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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK I
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> OLUME LIII—NUMBER 2
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Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, January ,5, 1050
ESTABLISHED 1899
President Pleads
* For “Fair Deal”
Before Congress
Delivers Stale of The I nion
Message To Joint Group
Yesterday Afternoon
In his State of the Union mes
sage to a joint session of the 81st
Congress yesterday afternoon at
I 1:00 o'clock, President Harry S.
Truman pleaded for his “Fair
Deal" program, urging the law
makers to wait no longer in inaug
urating • such sweeping social
changes as compulsory health in
surance, the Brannan farm plan,
extension of rent controls, a hous
ing program to help families in
the middle income brackets and
other proposals to boost the pub
^ lie prosperity. Repeal of the
Taft-Hartley law was asked.
The message was part of an
over-all confusion setting, the
President asking for a “moderate"
increase in taxes, while lawmak
ers on all sides declared for less
spending and tax decreases.
The lawmakers greeted the
message with mixed and even vio
lent reactions that plainly indi
ll cated trouble ahead. The Demo
crats, exclusive of a few, were for
many parts of the outlined pro
gram. Republicans snorted it was
“socialism” and “rehash” and they
booed and peered the Chief Exec
utive of the United States to his
face.
More than one hundred Repub
lican House members signed a
round robin, declaring Mr. Tru
^ man had "again given notice that
he is wholly committed to the
eventual socialization of Ameri
ca.”
In his message, President Tru
man took a broad sweep over a
full century. He looked back over
fifty years and the “miracle” he
said it had produced in shorter
hours, more production and better
living.
H He looked at the present and
said this is no time to rest on the
oars, to stand pat on achievements
of the past. And he gazed a half
century into the future to a time
when he figured the income of the
average American family might
be around $12,000 a year-three
times what it is now.
“Today, by the grace of God,”
Mr. Truman said, “we stand a free
g. and prosperous nation with great
• ™ rr possibilities for the future than
* fny people have ever had before
in the history of the world.”
But to improve the financial
outlook at the moment, he said,
Some changes are needed in the
tax system to bring in “a moder
ate amount of additional rev
enue.”
He said the changes should “re
duce present inequities” and stim
ulate business. He promised more
W definite recommendations soon.
He sends Congress an economic
report Friday and his budget for
next fiscal year on Monday.
With the Treasury taking in
around $38,000,000,000 a year, the
budget points to more red ink—a
deficit of more than $4,000,000,000
in the fiscal year, which begins
next July 1.
Below is a digest of President
^ Truman s State of the Union mes
\ sage:
Taxes—"Make some changes in
our tax system which will reduce
present inequalities, stimulate
business activity, and yield a mod
erate amount of additional rev
enue.” He said specific sugges
. fcbm-wiiM&THfeuc sifoTTiy."
Business—"Close the loopholes”
in the anti-trust laws so as to bar
“.monopolistic mergers." He pro
mised to send the lawmakers later
% a “series of proposals to assist
small businesses and to encourage
the growth of new enterprise.”
Farm—Pass the Brannan Plan
with its system of production pay
ments; provide mandatory price
supports for products which are
major sources of farm income and
are not adequately covered.
Labor—Replace the Taft-Hart
ley Act with ‘a law that is fair to
all and in harmony with our
^ ideals." Expand the social securi
ty program to provide higher
benefits and greater coverage. Im
prove the unemployment compen
sation program to supply more
jobless aid. Set up a labor exten
sion service to encourage educa-1
tion in labor relations. j
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(Continued on page five)
Make Plaits For A Survey
Of Sewer Line Extensions
Plans, calling for a survey ofi
sewer line extensions within the
town and in the North Haughtonj
Street and West End sections, are
well advanced, Mayor Robt. Cow
en said yesterday. The federal
government has tentatively
agreed to advance the funds for
the survey which will likely cost
between $2,000 and $3,000, it was
explained. Detailed information
and application for the money
were filed with a government
agency in Atlanta a few days ago.
While the sewer line extension
needs constitute a problem within
themselves, there's the problem of
whether to proceed on the basis of
town limits as they are now con
situted or to work with the view
of a consolidation of the surround
ing territory, principally the
thickly populated area in the
North Haughton and West End
sections.
Little has been said recently
about incorporating those sections
within the present town, but if
such action is ever contemplated,
officials point out that now is the
time to consider it.
The welfare of the town and the
communities just outside the lirn-l
its is likely to be discussed at a I
meeting of the town officials at'
their monthly meeting next Mon-1
day night. Anyone, including
those inside or immediately out
side the town limits, will be we1
corned at the meeting and their
views will be appreciated, no
doubt.
Little business has been defin
itely scheduled for the meeting
which opens at 8:00 o’clock Mon
day night.
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LICENSES
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Clearing (he L’s and M's in
one big rush during the latter
part of December, the Safety
Division of the State High
way Patrol is now issuing
drivers' licenses to those per
sons whose last names begin
with the letters N, O. P and Q.
Persons w'hose names begin
with any one of those four let
ters may get their licenses at
the Martin County courthouse
any Wednesday or Thursday
before June 30. It isn’t ad
visable to wait until the last
minute to take the tests.
A few' stragglers whose
names begin with L or M are
reporting for their licenses
this week, but most of those in
that letter combination have
their licenses.
Horton To Install
Kiwanis Officers
Hugh Horton, a past lieutenant!
governor of the Carolinas District
of Kiwanis International, will
have charge of the installation of
new local club officers at its regu
lar meeting tonight. Officers to
be installed include Fitzhugh Fus
sed, president, C. B. Clark, Jr.,
vice president; W. H Carstarphen,
treasurer; and Wendell Peele, sec
retary. These men will succeed
Sam Woolford, Fussell, Geo. Mah
ler, and Bob Monteith in the same
respective ol der of offices.
In an organizational meeting
held on Tuesday night, President
Elect Fussed announced that a
meeting of the various committees
would be called following the new
officer ceremonies. Monographs
have been distributed to the vari
ous committee chairmen to ac
quaint them with the objectives
of their individual committees.
Heads Highway
Patrol Radio
C. D. Cavenaugh, while main-1
taining his home here, is now sta
tioned in Raleigh as Chief Engi
neer of the State Highway Patrol
Radio System. It is understood
his family will join him as soon as
living quarters are found.
M Stuart Davis, Jr., is succeed
ing Mr. Cavenaugh as engineer in
cnaige“oFTne wiTIiams'ton station,
a position Mr. Cavenaugh has held
since the stations were opened.
Horace Gooding of Elizabethtown,
a member of the radio staff in the
State since the war, is succeeding
Mr. Davis as engineer.
Farmers Report
Hogs Missing
More hogs have been reported
missing from Martin County
farmers during the past few days,
according to a report coming from
the sheriff’s office.
Two hogs, each weighing about
125 pounds, disappeared from the
Forbes farm near Spring Green
last week. Farmer Herbert Man
ning who had a large hog stolen
from his pen the latter part of last
year, reported another hog miss
ing this week.
Ruritans Meet
In Jamesville
The Jamesville Ruritan Club
held its regular meeting* Monday
evening, January 2, at seven
o’clock in the school lunch room.
The meeting was called to order
by the president who led the
group in singing America. The
chaplain then gave the invocation.
The members enjoyed a delicious
chicken dinner served by the
Methodist ladies.
The main business of the even
ing was the appointment of the
members to the various commit
tee. The following committee
were set up and the members ap
pointed, the first named to serve
as chairman. Recreation and
Community Good Will: Arthur
Wallace Lilley, David Holliday
and C. G. Gurkin; Welfare, Health
and Sanitation: Alva Roberson, E.
N. Modlin, Charlie Russell, Luther
Clark and C. T. Gaines; Program
and entertainment: G. H. Baker,
I A. Corey and V. B. Hairr; Finance:
I Oscar Davenport, Elwood Brown,
Howard Gaylord and Asa Moore;
Agriculture: Carl Griffin, Marvin
Jones, F. W. Holliday, P. M. Hol
liday and H. A. Sexton; Economic
Opportunity for Youth: V. B.
Hairr, F,. H. Ange and Howard
Gaylord; Rural Church: Ben
Peele, W. L. Brown, J. C. Kirkman
and E. H. Ange; Public Highways
and Streets: Floyd Moore, C. C.
Fleming, Arthur Modlin and W.
C. Wallace; Education: Georgia
Martin, O. W. Hamilton, and R. C.
Sexton. These committee mem
bers are to meet during the month
to work out the projects for the
year which will be presented at
the next meeting.
A. Corey, Georgia Martin, Carl
Griffin and Oscar Davenport were
selected to represent the club at
the National Convention which
will be held at Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina, on January 23, 24
and 25.
The following members were
present for the meeting: Ira Alex
ander, C. A. Askew, George Bak
er, P. C. Blount, Jr., L. C. Brown,
A. Corey, Oscar Davenport, C. C.
Fleming, C. T. Gaines, Carl Grif
fin, C. G. Gurkin, Howard Gay
lord, O. W. Hamilton, V. B. Hairr,
Jim B. Holliday, P. M. Holliday,
Marvin Jones, J. C. Kirkman, Ar
thur Wallace Lilley, W. E. Man
ning, C. C. Martin, Georgia Mar
tin, E. N. Modlin, Asa Moore,
Floyd Moore, Ben Peele, Alva Ro
berson, Charlie Russell, H. A. Sex
ton, R. C Sexton and James
Smithwick. V. B, Hairr, reporter.
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Few Observing
Old Christmas
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Old Christmas, once widely ob
served in this section, is passing
today little noticed by anyone,
indicating that the custom has
just about been lost in the annals
of time.
About the only observant lo
cally is Mr. Joe Godard over on
Marshall Avenue. He is opening
his presents this afternoon, but
he explained there’s no holiday
for him.
January 5 has been widely ob
served as Old Christmas along the
outter bank of Dare County, but
little has been heard from that*
area and its plans for the day.
Autopsy Points
To Drowning As
Cause of Death
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Unofficial Report Stated
That I. L. Alexander's
Heart Not Damaged
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The report that Ira L. Alexan
der, well known timber man of
Jamesville, accidentally drowned
in Roanoke River near that town
early Tuesday morning was said
to have been supported by pre
liminary findings during an au
topsy performed here late last
night. No official comment could
be had at that time, however, and
no final report will be available
until laboratory tests arc complet
ed by the pathologist, Dr, Arnold
Strauss, of De Paul Hospital, Nor
folk.
The autopsy, arranged after the
committal service in Columbia
yesterday afternoon, was request
ed by the Mcngel Corporation,
employers of the drowning vic
tim. The body was disinterred im
mediately after the committal ser
vice and returned to the Biggs
Funeral Home here, Dr. Strauss
and his assistant meeting it there.
It could not be learned how long
the laboratory tests will take, but
preliminary findings were said to
have pointed, more or less, defin
itely to accidental drowning. One
report, coming from unofficial
but reliable sources, said that the
heart was found not to have been
damaged, that something like
muddy water was found in the
lungs, and attendants were quoted
as saying that "it looks like
drowning."
The autopsy, taking about an
hour and fifteen minutes, reveal
ed that Mr. Alexander had suffer
ed a stroke or some head injury
some time ago, possibly several
years or more.
The body was returned to the
cemetery in Columbia early this
morning for final committal.
Big News Stories
Of The Old Year
The reviewers had a great time
pieking the big news stories of
1949. Two of the most widely
published are the lists made (a)
by American editors, and (b) by
the editors in Europe and the Near
East (Russian editors are not in
cluded). The same item appeared
first in both lists, but otherwise
the two lists are widely dissimilar.
The stories selected by the
American editors were the follow
ing:
1— President Truman announces
atomic explosion in Russia.
2— Communists overrun China.
3— Coal-steel strike threaten
American economy,
4— High naval officers challenge
unification policies.
5— Jury convicts 11 top Com
munists in U. S.
6— Kathy Fiscus dies 95 feet
down a well pipe.
7— P-38 rams air liner at Wash- !
ington, killing 55.
8— Hungarian court convicts
Cardinal Mindszenty of treason.
9— Vice-President Barkley mar
ries Missouri widow.
10— Major league races end in
baseball's closest finish.
The list compiled by the editors
of Europe and the Near East is as
follows:
1— 1 resident f ruman announces
atomic explosion in Russia.
2— The Atlantic Pact is signed.
3 British devalue their cur
rency.
4— Communists overrun China.
5— West German republie is es
tablished.
6— Tito splits with the Kremlin.
7— The Berlin blockade is lifted.
8 Catholics and Communists
locked in struggle in Central Eu
rope; Mindszenty trial.
9— Greek civil war ends.
10— Peace established in Israel.
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Con tin uca Critically
In The Hoapitul
In declining health for more
than two years, Mrs. Fred J Roe
buck yesterday afternoon was re
ported critically ill in a Washing
ton hospital where she was re
moved to after a stay of several
week with her daughter, Mrs, W.
E. Grimes, near Stokes.
Countv Board In
Short Meeting
Monday Morning
Discus* Plans for Providing
Rest Rooms for Women
Jurors in Courthouse
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With little scheduled business
on their calendar, Martin County’s
commissioners, Messrs. C. C. Mar
tin, J. H. Edwards, W. M. Harri
son, C. A. Roberson and 11. S.
Johnson, handled the routine du
ties and then talked about fann
ing, bird hunting along with vari
ous other topics at their regular
monthly meeting last Monday.
There were no visitors, and no re
quests for roads or special consid
erations. The officials observed
along with many others the day
before as a holiday, and possibly a
change in the meeting date con
fused the callers and no special
appointments were made.
After hearing lengthy reports
from the heads of the various
county departments, the commis
sioners discussed plans for provid
ing rest rooms for women juror!
on the second floor of the court
house. Quite a few women have
been called for jury duty in this
county, but only a few served,
and they did so mainly because
they could not offer an acceptable
excuse. It is thought that the
limited rest room facilities have
had something to do with the ser
vice record of the women, and the1
commissioners ordered a study of
conditions be made.
A contract for painting the in
terior of the agricultural building
was let to Noah Hardison who
submitted a low bid of $465. There
were several bids, the highest be
ing around $1100.
Making his monthly report to
the commissioners, Tax Collector
M Luther Peel said that $75,306.37
remained to be collected from the
1049 levy of $312,010.44. All but
$9,645.77 of the $283,958.39 levy
for 1948 has been collected. Mr.
Peel also reported that there was
a balance of $4,700.99 due from the
$234,906.57 levy for 1947.
Their work completed, the com
missioners enjoyed their informal
talk which centered around the
county home and other unconnect
ed subjects before adjourning
shortly before lunch time.
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JVIo Divorce Or
Damage Actions
Up until late yesterday no one
had applied for a marriage license
in the New Year and no divorce
or damage suits had been filed in
the Martin County Superior
Court, Register J. Sam Get.si iger
and Clerk L. B. Wynne said.
There were comparatively few
marriages in the county last
month, and only six civil action.; I
were filed in the court.
There's quite a rush at the i
money lending counters and
courthouse employes are busy ••(•
cording various types of mort
gages and liens.
Minor Accident
Near Jamesville
No one was hurt and damage
hardly exceeded $100 in a road
accident near Jamesville last Sat- 1
urday morning, according to a re-1
port released yesterday hy Pa !
trolmanT'Y Simmons.
Paul Barber was driving on the
Jordan Thicket road and stopped
quickly to avoid striking a dog.
William Modlin, driving behind
Barber, could not stop in time to
avoid crashing into Barber’s 1947
Chevrolet.
Fire Damages
Farm Tractor
Fire damaged H. A. Sexton’s
new farm tractor and burned the
tires off a trailer on a farm near
Jamesville about 2:00 o’clock yes
terday afternoon.
It is thought that gas leaked
from the carburetor to the ground
and caught fire. Damage to the 1
tractor was estimated at about '
$300. The fire threatened to 1
spread to the Darn where a corn i
sheller was in operation, but it *
was checked. t
Motorists Had Murder In
Their Eyes In This County
Motorists had murder in their
eyes when they traveled the high
ways in this county last year.
While motorists were not involv
ed in as many accidents last year
as they were the year before, they
killed the largest number of peo
ple than in any other year during
the past five.
Other than fatalities, the high
way and street accident record in
this county last year showed
much improvement over the cold
facts recorded the year before.
There were eight fewer accidents
reported last year than in 1948.
| Twenty fewer people were injur
I ed, and the property damage was
. about $6,500 less.
While some of the accidents
can't be explained away, most of
them are traceable to three main
factors—speed, careless and reck
less driving and faulty mechanical
equipment. The last fatality was
entered in the records when a
man drove from a dirt road into
the highway without stopping.
Possibly more accidents resulted
when motorists started to make
left turns without giving proper
signals than for any other reason.
Following is a five-year com
parison of highway-street acci
dents in this county:
1945 87 47 (! $17,475
1946 126
1947 139
1948 150
1949 142
105
02
84
64
7 27.775
3 30,115
2 37,750
8 31,175
Approximately one-third of flic I
accidents took place within the'
limits of the various towns.
The Enterprise is indebted to
members of the highway patrol—
Cpl. T. Fearing, J. T. Rowe, B. W.'
Parker, M. F. Powers, R. P. Nar-!
ron and E. P. Simmons—for the
weekly summary on wrecks in the
county. They have worked hard
to protect the lives of our people
and are keenly interested in sav-'
itig life, limb and property.
j Hold Funeral For i
Accident Victim
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Funeral services were held in
the Columbia, N. C., Baptist
Church yesterday afternoon at
3:00 o’clock for Ira Lewis Alex
ander, Jamesville man, who was
accidentally drowned in Roanoke
River early Tuesday morning.
Rev. W. B. Harrington conducted
the service and interment was in
the Clumbia cemetery. A short
service was held at the home at
12:30 o’clock or just before the
funeral procession left for Colum
bia.
Mr. Alexander, superintendent
of logging operations for the Men
' gel Corporation, was walking
around the rail of a logging boat'
to wipe the windshield when his
foot slipped and lie fell into the
stream.
He was born in Tyrrell County
near Columbia f>4 years ago on i
March 25, 1(195, and after spending
his early life there located in i
Jamesville about fifteen or twen- !
t.y years ago. He was a son of the !
late Henry L. and Sarah Frances
Pritchard Alexander, and a mem- i
her of the Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Clara Melson, and
three brothers, D. N. Alexander
of Goldsboro, Dan Alexander of
Durham and Vernon Alexander
of Columbia, N. C.
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Big Docket For
County’s Court
A hiy docket is certain for the
Martin County Recorder's Court
when the tribunal holds its first
session since closing down on De
cember 1!) for the holidays. Con
sidering the long period of inac
tivity, the docket is not so large, |
after all. However, it is likely
that more cases will be booked:
during the next day or two in ad
dition to the 45 already on the
docket.
Speeders are again monopoliz
ing the docket with twenty-one
eases. Eight others are charged
with operating motor vehicles
without driver's license. Four are
booked with drunken driving.
Jhree are booked for assaults j
with deadly weapons, two for sim
phr"a‘skaults, two for non-su'ppi*t,
and one each for violating the h
Quor laws, reckless driving, bas
tardy, drunkenness, reckless driv
ing and operating a motor vehicle
without a chauffeur's license.
Few Casas Heard
In J. P. Courts!
Despite all the stir and comrr.r,- '
turn during the holidays, peace
and quiet reigned for the most '
part locally during the past few *
days. t
Justice John L. Hassell reported I '
no cases in his court, and Justice *
K. T. Johnson had only two. | I
Charged with disorderly con- ! I
duct, Robert Purvis was 'axed c
.vith $5.85 costs. James Edward
Fleming, charged with operating i.
i motor vehicle with improper t
makes, was fined $5 and taxed t
vith $5.85 costs. t
RAINFALL
After averaging around
right inches per month dur
ing the summer, the rainfall
in this area dwindled to a low
point the latter part of the
year. In December, only 1.47
inches of rain fell, but the to
tal for the year ended slight
ly above normal or 53.69
inches.
In 1948, 54.86 inches of rain
was recorded bv llridgekecp
er Hugh Spruill on Roanoke
River here. The record for
any one year was reported in
1947 when 57.12 inches of rain
fell here.
Huritans Meet
In Bear Crass
Holding their first meeting of
the New Year last Monday eve
ning in the Bear Grass lunch |
room, members of the Ruritan i
Club there heard several speakers 1
and heard an outline of the State's
road building program. In the1
absence of the president, Lester j
Terry presided. K. C. Harrison
was program chairman and he
presented K P. Lindsley, Henry,
G. Shelton, district highway com-1
missioner, and W. N. Spruill, clis-1
trict highway engineer.
Mr. Lindsley, reviewed Boy J
Scout work and appealed to the
dub, urging the members to sup-!
port the scout program. It was
pointed out that boys in the areal
are interested in scouting, that the!
club will support the program if
a leader can be had.
Commissioner Shelton told
about the highway program, and
Engineer Spruill explained the I
highway set-up, stating that the'
program is based on funds coming j
from various sources, that so
many roads can be built with
State funds, so many with federal,
aid funds, so many with bond
funds and so on.
Chairman Harrison said they
had a good meeting and gained a
better understanding of the road
problems.
Freak Weather
Prevails Here
The weather man handed this
•section a regular March day here
yesterday right on January 4. The
mercury climbed well into the
seventies and a brisk wind blew
out of the south the greater part
of the day.
No comparisons are available,
but the high temperatures are
likely to match anything the
weather man has offered this sec
tion in years.
While shirt-sleeve weather pre
vailed here with a pneumonia
threat, the Mid-west battled low
temperatures and heavy snow
storms. Blizzards howled across
the Dakotas into Minnesota,
blocking highways and grounding
planes, leaving hundreds strand
ed in bus and rail terminals.
Preceded by rain today, a break ‘
in the weather is predicted for c
tonight and tomorrow, the wea- 1
thermen saying it will be cooler j •
tonight and colder tomorrow. t
Marriage License
Issuance Back To
Normal In County !
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Number of Marriages Fall |
From Peak In 1946
To 229 Last Year
The marrying business got back
to about “normal” in Martin
County lust year when the office
of Register of Deeds J. Sam Get
singer issued only 220 licenses, 110
to white and 110 to colored coup
les.
Dropping to around 200 marri
ages each year during some of the
war years, the business at the li
cense bureau boomed to a peak of
.335 in 1946. dropping fairly grad
ually each year since that time.
After outnumbering those go
ing to white applicants for nine
years, licenses issued to colored
applicants last year were only
equal to those issued to white
couples.
Licenses were issued in Decem
ber to nine white and thirteen col
ored couples, as follows:
White
Joseph Daniel Wynne and Betty
Sue Gurganus. both of Williams
ton.
Dennis C. Mobley, RFD 3, Wil
liamston, and Betty Speller, RFD
4, Windsor.
Rufus Wynne, RFD 3. Williams
ton, and Christine Leggett of
Windsor.
Obed Lenwood Lee of Edenton
and Mattie Edmondson of Wil
liamston.
Jimmie Darrell Keel and Betty
Jean Moore, both of Williamston,
John D. Bunch of Colerain and
Sophie Cullipher of RFD 4, Ahos
kie.
Sam Stewart Hardison and Bea
trice Ward, both of Williamston.
William Borden Ennett of
Swansboro and Velma Rose Har
| dison of Williamston.
Cecil Nelson of Robersonville
and Ruby Rogerson of Williams
I ton.
Colored
Levie Dolberry of Hobgood anti
Jessie Bell Little of Bethel.
William Andrew Lyons, Jr.,
RFD 1, Williamston, and Mary
Davis, RFD 3, Williamston.
David Wallace of Everetts and
Willie Ann Yarrell of Williams
ton.
Clarence Williams and Martha
Beatrice Sharpe, both of RFD 2,
Robersonville.
Clavon Brown and Ida Mein
tyre, both of Williamston.
John Taylor and Magnolia Col
lier. both of Robersonville.
John C. Council of RFD 1, Beth
el, and Elizabeth Cotten of Oak
City.
Robert Bonner and Lizzie May
Williams, both of RFD 3, Wil
hamston.
Cornelius Jenkins of RFD 1,
Robersonville, and Sarah Battle
of RFD 2, Robersonville.
Clinton Kewmer and Marie As
kew, both of Ahoskie.
William Arthur Moore and
Mary Bell Williams, both of Rob
ersonville.
Willie 11. Downey and Mary
Alice Berry, both of RFD 4, Wind
sor.
Guy Outlaw and Janie Raseoe,
both of Windsor.
I he following figures show the
yearly issuance of marriage li
eenses to white and colored cou
ples from 1931 through 1949:
Year
1931
1*32
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1933
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
White Colored Total
62
...
103
116
122
117
147
126
61
92
126
100
74
72
95
145
64
11
166
165
129
139
146
156
78
81
100
120
129
118
114
190
126
too
269
281
251
256
293
284
159
173
226
220
203
190
209
335
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Flans To Return To
Hospital In Few Days
Quito ill for several mohths, Mr.
W. H. Williams has shown srjmu
mprovement at his home here
luring the past few weeks and
ilans to return to a Rocky Mount
lospital within the next day or
wo for an operation.