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V s ".. " " THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER i,000 MARTIN COUNTY * FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE — .t THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Uk OVER 4,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WE£j VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 21 Williamston, Marlin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 16, 1951 ESTABLISHED 1899 Teen Ager Booked For Burglary In # County Saturday -« Henry Thomas’ Store Rob beci Again Near Hamil ton Sunday Morning Richard Dickens, 18-year-old youth, faces a charge of burglary in the f'rst degree in the su perior court this week following his arrest in the Kader Hardison ^ apartment in Oak City about 1:30 * o’clock o’clock last Saturday morning. Dickens, given a hear ing before Justice Edmond Early in Oak City that morning at 4:00 o’clock, was denied bond and placed in the county jail to await trial during the current court term. Using a ladder, Dickens made his way through a second story window into the Hardison apart ment over the store of Bunting and Son. Hardison, his wife and their small daughter were sleep ing and did not hear Dickens, but Roy Casper, occupying another apartment on the same floor of the building, heard Dickens, and he called Hardison. The two men left the building by an outside stairs, saw Dickens in the store on the ground floor and called Officer Garland Bunting. Dickens, after gaining an en trance to the second floor, reach ed the first-floor of the store down an elevator shaft When the officer reached the scene, Dickens had retraced his route up the shaft and was arrested in the kitchen of the Hardison apart ment just as he was making ready to jump out a window. Officer found on Dickens' per son $7 50 in cash taken from the cash register, four cuts of tobac co, three boxes of rifle bullets j.nd four cigars. Dickens told the officer that he wanted to live to see the day when he would "get out of prison and return and "get him.” ^ It was the second time the store had been robbed in recent months. Sometime during late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, robbers entered the Henry Tho mas store at the Sheri od farm near Hamilton and carried away merchandise valued at about $100, BftlTflffr-w c.g,. W rettes and 10 or 15 quarts of wine. The robbers broke a glass in the front door, reached in and unlock ed the door. Officers are working on the case but no lead had been established early today. The store was robbed several weeks ago by teen-agers. 9 An expensive e«(.sh register stol en from the Eubanks store in Has g 11 on March 7 was found in Conoho Creek at Butlers budge ct. Highway 125 last Vveunesiiay by R. S. Howell who was hitch (Continued on Page Eight) —-—-<?-. Brief Review Of Red Cross Work —*—■ As the current Red Cross fund drive settles down it is well to review briefly the work of the organization light here in the state and at home. Most of the people in Martin County are acquainted with the relief made available to flood vic tims in and around Tarboro dur ing the recent flooding of the Tar River. There were 318 other disaster relief operations handled throughout the country, the Red Cross extending aid to more than 25,000 families. Many telegrams were sent foi veterans’ families in this chap ter and other services were ex tended . Last year the""Herf"*''Cross col lected 82,000 pints of blood in North Carolina, and it made avail able 86,880 cubic centimeters of gamma globulin for protection against polio. More than four mil lion pints of blood were collect ed in the nation by the Red Cross and made available to the hos pitals and for use making gam mablobulin. Nearly fifteen mil lion dollars were spent on the blood program alone. In the Martin County Chapter last year $4,517.74 was spent by the Red Cross, including $1,735.02 given to the national organization. Home service costs were placed at $505.06. The blood program in the county cost $645.59, and admin istrative costs amounted to $1, 557.85. according to a report re leased by Mrs. Lucille Cowen, executive secretary for the Mar tin County chapter Nearly Two Hundred Blood Donors Here f SEINE FISHING j Seine fishing in the Roa noke will get underway at Jamesville tomorrow, Mr. C C. Fleming, owner-operator of the Jamesville fishery, an nounced yesterday. Most of the day will he spent wetting the large seine, but normal operations are ex pected within a short time. Fairly large catches of her ring and perch have been re ported during the past sev eral weeks by individual fish ermen, and a favorable sea son at the fishery is anticipat Mrs. Julia Wynn Dies In County Mrs. Julia W. Wynn died at her home in Cross Roads at 2:00 o’clock last Friday morning. Sev enty-six years of age, she had been in declining health for a long time and was an invalid for six years She was born and lived all her life in Cross Roads. She was the daughter of the late Robert And Nancy Wynne. She was a member of Christian Chapel Church, Cross Roads, and her pas tor, the Rev. E. Cayton, con ducted the funeral service there last Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Interment was in the Wynn family cemetery. Surviving are her husband, George M. Wynn; three sons: John and Irving Wynn of Cross | Roads and Ernest Wynn of Par 1 mele; three daughters, Mrs. Le lund Williams of Cross Roads, and Mrs. Jesse Fulford and Mrs. Richard Fulford of South Nor folk, 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral Friday For Jas. Bryant Funeral services were conduct ed in the Fountain Baptist Church last Friday afternoon for James Oscar Bryant, 60. brother of Mrs, Jerry James of Williamston. Mr. Bryant died in Memorial Hospi tal alt Chapel Hill Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock. Inter mentj was in Queen Anne Ceme tery, Fountain. Mr. Bryant had been connected ■ forrement work in r-f< C rai.ty for nearly a quarter century, serving as chief of po | lice in Fountain for more than twenty years. Besides his sister in Williams | ton he is survived by his widow, i the former Miss Ann Harrell, I three daughters, two sons, five sisters and five brothers. Winner In "Big Change" Contest --4. Miss Joan Carol Coltrain, Wil liamston High School student, won the first round in the “Big Change" oratorical contest spon sored try the North Carolina Bankers Association last Thurs i day afternoon. Miss Coltrain won ! the $25 defense bond when no i competition presented itself, and I she will appear in the group com petition in Greenville Wednes day afternoon of this week. The , group includes sixteen counties in I this section of i Staie hut hardly more than five are ex pected to enter contestants. The winner of the elimination (Continued’on Page Eight) I ROUND-UP J There was a flare-up on the crime front in this coun ty during the past week-end, a review of the jail showing seven persons arrested and jailed during the period. Two were booked for breaking and entering, two for assaults with deadly wea pons, and one each for speed ing, public drunkenness and drunken driving. Two of the seven were white and the ages of the group ranged from 16 to 57 years. Great Response 1 To Bloodmobile Call Last Week; —•— Two Hundred And Twenty Nine Visited Center To Set A New Reeord -• The Red Cross Bloodmobile, making its twelfth visit here last Thursday, set an all-time record when 194 pints of blood were do nated It was the greatest response to any call yet made for blood in this chapter, and the people—229 of them—reported to the center to offer blood. Others volunteer ed their services in handling the registrations, book work and op erating the canteen. The only weak point in the last Thursday program was cent ered in the pledges. It was report ed that 179 pledged to give blood, but only 130 of them reported to the center. However, the drop-ins moved in to the count of 99 and offset the loss. In addition to mak ing up the pledge deficit, the drop-ins obsorbed 35 injections and went on to give the blood center 44 pints of blood in excess of the 150-pint quota. The names of those reporting to the center last Thursday follow: William Lanier, Clyde Barber, Mrs. Clyde Barber, Lester Bryant, George Bonds, Martha Gurganus, Elsie Roberson, Mrs. Lance John son, Molly Padgett, Fred R. Silv erthorne, Clyde Manning, Cecil Brown, A. J. Manning, Mrs. Mag gie Hardy, Henry Gray Corey, R J Hardison, Leslie Godard, Fred Hardison, Donald Frank, Mary Louise Taylor, Melvin O’Neal, Oria Lyons, V. J. Spivey, Bryant Reason, Bili Beacham, Dolmus Bazemore, Lela C. Bonds, James E. Bullock, Johnny L. Beacham, Mrs. William S. Peele, Mrs. Archie Coltrain, Mrs Ollie Keel, Earl Brown, Frances Hayes, Mrs. Seth Davis. Mrs. Robert Harden, Harry Roland Coburn, Mrs. Robbie Wa lters, Mrs. Albert Tyre, Albert I Tyre, Mrs. Melvin Wynne, Wil liam Deeato, Joe Vann, Ben H. | James, Dalmar Gurkin, Mrs. Wil I iiford Griffin, Wendell Peele, | Dick Bender, Simon Lilley, Jr., ;J. C. Coltrain, Reba Boone, Wal ter Jones, Paul Bailey, Garland I Anderson, Clabon Summerlin, Mrs. Carlyle Langley, Mary L. | Britton, Ms,f •'Wev-B [Henry Bullock. Benita Straw-1 j bridge, M. K. Bennett, Paul Bai ley, Mrs. Earl Manning, Paul Griffin, S. C. Griffin, Jr., Wil liam Earl Clark, Morris Brown. Mrs. Myrtle Rogerson, Milburn Hardison, Rev. John Goff, James S. Griffin, Johnny Pollard, Em mett Mims, Melvin Wynne, Ralph Mobley, Levi Boston, J. S. Hod ges, Mrs. J. S. Hodges, J. D. Hines, William H. Harrison, Elliott Bul lock. Woodrow W. Holliday, Aub rey D. Ange, Eugene G. Bonev. Ernest . Sidney Christian, Wilbur L. * Jackson, Carrol! Rogerson, Charlie Terry, William Tetterton, Doc Bullock, Lorene Manning, E. H. Manning, Wheeler Manning, Hugh Hines, Ernest Roughton, Henry Griffin, Haywood Peaks, Darrell Taylor, James Manning, Norman Everett, Jesse Council. Williiim H. Griffin, Roger A. iCriteher, Bill Se.ssoms, Charles ! Hill, J. O. Daniels, Alvin J. Peele, | James Pierce, Lazarus Williams, | Daisy Manning, Joe Manning, i jGuv Leggett, I), P Gllss >n, Mrs ! r?5icK Smith, Juriie Peel, Sidney D. j Barnes, Wendell Modlin, Alfred Hollis, Sylvester Leggett, Mrs. Nannie E, Whitt’, Anna Edmond son, Billy Edmondson, Janie Leg gett, Ellis Keel, Rufus Hardison, Mrs. Rufus Hardison, John H. Lynch, Mrs. Sam Roberson, Earl Roberson, John R. Wobbleton, Rex Singleton, Mrs. Walter Wynne, Jack W. Wynne. Mrs. Frank Vv'eathersbee, Mrs. Grady Whitaker, Mrs. Palmer' White. Mrs. Bud Liilev, Mrs. J. B. Nicholson, Mrs. Tom Davis, Flet cher Thomas, Rufus S. Gurganus, Mrs. Jack Grey, Jim Manning, William Riddick, Roger Roberts, Mrs. Louise Gurkin, Mrs. Justies Coltrain, Melba Manning, W. J. Bridgen, Mrs. W. E. Dudley, Ben- ! ny Daniels, James R. Gurganus, Calvin ■ Warren, Mrs. Charlie (Continued on Page Eight) Two Persons Hurt In Seven Highway Wrecks In County -0 I Property Damage Approxi ! mates $3,000 In The Series Of Accidents -» — Two persons were painfully but not believed badly injured in a (series of motor vehicle accidents jon the highways nad streets in this county during the past sev eral days. Property damage was [estimated at about $3,000, accord ing to preliminary reports releas ed by the investigating officers. Damage, estimated at $175, re sulted when a 1953 Pontiac driven by I^eor.a R. Taylor and. a-1951 Ford pick-up driven by I. Dewey Leggett were in collision in Bear Grass near the main intersection early in the week. No one was in jured. A second accident in the series was reported a short distance out of Oak City on Highway 125 last Thursday morning at 10:30 o’ clock. William Rogerson of Wil liamston was making a left turn in his 1952 Studebaker just as J. Leon Dormus of Madison, N. J. started to pass in his 1951 Chrys ler New Yorker. No one was hurt and damage to each vehicle was estimated at $300. Doremus said he had been driving cars for 54 years and that it was his first ac cident. Driving norm on wunamsions Sycamore Street at 12:05 o’clock last Saturday morning, Richard Vine lost control of his 1940 Chevrolet and the machine jump ed a large ditch, traveled 12!) feet between Hill and Hyman streets and crashed into a utility pole, cutting it in two. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $450. Vine; suffered face lacerations and a broken collar bone. Clayton Wilkins, riding with Vine, was thrown partly through the wind shield and was treated for cuts on the chin and the back part of his head. They were released follow ing hospital treatment. Two cars, a 1948 Chevrolet driven by CpI. Leon Davie of the Kdenion marine base, and a 1882 Cadillac owned by Woodrow Ray of Williamston were in collision on Williamston's West Main Street near the railroad underpass ’4:15*0 clock last Saturday morn ing. As far as it could be learn ed no one was injured. Damage to the cars w'as estimated at about $250 each. At 11:45 o'clock last Saturday night, Percy Keel of Williamston hist control of his 1939 Chevrolet and crashed into Isaac Whitley’s 1949 Ford about three-quarters of a mile east of Robersonville in front of the J h. Hailey home, j Whitley, it was said, had left the road an effort to get out ■ A Keel’s way. Damage to the Chev rolet was estimated at $100 and that to the Ford at $300. Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o’ clock John Adams lost control of his 1949 Ford on the Iron Mine road about two miles south of Palmyra, and the machine turn ed over. No one yas reported in jured and damage to the car was estimated at $350. Driving east on Highway 04. ; Paul Webster Smith of High Point dropped off to sleep and ran his 1952 Cadillac off the road at the Tom Roebuck curve, a short dis tance west of Robersonville, about 7:45 o’clock Monday morning. He crashed into a pole and did about $200 damage to his machine. H< was not hurt, the investigating of ficer said —f Local Band Gets Excellent Rating ••»****».»*♦» «,» «•* • The Green Wave Band of Wil liamston Hi;.h School won a rat ing of “Excellent” in the district music contest in Greenville last Thursday, drawing praise from all for their performance from all sides and leaving their director, Jack F. Butler, “very pleased and proud of them.” While final reports on all the bands in attendance were not re leased late Thursday when the Williamston hand returned home, it was doubted that any of the group would make a higher rating than the Green Wave Band, The judges, in working another dis trict contest on Wednesday had given no ratings higher- than "Ex cellent” and this will qualify the Williamston band to enter the contest at Greensboro if it should fContinued on Page Eight) Handled Eleven Cases Monday In Superior Court Call Breaking and Entering Cades For Trial During Session Today Opening a two-week term Mon day the Martin County Superior Court with Judge Chester Mor ris of Coinjock on the bench, cleared eleven cases from the docket and continued several oth ers for various reasons before calling it a day at 5:05 o’clock. The court this morning is com pleting the trial of the breaking and entering and assault case against Cora Lee. Some evidence was heard yesterday, and upon the completion of the trial, the court will call the breaking and entering cases pending against several white youths and about five young colored men. After handling the opening pre liminaries the court called the case in which Joe Brown was charged with assaulting Eddie Coffield, Sr., and nearly killing him with a piece of two-by-four timber in Oak City a few weeks ago. According to one version of the testimony there was so much fighting going on that no one could very well tell who was hit ting who, and the jury found the defendant not guilty. The case was the only one to reach the jury during the first day of the term. Matthew Keel, Jr., 17-year-old colored boy whose appearance was a bit appealing but whose surliness attracted the attention of both Judge Morris and Solici tor Elbert S. Peel, pleaded guilty of breaking into the Vanderford home near Gold Point on four different occasions and stealing about $25 in cash. The boy was without his parents in court and had no lawyer. Judge Morris, agreeing that the word, “surly” described the lad’s nature, said he wanted to think more about the , lad’s case. It is possible the jurist will consider judgment in the case i after trials are held in similar eases. The lad is a fifth grade “graduate”. Pleading guilty of breaking in to and l obbing the Home Laundry in.. Wiiiia'o.4.)V.,“ ^liiwu drew five years in prison as quick as a flash. Brown, said to have quite a long court record in this and other states, explained to the court that he had never raised a finger against society in North Carolina but twice, that he had paid his debt on other occasions and that his record should not be held against him. The plea appar ently dir] not register in the jur ist’s mind. Leawood Stewart, guilty of receiving g' knowing them to have been stolen from the laundry, also pleaded guilty and he was sentenced to the roads for eighteen months. Charged with drunken driving, L. D. Lanier and Jos. Carnegia Ross, after reaching the high court, turned tail and headed back to the county recorder’s court to accept judgments previ ously handed down there. They are paying $100 fines and costs and surrendering their The entry in the superior court record shows the cases against the two were remanded to the lower court for compliance of judgment. The cases in which David Laughinghouse was charged with false pretense and Hurly Mae Laughinghouse with forgery were nol prossed, subject to be reopen ed at a later date. Appealing a drunken driving judgment from the county court, James Clifton Wiggins pleaded euilty of driving to the left of near Wiliiamston some weeks ago. The plea was accepted and hi- was fined $10, plus costs. No true bill was found in the case in which Edward Harrison was charged with the robbery of person. The bewhiskered cases in which Walter Freeman stands charged with an assault with in tent to kill and breaking and en tering and assault with a deadly weapon, were again continued. The court ordered papers issued, calling for the fugitive’s arrest. The following cases were con tinued: Ernest Linton, drunken driving; Luther Briant Mozingo, drunken driving; James and Janie Davis, aiding and abetting larceny and receiving; Robert C. Rogsr son, assault on a female; R. S. Gaither, drunken driving; and William Brantley, bigamy. Murder Case Plea Accepted By Court Sentence Hawkins! To Prison For 10 To 12-Year Term -<*> Jurist' Morris Saw Killing At* V Climax To A Drunken Brawl James Hawkins was sentenced to prison for not less than ten1 and not more than twelve years | by Judge Chester Morris in su perior court late Monday after- 1 noon after his counsel tendered a plea of guilty of manslaughter in the case in which the defendant stood charged with the first de gree murder of James Augustus Hodges in Williamston on Febru ary 20. When the case was called for trial Monday afternoon the State announced it would not ask for a verdict in first degree but would work for one in second degree. At the conclusion of the State’s evidence, defense counsel, Robt. H. Cowen and Edgar Gurganus, jumped at u chance to submit a manslaughter plea, and it was accepted by the State. Judge Mor ris, commenting on the case, ex plained that the murder was the result of a drunken brawl. Robert Everett, colored man, who had been with Hawkins and Hodges the greater part of the day stated that Hodges was stabbed to death in the home of Rosalyn Stokes on Martin Street, admitted he' lied in offering testimony at the preliminary hearing, leaving the impression that all three were so drunk that none knew what he was doing at the time of the at tack. Everett, after telling ul the pre liminary hearing that he saw no knife anti that he did not see ! Hawkins strike Hodges but once, told the jury at the trial that he .-.aw lla.vkins strike the victim first in the chest and then drove the comparatively long pin knife blade deep into Hodges’ back. . .. At •■^p0y-f,|imi'>-arv hearir.ir Kverett said he struek and knock ed Hawkins down to "get some sense into his head”. At the trial Monday, Everett said Hawkins at tacked him and he knocked him out to protect himself. Everett claimed that Hodges got up from the kitchen table where he was eating and went over to Hawkins in the same room and placed his hand on his shoulder. Other witnesses maintained ih'tf!* Judges did not get up from the , table, that he was too (trunk to navigate. One witness after another de scribed the knife as one with a push button and a red striped handle. The knife has never been found. Everett admitted that he hud been in court at least fivp times for fighting, that he used any kind of knife he had available. Earline Mobley said she saw Hawkins st«b Hodges in the back ^^Coronei W. \V. Biggs described j the two wounds, saying that eith er of them in his opinion, could have proved fatal Rosalyn Stokes, the common law wife of the victim, told about the same story she related at the preliminary hearing, but she was able to describe the knife she tiad failed to tell about at the pre liminary hearing. Officer Chas. R. Moore who ar j rested Hawkins three quarters of | a mile away at the Hawkins home ion Hunter Street, said that lla\ kins told him h>. had stabbed ’’ « • ♦ .»• • v »• •.♦,'% •.■Mm. *■•>/%. . V< V. ,«v»4> •«•(*.« ijij, * Uud^rH. CpI. M. C. Byrum and Oetoria Williams were the last witnesses called by the State, and they cor roborated evidence offered by I (Continued on Page Eight) I -• | Mon Jaili-il t or Hruloi Attack On Hi* Wifo — «► Will Rainey, 40-ycar-uld colored man, was jailed late Sunday night after lies arrest for brutally as saulting his wife at their logging camp home between Hamilton and Oak City earlier that evening. He was released in bond Monday ami is booked for trial in the county court o the 29th. Beaten with a stick, the vic tim was treated in Martin General ! Hospital and released Sheriff M. ■ W Holloman said. !NO F,v;t SK.S r *s I J Removal and death were the only excuses recosnized when citizens were called for Jury duty in the Martin County Superior Court. Meaningful notations were made when one or two jurors failed to appear on time. Will Parker, when it was learned he had died, was ex cused alonB with Oscar Tai lor who moved out of the county some time ago. Court attendants tried to draft an other to fill Parker's place, but the death excuse prevail ed. Several talesmen were rounded up to insure the court an available jury at all times. Bloodmobile Gets A Big Push Here —•— The Red Cross bloodmobile was Riven strong support in this chap ter last week when one hundred percent cooperation was shown in the recruitment program and the projects attracted the efforts of numerous volunteers. The response to the call for blood was traceable to home de monstration clubs, ministers, churches and civic organizations and individuals. One club at Dar dens not only solicited pledges but five of members donated blood. Individual recruiters in cluded, Mrs. Fate Gurganus, Os car White and Mr. and Mrs. Ben James in the Poplar Point area, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Godard over in Williams, Mrs. Edgar Brown and Jumesville Woman's Club members in the Jamesvilie sec tion, Jim Manning, Manning and Gurkin s store, Dewey Perry's store, Mrs. Henry Griffin, Mrs Joe Olay Corev Worth Moblev. East Side Scrvici Station, Fishei Harris’ store and Mrs. Walter Wynne in the Griffins, Bear Grass and Williamsfoa areas. The S and V supermarket styy^ ported the program by giving a quart of Maola milk to each blood donor. Up until late yesterday approximately 150 quarts of milk had been delivered to the blood donors at the store on Washing ton Street. Reviewing the success of the bloodmobile visit, Dr. J. S. Rhodes, Jr., blood program chair man; Mrs. Lucille Cowen, chapter chairman, and the blood program committee includ ing Mrs. Edna Honduran!, Mrs W. Iverson Skinner, Mrs. A. L Jame son, Mrs. Victor Brown, Mrs. Henry Griffin and Mrs W T Ross declared they were greatly en couraged by the response, that they appreciated the cooperation on the part of all Junior Glee Club Rated 'Superuu: The Junior Glee Club of Wil liamston High School, under the direction of Miss Mary Wallace Kny, earned a rating of Superior j in the music contest at Greenville last Friday. The Senior Glee Club ran into some tough luck and came off ( with a rating of Good this year ! after having captured Excellent ratings for the past several years. The Senior club sang "Alio lulia” by Thompson and “The Asii Grove," a Welsh folk song tune, The numbers rendered by the Junior group have not been re ported. The numbers rendered by the Senior group are listed in [ Group Four. I ONK ADJUSTMENT v' Meeting us a board of equalisation and review, the Martin County commissioners received only one complaint against a tax assessment dur ing a two-hour session. Explaining that he had for gotten to appeal until it was too late year after year, Gum er Taylor presented his case and the board dropped the assessed valuation from SS.737 i on a two-acre residence tracf to $1,000. Grand Jury Hears Charge By Judge Norris On Monday -- Lav^rem*** Hyman Of Oak r.itv Foreman Of Jurv for Six Months --v "Du your sworn duty and there need be no fear that our govern ment will disintegrate," Judge Chester Morris, presiding over the current term of the Martin County Superior Court, told the eighteen-member grand jury Monday morning in a 30-minute charge. Nine new members were added to the jury, including R. G. Harrison, H. L House, Lester Cherry, David R Rogers, James C. Williams, James R. Jenkins, S. C. Griffin. Jr., Dalmer Gurkin and M D. Wilson Serving six months on the jury, . Lawrence Hyman was made foreman of the group. Mr. Hyman succeeds Reu ben Everett who recently com pleted a tour of duty as a member anil foreman of the grand jury. Judge Morris was heard by a packed courtroom, including members of the Jamesville eighth grade Opening court a few minutes ahead of time, Judge Morris told the jurymen they were members of an important body. "Some say the grand jury is outmoded, but 1 do not think so," the jurist said, adding that it was a strong arto of the law, and the guardian the entire citizenship of this coun ty. The jury system was set out in the organic law of the land, and its members occupy a unique po sition in society, the jurist said, adding that the community looks to each member of the jury to do his duty and uphold the law in a manner that will be of benefit to all people. “The farmers of out Constitu tion were anxious about the rights of the individual and want ed to make certain that no one would he deprived of his liberty, that no innocent person would be prosecuted for malice,” Judge Morris said, explaining that was why the grand jury was created ' ll is impossible for any one to consistently violate the law with out one or more of your body knowing it," the jurist continued, criminal cannot be tracked down Tff.TTT^1 Th^eVSneiT a-o-'SToia - lions are committeed in ihe dark. You have good officers but some criminals cannot be tracked down without your help,” Judge Mor ris said, appealing to the jury men to act in behalf of law en forcement. The judge interrupted his charge at this point to pay Elbert S. Peel, the new solicitor, a eom ! pliment. If has been my pleasure to work with Mr Peel much of the i January, and he is rendering a valuable ser vice to his State and country,” the jurist declared. ■'He’ll send you bills of indict ment and it is for you not to try the case, but to weigh the evi dence and act on the bills,” the jurist said, explaining methods of procedure. The presentment of crime not detected by law enforcement of ficers was pointed out as a sacred *ut.v of the jury members. “You come from ali parts of your coun ty and it is your solemn duty to call to the attention of the court any law violations that have not been detected. All you have to do is to set forth the charges in a paper writing, list the witnesses and turn the writing over to the solicitor in a sealed envelope.” The jurist reviewed briefly the wording of the oath subscribed to bv the jury members, and ex plained its meaning. “Much has been .said about secrecy, but no one is against he declared, explaining the value of maintaining secrecy there. ‘‘Sonic look upon jury service as a duty to be passed on to an other, but the man who serves is doing a service that means a bet ter type of law enforcement, bet ter citizenship and that the law will triumph over immorality, in decency, and those things that tend to tear down our form of government," Judge Morris said, pointing out that if the jurors did their duty we need have no fear that our government will disen tegrate. “Our system offers a way to find the truth, and our way surpasses any and all others found anywhere,” he added. The jury was instructed to in spect the several offices and pub lic building, and report their lind (Contyiued on page eight!