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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES^ TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK Jamesviile Han E. Gray Modlin In Hospital and Wm. Curry In The k County Jail -® Elmer Gray Modlin, 42-year-old Jamesviile man and a veteran of World War II, was critically shot by William Thornton (Tony) Cur rie in Jamesviile last Tuesday evening shortly after 8:00 o’clock. The attack was said to have cli maxed a drinking party on the river. His right arm fractured a few inches above the wrist by one bul I let and his intestines punctured ’ in at least six places by another bullet, Modlin was femoved to a local hospital by Corporal M. C. Byrum who was patrol'mg the highways in that section when the attack was reported. The of ficer also picked up Currie and turned him over to Jailer Roy Peel. Few details about the attack could be learned, Cpl. Byrum stating that Currie was too drunk £ to tell what actually happened. Currie and Modlin with “Red" Hassell had been on the river and walked up town. As they near ed a Negro cafe on the old Main I Street, John Henry Babarrus said he heard someone talking or argu ing, that Modlin entered his cafe followed by Currie. Cabarrus quoted Modlin as saying, "Don’t let him shoot me”. According to Cabarrus, Currie, using a short .32-caliber pistol, fir W ed two shots into the man. Cabar | rus said he grabbed Currie and told him not to shoot Modlin again. Currie walked out, crossed the street and moved away. Mod i lin then walked out and moved along the street several hundred ! foet before he sat down. f| Currie .arrested in a store near by a short time later, was nocha lantly drinking a soda pop when the patrol corporal reached" there. Currie claimed that Modlin was about to cut him wHh a knife. I Cabarrus, the cafe operator, said • he saw no knife, that Modlin held his hands out while pleading for protection from Currie. The victim was given a blood transfusion soon after he was placed in the hospital, and under went major surgery a short time later. It was reported that the intestines were badly torn in six places, that his condition continues being held in the county jail with out the privilege of bond. The victim is no immediate r< latives of the recent candidate for the State Legislature from Jamesviile. No hearing has been scheduled. Gardner Infant • Dies In Hospital —»— Wilhe Horton, infant son of Willie Horton Gardner and Mag gie Gardner, died in a Plymouth t'i! a 5- ■ i as Wf Funeral services are being con ducted at the graveside in the Modlin Cemetery near Jamesville this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by the Rev. W. B. Harrington. Mrs. Gardner was of near Williamston before locating in the Jamesville g community. Surviving besides his parents are his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Mayo Gardner and Mr. and Mrs Jim Williams, and great-grandfather. Horton Modlin, of Jamesville. f DELEGATION I V.---' Numbering almost 100 and 4 traveling in about t^nty au tomobiles, a Griffins Town ship delegation moved nut of here shortly before noon to plead before a meeting of the State Board of Education in Raleigh this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock^ for the retention of the Farm Life High School. The delegation includes the local committee, Principal Carlyle Cox, County Commis sioner H. L. Roebuck, Educa * tion Board Member J. D. Woolard, Attorney Clarence Griffin, and A. Corey, nomi nee for the State House of Representatives from this county. Report Increased Activities j f\ Kt 1 * . T 111. - . I Despite a drive by State under- t cover agents earlier in the year c and a concerted drive by various ' police departments, sheriff's of fice and the ABC enforcement division, increased activities were reported on the illicit liquor front in this county last month, accord ing to a report submitted a few days ago by J. H Roebuck, chief of the ABC enforcement section. Seventeen illicit liquor distil leries, including four equipped with copper kettles, were wreck ed along with three partial plants. Most of the plants were equipped with oil drum stills and the ma terials were inferior. > Sixty-nine gallons of illicit li quor, including nineteen gallons aken at one place, were poured ut along with 3,620 gallons of nasty” mash. Nine persons were arrested dur ng the period. At the end of he month, four persons had been ried and convicted. One was sent o the roads for a year, and an ther for six months. Fines, im >osed in the county court imounted to $60 in the liquor ases. Five persons were awaiting rial as of the first of this month. Most of the activity by the en orcement units was centered on he manufacturing or wholesale nd of the illicit business, reliable iut. unofficial reports declaring hat business is booming on the etail side. I PEANUT MEETING v_ Fairly certain the newly proposed peanut marketing plan will not prove practical, a peanut group from several of the main producing coun ties and other interested par ties-. are to meet in the Wo man’s Club here tomorrow morning at 11:00 o'clock and discuss the problem. Details of the meeting have not been announced, but Mr. C. L. Daniel, president of the Martin County Farm Bureau, and Mr. Bart Fearing, promi nent Bertie farmer just back from Washington, D. C., will be in attendance upon the meeting along with other F'arm Bureau leaders and some of the cleaners, it was learned. * Will Hold Second Primary June 28 -—*— A second primary will be held by the Democrats on June 28 to settle at least one contest where no candidate received a majority. Judge William H. Bobbitt, of Charlotte, running Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roanoke Rapids a close race for associate justice of the State Supreme Court, is calling for a second vote. It is possible that Roy Rowe, runner-up in the race for lieutenant governor, will also enter the second contest. In addition to the State-wide run-off, it is fairIv certain_that district contests win he muo in vrmiau|j r tide the nominees for seats in the National House tives. of Represcntu Fees And Fines In The County —«— Fines and forfeitures in the county court and fees collected in the various offices added up to $4,201.49 last month, according to a report filed with the board of county commissioners a few days The county court accounted for $3,508.50, the amount including $2,130 in court fines and $1,378.50 in court costs. The register of deeds reported fees in the sum of $482.05. The income there includes $460.05 for recording various jkipers, $10 for the issuance of delayed birth cer tificates, $6 for birth certificates, $4, for copies of deeds, $1 50 for marriage certificates, and 50 cents for a death certificate. The sheriff’s office reported .('■os in the amount of $210 94 Slimmer School Starts June 12th Summer school for high schoo students will open in Williamston high school Thursday, June 12 at 8:00 a. m. under the direction of Professor Carlyle Cox it was announced yesterday. Those wishing to make up some of their school work can contact Mr. Cox by telephoning 2952-f between the hours of 9 and 12 a i. CONDUCTING CI ASSES Professor Mavhue Edwards is planning to hold several classes in commercial subjects here dur ing the summer, it was announc ed this week. Forest Warden Submits Report In his annual report .filed a few days ago with the board of com missioners, County Forest Ward en Marvin Leggett reviewed a hectic year for the service. There were eighteen woods fires, the most damaging ones coming in the early spring when thousands of acres of timberlands were burned over and in many cases destroying the growth. The warden estimated that 21,023 acres were burned over, includ ing several thousand between Wil liamston and Everetts and an ex tensive area in Jamesville Town ship. The damage to the timber was conservatively estimated at $66,715.00. Nearly 7,000 man hours were spent fighting the forest fires and promoting fire prevention, it was pointed out. In his plea for better preven tion against forest fires, the war den made 42 visits to various schools and made 261 personal contacts with land owners and others interested in preserving the timberlands in the county. Law enforcement was resorted to in five of the eighteen fires. Oil Firm Installs Two-Way Radio —$— The Harrison Oil Company, abreast of the times and enhanc ing its service to the Texaco deal ■ mwW.i'i «aun?<n*i modern two-wav radio system. W ,"l J T' ■) E1 tained between the office head quarters and the company's fleet of trucks, making it possible to speed up deliveries and meet the needs of its customers promptly. While the Harrison firm is the only oil company in this section of the State to install the two-way radio, the system is being em ployed satisfactorily by law en forcement officers, the power company and Brown’s Commun ity Hospital. Twenty Marriage Issuance' Second Largest For \ny One Month So Far This Year -- Twenty marriage licenses were issued in this county last month, the issuance being the second largest for any >jne month so far in 1952. The number of licenses issued to colored couples was larger than the number issued to white couples for the fourth time out of five months. The is suance last month was the largest for any May since 1948 and the ! largest since January of this year Licenses were issued, eight to white and twelve to colored cou ples as follows: White Abner Bland of Hassell and Su san Mizellc Lynch of Hamilton. John Richard Roach of Eliza beth City and Letha Bunch of Williamston. W. C. Haislip of Wilson and Vir ginia Smith of Robersonville. Edmund Richards McCombs of Plymouth and Patsy Delons Gur vin of Jamesville. Grayson Earl Harris of Newport News and Lula Mae Whitley of Robersonville. Thomas Franklin Ray and Becky Whitaker, both of RED 4, Windsor. Sam T. Brady of Newport News and Kathleen Nelson of Robersonville. William Cortez Hopkins of Eve retts and Velma Mizellc of Wil liamston. Colored James Mabel and Reva Mac Smith, both of Robersonville. Ernest Bryant and Addle Wil liams, both of Palmyra. Elijah Coston and Annie Bell Roberson, both of Robersonville. John J. Wilkins and Inell Dog gert, both of Robersonville. Robert Louis Johnson and Ora Dempsey, both of Williamston. Peter Collins and Dorothy Mac Green, both of Hamilton. Henry Biggs, Jr., and Rosetta Cordon, both of Windsor. James Hudson of Robersonville and Dorothy Mae Smith of Hamil ton. Ernest Wiggins and Jean Al bert Thompson, both of Williams ton. Wiley W. Lanier of Williams ton and Bettic B. Smallwood of Bl Hike.] nL Smjt irk and Essie Boston, bolii ol" Vvilliaoisloo. Essie Jones and Daisy Rogers both of Williamston. William sltm Native Quite III In Hospital Mr. James H Robertson, Wil liamston native and a resident ol Washington, is reported quite il! in a Rocky Mount Hospital, fol lowing an operation there yester day. James ville Goes Mrs. Clarence Stallings Re ports $38.19 In Excess Of $150 Quota Asked to raise $150, Jatnes ville Township, under the chair manship of Mrs. F. Clarence Stall ings, went right on over its quota and reported $1811.19 for the cur rent cancer fund. It was the seventh district in the county to exceed the quota, and helped push the drive almost to completion in the county. Contributions are acknowledged as follows: The following is a list of the names and donations: Paul Allen, $1; James Stalls, $1; Rosea Fa gan, $1; David Scott, $1; Herman Riddick, $1; Herbert Gaylord, $1; Louis Barber, 50c; Fioyd Simp son, $1; Bert Lee Roberson, $1 Elmer Modlin, $1; Marvin Jones $1; Will Jackson, $1; Julian Fa can. $1; Dan Fagan, $1; Stephen Davis, $1; S R. Coburn, 50c. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Martin, $1: Henderson Mizellc, $1; Mr. and Mrs. L. 11 Hardison, $1; Mr. and Mrs V. B. Hairr, $1.50; Mr. and Mrs. George Baker, $1; Mr and Mrs. Frost Martin, $1; Mrs. Myr tle Girvin, 80c; Mr. and Mrs Clarence Sexjon^ $1; Ftffie B. Holliday, 50c: Miss Pearl Lamm 50c; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams $1; Mrs. Alice Manning, 50c; Mr and Mrs. O. W Hamilton, $1; A Corey, 50c. Raleigh Ange, $1; Mrs. Blanche Blount, 25c; Mrs. P. O. Blount, $1 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ellis, $1; Mr and Mrs. C. T. Gaines, $8; Mr and Mrs. Edward Lilley, $1; Mr and Mrs. Howard Gaylord, $1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown, Sr. $1, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Askew $3; Mr Bob Davenport, 50c James Long, 50c; James Long 50c; Mrs. M. C. Kirkman, $1; Mr and Mrs. Edgar Brown, $1. Mrs. Dare Mae Modlin, 75c; Mr and Mrs. Thurman Mobley, 50c Mr. and Mrs. Grady Modlin, $1 Mr. and Mrs. Church Mobley, 50c Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mobley, 50c Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Modlin, 25c; (Continued on Page Six) Hold Funeral For Former Resident it* flu* Mollomon-Brown Fi:: ■0 vfwrmnvt^r tcrnoon at 3:00 o'clock for Mrs Daisy Gurganus Stalls who wa; faWik' injnrt*i m mi lofornobih accident in the Virginia city latt Monday night. The Rev. Junius E Foster, Jr., pastor of Norview Baptist Church, conducted tin rights and interment was in Nor folk’s Forest Lawn Cemetery. 'Mrs. Stalls, wife of Leon Stalls made her home in Williamston foi several years before locating lr Norfolk. 1*8 liftu!sI.ittU\Iieaguer8 5k»JlJn Second Placc^. Although their picture is appearing last in the series of teams in the Little League, the repre sentatives of the Lions Club are not on the bottom of the heap by any means. They are in second place with a 2-2 record. Their picture appears last largely because of a delay in getting the list of names of the boys in the picture above. Bottom row, left to right, Frankie McKoel, Joe Griffin, Jr., Sydney Harrington, William Griffin and Irving Rogerson. Middle row, Gerald Stalls, Gordon Cowan, Tony Martin, Kenneth Gurganus, and William Bunting. Top row. Lucian Peel, Jimmy By rum, Donnie Howard, Joel Muse and Billy Biggs. Joseph Hester has now moved in to replace Wil liam Griffin who goes back to the minors for more seasoning and to await another call. URGENT CALL Approximately fifty per sons have volunteered to give blood when the Red Cross bloodmobile makes its quar terly visit here next Thurs day, June 12, according to a report released late yesterday by Recruiters Hildreth Mob lev and Edgar Gurganus. Appeals have been made to clubs anil other organizations throughout the local chapter, and the response frankly is disappointing. Unless there is a greater response the drive will fall far short of its 200 volunteer quota. Volunteers are earnestly urged to contact the recruit ers or the Red Cross office in the town hall immediately. Plant Tobacco In Excess Of Quotas! Twenty-two "surveyors" are rapidly handling crop measure ments in this county, and prelim inary reports point to excess plantings in tobacco in about fif teen percent of the cases. As far as it could be learned, the excess was not planted intentionally and in most cases is limited to frac tions. Both peanut and tobacco acreages are being measured to establish compliance. It is believed that most of those who planted in excess will want to dispose of the surplus. In those cases, the farmers are asked to file their intentions with the county office within a week after receiving official notice. When re measurements are required, the farmer is to deposit a minimum of $5 or (10 cents an acre. If the far mer accepts the measurement and l plans to destroy the excess, he is to make a deposit of not less than $3 and $1 additional for each one-tenth of an acre over three tenths of an acre planted in ex cess. To avoid the 21-cent per | pound penalty on tobacco, the farmer must destroy the excess before harvest time, it was point ed out. Shaniv~Bmrns In Mill Yard Fire l Starting when a burnti uirii'.r oi1 cook stove went out of con trol, fire destroyed a small three room hut on shanty row in the Williamston Lumber Company null yard at 5:30 o’clock yester day morning. Charlie Hascoe, occupying the hut with his family, lighted the stove about 5:00 o’clock and went out of the kitchen. When discov ered a few minutes later, the fire was spreading to other parts of -^Re ilou.se By the time TuT* fighting equipment reached there, the small structure had almost burned down. Little or nothing was saved from the house, and there was no insurance to cover the family's es timated $300 loss. No insurance was carried on the structure. New Manager For Leder Bros. Store Tom Davis, former Stale Col lege football star and a native of Goldsboro, is taking over the management of the local 'Leder Brothers’ store, succeeding Mr. Ernest Can awav who is resigning to enter the insurance business. Mr. Davis has been with the firm for six years, serving much of that time as assistant to the manager of the large store in Goldsboro where he was active as a mem ber of the Jayeees and other civic undertakings, including recrea tional programs. He will move his family—wife and three-year-old daughter, here just as soon as he can find a home or an apartment. Mr. Carraway, leaving after a stay of eighteen years with the Leder firm, wili maintain his headquarters in Wilhamston. — —<$► Grant Extension Of Time To File Answer In Case I’hiiiiliffs Seek (ash And Lay INo Stress On The Segregation Issue A fifteen-page complaint has been served on school officials in this county and State by a group of nineteen Negro men and wo men, seeking $000,000 in compen sators' and punitive damages al legedly resulting from reported discrimination in school facilities. The plaintiffs, including Hen rietta Keele, Bessie Little, Eula R Bellamy. Marjorie Marrow Sylvester Williams, Elisha Cran dall, Magnolia Coffield, Eva Rob erson, Lillie B. Council, Annit Moore, James Wallace, Johnnj Mizelle, Harvey Briley, Annie B Roberson, Bert Moore, Blnssit Perkins, Lonnie Roberson anc Raymond Lloyd, are not stressing the segregation issue. An extension of time has beer granted the defendants in prepar ing and filing an answer in the case, and the defendants are ti meet in Raleigh week after nex to study the ease The case ha: not been calendered for trial but it was filed in federal court a Washington, N, C The complaint reads, in part: The plaintiffs, complaining o the defendants, respectfully al lege: 1. (a) That the jurisdiction o the court is invoked under Sec tion 1331 of the Judicial Code 1948 Revisal (28 U. S. C. A , See 1331), this being a suit whirl arises under the Constitution am laws of the United States, where in the matter in controversy ex coeds, exclusive of interest am costs, the sum of three thousam dollars. (b) The jurisdiction of thi court is also invoked under Sec tion 1343(3) of the Judicial Code 1948 Revisal (28 U. S. C A , Sei 134.3(3). this being a suit author i/.ed by the law to be brought ti redress the deprivation under col or of law, statutes, regulation c'"* md usage by a State,_o i'lghtx* I v leges 1 o' sfriire<J,,t>v tb..e.,Cunstitut.ion ant ^w^Me*TOed States, proviti ing for equal rights of citizens o the United States, and of all othei v<" , iufl'vo- *! :. licfbrtl the United States. 2. That the juridiction of thi: Court is further invoked undei Section 2201 of the Judicial Code 1948 Revisal (28 U. S. C A , Sec 2201 ), this being a proceeding,fm a declaratory judgment and in junction, for the purpose of de terminmg a question m actua controversy between the parties to wit, the question of whethei the custom and practice of the de ■ 'i -■ imrr- ‘ t.L and other Negro children similar ly situated, residing in Martit County, North Carolina, solelt and wholly on account of race oi color, educational training and fa (Continued on j «»rc mice; Local Tobacco Buyer Killed John Hearn, buyer for ‘he Im ptiial Tobacco Company on tin Williamston market for severa seasons, was killed along with twt aviation cadets near Kinston yes terday morning when two plane: crashed. Serving as an civilian in structor, Young Hearne, a pop ular number of the local buyinj corps, was the son of Bunn Hearn baseball coach at the University of North Carolina. His home wa: in Wilson. The names of the other two vie tints were not released immediate Ijf. Hearn’s trainer plane wa: climbing into the air when tin other plane crashed into it. Funeral services for Hearn wil be held in Wilson’s First Presby terian Church tomorrow morninj at 11:00 o’clock by the Rev. Mur phy Williams, Jr., and intermen will be in Maplewood Cemetery there. Twenty-live Cases SsK lionday " l naltle To Pay Fine, Young -Seri iceman Takes Time On The Roads -* Twenty-five cases were handl ed in the Martin County Record er's Court during a session lasting until 4:00 o’clock Monday. Fines were imposed in the sum of $1,110, but one will not be settled in cash, it was learned. Unable to raise $125 plus the costs, a young serviceman, Hu bert Lee Baysden of Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D. C., is taking a 4-month stay on the roads. Charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Baysden, 24, pleaded not guilty when carried before Judge R. T. Johnson The evidence was aganist him, and his record put a clincher on the road sentence. Arrested last March 31, Baysden was placed under bond and he skipped out, and during the near ly two months he was at liberty he made no effort to prepare for a visit to the court or return for trial. He was arrested in Wash ington and returned to the coun ty by officers. The drunken driving ease against Cecil E Williams, pending since last February, was nol press ed but is subject to be reopened again. Charged with temporary larce ny, Burman Rodgers repeatedly failed to appear for trial and hij $100 bond was forfeited and the case nol pressed with leave. Pleading not guilty, W. E. Can tu >n was adjudged guilty and was fined, $25, plus costs. Charged with drunken driving, , James 11. Wiggins was adjudged guilty and was fined $100, plus i costs He appealed and bond was 1 fixed in the sum of $200. The speeding case against Tom Spruill was nol pressed. It hat( I been pending trial since last Feb I ruary. Murray G Norman was fined t $10, plus costs ,for violating tha liquor laws. The bastardy case against Book ' er T. Smithwick was nol pressed. Pleading guilty of reckless driv i ing, Henry Price was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Charged with drunken driving, n W..H Blijncl, entered a plea of "jjSnil'v ;in<P tine-1 SLOvC-.'-*--. -1 costs 11 loses his operators il cense nu "a year. Charlie D. Brown, charged with 1 drunken driving, failed to sustain hi phi innocent, and was fin ed $100 and taxed with the costs, - losing lus operator's license for a year. , Pleading guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license and carrying a concealed weapon, Geo. Outlaw, Jr. was fmed $50, plus costs. His pistol was ordered confiscated and sold. Pleading not guilty of drunken ■ driving, Jos. W. Whitehurst was adjudged guilty and was fined S--'■'A’ 111 crator’s license for a year. In the ease in which Mrs. John i James was charged along with 1 her two sons, John Lee anil John Wesley, with violating the li quor laws, the mother apparent ly took the rap for her two sons. She pleaded guilty and was sen tenced to the roads for twelve months. Execution of the sentence (Continued on Page Six) Minor Accident On County Roads No one was injured and only minor damage resulted in an auto mobile accident on the Williams ■ lou-Beai Guns Road near Eli ' Bowen’s store last Monday eve ning at 11:30 o'clock, aeeording to ’ a report filed by Patrolman B. W. Parker yesterday. Delbert M. Whitaker backed bis 1941 Buiek into the highway and ■ started to drive away when the ‘ motor choked down and the ve hicle rolled backwards and slight 1 ly across the center of the high ■ way. Jerry George Savage, driv i mg a 1951 Chevrolet, struck the Buick, doing about 550 damage to his own ear and about $25 dam age to the Buick, Patrolman Park er said.