EE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE - ill THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY I \MILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LV—NUMBER 1 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January /, 1952 ESTABLISHED 1899 Amariah Harrell Killed Instantly Early Last Wight Aged Man Darted Into The Highway In Front Of Small Truck — ♦ - The seventh fatality on Martin County highwa,^ in the old year was reported just a few hours from its close last evening when Amariah 'Rye” Harrell, 75, was instantly killed on the highway between Hamilton and Palmyra, about three ir, vs this side of Pal myra. Investigating the death, Coroner W W Biggs ruled that no formal inquest was necessary, i and no charger were considered. Harrell, living with his nephew, Raymond Harrell at a store on the Old River Road, suffered fractures of both legs, a broken neck and two skull fractures. Jerry Coffield, 9, and Ronnie Coffielri, 7, witnessed the accident, . and thev told investigating of ; ficers, Deputy Sheriff Wiley Craft | and Patrolman B. W. Parker, that Harrell darted into the road after ; a car had passed and into the path : of the truck coming from the op posite direction. James Clifton Pate, Oak City man who works in Scotland Neck, was driving a paneled Chevrolet truck toward Hamilton and struck Harrell, knocking him a fey. feet I off the highway to the left. The I identity of the car moving toward ji Palmyra was not determined, t; Pate, accompanied by his wife I and a friend, said that the victim | was dressed in dark clothes and I that he never saw him even in | time to apply the brakes on his V truck. Mr. Harrell was born on March I 3, 1876, in Goose Nest Township I where he lived and farmed all his $ life. Funeral services will be con 1 ducted at the graveside in the • Williams Chapel churchyard not * far from his home Wednesday af ternoon at 2:00 o’clock The body | will remain at the Biggs Funeral Home here until a short time be | fore the service. Hold Funeral For Accident Victim —*— ( Funeral services were conduct-1 ed in the Community Christian Church near Williarrtstor^ ia^t Fri day afternoon at 2:00 o'clock for William Joseph (Willie B.) Bul lock who was fatally injured in an automobile accident the pre vious Wednesday. The Rev. Tom Harris conducted the rites and interment was in the Wynne Cemetery in Cross Roads Town ship. Mr. Bullock was born in this county 24 years ago on ‘October 7, 1927, and lived all his life on the farm. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him, and considered the welfare and interest of others before his own. He never married, but had plan ned to shortly before his death. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Fannie Bullock Tyson of Wash ington; his grandmother, Mrs. Crissie Bullock of Poplar Point; four brothers, Calvin Bullock of Scotland Neck, Jasper Bullock of Palmyra, Clarence Bullock of Poplar Point, and Junior Bullock of Washington; two sisters, Vir ginia and Joyce Bullock of Wash ington. -.-$>■. ... Few Changes In Business Here As far as it ?ould be learned today comparatively few business changes are in the offing locally. Martin’s Bakery, a familiar place of business on Washington Street for several years, is moving to Kinston, reports declaring that Mr Martin Moore, own(r and op erator, had been made an attrac tive offer to go into business in the Lenoir County town. It was also reported that busi-1 nr-ss personnel in the town is con tinuing about the same as it was i jo 1851. i ^ YANKS COMING ] After spending Christinas at home and spurred by a cold snap, the Yanks started mov ing south in large numbers last week. No official esti mates are to be had, but thou sands traveled through here daily for several days. Most of the travelers were out of New York, Connecticut j and New Jersey. Funeral Sunday In Cross Roads For J. F. Wynne —_ Well-Known County Funn er Died In Wilson Hospi tal Friday Afternoon Funeral services were conduct ed in Cross Roads Christian Chap el Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock for James Furney (Bud) Wynne( well-known county far mer who died in a Wilson hospi tal last Friday at 1:30 o’clock. The pastor, the Rev. Preston E Cav tup, assisted by the Rev. James M. Perry, of Robersonville, and tlje Rev. R. A Phillips of Wash ington, conducted the last rites. Interment was in the Roberson ville Cemetery. Mr. Wynne had been in declin ing health for several years and was confined to his bed for months, spending the last several in the hor.oital at Wilson. A son of the late James Henry and Sallie Mobley Wynne, he was born in Crons Roads Township sixty-two years ago, on Septem ber 27, 1889, living and farming there all his life. He was a mem ber of the church at Christian Chapel, and played the role of a good neighbor and friend He was married in early man hood to Miss Fannie Woolard who survives with one son, James Ro bert Wynne; a daughter, Mrs James A. Wynne; a brother, Ber ry Wynne, all of the Cross Roads community; six sisters, Mrs. Min nie Meeks and Mrs. Vestia Craw ford. both of 'Eveietts, Mrs. D. D Stalls of Williamston, Mrs. Her bert L. Roebuck of Cross Roads, and Mrs. W. E. Everett and Mrs. G. T. Roebuck, both of Roberson ville; and three grandchildren. New Year Given Warm Greeting The New Year was given f | reasonably noisy welcome here and throughout the county, anr t aside from a fatal highway acci , dent earlier in the last eveninf , of the old year, the event wai , marked without serious incident | Fireworks, although ou*lawec , by State legislation, were hearc , along with a few dynamite blasts bells and mill whistles, but the ( auto horn blowers really took over, the last “burp” coming when the New Year v.'as an hour old. There were religious services ir 1 some of the churches in the towr j and county. New Year parties centered around television sets , were brief. A heavy fog, closing in on the ' area, did not dampen the noise. J Hakes Report On ' Seal Sale Drive; —“•— 1 The annual sale of tuberculosis i seals and bonds in this county is \ progressing favorably, according i to a preliminary report released < today by Chairman W G. Peele. 1 Although the drive is still in- i complete, Mr. Peele stated that preliminary reports from Griffins Poplar Point, Robersonville and Williamston Townships show a total of $2,057.36 raised to date. Since there are six more town- ] ships to report, the chairman is j confident the goal of $3,000 will be achieved in ample time to help ] finance the mass mobile X-ray work scheduled to get under way i in the county the latter part of i next week. j: i To-Q».tna«War. Millionth Highway Death Was Reported On December 22 ——— New York, January 1—The au tomobile will outpace war as a mass killer of Americans some time in February, when its fatal ity toll will exceed for the first time in the history the total of the nation's military dead since 1775, unless the new year starts with a marked decline in traffic deaths and Korean 'casualties increase greatly in the meantime, the As sociation of Casualty and Surety Companies said today. At the end of the first year and a half of the Korean conflict on December 25, military deaths in all U. S. wars since the Revolution started had reached approximate ly 1,004,000, according to the As sociation's comparative study of war and traffic fatalities. The au tomobile killed its millionth vic tim on December 22. Its toll on Christmas Day, when the Korean war was 18 months old, was ap proximately 500 over that historic mark, 3,500 below the all-time to tal of war deaths but 56,500 high er than the tally of 944,000 mo tor vehicle fatalities at the start of the Korean war on June 25, 1950 In the same 18 months the Department of Defense has re ported about 17,800 U. S. military deaths in Korea. Railing resumption of full scale war and far greater Ameri can casualties in Korea or a huge reduction in the motor vehicle toll during the next few weeks, the automobile will soon over come war’s head start of 125 Years ,n which 530,000 military deaths nad occured before the motor age claimed in fi •; vji fim just before the twentieth century began, the Association declared. At the 18 month mark of Korean hostilities, traffic fatalities were occurring ieven times faster than those of war, claiming in one day as many American lives as the total lost in one week's fighting in Korea. The historic death race between these two mass killers toward their respective million marks •nded with war claiming the ljfe >f a »rw unknown sojdier, “GI X,” in Korea last September 3 or 1, according to the Association's study. His civilian counterpart in traffic accidents, “Victim X,". died rbout 110 days later. Both “GI-X” ind Vietim-X” will remain un innwn, it added, although some ittempts have been made to es ablish the identity of the mii i' nth traffic victim, of which no me can be certain because *>f in :omp!e!<‘ early statistics. ilK;v ■ver, the deaths of these historic /ictims of war and Uie automobile i Jittle more than three and a lalf months apart have centered ittention on the relative dcadli less of occasional American wars nd daily traffic accidents, the As oeiation said in pointing out that vithin two months the automu )ile will take a commanding lead is the deadlier of the two whole ale destroyers of American lives. “Americans must face that the he automobile is £ bigger killer if thdir sons and daughters than iur wars,” said Thomas N. Boate, mblic safety director of the As ociation and acting manager of ts accident prevention depart lerit, in commenting on the study. The new year should witness the nosf determined effort ever made iy the nation to reduce the tre nendous loss of life in highway ccidents. “An even greater highway safe y movement than that which ought to delay the death Of ‘Vic im X,’ the millionth traffic fa ality, must be launched immed ately to save lives that otherwise nil! be lost because of careless •ess and lav violations by drivers luring 1952. During the Christmas lolidays, just after the millionth utomobile death accurred, traf (Continued on Page Five) CONTINUES GRAVELY ILL Stricken two weeks ago at the iome of her daughter, Mrs. Ru pert Cowen, on East Main Street, ilrs. Mandie Roebuck, wife of the ate Sheriff A. L Roebuck of this :ounty, continues gravely ill in t local hospital, according to a eport received from her bed ide at noon today. r, A' MistoL.BvJ.lets In His Chest Rossevelt Mackey, 49-year-old' local colored man, is recovering with four small caliber bullets in his chest, according to a report released today by Williamston officers. Two bullets were said to have lodged close to the heart, another punctured a lung while still another rests in the lower chest. Given first aid treatment here, the victim was removed to Duke hospital where he was dis charged following treatment last ing less than a week. Coming here from Bclhaven nine or ten years ago, Mackey di vorced his wife and was making his home with Christine Brown, as his general housekeeper, officers said. On the night of De cember 22, his daughter, Queen Esther Jackson, en route from Cheriton, Va., with her husband, to visit her mother in Beaufort County, stopped to see her father. The following morning, the Brown woman vvsR^roppnt by Esther Jackson. Mackey ordered his dau ghter and her husband out of the old Wilson hall on Warren Street. Jackson claims he left the room and was waiting in the hall for his wife to pack Mackey alleged ly went after him with a foot tub, and Jackson fired the four shots into him without further cere mony, two of the bullets making only one hole. At a preliminary hearing held last night before Justice Chas. R Mobley probable cause of guilt was found against Jackson who stands charged with an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Bond was required in the sum of $750. Unable to raise the amount, he was returned to jail. Probable cause of aiding and abetting the assault, his wife was placed under a $300 bond. She (Continued on Page Eight) Plans Going Forward For March Of Dimes Mystery Radio Program To Be Special Feature -<* l)r. J. A. Kiliuis anil C. K. Maiigiini Will (lliairnian Thr 1952 Drivn - —• Plans ait; just about complete for launching the 1952 March of Dimes in this county-, Chairmen Jim Edens and C. E. Mangum an nounced today. Sponsored by the Williamston Jaycees in the name of infantile paralysis in every nook and corner in Martin Coun ty, the drive is to be centered in the several schools, white and colored. However, the chairmen are planning a mystery radio pro gram to support the drive and direct mail appeals will again be made. No quota has been assigned this county, but it has been pointed out that the treasury funds are com paratively low, the amount on hand being considered hardly large enough to support a single t * Reviewing the operations of the infantile paralysis fund in 1951, Chairman Edens said that $577.50 was spent on the one new case reported in the county in 1951. Treatment of an old ease1 during the year cost $275. Braces and shoes, purchased for two other cases, cost $138.50. Since Martin County drew heavily from the na tional fund to finance a peak case load several years ago, the local unit advanced $50 to those chap-j ters whose funds were exhausted last year. In all, the chapter spent $1,747.71 in 1951. In 1951, the chapter received $2,316.01 as it share of the money raised in the March of Dimes drive, the balance on hand the first of 1951 boosting the total to $2,478.53. The 1951 total ex penditures were $1,747.71, leav ing a balance as of this January 1 in the sum of $730.82. Chairman Edens said that the radio program, planned for the af ternoon of January 13, i.i expect- . ed to attract wide attention throughout the county. Details are being worked out and plans will be announced as they are develop County Nan Hurt ji In Car Accident George Con y, young man of the Farm Life community, was pain fully cut about the forehead, and Franklin Hardison, Sug Manning and James Darrell Manning, also of this county, werfc bruised and shocked when their car was in col lision with another motor vehicle at an intersection in Fountain Sunday night. Hardison was driv ing Corey’s Ford at the time. Six or more stitches were need ed to close the cut over Corey's right eye, and his car was wreck ed beyond repair. i i t i & r WK1 » • *',, D The several ministers rc ccntly located in Williamston were welcomed at a union service held in the Methodist church Sunday evening. The Rev. John L.AJoff wel comed the recently-arrived ministers, including the Rev. Don J. Skinner, pastor of the Presbyterian church, the Rev. R. K. Walston, pastor of the Methodist church, and the Rev. E. W. Downing, pastor of the Holiness church. The Rev. W. C. Medlin was unable to attend the service. The Rev. Thomas L. Hastings, rector of the Church of the Advent, participated in the service along with the other ministers Nearly two hundred per sons were in attendance upon the service. Drive Made On Liquor Traffic Short Time Ago Two Men Arrested At Li quor Still In Fr<*<> Union Thursday Afternoon Although the illicit liquor traf fic is apparently on tlx wane in the county, ABC Enforcement Of fleers J. H. Roebuck and Cecil Powell, assisted by Bobby Walls, made a telling raid in the Free Jnion section of Jamesville Town ship last Thursday afternoon. Fording a raft across Welch’s Creek from the Washington Coun ty shore, the three officers closed in on a fairly modern plant and trapped Nymphus James and Wil is Boston, two colored men. "Wev lad them cornered," Officer Roe auck said, "but we found they were so drunk they could not run," he explained. They were dted to the county court for trial. The officers poured out about two hundred gallons of beer, put jut the fire and took up the 50 jallon copper kettle and various ypes of equipment and materials Last Sunday afternoon, County officers M. H. Holloman, Roy 3eel and Raymond Rawls went m o the far side- of Goose Nest rownship and wrecked a crude dant located in an old abandon ed farm shack. No one was at mine at the time, but the offieeis uund a complete rig, including in oil drum used as a kettle, loubler and other connections, rhoy poured out 200 gallons of loppy beer. IMPROVED Mrs. Chas. J. Brady, critically II for several days, was reported improved in a local hospital to IJUITE ILL Entering a Rocky Mount hospi al last week-end for treatment, Mrs. John M. Bowen continues juite ill there, according to last •eports reaching here. 1 In Marlin Connty lm olmitary Manslaughter Charge Pending \gainst One Of Car Drivers Aggravated by a series of elev en accidents during the holiday season, carnage on the highways and streets in Martin County reached a shocking total as the old year tore to an end. There were at least 2b! motor vehicle accidents during the year, leaving seven dead, 138 injured and property loss conservatively estimated at $61,840. The terrifying record reached a horrible climax right at Christ mas time when one person was killed and eleven others were in jured, several of them critically. December 31. Working night and day, Patrol man B. W. Parker and R. P. Nat ron investigated eleven accidents in the eight-day period ending The first in the series was ie ported early in the afternoon of December 22 when Elmer Purvis was driving on a rural road not far from Gold Point and swerved his car in an effort to miss strik ing another driven by William Earl Bland of Hobgood. Purvis’ 1940 Hudson turned over, causing about $10 damage to the machine. Biand’s 1948 Chevrolet was dam aged about $73, according to Pa trolman Parker who made the investigation. Late Sunday afternoon, busi ness started increasing with Pa trolman Parker investigating an accident between Gold Point and Hassell and Patrolman Natron looking after one in Oak City. Both accidents were caused di rectly or indirectly by loose hogs. Clayton Earl Council, colored of Oak City, ditched his 1939 Chev rolet to avoid striking a hog that ran into the road, Patrolman Parker said. Fifteen minutes later at (»:00 o’clock. Patrolman Nat i on said Albert Thompson did $100 damage to Thompson’s 1950 Ford when it struck a hog in Oak City. Very little dam; was done to Council’s ear in his accident. About 8:00 o’clock in the morning of December 24, William Little lost control of his 1950 pick up truck and ditched it on the Rogers Road in Bear Grass Town ship when a wheel ran off. Pa trolman Narron, making the in vestigation, estimated th<* at $100. i At 10:00 o'clock that same morn ing two trucks owned by Lurry Barnhill of Wallace’s Station were involved in an accident at the Pollard farm near Hobersonvi I le. Wallace Purvis, driving one of the trucks, had stopped to pick up a load of corn, and Jerry Whichard, driving the second truck, ran it into the rear of tin first one, causing about $100 dam age according to the investigating officer, Patrolman Parker. An houi later two cars, one driven by Bobby Shelton Stalls of RFC 3, Williamston, and a 1940 Chevrolet driven by Mack Donald Lewis of Hamilton, were in collision near the Whitley farm not far fiom Williamston on High way 125. The combined damage was estimated at $150 by Patrol man Namnn following his invest i gation. Before the patrolman could complete his investigation at the wreck near Williamston lie was called to a minor wreck at tin in tersection of Highways II and 44 Hardly $25 damage was done to K. T. Smith s 1951 Dodge, and none to the other vehicle, a wreekei driven by James Speller for the Roanoke Chevrolet Company. Christmas afternoon at 2.45 o'clock, Jos Vance Roebuck drove bin 1951 Mercury into an inter section on the Gold Point Hassell Road and crashed with a 1951 Eng lish Ford driven by Jesse Julian Bazemore of HFD 1 Betht I, caus ing about $75 damage to his own and about $100 damage to the other machine, according to Pa trolman Nurron. At 3:45 o’clock Christmas after noon three persons were injured, two of them painfully, when two cats were in collision near Cnno ho Church on Highway 125 Dallas Dunn Williams of Hampton, Va . driver of a 1051 Ford, suffeied head and chest injuries, and Mrs. Williams suffered head injuries They were removed to a Tarboro (Continued on page eight) --—i -•"•fluff) LOME ( ALL > Local firemen had little business created for them dur ing the holiday season, Chief G. P. llall reporting that on ly one call was received dur ing- the entire holiday period 1 and that came early the alter noon before Christmas. The call was to a small grass fire in West End. Local and county officers, except for a serious gun at- i tack and a few arrests, report ed a reasonably quite holiday season. Clifton L. Keel Dies Following A Long Illness --<» Funeral For County Funner lleltl Mondat in Chnreli \t KolMTsonvillr - -» Clifton L. Keel, well-known Martin County farmer and a com rnunity leader of near Roberson- j ville, died at his home there last | Saturday night at 10:115 o’clock. He had been in declining health | for about two years. A son of the late H. L. and | Jeanette Edmondson Keel, he was born in this county 48 years ago, ( living and farming near Ruber sonville all his life. He was a member of the Christian Church at Gold Point for many years. Funeral services were conduct ed m the Roberson ville Christian Church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the pastor, the Rev. James M. Perry, and interment was In the Roberson ville Ceme tery. In early manhood he was mar- , ried to Miss Teasio Mae Vander ford who survives with one son, C. I,. Keel, Jr., of the home; three | daughters, Mrs. J I) Muinford ] of Greenville, Mrs. Edward A ( Roberson of Robersonville, and , Sheron Keel of the home; two | brothers, Ernest and Ervin Keel ( of Robersonville; two sisters, Mrs. , Edgar Ballard and Mrs. Ervin c fames of Robersonville; two half j brothers, Kenneth Keel, now serv , f ing in the Air Force at Shep >. heard Field in Texas, and Her nest Keel of Opelousas, La.; two half sisters, Mrs. Mae Roebuck , (Continued on Page Eight) € i Youth Painfully Burned Monday Johnny Mark Rawls, eigtit years old, was painfully but believed not .seriously burned at 1:45 o’clock yesterday afternoon when he poured keooene on fire and flames leaped into his face. His hail' was badly singed artd his face blistered Someone saw the lire flare up and placed a call foi the lire de partment The .little fellow was about as much surprised to see the fire truck drive up as firemen were to find out that the little fellow hud been burned There was no personal propi rty damage, just all personal. The Rawls family, taking over the Geo Harris service station and store on East Mam Street, had just moved into the quarters. Earlier in the day, firemen were •ailed to a home just off West Main Street when an oil heater w'ent out of control in a home. No general alarm was sounded on Lhat tall HOI i NIMJP Twenty persons in and around the county fell into the hands of the law during the past week, the count hold ing to a figure somewhat higher than usual. Eleven were hooked for public drunkenness, five for assaults, three for drunken driving and one for disorder ly conduct. Three were white and the ages of the group ranged from 21 to 53 years. One Person Loses l Life; Others Are Critically Injured —»— Property Foss ami !\iiiiih<‘r Injured At Shocking Figure For Year Sorrow, aggravated by a fatal i u to mo bile accident, moved in o mar the holiday season for lie town and community, the en ire population seemingly .sharing n the tragic turn of events. After striking earlier in several lomes, death moved to the high vay, members of the North Car >lma State Patrol reporting one jerson killed and several injured, wo critically. Millie Rav Bullock, 24-year-old aimer of near Williamston, was tilled almost instantly and eight ither persons were injured, two >! them believed critically, when wo cars collided just outside Wil lamston on Highway 125 early ast Wednesday afternoon. The injured include: Joseph Clayton Nicholson, If), iroken collar bone, broken foot, truiscs and lacerations. Alvis Roberson, 11), fracture of ight arm above the wrist. James Roberson, minor cuts and iruises. Rboert Edmonds, 4G, of Oak ’ity, minor injuries. Mrs. Robert Edmonds, head averations and back injury. L- B. Hutchinson, 46, of Oak 'ity, chest and head injuries. Mrs. 1,. B. Hutchinson and Mrs. ..email Hollis, of Durham, scratch 's and bruises. James Roberson who returned roin Korea in August and was ionic on leave from Camp Ruck r, Ala., was driving a 1947 Ford edan toward Williamston with Nicholson, Bullock and Alvis Rob •rson riding with him. According o a report given Patrolman R P. 4arron, Roberson passed an oil ruck near a curve in front of the ild Whitley hotneplace, and be ore he could get back on his side '1 the road crashed into a Chev olet driven by Edmonds. The left oor of the Ford struck near the runt light of the Chevrolet, and 'arts ol both cars were found eattered along the road and in nearby field. Bullock’s head was crushed and is believed he suffered a brok n neck. He died before reach ig the hospital. A Biggs ambu inci moved the injured, carry ig several of the victims to one f I' (Continued on page eight) Jommunily Set Listed For No The following concert eld in the month of he nearby towns. Jan. 21 Michael Rho< one—Ahoskie. Jan. 22- Rey and ipanish Danoers—Jfinstt Jan. 25—Roman Str.in >le—Rock' Mount. The next Martin Cou nunity Concert will be tary 25 when Michael rery fine young irings with hi ranist. ; v l 4 Holders of Com ickets are welcome bove concerts. nd several to the other hospital. Several members of the high /ay patrol were dispatched, after nine delay, to the scene of the reck along with local police. Mis. Hutchinson who had just j ■tt the hospital where she had ad a broken foot put into a cast, /as riding with the Edmonds,‘Mr. futehinson and her daughter, jis Hollis. The driver of the Ford is being barged with involuntary man aughter and is at liberty under nd pending a heat ing. He was •In.luted to return to Camp ucker today and said he would e getting out of the service after applet ing a four-year hitch in larch of this year. Discussing the accident shortly fter his appearance bond had een arranged, Roberson said h

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