THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
f FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bs
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT*
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEL*
Willinintston* Martin County, IS'orth Carolina, Thursday, March 11, 1034
ESTABLISHED 1891'
VOLUME LYI1—NUMBER 20
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Record Amount Is
Raised For Dimes
•MarcFln County
Nearly $6,000 Contributed
To Paralysis Fund In
Recent Drive
Martin County this year raised ;
a record amount for the infantile I
paralysis fund, according to a re-1
port released jointly by Co-Chair- j
men W. Marvin Baker and L. B.
Wynne and R. Mck Edwards,
chairman of the Negro division.
H The recent drive netted $5,
919.25, a figure $494.66 larger
than the amount raised in the
1853 campaign, Chairman Baker
said.
The success of the drive is
tractable to a large extent to the
schools, both white and colored
• in the county, it was pointed out.
A review of the fund campaign
by chairman and districts and
schools follows:
R. Mck. Edwards, Martin Coun
ty Negro Schools. $864.00.
W. Marvin Baker and L. Bruce
Wynne, Martin County Direct
Mail and Business district in Wil
hamston, $1,337.92.
Williamston High School, B. G.
Stewart, 544.89; Williamston Ele
mentary School, Ruth Manning,
674.64; Robersonville High School,
C. B. Martin, 77.64; Robersonville
Elementary School, M. M. Eve
rett, 182.50; Everetts School, E. F.
Murrow, 70.55; Oak City High
School, Geo. P. Cullipher, 313.87;
Hamilton School, Geo S. Haislip,
98.32; Jamesville High School,
William C. Gay, 132.72; Farm Life
School, A. H. Braswell, 61.31;
Bear Grass School, H. V. Parker
Jr., 215. 96.
Coin Collectors. Geo W. Corey
Williamston, N. C., 78.75.
I. M. Little. Ch. Robersonville,
.130.51; N. L. Hyman, Ch. Oak
City, 71.70; Norman Everett, Ch.
Hamilton, 70.46; P. C. Blount Ch.
Jamesviile, 44.09; Mrs. Bruce
Peel, Ch. Griffins Township, 22.
(Continued on Pa^e Eight)
Baptists Plan
Special Rallies
The Rev. E. Gordon Conklin, |
~ nf Williamston, Associational I
W Sunday School SupefiiiTendont of j
the Roanoke Baptist Association, I
has announced plans for three
"Half-Million Rallies” to be held
on the following dates: Monday
night, March 15th, at the First
Baptist Church of Washington;
Tuesday night, March 16th, at the
• First Baptist Church of Roanoke
Rapids; and Thursday night,
March 18th, at the First Baptist
Church of Wilson. Each of the|
rallies will begin at 7:30 p. m., it!
was announced by Miss Hilda |
• ■ ci,"Director of ChvU.tion Edu- j
cation for the association.
The Rev. Ellis E. O’Neal, pas
tor of the Hillsboro Baptist
Church, Yancey Mills, Virginia,
will bring the principal address
in each of the meetings. His topic
will be “Why Go On?”. Hev. O’
Neal is a graduate qf the Andover
Newton Seminary, Boston, and
while taking his seminary train
ing there served on a Boston hos- i
pitai staff in the capacity of
chaplain. Throughout his minis
try he has been noted for his work
among young people.
Others appearing on the pro
gram of the rallies will be Miss!
Emilyn Wagner, Williamston;
Rev. Janies Coggin, Tarboro; Miss'
Imogene Douglas, Rocky Mount;
# Mr. C. B. Carowan, Jr., Washing
ton; and Mrs. Ed L. Grady, Wii
hamston. Each of the hostess
churches will provide special
music.
April is being designated by
Southern Baptists as ‘‘Half Mil
ium Month ir their special cam
paign for “A Million More in
’54”. In the Assoeiational, Half
q Million Rallies emphasis will be
given to checking up on progress
already made and planning for
enlistment of others. Each Sunday
School within the Roanoke Bap
tist Association is urged to have a
good representation at one of the
rallies.
Firemen Failed Out
Yesterday Afternoon
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| Williainston firemen were call
ed out at 2:55 o’clock yesterday
afternoon when a v, ouds fire
threatened the home of Dan Jones
about three miles from here and
just off Highway 17 at Conway's.
Pigs in a pen were released just
A^ltcad of the fire. No great dam
k® ’age resulted, firemen said.
Dismiss Exceptions
In Drainage Cases
BUSY DAY
f
Monday promises to be a
busy day in and around the
Martin County courthouse.
Superior Court opens a two
week term. The Martin Coun
ty Commissioners are meet
ing as a board of equalization
and review. The grand jury,
adding on nine new members,
will be in quarterly session.
| The income tax boys will
have a corner for the iast
minute round-up. The driv
er’s license examiner will be
in his office, and routine
schedules will be in force in
the various offices and de
partments.
Club Supporting ;
Church Activity |
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The Support of Churches acti
vities of the Kiwanis Club of Wil
liatnston, in conjunction with
similar work done by other Ki
wanis clubs across the continent,
have been recognized by a Dis
tinguished Service Scroll and a
$50.00 cash award by the Free
doms Foundation Wendell Peele
club president, announced today.
This awrd was won by Kiwanis
This award was won by Kiwanis
hundreds of entries to the wards
juries of the Freedoms Founda
tion of Valley Forge, Pa. The
Freedoms Foundation Award
gives to Kiwanis the distinction
of being recognized by this or
ganization for the fourth year for
its meritorious community ser
vices. The Foundation is a non
political, and non-sectarian or
ganization that is actively work
ing to promote more personal par
ticipation in citizenship functions
and the furthering of the Ameri- 1
can way of life.
Kiwanians firmly believe that
in the church lies the strength of
the country, the community and
the individual, and their Support
of Churches program is dedicated
to encouraging in every way pos
sible the more active participation
o! aii the Jwaffltrefgtr (A tin |
communities in the affairs of the
churches of their own choosing.
Kiwanians are striving to raise
the moral standards in the coun
try bv stressing such themes as:
"Regular attendance at Church
should be a lifetime habit,” “The
best investment of time and effort
you can make is in the young peo
ple of your community,” and
"Don't wait until Easter—Start
Going to Church Now!" Some
225,000 Kiwanians are actively
working to support these themes.
At their last meeting the Wil
liamston Kiwanis Club planned
to give its fullest support to this
“Go To Church” movement.
The club plans to place local
church meeting schedules in tour
ist courts in and around town.
They not only are urging others
to attend church but the club is
planning to attend some church
in a group once a month. This
program was presented to the
club by Reg Simpson, Chairman
of the Committee for the support
of churches in our spiritual aims.
Other members of this commit
tee are J. Sam Getsinger, George
Nicely, Dr. W. C. Mercer, R. J.
| Peele, Jr., Tom Brandon, Jr., and
|J. D. Woolard.
Nasons To Hold
Banquet Tuesday
Climaxing a spirited attendance
com lest beginning la.4 November
and ending last month. Skewar
key Masons will hold a big ban
quet in the local high school au
ditorium next Tuesday evening at
7:00 o’clock. Lester H. Gillikin,
Grand Steward of Grand Lodge
of Masons of North Carolina, of
Goldsboro, will address the meet
ing.
The Masons are having their
wives and the widows of Masons
i. special guests, it was announc
ed.
The team captained by Rupert
Cowen and J. Paul Simpson won
the attendance contests which av
eraged 115 members during the
six meetings. Approximately $1,
000 was raised for the Masonic
Orphanage at Oxford and for
the Masonic and Eastern Stai
Home at Greensboro during the
contest, it v as learned.
All-Day Hearing
Held By Clerk Of
Court Yesterday
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Fairly Certain Case Will
Be Carried To The
Superior Court
Martin County Drainage Dis
trict No. 3. following an all-dav
hearing held in the county court
house here yesterday by Clerk
L. B. Wynne, is now believed
headed for the superior court.
Judge Wynne overruled all ex
ceptions after making a few minor
corrections in the petitioners
findings.
The argument was advanced by
twenty-one complainants, the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Com
pany and the North Carolina
Pulp Company taking the leading
role in the opposition. The two
companies took up just about all
the time allotted, starting their
argument at 9:30 yesterday morn
ing and holding the floor until
4:45 o’clock in the afternoon with
only an hour off for lunch. Sev
eral of the differences in the in
dividual complaints were ironed
out after that time, but it could
not be learned how many would
finally appeal to the superior
court. One report indicated that
errors had been made in acreage
measurements and that classifi
cations were questioned by the
individuals.
The two companies, picking out
technicalities. questioned the
project from beginning to end,
but Judge Wynne held a consis
tent course and overruled the op
1 position in about twenty instanc
es- . ..
i The opposition que.snuiHiu nc
ooundanesTi? {hi' drainage dis
trict, one of the largest ever pro
posed in this immediate section.
The opposition questioned the
right of the Town of Roberson
ville as represented by the board
as a unit to participate in the
project to the tune of several
t h ou - an d Holj.v.
legal papers was questioned, but
only about 200 acres were ruled
out on account of improper ser
vice or similar technicalities.
The pulp company questioned
| the location of their lands, main
taining that much of their aere
i age was not in the proposed dis
I triet as best as could be determin
I ed by an indefinite boundary de
! scription.
Late in the afternoon, the rail
1 road questioned Engineer Tom
Rivers and ?*fi . G. A. Oglesby, a
; member at file board of viewers,
about the correctness of the $2,
j 500 assessment against its ap
! proximately 200 acres of land on
its seventeen miles of right-of
way. Mr. 3. H. Lillard, another
member of the board of viewers
, for the district, was briefly quey
! tioned.
The Coast Line also discussed
| the cost of enlarging, rebuilding
i or repairing its trestles over five
j outlets for drainage laterals. It
was estimated by the company
| that the cost would run as high
as $13,000, and that no benefit
would accrue to the company. It
was ruled that the company
. should bear the cost, and the $2,
500 assessment was ruled as fair.
The company's attorney then
questioned the validity of the sta
tutes, leaving little doubt but
what the case will be fought
through the courts.
The clerk is to submit a writ
ten report of hi* findings Dur
, mg the meantime, the project wit!
be held in abeyance with the pos
i sibility that nothing more will or
can be done until action is taken
by the courts.
Return Stolen
Car To Owner
A 1947 Buick convertible, stolen
; in Norfolk last Monday afternoon
and recovered here later that
. day, was returned to its owner,
Mrs. Lucy M. Colonna, 1338 Gray
, don Avenue, Norfolk, yesterday
rooming. The owner’s son, Jack
i C. Colonna, drove the car away.
RobeH Ha we, 14-year-old boy
I from Waukegan. Illinois, who was
arrested and charged with the
theft, is now in the custody of the
i FBI.
County Boy Wins
District Debate
KEFrThis Week
Charles Johnson To Coni*
pete For Slate Winner
In Raleigh March 30
Competing in a field of five eon-1
testants from Martin, Perquimans, j
Bertie, Greene and Beaufort coun- j
ties Charles Johnson, 17-year-old
youth of RFD 1, Robersonville,
won the district finals in the
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
oratorical contest held in the Wil
liamston High School Tuesday
afternoon.' The topic of the de
bate was, “The Government’s
Place in Agriculture." The Rov.|
R. E. Walston and Messrs. ii. ’G.
Stewart and Chas. Gaylord judg
ed the contest.
Young Johnson, awarded a $25
prize for taking top position in
the district contest, will go to
Raleigh on March 30 to compete
for a college scholarship and an
additional cash prize. Bobby
Smith of Belvidere and Wilbur
Russell of Windsor won second
and third places in the contest and
received $15 and $10 prizes re
spectively. Miss Eleanor Mitch
■11 of Snow Hill and Miss Beulah
Waters of Bath were the other
contestants to compete in the dis
trict finals.
Johnsons talk on the debate
subject follows:
What is considered to be the
backbone of our world today?
The backbone is the supporting
element on which everything de
pends. The stronger the back
bone—the greater is the constitu
tion on which every need rests.
Since the world began, agricul
ture has been the base of life.
Someone had to produce food to
keep the people alive. Until re
cently nearly all people were con
sidered farmers. If not full-time
farmers, they at least produced
part of their food. As the world
Deeame more civilized, people be
I'Diiu; disi onlented with their way
of life and, therefore, went out to
seek ;ew ways of earning a liv
ing. New fields of work impress
ed them. Mining, manufacturing,
lumbering, commerce, and num
erous other occupations lured
thi m to the city. This left a
great field open in agriculture.
■Svv- fee-v-w; •?-:*>■ population
gave the rural inhabitants a won
derful opportunity to compete
with these other industries. This
group left on the farm were the
, superior workers because they
had the desire to stay and work
on the farm. They wanted to im
prove farm conditions in general
as well as the standard of living.
With this desire, they set ouv to
! achieve their goal, hut. something
; was missing. Tory produced good
crops but markets failed. Un
employment increased. The far
mers really took a beating arid
many lost their farms. How could
they unprove their situation?
What was the answer to their
problems?
For many decades, neither the
officials of the state or federal
governments nor the public gen
erally seemed to realize that
| either the state or the federal gov
| eminent had any place in agri
culture. Agricultural workers
were the forgotten men and
women of America. Until 1932
when (the nation came to a brink
of bankruptcy and with great
shock and impact the American
people and high governmental of
ficials suddenly realized that our
(Continued on Page Six)
First Report On
1 Red Gross Drive;
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The first report on the current
Red Cross fund drive in the Mar
tin County Chapter is very en
couraging, and if the tempo is
maintained the goal is certain to
he reached. The report, limited
to a part of the local residential
area, is incomplete, Mrs. Charlotte
! Abernathy, chairman, explained.
The first reports were submit
ted. as follows by the listed cap
tains: Mrs. Herman Bowen and
Mrs. Clias. Manning, $57.25; Mrs.
J. Paul Simpson and Mrs. Jessup
Harrison, $78.50; Mrs. Roger
Criteher, $13; Mrs. Mary Crofton,
$3.25; Mrs. Pearl Ross, $12; Mrs.
Thomas Speller, $13.09; ••Slim”
Davis, $6.
Mrs. Abernathy is appealing to
the captains and other workers to
complete the canvass just at toon
' as possible
Speeders In The
County Court In
Numbers Monday
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Fines Add Up To $108.00
And One Or Two Lose
Their Licenses
i
Speeders on the highways and
streets in this area were bark in
the Martin County Recorder's
Court in numbers last Monday, j
Twenty-one eases were called and
fines were imposed in the total
amount of $108. One or two of
the defendants will lose their
drivers’ licenses for a while.
A problem presented itself
when two Canucks, charged with 1
speeding, could offer only Can- i
adian money m payment of then
fines. Arrangements were made 1
with the banks for exchange
through New York, and the two
men from different parts of Mon
treal continued on their way.
The case in which James F.
Sheffington of Norfolk was charg
ed with speeding 63 miles an hour,
was nol prossed, subject to be re
opened at a later date.
Taylor J. McLafferty of Clifton,
New Jersey, was fined $20 and
taxed with the costs for speeding
75 miles an hour.
Martin B. Kane of Virginia
Beach and Francis B. Howard
each were fined $10, plus costs,
for speeding 70 miles an hour.
The 65-mile-an-hour speeding
charge against Everett Hill of Lit
tle Creek, Va., was nol prossed
with leave.
Pleading guilty of speeding 65
miles an hour, Walter A. Radwick
of Somoni', Connecticut, was fin
ed $10 and taxed with the costs.
Charged with speeding 68 miles
an hour, George A. Payne of New
Hyde Park, N. Y., pleaded guilty
and vvas fined $13, plus costs.
Pleading guilty of speeding 70
miles an hour, Rodolphe Michaud
nf Montreal was fined $15 and
taxed with the costs.
Edward F. Witkowski of Nor
walk, Connecticut, was fined $20,
plus costs, for speeding 75 miles
an hour.
Charged with speeding 65 miles
,n hour, Cornelius Campbell of
!
j Continued on Page Eight)
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Schools Support w
March Of Dimes j
Williamston's school children,
led by their teachers, did a noble
job in supporting the 1954 March
of Dimes, according to a report
released this week by Mr. Mar- j
vin Baker, co-chairman of the
drive.
The high school building raised
$544.89 and the elementary school
building reported $881.29, making
a total of $1,308.18.
A review of the solicitations by
grades, follows:
Elementary School
Mrs. Cowen, 101.75; Miss Man
ning, 78.10; Mrs. Froneberger,
80.77; Mrs. Mangum, 58.76; Mrs.
Saunders, 53.59; Miss Jernigan,
51.57; Mrs. Carstarphen, 48.30;
Miss Talton, 46.30; Mrs, Sherman,
38.10; Mrs. Wynn, 30.00; Miss
Saunders, 27.80; Mrs. Smith, 28.03;
Miss Warren, 20.35; Mrs. Coburn,
17.29.
High School
Mrs. Taylor, 48.02; Miss Hines,
11.43; Mrs. Bunting, 51.11; Mrs.
Nichols, 1.50; Mrs. Adkins, 1.60;
Mr. Hawley, 2.20; Mr. Thrift, 3.65;
Mrs. Winslow, 67.27; Miss Whit
ley, 11.46; Mrs. Crawford, 26.13;
Mrs. Criteher, 37.15; Mrs. Rob
erson, 25.50; Miss Guthrie, 33.52;
Mrs. Manning. 22.16; Mrs. Eve
rett, 28.88; Miss Jernigan, 19.00;
Miss Privott, 3.71; Mrs. Whitaker,
8.50; Mrs. Gray, 3.74; Miss Tno
i mas, 13.10; Miss Lucas, 65.46; Mrs.
■ Grillin', 27.78; -Mikx•iivvajri, 32. K/.
UNDER WAY
Delayed when It Mas found
necessary to change the plans
for the foundation, construc
tion work got under way on a
$200,090 store for Belk-Tyler
on West Main Street uere yes
terday, The Hand Construe
lion Company of Charlotte is
making ready today for the
foundation and materials arc
now being placed on the site
next to the Tar Heel build
ing.
With favorable weather,
Mr. Hand stated this morning
that completion of the store
is planned by early Septem
ber.
Murder Case Plaeed
On D-'dket For Trail
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Crowded Criminal
Docket Ready For
Court Next Week
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Incite Chester Morris Will;
Preside At Mixed Term
Opening Monday
Fifty criminal cases have been |
placed on the docket for trial dur- i
ing the first week of n two-week j
term .of the Martin County Su-;
perior Court opening here next
Monday with Judge Chester Mor
ris of Coinjock presiding. The
entire first week has been set
aside for the trial of the criminal
cases, including a murder charge.
Divorces and civil cases are on
the calendar for trial during the
second week of the term. 1
The docket, as a whole, carried
no great interest, and even the
murder case against James Haw- (
kins is expected to attract very (
little attention outside the local
colored population. Hawkins is al- 1
leged to have fatally stabbed
James Augustus Hodges to death
in a home on Martin Street here
the 20th of last month. The case
is mired down in what described
by officers us a drunken brawl,
and the evidence offered at the
preliminary hearing left much to j
be told, possibly some facts of a
startling nature. Hawkins, 29, eon
tinucs in jail without privilege of,
bond.
Eighteen of the cases on the
docket were continued from pre
vious sessions, some dating back j
as far as last June. Ten of the I
fifteen drunken driving cases on
the docket were continued at pre
vious terms.
A brief review (if the criminal
docket follows:
Walter Freeman, charged with
assaulting Itia Mae Bazemore in
IWilliamston i>n the night of Feb
ruary 15 of last year, and break
ing into the home of Emma Minns
last April 1!), is again booked for j
trial. Under a ,$:)0t) bond in one'
ease and $750 bond in the other, |
Freeman chose to leave his bonds
men holding the bag, his trial
“pending in the first ease since
March of last year,
j Edward Harrison is booked for
the robbery of person, allegedly
having taken $3.50 in cash from
the person of John Henry Lynch
last July 31. He is also alleged to
have taken Lynch's red baseball
I cap.
i His trial pending since last
j June, William Quinterly Carra
j way failed to answer at the Sep
I tember term to the charge of
stealing $100 worth of clothes
j from the Wilson Hotel in Rober
sonville last May 20.
Joe Brown is booked for trial
for an assault with a deadly wea
pon with intent to kill. He is
charged with striking Eddie Cof
field, Sr., over the head with a
piece of lumber in Oak City last
June 20.
Eugene Whitley is in the "big”
court on appeal from the county
“tribunal where he was found guil
ty of non-support. His trial has
been pending since last Septemb
er.
Appealing from a judgment in
the county court, Frederick W.
Harrison is booked for trial for
allegedly speeding in excess of
90 miles an hour last October 10.
His case was continued at the
j last term of court.
Willie Brantley is all mixed up
with women and the courts.
| Charged with bigamy he is alleg
ed on last September 21 to have
| married Elizabeth Keel, knowing
I he had two living wives, Nolie
pbii'etoot Brar.tlej".-.ipfi it/,
Faulkner Brantley. He tailed to
• Continued on page eight)
Special Fence l*ual
Demons!ration Planned
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J. ii Phillips, Jr., Extension
Forestry Specialist, will conduct
;i fence post peeling and treating
demonstration at Council’s Ser
vice Station, Hassell, Tuesday,
March III, at I 30 P M
Several methods of treating
fence posts along with the con
struction of a post peeler that
can be built on the average farm
will hi- included in the demon
stration.
All interested farmers are urg
ed to attend, it was announced
by R. McK Edwards, Negro Coun
ty Agent.
f RKVIKW BOARD
\
j
Meeting as a board of
equalization and review, the
Martin County Commission
ers are expected to have very
little business to handle next
Monday morning at 10:00 o’
clock.
There was no over-all
change in real estate values,
and the artnal listing in some
townships has not been com
peted. It is possible the of
ficials will invoke a ten per
cent penalty on late listers.
Any one having a legiti
mate complaint against his
1954 assessed property valua
ation is invited to appear be
fore the board and air his
complaint.
W. A. Ross Died
At Home Tuesday
Near Gold Point
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Fuurrul for Prominent Far
mer Hold Al Spring
Green Yewterday
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W. A. Ross, prominent Martin,
County farmer, died at his home
near Gold Point Tuesday morn-1
injt at 12:15 o’clock following a I
heart attack suffered a short timcj
before. He had been in feeble
health only a few days and was j
about as well as usual when he,
retired Monday night
A son of the late Lamb and !
Johnnie Grimes Ross, he was born J
in Robersonville Township 74
years ago, and lived and farmed
in the Gold Point section all his
life. He was a member of the
Spring Green Primitive Baptist
Church for forty years, and was
numbered among its most faithful
members. lie was a splendid citi
zen, thoughtful neighbor and val
uable friend, giving of his tune j
and means to others, lie was an
industrious farmer.
In early manhood lie was marri
ed to Miss Lillian Hyman of Oak
City.
Surviving hi sides Mrs. Ross are
three daughters, Mrs. Rulus Tay
lor of RED, Robersonville, Mrs.
Milton Bennett of Oak Cits and
Miss Hazel Ross of Newport News,
Va.; three sons, W. T. Ross of Wil
liamston, Bennie Ross, stationed
(Continued on Page Eight)
Two Diphtheria
Cases In County
Two diphtheria cases have been
reported in the county recently,
and there is a suspicion of one
scarlet fever case. However, no
official report on the scarlet fever
case has been released.
A representative of the health
department, commenting on the
jdiphtheria cases, said, "The diph
theria cases are regrettable in that
it is preventable.” The repre
sentatives added, ‘‘Doctors recom
mend that each child he started on
its three injections for whooping
cough, diptheria and tatanus at
the age of three months. Yet we
continue to find children in
school or just starting school who
have not had the injections.”
| Nurses are in the health de
partment each afternoon between
!4:00 to 5:00 o’clock and on Thurs
day afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00
j o’clock and each Saturday morn
j mg to givi the injections.
Pre-school clinics are to be
neld in the. count., within the near
future, but parents will find it
advisable to have their ehidlren
protected against diphtheria and
other communicable diseases, in
cluding smallpox, without delay.
Artists Are Impressed
H itli Loral Hospitality
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The Mauncy twins, Ernest an<J
Miles, \urc impressed with the
hospitality accorded them during
their recent stay in Williamston,
according to a letter received here
this week by Ed Grady, executive
secretary of the Boosters. Appear
ing m one of the community con
ceit programs, Ernest wrote, in
part: “Miles and 1 both were very
impressed with the hospitality
showed us in Williarnston and we
hope to get back there some day "
Calls Thirty-Six
Cases Monday In
The County Cowl
lines Assessed In Amount
Of $518; Long Road
Sentence Imposed
Working right on through most
of the lunch hour, Judge H. O.
Peele and Solicitor Clarence W.
Griffin handled thirty-six cases
in the Martin County Recorder's
Court Monday. Twenty-one cases
involved speeding. Total fines
added up to $518, including $108
in the twenty-one speeding cases.
An eighteen-month road sentence
was imposed in one case.
Proceedings:
The case in which Shady
Strickland was charged with op
erating a motor vehicle while his
driver's license was revoked,
was nol pressed.
Charged with assaulting a fe
male, William H. (Bud) Litley
was found not'guilty.
Pleading not guilty, LeRoy Ro
berson. was adjudged guilty of
shooting William David House
and he drew eighteen months on
the roads. He appealed and bond
was required in the sum of $500.
James Earl Randolph, charged
with issuing a worthless check,
pleaded not guilty. He was ad
judged guilty and the court di
rected him to pay the amount of
the check and the court costs.
Notice of appeal was given and
bond was required in the sum of
$50.
Maintaining he was innocent,
Russell Andrews, charged with
an assault with a deadly weapon,
was unable to support his plea
and he was sentenced to the roads
for sixty days. The court suspend
led the road term for two years
| upon the payment of a $25 fine
land court costs.
I Pleading guilty of violatin gthe
liquor laws, John Henry Jones
was sentenced to the roads for
ninety days. The court suspended
the road term upon the payment
of a $25 fine and court costs.
Pleading guilty of violating tha
loquor laws, John Henry Jonei
was sentenced to the roads for
ninety days. The court suspended
the load term upon the payment
of a $25 fine, and costs.
Adjudged guilty over his plea
I of innocent. John IX Skinner,
. charged with ‘UaSTafriy, was sent
enced to the roads for six months,
suspended upon the payment of
the court costs and $!0 a month
for the support of his child.
Mary Esties, charged with vio
lating the liquor laws, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to wo
man's prison for six months, the
term to begin at the direction of
j the court at any time during the
next two years. She was fined $50
land taxed with the court costs.
The case, charging Champ
Scut! with operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver's license,
was nol prossed, subject to be
reopened at a later date.
Columbus Sheppard was found
not guilty of larceny.
Pleading guilty of violating the
liquor laws, Lonnie M. Keel was
fined $25, plus costs.
Judgment was suspended in the
ease in whieh Leo Creasy was
charged with vagrancy.
Charged with drunken driving,
Grady Thomas pleaded guilty and
was fined $200, plus costs.
Pleading guilty of issuing a
worthless cheek, Moses Lee Wil
liams had his ease continued un
der prayer for judgment until
the first Monday in August.
Charged with operating a motor
vi hide while under the influence
of opiates, L. B. Whichard plead
ed guilty and was fined $10, plus
costs.
Nine Volunteer
i In The Services
Nine Martin County young men
volunteered for service in the
armed forces lust month, accord
ing to a report released this week
by Sfc. A. (5. Atwood, recruiter
for this district. Sgt. Atwood is in
tins county each Tuesday, main
taining an office on the third floor
of the city hall in Williamston.
Four of the nine Henry Bell
i flown of Oak City, and Theodore
Coker, Jr., William B. Hodges and
Lloyd Williams, all of Williams
ton, volunteered for duty in the
army. Exil D. Harper and Robert;
H. Gurganus, Jr., both of Jame»
ville, and William S. Price, Ray
ten C. McLawhorn and Allen’ !•>
Wilson, all of Wilhumston, enli-t*
ed in the air force.