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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY "FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE —.. THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1 OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT! FA^SHfirTVvltE EACH WELL VOLUME LVII_NUMBER 12 WUUmmtton, Mmrtin County, North Carolina, Thnrnday, February 11. 1954 ESTABLISHED 18^ Speeders Had Big Bay This Week In Hetorder's Court Fines Fixed Al SI For Lack 5lile In Excess Of The Speed Limit —a*— - Northern neighbors, in a hur ry to get to Florida, and a few others nearer home apparently in a hurry to reach their destina tions, had a big day in the Mar tin County courts this week when fctwenty-four were Rooked for ex ceeding the speed limits. The twenty-four were fined a total of $280. The big round-up was traceable mainly to a speed check main tained on Highway 17 south of Williamston the latter part of the week. Very few argued with the speed clock readings, but one or two of the defendants annexed the role of big shots and wanted to be turned loose with a pat on the back. "If I ever travel this way again, I want to be in an airplane,” one defendant was quoted as saying when he posted bond. “And if you are going to travel at the rate of 75 miles an hour, it will be advisable for you to be in an airplane,’’ the judge warned. One of the speeders, accepting the verdict of the speed clock, was said to have been a police man in a New Jersey city. In the ordinary run-of-the-mill eases. Judge H. O. Peele has estab lished a uniform fine, figure at $1 lor each mile in excess of the speed limit. Clocked at about 80 miles an hour, one northern motorist ac cepted the verdict and raid the fine and costs without registering a complaint. "Now, if they had taught me speeding 80 miles an .hour in my home state, they would revoke my driver’s li cense,” the happy man explained. He was a bit bewildered when he was told the violation would be ©reported to the motor vehicle bu reau in his state for action on the part of law enforcement officers there. The following speeding cases were included in the last Monday trials: ©miles an hour in a mail truck, George Washington Thorne of Rocky Mount was fined $30 and taxed with the costs. The case in which Robert Col lins Blades of .New Bern was charged with speeding 05 miles an hour, was nol prossed with • leave. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the case in which Sam Gordon Evans of Wilson was speeding 55 miles pn hour in a t ruck. I leading o»i guilty of speed ing 75 miles an hour and operat ing a motor vehicle without a Registration plate, Harry Lee Arnold of Plymouth was adjudg ed guilty of speeding 70 miles an hour. He was fined $15. plus costs. Robert Fulton Briley of RFD 2. Bethel, pleaded not guilty when charged with speeding SO miles an hour. Adjudged guilty, he was ' fined $25, plus costs Notice of appeal was give and $1&C bond was required. Zedicar Franklin Morris of Edenton maintained he was not traveling 75 miles an hour. The court adjudged him guilty of speeding 70 miles an hour and fined him $10, plus costs. Pleading guilty of speeding 80 ^miles an hour, F. A. Dietrick of Providence, Rhode Island, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Charged with speeding 80 miles an hour, Henry Land of RFD 2. Williamston, pleaded not guilty. He was adjudged guilty of speed ing not less than 55 miles and not more than 70 miles an hour. The ■ court fined him $25, plus costs. ® Alton Eugene Bullock of Pal myra was fined $20, plus costs (Continued on Page Five) [ PEANUT CARDS Those farmers who have not already done so are br ing asked to return their 1953 0 peanut marketing cards to the county ASC office in the agri culture building immediately. The cards have to be check ed against the records before production cr^lit can be giv en, it was explained. It is very important that the records be \ M checked, it was said. I [ ; t Marked Increase Reported In Unemployment In Area Without offering a detailed ex planation, the local office of the North Carolina Employment Se curity Commission reported this week a marked increase ini unem ployment in this aiea, including the counties of Bertie, Washing ton and Martin. However, it was pointed out that unfavorable wea ther conditions and high water in the logging areas possibly had contributed to the unemployed number. As of January, 1953, the em ployment office here received 166 claims for unemployment com pensation. On the corresponding date of this year, the office handl ed 420 claims. A year ago, 618 weeks were claimed as compared with 1,683 weeks claimed this year. Unemployment while traceable to various fields, centered mainly in the lumber and logging busi ness. According to Manager Kelly V Gay many firms had cut down on their labor force. “For in stance, one firm having a labor complement of 15 workers, had reduced its number to twelve,” Mr. Gay explained. For the first time since 1948 the employment picture has re versed itself, Mr. Gay explaining that there had been openings for just about every type of worker' during that period, but that now j there are workers available for just about any type of job or j position. It was learned that sixty per I cent of the claims are centered in this county. The employment office is fairly 1 crowded here each day by claim : ants who are receiving on an av ! erage about $15 a week in unem ployment compensation. ■ The farm labor situation con tinues fairly stable, but employ ment in other fields continues a bit uncertain just now. A. Corey Announces For Legislature Seat GLEE CLUB The Williamston High School Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Mary Wal lace Foye, will present a pro gram of sacred and secular music in the high school au ditorium here this evening (thursday) at 8:15 o'clock. The organization has de voted much time to practice, and a splendid program is as sured. A small admission fee will be charged. Make Plans For Red Cross Drive —— Hugh M. Martin, local attorney and chairman of the 1954 Red Cross Fund Dr.ive in the Martin terday that plans were shaping up rapidly for the annual Red Cross appeal in the townships of James ville, Williams, Griffins, Bear Grass and Williamston. Mrs. Camille Rawls and Profes sor Vaden Hairr have agreed to head the drive in Jamesville Township, and Mr. Floyd Moore again is answering the call and will chairman the drive in Wil liams Township. Plans for the drive in Griffins and Bear Grass are pending. In Williamston, Mrs. W, H. Ab ernathy will act as chairman of the drive in the residential areas and Mr. Bill Spivey is heading the special gifts committee. Others are to be named shortly, Mr. Mar tin said. The drive is scheduled to get underway the first of next month, and Mr. Martin is hepoing it can be completed during the first two ar three weeks. Eight Enlist In The Armed Forces — Eight men in this section enlist ed in the army and air force dur ing the month of January, accord ing to a report released by Re cruiter Sfc. A. G. Atwood. The recruiter is in Williamston each Tuesday from 9:30 a. m. until 3:00 p. m. The names of those entering the army last month as recruits are, Luther N. Bryan. Ira M. Jones, David S. Swindell, James Holli day, Odis W. Whitaker and John A. Cherry. Two, William S. Greene and Theodore H. Rosenthal, Jr., en listed in the U. S. Air Force. -i> Sim Smith, 7 I, Died In Hospital Here Tuesday Sun Smith, about 74 years 61 age, died in a local hospital last Tuesday evening at 7:35 o’clock. He had been in declining health for about three years and was a patient in the hospital three weeks. Funeral services will be con ducted Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, and burial will be in the Everett Cemetery here. Contest Reported In The Race For The State Senate -+. County (•aiuliduti' Sins Hi* Will Support Secrecy Law Repeal Declaring he would support a bill to wipe the secrecy law off the books, A. Corey, Jamesvillc man, this week announced his I candidacy to succeed himself as I county representative in the State j General Assembly. In announcing his candidacy, . Mr. Corey said: “In response to the great num 1 btr of inquiries and the many re quests concerning my candidacy for the State Legislature, I will say in answer to those interested i „.......ir, sideration I have never been a slacker or quitter “May I say that there are a few unfinished matters from the last session that are of vital interest and worth while to our county and state, and I should like to see them completed which will be emphasized during the campaign. “This will very likely be my last opportunity to serve my county ami state in this capacity." While there has been some talk that one or more candidates will contest the House seat, no formal i announcement has been made, j and just now the Jamesville in* ! cumbcnt holds the field alone. To date, all remains compara tively quiet on the polictieal front within this county. However, a three-way race for the two State Senate seats in the Second Dis trict was said to have developed. Up until today, however, only one candidate, L. H. Ross of Beau ' fort County, had formally an , nounced his candidacy for the ! the Senate from this district. It was reported that Dare and Washington counties were offer ing candidates for the position. As it stands now, the voters in this county will take part in the U. S. Senate contest between W. Kerr Scott and Alton Lennon, the incumbent. The only other contest so far development is the one for j second judicial district solicitor I with Elbert S. Peel, W'illiamston man, and Huber* May, Nashville j attorney, in the race. All but one of the major offices in this county are to be filled this year, but no formal announce ments have been released by any candidate other than t he one made by Mr. Corey this week. Victim Of Accident Reported Improving Murray Bellflower, 11-year-old lad who was critically injured when struck by an automobile near his home on the Hamiltnn Palmyra road early last Sunday evening, was reported improving in a Tarboro hospital last night. The youngster suffered a severe fracture of the skull and was un conscious the greater part of a day. No charges have been brought against the driver of the car that i struck the lad. Victim Of Wreck Painfully Hurt Here Last Night ■ - — Three Cars Badly Damaged In Accident Near Kail Grade Croaking — ♦ -- Four persons' were injured, one of them badly, in a three-car acci dent on Washington Street neai the Dixie Peanut Company planl and just beyond the railroac crossing last evening at 7:4f o'clock. AM three cars were bad ].v damaged, one beyond repair. A west bound Coast Line freight had blocked the crossing and ten or twelve cars were ir line waiting for the train to deal the road. Mrs. Johnny Gurkii had stopped her Chrysler sedar behind another car, and J. T. Ed mondson was behind the Gurkit car. They had been there severa minutes when Hugh Milton Fos ter of Brookneal, Virginia, plow ed into Mr. Edmondson's 1951 Ford with a new 1954 Mercury The Ford, knocked into thi Chrysler and almost turnei around by the blow, was left ii the pattern of an accordian, me chanics declaring it was damage! beyond repair. Mrs. Vida Harris Griffin, ridini in the Edmondson car, suffered i cut on her head, a neck injury am bruises about the knees. She alsi suffered shock. Mrs. Gurkii complained with a sore neck, bu her injury was not believed to b serious. Mr. Edmondson wa bruised and battered on his heai and about the knees and leg; Mr. Foster, an employe of th Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabilizator Cooperative Corporation, Raleigl suffered cuts on his right knee. No estimate on the proper! damage could be had immediate ly, but it is likely to run betweei $2,500 and $3,000. Mrs. Griffin continued in th hospital and was reported to b getting along very well this morn ing. The other victims were abl to continue following treatmeni local police said following thei investigation. Mr Edmondson told Officer Jones and Perry during the in vestigation that the Foster ca was hearing down on them at JtAfeUf >■ fin to brace herself, that he be lieved the car was going to hi them. Foster was said to have pur chased the Mercury only las Monday. Foster was cited to the court and was released in $500 bom •following a hearing held befor Justice W. M. Tetterton. Students Compete For Scholarship: —♦— Three local high school senior aie in Wilmington today compet ing for one of the Angier B. Duk scholarships. The young mer Wilbur Stewart, David Davis, Jr and William Roberson, accom panied L. Bruce Wynne, chairmai for the eastern district, to Wil rnington yesterday afternoon fo : the try-ouis today .'' The three were selected follow ing general ability tests given ii the local school a short time agi Twenty-five are competing ii Wilmington today, and five wil be chosen to go to Durham wher a final selection will be made. The school here has had tw applicants qualify for the valu able scholarship within the pas Car Damaged In Road Acciden! —«— No one was hurt but approxi mately $1100 damage resultei when a hog ran into Highway 6' near Jamesville Tuesday evenini and was struck by Mrs. Eloisi Bennett’s Chevrolet. The animal killed instantly', smashed thi front part of the car, it was"stated Witnesses explained that Mrs Bennett did well to keep the ca, from wrecking. The owner of the 300 poun< hog could not be learned. CRITICALLY ILL Suffering an attack about tw< weeks ago, Mrs. Della Hardison o Griffins Township continues cri tically ill in a hospital here. / late report said her condition i gradually becoming weaker. Proposing Extensive Program For School Plants hi County Thirty-Six Cases This Week In The Recorder's Court! Several Defendant* Sen fenced To Serve Time On The Routt* UU1U£ mill ctll ct I lv I 1 »' m M 1 Judge H. O. Peele and Solicitor Clarence Griffin handled thirty six cases in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday. Twenty-four of the cases involv ed speeding, the fines running up to a total of $390, including $280 assessed against the alleged speeders. Several defendants were sentenced to the roads and to prison. Proceedings: Pleading not guilty of drunken driving, Alton Lee Lillet was ad * judged guilty of following anoth 1 er vehicle too closely and was fin ed $25, plus costs. ' Charged with assaulting a fe mal, Daniel Moore was found not ! guilty. • Pleading not guilty of being I drunk and disorderly, Ben Long > Stevenson was found guilty of i trespassing and was sentenced to t the roads for thirty days. The ; road term was suspended upon ? the payment of the court costs, 1 and the defendant is to remain . away from the premises of Annie > Maker for two years. i Charged with operating a mo tor vehicle with an expired li cense, Theodore Roosevelt Harrell f pleaded guilty and was fined $25, . plus costs. , Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the , case charging James Kelly Moore , with violating the liquor laws. Ben Wald, pleading guilty of , careless and reckless driving, was fined $10 and taxed w’ith the costs. Facing the court a second time J for assaulting a female, Robert Clifton Rogcinon pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads 1 for six months, the sentence to 1 run concurrently with one impos ' j session of the court. The defen * dant appealed and bond was re quired iii the sum of $300. It was ' revealed that the defendant had 1 knocked out one or more of his wife’s teeth and painfully bruised ’ her eyes and face. I Pleading guilty of violating the - liquor laws, Norman Fields was sentenced to the roads for three months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment of $50 fine and court costs, Wiliie Gorham was sentenced > to the roads for six months when ’ he w'as adjudged guilty of bas tardy. He appealed and bond was s required in the sum of $500. Bobby Sheppard, 17-year-old - boy charged with the theft ot > clothing, pleaded guilty and was . sentenced to the roads for four - months. 1 Pleading guilty of an assault - with a deadly weapon, Doris r James was sentenced to Woman’s j Prison m Raleigh foi a term of - ! six months. l Facing the court on two counts, . Charlie Thomas pleaded guilty i of non-support and was sentenced 1 to the roads for three months. In ; the other ease in which he was charged with being drunk and j disorderly, the defendant was . sentenced to the roads for thirty t days. Tried at a previous session and sentenced to the roads for six months on a drunken driving 'charge, the defendant withdrew ; the appeal in that case. The sent iences imposed in the two current L cases were to run concurrently l with the six-month term. I t BONDS c J Martin County people in vested S52,386.75 in E and II government bonds during the month of January, according to a report released this week by Allison James, State direc tor of the II. S. Savings Bonds I Division. A total of $4,*19, *70 was purchased in the State. Mr. James, forced to resign to make room for a Republi f can, stated that the January report would be ihe last to , appear over his signature, that he is vacating the office the last of this mouth. t--V STREET SURVEY v_____/ ! A preliminary survey is' nearing completion in con nection with a proposed town-wide street paving pro gram. Engineer Henry Rivers said the field survey will be completed today, that several days will be required to handle the inside work and determine the approximate costs. The engineer plans to sub mit his report to the local town commissioners at or be fore the next regular meet ing scheduled for March 1. Democrats Raise Quota For State Dinner Saturday Inlcrcst To Center Around The R»ee For United Staten Senate -<»— Jim Gray, Sr., of Robersonville, chairman of the Martin County Democratic executive committee, | stated this week he was certain i the county's quota for the Jeffer I son-Jackson Day dinner would be ’ raised before the end of the week. Mis. K S. Peel and Clarence Griffin solicited Williamston’s quota of $143.50. The county chairman personally raised Ro bersonville's quota of $100.00. In Gold Point precinct Messrs. Joe Winslow and Hassell Warren turned in its quota of $25.00. In Jamesville, which was alloted a quota of $50.00 the entire amount was either solicited or contributed by Charlie Gurkin. Mr. Gray pointed out that sev eral precincts had not reported but he was of the opinion they would give favorable reports be I fore the end of the week. In return for the contribution : made by the citUens of this coun ity it will get seven seats at the | affair which will be held in the The following Martin County Democrats plan to attend the I meeting: Elbert S. Peel, Jim Gray, Sr., Charlie Gurkin, Joe Winslow, Hassell Wairen, and Frank Everett of Hamilton. Senator Spessurd Holland, of Florida, will be the featured speaker at the gathering of party faithfuls, but the big news will center around the race for the seat in the U. S. Senate. Teacher Resigns In Local School —•— Miss Charlotte Guthrie, popular teacher in the local schools for several terms, tendered her resig nation a few days ago, and Mrs. W. H. Farrior of Williamston has been named to the position. Miss Guthrie explained that her resignation was imperative on ac | count of illness in her family. She had been at her mother’s bedside in Morehead City since Monday of last week. Mrs. Farrior, a graduate of Meredith College, has two years experience in the profession, hav ing taught in the Godwin and Central High School in Cumber land County. # Funeral Today In luteal Church for Oliver Boutin 1 Funeral services are being con ducted in the Cornerstone Hap i tist Church on We st Warren j Street this afternoon at 2:00 o’ ! clock for Oliver Bonds, 50, who died in a local hospital last Sun day night at 10:115 o’clock. Com ir.g here from Wilson twenty years ago, he had suffered with a heart condition for several years. Make Plan» Tu Slurl Work On Store Builtling -• i Contractor Hand of Charlotte was here this week making ar rangements to start work on a new store building for Belk-Tyler. Actual construction work is slated to get under way next Wednes day, it was learned. Education Board Has Problem In Appraising Plan Projects Outlined By Loral j Committees Would Cost About Two Million ♦ — Apparently bubbling over with optimism, local school commit teemen in me several districts in j this county are proposing an ex tensive program for the various school plants. No figures have been advanced but it is roughly estimated that the proposed pro jects would cost about two mil lion dollars, and possibly more. With a promise of several hundred thousand from the spe cial State fund and with a pos sibility that local appropriations would be increased, the several local committees were recently asked by the Martin County Board of Education to make a stu dy of their plant needs and sub mit their findings and proposals. The last of the findings and re commendations were received a few days ago by the county board, and its members are still reeling from the shock of the impact. No comment is to be had on the1 over-all program, but it is fairly evident that the plan is beyond the realm of present and expected financial support. Just what action is to be taken and when could not be learned, but somewhere, sometime some one must evaluate the program and fit it into the financial struc ture. Tin' following requests are now on mi1 in me no;ii« oi lutucauon office: Jarnesville is asking for its white schools, a new elementary building w ith a lunch room, band room and auditorium. The com mittee also recommended that the (dd teacherage be sold and a new one built. A new physical educa tion building, is also in the pro gram, and the committee would have the present lunch room and shop renovated and made into a nrr,-, ’Wff.fftfrg committee also recommended a few other items there. A building program is already in progress and nearing comple tion for the colored schools in the Jarnesville district. In Williamston the committee asked an additional class rooms, agriculture class room and shop, and a new gymnasium. Included in the recommendations is a re quest for a large stage in the au ditorium. At the K. J. Mayes school, the committee recommended that the elementary oudding he enlarged to house fifteen rooms, and that seven rooms be, added to the high school building. A vocational building was also recommended along with an enlarged gymnas ium. The Bear Grass committee is asking a new gymnasium, sug gesting that materials in the old one be used to build an agricul ture shop The Everetts white elementary school, the committee pointed out, needs storage facilities for its lunch room. In its report the Robersonville comn.itee pointed out the gen eral condition of the white ele mentary school building and re commended two additional rooms. The committee included in its program a homemaker unit, an additional class room and a prin cipal'.-: home. 'file committee recommended the consolidation of the Everetts and Gold Point elementary Negro schools with the new plant al ready planned in Robersonville. A central heating plant and a li brary room for the Robersonville colored school were also recom mended. A heating plant and as sembly room were included in the plans for the Parmele ele mentary school. Pointing out that its gymnas ium was too small and without heat, the Oak City committe re commended a new vocational building and additional rooms in the white school for music, speech piano and first aui. Tile Oak City committee also recommended a new elecentary building and lunch room for the Oak City school, and suggested the consolidation ut the Wliich (Contiiiued on Page Five) Hearing Held In Robbery Charges Tuesday Evening Four Defendants Continue In Jail, Unable To Raise $400.00 Bonds Eight teen-agers involved in a series of robberies in this and two other counties were given pre liminary hearings before Justice of the Peace W. M Tetterton in the courthouse here Tuesday evening. The hearings, bringing out very little if any new evi dence, were nothing more than formalities. The courtroom was fairly well filled for the hearings. A ninth defendant, Albert. Cherry, was not present for the hearing, officers explaining that he had entered the armed forces before the robbery cases were solved. His return for trial at the March term of the superior court is expected, however. Late developments in the series of four robberies in this county indicate that one of the boys, Harold Barnes, is an innocent vic tim. It was learned that the youth was in the group that broke into the Everetts school on the night of January 6, but that he did not enter the building. It is main tained that he rode with the boys to Robersonville and remained in the. ear when they returned and parked back of the school in Eve retts. However, the youth waived preliminary hearing and he con tinues at liberty under $300 bond. His brother, William Barnes, and two others, James and William Roberson, also waived prelimin ary hearing. In the December 22 robbery at Dewey Leggett's corn mill in Bear Grass Township, William Hardi son and James H. Price pleaded guilty. It was brought out that 47 bushels of corn were stolen there and sold to a store in Green ville foi $71.27. Mr. Leggett, a witness at 'he hearing, said he found a back window broken and was if the opinion that more corn ! had been stolen. Onward Reason pleaded not guilty and James II. Price and Bobb.N Mints pleaded guilty of the Everetts school uibbcry. Probable cause of guilt was found as to Reason. Reason, Price anrl William Har . T'jm&mi i'Vr Jt tf.fi : Henry Thomas filling station rob bery near Hamilton on the night of January lti. but Price main tained he did not enter the place. Mims pleaded guilty and On ward Reason pleaded not guilty in the Noah Roberson store rob bery m Farm Life on the night of January 29 when goods valued at $350 were stolen. With the exception of the young Bn,-nes boy whose bond was fixed at $300, $800 bonds wen required for all the others. Unable to arrange bond immedi ately, William Barnes, Bobby Mints, Onward Reason and James H. Price were returned to jail to await trial during the March term of the Martin County Superior Court beginning the 15th. Mims, [ganging bond Wednes day, is now at liberty, leaving only three of the defendants in jail -* muu-lmls lllenduifi John Deere Day Here —■■ Several hundred farmers from this and several nearby counties are attending John Deere day here today. Following several in teresting picture reels in the Vic car Theater, the group repaired to the Skewai key area for lunch and ari' witnessing field demonstra tions this afternoon. Firemen (.ailed To (irass Fire \ eslerduy » Volunteer firemen were called to a grass fire on West Main Street here yesterday afternoon shortly after 5:00 o'clock. No da mage was done and no general alarm was sounded. ON STKIKE Its mechanism out of order for months, the old town clock, after a brief mediation, started sounding the hour for a day or two, the 47-year old time piece, struck again and is now recording the time without making any fuss about it. The nature of the mechan ism trouble is not known, but efforts are being made to have it fixed.
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