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ft— I II II II rHE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY (AMIL1ES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE IKE ENTERPRISE IS REAtJ .. OVER 3.000 MARTIN CO UN EAMILIES TWICE EACH VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 102 Ifilliamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 22, 1953 ESTABLISHED Thirty-Six Cases Heard In Connly Recorder'# Court -9—~ Fines Imposed jDuring The Long Sessicii Monday Add Up To $965 RFD 1, $10 plus miles an bastardy. Recovered f'Tbm an operation, Judge H. O. jPeele was back on the bench ir- the Martin County Recorder's Court yesterday and during a Fong session imposed fines in the amount of $965 and meted out* several road sentences. Quite a few defendants lost their operators’ licenses. The court has about cleared its docket and no long session is anticipated next Monday. Proceedings: Charged with speeding 65 miles an hour, Jas. P. Donnelly of New ton, Mass., and James Wesley Simpson were each taxed with the costs. Vester B. Clay of Sh.irpsburg was fined costs, for speeding 50 hour in a 35-mile zone. Pleading guilty of Benjamin Coffield was sentenc ed to the roads for six months, su spended on condition that he pay $20 a month for the support of his child. Johnnie Jefson Speller pleaded guilty and was fined $100, plus costs, for drunken chiving, John B. Miles of McLeansville, N. C., was taxed with the costs for speeding t'5 miles an hour. Judgment was suspended upon no- j/j the case in which William Nelson ing 50 miles an hour iri a .Taurine zone. Johnnie Williams of Columbia, S. C., was fined $10 and taxed with the costs for speeding 70 miles an hour. Pleading guilty of violating the liquor laws, Tom Pitt was sent rnwd to the road'- for three .it road sentence upon the payment of a $50 fine and costs. England C. Andrews, pleading guilty of operating a motor ve hicle without a driver's license, Was fined $25, plus costs. Charged with careless and reck less driving Richard L. Cunning ham pleaded guilty and was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days. 1510 court suspended the road term upon the payment of a $25 fine and costs and on the con dition that he surrender his op erator’s license for six months. Claude and Tom Jenkins, color ed, pleaded guilty of violating the liquor laws and were fined $10, ] plus costs. Charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle while his driver’s license was re voked, Neal Gainor pleaded guil ty and was sentenced to the roads for a year, the road term to be suspended upon the payment of a $400 fine and costs. Unable to pay the fine, Gainor went to the roads. Dawson Tyner, charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for three months, the sentence to begin at the direction of the court at any time during the next two years. The defendant was required to pay the costs. Charged with careless and reck (Continued on Page Eight) r INVESTIGATIONS J Special agents of the North Carolina Department of Re venue started routine inves tigations in the county last week, according to unofficial information. As far as it could be learn ed no charges have been pre ferred against anyone, the < reports stating that the agents i are investigating income tax returns and payments for the i year 1950. l Judge Decorations In $100 Prize Contest Friday Night Holiday decorations inside the town will he judfif-d in the $100 prize contest Christmas night be tween thi hours of 7:00 and 9:00 p. m., it was announced by Ed Grady, executive secretary of the Williamston Boosters, the organi zation sponsoring the contest. Bari weather has delayed the artistic work, but quite a few . braved the cold last week ar.d the rain yesterday to get their de ■ corations in place. M;my more ! are expected to install lights and greenery on their pinches and around their doorways in the next day or two. The Allen Brothers, I choosing the town hall dome, are i working for the $15 prize for pub lie decorations Sufficient wire | could not be had to lij^it the new w ater tower, it was sa/sd. A $50 first prize is being offer ed for the best individual decora tion. The second prize is $30, and a third is offered in the amount of $20 in trade coupons. The town is rapidly taking on the holiday spirit. The personal j appearance of Santa Claus each evening from 5 to 9 o’clock is add-1 ing much to the Christmas scene. | He has interviewed hundreds of little tots from several counties, and he will be in his headquar ters next to the Vicear Theater j during those hours right on into I Christmas eve V. HEARING A hearing- will be held be fore Judge Walter J. Bone in chambers at Nashville at 11:00 o’clock on Thursday, December 31, when the defen dants will be given a chance to show cause why the Pink House should not be closed permanently. Rated as a nuisance, the Pink House, operated by Mrs. Blanche B. Knowles in West End, was padlocked under a temporary restraining order late last Thursday afternoon. Injured In Road -WresCoaSSfliay' Sinard Bellere, Oak City color led man, was painfully but appar ently not badly hurt early Sun day evening when his 1951 Chev ; rolet pick-up truck went out of i control and plunged into a ditch (bank on the Hassell-Gold Point road. The victim was^p^p^jjdj^ pital for treatment, one report , stating that he suffered a head injury and severe shock Damage j to his truck was estimated at $500. Sunday shortly after 6:00 o’ 1 clock, Matthew Wesley Bissell ■ was making a left turn into his i driveway in the Farm Life sec tion when his 1947 Dodge pick-up tiuck was hit by a 1947 Plymouth being driven by Dennis Hubert Barber of RFD 1, Jamesville. No one was hurt. Damage to the Ply mouth was estimated at $150 and that to the truevk at $25. Returning to his base at Camp Lejeune Monday morning about I 5:00 o’clock Williajr.-Wes!: id-• | en struck a loose mule in highway I t9S tv/,, miles, north of ! Oak City Seeden was not I hurt and damage to his 1947 Chrysler was estimated at j $ 150. A report on the animal I could not be had immediately. I Overflow Crowd Hears Cantata Thu choirs of the First Meth-1 odist ann First Christian churches of Wiiliamston united in an im pressive cantata in theJChristian church Sunday afternoon at 5:00. An overflow audience, with a few standing outside, was in attend ance. Thirty-four persons participated in the cantata entitled, “The Chor us in the Skies.’’ All the tradi tional Christmas hymns were beautifully rendered under the direction of Mrs. W. H. Abernathy with Mrs. W. C. Manning at the organ. The women of the Christian church entertained the choir members and friends at a re ception immediately following the cantata, at the Methodist Recrea- I tion Hall. 1 The cantata was tape recorded : by station WIAM for broadcast < from 2 to 3 o’clock Monday. ; Mrs. Mary Griff in Died At Home In Griffins Monday —1>_— Funeral Service Being (ion dueled Today At The Dewey I’erry Home '-A Mrs. Mary Griffin, well known Griffins Township citizen, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Pei 'v in the Smith wicks Greek community Monday morning at 1:15 o'clock She had been an in valid following mjuiies received in a fall six years ago, bui her ; condition was rot regardeclgc^ A daughter of the late Stanley was born in Griffins Township 76 years ago on February 14, 1877, and spent most of her life there. She made her home in Williams ton for a short time. In early wo manhood she was married to W. Noah Griffin who died a number of years ago. *-T]o:Hed" the Primitive- -Bap tist *? fiurch at Smith WiCkS "t? many years ago. Surviving are two brothers, Mack D. and James Asa Hardison, and a sister, Miss Eliza Hardison, all of Griffins Township, The funeral seivice will be con ducted at the Perry home Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock by Elder Maior Sirnmons of Newport. Burial wili be in the Tice Ceme tery in Griffins Township. "Crop" Drive Is Nearing Its Goal ! The annual “Crop” drive is nearing its goal in this county, ac cording to a semi-final report re leased yesterday by County. Chairman Mayo Hardison. Several townships, including Williams, Poplar Point, Griffins, Hamilton, anti Rubersoirv'i 1 ie, reached or ex- j reeded their quotas. And coliec-1 tions were right good in most of I the townships. The people with few exceptions responded very liberally and will j inglv to the call made in behalf! of the hungry and ill clad over- 1 seas. All townships have reported ex cept Jamesville and the chairman there stated they were working hard to meet their $300 quota. The drive so far has netted $2,- , 471.33 by townships, as follows: Goose Nest, $235.50; Hamilton, $300; Cross Roads, $166.10; Wil liams, $170; Poplar Point, $167; Roberson, $486.70; Griffins, $303. 45; Bear Grass. $221; and Wil liamston, $421.58. Mis* Coll rain On The Radio Next Tuesday Miss Joan Carol Coltrain will broadcast over W. I. A. M. Radio Station next Tuesday, December 29 at 9:30 A. M. Her talk will be about her recent trip to Chicago as a 4-H State Winner. Baker And Wynne To Direct March ftf Dimes In 1954 Foundation Is Moving Into A New Era In Figlit Against Polio W. Marvin Baker and L. Bruce Wynne, will direct the 1954 March of Dimes Campaign in Mar tin County, it was announced to day by Secretary of State Thad Eure, State March ot Dimes Chair man. In announcing the appointment, Mr. Eure said, “Mr. Baker and ; Mr. Wynne are wel. qualified to do an outstanding job in mobiliz j ing Martin Counnty for this most I crucial March of Dimes campaign j in the history of the National (Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. I Pointing out that during this i past summer more than 30,000 boys and girls of Caldwell, Ca tawba and Avery ounties received free inoculations of gamma glo bulin in a dramatic effort to stem the rising tide of polio in that area, Eure expressed his confi dence that the people of North Carolina will demonstrate their gratitude by giving more gener ously than ever before to the fund raising drive which will open January 2 and continue through the month. Basil O'Conhor. president of the National Foundation, in a let ter to Mr. Baker, emphasized the need for an all-out effort this year.“The Foundation is now in a new era,” writes O’Connor. “Tie ..us gfl bulin, a temporary immunizing +nmii'Jri£ -au1 ia-AU tremendous cost, we have done all in our power to increase the sup (Continued on Page Five) Tax Listers To ... Meet ThisWeek Meeting in the courthouse Wednesday morning, December 23, at 10.00 o’clock the Martin I County tax supervisor, M. L. i Peel, and the ten list-takers will study schedules for listing proper ties as of January 1, 1954. The tax supervisor and listers have been empowered by the commis sioners to set up a schedule of values, and it is likely that a sche dule similar to the one in effect for 1953, will be followed for 1954. There’ll be no new valuation, meaning that all real properties will be listed at the 1953 value ex cept in those caSe^WttffT liw pro- ; perty has been alt- *uer by fire or by new building and re pairs. —kers named hy the supervisor include: O W. Hamilton, Jamesville, Chas. L. Daniel, Williams Town ship,' Lester J. Grinin, GViiiins ; Township, Wheeler Rogerson, Bear Grass Township, C. M. Cobb, Williamston Township, G. G. Bai ley, Cross Roads Township, H. S. Everett, Robersonville Township, , L. G. Taylor, Poplar Point Town- j { ship, L. 1!. Everett, Hamilton Township, and J. F. Crisp, Goose Nest Township COOPERATION )|< --' |< < 1 The most perfect coopera tion ever received by a law enforcement officer in this i county was reviewed in the ( county court here yesterday. On the morning of Decemh- < her 17 at 5:00 o'clock, <>uy 1 Vernon Rollins went to Pa- c trolman Berry W. Parker’s j home near Robersonville and .s knocked on the door. The pa- 1 trolman arrested the man for j f drunken driving, and in court | t yesterday Rollins pleaded 11 guilty as charged. The usual [ c $100, plus costs, was paid. 1 ! $6,950,448.60 Spent For Liquor Daring The Past 18 Years —<§>— Slight Upward Trend In the SaleH Reported During Third Quarter Nearly seven million dollars have been spent for legal liquor in this county since the ABC stores were opened in July, 1953, according to an official audit re cently released by the Martin County Alcoholic Beverages Con trol Board. While the stores were taking in $6,950,448.90 through last September 30, the board di vided $1,573,974.83 in profits to the county and several towns. From a small start, sales in the legal stores climbed rapidly and showed a fairly consistent gain through 1945. For a few years the trend was downward, but since 1950 sales have gradually increas ed, a bit spasmodically but mostly upward. As of last September 30, accord ing to the official audit, the board had $17,722.97 in cash on hand and inventories valued at $37, 641.92. It had $9,165.34 accounts payable and $28,084.20 due the county and towns with $8,953.18 reserve for law enforcement and $12,000 in surplus. In handling the $113,190.10 sales during the third quarter, the board paid $86,577.03 to distillers. Expenses added up to $7,753.22, j including $2,917 98 in admins jti ntivc- and gi nc-tul cxijease j leaving $18,803.72 net profit veere rii j State, county and towns, as "Fid Jhitgo-.-.. Tiie Stale"'of North Carolina came out with the largest share, $9,601.04, or more than held the total. Martin County got $6,211 81, und $920.27 went into the law enforcement fund. The divisior amon gthe towns was, Williams ton, $1,206.04; Robersonvillc . $124.47; James i.viUe, $ 128.64'.'*Nahiirtpm^‘i06:517 | Parmele, $84.25; Everetts, $60.73; (Continued on Page Seven) -<*>— -. Jaycees Ready For Big Parly -# Ail was announced in readi ness for the Jaycees’ big party for the less fortunates in this area. It will be held this evening in the Scout Hut on South Smith wick Street. Kxum Ward said this morning 'hat the pp'ty is expected to be the largest one the Jaycees have ever held. While the toy eolleio lions’ did ”h~>T conuAip to expec{5* tions, numerous and liberal dona tions were mr«rd*<* to the joy fund, making it possible for the spon sors to plan a gala event, on an ! extensive scale. Between fifty and sixty child- j ren, in the three to seven age range, will bu special guests of j the Jaycees at the party. Several Stills In County Destroyed Maiding in three townships in the county last week-end, ABC, Officers Cecil Bullock and Wiley) Craft and Deputy Roy Peel wrecked four illicit distilleries. On Friday the officers wrecked an oil drum and poured out 150 gallons of beer. A large steam plant was wreck ed the following day in Griffins Township near the Beaufort boun dary. The raider poured out 1.650 gallons of beer. A submarine type still was wrecked in Bear Grass Township that same day, the of- ! ficers pouring out 400 gallons of I beer. Moving into Cross Roads, ihe officers wrecked a 50-gallon j drum still and poured out 500 gal- ■ Ions of beer. i1 Found iNot Guilty In u/ Harrell Murder Case Jury Deliberated Only Short Time In Deciding Case Hilda Dolberry Goes Free After Killing Ulyaae* Harrel At Oak Clily -- Hilda Dolberry, 14-year old, colored girl, was found not guil ty in the Martin County Superior Court last Friday morning ofi manslaughter. While the defen dant admitted the shot and fatal ly injured Ulysses Tarrell, 18 year-old colored boy, she main tained she acted in self-defense. Apparently the case rated a close decision, but the jury de ; liberated the issues less than fif teen minutes before reaching a verdict. While the girl possibly had no business using excessive froce m the case, one jurist was heard to remark that Harrell had no business there. The case was called just be fore the noon recess Thursday land all the evidence was heard | along with the defense argument before the recess late that after j noon. Stall witness roll drove to the said that Ok-dberry I with five other parties, presum iably to get wHktr Uiiator. Each of th wiinesstssaio hi' stooped Jjie car at.Jthejjide of llu house, tiraf* Harrell got out and went to the front door and re turned ten minutes later, and started to drive away. The de fendant was said to have cursed Harrell and he got out of the car and went to the window, that he cursed the defendant. “If you til 'I t ge < you,” the .,-uoU-d as sayiny Seconds later the fatal shot was fired. The defense maintained that Harrell tried to force his way in to the home where the defendant and eleven of her brothers and sisters were keeping house while the parents were away. Th Dolberry home is near Oak | City, and the attack took place early in the evening of lust Sep tember 25. While«. there could be some doubt about the young girl using too much force under the cir cumstances, one thing is certain, <Continued on Page Seven) ■Fffurlhvorces In ! Superior Court Before quilting it* one-week term last Friday, the Martin Coun ty Superior Court planted four divorces and handed down an order or two in civil eases. All the divorces wen based on grounds of two years of separa tion and were not contested. Cleveland Godard, granted a di voice from Eliza Godard, was di rected by the court to pay $110 a month for the support of his children. The court also ordered the plaintiff to pay $50 to the attorneys representing the child ren. Other divorces were granted: Ruth Baker from Frank Baker; Annie Spruill from James Spruill; Ethel Williams- Hines from W. A. Hines. Jn the action brought by li A Bowen, administrator of the estate ! of Robert H. Leggett, against Bruce Leggett and others, the court found that the estate was \ not sufficient to pay off certain : debts, and it ordered certain lands ; in Bear Glass Township sold on j January 18, 195-1, to satisfy tire : claims. [ HOLIDAY \ SCIILDULK Remaining open each even I inK until 9:00 o'clock, Wil liamston stores and other business firms will close Thursday night for a three day holiday—Friday, Satur and Sunday. Business will be resumed next Monday morn ing,the 28th, at the usual hour. In keeping with a long cus tom, The Enterprise will have no second edition this week, and the mechanical depart ment will be closed until next Monday. Minor Accidents On County Roads No one was injured and proper ty damage was limited to less than $tl00 in two recent automo bile accidents on the roads in this county, according to a report re leased this week by Patrolman B. W Parker S. T. Jackson lost control ut lus I !H I Chevrolet m n curve a short distance out of Robersonville on the old Everetts road and ditched it, causing about t>V.i damage, 't he investigating officer said a tire blew out. iVie V. 7\ lie Will’an ti n, lost lontrol of hic isi . 1 ( 11*-Vi '.'ii , t *,icrrav-nmit near Williamston and ran it into a tree, doing about $500 damage to his machine. The car skidded 72 yards down the road and con tinued about 2(i more yards before striking the tree, the investigating officer said. ArresfTwrJa^S— Ai Liquor Plant Two men, Jesse Council and Ce cil Williams, were ai rested late, last Wednesday afternoon at a crude liquor plant near Williams ton .just a few hundred yards away from the Prison Camp road. ABC Officers Cecil Bullock and Wiley Craft and special agents made the raid. The plant was equipped w'ith a crude 50-gallon gas drum still. The officers poured out about 150 gallons of sloppy bei r. Given a preliminary hearing lie lore U. S. Commissioner Taylor, in Washington T1-- iliiMni.a men were released in $500 bond each. They are to berried in the federal court at Washington next April. Two Fire Alarms Here Last Friday Local residents were cautious in tiring their heaters and furnaces I during the first few days of the jcold snap that struck this section last week. The local fire depart-! merit was called to no homes or business houses, but two general alarms were sounded when grass fires were about to spread to buildings last Friday afternoon and evening. A first call was received about 2:45 that afternoon to the Will Taylor farm, a few miles out on Highway 17. The fire was under control when the truck reached there. A second alarm was sounded about 7:20 that evening when a brush fire was about to go out of control at the Carolina Yam storage on Washington Street. A follow-up call advised the fire was under control, and the fire fighting equipment was not mov ed out of its stall. Superior Court In Final Session Oi Term La&l Friday Mir.m Caset* Continued liu 'til INe\l iVIareh Term For Trial Following a busy week devot ed to the trial of criminal cases mainly, the Martin County Su perior Court folded its tent and moved away early last Friday af ternoon. While many cases were continued, a review of the docket shows that eight persons were sen tenced to prison or the roads, one for life Several others were fin ed and taxed with court costs. A'; the same time, quite a few de fendants found a sympathetic jury working fo>- them in the box. Proceedings not previously re ported: J. T. Briley, charged with as saulting Larine Raynor, small col ored girl in Hamilton, was found not guilty following a trial lasting several hours. The man’s identity I apparently was not determined tj the satisfaction of the jury. Charged with the larceny of an lutomobile, hit-and-run driving | and operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, Bill Samuel Atkinson pleaded guilty of operating a motor vehicle with ‘ViTtr a drivers license, and the : court directed verdicts of not guil ty on the other charges. Atkinson, ...held m jail for a month in do fault of fal Mfr WWS . ev.tw.*-; i I roads for thirty davs Judge Wal road term upoi the payment of . fine and costs, the debt to be liquidated Charged with bastardy, Frank Smith was found not guilty. The cases in which Henry Price was charged with larceny, and Julius Crandel! was charged with (aiding and abetting larceny, were no| pressed hiiiuv. mg drunken driving i eases were continued: Luther Briant Moztngo, Clarence Foe Joyner, Benjamin Harrison Lewis, | Henry Gray, (’has. L. Bland, L. I). Lanier, Joseph C. Ross, James T Whitley Robert K. Linton and Ernest Spruill. The charges of disposing of mortgaged property against Dempsey Roberson and Larceny i against William Spruill, alias Red Bone, were dismissed, and the seduction case against Donnie H. | Long was nol pressed. A continuance was allowed in the careless and reckless driving 1 case against Earl V. Tetterton Willie Brantley, charged with bigamy, failed to answer when N'slled^nd wipers were issued for Ins arrest. The following eases also were continued: Edward Hai'risoh, rob bery of person, Frederick Wil lard Harrison, speeding 4)0 miles (Continued uu Page Levon) Firemen (.ailed To Old Everett Home Monday Firemen were culled out here yesterday afte> noon at 2:00 o’clock when a chunne> ut trie old Everett home, corner of Main and Elm Streets, caught fire. With the possible exception of smoke dam age there was no loss. Firemen stood by about thirty minutes to make certain the fire did not spread. Kxcept for those who imbi bed too freely, all was quiet on the crime front in this county last week-end. Nine drunks were rounded u pand jailed. I-our of the nine were white and one of the other five was a colored woman. The ages of the group ranged from 21 to 41 years.
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