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1 the enterprise is read by OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE TIIE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES SE VOLUME LII—NUMBER 22 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 17, 1919 ESTABLISHED 1899 Has Thirty Cases In the Recorder’s Court On Monday J — »—— Fines Imposed By Judge Manning Total $575; Several Go To Roads -O Judge Chas. H. Manning had thirty cases in the Martin County Recorder’s Court and he and Sol icitor Paul D. Roberson worked until well in the afternoon before clearing the docket. Fines in the amount of $575 were imposed and several defend ants drew terms on! the roads. A fairly large numbec of spectators hf ard the trials. Proceedings: ^ Pleading guilty of non-support, /Fenner L. Woolard was sentenced to the roads for six months. The young white man, appearing in court some time ago on a similar charge, admitted he had not pro vided one cent for his family. The young man said he had worked some, that his own welfare re quired all the money he made. He said nothing about the welfare of his family. Charged with drunken driving and carrying a concealed weapon, Stonewall J. Dixon pleaded guilty of drunken driving and not guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. He was adjudged guilty on the second count and fined $150, tax ed with the cost and lost his driv er’s license for a year. Adjudged guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Albert A. Thompson was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. In a second case, Thompson plead ed not guilty of passing a school bus while the bus was receiving or discharging passengers. Adjudg ed guilty, he was fined $10 and taxed with the costs. Entering no plea in the case in which he W’as charged wdth bas tardy, Austin Green was adjudg ed guilty. A six-month road sen tence was suspended on condition that he pay the court costs, the medical bill incident to the birth of his illegitimate child and $5 a week for the support of the child during the next tw'o years. Carrying his case before a six man jury, Willis Grant Vander ford was found not guilty of drunken driving. Members of the jury were J. C. Etheridge, M. W. Bissell, Ralph E. Taylor, Tilmon R. Coltrain, Mack Henry Leggett and George W. Ayers. Charged with being drunk and disorderly and with an assault, Beulah Brown was found guilty of public drunkenness and was fined $10, plus costs. Pleading guilty of larceny, Alice Taylor was fined $25 and required to pay the costs. James Russell Biggs pleaded guilty of public drunkenness and was fined $10 and taxed with the costs. Continued on Page Five) Cooking School Here Next Week Beginning Wednesday, March 23, a two-day Cooking School is ,*» V- held i.n Hut under the sponsorship of the x i ivi AppxfSfixSF Company. Hours for the school are from 2:30 to 4:30. The school will bp conducted by Miss Mary Estelle Doyle, Home Economist for the Walker-Martin Co., assisted by Miss Eleanor Hall, Home Economist of the Virginia Electric and Power Company, and Miss Elizabeth Parker, Home De monstration Agent of Martin County. Various foods and complete meals, including oven dinners, will by planned and prepared during the two day cooking dem onstration. Instructions and dem onstrations will be given on pre paring and packaging frozen foods and a wide variety of electric ap pliances will be on display and demonstrated. All foods prepared will be giv en away as prizes along with elec tric appliances including a va cuum cleaner, automatic toaster, G. E. Iron and G. E. waffle iron. A special demonstration will be presented bv Miss Dnvlp on Fri day, March 25, from 12:30 to 2:30. for the Home Economies classes of the local high school. Jersey Crash Victim J Dies In Hospital Here Fatally Injured In Auto-Motorcycle Crash Near Here Now Jersey Boy Suffers A Skull Fraeture, Broken Arm and Leg Tuesday John Williams, 20, of Bound Brook, New Jersey, was fatally injured about 3:20 o’clock Tuesday afternoon when the new Harley Davidson motorcycle he was rid ing crashed head-on into an auto mobile about two miles south of here on U. S. Highway 17. Suf fering a skull fracture, a com i pound fracture of the right arm I and his left leg broken above the knee, the crash victim was remov ed to the local hospital in a Biggs ambulance. Blood plasma and other treatment were administer ed immediately, bi*t he died late yesterday afternoon without re gaining consciousness. Returning with his brother, Ot to Williams, and two other com panions from the motorcycle races | at Daytona Beach, Florida, the young man turned to his left to pass a car and crashed head-on into a large Buick being driven by Philip A. Wisener, 52 Foxbar Road, Toronto, Canada. The three companions, each riding a motorcycle, passed the car and pulled back to their right side of the road, one of them stating that they were running about 55 miles an hour. The car, traveling about 45 miles an hour, was hit just to the side of the front wheel. Wil liams was thrown on the hood and into but not through the wind shield of the car. He was carried down the road possibly 25 or 30 yards and fell off the side just as the car was stopped. At the time of the accident con siderable dust was blowing across the highawy, impairing Williams’ vision, and Patrolmen J. T. Rowe and E. P. Simmons, making the 1 investigation, said that that con tributed to the accident. No charges were preferred and ! Wisener, accompanied by mem I bers of his family, continued their ; trip by bus and train after it was j learned that the car had been j wrecked almost beyond repair. I The front of the 1948 mocjel.car | was smashed, the engine battered, | the frame badly bent and pos j sibly the rear housing damaged. { Patrolman Simmons said the dam | age would approximate $950 to the car, if not more, and that dam I age to the motorcycle would pos j sibly amount to $150. i Otto Williams, son of a New Jersey police chief, and the two companions continued here with the crash victim. Born on April 27, 1928, he was a son ot Chief and Mrs. Otto A. Williams, N. Vossler Ave., Bound Brook, N. J., where he worked as a bicycle mechanic. Mr. and Mrs. Williams reached here lust even ing shortly after their son's death. They started the return trip early •****»■ u VW ■ Lin^ — ini' i ped late this evening to the home If*.''- • in New It was just a little over a v>ar ago that a New Jersey woman was fatally injured in a head-on wreck less than a miie from the spot where Williams was hurt. About three years ago a cyclist was fatally injured within a few yards of the spot of the last Tues day crash. Walks Away With Room Furnishings A guest, stopping last evening at the Southerner tourist cabins near here, got up during the night and literally walked away with the bed. He registered under the name of Peter Fridey, 637 SW 16th Street, Miami, and was driv ing a Chevrolet pick-up truck. The rnan, traveling alone, check ed in about 11:00 o’clock, and left at an unannounced hour, taking j with him four Chatham blankets, 'a pillow bedspread towels and a 1 rug. No trace of the man had been found ^shortly before noon today. ! TRIAL JUDGE 1 ■\/ Making his first official vis it to this county as a member of the state judiciary, Judge Chester Morris of Elizabeth City will preside at the trial of John R. Coltrain in sup erior court next week. Marriages Hold To Low Figures In This County Licence Issuance Lust Month Is Smallest fur Any February In Five Year* The downward trend reflected in the issuances of marriage li censes last December in this coun ty was maintained during last month when only sixteen licenses to marry were issued by Register J. Sam Getsinger. The issuance for the month was the smallest for any February since 1944 and falls six behind the 1948 February is suance. However, the issuance of licens es to white couples was the largest for any February since 1943, the number going to colored couples having dropped from 16 a year ago to six this year for the parti cular month. The big decrease in the marrying business was record ed in January of this year when the issuance of licenses dropped to 13 from a count of 33 in Janu ary of 1948. Licenses were issued last month, ten to white and six to colored couples, as follows: White Milford Bennett Holliday and Irma Gray Whitehurst, both of! Williamston. Russell B. Wynn of Everetts and Gloria Tuten, RFD 3, Washington. George Willis Shearin of War renton and Ann Elizabeth Jones, RFD 2, Williamston. Samuel David Stalls and Mod die Vera Brown, both of Rober sonvillc. Edward P. Simmons, Jr., of Jamesvillc and Ella Louise Wynne “oT'RuiTiamston. r am lia Fowden Everett, both of Wil liamston. Don C. Matthews, Jr., of Ham ilton and Mary Alice Roberson of Robersonville. Robert U. Gurganus and Evelyn L. Bowen, both of RFD 3, Wil liamston. James G. Rogcrson, RFD 1, Rob ersonville, and Pearly Wclhering (Continucd on page five) Benefit Program Planned At Colored High School A special program will be given in the auditorium of the local high school Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A benefit program, the proceeds will be used in financing the colored Scout Troop No. 162. Special music will be rendered by the Masters of Harmony and the Grand United Order of House hold of Ruth. Fidelity Temple No. 434 will assist with the pro gram. Acting as master of cere monies wilt he Resher) Whitfield Scout Master. F.vrvest Rogers, as sistant Scout Master and Robert Johnson of the Cub Scouts. . Jesse S. Ambers Died In Virginia Hospital Tuesday Last Kites At Bi^s Funeral Home Here at 3 O’clock This Afternoon Jesse Samuel Ambrose (Am bers) died in a veterans hospital at Kecoughtan, Virginia, at 12:25 o’clock Tuesday afternoon follow ing a long period of declining health. Retired from service in the local post office, he entered the hospital on August 5 of last year and was transferred to Mc Guire's General Hospital in Rich mond in late November where he underwent an operation in early December. He was returned to Kecoughtan the day after Christ mas and his condition was consid ered critical from that time. The son of the late William T. land Eliza Moore Ambrose, he was born in Washington County 62 years ago on July 22, 1886. When about two years old he moved wdth the family to Pitt County and spent several years on a farm be tween Robersonville and Stokes before locating on the Coffield farm near Everetts in this county. The family later moved to the J. D. Leggett farm near Williamston, locating a few years later in Wil liamston. After spending his early life on the farm, Mr. Ambers entered the postal service, first serving as substitute carrier on a rural route for his uncle, the late George Moore. When village delivery service was inaugurated in April 1916, he started working with the post office department regularly, serving as first carrier heie with Roger Critcher. After serving as carrier for about eighteen months he entered the armed forces for service in World War I on Sep tember 20, '917. He was overseas from May 18, 1918, until April 13, 1919, and was slightly wounded two days before the Armistice. Following his discharge in April, 1919, he returned to his old job which he handled faithfully until declining health forced his retire ment in 1945. Possessed of a quiet and unas suming character, Mr. Ambers never talked about himself but al ways seemed interested in others and their welfare. He handled his duties well. During his approxi mately 28 years and while walk ing a total of right at 100,000 miles in all kinds of weather, he never complained. No immediate relatives survive, but he leaves two nieces and sev eral cousins. Funeral services are being con ducted at the Biggs Funeral Home here this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. John L. Goff. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Plan Meeting At Methodist Church ■—— Two visiting ministers will be g.n a series of revival services in the Methodist Church here Sun day evening at 7:30 o’clock, the pastor. Rev. E.^R^ Jslndh„■ r. an normcedtoday, * Bethel, will preach and Rev. Thomas A. Collins, of Gatesviile, will lead the song service each Coitrain Goes On Trial For His Life In Court Next Week Try Thirteen For Highway Speeding In Martin County Fist of Dcffiidants Includes Noted Dancer From New York City Thirteen motorists were booked l I I ! I I ' for trial in tire Martin County Re corder's Court last Monday for al legedly speeding on the highways. All of the defendants except one pleaded guilty, most of them ad mitting they were driving be tween 60 and 70 miles an hour. One of the court’s customers was clocked at eighty miles ar hour before patrolmen coulc catch him about half way between here and Windsor Sunday morn ing. The officer picked up hi; trail a short distance out on the Washington Road and started chasing him. The violator went through the town’s main street al sixty miles an hour, sucking up stray bits of paper and loose dirl as he went. A professional dancer, Mist Evelyn Koutros of Jamaica, Long Island. New York, u-as included it the group of speedsters. Slu pleaded guilty and accepted the fine most philosophically. Tlu I noted dancer’s business managei , appeared a bit nervous, but the ,$15 fine and costs were paid and the party continued on its way south. All defendants were finud $15 each, the thirteen accounting foi $195 in fines and $286.65 in court costs. Names and addresses ol j other defendants: H. C. Miller Tarboro; Robert Reynolds, Ral eigh salesman; Gaston Lewis Pen der, Tarboro salesman; Morton R j Zahler, Newark, N. J.; Rex G. Wil j liams, Red Bank, N. J.; Abner | Leon Langer, Brooklyn; Edward I Furst, New York City; James j Saltzman, New York City; Alex Seewald, Flushing, N. Y.; Edwin L. Kalner, New York City; Hay ! wood Parker Foxall, Tarboro; j Chester C. Hardison, Williamston. Frank Williams of Williamston, facing a speeding charge, was found guilty and fined $15. He appealed to the superior court and bond was required in the sum of $100. TIIE RECORD SPEAKS . After making a perfect re cord. during the ninth week, motorists on Martin County highways came back witli a vengeance last week. One wreck victim was sent to the h .-.pita! and $1,520 worth of prop. ' was wiped out. The following tabulations offci a comparison of the ac cid nt trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1948 3 1 0 Comparison* To Dat»j 1949 23 11 0 $ 4,500 1948 30 13 1 5,875 Hogs Drown In Liquor Still Slop In County This Week -— Four small hogs paid with their; lives when they wandered from the straight and narrow path and jumped into a barrel of liquor still slop at an illicit still in the Free Union section of Jamesville Township last Tuesday afternoon.1 A.EC Enforcement Officer Joe H. Roebuck is not certain whether the little pigs were drowned or whether they died of ovcr-stimu ation. The dead pigs were found ying near a barrel of filthy beer nash, the officer stating that the ittle porkers drowned and were MlUod fr<\»w SIcno Krrro' nr vo,h\h‘>ct ton freoW A Jarrell, containing the spirits, was! juried in the ground. Several i other animals, including one or two cows, are known to have died after indulging too freely of mash at illicit stills in this county. Reviewing his department’s ac tivities for the past few days, Of ficer Roebuck said he and his as sistant, Deputy Roy Peel, had wrecked six illicit liquor plants and poured out eleven hundred and fifty gallons of sugar mash. The plants were located in Rober sonville, Bear Grass, Wiiliamston, and Jamesville Townships. Most of the plants were equipped with cheap oil drums, but the two 'fv "ci Vv: . . , S '■ , rj ( C .tnmcsvdle 'Township had copper I kettles, one of 50-gallon and the j Other 61 100 gallon capacity. i /---\! REGISTRATION V/ ! Books for the registration of new electors who would participate in the municipal primary here on April 11, will 1 be opened by Registrar John | E. Pope in his office on Wash I ington Street on Saturday of j this week. The books will be j held open that day and the two successive Saturdays for registrations and for chal lenge on May 9. While the books will be open on the ninth for a chal j lenge of any registrations, re gistrations for the election on May 3 also will be in order on April 9. It isn't a new registration and those who have voted in past primaries or regular town elections will not have to register again to vote in the primary on April 11 or the | election on May 3. The reg istration for the special bond election held last year does not count, how’ever. I Business Pick-up Reported Here By Justices of Peace ♦ I Motorists Carried Into the Courts for Not Dimming Their Car Lights After several weeks of little uc i tiv'ty in their courts, local justices i of the peace reported a pick-up in I business during the pust few days. | For the first time in some time, ■ several motorists were carried in i to court for not dimming their ve hicle headlights. When one de fendant appeared in court a sec I ond time for allegedly not dim- j | ming his lights, he was fined and itaxed with the costs, j Justice J. L. Hassell handled the : following cases: Drunk and disorderly, Elmer Rogers was fined $5 and taxed with $8.50 costs. [ Dan Whitehurst and Rufus Tay j lor, both charged with being I drunk and disorderly, were sen I tenced to the roads for thirty days, i The road terms were suspended j upon the payment of $9.50 costs each and on the further condition that each defendant remain of good behavior for twelve months. ' Joe Roberson, of RED, Wil-1 liamston, was taxed with $7.50 for being publicly drunk. Justice R. T. Johnson handled | the following cases in his court: Operating a motor vehicle with J improper equipment, Earl Win bush was taxed with $5.85 costs. Russell Thomas and Elbert L. I Griffin were each fined $10 and taxed with the costs on disorder ly conduct charges. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of $5.85 costs in the case charging W. S. Nichols with trespassing. Robert Kennedy was taxed with the costs*of $5.85 on a_disofdJrly1 .ronduet Charged with operating a mot or vehicle with improper equip ment, Bertram O. Evans was fined '$5 and required to pay $5.85 costs.! Dennis Rountree was taxed with $5,115 costs for not dimming his vehicle headlights When meet ing another vehicle. Charged with not dimming his! headlights when meeting another I | vehicle, Clarence Rogers war, fin- ! j ed $5 and required to pay the I court costs. ^ j Itoard of Tt/utilization To Meet Here Monday1 Meeting as a board of equaliza tion and review, the Martin Coun ty Commissioners next Monday will hear property owners discuss values assessed currently by the list-takers. Since there was no revaluation effected for 1949, few complaints, if any, are anticipated. However, any property owner has a right to appeal from the listings assessed : by the list -bikers The courthouse will bo crowd- (< ed, but the boat'd will find some | place ln "The ’ 'DUllding. j J Expected To Call Special Venire In Adjoining County I’wclvr Ollier Cases Have Been Placed On Criminal Doeket For, Trial Almost certain to attract more interest than any other case heard during the past quarter century, the trial of John R. Coltrain, Grif fins Township farmer who mur dered his neighbor farmer, VV. Tom Roberson, last January 26, has been scheduled for next week in the Martin County Superior Court. Just when the trial will get under way is problematical. There are twelve other cases on the criminal docket for trial next week, and it is likely they will be cleared during the first two days of the term. During the mean time, it is expected that plans will be advanced for the first-degree murder case. The court will de cide on the size of a special ven ire from which a jury will be chosen. It is likely that 100 per sons will be called, possibly from an adjoiningIcounty. If the ten tative schedule is maintained, Coltrain will be placed on trial sometime Wednesday. Unless the ease takes an unexpected turn in the form of a change in plea, the trial is likely to continue into Saturday of next week, allowing about a day for the selection of a jury. The possibility that a jury can be had from the upper part of the county has been all but ruled out, reports stating that the case has been widely discussed there as well as in other parts of the coun ty. Nineteen witnesses were sum moned by the prosecution several days ago. Twenty-one were call ed late yesterday by the defense, the initial list including only one witness in Griffins Township, ac cording to one report. Most of the witnesses called by the de fense are expected to testify as to the defendant’s character. Reports state that both the de fense and the prosecution have had late surveys made of the little tract of land where the defense claims the attack victim and 11. G. Roberson cut timber across the boundary on his property. It is admitted, however, that any line dispute will hardly be allowed to enter into the trial. Denied bond at a preliminary hearing before Justice R. T. John son, Coltrain continues in the Mar tin County jail. At the hearing the defense apparently advanced its cause on self-defense grounds. At the time, the State contended for a charge of murder in the first degree. The grand jury, taking on nine new members next Mon day is expected to return a bill in the case sometime Monday after-1 (Continued on page eight) »v C*ii*4/t/t6-0?i The new line of Plymouth auto- i chanieal improvements and up to-the-minute styling, make their appearance in dealer showrooms here and throughout the United States Friday, Oscar Davenport, manager of Griffin Motor Co., an nounced today. Completely redesigned and streamlined, the new Plymouth contains a 97-horsepower engine which is smoother, livelier, and more economical. Other changes make notable contributions to beauty, safety, and passenger comfort. Wheelbase has been increased for a better ride and more road stability but at the same time the jvcr-all length has been reduced or ease of handling. Although ower and narrower, the new Jodies provide greater interior •oom for passengers. The ear’s tjjpcwsnct Tsflects a complete ■hange from last year’s models * 1’he Plymouth® may be seen atj oeal showrooms tomorrow. mobiles, with outstanding me Divorce Cases On Docket For Trial In Superior Court Actions Arc Bused On Two Year Separation And Adultery Twelve divorce cases have been calendared for trial in the Martin County Superior Court during the week of March 28. No divorce cases or civil actions were placed on the calendar for trial during the first week of the term since the Roberson murder case is ex pected to take up a great part of the week. All twelve of the divorce cases are based on two-year separation grounds, but in two of them adul tery is alleged, possibly as good measure for support of the claims. Stating that he and Alease Moore were married on December 8, 1942, and that they separated the following day, Bonnie E. Bland is asking an absolute di vorce on the grounds of two-year separation. He also claims that “during the summer of 1944 de fendant committed adultery in Martin County.” The action for divorce was started back in 1946, and the defendant denied the' al legations. In his case against Sarah Clo man, Augustus Cloman states they were married in 1937, separated in 1945 and that no children were born to the union. Married July 10, 1922, and sep arated April 15, 1944, Roy Harrell is suing li man Allen Harrell for a divorce. It is stated in the com plaint that all children born to the union are grown and are self supporting. W. C. Chance, Jr., in his case against Louise Chance says in his complaint that they were married on December 25, 1941, and were separated in May, 1946. In his case against Fannie Har rell, the plaintiff, Floyd Harrell, says they were matried in May, 1937, that she left and went to j New Jersey in October, 1937, and that he had not seen her since. A j child born to the union, is with the mother. Suing Mathew Mewborn for di vorce, Gladys Mewborn says they were married January 6, 1944. and separated October 1, 1946, that no children were born to the union. Basing his action on grounds of two-year separation and alleging adultery, William Manson in his ease against Jer&ldino Manson, says they were married and lived together until 1940, that two chil dren born to the union are with the mother and are supported by him. He alleges, "That after sep aration, defendant has committed adultery and given birth to two children, both of whom were born more than a year after separation and both are bastards." In the case of Laura Carr Park er against Wiley Parker, the plain tiff says they were married in (Continued on page six) Band, Glee Club To Go To Greenville ■>•(!••• 11 <w.)f iV•,« Glee Club of Williamston High sdvt.ur xr.mmntr,, m.,„ , , contest at Greenville this week end. The band will give three numbers in Grade 1 music Satur day morning and march with the other contesting bands in a parade in Greenville’s streets about noon Saturday. The Glee Club will appear in the contest on Friday and will bo under the direction of Mrs. Patter son, local public school music teacher. The group has been un dergoing strenuous practice dur ing .acn. du3 s in piepaiat.on for the event. Deciding to enter the contest at Greenville after giving a suc cessful concert here lust week, the Green Wave Band under the di rectoin of Professor Jack F. But ler, will render three numbers, “Bolero Non", “Saskatehawan” and "Washington Post March.” A heavy schedule of practice has been undertaken by the band and reports are that the youngsters ire going to make a good show cog. \ large n umber of pamihr «'f sgi io no io Cic<,aviih ’or the event which will be held it Ei Ui T‘.X. .. ..
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