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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 75
William lion, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 18, 1951
ESTABLISHED 1899
Ten Accidents On
Co unt y High way s
Streets Recently
Several Hurt But None Be
lieveil Seriously; Loss
Figured At 81.000
Motorists on the highways and
streets in this county piled 'em
up and tore 'em down in a series
of ten vehicle accidents. At least
three persons were injured, sev
eral painfully but none was be
lieved seriously hurt.
About three-fourths of the ten
accidents were reported on new
ly-paved farm-to-market roads, so
many motorists forgetting that
the type of road was built for
convenience and not speed. Un
less those highways are used
with greater discretion, more ac
cidents can be expected, Cpl. R.
H. Chadwick of the State High
way Patrol warned this week.
The property loss exceeded
$1,000, according to preliminary
reports coming from police of
ficers and members of the pa
trol making the investigations.
Traveling the newly-paved
road from Bear Grass to Everetts
last Saturday at 8:15 o’clock, Rob
ert Roberson failed to negotiate
a curve and turned his 1934 Mr
del Ford pick-up truck over. The
young white man was still hold
ing to his seat when Cpl. R. H.
Chadwick reached him and car
ried him to a doctor. Four stitch
es were required to close a cut
over the man’s eye. Damage to
the truck was estimated at $50.
Early last Friday evening, Chas.
Harry Branton, III, of Roberson
vilie while traveling a mile out
from Oak City on the Hassell
Road, tried to miss a small hog
and turned his 1949 Ford over.
The hog was killed and damage
to the car was estimated at $300
by Pat roman R P. Narron who
made tbe investigation.
Friday night about 10:15 o’clock
Russell Ward Beach of near Eve
retts failed to make a turn and
ditched his 1950 Chevrolet near
the BceBop on the Cross Roads
and Greenville - Robersonville
Highway, causing about $200
damage to his car, according to
Patrolman Narron following his
: investigation.
Lawrence Teel, of RFD 1, Rob
ersonville, driving on the Has
sell-Butiei s Bridge Road at 7:15
o’clock Saturday evening, started
to make a left turn into his bro
ther’s yard with a 1935 Ford just
as James (Mutt) Etheridge of
Hamilton and Washington, D. C.,
started to pass. The cars creashed,
Patrolman R P. Norran estimat
ing the damage to each machine
at $50.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
Nathan Ebron of RFD 1, Rober
sonville, lost control of his 1941
Plymouth and the machine turn
ed over in the dirt road running
from Jim Bell’s to the Hassell
Road. Patrolman Narron estimat
ed the damage at $100
Driving inside the Oak City
corporate limits on Highway 125,
Netsy Koonce O’Connell of 2229
Monticello Ave., Richmond, lost
control of her 1950 Ford on the
slippery pavement and the ma
chine turned over, causing about
$100 damage to the car. Neither
the driver or a companion, Wm.
M. Barwick of New Bern was
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Painfully Injured In
I ,<>{!(! in (i Accident
J. B Nicholson, logging con
tractor for the Atlas Company,
suffered painful and possibly ser
ious injury to his leg in a logging
accident last Thursday. The in
jury is centered around the knee.
He is receiving hospital treat
ment.
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Nine persons were rounded
up and temporarily detained
in the county jail last week
end. Three were charged with
being drunk and disorderly,
one with drunken driving,
two with assault, one with
disorderly conduct and one
with being drunk and resist
ing arrest.
Three of the nine were
white and \ie ages of the
group ranged from 19 to 5ti
years.
Leaf Prices Reach
xNew High Peak Here
JUROR'S PAY
Despite a fairly sizable in
crease in their pay, members
of the current petit jury in
the Martin County Superior
Court clamored this week to
be excused. Four were ex
empted, W. K. Parker and
J. Eason Lilley on account of
illness, Elton Andrews on ac
count of urgent work in the
log woods, and R. N. Crisp
because he and his brother
were called from the same
farm.
Voted by the county com
missioners- some months ago,
that $2 per day pay raise goes
into effect at this term, plac
ing the daily wage at $5. plus
travel. Years ago, the pay was
52 a day. It was increased
about twelve years ago to
53 and now to $5, which is
mighty small.
The China Lobby
Scandal Is About
To Be Aired Out
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Tens of Millions Used To
Line Pockets and Pro
mote The Lohhv
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The China Lobby scandal is be
ginning to boil over. For various
reasons, the administration has
been content to take a slugging,
rather than present the American
people with a frank statement of
the “goins'-on” of Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek and his rich
relatives and friends.
At first the State Department
said it didn't wish to give the
Chinese “Reds” effective ammuni
tion. Now it is pleading that it
fears criticism because, although
in possession of the facts, it has
continued to send tens of mil
lions to Chiang—living like an
emperor on the island of Formosa.
However, the lid has been torn
off by two Chinese officials,
General P. T. Mow and Colonel
H. Siang Wei-husan. These gen
tlemen have been in this country
for some time as purchasing
agents for the Chiang regime.
They allege their wqrk has
been impeded because grafters,
who have influence with the gen
eralissimo, have been insisting on
getting a hig “cut.” out of all pur
chases, In other words, they have
been grafting.
The story has reached Formosa
and the general and the colonel
have been called home. They re
fuse to go, because, they say,
compliance with Chiang’s orders
would mean death for them. They
ask that they be permitted to re
main in this country and they
have refused to turn over to :
Chiang's representative several
millions contributed by Uncle
Sam for the relief of the Nation
alists.
This sensational story kicked
around Washington newspaper of- j
fices for some time before it was
picked up by the New York
"Time?” and given about four ‘
columns in that conservative
journal The "Times” assigned
one of its top men, Anthony Le
viero, to thy job, and he dug up
plenty of facts.
After that, the Washington i
“Post” took up the cudgels, and
in a long editorial headed "Dip
lomacy in Cookoo Land.” It
maintains that young Senator
Knowland of California is "our
leading Chiang-Firster.”
It gives a new and interesting
account of Knowland’s trip to
Formosa last November. The sen
ator was supposed to have gone
to the Far East to "see the war
for himself,” but, according to
the “Post,” the real object of his
long journey was to warn Gen
eralissimo Chiang that "the graft
had to stop if American aid were
to continue.”
Senator Knowland didn’t say
anything like that when he came
back, but he continued to boost
lustily for the generalissimo.
Now, the "Post” insists, there is
a movement on Formosa to throw
Chiang to the wolves, make a pre
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Yesterday's Sale
Average Is Over
$56 Per Hundred
More Than Five ami a Half
Million Pounds Sold
Here To Dale
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After holding to around the
50-cent figure since the opening
on August 21, tobacco prices on
the local market zoomed up j’es
tordav to reach the highest peak
of the season and remind one of
yesteryear sales. The market yes
terday sold 296,416 pounds for
$166,573.34, a resulting average
of $56.19 per hundred pounds.
Observers declared that two
factors supported the season
peak price. The “break" of to
bacco was possibly the best of the
year, and there was a definite
upward trend in the price, par
ticularly for many of the grades.
The market is passing the five
and one-half-million mark today
with the average for the season
holding well above $50 per hun
dred.
Sales continue at a maximum.
Today’s sale was on the floors by
Sunday and tomorrow’s sale was
filled up by last midnight with
tobacco for Thursday’s sale wait
ing its turn to be unloaded.
(Pick up state report)
A general report, released by
the department of agriculture, re
views sales in the entire bright
leaf belt for the past week and
season, as follows:
Demand for Eastern North Car
olina flue-cured tobacco picked
up slightly during the fourth
week of sales. Average prices for
grades in practically all instances
held firm to higher than the pre
vious week. The increases ranged
from $1.00 to $6.00 per hundred,
with most $1.00 to $4.00. A heavy
volume of leaf was steady to $2.00
stronger, lugs and smoking leaf
gained up to $5 00, while a small
amount of primings ranged to
$6.00 higher. Prices for tobacco
most suitable for cigarette manu
facture were the best of the sea
son. Individual baskets of best
cutters brought up to $75.00. A
few red grades of leaf and non
descript, however, were $1.00
lower.
Most of the markets in the area
had more tobacco on floors than
could be handled daily. Gross
sales for the week ending Sep
tember 14 amounted to 56,179,412
pounds averaging $51.27 per hun
dred. This was a gain of $1.59
over the previous week and the
highest for any period this sea
son. Through the same date sea
son gross sales totaled 173,146,
870 pounds for an average of
$50.44.
General quality of offerings was
better than the previous week.
More fair to fine leaf, and cut
ters were marketed. There were
fewer baskets of common leaf,
primings and nondescript. Leaf
continued to predominate the
sales by over two-thirds percent.
Common to good qualities were
outstanding.
Growers delivered only around
6 percent of their offerings to the
Flue-cured Stabilization Corpor
ation under the Government loan
program This was the smallest
percentage turned over this sea
son. Receipts for the season
amounted to nearly 10 percent of
gross sales.
MEET TONIGHT
A regular meeting of the local
Woman’s Club will be held in the
club room this evening at 8:00
o’clock, it was announced this
morning.
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PAPER DRIVE
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Boy Scouts of Troop No.
27 will make a town-wide
canvass of the town on Sat
urday morning, September
22, for old paper.
The people of the town are
asked to cooperate with the
lads by saving and bundling
their old newspapers, maga
zines and other old papers
lor the pick-up Saturday
morning.
Committees Listed
For P.-T. A. Work
This School Year
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Busy Season Ahead For Or
ganization with Old and
INew Problems
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With most of its old problems
still around and some now ones
shaping up the Williamston Par
ents-Teachers Association will be
gin its work for the 1951-52 scho
lastic year with a meeting of the
executive committee composed of
the officers and the chairmen and
vice chairmen of the various com
mittees, in the library room of the
high school at 7:45 Thursday eve
ning, it was announced today.
Committees for the coming year
have been named as follows:
Program: Miss Mary Whitley,
chairman, Mrs. D. R. Davis, vice
chairman, Fitzhugh Fussell, Mrs.
Joseph Griffin, Miss Lamina Bak
er and J. D Page.
Membership: Mrs. J. C. Cooke,
chairman, Mis. Urbin Rogers, vice
chairman, A. J. Manning, Mrs. W.
I. Skinner, Mrs. W. E. Thornton,
Mrs. W. T. Ross and Mrs. R. L.
Coburn.
Hospitality: Miss Margaret Mc
daniel, chairman, Mrs. J. I) Page.
Mis. O. D. Stalls, Mrs. B. G. Ste
wart, Mrs. Marvin Britton. Mrs.
D. C. McLawhorn and Mrs. Wil
liam Everett.
Publications: Mrs. W. R. Glov
er, chairman, Mrs. J. Edward
Corey and Mrs D. V. Clayton.
Finance: Mrs. Irving Margolis,
chairman, Mrs. R. W. Bondurant,
W H. Sessoms, Mrs. R. n. Elliott,
J. C. Eubanks, and Mrs. W. 11.
Cai starphen.
Publicity: F. M. Manning, chair
man, B G Stewart and Mrs. W.
H. Abernathy.
Transportation: Mrs. W. M.
Baker, chairman, Mrs. A. J. Man
ning, Mrs. C. I Harris. Mrs Har
rell Everett and Mrs. J. H. Har
rell.
Other committees will be set
up following the meeting of the
executive committee Thursday
evening.
The two top officers of the as
sociation have been in casts be
cause of broken bones or under
doctor’s care for other ailments
a majority of the summer. Offi
cers are: Lee Reynolds, president,
Mrs. John 1,. Goff, vice-president,
Mrs. Hoke Roberson, treasurer,
and Mrs. Asa Crawford, secretary.
The first meeting of the associa
tion will be held on Monday eve
ning, September 24, at 7:45, in the
Grammar School auditorium, a
get-aequainted social period with
refreshments to follow the brief
business session.
The association meetings were
well attended on an average last
year and all parents and friends
of the school are urged by the as
sociation leaders to join the move
ment for better school-home re
lations and the general advance
ment of the school program.
Work Progressing
On River Bridge
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Work on (ho rebuilding of the
Chowan River Bridge is progress
ing fairly well, according to Su
perintendent Goodrich, Martin
County man, who was pulled off.
t-iC ,/ot> this week to so/ vc as a
member of the superior court
jury.
Mr. Goodrich said that plans
arc being made to block both
highway and river traffic there 1
for four days, beginning October
2. The route will be closed to traf
fice while the large draw is shift
ed to traffic while the large draw
is shifted to a new site, about
250 feet away, where it will be
used while a new draw is erect
ed. The present draw will not be
dismantled, Mr. Goodrich ex
plaining that it will be loaded on
barges and floated to the tempor
ary site.
Ilus Eye Removed In
A I) nr hum II os pi Ini
Minga E. Rogers, farmer of
near Williamston, had his left
eye removed in a Durham hospi
tal last Friday The eye had been
giving him trouble for some time,
the sight having faded out about
fifteen years ago.
He is recovering and is expect
ed home the latter part of this
week. t *£•
Freedom Crusade
Motorcade Comes
To County Friday
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Will Make Short Stop In
Willianiston That
Morning
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The Crusade for Freedom Mo
torcade will arrive in Wililatns
(ston Friday morning September
21 at 10:30 and present a 45 min
ute program telling the citizens
of Martin County of the work
that is being done. The free winds
of Willianiston will launch one of
the scientific balloons which are
being used to send messages of
freedom to Red terrorized peo
ple in Europe and Asia. Radio
Station WIAM will broadcast
from the motorcade.
The Motorcade which is com
posed of a Chevrolet station wa
gon, furnished by the courtesy of
General Motors, equipped with a
public address system, portable
microphone and turn table and
a 1951 Ford flat bed truck, com
pliments of the Ford Motor Com
pany, will stop in front of Roa
noke and Dixie Warehouses. The
Motorcade is being sponsored by
the entire membership of the
local Junior Chamber of Com
mercy. The national Crusade for
Freedom is headed by General
Lucius Clay. George Cony is
local chairman for the Jaycecs.
The Motorcade will demonstrate
to the public how the freedom
weapons in the struggle against
the Communist tyranny actually
do pierce the Iron Curtain. Ra
dio Fro Europe and the “Winds
of Freedom" balloons will be
shown.
The need for each American
citizen to have the opportunity to
do something for freedom person
ally originated the Crusade for
Freedom. Last year 16,000,000
Americans signed Freedom Scrolls
and contributed $1,317,000. This
money has paid for Radio Free
Europe in Munich. A World Free
dom Bell in Berlin bearing Lin
coln’s inscription of “That this
World, under God, shall have a
new birth of Freedom” has been
placed.
Plans for a Radio Free Asia are
being made with the 1951 con
tributions. These broadcasts in
Europe and Asia are giving the
truth to the people and truth is
Communism’s deadliest enemy.
The Crusade is a non-profit or
ganization and is backed by the
leading men of our nation. Pres
ident Truman has said, “I hope
all Americans will dedicate them
selves to this critical struggle for
men’s minds.” General Dwight D.
Eisenhower said, "In the battle
for Truth, you and I have a def
inite part to play through the
Crusade for Freedom."
Twenty five million members
and 3 1-2 million dollars are need
ed for the 1951 Crusade When
asked to give, remember free
dom of men's minds is being of
fered for sale
Escapes Injury In
Sunday Accident
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Lawrence Eason Lilley, Martin
County young man, and five com
panions escapi d injury when the ir
ear, an Oldsmobfij-, was nree/a-ii
beyond repair near Wilson Sun
day afternoon.
Returning to Camp Stewart af
ter spending the week-end at
home, the group was riding along
when a ear pulled out of a side
road and caused the wreck. A
band aid was used to cover a mi
nor scratch. The boys were sup
plied with a second ear and they
continued the journey
Hunt Club Hires
Game Protector
State Game Warden S. W. Hog
erson of the upper end of Martin
County has been engaged by the
Conine Hunting Club to assist
County Game Protector C. A.
Manning in patrolling the river
and land in the club’s preserves.
The contract was entered into
and became effective Monday
evening. It was also announced
that Dr. Jas. H. Rhodes, Jr., Dr.
C. I. Harris, Jr., and R. J "Hob”
Peel, Jr., have been elected to
membership in the club.
Judge Raps Drunken
Driving And Perjur
Russell Williams
Succeeds Bulluck
As Jury Foreman
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Jmlfjc Henry Stevens Makes
Long Charge To Grand
Jury Monday
In an address, lasting more than
an hour Monday morning, Judge
Henry Stevens, presiding over
the current term of the Martin
County Superior Court, left no
doubt in the mind of the eighteen
members of the grand jury and a
packed courtroom as to his stand
on certain things. The jurist, mak
ing his thrid tour of this, the sec
ond N C Judicial District rap
ped drunken driving and per
jury, the judge explaining that
the law against lying was his pet
one.
Russell Williams, Roberson
ville business man, was named
foreman of the group to succeed
James Bullock who recently com
pleted a year of service as a
member and later as head of the
body Nine new members were
added to the jury, as follows:
Nathaniel Coltrain, Winford
Mobley, Rome Rogerson, Jr, C.
D. Pittman, S. C. Cowin, W E.
Everett, Milton James, J D. Ma
son and Ernest Knox. They are
to serve for a year.
Reporting at 11:00 o’clock and
after chatting with members of
the bar for about ton minutes,
Judge Stevens recalled the plea
sant relations he had with the
last Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and
declared it was a pleasure to re
turn to Martin County.
“I'll not talk about the ‘State of
the union’, ”, the judge said, ex
plaining that he dirt not know the
state of union and that few do.
“But it is good to be Americans
where trial by their peers is pos
sible regardless of whether one
is. rich or poor, white or black,”
Judge Stevens declared, pointing
out to the jurors they are a main
cog in the judicial system and
have an important job to do.
The judge outlines the duties
of the jurors, declaring they wore
bill finders and inspectors He
went into detail in outlining those
duties, and expressed pleasure
when he learned there is still a
home in this county for the aged
and infirm. He said he was not
in favor of closing county homes
and farming out the indigent at
$30 a month, an amount not suf
ficient to feed a mule. “The in
mates there have committed no
crime, and they are there on ac
count of circumstances beyond
their control, and but for the
grace of God it could be you or
me,” the jurist said It was ex
plained that no inspection of va
rious offices was necessary and
delayed a call for inspection of
the schools. Hi' instructed the
jury to call for a detailed report
on the condition of the school
busses.
He went on to define crime
groups, placing them in the as
-.aul!, larceny and statutory group
Reaching 1 ii< loth, gioup, Jud^e
Stevens opened up on the viola
lions surrounding the transporta
tion system, especially as it cen
ters around the automobile “De
spite all the plcasun it affords,
its utility and value in our way
of life, the automobile is the most
dangerous instrument we have
today. Many are riding to their
deaths,” the jurist said, pointing
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| MELTING
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More than one hundred
State leaders are planning to
atend the Democratic Wom
en's meeting in Washington
tomorrow, according to Mrs.
( has Mcakins of YVilliamston
who is chairman of the event.
Governor Kerr Scott and
Comptroller Lindsay C. War
ren and others will address
the meeting which will be
field at 112:30 o’clock m Knotty
Pine Inn. Martin County is to
he well represented, it was
learned.
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It was an ill wind that
blew Monday for I.camon
James, young colored man of
Jatnesville Township. Called
as a witness in the Dallas
James murder case, James
plagued the sheriff most of
the day, seeking permission
to go home. His plea denied,
James brushed into Judge
Henry Stevens during a 5
minute recess in the late af
ternoon. When the judge got
a whiff of* liquor on the man's
breath, James was ordered
held in contempt of court. He
was placed in jail over night.
Reports state that whiskey
odors permeated the air in
and around the courthouse
Monday, but only James blew
his breath the wrong way.
Gold Point Native
Dies In Hospital
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Mrs. Lillian Meeks Simpsin, 36,
wife of Leslie E. Simpson of neat
Robei sonville, died at 6:45 o'elnek
Monday morning at Duke Hospital
after three weeks of serious ill
ness. Funeral services will be
conducted at the home at 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon by the Rev.
J. M. Perry, Christian minister
of Robersonville. Burial will be
m the Robersonville Cemetery.
Mis. Simpson was a native of
the Gold Point community and
had lived there all her life. She
was the daughtci of the late W.
J. and Ida Clark Meeks and was
married to Leslie E. Simpson in
1933. She was a member of Ham
ilton Christian Church.
Surviving are her husband;
three daughters, Frances Thrcsa,
an dPeggie Joyce Simpson; three
sons, Delmus Earl, Bobbie Jean,
and Joseph Simpson ail of the
home; four sisters, Mrs. R. C. Gur
ganus, and Bessie Meeks, both of
Bear Grass. Mrs. G. L. Taylor of
Williamston, and Mrs. F. A. Nel- i
son oi Raleigh; two brothers, J. j
D. Meeks of Portsmouth, Va ,
and L. R. Meeks of Robersonville.
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Home Destroyed
By Fire Saturday
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Fire, said to have started in the
kitchen, destroyed the home of
Mr and Mrs. Steve Scott near
Oak City late last Saturday after
noon The stove was turned on
and the oil or gas leaked out be
fore it was lighted. The fire flar
ed up and spread to all parts of
the house in a very short time
Just about all ol the family's pos
sessions were burned, it was said.
Mr Scott, in poor health for
some time, had returned to a Dili j
ham hospital and was there at the
time. Mrs. Scott was with him,
leaving only the children at home.
No official report could be had,
but the loss is certain to have ex
ceeded $,r>,000 with comparative
ly little or no insurance in force
on the col, '
Citizens ol the community im
mediately circulated a petition to
extend aid to the family.
Wiiiiamston Boy
Relaxes In Japan
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Following mock invasion opera
tions aboard the attack cargo
ship USS Skagit, Robert G Har
rison, ship’s serviceman seaman
apprentice, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert G. Harrison of 132
Simmons Avo., Williamston, N. C.
is now enjoying a brief period of
relaxation and liberty in a Jap
anese port.
The Skagit participated in the
amphibious operations in the Far
East under simulated battle con
ditions. Elements of the 100th
Regimental Combat Team of the
40th Infantry Division were land
ed on beaches under aerial screen
ing provided by land-based fight
er planes from fields close-by
The operations were staged
through the combined efforts of
the Army, Navy and Air Force.
First Criminal
Case Is Cleared
In Court Today
Solicitor Fountain Plans
To Fall Firi»t Of Three
Murder Cases Today
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With one of the largest dock
ets facing it in several years, the
Martin County Superior Court
was off to a slow but determined
start yesterday morning, but it
only cleared the first criminal
case shortly before noon today.
The action came after eight other
cases had been continued, includ
ing the following:
Walter Barnes, non-support;
Dallas Johnson, non-support; Les
ter 1. Whitfield, drunken driving,
John Lewis Andrews, assault, Lu
ther G. Leggett, Jr., drunken
driving and hit-and-run; Collins
(Rudy) Smith, breaking and en
tering; Elbert Willis Midyettc,
drunken driving; M H. Hollis,
drunken driving.
Opening court at 11:00 o’clock
Monday morning, Judge Henry
Stevens of Warsaw addressed the
grand jury for an hour and nine
minutes, and by the time nine
new members were drawn for
the grand jury and excuses were
heard from the petit jurors, a re
cess for lunch was ordered at
12:40 o'clock
The case in which William
Richard Williams stands charged
with drunken driving was called
for trial soon after the noon re
cess at 2:20 o’clock and at 5:00
o’clock Monday afternoon theev
idence was completed, and an ov
ernight recess was called. Argu
ment to the jury was heard this
morning and Judge Stevens de
livered a strong charge to the
jury
Trailing considerably behind
its prepared schedule, the court
at noon today could tell little
about when order would be re
stored to the schedule. Solicitor
George Fountain said that a plea
was expected in the murder case
against James Henry (Slick) Wil
liams, young Negro who is charg
ed with brutally stabbing his
wife to death in Williamston on
August 2li It is expected that a
plea of murder in the second de
gree will be accepted if such a
plea is tendered, and it is likely
that the defense will jump at
such a plea Williams goes into
court with a bad reputation for
knife assaults and was released
from the reads on the very day
lie is alleged to have stabbed his
wife to death. It was rumored
that he had wi itten his wife, ad
vising that he planned to kill her
just as soon as he got off the
roads. The prosecution, aided by
Attorney Clarence Griffin, has
been unable to find the letter.
While the court itself was mak
ing little progress, the grand jury
was grinding out true bills in
numbers, including the following:
James Arthur Brown, Joseph
Biggs and James Rawls, forgery.
The three are involved in several
eases, the State maintaining that
they drew or aided and abetted
m drawing checks on a Williams
ton bank and purportedly signed
by II A Bowen and Horton.
Checks vgere drawn and cashed
in the amounts of $25, $12, $29,
$20 and $20.
Robert Bland and Elton Taylor,
km.-my of 1 000 burlap bags. v;.d
(Continned on page six)
Sufji’rs l oot Injury
it llontv In (rrijjins
Mrs. Claude Hardison was pain
fully hurt when she stuck a fair
ly sizable stick almost through
her foot at her home in Griffins
Township last Saturday. She is
undergoing an operation in a local
hospital.
GM.Ol UAGING
All encouraging report on
the recent band fund drive
was released today by Treas
urer I). V. Clayton. It was
explained that three-fourths
of the $2,000 goal had been
raised and reiNirted .that thir
ty canvassers are yet to re
port.
The treasurer is confident
that when all reports are sub
mitted, the drive will have
reached its goal, possibly with
a little to spare.