THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B*
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT*
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 91
if illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 22, l9ol
ESTABLISHED 1899
Start Recruiting For
Regional Blood Bank
tied cross Asking
For 300 Recruits
On December 13th
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I{»MTiiilers Say Prosper!!*
Encouraging for Third
Bloodmohile Visit
Working to meet a declared
emergency, Red Cross Recruiters
started this week to sign up three
hundred recruits for the bloodmo
bille when it makes its third visit
to this county on Thursday, De
cember 13, Early reports from
the recruiters were said to have
been very encouraging.
Quotas have ben tentatively ac
cepted in each of the townships
in the Martin County Red Cross
Chapter as follows: Jamesville,
40; Griffins, 30; Williams, 15;
Rear Grass, 30; and Williamston,
1H5. On the two previous trips,
the 314 blood donors came from
the five districts, as follows:
Jamesville, 10; Williams, 10; Farm
Life, 20; Bear Grass, 21; and Wil
liamston, 247 There were six do
nors who came in from outside
the chapter, declaring that they
wanted to help
On its first visit to the county
last March, the bloodmobile, op
erated out of the Tidewater Blood
Center in Norfolk, collected 186
pints of blood. On its second visit,
only 128 pints were collected. The
weather was extremely hot in
July when the second visit was
made and people were busy.
Recruiters Bill Spivey and
Wheeler Manning are confident
that 300 and even more can be
recruited for the third visit next
month.
It has been pointed out that
blood is taken only front those
who are physically fit to donate it
Many persons have given gal
lons of blood and have felt no ill
effect. Very little pain is occa
sioned when blood is taken from
the veins, and, in the final analy
sis, it is up to the individual to
decide if he or she will act to
meet a growing need and at the
current time, an emergency
Since the Martin County Red
Cross Chapter was admitted to
the regional blood bank program,
ronsiderable amounts of blood
have been returned to the area
A certain amount is held in read
iness at all times, and in emer
gencies, blood is brought in by
the Virginia and North Carolina
State Highway Patrol members
On one occasion, blood was flown
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Home Destroyed
By Fire Thursday
Fire, believed to have started
from a defective flue, destroyed
the home owned by R S. Critch
er and occupied by the James
Wiggins family on Washington
Street, just across the way from
the Williamston Peanut Company
plant, Thursday morning at 10:00
o’clock. Very few of the contents
were saved, the fire threatening
the lives of the mother and two
children and destroying virtually
all contents, including an humble
Thanksgiving dinner The father
was at work at a lumber mill
when the fire started.
The mother -aid the fire start
> •:i *,ii i’k t ’ * hen that it ■1 ■
so rapidly that she had to run
through fire to get out. By the
time an alarm was' sounded, the
fire could be traced by smoke.
Buildings on either side of the
four-room house were damaged
by fire and smoke, and it looked
at one time if a sizable section
of the block would be wiped out
before firemen could check it.
It was learned that the house
had much timber in it and that
the rooms had been papered
over paper several times, making
the structure like a powder house
The mother said the fire could
have burned no more rapidiy had
it been saturated with gasoline.
No insurance was carried on
the contents. No report could be
had immediately as to the amoun!
of the damage or if insurance was
carried on the huuse.
i TOY COLLECTION |
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Successfully sponsoring an
annual Christmas party for
needy tots, the local Jaycees
are again railing upon local
people for their support in
making the 1951 edition even
more successful.
A collection of discarded
yet serviceable toys will be
made Sunday afternoon from
12 until 5:00 o'clock. Any one
who can spare a toy, is asked
to place it on the front porch
where the Jaycees will pick
it up Sunday afternoon.
Superior Court
In Recess Until
Monday Horning
lew Chm‘8 Cleared from the
Caleiular First Three
Days of Term
After clearing comparatively
f('w cases from the calendar and
continuing a numbei of others,
the Martin County Superior Court
ordered a Thanksgiving recess
shortly before noon Wednesday.
Judge W H S Burgw.vn will op
en the second of the two-week
term next Monday morning. On- i
I Iv civil cases are being heard dur
I ing the term.
Proceedings not previously re- j
i ported:
In the case of William and Har
ry S. Peel and Margaret P. Davis
against H. M. Peel and Wells- J
Oates Lumber Company, the jury ,
awarded the plaintiffs a judg- j
merit in the sum of $308.52, :..:d
enjoined the defendant from cut
ting or removing any timber from
the 285-acre Winberry farm near
I Hamilton except to make neces
sary repairs or improvements,
and then only when authorized
! by court order.
I Asking for $152.50, Claude U.
I Savage was awarded a judgment
( in the sum of $42.50 in his case j
! against Herman Manning.
l.i the case of James Li 1 ley
i against L A. Glisson, in which
the plaintiff was asking $5,175
damages as a result of an automo
bile accident on the highway from
Butler's Bridge, the jury found
that the defendant was not negli
gent. and nothing was recovered.
A similai finding was recorded j
m the $1,351 damage suit brought
by George H. Leggett against the
same defendant.
In the case of J. G. Rogers
against D. M. Roberson, the Rob
ei si hi Packing Company was made
a defendant by order of file court.
The case of Fred Greer against
Roberson Packing Company was
settled by agreement.
Hold Funeral For
Mrs. Rillie Wynn
Funeral service.-- were conducted
at the home near Bear Grass Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
for Mrs. Rillie Terry Wynne who
died there early last Tuesday
. morning after thr ee weeks of
critical illness. She was a faithful
member of the Rose of Sharon
Free Will Baptist Church, and
her pastor, the Rev. C. D. Hamil
ton conducted the rites. Burial was
! in the Terry family cemetery,
near the home.
The uaughtei <>f the 'ate Gorge
R. and Betty Mizelle Terry, she
was born 70 years ago in the Bear
Class Community and spent all
her life there, marrying William
O. Wynn in early womanhood.
Surviving are four sons, J. D.
and W O. Wynn, Jr., of the Bear ,
Grass Ccmunity, Garland Wynn
of near Robersonville and John L.
WyAn of Everetts; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Stancil Jenkins of the
Oak Grove Community of Pitt
County, Mrs. Coon Cowan of Bear
Grass Community, and Mrs. Mar
vin Farmer of near Stokes; 23
grandchildren; four great-grand
children; iwo brothers, N. C. Ter
ry of St. Paul’s and Lonnie D.
Terry of Bear Grass; and two
sisters, Mrs. Maggie Whitehurst
I of Leggett's Crossroads and Mrs.
j Bessie Cowan of the Bear Grass
Community.
Identify Headless
Body As That Of
Former Resident
Relative* Advise^WnTo ,
Leads Been Established
In Brutal Murders
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Funeral services arc being held
Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the
graveside in the Providence Me
thodist Church Cemetery near
Chocowinity for Walter E. Barr,
local man, who was brutally mur
dered near Norfolk on or about
the 3rd of last month. The Rev.
Mr. Nickens will conduct the
rites. A companion, Mrs. Mamie
Smithwick, a native of Washing
ton and a resident of Norfolk for
a few months, was found murder
ed last October 6.
Barr’s headless body was found
last Tuesday not more than 200
yards from the spot where his
head was found on November 10
and hardly fifteen feet from a
heavily traveled road. The legs
were wrapped around a tree
stump and the body was in an
advanced state of decomposition.
It was sent to Richmond where
it was identified by medical ex
aminers. An arm break, suffered
in an accident seventeen years
ago, was found and the torso fit
ted the head, one report said.
An examination of the body’s
clothing revealed nothing of any
consequence. The pockets pro
duced only a handkerchief, finger
nail clipper and approximately 70
cents in change, Boldin said.
Tuesday’s find was made by J.
D. C. Rockefeller, of 214 Lenox
Avenue; C. K. Rockefeller, 318
Warren Street, and J K. Kearn,
of KFl) 2, Lynnhaven, who were
bird hunting at the time.
When police combed the area
unsuccessfully after Barr’s head
was found, County Police Ch.
J. E. Moore prophesied that the
body would be located as soon as
the hunting season opened. Tues
day was the opening day.
Hi.s widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Ho
ward Barr, Mr Furney Howard
and Mr and Mrs Gurney Howard
and son, William, visited Norfolk
Wednesday and talked with the
authorities. Relatives were advis
ed at that time that there had
been no new developments in
running down the brutal murder
er, but that everything possible
was being done to solve the mys
tery,'described as one of the most
baffling ever to confront police
there.
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Janesville Board
Gels Endorsement
When sixty-five Jamcsville cit
izens went into superior court this
week, asking for a town election,
the defendants, L W. Hardison,
mayor, and James Long and L. H
Hardison, board members, offer
ed a paper, purporting to show
that the official family was sat
isfactory and that no change was
necessary.
The endorsement was signed by
the following 74 citizens: Clara
Bell Lillie B. Currie, Luther
Clark, Doris Bedwell, Sally Mer
ritt, Mary H. Godard, Elbert Dav
enport, W. E, Stevenson, Edna
Stevenson, Maud Miz.elle. Jimmie
Price, Mrs. W R. Price, Mrs. Lu
ther Clark, James W. Bedwell,
Robert G. Tucker, Frances Wil
liams, F. C. Williams, Buck God
ley, Wilton L. Godard, Sarah H.
Godard, Sallie Gaines, Martha A
Hardison, Myrtle Girvin, E T.
Bedwell, Mrs Mary E Holliday,
L. H. Hardison, Lucia Long, Ed
win LilJey, Myrtle Liliey, Mrs.
Bryant Reason, Mrs. Herbert Wil
liams, Mrs. Eunice Williams, Car
roll Williams. W. J. Holliday, Jr.,
Mrs. Annie L. Holliday, S. H. Hol
liday, Pattie Holliday, Mrs. S. H
Holliday, J. H. Miz.elle, J. E.
Smithwick, Billy Clark. Henry
Girvin, J. K. Martin. E. L Mar
tin, Mrs. R. E. Holliday, R. E. Hol
liday, W. W Holliday, Mildred E.
Martin, J D Mizelle, R. C. Sex
ton, Mrs. R. C. Sexton, Mrs. H. A.
Sexton, Mrs. Geo. Baker, Mrs. C.
Davenport, Albert Martin, Marie
Martin, Glen Currie, J Earnie
Gardner, Mrs. Louise Gardner,
Esta Martin, Mrs. Thos. Martin,
Minnie M Hardison. Mrs. G. C.
Beard, Oliver P. Wolfe, Mrs. Gene
Bedwell, Melba Martin, Mrs. R. O.
Martin, Mi s. L. H. Hardison, Al- j
bert Williams, Golder II. Barbel l
and R. O. Mobley.
Second County Man Loses
His Hand In Corn Picker
Mark Bunting, young farmer of |
he Oak City a/ca, had his right I
“nri torn off in a corn picker
m the Roy Edmondson farm about
bur miles from Oak City last
Monday afternoon. He was the
iccond young farmer in this coun-1
y to have lost a hand in a corn j
sicker in less than a week. E. H.
Wanning, Jr., Griffins Township
ai mer, lost his left hand in a pick
's last Saturday under almost
dentical conditions. Manning is
’etting along very well in a local
mspital where the hand was am
putated at the wrist.
Mr. Bunting, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Bunting, was clearing
nit stalks that had choked the
machine when he got his hand
caught in it. A colored boy was
near him. bttf the lad, knowing
little about l ft. •■ownhu'.vr.c. only
stopped the tractor alter tne trial
and error method. The machine
was backed up to free the victim,
one report stating that it had lit*
ed him bodily from the ground
just before the tractor was stop
ped. Another report stated that
the victim got into his car and
drove to Oak City where he was
picked up and carried to a Tar
boro hospital. His hand was cm
putated at the wrist, l.ast reports
from the hospital stated he was
getting along as well as could bo
expected.
Mr. Bunting is married and they
have one child.
GINNINGS
All but deserted ' in this
county for a number of years,
cotton came back into its own
in Martin County this year.
Compared with that in other
areas, production is hardly
more than a couple of drops
in the bucket, but it is nearly
six times greater this year
than it was in 1950.
Answering the call for in
creased cotton production,
Martin farmers had produced
and ginned 1,557 hales of cot
ton up to the first of this
month as compared with 273
bales ginned from thr 1950
crop up to the first of Novem
ber, 1950, according to a re
port just released by Jos. R.
Norwood, district supervisor,
C. S. Department of Com
merce, Bureau of the Census-.
Hail Seal Bonds
Direct To Buyers
Mr. W. G. Peele, Seal Sale
■haiiman advises that unless oth
erwise requested, purchasers of
lie Tuberculosis Health Bonds
will not be solicited by personal
•ontact this year. All bonds will
be mailed to firms throughout
Martin County just prior to the
mailing of the little seals. This
method was adopted out of con
sideration for the contributors
who were generous and forcbear
ng even though calls were, of
necessity, made during business
nours.
The bond sale is a large part of
I he Christmas Seal Sale and any
one purchasing a bond is entitled
to as many seals as the dollars
they spend. Purchasers are asked
to use seals on all holiday mail
and post the bond in a eonspir
jous place in order that everyone
may see that the purchasers arc
aking part in a program vitally
■ffeeting the health and welfare
if the community. Remember. 80
percent of all seal sale funds are
■spent right here in Martin County.
The 1951 Christmas Seal Cam
aaign for $3,000 is now officially
underway and will continue
through December 25. Mr. Peele
lays that every indication points
o a successful drive, especially
n view of the fact that a second
free mass chest X-ray survey
s planned for January, 1952 which
will be partially supported by the
tuberculosis Committee of Mar
tin County.
Approximately 350 letters con
taining ’Tuberculosis Bonds and
2500 appeal letters containing lit
tle Christmas Seals were mailed
tii firms and individuals through
,ut the County.
Hamilton Native
Died In Virginia
Tuesday Evening
Funeral Held Thursday In
Hamilton For .Mrs. W.
Herbert Everett
Mrs. Paulino Johnson Everett, a
native of Hamilton, died at her
home Tuesday evening at 9:20
o’clock in Portsmouth’s Mary
View Hospital, where she had
been a patient. Undergoing an
operation about two years ago,
she had been in declining health
since that time, her condition hav
ing been critical for several
months.
The daughter of Mrs. Mary Kd
mondson Johnson and the late
Henry S. Johnson, Sr., she was
born December lit, 1908, and spent
most of her life in Hamilton, Al
ter completing her education m
the local schools, she attended a
Raleigh business college and wa'
associated with her father in the
operation of Johnson -Matthews
Company, Hamilton mercantile
firm, for a number of years Fol
lowing her marriage to W. Her
belt Everett five years ago, slu
located m Portsmouth, Va , where
she made many friends and wa;
active as a member of the South
Street Baptist Church until de
dining health forced her retire
ment. She joined the Hamilton
Baptist Church in early youth and
was active in its service program
and all worthwhile community
undertakings there until she mov
ed to the Virginia city Mr Ever
ett died a year ago, last Friday.
Surviving besides her mother,
are a sister, Mrs Sidney Sitterson
of Portsmouth; and one brother,
Henry S. Johnson, Jr , member of
the Martin County Hoard of Com
missioners.
Funeral services were held in
the Hamilton Baptist Church
Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
by the pastor, the Rev E. R. Ste
wart, assisted by the Rev. N W
Ellis, pastor of the church in
Portsmouth. Interment was in
the family plot in the Hamilton
Cemetery.
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Marriage Licenses
Issued In County
Several marriage licenses were
issued recently in this county to
the following:
Robert T Hardison of James
ville and Thelma Coltrain of Wil
hamston.
James L. Culliphcr of RED 3,
Wilnamston and Shirley Faye Da
venport of Williarnston.
Santa Will Bring, Favors
For Kiddies November 28
Santa Claus is busy packing for
his trip to Williamston next Wed
nesday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock,
A1 Sweatt, executive director of
the Williamston Boosters, an
nounced today. The jolly good fel
low will distribute favors to all
the little folks at that time, and
pick up letters addressed to him.
Santa will be met by the high
school band, and hundreds of
children are expected to greet
him. The main street will be
blocked to traffic from Smithwick
to the Haughton Street stoplight,
and Santa will establish tempor
ary headquarters for only a few
I
i
minutes in front of the hi Ik 1 vt< i
and Leder stores, Mi. Sweatt ex
plained The band will march up
the street at 3 45 o’clock. The ok
gentleman will be brought intc
town on a fire truck, and the old
er children and adults, too, art
asked to considei the litth tot.
and not crowd them out. AI
children in this entire section art
invited to greet Santa, and havt
thier letters ready for him.
Plans for the installation of hoi
iday lights on the main busines.
streethave been completed ant
they are to lie turned on during
Santa's visit.
New North-South
Route Thirteen Is i
Facing Opposition
J Omni ■ |*r**• v
tative Says Koulr W ill
Not Im ilo I raffic
The plan to establish a new U.
S. north-south highway route
through this year is meeting with
strong opposition in various areas
from Elizabeth City right on
down into South Carolina, accord
ing to a report just released by
Henry Callahan of the Ocean
Highway Association. It is now
considered likely that the associa
tion will take concerted action to
maintain the Ocean Highway
against all comers.
Callahan declared that the as
. sociation had spent considerable
money and worked diligently to
build up and maintain the Ocean
Highway as one of the main
north-south arteries, that while
the association would not oppose
any section in getting out and
working up a new route, it did
not consider infringement by the
newly proposed extension of No.
13 just right.
"It is proposed to divide the
traffic near Little Creek, divert
it inland and then run it over the
Ocean Highway for about thir
teen miles, shift it inland again
and carry it through Lumberton
into South Carolina, stopping it
somewhere about Marion,” Cal
lahan said. "Now, if the propori
cuts will go north, drum up more
'traffic and move it south and
| back over their own route, we
j could not complain,” the Ocean
Highway representative said
It was pointed out that the as
sociation had spent a great deal
of money making the Ocean High
way one of the main north-south
routes, that the route is gaining
on U. S. Nos. 1 and 301 Mr. Cal
lahan was quoted as saying that,
"The proposed No. 13 extension
is hardly feasible over the type
of roads it would be routed in
many areas, that the roads would
be torn to pieces under the heavy
traffic, that millions of dollars
would be required to condition
them for heavy ti affie.”
It could not be learned if a
hearing is to he held, but the
Ocean Highway Association with
head quarters in Wilmington. Del
aware, will carry its case before
the proper authorities, Callahan
said.
The proposed extension of
Route No. 13 has been endori -d
by officials in a goodly number
of counties and towns in this
and other states.
Extension of U. S Highway 13
was authorized this week by the
American Association of State
, Highway Officials, according to
unofficial information reaching
i here yesterday However No. 13
is being extended only as fai south
as Wind so i at the present tune,
according to the unofficial report
No. 13, beginning in New England,
is being extended from its pre
sent southern terminus at Bowers
| Hill, just west of Norfolk, to
I Windsor where it will form a
junction with U. S 17. From Bow
ers Hill it takes U. S Routes 58
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Library Program
For Local P.-T. A.
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Mis;; Li Pearce, Elementary
School Supervisor, and Miss Vel j
I,a Collins, i a (Jl iil'iii'o > u A iiiia/os j
ton High School, will discuss the!
budding ;.f the e.U-.tncntury school |
library up to standard require
ments for a No, 1 rating at the
November meeting of the Wil
liamston Parents-Teaehers Asso
ciation to be held in the high
school auditorium Monday i'vcn
ing, November 2(i, at 1:45 o'clock
Misses Pearce and Collins will
explain what the school itself is
doing and suggest what the P T
A and other organizations can do
to help in the effort. Miss Mary
Whitley is chairman of the pro
gram Committee and J I). Page is
to be in charge of the Monday
evening program.
Those who have not already
joined the Parents-Teacher Asso
ciation are urged to come prepar
ed to join Monday evening us the
membership committee will need
to get its report oil to state head
quarters by December 1.
Jamesville Officials
Submit Resignations
CROWD EXPECTED |
Sponsoring a dance here
next Monday night hi the
Planters' Warehouse, featur
ing Claude Thornhill, his pi
ano and orchestra, the YV'il
liamston Jaycees are making
special arrangements to care
for the largest crowd ever to
attend a dance here, it was
announced today.
Thornhill and his band
were featured by Look Maga
zine, national publication, as
the hand of the year.
Two Pianists In
Concert Climax
Tuesday Evening
Evrnl Kitltnl IJcM In Series
Offrrtn! Its ( oiiimiiuilY
( amcert Croup
With a bi imant ill play of pian
istio fireworks by the two Tclt
schik brothers, Alfred and Her
bert, the first m 1951-512 series
if the Martin County Community
L'oneei t Association concerts was
Hivcn Tuesday evening in the
Willianiston High School Audi
torium.
The first part of the concert
consisted primarily of the more
icrious type music, featuring
.corks by Bach, Hrahms, Milhaud
Kaehmaniofl and Strauss The
ast number before the interims
don was an arrangement of
Straus waltzes, and, like the ear
iier part of the program, was ex
pertly played by the two Texas
.Mothers
Following the intermission, the
first work on the program was |
he Hondo Dapriccioso" by Men-I
lelssohn Following this were two
^impositions by Debussy; the
Danse Internale, from the "Fire
Bird Suite”, by Stravinsky; the
dalop, from ' Masquerade”, by
Khachaturian; “La Comparsa", by
an uona and 1 as; t'.- 'Hungarian
thapsody, No 1!” These numbers |
ompleted the planned part of the
.■oneert.
Heing brought back on stage by
iver whelming applause, the Telt
.clucks proceeded with a program
if encores which left the audience
.pelibouud,* always asking for
just oik- more and undoubted
y leaving the magic fingers of
he pianists, virtually exhausted,
low after bow was taken and the
ax encore numbers came in this
inter: "Jamacian Khuinba",
Khachaturian’s "Sabre Dance",
‘Brazil”, Cole I’m his "Begin the
feguin”, "Malegueiia" and De
Falla’s "Ritual Fire fiance” All
.he encores were dazzingly per
oi inert and the concert by the
,wo pianists finished just as
itrong at the end, as i! was when
t started
Music- lovers attending the eon
,-ert Tuesday evening most eer
lainly had a "field day" at this
list concert, of ttie season, and
f succeeding ones prove enjoy
ilile, the concerts are assured of
i permanent "berth” in William
don.
The next, and second, eoneert
if tin season will he on January
25, 195‘2, with Michael Rhodes,
baritone Reported.
"Care For Korea"
Drive Nears End
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The care ioi Korea Drive will
end this week with light good
•iticcess Man' donations, though
small, have been cheerfully giv
en because the givers wanted to
share in the "fare" of those suf
fering people.
Willianiston has about been cov
ered but the Home Demonstra
tion reports are not yet in so no
estimate can be given at this time
on the size ot the collection.
The Jamesville Woman’s Club
is making a concerted drive to
raise a certain quota and it is
practically assured that they will
go over the top. This club which
ha: not been organized but a short
while, is giving this drive a great
concern.
Special Election
Will Be Held As
Soon As Possible
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No Provision \Ia»l«* for llw
It<‘liraOfficers To
Receive Pay
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Jamesville’s present officers—
Leslie W. Haruison, mayor, and
Luther Hugh Hardison and James
Lone, commissioners voluntarily
resigned their posts at a hearing
in the Martin County Superior
-Court Wednesday morning, pav
ing the way for a special election
mi which a mayor and five com
missioners are to be selected by
ballot.
The ease, carried into court
In sixty five citizens as plaintiffs
and calling for an election, reach
ed a surprise climax when the of
ficials tendered their resignations
and made no objection to a spec
ial election, the defendants de
claring that they had no desire
to serve the town except by the
will of the people.
There was no evidence of an
imosity, the plaintiffs pointing out
that they merely wanted an elec
tions, and the defendants explain
ing why no primary and general
elections were held under a new
law enacted in March, 1951, by
the Noi til Carolina General As
sembly
No judgment, was drawn im
mediately in the case and no of
ficial record wil be entered in
the ease before early next week.
In accordance with instructions
of the court, machinery will be
set up for holding the special
primary and general elections,
that they are to Ik- held as soon
as possible If thi usual election
procedure followed, four weeks
will he set aside for a registration
(>f nev\ electors before the pri
mary with notice to follow, nam
ing a date for the general town
election.
Judge W H S Burgwyn, gear
ing Hu pleadings, explained that
he did not have the authority to
determine tin- amount of remun
eration, if any, for the officials,
hut intimated that it was up to
the of fit nils to determine the
amount, if any.
The registrations, announced by
the present officials, are to be
come cffccti'. ;• only after due no
tire baa be n published in at least
four public places m the town
for ten days Nothing*was said
about who is to administer the
attains oi the town during the
period fiimi the date the resigna
tions become effective and the
time the new ofieials are duly
inducted into ofiee.
Judge Burgwyn, asking about
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Observe Holiday
Without Accident .
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According to preliminary re
ports reaching here from law en
forcement officers and the high
way patrol, Thanksgiving Day was
obser ved without an accident on
the streets and highways and in
fields and woods. The day was
marred i'oi one family when fire
wiped out its home and just about
all it- earthly ,tlelongings.
Hunters reported from fair to
good luck, ,i tew netting nothing
while others shot the limit.
With the exception of a few
mills, business came to a definite
halt m the town, but farmers tak
ing advantage of perfect weather
conditions, were busy with the
peanut harvest.
Crime was rampant in parts of
the nation, but only three arrests
were made in this county during
the day. Harvey C. Boyd was mur
dered in his home near Chocowin
itv and Mrs. Boyd was kidnapped
but unhurt b.v Lafayette Miller,
23-yeur-old Negro on parole from
a burglary sentence. Patrolmen,
making a light and license inspec
tion in Pitt County, stopped Mil
ler to check his driver’s license
and heard Mrs Boyd scream. She
was m the trunk of the car. Millc
ei was removed to State's prison,
Raleigh.