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t THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE TEE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK sss iiUimm i-f 1 \ • WH, >*»« MH.jt•«{•• • •• Four Stores In Everetts Robbed Monday Morning Robbers Used Ladder to Go Through Second-Story Windows In Three Robbers, apparently of small body, broke into three stores in Everetts sometime during Sunday night and cleaned out all the money drawers, boxes and cash, registers, nibbling on a few bars of candy as'they moved along. Re ports declare that it was a repeat performance, that little was miss ed on previous occasions, and that officers were notified after the practice reached serious propor tions. Overlapping the post office department in one of the stores, the robbers will have postal in spectors on their trail along with officers from the sheriff's depart ment. Using a tall step ladder, lugged from the Barnhill mill quite some i distance away, the robbers stood it up and climbed through the transom of Cherry’s soda shop and grocery and pocketed about 400 pennies they expertly found in a hiding place under the count er. Nothing else was taken or missed, and the robbers went back out the same hole they en tered. Crossing the street, the robbers stood the ladder against D. C. Peel's store, and removed a pane in a second story window, crawl ing through a small hole. Fifty cents in cash was missed from a cigar box in the show case, $2 in change from a counter cash draw er, and 94 cents from the post of- ; fice cage, Mr. Peel explaining that he sold that many stamps after he had closed his books for the day and pushed it aside. The robbers 'f■..ifafewiSftSBl&i window after laning and nibbling; on a few bars of candy. Moving down a store or two and next to the highway, the rob- j hors set the stage ■fer-'S ■■similar , entrance into the Barnhill Supply Company store. They knocked a window out, crawled in and mov ed quickly downstairs where they lifted about $1 from a box where change was kept for telephone j calls, and, continued to the cash I register, ringing up $34 on the 1 machine and lifting out about $4 in change, including approxi mately 100 pennies. They left that store by the back door, removed the ladder and car-1 l ied it down the railroad and plac ed it under a warehouse near the railroad station. Tile robbers’ tracks were lost when the store owners and others Started checking on the raids, but j officers picked up a few leads lat er in the day although no arrests were made immediately. Ruritans Planning | Fair At Jamesvillei Preliminary plans have been i made by the Jamesville Ruritan ! Club for holding a community j fair there the early part of Oc- ; tober, Oscar Davenport, repre- j senting the club, announced this week. A committee composed of J. L. Jvnowies, - tin, James Smithwick, W. J. Gard ner, P. M. Holliday, Vaden Hairr i and Jim B. Holliday, is working j out the details and complete an-! ‘nouncements'win be made short- 1 ly, Mr. Davenport said. The fair will stress needle work, J canned foods, farm pioduce, iiogs j and cattle, and farm machinery. ! Ribbons and cash prizes will be offered and a speaker for the , event will be announced soon. Officers Wreck Small Distillery Raiding in Bear Grass Town ship last Thursday morning, Sher iff M. W. Holloman and Deputy Roy Peel wrecked a small distil lery and poured out about 200 gal lons of sugar mash. The plant was equipped with four fermenters, including two 50-gallon barrels, a 50-gallon box and a 200-gallon box. The operators were using a crude 50-gallon capacity oil drum for a still. ^ Subscribes To Oath Of Office Pictured above is Murray W. Holloman, hand raised, subscribing to oath of office for Sheriff of Martin County before Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne last Tuesday morning. Appointed by the county commissioners the day before to complete the unexpired term made vacant by the death of Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, Holloman did not formally take! office until a day later, pending the completion of an ~ audit of the office books which were found in perfect order; in fact, every entry was up to date and there was a cash balance of about $30. Townships Plan To Hold Road Meetings ROUND-UP r J All wasn’t quiet on the HMMNpgp, twt tv. I|.“ -TWg^-n'-^fiin week-end, but comparatively few found their way into the jail during the period. Six persons, all colored, were ar rested and jailed, two lor j public drunkenness, and one i each for assault, larceny, breaking and entering and breaking jail. The ages of the group rang ed from 19 to 38 years. Robberies were reported elsewhere on the crime front. Mrs. L. Nicholson Died Thursday Near Williamston Funeral For Highly Re »|iriii'tl Citizen Held Last Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Emma Bennett Nicholson, highly respected citizen, died at her home on the MeCaskey Road near Williamstop last Thursday night at 9:45 o’clock. She had been in declining health for almost ten years, but was able to be up un til the early part of this year. She had been confined to her bed since that time and her condition was critical for several months before the end. The daughter of the late Cal vin and Matilda Strawbndge Bennett, ‘he on August 26, 1882, and lived in the community most of her life. In early womanhood she was married to Joseph Rogersonand made riel huh... in Yaugnan, Wait* ren County, for about two years. Following his death she returned to this county and after a stay of a few years in Bear Grass Town ship she returned to her child hood home and was married to Mr. Lutner Nicholson the latter part of 1920. Surviving besides her husband are a daughter by her first mar riage, Mrs. Stewart (Buck) Tay lor, and a son, Edward Nicholson, by her second marriage. Both of them live in the home commun ity. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. John Harris, of Plymouth. Mrs. Nicholson, a thoughtful wife and devoted mother, was a member of the Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist Church, and her pas tor, Rev. Marshall Joyner of Farmville conducted the funeral at the home last Saturday after noon at 5:00 o'clock. Burial was in Woodiawn Cemetery here. j Group Met In The Courthouse Last Saltn^trj^Srlori i nwg* Temporary Chairmen Call* hip for Meeting* in Most Townships Friday Preliminary plans for forming a courrty road committee compos ed of citizens from each of the ten townships were discussed at a public meeting held in the court house last Saturday morning. The approximately forty persons, re presenting nine of the ten town ships, took part in the discussion and agreed to go ahead with the organizational plans at meetings to be held in each of the ten town ships on Friday night of this wepk After the townships per fect their organizations, a county committee will be chosen from the group. All citizens are invit ed and urged to attend the meet ings in their respective townships Friday evening of this week. Opening the meeting to start the organization off last Saturday morning, Representative A. Corey stated that Martin County had been allotted $1,666,000, that ap proximately $400,000 is to be made available within the near future. “We want to unite in a cooperative effort and support the program," Mr. Corey said. “We can make a study of the roads in each of our townships, place them in classifications and outline and suggest a construction pregTarr ■tlviif- will d. INMMM**** serve the most people,” Mr. Corey explained. He suggested that three classifications be establish ed; first, those of major import ance, those of next importance, and lastly, those known as off roads. “It could be that some of the townships would suggest the widening of the existing narrow roads, or 'tater ridges. One rep resentative at the meeting de clared that the ditches should be pushed back out of the paths. “We should name a representa tive group, and let the committee go before the county commission ers and District Highway Com missioner Shelton, outline our program and let them know we are ready to cooperate with the program,” Mr. Corey said. “We should recognize the needs, and we have got to go beyond per sonalities and lay aside personal wishes,” he added. Similar committees are being formed in many counties in the State to work out an effective road program, and the “grass (Continued on page eight) 1 Dies Of Injuries Received In Dive In Shallow Water Funeral Held on Saturday Afternoon At Fairview For Dallas Lilley nrcRKing ms necx in two places i when he dived into shallow water j at Albemarle Beach near Plym outh last Sunday afternoon, Dal las Hugh Lilley, 16, died in a Washington hospital last Friday morning at 10:15 o'clock, about two days after pneumonia devel oped. Paralyzed from his neck down, the youth remained consci- j ous until a few minutes before the^ end, and pitifully begged for someone to help him. Everything possible was done for him, but his was a losing battle and he realiz ed that the end was near. Explaining to his neighborhood friends that he would be sixteen years old the next day and that i he wanted to celebrate his birth day, he got some of the boys to take him to the beach Sunday.: Walking out on a pier, one of the three boys jumped off one side apparently into fairly deep water. Lilley jumped off the other side where the water was hardly eighteen inches deep. The third boy, who did not jump, heard his friend hit the bottom and realiz ed that he was hurt. The boy was removed from the water and carried by ambulance to the hos pital. The son of Arthur Lilley and the late Mrs. Carrie Coltrain Lil ley, he was born near Jamesville on August 1, 1933. When he was about six weeks old his mother died and he went to make his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lilley in Williams Township where he lived and ' n -t lavuL tiiwaw * cvisL-ij achool at Jamesville, completing the ninth grade last spring, He wgs popular among both old and young and was an industrious lad. Surviving besides his father and i step-mother, Mrs. Luia B. Lillov, • /••sew*.* » a- • are four sister, Mrs. Crawford Coltrain of Oriffins Township, Mrs. Noah Perry and Mrs. Her man Dickerson of Jamesville Township, and Mrs. Hubert Creef of Berkley, Virginia; four broth ers, Altor^ Lilley of Jamesville Township, Jay and Elmer Lilley of Bear Grass Township, and Ol lis Lilley of Griffins Township; one half-sister, Lorraine, and three half-brothers, Russell, Brice and Arthur Lilley, Jr., all of the (Continued on page eight) Dies At Home In South Carolina H. Craig Chapman, 76, died at his home in Chesterfield, South Carolina, last Friday night after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted in the St. Paul Methodist Church in the South Carolina town Sunday afternoon,1 and burial was in the cemetery there. A son of the late Hugh Craig and Rebecca Craig Chapman, he was an engineer-inspector and traveled in this territory more than thirty, years ago. He vva., t i i • <( 11 Wks- ije'a Williamston on September 3, 1018, and visited the county regularly since that time. He was a retired farmer. Sjyfgiyjntf besides '.VIis. Chap man are a daughter, Mrs. W. Eas ley Pace, Jr., of Williamston; two grandsons, W. Easley Pace, III, and Hugh Craig Pace of Williams ton; and a niece, Mrs. K. L. Kirk land, Jr,, of Durham. « Open Cannery At Jamesville The Jamcsville Community Cannery is being opened to the public each Tuesday and Friday during the remainder of the seas on except for the week of August 22 when the Future Farmers of America will be in camp at White Lake. Nos. 2 and 3 cans are available for those wishing to use the can nery and no appointments are ne cessary, V. N. Hairr, agriculture teacher there, announced. Highway Ollirials Proposing! Road Program For The County Koad ravin" Plan Discussed Monday At Board Meeting _ r About 57 Miles of County's ' 90-Mile 0llota Tenla tively Included l( Approximately fifty - seven ' miles of road was tentatively in- p eluded in the county's road im- [ provement program at a meeting t of State highway and county of- j ficials in the courthouse Monday. 1 In addition to the 57.5 miles to 1 be surfaced as the first part of 1 the program, the highway auth- ; orities explained that enough : money was being allotted to stab- j ilize or rock 2(11.9 miles of road, and add an average of 6.5 miles to 1 the highway system. While 6.5 ‘ miles of new road may be added 1 to the system each year, it was not * disclosed how long the big pro- j1 gram would be in progress. No extensive developments on the big program are anticipated be-1 fore next year other than three or j 1 four projects now underway or ' are in the making. After making a study of the roads in the county, including ^, traffic counts, homes, schools and i churches, the highway commis j sion tentatively proposed 55.51 miles of roads for surfacing, leav- j ■ ing 36.6 miles to be included for j paving later. Highway Commis sioner Henry G. Shelton explain- j ed that the program was merely suggested, that final action would I rest withthe c°ur|t.y authorit jes^ and ffiepeopfff Tin- county board".' waiting for recommendations from a special road committee which is now in the making, only 1 tentatively approved the outlined ; program, hut. «xk«*d that about hi tgmiMSViHr Township. < The paving program as outlin- ( ed at a joint meeting of Commis sioner Shelton, highway engineers t and the county commissioners in- | eluded the following projects: ( In the lower part of the county: , the pulp mill road; completion of I the James ville-Beaufort County 1 road; and about twri miles on ; what is known as the old Man- < ning road, leading off 171 about I two miles from Jamesville and | running to a point near the Jolly place. c In Williams-Griffins Townships f it is proposed to complete the Hoi- ; ly Springs road to intersect 171 at i Jas. A. Roberson’s. ( It is proposed to extend the I road from Bear Grass to the Beau- 1 !j fort County lines, a distance of! \ about two miles. The program I ( also includes the road from U. S. i 17 to a point in*ersecting the pav- < ed load near Bear Grass. j One el the big proposed pro- i jeets is to start at Bear Grass, and s take off to Everetts, continuing out the main street there to in- i tersect with Highway 125 at J Spring Green. r Another big project is to start 11 at Gold Point ant! run through !< Hassell and Oak City on to!, yhnith Brothers' store r; it far from' | Palmyra. I Smaller projects arc a road 11 from Henry Hopkins’ station to ( Proposed road from Gold i Point to the Smith store; a road i from Robersonville to Claude { Green’s and the road from Has sell to the-* Edgecombe (’minty line 1 j toward Fountain's Cross Roads, ( It is again pointed out that this program is only a tentative one, and is subject to change. Appar ently it does not route the roads to any one town or center. How ever, the main routes strike’ through Bear Grass and Cross j ’ Roads Townships and from Gold j1 Point through Hamilton and Goose Nest Towmsliips. r marriage licenses Marriage licenses were issued in this county during the past few 1 days to: t Norville Charles Paschal and s Selma Beatrice Flood, both of ' Fort Pierce, Florida; and to Pa trolman Berry Ward Parker and f Ruth Muriel Taylor, both of Rob- 1 ersonville. i1 Appoint Board Of Viewers For County Drainage Are Declining the recent action t.ik n to advance a drainage project i the Bear Grass-Cross Roads istrict was a bit premature, 'lerk of Court L. B, Wynne last aturda.v started the proceedings new with the appointment of Messrs. J. Linwood Knowles and leuben S. Everett as members of he board of viewers, Having served on what was de lated a prematurely-appointed oard, the viewers will make a preliminary survey of the drain ge territory, submit its report nd a hearing will be scheduled. To date for the hearing has been ixed, but it cannot be held until ue notice has been publicised for t least fifteen dajs. With much nformation already in their lands, the viewers can make a re iort without much delay. At the hearing to be held. Clerk Vynne will determine the valid Package Company fo Build Storage Warehouse Here — — Much K<|iii|mu‘iil Mas Kith Athlril To Local I'lanl In Itcccnl Months Mr. Ray E. Humill, president, of tie Marvil Package Company, likfh 1,1 "I'"1'" ■ ii.ji Mirrn» 11 ' iware, .stated lcist Satuiday Ins inn would soon construct a $15, lOO warehouse here for the stor ige of baskets. According to Mr. lamill CbhstrucLoh work on-the vareluTuse will begin on or about ieptember 1 and plans call for its onipletion on December 1. Representing the oldest firm in he country in the basket making msiness, Mr. llainill said his linn >prrated and maintained plants n Laurel, Delaware, Sharp Town, Maryland, Suffolk, Virginia, and Villiamston. Because of the vailable timber in this, area, he xpects the plant here to soon lecome the largest and most com 'lete of the four. The head of this large firm has levoted his entire life tune to on inecring and the development nil expansion of the basket muk ng business. “In addition to the (instruction of a large warehouse ere we just recently installed a 10,000 stiff legged derrick which .’ill greatly simplify the handling f logs,” Mr. Humill said. The xpansion program here also ne essitated the installation of a 24,000 venier dryer. This new lachine was placed in operation I'veral days ago. Commenting on the employ lent situation in the local plant, 1r llainill said he could not pro iise a drastic increase in employ lent here because of existing onditmns over which he had n< loyment in the local plant wouk e increased Loin an over-all pic are, based on a twelve-months eiiod. The grand average wil c increased but j a.,t ,,h.‘,e.y me-1 r how little will, of course; do end on fruit crops. ars Stolen Here During Week-end Two automobiles were stolen l ie early Sunday morning and unday night, a report from the olire department stated, ihomas Karl Martin, parking is ear, a 1937 Ford, just off Main n Pearl Street Saturday night, lir.M cl it. the next morning. A 1933 Ford coupe, belonging i Leon Edwards and parked in he bueklot near the theater, was mien about 10:00 o’clock Sunday ight. I he Martin car was found Hi ked beside the road about one alf mile beyond the river fill in lei tie County yesterday. ity of the petition amt the prne- 1 ticality of the proposed project. If the petition measures up to the petioiners’ claims, then a second hearing will be held at which time those opposing the project may be heard, Opposition to the project wusj voiced prematurely, they say, at a meeting a short time ago. One; of those listed among the respond-1 ents and placed in the record as opposing the project declared he was included by mistake. "I think drainage is necessary and I’m for it, Mr. Jesse Keel of Cross Roads was quoted as saying last Satur day morning'. It was also explain ed that some of the other re spondents would favor the project if it was advanced on a more ex tensive scale Possibly the prob lems will be worked out after as sess!’' its are fixed and the sche duled hearings are held. r APPLICATIONS | Application forms for claiming national service life insurance dividend" will lie available at post offices anil ■ veterans' offices on August 29 anil a big rush is antici pated, according to Edgar (imganus, veterans service officer for this county. The application form is very simple. It is in the form "MWWBafe*- »■ d. .mi'i for very little information, mt lulling veteran's name and | address, service serial num ber, insurance policy number, if available. The applicant one card for himself and mails the remainder of the claim to the government. The claimant will be advised if the claim is received and the money is to be expected some time early next year. A big rush for applications is certain on and soon after August 29. Dies Suddenly In RobersonviHe! (Robersonville Weekly Hi raid) j While getting into the ear of I her son, Ernest Coltrain, here last Saturday evening at 7:35 o’ clock, Mrs, Lucy Lee Coltrain was fatally stricken, dying a short time later. She suffered a stroke of paralysis. Sixty-seven years old, Mrs. Col train lived with her son, Ernest, in Ahoskie. She is a native of this section, having been born and reared near Robersonville. Accompanied by her son, she came to Robersonville last Satur day for her granddaughter, Ce celia, who had been visiting in the home of Mrs Lewis Wells Melton for several days. Following the death of her dau- j ghter, Mrs Carrie Manning lad! March, Mrs. Coltrain went to A hoskie to make her home wi'h her son. . A WWKlTcharacter. Mts Col train had many friends in Rob ersonville and community She reared her own children, two step-children and assisted in the care of those outside her immed iate family. She was always kind, considerate and thoughtful of others. Truly a Christian, she was] admired and held in high esteem by all who knew her. The body remained in the Rob erson Funeral Home here until an hour before the funeral which was held in the local Christian church Sunday afternoon at LOO o’clock. The pastor, Rev. James M. Perry, officiated, and burial was in the old Robersonville Cemetery. Surviving art her son, Ernest Coltrain of Ahoskie; a daughter, Mrs. George Silverthorne of near Williamston; two sti p-sons, John Coltrain of Williamston, and Charlie Coltrain of Robersonville. About X)0 Miles Of Hoad Included In Bond Program Mirer l*n>jrrl* "\<o» l mlrr W av To !{*■ < iliai f't*d To 8 1,6(»(>„000 Onola A tentative road construction program for Martin County under the 201) million dollar highway bond plan was advanced bv State Highway officials in a meeting with the Martin County commis sioners Monday. The plan, calling for the addition of about 6.5 miles of new road to the highway sys tem, the blacktopping of 57.5 miles of secondary roads and 'the stabilization of 2(11.9 miles of roads, was tentatively approved, meaning that the county authori ties will listen to recommenda tions from the people in all sec tions of the county in accordance with the plans of a special road committee now in the making. In addition to the 57,5 miles in cluded in the tentative surfacing program, there'll be another 32.6 miles to be surfaced later on, it was explained. The surfacing is to cost an estimated $16,000 per mile while the stabilization of roads can be handled for an esti mated $2,450 per mile. Stabiliza tion means that the roads will be covered with about orje inch of stone or rock. District Highway Commission er H. G. Shelton, accompanied by Division Engineer W. N. Spruill and District Engineer R. V. Bib berstein met with Commissioners C. C. Martin, J. 11. Edwards, W. M. Harrison, C. A. Roberson and Henry S. Johnson, Jr., and dis cussed the plan. No dates wire mentioned, but it is likely that the three projects rniw under 'US' ill thi <■,,imi. .. i. a foul th to' I lei- .pt> b|j . j£t month will constitute the prelim ■ •nary work under the bond pro gram However, Copimissioner Shelton assured the group that -r-k- n .... > a; possible on some id' the narrow roads in the county. lit1 explain er! that new equipment was being purchased and he proposed to send some of it right on into the count.w Commissioner Shelton explain ed that there was no provision for the purchase of right-of-way for secondary roads except in ex treme hardship eases, and in all such instances payments were to be approved only by the full state commission. In other words, it is possible for a farmer to block a secondary road project. The county board received quite a .jolt when they were ad vised that the three projects—the river road between Hamilton and Palmyra, Lii ar Grass road from U. S 17, and a link in the Jamesville Washington road —* would be charged against the county’s part m the bond money. It was hoped the approximately 12 miles would be financed by regular state (Continued on page eigatj Few Minor Auto \\ reeks Reported A ii-vv 'Miiiu u^urniiU'li' ac cidents WCIC cn till! highways ar.J st vets of the coun ty over tfit? week-end, but no one was hurt and damage a as slight. Talrnadee SeJbv. drivine >"-■ brothel s u/ati Plymouth, eseuperi injury when he was forced off the road just this side of Sweet Water Creek early Saturday evening. The ear turned over on its side, but no damage estimate eould be had immediately. The reckless driver of tile other vehicle es caped. A large truck belonging to the Norfolk Tallow Company and loaded with dead animals turned over on the Jamesville load near Bethlehem church early Sunday afternoon. No one was hurt and damage was said to have been slight. Yesterday morning G. P. Whot ley of Durham snagged the right • fender on his Buiek sedan when he started to pass Farmer H. U. Peel in trout of the agriculture building on East Main Street here. Damage to tin- Whitley ear was estimated at $58 and none to the Peel ear. No one was hurt.
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