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! THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,MO MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY I YMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LV—NUMBER 9 ■=?==- —— Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 29, ESTABLISHED 1899 , % rjnymfirJ! ?mi& And “Take Over" Cafe in Jamesville I Four Soldiers In Court Aft- j er Attacking Owner And His Son t -- On leave from Camp Lee, Vir ginia, last week-end, four young armymen, led by Gilbert F. Dav enport, a Martin County boy. lit erally took over Clark’s cafe in Jamesville last Saturday evening and landed in Justice Chas. R Mobley’s court in Williamston an hour or two later. Davenport, Odam A. Denelfi and Sam Minerbimi were charged ^with disorderly conduct and were fined $10, plus costs John A Dolak, the fourth soldier in the group, was charged with assault ing Luther Saunders Clark, Jr., with a pool cub stick and he was boked for an assault with a dead ly weapon. Bond was arranged in the amount of $100 for his ap pearance in the Martin County Recorder’s Court. Going to the cafe dance hall, the boys asked some of the girls !|Jo dance with them Refused, the boys are alleged to have started throwing beer bottles across the floor. Clark, Sr., owner and op erator of the business, tried to re store order and he was immed iately floored and attacked by two or more of the group. When young Clark started to the aid of his father, Dolak planted the cue litick on his head, leaving a cut that required several stitches, it fcwas reported. Sheriff M. W. Holloman and Deputy Raymond Rawls were on a mission to Oak City at the time of the attack and before they could answer a call for help, the boys moved out and were arrest ed a short time later by police on Wililamston streets, and carried before Justice Mobley. It was reported that some of the boys cursed and threatened each other during the preliminar ies held in Justice Mobley’s of fice. In the county court, a plea of guilty of simple assault was tak en, and judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs. Little or no new evidence was offered in the county court, but unofficial reports maintain that « pistol was waved around a bit inside the cafe, and that Dolak has attacked a- lie was leaving the lafc and making ready to drive out ♦ef Jamesville. The young soldier was carrying* his right arm in a sling, and one report seid his el bow had been injured. He told no thing about the attack on him, and the- identity of his attacker was not disclosed, making it appear that there was more to the trouble than was aired in open court. -i> -- College Alumni * Meet January 31 •-<$>—— Former students and graduates of Atlantic Christian College will get a chance to meet eastern North Carolina’s number one beauty when they meet in Williamston Thursday night, January 31, to form the Martin County chapter of the Atlantic Christian College Alumni Association. Miss Jenny Lazzo, queen of to jbaccoland, will attend the meeting which will be held at the Wil liamstov: fftiuwi'.- club it >vas u.i nounced today. Miss Lazzo, a freshman at ACC, verts 4'(lost 11 queen oi lOLmcco/aiiu at the Richmond, Va., tobacco festival. Before that she was nam ed queen of the Southern AAU Swiming Meet in Wflson. Speaker for the Dutch supper meeting which begins at 7 o’clock will be Arthur D Wenger, assis tant to the president of Atlantic Christian College. Wenger will be presented by James E. Fulghum of Wilson, president of the ACC Alumni Association. Also attending the meeting will' be Miss Ann Bullock of Wilson, secretary and treasurer of the alumni, and J. P. Tyndall, pro fessor of science at ACC who is serving as the association’s anni ni, and J. P. Tyndall, professor of science at ACC who is serving * as the association's anniversary plate project, chairman. Atlantic Christian College, this year, is celebrating its 50th birth day. Fertilizer- trompimy Expands Operations Will Manufacture Chemicals For Its Insecticide Plant —— New Unit Schedule To Go Into Operation About Middle Of April The Standard Fertilizer Com pany, is expanding its operations at its local plant to include the manufacture of chemicals for in secticide brands, according to un official information gained here this week. The local plant is a division of the Mathieson Chem ical Company of Baltimore. Awarded a contract a short time ago, the J. B. Harte Construction Company of Atlanta has already started work on the plant addi tion which is tentatively sched uled to go into operation about the middle of April. No cost fig ures could be had, but it was learned from one source that the plant will be one of the most mod ern in the country, that it will manfacture the basic ingredients both in liquid form and with a dust base. It is predicted that the plant when placed in operation will be an important factor in re lieving the shrotage that has plagued users of insecticides in this section for several years. The plant, designed for three shift operations, will employ ap proximately twenty-foui men in addition to those handling the op erations in the already establish ed mixing plant. Basic materials will be shipped in large quantities direct from the source, and the insecticide ingred ients will be processed, manufac tured. mixed and packaged ready for distribution to the user% it was explained. In addition to the plant for the manufacture of the insecticide in gredients. the company is enlarg ing its storage space considerably and tanks will be installed for storage of the liquid materials. Fred E. Sherman, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, young man and a graduate of the University of North Carolina, recently came here with the company as assis tant plant superintendent and he will be in charge of operations of the company’s insecticide division, was announced. Mr. Sherman was on the Carolina football squad, playing in the bacKtieia, until a knee injury forced his retirement. -A Sociology Class Makes Field Trip Accompanied by then- teacher, Principal C. B. Martin, members of the Robersonville High School sociology class witnessed the pro ceedings in the county court Monday, stopping briefly to in spect various offices and make a “pop” visit in the Enterprise of fice. The twenty students, making the trip, listened intently to the court proceedings and were quick to grasp the workings in the va rious offices visited by them. The names of those making the trip: Pauline Warren, Hazel Tay lor, Merttie Harrison, Annel Ay ers, William Taylor, Dick Mat thews, Roy Ballard, Travis War n r, VfiiJfcSppPrct, Hester Martin. Richard Harrison, Jack Taylor, Melvin Copeland, Naomi Bryant, OllVijC OciKlCj , JCu/i BlO'.v.i, i uiiij Roberson, Peggy Wynn, Peggy Johnson and Frances Smith. Farmer Looking For Beei Cattle Getting a lead through the of fice of Assistant Farm Agent D. W Brady a few days ago, C. D. Bullock, Martin County farmer of near Williamston, plans to go to Virginia next Mondav to look over a herd of Hereford beef cattle. The reports received on the venture were said to have been encouraging. Mr. Bullock explains that he plans to make a comparatively small purchase and is inviting other interested farmers in this county to accompany him on the trip. Those interested should con tact Mr. Brady or Mr. Bullock. TWO MORE DAYS -\ I V. Only two more days are left in which to list property for taxation in this county. List ings on and after Friday of this week are subject to pen alty and the owners are sub ject to prosecution in the courts. No late reports have been received from the list ers, but it is believed that values are holding their own throughout the county. Incidentally, there are only two days left in uhich to pur chase State and town motor vehicle license tags. Owners, operating their vehicles with out the tags after Thursday of this week, are almost certain to be carried into the courts and prosecuted. Sponsoring Grass Roots Opera Here Monday Evening Special Music Event Mak ing Hit Performances All Over State On Monday, February 4, the Music Department and the Par ents-Teachers Association of Wil liamston High School will present the Grass Roots Opera Company at the high school auditorium in a performance of Mozart's de lightful comic opera “School For Lovers” in English. “School For Lovers” tells the story of Don Alfonso, an elderly bachelor, who tries to convince two young soldiers, Ferrando and Gratiano, that their sweethearts Leonora and Dorabella, if given a fair chance will prove disloyal to them. The young lovers deny this and a wager of $100 is laid that, if the men will follow Don Alfon so’s instructions, the girls will ac cept other lovers and husbands within forty-eight hours. Don Alfonso soon thereafter visits the girls in the garden and, in mock grief, tells them that their lovers have been called to active military duty. The girls are brok I en hearted and the boys come in 1 and bid a sad and loving farewell | and ostensibly leave for camp. | The next day Don Alfonso brings | the young lovers, now disguised, i to visit the gaiuen again, where i they are introduced to l&gjjr.jM}. j suspecting sweethearts as Alban ! ian noblemen. Under their agree ment with Don Alfonso, each is required to make love to the other’s sweetheart. I Despina, the maid, who js not averse to promoting or engaging i in affairs of the heart, is, for a consideration paid by Don Alfon so, an enthusiastic participant in the plot to have the two girls fall in love with the new lovers, but smart as she is, she does not re (Co.itinued on Page Sixj -v Firemen Called To Crass Fire Saturday Morning -<*> Local firemen were called to the Clayton Crofton home near the old Whitley home on Highway 125 last Saturday morning at ‘a glass fire went out of control and threaten ed to spread to a wooded area. No .damage, was dona 9&fJLr m It * jlir jfl ' VSfiivi iivwiwvIsa a On County Roads | During Week-end No One Was Injured And j Property Losses Were Fairly Small No one was hurt and property j losses were reasonably small in a series of motor vehicle accidents on the highways in this county during the past week-end, accord ing to reports released by Pa trolmen B. W. Parker and R. P. Narron. Several serious accidents were reported in other counties in this section, it was learned. At least two smashed vehicles were pulled through the county by wreckers during the period. With two beers in his belly, Elonzer Perkins of RFD 3, Wil liamston, could not quite make a safe passage over the bridge at Abbitt’s Mill on Highway 125 about 11:00 o’clock last Friday night. Going off the bridge side ways, Perkins literally hid his 1937 LaSalle down an embank ment. Perkins said a tire blew out, causing him to lose control of the machine. Explaining that he had consumed just two bottles of beer at Scott’s place in Williams ton, Perkins was detained for al leged drunken driving. Investi gating the accident, Patrolman Narron said the damage to the car was negligible, adding that it would hardly exceed $25. David Best's 1041 Chevrolet was ditched on the old Robersonville Everetts Road Sunday morning, hut Patrolman Parker said the damage was small Driving on the Bailey Road which enters Highway 64 about one mile east of Everetts, R. 11. Weaver, Jr., of Gold Point, lost control of his 1040 Dodge in a curve, the machine coming to a stop on its four wheels after turn ing over one time. Miss Marjorie Modlin was thrown out, but re (Continued on Page Six) f ROUND-UP V I Eight persons were round ed up and temporarily detain ed in the county jail here dur ing the past week-end. Four were charged with public drunkenness, and one each for violating parole, drunk en driving and assault. The eighth one was detained for Bertie County authorities. Three of the eight were white and tne ages of the group ranged from 19 to 47 years. SevetrfftjttrefHa Auto Accident on 0. S. Highway 64 --A) Five of the Injured Able To Leave Hospital After Treatment Seven persons were injured, two of them badly, when two ears crashed on U. S, Highway 64 in “Dead Man's Curve” a .short dis tance this side of Garner’s Creek this morning at 6:45 o’clock. Both cars were demolished, Patrolman Carl Gilchrist of Plymouth say ing that both cars were wrecked beyond lepair and that the proper ty loss would possibly exceed $1,500 The injured included: James H. Oden, Sr., 47, broken leg, cuts and bruises about the body; Robert Turner King, 26, broken left leg and possible internal in juries; Carl Willoughby, 45, cuts about the head and knees and leg in juries; James Oden, Jr., cut on the mouth, leg and neck injuries; Burt Johnson, 40, head and leg injuries and a possible wrist frac ture; Henry Abrams, 27, face lacera tions and leg injury; Solomon Adams, 45, head cut, chest and ankle injuries. Investigating the accident, Pa trolman Gilchrist said that King, Windsor colored man, driving a 1947 Pontiac, apparently lost con trol of the machine, ran on the right shoulder about 75 yards and then swerved across the road into |the path of the 1950 Ford driven by Carl Willoughby. The Ford plowed into the right side of the Pontiac, Willoughby stating that he was driving about 40 or 45 miles an hour when his vehicle struck the other one. Damage to the Ford alone will run around $850, according to an estimate made by Patrolman Gil christ. King was traveling alone, and the others were in the Willoughby Ford. King and Oden, Sr., con tinue in the hospital, the other victims being able to leave the hospital following treatment. (Continued on Page Six) Leaves For Air Force liase In San Anlonio —--$ i •> — Volunteering for service, Ai din' Perry, young local merchant, left Iasi Friday to report for duty in the Ail Force at San Antonio, Mrs. Joe Robertson is managing his grocery on Liberty Street. Special Livestock School In The County On February 5 Extension Service specialists out of Raleigh in cooperation with the Martin County farm agent’s office personnel wili conduct a special livestock school in the Martin County Courthouse next Tuesday, February 5, beginning at 10:00 o'clock, it was announced this week by Agent Tom B. Bran don. After explaining the nature of the school and briefly renewing the importance of livestock in this county’s farm program, Agent Brandon will turn the program over to the State College special iiila. A. V. Allen will dis#cuss feed ing and management of sheen at 10:15 o’clock, and H D Quissen-I berry will outline the marketing of beef cattle, sheep and hogs at 10:45 o’clock. Marketing is re cognized as an important factor in the successful handling of stock, and Professor Quissenber ry’s talk, along with the others, can mean much to the farmers At 11:15, Professor Allen will discuss feeding and management of beef cattle. Following the lunch hour, Jac:K Kelley at 1:15 o’clock will discuss feeding and manage ment of hogs. D. D. Brown will close the meeting with a discus sion topic of “The Place of Live - stock on the Farms of Martin C'ounT^*™"**"** The short school is indeed time ly and a. large,.numher of farm- 1 el's are i-xpeelvd in aitind. i •L^ml B.a«k rs 1?i:i i>u7uUai~: Two local bankers, W Clyde Griffin, left, and Herman A Bowen, right, were recently promoted by the Branch Banking and Trust Company directors in session at the home office at Wilson. Mr. Griffin moves up to cashiei and Mr. Bowen is now a vice president, after serving as cashier for a number nt years. Mr. Griffin has been with the bank for more than seventeen years, and Mr. Bowen has been with it since the branch was opened here in 1930. Restraining Order In Jamesville Elections NO KKI'OKT ■> I No late report on the March of Dimes in this county is available just now, one of the fund drive chairmen said yes terday. The response to (he direct mail appeal is believed to he fair, if was learned, the chair men renewing their appeal to all to support the drive during the last days of the drive which ends on Thurs day of this week. A high spot on the radio shows, planned in connection with the drive, was the ap pea ranee of Mrs. Joseph Ray mond on the Sunday program. Mrs. Raymond is the former Miss Sylvia Robinson of Mar blehead, Mass. Mrs. Pennie Webb Died Saturday At Bear Grass Home —— Fiinrral For Apd Ktsidtnl Held llicir Sunday A llrinoou Mr, Roberson Webb died ;it Hie home of her da ugh Iter, Mrs. Kelly Moore, on the liar i riett L. Harrison farm in Beai Grass Township last Saturday morning at 4:15 o’clock. She had been in declining health tor sew oral years, but her condition was Critical hardly more than one week. A daughter of the late Jesse Roberson and wife, she was hot n in Bear Grass Township 79 years ago on March 2tj, 1H72, and lived in that section ail her life. She was married in 1900 to Lawrence Webb who died twenty years ago Following her husband’s death she had made her home with the children. She was a member of the church at Macedonia for a number of years, and the pastor, the Rev. Pt ‘on f ri-"Unitit ‘1 - funeral service at her late home Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. (Continued on Page Six) Only Four More Days To Get Chest X-rays There are only four more days to get free chest X-rays, and un less. there is .a.'marked- increase in the nuinbei of persons reporting to the mobile X-ray units there’ll be quite a few cases of tubercu losis in this county undetected at the close of the current survey. While the survey has been suc cessful so far, its value has not been exploited to the fullest, meaning that several thousand persons are not taking advantage of the free service. Possibly some were afraid, but indifference to the value of the survey has lim ited the number reporting to the unns to 8,53i through last Satur day. One person was quoted as I saying he did not want to know if anything was wrong with him. ■That person apparently did not [stop to think that if he were a vic jtim, he would threaten the health of others. The response to the survey ap peal has been disappointing in those areas where tenants are numerous, it was learned. Some disgusting and provoking stories have been hegrd, one explaining that a certain landlord did not want his tenants X-rayed for fear they had the disease and his workers would be forced to retire ahead of death. The mobile units have been in close proximity toj every person in the county, andi I the tenants, if they had a mind to, could have been examined. Hut . many eliu^c to pass if oy. So far the units have X-rayed [711 persons each day on an aver age since the survey was first started on January 11. If that average is maintained during the remainder of this week, right at 12,000 persons will have been X rayed or about the same number that was X-rayed four years ago in a similar survey. Saturday of this week is the last day to get the important examina tion free. Some of those who have been found to have tuberculosis did not know they had it, but now they know the facts and they can take .steps to regain then health. Many of those who are passing the opportunity by are almost eei lain to have tubereulosis, but they are choosing to do nothing about it, just waiting and inviting death. The schedule for the remain ler ot the week: Wednesday: Farm Life, Wil liamston, Edwards’ Store on Ham ilton Hoad and Robersonvillo Thursday: Standard Fertilizer Company plant, Guaranty Hank in Williamston, Jamesville and Robersonville. Friday and Saturday in Wil liamston at Guaranty Hank and Williamston Motor Company and! in Jamesville and Kobersonville. Order Hearing In Lumberton Before Judge W. J. Bone -,*>_ — Yi-lion Now lYmlinp; |)c *i^ii«-il lu Klui'k Klcriimi Oil Frliruary .lilt F. L Martin, plaintiff, in his rase against Mrs. Mae Waters, Clyde Glass and W. J. Holliday, obtained a temporary order from Judge Paul Friz/.elle in Snow Hill last Saturday ufo-men, restrain ing the defendants from holding a general municipal election in Jamesville on Tuesday, February 5. Whether the order will be dr; missed or made permanent is to be decided by Judge Walter Bone at a final hearing to be held in Robeson Superior Court the lattei part of this week, possibly on Thursday or Friday. The final hearing was tentatively scheduled to be held in Lumberton when if was learned that Judge Bone, presiding over a term there, had not planned to ref i ll (o his home in Nashville lor the week-end. At noon today no definite time had been set for holding the final hearing. Represented by Attorneys R I.. Cowen of Wiliiamston and 1,. 11 Davis of Raleigh, the plaintiff, in theA'lea heard by Judge Friz zellc last Saturday, set out, m part: “The defendants, Mae Waters, Clyde Glass and W J Holliday, are residents of said town, county and State, and are pretending to act as the duly appointed mem bers of the board of elections for said town. “That defendant. purporting fo act as the duly appointed and qualified members of the board of elections for said town, culled, arranged for, and caused to be held on Monday, January 14, 11152, (Continued on Page Six) Resolutions By _ The Farm Bureau M.-! ting in tb. county eutul housc last Friday evening, mem bers nt the Martin County Farm Bureau heard a report on the na tional convention by Iastei Bry ant and (’has L. Daniel, and then passed several resolutions. The group went on record as strongly favoring the continuance ol the soil conservation program as it is now constituted, and level ed its guns on those who are try ing to block the work of the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation or the Nickds-for Knuw-llow program. The resolu tions will lie placed befoVe the proper committees at the State convention to be held in Raleigh February 10-13. Mr. Daniel briefly outlined the accomplishments of the Farm Bu reau. adding that every individual has a definite responsibility in a democracy and should support the farm organization. WotffiMrSziiicaliy * Shat By Alleged Lover Near Here V ii n i«* RIhhIcs, ii7, (!on liniic-. In Srrious C.omli tion In Hospital Herr Annie Rhodes, 37-vear-old col ored woman, was shot and criti cally hurt on the Leggett farm just off Highway 125 near Wil liamston shortly after 9:00 o’clock last Friday night. Later reports from a local hospital where she was carried for treatment state that her condition continues seri ous, She was shot with a pistol either of .22 or .25 caliber, the bullet striking her right breast and penetrating the lung before plowing all the way through her body. Living with her two small chil dren in a tenant house on the Leg gett farm, the woman planned to go to a North Haughton Street store and make a purchase. She was walking along a saw dust trail that connects with a road leading off Highway 125 to the old Davis Graveyard farm when she was attacked. Deserted by her attacker, the woman walked the greater part of a half mile up a gentle hill to the Donaldson store and asked that a taxi be called for her She was remov ed to the hospital and the sheriff's office was notified. Questioning the victim in the emergency room in an effort to get a quick lead, Sheriff M. W. Holloman was told confusing stories The woman first said that a couple had parked on the lane used more or less extensively fm illegitimate love affairs, and that a mart in the car shut her. Apparently realizing her condi tion was critical and not wanting to die with a falsehood on her lips, she later advised the officer that George Cutler, 35-year-old Negro and a fairly frequent visitor in the woman's home, shot her with a pistol. She explained that the last time she saw him was imme diately after the attack, that he promised her he would call a taxi. The woman would tell no more, leaving the officers to guess what led up to the attack. It is fairly certain that Cutler went to the woman’s home earlier that eve ning, and that they quarreled. Delayed pos ably two hours or more before they could establish a lead in the case, officers were unable to get on Cutler s trail un til early next 'morning. It was learned that he hired a taxi to carry him to Washington, leaving here about 2:00 o’clock Saturday morning. They had watched his home on vV, ‘~teii Street where his wile and children lived, but he diil not go there. Cutler, a fire man lor the WilUamston Lumber Company, was supposed to have gone on duty there at 10:00 o'clock Friday night, but a watch main tained there was not fruitful. Sheriff Holloman said that Cut ler's lunch pail, containing seven large biscuits, a liberal helping of black on (lasses -aid two slices of fat pork, waited for him at his home, but that he never called for il. Cutler moved his family here from Washington about a year ago. The taxi diiver, explaining (Continued on Page Six) Thirty - Nine Go •For Pre4ndaot*w— Th'uTv-nine vi C( unty m n k ft M< etgh to undergo examinations fo1 forces. Ni. report une Martin, .mi... for Fn.l ('. e-induction tin: armed on the tests could be had immediately, but most of the men making the trip returned late in the evening. All ot those instructed to report for the trip showed up except one man, William Andrew Lyons, and he was listed as delinquent. The fornu > Martin County man called later in the day from New York, advising that lie received his no tice too late to get home in time to make the trip. He is now be ign advised to report for final in duction, it w as learned. There is no final induction call to be answered by Martin County men in February, but thirty-seven men are to report on February 7. for pit-induction tests. A second pre-induction call has also hepst scheduled for thirty-seven the lattei pai t of February.
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