THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,IN MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE (S READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
t VOLUME LV—NUMBER 60
Williamsian* Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 2*>. I<>12
ESTABLISHED 1899
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Streets In Comity
No One Badly Hurl In The
Six Accidents; Property
• Loss Is $1,250
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No one was badly hurt but the
property loss ran up to an esti
mated $1,250 in six accidents on
streets and highways in this coun
ty during the past few days.
Driving from Parmele toward
Robersonville last Wednesday
night at 10:45 o'clock, Harvey Lee
Stalls ran his 1952 Hudson into a
. 1939 Chevrolet driven by Charlie
Bullock, Jr., of RFD 1, Rober
sonville, causing about $100 dam
age to his and about $200 to the
Bullock car, according to Patrol
man D. E. Perry who made the
investigation. No one was hurt.
Last Friday afternoon about
4:00 o’clock, David L. Whitaker
lost control of a 1949 Chevrolet
dump truck when the wheels
locked. Loaded with dirt, the
truck turned over on the old Wil
^liamston-Bear Grass road, causing
about $200 damage, according to
Patrolman R. P. Narron who made
the investigation.
About 6:45 o’clock David R.
Connell, 5, walked from behind a
parked truck into the path of a car
driven by Doris P. Britton. The
child was slightly skinned and
bruised, but was discharged from
the hospital following treatment.
Shortly after 4:00 o’clock Fri
day afternoon, Patricia Hyman, 5,
^ ran into the street and into the
side of Stancil Hardison's car.
The child was knocked down, and
while one elbow was skinned a
bit, she was not badly hurt. Hard
ison stopped his car quickly and
carried the child to a hospital for
examination. The accident took
place on Williamston’s Main
Street.
Two cars, one driven by Demp
sey Latham, Jr., and the other by
Thurman Beach, both of RFD 1,
Robersonville, crashed on Hamil
I ton’s main street last Saturday af
ternoon at 5:45 o'clock. No one
was hurt. Damage to each car was
estimated at $100 by Patrolman
R. P. Narron.
A 1951 Plymouth driven by
George Moubrey, Jr., of Gordons
ville, Va., crashed into the rear of
a 1946 Chevrolet driven by Willie
Edward Baker of Hamilton on
Williamston’s North Haughton
^Street about 8:30 o’clock last Sat
urday evening, causing an esti
mated damage of $400 to the Mou
brey car and about $150 to the
other machine. Moubrey received
head injuries and Bob Smith, a
passenger in his car, was cut pain
fully about the face.
Accident Victim
Well Known Here
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Bobby Lassiter, Raleigh youth
who was fatally injured in a con
struction accident there last
Thursday morning, was well
known*7n '^tviUiamston, and often
visited friends'and relatives here
and in the county.
His mother is the former Miss
Mary Ethel Burroughs who made
her home here with the John
Peel’s several years and attended
the local schools before going to
^ business school in Raleigh. She
married Capt. Royce Lassiter, of
the Raleigh Fire Department.
Young Lassiter was a promising
young man and was. popular
among both old and young.
Several people from here at
tended the funeral in Raleigh.
Puirolntun Undergoes
A Minor Operation
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Patrolman B. W. Parker under
went a minor operation in Veter
ans Hospital, Fayetteville, last
week. His condition is much im
proved and he will return to his
home in Rubersonville tomorrow.
CANNERY
The Oak City Cannery will
open on Friday of this week
* and remain open each Tues
day and Friday afternoon as
lon< as the patronage justifies
the operations, it was an*
iiounced this week by John L.
Hassell of the Oak City Ag
riculture Department.
~&7vrp RtftutioreA-b&ut--Best
W(FF''Txr'Guntrot’~D maser
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By James Moore
Veteran Instructor
After trying all methods of di
sease ' control, the veterans en
rolled in the Veterans Farmer
Training Program of Williamston
High School have decided that
crop rotation is one of the most
effective methods.
Everett Whitley, a veteran far
mer on the Rainbow Farm located
on the Poplar Point Road, has
planted five acres of tobacco in
one field. Three and one-half
acres of the field were planted in
tobacco in 1950, followed by pea
nuts in 1951. The other one and
one-half acre plot is about 70 per
cent damaged by disease, while
the one and one-half acre plot
is only about 3 pe rcent damaged.
Mr. Whitley says he would like
to use a three or four year rota
tion in the future. He is convinc
ed that a resistant variety of to
bacco cannot fight diseases alone.
Thad Harrison is trying a three
year rotation with tobacco, corn
and peanuts in order to build up
potassium in the soil. By increas
ing the potassium in the soil, he
is hoping to increase his peanut
yield.
Almost 100 per cent of the vet
erans are having trouble with ne
matodes. Knowing that nematodes
weaken the plant, thereby mak
ing it more susceptible to disease,
the veterans are very much con
Icemed about them. All of the vet
| erans agreed that rotation is a
big help, but some of them are
fumigating also.
Simon Griffin fumigated about
one-half of his crop. While talking
with him last week he made the
statement that he had about one
tenth less replanting to do in the
fumigated soil. He also stated that]
the tobacco in the treated soil
started off much faster and that
that the yield would be much
greater.
ROUND-UP
Si* persons were rounded,
up and temporarily detained
in the county jail last week
end. Three were booked for
public drunkenness, two for
drunken driving and one for
possessing non-tax paid li
quor.
Two of the six were white
and the ages of the group
ranged from 22 to 58 years.
Pricp Review Of
Georgia Markets
Georgia-Florida flue-cured to
bacco brought higher average
prices by grades in most instances
opening w-uck ut the 1952 season
compared with the first two days'
last year. The U. S. Department of
Agriculture reports inferior qual
ity offerings, however, resulted in
a lower general average. Volume
of sales was heavy.
Gross sales for the first five
I days amounted to 43,447,104
pounds and averaged $51.18 per
hundred The average was 62
I cents below the comparable per
I rod last year. Sales were around
900.000 pounds less.
Average prices for the majority
of grades were from $ 1.00 to $7.00
higher. Most gains were $1.00 to
5.00 per hundred. A few' green
tobaccos offered in limited volume I
and nondescript grades were
slightly lower. The losses in most
cases were below $2.00. Practical
top price was $65.00 per hundred.
Heavy volume grades averaged
from $1 00 to $14.00 above their
respective loan levels.
Proportions of common to fair
qualities and nondescript were
larger while less good tobacco
was sold. The amount of lugs
dropped more than 20 percent and
more leaf and cutters appeared.
-_P--L.vlr.rM. 1.. Jj.ff.-rlnW'i;e I'l'V ty
good lugs, low and fair leaf and
primings, low cutters and nonde
script. Last year during the first
two days the bulk was low to fine
lugs, fair leaf and nodeseript.
During the first four days grow
ers delivered 3,146,454 pounds or
9 percent of gross sales to the
Flue-cured Stabilization Corpora
tion under the Government loan
program. Last year for the same
period receipts were 17.6 per
cent.
WiUiamsIon Boy
Has Job In Korea
With the UN Civil Assistance
Command in Korea—Pvt. Samuel
D. Carson, 112 Smithwick St
Wiiiiamston, N. C., is serving in
Korea with the United Nations
Civil Assistance Command, Ko
irea (UNCACK), an Eighth Army
Agency administering to the re
lief needs of the Korean people.
A quartermaster storage spec
ialist at UNCACK’S Pusan head
quarters,, Carson helps distribute
relief supplies from 18 UN coun
tries to the many refugees in
South Korea.
Carson, who arrived in Korea
in June, is a graduate of Williams
ton High School.
He entered the Army in August,
1951. 5
Jamesville Group
Going To Raleigh
In Election Case
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Did Bourd Of Officiiiltt Con
tinue In Power In
County Town
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The Jamesville election case, in
the lower courts for seven or
eight months and about as compli
cated as a national political con
vention, is to be heard by the
North Carolina Supreme Court on
appeal by the plaintiffs in the ac
tion. The appeal was perfected
and filed in the court a few days
ago, and a ruling is expected this
fall.
The ease had is origin more
than a year agu when the duly
constituted officials failed to call
or arrange for an election. A
goodly number of citizens, includ
ing A. Corey and others, petition
ed the courts, asking that an elec
tion be held.
The litigants went into the Mar
tin County Superior Court before
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn and a
consent judgment was entered in
to, providing for an election of a
board of commissioners and a
mayor. The election was held and
an entirely new slate was select
ed. some winning by narrow mar
gins. The old officials, maintaining
the election was illegal, held fast
to the books.
Arranging for a special hearing,
the litigants traveled all the way
to Lumberton and Judge Walter
Bone'ruled with the plaintiffs,
the jurist explaining that he
would not undo what another
judge had done.
The case then was dragged ov
er to Snow Hill for a hearing be
fore Judge Paul Frizzelle who
ruled in favor of the defendants
or the old officials.
Aired in the several courts and
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Fix $2,000 Bond
In Assault Case
Bond was fixed at $2,000 last
week-end in the case in which
William Thornton Currie, young
white man, stands charged with
shgoting and critically wounding
Elmer Gray Modlin, of James
ville, there in early June. A hear
ing was waived in the case which
is being booked for trial in the
Martin County Superior Court
during the September term.
Currie was unable to arrange
bond immediately.
Finishes School Aiul
Takes Raleigh Position
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This week Mias Angelum Leg
gett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin H. Leggett, Route 1,
Jamesville, tfbrth Carolina, grad
uated from King's Businesa Col
lege, Raleigh, receiving a Junior
Secretarial diploma. She entered
school on September 3, 1951.
Mias Leggett was a member of
the Farm Life High School grad
uating class of 1951.
She hafc accepted employment
as a secretary in the Horticulture
Department at North Carolina
State College, Raleigh, and will
begin work on August 1,
AcH&iStevMU©*'
Oi Public Service
Presidential Nominee For
Democrats Formidable
Republican Foe
(
Adlai Stevenson, the Democrats'
Presidential nominee, has a great [;
public service record, and he is ^
recognized as a formidable oppon- '
ent of the Republican team. 1
What is Stevenson’s back- *
ground? What is his record of
public service?
While he is somewhat of a new
comer to the national political 1
scene, Stevenson comes from a
family which has played import
ant roles in American politics.
His grandfather, also named r
Adlai Stevenson, was vice-presi- '
dent of the United States during *
Grover Cleveland’s second term
in the White House. His father,
Lewis Stevenson, served a term 4
as secretary of state in Illinois. A
great-grandfather, Jesse Fell, was j
a close associate of Abraham Lin
coln.
Governor Stevenson was born 1
52 years ago in Los Angeles, Calif, j
His father was a newspaper ex
ecutive. When Stevenson was six
years old, the family moved to
Bloomington, 111., where his mo- ‘
tiler’s family owned the Daily
Pentagraph.
Young Adlai liked to write. At
Princeton University, he became j
editor of the campus newspaper.
And after his graduation from
Princeton in 1922, he worked for
a while in the editorial depart
ment of the Pentagraph.
But the field of law beckoned
and Stevenson entered North
western University Law School.
After receiving his law degree in
1926 he practiced in Chicago.
In 1933 when the first Triple A
program was established, Stev
enson went to Washlhgton to be
come special counsel to* Triple
A Administrator George Peek.
Before he went to Washington,
Stevenson had shown a deep in
terest in international affairs. He
gave up the presidency of the
Chicago Council qn Foreign Rela
tions to accept the Triple A as
signment and after leaving Wash
ington in 1935 he was elected
again to head the council.
Stevenson was a part of the
wartime administration in Wash
ington. He served as special as
sistant to Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox. And at the end of
the war he bccar ’• ipor*,)nt
figure in the ef_... * - ^«-avo.
After serving as special assistant
to Secretaries of State Stattinius
and Byrnes, he became a member
of the U. S. delegation to the San
Francisco Conference that estab
lished the United Nations. He
has been senior adviser to our
delegation in the U. N. and has
served as a delegate to the U. N.
General Assembly.
What has he done as Governor
3 of Ollinois?
He has been aggressive in clean
ing up a corrupt political situa
tion left -by the Re.pulsBc.Hn... ad
ministration which he defeated.
The polls show that even a sub
stantial number of Republicans
like him for his reform of the
\ state police and his introduction
’ of efficiency into the executive
operations of Illinois.
1 Stevenson has hit hard against
1 waste in government. During the
5 first few months of his term, he
1 ordered 1,300 jobs cut from the
* state payroll. -
Under his leadership, slate aid
to schools has been doubled. Wcl
1 fare services have been increased.
State facilities for care of the
mentally ill have been vastly im
proved.
Stevenson has a liberal record.
He has fought against discrimina
tion in employment. He has stood
against thought control measures.
' He has been an ally of the forces
for public housing. He has a good
farm record. He has been a friend
of labor, but no enemy to advo
cates of free enterprise. He has
been a friend of the Truman for
eign policy.
He is a liberal, but not a dog
matic liberal who would ram
ideas down the throats of the peo
ple.
Alan Whitley, a Chicago polit
ical writer, says of his political
outlook: “His fundamental atti
; tude toward government is that
* it must be clean, efficient, and
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WmrSiateaSdky
3iei“Ea?l-y l&str
Saturday Norning
Funeral Held Sunday For
Retired Farmer And i
Merchant
-$
William Staton Bailey, retired
farmer and merchant, died at his
home in Cross Roads Township at
12:40 o’clock last Saturday morn
ing following six years of paraly
sis in 1946, followed by others.
However, he was able to be up
most of the time until about two
months ago. He was fatally strick
en about ten days ago, and his
condition was critical since that
time.
The son of the late James War
ner and Penelope Price Bailey, he
was born in Cross Roads Town
ship 63 years ago on June 17,
1889. He spent most of his life on
the farm, but engaged in the mer
cantile business in Williamston
with B. F. Perry several years
and later operated a business of
his own, retiring on account of
declining health. Mr. Bailey was
a diligent worker and a progres
sive farmer and business man.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth
Bowen on February 22, 1913.
Surviving besides Mrs. Bailey
are two sons, Elbert S. Bailey of
Portsmouth, and James W. Bailey,
stationed with the Martin County
National Guard unit at Fort Dix,
N. J.; two daughters, Mrs. Char
lie M. Mills of near Williamston,
and Mrs. Lester Terry of Bear
Grass ;three brothers, Frank and
Charlie Bailey of Cross ltoads
and Roy Bailey of Oceana, Va.;
one sister, Mrs. Johnny Wynne, of
Everetts, and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home Sunday afternoon
at 4:00 o'clock by the Rev. C. L.
Gatling, Baptist minister o t'Ham
ilton and pastor of the Everetts
Baptist Church. Interment was in'
WtHiamston's Woodtaww • -Ceme
tery.
Robbers Entered
Caie Third Time
For the third time since JunO
6 robbers entered Eddie Watts
! Brown’s Little Savoy eufe here
on Washington Street sometime
during last Friday night.
An entrance was made through
a rear window. The piccolo was
forced open and an attempt was
made to breax open the box on a
pay telephone. The owner of the
cafe, following the second robbery
i on June 28, started removing the
• cash from the juke box and the
, robbers are believed to have a
. mighty poor haul.
, Last night while the clerks were
. sitting out front, getting a breath
j of fresh air, Robert Everett, col
ored, was said to have been raid
ed the cash register. The clerk
• heard the register bell and went
in just in time to see the boy run.
Victim Oi Heat -
Injured In fall
Overcome by the heal, Henry
Taylor, projectionist for the Watts
Theater here, fainted and fell in
the projection room yesterday af
ternoon and eul his head. The
picture went out of control and
other theater attendants rushed
there and found him unconscious.
He was removed to a local hos
pital for treatment and is able to
be out today.
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Feature* At Twilight
Theater Next Few Dayh
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Several excellent pictures will
be shown at the Twilight Theatre
near here during the next week
according to Mr Mobley, manager
ot the theatre. Tonight, Tuesday,
July 29, "On Moonlight Hay” will
be shown featuring Doris Day and
Gordon Maellae.
Thursday and Friday, July 91
and August 1, the drive ui thea
tre will feature, "Why Men Leave
Home,’ starring Richard Denning
and Ginger Price. This, according
to the manager, should be seen
by every member of the family.
"Harriett Craig”, featuring
Wendell Corey and Joan Craw
ford, will be shown on Sunday.
Next Monday and Tuesday,
“One Foot in Heaven' will be the
feature attraction.
Dt inomr}~ Ei utMee t
At Chicago Saturday
Adlai Stevenson,
i. J. Sparkman
Will Lead Ticket
Dniionals Inificd \l Km I
C)£ Hectic Meeting In
Chicago Saturday
Adlai Stevenson, governor of
Illinois and a man who has close
connections with the South, and
John J. Sparkrqan, United States
Senator from Alabama, were cho
sen to head the Democratic ticket
by the national convention in
Chicago last week. The meeting,
one of the most hectic held by
the Democrats in many years, was
brought to a close last Saturday
afternoon when Senator Spark
man was given the second spot on
the Democrats' national ticket.
Reports declared that the Demo
crats were more unified at the
close than they were before the
event, and it was freely predictd
that the team wil march to victory
over the Eisenhower-Nixon boys
in November.
Stevenson, trailing tssies ivciau
ver and Russell at one time, start
ed gaining momentum on the sec
ond ballot and went on to get the (
nomination by unanimous vote on
the third count early Saturday
morning,
Die-hard backers of Sen Estes
Kefauvei, who ran second in the
presidential derby, considered en
tering him for the vice presiden
tial spot, even after it became
known that Sparkman was the
man Stevenson wanted. Kefauvei
himself called them off. Usually
it's just n matter of routine for
y cypycntion to take unquestion
ingly the person the head of the
ticket prefers.
By and large, party leaders
were saying Sparkman was en
tirely acceptable. Here and there
on the fringes there was a notice
able lack of warmth toward the
Alabama senator.
Executive Secretary Walter
White of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, said of Sparkman that:
"It will be difficult, if not irn
| possible, for the Democratic party
I to sell to Negro voters and other
civil rights advocates a nominee
whose voting record has been one
of consistent opposition to the civ
il rights objectives of the Demo- i
era tic party.”
A Negro congressman, Adam j
Clayton Powell of New oYrk,
called Sparkman "sheer political I
death” to the Democrats.
Gov. John S. Battle of Virginia!
said fie doesn’t think Sparkman
"is well enough known to be of
any help” to the Democratic par
ty in his state. Battle, like some
other professed leaders in the
Democratic Party, have strong
leanings toward Republicanism,
and he possibly would have''been I
critical of any selection.
But Sen. Hubert Humphrey,
from the wing of the party that
calls itself the liberals, sized up
the choice of Sparkman as "splen
did.” President Truman, in Kan
sas City, said the selection was
"a peach.”
Sparkman is a political veteran
who made Ins start on the Wash
ington scene as a House member
in 1935, after 10 years of practic
ing law at Huntsville, Ala He
shifted to the Senate m 1940.
And Ins record indicates that
the administration can rely on
him, more than most Southerners,
to go along with all phases of its
program except civil rights legis
lation. Even on that, his attitude
hasn’t been as tough us that of
most Southerners.
Those who did managed to pul
on a 17-minute demonstration, pa
rading around this big stockyards
auditorium with a forest of
"Sparkman for veep” signs wav
ing aloft
But it was pretty much mechan
ical zombie like persons going
through the motions because it is
expected of them although they
were so weary from long overtime
sessions they couldn’t put on any
blazing show of spirit.
Delegates had spent most of
their energy in two marathon
stretchouts m which they put up
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TOBACCO PRICE
South Carolina tobacco
markets opened Monday with
an average of about $55 per
hundred pounds, the reports
declaring that 'the opening
day figure was higher than
the one a year ago.
Prices ranged up to $70 as
the practical top, and the
quality was said to have been
better than it was last sea
son. The Border markets op
en next Monday and the local
market opens August 21.
Advises Dusting
For Boll Weevil
Mr Willie Taylor of the Taylor
Mill anti Gin Company of Rober- g
sonville, advocates that all cot- c
ton growers dost then cotton for
the second time not later than this 1
week. c
Owner and operator of one of \
eastern Carolina's most modern c
cotton gins. Mr. Taylor suggests
that,” second round dusting should t
be done this week, next week and f
the week after, using 12 to 15 1
pounds of dust per acre per ap- 1
plication He also recommends b
that each farmer make field
checks of his own cotton to de- 1
termine the best dates for dusting 1
his particular crop.
According to Mr Taylor, this *
field check should be made by ex
anuning cotton squares and
blooms at least twice each week.
“Examine cotton squares on the
j plant, not squares that have fall
en on the ground As soon as new
generation weevil hatch out they
ean be found feeding in cotton
blooms and squares. As soon as
these new weevils are found dust
mg should be started immediately
to kill this new generation before
they begin puncturing squares"
In discussing this matter, Mr
Taylor pointed out that our cot |
ton crop is made the latter of
July and the early part of Au
gust. “We find that the recent
dry weather did a lot of good by
destroying many weevil in the
grub stage, but lots of eggs and
1 si i ill grubs were not killed Late
dusting will also help you control
boll worms. 20 per cent Taxa
phene will give good control on
both worm and boll weevil
Where Benzine llexaehloridc or
Aldrin is being used the dust
I should contain 5 per cent DDT
j for boll worm control. This, Mr.
Taylor said is very important
since boll worm damage in re
cent years has been just as severe
(Continued on Rage Five)
New Patrolman
Reports Today
Travis L. Register, graduated
from the Ninth Carolina State
Highway Patrol school in Chapel
Mill last week, is reporting on
duty in this county today He is
to tie stationed in Oak l dy
Patrolman Register, a native ol
New Hern, is succeeding Pul ml
man It. P Narron who is trans
ferring to Rocky Mount alter a
number *»f years «»f top srrvieo in
this area
Patrolman Register is married
to the former Miss Ruth Register,
also of New Hern, and they have
a young son, Travis, Jr
Firemen Called
To Rural Area
Wiblainston s firemen were full
ed nut at !):()() o'clock this morn
ing to n tobacco curing liarn lire
on Funner Raymond Harrison'*
farm in Poplar Point Township.
One curing barn with about the
best tobacco m it was burned
Neighbors and firemen were aide
to confine the fire to the one
structure.
It was the second curing barn
fire reported in the county this
season.
Farmer Edmond Harris lost a
barn on July 29 last year, running
the count to three up until that
time last season.
Tm4«r Eases la
EsewdsM-C-MwIr -
Saturday Morning
Tribunal (!oII<*cUmI Only
$30 In Fines During
Sliurl Session
Twelve cases were handled in
the Martin County Recorder's
Court last Saturday during a ses
sion lasting less than two hours.
The tribunal continues in a sum
mer financial slump, collecting
only $30 in fines. A $100 fine was
imposed in a drunken driving case
but the defendant appealed.
Proceedings:
Charged with temporary lar
ceny, Pete Dad was sentenced to
the roads for six months. Execu
tion of sentence was suspended
upon the payment of the court
costs and $284 to the prosecuting
witness for damage to property.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
case in which Prank Cross was
charged with assaulting a female.
Roma Locke was found not
guilty of careless and reckless
driving.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
ease charging Harvey Lee Stalls
with following a motor vehicle too
closely.
Pleading innocent, Edward
Clinton House was adjudged guil
ty of drunken driving and was
lined $100, plus costs. He appeal
ed and bond was required in the
sum of $200.
Charged with not giving a sig
nal when making a turn with a
motor vehicle >n the highway,
Edward Roberts was found not
guilty.
Judgement was suspended upon
the payment of the court costs in
the cases in which Estelle Ferrell
and Joe Purvis were charged
with public drunkenness.
Douglas LeRoy Pencil was tax
ed with the costs for violating the
liquor laws, lie pleaded guilty.
Pleading guilty of being drunk
and disorderly, Baldy Rogers was
; sentenced to the roads for thirty
days, execution of judgment to be
suspended upon the payment of
[ a $10 fine and costs.
Jasper Smith was sentenced to
the roads for ninety days for be
ing drunk and disorderly. The
sentence was suspended upon the
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In Finals Al The
Jaycees' Pageant
Miss Jackie llai us returned
home Sunday after representing
Williamston in the Miss North
Carolina Beauty Pageant under
the sponsorship of the local Jay
cees.
After three days of competing
in bathing suits, evening dresses
and talent shows, Miss Harris was
called buck Saturday night as one
of the 15 finalists out of the 311
competing for the coveted crown.
The Saturday night perfor
mance lasted for more than tout
hi hi ru with the 15 fmaluK gome
again through all three phases of
the pageant.
The talent competition was the
keenest ever seen at the State Pa
ean! and all 15 young ladies
warn the unquestioned acclaim of
the thousands who saw them
Miss Harris' soft shoe dance com
hined w;ft> a baton twirling rou
tine was punctuated several times
with the loud applause of the en
iire audience.
Shortly after midnight anil four
hours of intense heal, the judges
announced the winner, Miss Bar
bara Anne Harris, of Salisbury
A spokesman for the Jaycees
said that Wilhamston could well
tie proud of its representative to
the State Pageant and would have
a difficult time in future pageants
living up to the favorable public
ity gained by Miss Harris during
her stay in Winston-Salem.
| HOT WEATHER
\
With the mercury golnf
on by the 100 degree mark,
this section is still sitting out
another scorcher, hoping a
cooler mass of air will blow
in by tomorrow.
During the meantime, Fire
Chief G. P. Hall says it was
cooler in his tobacco barn
with two burners in r peration
than it was in his barbershop.