l'HE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,004 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ SI
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT1
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE]
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Williamston, Martin County, S’orth Carolina,
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Official Reviews
Power Picture In
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I{. H. Goodmon Addresses
C'lub At Meeting Held
Here Last Night
Addressing a meeting of the
East Carolina Engineers Club in
the Woman’s Club here last night,
R. H. Goodman, Virginia Electric
;nd Power Company vice presi
dent, offered an up-to-the-minute
power picture in eastern North
Carolina.
The meeting was well attended,
engineers coming here rfrom all
over this section of the State.
Limiting his remarks to his
company’s system, Mr. Goodmon
I said:
Construction plans as budgeted
for 1952 would require an esti
mated expenditure of about $50,
000,000 as the growth in electric
business that has taken place since
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the close of the war continues at
a rapid pace. But delays result
ing from government controls and
restrictions on critical materials
will probably limit actual expen
ditures to an amount substantial
ly below the estimate.
Expenditures in the 1946-51 per
iod amounted to $164,000,000, or
about 56 per cent of the total in
vested in plant at the end of 1951.
Estimated expenditures on new
generating facilities in 1952 will
require about $20,284,000. Of this
amount $9,630,000 will be spent
on the 90,000 kilowatt addition
to the Chesterfield Station to be
completed in August 1952 at an
estimated cost of $14,000,000.
Work on the 90,000 kilowatt unit
at the new Portsmouth Station
is expected to require $10,568,000.
This station is scheduled for com
pletion in February 1953 and will
cost about $19,200,000.
Improvements and extensions
lo the transmission network will
call for $10,645,000. An expendi
ture of $5,458,000 is included for
ti new 110 kv substation, a 110 kv
line from Suffolk to Newport
News and a 110 kv line from
Chesterfield Station to Langley
Field to provide, additional power
for Langley Field and the New
port News-Williamsburg area.
Three other new 110 kv lines will
require $2,313,00. One will ex- <
tend from Occoquan to Middle- j
burg, one from the new Ports- ]
mouth Station to a substation near i
Norfolk and the third new 110,- .
000-volt sub-station near V/il- ■
liamston to serve the towns of \
Washington and Greenville. I
Additional expenditures will be (
made for electric substations, ser- i
vico ,'vten‘oons rural lines, trans- |
formers, meters and other equip- (
nent and buildings, and for im- i
provements to the gas system. |1
Property and Plant additions to- t
taled $37,780,000 in 1951 making \
this year second only to 1949 1
when additions amounted to $38,- i
534,000. Had it not been for the ■
shortage of materials resulting
from the national defense pro- i
gram, 1951 additions would have I
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Farm HomeCroup
Will Neel Friday
County Supervisor of the Far
0 mers Horne Administration from
twenty-two northeastern counties
will hold a meeting on Friday of
litis week in the Martin County
courthouse. County offices will be
represented from New Bern,
Trenton, Kinston, Snow Hill, Tar
boro, Greenville, Washington,
Swan Quarter, Plymouth, Wind
sor, Hertford, Elizabeth City, Hal
ifax and Williamston.
The meeting is being held by
U(Mr. Marion C. Holland, State
field representative, of Goldsboro,
assisted by Mr. Ralph W. Turner,
State farm management specialist,
from the State Office, Raleigh.
One of the features for the day
is a talk by Mr. Albert A. Ban
adyga, superintendent of the veg
etable experiment station at Fai
son, N. C. All the members of the
agricultural workers council from
Martin County have been invit
ed'to come at 1:00 P. M , and hear
Mr. Banadyga speak. Other per
sons to attend the meeting ' are
Miss Margaret Fuller, State home
management specialist, and Miss
Lillian D. Wooten, State office
management assistant, from
Goldsboro.
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Accumulated over a period of,
two weeks- o.-d ‘i-jv ..*hc
wholesale arrests of alleged li
quor law violators, the largest
docket ever booked in the Mar
tin County Recorder’s Court is
set for action by Judge R. T.
Johnson and Solicitor Clarence i
Griffin next Monday,
There has been some talk about
holding a night session Monday,
but no definite decision has been
announced. Court officials are of
the opinion that a night session
and possibly another session the
following day will be necessary
to clear the docket. It is quite
likely that a goodly number of
cases will be continued. The court,
giving way to the superior tri
bunal for two weeks, has only
two sessions on its schedule be
fore the superior tribunal is to i
sit again, meaning that the back
log of cases will likely continue to *
pile up to record size. 11
Up until yesterday afternoon,
ninety two cases had been placed
on the docket for trial next Mon
day in the county court. Quite
a few others were set for trial
the latter part of April and early
May. It is fairly evident that the
court hardly will be able to work
>ut from under the heavy docket
aefore the middle or latter part
>f May ar.d keep up its current
work.
The list of cases slated for trial
aext Monday include the followi
ng, twenty-eight speeding charg
es, twenty-eight liquor law vio
ations, seven drunken driving
,’ases, nine charging the defen
iants with operating motor ve
licles without operators’ licenses,
en alleging larceny or aiding
ibetting larceny, tw’o for assaults,
me for non-support, another for
jastardy and still another for op
rating an overloaded truck on the
lighways.
Goes On Rampage,
Nan In Hospital
Twice In One Day
Burk Gixlley Slavin'* His
Wrists And Then Has
Appendectomy
Buck Godley, 33-year-old log
woods worker and farmer of
Jamesville, went on a rampage
duriflg the week-end and by late
Tuesday he had been a patient
twice in a single day.
Separated from his family, God
ley was banned from Washington
bounty some time ago. At various
times he has proved a problem in
this county. Last Sunday night he
was arrested and jailed for being
sutolicly drunk. Tried by Justice
~has. R Mobley Monday, the man
was sentenced to the roads for
hirty days, the court suspending
he road sentence upon the pay
nent of a $10 fine and costs. The
udgment further stipulated that
te remain away from the home of
i/Irs. Frances Williams in James
dlle.
Reports maintain that he re
urned to the Williams home be
ore the day was spent. Tuesday,
\e slashed his wrists with a razor
>lade. Three stitches were neces
ary to close the wounds in one
v rist and two to .close a cut in
he other wrist. Before leaving the
lospital, he ripped off the ban
lages, declaring that it was foolish
a cover up such minor cuts. Of
icers carried him to jail at 4:00
p’clock and he enjoyed the cyc
ling meal a short time later. A
ittle after 5:00 o’clock he started
ailing for help, explaining that he
vas about to die with a pain in
lis side A medical examination
vas made and he was removed to
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bounty Fees Add
Up To $3,434.30
Fees, charged by the county for
arious services such as paper
ecordings plus fines and costs in
he courts, added up to $3,434.30
ist month, and were turned into
he county treasury.
Fines, amounting to $1,905 in
he recorder’s court, accounted for
large part of the income during
he period. Costs in the county
ourt added up to $1,269.40. Mis
ellaneous fees in the clerk of
ourt’s office totaled 259.90, The
egister of deeds accounted for
597.50, and the fees collected by
le sheriff’s office amounted to
207.50 during February.
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Ballimore /taaignmenl
Recently promoted, W. J. Brid
en is being transferred to the
altimore division of the Texas
ompany, according to informa
on released by Bob Gentry, lo
ll manager of the Texas oil tcr
lina). Mr. Bridgen is to enter up
i his new duties the early part of
?xt week. Mrs. Bridgen will join
m there just as soon as housing
found.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Bridgen have
aoe many friends during their
ay here, and it is with much re
et tflat they learn of the change
residence.
[ $1,000 THEFT
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A coal one thousand dol
lars in $100, $50, $20, $10 and
$5 denominations, were re
ported missing Tuesday from
Naomi James' pocketbook
hid under a mattress in her
home near Dardens. The mon
ey belonged to the Martha
Boston estate and the fifteen
children and their heirs had
made claims for their shares,
but someone beat all of them
to pay-off dirt.
Investigating the theft,
Sheriff M. W. Holloman said
the custodian was away from
her home about thirty min
utes Tuesday, that the mon
ey disappeared at that time,
the thief leaving $500 folded
in another compartment of
the same pocketbook.
Coroner Holding
An Inquest Today
Coroner W. W. Biggs is holding
an inquest today in the untimely
death of Russell Jones, 22-year
old colored man, near Everetts
about 12:40 o'clock last Saturday
morning. The findings of the cor
oner's jury could not be learned
immediately. The investigation
was centered at the spot where
Jones was struck and fatally in
jured by a west bound freight of
the Atlantic Coast Line.
Questioning Engineer H, B.
Overman here Tuesday evening,
Coronei Biggs made tentative
plans for holding the inquest at
noon today.
Engineer Overman said he and
the fireman, R. Porter, saw the
object on the track, that it ap
peared to be a piece of brown
paper. When the train was within
about 200 feet of the object, En
gineer Overman said he saw that
it was a man, that he threw on
the emergency brake, sounded re
peated blasts of the whistle, but
the man never moved. The train
man said that Jones was bent over
'ulr/ioit Struck by the
step on the engine, Jones was
knocked clear of the track, land
ing hardly more than ten feet
away.
Enginer Overman said his train
was moving hardly more than 12
or 15 miles an hour when it
struck the man and that it came
to a stop within the length of
about ten cars.
Jones was removed to a local
hospital where he died a few min
utes after reaching there.
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Youth Injured In
Fall From Trestle j
Douglas BaUanct, fo-yeai-oid
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ballance,
suffered a right knee injury in a
fail from the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company’s trestle across
West Main Street about 6:00
o'clock Tuesday evening. Said to
have been cracked in two places,
the knee was placed in a cast at
a local hospital and the youth
was able to return to his home
near the highway underpass yes
terday.
Playing with other children, the
boy fei) from the top of the trestle
to the cement below, report s de
claring a car missed him by a nar
•ow margin.
Williams District
First To Finish
Red Cross Drive
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lers Of 114,300 Quota
Raided In Chapter
Stopped up in the face of a nev
call for an additional $200 for thi
relief of tornado sufferers in fivi
states, the Red Cross fund drive ii
this chapter is now going forwarc
in high gear, according to a re
port released today by Chairmar
Iverson Skinner and Co-Chair
man Pete Austin. Approximatelj
three-fourths of the origina
$4,300 goal has been raised, the
chairmen said, expressing th<
hope that contributors would con
tinue to make liberal donations
“If we can maintain the momen
turn, we fell certain that the goa
plus the $200 asked for in thi
name of homeless in Arkansas anc
four other states can be subscrib
ed." Mr. Skinner said.
The National Red Cross is ap
propriating five million dollar:
for the relief of the tornado suf
ferers and much of that amouni
has already been spent, aiding thf
1,133 injured and the more thar
2,000 who either had their home:
destroyed or damaged.
Commenting on the drive in thi:
chapter, Mr. Skinner said thal
$2,270.40 had been collected anc
reported. Only one district, Wil
liams, has made a complete re
port and the quota there was ex
ceeded by $26. Other areas arc
making progress and are expected
to complete the drive and make
final reports by this week-end.
Over in Williams, Mrs. Grady
Godard reported the following
contributions:
Arthur Lilley, 50c; Mis. Arthur
Lilley, 35c; Mrs. Whittington, 50c;
Lelon Roberson, $1.00; Mrs. Fannie
Wells, 40c; Asa Moore, $1.00;
James Moore, $1,00; Wheeler
Gardner, $1.00; Herbert Moore,
$1.00; L. S. Griffin, $1.00; Mrs,
Harry Reeves, $1.00; Clyde Bar
ber, $1.00; Arthur Williams, 25e;
Wendell Griffin, $2.00; Bill Ses
snms, $5.00; Floyde Moore, $3.00;
Oscfif Jones, $1.00; Johnnie Wil
liams, 50c; R. J. Hardison, $2.00;
Harry Barber, 25c; Grady Godard,
$2.46; Ben Barber, 10c; Major
Barber, 25c; W. F. Barber, $1.00;
Riley Mizzell, $1.00; Henry Hoyt
Barber, 10c; John Moore, $1.00;
Melvin Godard, $1.00; Irvin Bem
bridge, 10c; and Dallas Barber,
15c.
Mrs. Irving Roberson reported
the following contributions;
Riddicks Glove Sunday School,
$4.22; Adron Hardison, 53c; Irving;
Coltrain, $1.00; Jim Williams, 50c;
Clarence Hopkins, $1.00; Vida
Bland, 50c; Joe L. Coltrain, $1.00;
Jackie Marslender, 25c; Mrs. Del
la Harrington, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs.
Joshua Coltrain, $5.00; Riddicks
Grove Church, $10.00; Irving Rob
erson, $1.00.
Mrs. Henry Williams solicited
the following amounts:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams,
$1.00; Albert Tyre, $1.00; Mrs. J.
T. Heath, 50c; Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Tyre, $1.00; Thade Hopkins,
25c; Arthur Simpson, 50c; How
ard Hopkins, 50c; Bennie Ray
Hopkins, 50c; Jimmy Tyn, 75c;
Mrs. Marjorie Gardner, $1.00; Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Hardison, $1.00;
Walter Gardner, 50e; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Perry, $1.00; Mr. and
Mrs. James Perry, $1.00; Mrs.
lohn Lilley, $1.00.
Mrs. C. B. Roberson raised the
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THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . ._I
Motorists have traveled
through twelve weeks with
out a fatal accident on the
higways in this county. But
averaging almost one accident
a day, motorists can’t expect
to stay out of the death
column for long. Dim your
driving lights by ‘night and
enhance the safety of all.
offer a comparison pf the ac
cident trend: first, by corres
ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
the present time.
12th Week
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam’jre
1952 5 4 0 $ 1,675
1951 5 2 0 1,700
Comparisons To Date
1952 71 27 0 $21,505
1951 58 15 0 12,465
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Program Is Listed
I For Concert by the
: Green Wave Band
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Thorp Will Bo Music To
Suit Every Taste And
Special Numbers
The program for the annual
Spring concert by the Green Wave
Band of Williamstnn High School
' to be presented in the high school
auditorium on Thursday evening,
April 3, at 8:15, was announced
1 today by Director Jack Butler.
The opening and closing num
bers arc marches but in between
1 there arc numbers to suit the va
ried musical tastes of the general
public, including a novelty num
ber, a trumpet trio and a twirling
routine by the band's head major
ette.
Grayson Grays by Thomas is
the opening march. An overture,
Thendara by Whitney, is second
on the program. This is a fairly
new overture by one of the pres
ent day composers. It opens with
a slow passage but the mood runs
through many changes before
ending in a brisk dynamic man
ner. This number is on the State
Band Contest list, Group III.
Panis Angelicus, a familiar mel
ody from the pen of Cesar Franck
is the third number on the pro
gram. The arrangement for band
is bv Russell Harvey. Then comes
the Grundman arrangement of
Blue-Tail Fly. Also a Group 111
State Band Contest number, this
work is based on a familiar folk
tune interestingly arranged for
band.
The first portion of the program .
ends with a trumpet trio, Cracker
Jacks by DeLamater, John Rog
ers, Calvin Chesson and Don
Reynolds forming the group.
After a 10-minutc intermission,
a march, Tribute To Trombones,
by Keller, will get the second por- (
tion of the concert under way. In
this number five members of the
trombone section will be featured
—Herbert Harrell, Janet Ross,
Mary Ann Manning, Sarah Evcr
ette and Billy Glover.
The Glass Slipper by Yoder is j
the second number after intermis
sion. This, of course, deals with
the story of Cinderella and notes ‘
on the program will explain how ,
the listener can get the full mean- (
ing of the various moods and tern- j
pos of the music.
Nocturne by Darcy follows and
then a modern treatment of a fa
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Young Nan Badly j;
Hurt In Accident'
W. C. Ellis, young local white J
man, suffered severe cuts on his
head and bruises about the body ]
when his car, a 1939 model Ford, ‘
went out of control and turned
over two or three times on the
Prison Camp road, two or three 1
hundred yards from Highway 04 1
last night at 9:30 o’clock. He was "
removed to a local hospital in a '
Biggs ambulance for treatment. ■1'
Driving toward Highway (14, 1
. Elli«_l<«| of his car on a <
curve. A tire blew out after he!
ran off the right side of the hard 1
surface and the car swerved to its '
k-ft and started turning. Accord- >
ing to Cpl. M. C. Byrum, the car 1
after rolling over on its side about
twice, made a somersault. It
came to a stop on its side in Hen- 3
ry June’s front yard, barely miss- £
ing the Jones car. /
When found, Jones was lying ■’
in the back seat, his head sticking
through the rear window. I
It was about the third or *
fourth accident Ellis has been in s
dui ing recent weeks. He suffered ‘
a back injury in a wreck between d
Williamston and Windsor on Feb- v
ruary 22, and had hardly recov- F
cred from that injury when he I
tore up another car and cut him
self badly. Damage to the car (~
was estimated at about $300. £
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College At Convention f
A. J. Holliday, Jamesville young
man, is one of eight students rep
resenting Atlantic Christian Col
lege at the Future Teachers of
America convention being held
in Asheville this week-end. The
F. T. A. convention is a section
of the North Carolina Education
Association and is meeting con
currently with that organization.
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The Rev. Edward Gordon Conk
lin will become pastor of Me
morial Baptist.Church here April
1 to succeed the Rev. Stewart B.
Simms, who in October 1951, bo
■ame pastor of the Woodland
Heights Baplisit Church, Rich'
mond.
Mr. Conklin is coming from
Wakefield, Virginia, where he
served as pastor of the Wakefield
aid Dendron Baptist Churches for
he past two years.
Ho was graduated from the Un
iversity of Richmond in 194(3
ivith the B. A. Degree. During his
college work, which was inter
•upted by about three years in
he Army, he was president of
■he Ministerial Fraternity, chair
nan of Honor Association, vice
president of the Ministerial Asso
ciation, fraternity editor of Year
3ook, student government presi
lent of Richmond College, and
« member of DDK and TKA, na
ional honorary fraternities In
945-46 he was listed among the
‘Who's Who Among Students in
\merican Universities and Col
leges."
Mr. Conklin received his B. D.
iegree from Southern Baptist
seminary, Louisville, Ky., in 1949
md his Th. M. degree from the
■anie school in 1950. WhiH in the
leminary he served several
churches in Indiana. He also serv
is pastor of two churches while
n college.
Mrs. Conklin is the former Miss
canne Munson Clayton of Rich
nond. She is a graduate of It. I’.
in Richmond, and of the W. M.
1. Training School, Louisville,
Cy.
They have one daughter, De
1 'rah Jeanfie, who is 1H months
Id.
The Conklins moved their fur
iture here last week and follow
ig a short vacation in Maryland,
.'ill take up residence in their
ew home on Lee Street next
londay.
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9og Immunization
Prcjsct In County
Starting next week, County Ha
ies Inspector W. K. C'oppage will
nmuni/e all does against rabies,
'he project is being launched in
ccordance with Worlli Carolina 1
itate law, and all dog owners are
sked lo cooperate in making the
ounty free of rabies.
Owners will pay $1 for the vac
illations, but credit will be given
hem on their taxes, meaning the
nmuni/.ation is handled without
ost to dog owners.
The schedule of clinics follows:
Dardens and Ange Town, March
1; Jamcsvitle, April 1; No 90
tat ion, April 2; Hardison’s Mill,
ipril It; Eason Lilley’s Store, Ap
d 4; Dr. Coppage’s office, April
; Corey’s Cross Hoads, April 7; '
lear Grass, April (!; .1. Paul Ell
y’s store and Staton Bailey’s <
.ore, April 9; Cross Hoads Church
ipril 10; Jenkins’ Store and Beil- .
aid’s store, April 11; Roberson- ,
die, April 12; Everetts, April 14;
arinele and Gold Point, April |
i; Oscar Edwards’ store, and Mas
ell, April Iti; Hamilton, and ^
bunch's filling station, April 17;
mith Brothers’ store and Which
rd James school, April 1H; Oak
ity, April 19; Dr. Coppage’s ni
ce, April 21.
njfeni Knor Injury 1
In Fall lin o \ ostonlay 1
Mrs. W. J. Miller suffered a I
roken kneecap in a fall in a i
lain Street store here while shop
ng yesterday morning. r
Removed to a local hospital for (
eatment, she was reported to be t
‘tting along as well as could be 1:
;pected today. I s
Work Started On
Highway Project
In Martin County
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Work on the widening of U. S.
Highway (id between Williamston
and the Washington County line
at Welch’s Creek was started this
week when house movers started
clearing the right-of-way.
The project, originally planned
on an extensive scale and to con
form to modern highway con
struction standards, is being lim
ited to a six-foot widening strip
and the tender handling of two or
three “dead men’s curves'’.
It could not be learned when
the contractor, the Nello Teer
Company, would start actual con
struction, but weather conditions
have been and are still a factor, it
was explained.
Plans on the project have'been
altered and re-altered until the
relocation of the highway will be
limited to a few hundred yards
It was first planned to relocate
several miles of the route. Federal
aid was eliminated when the com
mission chose a second rate, cheap
project.
The first buildings for the right
of-way were moved in the Dar
dens area this week by the con
tractor, J. B. Watkins, of Creed
moor. There are about twenty
structures to be moved, including
a barn on the Bowen farm nuir
Williamston, R. J Hardison’s
store, the old Nurney store and
tome, and the filling station, home
and barn of Wheeler Gardner’s
and a store and home at Gardner’s
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Jamesville Boy
Guards Prisoners
Suffelling a knee wound in j
June of last year, Cpl. Elbert L.
Lilley, son of Mrs. Mabel Lilley
of near Jamesville and the late
Nathan Lilley, is now guarding
prisoners on an island just off
K( >rea.
The Purple Heart, awarded the
19 vear-old soldier, was forward
ed to his mother a short time ago.
Jpl. Lilley underwent hospital
treatment in Osaka, Japan, during
long periods on two occasions, but
s now believed to be getting
dong all light.
Praying that an agreement
•ould he reached in Korea, Cpl.
alley in one of his letters to his
nother said, in part .1 ean
veil remember when all 1 thought
(bout was money, but there is
milling like peace and happiness
something we do not have over
a re. People will never know
•Vhat peace means until they have
o leave it and go away from all
heir friends and loved ones. . . .”
Expressing a burning desire to
;ct back home, the young soldier
laid, "There isn't much to talk
ibout or do except for everyone '
o go to church and live with
mid ”
Cpl. I alley left Uk Sfrtdfr. *>■»
day and was wounded a short
ime later in action.
Wreck Stills In
Bear Grass Area
Two illicit liquor distilleries
vero wrecked in Hoar Grass
fownship yesterday morning by
\BC Officers J. II. Roebuck and ,
.'ceil Bullock.
One plant was equipped with
i submarine type still and a 100
lallon beer box. The other had a
'0-gallon copper kettle and three
larrels of beer on hand.
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Tor Treatment Today
Suffering a slight heart attack
rst Saturday, Ernest Edmondson,
imminent Hassell citizen and a
number of tin- Martin County :
hand of Education, is being mtiv- i
d by ambulance to a Rocky <
dount hospital today for treat
nent. i
A victim of arthritis, Mr. Ed- i
nondson was showing some im- '
movement and was able to at- I
end a meeting of the education 1
oard a short time ago before he i
tillered the attack last Saturday. I
Second Week'Of
Superior Court Is
Called Of! Here
< ouniv liar t o >irri ,Satur
day \ud I’rrpan*
<lar for \pril Term
After being altered several
times, the trial of civil cases
scheduled for the March term of
! the Martin County Superior Court
was finally called off completely
yesterday morning on account of
the continued illness of Judge J.
Paul Frizzelle.
The civil calendar schedule was
first interrupted on Thursday of
last week when the trial of crim
inal cases dragged overtime to
claim two extra days. The calen
dar was again delayed for two
days when Judge Frizzelle ad
vised the clerk Monday morning
that he was unable to appear, that
he would try to make it here by
Wednesday. The jurist advised
yesterday morning that he was
still unable to make the court and
the second week of the court was
called off iti its entirety, leaving
several of those seeking divorces
with indefinite plans.
Already plans are being made
to arrange the civil calendar and
start the trial of civil cases dur
ing the special term to be con
vened the week beginning April
13. There is some doubt, however,
if the court will start the term on
Faster Monday, the 14th, or hold
over until Tuesday, the 15th, be
fore beginning its work. Members
of the Martin County Bar Asso
ciation are to meet here Saturday,
arrange the calendar, and decide
it Easter Monday is to be observ
ed as a holiday.
Although no civil cases were
called during the first week of the
March term, several were re
moved from the calendar by con
sent judgments or by default.
When the defendant in the case
of Emily Thompson against Bar
lowe Smith failed to answer a
complaint, the plaintiff was given
a judgment in the sum of $209,
damages alleged to have resulted
in an automobile accident last
April between Oak City and Pal
my la.
Another judgment was entered
in the records by default when
Nathaniel Riddick and R. 11. Peel
filed no answer to the complaint
made by Hattie Reid. The plain
tiff, suing under the terms of a
farm contract, was given a judg
ment in the sum of $100.
The case of Arthur Lilley and
•liters against Kader Lilley was
jettlcd by agreement.
A voluntary non suit was taken
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Follow Up Health
Tests In Schools
By J. W. Williamti
County Health Officer
Every .school in the county has
non screened by nurses and m
■very instance where defects were
ound the student iias been ox
irnined by the health officer. A
h:w. Veen sent 10 the parent
iy mail and six have been re
timed because of address being
vrong. This note called their at
ention to every defect found and
'equested the parent or guardian
0 have their family physician ex
iniine the child to see if the
lea 1th officer had been wrong in
ns findings If lie agreed then
lave the work done. If the guard
tin or parent was not able {manu
ally to pay' for it, to see the sup
erintendent of schools or the wel
are department.
There is a fund for this very
im pose and it can be used to help
1 man help h;s family. This does
lot mean that a man can neglect
ns family because he is throwing
lis money away, foolishly, but for
hose that are doing their best to
aise healthy and free children
iom all defects that can be cor
cited, that arc or will be a draw*
lack to future health.
There is no need to wait until
ichool is over to do this because
ill the money that is not spent
>ut of this fund goes to counties
vhich are taking advantage of
his aid. The health department
eels that it has done all it caw j
vith all these school children ill
he primary grades, by finding
he defect arid notifying the ,
nt of it. Now it is strictly