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I mmasmssm ivbs.in ■« THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,009 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME LIII—IS UMBER 26 Williamtlon, Martin County, North Carolina* Thursday, March 30, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1899 I. Clear Few Civil Cases This Week In Superior Court Several Divorces Granted And Fen Orders Issued Last Tuesday Morning After spending Monday study ing the calendar and handling special proceedings, the Martin County Superior Court, in the sec ond of a two-week term, started the trial of divorce and civil cases Tuesday morning. Divorces, based on two-year separation grounds, were granted, as follows: Wallace Moore from Annie E. Moore, Effic Edmondsc"' from George Thomas Edwards, Leneve • S. Bunting from John Thomas Bftnting, Lois Donaldson Mobley from George Mobley and Doris Griffin Pipkin from Joseph Pip kin. In the last ease, the plain tiff was given custody of her daughter. The case of H, H. Cowen against C .E. Jenkins was continued on account of the illness of the plain tiff. The case centers around a • boundary line dispute, the court, in a special order, allowing the plaintiff to remove a fence from the property in dispute. The case of Martha M. Ward against Roy L. Ward was con tinued after the complaint and an swer were read in open court. A judgment handed down by special order, was placated in the action in which the plaintiff sought ali • mony without divorce. In the case of Walter Bailey and others against Velma Bailey and others, the court allowed the plaintiffs ten days after adjourn ment of the current court term to file an amended complaint, and the defendant was given five days thereafter to file answer. In the case of Frances Early against Edward Earley, the court • directed the defendant to pay $100 at once to the plaintiff and set tilt case, calling for alimony without divorce, for trial at the special term of court in April. A judgment of non-suit was en tered in the case of R. S. Coppei against A. E. Grimes. In the alimony case without di vorce brought by Dessie M. Brock against R. J. Brock, a voluntary • non-suit was entered, the plaintifl receiving the home and $2,000. Starting on the damage suil brought by Peel, administratoi for Ghloe Peel, a small child kill od in a train accident in Septem (Continued on page eight) Alleged Deserter . Arrested Tuesday Pvt. Harold J. Simpson, alleg edly absent without leave from the 1100th Air Foree group in Washington, D. C., was taken into custody by Sheriff M. W. Hollo man and Deputy Roy Peel in Oak City Tuesday. Placed in the county jail, the young man is being returned to his station near Washington. Mil • itary police have been in the county several times searching for the man who disappeared from his station early in February. Male Runs Into Gar Last Night A loose mule belonging to Ches ter Revels ran into T. C. Griffin’s * tar in Griffins Township early last evening and was badly in jured. The animal, one of its legs broken and badly cut, was given a fatal dose of medicine by a vet erinarian. The mule dashed out of a lot and ran into the path of the Grif fin car, causing much damage to the machine, reports stated. -—— . - g Undergoes Operation In Duke Hospilul Today -• Suffering with a throat ailment. Mr. Henry Handy is undergoing a major operation in Duke Hos pital, Durham, today, “If every thing goes well, I hope to be home in 10 or 15 days,” Mr. Han da.v advised friends yesterday. ^ adding, .‘until then, keep the olt home fires burning.” Start Census Work In The County Saturday, April 1 Arrangements are iust about complete for starting the 17th de cennial census in this county on Saturday. April 1, Crew Leader Evan Griffin announced this morning. Thirty-two enumerators are completing a special course of instruction tomorrow, and they are to stari counting noses and gathering other data the follow ing morning. Martin County people arc be ing called upon to cooperate in every way possible with the cen sus takers. Their pay is limited, and the public is assured that all information given the enumera tors will be treated strictly confi dential, Mr. Griffin stating that1 the information cannot be used; for taxation or regulation purpos ‘ es. The facts are not to be re vealed to individuals, and will be used collectively along with those gathered throughout the nation in preparing total population counts and other data important to the government. i Six enumerators will handle the job in Williamston and the task is to be completed in four weeks. Those taking the census here are, Mrs. Daisy Rogers. Mrs. Ruth R. Barnhill, Mrs. Mae A. Riley, Bob Everett, Jr.. Mrs. Elizabeth T. Brandon, and Mrs. Strelsa Grif fin. Legal Whiskey Sales Continue Downward i SCHOOL PLANS | v_— J Plans for an addillon to the local high school an4 a gym* nasium in Robersonvllle will be placed before representa tives of the State Board of Education In Raleigh tomor row. Plans are being drawn for other school construction projects in the county and will be submitted later for ap proval. Preparations for launch ing the school plant expan sion program are being ad vanced as rapidly as possible, but It could not be learned when construction work would get under way on any of the projects. Postmistress At > Parmele Office > Mrs. Blanche E. Roberson has been recommended by Congress man Herbert C. Bonner for ap pointment as permanent postmas ter at Parmele. Mrs. Roberson has been serving! as acting postmaster since May 4, j 1949, when she took over the post! office duties at Parmele at the death of her husband, the late Nicholas Roberson. He had serv ed smee his appointment in 1935. Mr. Bonner made the recom mendation this week after.r«Mt|Jv irtg from the Civil SerVi?rt^^ff mission a list of three persons j eligible for the position. Many Attending Cancer Clinics —*— District Cancer Detection Diag nostic Clinics are being well at tended, according to reports reaching here. Held in Rocky Mount each Wednesday, the clinic last week handled thirty-three persons. Sev eral from this county has visited the clinic in Rocky Mount and a few have attended a similar one in Elizabeth City. Priorities for examinations may be had by writing to the Cancer Control Center, Municipal Build ing, Rocky Mount, N. C. Martin County peopl--1 are invited to at tend the clinic which is operated by the Edgecombe-Nash Medical Society, in cooperation with the State Board of Health and the American Cancer Society. SEINE FISHING l Seine flaking, started in tke Roanoke at Jamesville a week ago today, is progressing fair* ly satisfactorily, reports this morning stating tbat tke kig net is dipping up between WM> and l.Hf herring rack haul, and tkat tkeoperater, C. C. Fleming, is more opti mistic over tke prospects tkar he has been in several scas I ons. A few shad are being taken and the white perch are be ginning to ran, It was report ed. Total of $5,231,216 Spoil tor Whiskey Since July in 1935 Sale* In Fourth Quarter Of 19 W Snut Ileal For That Period Ip Sis Years While holding to a formidable figure, legal liquor sales in this county during the fourth quarter of 1949 continued to slide down ward, the records showing that they were just a little over half what they were in the correspond ing quarter of 1946 when they pushed to an all-time peak of $279,578.90. Last quarter the four legal j stores in the county reported 1 $153,889.10 in liquor ,ales, push ing the total since the stores open ed in July, 1935, to $5,231,216.30 While sales dropped from $190, 89205 in the fourth quarter o( 1948 to $153,889.10, profits fell from $41,864.53 in the period end ing December 31, 1948, to $32, 557.10 last quarter, i ynofficial reports indicate that ! possibly a switch is being made | from, the legal brands to the white stuff made at home, the shift coming in the form of an econopy move. The 1949 fourth quarter audit shows that the cost of sales amounted to $115,405.95, exclusive *./f $6,126.92 operating expesuu. j leaving a profit of $32,356.23, plus 1 $200.87 cash discounts. At the end of the period, the AEC Board had $73,624.41 in cash, $54,163.99 in inventories and $435.85 in fixed assets! It owed $42,355.54 to distillers and $56, 242.41 to the county and towns. Fourth quarter profits were di vided as fellows: Martin County, $13,175.68; State of North Caro lina, $13,037.57; Reserve for law enforcement, $1,951.95; Town of Williamston, $2,308.49; Town of Robersonville, $820.19; Town of Oak 'City, $301.94; Town of Jcmesvillc, $288.77; Town of Hamilton, $257.47; Town of Par melee, $207.52; Town of Everetts, $130.66; Town of Hassell, $76.86. Profits reported by the individ ual stores for the fourth quarters in 1948 and 1949 are compared as follows: 1941 1949 Williamston $23,380.47 $16,888.90 Rbrsonville 10,777.84 9,265.06 Oak City 5,387.51 4,695.11 Jamesville . 2,318.63 1,708.03 Sales in the four stores during the fourth quarters in 1948 and 1949 are compared as follows: 1941 1949 W’mston $103,894.95 $ 77,479,60 R’ville „ 49,604.20 43,875.35 Oak City . 24,840.10 22,304.00 Jamesville 12,552.80 10,239.15 $190,892.05 $153,889.10 A year ago, the store in Wil liainston handled right at 56 per cent of the sales. Last quarter, the figure had dropped to 51.9 percent, a reduction of about 4 percent. A review of the sales and pro fits, by quarters, from the time the stores were opened in 1935 through last December 31, foi (Continued on pejpeiiitit) Herbert Roebuck For County Board Of Commissioners _—— Other (lamlidale!) Mention ed for Robersonville (Toxs Ronds Sent Herbert Roebuck, well known county citizen and a leading farm er in Cross Roads Township, yes terday announced his candidacy for county commissioner from the Robersonville-Cross Roads dis trict. Mr. Roebuck, contacted by a goodly number of friends, had considered his candidacy for sev eral weeks before formally an nouncing himself. No official an nouncement has been made by Commissoiner C. Abram Rober son, incumbent, but it was report ed that he had contacted Mr. Roe buck, suggesting that Mr. Roe buck file for the county board ! scat. It was also reported this week that George Taylor, Jr, well known Everetts man, had been contacted, and that he was con 1 sidering entering the race. Like Mr. Roberson, he has made no of ficial announcement, and the en the county, are limited to the in ed closed, as yet. Commissioner contests, while voted on hv the people throughout try list there cannot be consider dividual districts. In other words, if three men entered the race in I one district, and only one files in j each of the four districts, all but | the three will he declared nomi nees, leaving the three candidates in one district to go into the pri mary. The vote on candidates foi places on the County Board ol I Education is also county-wide but j the contest is not limited to dis tricts. In other words, a board oi education may be chosen from one district. Polities on other fronts remain unchanged, but a full slate of can didates is expected within tht next few days as the time for fil ing draws nearer to a close. Op For Fishing Without License —»— Fishermen, taking advantage of the springlike weather earlier in the week, visited the creeks in this county in fairly large num bers, but several forgot to get li censes and were carried before Justice R. T. Johnson. James Ezzell, Cooper Owens, LeRoy Worrell and Julius Baker were each fined $5 and taxed with $5.85 costs for fishing without li ce ft S C S Charged wtih an assault, Lazar us Williams was bound over to the county court for trial. Lafayette Pearsall, just recently cleared of a charge in the super ior court, was before Justice Johnson on a disorderly conduct charge. He was sentenced to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the sentence on condi tion that the defendant leave and remain out of town for twelve months. Television Coming Into Its Own In This Part Of State Television, limited to the large cities, is assured this sectoin when a station is opened in Norfolk Sunday, preliminary tests proving that the pictures can be screened very satisfactorily. Television was introduced in this section last year when Slade Rhodes Company, Hamilton, pur chased the first receiving set. Pro grams could be had when condi tions were perfect, but the inno vation did not prove very satis factory. However, several sets were purchased by individuals and they are now ready to ex ploit the Norfolk station pro grams, and others are expected to enter the market tor sets. Beginning Sunday evening at 6:15 television programs will be shown nightly until 11:30 from the window of the Worrell Appli - ance Company, local dealer for Stromberg-Carlson television re ceivers. The programs will be received from Station WTAR-TV, Nor folk's new television station which will officially go on the air at 6:15 Sunday evening. The Nor folk station has been experiment ing with test patterns for the past month and Mr. K. D. Worrell, owner of Worrell Appliance Com pany, stated that the patterns have been coming through very clearly here. The Stromberg-Carlson sets arc now on display at the appliance company and a comfortable well equipped television room recently has been set up on the second floor of the store. The 1950 receivers have built-in antennas, a television tuner, pow erful 12-inch speakers suspended in live rubber for magnificent to nal response and new attractive prices, Worrell said. A large choice of cabinet styles and fin ishes is available in both the 12 1-2 inch and 19 inch picture tube series. The growing demand for : lifelike pictures has prompted the ! manufacturers to discontinue pro duction of 10 inch receivers whose appeal has dropped sharply since i 1940. Extensive Drainage Program Proposed For Martin County Suggest 10-Cent County-wide Rate To Finance Plan County-wide W ork Woultl Supplement Individual Drainage Projects -o—— The people of this county are expected soon to have an oppor tunity to do something about in adequate drainage resulting from clogged and choked creeks, and other small streams if plans now under way are approved. Kecogmzing uu' tremendous | loss in crop income and the in creasing threat to health condi tions, a goodly number of leaders in the county are proposing to pe tition the board of commissioners, for a county-wide special elec-j tion. When approximately HOO voters sign the petition, formal re quest will be made to the- com missioners for the elect ion. It is j estimated that a county-wide ten-I cent rate will provide sufficient] I funds to finance the program. The 10-cent rate will raise approxi mately $20,000 a year, and in the I course of a few years the main j crocks and smaller streams could be cleared out and conditioned for j taking water away more rapidly. The petition, now being circu lated, reads, in part: ‘‘That the cleaning out and drainage are ! proposed for the purpose of estab lishing more effective conserva tion practices on our lands, in creasing crop yields and farm in come, and advancing the economic welfare and public health of the people of Martin County.” The program will not supplant the several independent or dis trict drainage projects now being advanced, but will supplement that work, it was explained. In fact, it was pointed out that the drainage of the main diainage streams should be cleared il the district projects are to prove more effective. Reviewing the district project, Chief Soil Conservationist H. F. McKnight said that a number of farmers in Griffins Township aie going ahead with a drainage plan of their own. The project, cen tered in the Farm Life area, ex tends back about two miles from the old Roberson Mill and will cost ;;pprov.«rv>b'Vv project is being financed b,v mdi vidual subscription and without a special tax levy. A contract has been awarded to the J. S Hill Construction Company and a right-of-way is being cleared. Organization of the Bear Grass drainage district project is just about complete, and assessments are to be announced within a short time, according to unoffi cial information received here (Continued on Page Eight) Ministerial Group Plans Holy Week Services Here The Willinmston Ministerial j The ministerial association ex Each morning at the Watts The- ^ their employes as possible to at j will be Rev. John Goff, pastor of I will speak on Monday, Rev. Hast ; the Christian church; Tuesday,! ings on Wednesday and Rev. Rev. E. R. Shullor, pastor of the! Simms on Friday. Methodist church; Wednesday,! The Easter sunpse service this Rev. Thomas Hastings, rector of I year will be held at the cemetery i the Episcopal church; Thursday, I about 6:00 o'clock. In case of rain I Rev. Thad Ashley, pastor of the ; the service will be held in the | West End Baptist Church; Friday, I Memorial Baptist Church. Rev Rev. Stewart Simms, pastor of E. R. Shuller will be in charge of the Memorial Baptist Church. 1 the service. Association announces the follow i ing services for Holy Week, April 3-7. presses the hope that the merch ants will work skeleton crews from 10 to 10:30 each morning next week to allow as many of atre at 10:00 o'clock. Monday morning, the speaker tend the services. A< the high school, Rev. Goff Draw Forty-Eight! People For Jury Duty Next Month Judge* W. H. S. Burgwyn Will Preside Over Two Week Speeiul Term Forty-eight persons, including three women, were drawn for jury duty next month by the county commissioners in their re cent regular meeting. Rated as a special term, the court will open on Monday, April 17, and run for two weeks, hear ing only civil cases. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn is to preside over the term. The term is not to be confused with the regular sessions open ing in the county Monday. Names of jurors for the special term follows: f irst tvcck Jamesvillc. Marion Waters and 5, V Davis Williams, L. D. Hardison and Charlie Hardison. Griffins, Robert A. Peel and Coy Griffin, Bear Grass, Cortez Bowen. Williamston, Willie H. Modlin, James If. Bullock, John Gray Corey .Charlie Lee, James A. Wynne, Jr,, Earl P. Bonds and J. D, Harrison, Jr. Robersonville, J. C. Keel, J. S. Rogerson, G. D, Grimes, Jr., W. Ollie Powell and Carrie Kobcr Hanniton, Bryant Ward and Ir ma Staton. Goose Nest, M. H. Hyman, P. E. Manning and Pilly A. Williams. Second Week Jamesville, Carroll Modlin, Archie E, Hardison and T. W. Hol liday. Williams, Park Hardison, Joe Johnson, Jr,, and Dolma Gurkin. Bear Grass, T. L. Roberson. Williamston, Haywood C. Mob ley, Haywood E. Wynne, Eli 11. Bowen, Ralph E. Taylor, Walter T. Cherry, Clarence Rogers, J. C. White. Cross Roads, Toha Bowen, Robersonville, Willie B. Ever ett, G. A. Wetherington, L. C. Roebuck and Levi Congleton, Jr. Hamilton, H. A. Ha is I i p, W. Norman Everett, E. C'. Edmond son and W. F. Thomas. Goose Nest, Minton Beach Prisoner Attacks Oak City Officer Garl.uid Bunting, Oak City po 1 ict* officer, was slightly hurt when a prisoner, Jodie Jenkins, 39, attacked hint with an ice pick. The point of the weapon was diiv en through the officer's finger. Called from his dinner early Tuesday evening, the officer went unarmed to arrest Jenkins for drunkenness and disorderly con duct. Jenkins, just back after a stay of twelve or more years in New York, resisted. The prison er was turned over to county of ficers and placed in jail Given a hearing last night be fore Justice J. B. Whitfied in Oak City, Jenkins was bound over to the county court for trial. Unable to raise the $250 bond, Jenkins was returned to jail. r ANNEXATION PLAN C. I>. Carstarphen, chair man of (he Martin County Hoard of Elections, has been instructed to make arrange ments for special elections in North and West End on the proposal of annexation of the two districts to the town of WUli&mston. No registrars or judges of election, however, will be named before April 8. There is some doubt if the election ran be held before the regu lar primary election sched uled for May Zl. Open First Aid Class April 3rd ■■■■■ » — The Red Cross will conduct a scries of first aid classes in the county court house next Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock, Mrs. Ed na Bondurant. secretary of the Martin County Chapter, announc ed this week. Twenty-five have already en rolled and there are a few open ings for others. Any one interest ed in taking the first aid course is asked to contact Mrs. Bondurant at once. Ellis Fysal, Red Cross represen tative of Atlanta, will conduct the classes each evening for two weeks. There's no charge for the instruction. P Thou: enrolling in the *<S***^"» elude: B F. Strickland and D W. McCaffety of Jamesville, Stuart Maynard, John 1'. Rowe, W. U. Gaylord, Jr., James I Cowry, Henry Taylor, Grady Luffman, T. Fearing, Elbert Peel, Jr., Bill Spi i vey, Jim Daniel, James Smith jwick, Mary Taylor, Sarah Wob bleton, Elizabeth Parker, Agnes j. Beal, Mrs. M. M. Levin, Robert Gainer, Henrietta Mebane, Nora Slade, George Williams, Jr., Doro thea Chance, John Slade and thea Chance, John Slade, Alonza Jones and Herbert Whitfield. — -~ Education Hoard If ill Med Monday Morning Members of the Martin County Hoard of Education will meet here next Monday. It is under stood that possibly two or more delegations will appear before the board at that time, but the busi ness to be discussed was not dis closed. * THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . After a costly period, mot orists on Martin County high ways settled down to fairly sober driving during the 12th week cl the current year. The following tabulation* offer a comparison of tlie ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 12th Week Accidents Inj'd Killed Duu'ge i950 1 0 0 $ 150 1949 3 2 b 400 Comparison* To Date 1950 31 20 0 $ 7,115 1949 27 13 1 5,300 Old Bank Account Brought T o Light During Discussion Several Hnmlr«*<l Dollars Ait Oh Tln*ir W ay To Owner In Virginia About forty years ago, Thomas Paine Claude deposited approxi mately $200 ir, the old Bank of Martin County and forget all about it. During a recent discus sion at Williamston's police sta tion, the account was brought to light and the owner was identi fied. The original account, plus interest, will be delivered to the owner shortly, it was learned. While working as a sawyer for the old Dennis Simmons Lumber Company at Jamesville, Claude deposited the money in the bank, possibly in 1909. A year or two later, he returned to his native Virginia and settled down at or near Drewryville, forgetting all about the1 deposit. Tile account was transferred to the Farmers and Merchants Bank here when the Bank of Martin County and the Farmers and Mer chants Bank were consolidated about 1910 or 1917. After weath ering the storms of two depres sions, the Farmers and Merchants i Bank was consolidated or bought out by the Branch Banking and Trust Company. It was about that time that Cashier C. D. Car starphen attempted to find the owner of the money. No trace of the man could be established, and in the course of time the money was turned over to the University under the escheats law. A few days ago at a bull session in the police department, the for mer bank cashier and others were talking about misplaced papers. Carstarplicn happened to mention Claude's name and the deposit. Officer Arthur Perry explained that lie knew a Thomas Paine , Claude, adding that he had work ed with him in Virginia nearly a quarter century ago, and Knew where he lived. Car.starphen, Perry, Gaylord Hai i isoii and Sutton Carstarphcfi decided to invade (Virginia and check up the following day. They found the aged man confined to his home with a broken hip Claude telling them that his wife was very ill in a Richmond hos pital at the time. While delighted to learn about the money, Claude seemed to be more interested in old acquaint ances back in Martin County. He asked about Dr. John D. Biggs, the Griffin Inuth iand Ira r,\ ‘C u'l v. a in, .'i nff ToWle 11 inti-i r'"-uiig story about the late Dr. J. E. Smithwick “While I was working in James ville 1 received word that my father was having yellow chills and was critically ill back in Vir ginia. Having complete confi dence in Dr. Smithwick and feel ing that the Virginia doctors did not know much about treating a victim of yellow chills, I persuad ed him to treat my father. After making arrangements with doc tors in Williamston for the treat ment of Dr. Smithwiek’s patients in the Jarnesville area while he was away, we left by train and reached Emporia about midnight. We hired a horse and buggy to make the eight- or ten-mile trip to my father's home, reaching there about daylight the next morning after having been spilled along the way when the buggy turned over. “Dr. Smithwick discussed the case with the family doctor and prescribed treatment. My father got well, and 1 saw Dr. Smith wick many times after that and begged for a bill for his services. I paid for the trip, but he would not charge me a cent for his ser vices, and 1 11 remember his kind act as long as 1 live,” Claude told the group. Just as soon as the papers can be handled, the money will be placed in the hands of the owner. County ( oinmiuMtunprs I o Meet Here Monthly Martin County's commissioners wiil hold their regular meeting here next Monday, Clerk J. Sain Getsinger explaining that very little new business had been plac ed on the calendar up until yesterday.
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