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Santa Claus Completes His Arrangements For Brief Visit In Williamston Monday Afternoon „• At4:00 O’clock I i'Hi: knti:kpkisk is kf.ad ijv o\i:k maktin countv » AM II.11, a nut 1 i:\tn WICL'K THE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ ft. OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTS VAMIMES TWICE EACH WEEK * VOLUME LY—NUMBER 96 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 27, 1932 ESTABLISHED 189| Thanksgiving Day Service Held In Methodist Church “Don’t Be Slingv with Your ‘Thank Yon’s’,” Is Sermon Topie Preaching to approximately 200 persons at the annual union Thanksgiving Day service in the Methodist church, . the Rev. E. Gordon Conklin ably developed the timely topic, "Don't Be Stingy with Your Thank You's'." Basing his remarks on the text, “Where Are the Nin?”, from Luke 17:17, the minister said: “Nine out of ten persons will re one his R on in yet, for forget every favor they may ceive .... and it is rare that realizes and asknowiedges debt." So says Dr. Charles Erdman in his Commentary Luke. Indeed, that is a strong dietment of the human race; it should give us reason thought this Thanksgiving morn ing. Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem for the last time, pass ing through the northern reaches of Judaism, when he approach ed the gates to one of the en countered villages. Suddenly, ‘ from beyond the crowd which was following Him, came the plaintive cry of men who felt the loneliness of the ages.. For these men were lepers; separated by the fact of their unhappy malady from their fellows, in accordance with the old Moasic law. These had. no doubt, heard of 1 the many lepers who had been healed by the Galilacan Teacher who was drawing night unto the village. They could not approach Him closer than one hundred paces, but they attracted His at sad with them their tention with their hoarse, cry. Turning immediately, impressive majesty, He had go and return thanks for cure. Yet, one of the lepers, when he saw that he was healed, turned back to offer his humble, heart felt thanks to his Deliverer. The others, intent upon their new gained health, forgot to be grate ful. Jesus appeared especially moved by this show of self-cen teredness as He asked, "Where are the nine?" These are times when one is tempted to think that this is usually the proportion1: nine-to me. Certainly ingratitude seems Jo be a very prevalent sin. Per haps it is so easy, for it usually consists only in doing nothing. Yet even thite is often a great offence. So often Jesus still looks at our lives and says, "Are there none found to give glory ,o God?II Yet I cannot believe that basically we are not thank ful. for the emotions of our hearts are usually more grateful than our actions show. Stupid thoughtlessness in life brings agonizing pain, and Christians %trive to relieve and not aggra vate pain. Why, then do we hurt people as we do? Certainly not because we wish to or purposely plan it tha.v way. nor because we hate one another. As a matter of fact, we tell ourselves that we really did appreciate the kind ness received; the only thing is, we just forgot to say how much we appreciated it. That’s all. That is our excuse, and our con demnation, because in every phase of life we ought to show our • gratitude. We shouldn't be stingy with our "Thank You's" in oui schools. Appreciation is always needed there, and, so often in anxiety, we show' ingratitude instead. The life of a teacher is often trying at best, and to add to her teaching load the weight of unjust criti cism is often the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Don I be stingy with your “t^unk you's” in your business. As tired as you are when you sllb'pV 'tilc’t’tC Av"! i .vuiitf ■ has feeling also. Take time to show appreciation to those who serve you and you’ll find it pays, large dividends. Don’t be stingy with your ■‘thank you’s” in your home. Oft en home is the place we love best, and in which we grumble most. Christianity should begin at home, for it is there that we build *iur character. What we become in after years is largely de termined there so there could be not better place to make the practice ground of "thank yoj” than your own home. * (Continued on Page Eight) Jaycees Will Make Second Toy Collection On Sunday Experiencing a pool response in their first drive. Javcees, sponsor ing the annual Christmas Cheer movement here, will make a se cond drive of discarded toys in the town Sunday afternoon, Novem ber 30, beginning at 2:00 o'clock. Members of the Boy and Girl Scout troops will assist in the col lection, weather permitting, "We are convinced that there are many discarded toys in the homes here and that the people will gladly give them, but appar ently they overlook them," a Jaycee explained. “We plan to canvass t he- town by telephone shortly before starting the actual collection, reminding the owners to make the toys a’ ailable to the collectors a short time later," the Jaycee spokesman added. Any toy that is not beyond re pair is being sought, the sponsors of the movement explaining that they will set up shop repair and pack toys for distribution at the annual Jaycee Christmas party. It was also pointed out that a small cash fund will be needed to help finance the project, that those who do not have toys to spare can help advance the cause by making small cash contribu tions. The Jay coos are hopeful the Sunday canvass will pick up en ough toys without having to plan a third drive. f 96 YEARS OLD I v Mrs. Marcella Co 11 ra in of I KFI) 1, Williamston, celebrat ed her ninety-sixth birthday on October 28 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. P. I Hadley, with whom she re sides. Mrs. Coltrain has nine children and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. Thanksgiving Day Quietly Observed As far as it could be learned, Thanksgiving was quietly observ ed and without serious accidents in this county. Tragedy struck an humble home in Parmele earlier in the week and there were one or two minor automobile acci dents and a few lights in Wil liamston, according to police re ports. Hunters turned to the fields and woods in great numbers, some re porting mighty pooi luck while others approached the bag limits Believed to have suffered a slight stroke while driving his ear on Haughtnn Street, Joe Wilson, local colored man, struck a tree | with the machine, doing consider- j able damage to it. He was remov- j ed to a Windsor hospital for treat ment. Janesville PTA Supporting Band At a regular meeting November 24, the Jamt'sville P T A voted t<j appropriate $600.00 to be used in promoting a school band which was started this year. This money will be used to purchase drums and bass instruments while othei j instruments will be purchased by j the pupils themselves. The budget as adopted by the! group also includes a $30 ad in! the school annual and various amounts lor administrative ex penses of the organization. The program for the meeting j was presented by pupils from the elementary school. It w'as built around the theme for National Education Week "Children in Today s World. Members of the Beta Club serv ed as baby-sitters for those par ents who brought children to the meeting. Fire Destroy* Tenant House \eur Oak City j Fire of undetermined origin1 destroyed the tenant house on the Worsley farm near Oak City be tween 9:00 and 10:00 o’clock Wednesday morning. No official estimate could be had on the loss, but one report said a small amount of insurance was carried on the property. Superior Court In Final Session, 01 Its Special Term M<»*l Of (Iujm'js llamllril li\ Tin* (iuiirl Were Lunp Drimn Out With complii atcd cast's on its calendar, the Mai tin County Sup erior Court tcorked well into Wednesday afternoon before quit ting for the term. The jury was dismissed about noon, but Judge Susie Sharp held to her task until all judgments wi re signed along with the minutes. The court, cre ated by special legislative act, handled civil cases only. A mixed term of the emu t will be held during the week begin ning December 3 when Judge Clawson L. Williams returns. In the case of G and H Builders Supply Company against J. L. Windom a judgment was agreed upon, the pluintit! to receive $173.4-1. I!. A. Critcher and others were awarded a $300 judgment in their case against Will W Roberson and R. L. Sydenstrickei. Consider able time was spent trying this and several other cases. The case of Victoria Corey against Henry Wallace was set peremptorily for trial at thr next March term. Mrs. Andrew Marrioner win given a judgment by default in the sum of $3,000 against Cecil Yarrell and Davirl Lilley. After a long trial, the jury le turried a $1,130 judgment m favor of the plaintiffs in the case nl C. L. and Hubert Cherry against the Roanoke Tobacco Warehouse Company. In the case of J. W. Rhodes against Sophie Rhodes and others, the court ordered 22 acres of land sold for division on December 29. Attorneys B A Critcher and E. S. Pee] were named commissioners and directed to handle the sale. The court in the ease of Mary E. Holliday against J. Paul Holli day awarded the plaintiff $125 a month for her support and the support of a minor child. Minor Accident On Main Street i — Nii une was injured and damage was limited to a few dollars in a minor automobile accident on West Main Street here at tj;4r> o’clock'Wednesday morning. After discharging a passenger near the railroad underpass. Floyd Gorham was turning around his Dodge taxi in the street when Eli Staton Stalls struck him with a 1939 Ford. Accepting the dam age. Gorham said it was misty and that he did not see the Stalls car approaching. Investigating the accident, Chief John Roebuck es timated the damage to the Stalls .. . . Wreck Two Liquor Plants In County Raiding in tht Free Union sec tion of Jamesville Township Wed nesday, Officers Cecil Bullock arid Joe Smith wrecked two illicit dis tilleries. One of the plants was equipped with a 50-gallon oil drum still, and the other had a 100-gailon ca pacity copper kettle. The offic ers poured out 1,300 gallons of mash. County Officials to Begin New Tans Monday Morning —<*.— Only Routine Buxine*!* On The Calendar For Consideration Ending their regular terms, j members of Martin County's offi eial famliv will qualify and begin new tenures of office next Mon day morning. The personnel of the group remaining the same with one exception, the shift from one term to another will be hand led without any difficulty and with the possibility that the or ganization will be maintained as it is presently constituted. Jimmy C. Gurkin, succeeding W. M. Harrison as a member of | the board of commissioners, is be ginning his first term, and he will subscribe to the oath of office be fore Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne along with C. C. Martin. John H. Edwards, H. L. Roebuck and II. S. Johnson who are succeeding themselves as members of the board. Others subscribing to the oath ot office before Clerk of Court Wynne are, J. Sam Getsinger, rc j gister of deeds; R. H. Smith, treas urer; R. T. Johnson, county re corder. The appointment of Clar ence Griffin as county court soli citor is expected at the meeting Monday. While the office is not an elective one, those seeking the job have always gone into the primary, and the people’s choice | there has been respected by the I commissioners. Prosecutor Grif ; fin is to succeed himself. The board is also scheduled to I appoint a tax supervisor, superin tendent of the county home, and county attorney. No changes arc anticipated in those three posts, now held by M. L. Peel, John Bland and Elbert S. Peel, respec tively. The commissioners arc to per fect a reorganization of their body with the expectation that John H. Edwards.of Williamston will con tinue as chairman of the board. I Officers’ bonds will be submit ted, subject to approval of the ' board. Elected surveyor two years ago, | O. II Roberson did not qualify before the clerk ol court at the beginning of the term, and it is not known whether he'll be on hand to subscribe to the oath of office next Monday. Smaller Peanut Yield In State -4-■ Peanut production in North i Carolina this year will fall short j of the 1931 crop and will also trail I the 10-year (1941-50) average duel chiefly to a decrease in acreage! allotments, it was reported today by the State-Federal Crop Re porting Service- as it estimated the curient crop at 203,675,000 pounds. Reports as of November 1 mdi < ati d the crop would come from an estimated 199,000 acres, each i yielding an average of 1,3251 pounds. Last year 315.210,000 pounds were harvested from 237, 000 acres, with an average of 1, 330 pounds to the acre while on the 10-year average 299,494,000 pounds were produced on 276,000 acres for an average yield of 1,090 pounds. Statisticians with the Crop Re porting Service stated that thresh ing operations aie getting under way in the producing areas and that virtually all digging of the crop has been completed. Weather conditions have been favorable throughout most of the digging season, they said. Town Officials To MeeljOn MfiUfet Other than routine matters, the Williamstun commissioners will have little to do at their regular monthly meeting next Monday evenin, according to Clerk C. M. Cobb. According to proposed plans, the commissioners and possibly several county authorities will meet with representatives of the State Highway Commission here next Wednesday afternoon to discuss the railroad underpass on West Mam Street and possibly consider a truck route for U. S. Highway 17 around the town to the southeast. Leamon Roberson Ends Life Al His Home In Parmele Fornior Kc^iilrnl Hoar (irasj. Tow nsliip Shoots Self With Kiflo -— Leamon Roberson, employe of a Robersonville saw mill, ended his life at his home in Parmele Tuesday evening about 11:00 o’clock by firing a bullet from a .22 rifle into his head. He died on route to a doctor at Robersonville. [ Making an investigation. Cor oner W. W. Biggs found it was | suicide and ruled a formal inquest unnecessary. Apparently experiencing finan cial reverses, the 53-year-old man j is believed to have acted on the spur of the moment. Roberson was helping one of his | children with the daily school los i son when a law enforcement of ficer drove to his home and dis cussed a debt. It was arranged for him to go to Robersonville and get the matter cleared away. Roberson said he would step back into the house and get his coat. ! Instead of reentering the home bv I the front door, Roberson walked I around the house, entered a back bed room, got his rifle and sat down in a straight chair. Placing the end of the barrel in his mouth, l he fil ed the weapon, the bullet I going through the brain and on out the left tempo'. No one heard the report of the shot, and when Roberson failed to return his wild' started a search and found him si ill sitting in the chair and in a dying condition. Mr Roberson was born and l reared in Beai Grass Township, moving to Parmele some years ago to engage in building con struction work. More recently he had been employed at the saw mill in Robersonville. lie was a son of the late Biggs and Willie Rawls Roberson, and in early manhood was married to Miss Eunice Thompson. He was a member of the church at Mace donia. Surviving are his widow; two I sons, Billy and C. B. Roberson; i a daughter, Peggy Roberson, all | of the home; a brother, That! Rob |arson, of Robersonville. Funeral services were con I ducted at the home in Parmele I Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by the Rev. N. W. Grant, Bethel Methodist minister, assist ed by the Rev. W. B. Harrington, j Baptist minister of this county. Interment was in the Rober sonville Ccmeterv. I Corn Production Below Average A lowcr-than-average corn crop for North Carolina remained in prospect today, as the State-Fed eral Crop Reporting Service is sued its monthly report based on estimates of November 1 Throughout the harvesting sea son statisticians have estimated the 1952 crop at an average 25 bushel yield, with a total produc tion of 55,075,000 bushels—and latest figures beat this out, the report stated. The 1951 yield was an average 31 busheis, with a tdtal production of 67,611,000 bushels arid the 10 year average for 1941-50 was a 26.5 bushel yield with an average production of 59,560,000 bushels. Three Implicated In Local Store Rohberv Guns Stolen From Lindsley's Store Found in Norfolk I)i*liirhaiiee Lair Tuesday Nielli Leads To Vrresl Of Three Men THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Motorists, using Martin County highways and streets, continue to boost-the accident figures. Already the number of accidents this year is great er than the number recorded for all of 1951. and the proper ty loss is dready about $23, (!(!(< ' V.y * h I', , 1 ’ I. i “i. S&0 - • w W. .. at te.'.i year Just ■ bout ?,*»•• only redeeming feature in the frightening figures is the greater respect shown for hu man life this year. The following tabulations oiler a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in ,this year and last and for each year to the present time. 17th Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Usiii'ie 1952 7 5 0 $ 3,200 1951 5 4 0 1,100 Comparisons To Date 1952 204 117 1 $84,300 1951 233 119 5 52,830 The $800 Lindslcy store rob bery on Washington Street here lost Sunday night was eleareri up Wednesday following the arrest of Charlie Lyons late the night be fore. Lyons, an Oklahorno Ne gro who eatne here a,few weeks ago from Raleigh, is being held j in the county jail along with Harry Walton Davis, 28, and Jas. Miles, 41. The trio admitted the robbery, directed the recover?, of several of the stolen guns and told officers that the others had ! been left in a Norfolk pawn1 shop. A lead in the ease was establ ished late last Tuesday night when Lyons, 24, got drunk and went on a rampage in Griffin Street, just oft Jamesville Road Officers Perry and Chesson, ans wering a call, arrested Lyons and found a new shot gun. A full complement of officers from the .police and sheriff's departments went into action immediate!? and worked on the ease the remain dor of the night Davis and Miles were arrested during the earl? hours of Wednesday morning, but ! it was not until about noon Wed nesday before members of the trio broke down, admitted the robbery and told about the dis position of the guns. One had been hidden just oil the James villi' road, another was sold to a highway const ruction worker j and the others had been crated and carried to Norfolk Tuesday . morning by the three men on a I passenger bus. An agent o the State Bureau of Investigation, cooperation with local oflicir- in \ the case, contacted Virginia au thorities and the guns placed m , a Norfolk pawn shop arc being returned to the owners There have been several othe robberies in this section during ‘ I the past two or three weeks or since the three men drifted into j Williamston, but so far officers j have not been able to connect them with eithei the Harris I Brothers' store robbery on the I Washington road or the lleihg and Meyers storage warehouse on the Jamesville highway just | outside of town. No hearing has been scheduled , for the three men in connection I with the Lindslcy store robbery, but they are certain to face Judge Clawson 1, Williams in su perinr court here week aftei next. Hawley Is Named: To School Faculty —p. . Charles Hawley, of Godwin, has l been appointed to the loeal high i school faculty. Succeeding Pro fessor Larry Hodges who is re signing to go with the farm agent's office in this county, Mi Godwin is to enter upon his new duties December 15. He is being gradu ated from State College on De cetnbnr 13. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges are inov ling into an apartment in the Leg gett home and Mr. and Mrs. God win will take the Hodges apart ment in the tcacherage The faculty position made va cant by the death of Professor It C. Whitaker a short time ago, has not been filled, school officials pointing out that no application' position have been rcceiv cd. liremen Culled To Hunt Main Street Home --'a* Local volunteer firemen were called nut at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning when chimney soot caught fire in the home of Mr and Mis. Bennie Daniel on East Main Street. The fire got so hot it melted an aluminum fire board, but no other damage was done. The call Friday morning was the only one received by the lire! department during the Thanks-j giving period. i:\nn H«»S killings, forced by a general feed shortage, are get ting under way in llm conn ty on a fairly large scale, ae cording to reports reaching here this week. The early peanut harvest on many farms in this immediate section also y\as inducive to the early meat packing husi ness on the farms. The re ports maintained that farmers are killing and packing more meat this year than usual he cause of low prices generally prevailing on the live hog markets. License Tags Go On Sale Monday j,- — Deli vert'd here a lew da vs .mo, 5,000 mtitor vehicle State license tags Ini 1953 will In- placed on sale at the Harrison and Carstar phen Insurance Agent-v iwxi Mon day. The auto lays carrv the let ter "W" and the numerals range from 12,801 to 17,8000 Keuistration ol licia Is of the I )e partment of Motoi Vehicle), watched the last of 1,275,000 li cense renewal cards hit the mail today The card should leach their owners b.v Doocmbcr I the Dep.u tment estimated. Owner.' who tail to receive a card are asked to contact the l>< partment of Motoi vehicles and request one. The new color scheme is black with orange numerals and letters. The 1953 plates ha\ ■ a tiny slot cut into the level rw.ht hand cm ner. Ollicials explain U was put there so that a date tab, like those used durum World War II may be attached to the plate m the event of a steel shortage or othei emergency Current plates are valid until midnight Januarv 31. 1953, but of finals urge owners to buy early and avoid tlu u lie I la t minute rush. Truek and trailer owueis again will be asked to eheek then vehicle bodv type, tank capacity and fuel u ed This int*u mat ion is requested for the Department ol Defense, which seek.- a reliable estimate of the nation's total mot oi transpt >i t ca pain I it u Columbia Youth Wins Scholarship Glenn W Woodley, -on of .1 K Wccdley, lit 1. Columbia. N C . whs second pi.hi terTitorial win ner in -I II I"'.iem and Home Klee trie achievement foi the past year. He was pi e enled a gold wrist wateh by H. II Goodnton of the Virginia Electric and Power Company <d the -1 11 Electrical Congie - whieh wa- held in the Hotel Charlnth , Charlotte, N ('.. Novembei 17 and 18 In addition to this prize, he was winner of a $100 college scholai ship l'oi plaemg I li st ill the Ea t ern Extension District Tin- award was presented by K 1! Dixon. A sextant State -I H Club Header, at ,i district 4 11 Congie-.- held last Month in Washington, N C. Woodley has received numerous honor m the state and county tor his achievement- and i. consider ed by .dl state and county I H leaders to he one "i the me t out standing 1 H men hers and Junior 4 11 leaders within the entire state Mililury Ihulprt luting t liriliit liitn This ) ror Ni xt yi-;ir'.- military budget will nut exceed $4(1,000,000,000, a cut of $5,000 000,000 [rum the amount appropriated tor this year and $10,000,000,000 from what had been requested, accordant to Pentagon sources There would be no reduction in Army, Navy or Air Force programs, however LKGION HUT DAM li Sponsored hv the local unit, American Legion, a dance both round and square, will be held in the Legion Hut Friday night, November! llllth. The public is cordially invited l'or only a small admission. — Tactical Control Group Paying Off On Korean Front Major Oias. I,. Daniel Has Ha«l Part In Daring I nilertakings The <i 147 th Tactical Control Group, ,i new type of operation md the only one of its kind in the world, is paying off well in Korea, according to a news release made tvailable a few days ago by Major Charles L. Daniel. Martin County young man, who has had a part in the daring undertakings. Major Daniel is completing his tour of duly m Korea and is expected home within a short time. The following release describes I he operations of the (i 147th Tac tual Control Group: Fifth Air Force, Korea.—In a war where courage is taken for granted, pilots and observers of the ti 147th Tactical Control Group, Filth An Force, bow to no one. Flying their unarmed, unescort ed T-(i Mosquitoes at murderous ly low altitudes over Communist positions, they are Exposed to in tense and deadly accurate ground lire as they seek out, and mark i with <moke rockets, enemy con i cent rations. ll is not uncommon for a pilot to bring this plane back so sevete i ly shot up it. looks like a sieve. Yet these men return again and ; agein to their perilous jobs, and i no one appreciates their devotion more than the ever-suffering in fantry. A k any frontline infantryman what lie thinks ol the Mosquitoes and his answer will more than likely be something like this: "There's nothing like them ill this . world!" The Mosquito pilots spend more time hovering at slow speeds and low altitudes over enemy held positions than do any other group of combat pilots in the war. They arc the eyes and ears of the id fighter bombers who deliver the close support strikes for the ground force. They search out i level ly camouflaged enemy tar get' and then buz/ around direct ing the flashing fighters as they • irate and blast the targets. Planes of the H147th received their Mosquito name from the j Communist forces who have no i love for these low-flying spotters ! that bring down the screaming lets with their .50 caliber machine guns, high explosive bombs, rockets and napalm bombs that sun ai their boiling fire for hun dreds of yards. In Korea, the sting of the Mos quito brings death. Then business is that of close air ground support, a function I that has been built up between • the nr and ground forces by close I cooperation and co-ordination. Foi ward ground observers in the front lines, many of whom are pi- , i lots of the Mosquito group on tem Doi :r\ duty with the infantry, lo cate Communist positions from l their ohsci vation posts. Their in formati m is phoned back through I battalion and regimental com I mund levels and is sent to the Joint Operational Control staff. There, the information is evaluat ed and relayed to a circling C-47 plane which, in turn, contacts the Mosquito flying nearest the source I information. In a matter of minute ., one of these two-seaters c.m be directed to the trouble spot. Then the Mosquito goes into ae II ion. Armed with nothing but smoke rockets, they skim low across the suspected terrain, pilot and obser ver Marching for the tell-tale • i 14ns a discarded tin can shining in the sun, a heap of fresh earth that locates a dug-out or foxhole, foot prints in the mud or snow. They fly desperately low to pick lout these fragments of informa Ition, knowing that the lives of United Nations infantry depend on the accuracy of their observa tion, ... Then presence low over enemy lines is the signal for great foun tains ol tinners to leap up at their ship, seeking to destroy them be fore they can summon fighter bombers. The violent evasive ac tion of the pilots eludes many of the Red Streams, but often the ;ti00-hoise power plants are rid dled from prop to rudder. Having confirmed that the area ! in question contains enemy troops | or supplies, the Mosquito climbs land weaves-its way to a safe alti Itudc and radios the high-flying I .lets. (Continued on page eight)
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