking for further judgment against Archie Mobley, Mrs. Dor othy Mobley was allowed $25 a month for the support of their eleven-year-old daughter For the (last several years, the court had allowed $12.53 • a- month for the support of the child. The new al lowance becomes effective Jan uary I. After spending much time hear ing evidence in the damage suit | brought by I' (1 Matthews against Veneer Products Com pane, the court was advised that the plaintiffs would take a volun tary non-suit. The plaintiff was asking damages alleged to have resulted when the defendant’s trucks hauled timber from certair farms belonging to the plaintiff. In the case of H H. Cowen against C. E. Jenkins, the court ordered the defendant to remove a fence from a point now involvee in a boundary line dispute. The defendant was given a week te comply with the eourt order. Toelay the' eourt is working or the case of W. V Ormond againsl 1 D. G. Matthews. The ease oiigin ute'd some years ago when the plaintiff claims he turned ovei certain property to the dofendanl to collect the rents as an offset te a loan, maintaining that the pro porty should revert back to the plaintiff when the debt was satis fied. The defendant claims the plaintiff deeded the property h him at tlie- time. -o—.— IMPROVING Undergoing treatment in ; I Rocky Mount hospital, Mi G. 11 Harrison was reported improvec today, the patient expressing the hope that he’d be able- to be bad . home shortly, "but I’ll have e await eloctor’s orders," lie said. WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS IMS Officers Com On Illicit Li Martin County ABC Enforce ment Officer J 11 Roebuck and his assistant, Deputy Roy Peel are continuing an effective drive , against the illicit liquor business. Reports maintain that the illicit trade will go forward on a very j limited scale in the county this holiday season. Following a heavy blow struck at the business the early part of lust week in Bear Grass Town ship, the officers shifted to James 1 vi 1 It* Township and wrecked two plants. Weather conditions have hampered the business consider ably these past few weeks, and that with the work of the law is certain to hold the flow of white liquors to a drip or two, figura tively speaking. One of the two plants was wrecked back of Dardens, Officer j Roebuck said. It was equipped Pn»ple To BT Asked To Fill diirifrl mTT BdAT ar "WiTtT FtToct For Starving Victims 01 War First County Man Answers Peacetime Draft Summons The peace-time draft got down to business but in a small way in this county Monday when John Junior Graham, young Williams ton colored man. reported to the recruiting station in Raleigh. Af ter taking a new series of exam inations there he will be trans ferred to an army station. Graham was one of two men to pass the first pre-induction ex aminations some weeks ago. The second man to pass the prelimin ary tests married since he regis tered and since his status could not be determined immediately his induction was delayed. A report has just been receiv ed from the pre-induction center iii Fayetteville, stating that only two of the sixteen Martin County men reporting for preliminary ex aminations on Thursday, Novem ber 18, passed. No call for their final induction has been received, it was learned from the county draft board this week. Calls have been received for more men to report for pre-indue tom examinations after Christ mas. Three are to report to Fay etteville on Wednesday, Decem ber 20, and fifteen are to report for the preliminary tests on Thursday, December 30, Several of those answering the November 18 call had been reject ed for service during World War II, it was learned. itKVUS (,>t t)'i \ The animal Martin County I'mm Bureau membership drive has reached and passed its quota of 2,00(1 members, but the canvassers are work ins to push the total to the 2, 300 goal, President ( has. L. Daniel said this week. Meeting last Thursday eve ning, the canvassers reported 2,070 members, and agreed at that time to continue the drive for an additional 200 members. Committees Busy On Sehool Ground _ Special committees named by I V. J. Spivey, P.-T. A. president, are pushing plans to improve the grammar school grounds. The dirt is expected to fly on Thursday and Friday of this week when fourteen expertly picked men start handling special assign ments, looking forward to the transplanting of shrubbery there. The following committee mem bers are being notified of their assignments: Harrell Everett, Iv 11 erson Skinner, John Goff, J. C. Eubanks, Hildreth Mobley, Mar vin Britton, John Henry Edwards, Bill Glover, J. C. Cooke, James B. Peele, Edward Corey, Abner Brown, Jesse Sumner, H. F. Me Knight, F. E. Weston and K. P. i Lindsley. To supplement that project, a special committee, composed of ; Marvin Britton, W 1. Skinner and It E. Manning, is to go before the next meeting of the town com missioners and ask that the ditch hack of the grammar school be tiled. finning Drive. quor Business - ' with ;i 50-gallon capacity copper , still and four fermenters. The of , fleers poured out 200 gallons of beer there. The still was on old l one, but it had been set up in a | new location, the officers taking it ( before operations could be resum ed. The other plant, located on Welch’s Creek, was equipped with two 50-gallon capacity oil drums which were used for kettles. The raiders poured out about 250 gal lons of beer then Aided by officers from Pitt and Washington counties in the double raid, officers from this county joined Washington County forces last Friday and conducted a suc cessful raid over in Washington I County, tearing down a plant .rorn wnu h the illegal spirits pre sumably had been flowing into this county. Win. Williams,'Jr. Died In Hospital At Noon Saturday -- I tnirrnl llrltl In ilu» Itaplisl (Hum'll Sumla) Aflrruoon For Local \ mmy Man m ■■■ William Howell Williams, Jr. 40, died in a Washington hospita at noon last Saturday following i long period of declining health During the past eight months hi had received hospital treatment a intervals and was getting alonr very well until the early pa. t o last week when he returned ti the hospital foi treatment. Hi; condition became critical the lat ter part of the week and littli hope was held for his recovery. The son of William H. and Car rie Ross Williams, he was born ir Williamston on May 22, 1908. Af ter finishing the local schools hi engaged with his father in thi painting contracting business am interior decorating. He was a member of the Mem orial Baptist Church and was verj popular among the young men oi the town. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Klva V. Shoe o! Greenville; two daughters, Llvi Jo and Sharon Ross Williams both of the home; his parents four sisters, Mis W. R. Mercer o Fountain, Mrs. Carroll F. Overtor of Ahoskie, Mrs. J. V. Price o Raleigh, and Mrs. Joe H. Stalling: of Tarboro; anil one brother James L. Williams of Williams ton. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by hi: pastor, Rev. Stewart B. Simms Interment was in Woodlawn cent etery. Undvrgoen (t/ii'ration rm In -•— Experiencing much truubh with her eyes, Miss Joan Peel, lo cal high school student anc daughter of Mrs. John R. Peel, un derwent uri operation in a Dur ham hospital last week-end. Doe tors expressed the hope that the operation will help relieve the eyi condition. 1‘lans Ttt Hi'itrrsfnt Turin Iturran At Wee Allowed a portion of his ex penses by the State Organization, Farmer George C. Griffin of Grif fins is planning to represent th< county at the national meeting o. the American Farm Bureau Fed eration to be held in Atlantic City on December 9. The county organization ex peets to send one or two delegates. Move To New Home ■"'g.'Ms NUafflEffJHM&i s moved into their new home on Halifax Street last week. • -+ - Jesse Sumner And Mayo Little Will Head Undertaking Nciirh Kvrry (Comity in ihe Stair Working to Build I |» 100-Car I’rain Tentative plans were laid at a meeting of representative citizens and groups in the courthouse Monday evening for operating a Friendship Train in Martin Coun i ty early in December "We sin 1 eerel.v believe the people of Mar tin County will support the und ertaking and cooperate in reliev ing human suffering in war strick en lands," one representative aft er another declared. The expres sion of encouragement came after llev. W L. Freeman, chairman of the movement in Chowan County, told about the human suffering in the war stricken countries. Coming to the county when the State chairman found it imposs ible to fill all his engagements, the Edenton minister said that it is hard to believe the extent of the suffering now being experienced in Europe and Asia. "I was in the war areas and l can remember the little child who met me on the highway one cold morning. He was barefoot and the seat of his pants were gone, leaving the spot shining red Bui there was still a certain charm about the little fel low, and hope for a chance to live," Mr. Freeman said. “1 tell you here and now that overseas relief is the real thing. Death from starvation and cold will reach a staggering rate this winter, and if each one of us can help just one person and keep that i person from starving to death, we will have accomplished some thing,” the minister said in ap pealing to his listeners to get be hind the movement and put it across in a big way. "The Friendship Train is a spontaneous movement arising (Continued on page eight) ChildOuokes To Death On Small Piece 01 Pecan Lillie llopT Lupuie Holier soil Dies En Houle To l(os|>itnl In Durham -» Roger Eugene Roberson, nine teen months old, died shortly aft er 5:00 o’clock last Saturday aft ernoon while en route to a Dur ham hospital The little child choked to death a short time after *' a small piece of pecan lodgpd in h is. -windp ipe ... At home when he swallowed ' the pecan portion, ii)„PxUttifcii^osPi,al where every effort was made to relieve the \ condition, A few minutes late; he was on his way with his grand father, Mr. Gome Harrison, and ■ others to the hospital in Durham. When the little fellow's condition became worse, he was stopped at the clinic in Robersonville but his ailment was beyond medical i and he died just a few minute lat- - er. He had been in good health and was very active for one of tender age. He was born on April the son of Jack and risen Roberson Surviving are hi parents and a brother, Funeral services were conduct ed at the late home in Bear G “ Township Monday afternoon 2:30 o'clock by Rev. James Lowiy, Presbyterian and Elder A. B.