Sixty Cases Are
Heard In County
Court On Monday
(Continued irom page one)
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
case in which Charles Wells was
charged with being drunk
The case in which Grover Per l i
was cftargt'O with operating a mo
tor vehicle without a driver s u- (
cense, was nnl pressed.
Charged with aiding and abet
ting m larceny, \ an K. Paige, .
William Andrews and Ervin
Brady pleaded not guilty Paige
was found not guilty, and the case
against Brady was nol pressed.
Andrews, found guilty, was sen
tenced to the roads for sixty days.
Charged with setting woods
land on fire, Murry Boyd was
sentenced to the roads for six
months. He appealed to the high
er courts and bond was required
in the sunt of $250
Pleading guilty of allowing ;«
unlicensed driver to operate &
motor vehicle, Charlie Edward
Harris was fined $25 and taxed
with the court costs.
Clarence Wiggins was fined $25
and taxed with the costs for oper
ating a motor vehicle without a
driver's license.
Joseph Melton Terry, charged
with reckless driving, was found
not guilty
Pleading guilty of operating a
motor vehicle without a drivers
license, Charlie Ben Biggs was
sentenced to the goads for sixty
days, the court suspending the
sentence upon the payment of a
$25 fine and costs.
Charged with non-support.
Charlie G. Curtis was sentenced
to the roads for six months, the
road sentence to be suspended up
on the payment of $50 a month for
the support of his family for two
years.
.Pleading guilty of careless and
reckless driving, Jim Bond was
fined $15, plu scosts.
Floyd Allen Lanier was fined
$25 and taxed with the costs for
operating a motor vehicle without
a driver's license
Charged with larceny, Ervip
Mel 1 wood and Nevell Renfrew
pleaded not guilty. Renfrew was
found not guilty, and Mellwood,
adjudged guilty, was sentenced
to the roads for six months The
sentence was suspended upon the
payment of court costs and tht
defendant placed on probation foi
two years.
Adjudged guilty of assaulting
a female. Johnny Hammond was
sentenced to jail for ten days.
Judgment was suspended upor
the payment of court costs ir
case in which Susie Jones anr
Herbert Wiggins were chargee
with being drunk and disorderly
Charged with non-support, Ella
Rogers was tried last month in tin
court and directed to pay $20 ;
month for the support ot Ins lam
ilv. Going into court last Mon
dav, Rogers proved that his wit<
had been unfaithful and that thi
children were being eared
bv othi rs The order was dis
ed. Folowing th*' hearing,
wife was said to haw asked
clerk if she was a fret agent,
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BASEBALL SCHEDULE
MARTIN COUNTY LEAGUE 1950
President, Howard Gaylord. JamesvilW-> »<•<• Pre*i»l«
’■‘Denotes iiiplil panie starling at lit 15. Sunday ganx
•nl. Yunee Roberson, Robersonville — See.-Treas. Hack Gaylord. Williamston.
s start at 3 P. M. and All Wednesday Afternoon Games start at 4s00 O’Cloek.
Sunday, Ma* 7
Farm Life at Bear Gras1;
Jamesville at Oak City
Washington at Everetts
Williamston at Robersonville
Wednesday. May 11*
Bear Grass at Farm Life
Oak City at Jamesville
Everetts at Washington
Robersonville at Williamston
Sunday, May 14
Oak City at Farm Life
Bear Grass at Jamesville
Everetts at Williamston
Robersonville at Washington
Wednesday, May 17
Farm Life at Oak City
Jamesville at Bear Grass
“Williamston at Everetts
Washington at Robersonville
Friday, May 19
Oak City at Robersonville
Sunday, May 21
Washington at Bear Grass
Jamesville at Robersonville
Farm Lilt at Everetts
Williamston at Oak City
Wednesday, May 24
Bear Grass at Washington
Robersonville at Jamesville
Everetts at Farm Life
Oak City at Williamston
Friday. May 26
“Bear Grass at Everetts
Saturday, May 27
" Jamesville at Washington
Sunday. May 28
Robersonville at Farm Life
Everetts at Jamesville
Oak City at Washington
Bear Grass at Williamston
Tuesday, May 30
; Farm Life at Williamston
Wednesday, May 31
Farm Life at Robersonville
Jamesville at Everetts
Washington at Oak City
Williamston at Bear Grass
Friday. June 2
Everetts at Oak City
Sunday, June '1
Jamesville at Farm Lile
Washington at Williamston
Everetts at Robersonville
Bear Grass at Oak City
Tuesday, June 6
Bear Grass at Robersonville
Wednesday, June 7
Farm Life at Jamesville
Williamston at Washington
“Robersonville at Everetts
Oak City at Bear Grass
Saturday. June 10
Bear Grass at Washington
Sunday, June 11
Farm Life at Washington
Jamesville at Williamston
Robersonville at Bear Grass
Oak City at Everetts
Wednesday, June 14
Washington at Farm Life
Williamston at Jamesville
Bear Grass at Robersonville
Everetts at Oak City
Friday, June 16
“Oak City at Williamston
Saturday, June 17
“Robersonville at Jamesville
Sunday, June 18
Williamston at Farm Life
Washington at Jamesville
Everetts at Bear Grass
Robersonville at Oak City
Tuesday, June 20
Faun Life t Robersonville
Wednesday, June 21
Farm Life at Williamston
Jamesville at Washington
Bear Grass at Everetts
Oak City at Robersonville
Friday, June 23
Jamesville at Everetts
Saturday, June 24
Everetts at Farm Life
Sunday, June 25
Bear Grass at Farm Life
Oak City at Jamesville
Everetts at Washington
Robersonville at Williamston
Tuesday. June 27
“Washington at Oak City
Wednesday, June 28
Farm Life at Bear Grass
Jamesville at Oak Citv
“Washington at Everetts
Williamston at Robersonville
Friday. June 30
Williamston at Bear Grass
Sunday, July 2
Farm Life at Oak City
Jamesville at Bear Grass
Williamston at Everetts
Washington at Robersonville
Wednesday. July 5
Oak City at Farm Life
Bear Grass at Jamesville
Everetts at. Williamston
“Robersonville at Washington
Sunday, July 11
Bear Grass at Washington
Robersonville at Jamesville
Everetts at Farm Life
Oak Citv at Williamston
Tuesday, July 11
“Farm Life at Jamesville
Wednesday, July 12
Washington at Bear Grass
Jamesville at Robersonville
“Farm Life at Everetts '
Williamston at Oak City
Friday, July 14
“Robersonville at Everetts
Saturday. July 15
Williamston at Washington
Sunday, July 16
Farm Life at Robersonville
Jamesville at Everetts
Washington at Oak City
Williamston at Bear Grass
Wednesday, July 19
Robersonville at Farm Life
Everetts at Jamesville
“Oak City at Washington
Bear Grass at Williamston
Saturday, July 22
Oak City at Bear Grass
Sunday, July 23
Farm Life at Jamesville
Williamston at Washington
Robersonville at Everetts
Oak City at Bear Grass
Wednesday, July 26
Jamesville at Farm Life
Washington at Williamston
Everetts at Robersonville
Bear Grass at Oak City
Saturday, July 29
■Washington at Farm Life
Sunday, July 30
Washington at Farm Life
Williamston at Jamesville
Bear Grass at Robersonville
Everetts at Oak City
Wednesday, August 2
“Farm Life at Washington
Jamesville at Williamston
Robersonville at Bear Grass
“Oak City at Everetts
Saturday, August 5
Williamston at Jamesville
Sunday. August 6
Farm Life at Williamston
Jamesville at Washington
Bear Grass at Everetts
Oak City at Robersonville
Wednesday, August 9
Williamston at Farm Life
Washington at Jamesville
Everetts at Bear Grass
Robersonville at Oak City
Sunday, August 13
Bear Grass at Farm Life
Oak City at Jamesville
Everetts at Washington
Robersonville at Williamston
Wednesday, August 16
Farm Life at Oak City
Jamesville at Bear Grass
“Williamston at Everetts
Washington at Robersonville
Softball Play To
Start On Monday
Two Additional
I Trophies To Be
Given This Year
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Duiiltlrliriuli'rn To Hr I’lay
r«i Twirr Kuril ^ rek In
Williaiiislon'* Hark.
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Bv Wilbur Jackson
Meeting in the Dixie Motor
Company oil ires last Monday eve
ning the directors of the Williams
ton Church Softball League map
pod final plans for opening the
1950 softball season on Mondax
night. May 8. at 8 o'clock in the
High School park, Doubleheaders
Will be played on every Monday
and Thursday nights. The tirst
game starting at eight o'clock and
the second game starting right
after the close of the tirst which
| will be around 9:30. A total ot
' 'twenty-four dnublehcedcrs will
■ b< played this season I he tirst
on Monday night and tin- scasor
final on July 31 The play-offs
will begin on August 3rd with al
in
les
Jt
he
ive
rp
re
)ur
md
Lire
,-ou
the
sri
tas
irst
tour teams participating.
The drum corps of the lligl
School Band will lead the paradi
of players at the field as part o'
tin opening ceremonies and wil
go through a brief routine.
There will be two speeia
awards mad< this year in additioi
to thi championship trophy. Dixii
Motor Company will present
trophy tor the best individua
sportsmanship and B and W Tir
Company will piesent a troph:
fm thi Most Vahtabh Player . ij
determined by the fans and th
| players Ballots will be placed a
the gate and each fan and place
is asked to mark down his choic
for these two awards and dro
them in thi ballot box after th
game. The lenders for this
awards will be announced wit
each issue of the Enterprise.
The League enjoyed a ver
good season last y< ar and this se;
son promised to be even bette
Anyone who wishes an evening <
tine fun and fellowship shoul
come out to see thesi games,
good brand of softball will i
played and there is only a sma
admission charge of ten and twe
tv cents. This charge is mai
solely for the purpose of payii
foi the lights
The League is governed by
strict set of by-laws. Her is a I
of these:
Season will start on May 8 a
close on July 31.
Playoffs will begin August 3
If one team does not have i
ough men at the beginning ol
game the opposing manager v
have the privilege of picking <
ough men to make up eppone
team.
(luu&s vail start promptly a
BOXSCORE
• I I . C . ■ I IHtTI
Killed April 28 through
May 1 1
Injured April 28 through
May 1 I55
Killed through May 1 this
year 298
Killed through May
I, 1949 256
Injured through May
1 this year 3,578
Injured through May
1. 1949 2,672
o'clock.
Manager will turn over his
starting lineup at five minutes ol
8.
Batting practice will cease
promptly at live minutes of 8.
Field will he cleared at live
minutes of 8
Each player will be limited h
lour swings at the bat during bat
ting practice regardless wbethoi
he hits the ball or not.
Each player will bo required to
attend two services a month to be
eligible to play. He must attend
the church he plays lot*'
All participating players must
' have jersey and cap on before he
is eligible to go on the field and
play.
Protested games w ill be handled
by the board.
No spikes will be allowed in the
League.
Tht !<■! hr. etrt-g**- vr+ i*
•-lit
the League: Rev. John
L. Goff. William Everett. Bill Spi
1 vev. Oswald Stalls. Vernon Bunt
ing. Dillon Cobb. Homer Barn
hill and Wilbur Jackson.
1 Mr. Goff was elected chairman
1 Dillon Cobb treasurer and Wil
1 bur Jackson, secretary and pub
111 licitv.
v C ALLS MEETING OF TEAM
"Skipper” Bill Spivey and Cap
1 tain Vernon Bunting have issue;
,f a call for all members of the Soft
diball team who played for tin
^'"Christians" last year and an;
,t, who will play this summer t
|| meet at the home of the "Skipper
on Saturday night at 8:00. Plan
|c are to be made for the opening e
the league and first game on Mon
day night.
® TVA CONSUMPTION
i Officials of the Tennessee Va
'd | Icy Authority report that powt
consumers are using 50 per cer
more electricity today than w«
n- used at the height of wartiir
a production. On March 2, the 8
ill 000-squurc mile area served t
■n- TVA hit a peak load of 2,618, 61
its kilowatts, compared with a wa
flute peak of vnlj l.TW.OOO
t a i July 1045.
Fifty-Six Drawn
For Jury Service
In County Courts
A
the
mini!
more
(Continued from Page One)
Hon, and Mr
joose Nest.
Tiie names
drawn for the
tie supcrioi
Alice Tvson of
of
those persons
one-week term of
court, convening
June 12 for the trial of both crim
nal and civil cases, are:
H. C. Lassiter and Seth Davis
,f Jamesville, W. C. Hopkins, Hu
belt Roberson, J<*' Lawrence Col
train and Oscar Jones of Wil
liams, Hugh B. Griffin, Asa J.
Hardison, Evan Griffin and Oscar
B. Roberson of Griffins, James W.
Bowen. Irvin C. Griffin. Mrs.
Eloise Bennett, Joseph R. Griffin,
W. L. Lassiter. R. W. Bondurant,
Ernest E. Cox, and J. H. Forbes
of Williamston, Ernest Purvis and
W. P. Harris of Robersonville, L.
E Edmondson of Poplar Point,
Fate Whitfield. L. R. Everett and
Harry C. Jones of Hamilton, R. R.
Thompson, Hackney High, Jesse
Harrell and Claude Hux of Goose
Nest.
Eighteen Cases In
Justice Of Peace
Courts This Week
(Continued from page one)
atmg a car on the wrong side of
the Yoad.
Chester Willie Baum, operating
a motor vehicle with improper
lights, was fined $5, plus costs.
Operating a motor vehicle with
improper lights and a "gutted"
muffler, Roosevelt Hall was fined
SiG, plus costs. ^
Noah Frazer” was*Tme!TOWmr
taxed with the costs for operating j
a motor vehicle with a “gutted" i
muffler.
In the ease in which Willie
Bunch was charged with assault- (
ing a female, the court found that
the prosecution was frivolous
and not in the best interests ot
the State, and the prosecuting
witness was taxed with the costs
1 hi City Defeat* Bethel ■
In Hiiih School Came]
The Oak City High School base
lall team defeated Bethel Friday
ifternoon by a score of 9 to 7. The
vinning pitcher was Billy Wors-j
cy and the loser was Earl John
:nn. Bethel got four hits, while
Tak City got 8. Billy not only
pitched his teammates to a victory
out also got two home runs and a
double out of four times at bat.
The first home runs came in the
first inning with two men on base
and the second came in the second
inning with the bases loaded.
Manager Garland Hardison of
Oak City reported the game.
10 Percent higher outlay for
Atomic Fnrrgi Cmnniiv-Giin in
1‘JuO. 1
ECA LISTING
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A handbook being prepared by
the Eeonomic Co-operation Ad
ministration is intended to direct
more Marshall-plan business to
ward 15,000 American exporters,
rhe directory, listing the United'
States firms, will be issued for
forgien consumption, with edi-!
tions in English, French, German
and Italian-- and possibly Greek
and Portuguese.
twaiting Official
Population Count
By Enumerators
(Continued trom page one)
2hile some say it will hardly
sach that figure, others are of
tie opinion that it will be nearer
,000. The town population count,
; must be remembered, does not
iclude those living in the North
nd West End areas.
As a guide for guessifig the po
llution trend, the count for 1930
hd 1940 is listed below, by town
hips, with a space for the 1950
;uess:
'ownship
Jear Grass
Iross Roads
loose Nest
iriffins
iamilton
famesville
’oplar Point
lobersonville
Villiams
Villiamston
Totals
> 1930 1940
1,575 1,727
1.604 1,556
3,034 3,156
1,227 1,213
2,210 2,442
2,471 2,544
926 1.055
4,478 4.860
1,014 1,113
4.861 6.445
23,400 26,111
Guess
From 1910 to 1920. the count}
?ained a few more than 3,000 ir
population, and from 1920 unti
1930, the gain was 2,572. Durint
the past decade, the gain wa:
2,711.
In 1940 there were 7.996 person:
in the ten towns, the town popu
lation having jumped 1.719 Iron
the 1930 figure of 6.277.
The following figures show tin
population in the ten towns n
1930 and 1940 with a space for th
1950 guess:
Town
Bear Glass
Oak City
Hamilton
Hassell
Jamesville
Gold Point
Parmele
Robersonville
Williamston
Totals
1930 1940
131 114
270 265
508 524
169 150
344 499
121 142
341 417
1,181 1,407
2,731 3.966
6,277 7.996
Cues
Retail Trade Has
Phenomenal Gain
In Past 10 Years
-•
(Continued from page one)
service trades handled a $100,
000.00 business.
The ten amusement places listed
in the survey handled a business
of $182,000.00
Employes were listed as fol
lows food group. 70: eating end
drinking places, 55; general mer
chandise, 161; apparel group, 27;
furniture, 59; automotive group,
97; gasoline service stations, 27,
lumber, etc., 93; drug and propri
etary group. 28; all other retail
stores, 36.
The 394 employes in wholesale
i 000.00.
The selected service trades
trade operations, included 31 in
merchant wholesale group, and
363 in other types of wholesale
operations.
One hundred and four persons
were employed in the selective
service trades, including 90 in per
sonal service and 14 in other ser
vice trades. Amusement places
employed 33 persons.
The survey shows that the 109
retail establishments in Williams
, ton handled a retail volume of $8,
134.000.00 and employed 475 per
sons. The 22 selected service
’ trades employed 74 persons and
did a business of $244,000 00.
' Outside Williamston there were
174 retail establishments doing a
$4,329,000 business and employing
1 188 workers. There were 24 ser
vice trade firms or establishments
outside the town, employing 30
s persons and doing $141,000.00 bus
iness.
| Only 15 years ago, nine farms
out of 10 did not have electric ser
vice; today less than two out of 10
do not have electric service.
About 70 percent of the rice
acreage in Egypt is seeded by
- broadcasting, while 30 percent is
FOR SHERIFF
- or -
Martin County
liml and born in Martiu County, spending most of bis life on the farm. Does he knot*
what yon have to do to make a living? Does he know your problems of raising a large
family? Has he been a Farm Bureau member sinee it was organized? Is he a member of
a large family? Do the people of Martin County deal with his family ami hundreds of
his relatives dailv? Did his aneestors help make Martin County what it is today ? Did lie
ever charge widow women or minor children for auctioneering and selling their propel
ty? Is he the only auetioneer that ever sold 4»H Club ami Fat Stock Shows without
charge? Does he always lend a helping hand to the needy families? Is he the man that
bus always known you every time and place he has seen you t
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Has he been lllc farmers friend while eoiuieeled with the tobacco
market for 22 years? Would you say that he knows more men by
name than any other man in the county? Is lie a Church memberi
Has he always worked hard for the betterment of Martin County?
Through his- .Uwauior himimu.children, 'did be learn T«u.L*nAVJ!-U ,
children? Have you always felt free to ask him for a favor?
Has he always been a law-abiding citizen? Does he realise that com
mon sense is law? Has he dealt with the public long enough to know
how to perform his duties? Has he always been for the people re
gardless of how poor or how rich ?
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If noiiiinatetl anti elecletl* will he perform hit* tluties* m»iut£ in* partiality* lint a frimtl to
all men?
} our support will be greatly appreciutcil, not only by ibis candidate but by his tunny
frirnds throughout the County. My friends let's elect
martin County’s Own Henry Johnson
FOR SHERIFF ON MAY
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