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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LV—-NUMBER 54
Williumston, Merlin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July tt, 1952
ESTAKLfSfftif) 1899
Budget For Town
Is Tentatively Set
By Commissioners
Small Salary Increases Are
Granted In Several
Departments
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Williamston's 1952-53 budget,
calling for a tax levy of approx
imately $95,000, was tentatively
approved by the board of com
missioners in regular meeting last
wening. Final figures, subject to
approval, will be released just as
soon as a few adjustments are
made, it was explained. The bud
get total runs about the same as
the one in effect for the last fis
cal year, and leaves the tax rate
unchanged at $2.00 per $100 as
sessed property valuation.
Small salary increases, ranging
from $10 to $12.50 a month, were
approved, the board pointing out
that the small increases will bring
the pay schedule in line with the
prevailing wage scale, services
considered.
Treasurer C. M. Cobb'reported
$33,023 in cash on hand, and listed
revenue from sewer rentals at
$$28.65, and $933. from parking
meters. Approximately $4,495 is
due in 1951 taxes. i
A petition, calling for the curb
ing and surfacing of North Elm
Street from Church to White
Street, was received and placed
in line.
The Williamston Boosters' traf
fic committee made suggestions
for relieving the parking and traf
fic problems. The purchase of
Marking lots for off-street parking
teters. The committee also re
commended, the elimination of
parking meters on North Smith
wick Street, no left turns from
Washington Street into Main, one
way alleys by Dardens Store and
the Guaranty Bank, to assign po
lice to congested intersections dur
ing certain hours, to, synchronize
the stop lights and to place a stop
light at the Haughton-Washing
ton Street intersection. The re
port was duly acknowledged, but
no action was taken.
0 The town attorney was instruct
i ed to start condemnation proceed
ings for a side walk leading to the
I AME Zion Church orr Rhodes
Street.
A grade crossing for Slade
Street was discussed.
Taxi franchises were discussed,
the board delaying action on a
problem created when a holder
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Hamilton Home
Burned Monday
Fit'v of undttefanir.ed origin de
stroyed the Dewey Stalls six
room home and all the contents
about 3:00 o’clock Monday morn
ing in Hamilton. Mr. Stalls and
family had left earlier in the
r#omng for a visit in Philadel
phia, and no one was at home.
Neighbors, smelling smoke, got
up just in time to see the fire
break through the roof and the
. inp
The fire, by that time, had
gained so much headway that the
neighbors could not even get
close enough to get the boys’ bi
cycles off the porch.
Robersonville’s fire department
answered the call to keep the fire
f^um spreading.
The house belonged to Commis
sioner Henry S. Johnson who ex
plained that his store burned in
Hamilton four years ago to the
day.
The house and contents were
insured for about one-half their
value, it was learned.
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Meeting- Monday member*
ol the Martin County Board of
Education discussed final
plans for answering the
$600,000 law suit brought
against them by a number of
Martin County Negroes. The
answer is bding filed in the
federal court at Washington.
Only three members of the
board, Messrs. J. D. Woolard,
Cecil Powell and Ernest Ed
mondson, were in attendance
upon the meeting. Ill for some
time but much improved now,
Mr. Edmondson was able to
attend his first meeting in
some time.
Railroad Underpass Case
To Go To Supreme Court
In a ruling handed down a few
days ago, Judge J. Paul Frizzelle
said the Atlantic Coast Line Riii
road Company was not obliged
to* do anything to eliminate the
death trap at the underpass on
Williamston's West Main Street.
At the same time, the jurist main
tained that the North Carolina
State Highway Commission was
obliged to remedy the situation.
The ruling leaves the condition
still mired down in confusion with
the railroad company holding the
high Viand just now. It means that
the e^sc will be carried to the
State Supreme Cou.t by the High
way Commission and possibly the
town. During thr meantime, the
death trap continues to stand, a
monument to apparent stubborn
ess on the part of someone.
If the town authorities do not
carry its case against the Coast
Line to the Supreme Court, then
the Highway Commission is like
ly to seek relief there. Should
the Highway Commission go to
the high court and score a victory,
then the town is left bottled up
by an unsightly obstacle with
little'or no hope for relief.
It had been hoped that a joint
operation could be arranged, but
since the railroad company has
scored a preliminary victory, that
hope is believed to have faded.
IMPORTANT
An important meeting of
farmers, business and profes
sional men and civic leaders
from all over the county will
be held in the Martin County
courthouse Thursday evening
of this week at 8:00 o'clock.
The July 19 referendum on
tobacco marketing quotas will
be discussed at that time by a
representative of the State
Production - Marketing Ad
ministration office.
The public is invited to at
tend and hear the important
issue discussed.
Native 01 County
Died Wednesday
In Gainesville
Funeral Held Last Saturday
In Florida For Mrs.
Frank Sexton
Mrs. Frank SexlonT a native of
this county, died in a Gainesville,
Florida, hospital last Wednesday
night at 11:00 o'clock following
a few months of declining health.
Her condition had been critical
only a few weeks.
The former Miss Lillian Belle
Hardison, she was born in this
county fifty-six years ago on Oc
tober 10, 1895, the daughter of
the late Simon Edwin and Sallie
Martin Hardison. After attend
ing the local schools and Atlantic
Christian College, she was mar
ried to Mr. Sexton of Jamesvillc,
and located in 1921 in the Florida
city 'here her husband was just
recently re-elected sheriff of the
county. .
Well remembered here, Mrs
Sexton viis* active in the ufiarrs
of Gainesville. She was a member
of the Cosmos Club, the Hydran
gea Circle of the Gainesville Gar
den Club, the American Legion
Auxiliary, the V. F. W. Auxiliary,
the League of Women Voters, the
Home Demonstration Club, and
the 40 and 8, Fourth District, Sa
lon No. 521.
Surviving besides her husband
at e seven bro*hers, Lucian J ,
Lee D , Williford, ft. J:, G-uige
and C. B Hardison, all of Wii
liamston, and John Hardison of
Gainesville.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the First Christian Church
where she was a member in
Gainesville last Saturday morning
at 10:00 o’clock by the pastor, the
Rev. Paul Henry Packard. Inter
ment was in Evergreen Cemetery,
Gainesville.
Among those attending the fun
eral from this county were:
Messrs. Howard Gaylord, W. B.
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Royal Studio Moves To
The Leggett Building
Housed over the Firestone Store
next to the Guaranty Bank for
several years, the Royal Studio is
moving to the second floor of the
Leggett building on Main Street,
Mr, Wm. Tetterton said this morn
ing they planned to open for bus
iness in the new quarters on
Thursday of this week.
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CONTINUES QUITE ILL
Mrs. Robert Todd, telephone
supervisor in the local office, con
tinues quite ill in Duke Hospital.
A late report said she did not rest
at all last night until 4.00 o’cloek
this morning. She was transfer
red to Durham in a Biggs ambu
lance last Thursday.
Two Wrecks Here
During Holidays
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No ono was badly hurt but con
siderable damage resulted in two
automobile accidents reported on
local streets during the long July
4 holiday week-end. Several lo
cal people were involved in high
way accidents outside the county
but none of them was believed to
have been badly hurt. A year ago,
two persons were killed on the
highways in this county.
The holiday observance started
off with a bang at 8:00 o'clock on
the morning of the Fourth when a
1951 Chevrolet, driven by R.
Adams Draughan of Dunn, crash
ed into a 1952 Buiek driven by
Ernest N. Morgan of Charleston
at the Watts-Main stop light. Tra
veling north, the Buick had stop
ped for the red light and the Che
vrolet plowed into the rear of it,
causing about $750 damage to the
month-old Buick and about $500
to Draughan’s car. Iris Moore,
riding in the Chevrolet, suffered
a painful cut under her right eye,
and Mrs. Morgan suffered a minor
leg injury. Others, including Mrs.
Gene Butcher in the Buick, ex
perienced moinor shock and all
were able to continue following
treatment in a local hospital.
Members-of the local police de
partment made the investigation.
Driving north on East Main
Street, Rudolph Everett stopped
his Chevrolet quickly near Roan
oke Avenue and Wheeler Brown
plowed into the rear of the Chev
rolet with his Ford. Investigating
the accident, Officer Chas. Moore
! said no one was hurt and that the
damage was limited to $50 to
Brown's car.
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Gilbert P. Chase
Dies In Richmond
Commander Gilbert Paul Chase,
USN Retired, died in Richmond
July 2nd of a cerebral hemor
rhage. He was born at Bunker
Hill Plantation, Lancaster County,
Virginia, September 20, 1873, son
of Captain William Tell Chase and
Fannie Lee Beeler. He was edu
cated in Baltimore schools, Vir
ginia Military Institute and grad
uated class i697 at Aturupous His
retired life was spent in Paris,
France, New York, Connecticut,
New Jersey and Lancaster Coun
ty, Virginia.
He married in Havana, Cuba,
January 26, 1905, Edelmira Cul
mell, daughter of the Danish Con
sul. She with one son, Gilbert, of
Lima, Peru, Cultural Attache,
State Department; three grand
sons, Paul, Peter and John; three
sisters, Mrs. E. E. Lawson, Sr.,
New Point, Virginia, Mrs. Raw
leigh Carter, Kilmarnock, Vir
ginia and Mrs. James Grist Staton,
Williamston, survive him. Burial
was at Sea.
Dr. A. R. Peele
Eulers Practice
Dr. A. R. Peele has entered up
on the practice of veterinary med
icine in this and adjoining coun
ties, and will open an office just
i as soon as quarters can be found,
it was announced today.
The son of Mrs. CV A. Peele of
near Williamston and the late Mr.
Peele the young doctor was re
cently graduated from the School
of Veterinary Medicine at Au
burn, Alabama.
Dr. and Mrs. Peele are at home
in the Corey Apartments in West
End.
Flood Gates Are
Closed At Buggs
Island June 30th
Reservoir To Be Filled To
Required Level About
First Of October
The flood ^ates of the John If. |
Kerr Dam at Buggs Island were \
officially closed June 30 and the j
filling of the huge 80,000 acre |
basin behind the dam was started. j
In some places the lake to be i
created will be more than 100 feet
deep.
For a few hours at a time in
the past month the gates had 1
bee- closed to permit certain >.r |
gineering tests and calculations to J
be carried out, but June 30 mark- j
ed the official start of the filling j
of the reservoir.
It was stated that the only fac
tors which might enter into a de
cision to reopen the gates before
the reservoir is filled to the pow»
er development level would be a
great flood requiring a drawdown
of the waters on an accelerated
scale, stoppage of work above the
dam on roads and bridges because
of a shortage of steel or failure
to clear up some pending land
acquisition cases before the water
level of the lake reached the lev
el of these lands.
At the present time because of
the steel strike some difficulty is
being experienced in obtaining
steel to complete the highway
bridge at Clarksville, Va„ which
is being elevated about 45 feet,
and some units of the power house
cannot be put into use, or water
run through them, until certain
vital steel parts are obtained. Col.
William Powers, district engineer
in charge, emphasized that this
work must be completed and the
vital parts obtained before full
use could be made of the huge
development.
Colonel Powers was on hand for
the closing of the gates. He point
ed out that three small gates re
main open to carry the normal
average flow of the river for the
protection of down stream in
terests. It is estimated by the
Corps of Engineers, said Col.
Powers, that the reservoir will be
filled up to the required level for
power development by October
when the John H. Kerr Dam and
Reservoir will be officially dedi
cated.
Accident Victims
Reported Belter
Injured in falls while working
jan 'ne new Negro .high school
I here, Messrs Geo. Beach and J . T.
Williams were reported improving
in a local hospital today.
Beach suffered fractures of both
legs when a staging collapsed
week before last. He plans to re
turn to his home today. Mr. Wil
liams suffered a back injury when
he fell from a scaffold Tuesday.
DIRECT
Rufuy Ajmsjran.tr Manager,
of Williamston Radio Station
WIAM has just announced
that WIAM will carry Daily
programs direct from Con
vention Hall in Chicago from
7:00 to 7:15 p. m., beginning
today, July 8.
Merle O'Brien, noted com
mentator, will interview
North Carolina Delegates on
each of these programs.
General Rains Reported In
7 he County Past Few Days
Possibly the dry spell has not
been broken in its entirety in all
parts of the county, but heavy
.;r,6'.ver.> iell in various sections
Sunday, followed by fairly gen
eral rains Monday and bringing
about the first real relief from
one of the longest dry-hot spells
in years.
Williamrton, reporting nearly
three inches of rain Sunday af
ternoon and up until early last j
night, had the heaviest rainfall
reported*in the State during the
period of approximately 24 hours.
Sunday afternoon from ? to 3
o’clock, 1.95 inches of rain fell,
according to a report released by
Hugh Spruill, Roanoke River
bridge keeper. The fall, howaver,
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whs limited. The Hamilton and
Farm Life sections reported
mighty little, but the rains Mon
day were more general and it is
believed all sections are tree of
the drought to some extent, at
least.
Fields near Robersonville Mon
day had water in the row middles,
and other sections are believed to
have had a plentiful supply for
the present, at least.
While no new record was set,
June was one of the driest months
on records in this section, and the
dry condition was aggravated by
record high tempo atures. Only
! H3 inches of rain were recorded
on Roanoke River, and that was
.considerably more than was re
corded in most other areas.
Highway Corporal
Painfully Injured
In Wreck Sunday
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Ralph Boston Held in 82,
(MMi Bond In Marlin Ami
Beaufort Counties
Cpl. M. C. Byrum, popular
member of the North Carolina
State Highway Patrol with head
quarters in Williamston, was pain
fully but believed not seriously
injured in a highway accident
over in Beaufort County Sunday
morning at 10:30 o’clock. Suffer
ing two broken ribs, chest and
head injuries and a bruised leg,
the officer was removed to a lo
cal hospital in a Washington am
bulance. Last reports stating that
his condition is improving.
Patrolling Highway 04 in the
Dardens section Sunday morning,
the officer met a speeder and
turned around to check him. The
race, stepped up to 95 miles an
hour at times, continued into
Jamesville where Ralph Edgar
Boston, driving a Buiek, made a
left turn into Highway 171 and
maintained the pace. Corporal
Byrum called for a road block and
three patrolmen from this county
and Washington set up a road
block on the route not far from
Old Ford. After crossing from
Martin into Beaufort County,
Boston, 22 years old, turned left
into a dirt road connecting with
Washington's Market Street, Ex
tension,
The Buiek was said to have
forced a Chevrolet pick-up truck
off the road, the driver of the
truck pulling back just in time to
hit the highway patrol ear head
on. The driver of the truck and
passengers were said not to have
been badly hurt, but were treated
in a Washington hospital.
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Wind-Hail Storm
Strikes Section
I A wind and hail storm, its force
'more or loss limited, struck parts
of this county Sunday afternoon,
blowing a tenant dwelling off its
foundation and falling a few trees
and shelters in its path. Some
hail was reported in the Poplar
Point section, but. damage there
is not believed to be extensive.
The reports are to be elieekeri la
ter in the week by adjusters, it
was learned.
No one was said to have been
hurt when the wind lifted the
five-room tenant house belonging
to Agriculturist Vance L. Rober
son ofr its foundation near Gold
-Rous!. Sund ay m f ter tv. »oblJBevocal
fairly sizable trees' were"brown
down in lb.it area, and a lubaeeo
barn and a shelter were wrecked
by the wind, one on the Grimes
farm, and the other near Butler's
bridge.
Badly Burned In Tar
Kellie Explosion Here
NJr. J. C. White, owner and op
erator of White's Sheet Metal
Works, was badly burned about
the face and han<is\v^en a large
tar kettle exploded at his plant
on South Smithwick Street at
11:40 o’clock this morning. A
worker at the plant was also hurt,
but the extent of his injuries
could not be learned immediately.
Mr. White was removed to a local
hospital for treatment.
The fire department was called
and firemen put the burning tar
out.
County Board Of
Commissioners In
All-Day Meeting
Approximately 127 Mile*
Of Itouds Surfaced Or
Arc To Hr Surfaced
Martin County's secondary road
program is nearing completion,
| tiie Martin Coitnt.v CYmiinissiu/i
ers, in an all-day meeting Mon
day, were advised by District
Highway Commissioner Henry
Gray Shelton. It does lot loces
sarily mean that there will be no
more roads surfaced or improved,
but it was explained that the
money made available by the $200
million bond program has. been
expended in this county.
Commissioner Shelton, accom
panied by Engineers Spruill and
Liverman, explained the road pro
gram and pointed out that 20.0
miles of road in excess of the orig
inal allotment had been or will
have been constructed in the
county within the next several
months. Aided by federal money,
the commission is to surface soon
two more projects, totaling 0.4
miles. Both projects were desig
nated by the engineers on the
basis of daily traffic counts, Mr.
Shelton explained. One of the
projects runs from Gold Point to
Huskinaw Swamp and thence to
Highway 04, about one and one
half miles from Robersonvillc or
near the point where the railroad
crosses the highway. The project
is 4.5 miles long. The other pro
jeet, .just 1 !l miles long, runs off
Highway 17, about three miles
from Williamston, and connects
with the Bear Grass Highway
near the old Biggs school site.
Surfacing work is progressing
on a road from Highway 17 to
Smithwiek’s Creek, and on two
loads m Bear Grass Township.
| Several projects, in addition to
11.1 miles already approved and
on which work is progressing m
most cases, were approved by
Commissioner Shelton and the on
gineers for widening and stabiliz
mg. The newly recommended
projects include:
Two arid six-tenths miles id’
road running from a point near
Smithwiek’s Creek via the Hodges
farm to the Beaufort County line;
The Daniel Road m Griffins
Tnwnsh.H. 2-5 miles;
{’offf’rcr' irn~rTT-:hT|T
leading off the Old Mill Inn
Smithwivk a Creek -Hoad at Grif
fin’s station via E. II. Manning
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Hail Loss Adds Up
To About $40,000
Hail, striking sections of Wil
liams and Jamesville Townships
about Pri'TWr,-■'ago, ian.voti -dam
age estimated at $40,00(1 or more.
Approximately 100 claims were
adjusted last week by represen
tatives of insurance agencies, and
nearly' $40,000 was paid to the
claimants.
No acreage estimates could be
had, but farm after farm in
Jamesville Township was struck,
the damage running as high as
fifty percent m some cases and
as low as 0 or 7 percent in othe>:
fields.
Payments to individual farmers
ran as much as $2,200, it was
learned.
One company’s premium re
ceipts amounted to less than half
the amount paid back to farmers
in this county it was declared.
Five adjusters, including Ham
Edwards, former teacher in the
Williamston schools, worked two
days making the adjustments in
this county.
Umlrifiofs Oftvnilion
In Uullimorv llos/nlal
Mr. C. CJ. Crockett who under
went an operation in Johns Mop
kins Hospital, Baltimore, last
week is reported to be in excel
lent condition. The operation on
his left lea whs said to be a suc
cess and he will probably return
home within ten days or two
weeks.
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Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ander
son and Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler
Martin received notice last
week that their son and ne
i phew, Oscar Anderson, Jr.,
was recently promoted from
Major to Lt. Colonel.
Colonel and Mrs. Martin
are stationed in Washington.
Funeral Service
ForMrs.AUigood
Here Last Friday
Wcll-kiimvu r.oiinly (lili/.rn
Dii'tl Lasl W nliicsilay
In Kalri^li Hospital
r uncial services were conduct
ed in the Biggs Funeral llume
Chapel here last Friday afternoon
.it 2:30 o’clock for Mis Adana
Newton Alligood who died in a
Raleigh hospital last Wednesday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. The
Hev. Mr. Sherman, former pastor
of the Williams Chapel Church
near Palmyra, conducted the rites
and interment was in the Waters
family cemetery m Jamcsville
Township.
Mrs. Alligood had been in de
clining health for some time, but
her condition was not considered
serious until about two weeks ago
| when she was removed to the hos
! pita 1.
| The daughter of the late Joseph
Baker Waters and Aletlia Waters,
she was born in Jamesville Town
ship^7ti years ago on May !), 11174,
■‘i.ri-cl—spent most ■ .4-4,t r hie -there.
i In early womanhood ,-.hi
imni ied to J K. Newton who died
in 1915. Following her marriage
to W. J. Alligood, she made her
home in Koanoke Rapids where
she was a member of the Chris
turn Church. Following Mr A111
good’s death in 1940, she made her
home with a daughter, Mrs Hen
ry Early, in this county. More
recently she visited in the home
of another daughtei, Mrs. Walter
i Woolen .n ivoi.ii ;1, leaving-the.-<
to enter the hospital
Mrs. Alligood had many friends
m her native and adopted com
munities and was held in high cs
teem by all who knew her.
Surviving are two sens and
three daughters, all by her first
marriage, Archie 1) and Phillip
Newton, both of Miami: Mi Hen
ry Early of Oak City, Mrs Walter
Wooten of Wendell and Mrs Wal
ter Borovkiff of Norristown, Pa.:
three sisters, Mrs. J B Hardy of
i Greenville, Mrs. I). B Harrison
and Mrs. Harvey Wheeler, both of
j Roanoke Rapids, two brothers,
j Warren and Edgar Watt rs, both of
j Jamesville; nine grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Escaped Injury !
In Car Accident!
Severn I local young people es
caped injury (luring a heavy rain
storm about M.-15 o’clock Sunday
afternoon when their ear, a Ply
mouth, turned over on a curve in
I (he Washirigton-Belhaven High
way near Pantego. Miss Marie
Peel, driver, was accompanied by
Betti? Roberson and Billy Britton
Thomas, and they were en route
to Belhaven to attend a young
people’s religious meeting.
The ear was badly damaged, ac
cording to reports reaching here.
Twenty Cases In
At; .1.+.**■*,)’Br+w.rf?«*» i WMgimn— W <■■
The County Court
Monday, June 30
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Impose Fine* In I lie Sum
Of S."»oO During I lit*
Short Session
Judge K. T Johnson handled
twenty eases during a short ses
sion of the Marlin County Record
er's Court on Monday. June 30.
Fines were imposed in the sum o£
$500.
The two speeding eases against
Richard W Husted and Thomas F.
Nagelin. Cherry Point marines,
we " nol pressed.
Pleading guiltv of drunken
driving, Mcdrick Daniel was fin
ed $100, plus costs.
Charged with non support, Wal
ter Godard was adjudged guilty
and was sentenced to the roads
for six months, the court suspend
ing flic road term upon the pay
ment of the rusts and $12 a month
for the support of his six children
during the next two years.
Robert W. Clark was fined $10,
plus costs, for speeding.
Dussey Tyner was sentenced to
the roads for thirty days for vio
lating the liquor laws. The road
tei m was suspended upon the pay
ment of a $10 fine and costs
Pleading guilty of assaulting his
wife, Charlie M. Scott was sen
tenced to the roads for nine
months. The term was suspended
upon the payment of a $25 fine
and costs, and on the condition
that he'll not mistreat his wife
or drink liquor during the next
five years.
Jasper was fined $10, plus costs,
for violating the liquor laws.
Pleading guilty of issuing a
worthless check, George Ruffin
was taxed with the costs and di
rected to pay the amount of the
check.
Seth Boston pleading guilty of
drunken driving, was fined $100
and taxed with the costs.
Pleading guilty of speding 110
miles an hour, Talmange Lee
Wells was fined $50 and taxed
with the costs.
Adjudged guilty of an assault
with a deadly weapon, James
Clarrmgton was sentenced to the
(Continued on pftge eight)
Two Wrecks On
County Highways
One person was hurt but prop
erty damage was limited on the
highways in this county last week,
including the long July 4 holiday,
Randolph Moore, young Wil
.’ir’uisttin.iiiii'X sail* ' e.fFa..!!.e;.u!. To
uirv when Ins ear a 1951 rord
ui'iven by Sylvester Leggett, was
ditched, throwing the victim into
the windshield. Leggett was driv
ing on the Bear Grass-Sweet
Home Road and started to pass
another car, ran off the road and
ditched the vehicle about 2:00
o’clock Friday afternoon. Investi
gating the accident, Patrolman R.
I’. Narron estimated the damage
to the car at $2r0. Removed to the
Martin General Hospital Moore
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Hired skull.
On Tuesday of last week at
11:45 p. m., L. C. Purvis, young
colored boy of RFD 2, Robcrson
Jville, lost control of his 1942
1 fudge and turned it over on High
way 903 between Robersonville
ml Gold Point. The ear, according
to Patrolman B. W. Parker who
made the investigation, ran off
the ' iglit side of the road, skidded
42 yards before swerving to the
left and continuing 22 more yards
and finally turning over. No one
was hurt. Damage to the machine
was estimated at $100.
KOUN1MJP
Well just about everybody
in this immediate area look
a holiday during tlie Fourth
of July observance except law
enforcement officers who
were kept busy rounding up
alleged law violators.
Twelve persons were tem
porarily detained in the coun
ty jail, their ages ranging
from 21 to 52 years of age.
Five were booked for public
drunkenness, three for drunk
en driving, and one each for
gambling, speeding, violating:
the liquor laws and operating
a motor vehicle without a
driver's license.