THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
-OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BV
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LVl—NUMBER 5
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, January lit, 1953
ESTABLISHED 1899
Large Liquor Still
Wrecked Tuesday
In Martin County
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1 mo .M«*n Arn*»tf(i And
Thin! Oiif* Escaped Fed
eral and ABC Officers
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An illicit liquor distillery, be
lieved to have been about the se
cond largest ever set up in this
county, was wrecked early Tues
day night by federal and ABC of
ficers front this and Pitt County
in Bear Grass Township about
one-half mile off U ,S. Highway
17.
Locating the plant early Tues
day morning. Chief ABC Officer
Joe H. Roebuck planted two men,
Officers Cecil Bullock and Joe
Smith, there to watch the still
while he made arrangements for
a general round-op. Pitt County
ABC Officers James M. Ward,
Brinkley Lilley and King were
called, and Ward and Lilley join
ed the other two at the observa
tion post. Federal Officers Jack
• Gaskill, Moses Harshaw and an
other ATU officer from Elizabeth
City moved in to assist in the
raid.
During the meantime, officers
at the observation post arrested
C. Griffin and Willie Gray Lilley,
young Beaufort County colored
man, and a third man whose iden
tity could not be learned, escap
ed. Other detailed plans for the
raid were called in and the offic
ers, using walkie-talkies, moved
in to wreck the plant well after
dark.
Officer Roebuck said the plant
was equipped with a six horse
power upright boiler, two 200-gal
lon capacity wood stills, six 50
gallon doublers, two 100-gallon
coolers, two 100-gallon superheat
ers, forty-one 200-gallon capacity
hogsheads or pickle barrels con
taining more than 8,000 gallons ot
mash. The officers poured out 14-4
gallons of white liquor all packed
in one-half gallon jars and appar
ently made the night before.
There were forty-five cases of
one-half gallon empty fruit jars
>n hand. The raiders also found
Iwenty-one bags of sugar, eight
100-pound bags of coals, fifteen
bags of coke, a pitcher pump, a
power water pump and other
equipment.
Given a hearing before U S.
Commissioner Taylor in Washing
ton yesterday morning, the two
men caught at the still were plac
ed under $200 bonds and they arc
to appear in federal court at
Washington in April for trial
Earlier in the week. Martin
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Church Schedules
Mid-Winter Rally
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Thu mid-winter gospel rally ol
Ihe Church of Christ will be held
at the Roanoke Christian Service
camp near Washington for three
days, beginning January 20.
Theme of the rally will be.
"What Will Thou Have Me T»
Do" ,and it will open Tuesday
night at 7:00 o’clock. Leaders oi
various churches will speak on
different aspects of that topic
in seven different sessions during
the three-day meeting, it was
announced.
The women of the Old Ford
Church will sell sandwiches and
_ — gaffer Wednesday -tp.d *he women
of the Beaver Dam Church will
sell them on Thursday
The Rev Garland Bland will be
song leader, and Mrs. Eva Wood
ley will be the pianist.
The rally will end with the
Thursday night session, when R
L. Gardiner delivers the closing
sermon.
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TAX LISTING
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Tax listing in this township
is going forward fairly rapid
ly, List-Taker C. M. Cobb
stating that approximately
1,000 owners bad listed their
boldines up until last evening.
There are about 3,300 names
on the list in this township.
The list-taker said that car
and hog values were drop
ping, but that other proper
ties were showing an increase
to maintain an over-all gain
of moderate size.
The list-taker for this town
ship is located in the treasur
er’s office in Williamston’s
town hail.
Fertilizer Plant Addition
msmm
Despite unfavorable weather and other adverse I actors, construction work continued to go for
ward on the addition to the plant of the Standard Fertilizer Division. Mathieson Chemical Com
pany on Roanoke River here. The addition is a part of a quarter-million-dollar expansion and
moderfuzation program being handled by the company at its local plant. - Photo by Royal Studios.
Chas. A. Warren
Died Near Gold
| Point Wednesday
FiiiutuI At Home lri<l;t>
Afternoon Al 2:30 For
Relir«‘<l Farmer
Charles A. Warren, retired far
mer and highly respected citizen
of this county, died suddenly at
his home near Gold Point Wednes
day morning at 7:00 o'clock. Al
though he had been in declining
health since last September he
was thought to be getting along
very well following recent treat
ment in a Rocky Mount hospital.
He attended to business in Robei
sonville Monday arid was getting
along very well until Wednesday
morning when he complained of
hurting in his chest and died a
short time later
Mr. Warren was born and spent
most of his life in Pitt County,
moving to Martin ami locating on
the farm about four yeats ago.
He was 64 years of age, and was a
member of the Gum Swamp Pi c e
Will Baptist Church in Pitt Coun
ty. He was the son of the late Joe
and Jackie Ann Whitehurst War
ren.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Rena Brown, of Pitt
County; six children, three sons,
Hassell Warren of Gold Point,
Edgar and Troy Warren, both of
Robersonville, three daughtt i s,
M. . Mack D. Mobley ot Robei
sonville, Mrs. Vernon Brown of
Gold Point, and Miss Jo Ann Wai
len ul the home; three brothers,
L t. Warren oi Rnbersonvilie, and
Jerry ami Hetlry Warren, both of
Greenville; two sisters, Mrs. Kel
ly Whitehurst of Bethel, and Mr
Floyd Whitehurst of Portsmouth.
The funeral will he conducted
at the home Frida\ afternoon at
2:30 o’clock by thi Rev John
White, pastor oi the Oak Grove
Christian Church, assisted by the
Rev. Ralph E Ferguson. Baptist
minister of Robei sonville. Inter
ment will be in the Bethel ceme
tery.
His nephews, Calvin Warren,
Ro.v C. Whitehurst Marvin White
hurst, Hoke Roberson, Tom Pur
vis and Clifton Everett, will serve
as active pallbearers.
Will Dedicate
Hayes School
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Dr. Charles E. Stewart, noted
educator, will deliver the princi
pal address next Thursday even
ing at 8:00 o’clock when the new
E. J. Hayes school building is de
dicated here.
Dr. Stewart, a graduate oi How
ard Law School, Wilberfoice Uni
versity, Payne Theological Semi
nary and Chicago Musical College,
has served as a member of the
faculties of Morgan State College,
A. and T .College, and dean of
the theological department, Wil
berforce University. He has held
several prominent pastorates, in
cluding those at St Paul,* A. M
E., Raleigh, Old Emmanuel A. M
E., Portsmouth, and is now serv
ing the Israel A M. E. Church in
Albany, New York.
Elaborate plans are being made
for the dedication, and the school
officials are extending an invita
j tion to patrons and other friends
to attend and hear Dr. Stewart,
PLANT BEDS |
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Farmer Herbert (Skippy)
( owen was among the first,
if not the first, farmers in this
section to seed a 1933 tobacco
plant bed. He sowed several
hundred yards of bed last
week-end and added to the
yardage this week.
Quite a few farmers are
now seeding their beds, but
the task will hardly get under
way on any large scale before
next week and the week fol
lowing, weather permitting,
of course.
Although the acreage is be
ing reduced about eight per
cent, most growers are seed
ing about the same size beds
seeded last season.
Case Blows Up In
The County Court
j Mad enough to kill one an
other during a meaningful argu
i ment last Saturday night, Janies
I Bell and William Earl Ballance,
local young colored men, had
cooled off considerably when they
went into the county court this
week.
At a preliminary hearing held
Indole Justice Chas R. Mobley
following then arrests last Sat
titrdny night, Ballance declared
Bel! had hit him in the face with
ia brick When Bed was called
for trial in the court this week,
Ballance said he did not know
v\ no shuck huii, and Bell was
freed.
It was not brought out in the
trial, but one reliable report de
! dared 1hat Bell, after allegedly
! striking Ballance with the brick,
! went to fn home for an axe with
murder in his heart.
' Ballance, at liberty in $500
bond, is scheduled for trial in
the Martin County Superior
Court next March, and it re
mains to be seen whether Bell
will have cooled off enough to
I declare ignorance about who shot
him in the hip with a 22 caliber
1 rifle.
County YonUuHas
Part In Exercises
i
AT SEA, Jan. 0 (FHTNG i Par
itidpating in the largest training
exercise held bv the Pacific Fleet
j since World War II, aboard the
- iadar picket destroyer USS Frank
Knox, is Jaim s W Tei ry, fireman.
! USN, son of Mr and Mrs. Irvin
! Terry of RED 2, Williamston, N.
C.
The vessel is a unit of the 26
ship task force, composed of cruis
ers, destroyers, destroyer escorts,
submarines and service support
ships They are shooting at sur
tace and air targets; repelling si
mulated enemy submarine and air
attacks; exercising at replenish
ing ann refueling underway; and
executing intricate battle maneuv
ers.
The ships left from West Coast
ports yesterday. The two-week
operation will be broken by a visit
| to San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 10
| and 11.
j Real Admiral Herbert C. Hop
j wood, USN, is in command of the
I exercise.
Manufacturer's
Profits Up in '52
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The government has reported
that manufacturing corporations
! showed net profits after taxes of
$2,600,000,000 in the third quar
' ter of 1952.
I A joint report of the Securities
! and Exchange Commission and
1 the Federal Trade Commission
said this figure was unchanged
from the first and second quar
ters of the year. The total was
slightly above the $2,500,000,000
profit's after taxes m the third
\ quarter of 1951.
The report estimated that sales
of the 25 manufacturing indus
j tries classified dropped off to $60,
700.000. 000 compared with $61,
400.000. 000 m the second quarter
of 1952.
The report showed iron and
; steel company profits before taxes
in the third quarter were up 03
| per cent ove. the second quarter.
| The increase after taxes was
shown as 15 percent. The agencies
said this reflected partial recovery
of the industry from last sum
mer's steel strike Profits were
still reported below the levels of
1951 and early 1952.
The largest decline in profits
before taxes in the third quarter
! was 43 per cent for the motor
vehicle and parts industry. The
, report said this resulted from
' the impact of the steel strike.
, lutlvfkvndvnrv Sri To
I (irrrt Thr Trumans
Independence Mo. - President
Truman and his family will re
ceive a hometown welcome Jan
uary 21, when they return from
Wa.-hington.
Mayor Robert P. Weatherford,
Ji., has appointed a committee of
50 to plan thi' affair, which has the
approval of Mr. Truman.
Plans call for a delegation to
welcome the family upon arrival
in Independence b.v train and pro
vide an escort to the Truman
home at 219 North Delaware.
Several days later a dinnei will
be held to honor the Trumans.
Milj. Gen. E. M. Stayton, retir
ed, a friend of Mr. Truman, sug
gested a simple welcoming cere
mony .........
m •-T^nrKJjr.,} 'u rTO,„. |(ii |*ly
simple in arrangements," lie said.
There will be no need for a lot
of speeches. No one can eulogize
a President."
f SIKC1A1 DISPLAY I
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Sponsored b.v the local
I.ions Club, a special adver
tising novelty display will be
maintained in the McLawhorn
Furniture Store on Washing
ton Street this afternoon and
evening and again tomorrow
afternoon and evening, Club
President Bob Welch an
nounced last night.
A company representative
is displaying hundreds of nov
elty items, and local business
men and others are invited to
sec the display and place or
ders for calendars and novel
ties for the coming months
and year.
The display is well worth
examining and there is no ob
ligation on the part of any one
to buy.
Call Forty-Fonr
In Martin County
For Physical Test
Group Scheduled To Leave
Next Monday For The
Center lu Raleigh
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Calls have been sent out, direct
ing forty-four Martin County
young men to report next Monday
for pre-induction examinations at
the center in Raleigh. They will
make the trip to Raleigh by char
ter bus.
In addition to the call to be
answered next Monday, a call for
thirty-seven men is pending for
January 30. Then there are two
pre-induction calls, each for thir
ty-seven men. for February, the
first to be answered on February
5. and the other on February 26.
A final induction call, one of the
largest received in this county in
many months, is to be answered
by thirty-five men on February
18.
It was unofficially learned that
Selective .Service i< tightening up
on its draft deferments, and judg
ing from the recent calls, both
pre-induction and final, the draft
is to be stepped up considerably
in the next few months.
During the meantime, those
young men of draft age who are
in college and have not filed pro
per papers, will find it advisable
to do so without further delay it
was pointed out.
The pre-induction call to be an
swered next Monday includes the
names of nineteen white and
twenty-five colored men, as fol
lows:
White---Wavland Alton Bunch,
Ernest Wilson Bounting, William
Nicholas Manning, Reginald Fran
cis Rodgerson, Haywood Lindelle
Ward, Nathan Perry, Jr., James
Truett Stewart, Howard Mallison
Ange, John Reginald Griffin, Bob
by Charles Roger,son, Dallas Hugh
Barbel, George Arthur Green,
| Stephen Edwin Manning, Jr.,
[Charles Thomas Griffin, James
! Archie Wynne, Bryant Taylor
Rogeison, Pei Icy Thomas Rawls,
I William Ashley Mi/olle, and
James Edgar Myers
Colored Lester Williams,
Floyd Eugene Peele, William
Frank Bell, Willie Clyde Brown,
Frank Purvis, Willie J Reuse, Jr.,
James Matthew Ore, Elbert Mar
tin, Lum Augustus Brown, Leo
Land, William Earl Shepherd,
William Edward Little,“Louis Col
umbus Short, Thomas Rudolph
Green, Charlie Frank Clemmons,
William Clyde Brown, Jr., Jobic
Parker, Jr., Robert Dalton Bell,
Garland Perkins, Jesse Lee
Knight, Norman Barnes, Smith
Marshall, Jr . Charles Henry Hy
man, James Worsley Davis and
William Curbs Little.
Accounting Office
Recovers Funds
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Comptroller Lindsay C Wamin
has advised Congress that the
General Accounting Office has
collected more than $1116,000,000
since 1041 in funds "illegally or
! otherwise improperly paid out" by
the govci nment.
"Little of this amount would
ever have been recovered except
j for the work of the GAO,” Mr.
Warren said in a letter he writes
to members of Congress each year
to acquaint them with the activi
i ties his office. ^ ^
The GAO is an agency of Con
gress and its: duties include the
auditing and settling of accounts
and claims. The Comptroller
General, appointed for 15 years,
can be removed only by Congress.
THE ItECOltD
SPEAKS . . .
During the first eleven days of
this year, motorists on Martin
County highways and streets pil
ed up the greatest number of ve
hicle wrecks ever recorded in a
similar period. Fortunately no
one was killed and none of three
injured was hurt badly. The pro
perty damage iva, placed right at
$3,50U.
In the first week of 1952 live
persons were injured in six acci
dents and the property damage
was estimated at $3,415.
At least, the motorists, while
wrecking more cars, are holding
the per-unit damage down to a
lower figure than the one record
ed a yeai ago.
Illicit Liquor Traffic!
In County Last Year;
Slight Decrease
In Manufacturing
On Woods Front
Officers Wrecked Tolu I Of
138 Still*; Arrested
Forly-eijilit Persons
Although it flourished right
along with the legal store busi
ness, the illicit liquor business
in Martin County last year did not
measure up to the record estab
lished in 1951, according to a re
port released this week by Chief
ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck. In
fact, the illicit operations main
tained a downward trend for the
third straight year, a review of
the records reveals.
During last year there were
13b complete liquor manufactur
ing plants wrecked in this coun
ty. In addition to that number,
eighteen partial plants were de
stroyed, Officer Roebuck said
Less than one-fourth of the ket
tles were made of copper, the of
ficer declaring that the business
fell to a record low in using cheap
equipment. The ordinaryoil drum
was used more than any other
type container for brewing the
poison liquid. In 1951, 151 stills
were wrecked, the- number drop
ping from 170 the year before
Shortly before prohibition was
abolished, sixty stills were wreck
ed m the county. The business
back in those days was limited
to a comparatively small number
of operators who turned out tin
illicit liquid in large quantities.
During 1929, the officers, includ
i ing several federal agents poured
j out an estimated 100,000 gallons
I of mash, arrested 07 persons and
confiscated four automobiles.
Last year the officers poured
out 40.970 gallons of mash as com
pared witm 60,175 gallons of mash
destroyed in 1951. The mash was
found m crude containers, many
of them made at home
The officers in 1952 poured out
132 gallons of illicit liquoi and
confiscated about 17 gallons
of legal liquoi . In 1951 the offic
ers confiscated 266 gallons of ilh
eit liquor and about one gallon id
the legal brands.
Forty-eight persons were arrest
ed and charged with violating tin
liquor laws Most of them wen
booked for retailing illicit liquor.
Forty-five of the foity-eight pi i
sons faring the courts on liquoi
law charges were convicted. Road
terpis added up to 324 months and
the fines amounted to $2,740. Din
ing the yeai 1951, forty-three per
sons were arrested for alleged vio
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Homemakers In ]
Meeting Monday
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The Williamston Chapter of The
Future Homemakers of Ameriea
held it’s January meeting Mon
day flight in the home Economics
Department. The official opening
eeremony was used, being led by
the president, Theresa Modi in
Jean Ward Mobley who had
served as chairman of the chap
CI! tNiv” ,'W'(.•S't’-;," "g'OST
a most interesting report on thej
clothes and loud which wen col 1
lectcd for the adopted family, 'I lie
acknowledgement from the fane !
ily was presented to the girls.
Miss Maud Thomas, social)
studies teacher, was guest spcakei j
for the evening. She presented a
most realistic picture of Washing
ton at the time of inaugurations
both past and present. She also
included a Very Interesting list of
famous "firsts” connected with
various inaugurations of the past.
In her closing remarks, she re
minded the chapter membeis'that
as the new administration goes
into office that fair minded citi
zens will withhold criticism until
the new leaders have had oppoi
(unity to prove themselves All
tneinbeis present thoroughly en
joyed the talk and were generous
in their praise of the mater al pre- 1
seated.
Refreshments consisting or nb-i1
bon sandwiches, cookies, potato!
chips and punch were served by 1 1
the third period Home Economics 1
students why are members of ttie 1
F. H A. Reported by Faye Peel. |
i*oii/mv SCHOOL I
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There will be ,i Poultry
School Tuesday, January to,
in the Courthouse startin'; at
1:30 p. rn.
Clifton F. Parrish and VV.
G. Andrews, poultry specialist
from State College, will con
duct the school. Their topics
for discussion will he encour
aging more farmers to enter
egg production, egg produc
tion for beginners and broiler
production for beginners. The
school will last one and one
half hours allowing 30 min
utes for open forum questions.
finite a few farmers attend
ed this school last year and
gained a lot of information
from the specialists. There
will be an entirely new pro
gram this year with a new set
of specialists.
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rhirteen Answer
Induction Call In
County Tuesday
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l omlmitli Man l i~l«<l V
l)eliii<|ii<‘iil lt\ Martin i
I trai l Itoanl
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Thirteen Martin County young
lien answered a final draft indue
inn call on Tuesday of tins week
Lining to Raleigh oil regular sche
lule, the men have already been
is.agnecl to the several branches
)f the armed services in various
■amps. Their assignments could
lot be learned immediately
A fourteenth man, Roger Gray
Bennett, colored, forme! ly of Oak
City and more recently of Brook
lyn, N Y„ was listed as delin
riuent Any one knowing Ins cor
reet address is asked to contact
Ihe Martin County Draft: Board |
office m Willianiston.
Only one final induction call
las been received for this month,
but two pro-induction calls are to
oe answered during January, one
next Monday and a second on the
(U.h, it was learned Thirty-live
men are being called to answer a
final induction call on February
IK, it was also learned. There'll
be two pre-induction calls in Feb
ruary, one on the 5th and anothcl
m the 26th.
The names ot those answering
the final induction call in this
county nn Tuesday ot this week
include seven whiti and ,-ix col
in ed men, as follows:
White
Raymond Sylvester Kilver
thome. 111' 1) 3, Willianiston
Maurice Allen Coltrain, HKD I
Oak City.
Shelton W;ird Funnel Robei
sonvillc.
Clifton LcRoy Keel, RFD 1
Robersonvilh
Wilson ,1 Wiggins RKD I, Wil
liumston.
Jesse Vernon IJmphlett, Wil
liamston.
Jesse Williams, Jr RFD I Rob
ei sonvillc
( olured
Louis Vernon Lee RFD 2, Rob
ersonville.
James Edward Fleming. RFD 3,
Williams ton.
Askew Brown, Jr Hamilton.
William.-,ton.
Joseph Peter Perkins, RFD 2,
Robersonvi lie
William ( >li\ ei' Fra/ii r Janie.-,
ville.
To Give Concert
Here January 22
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Frames Bible, community con
•ert series artist, will appear in
i concert at the high school here
irxt Thursday, January 22, at
1:15 o'clock, it was announced
yesterday bv the association pie.-i
lent. Members are being advised
if the change m date. Mr. B G
Stewart, president of the com
nunity association, explained that
Miss Bible is enjoying a success
u! season, and that a change in
he appearance date here was.
nade to accommodate an expand
'd schedule fm the singer.
The third and last m the con
■ert series is to be held here Feb
uary 7 when the Song Masters
vill he on the program, it was an
louneed.
Thirteen Cases In
The County Court
Monday Morning
Huilr \ Fen (lutttfM Fontiuii
t <i For 'Trial Al Thr,
Next Session
Judge H. O Peel and Sulicito
Clarence Griffin handled thirtec
cases in the county court las'
Monday, and continued quite a
few others for trial at the next
regular session. Most of the
cases were contested and the
trials held the court in session
until about 1:00 o’clock.
Fines were imposed in the sum
of $1110. and several road sen
tences, meted out during the day,
were suspended.
Proceedings:
Thi' ease in which Luther Earl
Edwards was charged with
drunken driving was no! pressed,
and the defendant, charged with
careless and reckless driving, was
found not guilty.
Pleading not guilts-, Rodney
Hall Botkins was adjudged guilty
ol drunken driving and was fined
$100, plus costs. He loses his
license to operate a motor ve
hicle for twelve months.
Z.eph and Bill William Rober
son pleaded not guilty of speed
ing Adjudged guilty of driving
trucks 55 miles an hour, they
were taxed with the costs.
Pleading guilty of hit-and-run
driving, Albert Lee Prices was
taxed with the court costs.
Charged with operating a mo
tor vehicle without a driver’s li
cense, Leon Bond pleaded guilty
and was faxed with the court
Asa Rogers and James Howell,
charged with assaults with dead
ly weapons, were each sentenced
to the roads for thirty days, the
court suspending the road terms
uopn the payment of the court
costs. Rogers pleaded guilty, and
Howell entered a plea of not
guilty in his ease.
Pleading guilty of being drunk
and disorderly. LoRoy Bunting
was fined $10 and taxed with the
court costs.
James Bell, charged with an
assault with a deadly weapon,
pleaded not guilty and was found
not guilty.
Jos M. Hardison of RED 2,
Robersonville, pleaded guilty of
speeding and was taxed with the
court costs.
Pleading guilty of . drunken
driving, Gaston James was fined
$200 and taxed with the costs. He
lose.- his license to operate a mo
tor vehicle for two years.
Charged with speeding, Mar
cellos E Roberson, Jr , of Rob
eisonville was taxed with the
court costs.
Horton Named To
Committee Posts
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Senator Hugh G. Horton, repre
senting the second district in the
State Legislature, yesterday was
assigned to five committee posts
m the upper house of the general
assembly.
In addition to heading the insu;
ance committee as chairman, he
holds membership on the appro
pi nations, election laws, judiciary
one, and propositions, and griev
a i lees
With Governoi W. LI Umstead
iceovering from a light heart at
!'- K. bl.’-d. the
legislature handled comparative
ly little business during its first
week There has been talk about
a $1(15 million bonus for war vet
erans and other matters dismiss
ed, but official action has been
limited to irtinoi bills to date.
Loral HanAs t o llarr
Holiday !Soxt Monday
Local banks will observe next
Monday, January 19, as a holiday
as a tribute to the membory of
Robert E Lee and his birthday.
( lUXlliF FUND I
t1
Representative A. Corey in
traduced a bill in the legisla
ture yesterday, proposing the
creation of a relief fund for
peace officers in this county.
Details of the bill have not
been made public, but it is un
derstood that $1 will be added
to the costs of each criminal
case, the amount to be set
uside for the officers in the
county.