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IHE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT OVER 3,H* MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B'* OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 11 Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 5, I9.>3 ESTABLISHED 1899 Forty-One Called In Martin County For Service Tests All But One of Tliuse Call ed Answered For Trip To Raleigh Center -« Forty-o*ie Martin County young men were’called to answer a pre induction service test in Raleigh today. Traveling by charter bus the group left here this morning shortly after 8:00 o’clock. They arc expected to return late today. All but one of the forty-one called reported for the trip to the service center. William Alton Harrison, ill in the hospital, was unable to make the trip. Another pre-induction call is to be answered on Thursday, Feb ruary 28. During the meantime a final induction call is to be answered on February 18. The fi nal induction call is for thirty-five men. However, the quota cannot be met. The service center was late in getting its report on the January 19 examinations back to j the board and none of that group could be notified in time to answer the call on the 18th of this month. One report stated that hardly J more than one out of four passed i the pie-induction examination on January 19. The names of those called to re port this morning include twelve ! white and twenty-nine colored | men, as follows: White Irvin Giffer Silverthorne, RFD 3, Williamston: Edward Horace Hardison, HKD 1, Jamcsville. Edgar Harrell Latham, Hamil ton. Joseph Earl Lilley, RFD 1. Wil liamston. Luther Hugh Moore, RFD 1, j Williamston. Clifton Matthew Whitaker, RF’D 1, Williamston. James Harrell Hollis. RFD 1, Robersonville and Durham John Alvin Swinson, RFD 1. Jamcsville. William Alton Harrison. RFD 2. Williamston. Jim Henry Harrison, RFD 2, Williamston. Craig McCoy Leggett, RFD 1, Robersonville. James Clarence Williams, RFD 5, Williamston. Colored Robert Bland, RF’D ’1, Rober jonville. Joseph William Parker, Jr., HF’D 1, Hobgood and New York City. Harry Clinton Ewell, Wiiliams ton. William Davis, RFD 1, Palmyr a. Roy Godard, Jr., RFD 1, Wii iiamston. William Thomas King, RFD 2.' (Continued on Page Six) Jamesville Club To Buy Properly The Jamesville Woman’s Clubi has voted to buy one-half acre of property on which to construct a community building. At their monthly meeting Tuesday night, February 3. members agreed to | pay $500 to Mrs. Lizrie Sinithwick for the property located within the town limits on the Washington highway. Plans for raising money for the, actual building will be outlined us soon as the property is obtain ed. In other business action, mem bers voted to assist the Ruritan club in the serving and selling of i a fish dinner at the riyer on Easter Monday. Mrs. Lucia Long presided over the meeting held in the Jamesville High School library room. A HELPING HAND A J Cured for when he fell vic tim of polio back in 1944. Cur tin Lee Croen, colored youth, rot buoy last month and lent a helping hand to the 1953 March of Dimes drive. Throurh his appeals, and the aid of Orlander Andrews, the Willow Chapel Church raised $13.16, and the Gold Point school, D. G. Chance, princi pal, reported $34.19, making a total of $46.36. The lad reported his collec tions to the fund drive chair man this week. Polio Fund Drive Is $2,716 Short Of Quota In County Martin Cuuuly is .'till $2,716 [short ot its 1953 March of Dimes goal, W. Marvin Baker, co-chair man of the campaign, reported to day, ‘‘We have deposited $3,268 for the polio campaign,” Mr. Baker said, "leaving us far short of our ! $5,984 quota." ] "Of course," he added, "we do i not have complete reports from our division chairmen and we are hoping reports from Roberson villi', Hamilton, and the colored division will boost our total con j siderablv." It can be seen easily that we st;Ii need contributions if Marlin County is to meet its obligation to the 1953 March of Dimes,” Mr. Baker declared. Persons who have not contribut ed may do so by contacting Mr. Baker or L. Bruce Wynne, who directed the campaign in Martin County. In speaking of 700 appeal letters mailed last week, Mr. Baker said only 300 responses had been re ceived and he expressed the hope that others will mail their contri butions this week so the directors may wind up the 1953 campaign. RKI) CROSS A V. J Meeting with District Sup ervisor Graves anti chapter officials, a croup of citizens last evening mapped plans for advancing the work of the Red Cross in this area. A com I mittee, composed of Pete Aus tin, Mrs. W. O. Griffin and | Mrs. I'rbin Rogers, was nam ed to nominate a fund drive chairman, and another com mittee ts to nominate the vari ous chapter officers, including directors from each of the live tow:nships in the chapter. Dr. James S. Rhodes, Jr., discussed the Red Cross blood program, and appealed for its support. Plans w'erc made for an an nual meeting to be held dur ing the last week of this month. The chapter is being asked to raise $4,550 to support the activities of the organization, including the blood program and the immunization project against polio. Reports County Highway Wrecks Nn unc was injured but prop erty damage, estimated at $800, resulted in two motor vehicle ac cidents on highways near here this Week. Dropping off to sleep while driving toward Everetts on High way 04, "Bun" Mizelle ran his 1952 Plymouth off the hardsur face in a curve in West End and turned the machine over. The ear, landing on its wheels, was dam aged in the amount of about $500, according to Patrolman J. C). Ar thur who made the investigation shortly after 4:00 o’clock Tuesday morning. Neither Mizelle nor his two companions were hurt, the officer said Driving a log truck and trailer south on Highway 17 yesterday morning about 7:15 o’clock, Jas. R Perry applied brakes to make a turn into the Bear Grass road, two miles from Williamston. Tin brakes on the truck caught be fore those on the trade! did, causing the trailer to jackknife. The truck and trailer turned over, causing about $300 damage, ac cording to Patrolman J. O. Ar thur who made the investigation The truck belonged to J, E An drews of Williamston. Schools Reporting Attendance Drop Little affected during must of the term, attendance upon most of the schools in this county start ed dropping rapidly this week in the face of an influenza wave.I However, it was pointed out that the condition has not reached seri ous proportions as yet and that not plans are under consideration at this time for closing the schools. Williamston, reporting most o! its absences in the lower grades, had about ten percent of its pu pils out of school yesterday. The percentage of absences in several other schools held to about the same level, but the report added that the situation was not so bad in Jamesville and Robersonville. Rodgers led the colored schools in the number of absences .one re port placing the attendance count yesterday hardly more than 30 percent of normal. While influenza and colds are sweeping through many of the schools, the amount of sickness among the adult population is be lieved to be less at this time than it was a few days ago. according to reports coming from doctors. To Give Program Saturday Evening —♦— Tht' Song Masters, a new male quartet that will appear here on Saturday, February 7, in the nigh school auditorium at 8:15 p. m„ is currently making its riehut North American concert tour. The an nouncement of the quartet's first tour met with immediate and overwhelming response. Over sixty cities, from Nova Scotia to the- Gulf of Mexico, have engaged the group. Perhaps one reason for this in stantaneous popularity is the wide variety of the repertory from which the Song Masters choose their program. The four singers know literally hundreds of songs: Classics, sacred songs and spirit uals, folk songs and Lieder, bal lads and sea chanteys, medleys and modern tunes. Their range is from Bach (and even earlier) to Broadway. And many of their ar rangements have been especially [created for them by some of the j foremost song arrangers of the day. Another reason certainly is the j good looks and the easy-going friendliness and charm of the group, both offstage and on. And then there is their attrac tive brunette accompanist who I presides at the keyboard to furn i ish the quratet with a musical j background While the voices of the Song Masters blend to perfection in ensemble singing, so that the ef fect is that of a single instrument, yet each of the artists has achiev ed distinction in his own right be fore they merged their talents to create quartet. The Song Masters are compos ed of John Petterson, fiist tenor; Jack Pribmorc, second tenor; Jos eph Frederic, baritone and Ivar I vto son, bass They are accom pan:. d at the piano by Helena Kaprielian. All the singers and Miss Kaprielian have distinguish ed musical backgrounds. The Song Masters will appear in concert as the final offering of the season by the Martin County Community Concert Association on Saturday evening. Former Resident Passes In Selma —<$>— Funeral servres were held last Monday afternoon in the Selina Methodist Church for Eugene M. Gordy, former resident of Wil liamston, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hunter Price, in the Johnson County town Sun day following a short illness. He was 96 years old. Burial was in the Selina cemetery. Mr. Gordy made his home in Williamston for a number of years, operating the picture show in the old town hall opera house and managing the old Atlantic Hotel. He later operated a bakery before moving to Selma. Surviving besides his daughter are his widow, Mrs. Nellie Gordy; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Hearne and Mrs. J. B. Overton of Quanti eo, Va.; a grandson and two great grandchild ren. Child Diva In Local Hospital Lust Right The .six-month-old child of Jesse Whitfield and wife died in a local hospital late lag night of pneu monia. Taken worse suddenly, the infant was removed to the hos pital only a short time before it died. Whitfield is a tenant on the farm ot Mrs. Heber Peel in Griffins Township, and was with Russell 4Peel at the time the young man was fatally burned early this week Cornelius Janes Died Suddenly al Heme In Everetts -<*_ Funeral Service Held There Wednesday Afternoun At 2:00 O’Cloek -*> Cornelius James, well-known county citizen, died at his home in Everetts Tuesday morning at 11:00 o’clock following several years of declining health. His condition had improved following a leg am putation about three years ago, but he had not been feeling well during the past week. However, he was able to be out during the week-end and was sitting in his wheel chair in the living room of his home when he was stricken with a heart attack and died sud denly. Away visiting a neighbor for about fifteen minutes, Mrs. James returned home and found him dead in his chair. Mr. James was born in Cross Roads Township 79 years’ ago on January 3, 1874, the son of the late Amblick and Mary L. Barn hill James. After spending his early life on the farm he moved to Robersonville where he engag ed in business, locating in Ever etts about fifteen years later. Be fore retiring about fifteen years ago lie was employed by the Earn hart Construction Company of Durham. Mr. James was active in county and district politics for many years, but never aspired to any public office. He was married in 1899 to Miss Maude Elizabeth Moore of near Everetts. Surviving are his widow; two sons, Charlie James of Williams ton and C. L. James of Everetts; one daughter, Mrs. Ralph Vascr berg of Daytona Beach, Florida; three sisters, Mrs. Oscar Daniel, Mrs. Pattie Faulkner and Mrs. Mary Everett, all of Everetts; four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were conduct (Continued on Page Six) Mrs. Dora Bloom Passes Suddenly While en route from Charleston, South Carolina, to her home in New York, Mrs. Dora Bloom suf fered a heart attack and died on the train last Monday night. The body was removed at Florence and carried later to New York where the funeral was conducted yesterday morning. Mrs. Bloom, accompanied at the time by her daughter, Mrs. Norman Arenwald, of New York, apparently was in! her usual health just before suf-1 b ring the fatal attack. She had visited here in the I home of her daughter, Mrs. F. J. j Mai gobs, before going to Charles ton for the wedding of her grand-; son, Dr. Richard Murgolis, to Missj Sherelyn Krawcheek. EDUCATION niOJECi j! The alcohol education pro gram, a project of the Mar- j tin County Ministerial As- | Nociation, is now under Way. in this project, ministers of various churches in the county will visit the high schools for three chapel pro grams presenting alcohol ed ucation films, literature and brief talks. Seventeen Cases In County Court MondayMorning' Official* Making Heady fur Bootlegger* ‘Com ention* Next Monday Morning Judge H. O. Peele and Solicitor Clarence Griffin handled seven- ■ teen cases in the Martin County j Recorder’s Court during a session lasting hardly more than two hours. Fines were imposed in the amount of $350 and one road sen-1 tence was imposed. The court officials are making ready for a big bootlegger’s "con ventiqn" to be held next Monday. Few other cases have been sched uled for trial at that time, the court assuming that most of the day would be spent hearing the liquor law viloations. Proceedings in the court last Monday: William H. Williams, pleading not guilty of assault with a dead ly weapon, was found guilty of simple assault and taxed with the costs. John D. Dixon pleaded not guil ty of drunken driving but was ad judged guilty and fined $100 plus costs and loses his driver's license for a year. Columbus Williams' plea of not guilty to a charge of non support was upheld by the court. Finest R Smith pleaded guiltv of driving without an operator's license and was fined $25 and as sessed the costs. A speeding charge against John T. Homienn was nol pressed. Jesse Moore pleaded not guilty of a charge of bastardy but was found guilty. Prayer for judg ment was continued on condition that he pay the costs of court and the doctor's bill of the prosecuting witness. Pleading guilty of drunken driving Milton T. Outterbridge drew a fine of $100 and costs and loses his licenses for a year. W. Lawrence Taylor was re quired to pay the costs on his plea of guilty to a charge of driv ing without an operator’s license Roman Locke paid the costs in the case charging him with driv ing without an operator's license. James N. Connelly, pleading guilty of speeding, was taxed with the cost. Augustus Williams was found (Continued on Page Six) Holding Funeral For Mrs. Roebuck -—•— Funeral .erviees art being held in the Christian Church here this afternoon at 2:00 o’clock for Mrs. Josie Taylor Roebuck, who died unexpectedly in a local hospital last Tuesday morning. Her pas te.), the Rev. John L. Goff, assist ed by the Rev. R. Murphy Wil liams, pastor of the First Presby terian Church in Wilson, are con ducting t ht: service. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery here Mrs. Roebuck had been in de clining health for several weeks, but her condition apparently had greatly improved follow.rig hos pital treatment and she had plan ned to return to her home on East Main Strict here later in the week. She suffered an attack and died minutes later at !):;?,'i o’clock Tuesday morning. The body is being moved from the home to the church one hour before the service. Illicit Liquor Business Said j To Have Gone Into Hiding j Tht illicit liquor business, booming more or less wide open year after year, was said to have gone underground hurriedly last week-end following a wholesale round up of alleged bootleggers here and in the county. Their throats parched, the ha bituals were seen wandering from place to place, seeking an oasis where they could quench their thirst The search, with possibly a few exceptions, was fruitless. Officers pointed out that only one person was arrested for public drunkenness during the period, and that there was little or no sign of public drinking in the town and surrounding area. There were no fights or knife attacks, the officers' declaring that all was unusually quint during the period. Choosing to remain idle until things tooled off a bit following the round up of more than thirty alleged bootleggers, one “promi nent” retailer was said to have hidden five gallons of white liquor outside his home. Finding them selves in a "dry country,” two habituais were said to have de veloped a sense of smell superior to that of a bloodhound and track ed down the five gallons 'of liquor. The find was “hogged” by the finders and the white stuff did not get into general circulation. Ofifcers admitted they could not be sure, but there were signs of operations being carried on on wheels, but getting a conviction in such cases is another matter, officers explained. Victim of Burns Died Early This Morning Funeral Friday In Macedonia Church For Russell Peel »• .11 ■ Young Farmer Ituriiril Fat ally In Accident Moil ilav Afternoon -» Suffering third degree burns from his forehead to the top of his shoes when a gasoline can ex ploded in his hands on his farm in Griffins Township last Monday afternoon, John Russell Peel died in a Durham hospital this morn ing at 0:10 o’clock. Only a strong determination to live kept him alive two days beyond expecta tions of his doctors who made every effort humanly possible to relievo his condition. He remain ed conscious about two days, and his last words were spoken in the interest, of his mother who is grad ually recovering from serious in juries received in an automobile accident more than two months ago. The young man was fatally burned when he poured a mixture of oil and gasoline on a bi ush fire about 150 yards from bis home The fire ran back into the can causing it to explode and covering him with burning gasoline. All his clothes were burned away, and he lost his way trying to run to a water hole a few yards away. Jesse Whitfield, a tenant assisting him at the time, finally caught him and tried to beat out the flames, suffering painful bums on his hands. The son of Mrs. Rosa Griffin Peel and the late J. llcber Peel, he was born in Bear Grass Township 21 years ago on December 12, 1931. When a small child, he located with his parents in Griffins Town ship where he developed into an able farmer and community lead er. He was an active member of the Farm Life Ruritan Club and tlie church at Macedonia, render ing a loyal support to both and playing the role of a thoughtful neighbor and a devoted son. He was an only child and is survived by his mother and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Alon zo D. Griffin, of Griffins Town ship. Funeral services will be con ducted by his pastor, the Rev. P. E. Cayton, assisted by the Rev W. B. Harrington, county Baptist minister, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in ttie Macedonia church. Interment will be in tin Griffin family cemetery in Griffins Town ship. Call Delinquent For Army Duty -$ Giving his ;h1c1itss us 40*1 Whitt Street, Williamston, when he leg istered several years ago, James Wannamakcr, colored, has not been heard from by the Martin County Draft Board hen since August I, 1950 His number has been up for some time, and this week he is being forwarded a let ter, advising him to report for lin al induction on February lit. II the registrant does not report at that time, Ins case will be turned ovi r to the Federal Bureau of In vestigation for action, it was ex plained by draft board officials. | Wannamakcr gave his last ad dress as 312 High Street, Cam-I bridge, Maryland. Any one knowing Ins where abouts is asked to contact the Draft Board, City Hall, Williams- j ton. The Martin County Draft J Board has been troubled very j little with delinquents, and as far as it can be learned no names have been turned over to the Fedeial Bureau of Investigation. --— A ssiutanrv Itt Offered H ith Income Tax Forms -9 A representative of the Depart ment of Internal Kevenut will be m Williamston February t) and 10 to aid Martin County citizens in filling out their 1952 income tax forms He will be in the post office building and the hours will be from !l o’clock in the morning un til 5 o'clock pi t he_a[|ii-epf V ai TAXPAYER ~1 '*---j The taxpayer of the quarter century reported to County j Tax Collector M. L. Peel’s of fice in the courthouse here a few days ago. Making his home in the county in 1929, the property 1 owner moved away in 1920. j When he returned two or three years later he kept overlooking the 1929 tax obli gation. Explaining that he had been fortunate in that the county and State had educat ed his children, paved a road by his home and rendered other services, he wanted to clear up the obligation, lie waited patiently more than half an hour while Collector Peel dug into the old records and came up with the S12 tax bill. The taxpayer appeared well satisfied and Collector Peel was happy, his estimate of his fellowman having been boost ed quite a hit. ABC Officer Files January Report Enforcement officers for the Martin County Alcoholic Bever lines Control Board had an unus ually busy month in January, ac cordion to a report tiled this week by ('hid Joe 11 Roebuck ^addition to their routine raids and investigations, the officers made thirty-six arrests, many of them in connection with the work handled by undercover agents of the State ABC board. There were two convictions in January Most of those arrested last month are to face trial in the county court next Monday. A 12-month road sentence was imposed and fines imposed last month added up to $250 The officers raided in nearly every township m the county last month, wrecking thirteen plants and destroying thirteen kettles, two of the eoppei ones. More than two hundred gallon.- of white liquor were poured out. Officer Roebuck explaining that 144 gal lon- were poured out at one dis tillery. They also poured out 10, 750 gallons of mash, and colitis eated two pints of tax-paid liquor While the plants were scattered m all parts of the county, more wen' fount! ill the Hassell area than in any othei section, the oi fieer said Curing Barn And Potatoes Burned! A sweet potato cui mg barn and approximately 300 bushels of p i I tutoes were destroyed by l ire on the Hardison farm near Jaincs ville early last Monday night, iv suiting in .1 loss of mote than $2,000, according to information reaching here No insurance was carried on the property Farmer Howard Hardison put an oil burner in operation early that evening and left to attend a church meeting It is fairly cer tain that tile burner went out ol control and started the lire When discovered the lire was burning through the roof ol the bouse. Jamesville's newly organ ized lire department was called, but the file had gained too much headway to be brought undei con trol The firemen stood by to keep thi fin from spreading to other farm buildings Branch Bank Had Successful Year -—<t>— Holding their annual meeting this week, directors ot the Blanch Hanking and Trust Oompam re viewed ,i successful year A 100 pei cent stock dividend was de clared, increasing the total capital to one million dollar- The bank now has a $-1,000,000 surplus and undivided profits after dividend in the sum of $1,600,000. The unal located reserves add up to $1,000, 000, giving the bank a $7,000,000 capital structure. J. E. Paschall, president, review ed the activities of the bank, for t he pie.t vc 'r - Nineteen Licenses To Wed Issued In County In January Issuance (ioulinues Slightly Below Normal For The I’urlicuLir Month -- Nineteen marriage licenses were I issued bv the office of Register of j Deeds J. Sam Getsinger in this county last month. The issuance j for the month is slightly below .normal for January, and far be low the record established in Jan uary. 1047, when 41 licenses were issued to couples in this county. The count last month was five be low the issuance reported in Jan uary of last year In January, 1952 six licenses were issued to white and eighteen to colored couples. Last month, eight li censes were issued to white and eleven to colored couples, as fol lows: White Abram Joseph Lassiter of RFD 1. Jamesville and Myrtle Faye Modlin of RFD 1, Williamston. James J. Lemon of Hampden. Massachusetts, and Hazel Taylor of Williamston. Robert Eugene Elks of RFD 4, Greenville, and Elsie Modlin of Jamesville Gary Bunting of Robersonville and Mary Thomas of Williamston. John D Hines of Williamston and Loraine Whitley of Oak City. Julian Earl Phelps of Windsor and Betty Helen Manning ot Wil liamston. Nathan B. Keel and Herley Jane Roberson, both of Everetts. Daniel B. Li 1 loy and Faye Lee. both of Williamston. Colored Robert Lee Hopkins of RFD 2. Robersonville, and Alitice Wil liams of Williamston. Clarence E. Dempsey of Wd liamston and Hilda M Powell of Brooklyn John Nathan Davis of RFD 2, Williamston. and Elizabeth Wig gins of Conetoe Edward Reddick and Catherine Wrisby. both of RFD 1, Williams ton. Watson Bridges and Olivia Per kin. . both of Williamston. William Nelson Brown of RFD 2. Williamston and Zetella Smith (Continued From Page Six) Farm Ownership Group Will Meet -.-♦— The hu m ownership borrowers nt the K,uiners Home Adminis tration will hold their annual meetinr to the eourthouse on l i i day. February ti. A very interest ing and edueational program has been planned foi the day Mis- Margaret Fuller, state home management specialist for the Farmers Home Administra tion, Raleigh, and John H. Harris, extension horticultural specialist, State College, have parts on tlie; program for the day. Both Miss Fuller and Mr Harris have some very helpful information about the future ot the farm and home to present to the farm ownership borrowers of Martin County. Other personnel of the FHA that will he guests for the day will be Miss Lillian D Wooten, of Goldsboro, office management as sistant, and Mr Marion C. Hol land, ol Goldsboro, state field re pi esenlative. ini: ki:< oki) sri;\Ks ... Motorists, using tilt' high ways and streets in this coun t.v, showed right much im provement in their driving (till ing the first four weeks of this year as computed with the record for the correspond ing pci md in 1952. There were more accidents this year, but the costly figures are lower this year than they were a year ago. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend first, by eorres ponding weeks in this veai and last and for each year to the present time 4th Week Accidents Inj’d Killed ihiiu ge 1953 3 1 tO $ 520 1952 4 0 0 625 Comparisons To Date 1953 25 4 0 $ 4,670 i- — i a a a CgUaO
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