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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEI* VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 16 William ston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 2.‘L 1950 ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge Has Thirty "Cases In County Court This Week Fines Collected At Session Amount To S650 With out Speeders’ Levies Judge Chas. H. Manning and! Solicitor Paul D. Roberson handled thirty cases in the Martin j « County Recorder’s Court before' recessing for lunch and the week j at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. | Fines were collected in the sum of j $050 No fines were imposed on speeders for the first time in sev- j oral years. If the practice of fin- j ing speeders had been in effect, i the income from the record this week would have been boosted by $165. • Proceedings: The cases charging David Wool aid and Bessie Williams with dis orderly conduct and Leonard; Walston with bastardy were nol pressed or dismissed. At the conclusion of State’s evi dence in the case charging James (’lark with aiding and abetting in larceny, defense counsel made a motion for a directed verdict of • not guilty. The motion was al lowed. Pleading guilty of careless and reckless driving and speeding. Willie Aaron James was sentenc ed to the roads for sixty days, the court suspending the sentence upon the payment of a $100 fine and costs. Geo. V. Drones pleaded guilty of drunken driving and operating • a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, and was sentenced to the roads for nine months. The sen tence was suspended upon the pavrhent of a $125 fine and costs. IPs drivel’s license was revoked for a year. Charged with drunken driving and resisting arrest, Win. A. Cher ry pleaded ginltv of drunken driving and was fined $100, taxed • with the cost and lost his driver's license for a year. Entering a plea of net guilty in the case In which he was charged with mterferring with an officer m the performance of his duty, (Continued on pace eicht) Many Applicants * For Census Jobs * Unofficial reports indicate that ‘.iluic'ij be an u ujJiV number of' applicants for census jobs in this county this year. Heretofore, the number of census workers was hardly sufficient to handle the task in this county At least thirteen applicants for the two crew leaders positions went to Washington Tuesday ® from this county to take the ex aminations, one report said. In cluded in the list were, H H. Cowcn, Jr., O. S. Anderson, Mrs. Eloise Bennett, Mrs. Evelyn Man ning. Frank and C. D. Carstar phen, John D. Lilley, Mrs. Sarah Copeland, Mrs. Oswald Stalls, Mrs. Parker Peel, Evan Griffin, H. M. Ainsley and Clarence Stall ings. ^ Thirty-one questions were ask ed, and those applicants answer ing 20 will be eligible for crew leaders and others answering ten or more will be eligible for the enumerator jobs. An examina tion for enumerator jobs will be held some time next month, it was learned Census takers are to start their vvoik m tai i.y ,-ipiii, either on the first or third. PAVING -x v. Awarded a contract last fall, the Nello Tcer Company of Durham, is expected to start resurfacing Highways 04 and 17 within Willianis ton’s town limits and surfac ing of several blocks on North Smilhwick and on Liberty * Street here within the next week or ten days, possibly sometime next week, accord ing to information reaching here today. An asphalt plant is being erected between here and Windsor this week to handle the projects here and others in Windsor and also on the A... .W'tafoTfi'iAiijjiiifeft" 'KigtowrairMw Attend Picture Premiere At Local Theatre The mother, sister, nephew and nieces cl General Frank Armstrong were here last Sunday for the first showing in North Carolina of the picture, “Twelve O’clock High,” the story of which was based on General Armstrong’s record in World War 11. General Armstrong, a native of Hamilton, made his home here with his grandparents, the late James A. Hobbs, Martin County Superior court clerk, and Mrs. Hobbs. In the picture are, left to right, Noah Hardison, theater manager; Officer W. F. Haislip, Mrs. Jesse Rob erson in the ticket box; Mrs. Frank Armstrong, Sr., Miss Betsy Vallentine, Mrs. Itimous Vallent'ne, Miss Mary Hobbs Vallentine, and Itimous Vallentine, Jr. Wo rid Day Of Prayer Will Be Observed Here Friday World Day of Prayer, an inter national institution, will be wide ly observed in various churches in Inis county at 4:00 o'clock on Fri day of this week. Services in Williamston will be held in the Church of the Advent and Williams A. M. E. Zion Chap el. The same procram, with varia tions, will be used in the meet ings around the world, it was prepared by Michi Kawai, gradu ate of Bryn Mawr and leader in founding a national Y. W. C. A. in Japan. | There will be a iifee i minute program of music broadcast from the tower of Memorial Baptist Church at 3:45, by the organist, Mrs. J. M. Ward, if the chimes are repaired by Friday, Mrs. Henry Griffin is leader for the service at the Church of the Advent. Mrs. Nora Cherry Slade will conduct the service at Wil liams’ Chapel A. M. E. Zion. The offerings will be used in the work among foreign students in American colleges, in colleges in oriental countries, to distribute Christian literature in foreign lands, in work with American In dians, share-croppers and agri ; cultural migrants. TRAVELER ^ -* Mr. Robert Hauls, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rauls of Bear Grass, sailed Wed nesday, February 15, from Brooklyn, New York for a trip to Naples, Italy. He ex pects to return about April 15. Mr. Rawls, who holds a civil service position, has made several trips overseas, including six trips to Japan and seven trips to Germany. Open First Aid | Station Tuesday The Martin County Chapter of the American Red Cross will open an emergency first aid station at the WANI Highway Patrol Radio headquarters near here next Tuesday morning at 11:00 o’clock. Colonel C. R. Tolar of the patrol and Jeff B. Wilson, director of the State Highway Safety Division, will attend the formal opening along with Red Cross workers and others including patrolmen. The public is invited. All members of the patrol are now qualified to render first aid in emergencies, and the Red Cross chapter is equipping the station with first aid kits and other materials. The chapter is in need of. sev eral army blankets, and anyone having a surplus blanket is asked to contact the secretary, Mrs. Ed na L. Bondurant at the office ir> the City Hall or Chapter Chair Perry Infant Dies In Hospital Here Thu one-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon A. Perry, Jr., died in the local hospital early last Tuett i day morning. Last rites were conducted that afternoon at 4:00 o’clock in the Gurkin Cemetery at Lilley's Hall in Griffins Township. The mother is the former Miss Daisy Maude I Lilley of Griffins Township. o Hassell Observing World Prayer Day -<a> i The annual World Day of Pray i er will be observed at Hassell Christian Church Friday after noon at 3:30. The Everetts an^ Oak City groups are participating in this program. The program will be brief, but rich in thought and fellowship. The public is cordially invited, j Rev. Olin Fox, the pastor, an : nouneed. ... _ Top Hair Pirlurc* Booked By Theater* | IxKa! theaters currently are j showing quite a few of the top rate pictures, their schedules fol [ lowing closely the releases in the large cities. Early this week four-star pic tures were on the screens at the Watts and Viecar Theaters, and other widely acclaimed films are I booked, including ‘Battle Ground’ iat the Viecar, beginning Sunday, fV'V •***,'. jiffy m« New Schedule 01 Fines Tentatively! Adopted By Court Eleven Specdern Cot Uy With Coats In County Court Lust Monday Eleven speed law violators, carried into the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday, not away by paying only the costs, but it has been pointed out that the cov’/V*. vtM1. holds no hrief for speeding'and that tile levying of fines is still discretionary. How ever, since the court costs in ! speeding eases are fixed by stat ute at $22,05 in this county and since those costs appear to some to he unusually high, the court has unofficially announced a new schedule of fines. Motorists cited to the court for speeding between 55 and 05 miles an hour will be required to pay only the $22.05 costs. Those clock ed at a speed between 65 and 70 miles an hour will he subject to a $15, plus costs. Speeders in the 70-to-75 miles bracket aie subject to a $25 fine and costs. The fine is fixed at $50, plus costs, for speeders clocked between 75 and B0 miles per hour. Speeders caught traveling faster than 80 miles an hour are subject to a $100 fine, plus costs. It is also pointed out that dnv ers exceeding certain speeds arc subject to lose their operators’ li censes when carried into court. There were eleven defendants in speed law eases before the court last Monday, and all of them were required to pay only the costs. Most of the defendants pleaded guilty, and those who maintained innocence were found guilty. The names of the defendants include: Jos E. Andrews, Arthui J. Edwards, Wm. S. Taylor, E. R Woolard, L. R. Taylor, Guss Over ton, Lewis Syernheimer, J. R. Vastine, Wm. Papas, Maurice H. barber and Gradis Hines. Makes Perfect Scholastic llecord In l\eiv Mexii\. Waj'ren 13. Pope, son of Mr. John E. Pope of Williarnstori, was one of thirteen graduate students at New Mexico A & M to make a I perfect scholastic record during i the fail semester recently ended, it was announced this week by Judge Moore Dies Suddenly al Home In Winston-Salem Funeral In (Iliureh of I lie Advent Here Saturday For Town Native Judge Clayton Monro, Wil- j liamston native a no! former North ! Carolina superior court judge ; died suddenly t his home in Win ston Salem this morning. Few de tails of his death could be learn ! ed here immediately, hut one rtf ! port said he had been suffering I with an incurable ailment, that the family learned of his illness i through a note. The son of the late James Ed win and Jane Sykes Moore, he was born in Williamston 111 years I ago c n April 29, 1888 After at tending the local schools he studi ed law at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Mill Receiv ing his degree there, he returned to Williamston and practiced law until he went on the superior court bench in 11)27 During the meantime he represented Martin County in the State Mouse of Re ! presentatives and the second dis trict in the State Senate several terms, lie figured prominently in | civic, political and religious af fairs in the county and section, serving on the Vestry of the Church of the Advent here for a number of years and as county at torney for several terms. Always maintaining close touch with his home town. Judge Moore I on his last visit here a few class j before last Christmas told friends | that he looked forward to his re tirement from business and ins re turn to Williamston in about three years. Resigning his scat on the sup erior court bench in 1SIIH1, he went ss’ilh the legal department of the II J. Heynokl: Tobacco Company Iin Winston-Salem that fall, and moved his family there in May, 11)87. During his residence there' f he figured prominently in the af fairs of his adopted city, and rose I to the top of the company’s legal staff. In early manhood he was mur ^ ried to Miss Jennie Swanner oi Washington. Surviving besides Mrs. Moore are three children, a son, Clayton Moore, Jr., of Win (Continued on page four) 4-H Council In Meeting Monday The regular meeting ot the 4 H County Council was held Mon day evening m the American Le gion Hut here The program was given by the 4 II Clubs liom Farm Life and Jamesville, and was ap propriate to the month of Febru ary. The council voted to put a display in the window of the em ployment office during National 4-H Club week, March 4-12. The theme of the display will be safe ty. The council also voted to put a sign on highways seventeen and sixty-four welcoming tourists or visitors to Martin County on be half of the 4-H Clubs. After a re creational period refreshments I were served. __- , ..._ FKICAK S'l'OKM | vJ Sweeping on( of the west, a freakish wind storm raus righl much damage in this area shortly after 8:00 o’* oclock this morning. A coin ole te report couhi not be had immediately, but an out-of-state ear was blown j off the highway near the river, and a garage belonging to Geo. Harris, Sr., was blown down on East Main Street. On i Grace Street, chimneys were i blown off even with the roof on the Gurganus and Rober son homes, and lloke Rober son’s tin garage was blown off its foundation, the roof flying into Hie yards of Her bert Whitley and (’lias. Man ning. One piece of tin went several blocks. Chimneys al so were blown from the If. A. ( ritclier and II. 10. Harring ton homes on Watts Street, and the U. S. Courtney garage on School Drive was damage, locking the car in the build ing. Many tree limbs were torn j away during Hie ten minute Reports Say Bridge Over Chowan Will Be Rebuilt The Chowan River bridge, clou- , ciI to heavy traffic for months, is to he rebuilt, according to unof ficial but reliable reports reach ing here. Detailed information could not be had immediately as to dates and traffic routing dur ing the construction period, but action is expected shortly and it is likely that through traffic, at least will be rerouted. The reports indicate that the battered old bridge will be made into a modern structure. It is estimated that the two ap proaches which include every thing except the draw span will cost right at $030,000. The draw span will cost $250,000. it is esti mated, a report stating that the federal government will share in the cost on a fifty-fifty basis. The bridge, now hardly wide enough for vehicles to pass on the bridges, is to be 24 or 26 feet wide. It is to have a concrete deck It is likely that most of the concrete piling under the present bridge can be used, but that ad ditional ones will have to be driv en. to take care of the increased width. The old wood deck will be ripped away. Highway engineers were about to close I he bridge to all traffic some months ago, but detailed in spections showed that it was safe for light traffic. Some of the concrete piles were rotting away l at the water line, but repairs were made to cheek deteriation. Call For North End Annexation Election Delegation Points j Out That Proposal Will Be Defeated Officials Say Note Ailvis alile “In Uasr Somethin;: ! Slioulil Lome Up Later” Residents in that section lying j just outside the northern limits of Williuniston are to vote in a ; special election on the proposal to include that area as a part ot the town, the arrangements and date for the election to be deter mined by the Martin County Board ot Elections. In special meeting ot the town officials last Monday night it was deeided to call the election, one ot the commissioners explaining that it possibly would be advis able “to get a record vote in case something should come up later.” The official did not elaborate on his statement, and its full purport or meaning was not revealed. It is now fairly well under stood that the town is not trying to high pressure any group to gain support for the annexation plan. It .s now fairly clear that the of ficials contemplate a progressive program and that they want to know if the areas just outside the present limits care to participate. While the meeting Monday night had no direct bearing on the outcome of the annexation plan, [ a fairly large delegation appear- > ed before the commissioners. Sev- ! eral of the group, while voicing no opposition to calling an election, declared that such action would be useless and a waste of money. One delegate suggested that 91) percent ot the people in the area would oppose the annexation plan. “We don't want to pay any more taxes,” Delegate Perry pointed out. There was no discussion of other features or problems during the meeting, and the commission ers said they would not inject any issues into the proposal, that if that was the way the people wanted it, there would be no high i powered salesmanship applied, that they would let things take their course. It was reported that some of those in the delegation appearing bifuie the losi Monday night meeting favored annexation, but they made no comment, all agree ing that an election would be the proper way to settle the matter fairly. At the moment there is no chairman of the Martin County Board of Elections, but the town officials are planning to contact one of the two or both the pres ent members of the election board and ask them to go ahead with tin arrangements for holding the election. Notice of registration must be given thirty days before tin books are opened. The regis tration is to be limited to those citizens living within the affect ed area. !t is possible that u vote can hardly be arranged within the next two anti one-half or three months. West End, whine a similar pro 1 DU S SUDDENLY Judge Clay tun Moure, Wil liamston native, died sudden ly in Winston-Salemn this morning at 8:00 o'clock. Fu neral services will be eon dueted in the Episcopal church here Saturday. Child Is Fatally Burned at Home Shelia (! James, foul" year old I daughter of Joseph and Lucy Hooker James, was fatally burn eel at her home here on East Main Street last Thursday, (lying about ten hours later in a Wash ington hospital. Although most ot her clothing and hair on her head were burned away, the lit tle girl remained conscious until a few minutes before she died, friends stating that she called to her daddy almost until the end Taking a chair, the child climb ed to a shelf, got a box of matches and was in the living room while her mother was at tunding to another child in the kitchen. The mother called and Shelia said she would join them. A few seconds later the child ran to the mother, her clothing and hair in flames. The mother burn ed her hands badly trying to beat out. the fire. A few days before the tragedy, the mother had reprimanded her daughter for playing with match es and firing a lamp shade. The child’s death was the sec ond of three reported in the fam ily in recent weeks. The father s son by a former marriage, died in a New York hospital a few weeks ago, and James' mother, Marv (Continued on page four) Booked For Not Dimming Lights (). 1). Woolard, young man, was taxed with $5,115 UOitS when he appeared in Justiee It I. John son's court here Tuesday night on a charge of failing to dint his car lights. While it i;> unlawful not to dim vehicle lights when meeting ve hicles, quite a large number fail to obey the law. Possibly some are unmindful of the small obli gation to the safety of others and the mandates of the law, while Plans Go Forward For Annual Fund Drive In County ——<*> Quota* tin* \ari oih T(mn»hi|i* In Martin (anility (lliaplrr Plans are .just about complete for launching the annual Red | Cross fund drive in the Martin | County Chapter on Wednesday of ' next week, Chairman G. G. Wool arc! announced this morning. Township chairmen are being 1 contacted today, and an appeal is i being directed to all the people to get behind the movement and ' help reach the $2,1172 goal with ! out delay. The five townships comprising the chapter are being asked to raise the following amounts: Jamcsville. *250; Williams, $50; [Griffins, $250: Bear Grass, $250; I Williamston $1,012; and the color led citizens in all five townships, $460. While tlu' organization has done no work of a sensational nature such as disaster relief in this county during the past few years, lit has assisted many individuals in various ways, and the national I organization has handled an cf j fective work in disaster areas dur | ing the past year In fact, the na tional treasury has just about , been depleted in meeting needs of disaster victims in almost half the states during the past year. Only last year the organization spent several thousand dollars aiding the victims of a tornado in Johnston County. It was report ed that Johnston had not met its quota in the past twro years, but that the people there recognize the value of such an organization and that the current quota of $14,000 will be mole than sub scribed. Mecklenburg Countv has a goal of more than $100,000, while the quota in this chapter is among the smallest in the State, i Sunday will be Red Cross Day | in the various churches, and min isters are being asked to appeal : to their congregations for sup i port of the fund drive. Chairman .Woolard will an nounce his township chairmen and canvassers within the next : day or two, and the public is be ■ mg asked to support them in every way possible, Youth Meeting In Church Here Sunday evening, Feb. 26, at 6:00 o'clock, Rev C F. Hirschi will be at the Williamston Methodist church to talk on, “Boy and Girl Friendships." There will also he a discussion period in which the boys and girls may ask questions. Every young person in town from the age of 15 to 23 who is not in a youth meeting at that hour is invited to be present. Rev. Mr. Hirschi is a very young man himself and is fully aware of the problems of youth and wholly sympathetic with them. The youth center will be open this week on Friday evening from ii:00 to 11:00; Saturday afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 (for children); Saturday evening 6:00 to 11:00; Sunday evening from 0:00 to 10:30 o’clock. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Motorists on Martin County highways are gradually ag gravating the accident record as compared with the cold facts and recordings of a year ago. The record is being ag gravated in every one but one of the four columns, and in that instance the score is even at zero. 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 tunc. 7 th Week Accidents InJ'd Killed Dam’re 1950 3 4 0 $ 800 1949 320 500 Comparisons To Oato 1950 22 U 0 $ 3,390
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