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1 * ™-'l — THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK TIIE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK • VOLUME I V—NUMBER 39 ■»---*--— Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. May 13, 1932. ESTABLISHED 1899 won* Dies In Hospital, Victim Of Suicide Funeral Heltl Saturday In Robersonville For Wil ^ ' ' lianiston Boy David Earl Simpson, represen tative of the Royal Baking Com pany with headquarters in Wil liamston, fatally injured himself with a .22-caliber pistol at his home on South Haughton Street last Thursday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. He died in a Durham hos pital about eight hours later at 12:30 o’clock, Friday morning without regaining consciousness. Making an investigation, Coun ty Coroner W. W. Biggs said it was sucicide and that no formal inquest was necessary. Using an owl head pistol, the 20-year-old youth held the bar ren to his right temple and fired the bullet into his brain. He was removed to a local hospital and a short time later was transferred by ambulance with a patrol escort to the Durham institution. Completing his work that af ternoon he made a telegraphic re port to his company about 3:30 o’clock. Going to his home a short time later, he was reported to have threatened his life. Mrs. Simpson had called for her mo ther in Robersonvilie, and Police Chief John Roebuck was called to the home to get the pistol from him. Simpson told the officer there was no pistol in the house, that there was an old rifle around. The officer, finding there was nothing lie could do, left. A short time later, Mrs. Simpson 'took her young child and was getting into a car to go to her parents home in Robersonville when the shot was heard. Officers found him flumped on the floor in a bed m room. Coroner Biggs said Simpson had contacted others earlier in the day to make his deliveries the next day, but offered no explana tion for making the request. It was also reported that the young man had been drinking rather fre quently and that there had been ;ome domestic trouble. Simpson was born in Jamesville Township twenty years ago and spent his early life there He married Miss Carolyn Coburn of Robersonville and located in Wil liamston about a year ago, driv ing for a cleaning establishment before going with the baking com pany. He had many friends In his dome and adopted communities. Surviving besides his widow are a young Mie, David E..(! Simp ion, Jr.; his mother, Mrs. Dare Dickerson; five half-sisters, Anna hiza, Mary Jo, Alice Gray, Ger aldine *nd Linda Kay Dickerson, an dthree half-brothers, James Henry Dickerson, Jr., Robert Dwaine and Charles Kent Dick erson, all of Williamston; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Simpson of William ston with whom he had made his home since early childhood. Funeral services were conduct ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Coburn in Robersonville Saturday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock by the Rev. W. B. Harrington, County Baptist minister, assisted by the Rev. J. M. Perry, pastor of the Robersonville Christian Church. Burial was in the Rober sonville Cemetery. ---® Duck Inn Burned Out Last Evening ¥ » Duck Inn, a hot spot for society segment during recent years, was burned out shortly before 11:00 o’clock on Washington Street next to the Thrower Appliance and Hardware Company last night. Believed to have started from a lighted cigarette butt thrown in to a trash basket, the fire burned out most of the interior and sent its smoke into nearby buildings. Using both trucks and working from two hydrants, firemen whup ped out the fire in a few minutes and confined it for the most part to the interior of the small one story frame building. No estimate on the loss could be had immediately. It was reported that there was little stock on1 hand, that the beer supply hadj been e*.ii«uotcJ wlaiwSi^ia-jts on-1 tirety. j€aiidida^wJW44fltt*lin C<m&teeii tati\ v K Following: a period of little activity, politics is “picking up" rapidly on the home front with tlie three-way race for Martin County Representative possibly holding the spotlight. Going into the uemocratic primary on May 31 are, left to right. E . G. Anderson, Robersonvillc tobacconist, A. i orey, surveyor of Jamesville, and Elmer N. Modlin, Jamesville farmer. Officers Strike Again At Illicit Liquor Traffic Here Wiliiamslon police, assisted by ABC and county officers, last Sat urday evening struck again at the prosperous illicit liquor traffic here, and came out with a .50(1 batting average. Armed with search warrants, the officers visited six homes and found sufficient evidence m three to gn into court before Justice Raymond Johnson. Officers, explaining they are up against a mean problem, admit that the surface in the illicit busi ness has hardly been scratched, that while they find it impossible to get evidence that will stand up in court they are fairly certain I ROUND-UP v____ - -» Nine persons were arrested and detained in the county jail last week-end, the group lacing eight different charges. Two were booked for drunk en driving, and one each for assault, speeding, drunken ness, larceny, breaking and entering. A ninth person was jailed where she was held un til she could be removed Sat urday to an asylum for the insane. Two of the nine were white, and the ages of the group ranged from 18 to 56 years. Graduating With Honors Monday Misses Mattie Faye and Mavis Lee Brown, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown of Bear Grass, will be graduated with honors from East Carolina College, Greenville, next Monday. ' Miss Mattie Faye Brown has earned the service award in the Department of Business Educa tion and would have graduated tr.-J Tbar-k'-civing. hut, gh.y. t;,ek up extra curricular work so that she might graduate with her sis ter, Mavis Lee, who has just com pleted four years of work in only II quarters. Both sisters have earned a ma jority of their tuition by doing ex tra work outside their regular studies. Finishes Basic At Lackland Base Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. —Airman Robert E. Turner, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rue E. Turn er of Oak City, N. C., has com pleted his AF basic an men indoc trination course at Lackland Air Force Base, the “Gateway to the Air Force." Lackland, situated near San Ar. tonio, is the world’s largest air force base, site of Air Force basic training, for men and women, headquarters of the Human Re source Center, and home of AF’s Officer Candidate School. His basic training is preparing htm for entrance into Air Force technical training and for assign ment in specialized work. The course includes a scientific evalu ation of his aptitude and inclina tion for following a particular vo cation and career. that old violators continue in the trade and that new ones are go ing into the business from time to time. Going into the home of Mary Ester on Roanoke Street, the offi cers found a quart of white li quor and a fairly sizable supply of beer on hand. At Ed Brewington's place on East Church Street, the raiders found one-half gallon white li quor and a number of empty jars, apparently used in connection with his operations. A search at the Jack Knight home on South Pearl Street net ted about a pint of raw bottled in-the-bush liquor. i Buyer On Local Market Passes — — Mr. Norwood Thomas, popular buyer on the Williamston Tobac co Market for the J. P. Taylor Company during the past fifteen years, died suddenly of a heart at tack at his home in Wilson last Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock. Apparently in his usual health, Mr. Thomas was sitting in a chair when he suffered the attack and died a short time later. Few tobacco buyers ever made more lasting friendships among the farmers and market operators than Mr. Thonria,, did. He was in teiestcd in the market and its patrons and made lasting friend ships during his stay here. A son of the late N. B. Thomas and wife, he was born in Hender son 54 years ago on December 17, 1897 and had made his home in Wilson for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ella Hackney Thomas of Wilson; one daughter, Mrs. Harold P. Stuart of Verona, N. J.; one granddaughter; one brother. T. P. Thomas, an of ficial of the James I. Miller To j baeco Company of Wilson; and tour sister, Mrs. J. W. Jenkins, Mrs. R. C. Cary, Mrs. Frank B. Robards and Miss Rosa Long Thomas, all of Henderson. Mr. Thomas was long a' member of the First Methodist Church . in Wilson, and for years a member of the official board of stewards, and was active in civic move ments in Wilson. Funeral ser vices were held at the First Me thodist Church in Wilson this morning at 11 o’clock, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Robert W. Bradshaw, and burial was in Wilson. Officers Wreck | Large Distillery Raiding in Bear Grass Town ship early Sunday morning, ABC Officers J. H. Roebuck and Cecil Bullock and Deputy Raymond Rawls wrecked a large illioit li quor distillery. It was a case of the early birds getting the worm (still worm), but they did not get their man because they were too early. The officers reached the still at 5:00 o’clock or before the operators cranked up for a run. They wrecked the 150-gallon oil tank still and poured out about 300 gallons of mash. Public Nuisance Charge Dismissed In Court Friday Justice Kiil«>s Evidence Was Insufficient To Support A Conviction Ruling there was insufficient evidence to warrant a conviction, Justice Charles R. Mobley in his court here last Friday evening dismissed the case in which D. Price and Randolph Moore, young white men, were charged with us ing, boisterous and obscene lan guage in public. The defendants did not testify, Mrs. Roger Roberts told the court that there was whooping and yelling and loud radio playing on the corner of Main and Wash ington Streets at 2:20 o’clock last Thursday morning. She ex plained that a call was made to Bruce Holloman, operator of the Central Service Station. Holloman was then quoted as saying he call ed the station to talk with the at tendant, James Holliday, that Holloman said he could hardly hear the attendant because there was so much nois^ there. Asked who was making the noise, Holli day was quoted as saying that it was Price and Moore. The wit ness, Mrs. Roberts, stated that she could not identify the defendants. Mr. Holloman, taking the stand,] said that he called the station and had to "pick" Holliday for facts about the disturbance, that, the defendants had made slang re marks. Kxplaming that, he tried to mope ate in maintaining peace) and quiet on the corner, Mr Hol loman asked the court about' keeping the defendants off the station premises. James Holliday, the station at tendant, a bit shaky it) the pre sence of the defendants and un certain about just what happened, said that Price and Moore went to the station, bought gas and drinks and left. Their car was parked across the street and the radio was playing, the witness claiming thul neither Moore nor Price.turn ed it on After a plea was re ceived for quiet, Holliday said he went across the street and asked them to turn the radio’ off. The defendants then allegedly drove off, yelling and skidding the car tires as they turned the corner. Holliday said he was in side the station at the time and could not swear it was the defen dants. The evidence was ruled out. Repeated appeals have been made to eliminate the unneces sary noise, but no effective way has been proposed as yet to con trol it. Leaving the pool room on Washington Street at closing time, several young men have made a practice of gathering around the Mam and Washington Street corner, and intentionally or (Continued on Page Six) Conlinuas (Jaila III In A Loral llospilul Suffering an attack last Salur urday while spending a few days at his beach cottage in Nags Head, Mr. Irving Smith, prominent Rob ersenville business man, continues seriously ill in a hospital here. Brought here by ambulance early Sunday afternoon, he was reported this morning to be about the same. Matiec»fciicide Pact In County Saturday Night James <!. Coiiiiril Ktitls His Life After Killing His Wife After fatally shooting Ins wife, Rachel Ebron Council, 27, at the home of her mother on the Ham ilton-Palmvrn Road shortly after 9:00 o’clock last Saturday night. James Clinton Council, 22, killed himself about an hour later by firing a load of gun shot into bis heart at his home on the P, E. Manning farm, not far from the Ebron residence. It was believed to have been the second murder-suicide pact ever reported among the colored population in this county, and the suicide was the second reported in the county in a three-day period. The double tragedy, according to Coroner W. W. Biggs, had its origin a week previously when the wife, beaten and her life threatened, took their two small children, one two years old and the other six months old, and went to her mother's, about one-half mile away. Council talked with her during the week, urging her to return home. Friday night he told Ernest Wooten who had mar ried his wife's sister, that if Rachel did not return home she would be no good for anyone else, that he (Council) would kill her and then kill himself. The threat was not taken seri ously, Wooten saying that Council had been drinking. Saturday night, the wife was sitting with her mother, Roxanna Ehroni on the Ebron porch when Council slipped up behind her and fired a load of No. 8 shot from a 12-gauge shot gun into her back, most of the shot striking her in the left shoulder. Coroner Riggs is of the opinion that the shot was fired when Council w as nqt more than ten or twelve feet away. The victim was prqnounred dead when she was delivered to the Bethel Clinic. While at the Bethel Clinic mak ing his investigation of the mur der, Coroner Biggs was advised that Council had killed himself back home in Martin County. Switching the investigation there, the coroner ruled that il was a ease of murder and suicide, and that no formal inquest was eon sidered necessary. ''After killing lus wife, Council returned to his home and put up his gun and went out again, A short time later he was s< en run ning back home Hann'f a: nfhv ers were notilied and Clue! Dick Everett and Constable Pete Leg gett and Deputy Wiley Craft and Special Deputy Paul Wooruff went to the Council home. The house was dark and no one was (Continued on Page Six) Funeral Friday For Inian! Son Funeral services were (.'(induct ee! at the home in Farm l.ife last Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for Roger Simon Coltrain, 20 day-old son of Mr .and Mrs Si mon Coltrain. The victim of an attack of pneumonia, the infant was removed from its home to the hospital early last week and died at 5:20 o’clock Thursday af ternoon. The Rev. W IS Harrington and Elder P. E. Getsinger conducted the service, and interment was in the Cowen Cemetery in Bear Grass. Surviving are hi.-, parents, Si mon and Rachel Harrison Col train; and a sister, Brenda Col train. IMINOLJKT 1 v-» Skcwarkey Masons will hold their annual ladies' night banquet in the high school gym tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock. Master George llatton Gurganus announced that more than 200 Masons and special guests were ex pected for the event. Silas Lu<;as, prominent fig ure in (he organi/at ■» ill come here from Wilson to ad- j dress the event. FruuL-A ctio ’im Utiudi ng hi School Consolidation Plan Final action for the consoliria tion of the Form Li.fc High school is being delayed pending the out come of new appeals to be made to the State Hoard of Education, according to a report released |Monday afternoon following a meeting of the county education board. One or more representatives of the Farm Life Community will go before the board in Italcigh, pos sibly tomorrow, with a renewed appeal to hold the school intact. The county board, in a schedul ed meeting Monday, agreed to the postponement However, it was agreed that should the State Board refuse to relent and rescind its consolidation order, then the Farm Life School would bi joined with the one in William 'on, No | Lloyd Price Held Without Bond lor Attack on Family Srvrral Stitches ltc<|iiirc(l To 4 lo-c W ound In I at ilt* < T«iltl*- Forehead Lloyd Price, logwoods worker of Jamesvillc. was bound over by Justeie Chas. 11 Mobley at a pre liminaiy hearing Mondav no ru ing without privilege of bond for allegedly breaking into his es tranged wife’s home and attack ing members of his family about 12:30 o’clock Sunday morning in Jamesvillc. Price, 36. is booked for trod in the Martin County Superior Court during the term, beginning June 1(1, on a capital offense charge. Said to have been di inking. Price, separated from his family for almost two years, went to the home where his wife and several small chilchen were living. He kicked out a screen in the window , and entered. Mrs. Price tried to turn him back with a fire stick, but he took the stick out of her hands and assaulted her, reports stating that there were many, bruises about her body. A five year old daughter was struck in the head, and several stitch) ; were needed to close the wound. Whili Price was attacking hi; wife, a 12-year old son ran to a neighbor’:; home for help The! neighbors chased Price away and | carried the wounded to a doctor for treatment. At the Ik .••ring, P> ■ <.■ i■ cv plain 1 ing he jest went to the house lo sec ais children, that he did not (Continued on Page Six) Kiwanis Club To Stage Skit Show A variety of entertainment sel dom seen on the local stage is forecast by Hilly Higgs and By num ism,In, i n’-1 tiaiiinch "I a sp>' cial projects committee of the Ki wanis Club, when a Skit Nite pro gram is presented here on Satur day night. May 17. The show, which will consist of a maximum of ton 15-minute acts, will display talent sponsored hy the Bear Crass and Jamesvillc RuaHun Clubs, the local Lions and Rotary Clubs, the Javci-es, the William., ton High School Hand and Cleo Club, and other organizations to be announced later. One hundred dollars in per formance prizes will he awarded, to the sponsors of the competing units. The top award will bo $50 with second and third place priz es of $30 and $20. The primary entrance requirements are that all performers must pqy the c , ; tabhshed admission price, and that the performers must he uina teuis. The determination of the amateur status will rest with the individual sponsors. Bruce Wynne, Clerk of 1he Mar lin County Superior Court, will act as master of ceremonies for the event which will be staged at the local high school auditorium at 7:30 p. m. Net proceeds from the show will be used by the Kiwanis Club for boys and girls and underprivileg "d child work activities. Further details of the Skit Nite v\ ill Lv uHiiuUayi-u iuUJl, t formal petition was filed with the *>■ ai d, hut it learned from the district committee that the matter had been discussed with individ ual members of the county edu cation body and that in the event "t ci iiselidatiiiri .the sehoi i would bo joined with the one in Wil lian.slon. A far as it could be ieaiued there was no e pressed opposition to tlie plan which is to be effect I only when and if con sul mat ion is finally ■>>•<\t i. ihe hoard spent considerable time studying the proposed bud,a t for the new term. The fiyiivi s are indy tentative and are to be submitted to the count\ commissioners before adoption. However, there is a possibility of a reduction of about eight cents in the school rate for the next fiscal year. As far as it could he learn ed, members of the Democra tic party held only one pre cinct meeting last Saturday. It has been the custom in tins county for all Democrats in good standing—and it is read ily admitted one is in good standing as long as he can drag himself k> the polls and cast a ballot—to attend the county convention, perfect their local organizations and participate in the county con volition all at one and the same time. Five loyal Democrats met in ltoberxunville and perfect ed an organization. I’be county convention' will lie held in the .Martin County courthouse Saturday of this week at 11:00 o'clock noon. r Twenty-Five Are Called For Exams Tweul v-five young Mai tin Coun ty men liave been called to report tomorrow for a trip to Raleigh where they are to undergo pre liminary service examinations. About one half the group has been to the pre-induction centers in months past. The group is to trav el by legullar bus schedule. Included in the list are five w hjie and tw eiity i olored men, as fidlows: White James Darrell Wynne, David Karl Purvis, Raymond Dell!.: la- Dei I,, : !, Uliilfer,! i 1. e man llelhs and William Daryl I’eeie Lee Wallaci was tran. ter red to the Greene County board in Snow Mill. Colored. Ulysses Brown, Webe bird Williams, Charlie Kverett, J1., Charles Lindbergh Clemons, Rob ert Karl Bowen, John Ben Robcr ■on, Robert Lewis, William Davis Rogeis, Askew Council, Rudolph Perkins, Roosevelt Andrews, Bar her Columbus James, William Little, Jr, Matthew Herbert Wil u . . ■ ■ • Bril .D, mi n Ray Ford, William David Brown, Le Roy Andrews, Dallas Lee James and Walter Bland. Calvin Jones was transferred to Norfolk and Andrew Fields was transferred to New York. Fees Add Up To $4,484 In Counly The Martin County treasury received $4,484.08 front the fee system during the month of April, according to reports tiled with the auditor’s office a few days ago, A greater portion of the income was reported by the clerk of the recorder’s court. The total there was .>3,450.HO, including $2,255.00 in fine.- . The superior court listed $227.01) m fees, and miscellaneous I'-es in the clerk's office added up to $257.23. The register of deeds’ office re ported an income et $541.51) for the month. County Hoy Member Of College's Clee Clult Fred McDaniel, Martin County boy who is attending Presbyter ian Junior College at Maxton, is t member of the glee* club there, oid is appearing in' a concert there tins evening. XowJlg|gfgA ^3_ Four Car Wrecks During Week-end W iiii;tiai^Son As.in Suffered Broken 11 i }> In Sunday Vfteriiooii ^ reek At least five persons were in jured, one of them seriously, in a series of automobile accidents on. the highways in this county last I week-end. Property damage was i-onsi rvatively estimated at $1,950 by members of the North Carolina ■Highway Patrol. The first in the series of acci dents was reported on a dirt road between Hear Grass and Cross Hoads at the home of Mrs. Annie Ayers. Mrs. Ayers had her 1951 Plymouth parked in her yard be side the road facing Alonza Rev el'.- 1941 Ford which was also j parked. David Wallace, Jr., uriv | ing a 1912 Ford, said the accelera J tor on hs machine got caught and that he lost control. After swerv ing from ditch to ditch 120 feet, j the Wallace car plowed into the i rear of the parked Plymouth, knocking it about twenty-one feet into the Revels car, making an ac cordion almost out of the Plym outh. The Rebels Ford was knocked thirty-six feet across the road and into a tobacco rack. No one was’hurt. Investigating the accident. Patrolman B. Wr. Park er and R P. Narron estimated the damage: $650 to the Plymouth, Slot) to the Revels Ford and $100 to the Wallace Ford Wallace was booked for careless and reckless driving. Driving on Highway 125 near the Kverett Farm in Poplar Point Township Saturday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock, William Henry Bridges of RFD 1, Oak City, lost control of his 1950 Ford on the wet-slippei v blacktop in a curve and the machine turned over. No one was hurt and damage to the machine was estimated at $200 by Patrolmen R P. Narron and B. W Parker who made the investi gation, / ini' must serious in the senes of accidents was reported on Highway 125, a few miles out of Williamston, about 1:30 o'clock Suhdav afternoon when Charlie Bert Wynne, Williamston man, suffered a broken hip and lacera tions Frank Edwards, Jr., of Nor folk, was thrown out of his 1047 Hudson, suffering bad cuts on the shoulder and hands. Mrs. Ed wards was also injuicd, but ap parently not badly. Driving to ward Hamilton, Edwards > saw ' lames Harvey Freeman making a. turn in a 1041 Plymouth at Nich olson’s store Freeman stopped ho- right front wheel on the high .' j\, an.I Edwards, meeting an other ear and not knowing what Frt email was planning to do, pull ed into the store grounds and stopped m a cucumber patch, but not until paM of the sides of both ears were torn away. Wynne continues m the hospital. Investi gating Uie accident, Patrolman R. P, Karron and B. W. Parker esti mated the damage at, $300 to the Plymouth and $250 to the Hudson. •Said to have been flying low in los 1040 Chevrolet, Thomas Eu gene Staton, lost control of the machine Sunday evening about 0 40 o’clock on a dirt road about one and one-half miles from High way 903 m Robersonville Town ship. After swerving from sine to side over a distance about 400 feet, the ear turned over and skid ded about twenty more feet be fore striking a tree. Staton was not hurt, but Clyde Williams, 22 year-old colored man, was cut on the side of the’ head and lost con siderable blood. About half dozen stitches were necessary to close the cut. Ed Pittman suffered min or cuts on his right arm, and James Ed Andrews was cut on the left arm and on the head, but not badly. Damage to the machine was estimated at $300. Patrol man B. W. Parker and Cpl M. C. By rum made the investigation. / I.ikI Is Recovering From * Ilike-C.ar Wreck Injuries -<§> . Reginald, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Reg Simpson, is getting along very well following treat ment for injuries received in a bicycle-car crash, corner of School Drive and Halifax Street about ten days ago. Five or more stitehe-s were ne cessary to close a cut on his knee. H<* returned to school the latter part of last week.
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