O'
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
* OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
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OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE*
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Williamston, Martin County. JSorth Carolina, Thursday. May 20. 1954
ESTABLISHED 1899
VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 40
Checks Ready. For
■Distrihaiinn Tn
Tobacco Growers
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Cooperative Unable To De
liver Cheeks Beeause Of
Incorrect Addresses
The Flue-Cured Tobacco Co- j
operative Stabilization Corpora-!
tion is holding divident checks
for 244 Martin County farmers,
Manager Lloyd T. Weeks expiain
® ing that the office has been un
able to deliver the checks on ac- ;
count of insufficient addresses.
The checks, adding up to several j
thousand dollars, may be had ]
when the owners supply their
identification card number, pink
agreement and receipt If these
identification papers have bcttr
lost, the farmer may claim his
check by submitting copies of
warehouse bills for the crop years
of 1947. 1948, 1949 and 1950. or j
copies of settlement memorand
ums describing tobacco delivered
to Stabilization Corporation for
the crop years mentioned, or
marketing quota number, correct !
name and address and names of
landlords or tenants for the crops j
years listed above.
The office of County Agent T.
B. Brandon will be glad to help
Martin farmers in every way pos
sible in claiming the checks.
Every farmer should have some
Idea about how much of his to
bacco was bought by the Stabili
zation Cooperative, and have
rome idea of about the size of
check he is entitled to.
Manager Weeks said that the
office had been unable to deliver
the checks to 944 farmers in this
county Following is a list of those j
farmers names by post offices, in
cluding rural routes: ,
Williamston: Frank Everett, j
Herman Bowen, Hopie Brooke,
S. A. Brown, Willie Bryant, Sam
Coburn, W. F. Everett, Charlie
Gibbs, John Gibbs, S. C. Hill, Jr..
~ C. B. Hopkins, E. F. Jones, Les
ter Jones, Augustus Little, Ray
mond Lloyd, G. A Moore, Whit
Moore, Henry Nicholson, Mrs. S.
M 1 >akle,v. S H Perry. Jr.. Lin
wood Pierce, Ab Purvis, B. *1,.
Roberson, Robt. Short, Andrew
W likens. Ned Williams, Moo.
q Williams, E C. Woolard.
Robt : soiu illt . C Andrews,
James April cw- Mack Andrews,
H. Anthony, James Austin, James
Ballard, G. Barkley, Zachary
Berry, Norman Blount, Charlie
Bond, W T Brady, O. B. Brex
Jey, Booker Bridges, Dallas Bri
ley, Charlie Brown, Joe Brown,
• Joe II. Brown, Noah Brown, Robt
Bullock, Roberta Chance, J. N
Chaver, W. Clark, Leroy Coffield,
Tom Cowan. Luther Cox, Ernest
Cru/nner, Harry Davis, James
Davis, Guy Fakes, Stanley Ebron,
E. B. Ewell, James Fleming, Dan
Fleming James Garner, Hattie
Graddy, Roscoe Howard, Leva
Jenkins, J. R. Jones, Ulysses
Jourdon, Less Land, Alonza Lang
ley, Ted Langley, J. C. Leggett,
Layman Leggett, Davis Little,
Dennis Little, Gentry Little,
George Little, Wiley Lyons, John
McClelland, Williams McCrae,
William J. Meeks', A. D. Mizelle,
William Moore, William Moore
B. M Morvin, E. Mosley, W. B.
Norrell, Christobe! Parker, J. H
Perkins, Henry Pitt, Henry Pitt,
A. Reeves, Boss Reeves, Gus Rid
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Foot Infection
Cause Of Death
Alvin Eugene Edmondson, ten
yeahs old, died in Roanoke
Chowan Hospital yesterday morn
ing at 5:00 o'clock The lad cut
ms foot on a broken bottle/at the
home of his grandfather near
Hamilton May 8. Infection re
♦ suited and he was moved to the
hospital only last Saturday. Lock
jaw developed, causing his death.
He was born in Williamston
May 18, 1944, and lived with his
grandfather most of his life,
spending some time with his
mother here and with his aunts.
He attended the Williamston
schools some and the remainder
of Hie time he went to Hamilton
' where lie also attended Sunday
school
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Effie Cobb, of Williamston, and
his maternal grandfather, Shade
Edmondson, of near Hamilton.
The funeral will be conducted
in the Hamilton Church of Christ
Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
• by the Rev. ME Hudson of Roan
oke Rapids Interment will be in
Woodlawn Cemetery here
Construction \\ ork On New Store Here
Construction work is progressing according to schedule on the new store building lor l>rlk
Tyler’s heie next to the Tiir Het4 apartment building on Main Street. Since the picture was made
by Eugene Rice a few clays ago, much has been added to the structure.
Contract Let For Drainage
Project In Martin County
A major drainage project in
Martin County was let to con- |
tract Tuesday afternoon by the
commissioners for Drainage Dis
trict No. 3 to J. Raymond Ransom
ot Beaufort, the contract terms
being considerable very favor
able. Bids from four contractors
were opened by the commission
ers, Messrs. Eugene Roberson,
chairman, and Claude Green and
Heba Jenkins, in the county com
missioners' room at 2 00 o'clock.
Ransom submitted a bid of $ 120
an acre for clearing and 12.7 cents
per cubic yard for the excavation
work. The other bidders were J.
S. yi 11 Construction Company of
Washington, $145 an acre for
clearing and 15.5 cents a cubic
yard for excavating; Linwood
j Smith of Lake Village, Arkansas,
$142.45 an acre for Clearing and
i 16 cents a cubic yard for clear
inn; and Atlantic- Construction
Company of Rocky Mount with
a bid of $137 an acre for clear
ing and 22 cents a cubic yard for
excavation work.
Contractor Ransom, offering a
bona fide bid, says he plans to
use three drag line's and a bull
dozer and will complete the proj
ect in 250 working days.
The project, one of the largest
every undertaken in this-county,
involved 186.8 acres to be cleared
and 486,521 cubic yards of dirt to
be movhd. Centered in the Rob
erson ville-Parmele-Flat Swamp
section, the- project will cost ap
proximately $84,192.17, including
$22,404 for clearing and $61,788.17
for excavating.
The contractor is to start work
within the next ten days or two
weeks, according to Engineer
Tom Rivers who will supervise
the work.
A town-wide clean up cam
paign is being scheduled for
VVilliamston during the month
of July, according to a re
port heard this w>eek.
Started by the Jaycees at a
meeting: this week, the move
ment is seeking the support of
all the civic clubs and every
individual in the town, it was
stated.
Minor Accidents
On Town Streets
No one was hurt and property
damage vfas limited in two auto
mobile accidents on town streets
here and in Everetts this week.
Two cars, one driven by John
ny James Pierce of RED 1, Oak
City, and the other by Mrs. Mar
lon Baynor Beaobam of James
ville, crashed at the intersection
of Highway t>4 and Mam Street
in Everetts late last Monday aft
ernoon. Pierce was driving into
the highway when the cars crush
ed, causing about $ 150 damage to
each machine.
Tuesday afternoon shortly aft
er 4:00 o’clock, J. C. Anderson was
making a left turn with an In
ternational pick-up truck into
Ange’s service station on Jarnes
ville Road just as Justus B Col
train started to pass in his 1052
DeSoto. After the collision, the
truck continued and tore down a
gas pump and knocked out a
post. Damage to the truck was
estimated at $100. Repair costs
to the car will run about $175
and damage to the gas pump and
property will approximate $175
local police said following then
investigation.
Negro Issue In
Politics Again
While unfounded accusations
, and charges have been advanced,
1 it was hoped that this State could
live through a senatorial cam
paign without the Negro issue be
ing raised.
The Lennon forces, apparently
; out of desperation, injected the
issue, but the action apparently
flopped aborning.
Kerr Scott, commenting on the
: Supreme Court decision last Mon
day, stated his position, explain
ing that he was against mixing
the races, that he would support
; Governor Umstead in any plan
advanced to maintain the present
system.
Scott stated his stand before
any charges were openly advanc
ed, leaving his opposition grasp
ing at a riraw.
Represented At
Stats Meeting
A complete check could not be
had immediately, but reports
state that Martin County is being
well represented at the State De
mocratic Convention in Raleigh
today
The county has about 45 votes
1 i.e the convention, and it is be
lieved that about thirty represen
I talives are there to east the bal
1 lots for the various committee po
sitions and other propositions.
Interest in the convention cen
ters around the selection of mem
bers on the State Democratic
Executive Committee. This coun
ty has two candidates, Mrs. E. S.
' Peel and Hugh G. Horton, for
I places on the commiUce.
It is likely that Congressman
Herbert Bonner will figure prom
inently in the selection of the
eight members in this district,
with the possibility that Gover
nor Win. B. Umstcad's influence
| will enter the picture on a state
wide basi. The committee is
charged with the duty of nomi
nating a United States Senator
to fill the unexpired term made
vacant by the death of Senator
Hoey last week. It is not known
but is likely that the committee
and tlie Governor will work to
gether on the appointment. It is
possible that each will go differ
ent ways.
Neel To Discuss
Service Officer
-«,
Meeting in the Legion Hut next
Tuesday evening at 8:00 o'clock,
veterans of the county will dis
cus: the office of Veterans Serv- j
ice Officer in this county.
The meeting will recommend
to the Martin County Board of
Commissioners a candidate for
the office, it was announced.
AH war veterans are invited to
attend and express their opinions, i
Make Plans For
Special Heeling
Plans are well advanced for
the annual farm and home week
j program m Raleigh on June 7
'through the 10th, and it is be
lieved that quite a few club mem
bers will attend from this coun
ty' Those interested in attending
I are asked to contact the home
i agent’s office as soon as possible..
It is planned to run a special
bus to Raleigh for the big pro
gram on Thursday, the 10th. In
terested parties should contact
■ tiie agent’s office immediately.
Big Damage Suits
Started Recently
In Superior Court
Asking 00,000 1* nun tin*
Const Line For Lives
Lost Vl Crossing
Several sizable damage suits
were filed in the Martin County
Superior Court a few days ago as
a result of highway and grade
crossing accidents. It could not
be learned when the cases are to
be calendared for trial. However,
it isn't, likely that they can be
called before the September term,
at the earliest. All told the plain
tiffs m the four cases arc seeking
damages in the total amount of
$123,500.
Represented by Attorneys Cov
en, Manning and Powell, Van
Lee Riddick Peel, administratrix,
is suing Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company in two cases to
recovei alleged damages in the
sum of $100,000. In the cases of
.1. T. Edmondson and Vida Har
Iris against Hugh Milton Poster,
the plaintiffs, represented by at
torneys Cowcn and P ■<11 and
Peel, arc asking a total of $23,500
j damaged.
In the action against the Coast
'Line, the complaint alleged that
the defendant company was hog
I ligent and that its negligence con
i iributed to the deaths <d Jsnv>
Willis. Rodgers and Ins sister. Ma
ne Rodgers. The brothel and ms
tel Were riding on till Holly
; Springs road over in William;
Township early in the afternoor
of September 27, 1953, when then
| car was struck by a Coast Hint
freight train. Both victims wen
killed instantly.
Plaintiff Edmondson says tha
j he had stopped his car at a grade
crossing on Washington Street ii
Wilhanistuii on the evening o
last February 10 and that tin
defendant, in a reckless munnri
plowed into the rear of his an
Itomobile, knocking it against an
; other ear. The plaintiff also point
out that he was thrown from tin
car to the pavementfi that he suf
fared lacerations of the scalp, se
i'vere contusions of the cervica
I spine and multiple contusions o
the extremities He is asking $1
000 property and $10,000 person,
damages.
Mrs Han i; . pointing out in he
i complaint that she suffered
crcbral concussion, contusions o
’ the right shoulder and other in
juries, is asking $21,500 persona
damages.
It is understood that the dr
fondant's insurance company ha
settled damage- done to the thin
i car involved in the accident.
Fear Damage To
The Peanut Crop
No full appraisal i : H po .siiile
but it is feared that the current
peanut plantings' have been ma
terially damaged by cold weather
during the past two weeks or
more. Poor stands are being re
ported, and many farmers are
planning to plant their crops
again.
The seed have sprouted, but
the cold weather caused many of
them to rot near the kernel just
as th<- plant was making ready to
break through the ground
Phi mei s h..vi been waiting fol
warm weather to determine just
how effective are their first plant
jngs. During the meantime there
is a fairly wide search for pea
nuts, not only in 'his ares but
also in other sections, including
the Virginia belt. It possible
that some difficulty will be en
countered in procuring ufiieient
seed d any sizable portion of the
i rop lias to be replanted.
Reviews History
Thp Standard
Fertilizer Plant
Official Hopes Additional
I'.xpaiision W ill Follow
Recent Merger
Addressing the regular meeting
;)f tlie Rotary Club at the Switch |
Tuesday noon, Jas. C. Cooke |
treasurer of the Standard Fer-1
tilizer Division, Mathieson Che
mical Corporation, interestingly |
review the history of the firm as i
it relates to operations at the lo
cal plant.
In 11)27, according to Mr. Cooke,
Mr. C. p. Crockett, salesman l'pr
the Standard Wholesale Fertilizer
and Acid of Baltimore, was driv
ing into Williamston on Highway
17. The bridge was turned and
while waiting for the boat to go
through. Mr. Crockett saw the old
site abandoned by the Williams
ton Cooperage Company. Impres
sed by transportation on the river
and the inerting site, he reported
to his Baltimore office, and of
ficials of the company made an
investigation. Work on the first
factory unit was started that fall,
and operations got under way the
next year, Mr. Cooke reviewing
the profit and loss record lor that
first season.
The business was well estab
lished, however, operations were
expanded from time to time, go
ing from a limited field into oth
er states in due time.
, The company expanded its ac
tivities during the war when the
government called for more Irish
■ i 'aloes. Purchasing a large farm
'near Aurora, the company plant
ed several hundred acres of po
tatoes, but dry weather that year
j wiped out the profits, the return
hardly being large enuogh to pay
for the seed.
C' (! Crockett made a study of
irrigation and a system was in
stalled on the farm. Profits re
I suited, and the company ^nj
[into the irrigation equipment
I business. Upon his return from
World War II, Tom Crockett
| headed the irrigation department,
invented and patented a new cou
pling.
When the Standard was merg
ed with Mathieson, the entire op
eration was expanded on a na
tion-wide scale. Tom Crockett
; was placed in charge of irrigation
I for the country with headquarter*
in Little Rock with plants ir:
about half dozen states.
Insecticides were added, the
company locating a sizable planl
here for the manufacture of pui
sons both in bulk and liquid form
During peak operations, th<
plant employs about 175 labor
eies, 18 foremen, two mechanics
two electricians, twenty? six it
the office and 111 territorial rep
resentatives, plus agents.
The latest development in tin
expansion program is an anhy
drous bulk plant, giving the op
er.dion here foui distinct fields
including besides anhydrous am
monia, bulk fertilizers of al
types, insecticides and irrigation
Mathieson recently merger
with the Clin corporation, ant
annual sales of the combined mi
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) anlli i'.vnlvr O/H’ii
At Hainan's (.lull
The Woman's Club will be open
Saturday night from 7.4fj to 10:30
o'eloek as a youth recreation cen
ter with Mrs. .Jim Cook and Mrs
Victor Brown a« chaperones.
Mrs. Arnold will be there to of
let dancing instructions.
CANCKK FIM) I
j
Sponsored in (his immedi
ate community by the local
cancer fund drive is making
considerable progress, it was
reported today.
Up until this morning, $590
had been raised and report
ed, and quite a few canvas
sers have yet to make their
reports, it was explained.
The drive chairmen are
are anxious to complete the
drive and (hey are being
asked to make their reports
as soon as possible even
though the drive has been
extended until the end of the
month in some sections.
Those who have not been
contacted and who will make
contributions, may forward
their donations to Treasurer
I l>. V. Clayton at the Ciiaranty
flank.
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Work Started On Country
Club Near Here This Week
Following the approval of con-1
ti acts this week, work is now !
under way on the new Roanoke
Country and Gold Club about one
an done-half miles south of WU
liamston on Highway I?. Contrac
tor Daimer G. Manning is handl
ing the labor contract,'and di-’
rectors and officers are taking
care of the materials.
A site for the large club build
ing has been cleared just back
of the Ross Motel and Amoco sta
tion. Several bull dozers will be
placed in operation within a
short time, clearing the approxi
mately fifty-five acres of timber
land. A specialist in golf club en- j
gineering has been assigned to
the project which covers right I
at seventy acres
No time limit has been an
nounced for the construction j
work, but the task is to be handl
ed as rapidly as possibb it was
explained.
While work is getting under
way on the country club and goit
course, construction is weH ad
vaneed on other sizable structures
here, including a large tobacco
auction warehouse and a new
home for the Martin Tractor and
Truck Company, both on the
truck route or bzy-pass around
the town.
Construction work on the $100.
000 National Guard Armory at the
intersection of the by-pass and
present Highway 04 is nearing
completion, and is to be occupied
1 soon.
Final Decree In
Segregation Case
Due October 12th
Slal<*s Will INot ll»> Unshed
lulo Any Integra I ion
Movement
Washington, The Supreme j
Court is making plans to hear
arguments on October 12—the S
earliest possible date—on the
from of final decrees to carry out;
its decision ending segregation of I
Negroes and whites in public
schools.
Court Clerk llarold It Willey
said today he hopes the argu
ments could be completed in one
day. The nine justices will then
weigh the matter in closed con
ference before issuing the de- :
crecs, perhaps shortly after the
arguments, possible months later.
Court Permits Delay
The court, after ruling on Mon
day that segregation of public
school pupils because of race vio
lates the Constitution, permitted
delay in the final decrees to give
officials in the 17 Southern and
border states affected time to
work out plans for segregation.
The court said it recognized
Dial complex pioblems were in
l volved.
District .' i.'.o.1hwbia officials
announced yesterday they were
I making plans to integrate the
I schools in the capital by the open
ing of the new Fall term. Presi
dent Eisenhower was quoted as
expressing an interest and asking
to be kept informed on progress.
Nothing in the court’s opinion
prevents such steps to end segre
gation immediately. If integra
tion should be achieved in any
Stale affected before Fall, ils at
torneys may so report to the court
on October 12 and the case then
| would become "moot,”
Olliers Asked To Kile
Directly involved in the cases
on the court docket, besides the
I District of Columbia, are South
Carolina, Virginia, Delaware and
Kansas. Other states which re
quire or permit segregation in
I public schools were asked to file
"friend of the court” briefs by
: October 1. telling of their status
on integration.
The only state to hint at open
! defiance of the court’s- decision
I was Georgia Attorney General
Eugene Conk said lie would refuse
to take part in the October hear
ings. Governor Herman Tal
madge gave his blessing to Cook’s
stand, saying the purpose of the
hearing “is to invite us to help se
lect a knife to cut our heads off.’
While disappointment war
voiced e lsewhen in the- South al
the doci ion, most officials took
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Officers Wreck
Stills In County
Maiding in two townships last
week, ABC Officers and deputies
wrecked five illicit liquor plants.
Four of the plants were found
m the Free Union community of
.lamesville Township. Two of
them were equipped with crude
oil drum kettles. The stills had
been removed from the other two
plant sites. The officers poured
out about 800 gallons of mash.
Later in the week the officers
went into Hamilton Township and
j wrecked a plant equipped with a
; 50-gallon capacity copper kettle.
I The plant was located not too
! fai from Hamilton, the officers
| said. Three barrels of beer were
about ready for cooking.
I RKGISTRATIOIN I
v.j
Tomorrow afternoon at 5:00
o'clock is the last minute for
registering for the special
town bond election. A late
report from the registrar,
Mrs. Eva Grimes, states that
fewrer than 75 new names
have been added to the books,
that few of those living in an
nexed territories have regis
tered.
On June 4, the citizens of
the town will he asked to
vote on the proposed $225,000
bond issue to finance a street
paving program.
Mrs. Grimes has agreed to
keep the books open in her
.just bark of the Central
Cafe tonight from 7:30 to 0:00
p. m. These hours are in ad
dition to the regular hours
set apart for the registration,
it was explained.
Parents-Teachers
In Last Meeting
The local Parent-Teacher as
■ sociation held its last meeting of
the out rent school year last Mon
day evening with President Asa
I (Irawfor.I presiding
The program consisted of four
selections by tin Melody Mus
ters, Mrs. Ed Grady, director.
Door prize wa* won by Mrs
Travis Savage. Seat prizes wore
won by Miss Emma Blanche War
ren and Miss Mary Saunders.
President Crawford called for
the year’s reports of all standing
committee chairmen. Mrs. W. H.
Abernathy, chairman of the pro
gram committee, thanked all of
the people who had helped her in
planning the programs for the
year. She then summarized each
month’s program.
Mrs. Johnny Bawls, finance
chairman, reported $4!) 1.07 eon
tributed by subscriptions for the
i purchase of a piano for the high
school and wishes for the gram
mar school cafeteria Mrs. W T
Ross, membership chairman, re
ported a membership for the year
, of 522. Mrs ,1 C. Cooke, Jr., pub
lications chairman, reported 21!
. j subscriptions to Parent-Teacher
i Magazine.
Mrs. Rush Bonduranl, treasur
t or, reported receipts of $841.44
itand disbursements of $566.1(1,
leaving a balance in the treasury
; (if $275.28.
i Mrs. Henry Griffin, cafeteria
chairman for tin grammar school,
,1 reported 63,058 meals served,
5,173 free meals, receipts of $1(1,
. 1898.13, disbursements of $17.
. 656,20. Forty-five mothers help
I ed during the year in serving the
; meals; and for the high school
, i cafeteria 73,775 lunches served,
receipts of $21,594 85, disburse
| merits of $21,692.43, a deficit of
$97.58. Average number of plates
served each day was 473.
Officers for the term 1954-1955
f were then duly installed with
James Bui luck, president; J. Don
Skinner, vice-president; Miss Vcl
t na Collins, secretary; Mrs. W. T.
* Ross, treasurer.
Hanks Observing Today
/Is Holiday In llir Stall"
The local hanks .in’ observing
today as a holiday in coinmcniora
tion of (hr signing of the inde
pendent e declaration in Mecklen
burg -7!J years ago. The banks
are alone in observing the day as
a holiday.
National Memorial Day, falling
on Sunday this year, is to be ob
served as a holiday the follow
ing day by banks and all federal
state offices.
Judge H. 0. Peele
Calls Xwenly-T Wo
Cases On Monday
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Fin*** Amount To 8495.00
In Short Session Of
Rerorilcr'* Court
Judge H O. Peele and Solicitor
Clarence Griffin handled twen
ty-two eases during a short ses
sion of the Maztm County Re
corder's Court last Monday, the
tribunal adjourning before the
lunch hour. In another three cas
es. the court ordered capaise issu
ed for the arrests of defendants
who either had not appeared for
ti ial or had not complied with the
; terms of judgments imposed by
the court.
Fines added up to $49a exclus
1 ive of several bonds ordered for
' felted.
Proceedings:
Pleading guilty of operating a
motor vehicle without a driver's
| license, Leo Person was sentenc
1 cd to the roads for sixty days. The
road term was later suspended
upon the payment of a $35 fine
and court costs.
Charged with speeding eighty
miles an hour, Abram Jones
pleaded not guilty. He was ad
judged guilty of speeding not less
than 55 and not more than 75
miles an hour and was fined $10,
plus costs. The court recorrfmend
ed that the defendant's license to
operate a motor vehicle be re
voked a minimum period under
statutory requirements.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the court costs
and the amount of a check in the
ease in which Wm. A. Respass was
charged with issuing a worthless
instrument. .
Leander Wimbush, pleading
guilty of violating the liquor laws,
‘ was sentenced to the roads for
i six months for violating the liq
1 or laws. The road term was to be
suspended upon the payment of
I i a 100 and court cost?. Notice of
appeal was given and the court
inquired bond in the sum of $200.
p Judgment absolute on bonds
was ordered in the cases in which
t Mai > Ester was charged with vio
lating the liquor laws, and Kti
. gene Gasporini, Ji . w ith speeding
..... !;•!><•• an hour
The e.isi hi widen Pete 77 at u
with an assault with a deadly
, weapon was nol prossed, subject
ed to be reopened at a later date.
Adjudged guilty over his plea
i of innocent, Felon Alston was tax
, ed with the costs for an assault
with a deadly weapon.
Pleading guilty of careless and
C reckless driving, Charlie Cherry,
, . Jr., was sentenced to the roads for
r three months. The court suspend
ed the road term upon the pay
ment ul a $50 fine and costs. The
o defendant is to surrender Ills op
- erator’s license for six months.
(' Oliver Andrews was taxed with
a the costs when he pleaded guilty
- of speeding 05 miles an hour.
Charged with violating the li
quor laws, Alex Bunch pleaded
r lulls' and was fined $25, plus
, costs.
t! Haywood Ben TVard and John
r me M. Farmer, charged with op
erating motor vehicles without
- drivers' licenses, pleaded guilty
•1 and each was lined $25, plus costs,
i. Leonard M. Drew and Gilbert
v Souza pleaded guilty of speeding
(15 miles an hour and each was
a I taxed with the court costs.
1. Pleading guilty of drunken
I. driving, Wm. Arthui Taylor was
sentenced to the roads for three
months, the sentence to begin at
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finals Program
Al Bear Grass
The first in the Bear Grass
eomencement series will be held
Friday evening of this week at
8:00 o'clock when the seniors hold
their class exercises, it was an
nounced today by Principal 11 V.
Parker.
' The Rev. Gordon Conklin, pas
tor of the Memorial Baptist
Church here, will deliver the
commencement sermon Sunday
evening at 8:00 o’clock.
On Wednesday. Dean Leo Jen
kins of East Carolina College is
to deliver the commencement ad
dress.
Awards are to be presented
during a special program next
Thursday morning at 10:00 o’
clock, followed at 11:00 o’clock
by special speaking, and a com
munity picnic.
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