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9 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BI OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,00# MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 8, 1949 VOLUME LII—NUMBER 71 ESTABLISHED 1899 Twenty-two Cases In County Court ml Monday Morning Next Session of the Court Will Be Held Wednes day, September 14tli In a three and one-half hour session last Monday morning. Judge Chas. H. Manning and Sol icitor Paul D. Roberson cleared twenty-two cases from the docket in the Martin County Recorder s Court and assessed fines in the sum of $495. Several defendants, including an alleged chicken thief, were sentenced to the roads, one because he failed to abide by a judgment requiring him to sup port his family. Proceedings: The case charging Henry Clark with bastardy, was nol prossed and is subject to be reopened. The case has been on the docket for nearly nine months, a report stat ing that the defendant is in Japan. William Jasper Page, tried last April for non-support, was sen tenced to the roads when it was proved to the court that he had not complied with the judgment requiring him to support his fam ily. He is to serve six months. Charged with larceny, Frank Williams was found not guilty. Amos Latham, charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, was found not guilty, and the case charging Allen Roberts with be ing drunk and disorderly, was nol prossed. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the case charging Cull Brown with as saulting a female. Emmett Saunders was found not guilty of drunken driving. Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Philip Smithson was fin ed $25, plus costs. vuiaigeu wuii me larceny <11 a pistol, George McCarraway was sentenced to the roads for six months. Lonnie Parker was fined $15 and taxed with the costs for speeding. Chaiged with the larceny ol five chickens, Ausbon (Rod) Rog ers was sentenced to the roads for six months. Pleading guilty of speeding Clarence Downing, Jr. was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Carl L. Cook', Marine stationed at Cherry Point, was fined $10C and taxed with the costs for drunken driving. He had his li cense revoked for one year. Charged with operating a motoi vehicle without a chauffeur’s li cense, David Butler Was fined $2£ and taxed with the costs. Stanley Stevenson White was fined $15 and taxed with the cost; for speeding. Charged with speeding and op erating a motor vehicle without i driver’s license, Jimmy Wynne was fined $40 and taxed with the costs. Carl Vause was fined $15 anc required to pay the costs in thi case charging him with speeding Pleading guilty of assaulting « female, George Lee was fined $25 plus costs. In the case charging him witl speeding. William Paxton Prict was fined $15 and taxed with thi costs. Operating his car on an ol( driver’s license, Cheevers Morar Barry, Jr., Greftt'.sSajsj^K'lesnvn was fined $25 and taxed with th< costs. Rodric G. Whitted was finer $15 and taxed with the costs foi operating a motor vehicle withou a driver’s license. Adjudged guilty of the posses sion of three quarts of illicit li quor, Floyd Lanier was fined $50 plus costs. Henry C. Lanier, ad judged guilty of transporting thi liquor, was fined $75 and taxec with the costs. John Thomas Per ry, who told officers when he wa; arrested that the liquor belongec to him, did not appear in cour and papers were issued for his ar rest. Nathan Gray Roberson was fin ed $15 and taxed with the cost; for speeding. Charged with allowing an un licensed driver to operate a moto; vehicle, L. W. Ange was fined $21 and taxed with the costs. The court will not sit next Mon day, but will hold its next sessioi on Wednesday, September 14, Highest Tobacco Sale Of The Season Here Tuesday • — While holding above the gener-i al average for the belt, William- j ston's tobacco market forged ■ ahead last Tuesday with the most j successful sale of the season. The ! price was three-quarters of a cent per pound higher than any aver age for the season and the aver age for the day was right at $49.00 per hundred pounds. The market sold 365,494 pounds for $179, 021.96, an average price per pound just a fraction under 49 cents. Possibly the quality of the to bacco offered for sale accounted for the jump in the price average, the record showing that it was five cents higher than the one re corded for last Friday. However, seme farmers said the price trend | appeared stronger. Other farmers pointed out that quite a few indi viduals averaged right at 65 cents a pound and entire rows averaged between 55 and 60 cents. Through yesterday, the local market had sold 4,049,168 pounds for $1,808,366, a resulting average of $44.66 per 100 pounds. In the | first thirteen selling days last sea son, the market sold 3,337,122 pounds for $1,540,270, an average of $46.15 per hundred pounds. The average price this year is trailing that of last season by only $1.49 per hundred pounds. Incidentally, the thirteenth sale last year averaged only $43.78. Tobaco is rapidly disappearing from the farms in this area, some farmers estimating that fifty per cent of the crop has already been marketed. j RADIO LICENSE jv A license to construct and maintain a 1.000-watt radio station in Williamston was re cently granted to S. S. Adcock of Lillington by the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D. C., accord ing to unofficial information received here this week. It was also unofficially learned that the applicant had adver tised for operators. Few details about the sta tion could be learned, and no official information has been released. Officer Files Monthly Report —— in ins monthly report tiled with | the Martin County Alcoholic Bev Ierage Control Board, ABC Officer | J. H. Roebuck stated that five il I licit distilleries were destroyed in ! the county last month. The re i port clearly indicates a decrease I in the illicit business, a condition ! that is difficult to understand i since the drop came right in the 1 face of the tobacco market open I ing when money circulates more j freely. The officer is satisfied, however, that there was a de | crease in the business, adding that he and his assistants possibly worked harder during the period than in any other month so far this year. Three cf the plants were equip ped with copper kettles, one hav I ing a capacity of 150 gallons. The ! officers poured out five and one | half gallons of raw liquor and 700 ! gallons of sugar mash. Three | persons were arrested by the of i ficer. A slight increase in the business | is believed to be in the offing. In i the first few days of this month a (large plant equipped with a 100 j gallon copper kettle, two oil burn ers all bricked up, a 50-gallon doubler and two 50-gallon coolers, l was wrecked in Bear Grass Town ship. The officers poured out 200 gallons of sugar beer and smashed I seven fermenters. They stated I that the plant had just been set , (up, that the equipment had just , ("been tested. SeelfApplicants For Postal job The United States Civil Service Commission announces an oper competitive examination for the position of substitute clerk-carriei for filling vacancies in the Pos Office at Williamston. The usua entrance salary of this position i: $1.29 per hour. Applications for this positior will be accepted by the Director Fourth U. S. Civil Service Region Temporary Building "R”, 3rd anc Jefferson Drive, S. W., Washing ton 25, D. C., until the needs of th< service have been met. Competitors will be required tt report for written examination which will be held as soon ai practicable after the date set foi the close of receipt of applica tions. Full information and ap plication blank may be obtainec from Henry O. Handy, secretary Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex i airliners, at the Williamston post I office. Thirteen Couples Get Licenses In County in August - Issuance Smallest for Any August In The Past Five. Years Marriage licenses were issued to thirteen couples by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger in this county during August, the issu ance being the smallest for any August in five years. It fell ten below the issuance recorded for August, 1946, and was the small est for any month this year ex cept January wher^an equal num ber of licenses were sold. Licenses were issued, eight to white and five to colored couples, as follows: White Norville Charles Paschal and Zelma Beatrice Flood, both of Fort Pierce, Fla. Berry Ward Parker and Ruth Muriel Taylor, both of Roberson ville. James Glenn Wagner and Irene A Sawyer, both of Williamston. Gayle Edwin Everett and Betsy Clayton Smith, both of Roberson ville. Jay Lee Shook and Joyce O Hoggsrd, both of Windsor. William Earl Moore of Wil liamston and Leah Estelle Corey of RFD 3, Williamston. Louis M. Miller of RFD 3, Wind sor, and Wilma Corinne Farless ol Merry Hill. Lester S. White and Hattie Moore, both of Williamston. Colored Hallath Edsal Little and Minnie I Pearl Council, both of-Roberson villo. George Mack Spruill and Fran ces Viola Moore, both of Wil i liamston. Frank Pittman and Erlene Wil liams, both of Hamilton. Octavius Brown and Sadie Mac Roberson, both of Williamston. Louis T. Austin and Mary Lee Hyman, both of Robersonville. ■ Lounty Income In 1 August Is $3,144 i — County income having it: I source other than general taxatior j and traceab’e tu fees and fines, amounted to $3,144.35, ac j cording to reports filed with the I i.uuiuy commissioners a few days ago. The register of deeds listed in come at $361.90, the amount com ! ing from the issuance of marriage licenses, delayed birth certificates, and recording of deeds, mort gages. Sheriff M. W. Holloman report ed $207.45, income derived from serving various types of papers. The county court reported an income of $2,575, fines amounting to $1,615 and costs totaling $96C for the period. -ft> Fiiemen Called Out Here Tuesday Evening —-— Volunteer firemen were called out here Tuesday evening at 6:45 o’clock when a gas stove went out of control and fire threatened the Wier Coffee Shop at the Haugh ton and Washington Street inter section. The fire was brought un der control with sand and the fire I did little or no damage but the kitchen was smoked. To Propose Road Organization At Meeting Saturday Twelve or More Martin County Citizens Been In vited To Attend Formation of an association to advertise U. S. 64 as History’s Highway, connecting Manteo and Murphy under a continuous route number is the object of a meeting that hes been called at Plymouth at 10:30 Saturday, September 10. R. Mayne Albright of Raleigh will preside at this meeting which has been called at the instance of a number of public officials and businessmen of Washington, Martin and Tyrrell Counties. The meeting will be followed by a dutch treat luncheon in the Country Club dining room. Let ters have been mailed to a num ber of officials in Nash, Edge combe, Martin, Washington, Tyr rell and Dare Counties—calling attention to the meeting, but i others are urged to take part in tbe meeting, and arrangements may be made for the luncheon by notifying Roy Manning of the Plymouth Junior Chamber oi Commerce before Saturday. Rep. D. L. Hayman of Dart County said there would be mort than a dozen people from his county, which is interested in the Manteo-Murphy route, and seek' to have it extended to Cape Hat teras. Rep. E. O. Arnold of Washing ton County will head a large del egation from the east end of the County, and Representative C. W Tatem of Tyrrell is rounding u( delegates from Columbia and vie inity. The immediate objective of tin Association is to launch on ; statewide basis whereby everyone of the 23 counties traversed by U S. 64 will participate in the Asso ciation to advertise the many ad vantages on this highway. It tra verses regions of the state notet for prominence in colonial as wel as state history, and connects thi most celebrated part of the Caro lina seashore with the most inter esting mountain scenery in tin State. U. S. 64 traverses the followin; counties: Burke, Chatham, Cher okee, Clay, Dare, Dav'dson, Davie Edgecombe, Henderson, Iredell Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Mar tin, Nash, Pitt, Randolph, Ruther ford, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Wak< Washington. It continues acros to the Pacific slopes under th same route number. Eventually i will be an ocean-to-oceun touris route. Bishop of Alaska Visits by Airplam Fairbanks, Alaska —The Bisho; of the Episcopal Missionary Dis trict of Alaska, the Rt. Rev. Wil liam J. Gordon, Jr., formerly o Williamston, will make his long distance visitations by airplane i the future. The Bishop has ac quired a small Piper Super Cruii er plane and has learned to fly i He will be the only Bishop of thi Church to fly his own plane o official visitations. Bishop Cordon commer-h'd th?i "one is called upon to learn a goo many things when serving th Church in Alaska ” When h came to Alaska six years ago h had never seen a dogteam. Sine then he has covered some 6,00 miles by dog sled, during fiv Arctic winters. He said too, tha he found that to visit river mis sions it was necessary to use launch, so he learned to operat the boat, “Godspeed,” coverin 3400 miles on visitations lust sum mer. Plipie travel will be a tremen dous time-saver. One example i that to go from Fairbanks to For Yukon by boat, one travels 61 miles. By plane straight acros the mountains one travels 15 miles. —--—*,-.— CAR STOLEN - o • The 1948 Dodge sedan belong ing to Mrs. W. C. Manning wa stolen from in front of the Man ning home on West Chuieh St roe sometime during last night, po lice were advised early this morn ing. New Instruments Must Be Had For A Balanced Band las Day Will Be Observed At Close Of Fund Drive Friday, Sept. !<> Busy with the task of lining U[ their school work and working on ! a program of music to be given al 1 the “High School Night" softbal j doubleheader Friday night, the I members of the Green Wave Band i of Williamston High School are ! going to be putting in as mud ■ time as their studies will per mil i during the next several days ir | shaping up their plans for a trip downtown in Williamston Friday September Hi, when they will pu on their annual tag day and heai the final reports on the drive ti supply the new instruments whirl they need so badly and are eonfi dent the town’s citizens and busi ness men will supply. Unlike some band organization in nearby towns which have gon out for $10,000 or so at the begin ning, the Green Wave Band Par ents Club asked merely for $150 the first time and got over $t!,00( They only wanted the money the could put to good use immediate l.v. The second drive was mixe with another campaign by an other group hut still the band gi a good response from the town. 1 is now vitally important that th instrumentation of the hand b rounded out and a well-balance budget for next year's operation has been made out with the hul of it allotted to the supplying i , some expensive hut important ir struments. From a maintenance standpoir , and from the standpoint of open Hons in general there is no organ , zatiqn anywhere that has a hetti record for handling its own mine problems than the Green Wav Band. Rental fees have been pa' ing for the upkeep of band ovvni [ instruments and providing f< I their eventual replacement, tl , transportation fund and sma items of that nature as well us ei (Continued on page eight) . Accounts Filed By Departmcn - ■ *— Martin County’s welfare d partinent was operated at a eo ' of $15,890.20 during the month i August, the county paying $f ^ 044.20 and the state and leder governments paying the rest, a cording to a report filed with tl county commissioners by the d partment superintendent. Salaries for the five employe were listed at $985, plus $177.' k travel, the county paying $727. of the total. Office expense w listed at $50.09. The county hon 3 expenses amounted to $542.04, ar - expenses at the county TI5 san ■ torium totaled $709.11. Goner f assistance, or outside poor, cc $293.59, and drugs cost $120,,': 1 Hospitalization added another $ 178.73 to the cost. The 379 old-timers receiving ; • average monthly pension s $22.11, got a total of $8,381.00. Tl 1 72 families, getting aid to depen ent children at the rate of $38.1 ■ i.".r..f.;i>r::j;; cc h,.u.oat'c., receive * $2,794.00, and the 22 aid to tl blind cases were paid $592.00. = Tax Collections ; Set New Recon —».— Complete figures could not I , had immediately, but preliminai , reports indicate that Marti County property owners ai breaking all records in the mu ter of early tax payments. A fe s days ago, approximately $125,01 ( in county taxes had been collet 1 ed: . , It is fairly evident that man j property owners are settling the tax accounts before going into tf market. Reporting on collections fi other years, Tax Collector M. 1 . Peel said that $270,152.46 of tl s $283,871.36 levied for the ye; . 1948 hud been sold. Only $5,871 f t remains unpaid for the 1947 lev. . and the unpaid balance for tl . year. 1946 has been reduced to $2 288.05. t Public Library Faces i Space Shortage Here Town Officials In Regular Monthly Meet Last Night I Sim* All-Onl Filirury Drive | For Fiimls Only Solution To The Problem The acute space shortage plagu 1 ing Williamston's Public Library I was discussed by a special dele ! Ration before the regular meeting ( of the town officials last evening, and an all-out drive for funds to ' finance a building was suggested i as just about the only solution to . I the problem. Speaking for the delegation of ^ about twelve men and women, ■ Rev. John Goff stated that the -1 library circulated 19,125 books - i last year and explained that the ) I growth of the library had liter ally run away with the limited space in the City Hall room. He asked if it were possible to cut a door through a partition and ex tend the library room into the mayor’s office. Mrs. J. C. Cooke, librarian, said that 5.000 books are in the library, that the crowd ed conditions have forced library workers to pile books on tables, on the floor and overload the shelves. Discussing the problem later in the meeting, the board members suggested that possibly some stor age' space could be had, but that the proposed plan for enlarging -1 the library quarters was hardly r | feasible. It is now proposed to r I carry the problem to the civic or es ganizations and to the general - [ public and work for the construc d j tion of a library budding. It was if pointed out that a site for such a structure would be donated. A representative said that one civic club had a $9,000 fund on hand, that others had several thousand dollars, and suggested that pos sibly some plan could be advanced for supporting the project. Jim Kubanks, president of the f local parent-teacher organization, bargained with the hoard for about $400 tile for a ditch back of the grammar school. The town approved the purchase of the tile with the understanding that Mr. Eubanks and his organization will take over at that point. A plan for opening a new route from the territory lying along the northern section of the town to the schools was discussed, and a committee was named to investi gate it and report to a special 11 'meeting within the next ten days 18 or two weeks. It is proposed to extend either Smithwick or Lee Street to connect with Oak Street just outside the town limits. It was explained that about 150 chil dren are walking North Hough ton Street to and from school each ’’ i day, that the present route offers many dangers and hazards. A water line was ordered for the street running off Washing lu ton to Geo Peel’s market. Bids were called for on a new 1,1 garbage truck. was uppoinucPW ICI the police department force at $45 la week to succeed Raymond ! Ifawls v, bo ri ^i> " itb the county sheriff’s department, and C. E. Hines was added to the I I force for the winter months at $40 a week. Requests tor special parking privileges on the main streets and in meter zones were denied. Over night parking by big trucks on South Ilaughton Street was ruled dangerous and Chief John Roe buck was asked to see if other ar rangements could be made by the truck owners. Loading spots for the new city bus line were located in front of the town hall, Colonial Stores on Main, and at Eagles store on Washington Street. The stops will eliminate two parking meters. Jos. D. Hudgens made public notice of an application for a li cense to seel beer in the Flat Iron building next to the railroad on Washington Street. The town agreed to donate $300 to help finance the fall peanut festival. DRAW ON FUND v__ The special fund, created by the assignment of a spec ial tax on sewer line connec tions, was given a fairly siz able jolt by the local town commissioners at their meet ing last evening when they ordered a 450-foot sewer line laid on Roberson Street be tween main and Church Streets to connect with the town system on West Church Street. Sanitarian W. B. Gaylord, Jr., explained that the line will accommodate twelve or more customers and relieve sanitary conditions there. The call on the special fund set up for financing an ex panded sewer system only, was the first that has been made since the special tax was assessed two months ago. Little Change In Enrollment Count In County Schools \\ illiamstoii Keporls Cviiin Of Forty-nine Pupils Over Fast Year Although tho early reports in dicated there would be a fairly sizable increase in opening-day enrollments in the county schools, officials this morning advanced the opinion that the total figure for the nine white schools is very likely to remain about the same as it was a year ago when 3,251: children enrolled, 2,588 in the elementary and 885 in the high schools. Williamston’s enrollment, gainj over 1,000 the first day, ineludec 809 in the elementary and 195 ir the high school and is 49 largei than thi- opening day figure re ported last year when 770 wen enrolled in the elementary ant 185 in the high school. Farm Life reported a gain o five in the elementary and fout in the high school. The school en rolled 140 in the elementary ant 59 in the high school for a total ol 199. Complete reports could not bt had from any of the other schools possibly because there was st much coming and going thi youngsters could not be counted Tht- superintendent’s office an nounced this morning that a com plete enrollment count would b< available early next week. Pre liminary reports from some of the schools indicated that the opening !counts did not measure up to ex luumuiuca on page eignt) -. o-— Two Injured In Wreck Last Nigh I Two persons wore painfully bu j believed not badly injured in ; "air;vi'.-l.1 on tne eurv'v^u j this end of the Roanoke Rivei I bridge last night at 11:30 o’clock Damage to the two vehicles, a Bluebird taxi diiven by Ruber I Slade, 27, colored man, and a 1941 Plymouth, driven by Russell Grif fin, 20-year-old Everetts colored man, was estimated at $500 by Pa trolman M F. Powers who mud-, the investigation. Jessie Bond, a passenger in the taxi with William Bond, suffered a broken nose, bruises and shock Andrew Wallace, riding in the Griffin ear with James Godard and Lee Williams, all colored, had his light knee badly injured, the patrolman said. The taxi was going into Bertie and was running about 15 or 20 miles an hour on the curve when Griffin, apparently speeding, ap proached from the opposite di reetion. Griffin applied his brakes arid skidded into the taxi, causing about $300 damage to his car and about $200 to the taxi. Charges are being brought against Griffin, according to the j investigating officer. Divorce Cases On Docket For Trial In Superior Court -— All Twelve Actions Based On Two-Year Separa tion Grounds Twelve divorce cases have been I placed on the calendar for trial ! in the Martin County Superior Court on Wednesday, September 21, according to a report released by the county bar association this week. Judge Leo Carr of Burling ton is scheduled to return to the county apd preside over the two week term which is to hear crim inal as well as civil cases. Sever al civil suits are on the calendar for trial the same day. All twelve of the divorce ac tions are based on two-year sep aration grounds, and only one is being contested. “ C. B. Allen, stating he was mar ried in December 1935 and sep arated from his wife since March 1947, is suing Vata Mildred Allen for divorce. No children were born to the union. In her answer, the defendant denies the allega tions in the complaint, and in an other suit is suing for support. In the case of Margaret C. Ruff against Robert Lee Ruff, the plaintiff says they were married July 25, 1944, and separated on February 20, 1947, that the three children born to the union are now in the custody of and are be ing supported by her. Married on November 31, 1926, and separated on August 31, 1944, Annie H. Ewell is suing Willie Ewell for divorce. In her complaint, Addie Uzzell states she was married to Atlat Thomas Uzzell on June 6, 1906, and were separated in October, 1933. Willie C. Hassell in his suit i against Lucinda Hassell, says they | were married on June 15, 1936 and separated March 30, 1947, that I the one child born to the union is now in the custody of the defend I ant but is supported by him. In her case against Linwood j Powell, the plaintiff, Gertha Pow . ell says the two children born to the union are now in her custody and are supported by her. The plaintiff says she was married to J the defendant on April 11, 1944, and that they separated on May I 15, 1947. j Orlandcr Rodgers is suing Bea trice Rodgers for a divorce, stat ing that they were married in I November, 1942, and separated in May, 1946, that no children were burn to the union and that the de fendant now resides in New Jer sey. In her case for divorce, the plaintiff, Pauline Wynne Letch worth, says she was married to the defendant, James Lee Letch worth m 1934 and they were sep arated in April, 1947, that three of the children born to the union are now in an orphanage and that the defendant is a resident of Cumberland County. Married on October 9, 1945, in Alameda County, California, Ed ward Lefate James is suing Ber tha Irene James for a divorce. They were separated on February 22, 1947. The one child born to the union is in the custody of the nlaintifi and the defendant is now fWWldCTirrn-tfit- qUiTc Th Kansas'." In his case against Grace Tuck er, Robert Tucker says they were married in March . and sep arated in June, 1947. William Sharpe is suing Eliza beth Sharpe for a divorce, stating in his complaint that they were married on October 5, 1928, and separated on December 26, 1944. The one child born to the union is now nineteen years old. In the case of Fannie McDaniel against Frank McDaniel, the plaintiff says they were married on October 16, 1943, and separated on July 2, 1947, that no children were born to the union. Suing Li’o Carr (not the judge who is to preside over the term of court), Lizzie Mae Carr says she and the defendant were mar ried on December 16, 1944, and separated on June 27, 1947, that no children were born to the union. In addition to the divorces, the calendar carries thirty-three civil cases, but most of them are con sidered to be of little importance and of not much public interest.
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