Newspapers / The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / April 29, 1952, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,«M MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BX OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEH* =1 VOLUME LV—NUMBER 35 Williamslon. Marlin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 29, 1952 ESTABLISHED 189f - FourlJaa-Liqasr- j Cases Called In 1 Recorder's Court Fines Imposed al Monday's Session Added Up To $700.00 -s>— Alleged violators of the liquor laws went into their second “con vention” within a month on Mon day when fines, amounting to $700, were imposed by Judge R. T. Johnson in the Martin County Recorder’s Court. Special under- ( cover agents of the State Alcohol ic Beverages Control Board en forcement division returned as , witnesses. One of the cases was nol press ed, and all but two of the other defendants in the thirteen cases pleaded guilty. One was continu ed for the defendant. In addition to eleven cases docketed by the special agents, county officers booked three of their own. The second “conven tion" did not attract very much attention, one observer saying that possibly some of those at the first meeting were too busy car rying on their trade to attend court. Novella Bonds, before the court on a repeat performance, pleaded guilty of violating the liquor laws. In one case she was taxed with the costs. In the other she was fined $100 and taxed with the cost. She is to violate no li quor law during the next five years, and if she does and convic tion follows she is to serve six months in the woman’s prison. She also agreed to keep her home open to ABC officers for searches without warrants, and is to have not more than one pint of legal and no amount of illicit liquor in her possession at any one time. Simon Jenkins, pleading not guilty of violating the liquor laws, was adjudged guilty. He was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of a $100 fine and costs. He is to vio late no liquor law for five years. He appealed to the superior court and bond was required in the Sum of $200. Boss Gaynor, before the court on two counts, pleaded guilty. In one case he was taxed with the costs and in the other, he was sentenced to the roads for six months, suspended upin the pay ment of a $100 fine and costs. He 1 is to' violate no liquor law for five years. The case in which Minnie V. Gaynor was charged with violat ing the liquor laws, was nol pross \d. • Mary Jane Payton, back in the courts again for violating the li quor laws, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to woman’s prison for (Continued on Page Eight) • Scoots Had A Wet Time In New Bern Martin County Boy Scouts, at tending the tug carr.ptuee 'fiv'er ui“ New Bern last week-end, had an enjoyable time but admitted it was on the “wet side”. Williamston’s Troop 27, led by Joe Clayton and Eddie Daniels, won a red ribbon, and Troop 29, led by Charles Hudson and Mack Byrum brought back a white rib bon. Joe Clayton called for a sec ond grading, and it is possible No. 27 will get a blue ribbon. Those making the trip from here were, Charles Hudson, Mack Byrum, Wm. Ray Bunting, Doug Abernathy, Sherwood Coltrain, Marvin Donaldson, Joe Clayton, Eddie Daniels, Henry Handy, Bil ly Biggs, Roy Rogers, Parran Wheeler and Don Skinner, Jr. Some of the Scouts were forced to take shelter in New Bern when their camp site was almost wash ed out. They were housed in New Bern. Large Crowd W itnesses Religions Play Sunday --*> “The Everlasting Arms," a three-act religious play written and directed by Floyd E. Clark, | f was presented in the high school j auditorium here Sunday evening | at 7 30 o’clock by students of j Johnson Bible College, Kimber- j lin Heights, Tenn. A large crowd witnessed the play which was well received. Stari-Ui’genfCanc&r": Drive In County This Week In answer to repeated urgent appeals, a group of volunteers last week-end agreed to launch the an nual cancer fund drive in the county this week. While no chairman has been named. Miss Irene Tetterton and Mrs. Chas. I. Harris Monday con tacted volunteers in the various districts and pleaded with them to carry the appeal to the general public. Progress is being made, and it is hoped to complete the campaign within the next ten days or two weeks. It was explained by representa tives of the North Carolina Can cer Society that a nursing hospital for advanced cancer cases had been opened in Lumberton for North Carolina, that the Society had obligated to raise between $75,000 and $100,000 for the pro ject this year. The hospital has sixty beds and was recently open ed to receive incurable cases. It was also explained that the Amer ican Cancer Society is making available millions of dollars for the continuous fight, against can cer, that thousands of dollars had been turned over to scientists in hospitals in this State for research work, hoping, in the end, that a cure can be found. Martin County has been asked to raise $2,200 this year, or about $700 more than the quota a year ago. The drive was quickly han dled in 1951 under the chairman ship of Mrs. Herbert Whitley, who is unable to,serve in that po sition this year since her husband, Major Whitley, just recently left for foreign duty and she literally has her hands full looking after her family at home. To reach the goal, the several communities are being asked to raise amounts, as follows: Wil liamston, $1,000; Robersonville, $350; Jamesville, $150; Hamilton and Goose Nest, $125 each; Grif fins, Bear Grass and Cross Roads, $100 each; Williams, Poplar Point and Hassell, $50 each. LITTLE LEAGUE 1 -• Williamston's Little Base ball League is expected to take definite form when club managers and coaches along with officials “buy their play ers” at a meeting to be held in the grand jury room this evening at ^ :30 o’clock. The managers have been allowed so much “money" for the purchase of players and some keen competition is in prospect. Returning to Hamilton to engage in business, Mr. Nor mon Everett has resigned as secretary of the league, and Mr. Marion Cobb is taking over his duties with the League. Plead Guilty Of | Armed Robbery L. D. Hatchell, 32, and Arthur Earl Chadwick, 18, were sen tenced to prison by Judge Henry Stevens in Halifax County Su perior Court Monday for armed robbery. A true bill in a kidnap ping case against the two was re turned by the grand jury, but that was nol pressed. Hatchell was sentenced to serve from five to seven years, the sentence to run concurrently with a 60-yi aY torn; he is now serving for murder in . ■' '*■’4Chadwick, who had only seven months to serve when he broke out of the Halifax Prison farm, was sen tenced to serve five years. The two men on March 6 bum med a ride with the Rev. Grady Haynes, Baptist minister of Hob good. They took him out of his car and tied him to a tree and left in his car. An alarm was sounded, and Patrolman R. P. Narron pick ed up their trail in Williamston and ran them down a few miles i>ut"on Ihr Washington’ Train-Car Wreck At Crossing Here ——t-— No one was hurt and damage was said to have been limited in a train-auto accident at the Elm i Street crossing here last Saturday. R. E. Rackley, Hamilton man, said he saw the box car at the crossing, that he thought it was stationary when it was moving slowly. He crashed into the side of the car, one report said. He was driving a 1937 Olds. --*-— Man Painfully Stabbed By Woman Here Sunday -#— Thurman James, 35, was pain fully but not seriously stabbed by Mamie Patrick in an apartment house on Roberson Street here Sunday morning shortly before 11 o'clock. No cause for the act was immediately advanced, Chief John Roebuck said. She used a pair of scissors. I Tired of the fussing and noise J downstairs, Johnnie Parker, said | to have been drinking, walked | out on an upstairs porch and i'ired j a shot gun "to scare ’em so he ] could rest.” He was booked for ! the promiscuous shooting of fire arms. Many Are Called Bat Few Chosen By Armed Forces To Call Eight Mm In The County May 21 For Final Induction The armed forces Are still call ing quite a few men from this county but few are being chosen, according to information released by the draft board this week. Four out of seventeen men an swering a preinduction call on April 14 were accepted, but even then the percentage of rejections was not as large as it was the pre vious month when thirty-five were called and only three pass ed the preliminary examinations. For the first time since Jan uary, the draft board in this coun ty is to send a group of men to Raleigh for final induction. The call is for eight men and they are to report on Wednesday, May 21. A call for 25 men has been re ceived, but they are to report for pre-induction examinations. They are to go to Raleigh on Wednes day, May 14. About half of those reporting for the preliminary examinations recently had been examined be fore and classified in the 4-F group. One of them passed. Those making the trip week before last were: White: Tommy Rogers, Luther Saunders'Clark, B'.U Roberson, Earl Eugene Hyman. Co'cred: Charlie Bullock, Jr., Surry Mack Whitaker, James Bell, Sherman Cecil Andrews, William Jasper Whitley, Jesse Crowell, Edward Carraway, Faul Frank, Jr., William Lawrence, Jr., Willie Mac Hudson, Curtis Lee Parker, Raleigh Perkins, Jr. . Lafayette Bunch, transferred to the board in this county from West Palm Beach, accompanied thf group to Raleigh for finatean uuction. Clarence Bullock, Jr., was transferred from Beaufort, and he too accompanied the group to Raleigh for final induction. Julius Caesar Hargett was transferred to the board in Greensboro. Halivs Died ai His Home In Bethel Monday ——i " " Funeral There Today For Lewis Ayers, Prominent Bethel Citizen -$ Lewis Ayers, prominent Bethel citizen and a native of this coun- i ty, died at his home in Bethel ] Monday morning at 7:25 o'clock ( of a heart attack. In declining . health for several years, Mr. Ay >.: s had suffered two slight at tacks just before and right after Easter Sunday, but his condition was not considered serious and , he continued fairly active. Last Saturday he drove over to Tar ; boro and was thought to be get ting along well until about 5:00 o’clock Monday morning when he was again stricken. He told Mrs. Ayers that that was the last. Mr. Ayers was born in Bear Grass Township 63 years ago on August 22, 1888, the son of the late John H. and Courtney Rog ers Ayers. After spending his early life on the farm he became associated with his brother in the mercantile business at Bear Grass, going with M. O. Blount and Sons in Bethel in 1915. A year later in 1816, he was married to Mary Gurganus of this county. After years of faithful service in the Blount organization, Mr. Ayers resigned January 1, 1937, and es tablished the Ayers Funeral Home in Bethel, owning and op erating it since that time. A popular leader in his adopted community, he figures promi nently in the community's varies affairs. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge there, and served the town as mayor in 1942-43. A member of the Metho dist Church for fifteen years, he was active in religious work and placed a high value on the finer and nobler ideals in life. Surviving besides Mrs. Ayers are a son. Burton Ray Ayers, of Bethel; two daughters, Mrs. D. H. Jenkins, also of Bethel, and Mrs. Samuel M. Jones of Norfolk; one brother, Elder A. B. Ayers of Bear Grass; one sister, Mrs. C. E. Jenkins, of Williamston; and four grandchildren. Funeral services are being con ducted in the Bethel Methodist Church this afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by his pastor, the Rev. N. W. Grant. Interment will be in the Bethel Cemetery where mem bers of the Masonic Lodge will be in charge of the last rites. Ssead&v&adyas-p Elec! Oiiicers Al Meet Last Night Youthful Band Gives Good Account of Itself In First Program In a regular meeting held at the high school last evening, the local Parent-Teacher Association elected officers for the new year and heard several interesting re ports along with a program by Professor Jack Butler's elemen tary band. In the absence of the president, D. L. Reynolds, who continues ill, Mrs. John L. Goff, vice president, presided. The Rev. John L. Goff conducted the de votional, and following the read ing of the minutes by Mrs. Asa Crawford, the grade roll call was made, the attendance prize going to Miss Rogerson’s sixth grade. Fletcher Thomas, local business man, was elected president of the association for the coming year. Asa Crawford, another business man, was named vice president. Miss Sue Henderson was elected . secretary and Mrs. Hoke Rober-1 son, treasurer. The new officers are to be installed at the next reg ular meeting to be held on May The association now has 4G0 members, it was announced, and it was voted to contribute $60 on the tennis courts, to help clear away the indebtedness. Principal B. G. Stewart an nounced that State Supervisor Lassiter of Raleigh visited the elementary school a few days ago and spoke favorably of the pro gram. He explained, however, that no formal rating of the school is to be expected before June or later. Introduced by Miss Mary Whit ley the elementary band of forty nine members, appeared in their first formal program, and the pro mising musicians gave an unus ually good account of themselves. The band is adding two new, and incidentally, costly instruments, an alto clarinet and a bass clari net. -«. Suffers Broken Leg In Fall From A Mule Rrtmas Lee, colored farmer, suf fered a broken right leg in a fall from a mule on the King farm over in Williams Township last Friday. He is receiving treatment in a local hospital. The break was said to have been a bad one. ICounty Boy Rated Number | One As Inventor In Korea With the 25th Infantry Div. in Korea—“Number One Inventor” is the name given Cpl. Pcrlie J. Modlin, Jamesville, N. C., by the men of Battery C, 69th Field Ar tillery Battalion, in Korea. Corporal Modlin, an electronics engineer in civilian life, has done everything from manufacturing door latches to repairing cameras, in addition to his regular duties in . .e battery’s fire direction center. The versatile corporal has fixed a three-quarter-ton truck so that it can be used as the fire direction center when the unit is on the move. It saves stopping to set up a tent and the center can get into action immediately after arriving in a new area. When Modlin isn’t fixing some thing, he is busy making a "pic ture diary” of his tour of duty in Korea. He has taken oyer 500 feet of 8-mm. movie film and hun dreds of still photos. The corporal processes the- still films himself ir. a lab he pieced together in his spare time. Me 77a? made a contact printer from a tin can and wood. The chemicals were sent from the U. S. “It's the old story,” says Modlin, “war seems to be a necessity, and necessity is the mother of you know-what.” And One Fatality in * Highway 64 Accident' -$ First Road Death ( In County In 1952 Result of Accident Lullirr Reason, 30, Died Kn Route To Norfolk Hos pital Saturday Night Lither Reason ,30-year-old Ply mouth white man, was fatally in jured and four others, including Mr. Reason’s two young sons, were badly injured in one of a series of motor vehicle accidents on the highways in this county during the week-end. His left leg broken in two places and suffer j ing internal injuries, Mr. Reason | died en route to a Norfolk hospi tal at 8:30 o’clock or about four hours following the accident on Highway 84 just a few hundred ( yards from Ward's Bridge in this i county. i Mr. Reason and four other vie- | tims in the two-car, head-on col lision, suffered a total of ten limb fractures, according to a report released by Patrolman Carl Gilch rist and Cpl. M. C. By rum, the ! investigating officers. ; Ernest Earl Reason, 7, suffered fractures of both legs above the knees and head injuries. Luther Reason, Jr., 8, had his left leg broken above the knee and his knee cap was broken and almost crushed. He also suffered lacera tions, according to first reports. In the second car, James Henry Satterwaite, 57-year-old Roper colored man, suffered fractures of both legs and lacerations. His companion, Willie Phelps, 39, al , so of Roper, had both legs brok en and his left knee cap broken ^ and crushed. He also suffered in ternal injuries, a hole was knock ed in his head and his nose was broken. Following over-night treatment in the Washington County Hos pital, the two Reason lads and 'satterthwaite and Phelps were re moved to a bone specialist in a Norfolk hospital. No detailed report on the aeci dent could be had immediately, but according to information reaching here, Mr. Reason and his two sons were traveling from IH. ii home iri Plymouth to visit their parents .mb grandparent., near Dardens. His car, a 1949 Ford, apparently ran off the nar row road and he lost control of the machine on a bad shoulder. It is thought the ear then swerved to its left and into the path of the approaching 1951 Plymouth driv en by Satterthwaite. Both cars were demolished, unofficial esti mates placing the damage to the Plymouth ear at $1,400 and that to the Ford at $800. ,^fata' accident | reported on the highways in the county this year. Reason was the son of Sam and Leona Baker Reason, of Dardens and was born in Martin County April 25, 1922. He went to Ply (Continued on page eight' Displaced Family Overcoming Obstacles Find Going Tough On County Farm But No Complaint Coming from a community along the Austrian border in Ger many, a displaced family located on a farm in the Dardens section of this county Recently, and it goes without saying that the little group of seven—father, mother and five sons—have encountered many obstacles. Even though they could not speak any English, the Joseph Millers are making rapid progress, according to reports reaching here. Two of the older sons joined their father in logging operations. Blisters in their hands plagued them, but no complaint was heard. Two younger lads are attending i school in Jamesville, and while! I they found the English language and slang expressions b«L'ling, names of many of their school mateis were mastered in a short while. A four-year-old remains with the mother at home while the others are at work or in school. Even though all members of the family are finding their lots dififcult in the face of speech dif ficulties, possibly Mrs. Miller is confronted with the greatest pro blems, and most of them are cen tered in the kitchen. Unable to cal! for baklf>„ powder, she turn-! ed out flat breads. The diet was limited because she did not know how to call for the things she wanted. Following a visit a short time ago by Mr. anil Mrs. Peter Christopher, who speak German, the Millers are now solving 1h*'ir problems in fairly rapid order. The Christophers went with them on a shopping trip to a grocery, and items missing from the diet for days were purchased in quan tity, Mrs. Miller carefully nothing the American names for various items. Operating on a shoestring, so to speak, the Millers went into debt to set up housekeeping on the Charlie Hough farm near Dar-i dens. Their earthly possesair/ns, J costing only $150, include just! enough crude chairs for each | member of the family. There are! no floor coverings and one entire 1 ream of their now homo is bare from wall to wall. Thr little tinu loft from gainful employment is devoted to house repairs and simi lar projects. Neighbors and other friends are lending a helping hand, but the language barrier has made rela tionships difficult, and while some members of the family get a bit disheartened in their strange sur roundings they have not been heard to complain about hard work or any hardship. The Millers are believed to be the first displaced family to be located in this county. They were brought to this county bv the Catholic service. The family at tends services in Williamston. j FARM LIFE The fate of the Farm Life * High School was discussed by 1 members ol' the Martin Coun ty Board of Education and representatives of the State Board of Education at a spec- 1 ial meeting held in the court house here last evening. Members of the Farm Life School Committee were also present. As far as it could be learn ed, no final decision was reached, and future plans, if any, were not disclosed. A delegation from Farm Life plans to go to Raleigh to plead the cause of the school, according to unoffi cial information received here this morning. Speeder Tries To Outrun Patrolman —«►- — Patroling Highway 125 between Williamston and Hamilton early Sunday evening, Patrolman R. P. Natron picked up a smoky trail Lonnie Parker was leaving near the Matthews nursery. Parker, 28-year-old colored man of RFD 1, Palvmra, continued to the Pop lar Point road at the Sherrod farm and made a nasty turn. The chase continued through Poplar Point, Parker flying low at be tween 80 and 90 miles an hour. During the meantime, Cpl. M. C. Byrum was called by radio, and he put up a road block where j 125 and the Poplar Point road I meet at Nicholson’s store. | Parker made a right turn with his 1950 Pontiac at the James home and went across 125, a short distance away, running about 80 miles an hour. He was finally hauled down near the Burroughs school, a few miles off Highway 125. Parker said lie did not know anyone was following him when he was finally stopped and book ed for speeding and careless and reckless driving, hiding with Parker, a companion said he knew little about what was going on, that he was kept busy holding on with V't his might. , Two Booked On Larceny Charges Waiving preliminary examina tion, Billy Lee Whitehurst and Marvin Luther Whitfield, young Pitt County white boys, were bound over to the county court for trial on larceny charges by Justice Chas R. Mobley Monday night Bonds were required in the sum of $400 each, The young men last Wednesday night allegedly stole a fertilizer distributor out of a field on the Taylor farm, eleven cedar posts from Farmer Elmer Edmondson near Hassell, a roll of wire fenc ing from the Foliar farm and two auto wheels and tires from Henry Stevenson. They were stopped in Bethel by police when they went through with their pick up truck loaded down with the stolen goods and contraband liquor. They are in the Fitt County courts today for violating tl e liquor laws, and are scheduled to appear in the Mar tin County court next Monday. To Construct Office llnildinft Here This Full Purchasing the Knight proper ty on Main Street near the post office and between the Harrison Shoppe and the Peele property, Mr. Henry A. Johnson is making plans to construct an office build ing there, it was learned this week. The present building on the site, used for many-years by the late Dr. J. B. II. Knight as his office, is to be torn away during the fall to make room for the new struc ture. Accidents During Past Several Days Four Wrecks Reported In Addition To Fatal One Near IJardens Following a period of little ac tivty, accidents flared up on the highways and streets in this coun ty during the past few days. In addition to one near Dardens in which a young man was fatally injured and four others badly hurt there were four, more of less, minor accidents on the highways and streets during the week-end. There were said to have been ten limb fractures in the Dardens accident, one or two victims suf fering at least three. In another wreck, a victim suffered a bad fracture of his left leg, and .in addition to that one victim had a shoulder bone split at the joint. A preliminary review of the week-end carnage shows one was killed, eight others injured and an estimated $3,000 property loss in five accidents. All five accidents were reported between 4:30 o’clock Saturday af ternoon and 11:00 o’clock that night. The first in the series was the accident at Dardens. Thirty minutes later, Mr. and Mrs. John Hardy of Williamston were thrown out of their car when the machine went out of control on the slippery road near Roberson villi'. Mrs. Hardy was painfully bruised and shocked, but was able to continue to her home following hospital treat ment. Mr. Hardy, driving tha Plymouth car, received a should er injury. No estimate on the car damage could be had immediate ly. ! At ti:00 that evening, Clarence Purvis, 20-year-old colored farm er of Cross Roads, lost control of John Alfred Griffin’s 1949 Ponti ac between Everetts and Rober sonville, and the machine turned three flips. Stopping on its side in a field, the car pinned Purvis underneath, breaking his left leg just above the ankle and mang- ' ling his foot. Apparently thrown out on the first turn, Griffin, Eve retts filling station operator, suf fered three broken ribs and a split shoulder blade. He v'as able t;i continue to his home following treatment in the Robersonville Clinic. Purvis continues in the hospital. Damage to the car was estimated at $(i0G bv Patrolman B. W. Parker who made the investi gation. Charges of speeding and reckless driving are. pending |- ,,'V.Coikft»W«5tt c.v Pvvge Soy<i'~f' F uneral Saturday For Mrs. Beasley Funeral services were conduct ed in the Ahoskie Baptist Church last Saturday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock for Mrs. T. E. Beasley, mother of the late Mrs. W. C, Mercer of Williamston. In de eUmn?, health for months., Mis,^ Beasley died at her home in Ahos kie Thursday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock. She was 82 years of age. The Rev. Oscar Creech, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. R. L. West of Foun tain, conducted the rites, and burial was in the Ahoskie Ceme tery. The daughter of the late Dan iel W. and Mollie Nowell Britton and widow of Thomas Edward Beasley, she was born in Bertie County, and lived in Colerain un til 27 years ago when she moved to Ahoskie where she taught a Bible class for a quarter century and served faithfully in other .church work. Surviving are a son, Dr. E. Bruce Beasley, of Fountain; a daughter, Mrs. Florence B. Beas ley of the home; a brother, D. R, Button of Colerain. ('on cl u des Success fill Revival Meeting Hero Dr. Frank G. Voight, pastor of the Roanoke, Virginia, Baptist Church, concluded a successful re vival meeting in the Memorial j Baptist Church here Sunday eve ! ning. j Large congregations were re ported throughout the week and the meeting added twelve new members to the church roll.
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 29, 1952, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75