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-- THE ENTFRPSUSE IS READ BS OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK .VOLUME LII—NUMBER 96 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, Decent her (t, 19-19 Ttitl V.\ J tRPHISE IS READ BIS OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 To Hold Nominating Meetings In County Nine Conventions Will Be Held On Election of Community Committee Will Follow A Week Later Meeting in their respective dis tricts on Thursday evening of this week at 7:30 o’cIock, Martin Coun ty farmers will nominate their “Triple A” or Production and Marketing Administration com munity committeemen and dele gates to the county convention. Following the nominations on Thursday of this week, the farm ers will vote on the nominees the same day of the cotton referen dum a week later. At the meetings Thursday of this week, the farmers are to nom inate for their community groups, a chairman, vice chairman,'regu lar member and two alternates, and then name a delegate and an alternate to the county conven tion which will be held after the day of the referendum. The coun ty committee will be chosen from the delegates to the county con vention. The nominating conventions, all scheduled the same day, Thurs day, December 8, and the same hour, are scheduled, as follows: Bear Grass, school house; Cross Roads, Everetts school house; Goose Nest 1 and 2, school house; Griffins, Farm Life School; Ham ilton, Hamilton School; James ville, 1 and 2, high school; Rober sonville 1 and 2, high school; Wil liams, county house; and Poplar Point - Williamston, agricultural building. The county P.-M. A. committee is now composed of Messrs. Geo. C. Griffin, chairman; Elmer Mod lin, vice chairman, and D. R. Ed mondson, regular member. Mr. Edmondson moved up from first alternate to regular member on the county committee when Mr. J. T. Moore resigned to accept a position in the P. M. A. office in Bertie. Names of the community com mitteemen, including chairman, vice chairman and regular mem ber, now serving are as follows: Bear Grass: H. U. Peele, E. C. Harrison and Elmer Griffin. Cross Roads: H. L. Roebuck, G. H. Forbes and J. F. Bailey. Goose Nest 1: H. A. Early, M. E Hyman and Julian Mizel.. Goose Nest 2: Jack Smith, Mil ton Beach, Jr., and H. H. Worsley. Griffins: D. Clarence Gurkin, S. E. Manning, and Lester J. Grif fin. Hamilton: L. R. Beach, J. H. Lil lard and J. D. Etheridge. Jamesville 1: Howard Hardison, iironiinuea on page eight) -. Nucleus Formed For Reserve Unit short time ago, the 3474 Induction Station Army Reserve Unit is now rapidly pulling up to authorized strength, Major Neil N. Ripley, commanding officer, announced lollowinga meeting of reservists held in the city hall last evening. The officer explained that ap proxmiately sixteen men, or about one-third of the authorized strength, had joined, and that full recognition was expected within a short time. Veterans may enter the unit with their old service ratings, and membership is open to those irrespective of the branch of the armed forces they served in and regardless of age. New re cruits, however, must be between the ages of 17 and 35, inclusive. The officer personnel is about completed, including Major Rip ley, Major Thomas W. Crockett, Major S P. Woolford, Captain D. W. Brady, 2nd Lt. Richard M. Fowler, M/Sgt. Leslie Y. (Pete) Fowden. Young men or veterans interest ed in joining the unit are invited to meet with the leaders at the next meeting on Monday, Decem ber 19, at 8 p. m. (HOLIDAY LIGHTS v_ > Hung on an entirely differ* ent pattern, Williamston's holiday lights, turned on last Thursday evening for the first time this season, have receiv ed very favorable comment. It is possible that one or two more stars would add to the set-up, but the official decor ators, J. S. Ayers and Ben D. I Courtney, explain that lim ited funds were available, that the project would be added to next year. Officials Discuss Baffling Problem Here Last Nighl Application Pending Foi Loan to Finance Addition To the Sewer System Limited sewer lines, constitut i ing the town’s most baffling prob i lems, were up for a full force dis cussion at a regular meeting ol I the local commissioners last eve I ning. j Appearing before the board j Drs. Harris, Rhodes and Llcwcllyr discussed the possibilities of con nccting the new hospital with th< town system, and offered to con tribute the cost of an individua system or possibly $2,000 or mori on a project sponsored by the town. Reviewing preliminary surveys the b^ard pointed out that a sys tern to meet the needs of the hos pital and at the same time servi North Smithwick, Franklin, Lib erty, Lee, Vance, Jackson and sev eral other streets in that arei [ would cost approximately $12,500 It was explained that other sec j tions were in need of the facilities [ and that the town has an applica i tion pending for a loan or indirecl 'grant from the federal govern | ment to finance a detailed survey | of the proposed system and its I cost. It has been roughly esti | mated that $89,750 will put scwei | facilities in reach of just about all j the people within the town as il is now incorporated. The old problem of extend inf the town limits and promoting ar improvement program designed tc take care of the two communities ' just north and west of the present limits came up for discussion While the entire board expressed the wish to have the two areas i included within the town, most oi | the members intimated that il should be left entirely with the people in those sections. As the matter stands now, pub lie rpinion within the town will be measured and if there is sufficienl demand to support the action, the board will push for an immediate survey and propose a bond issue subject to a vote of the people, ex plaining that the town has already reached that point where it mus< expand or contract. While out hnnjj.'?. >■!/•> r-. their entirety untif about total debt is beinf* retired fairly J rapidly now, and a new bond issue of reasonable size will not neces sarily throw the taxation program (Continued on page eight) -$ Recapture Former County Prisoner Glenn Albert Chase, former resident of this county, was re captured early last Friday night pear Franklin, Va., following his escape along with five other pris oners from a Northampton prison camp earlier in the week. Chase, found guilty of breaking into Pittman's clothing store and two other business establishments in Williamston, was sentenced to the roads for six year in the Mar tin County Superior Court back in March, 1947. Wh?n spotted walking along the Virginia highway, Chase and two of the other five escaping from the camp, were still wearing their prison uniforms. Holding Two For Alleged Larceny Of Gun, Money -« Two Virginian* Alleged To Have Stole From Home Of W. H ^Taylor Donald Eugene Gaddis, 29, and j Jesse Hilleald, 30, working for a (painting contractor out of Alexan dria, Va., were arrested here early last Friday morning for allegedly breaking into the home of W. H. Taylor about three miles from Williamston on the Prison Camp Road and stealing a shot gun and $3 47 cash. Given a preliminary hearing before Justice Chas. R. Mobley Friday afternoon, the two men were placed under $1,000 bond each when probable cause of guilt was found. Unable to ar range bond immediately, the two men were returned to jail. About 2:00 o’clock last Thurs I day afternoon, the two men al ■ lcgcdly went to the Taylor home. Finding no one there, they went , to the near-by home of Mr, Tay lor’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Annie Bell Modlin, and called, but Mrs. Mod lin would not answer. Thinking no one was in sight, the two men returned to the Taylor home and while Hilleald maintained a watch from the truck, Gaddis allegedly entered the house. The gun was stolen from its rack over a bed, and the cash was taken from a pocketbook in a bureau drawer. They were there about thirty min utes. When Mr. Taylor returned home that evening about 9:00 o’clock, his sister-in-law told him that two men had been to his home and the robbery was discov ered. He reported to officers and they, with a description of the truck, started a search. The truck was found parked on Smithwick Street, but no one was near it. The gun was found and identified by the owner. Maintaining a watch all night, officers arrested the two mon when they started to drive the truck away at 7:00 o’clock Friday morning. Following the hearing, Gaddis admitted going to the home, but denied breaking into Ihe house, declaring that he found the gun on the back porch. --. Farm Packhouse Damaged By Fire Its origin not definitely known, fire burned down a small barn ■ and badly scorched the stables ■ and large packhouse on the S. C. (Griffin farm just off Williams Street here last Sunday afternoon. The loss was estimated by Fire Chief G. P. Hall at $1,230, includ ing $750 on the buildings, $80 worth of hay, $100 worth of corn and $300 farm implements. The property was insured. Eating its way into approxi mately 400 bales of hay, the fire gpread rapidly, and by the time firemen reached there the flames were pouring from windows and through the side of the large barn. Residents in the neighborhood had turned out the stock. Both of the town’s fire trucks were used and laid, firemen wrestling with the fire for almost two hours before bringing the blaze under complete control. Starting at an hour when most of the population was riding in and around town, the fire attract ed a capacity crowd of onlookers, and several of the firemen found it necessary to run a block or more to get to their stations. No Trace Of Hog Thief In County Using underhand tactics similar to those employed by one Whit Salsbury more than a year ago, a thief stole into Farmer Herbert Manning’s hog pen early one night last week, knocked a 400-pound sow in the head and carried the carcass away. Officers have been working on the case, but have es tablished no lead so far. Salsbury operated in this coun ty more than a year ago on a rather extensive scale, finally fall ing into the hands of the law. Santa'A fi-But Mobbed On Visit Here Last Thursday Mr. Santa Claus was almost mobbed when he made his pre Christmas visit here last Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, the adults joining the kitjdies in big numbers to postlc the jolly old fellow as he alighted from a fire truck and made his way to Attor ney H. C. Horton's law office porch. It was thought the porch would break under the load, and police moved in to help relieve the old fellow and thin out the crowd, estimated conservatively at 1,500 to 2,000. Marching down the roped off street, the high school band ap peared in a brief concert, playing several of the popular Christmas numbers. But when the fire truck pulled up, the kiddies turned their attention to old Santa and the rush was on. A larger concen trated crowd had never been seer here. There we-e so many that Santa exhausted his favors before getting around to all the little folks. And those youngsters whe could not get near Santa are as sured that their letters finally reached their destination. Taking leave of absence thirty minutes later, Santa started his return trip north via Conoho in s municipal vehicle, thoroughly convinced that he is still jusi about the most popular man in al the world. Writing after returning to hi: home, Santa said he was sorry ht could not talk with all the little folks last Thursday, but assurer them that he would make every effort to get around on Christina: Eve. ROUND-UP r Eleven persons were arrest ed and temporarily detained In the county Jail last week end, the round-up being the largest reported by Jailer Roy Peel in recent weeks. Five were detained tor pub lic drunkenness, two for breaking and entering, and one each for non-support, vio lating liquor laws, aiding and abetting breaking and enter ing, and an eleventh one was hooked under an old charge. Five of the group were white and the ages of the eleven ranged from 19 to 42 years. Accident Victim Buried Thursday In Martin County Highway Patrol Krports More Vehicle Accidents Over Past Week-enil -* One- highway accident victim, Isaiah Roberson, was buried and one or two others were hurt in motor vehicle accidents last week end, according to reports coming from the office of the Highway Patrol in this county Monday. Suffering a broken back in a ear accident at the Sherrod farm on Highway 125 last October 9, Rob erson, 46-year-old tenant, died at I his home in the Hassell section last Tuesday and was buried near Hamilton on Thursday. Given first-aid treatment in Brown’s hospital soon after the accident, Roberson was removed to a Dur ham hospital. When cash funds were exhausted, reports said he was returned to his home several weeks ago, presumably to die. Roberson’s nephew, Herman Roberson, 26, is now serving a road term for drunken driving. * He is being recalled and is to go1 into the courts, possibly next week, to face a manslaughter [charge. I The man’s death boosts the to-' tal highway fatalities to seven in the county so far this year a 1928 For itmwi i Try and a 1938 Ford driven by M. E. Whitehurst, sideswiped each other on the newly paved Bear Grass W’illiamston road. The Ball car! made a complete high ' way and the Whitehurst car scooted off the road and came to a stop in a field. Damage to both cars was estimated at $125 by Pa trolman M. F. Powers who made the investigation. Driving on a dirt road in the direction of Cross Roads about 6:00 o’clock Sunday evening, Wil lie James Mizclle lost control of his 1938 Plymouth sedan and the machine turned over at least four times, according to Patrolmen B. W. Parker and M. F. Powers who < Continued on page eight) *-'i>—■ Expected Home From Hot pi tal In Day or Tiro ——♦ Quite ill in a Washington hos pital for several days, Mr. V. D. Godwin, Sr., was reported much improved this morning and if he suffers no relapse his return home is expected within a day or two. K. W. Robertson Died In Hospital Friday Afternoon Funeral Servin' Was Helt Al Hume of IMr. ami Mrs. C. A. James Saturday Kenneth Winston Robertson, re tired railroad man, died in the lo cal hospital last Friday afternooi at 12:20 o’clock following years o declining health. Injured in ai automobile accident about seven teen years ago, he had been abh to get around only on crutches and during the past twelve o eighteen months he was confince most of the time to his room ii the home of Mr, and Mrs. Char A. James on East Main Street. Hi suffered an attack last Saturday and was removed to the hospita where little hope was held for hi recovery. The son of the late Henry am Sarah Pccle Robertson, he wa born near Williamston 86 year ago on the fifteenth of nex month. Following the death of hi parents when he was a young mai he came to Williamston to niaki his home with a cousin, the lab W. 11. Robertson and was employ ed by the mercantile firm of Wil liam (Buck) Slade. While then he learned telegraphy and a shor time later went with the Atlanta Coast Line Railroad Company Switching from telegraphy to eon siruction work, he superintendec construction operations for tin company in several states for ; number of years before locating ii Ahoskie and later transferring ti Parmele. When declining healtl forced his retirement, he returnee to Williamston to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. James. (Continued on page eight) .---►.. Potato Curing Barn Damaged —«— Farmer Tommie Lawrence Rub erson’s sweet potato curing barr was damaged last Saturday win i the storing racks gave way an: dumped a large quantity of pota toes on the curers. Breaking oui threatened the barn, but Mr. Rob erson’s son and neignbors, sum moned by the farm beil, held thi loss to a few baskets and severa bushels of “ vli roasted potatoes. NATIONAL ClJAKl) Preliminary plans for locat ing a National Guard Unit in Williamston were advanced another step last evening when the town officials ap propriated $400 for altering a part of the interior of the municipal water department’s old pumping station on Syca more Street for housing the outfit temporarily. The Guard plans to locate an anti-aircraft battery here with a complement of possi bly 150 men. Civic organizations are ex pected to sponsor the enlist ments, one report said, and final details for advancing the project will be worked out shortly. ChaSi Davenport ! Died In Hospital j Sunday Morning -o— Funeral Monday Afternoon In Jamesville for Well Known (anility Citizen Charles Davenport, well-known county citizen and Jamesville business man, died in a Washing ton hospital Sunday morning after a long period of declining health. Taken worse rather suddenly on November 2d, he was removed to the hospital that day and Ins eon dition had been critical since that time. During the past eighteen i months or more, he had been un | der the constant care of doctors, 'spending some time in hospitals. | A son of the late J. L. Daven port and wife, he was born in Jamesville fifty-three years ago, and spent all his life there. He was a member of the Skewarkey Masonic Lodge in Williamston and was a Shriner, taking unusual in terest in the activities of both. A veteran of World War 1, he was a member of the John Walton Has ['sell Post of the American Legion. I For a number of years he was as | [ sociated with his brother-in-law, O. W. Hamilton, in the operation of a mercantile business in James ville. Mr. Davenport was active in various fields, acting for years as a leader of his political parts in the county, and serving as a j \ poll official. Friendly and most ' accommodating, hi’ numbered his I 1 friends by the hundreds through out the county and section, lie was a citizen well met wherever I 1 he went, and despite his infirmi ! ties during recent months, he re- j ' mained cheerful almost until the 1 end. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Vera Hairr; seven sisters, Mrs. W. W. Walters, Mrs. 1 C. T. Blount, Sr., Mrs. Lillian E. ’ Griffin, Mrs. O. W Hamilton, Mrs Herbert Sexton, all of Jamesville’ I Mrs. Harvey Manning of Bethel, ' and Mrs. Ernest Edmondson of * Hassell; two brothers, Zeno L. ^ 1 Davenport of Gumberry, and J. ’ Oscar Davenport of Jamesville 1 and Williamston. Funeral services were conduct ed at the graveside in the Meth odist Church Cemetery in James ville Monday afternoon at 4 00 o’clock. A chaplain from the army : post at Fort Bragg officiated. Mrs. Mai4 Edwards Died Monday At Jamesville Home — Funeral Servieew Ait Ili-inn Comliirlril TIm’it This Afternoon I Mrs. Mae Mizelle Edwards, member of un old county family, died at the home of hei niece, Mrs. 1 C. C. Fleming, in Jamesville Mon | day afternoon at 3:00 o’clock fol j lowing a long period of declining health, She had been an invalid | since May and her condition had been critical for about six weeks j The daughter of the late John Hiddiek Mizelle and Emily Bates Mizelle, she was born in James | ville 74 years ago on October 24. life there. Following hei main- j | age to Boswell S. Edwards she continued to make her home in j Jamesville for a while, but moved j to Bultifivon in 1918 where !. ;• j husband was a prominent me ! chanical engineer for almost thir ty years. Following his death in 1948, she returned to Jamesville to make her home with the Flem ings. Mrs. Edwards was a devoted member of the Jamesville Chris tian Church for more than forty years, and Rev. J. M Perry, pas tor of the Robersonville Chris- 1 tian Church, and Rev. W. B. Har ' rington, county Baptist minister, 1 are conducting the funeral service at the home in Jamesville this af ■ ternoon at 4:00 o’clock. Interment 1 will be in the Wallace family cem etery on a high bluff overlooking the Roanoke near the old family f home. 1 Mrs. Edwards was the last ( member of her immediate family, j £ and is survived bv her niece with'l whom she made her home, a great I niece and a great neptiew. \ Load Friendship Car With Corn in County w vk\in<; v. Hearing complaints from various citizens, tlie town commissioners in session here last evening took no action, but made it quite clear (hat unless waste papers are brought under control, an ordinance with biting teeth could be expected. Too many are scattering their waste papers, making it next to impossible for the street department workers to gather it all up. It has been suggested that waste paper be placed in containers or ar rangements be made to burn it. County Board In A Short Meeting Monday Morning Kror^tmi/aition l{»‘siills In No ( liaii”< s In Tin* Official Kninily -- Starting the second of their two-year term, the Martin Coun ty Commissioners Monday hand led all their business in short ord er and recessed before noon. A reorganization was effected with out a single change in the official family set-up. Mr. John Henry Edwards of Williamston continues as chairman, u post he lias held since the death of It. L«. Perry who served in that capacity for many years. Elbert S. Peel was leap pointed county attorney, the spot carrying a $150 retainer's lee. John W. Ifland was reappointed superintendeqt of the county home for the aged and infirm, and M. Luther Peel was reappointed tax supervisor. Mr. Peel has not yet announced his township list - takers, but he is expected to do so shortly and meet later in the month and make plans for hand ling the I960 listings. During the meantime, the supervisor will at tend a special tax listing school at the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill, beginning next Tue.s day. Routine reports were heard and current business matters were handled. Tax relief orders were issued on account ol errors to the following: 1948 taxes, G. II lfaislip, James ville, $2; Woodrow Holliday, Wil liams, $2; Augustus Riddick, John M. Whitaker and John M. Leggett, all of Hear Grass, $2 each; l) (\ Keel, Robersonville, $2, and Wil lie B. Jackson, Kobeisunville, $2. For 1949: Adrian, Hardison, Wil liams, $2.05; Ctias Williams, Wil liamston, $2, John M Whitaker, Williamston, $2, Mrs. F. F. Car slarphen, Wil.iain.ston, $10.78; Kenneth H Roberson, Roberson ville, $2, and Wiilie B. Jackson, Robersonville, $2, a combined to tal of $37.43. (Continued on page eight) District Election —«.— White i here U a<j, tnati ru h to got to the polling place- early re j ports received this morning indi cated that quite a few county eiti sens were voting in the current ( ioil rlisti ict election. The names of two candidates, Messrs. t\ 1, Green and C. Abram ftoberson, both of Robi rsonville. ire on the ballot and one is to be •looted to serve as a member of he Martin County Board of Sup ■rvisors for the Coastal Plain Soil Conservation District — without ■enumeration other than • travel dlowance when attending meet ngs outside the county. Ballot box are located in Ayers’ tore, Oak City; Grimes Drug itore, Robersonville; Rogers hothers’ store, Bear Grass; Har lison's Farm Supply, Jamesville, nd agricultural building, Wil iamston. Any citizen in the county may 1 ote. Dedicated Car Of Corn To Needy In Foreign Lands Farnirrs ('<>ntri)mt<-<l More I lian Tliou>uml Bushels To She Cause Martin County farmers with some help from the townspeople loaded last week-end and Monday shipped out as a part of North Carolina's 1949 Friendship Train a solid carload of corn for use in alleviating human suffering in foreign lands. County ministers, including Rev. J. M. Perry of Rob ersonville, Rev. W. B. Harrington of Farm Life, and Revs. Stewart B Simms, N. J. Ward. E. R. Shul ler, Jas. I. Lowry and John Goff of the Williamston Ministerial As sociation, with County CROP Chairman W. Mayo Hardison and Farm Agent Tom Brandon dedi cated the ear at informal exercis es at 2:00 o'clock Monday after noon or just a short time before the shipment of more than 1,000 bushels of corn started its journey to foreign lands. In the dedication service, the dedicators remembered the work of those who contributed to it and those who went out seeking it in the name of suffering humanity. While the carload of corn did not have the value of a mixed car of leeds and foods loaded in this I county Li t year, the Christian ef fort this year was possibly more i pronounced than it was u year ago. Rural citizens, headed in W. Mayo Hardison, county chairman, land a worthy group of assistants, contributed just about all the corn. Some cash was raised in the towns and the money was con verted into the commodity, boost ing Hie total by about 150 or 200 bushels. While Mr. Hardison worked a great deal and worried no little, he declared it was the workers in the townships who put the job over. Millers in several townships joined in and shucked and shelled a large amount ut corn without charge, and Mis Hardi. on said that while individuals incurred much expense and loss of time in gath ering up the corn, not the first one asked to be repaid. The eat of corn moved out of the county without a cent of cost being charg ed against it, and observers de clared it was the most successful undertaking of its kind ever hand led in the county. While some of the district goals were not met possibly on account ul adverse crop conditions, other townships wept on to double their quotas and carry the county gifel 250 bushels over the top. The corn collection follows in pounds by townships: Jamesville, 2.03(1; Williams, 4,400; Griffin, 4, 000, Bear Grass, 5,997; Williams ten, 7,297; Cross Roads, 7.050; Rob i" - niieillii Q Q.7||' ’ 1 ,/•>:.+ ^ 000, Hamilton, T7^0; Goi.se Nest, (Continued on page eight) mfriTrm^Xnn oration in Duke Hi spital almost two weeks ago, Jack Harris, 12 vear-old son of Mrs. Estelle Har ris of Hear Grass, was reported vesterday to be gradually improv ing with the prospect that he’ll he ihle to make it home for Christ nas. But thr re is some doubt if le'li be able to ride a bike by that ime, provided, of course, old San a delivers a bike. The lad’s case was said to have xen one of the most aggravated ei handled, that he could nut lave lived much longer without [lie operation. He was under an jxygen tent tor an entire week, mil while his condition still is enous, he was reported Monday o be improving. Special nurses lave been in continuous attend nee at his bedside and his moth er has been with him every min ute possible. -• i Uidei cii hvaie 'he i
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