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I *1he enterprise is read by OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY f AMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVtl—NUMBER 4 THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 14, 1954 ESTABLISHED I8V* Call Twenty-Two Cases In County ^Recorder's Court Slump Reported In During ■ -•>•■*■ ***£*»& .^W A little slump hit the business | of the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday when only j twer.ty-two cases were called for I trial, court officials predicting that business is likely to be limit ed during the course of the next j^everal weeks. A few cases were continued for defendants, some for a week and others for two weeks. Fines, assessed during the twt>-hour session of the court this week, added up to only $95, the smallest “take” reported in several months. Proceedings: The case in which George Jef ferson Kelly was charged with speeding 55 miles an hour in a truck, was nol pressed. Andrew Thomas, pleading guil ty of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, was sentenced to the roads for ninety days, suspended upon the pay ment of a $25 fine and costs. / similar judgment was entere. against the defendant when h was booked in a second case fo the same offense, the sentences to run concurrently. Charged with drunken driving, James E. Peele was adjudged not I guilty. Glenn Charles Clark was fin [ ed $10, plus costs for speeding 70 miles an hour. The case in which Robt. Lewis Jones was charged with speeding 65 miles an hour, was nol press ed. Facing the court on two liquor law violation counfts, Charlie Phillips pleaded guilty and was sentenced to th reads for thirty days in the first and 60 days in Ihe second case, the sentences to run consecutively if a $50 fine md costs are not paid. Judgnitr! was suspended upon '•He payment dl th* cost’s and tire amount of the instrument in the case in which W. W. Bolton was charged with issuing a worthless Pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon and resist ing arrest, Calvin Green was ?ent ij^enced to the roads fur three months. Pleading not guiliy, Ervin Wynne waS adjudged of non-sup port and was sentenced to the roads for six months. Charged with speeding 65 miles an hour, John Thomas Gray, Al fred Martin, Robert Gray Ewell ®and Janies Lowell Everett pleaded gui!ted*and each was taxed with ftic coats. Charged with possession of Don-tax paid liquor, L. T. Mizelle pleaded guilty and was sentenc ed to the roads for three months, lie appealed to yie higher court and bond was fixed in the sum of $200. Judgment was suspended upon fthe payment of the cost in the case in which Willis Griffin was charged with an assault with a deadly weapon. Octavious Roberson was fined $10, plus costs, for an assault with a deadly weapon. He pleaded guilty. The case in which James An drews was, as sault with a deadly weapon was nol pressed. Pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, C. Silver thorne was sentenced to the roads for ninety days, the sentence to P begin at the direction of the court S at anytime within the next two years. Judgment was suspended upon tne payment of the costs when James Elbert Perry pleaded guil ty of careless and reckless driv i ing s Charged with speeding miles i an hour in a 35-miie zone, Paul ft L. Slade pleaded guilty and was i taxed with the court costs. 1 Postpone Demonstration Planned Near Hamilton <-* A demonstration for the con trol of plant diseases and insects in tobacco plant bids scheduled for tins afternoon on the Henry S. Johnson farm near Hamilton has been postponed. No new date for the event has been definitely set, but it is planned to hold it sometime next week. Gas fumes are used in the de monstration, some farmers declar ing gas offers the best method for controlling nematodes, weeds and i insects in plant bed& -r*' I Half-Holiday Schedule To Go Into Effect January 20 -- Williamston retail firms will > start closing Wednesday after noons next week on the 20th, it was announced yesterday follow ing a tabulation of full-dress discussion at a meeting j oi1 r"PWSfntatives of retail firms j in the Williamston Boosters of fice Tuesday. As a service to its members, the Boosters, polled the retail mer chants, and of the 23 votes c d, nineteen favored the half-holi day schedule and four opposed the schedule. At a meeting of the retail firm representatives Tuesday, a com promise was effected, calling for all-day business hours on the first two Wednesday in April or just prior to Easter. The schedule will be dropped on the Wednes STOCKHOLDERS Jl v___/ i Martin County Building and Loan Association stock- j holders are scheduled to meet here next Monday morning at 11:00 o’clock in the offices of Wheeler Martin, secretary. The meeting will review the operations of the associa tion for the past year, deter year and transact other busi ness, including the election of directors and other officers. Two More Road Wrecks Reported -4 Two more accidents were re ported on the highways in the county this week, the investigat ing patrol members explaining that no one wasj injured and that the property damage was less than $600. Traveling toward Robersonville last Sunday morning about 11:00 o’clock on Highway 903, Alonjza Harrison, colored of RFD 1, Ro bersonville, lost control of his 1950 Pontiac and the machine turned fiver. Damage to the car was estimated at $500. Neither Harrison nor his companion, Manning Harrington, also color ed of HKD 1, Stokes, was hurt Harrison, apparently speeding, was booked for drunken driving and is slated for trial in the coun ty court next Monday. Edward Slade Peele, III, (if RFD 3, Williamston, started to pass a school bus on Highway 125 about two miles from Williams ton, Tuesday afternoon about 4:10 o'clock and cut back to his right too quickly and struck the bus which was being driven by Book er Taft Smith wick of RFD 1, Wil liamston. No one was hurt and only the car was damaged, the in vestigating officer estimating the damage to Peele’s 1950 Chevrolet at $50. Farmers Allowed To Sell Sausage Contrary to reports, intention ally or unintentionally made, far mers may sell fresh meats, includ tfig green country sausage, to stores for retail or to consumers directly 11 > pointed out however, that the retailer must comply with meat market regulations. An es tablishment having no sanitary rating may not handle fresh sau sage or other fresh meats, but such an establishment may handle prepackaged meats and poultry, including such items that have been packaged at an abbattoir, meat processing plant, poultry processing plant, or regular meat market prior io shipment to the retail establishment. Packages may not be broken at the retail place, however. Any establish ment may sell fat back and cured side meat which may be cut as | sold, and also sell country-cured hams, shoulders and cured link sausage. -*>_-. lAUigiif Hr jin-tentative To Addretni The Litnm -« Leigh Wilson of the North Ca rolina League of Municipalities, Raleigh, will address the regular meeting of the Lions Club in the Woman’s Club hall here this even ing at 7:00 o’clock. Mr. Wilson is expected to discuss the proposed zoning ordinance for the town. The zoning plan is to be placed i before the people at a public hear | ing February 4. day of the week the tobacco mar kets open shortly after the middle of August. The closing hour for the haif holidays was fix ed at 12:30 o’clock. The schedule is not expected to include a few offices, garages and heavy industry which observe a halt holiday or an all-day holiday on Saturdays. The action, calling for the half holiday schedule from January to tobacco marketing time, is in keeping with similar action taken in numerous towns throughout the State, including quite a few in this section of eastern North Carolina. Several local firms, in cluding the barbershops, are al ready observing the Wednesday half-holiday schedule. Calling Eighteen For Pre-lndnction Tests January 19 -m— No Other Calls Pending In ■This County At The Present Time -<®> Eighteen young Martin Coun ty men are being called to report next Tuesday, January 19, for pre-induction examinations at the service center in Raleigh. They are scheduled to report to the draft board office in the town hall at 7:15 o’clock and join another group from over the river and make th^ trip in a charter bus. The pre-induction call is the first to have been received by the Martin County Selective Board since September 15. There is a pre-induction call for five men on February 1, but no call for final induction has been re ceived since December 11 when six men were called. Names of those men scheduled to report for the preliminary test* next Tuesday follow, including ten white and eight colored men: White Travis Hilton Warren of RFD 2, Williamston. James Henry Keel, of RFD 1, Roberson vi lie. Asa Tom Roberson of RFD 1, Jamesville. John Richard Matthews of Ro bersonville. Roy Edgar Ballard of RFD, Ro bersonville. James Adron Hardison of RFD ,1 Williamston. Sylvester Scott of RFD 1, Oak City, Ben Ira Hardison of Jamesville. Leroy Peele of Williamston and Raleigh. Colored Elijah Earl Williams of RFD 1, Oak City. Henry Leon Latham of Wil liamston. Charles Phillips, Jr., of Par mele. Curtis Lee Smith of RFD 1, Bethel. John Wheeler Slade of RFD 3, Williamston. Columbus Andrews of RFD 2, Robersonville. Rorace Dan Spruill of Williams ton. Elton Howard Wallace of Eve retts. ^__ A final induetiorPcaTPTsTkely in March. ——-$ Officers Installed By Local Nasons —*.— Recently elected, officers were installed by Skewarkey Masons at a regular meeting in the lodge hall, corner of Chuich and Smith wick Streets, last Tuesday even ing S. H Grimes, a past master, and J. C. Manning, marshall, were in charge of the installation rites. John Edwin Manning succeeds Ernest P. Capps as master. Other officers for the new year are, R. Vernon Bunting, senior warden; Rupert Earl Cowan, junior war den; V. J. Spivey, treasurer; Jul ian H. Harrell, secretary; Charles W. Coltrain, senior deaco'n; J. II. Forbes, junior warden; John L. House and Ben U. Bunting, stew ards; Ernest P. Capps, tyler; Paul Bailey, Chaplain; and N. C. Green, R. H. Smith and E. P. Capps, trustees. The lodge is concluding an at tendance contest next month, re : ports stating that the average at | tendance upon the meetings has I been well over 100 members. Marriages Last Month Near The All-Time Record But Weddings In County lit i 1953 Trail Far Below . —®— . ^ Forty-two marriage licenses, i ihc seco :l If-gcst number on re-j cord, were issued in this county I last month by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsingci. Cut even with the near record, the number of weddings in the county last year trailed by more than 100 the is suance recorded for the peak year of 1946. Interrupted by the war, Cupid in 1946 was busy catching up with his work and went on to arrange 335 matches during that period. Although 42 marriage licenses were issued, 16 to white and 26 to i colored couples last month, the 230 weddings in tne county last year were two less than the count in 1952, but considerably above the average for the three previ ous years. A review of the business at the marriage license bureau in the county from 1931 through 1953 follows, by years: Year White 1931 62 1932 84 1933 103 1934 116 1935 122 1936 ... 117 1937 147 1938 126 1939 81 1940 92 1941 126 1942 100 1943 74 1944 72 1945 95 1946 145 1947 128 1948 132 1949 110 1950 106 1951 111 1952 109 1953 115 Colored Total 64 126 7J 155 166 269 165 281 129 251 139 256 146 293 158 284 78 159 81 173 100 226 120 220 129* 203 H8 190 114 209 190 335 178 306 139 271 110 220 106 212 106 217 123 232 115 230 2845 5318 TbtnlS 2473 Other than the totals little can be gained from the review except possibly the glaung effect war has on Cupid's work. However, it is fairly evident that the numbei of marriages has not increased proportionately with the gain in population. Marriage licenses were issued in December, 1953, to the follow ing: White Charles Leon Wilson and Doris Little, both of Robersonville. Eugene Kent Hinman of Hob good and Lael Bunting of Oak City. John W. Marslender of Wil liamston and Ruth Coltrain of Robersonville. Kenneth K. Bridges of Shciby and Jacqueline E. Harris of Wil liamstori. James Henry Jones of RFD 3, Williamston and Mrs. Minnie Glynn Gray of RFD I, Hookerton. Lawrence Hyman and Blonzitv P. Harrell, both of Oak City. Bennett Briggs White of Ply mouth and Carolyn Sue Burch of Robersonville. Robert B. Upchurch of Apex, N. C., and Ethel Tatkus of Pitts hurg, Tenn. Joseph Garland Hardison and Lorraine Wynne, both of Wil iiamston. Henry Gray Corey of Williams ton and Florence Shaw of RFD 1, Robersonville. Dallas Hoggard and Lavern Whitehurst, both of Williamston. William Ernest Manning of RFD 1, Robersonville, and Annie Ruth Conner of RFD 3, Williamston. Joseph E. Hathaway of Green ville and Julia Mae' Leggett of Williamston. James Thurman Emery of Washington and Mary Nelson House of Robersonville. Johnnie Joseph Whitehurst and Ethlyne L. Everett, both of Green ville. Wyatt Earl Meeks of Tarboro and Sybil Faye Cowen of RFD 3, Williamston. Colored Issiae Perkins and Hannah Rid jcliek of Williamston. James Everett and Cleo Gray, both of Oak City. Octavis Roberson of Williams ton and Eva Clemmons Hassell of RFD 3, Williamston. Leroy Lawrence and Delzora Perkins Hodges, both of Williams ton. Claude Andrews, Jr., of Rober sonville and Gennie V- Barnes of {Continued on Page Eight) Native Oi Town Dies In Hospital At Dunn Tuesday —t——— Funeral Beinp Conducted In Dunn Tottay For tive of Williamston, dir ' in n hospital at Dunn Tuesday mid night. She had been indeclining health for a number of years, but her condition was not considered critical until she suffered an at tack of pneumonia and entered the hospital last Saturday. The daughter of the late J. H. and Isabell Hatton Ellison, she was born on Hatton Street here 80 years ago and spent her early life here. Following her marriage tq J. Gus Godard she made her home in Windsor a short time, lo cating about fifty-four years ago in Dunn where Mr. Godard engag ed in the lumber business until his. death in 1919. She joined the Methodist Church in Williamston when a young girl and was active in re ligious work in her adopted com munity down through the years. Surviving are a son, James El lison tGodard, and a daughter, Mrs. Fannie Thomas, both of Dunn; and a brother, John R. El lison, of Suffolk, five grandchild ren and three great-grandchil dren Funeral services are being con ducted at the home in Dunn this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by her pastor, the Rev. J. W. Lineberger assisted by the Rev R R. Gam mon. Interment will follow in the family plot in the cemetery there -- Speeders Booked By The Thousands Raleigh—Speeding topped ^ year end report of traffic viola tions /requiring the surrender ol driving privileges'the State De partment of Motor Vehicles saic today. For the year 1953, 42,116 Tai Heel drivers had their operators licenses revoked for exceeding the speed limit. The top figure wa. followen by reckless driving, n ported at 13,575. Driving without a license was ir third place with 12,239 revoca tions. The annual summary listed mis cellaneous violations such as faul ty equipment, failing to stop foi a stop sign, improper passing anc following too closely, which brought the 1953 total of license revocations to 86,680. Licensing officials noted this was a decrease of 21,290 from tin previous year. Narine Recrniling Office Is Closed —♦— Sgt Clifford A. Jack.son, lota Marine Recruiter announces 1ha' the recruiting office in Washing ton has been closed due to.re cent budget cuts in the Armec Forces. After Sgt. Jackson leaves this area there will be no Marine Recruiter in this immediate vi cinity. However young men whi desire to join the Marine Corps may do so bv going to the recruit ing offices at eithe^R&Ttigh 01 Norfolk. | THE RECORD SPEAKS . . ._ During the first 'on days of the current year, motorists piled un vehicles in highway accidents at the rate of slight ly more than one a day. A count f^om the N C Highway Patrol office and police de partments placed the count for the first ten days at eleven accidents. No one was killed but there were eleven persons injured, and the property damage jumped to the shock ing figure of $7,200. Motorists, using the high ways in this county seem to have a gift for starting a new year with a bang. In the first eleven days of 1953 there were fifteen accidents, but only three perrons were in jured and the property loss was placed at $3,480 In 1952 the count during the first week was six wrecks, five injured and a property loss of $3,415. Commission T o Hold Hearing On Zoning To Discuss Newjy_ Early Next Month I'roponul Call?1 For Business Expansion on W est Main Wash iu^lou Streets Williamston’s newly proposed zoning plan is to be aired at a public hearing to be held in the courthouse on the evening of Feb ruary 4, it was learned yesterday. The plan will be explained by a representative of the North Caro lina League of Municipalities and the public will have an opportuni ty to approve or reject any part of or the proposal in its entirety. ' All eitizens whether they own property or not will be invited to attend the meeting, study the pro posal and make recommendations. In a recent meeting members of the zoning commission, includ ing Mrs. Edna Bondurant, and Messrs. W. B. Gaylord, John Hat ton Gurganus and G. P. Hall, stu died the survey as prepared by Leigh Wilson of the League of Municipalities. A few changes were suggested bv the commis sion, and the commission ordered the plan submitted to the public for change, approval or rejection. If the proposal receives public endorsement at the hearing, it will then be submitted to the town commissioners for adoption. The zoning plan while far reaching in some.respects, is limi ted in others, it was pointed out. The plan sets aside certain areas for residential, business and in dustrial building. A residence may be built in any of the areas, but a business establishment or a fac tory may not set up in. a re sidential zone, and an industrial enterprise may not set up in a business zone. The zoning plan provides for business expansion mainly on West Main to Elm Street and on Washington to t "> nt nio^jt James Vo le Hoad n "section. In dustrial development is centered to the south and southeast areas of the town, for the most part, but no zoning of ar.v kind was attemp ted along or near the highway truck route now under construc tion. In the main residential areas the zoning plan would make it unlaw ful to build a home closer than eight to ten feet from the pro perty line, arid the front of the house must he kept in line with other structures, or on an average when no uniform line is establish ed. There are certain restrictions on apartment house construction in certain areas The zoning plan makes no at tempt to specify types of con struction, it was pointed out. Fire codes and regulations are not al tered in the least by the proposed plan. Establishments, business or un riustrial, eanr^it be touched in their present locations. For in stance, the warehouse district cannot be touched in its present location. Should the owners of the houses choose to tear down the present structures, t^ey could replace them within u'^'carTTrW* vided they met the fire regula tions. The proposed zoning ordinance looks to the future. It could have stopped that certain type of con ! struction on South Haughton Street that brought such vigor ous protests from other property owners. However, the construc tion cannot be altered by the or dinance now. Highway Safety Meeting Subject “Highway Safety” will be the subject of the program of the Williamston Woman’s Club which meets Tuesday, January 19th at 8:00 P. M. in the Club home. CpI. M. C. Byrum of the North Carolina Highway Patrol will speak on the subject and the high ly praised motion picture "A Day in Court” will be shown. As a public service the driving class of the Williamston High School and all teen-age drivers, as well as the general public are invited to attend. Each member of the Woman's Club is urged to bring a guest to this program meeting. NO At.WON J Wnj the tejegtfort of the proposed site on North Smithwick Street, no action has be to find anoth er locaition for a bus terminal here, as far as it could be learned today. Represents-# ! tives of the company said they knew of no action hav ing been taken, and town of ficials stated they had heard of no site inquiries. Agents of the operating companies left s*on after the public hearing held in con nection with the Smithwick Street site last Monday night, and as far as it could be learn ed nothing was said at that time or since about another site. X-Rays Slowed By The Cold Weather —<•— After maintaining a fairly full scheduled during the first few days, the curent TB survey has been greatly slowed by cold wea ther in the county this week, ac cording to a report released by the health department this morn ing. It was reported that 2,887 X-ray pictures had been up during the first week of the survey. Only 378 pictures were made in WU liamston Tuesday and Wednesday. Hamilton reported !4i) X-rays taken there Tuesday. Yesterday, 2(il turned out despite the wea ther to have their X-ravs made m Jamesville. One of the mobile X-ray units continues in Williamston and will operate through Saturday of next week. The other unit is complet ing its second day m Jamesville today, and will go to Bear Grass tomorrow. Saturday morning it will bo moved to Robersonvillc where it will operate through Saturday. January 23. ™*Tne units are open each w“ek day except Monday from 11:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. Aged BlacKMilh Dies In Hospital Jim' Poole, aged blacksmith, died in a local hospital this morning at 6:20 o'clock. Mistaken for a burglar, ho was shot by his wife at their home on Washington Street January 2, the bullet entering the hip and rang ing upward. He was recovering from the pistol bullet wound when a heart condition developed, and that caused his death An able smithy, ho was em ployed by the Woolards in mak ing the first Woolard harrows half century or more ago. After the company suspended operations he operated Ins own blacksmith shop in the yard of his home near Sun ny Side Market, and was active until he was shot. He was a church leader and a good citizen, lending his support to all worthy causes He was t " i ; - s of age. Funeral arrangements had not been completed shortly before noon today. The Peeles had heard prowlers around their home for several nights, and before day on January 2, he got up to investigate. He raised the window and about that time his wife woke up. and think ing hei husband was a burglar, took a pistol and fired on him. Loses lingers In Farm Accident 1 esierduy -•— Henry Peele, young colored man, lost two of his fingers in a hog killing accident on the Simon Coltrain farm in Griffins Town ship yesterday. It was reported that he caught his finger in a power sausage null Following treatment in a local hospital, lie was able to return home. Community Concert In Flizalieth City Friday Andrew McKinley, tenor, will appear in one of the Community Concert programs at Elizabeth City tomorrow night in the high school auditorium. Members of the Martin County Community Concert association are invited. Rotary Exchange Student Speaks To Club Tuesday -- Berit Hillewlaml Of NovvTSN Studying Al fo, l lollrgt* ■ ■■1 m>i-a«i •—-dj Miss iient'Yfuicsiand,' in this country on a Rotary In ternational scholarship, told about her native Norway and gave her impressions of this country when she addressed a regular meeting of the local Rotary Club at the Switch lust Tuesday noon. Introducing the charming young student, Dr. Howard Mclnnis of East Carolina College where Miss Hillesland is now studying, brief ly reviewed the student exchange plan and pointed out how they were creating better understand ing between nations. Expressing her appreciation for the Rotary scholarship and the wonderful opportunity to visit America and make new friends and study their customs, Miss Hil lesland said she was impressed by the hospitality and friendliness of the American people. "I was made to feel at home at once,” the young lady declared, using splen did English for one who had been in this country less than four months. Miss Hillesland told about her country, describing its geography and its chief sources of income, adding that the merchant and whaling ships helped maintain a fairly high standard of living. Liv ing in a small town, Skudenshavn, on an island about thirteen miles |lnng and about five miles wide, the student touched on a familiar subject when she mentioned herr ing fishing. The herring season opens there in February and the catches are made by individuals and sold to processing plants for processing.' Even the scales and bones are used, she said, addin-; that many of the fish, packed in tubs, were exported to Germanj and Russia. She said her town ! was, literally speaking, built on herring hones. The Nor.-igians are great readers?, and the schools start teaching English in t he sixth grade. It is a required subject in the high schools Wearing a costume, common in her part of Norway, Miss Hilles land said that the customs there vary according to areas, that, af te ill, they are not too "dvfffcrviit-. from the customs in this ci untry. Norway's religion, according to the young student, is centered in the Lutheran Church, but there are many other denominations. About 97 percent belong to the Lutheran denomination, which is supported by the State. Religion is taught in the public schools. The visitor briefly reviewed the occupation of her country during the war when she was six years Old. When the Gerrqans were chased out by the Russians they destroyed considerable property, and the country has struggled to repair the damage, she explained. She pointed out that the im pression one gets of this country in the movies is all wrong. "I soon learned that all Americans arc not gangsteis, cow boys or millionaires Indeed, I found Am erica much better than I expect ed,” she said. The young lady’s talk proved I most interesting and was greatly enjoyed by the club members and scvcrai'gW;,of*"**"“*"**“ She has appeared before several other clubs in this district since Coming to this country last fall. Farm Life Club To Meet Tuesday —<f>— The Farm Life Ruritnn Club ! will huid its first meeting of the i new year next Tuesday evening j at 7:00 o’clock in the lunch room. The newly install officers will preside for tthe first time, and a general appeal is being directed to all members, urging them to * be present and offer a 100 percent . support to the new leaders, j The Maple Grove Ladies Aid i will serve dinner. i County Native ( Inti mum ' (if Rational Hank Board —Hi I i I Mr. R. G. Harrison, native of this county and a Wiliiamston re sident for a number of years, was re-elected chairman of the First National Bank of Henderson board of directors a short time ago. The Henderson institution lists assets at nearly five add one half million dollars. n
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