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1HE enterprise is read bs OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK the enterprise: THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME L1I—NUMBER 65 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 18, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1899 Two Charged With Hamilton Robbery At Local Hearing Ben Biggs Goes To Court for Allegedly Receiving Stolen Goods Other than the posting of a $200 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties entering the Hamilton post office last Monday moring, no developments have been reported in that robbery. However, another robbery in Hamilton was brought to light this week and at a formal hearing held before Justice John L. Hassell in the courthouse last evening David Mayo and Wheeler Boney were bound over to the superior court for trial. Charged with breaking into Slade-Rhodes’ warehouse in Hamilton on or about August 4 and stealing two cases of gun shells, valued at $100, the two men along with a youngster, Con ry Williams, pleaded not guilty. Probable cause was found against Mayo and Boney but the charges against the Williams boy were dismissed. Bond was requir ed of the two defendants in the sum of $500 each. Unable to ar range bonds, the two colored men were returned to jail. Much conflicting evidence was offered at the hearing, and noth ing was brought out to uncover the shells. Questioned in connection with the post office and bank robbery, David Mayo said that he and Boney found the shells in some. weeds near a pile of concrete j blocks near Slade-Rhodes Store.! Mayo said the shells were carried to Ralph Bond’s home one night and the following Sunday he got Cleve Lawrence to carry him and the shells to Ben Biggs' home, that the shells were sold to Biggs for $12, and that half the money was given to Boney. Lawrence said he carried Mayo and one or two bags to the Biggs home, but that he did not know what was in the bags, until Boney told him. Boney admitted helping Mayo load the shells in the Lawrence car and taking them and carrying ; them into the Biggs home, that he j left the shells there. He said he; heard Mayo ask if anyone had change for $5, but said he did not hear any sales transactions. Officer J. H. Roebuck told the court that he investigated the case all of Tuesday with Mr. R. F. Ev erett of Slade-Rhodes Company and Deputy Raymond Rawls. He said that David told him he (Dav id) found the shells, that the Wil liams boy had nothing to do with it. Biggs, charged with receiving! —stoleo..goods knowing them to have been stolen, pleaded not guilty. Officer J. H. Roebuck, one of the witnesses called, said that he went to the Biggs home and con tinued to Hamilton when Biggs could not be found. In Hamilton he saw Biggs and when question ed, Biggs said that a boy tried to sell him some shells on a Satur day night, that he told him to bring them to his home Sunday. Biggs said that the aasesfe. ®^^Wfed to his home, tnai nc’sooii saw there were too many, that the sack was muddy, that he thought something was wrong and he yvouH not.take them. Justice Hassell found probable" cause, and recognized Biggs to ap pear in the county court next Monday for trial. A report coming from the office of the sheriff this morning stated that some of the missing shells had been found, and that the evi dence in the case is gradually be ing unravelled. One case of shells was found in a corn field back of Wheeler Boney’s home in Hamil ton. Three boxes of shells were found in the home of James Mayo, brother of David who continues in jail. James Mayo had not been arrested early this afer noon, but officers are planning to question him, it was learned from a reliable source. A lead toward the missing shells w'as picked up by Mr, Frank Everett following the hear ing last night. A report on the finger prints at the post office in Hamilton has not been received. Might Locate Post Office j In County Center Shortly < A survey is being conducted with the possibility that a post of fice will be located in Bear Grass, according to an unofficial report heard here yesterday. Postmast er W. E. Dunn of the. local office, stated that a request for office j service had been requested there and that a survey of potential pa tronage is well under way. A similar service was maintain ed in or near Bear Grass at a point known as "Transfer” some years ago. Three rural carriers met there and effected a distribution of the mail. At that time impas sable roads most of the year made it impossible to reach the individ uals at their respective homes and the mail was carried to a central location and the patrons would call for it at their convenience. With a potential of more than 200 patrons, the proposed office could possibly be maintained in one of the stores similar to several other offices in the county and surrounding territory. If the of fice is established, it will be main tained on a fee basis, sell stamps, issue money orders and distribute the mails. The survey, according to Post master Dunn, is centered in the territory of a mile radius. Pa trons could have their mail deliv ered either to road-side boxes or to the office. Mail would be ad dressed to Bear Grass and dis patched from the office here. Bear Grass was an incorporated town at one time, but its charter was surrendered some years ago. It continues as one of the main rural centers in the county, how ever. WARNING On the eve of the tobacco market opening. Acting Chief of Police John Roebuck warn ed all persons, especially those with money, to guard themselves against crooks, in cluding the manipulators of the old pocketbook flim-flam game, pick pockets and others who are on the watch for un suspecting victims. In other market towns, the old games already have been played to the advantage of crooks and to the sorrow of victims. James Earl Mobley j Charged With An Attack On Driver —<*>— Tuvinian L. H. Vick Suffers Shock Ami Possibly Internal Injury -$ James Earl Mobley, bus station employe, was denied bond when i he was carried before Justice R. T. Johnson here early last even ing for allegedly assaulting L. N. Vick, taxi driver, shortly before then. Following the preliminary investigation, Justice Johnson said that he would consider a $1,000 bond, but Mobley said he could not arrange it in that amount and he was placed in jail. A full dress hearing is tentatively sched uled for this evening, but there is some doubt if the victim will be able to attend, according to one report. Few details of the attack were brought out during the prelimin ary.hearing.The two. men were said to have had some trouble last Monday afternoon, and Vick, reports state, received a few blows. Nothing was said or done about that attack. Last evening the trouble was renewed and Mobley is said to have direct ed a blow against Vick’s lower right ribs, causing considerable pain but possibly no serious in jury. He was also struck just un der the right eye, Dr. Edward said. The doctor"ms^7xpfamed that the attack victim apparently was suffering more from shock at the time than from the physical injuries. It was not officially brought out, but om report said that Mob lev twisted Jacob Zemon’s arm at the station last Monday, that thj taxi driver tried to explain to Mr. Zemon what happened, and that the trouble between the two men (Mobley and Vick) had its origin there. It was also alleged that possibly there was some friction between the bus station employe and the taxi driver over the taxi parking plans near the bus sta tion, and that the attacks were an outgrowth of that friction. The victim, wearing a bad eye, is able to be up and out. ———- —$-. Announce Services In Corinth Church -■*> Beginning Sunday evening, August 21, Rev. J. R. Davison will conduct a scries of evangelistic services in ihe Corinth Church in Jamesville Township. The public is invited. Nicholas Roberson Died Last Night At Parmele Home Funeral In the Methodist Church There Friday Afternoon at 3:00 Nicholas Roberson, former Wil liamston resident, died at his home in Parmele last evening at' 10:00 o’clock, the victim of a heart attack suffered about an hour ear lier. He worked that day and told friends he did not feel well when he completed his task and started home. The son of Mrs. Luke Roberson, the former Miss Neppie Green, of Parmele, and the late Mr. Rober son, he was born in Williams Township 55 years ago. After spending his early life on the farm there he moved with his family to Williamston where his father served as a deputy sheriff for several years. In 1911 the family located in Parmele, and in 1919, after service in World War I, he went with the Atlantic Coast I Line Railroad, continuing his resi dence in Parmele and with the railroad. Mr. Roberson, popular among his fellowworkers and friendly to all, was a member of the Bethel Masonic Lodge and of the Mur ray Cargile American Legion Post in Robersonville. Surviving besides his mother are his widow, the former Miss Blanche Andrews; three sons, John L. Roberson, ECTC student, and Jimmy and Gordon Roberson of the home; one daughter, Mrs. D. A. Fields of Seven Springs, N. C.; two brothers, Stephen L. Ro berson of Roanoke Rapids, and William K. Hoberson of Rich mond; two sisters, Mrs. B. F. Man ning of Robersonville, and Mrs. Beulah R. Edwards of Snow Hill. Funeral services will be con ducted in the Parmele Methodist Church Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by Rev. M. O. Fletcher of Washington and Rev. Hillary Worthington, Robersonville Meth odist minister. Interment will be n the Robersonville Cemetery. The body will be removed from the home to the church ona htw before the service. .-—a Funeral Yesterday Tor Heart Attack Victim Funeral sir vices were tie fa in the Bethlehem church in Williams Township yesterday afternoon for Stephen C. Nichols, respected col ored citizen, who died suddenly , last Saturday. J Nichols, 71 years of age, was making ready to attend church when he fell dead, the apparent victim of a heart attack. A broth er, Isaac Nichols, was fatally in jured in a bicycle-auto accident about a year ago. -o To Conduct Meeting At Maple Grove Church -1 Rev. Orvcl C. Crowder, presi dent of Atlanta Christian College, will conduct a series of evange listic services in the Mapfe Grove Christian Church in the Farm Life section of the county, begin ning Sunday evening, August 21, and coatinuing through the 28th. The public is invited to hear him each evening. Benjamin Rogers Fatally Hurt In Bike-Truck Crash ——— Lives Only A Few Minutes After Accident Here Tliis Morning ——o—— Benjamin S. Rogers, 32-ycar-old salesman, was fatally injured when the motor bike he was rid ing and an oil truck driven by Daniel Lillcy crashed about 9:30 o'clock this morning on Highway 125 just outside Williamston’s town limits. His head partly torn away and suffering other injuries, the young man died upon arrival at the local hospital in a Biggs ambulance. Lilley, suffering much shock himself, stated that he was driv ing out of town to his home and was making a left turn into his driveway. Rogers, riding a new motorbike, was traveling into town, Lillcy stating that he did not see him until a split second before the crash. The truck was hardly moving at the time, the bike striking the running boaid and throwing the rider into the right door of the truck. Lilley stated that a soft drink truck was following him out of town, that he gave a turn signal and had driven the front wheels of his truck off the hardsurfacc when the vehicles crashed. Rogers fell to the dirt, a few feet from the concrete. Patrolman John T. Rowe inves tigated the accident but could not be reached immediately for a re port. a son oi Mrs, Ida Kogers Ed mondson of Griffins Township and the late John Thomas Rogers, he was born in Bear Grass Town ship and spent his early life on the farm there. After a residence in Williamston he entered the Ci vilian Conservation Corps for about two years and returned a^d lived in Williamston until he en tered the service. Following hi,-, discharge he returned to the coun ty and was making his home on the Mary Cherry farm near Wil liamston. He was married to Miss Lula Mac Nicholson and she survives with six children, a brother, Charles Rogers of near Williama (Continued on page eight) Native Of County Died At Home Of Daughter Monday Funeral Held Yesterday In Washington for Mrs. Rhoda Woolard •Mr s, Ithtsiu'Russ Woolard, a na tive of this county and who until a short time ago made her home with a daughter, Mrs. J. Eason Lilley, near Williamston, for sev eral years, died at the home of another daughter, Mrs. James T. McKccl, in Washington last Mon day night at 11:15 o’clock. She had been in declining health foi about one year and her condition was critical for several weeks. Mrs. Woolard w'as horn in this .eoutjtv <>n September 5: 1871, and .moved to Beaufort in cartpwfctfd hood, spending most of her life there. She was a daughter of the late William Charles and Nancy ; Warren Russ, and in early v/o nntnhm/d -;ivw matrix^ io- J-ahn Wiley Woolard who died some years ago. She was a faithful member of the Primitive Baptist Church, holding membership at Hayes Swamp in Griffins Tow'nship. She made many friends in her adopted communities and was a thought ful neighbor. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Lilley of near Williamston, Mrs. McKecl of Washington and Mrs. Wasley Peel of near Wil liamston; a brother, James R. Russ, and a sister, Mrs. Jesse R. Woolard, both of Washington; and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the McKeel home, 410 East Main Street, in Washington yes terday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by Elder A .B. Ayers of this coun ty. Interment was in the old fam ily home cemetery just across the boundary in Beaufort County, not for from Batts’ Cross Roads. T-5 Colon Perry Funeral Saturday Near Williamston Young Man Was Killed in Action In France On July 11, 1941 Funeral services will be con ducted in the Fairvicw Christian Church in Williams Township Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for T-5 Colon G. Perry, young Martin County man who gave his life in the service of his country. He was a member of the church there and his pastor, Rev. P. E. Cayton of Edenton and Rev. W. B. Harrington, county Baptist minis ter will conduct the last rites. Burial will be in the family ceme tery near the home. The body, reaching here from Brooklyn late yesterday afternoon, will lie in state at the Biggs Funeral Home until an hour before the service. The son of Joseph Perry and the late Irrabell Roberson Perry, he was born in Griffins Township on October 31, 1920. He remained with his father on the farm until he entered the service on Decem ber 7, 1942. After training at Fort Benning, Ga., ar.d Camp Jackson, S. C., he went overseas on February 1, 1944, and was in the Normandy invasion forces when he was killed in action on July 1 1, 1944. An industrious worker and a promising young man, he had many friends in hs home com munity, and was highly regarded by fellow servicemen. Surviving besides, his father and step-mother, the former Miss Maggie Gardner, are two broth ers, James Perry of the home, and Jasper Perry of Plymouth; and three half-sisters, Misses Lennie and Mary Perry of Williamston, and Margaret Pc ry of the home. His is one of thirty-two bodies of Martin County young men to have been returned from foreign cemeteries for burial in native soil. --i! Mrs. L. B. Godard Dies at Her Home Near Jamesville Funeral For Agctl Citizen Will Re Held At Home Friday Afternoon ■—<*> Mrs. Lenora Hardison Godard, aged and respected citizen of Jamesville Township, died in her sleep there in the early hours of yesterday morning. In her usual health, Mrs. Godard worked in tobacco most of Tuesday, but com plained of a terrible head pain for a few minutes during the day. Her work completed for thr r1 she went to the house, ate a hear ty evening meal and retired short ly after 8:00 o’clock. She was very jovial at that time, and ap parently in better spirits and health than in any recent time. She is believed to have suffered a stroke of paralysis and died al most immediately, members of the family stating they heard no sound in her room at any time alter she retired. When she did not answer the .c?U. f«r breakfast, a grandson, Leslie God;*cut to the room and found her dead about 6:30 o’clock. M's. Godard was horn in Jamesville Township 83 years ago cm July }•»,. the late Durham and Margaret Waters Hardison She lived there all her life and in early woman hood was married to Lewis B. | Godard who died n 1934. She joined the church at Fairview, and was a devoted mother and a good neighbor, contributing in her humble way to the welfare and happiness of others. Surviving are two sons, Walter H. and ,1. Samuel Godard, and a sister, Mrs. Eva V. Perry, all of Jamesville; thirteen grandchild ren and seventeen great-grand children. The body is being returned from the Biggs Funeral Home late today to the old borne near Jarnes ville where the last rites will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. W. B. Har rington, county Baptist minister. Interment will be in the family cemetery on the old Stallings ' not far from the old home. Record Opening For Market In Prospect Quality Of Leaf Not Measuring Up To Expectations Buyers and Market Person nel On Hand for Initial Sales Tomorrow A record opening for William ston's Tobacco Market was in prospect early today when capa city poundage of the golden leaf literally poured into the houses for the first sales tomorrow. It was conservatively estimated that between 350,000 and 400,000 pounds will have been sold by the close of sales tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Old judges of tobacco, coming from the farms, declared that the quality of the first offerings does not measure up to expectations. “There is some mighty good to bacco on the floors, but as a whole the quality is only medium,” one farmer explained. It is fairly easy to pick out those sections where heavy rains resulted in heavy growth and in those areas where climatic conditions were nearly perfect. The crop is spotted, and some farmers advanced the opin ion that the quality of the break is hardly as good as it was on opening day last year. Tobacco buyers and all market personnel are on hand today for the opening tomorrow, and there is considerable activity in “tobac co town” at this time, but that is nothing compared with what is expected tomorrow and on the following days. Present indications point to a major marketing iush, some pre dicting that the markets will have to close within a matter of weeks for the companies to work off the rush. Marketing activities here are proceeding very orderly un der the booking system. The mar ket isn’t glutted, but just about all space is being booked. “If the farmers will cooperate and book ample but not more space than they need, the booking system will work to a great advantage,” an observer said this morning, ex plaining that the grower does not have to place his leaf on the floors days ahead of a sale. On the eve of the opening of the markets in eastern North Car olina reports are coming in from the Border stating that prices were weakening there this week. While the declines were mostly from $1 to $3 per hundred from quotations released earner jn'the week, the reductions i anged -ffwiv $4 to $6 for the medium and lower quality grades. The report added that the best quality leaf continu ed to command about the same prices. General market averages ranged around $50 per hundred pounds. Georgia, completing the season for the most part today, reported a weaker market yesterday with the average falling well under $4(1 pei hundred pounds. W ■; 'v.hru.'.'.e wr> an ists, in geneial, are still betting on a general average of $50 per hun dred for the local market on opening day. . J£a.?nM£>, #v.. a/hfite . d.'.' .cc*. p pear to be as optimi: tic as they were on the eve of the market opening a year ago. t— County Youths In Raleigh Meeting Miirtin County youths figured prominently in the annual meet ing of the North Carolina Associa tion of Future Farmers of Ameri ca held in Raleigh this week. Howard Gardner of the James ville FFA Chapter was awarded the association’s highest honor— the Carolina Farmer Degree. The young man was one of 133 out of the nearly 17,000 state members of FFA chapters to get the high honor. The Oak City chapter represen tatives copped a $25 second prize in the district dairy judging con test during the convention. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . With one exception, motor ists traveled the highways in this county last week without accident. No one was hurt and property damage was not | “too" large. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 32nd Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam'ge 1949 1 0 0 $ 400 1948 2 0 0 1,200 Comparisons To Date 1949 71 27 3 $15,190 1948 82 41 2 18,025 Ten Cases Heard In Justice Court In Past Few Days ..<» Several Defendants Are Sent To Higher Courts For Trial -« Justice R. T. Johnson and John L. Hassell handled ten eases in their courts here during the past few days. Several of the defend ants were bound over to the high er courts for trial. Proceedings in Justice John son's court: Charged in three different war rants with issuing worthless checks, William Lanier was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days in each case. The case charging Robert Ray nor with drunken driving was sent to the county court for trial next Monday. R. II. Sutton, publicly drunk, was fined $10 and required to pay $5.85 costs. Charged with operating a motor vehicle with improper equipment, Perlie W. Ore was fined $5, plus $5.85 costs. The case, charging Geames C. Hawkins with drunken driving, was sent to the county court for trial. Bond was required in the sum of $150. It was said that the defendant did not appear in the county court. Justice Hassell reported the fol lwoing cases: J. C. Brown, charged with dis orderly conduct, was sentenced to viie roads for thirty davs, the -«a>urt--s»a pending--the road tenn upon the payment of $7.50 costs. Charged with being drunk and disorderly, Lucille Roberson was sentenced to jail for thirty days, the court suspending the jail term upon the payment of $7.50 costs and on the further condition that she leave town. Joe Bullock was taxed with $0 costs for being disorderly. Charged with disorderly con duct, L. O. Buchanan was sentene ‘ ,<i: the court suspending the term upon the payment of $10.50 costs. J sse Brown, charged with dis orderly conduct, was fined $5 and required to pay $0.50 costs. County Young Man Earns Promotion William S. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Johnson, of 2nd street, Robersonville, North Caro lina, has been promoted to air man radioman by the Command ing Officer of Navy Patrol Squad ron Fifty One, Naval Air Auxili ary Station, Miramar, Sun Diego, California, 1o which he is attach ed. Johnson entered the Naval ser vice September 20, 1948, and re ceived his credit training at the Naval Training Center at San Di ego. He was congratulated for his conscientiousness, hard work, and resourcefulness and advanced in rating with appropriate ceremony before the entire squadron. Seventeen Cases In County Court Monday Morning Finos Imposed During Throo-Hour Session Hxreed $300 Seventeen cases were called in the Mai tin County Recorder’s Court during a three-hour session last Monday morning. One or two road sentences were imposed and fines amounted to $305. Proceedings: Pleading guilty of assaulting a female, Oscar Walker was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Charged with breaking jail, Sid Harris was found not guilty. The case offered a puzzle which the evidence would not solve. The de fendant, placed in jail by a war rant signed by Clarence Purvis, said that another inmate of the Oak City jail broke out, that he left, too, and that Purvis gave him $15, took him to Hobgood and in structed him to go to Norfolk and change his name. Purvis, charged with aiding and abetting a jail break, was found not guilty In the case charging Eddie Johnson with drunken driving and violating the liquor laws, a nol pros was ordered as to the drunken driving charge. Pleading guilty of violating the liquor laws, Johnson was fined $50 and taxed with the costs. Charged with larceny, LeRoy Coffield waived preliminary ex amination and he was bound over for trial in the superior jourt. He is charged with breaking into the home of Joseph Slade on August 4 and stealing a watch, bracelet, locket and flash light. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Columbus Sheppard was sentenced to the roads for sixty days. The court suspended the road term upon the payment of u $25 fine and costs. Arthur Daniels pleaded guilty of driving a motor vehicle with out an operator's license and was fined $25, plus costs. Charged with non-support, Gary Bunting pleaded not guilty. He was found guilty only of not supporting his two children and drew a three-month road sentence which was suspended upon the payment of the costs and $t> a week for the support of his chil dren during the next two years. Tebo Whitaker and Jesse T. White, pleading guilty of speed ing, were each fined $15 and tax ed with the costs. Roosevelt Clark, found guilty of larceny and receiving, was sen tenced to the roads lor six months. Charged with hit-and-run and drunken driving, Herbert G. Leg (Continucd on page eight) Business Is Now Moving Upward New York.—The slow but dis concertion constriction in business activity which has been going on since autumn finally was halted m July. This is clearly indicated by the early statistical returns. Construction volume rose con t|j;^seasorit5fy;**?|®f....:^.rap oruva firmed, employment rose to c. new high for 1949—at 59,720.000 jobs— and for the first time this year volume buying by wholesalers ''s !\-.ite,d.«j sare.'.\ fj.'l'JL*- — other favorable reports was a Commerce Department announce ment that the normal seasonal de cline in manufacturers’ sales was reversed by a gain of $400 million between May and June, and a federal Reserve Board statement I that commercial bank loans to , business reversed a 27-week down I trend in the final week of July. All of which last week led one of the country s most qualified observers of the economic scene, who is in close touch with bank ing and business throughout the country, to talk off-the-record about a “significant and benefi cial change he has seen lately in the attitude of business men. Part of the healthier attitude, he suggested, may be the realization that it now must go out and sell goods in a competitive market in stead of sitting back and watch ing the orders pile in as has hap pened dunng the last nine years.
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