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Making Last Call P or Blood Donors To Report To Red Cross Blood)}while Centerln Legion Hut Here Tomorrow 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 —-■ ---== . ...a VOLUME LIV—NUMBER loo Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Thursday, Drcembrr I-I. 19.> i ESTABLISHED I JVM) Superior Court Closed Term At Noon Yesterday IVw Persons Present for Last Proceedings: Three Divorces Are Granted Completing its work at noon ycslerday, the Martin County Su perior Court folded its tent and quietly stole away. Sixteen criminal cases were cleared from the docket, including several stubborn drunken driving actions Eight cases were continu ed for one reason or another, the list including murder charges against Gus Andrews and Cas tannie Sutton. Andrew's is at lib erty under $300 bond The Sutton woman's bond, fixed at $5,000 when she was arrested, was low ered by court order yesterday, but that amount was not raised and the defendant continued in jail. Her trial, delayed on account of the illness of a material wit ness, is now slated to be called in March. Proceedings not previously re ported: Frank Ottis Ussery, charged with drunken driving, was found not guilty in one of the compara tively few cases reaching the jury. Pleading guilty of receiving goods alleged to have been stolen, G. B. Whitfield was sentenced to the roads for tw»o years. The road term was suspended upon the payment of a $200 fine and costs, and the defendant goes on probation for three years. The drunken driving case against Burtis C. Nelson w'as con tinued. Robert A. Wzorek and Robt. Swanke, the two young boys who broke into and robbed Harris Brothers’ filling station near Wil liamston last October, pleaded guilty ,and were sentenced to pri son for not less than four and not more than six years. The two lads, one from Missouri and the other from New Jersey, tried to saw their way out of jail late last night, but they made little pro gress. 1 Grover Barber, charged with ar. assault with a deadly weapon, was found not guilty. Found guilty of drunken driv ing, Elbert Willis Midyette was lined $175 and taxed with the costs. Pleading guilty of forcible tres pass, Ben Biggs was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of the costs He is to remain of good behavior for two years, remain off the premis ts oi Virginia Hunter and molest her in no way during the next two years. Going into court with a splen did record, Claude Bryant, charg ed with drunken driving, was found not guilty. Collins (Rudy) Smith, charged with breaking and entering, fail ed to answer when called and pa pers were issued for his arrest. The ease in which Pi ince Lynch was charged with robbery, was nol prossed with leave. It was pointed out that the prosecuting witness, Eddie Franklin, was not in court. Franklin had charged the defendant with robbing him of $100. The case in which Henry A. Gray is charged with drunken driving, was continued for the defendant until the next March term. Three divorces, all based on two years of separation, were granted the following: William N. licaSlcy from Cora S. Beasley, Henneth Earl Siyant from Doris Bowers Bryant, and , (Continued on Page Eight) Secure Outside His Home and Car; Farmer Jesse Crisp was all locked out Tuesday. Hurrying to get into the court house where he had been called as a witness, he left his keys in the car switch, slammed the door and automatically locked himself out. He called friends in Oak City for another set of car keys Mrs. Crisp had gone away, too, leaving the home locked. The locked-out combination was finally solved after a delay of ■ hours. Peanut Plant Swamped W ith Deliveries Here lleeeiitly There have been gluts, to be sure, but not in many seasons, if ever, have peanuts moved to the Williamston market in greater volume than they have during the past two weeks At one time last week there were as many as thirty large trucks waiting at the plant of the Williamston Peanut Company to have their large cargoes unloaded. Farmers have been asked to slow down the deliveries, and a limitation on grading sin vice schedules has been invoked by the government. Farmers are assur ed that there’ll be a market for every bag with no sagging prices going into effect. Investigate Possibility 01 Replacing Burned Plan l Wounded In Korea, Soldier Volunteers To (live Blood | A Martin County young man j who has .just returned from a | year's lighting in Korea he- con ■ tacted the Blood Donor Recruit ment Committee here and volun I teered to donate a pint of hlood at the vis.t of the Uloodmobile here i tomorrow. Sgt. 1st Class Edward Earl 1 Mobley returhed to his homo in I Hamilton for a thirty day leave, land immediately upon hearing ol | the lagging drive for blood donors jin this area he volunteered to do nate. Sgt. Mobley was wounded jin both knees during the Korean lighting. Sgt. Mobley states that the sup ply of fresh blood for wounded soldiers in Korea is scarce and he is glad to be able to be at home and help furnish blood for his comrades who are still lighting in Korea. He further states that the Red Cross Blood Program lias played a big part in furnishing blued for members on the fighting front, and has saved many lives. It seems that if a man who has faced the enemy for a year, suf fered serious wounds, and is now willing to give his blood for this program that a lot of able bodied men and women here on the home front should realize the impor tance of this program, both for the people at home and the Aim ed Services overseas There is still time to call any member of the Recruitment Committee and get an appointment for the visit tomorrow. The bloodmobile will be at the Legion Hut on Watts Street from 10:00 a. m. until 4:00 p. m., and volunteers may report direct to the center and donate a pint of blood even though they have no appointment. STORK HOURS Beginning nexl Wednesday, Williair.ston stores will re main open until 9:00 o’clock each evening, it was announc ed by the director of the Wil iiamslon Boosters. The late closing hour will be observed through December 24. It was also announced that local business houses will ob serve a two-day Christmas holiday, the 25th and 20th. New Year's Day will also be observed as a holiday. Thirty-Five Cases On Court Docket ----— Idle while the superior tribun al was in session this week, the ; Martin County Recorder's Court will resume its work next Mon day. Thirty-five eases had been placed on the docket up until yesterday afternoon for trial next Monday. Eight persons are charged with operating motor vehicle! without drivers’ licenses, six with speed ing. five with public drunkenness, four with drunken driving, two I each with assauit.s with deadly weapon, violating the liquor laws, i non-support and careless and reckless driving, and one each with temporary larceny and as sault. The court is planning no session on the day before Christmas, but will work on the iasl day of the year. Delayed In Qualifying As Practicing Attorney Friends were waiting around and the court was all set to ad minister the oath, but the promis ing young lawyer, Ned Everett of Robersonville, advised that his law license had been misplaced, and the ceremony had to be post poned yesterday afternoon in su perior court here. He hopes to recover his creden tials and accept the oath possibly sometime next month. Achievement Day Program Saturday 4-H Club members from all parts of Martin County Will as semble in the Courthouse in Wil liamston next Saturday at 2 o’clock for their annual Achive ment Day Program. The principal speaker will be the Reverend .J Don Skinner of Williarr.ston Other special guests who will participate in the pro gram are Miss Edith Rogerson, former 4-H Club member of Bear Grass; Robert W. Parker of Mac clesfield, past president of the State 4-H Club Council, and Miss Margaret E. Clark, assistant State 4-H Club leader. Awards for outstanding 4-H Club work will be presented, re ports concerning county activities wiii be made by club members, and the 1952 County Council offi cers wil be installed, it w'as an nounced today by S. A. Tuten, Jr., assistant Martin County farm agent. Officer: Return With Prisoners Wanted for abandonment, Wil liam Jenkins and Willis Griffin, both colored, were returned late yesterday from Baltimore and New York to face Judge R. T Johnson in the county court next Monday. Jenkins, seeking refuge in the Maryland city, is alleged to have deserted his wife and three child ren. Thinking he was as snug as a bug in a rug while with the millions in New York, Griffin found his freedom cut short when police once got on his trail. Learn ing his address, the sheriff’s of fice here wired New York police Monday. Three hours later the police wired back, advising that Griffin had been picked up and would not fight extradition. Deputies Raymond Rawls and J Joe Blythe made the tiip north j for the two men. Owner Expresses Hope New Plant Can Be Erected -- Town Anxiously Availing Drrisiou I,\|mcI<mI In INrxl Two Weeks Darkened when fire wrecked the huge plant of the Wclls-Oates lumber mill on Fast Main Street here late last Monday night, the town's economic front was bright eneri a bit today when one of the company owners, li. II Oates, was reported to have expressed the hope that a smaller but more mod ern mill could replace the old one However, it was clearly pointed out that no plans have been made to build a new plant, that a dei i j sion hardly could be expected j within the next two or three weeks. It goes without saying that the approximately 85 former em ployes at the mill, the fifty or sixty others depending upon its logging operations for employ . ment and the whole town are | anxiously awaiting a decision, i looking to the restoration of the j business. Representatives of the fire in surance companies inspected the j ruins yesterday, but no report was filed immediately on the' loss which rated at about one ^ quarter million dollars and the; largest in the town’s fire records. ‘ Mi Oates, reported to be con sidering the possibility of replac ing • mill, pointed out that this! was «n ideal site for a plant, and that if his company found il im possible to rebuild, that possibly someone else would establish a plant here. During the meantime, il is un derstood that tire management is' making a survey of the markets and conditions in an effort to de termine its future action. Most of the woi kers burned out of their jobs Monday night were out looking for work early the next morning. A few found em ployment, but others were stand ing idle around the wrecked plant today. About a dozen men were at work on the lumber yard at the plant this morning. Hear Cruati P.-T. .4. To Meet On Monday Night — — The Bear Grass P.-T. A. will hold its monthly meeting Monday night, December 17, at 7:30 in the school auditorium. All parents and teachers are urged to attend. r COLD SWEEP I Alter enjoying the very best weather even Florida has to offer, this section button ed up tight in the face of a cold sweep that sent the mer cury tumbling down this week. A low of 23 degrees was reported this morning about 6:30 o’clock. The mercury, battling against a bright sn.'i, started yielding as the day wore on, but cold weather is promised for tomorrow when the wave is expected to have spent i most of its fury. Making Preparations For Conducting X-Ray Survey Dr. J. W. Williams, County Health Officer, has announced I the arrival of Flay W. Sellers, health educator, with the N. C. State Hoard of Health and Miss Iris Turlington, secretary, to he gin promotional and educational work for the Mass X ra.v Survey to he held in Marlin County Jan uary 1 I through February 2, 1052. Paul Johnson, Negro health edu cator, will an ive on Deeembei hi. to work with all Negro groups and organizations This Free Chest X-ray Survey is made possible by the local health department in conjunction with the Martin County Tubercu losis Association and (ho N (' State Board o! lloalth. Everyone 1!) years ol ai’o and older will havo an opportunity to get this Free Che- t X ray in an ol tort to control tuberculosis. Cheater em phasis will bo placed in gutting our tilde: population X-iayed in order to protect the future health of our children and grandchil dren. He also pointed out the sim piieitv ot an X-ray takes only a few minutes, no undressing, and it doesn't cost a cent. Everyone is encouraged to stress the im portion e ol this survey with then family and neighbors. Former Resident Dies In Hospital The Rev Dennis W;imin T);.\■ i< a former resident of this county, died in a Washington hospital Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock following a short illness. He was born in Pitt County 50 years ago on September 12, 1901, the son of Dennis W. and Mary Johnson Davis. He entered the ministry 2! years ago and was a graduate of Johnson Bible Col lege, Knoxville, Tenn During his residence in this county he pastured the churches at Cross Roads and Macedonia and preached at Poplar Chapel, near Jamesvdle, ioi a number of years Moving to Plymouth a few years ago, he was pastor of the churches at Powell's Point and Union Grove at the time of his death. Surviving are his widow; three sons, Dennis Ashley Davis, stu dent at Johnson Bible College, Tenn.; David Kludge Davis of I Plymouth, Wayne Warren Davis of Plymouth; one daughter, Ruth Elaine Davis of Plymouth; five sisters, Mrs. Marcia Stepney of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. Eva Wood ley of Creswell, Mrs. Hilda Finch of Nashville, Tenn Mrs, Eliza beth Bryant of Baltimore, Mis. John Forrester of South Carolina. Funeral services are being held at thi‘ Poplar Chapel Church of Christ this afternoon at 2 ok lock, by the Rev. Richard Gardner of Roper, assisted by the Rev D W Arnold of Washington. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery in Washington. Special Guests At Lions Meet —»— The personnel handling the Jh d Cross Bloodmobile work art to be special guests of local lions at the club’s regular meeting this evening, it was announced by President Ben D. Courtney today. Miss Rawls, registered nurse, heads the group of nine handling the unit. The bloodmobile personnel, working in Washington County today, will come here late this af ternon to spend the night and be I ready fin’ the unit appointment in I the Legion Hut on Watts Street i tomorrow. 11 TO SING CAUOI S | vj Singing ol Christmas carols l»v the entire group will fea ture the meeting of the \\ it liamston I'.-T. A. Monday evening at 7:45 in the (iram mar Sehnol auditorium. The group singing will he under the direelion ol Miss Ann Royster with Mrs, Sophia Criteher as aeeompaiust. The meeting is being held a week ahead of the regular ly seheduled date because the regular time falls on Christ mas eve. Youth Painfully Hurt In Accident —«— Howard Karl Peele, 15-yeai old colored boy of Oral Wi 11lamston, was painfully bill believed not [badly hurt, and two others were 1 lightly bruised wheti a HJ41I i Chevrolet pick-up turned over j about !i:45 o'clock hist evening on Highway 12a a short distance this j side ill Abbitt’s mill The victim j suffered a nose injury and his i mouth was badly cut, one report saying that lie’ll likely lose most ; of Ins front teeth. The truck, driven by a cousin, j James Karl Peele. 10, was travel | trig toward Wiliiamston when the left front wheel ran off, throwing the machine out ol control. Tin vehicle made on< complete turn and slopped on it left side. A third hoy, riding in the middle, was tin first to climb out the dooi window on the top side At 11 o’clock last night the vie tim had been unable to get a doc tor. Domugi to tin truck, belonging to Roosevelt Peele, was estimated 1 at. $150 by Patrolman 13. W Park er who made the investigation. Ur I m ns lo 11 ns/ii I ill llnr I nr ( illllilllinl I ri alinrnI Quite ill since suffering an at tack a week ago, Mr. C li Clark, Sr , local druggist, was transfer re I from a Rocky Mount hospi tal late yesterday afternoon to Brown’s Community Hospital here* for further treatment His condi tion wa. reported somewhat im proved tins morning. Two Youths Try To lhvak—()iit. 01 Jail r om; ,M\i;n l'l» until shortly hr loro noon today, 011c hundred .md ninety nervous had pledged to give blood when the Red , (row blood mobile comes here tomorrow. The number falls about one hundred short of what the recruiters had hop ed for, and means that the unit will collect hardly more than 150 or Hill pints of blood unless volunteers make im promptu visits to the center at the legion hut on Watts Street between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. Donors are asked to eat no food within three hours of the time they are to give blood. Grand Jury Files Quarterly Report In Superior Court I itr> lilsti'lirlrtl To Point Out Nci-dcil Krpairs Vl < ’on 111> I tome Completing their work las! Monday, lvu'iubera of the Martin County 11rand Jury .submitted their quarterly report to Judge Walter J. Hone, and recessed un til next March with the under sUpiding that they are to be re called into special session should it he necessary Few special ses sions id' a grand jury have been held m this county The jury was instructed to point out to the proper authorities re pairs needed at the county home. The report, filed over the name of li K. Williams, foreman, reads in detail; All bills of indictment present ed were passed on by us. The report of the Justices of the Peace were checked and found filed with the Clerk id' Court and all fines paid to the County Trea surer. We found the County Jail clean and m good condition There were two white male inmates, six col ored male and i colored female inmates. We cheeked the County Home and found that the rear steps had not yet been repaired Nor had the outbuildings been painted as had been previously recoin mended Floors of the bathrooms and the floor of one room in TIi - division are in need of paint The TB Ward has one white man, four colored men and seven colored women Other inmates of the sunitorium include four white women, one colored woman, four colored men and three white men We have cheeked the report submitted by Patrolman R 1‘ Nai l on of the Highway Patrol which show's that all school busses wen- cheeked Nov 2t> 27, 1951, and put m condition at that time. We examined the office of the Clerk of Court and found it to be in excellent condition with guard ians’ reports and accounts filed as required Held F uneral F or James A. Hassell —*— Funcarl services are being con ducted this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Cedar Hill iiaptist Church near heie for James Aaron Hassell, respected colored citizen and farmer, who died ia i Sunday night at his home on the Williamston Hear Grass Road His pastor, the Rev. F. K. Lea thers, will conduct the rites and interment will be in the family cemetery. He was fill years old, and farm ed all bis life in this county, liv ing at peace with his fellowman mid leading a useful and exem plary life. His condition had been ritical following a stroke suffer ed last Thanksgiving day. Surviving are his widow; eight .'hildren .thrity-three grandchild en and eight great-grandchild cn. Apparently Made Plans To Attack Jailer Roy Pee! Kol)l»<‘r> Sum<mI Our Bar Halt' In Two Be fore ITlirsdav An attempted break from the Martin County jail, apparently carrying serious intentions, was toiled by officers late Tuesday night. Tried in the superior court earl ier in the day and sentenced to prison for not less than four and not more than six years, two young white boys formerly in the U. S. Marine Corps, slipped two pieces of a ten-inch back saw blade into the jail, and had sawed about half way through one of the cell bars when they were caught Jailer Roy Peel found every thing m order when he checked the jail at !):()() o’clock that night. Shortly before midnight he heard a noise in No. 12 cell arid called Shi i iff Holloman and town police. Removing their shoes, the officers moved quietly into the jail and caught the boys just sawing away Robert A. W/.orek, 19 vear-old Bayonne, New Jersey, boy, and Robert Swanke, 11) year old St Louis boy, were separated and removed to the third floor of the jail where they rested until officers could make arrangements to return them to prison, Wzorek to Gates County and Swanke to Central Prison in Raleigh. Investigating the attempted break, officer.-, said that the two boys had -torn a blanket into strips and tied them together. They had just about torn an iron brace from a bunk The officers figured that they planned to saw their way out of the cell, take a stand by the cell block door, knock the jailer in the head as he entered the door the next morn ing, tie him up and take Ins keys and move out of the jail. They hail learned that the next regulai visit, by the jailer would be early the next morning. Since the boys are already un der long prison sentences, offi cers said no charges would be brought as a lesult of the at tempted jail break. The two boys, convicted in Cra ven Counts for breaking and en tering and robbery, were sentenc ed to -ei vi three to five years ill pi r un. They face similar counts in two otlie 1 counties, Judge Bone, m pronouncing sentence here this week, specified that the terms are to begin immediately, mean ing that the sentences will run concurrently with those imposed m Craven County. Swanke, wearing a little mus tache, pleaded for mercy just be fore sentence was pronounced. "We are a long way from home. We are without friends here and have no counsel We are now solv ing from three to five years, and face counts in other counties," Swanke admitted. "When we com plete our sentences, we’ll try to dart life over again,’ lie declared, all tin while holding a hack saw blade with the intent of sawing his way to freedom even if it was necessary to knock the jailer in Hie head Their action in trying to break out ef jail was recorded /n then records U be filed with prison authorities and with the Federal Bureau of investigation, Escape Injury In Tuesday Accident —<t>— Nu one was injured and proper ty damage was limited to about $450 when a 1950 Chevrolet piek up truck and a 1950 Pontiac side swiped each other on Highway 125 about one mile east of Oak City shortly before Tuesday mid night. Jas. Harry Council of Oak City was driving the truck, and James Holliday of Williamston was oper ating the car, according to Pa trolman K. P. Narron who made the investigation.