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the enterprise is READ HI OVER 3,OH MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B'* OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 25 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina* Thursday, March 26, 1953 ESTABLISHED 18V* Killer Released In $1,000.00 Bond Al Hearing Tuesday -Jy Bond Quickly Arranged for Clyde Tyner Who Shot Rufus Tavlor -—♦— Charged with the murder of Rufus Taylor, 50-year-old Negro near Williamston last Sunday evening, Clyde Tyner, 65-year old colored man, was released in $1,000 bond at a preliminary hear ing held before Justice of the Peace Charles R. Mobley in the county courtroom late Tuesday afternoon. Tyner pleaded not guilty, and his bond was signed by Wm. Hubert Biggs. The de fendant made no statement and only one witness was called. Taylor, §hot in the pit of his stomach, died at 9:00 o’clock in a local hospital, three hours follow ing the attack which took plexce in the living room of the Tyner home on the Prison Camp road. Before he died, Taylor told Sheriff M. W. Holloman that Tyn er had ordered him to leave his home, but declared he did not know who or why anyone should have shot him. Sheriff Holloman, the only wit ness called at the hearing, said in investigating the attack, he found Tyner on his porch, that Tyner admitted shooting Taylor, adding that Taylor had been there through the day and that he had asked him to leave. All the reports coming from the scene of the attack are not in close agreement. However, it is fairly certain that Taylor was creating a nuisance, and that he was asked lo leave the home and return to his own on the Ross farm back of the Southerner. Taylor said that Tyner’s daugh ter, Clydie, was in the room when her father shot him with a 12 gauge gun. Clydie was quoted by the sheriff as saying that she left the room when Taylor and her father Oartrit qrrehng. It was the first time that any evidence had been offered, indicating there had been a quarrel between Tay lor and Tyner. Admitting that the charge against Taylor was a serious one, Justice Mobley before allowing bond, pointed out that the attack took place in the defendant’s home, and that it had been aggra vated by the victim. It has been alleged and officers have substantiated the rumors, (Continued on Page Eight) Large Docket In Recorder's Court —•— Idle for two weeks while the superior tribunal was in session, the Martin County Recorder’s Court resumes its work next Mon day with a crowded docket fac ing it. Up until late yesterday after noon, fifty-five cases had been scheduled for trial. Twenty de fendants are charged with speed ing, six with operating overload ed trucks on the highways, one each, for non-support, assault with deadly weapon, simple as sault, violating the liquor laws and resisting arrest. Eight are charged with violating the motor vehicle laws, six with drunken driving, five with careless and reckless driving and three with larceny. The court is certain to be in session all day, and it is possible that several cases will be con tinued. -# Draft Delinquent Taken by the FBI —— Delinquent since last December when he failed to report for a pre indbction physical examination, John Williams, colored, was pick ed up by Federal Bureau of In vestigation agents in Pittsburgh, Pa., a -few days ago, the Martin County Draft Board was notified this week. Williams also failed to report when called for final induction, it was learned. Williams was originally from this immediate section. His case is now pending. The only other delinquent in the files of the county draft board is Alonza Hassell Wilson, Jr. His last known address was 206 White Street, Williamston. Mayor A nd Com missiouexs. Knter Municipal Primary The town’s municipal election line-up started Uoung definite form, but the old proverbial poli tical pot was far from the boiling po>nt yesterday morning when the incumbent mayor and members of the town board of commission ers announced their candidacies. Receipts were issued for the us ual $5 filing fees. All’s been mighty quiet on the political front here, causing some i to believe that few others, if any, will get into the biennial munici pal election contest before the fil ing time closes at 6:00 o’clock in the evening of April 3. To date, there has been certainly no con certed action for a crowded pri mary election on April 13. GOOD FISHING 1 v-/ Seine fishing in the Roan oke at Jamesville is setting a new record, Mr. C. C. Flem ing, owner-operator said late yesterday. Herring catches have been averaging from one to two thousand each dip, but rock have been limited in number, the fisherman stat ing that only one or two are being taken in a full day’s operation. The perch run is increasing fairly rapidly and more rock are expected short ly High water, due in the first of the week, is not expected to hamper fishing operations at Jamesville very much if any, depending on wind di rections, Mr. Fleming said. Continue Hearing In Assault Cases Declaring they were trapped and assaulted in the Cedar Hill church in Rodgers’ Town, near Williamston on the night of March 17, Leta Woolard, 13, Janie Odessa Brown, 14, and Mary Elizabeth Woolard, 15, offered confusing evidence at a hearing held before Justice C’has. R. Mobley in the county grand jury room last eve ning during a two-hour period. Following a scheduled choir practice that evening, the three girls said they were standing in the church talking after aii other choir members had departed, that Warren Chester Rodgers, Willie Harrison Mann, LeRoy Little, Leon Rodgers and Thomas Brown, rushed into the church, locked the doors and turned out the lights. Mary Elizabeth Woolard, the youngest in the group, told at the hearing that she was criminally attacked hv Leon Rodgers. The other two alleged they were as saulted. Other witnesses, standing in and around a store just across the road from the small church, said the lights were not turned off, that they heard no cries for help. The prosecuting witnesses said benches were overturned, but the janitor said he found everything in order after the alleged attacks. Sheriff M. W. Holloman is con tinuing his investigation, and Justice Mobley recessed the hear ing until a lates.date. Unique Distillery Found In County Raiding in Bear Grass Town ship, almost in sight of the little town itself, ABC Officers J. H. Roebuck and Cecil Bullock found a liquor still, the like of which is seep only once in a lifetime, ac cording to Officer Roebuck. The plant, concealed along a branch, was equipped with an eight-foot long coffin type copper kettle,' measuring about eighteen inches in width and having a ca pacity of about two hundred gal lons. The coffin type kettle has been found in this county before, but not one of such size as the one wrecked last Monday afternoon. There were three 400-gallon capa city beer boxes, and the officers poured out about 500 gallons i of mash. The kettle was fired with oil burners. Going into Poplar Point Town ship Tuesday, the officers for the first time in months found and wrecked a crude plant, equipped with a 50-gallon oil drum kettle. They poured out two barrels of beer. i During the meantime, little in ,terim.1 is developing in the regis tration for the biennial voting here. Registrar S. H. Grimes an nounced that only two new names were added to the books on the first day of registration last Sat urday. There are two more Sat urdays for registration. All the officials filed their can didacies with Clerk C. M. Cobb yesterday morning, Commission erN. C. Green for this twelfth term, Commissioner K. D. Wor rell for his fourth, and Commis sioners David Moore, Leman Barnhill and W. O. Griffin for their third terms. Mayor Robert H. Cowen signed up for his fourth j term. Mrs. Aaron Smith Died Tuesday At Home of Daughter —•— Funeral In Ruhcrsonvillc Church On Wednesday Afternoon at 3:00 Mrs. Lizzie Rose Smith, widow of Aaron Cartwright Smith, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clavton Davenport, in Roberson ville Tuesday morning at 8:30 o’clock. She had been in declin ing health for about a year, but was getting along as well as usual until Monday morning when she suffered a heart attack, resulting in her death the following day. She was born in the Gold Point Community of this county 75 years ago on October 4, 1877, the daughter of the late James Lin wood and Jonnie Grimes Ross. Except for a short time spent in Blackstone, Virginia, she lived in this county all her life. She was j married in 1895 to Mr. Smith who ! died twenty-five years ago, leav ing her with a large family. With ! a strong faith and a bright out look on life, she met the challenge | presented her, never complaining | about the difficult periods and | troubles that confronted her. j Even though preoccupied with i her own tasks, she always found Itime to lend a helping hand to j others and willingly played the I role of a thoughtful and kind neighbor. She was a devoted wife land mother, and a true Christian, j one who, despite he, multltudin . ous duties, always found time to attend religious services and sup port-noble ideals and worthy un dertakings. Surviving besides her daughter with whom she made her/nome, are three sons, Roy C. Smith of Richmond, James E. S*nith ot Newport News, and Milton Smith of Washington; four brothers, (Continued on Page Eight) L TONIGHT AT 8: IS The annual spring concert of the Williamston High School Concert Band will be gin tonight at 8:15 o’clock in order that persons attending other meetings tonight may have an opportunity to get to the concert. There will be a 10-minute intermission about mid-way the concert and late-comers may be seated during this period. The Music Depart ment of the school and the Band Parents Club are spon soring the concert to promote increased understanding and appreciation of instrumental music among the students and the public. A varied program is plan ned. Man Denied Bond ! In Rape Attempt j Case At Hamilton! J. T. Briley Denies Charge At Hearing Held Here Tuesday Evening — Charged with assaulting Larine Raynor, 15-year-old Hamilton col ored girl, with intent to commit rape, J. T. Briley, 33-year-old Ne gro, denied the charge at a pre liminary hearing held in the coun ty courthouse Tuesday evening. Finding probable cause of guilt, Justice Chas. R. Mobley ordered the farmer returned to jail with out privilege of bond. Without a lawyer, Briley is at a disadvantage in instituting ha beas corpus proceedings, and tfcere is some doubt if he could finance a bond were on allowed. During the meantime his wife and five small children face an uncertain future on a farm a few miles from Hamilton on the Pal myra road. It was reported that a sixth addition to the family is expected. Taking the stand, the youthful, victim said Briley placed a pistol or some instrument to her back, and told her to walk back of the old telephone office near the Slade, Rhodes Company store on Hamilton’s main street about 9:00 o’clock that night, that he threw her to the ground and tried to as sault her when her brother and several other young boys threw bricks and charcoal, frightening him away. Pointing out that Bri ley did not hurt her, the girl said he offered her $5 but she would not accept it. She declared she was afraid to cry, explaining that Briley had threatened to kill her if she did. Briley, cross examining the wit ness, asked if she had not made a mistake in identifying him as her attacker. She said not, and later described the clothes he was wearing. Briity left his cap and coat at the assault scene when the boys 'got on his trail, it was learned. Dennis Raynor, 14-year-old brother of the victim, said he saw Briley bolding his hand over the girl’s mouth back of the telephone office, the witness adding that he threw a brick at Briley who ran. Another witness, Johnny Coun cil, 14, said he saw the girl and Briley at the side of Slade, Rhodes Company store, that she was try ing to. pull n'wav from him, that! he went up the-street and told her brother. He added that he later saw Briley run from behind the store when the brother and other boys went there. Other witnesses most of them identifying Briley and substanti ating the testimony already of fered, included, Roosevelt T. Tay lor, Ervin "Tiny” (Sheppard) Brown, Claudie Salsbury, Fred Howell, Herman Rogers, and Gene Green, the latter claiming he threw a piece of charcoal at the alleged attacker. --^ ■ ■ Janesville Youth Champ Hog Raiser —•— Roy Moore, young Jamesville : Township farmer, has establish ed an excellent claim to the title i of champion hog raiser in this 1 area. Starting out with pigs six j months ago, Moore sold them re-h rently to the Robersonville Pack- ; ing Company for $19.50 per hun- i ired, or $491.40. ] It is unusual to raise a top hog in a six-month period, the young ; stockman said. The ten hogs i weighed 2,520 pounds. 1 Although an expert in the busi- I ness, Moore is giving up hog rais- j ms und making ready to enter the \ armed services next month. ^ Fifteen Hen Will Leave Tomorrow For Army Center INext Final Induction Is For Thirty-seven Men On April 7 -4 Fifteen Martin County young men are scheduled to leave here tomorrow for final induction into the armed forces. Traveling by regular bus schedule, the group is to report to the center in Raleigh. The next final induction call falls on Tuesday, April 7, when thirty-seven men are to report. The call will be met in its entire ty, but the draft board will have to scrape the botton of the man power barrell to do it, according to one report. The group is cer tain to include mostly 19 year olds, it is understood. It was also learned that eleven of the fifteen scheduled to report tomorrow are in the nineteen-year-old group, but most of them will be twenty next month. All of them will have reached their twentieth birthday not later than June. Pre-induction calls, one for 76 and the other for 37 men, 'for April have been cancelled. The names of those scheduled t oreport tomorrow morning for final induction include nine white and six colored men, as follows: White Way land Alton Bunch, RFD 1, Palmyra. Harvey Dell Brown, RFD 3, Williamston. James Billy Rawls, RFD 2, Rob ersonville. John Reginal Griffin, RFD 1, Williamston. Bobby Charles Rogcrson, RFD 3, Williamston. Stephen Edwin Manning, RFD 1, Williamston. James Archie Wynne, RFD 1, Williamston. William Ashley Mizelle, RFD 2, Williamston. Clarence Clifton Williams, RFD 1, Jamesville. Colored James Matthew Moore, RFD 2, Williamston. Robert Dalton Bell, Williams ton. Smith Marshall, Jr., Roberson ville. Willie Rudolph Bonds, Wil liamston. Archie Lee James, RFD 1,1 Jamesville. Theodore Parker, Oak City. Parker was listed as delinquent for a time, but he appeared re cently and is being sent for induc tion without the benefit of a pre induction physical, it was learned. Questioned In Dual Robbery —e— Hugh Morton Gray, Roberso.n cille man, was detained yester lay for questioning in connection vith a dual robbery at the Pow Wow, a snack bar, just outside the vestern limits of Robersonville. The place of business was enter 'd nearly two weeks ago when a ew boxes of cigars, several car ons of cigarettes and several dol ars in change were stolen. The lecond entry was made early this veek, and the owner reported to he sheriff yesterday. In the last aid, the robber broke into the jiceolo and removed twelve or if teen dollars in. nickles, dimes ind quarters. Entry was gained ■ach time by key, Sheriff M. W. lolloman said. Gray was said to have made everal purchases this week, pay ng off with nickles and dimes. Vhen questioned he said he won he money in a poker game, but ifter being granted immunity he could- tell nothing about the ame, the officer said. Chapter’s Red Cross Fund Moves Toward $5,000 Goal The encouraging pace set ear lier in the month is being main tained. and the Red Cross fund "drive in the Martin County Chap ter continues to move toward its $5,000 goal, Fund Drive Chairman W. Iverson Skinner announced yesterday. No where has the solicitations been completed and reported, but [without exception the prelimin ary reports place the drive ahead of the one last year at the corre sponding period, and with most of the communities and districts showing substantial gains over the 1952 figures, Mr. Skinner ex plained. At noon yesterday, fund drive treasurer, Mayo Hardison at the W. I. Skinner Tobacco Company offices, stated that $1,889.16 had been raised and reported to him by canvassers in the town here. One of the most encouraging reports received so far came from Mrs. Edna Bondurant who is heading the drive in the town's residential areas. With hardly more than two-thirds of the can Gamma Globulin To Be Distributed By Departments --- Scrum Already V\tillable At Health Offices Fur Trculiug Measles -W The Office of Defense Mobili zation has announced further de tails of plans for the distribution and use of gamma globulin, which is being made available by the Red Cross for use in preventing paralysis in poliomyelitis. Parents whose children have been exposed to polio are to con tact their family physician, aft er determining if the situation warrants, will obtain the neces sary supply of gamma globulin from the state health officer or the nearest county health depart ment and administer it to the ex posed child. As in the case of measles, the gamma globulin is furnished by the Red Cross free, leaving only a charge for its ad ministration. In making the announcement of plans for its distribution, Of fice of Defense Mobilization stressed these factors: Ganima globulin used under very special circumstances will help mini mize the crippling effects of polio. One innoculation of gamma glob ulin will not last a child through out the entire polio season, but will afford partial immunity for about five weeks The polio sea son usually extends over a period of approximately ten weeks dur ing June, July and August. Office of Defense Mobilization | has notified state health officers that there will be an available supply during the coming year of approximately six to seven mil lion cc’s (an average dose is 10 re's) of gamma globulin for use in flic fight against polio, in ad dition to that amount of gamma (Continued on Page Eight) -N EXCEEDS QUOTA </ Poplar Point, one of the smaller townships in the county, has exceeded its quota in the current Red Cross fund campaign, accord ing to a re|Mirt released yes terday by Mrs. Ben James, chairman of the township. The goal and amount raised were not released. Poplar Point is one of the live townships in the Rober sonville Red Cross Chapter, Dam Or No Dam, Roanoke Asserts Itself —»— Dan. or no dam, the ole Roan oke is threatening to assert itself | along the banks in this area dur ing the latter part of this or early next week, according to advance reports received here today. The United States Weather Bu reau in Raleigh is predicting a 29 foot crest near Scotland Neck, meaning that a 12-foot peak is to be expected at this point some time during the day Sunday. At noon today the nver stood at nine and one-half feet on the gauge. ; Flood stage ia figured at ten feet. , -»— If the stream goes to twelve feet st this point, it will overflow its banks by about two feet, reaching its highest point in months. Representatives of tl\e United States Corps of Army Engineers •ame here yesterday and are con inuing their study of conditions rrevailing along the lower reach ?s of the river. Apparently there s confusion somewhere, the peo ple in this section knowing little ibout what’s going on above and it- the Buggs Island dam. It was * reported several weeks ago that the dam had been placed in full operation, and loggers and others took it for granted that floods ■ aiong the lower Roanoke were a thing of the past. Now the river is expected to reach its highest point in months. No disastrous flood is expected during the next few days, but log gers have already started running ; for high land, and other activities i along the stream ate uncertain. It was reported that heavy rains j ’ -If, above the dam u few days ago nade it necessary to release con siderable water. However, it was ■xplained that only four genera ors in the dam powei plant were n operation, and that a fifth was o be added soon. Water was said ,’tsterday to be up to the spill ways in the dam. It is apparent that adjustments ire needed in the operation sche luie at the dam, but even then he ole Roanoke is believed not ■et tamed. | vassers reporting, nearly $500 1 had jn thc_ residential I sections, she announced. If the j ratio is maintained throughout, the -..uvv.'the goal v,' ill be easily reached, Mr Skinner said. No complete reports have been received from Jrmesvule, Grif fins, Williams or Bear Grass, but Messrs. Arthur Wallace Lilley, Floyd Moore, Pete Hardison, and A B. Ayers, heading up the drive in those districts, say they are making progress and expected to have the drive completed shortly. Since the last report, Mr. Hardi son said $690.11 had been added to the fund, including the follow ing: N. C. Green, canvasser—Wil liamston Peanut Co., Harrison Oil Company, Williamston Motor Co., and Williamston Supply Co., $50 each; Branch Bank, $55; J. Paul Simpson Insurance Agency, $15. W. I. Skinner, canvasser — Rose’s Store, $17.35. V. J. Spivey, canvasser Maola Milk and Ice Cream Company, | $20.00. --s 1 SOLD FOR $100 Williamston's old police car, badly worn during more than two years of service and bad ly battered in two or more wrecks, was sold at auction here yesterday noon for $100. Only one bid was submitted and the car went to Wheeler M. Manning. Some difficulty was cn I countered in moving the 1950 model from the auction block in front of the town hall. Olive Grower In Talk To Rotarians —«— Stopping by last Tuesday noon ' to make* up a mooting, Mr. B. E. | Glick, olive grower and packer of j Corning, California, made an in- I foresting and informative talk to ] the local Rotary Club. In addition to growing about 75 acres of olives, Mr Click, with his brother, operates a large packing plant in the Sacramento Valley area. They harvest about 150 tons of olives from their orchard, I and are now marketing their pro duct in nearly everyone of thej forty-eight, states. There are approximately 35,000! acres planted to the crop in Cali fornia which accounts for 99 per cent of the domestic production. The industry was started back in 170' but it was not developed commercially until about the mid dle of the nineteenth century, and not until about 1900 were olives canned like other fruits. According to Mr. Glick, it re quires about fifteen ycais for an olive tree to reach full produc tion. Some of the trees are known to live for 2,000 years, but they have to be pruned often. i The curing and packing ineth- ,* ods were explained to the club members, quite a few never real- i i/.ing that olives grew on trees . and riot on bushes. Mr Glick i maintained that the California . olive is the best in the world Accompanied by Mrs. Glick, he i was eri route to Florida for a , brief vacation. i -♦ X-Disease Found In County Swine1 It is not believed serious and declared not contagious, but X disease has been reported in a swine herd in this county, accord ing to a report coming from the I office of the county agent late i yesterday. 1 Farmer G. E. Furlow of Hamil- t ton took some hydraulic oil from ( his tractor and put it in a hog ; oiler. Three of his choice hogs, c finding the oil to their taste, turn- t i‘d the contuinei over and helped themselves, the farmer declaring 1 the hogs fought over it Now, j their eyes have turned white, and 1 they are in a bad way, Agent ( Brandon stating that if they are t oot already dead they are expect- f id to die. \ The hydraulic oil contained t inme form of poison commonly f 'ound in that used in hydraulic t uechiueiy. Regulal cylinder oili s used for oiling hog without t laager, the agent said. ‘l Court Adjourned For The Term Wednesday Noon Vi«*mbers ()f Bar To Meet Soon To Prepare List For April Court -« After working two and one-half days on the civil calendar, the Martin County Superior Court folded its tent and quietly stole away at noon yesterday, leaving more cases on the calendar than it had cleared. Last week the court worked less than four days on the criminal docket, leaving about a dozen cases for trial at later sesssions. The civil court this week at tracted very little attention, one observer declaring that the cal endar was about the weakest to be placed before the court in years. Hardly before the regular two week term was ended, members of the county bar were making ready for a meeting to prepare another civil calendar for the spe cial two-week term to open here next month. The court this week continued more than half its cases, and final judgments were left pending in a few others, it was learned. Proceedings not previously re po rted: A divorce, based on grounds of two years’ separation, was grant ed Lilia Walker in her case against Murray Walker. The case of Walter R. Evans against Jesse Lawrence Brown was ordered set for trial at the April term. In the case of Raymond Fagan against Coastal Life Insurance Company, a voluntary non-suit was taken by the plaintiffs. Su ing to reeovei on a $180 policy, the plaintiff, according to the de fendant company, misrepresented the facts. The company offered to return the premiums amount ing to approximately $25. In the ease of Harrison Oil Company against Geo. W. Ayers the cour finding that it involved a complicated account and that the defendant and plaintiff had consented to arbitration of differ ences, withdrew a juror and ord ered a mistrial. C. D. Carstarphen was named to audit the account and report his findings to the court clerk who is to enter the final judgment in the case. Finding that the plaintiff Haul ■y Hardison, ho! 1 title in fee sim ple to certain land, the defend ants, Roland Li 1 ley and others, (Continued on Page Eight) New Businesses Will Open Here —^— Harrison Street is rapidly de veloping its business district here. With three units already in opera ion, two more businesses will be ipened there within a short time. Two new buildings, recently ■ompleted by Mr. Bernard Karri on near the Jenkins barbershop, vill be occupied by the Roanoke las Company and the o’her by Claine’s Beauty Salon. The gas ompany, maintaining offices in ili/.abeth City, Hertford and Ply nouth, will open its office here lext week and will display appli inees. The beauty salon, to be, iperated bj Mrs. Bernard Karri on, will open for business just as non as equipment can be deliv ered, it was learned. friangle Debates Here Tomorrow The annual high school triangu ar debates will be held tomorrow norning at 10:30 o'clock. Wil iainston is debating teams from Jreenville and Scotland Neck, iieenville’s negative team and Scotland Neck's affirmative will lebate in the Williamston audi orium. The Williamston affirmative earn of Harrell Everett and Rus ell Roberson will meet the Scot and Neck negative team in the Jreenville school auditorium and u* Williamston negative team of lobby Perry and Alvin Hardison rill got to Scotland Neck to meet ne Greenville affirmative team, liss Maud Thomas is coach of he Williamston teams. The query this year .deals with, to advisability of forming a rated States of Europe.
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