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«Booster Days In Williamston Thursday, Friday And Saturday, June 1, 2 and 3 “4HL LjSir.Rl-aiSE ia HLAl) 81 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ENTERPRISE fcjjij1 j_i, 1 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Hi OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 43 ESTABLISHED 1899 William t ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 30, 1930 Charge Doctor With Secretary's Murder w Edward L. Early1 Claims Killing Was Result 01 Accident i -•— (hlessa Kcyrs Yoinift Col oml Woman, Died In Hospital Monday Edward L. Early, local Negro physician, was jailed by Officers' Perry and Jones here about 9:00 o’clock Sunday night for the mur der of his secretary. Odessa Keyes, young colored woman, at nis office-home on Washington Street about 8:00 o’clock that eve- j ning. The victim, struck by a bul let fired from a .38 caliber pistol, died in the local hospital yester day morning about 5:00 o’clock without regaining consciousness. Performing an autopsy, Acting Coroner Billy Biggs said that the | bullet tore through the skin at the outter edge of the right eybrow,' *oing about half an inch before i breaking the skull and shattering' the bone and damaging the brain overli course of about two inches. I The bullet then plowed between; the skull and skin for another half inch before tearing out of the vic tim's head. Climaxing a career marked by mdrital discord, the fatal attack, according to a statement made to ^ reporter immediately after the shooting, followed a friendly tus sle. Declaring that he was not mad with the woman, the doctor said they were playing with the pistol and that somehow it fired and she fell over backwards. "It was accidental,” he maintained.! The victim, stretched out on the floor, her glassy eyes reflecting! death’s stare, appeared to be dead.’ ^Vjr. Early said she’s not dead, “but she’s not going to make the grade.” Following the attack, the doctor t attorney and the police, suirend- I ■•ring calmly to the two arresting ' officers. He helped place the vie- 1 tim on an ambulance cot and ask- 1 cd that she be removed to a hos- 1 uital. Early said he did not ex- 1 ®nine her after the attack, that he j < ihd not know' where she was hit. Police recalled that they had :/ received an anonymous call from a woman that afternoon, advising! them to look around the doctor's! office. Officers, thinking possibly ! < !; Early was drunk and planned to , ’ j drive his cur, maintained a watch ; j near the office for a short time, I i and returned after everything ap- > jl pcared all right. • Advised that rto bond could be 1 allowed until a report was receiv ed from the hospital, Early calm 1,1 l.v smoked his pipe and made no protest when officers jailed him. At a preliminary hearing held | before Justice K. T. Johnson in i j the courthouse last evening, the. -veiiJUuaSSjJi? ; enu i gl&I iffi.” murder in the first degree. The defense maintained that the evi dencc did not support the charge called another doctor, notified his t Native Of County , Dies in Charlotte James A. Jenkins, 36, died at his home in Charlotte last Wednes day. He had been in feeble health ^for a long time. He was born in tnis county near Robersonville, the son of the late W, A. and Mar Ilia Ross Jenkins and spent his early life, living in Robersonville, Pitt County and Williamston be fore moving to Charlotte about six years ago. Funeral services were conduct ed in Charlotte Thursday after noon and interment was in the! cemetery there. ^ Surviving are a brother, Wood i row Jenkins of Greenville, and three half-brothers. W. O. Jenk-! ins of Hamilton, C. I. Jenkins of j Williamston, and Fred A. Jenkins of Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Burt Jenkins and Mr. W. O. Jenkins of Hamilton at tended the funeral. ELECTION PARTY 1 v/ The Enterprise election party last Saturday night, opening at 7:20 p. m. and clos ing at 2:15 a. m. Sunday mor ning, was possibly the biggest one ever held. And to be per fectly frank, it was a little more than the crowd could handle smoothly. A special telephone was installed, but interest in the election was so great that the calls for information on the results, blocked the poll hold ers who tried to get in with the returns. The office was open at all times, and the crowds milling in and out slowed up the machinery, hut all worked hard to get the returns posted. The poll holders did 9, good job in get ting the returns in, and The Enterprise management ap preciates their cooperation. In addition to posting the returns. The Enterprise hand led the county results for the ! several press associations, state newspapers and others and cooperated with an elec tion party in Robersonville. i Record Vote Cast In Martin County Primary Saturday —t— Total of 5,013 Vote* Put Into Boxes; Beat 19 IB Count By 217 Votes Supported bv red hot contests, the primary election in this coun ty last Saturday pulled the great est vote ever recorded within the county. It is possible that one or two precincts did not keep com pany with the record-breaking business, but the county as a whole polled 5,013 votes to top the previous high figure by a count of 217 votes. The count last Saturday was 1, 864 votes greater than the total cast in 1948's first primary. After casting between 2,000 and 3,000 votes for years and years, Martin County citizens started stepping out to the polls back in 1932 when depression gripped the country and the name of Roose velt was placed before them That year, 3,831 votes were east in the general election. Eight years lat er, the vote had climbed to 4,734 to bieak all records for a general election. There was a slight drop in 1944, possibly because so many young men were across the seas engaged in a great war. But even then the 4,541 general election vote was listed in the big-time vote class. Two years ago, the vote total climbed up to 4,796 to aruiui- Urrv*4;u> eral election. Without fear from the Republi cans in their primaries, Democrats simply have not been turning out in big numbers to settle their own party squabbles, or at least not until last Saturday; For the sake of the record, the j voting.strength or registration, the 1948 first primary vote and the vote last Saturday are record ed, by precincts, as follows: Reg. Precinct 695 Jamesville 325 Williams 503 Griffins 529 Bear Grass 1057 Williamston 1 1304 Williamston 2 460 Cross Roads 1060 Robersonville 275 Gold Point 250 Poplar Point 237 Hassell 370 Hamilton 569 Goose Nest 1948 309 102 254 249 371 521 157 486 126 93 93 160 228 1950 440 222 359 343 713 880 292 778 180 153 108 225 320 7636 3149 5013 Small Liilitie* Tax Received tty The Town - Williamston’s town treasury re ceived this week $329.46 as its shale of the utilities tax imposed by the State of North Carolina, Mayor Robt. Cuwen announced Second Primary In Senate Race Is Still Unsettled —*— Graham Gets Great Victory In Martim Lends With 50,262 Votes in State Trailing Frank Graham in the primary last Saturday by 50.262 votes on the basis of incomplete returns, Willis Smith, chief con lender early today had not made up his mind as to whether he would call for another vote on June 24, but reports indicate he would like to carry the contest into a second round provided fi nancial support is continued. Sixty-six precincts this morn ing were still to be heard from, but the outcome is not likely to j be materially changed when the votes in those areas arc finally submitted. The 1,924 precincts out of a total in the State of 1990 gave Graham 295,'342 votes; Smith, 245,080; Reynolds, 56,018; and Boyd, 5,665. Leading his nearest opponent in the primary last Saturday by 50, 262 votes, Graham was 5,711 votes short of a majority. While Smith holds a precarious position in the election picture, j Democracy says he is entitled to a second primary, and one is not to! be censured for exercising such a right. It is estimated that more than 605.000 votes will have been counted in the hot senatorial race by the time the State Board of Elections finishes its canvass next Tuesday, that the vote in a second primary, should one be called by Mr. Smith, would fall off consid | crably. The vote received by Graham j last Saturday was said to be the j largest ever accorded a U. S. Scn j atorial candidate in a primary in | North Carolina. j In Martin County, the voters I gave Frank Graham about the largest percentage majority re ceived in the State, excepting i Graham’s home county of Orange which he carried by about five to one, and one or two others. Graham led in this county 3,218 as against 1,267 for Smith, 196 for Reynolds and 100 for Boyd. Car rying every box in the county, Graham led the State ticket with almost one thousand votes to spare. Exceeding the fondest cxpecta (Continued on page iiz) 'Population Figures A preliminary report released this week by F. Webb Williams, census supervisor for this district, shows an upward trend in this county's population. The report offers figures only for the towns of Robcrsonville and Williainston and for the county. Other reports are expected momentarily. Williamston's copulation fell 22 short" of the 5,000 mark. The count jumped from 3,996 in 1940 to 4,496, an increase of 682. Rob crsonville’s population moved up from 1,407 to 1,409. The county population jumped from 111 to 27 972. a gain of 1 1,861 in the ten-year period. Al most half the county gain is re reflected in the increase for Wil liamston. Just now, it is impos sible to trace the other half of the county population increase, but it 1 is thought that the several towns • will come through with increases, that there'll possibly be a reduc tion in the rural population tin ure. The population trend for the past twenty years in Roberson ville and Williamston as well as' the county, as a whole, follows: 1930 1940 1950 County 23,400 20,111 27,072 2.7,;u.,« jUMMi,. ,v^ yja' R bei s *iVTIfe i.llil I,-407 1,400 i These figures are believed to be substantially eorreet but are sub ject to revision after returns for nonresidents are credited to their proper locality and othei routine checks have been made. Although matrial revision of the prelimin ary count is unlikely, it may pos sibly occur after careful examina tion of the returns. The official announcement of population will be made at u later date by the j Director, Bureau of the Census, j Washington, 25, D. C. Williamston’s Representative Young Nan Loses Life In Accident In County Town Kirlianl Raynor Drowns In lianiilton Wliilr Work ing On Watrr Drain -<3h Richard Raynor, well-known j Hamilton young man, was aeci- | dentally drowned in a few inches of water at his home there Sunday afternoon. According to reports reaching here, he was working on a kitchen drain and apparently fainted attd fell face down into a small puddle of water. The young man was subject to fainting at tacks and had received hospital treatment during recent months. The death was investigated, hut was ruled accidental and no for mal inquest was considered neees- ; sary, according to information leaching here. He was carried to the hospital in a car, but no help could be rendered. An adopted son of Mrs Fannie Raynor and her late- husband, Alonza L. Raynor, he came to (Continued on page six) Miss [Norma Fa^au (iors To Kalri^li Tomorrow For Pirlim* I’romim* Miss Norma Fagan, recently j selected to represent Williamston j in tlie "Bright Leaf Queen" com petition, will leave tomorrow morning for Raleigh and the world premiere ol "Bright Leaf,"! the mocie version of the best-sell er by the same name by Foster Fitz-Simmons of Chapel Hill. She j will be accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. Victor Brown and sons. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.! Julian Fagan of Dardens she will compete with contest winners from twenty-three North Carolina cities for the title. The day will start off with a “celebrities' luncheon at 12:00 at the Virginia Dare room of the Sir Walter Hotel. Bright leaf contest winners, movie stars and radio personalities and civic and state leaders will be present. The giant parade will get under way at 2:45 p m and will be followed by the selection and cor onation of the "Bright Leaf Queen" at H HO p. m. on the State Capitol grounds. Each contestant will receive gifts from Warner Bros, including luggage, handbag anti Delta pearls, and a North Car olina firm will award each con testant a record player and an id bum of records. The finalist will receive a 1050 Mercury converti ble and allure week vacation at Nags Head. At 5 p. in. Governor and Mrs. Kerr Scott will give a tea and re ception for the contestants Movie and radio stars will be guests as will Author Fitz-Simmons. The premiere will be staged at the Ambassadoi Theatre that night with two performances. Movie stars Patricia Neal, Donald Crisp, James Brown will be on hand at vvn '.frrrttemstvz’"-- ... No picture in recent years has aroused more interest than “Bright Heal" while in production <it Warm i Bros.’ studios Combin ing the talents of Gar.' Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal -and Jack Carson and with tamed idy rectm Michael Curtiz in chare . “Bright Leaf’ was the center of attention in the whole film col ony from the day it started pre paration. For picture purposes “Bright (Continued on page six) Official Vote 1 Democratic Primary In Marlin County, May 27, 1950 PRECINCTS Jamesville ~ Williams __ Griffins__ Rear Grass Williamston No. 1 Williamston No. 2 Cross itoads Roberson ville Gold PoirtR _ Poplar Point . Hassell _ Hamilton _ . Goose Nest TOTALS C. S. Senate Assn. Jus Com. Sup. Crt. of Ins. E « jC s O £ in V a o a £ u 272 Tf)2 37 IHH HO 31B 23 227 71 524 142 633 133 170 82 384 290 86 57 91 43 70 23 110 86 165 126 !) 3 10 24 22 h 33 10 6 8 7 18 16 T?)8 3 73 7 155 13 88 0 332 8 439 6 103 14 394 11 57 TJT 26 •51 85 42 ,211 47 22 15 37 it v 4, ■C U Hi O' 65 125 44 132 Stale Senate llse of llepresent’vs Sheriff County Judge Cumnisnr 64 31 30 110 53 122 38 161 383 122 164 473 145 54 95 58 140 420 117 76 33 63 63 88 46 18 43 44 I I a E s £ 31 13 15 12 44 76 16 65 11 6 I I 14 16 45 56 15 60 43 e B c © l V •o e < c e o 7. o a 71 r. a - b *2 a * u X 5 25 17 169 75 108 277 74 62 260 141 291 640 155 328 782 50 76 211 142 254 659 34 133 37 134 28 85 67 169 67 264 49 25 20 133 1113 217 122 363 106 55 j 40 130 109 2 2 13 a e J l <L e 2 -i B c “ I 1 1 c © 5 -i e. ». n 2 © « s a Hoard Education e I ■8 S C © c E S n ■c ■2 © •e w a >. © !1 a o Hi 108' 250" 7 31 143 9 41 276 8 55 118 29 183 312 37 199 366 6 65 71 10 330 0 54 3 II 41 40 78 35 7 74 19 25 58 UTTHT 14 171 36 317 140 198 102 605 153 721 96 194 521 245 139 40 73 78 123 110 236 211 88 362 330 451 175 82 408 297 122 41 107 36 124 47 71 96 69 78 121 72 25 81 170 144 212 78 Timir 95 79 229 92 To!) 211 205 442 209 561 92 145 213 385 56 70 23 99 36 46 57 110 79 115 TofUT 67 122 173 331 124' 182 364 473 160 550 127 126 563 356 131 110 96 129 85 81 31 87 210 120 '197 291 82 154 169 174 125 201 358 429 598 529 118 123 304 460 59 87 68 75 27 56 91 114 103 101 3218 1267 196 100 2142' 902 2258 812 330 956 1499 4205 1552 145 1186 1760 1785 3165 2479 2177 1612 2507 2745,2761,2099,2797 Anderson Reserving Derision On Seeond Primary In County Candidate Johnson Makes Brief Election Statement Checking the election returns last Saturday evening, Henry A. Johnson, candidate tor sheriff, ad mirably conceded victory to his opponent in the race when he spoke to the large crowd gathered around the Enterprise office for tlie election results. In a ringing, clear voice, Mr. Johnson said, "This was my first campaign, and I have enjoyed it. 1 want to thank all those who worked so faithfully in my be half and voted for me in the pri mary. Buck Holloman was not my candidate, but he is my sher iff," Mi Johnson was quoted as saying. Later, a friend was quoted as saying, "Henry, you gave a bar becue for all those who voted against you. Now, you'll have to give a barbecue for those who Prominent Citizen Died On Thursday In Robersonville Funeral Saturday After noon At Late Home For Kli Kudp'rs Eli Rodgers, well-known Mar tin County citizen and a leader in the affairs of his community, died i I at his home in Kobersonville last i 1 Thursday afternoon of a heart at Itack. Although he had suffered I for many years with arthritis, Mr. | Rodgers was thought to be getting I along as well as usual until last jThursday, lie was up that morn I mg, but explained that he did not i feel well and did not get out to make his usual visits to his son’s home. Death came a short time after the gttaek. Mr. Rodgers was born in Pitt County 72 years ago. the son of tin' late Slade and Susan Keel Rodgers. He spent most of his life m the adjoining county, moving to this county in 19111 and locating m Roborsonville. He was a sue l eessful farmer and was also asso ciated with the tobacco warehouse business for a number of years. During his residence in Huber sonvillc Mr. Rodgers was active in the promotion of his adopted com immityY. interests, serving as a member of the school committee and holding a prominent position m the leadership of the Masonic Lodge. He was awarded a 50 year certificate by the Masons a short time ago for his untiring ser vice in the organization, lie was an active member of the Ilobei sonville Christian Church for a number of years, and is remem I>wai »r*». .».W ,,»,>4•.- v.. lances throughout this section of i the Slaty as a true southern gentleman with a sincere and ' friendly smile. Funeral services were conduct ed at the home .Saturday after . noon at 11 00 o’clock by his pastor. Rev. .1 M. Perry, and the Masons were in charge of the rites at the graveside in the Kobersonville Cemetery Surviving are: his widow, Mrs. 1 Alma Jenkins Rodgers; one son, (Continued from Page Six) voted for you." The answer. “Doggone if I shouldn't," or words to that effect. And in it all Mr. Johnson wore the same old smile that prevailed during the long months of relentless cam paigning. j Few political campaigns have ever been conducted in this coun ty more earnestly and vigorously than the one advanced by Johnson forces. While some issues may j have been injected into the cam paign. they did not come from the candidates themselves. Candidate Luther Hardison, trailing the ticket for the State | House of Representatives, declar | ed that he had set an example I for a clean campaign. Incident ally, it was an economical one that Mr. Hardison conducted for himself. r KOUMU r I -\ Despite heavy traffic in the various county centers during: the week-end, crime took a hack scat in most places, ac cording to information com ing from the sheriff's office. The election front was com paratively free of any trouble, of any kind, hut there was a serious flare-up in tViliiams ton when a Negro doctor, Kd ward Early, shot and fatally injured his secretary, Odessa Keyes. Five persons were jailed, two for investigation and one each for murder, assault and drunken driving. Four were colored and ages of the group ranged from 23 to 32 years. Constable Races In Martin County -» — While they attracted little I county-wide attention, some hot constable races were held in three townships last Saturday. Two were definitely settled, and no statement has been issued in the third Dallus Holliday led the ticket m JauHsvilh with 213 votes, but fell eight votes short of a majority over Jennis Pr ice with 149 votes and Hay O’Neal with 71 votes. It could not hi- learned if Mr Price would ask for a second primary. Hut, under the law, he is entitled to it. In Williamslon, ( has. If Moore led A. (\ Hailey 9113 to 522. The vote was: Moore 432 in No. I pie cinct and 551 in No. 2 precinct; Hailey. 2(17 in No I and 255 in No 2 precinct. Hut the jokesters moved in with an unannounced and most certainly an unwilling candidate. Frank Carstarphen polled 1(1 votes for the job, (i in No. 1 and 4 in No. 2 precinct Mi Carstarphen explained that he was a third stronger in his horn precinct. H. E. Leggett led II. M. Peel 231 to fit! in Hamilton for the job of constable in that township. The vote was: Leggett, 91 in Hassell and 140 in Hamilton; Peel, 10 in Hassell and 78 in Hamilton. All Contests Bui One In County Settled Saturday R. T. Johnson Win- Ovrr (Ilia*. It. Maiming For (.oinn ,|ii(ljzrstii|» With one exception, Martin L'ountv voters virtually settled their polities for another two rears when they went to the polls ri record breaking numbers last Saturday and nominated W M. [Buck) Holloman for sheriff, R. T. Johnson for .judge of the coun ty recorder s court, Hugh G. Hor ton for the State Senate, and Howard Gaylord for the county board of education, and re-nomi nated W. M. Harrison for county commissioner from the Griffins Bear Grass District, and Geo. C. Griffin and Ernest Edmondson for places on the board of education. Sam M. Campon was renominated for the State Senate, but A. Corey, incumbent, did not come through with a majority in the race for representative in the North Caro lina General Assembly The race for represenattive de veloped into a fairly close race for three of the contestants, the fourth, Mr. Luther G. Hardison, continuing on his way nonchal antly and at an easy-going pace. Polling 1,700 votes, Mr. Core.v fell short of a majority bv 2,321 votes, leaving the race open for a second round on June 24. Mi E. G. Anderson, runner-up with 1,552 votes, said last evening that lie was considering the matter but had reached no decision. In an in formal statement, Anderson said he wanted to express his appre ciation to all those who supported his candidacy, that he was unde cided about a second primary, and that he would make an announce ment within a few days. Jimmy Wallace, third in the race with 1, ltlti votes, and Luther Hardison, with 145 votes, threw the contest wide open for the two top candi dates to settle thi‘ majority m a second primary. Starting from scratch, R T. Johnson polled 2,471) votes to get a 302 vote lead and win over ('has H. Manning for county judge, the victory coming some what as a surprise. The campaign attracted comparatively little at tention. , The sheriff's contest was packed with pulling power and admitted ly accounted for the record vote total throughout the county. Hot Ionian, incumbent, polled 3,105 votes to 1,785 for Johnson W. M. Harrison held his seat on , the hoard ol county commission ers with 2,507 votes, his opponent, J Slup Holliday, polling 1,012 votes. one of those nip-anil tuck affairs i in which Howard Gaylord, James villi- man, moved in with a high vote of 2,707 votes to ease out the incumbent, F\ W Holliday, who (f'oHtinucd on page right) Horton-Campen In Lead For Senate Huuh Ci Horton, Williamston man, and Sam M. Campon of A1 hance, Pamlico County, led in the race for this district’s two scats in the North Carolina State Sen ate, according to unofficial re turns from the primary election last Saturday. Till' vote was, Horton, 8,996; Campon, 7,194; O. L. Williams, Hyde County man, 5,903; Dallas Mollison, of Oriental, Pamlico County, 2,300. The vole, by counties: j Tyrrell 1 Pamlico ; Martin Hoaufoii Dare Hyde Washington CiU|m Wins. Mai. Ilor. 22a 1 UtM) 706 1752 !H1 711 215 717 367 669 185 345 950 368 45! 515 1499 956 330 4205 452 468 275 386 828 657 138 1076 7194 5903 2300 8996
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