' t - V mmm . W uSpjft f THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,MS MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ RY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COURT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH VOLUME LV—NIJMBER 33 William st on, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 22, 1952 ESTABLISHED 189t Discharged By Judge * 9 % i* t, 4 Jamesviile Case Night Be Carried To Supreme Court Juclpe Frizzelle Rules That November Court Consent Judge Is Worthless After being carried into the courts on four different occasions since last October, the hot James villc election case is now right back where it started as a result of a ruling handed down by Judge J. Paul Frizzelle in the Greene County Courthouse at Snow Hill early last Saturday afternoon, leaving L. W. Hardison, L. H.| Hardison and James W. Long holdihg tight to the reins of the town’s municipal government. While the plaintiffs are said to be considering an appeal to the North Carolina State Supreme Court, no action has been taken in that direction. The plaintiffs, listed as A. Corey and others, find that the case could not be considered by the high court be fore September and that a deci sion hardly would be handed down weeks or months later or posibly not over a month or two before time for a regular elec tion. Win or lose, there’s little to be gained in a trip to the high court in so far as the present con tnfversy is concerned, one of the plaintiffs said, adding that possi bly a rulifrg by the high court hight establishji precedent to be! followed in the future. After hearing the'complaint and answer during the course \v. governing elections, in town. Plaintiffs, represented by Attorney E. S. Peel, maintained that a provision had been made in the town charter as recorded (Continued on page eight «Several Fined In The Federal Cour. Several Martin County persons, charged with violating the liquor laws, were fined in federal court held at Washington Monday. Lonnie Rogers, colored, was given his freedom when the court ruled that evidence against him ^ warranted a directed verdict of not guilty. Rogers’ companions, Chas. Sriith and Irvin James, were given suspended prison sen tences, Smith five and James eighteen months. Smith was fin ed $250 and James lost his Ford pick-up truck, the court withhold ing a fine possibly because the de fendant was the father of eleven children. Reuben Rogers, Chas. Whichard and Jesse Gardner were each giv ♦ en prison sentences, suspended upon the payment of $250 fines each. Judge Don Gillam first plac ed a $500 fine on Rogers, but re ports reaching here said the Amount was halved. i iu -. f TRANSPLANTING | ^-— - - - Farmer Toba Bowen, start ing last Thursday, has trans planted about three acres of tobacco. He is believed the first in this county and area to start the task thU season, but thousands of others are making ready for the task, and by next week, weather conditions being favorable, a large majority of the farmers in this county will have start ed transplanting their crops. Mr. Bowen's crop in Cross Roads Township is looking fairly well, and the prospect fo;' the crop generally is en couraging at this time in the county. Red Cross Drive Over The Top In County's Chapter Chairmen Skinner and Aus tin Grateful for Splen did Cooperation The annual Red Cross Drive in this, the Martin County Chapter, went over the $4,200.00 quota last week-end when the Dixie Peanut Company added $25 to the special Rift fund. Chairman W. Iverson Skinner and Co-Chairman Pete Austin were quick to express their appreciation to all those who made contributions and to those who worked so diligently and faithfully in the business sections, residential and rural areas •throughout the five districts com prising the chapter! With a goal of $4,200, the drive lr.st week-end, had climbed to $4,201.43 with one small area— Smithwiek’s—to report. Reviewing the drive up to that time, the chairmen listed the fol lowing receipts, by groups or dis tricts: Williamston special gifts, $2, 097.69; Williamston residential, including individual employes, $720.24; Jamesville Township, $301.00; Williams, $100; Griffins, $225; Bear Grass, $192.37; Color ed school districts: Rodgers, $45.69; Biggs, $65; Dardens, $57 60; Burroughs, $33.35; Wil liams Lower, $51.65; Williamston, $274.14; Jamesville, $37 70. Individual donations, not pre viously reported, follow: Williamston Colored School District Mrs. Ella M. Ormond, canvasser. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ormond, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mason, $1. Mrs. Cleo A. Tyner, canvasser: J. M Tyner, $1.50; Mrs. A. T. Manson, $1; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wallace, $1; Mrs. Virginia Lloyd, (Continued on Page Eight) Damage Suite In Superior Court Three damage suits', growing out of two automobile accidents and asking a combined sum of about $6,500, were filed in the I Martin County Superior Court last week. The cases have not been calendared and it isn't like ly they'll be called before June or September. Nun C. Everett, Robersonville man who was injured in awreck at the intersection of Highways 17 and 64 ir, Williamston last December 15, is asking $974 dam ages in his case against George James Owens. Mary Wiggins, in a suit against Wilbur Cannon, is asking $5,000, alleged damages resulting in an accident on the McCaskey Road near Williamston March 7. In her complaint the plaintiff says she suffered crushed bones in a leg and other bodily injuries, that she was a patient in the hospital for about a month and continues in bed, adding that her injuries are of a permanent nature. James Wiggins, in a suit against the same defendant, is asking $450 damages alleged to have resulted i nthe same, accident. Johnnie Griffin, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Marion Griffin of Cross Roads, and a member of the Everetts 4-H Club, walked away with top honors at the ninth an nual Martin County Fat Stock Show held recently in Williamston. Holding to his Black Angus, Johnnie sold the prize entry for $405, and declared a handsome profit on the operation. The grand champion calf was purchased by Roanoke Lockers and the Roanoke Chevrolet Company of Williamston.—(Royal Studio photograph). Minor Wrecks On County Highways No one was reported hurt and property damage was limited in two or three minor accidents on Martin County highways during the week-end. Losing control of James Ever ett's 1950 Ford, Lonnie Everett, colored of Oak City Route I, ditched or swamped it at Bal lard's Bride in Poplar Point at 1:00 o’clock Saturday morning. The machine went wild and turn ed over. Investigating the ac cident, Patrolman R. P. Narron estimated the damage at $175. At 6:00 o’clock last Friday eve ning, Milford Holliday was driv ing a farm tractor with trailer at tached on Highway 125 near Mill Branch, not far from Williams ton, when the trailer tongue broke and the trailer swerved and tore into a 1950 Oldsmobile driven by Linwood O. Boyd c. Hamilton. No one was hurt and damage to the chi was estimated at $200 py Cpl. M, C. Byrum who made the investigation. A 1935 mode! Oldsmobile, bad ly worn and battered, was found ditched and abandoned on the Bear Grass Road near the Biggs schoolhouse at 10:00 o’clock Sun day night. The owner has not been found. The car is believed to have been bought in Norfolk by Murray Norman, 502 Pendle ton Street, Berkeley, Va. Investi gating the accident, Cpl. M. C. Byrum said clothing and other articles were found in the aban doned car. Parked near his tobacco bed in a field, a 1946 Ford caught lire and was almost deso Leggett Mill section of Bear Grass Township early Friday evening. The car belonged to Dclmus Leg gett, and is believed to have caught fire from a short circuit in the wiring. Even though there were a few wrecks, the accident trend was downward during the period. District Bar Group To Meet In Rocky Mount The second judicial district bar association will hold its annual meeting at the Benvenue County Club, Rocky Mount, on Friday af ternoon of this week at 5:00 o’clock, it was announced today by I. D. Thorp, president. Composed of the counties of Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Martin and Washington, the association will hear Honorable Leland Mc Kcithan, president of the State as sociation. Firemen Are Called Out Here Early This Morning Fire, starting along a fence di viding the Ward Coal and Wood Cornany’s plant ar.d Whitley’s lumber mill, did no damage at 12:15 o’clock this morning. Called there, volunteer firemen had the fire out in a few minutes. ROUND-UP There was little activity re ported on the crime front in this county last week-end, the sheriff’s office stating that on ly four persons were arrested and jailed during the period, one was hooked for breaking and entciing-larccny, public drunkenness, drunken driv ing and operating a motor ve hicle without a driver's licese. All four were colored males, their ages ranging from 25 to 45 years. Woods Fire Burns Leaf Plan! Beds Fire,.starting from a new-ground trash pile on the H. A. Bowen farm near Williamston last Fri day about noon, burned Farmer Mack Bowen’s plant beds, wreck ed a goodly acreage of timber and threatened several buildings, in cluding thy Bethany Holiness Church. Williamston’s fire - fighting equipment was dispatched to the church an a anil neighbors joined in to cheek the fire. His beds destroyed, Mr. Muck Bowen is out looking for plants. Any farmers who have a surplus of plants are asked to lend Farm er Bowen u hand in getting his crop transplanted. He lives on the old Garrett Road between the Pri son Camp Road and the Washing ton Highway near the Bethany Holiness Church. Attends Symposium In ""^TffitvmanAiray Hospital —^— Dr. and Mrs. Victor Brown spent Thursday in Winston-Salem where Dr. Brown attended an an nual symposium of the alumni of the Wake Forest Medical School at the new Bowman-Gray Hospi tal. Mrs. Brown attended a meet ing of the Auxiliary Association of which she is a member. In com menting on the size of the new Bowman - Gray Hospital Dr. Brown stated that it was tremen dous and probably larger in floor space than even Duke Hospital in Durham. Locul Boy Stationed With Byulius Command -& With U. S. Forces on Okinawa— First Lt. Lawrence G. Lindsley, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Lindsley, 318 Church St., Williamston, N. C\, recently arrived on Okinawa for duty with the Ryukyus Com mand. He is assigned as Headquarters Battery commander in the 705th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion. A graduate of Denver Univer sity, Lindsley served during World War IT in the China-Rur ma-India Theater. He first enter ed the Army in January 1942 and was recalled to active duty in May 1951. Patrol Opening Rookie School Col. James R. Smith, command ing officer of the State Highway Patrol said today that a training school for rookie patrolmen will get under way June 1 at the Pa trol Barracks in Chapel Hill. Graduates of the school will fill approximately 30 vacancies now existing in the Highway Pa trol. Col. Smith said that applicants must be citizens of the United States; be between 21 and 31 years old; weigh at least 160 pounds; hi of good moral character and havi no criminal record; have a high school education or its equiva lent; and have no relative now employed by the Highway Patrol Starting salary for trainees ac cepted by the Patrol will be $2, 668 a year. Calling For Bids On Road Project -;*) The State Highway and 'Pudlit Works Commission has called fm bids on road projects in 37 coun ties, including about six miles ir this county. The projects cover about 300 miles of roads market for improvement, mostly black top. The project proposed in tbi; county starts at a point about one quarter mile from Bear Grass or the Bear Grass-Everetts Road ant runs about three miles to the Roe buck fol k or Lum Gurganus’ sta starts at Fulford’s station in Beau fort County on the Bear Grass Stokes Highway and soon enter: this county, connecting with the other part of the project at Gur ganus’ store and continuing t< connect with the Prison Camp o old Williamston-Greonville Roac at Cross Roads Church. The project is to be finances mainly from bond money. Tin bids are to be opened next Tues day for review by the commissior on May 1. Engineers Will Meet In Wilson Tomorron Th East Carolina Engineers Clul will entertain their ladies at theii annual Ladies Night" banquet u Wilson tomorrow night. The pnncinal speaker at 1b< hanquet, to be held at the Cherrj Hotel at 7:30 PM, will be Mr. Sila: Lucas of Wilson. Mr. Lucas, at torney and former solicitor of the general county court of Wilsor County, has been entertaining civ ic, professional and fraternal orga nizations with his wit and humot for the past twenty years. His top ic at this meeting >.vi!) be “Om Quadrennial Convulsions". Several members from the Wil liamston Chapter of the Club art expecting to attend the meeting. 4 Primary Election In County A nnounce Pre-School Clinic' Schedules In This County Beginning next Monday, rep resentatives of the Martin Coun ty Health Department will con duct a series of pre-school clinics in this county. Whenever possible, mothers are asked to accompany their children to the clinics, the doctor explaining that a personal contact can accomplish more than a letter. Parents arc asked to submit cards, showing their children have been vacillated. The schedule in the white schools follows April 2H, Farm Life, 10 a m and Hassell, >2 p. m.; April 29 and 30, Williamston, 9:30 o’clock each morning; May 1, Roberson ville, 9:30 a. m. and 2 p. m.; May New Minister For Hamilton Church Answering a call from the Ham ilton and Everetts Baptist Church es, the Rev. Claude L. Gatling will enter upon his new pastorate next Sunday. The minister and Mrs. Gatling are moving today to Hamilton where they will make their home. A son, Cpl. Stanley L. Gatling, is in the armed forces at the present time. Mrs. Gatling is the former Miss Virginia Bate man. A native of Milwaukee, North ampton County, Mr. Gatling has been in the ministry eight years, preaching at Elk Hill and Smyrna, j Virginia, during his college days, j He was graduated from the Uni versity of Virginia and has held pastorates in Centerville, Va., and Republican, Bertie County. He comes to this county after serving the Bertie church for more Hjun two years, and is succeeding the j Rev. E. R. Stewart who is now in Hickory, Virginia. ! Mr. Gatling, a progressive min ister and forceful preacher, re cently concluded a successful re vival in the church at Hamilton. He promises to continue the able work handled by the Rev. Mr. Stewart during his stay in this county. Tlu people of this county join his members in wishing him a successful ministry and in wel coming him and his family to their midst Last In Concert Series Held Here -4— . John Sebastian, recognized ar tist and soloist with leading sym phony orchestras in this country and Canada, last evening gave the third and final concert in the second-year series sponsored by the Martin County Community Concert Association. The high school auditorium wa.. nmifin ta bly filled,- and the musician was well received, sharing honors with Albert Malver at the piano. It was one of the few times it not the only time a true master of the harmonica ever appeared m a concert here, and before his I program was completed he had given tin- harmonica a rightful place in the family of symphonic instruments. While the program for the most part was a bit heavy, Mr. Sebas tian proved himself in every in stance and went on to win over his hearers with do Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance and a special arrange ! merit by his assistant. To climax the program, he offered as one of ’ several encores a regular old lira down tune, mimicking the coun 1 try artist to the delight of the audience. Mr. Malver, the artist's accom panist for the past nine years, and an artist in his own right, pleased the audience when he played several humbers, two of which were encores. The association will launch its third-year series this fall, it was announced. Its sessions interrupted when several attorneys attended federal court in Washington yesterday, the Martin Superior Court resum ed its trials this morning. t 2, Oak City, 10 :i m., and Ham ilton, 2 p. ni., May 5, Jamesvillo, 10 a. m., and Everetts, 2 p. ni ; May (i, Bear Grass, 10 a. ni. The schedule in the colored schools follows: May 7 and 8, Williamston, 9:30 a ni , May 9, Robersonville, 10., a m. and Everetts, 2 p. m.; May ; 12, Parmele, 10 a. m., and Hamil- |! ton, 2 p. m.; May 1.3, Oak City, j ' 10 a. m.; May 14, Jamesvillo, 10 a. !' ni.; May 15, Williams, 9 a. m.;j! May 10, Dardens, 10 a. m., and Burroughs, 2 p. m.; May 20, Biggs, ' 10 a. m.; May 21, Rodgers, 10 a. m„ and Salsbury, 2 p. rn.; May 22, Smithwick’s, 10 a. m., and Spring Green, 2 p. m. - I SPEAKING TO CLUB I Judge Hubert Otive, candi date for Governor, is address ing a regular meeting of the Rotary Club here today. Ar riving here late last night, Mr. Olive is doing a bit of effective campaigning on the grass roots level today. He is leaving this afternoon for E lizabeth City. Native Oi County Dies In Hospital Mrs. Itculah Roberson Edwards, a native of this county, died in a| Rocky Mount hospital last Satur day night. Funeral service:; wore conducted at the home in Snow Hill Monday afternoon at 4:110 o’clock by the Rev. W. D. Young, pastor of the Calvary Methodist Church in Snow Hill. Interment was in the Snow Hill Cemetery. Mrs Edwards, daughter of the late Luke L. and Nettie Green Roberson, was born near Wil liamston 112 years ago. At an early age she was married to Ade Mi zeilo and spent most of her early , - Vtf y - * - v, . i t. i n * •V''' c - mole and making her home there for some time before her mar riage to E. E. Edwards and locat ing in Snow Hill about thirty .years ago. Following the death of Mr. Edwards in 11)39, she had served Greene County as its reg ister of deeds .and was held in high esteem m her adopted com munity, Surviving ar two daughters, Mrs. John Hardy and Mrs. Tom mie Cameron; one son, Edgar E. Edwards, Jr., all of Snow Hill; one sister, Mrs. B. F. Manning of Robcisonville; two brothers, W. K. Roberson of Richmond, Va,, and S. L. Roberson of Roanoke Rapids; and two grandchildren. Pea,I I'itf.s Sucked ind Dtinifti'd Into Pasture Two dead pigs, weighing about 50 pounds each, were sacked and dumped into Farmer R. II. Hardi son's pasture in Williams Town ship sometime last week. The find was reported Friday, and the sher iff’s office is puzzled to determine why anyone would go to the trou ble to sack the pigs and throw them into another farmer’s pas ture. It is possible that the owner was too lazy to bury the pigs and just dumped them off las hands. rweniy File For Oiiices in County Before Deadline ’.outfit for (!nniniiitNioiu,r, Kilurutioii Board, Judge And Representative Before the filing deadline last Saturday evening at 6:00 o’clock wenty candidates got their names nto the county political pot, but mly four contests developed, one or the North Carolina State louse of Representatives, anoth ■r for judge of the Martin Coun y Recorder’s Court, another for ■ounty commissioner from the driffins-Bear Grass District, and dill another for the three seats on he Martin County Board of Ed leation. The other candidates, including d. G. Horton for State Senator 'lorn this, the second senatorial district; R .11. Smith for treasur :-r; J .Sam Getsinger for register if Deeds; Clarence W. Griffin for county solicitor; J. H. Edwards, 2. O. Martin, H. L. Roebuck and H. S. Johnson, Jr., and O. B. Rob erson for surveyor, filed and without opposition were .declared the party nominess. Their names will not appear on the primary ballot May 31. With only two contests definite ly scheduled up until late Friday, increased activity picked up dur ing the day Saturday, the big sur prise coming when four candi dates filed for the three places on the Martin County Board of Edu cation. Despite the increased ac tivity at the lust minute, county politics is expected to attract no great Interest between now and during the May 31 primary, and, so far, State politics has created comparatively little interest in this immediate area. A three-way race developed Saturday for representative in the General Assembly when E. G. An demon of Robersonville and El mer Mofllin of RFD 1, Jamesville, filed, A. Corey having officially placed his name on the books ea rlier. J S. Ayers of RFD 1, Oak City, a former resident of Everetts and Wililamston, filed to challenge R. T. Johnson’s seat o.i the Martin Countv Recorder’s Court bench. A third contest centers around the county commissioner for the Griffins Hear Grass bi&trE'ct where Jimmy C Gurkin of Grif fins is contesting the seat of W. M. Harrison of Bear Grass. With three places open on the Board of Education and two of the old members, Geo. C. Griffin and J. D. Woolard, retiring, four can didates moved in to bid for the three seats. Cecil B. Powell filed of RFD 1, Robersonville, to suc ceed himself, and C Urbin Rogers of Williamston, Mrs. Frances Rob erson Lawton of Robersonville, and LeRoy Harrison. wt.Besvr Okys&---« entered the race for the first time. Mr. Harrison, well known Bear Grass business man, filed only after it was pointed out that his services weie badly needed and that he eijuld help his county. He was the last to get his name on the books before the filing deadline at 6:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon. There was a little ripple on the county’s political sub-division front wiu'ii Harry C. Jones filed (Continued on Page Eight) Fainfully Injured in Fall From Ladder Monday —<$ Mr. Arthur C. Harrison was painfully but believed not serious ly injured in a fall at his homo in Bear Grass yesterday morning. Painting his house, Mr. Harrison fell when the ladder slipped and suffered a broken right arm and severe bruises about the head and body. He is recovering in a local hospital. -— ,|l Janieseille Merchants To Observe Half IhdUlayg Beginning this week. JamesviHit merchants will observe each WedMP lesday afternoon durinj ner months as a half vus announced