THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bit
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE*
VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 34
ffi Hiatus ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 29, 1954
ESTABLISHED 189V
Record Number Of
Speeders Carried
* Inio County Court
Fines Add Up To $200 And
Cost Amount To $991
At Monday Session
Alleged speeders had their re
gular convention in the Martin
County Recorder s Court iast
Monday when Judge H. O. Peele
presided, imposing sentences in
the amount of $200. Forty-three
cases were booked and the costs
added up to $991.15. The cases,
accumulating during the two
weeks the court was idle while
the superior tribunal was in ses
sion, are believed to have set a
record figure.
Many of the speeders were
rushing back home following va
cations spent in Florida. There
were one or two from as far away
as Minnesota and Iowa, and others
were found closer home.
Pleading guilty of speeding in
excess of 65 miles an hour, the
following were fined $10 and tax
ed with the court costs: Owen
Victor Gallentine of Edenton Ma
rine Base, Samuel Harold Armour
of White Plains, N. Y., Leon
Steinberg of Lawrence, Long Is
land, N. Y.. George Ross Goldner
of Westburg, N. Y., Mary C. Detle
fsen of Excelsior, Minnesota,
Charles A. Dickenson of Hamburg,
N. Y., William A. Riggott of
Charleston, S. C., Nathan Krup
nick of Paterson, N. J., Steve Eli
as Stevenson of RFD 1, Williams
ton, Arthur Rollins of RFD 2,
Robersonvilie, James Edgar My
ers of Williamston, Linwood Earl
Woolard of Washington, William
Thomas Nagel of Wierton, W. Va.,
Edgar Lee Savage of Williamston
and Edward L. Boyd of RFD 1,
Pinetown.
James A. Outterbridge of Cha
nute Field, Illinois, was fined $25
and taxed with the costs for
speeding 60 miles an hour in a 35
mile zone. George Lorris of Jer
sey City, N. J., was also fined $25,
J plus costs, for speeding 70 miles
an hour.
The following, charged with
speeding but not in excess of 65
miles an...hour, were each taxed
With tiie costs:
Silas N Greenberg of New Hav
en, Conn. Cleveland Manning of
9 "nTTT'f* WtTiSjVn'R*!!, Wiiforn 'W
Smith of Cherry Point, Adolph
Volker of Hillside, N. J., Joseph
Edward Fair of Camp Lejeune,
Lloyd Calvin Sullivan of Scran
ton, Pa., Sol Rose, a private de
tective of Jamaica, N. Y., William
Robert Walker of Orlando, Fla.,
f Alfred G Scattergood of Vil
lanova, Pa., Woody Leslie Prit
chett, Fleet Post Office, New
York, Anthony J. Scminaia of Bel
mont, Mass., Jas. Howard Dodd
of North Canton, Ohio, Jesse
Glenn tyloore of Robersonville,
Donald Ray Palmer of Waterloo,
Iowa, Wm. O. Griffin, Jr., of
Baltimore, George V. Moody of
Poplarville, Mass., Frederick
George Moore of Cherry Point,
Betty Jean Bell of Elizabeth
City, Jos. R. Harrell of RFD 4,
Windsor, John Paulous Johnson
of Norfolk, James Edward Daven
port of Tarboro, Mary H. Morris
(Continued on Page Eight)
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Robersonville's
Pow-Pow Robbed
Breaking through the front
door, robbers entered the Pow
• Wow snack bar on the outskirts
of Robersonville sometime dur
ing Tuesday night and carried
away about $2 in cash, a box of
cigars and a carton of cigarettes.'
The robb'T threw his weight
against the door, tearing away
p«ri of ,the facing to gain an en
trance. The piccolo was damaged,
but the money box was not reach
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Child Suffers An
Attack Yesterday
A thrce-year-old colored child, i
Annie Delores Ampley, suffered '
an unusual attack at her home
in Robersonville Township yes
terday morning. The early symp
™ toms pointed to polio, but a later
diagnosis dismissed the case as
being polio, according to reports
reaching here this morning.
The attack victim was unable:
to walk or even sit up soon after I
she was stricken, but by late yes- j
* terday afternoon she became ac
tive again i
Candidates For County judge
Much interest is centering in the contest for judge of the
Martin County Recorder's Court with Herbert 6. Peele, in
cumbent (left), and Henry S. Everett, of Robersonville, in the
race for the office.
Early Care For
Menially 111 Is
Important Need
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Many In Mental Hospitals
Could Have Been Saved
By Early Treatment
Mary Jane Ward, author of
“The Snake Pit", declared today
that many of the people now in
mental hospitals could have been
saved by early treatment.
In a statement issued in con
nection with Mental Health Week,
May 2 to 8, Miss Ward pointed out
that “if we are to benefit from
the medical profession’s ever
growing ability to prevent and
cure mental illness, we must pro
vide adequate facilities fot prac
tice, for further research and for
training.
"For several years,” she said,
"many of us have known that the
medical profession has developed
treatment procedures that are
effective if provided early in the
acute phase of mental illness, The
remarkable results from this ear
ly treatment naturally stimulated
more interest in the possibilities
"f prevention Preventive treat
ment facilities are still very limit
ed but fheru has been enough
work in this field to indicate that
a large percentage of mental ill
ness eHsns'Vaif be *fitflTf
becoming serious enough to re
quire hospitalization.
“There has been more publicity
about prevention and early treat
ment than there has been about
new procedures for the long
established eaSes, but recent ex
perimentation has demonstrated
the value of providing medical
treatment for patients formerly
regarded as bein eligible only
for custodial care.
"Although the widening of psy
chiatric research has removed the
ultimate solution of mental ill
ness from the realm of wishful
thinking, the advance of medical
kow ledge places an increasing
responsibility upon the general
public. If we are to benefit from
the medical profession's ever
growing ability to prevent and
cure mental illness, we must pro
vide adequate facilities for prac
tice, for further research and for
training.
"Relatively few of us are in a
position to offer professional serv
ices or large financial contribu
tions, uut all who are interested
can contribute significantly to the
mental health educational pro
gram.
“Again and again during the
past year I have heard doctors and
political leaders say there isn’t a
great deal any one professional
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Badly Burned At
Home Yesterday
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Bernice Hamilton, 35 years old,
was critically burned in her lit
tle shanty home on the. G and H.
mill yard here shortly before
noon yesterday. Suffering some
kind of an attack, she fell on the
stove, badly burning her left arm
and leg and literally cooking her
left hand It was reported that
possibly the left hand would
have to br amputated
It was the second or third time
that she had suffered similar at
tacks and had fallen against
stoves, it was said.
She was removed by ambulance
to Duke Hospital this morning.
Wife of Cleve Hamilton, fire
man at the mill, she came here
about a year ago from Pamfico
County.
| f INSPECTION
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Motor vehicle inspection,
inaugurated this week on a
voluntary basis, is meeting
with general approval here
and throughout the State, ac
cording to preliminary re
ports. Quite a few owners
are having their cars inspect
ed in the garages in this coun
ty, it was said.
During the first two days,
approximately ten thousand
cars were inspected in the
State.
Politics Warming
Up In The County
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The first outward sign of action
in politics on a State level was re
ported in this county yesterday
when the appointment of Joe R.
Winslow, Robersonville Township
farmer and member of the Mar
tin County Board of Elections, to
the managership of Alton Len
non's campaign for the United
States Senate was announced.
I A few others, including Hugh G.
Horton. Williamston attorney,
were said to have been active in
Lennon's campaign here yester
day.
””CdiniirtVii£»"'«^riV VT.V.- KV-v.'.T.y
merits in the Lennon t amp was a
meeting of the W. Kerr Scott com
mittee in this county last evening.
No detailed account of the meet
ing was released, but the session
was attended by Henry G. Shel
i ton, former district highway com
j missioner from Edgecombe Coun
ty, and a number of business men
and farmers from several sec
tions of this county.
Politics on the local level is also
| warming up, and considerable in
terest was reported in the can
didacy of Elbert S. Peel, local
man, for the second district solid
| torship at meetings held in Rob
ersonville and Hamilton early in
the week.
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Menial Health
Week Observance
Whereas, the period of May 2-8
has been designated as Mental
Health Week in North Carolina,
and
Whereas, there is an urgent
need for an arousal of interest on
the part of the general in the
serious problem facing our State
and nation, and
Whereas, there is an inadequate
program and only meager facili
ties for helping and earing for
the mentally ill,
I, therefore, proclaim May 2-8
as Mental Health Week in Wil
liams'on and most •'arnestlv urge
jail its citizens to work for ana
, support all programs, looking to
j the relief and better care of the
mentally ill, to plead for ample
appropriations to finance added
j facilities and provide adequate
personnel in the various institu
! tlons of our State.
This 28th day of April, 1954.
Robty H. Cowen,
Mayor of Williamston.
Lillie It ii si nets On The
Toirn Board's .Igenda
Little business, other than that
of a routine nature, has been plac
ed on the calendar for discussion
at the regular meeting of the Wil
liamston town commissioners
next Monday evening at 8:00 o’
clock, according to information
gained from Clerk C. M. Cobb to-1
day.
Registration For
Sh^&thFrimary
Begins Saturday
No New Registration of Old
Electorate Requir* •
ed This Year
The registration books for the
May 29th Democratic primary will
ue open to m w elector ;v on Si.ii.ur
day of this week, it was announced
today by Martin County Board of
Elections Chairman C. D. Carstar
phen. The registrars will be at
the polling places or designated
spots on each of the three com
ing Saturdays to receive new
names. Registrations may be ef
fected by special appointment on
other days between May 1 and
15, it was explained. Saturday,
May 22, the books will be opened
for the challenge of any names
wrongfully placed there. The
question of party affiliation may
be discussed also with the pos
sibility that names may be re
moved where there is definite
proof of a change in the regis
trant’s party.
The books are to be open on
■ach of the three Saturdays—
May 1, 8 and 15—between the
hours of 9:00 a. m. and sunset,
ind between 9:00 a. m. and 5:00
p. m. on May 22 for challenge of
voters.
No new registration has been
ordered, meaning that all those
who voted in the last State elec
tion or whose names are on the
books, will not find it necessary
to register again. The registra
tion is for those who will have
attained their 21st birthday on or
before next November 2, and
those who have moved into the
county from other areas since the
last election.
It is estimated that a thousand
or more or eligible to register in
this county, and they are invited
to see the registrar in their re
spective precinct and get their
names on the books.
The names of the precinct re
gistrars .and the places they are
to keep the books open as follow:
F. C. Stallings, Jamesville, at
town house and home,
Grady Godard, Williams, at No.
90 Station,
S. Oscar Peele, Griffins, at Jim
Manning's store,
fc—A -iv- .B«m' G-iv..at
home,
Wendell Peele Williamston No.
1, at courthouse,
S. Hurcum Grimes, Williams
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House-To-House
Safety Appeals
In their spare time members of
the North Carolina State High
way Patrol are to take safety ap
peals directly to the homes in this
county.
The members of the patrol,
making home calls at every op
portunity, are to seek the co
operation of the residents. The
householders will be asked to
bend every effort'to keep motor
vehicles under their supervision
within the speed limits. They
will be asked to comply with all
State motor vehicle laws to pre
vent accidents resulting from im
proper passing, following too
closely, failing to stop at marked
intersections, and parking on
highways. The patrol members
will ask that the mechanical con
dition of motor vehicles be check
ed occasionally.
Parents will be asked to guard
against their children playing in
the streets and highways and to
stress care when their children
cross highways and streets. Care
in bicycle riding on the highways
will be stressed. The public will
also be asked tu report all acci
dents and to cooperate in every
way possible with the patrol in
curtailing accidents and the
maiming and killing on the high-j
ways.
Child Recovering Front
Small Done of Kerosene
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Little Jackie Lee, 2-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Lee of Hear Grass, was reported
to be getting along all right this
morning after taking a small
quantity of kerosene yesterday
afternoon.
The little girl was playing in
the paekhouse and got hold of a
small glass of kerosene held in
-eadiness to start fires there. She
was removed to a local hospital
where her stomach was pumped
out
Native Oi County I
Died loJiospital i
In Rocky Mount
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Clarence Albert Moore Had
Been In Hospital For
Fifteen Weeks
Clarence Albert Moore, native
of this county, died in a Rocky
Mount hospital yesterday after
noon at 12:35 o’clock. Suffering
a heart attack while conductor
on a freight train between Weldon
and Kinston the middle of last
January, he was removed to the
hospital and had been a patient
there since that time.
The son of the late Wra. An
thony Moore of Homewood, S. C.
and Fannie Hardison Moore of
Jamesville, he was born in James
vi 1 It' Township 59 years ago on
June 5, 11394.
Quite young when his parents
died, he was reared in the home
of an uncle. Henry Hardison, who
survives. After spending his early
life on the farm, he lived with
relatives in Georgia and South
Carolina a few years. He pitched
ball in the old Coastal Plain Lea
gue several seasons. His first mar
riage was to Miss Jane Holliday,
who survives.
In 1920 he went with the Atlan
tic Coast Line Railroad Company
and located in Portsmouth, and
for the past twelve years had run
on the Weldon-Kinston line as
conductor.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Mrs. Alice McCotter of
Vandemere, and who makes her
home now in Portsmouth; a son,
Garland H. Moore, by his first
marriage, of Portsmouth; a half
brother. Bill Moore, of Home
wood, South Carolina; four step
sons, and two nephews and a niece.
When a young man he joined
the Skewarkey Masonic Lodge
here, and was a member of the
Christian Church for a number of
years.
Funeral services will be con
ducted in the Snellitig Funeral
Home in Portsmouth Friday aft
ernoon at 3:30 o'clock. Inter
ment will be in Masonic section of
Greenlawn Memorial Park, Ports
mouth.
Crowded Day In
Harnilfon Church
Offering $20 for each person
above the normal attendance up
on the Baptist Sunday School in
Hamilton, Mr. Don G. Matthews
got results Easter Sunday. Hav
ing a normal attendance of about
150, the Sunday school counted
333 present on the 18th, and when
the figuring was completed, Mr.
Matthews turned over $3,000, the
amount to be applied on the con
struction of a new parsonage for
the popular minister, the Rev. C.
L. Gatling.
While1 the Sunday school did
not hold to the maximum figure
last Sunday, there were 183 pres
sent, placing the school right up
in the ranks of the large church
schools in this county.
Construction work on a nice
seven-room brick veneered home
for the pastor is going forward
rapidly, and the Matthews and
other individual contributions are
almost sufficient to finance the
project, according to reports
reaching here yesterday.
The attendance on the contest
Sunday is believed to be about if
not the largest ever reported by
u Sunday school in this county.
Continues Seriously III
Follotrinn An Allael,
Mrs. Annie Rainey continues
critically ill following a stroke
suffered at the home of her
daughter, Mr Joe Glenn, here on
Marshall Avenue early Monday
morning. Apparently in her usual
good health when she retired
Sunday night, Mrs. Rainey suf
fered the attack before getting
up Monday morning. She had not
regained consciousness this morn
ing.
I STIIMC;iN<; ATTACK j
James Lee, Hamilton young
man, is a keeper of bees. A
short time ago the bees stag
ed a stinging attack on the
chickens of P. L. Lee, the
young man’s father who lives
next door.
An unofficial report main
tains that the bees wiped out
just about all of Mr. Lee's
sizable flock of prize chickens.
Sixty-Nine Cases In
The ReeortTers Court
I
POSTPONED
The regular meeting of the
Martin County Board of Com
missioners has been postpon
ed from Monday until neat
Tuesday, it was announced to
day. The chairman, Mr. John
H. Edwards, will have to be
out of the county on Mon
day, it was explained.
When they meet Tuesday
morning at 9:30 o'clock the
commissioners will study the
first in a series of depart
mental budgets—the one for
the welfare department. Very
little other business is sche
duled for consideration at
this time for consideration
during the session, according
to J. Sam Getsinger, clerk ex
offieial to the board.
Call County Nen
For Pre-Induction
Twenty-four young Martin
County men arc bring called to
report next Tuesday for pre-in
duction examinations at the army
center in Raleigh. They are to
report to the draft board office
in the town hall here at 6:00 o’
clock that morning and travel to
Raleigh by regular bus. Several
of the twenty-four are being
transferred to other boards for
the physical examinations.
The names of those called in
clude:
White: Robert Alonzo Taylor,
Jr., of Williamston who is being
transferred to Morgan City, Lou
isiana; William Simoon Daniels
of Jamesville, Reginald Francis
Rodgerson of RFD I, Williamston,
Bryant Taylor Rogerson of Wil
liumston, Perley Thomas Rawls
of Williamston, James Edgar My
ers of Williamston who is trans
ferring to Durham, Dallas vcrnon
Purvis, Jr. of RED I. Bethel,
j James Rosseii Rogers, Jr., of RFD
2, Williamston who is transferring
to Raleigh; John Robert Modlin
of RFD 1, Jamesville, Jesse W'l
ton, Wilton Edward McLawhorn
of RFD J, Williamston, Wilton
Allen Knox of Williamston who
is transferring to El Paso, Texas,
and Eli Merion Wynne of RED J,
Williamston.
Colored: Mack Cherry, Jr., of
RFD 1, Bethel, William Clyde
Brown of RFD 2, Williamston,
Henry Odell Close of Oak City,
Joseph William Parker, Jr., of
RFD 1, Hobgood, Moses Lee Bell
of Otik City, Simon Louis Short,
Jr., of RFD 1, Oak City, Haywood
Lawrence, Jr., of Robersonville,
Walter Milton Harris, RFD 2*
Williamston arid Winston-Salem,
Lennell Jones of Williamston, and
Vanda Bill Godard of RFD 2, Wil
liamston.
Suffers Broken
Limb In Accident
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Master Alonza Gray, 7-year
old .son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gruy,
Jr., of Roberson vi lie, suffered
multiple fraetures in an automo
bile-bicycle accident on the streets
of Robersonville yesterday after
noon about 3:110 o’clock. The lad
suffered a fracture of the left
thi^jh and the leu just below the
knee, it was reported.
Completing his school work for
the day he was riding his bicycli
home when he was in collision
with a ear driven by Mr. Buck
James.
Given fo.-.t aid treatment in
the Wald Clinic at Robersonville,
the little fellow was transferred
to a hospital here and was report
ed to bo resting fairly well this
morning with his leg in a east and
the thigh in traction.
ip/toinlrd 7 t» /’/ttrt'tt On
hdnrulitm (.onunitlve*
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J C. Manning superintendent
of Martin County Schools, and
Miss Mildred Manning, supervisor
of elementary schools in this
county;- were recently appointed
to committee places of the North
Carolina Education Association
for 1954-55, it was announced by
the State office this week.
Manning is a member of the
insurance committee, and the ele
mentary supervisor was named
to a joint committee of the NCEA
PTA.
Fines Add Up To
$810 Ai Regular
Meeting Monday
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Kou«l Sriilfiiccs Imposed
For as Long as A Year By
Judge H. (). Peele
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Judge H. O Peele and Solicitor
Clarence Griffin, returning to
their ports after yielding to the
superior tribunal for two weeks,
handled sixty-nine cases in the
Martin County Superior Court
during the regular session last
Monday. Included in the list
were forty-three speeding eharg
j os. Fines added up to $010, includ
ing $200 assessed against the I
speeders.
Several long road terms were j
imposed, and fines ranged as high '
as $200 The court was in session (
until about 4:00 o'clock Monday
afternoon.
Proceedings:
Pleading guilty of assaults with
deadly weapons, Edward L. How
ell and Henry Staton were taxed
with the costs.
Charged with passing a school
bus, Willie Person was sentenced
to the roads for thirty days, the
court suspending the road term
upon the payment of a $25 fine
and costs. He is to surrender his
operator's license for sixty days.
Leora Whitaker, pleading guil
ty, was fined $25, plus costs, for
operating a motor vehicle with
out a driver's license.
I Robert Clayton Wilkins plead- j
i'd guilty and was fined $50 and I
taxed with the costs for carry
ling a concealed weapon,
j Charged with drunken driving,
| Stephen Stalls pleaded guilty of
public drunkenness and was tax
ed with the costs.
The case in which G. Whitley
(was charged with careless and]
! reckless driving and using vulgar
, language was nol pressed,
j Pleading not guilty of an as
' soldi with a deadly weapon, Rob
ert Raynor was adjudged guilty
The ease, charging Harold Hollis
with assaulting a female, was nol
pressed, subject to be reopened at
a later date.
Pleading guilty of drunken
driving and operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver’s license,
David Coleman Cline was sent
cnccd to the roads for three
months.
Adjudged guilty over his pica
of innocent, Dennis O. Hamilton
was fined $100, plus costs for
drunken driving. He loses his op
erator's license for a year.
Jesse Archie Council was ad
judged not guilty of drunken driv
ing. The state turned and report
edly charged a defense witness
with perjury.
Pleading not guilty, Walter B.
Rose was adjudged guilty of
drunken driving and was fined
$100, plus costs. He appealed and
bond was required in the sum of
$200.
Charged with driving a motor
vehicle while his license was re
voked, Clarence Blount Ayers
pleaded not guilty. He was ad
judged guilty and was fined $200,
plus costs.
Walter Lynch, pleading not
guilty, was adjudged guilty of
operating a motor vehicle without
a driver', lit i n e and u 8! lined
(Continued from Page Six)
Iwo Injured In
Auto Accident
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Two persons were injured, nei
ther of them seriously, when two
ears crashed at the intereseetion
of the Powell road and Highway
903 in Gold Point Tuesday eve
ning about 0:15 o’clock. Property
damage was estimated at about
$050.
I Leo McGlenn Warren, 35, re
ceived a ten or twelve-stitch cut
over lus eye, and a colored boy
riding with Henry Lor Swimpson,
driver of the other ear, was rut
on the head. Two stitches were
taken in his head. The victims
Were treated in the Robersonville
Clinic.
Warren was driving on the
Powell road and crossed the in
tersection, the ears crashing just
off 903, the investigating officer
was quoted as saying.
Making Furniture
Store Out 9i The
G. Reynolds Hotel
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l.uliahv House And McLaw
horn Fnrniture Slori*
Plan Joinl Operation
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Closing the Hotel George Rey
nolds, corner of Main and Smith
wick Stise's here some weeks
ago, the owners, Messrs. Coburn
and Mobley, have leased the prop
erty to the McLawhorns for joint
use by the McLawhorn Furniture
Company and the Lullaby House.
Remodeling work was started
on the building yesterday, and the
new tenants plan to occupy the
property early in June. All par
titions are to be removed on the
first floor along with those be
tween the rooms on the second
floor next to Smithwiek Street,
leaving the others for showrooms.
The front is to be altered, but the
staircase is to be left where it is,
according to Mr, D. C. McLaw
horn.
Owners of the property where
the Lullaby House is now located
next to Higgs Diug Store and
across the street from the hotel
property, are said to have had ap
plications from prospective ren
tals, but neither the store nor the
Washington Street property
where the furniture store is now
located has been rented, as far
as it could be learned.
The Main-Smithwick Street site
has been a busy one down through
the years. Several of the town's
largest firms in years past operat
ed mercantile establishments
there. Following the big fire in
1883, part of the present building
was constructed. In 1890, Mr.
George W. Blount operated a
store about where the Lullaby
House is now located. He left and
went to Rocky Mount. About
1892, Biggs and Davenport, a large
mercantile firm, closed and Mr.
Blount was prevailed upon to
buy the property about 1893. A
year or two after that. Mr. Blount
remodeled the building and open
ed the old Roanoke Hotel. He op
erated it until about 1915 when
Clin. . Baker, who later went to
Done. .took.....1.0.0.!..the. jr,;, 10,g,>
merit. Mr. J H. Britt assumed the
management after Mr. Baker
Au/Uttiitf !i:. .'..•Pf.9Vftrd. it f..r a mm-,.,
her of years as the Britt Hotel.
About 1930, Mrs. Carrie Dell
Blount Cunningham, a daughter
ol Mr and Mrs. Geo. W Blount,
bought the property where Ann’s
Speciality Shop is now located,
and the hotel was remodeled and
enlarged, and Mrs. Grace Swain
took over the management A
man by the name of White suc
ccedled Mrs. Swain in the opera
tion ol the hotel, and the Bradys
followed the Whites, the old in
stitution, after serving thousands
of weary travelers for more than
half a century, finally dying a
slow death.
Just now thi1 Dunning House is
serving as headquarters for many
traveling business men, but oth
ers look to other towns for lodg
ing, some commuting back and
forth.
The two last patrons of the ho
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Civilian Defense
Meeting Tuesday
^
A .special civil defense meeting
will be held in the Scout Hut on
South Smithwick Street here next
Tuesday evening at 8:00 o’clock,
and all members of the Lions Club
arc urged to attend. Other inter
ested citizens arc also invited to
attend.
Sgt. Lang of the U. S. Army, is
to show special pictures of
A bomb explosions and other lea
tures, W. A. Williams, chairman,
said.
Everetts Clnb To
Sponsor Minstrel
The Everetts Ruritan C^ub is
sponsoring “Good Old Minstrel
Oats" m the school auditorium
there Friday evening of this week
at 8.00 o'clock.
The cast includes amateurs of
standing and a great show
is promised.
Funds from the 25 and 50-eent
admissions will be used to fin
ance worth-while club projects,
t was announced.
Mrs. Andrew Aieox is the direc
tor working with the Rurltans.