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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS REAli BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LH—NUMBER 8 Witliamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 27, 1919 ESTABLISHED 1899 Thirty-Four Cases Are Heard Monday In County’s Court Six-Month Prison Sentence Invoked Against Woman Defendant —-Q Handling thirty-four cases in less than two and one-half hours; Judge Chas H. Manning meted out several road sentences and im posed fines in the sum of $585.00 last Monday in the Martin Cc-unty Recorde 's Court. Thirteen of the cases charged defendants with speeding while several others were/ in court for allegedly not having their vehicles inspected. And it is fairly apparent that some motor vehicle operators still think drivers’ licenses are not needed in this state. Proceedings: ' Russell Cullipher, pleading guilty of operating a motor ve hicle without a driver’s license, had his case continued until Feb ruary 28 under prayer for judg ment. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, James Norman Hollis was fined $100, taxed with the cost and had his driver’s license revoked for a year. Levon Stokes, pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a license, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Charged with assaulting a fe male, Willie Gorham was fined $25 and required to pav the costs. His wife, the prosecuting witness, advised the court that she wanted to drop the whole thing, but the plea was not recognized. Adjudged guilty of bastardy over his plea maintaining inno cence, Lonnie Lee was sentenced to the roads for twelve months. The term was suspended on con dition that he pay $20 a month during the next twelve months for the support of his two children. Notice of appeal was given and bond was required in the sum of $100. . Pleading guilty of non-support, Willie Boston was sentenced to the roads for three months, the court suspending the sentence on condi tion that he pay $5 a week for the support of his children. William B. Hudgin was fined $25 and taxed with the costs for j operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. In the case charging Walter! Wilson Knight and William Henry Harris with assaults with deadly j weapons, Harris was found not, guilty. Adjudged guilty, Knight j was fined $25 and required to pay the costs Pleading guity of drunken driv ing Robert Byther Vick was fined $100, taxed with the cost and had 1 his driver’s license revoked for a year. Elbert Modlin and Charlie Grif fin, charged with being drunk and disorderly, were sentenced to the roads for three months when they were unable to pay $25 fines and costs. ! Pleading guilty of non-support, Robert Louis Davis was directed to pay the costs and $25 a month for the support of his twm chil In the court last October on a fornicauon and adultery charge, Cw.aSr»s«P.«Mut»-arv.g »ti that lime sentenced to woman's prison for six months. The term was sus pended on condition that she re main-e#-g-jtj hii.wlor snAA ,w the county. Lest Monday she was in court on an assault-with-dead ly-weapon charge. The court sus pended judgment on that charge and invoked sentence pronounced in the first case. William Jones, acting a bit. in dignant, was sentenced to the roads for sixty days for issuing a worthless check. WARNING _ A last warning: has been is sued to motor vehicle owners that they will make them selves subject to prosecution in the courts if they display old license tags on their ve hicles after next Monday. Those owners in town who do not display town license tags on their vehicles after Monday will also he subject ed to prosecution *irt the courts. • 1 I T THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS L .. URGENT APPEAL v/ With contributions falling: considerably below expecta tions, Chairman L. B. Wynne today directed an urgent ap peal to all Martin County citi zens, urging them to support the infantile paralysis fund during the last few days of the drive. So far only $010. has been received by direct mail, an amount well under the con tributions received a year ago. To help carry the drive over the $4,700 goal, contributions by mail will have to approxi mate $1,200 or $1,500. The Hamilton colored school, the first school in the county to make a report, sub mitted $36.60. The contribu . tion from that source is en couraging, the chairman said, but in some of the high schools the drive has hardly been mentioned and the pleas, unfortunately, have been treated very lightly, it was declared. Insurance Death Benefits Greater American families received j $118,358,000 in life insurance death benefits from their life in surance companies in November, 17 percent more than correspond ing payments in November of the previous year, the Institute of Life Insurance reports. This brought to $1,315,378,000 the total death benefit payments in the first elev en months of the year, 8 percent more than in the corresponding 194-" Gieatest gain in the payments other than death benefits was in TJt'.llcy i'ilsn“a'Q’f/eiVh'Or value pay ments, which were $38,133,000 in November, up 37 percent from the corresponding month of the previ ous year. Th.o eley/ij^jmritjiy^e gure for such payments was $419, 052,000, up 24 percent over the previous year. These payments are stll running materially lower than pre-war, however, with sur render payment for the entire year 1948 expected to be one-third less than 1940 payments. To Stage Vaudeville Next Thursday Night “The Home Town Revue,” an old-fashioned vaudeville, will be presented Thursday evening, Feb ruary 3 at 8:15 in the High School auditorium. The musical, whose cast is made up mostly of PTA members, wall be directed by Mrs. Beecher Patterson and sponsored by the Junior and Senior Glee Clubs. Adult tickets are 75c and chil dren will be admitted for 35c. The proceeds from the Revue will be used *n buy vestments for the Glee Clubs. The public is cordial | ly invited to attend. I Nine Cases Heard j In Justice Court j Justice John L. Hassell and R. T, Johnson handled nine cases in their courts here recently. Tried by Justice Hassell, LeRoy Brewington, charged with disord erly conduct, was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, Thomas Mason was bound over to the county court under $100 bond, i Drunk and disorderly, James ! Willis Lloyd was sentenced to the roads for thirty days, Justice Has sell suspending the term upon the payment of $7.50 costs and pledg ed good behavior for one year. Justice Johnson handled the following cases: Charged with operating a mot or vehicle with improper lights, Richard Allen Reese was fined $5 and taxed with $5.85 costs. James Williams, colored, charg ed with failing to stop at a road intersection, was taxed with $5.85 costs. John C. Grantham was fined $5 and taxed with $5.85 costs for op erating a motor vehicle with im proper lights. Charged with disturbing the peace, Thurman James was found not guilty. Publicly drunk in Jamesville, James David Lilley was taxed with $6.85 costs. Charged with an assault, Annie Purvis was fined $10 and Eunice Oden was taxed with $6.15 costs. 4-H Clubs Plan Annual Program The Martin County 4-H Clubs j i ment day Saturday, Jar.uary 29th, at 2 30 p. m. in the courthouse. At this time the awards for cf . standing worP^IT eaefi project field will be made. The cups, pre sented to the 4-H Clubs by the ! Williamston Lions Club, will also j | be awarded to the boy and ffi i in i Martin County who has achieved most this year. Reports on the special events during the year will be given by club members. There will be en tertainment for the group given by fellow club members. Tiie public and parents of the boys and girls are cordially invit ed. Make Application For Radio Station Permit An application was filed this week by S. S. Adcock for a permit to open a radio broadcasting sta tion in Williamston. Few details could be learned, but unofficial reports state that Adcock has opened one or more stations in other areas of the State. INSTALLING PUMP Pumping equipment is being in stalled for a new well here and! the new unit wdl be in operation! j shortly. , State Specialists Here Tuesday for | Livestock School ! Farmer* Urged To Attend School And Hear Timely Topics Discussed An important livestock school will be held in the courthouse for j Martin County farmer next Tues day from 10:00 a. m. until 3;00 p. ;ii. with an hour set aside for luncn at 12:15. it was announced) this week by }'arn Agent Tommy Brandon. Offering the latest recognized practices in raising hogs, cattle and sheep, including their feed ing, care and management, the school or meeting will be conduct ed by able specialists from 'the! State Extension Service in Ral eigh, Brandon said. Opening the meeting at 10:00 o’clock that morning, Agent T. B.1 Brandon will briefly review the livestock situation in this county and introduce the specialists. At 10.15 o’clock, John Whitfield. Market Specialist for the North Carolina Department of Agricul ture, will discuss the outlook for beef cattle, hogs and sheep in this section of the State. Paul Swatter, of the Extension Service, will outline feeding and management of beef cattle at 10:45 o’clock. A thirty-minute moving picture, showing the latest methods of livestock feeding, will be run in time for the school to recess for lunch at 12:15. Resuming the school at 1:15 o’clock that afternoon, Jack Kelly will discuss feeding and manage ment of hogs. L. I. Case at 2:00 o'clock will discuss feeding and management ol sheep, and he will be followed by J. T. Conner who will talk about diseases and parasites in livestock. Agent Brandon pointed out that it is very important that every farmer interested in livestock at tend the school and get in touch with the latest in livestock rais ing. The farm agent is anxious to have a packed courthouse for the school. Very few schools of the type are being held in the State, and farmers are fortunate to have the opportunity to attend one at home. Three Arrested In Peanut Case Three young colored men, Joe Clark, Henderson and Grover Moore, were arrested in the Dar dens section early today in con nection with the theft of eight bags of peanuts from Farmer Den nis Coburn. Leon Sykes, tenant on the Co burn farm, heard a noise around the peanut shelter about 4:00 o’clock and immediately notified his landlord. Officers were called and bloodhounds from the local prison camp picked up a track, leading to a spot in the woods about 300 yards away where th • peanuts were found. The dog; then continued to a small house sJrcd ■ where the three were found. They denied the charge but their boot matched the tracks around the peanut shelter Corn Producing Cham pious Guests At Raleigh Banquet (Robersonville Herald) At the regular group meeting of Agriculture teachers in Creswell on Wednesday, January 12, it was announced that Robersonville had the winning F. F. A. member in the Tyrrell-Washington and Mar tin County Group in the hybrid corn yield contest sponsored by the North Carolina Foundation Seed Producers, Inc., and the Ex tension Department. Roberson ville was also credited with the winning veteran trainee in the three counties. The winners, Benny Ross of the Robersonville F. F. A. Chapters, with a yield of 110 bushels per acre, and Vance Bennett of the Robersonville veterans groups, with a yield of 119 bushels per acre, accompanied by their in structors. Mr. J. E. Mullen and i Mr, Carroll Whichard, attended u( short course on agronomy and a banquet in Raleigh on Saturday, January- 22. Dr. Firman E. Bear of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, was the principal speaker at the meeting. A native of Ohio, he has served on the faculties of Ohio State, the University of Wis consin and the University of West Virginia. He spent many years as director of agriculture research during which time he studied one year at L’institute Agronomique in Paris and one year at the L. G Farben industrie in Berlin. In addressing the large number of 4-H Clubs, F F. A. members, vet eran trainees and farmers attend ing. he said, “There is no reason why the corn yields in the south eastern states should not equal, in' fact exceed, those of the corn! 1 James Edmondson Found Dead Here At Moon Tuesday -— Funeral Yesterday In Ham ilton for Retired Prison Camp Superintendent Janies Ebenezer Edmondson,! retired superintendent of the; North Carolina State Highway j and Public Works Commission prison camp near Williamstcn, i was found dead in bed at his ho ne on North Elm Street here yester day by Mrs. Edmondson when she returned home at noon from her work in the Proctor Shop. The ap parent victim of a stroke of par alysis, he is believed to have died between 10 and 11 o'clock that morning. He was sleeping when Mrs. Ed mondson left the home that morn ing and apparently was getting along very well. Neighbors saw him moving around the yard later , in the morning, enjoying the sum-1 merday sunshine. He returned to j his room and retired about 10 o’clock. Mr. Edmondson had been in de clining health for about eight years, suffering his first stroke at that time while serving as super intendent of the camp. He was abel to return to his work after that stroke, but another one fol lowed and he was forced to re tire. He suffered a third stroke before he was fatally stricken I Tuesday morning. The son of the late Ebenezer and Cottie Martin Edmondson, he was born in Hamilton on February 28, 1884, and spent his early life there, engaging in farming as a young man and as an employe of the town for a number of years before going with the highway prison department. After serving at Scotland Neck and Greenville he caine to Williamston fourteen vears ago, later taking over the duties of superintendent. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Wilba Rogers; two brothers, William Edmondson of Portsmouth and J. II. Edmondson of Plymouth; three sisters, Mrs. P. H. Davenport, Mis. Henry Johnson, Sr., and Mrs. Robert Roebuck, all of Hamilton, several nieces and nephews. He was a member of St. Mar tin’s Episcopal Church in Hamil ton and funeral services were con ducted there yesterday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by Rev. Sidney Matthews, Episcopal minister of Washington. Burial was in the Hamilton Cemetery. LAST CALI While the work is well ad vanced, possibly more so than at corresponding times in past years, there are yet quite a lew owners who have not list ed their properties and poll I tor taxation in this county, ac cording to information com ing from the office of Ta»: Sup < ;isor M. L. Feel. Kext Monday is the last day f' v listing property, but it is j possible for owners to make ^ special.»rfim-g»5Wyvi»-■ list-takers and get their hold ings on the kooks without penalty. No extension for lisl i ing h-wlit.cn allowed. Farmer Murdered In Farm Life Yesterday W. Tom Roberson, Victim Of Attack, Dies In Hospital John K. Collrain, Faring Murdor Charge, Sur remlfred Today W. Tom Roberson, well-known I eounto citizen and a leading far mer in the Farm Life section of Griffins Township, was fatally j shot while working in the log- j woods near his home yesterday morning shortly before 8:00 o’clock by John R. Coltrain, neigh bor farmer. The victim, an entire load of buck shot in his right arm and right side, died a few minutes after he was entered in a Wash ington hospital for treatment. Coltrain, weary after a hectic night spent in the woods a short distance from his home, surren dered to Deputies Joe H. Roebuck and Murray Holloman shortly be fore noon today in a woods just back of the house at the request of his boys and .just before a posse started to move into the woods It was reported that he I had contacted members of the family late last night but warn ed them that he was not ready to surrender at that time, lie spent the night just a few hundred yards from the house and told of ficers that he got mighty cold. After he was taken into custo dy, Coltrain said that Officer Joel Roebuck had moved by him at a! close distance twice yesterday, I that he wanted to say something j but just “choked up” each time, Deputy Holloman also passed within a few feet ol him yester day afternoon, Coltrain said. Coltrain also stated that he saw Deputies Holloman and Roy Peel washing their hands and faces when they made ready to eat supper at his home last evening, and added that he was glad they could eat there even if he could Officers met him a short dis- j tance from the house after two of j h'is sons had contacted him and arranged the surrender, but Cal- I train said lie would not come out , of the woods until all other of- j ficers and members of the posse j had moved away. Wner he sur-' rendered Coltrain carried much of the ammunition in his hunting jacket, but one of his sons was carrying the automatic shot gun. It was said that Coltrain, while changing his clothes, stopped and opened his iron safe and divided what money he had with mem bers of the family. After firing on Torn Roberson, Coltrain turned his gun on Rober son’s brother-in-law, Gabe Rober son, who sought refuge behind a tree. Coltrain then turned his gun on the victim’s nephew, Hen- J ry Roberson, and advised him to | get tfie hell out of there. During | the meantime, the victim walked * \ .A,- ... ,r.„ : « , i I collapsed. Help was summoned j and the victim was placed in a car and carried to the hospital. When ! they reached Washington, N?r. Roberson told them to hurry, that > he was falling fust. Loading his automatic shot gun ! j with huck~airot» Coltrain teffr-hwwj shortly after seven o’clock and [ walked to the woods possibly a a mile and one half away. He ! stepped into the little logwoods I path iust ahead of the mules he- | ing driven by Roberson who was! riding on the log wagon. Coltrain stopped the mules and asked who cut the logs the Saturday before. Roberson told him and Coltrain was quoted us saying, “Yes, g— d-- you, you (so and so) and I’m i going to kill you.” Without fur ther warning or words, Coltrain fired from a distance of about 12 or 15 feet. Nine of the shot en tered the right arm, seven of them continuing into the victim’s right side. Seeing his father leave home with the gun, Joseph Coltrain, young man, said he suspieioned something was wrong and he fol lowed a few minutes later. When he reached the scene, Roberson had already been shot, hut it is be .continued xroin page one) • f FUNERAL TODAY v___j ! Funeral services are being conducted this afternoon for William Thomas Roberson, prominent county citizen, who was fatally shot by John R. Coltrain in the Farm Life Community. Speedsters Have Another Day In The County Court J dialers An- HitU'rly (lou leslnl By Drfcmiuiits In One Or Two (la.>,CH Alleged speedsters hud another day in the Martin County Record er’s Court last Monday when four teen were called for trial. The ehai'ges were bitterly con gested by the defendants in one or two cases, but in most instances j the defendants pleaded guilty, ac i cepted the consequences and con tinued on their way. i Detained on a speeding charge, | one of the defendants admitted he | exceeded the limit, explaining I that he speeded up to pass another | car. The patrolman explained that ! a bond of $37 05 would be neces sary, and the defendant declared j he did not have that kind of | money. “Well, there’s nothing left ■ for me to do except put you in jail,” the officer explained. “Go ahead and put me in jail,” the de fendant was quoted as saying. Newly rrtade friends who felt sor ry for the man offered to furnish bond, but the offer was not readi ly accepted and apparently little appreciated. Once in jail, the de fendant talked about Hitlerian methods, fumed and fussed and abused just about everybody and I everything below the Mason j Dixon Line. The bond offer was I later accepted. The defendant ind his wife were guests of their new friend overnight, and they con | tinued south following the trial Monday morning and after paying i'.Or Several other defendants main tained they were not sj ceding, but patrolmen declared they as in the •case o! the other delenuaul had | clocked racin' for several nviTS <St'j a speed in excess of 65 miles per hour. S- ; were dis | posed of this week m the court, leach of the defendants, facing ! speeding charges, being fi led $15 plus $22.05 costs: Albert Kirchof of New York; Thomas By i ce Venable, Pocomoke City, Md.; Quinton C. Davis; Louis F. Diet/, Dumont, N. J. Abraham Kessler, Brooklyn; Geo. G. Levy, New York; James Bruce House;! El/ada M. Frost, Sh eepscott, Maine; Sam Golden, Philadelphia hotel manager; Richard Mont Do (Continued on page eight) Firemen Are ('.ailed To (.leantiif{ F.slablishinent Volunteer firemen were called to a trash pile lire just bactc of the Horton Cleaners on South Sycamore Street last Tuesday aft ernoon at 12:45 o’clock. Cleaning fluid had been dumped on the pile of slush and blazed up, threaten ing near-by buildings. There was Funeral At Maple Grove Church For W. Tom Roberson Well-known Griffins Town ship Farmer Fatally Shot Near Home Yesterday Funeral services arc being con ducted in the Maple Grove Church in the Farm Life Com munity of Griffins Township this [afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for Wil liam Thomas Roberson who was j fatally shot in a woods near his I home by John R. Colt rain early i yesterday mor/ing. His pastor, Rev M. Luther Ambrose, is eon j ducting the se rvice and burial will be in the Hardison Mill Cemetery, i near the home. Mr. Roberson, well-known county citizen and a leading farm er in his community, was born in I Griffins Township 55 years ago on ! August 11. 1893, the son of the late Noah and Martha Whitley Rober son. He lived and farmed there [all his life except two years spent [ in the army during World War I. ,While in the army he spent much time overseas in France and Ger many. In 1921 he was married to Miss Minnie Roberson and she survives with three daughters, Mrs. Ray Gurganus and Mrs. Slade Peel Revels, both of Williarnston, and Miss Rachel Roberson of the home. He also leaves seven brothers, Simon, Lewis, Ben, State, Archie and Arnold Rober son, all of Griffins Township, and George Roberson of Washington; four sisters, Mrs Dawson Griffin, Mrs. Dock Hardison, Mrs. W. Jesse [Griffin and Mrs. Dave Griffin, all I of Griffins Township. Mr. Roberson was a member of flic Maple Grove Church for about thirty years, serving it as deacon for a long time and as an elder for about ten years. In addition to | his interest in religious work he I was active in the affairs of his i community and county and his fellowman. He was devoted to his I family and friends, always ex pending a helping hand to the [ needy and supporting the worth while things in life. Although his manner was unpretentious and humble, he contributed much to his community and its people. When the news of the tragedy was heard, just about ail activities in the community were suspend ed, neighbors and other friends going to his family to do what they could. He had ably served as tax list taker for his township for several years and at the time of his un timely passing had just about completed the task for 1949. He also operated a lumber and grist mills with his brother-in-law. Auto Inspection Law Defendants No fines have been imposed as .vet but defendants going into the Martin County Recorder’s Court for allegedly not having their ve hicles inspected are being taxed with $12.05 costs. Operating a borrowed trailer Ib-it-ii vl s;th«it-1cmj&e**6pS&K: man Peel was in court and was taxed with *he costs which were reportedly paid by the owner. Other defendants charged with vpvri-frtivehicles that had not been inspected, include the, fol io wing: JiiHi.es . O.tjsJFtoston. NjjJJyyj P. \ anNortwick, Jesse Allen Hell, Needham P. Wood, Dossie Wil liams. Firemen Cailed To Home Here Yesterday Firemen were called to the Ki^gs home on Biggs Street yes terday for the second time since last Friday when a chimney caught lire. There was no dam age. . *411130 fSUCCESSOR v No one has been mentioned as a possible candidate to suc ceed Mr. G. H. Harrison as a member ot' the local board of town commissioners. The re maining board members, charged with the duty of naming a successor, are not expected to take an£ action before the regularly schcdu]
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