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Williamston Visited By Disastrous Fires Saturday Night And Monday
Spectacular Blaze Destroys 2
Washington Street Buildings;
Storage Warehouse Damaged
Peanuts and Guano Burp
In Warehouse Fire;
Fireman Overcome
Williamston had a big blaze Satur
day night about 7 o'clock when every
thing was covered with snow and sleet
The fire was located in the colored
hotel on Washington Street, which
was in roaring flames before it could
be reached by the flre fighters.
The fire department found they did
not have enough hose to reach the
fire without using some that was too
old to stand full pressure and had
much difficulty in reaching the fire
with water. I
The hotel building was totally de»
stroyed and alse the Ormond build
ing, used as an office building and
store, which adjoined the hotel. Or
mond occupied the offices and Joe
Mike's Economy Store the store room.
The hotel was a two-story wooden
structure, worth something like $3,000,
with (1,150 insurance, and belonged
to A. J. Britt, but was being run by
Vvalter Simmons.
The other building belonged to W. (
V. Ormond and waa worth $2,000, with
s'.ooo insurance and $250 insurance on
furniture and fixtures. The amount of
losa to furniture and fixtures in the
hotel could not be ascertained.
The flre originated from a defective
flue.
Biggs A Stalls Ws re house Flre
Monuay axteraoon about 2.30 a fire
alarm was sent in irom aiggs * buiiis
Warehouse, near the A. C. L. sta
tion. The lire was making great head
way wnen the lire engine reached the
buimwg, but by quick action on the
part ei toe lira company with both
tae water and chemical apparatus the
names were soon put out, although it
took quite a while to stop the smolder
ing tire in the contents of the build
ing, consisting of 76 tons of fertiliser,
11,000 bags oi peanuts, several hun
dred bushels of ear corn, and a large
quantity of ashe shovel handles. The
total value of the contents was be
tween s4t>,ooo and $50,000. The con
tents were insured for $25,000, with
the exception of the 75 tons of guano,
on which no insurance was oarried.
The building was valued at $6,000,
with $2,000 insurance. Damage to the
building ft estimated as high as from
*1,600 to $2,000.
The furniture and fixtures were to
tally destroyed and the damage to the
fertiliser and peanuts can not possibly
be ascertained, as they were flooded
with water as well as badly burned.
The loss is variously estimated at be
tween $15,000 and $20,000.
The firemen found it difficult to fight
the Are, aa the smoke from the burn
ing fertiliser caused to much gas it
almost stifled them. Mr. F. L. Ed
wards was overcome and had to be
taken out
The origin of the flre is not known,
but was supposed to be from an oil
stove or from smoking.
Parent-Teachers
Meeting Thursday
Dont forget the day~ andhour of
the parent-teacher meeting—Thursday
afternoon, 3.80, at the schoolhouse.
This is the regular monthly meeting,
which was postponed last week on ac
count of the rainy weather.
The association has recently fed
erated with the State Association, and
it is expected that both the work and
the programs will be more interesting
in the future.
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THE ENTERPRISE
Guest What's in
the Envelope! ♦
President Coolidge knows and
so does Miss K~A Shea, the bearer,
Ifs the chief executive's salary.
She has been personally delivering
it to the White House each month
fer the past Up years.
MJHOOL NfcWS OF
Koiifcitoors VILLE
Honor Roll for February; Graphs Pre
sent Some Interesting Hguree
In Class Statistics
(Special To The Enterprise)
fhe honor roll for February, the
sixth month of the school, follows:
(Requirements: 90 per cent on each
subject; 90 per cent on deportment;
one tardy and one absence allowed;
or two tardies or two absences.)
First jnade: Vera Grimes, Rachel
Johnson, Magdalene Rawls, timeline
Kober*on, Frances Stalls, Virginia
Smith, May Wyatt James, Christine
Edith Wilson Sumner, Fran
ces Ward, Carrie Dell Ross, Ellie Roe
bock, Nun Everett, jr.; Halford House
Carl Edward Norman, Joe Brake Rob
ertson.
Second grade: Early D. Moore, J.
R Moye, Jr., J. H. Whitfield, jr., Al-
Ue Everette, Marjorie Edmondson,
Nolie Keel Highsmith, Margaret House
Cleo James, Evelyn Sumner, Doris
Thomas. |
Third grade: Clifton Everett, Hoke
Reberson, Geraldine Cox, Chloe Rob
crson, Phillip Keel, Dixie Roberson,
J. W. Taylor, Magnolia Roebuck.
Fourth grade: Hettie Ray James,
Walter Elliot Ward, Louise Rawls,'
Elisabeth Keel.
Fifth grade: Curtis Smith, Hattie
Mae Bullock.
Sixth grade: Selma James.
Seventh grade: Christine Taylor,
Browne Roberson, Virginia Thomas,!
Margaret Taylor, Elsie Reid Roberson.
Eighth grade: Marjorie Smith.
Ninth grade: Huldah Roberson.
Tenth grade: No student.
Eleventh grade? No student.
Last week the tenth grade students
msde a study of graphs. As a result
of this study some interesting facts
were discovered. In the eighth grade
Raymond Wildman, age 12, is the
youngest student; Jasper James, age
19, is the oldest; the average age for
that grade is 14 years. The highest
msrk for arithmetic for the past six
months was made by Wiley B. Rod
gerson. Raymond Wildman, 58 inches
high, is the lowest, whereas Robert i
Hairell, 73 inches, is the tallest. The
grade average is 85 inches.
In the nlth grade John Robert Jen
kins, IS years old, is the youngest
for that giade; the 6ldest, Gaston An
drews, is 19 years of age; the aver
age age is 16 1-11. The highest mark
in algebra was mads by Hulah Rob
erson; the average for the entire
grade is 77.4. Susie Jenkins, 80 inches
is the lowest; Arthur Perkins, 72 in
ches, is the highest; the grade aver
age is 88 inches.
In the tenth grade, Mary Roebuck,
15, is the youngest for the grade; Mil
lie Williams, 19, is the oldest; grade
average age is 16.4. In algebra the
highest mark was made by Mary Roe
buck, »2; the grade average is 80.7.
Glenn Neman, 81 inches, is the low
est for the grade; Leo J. Everett, 69
inches, is the tallest; average height
is 86 1-1
In the eleventh grade, Jeannett Bul
lock, Kathleen Ross each are 16 years
of age; the youngest age for the se
nior class. Clara Brawn is the oldest,
19 years of age; average for seniors
Williamston, Martin County, Nortljfcaroiina, Tuesday, March 16,1926
TO LOAD POULTRY
CAR HtiRE TUESDAY
Is First Csr Ever To Be Shipped From
Willismston; Prices Much Better •
Than Last Year
The first carload of poultry to ever
bo shipped trom Martin County will
: be loaded next Tuesday, March 23rd.
county Agent T. B. Brandon for
..ivrly snipped with Mr. Welch, coun
ty oi Beaufort, but the ship-!
' ...urns have become so great that Mar
-in County poultry will be shipped in
| i iie luture lrom Vv illiamston.
Tiie prices to be paid are better
than at any time before. They follow:
All hens, 24 1-2 cents per pound.
Cocks, 12 cents per pound.
Broilers, 45 cents per pound.
Ducks, 20 cents per pound.
Geese, 16 cents pound.
Guineas, 35 cents each.
These prices are conclusive evidence
that money can be made on poultry.
A clean house, built closely enough
that the chickens will not suffer, is j
the only requisite for poultry raising
in the winter in this section. Those
who had chickens hatched during De-'
/cember and January will receive quite!
handsome profits on their product..
Every one-horse farm should havsj
200 chickens. If every one did, there
would not be such a hard struggle to
make ends meet and so many depend
ent upon time prices.
With tho State department ready to
help market them at good prices every
farmer should cull his flock, sell the
old ones in this car load, get good
eggs for the spring hatching and Ret
a new start.
Lee Cooper Killed in (
Auto wreck in S. C.
Washington, Mar. 16. Lee M-
Cooper, oi Georgetown, S. C., wel»
known and very popular in th|p city,
was instantly killed Saturday aiter
noon at 6 o clock when the automo
bile in which he was a passenger
turned turtle about ll> miles from
Charleston, S. C., near Goose Creek.
C. P. Young, the driver, was unin
jured. The accident occurred in a
blinding wind storm and the sand clay
road on which they were riding was
slippery. It is thought that the ill
fated car skidded on the slick road
and finally turned over.
Cooper was born and raised at Old
Ford, near this city, but for several
> ears has been manager of the Wedg
field plantation, one of the show fiii ceu
of South Carolina. He would have been
26 years old in May. He and Young
had started for Charleston from
Georgetown, where the plantation is
located, when the tragedy happened.
Lee is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Cooper, two brothers, j
I Robert Nash, of this city, and Frank,
who Is connected with the British A- (
merican Tobacco Co., in Africa, and
one sister, Mrs. R. G. Thompson, of ,
Mebane. ,
The young man was wellknown in |
this city and news of his death brinies i
deep regret to a number of friends ,
here. |,
The funeral services were held at ,
i the home of his parents, which is on ■
the Williamston and Washington high-1
way, yesterday afternoon, and inter- i
ment was made in the family ceme
tery at Old Ford.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meeting of the stock- 1
holders of the Brick Warehouse Co.
will be held at the courthouse in Wil- (
liamston Friday, March 28, at 11 a.
m. ,
R. G. HARRISON, ]
Secretary. c
March 16, 1926.
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■is 18 1-17. Paul Wildman made the '
highest mark in geometry for the past 1
six months, 93; the average mark is
77.06. Jeannette Bullock, 57 inches, '
is the lowest; Paul Wildman, 68, is the '
tallest. '
Special mention should be made of '
the captains of the groups in the)
tenth grade, who made drawings and 1 f
were instrumental in collecting data. | •
Alton Grimes and Alton Rodgers did (
good work in securing data and made 1
excellent drawings for the age graph •'
Irving Mason made excellent draw
ings in the grade or msrk graph. Mar
garette Ross worked out, with her as
sociates, a commendable height graph.
The enrollment in the entire school
for the past six months is over 400; ,c
the average daily attendance for the \
elementary school for same period is i
220; the average daily attendance for
the high school department Is 106.
We are vfery glad to receive and en- }
roll the students from Parmele. They t
are doing good work in the seventh
and eighth grades; in fact, all through (
the school. t
LICENSE BUREAU
TO LOCATE HERE
Williamstoit Picked As One of Twenty
Auto License Station*, in North
Carolina
Mr. J. L. Anderson, representing the
' Carolina Motor Club, of Greensboro,
| was a visitor in this city Friday after
noon. Mr. Anderson will Return at
nn early date to establish an automo
j bile license bureau for the club.
There will be twenty bureaus existing
in the State during the coming year,
the three in this immediate section be
ing assigned to Y\ illiamston, Elizabeth
City, and Greenville. i
One of the important functions of
a bureau is to furniah new State li
censes. Heretofore Williamston and
Martin County people have gotten
their licenses from the Washington
bureau, but on account of the geo j
graphical situation of our town, the
Carolina Motor Club is moving that
bureau here,
j The people of Williamston and vi
cinity should appreciate the value of
the office to be established here and
, should support the club In every way
I that they can. , |
Born, to Mr. and Mm. M. S. Moore,,
| h son, Maurices Sheppard Moore, jr. i
March 10th. Mr. and Mrs Moore are
receiving congratulations from friends
all over this section.
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Says Dire Calamities
Are in Store for 1926
The year 1926 is destined to shake
the world to its foundation, both
physically and* politically; it is to be
n succession of plagues, famines,
floods, shipwrecks, rioting and revolu-1
tion. So Rays the British Journal of,
Astrology, which has drawn the hor
oscope for that year, when the planets'
Mars and Mercury Wilt be In conjunc- !
tlon.
"Si* years later, the groat Arma
geddon is to take place. It will be a |
final conflict between Mohammedan- j
ism, allied with aganstj
the T'nited Anflo-Saxnn world " It
will end in a "universal peace," in |
hut "there will be so few of us
left and we shall all be so tired that
peace should happen anyhow," the
horoscope says.
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Williams Township
Folks in Auto Wrecks
l-ast Friday night, Mr. Harold Hop
kins' car was wrecked near his home,
lie met a pair of mules and wagon
driven by a man who had gone to ■
deep, and the team naturally were
not sticking closely to their side of
the road. The car driver did not
know the situation and consequently
did not turn aside but drove into the
outfit. # I
Mr. J. N. Hopkins, of Williams
Township, had hsi car turned over Be
tween Everetts and Hobersonville
Sunday afternoon. Miss Lavenia Hop- J
kins, a niece, was driving the car, and
when it got off the road in the deep I
mud she was unable to hold it, the'
car being a big Studebaker 6 touring I
car. No one was hurt, but the ma- I
chine was rather badly torn up. i
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Pre-Easter Revival '
At Baptist,, Church i
1 h
Next Sunday the people of the Mem 1
orial Baptist Church will open their
pre-Easter evangelistic campaign. 1
From every standpoint, the Lenten
period is suitable for such services.
It is the time of year when in an es- '
pecial manner we are remembering
the Christ and His sufferings. Also
tester is a red-letter day in all the
churches.
i or a number of years the pastor
of this church lias held his meetings !
at this time of year, and has found It
" very satisfactory time.
As much as is possible, we ask the
people who are interested to arrange |
their business and social engagements
so that they may not conflict with '
these services.
All evening services will begin at
8 o'clock, and with the exception of '
Sunday, there will be only one service !
euch day, and that at the evening
hour. No services will be held on !
Saturdays.
Williams-Harrell
Wednesday afternoon a quiet wed-
ding took place in the reception room 1
of the Baptist pastorium. David Syl- 1
vester Williams, of this county, was
married to Miss Nettie Pearl Harrell.
Those witnessing the ceremony were 1
7J. H. Harrell, Paul Hyman, E. D. '
Williams, and Misses Harrell and Hy- I
man.
The parties drove down from Oak
City and returned immediately after ]
the ceremony. • J!
TV 1 ■ Wales, credited with being England's IN
tlging bet in aif tumbling act from rail optaf steeple-chase hernia,
has a real •"itinnul rival— now that John Coofldga son of the Prari
dent, h;i tako t up taxing st Amherst college. Right now John la
nursinq n rati ei ' onehy" nose and the Prince Is carrying his left ana
In h
tourney urn! U,c i»u. fiom a t>al *plllr-hls thirteenth fall in a nse.
Chamber Commerce Meeting
Thursday Night; Important
| Matters To Be Brought Up
SUPERIOR COURT
BEGAN YESTERDAY
Judge Thomas H. Calvert Presiding;
Grand Jury Criticize* Jail and
(bounty Hone
Judge Thomas 11. Calvert is presid
ing; at the spring term of Martin
County Superior Court, which waa
convened here yesterday morning.
He charged the jury on the need
for law enforcement and the duty of
j juries, both grand and petit.
The following constituted the grand
j Jury: W. &*White, H. S. Johnson, M.
• D. Wilson, Noah P. Roberson, J. Q.
I Andrews, W. S. Hunting, J. B. Bul
i lock, McL. James, J. H. Roberson, jr.,
i Arthur Roberson, H. S. Everett, I.es
| ter Peel, W. G. Peel, Mayo Peel, W.
| W. Taylor, L. R. Evei-rtt, C. G. GUT*
kin, Jos. E. Griffin.
I Hills of indictment were turned into
I c&urt as follows:
No. 3. State vs. Paul Ballard,
cruelty to animals,
j No. 4. State vs. Roy Ford, house
j breaking and larceny.
No. 5. Against Weldon Ford, house!
breaking and larceny.
No. ft. Against Robert L. Hargrove,
| house breaking and larceny.
No. 7. Against Nathan Bond, house
breaking and larceny,
.. No. 8. Against Paul Ballard, lar
ceny.
The grand jury's report was read
and the gentlemen of the jury dis
charged at 11.SO Tuesday morning.
The grand jury sharply criticized the
condition of the buildings at the coun
ty home as being entirely unfit for the!
proper care of the inmates. They also'
found the jail building in the same
bad and unsafe condition. They re
ported the management and handling
of the inmates of the county home to
be satisfactory; also the jail.
The jury found Robert Lee Har
grove and Roy Ford guilty of break
ing into the house of P. T. Everett
in December and stealing about SI,OOO
in cash, about a third of which was
gold. Weldon Ford wns found guilty
of receiving a part of the money from
them. Nathaniel Bond, who was also
charged" with receiving a portion of
the money, was found not guilty. The
judge has not yet pronounced sen
tence on those found guilty.
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Cotton Co-ops to Have
Exhibit at Exposition
(Special To The Enterprise)
Raleigh, Mar. 16.—Plans are being
perfected for a unique eyhibit by the (
North Carolina Cotton Growers Coop
erative Association at the Eastern I
Carolina Exposition to be held in j
Greenville in April. The exhibit will J
be educational in character, a demon-1
stration of the importance of the use
of proper types of cotton seed and the
relative value of the several types.
Actual bales of cotton of different
grades and staple will be shown and
the grading and classing will be dem- I
onstratcd at the booth. In this work
the association will cooperate with Dr.
R. Y. Winters, the seed specialist of
the State, and it is the hope of the
management that the exhibit will
bring home to the cotton growers the
danger of poor seed and the profit in
properly selected seed of the proper
types.
Mrs. W. A. Ellison, of Belhaven,
has visited her sister, Mrs. Latham
Thrower, and Mrs. Maurice Moore
this week.
Messrs. Paul Edmondson and John
Eubanlu, of Hasselli, were in town
Monday.
Meeting Postponed Last
Friday on Account ot
Poor Attendance
Last Friday night a meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce was called. The
president and secretary 'stuck around'
for a while at the appointed place,
but no oi)e else showed up. There
were several conferences and meetings
held in town that night, and they
probably kept many away.
Thursday night, at 8 o'clock has
been set by the president, Frank Mar
golis, for another meeting, anJ he
urges the people, not only men but
women, too, to please come.
Mr. Margolis, who is confined to
his room from a recent illness, tele
phoned us to announce the meeting
and also to ask anyone who had any
suggestions to make for the advance
ment of Williamston and Martin Coun
ty to please see him or the secretary
before Thursday night, that theyi
might record them and have them
ready, to present to the body.
Mr. W. I. Skinner has been especi
( ally invited to be present at this
meeting. On account of the serious
illness of his mother, it is not definite
ly known whether he can be here or
rot, but he says that if possible he
will come, Mr. Skinner needs no in
troduction neither as a gentleman norj
as a tobacconist to Williamston, Mar
tin CountJT"oV Eastern Carolina peo- J
pie. Hut our people are particularly,
indebted to frfcni for his great assist-1
mice in maluhg the tobacco market
successful dining the past season.
! Mr. Skinner can tell our chamber
I of commerce and our business people
better how to lay a foundation for a
good tobacco market than any other
person, probably, and they should at
tend this meeting.
Local People Slightly 1
Hurt When Cars Collide
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Mr. and' Mrs. Frank Margolis and
Mr. Irving Margolis were returning ,
home from Rocky Mount Sunday even
ing when they collided with a car ,
• coming" down ttnr Minn Street" of ftofc3 j
ersonville. The car belonging to and j
driven by Mr. H. H; Edniondson, of
Oak City, met the Margolis car at the ,
i intersection of the highway and the
main street, and in attempting to miss
the Edrnomison car, Irving, who was
driving, turned to his left, and the
other car came up on the right, knock
ing a wheel and fender oft his car.
Mr. Edmondson and Irving Margolis
were not hurt, but Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Margolis, who were riding on the
back seat, were knocked down and
tight painfully bruised. They were
confined to their rooms yesterday, but
are able to be out today.
Interest Increasing
In Bay view Project
Interest in Bayview, a resort being
built 18 miles below Washington and
8 miles from Bath is reaching afar.
Several prominent men of Washing- 1
ton, among them being Messrs. A. L.
and Frank Bowers, of Bowers Bros.,
conceived the idea of building up a
resort at Bayview about a year or
so ago. They began with a small '
company of stockholders and now
some of the most successful business i
men of Washington, Wilson, Kinston, I
Rocky Mount, Scotland Neck, Green- i
ville, and Tarboro are among the
stockholders.
The money is being spent already
for the hotel, pavillion, bath houses,
etc. The water at this spot is very
fine indeed and there is no reason
why this should not become a real 1
resort which is needed in this section. I ■
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Subscription Expires
ESTABLISHED 189 M
NEAR EAST RELIEF
WORK IN COUNTY
J Rev. W. A. Murray, Field Director, to
Make Number of Addresses
In Martin County
The Near East Relief organization
is caring for 35,0)0 orphan; 2,084
I are depending on North Carolina for
support. Of this number Martin
County is asked to support 26 orphans
pt $5 per month or S6O per year.
Last appeared in this
PHpor a picture of "The bowl."
America miist All this bowl or
perish. Surely Martin County will do
her part.
The Near Last orphans are not
brought up in idleness. They are not
only taught American citizenship and
the Bible, but every child is taught a
trude by which he or she can become
self supporting. c
Every girl is taught plain and'fancy
sewing, rug and dress making, and
home economics.
The boys are taught agriculture,
i carpentry, masonry, mechanics, ahoe
making and tailoring.
ilalf of each day is devoted to
studies and the other half to practi
cal work and vocational training. The
orphans do all the work ani raise
most of the vegetables used.
Food is a recurring need. Three
times daily Near East Relief must I.
feed 35,000 little mouths by provid
ing 105,000 meals daily. If every 6ne
will do his part this task can easily
be accomplished.
Rev. T. W. I,ee, the Martin County
chairman, has Rev. W. A. Murray,
field director for North Carolina, to
help in the campaign.
Mr. Murray will speak at the fol
lowing places.
Monday: 3 p. m., at Hamilton; 7.30
pi m., at Oak City.
Tuesday: 10.30 a. m„ at Everetts;
3.45 p. m., at Williamston. 7.30 p. m.,
at Robersonville
Wednesday: 10.3( a. m„ at Hear
Gruss; 2.30 p. m., at Farm Life; 7.H0
F- m., at Jamesville.
Mr. I ee and the committee extend a
most cordial invitation to all to come
and hear the story of the wonderful
work that the Near East organization
1 1* doing. * j. .'
Secure Principal for
Vacation Bible School
The committee representing the
four local churches which are putting
on the first Daily Vacation Bible
Hclioiol Williamston has had, has been
fortunate enough to secure Miss Em
ma Robertson as the principal of the
i school. (
Miss Robertson is eminently fitted
by training and natural ability to
head this important school. Her love
for childriNtf her educational qualifi
cations, Ker years of teaching experi
ence both in the public schools and
in church schools and the high per
sonal regard in which she is held by
every one will at once give us all
great confidence in the success of the
school.
Miss Robertson accepted this task
at a distinct personal sacrifice and
will serve without compensation.
She is already giving much time
and thought to plans for the school.
Within a nhort time the personnel
of the entire faculty will be an
nounced.
No school anywhere ever had a
nore promising beginning, and with
all the churches in town backing it,
as well as the entire community, it is
freely predicted that the Daily Vaca
tion Bible School will be a glorious
success.
Greatest Railroad
Accident Recorded
The greatest railroad accident on
record occurred Sunday in Costa Rica,
whe na part of the cars in a passen
ger train jumped from a bridge to
the bottom of a river 190 feet below.
248 people were killed and 93 others
injured. There were about 1,000 peo
ple on the train, but all of the cars
did not go off the bridge.
Special Masonic
Meeting Tuesday
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There will b« a special communica
tion of Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, A.
F. A A. M., Tuesday night, March 16,
at 7.45 p. m. Work in the second de
gree. All Master Masons in good
standing are requested to attend.
C. D. CARSTARPHEN, Jr.,
Sacretary.
Messrs. N. R. Robenon, B. R. Barn
hill, and W. D. Manning, J a*. L. and
G. G. Coltrain, W. D. Daniel and J. R.
Col train, of Griffins Township, were in
town Monday. *