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VOLUME XXXVII?NUMBER 13 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday. April 13. 1934 ESTABLISHED 1898
Davenport Is Held
For Superior Court
HEARING FAILS I
TO BRING OUT
ANY NEW FACTS
Probable Cause Found In
Warrant Charging First
Degree Murder
Joe Davenport, charged with mur
der in the first degree, was denied
bond by Justice ot the Peace J. HT
Hassell at a hearing held here yes-i
terday afternoon. The defense of
fered no testimony, the aged man re
turning to jail to await the calling of
the case in superior court next June.
In denying the wife-killer bond, the
court explained that there was prob
able cattse tl charged in the warrant,
according t<? the statement made by
the defendant to Sheriff C. B. Roebuck
shortly after the killing. Davenport,
the officer told at the hcariiig, said
that he had planned to killed himself
after he had killed his wife, Maggie
Barber Davenport, but he did not
have a third shell. The old nian ex
plained that he had been worried and
worried, and that he could stand it
no longer, the officer said.
Herbert Barber, nine years old, a
"student In the high first grade in The
Jamesville school, and weighing hard
ly more than 35 pounds, was the only
eye-witness to testify at the hearing.
He said that he, his mother. Dock,
Gilbert and "Bossman," his brothers,
and the baby had been to Colon Per
ry's shelling peanuts. Continuing, he
said that F.dward, his brother, went
ahead with an uloaded rifle, that when
they were nearly frome, Davenport
. shot, strikingl the woman and her
7-mQ?thi-ol4 baby, - H ?? m?i her cried
to Davenport not to shoot again, the
boy said. She dropped the baby, and
. the second shot wa| fired, killing the
woman. He said that Mack Knox was
at the Perry home, but that he did
not leave there with them. He said
that the mother was holding the baby
and did not have the rifle when, she
was shot, that "Bossman" had the rifle
and the rifle was not loaded.
The evidence offered by Mrs. Dora
Perry substantiated much of that told
by the child, but she made it clear
again and again that Mack Knox did
not go home with the Davenports on
that occasion. The meetings of the
Davenport Woman and Knox at the
Perry home was accidental, or not at
all intentional, Mrs. Perry explained.
She heard the shots fired, and heard
Davenport tell his wife that he Had
instructed her not to go to the Pe(f
rys. She did not go to the scene of
the killing until summoned there sev
eral hours later by officers.
Sheriff Roebuck described tin
wounds that proved fatal, and told ol
his visit to the Davenport home. The
old man and the 9-year-old boy .jit
ting around the fireplace were talk
ing about the sheriff when the officei
reached There. The other children
including the on$ that. w*?'?* Wotfhtfet
tTT 1^9. fat and hahd by ou or mor<
shot, were in bed asleep.
Davenport, about 73 years of age
i* apparently In failing health, but In
appeared much interested in the pro
ceedings yesterday. A sizeable crow<
was on hand for the hearing.
Seventy-two Attend Club
Meet from This Countj
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A most enjoyable meeting was licit
in Washington Wednesday at the an
nual meeting of the fifteenth distric
of home demonstration clubs. Sev
enty-two women from this count}
were in attendance at this meeting
and all had a most happy day togeth
er. Women were present fjpni 9 o
the 11 clubs in the county. The meet
ing next year will l>e held in Green
ville.
Rev. C. H. Dickey Preache
In Richmond Next Sunday
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The Rev. Charles H. Dickey wi!
preach Sunday evening in the Grov
Avenue Baptist church, Richmond
the church once held by Dr. Leu C
Broughton. Mr. Dickey is taking
few days off and will visit his frien't
Mr. C. Sylvester Green. Richm
while Dr. Maynard Fletcher occupic
the local pulpit Sunday morning.
Locals Lose To Elizabeth
Ck/* and Scotland Nee
Although they lost to Elizabtt
City, 5 to J, Coach Peters' base ha
boyl played a very good game hei
last Tuesday afternoon, showing muc
improvement in their play. Coc
worked on the mound for the local
the visitors using three tiriiiers du
ing the nine-inning game.
I THE THIRTEENTH I
While the Enterprise bunch is
not at all superstitious as a gen
eral rule, several of the force be
gan to sit up and take notice when
the 13th appeared on Friday (to
day) and the number of the paper
sees the thirteenth in the 37th vol
ume. But if this gets to the reed
er, and the force is hopeful that it
will, then one might know that
nothing material wrong has taken
place in the plant.
But the number of the paper
was 13 on Friday the 13th back
in 1900, 1906, 1917, 1923, and 1928.
and will happen again in 1945 and
in 1951. So if the crowd got by
then, it is possible that it can be
gotten by again.
J. A. WILLIAMS
DIED TUESDAY
IN JAMESVILLE
Funeral Services Are Held
There Last Wednesday
Afternoon at 2:30
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J. A. Williams, substantial farmer
^>f Jamesville Township, died at bis
home there Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock from an attack of pneumonia.
He had been in declining: health for
some time, and had not been vcty
active for several years. He was 69
years old.
Living/in the Jamesville section all
his life. Mr. William* was an earnest
worker and met with success on. the
farm He was a church member for
many years, was a highly respected
citizen and a.good neighbor. He Wli
| nit .son of the late j. 1). and* Polly
1 Jones Williams.
j Funeral services were held from his
late home Wednesday afternoon b>
Rev. W. B. Harrington, Baptist min
ister of Farm Life, and the Rev. Mr
Grant, Methodist minister of Ply
mouth. Interment was in the famil)
plot in Jamesville Township near the
I Town of Jamesville.
' His wife died several years ago,
I and he is survived by two sons, Clyd<
Williatns, of Williamston; and Jamei
Williams, of Jamesville; and six daugl
ters, Mrs. Willie Gurkin, Mrs. J. H
Moore, Mrs. N. P. Moore, and Mrs
G. E. Moore, of Williamston; Miss
Florence Williams, of Jamesville; an^
Mrs. Ernest Hardison, of Plymouth
He also leaves one brother, John E
Williams, of Everetts; and two sisters
Mrs. Z. N. Roberson, of Jamesville
and Miss Fannie Williams, of Ever
etts.
GOOD FISHING
ALL THIS WEEK
Hnudreds of People Frorr
Far and Near Visit
River Here
With high waters flooding th
?wimps and forcing the seines out q
the water, fishermen here have ha<
:j one big week taking the herring b;
the thousands and perch and shad ii
' fairly large numb^s
More than 80 fishermen were count
ed at one time from the wharf thi
week, many of them coming from a
far away as 60 miles. Farmers fron
all sides were on the river, their land
too wet for plowing aj home. Lai
Tuesday one of the largest crowd
ever seen on the river front was her
fishing and buying fish.
Rising waters are expected to con
tinue until after next Monday, an
indications point to more favorabl
fishing at this point
Operations were resumed at th
Camp Point fishery this week, but th
one at Jamesville continue* isacthn
the operator hoping that the watt
will fall sufficiently by the latter pai
of next week for seine fishing i
Jamesville.
Using drift nets, fishermen at Jame
ville are said to be taking the fish i
large numbers, one report claimin
that the nets would fill so quickl
they woutd~ almost sink before tli
operators could remove them frot
the water.
Organise New Home Club
in Poplar Point Recent!
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A new home demonstration clu
was recently organised in Gold Poir
with the women. Officers in the clu
are Mrs Jasper Everett, presiden
Mrs. W. A. Vanderford, vice pre*
dent* and Mrs. John Wildman, se<
retary. This makes a total of 11 adu
home demonstration clubs and with 1
junior clubs much work has to 1
done.
GET BIDS ON TWO
ROAD PROJECTS
IN THIS COUNTY
Road Building Program Is
Centered in the Upper
' Part of County
Bids for nearly $1,000,000 worth of
street and highway construction in
26 of North Carolina's 100 counties
were received in Raleigh this w5fk,
2 of the 31 projects being located in
this, county.
The proposed projects in this eou*;
ty will virtually complete iha high
way system in the upper"jpart~ of the
county, particularly at Oak City,
which will be the hub of ^hree route*.
According to directions outlined on
maps posted in the courthouse fibre,
the argument over the routing ol
Highway No. 11 from Greenville to
Oak City has been settled, Hassell be
ing skipped by about 2 1-2 miles. The
particular project has been pushed b>
certain interests, it is understood, but
1 developments were delayed when Has
sell citizens sought to share ^in the
(benefits of a direct route tnrougfc
their town. Apparently theirs was I
losing fight
One of the projects calls for the
surfacing, similar to that on route 12!
between here and Hobgood, from Oal
City to a point about 8 miles out o
Tarboro, connecting there with a hard
surface road. E. \V. Grannis, of Fay
etteville, was low bidder on the proj
ect, which is 8.16 miles long.
The second project calls for the sur
?facing-of-No. 11 froin Bethet to a col
ored schoolhouse about 2 1-2 mile:
from Hassell, a distance of 8.17 miles
At that - point a new road has beet
built into Oak City for a distance o
i about 3 miles. The new section o
I the road will not be surfaced whei
I the other projects are handled, it i
I underwood. Thje 'Gregory-Chandte
. Cdmpany, of Virgilina, Va., builder:
of the road from a point six miles fron
luw to Hamilton--and from Oak Cit;
4o? Hobgood. were loig*4nddcr*-OA th
No. 11 project. ?
Bids submitted for the letting, de
scribed as the largest constructioi
program launched in several yean
have been canvassed in Raleigh an<
are being forwarded to Wishingto
for Federal consideration.
North Carolina still has left abou
$3,500,000 of the $10,500,000 in fed
eral funds allotted last year for high
way and street construction, High
way Chairman E. B. Jeffress said aft
er announcing ffie bids.
'I Jeffress said he anticipated thi
? | money would be expended on project
? to be started within 60 days. Th
1 entire amount has already been alio
catcd to definite projects for whic
? plans are now being prepared.
Jobs for 268 Men Will Be
Available Soon in Count}
?
The national reemployment offic
maintained in thia county with
Hines atlfs head during the past set
eral months has been discontinue*
the activities of the agency being trar
ferred.a*--Plymouth, where they wi
1 handled after placements have bee
made on the two highwav project
to be opened soon in this count]
These
et and unemployed in the county shoul
^| in touch with Mr. Hints at his oflfic
j here immediately.
y\ Since the office was opened her
^ j 1,355 men registered for jobs. Tl
I CWA took care of 713 at differei
I times, and 58 others were placed c
s' public works projects. Ohly two worl
g ers were placed with private empto;
i ers, while 221 went direct to the r
s lief list. Fifty-nine war veterai
i were given jobs from time to tin
I with the CWA
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Usual Program Services
At Presbyterian Churc
?' t
Sunday, April 15. 1934:
I The usual program of services w
ej be beW this Sunday. Wittlamston
e 9:45 and 11 a. m. Bear Grass, 9:3
t,' 7, and 8 p. m. Roberson's Chapel
:r' 3:30 p. m.; and Ballard's Farm (th
rt name to be changed to Poplar Poi
it Presbyterian chapel), at 1:30 p. m.
Easter has come and gone?so hi
is the week known to many as Ho
n1 Week. Let us remember, howev<
g1 that every week is a Holy Week ai
y| every Sunday is a commemmoratit
of the resurrection of Jesus from tl
n dead, all of which means we shou
live every week as we did from Man
25 to April 1, and that we should I
tend church every Sunday.
Worship with us Sunday. So loi
see you in church.
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Most ol Cotton Contracts
Are Said To Be in Lit
Cumberland County committeem
find that most o fthe cotton co
tracts are well in line. Individual i
ductions rather than a county-wi
horizontal reduction will be made
the tobacco contracts.
MIXED FAMILY
Night Patrolman Ramey, a mem
bar of the town police force, haa
often been aaaociated with things
out of the ordinary. Once, when
I in the mercantile business here, he
I grew the largest tomato ever seen
in Wtlkamston, the vine being
trained to a pole at the rear of
? his store. He has crossed the
I Mediterranean Sea from Cyprus
i to Malta in a 4-foot skiff.
Several days ago his family cat
gave birth to four kittens. Pup
pies were born about the same
time to a dog belonging to a neigh
. bor> The mother and all the pup
pies save one died. The surviv
ing puppy was brought over to
the Ramey cat, which took it in
, as a member of the family. Then
a few nights later the Ramey cat
, went out foraging and fetched a
I wee rabbit just old enough to hop
i and skip around, and the rabbit
became a welcome member of the
| miaed family. At this date the
entire family is doing well.
J. L. CLARK DIES
NEAR EVERETTS
Funeral Services Are Held
There Last Wednesday
Afternoon at 2:30
James Lawrence (.'lark, highly re
spected farmer of Cross Roads Town
ship, died at his home near Everctts
aho?4- l4trViock~ tasi Tuesday night
death resulting from a complication
( | of diseases. Although he had been
ji in declining health for some time, Mr,
J Clark was able to be up and active
?i _ c -i- . _r __ t ? . ...
until a few weeks before his death
The son of Daniel and Celia Mobloy
Clark, he was born in Cross Roadj
Township 7S years and 11 month?
ago. With the exception of ?? few
years he lived in Everetts, he remained
y. on the farm wliprp !.#? dil'g**ntly' ap
.plied himself and met -wrtk'-s-utfeess
When a young man, he was married
to Miss Dora Britton, who survives
Two daughters were born to the
union, hut they died a quarter of i
(j; century ago. Besides his wife, h<
ni leaves one sister. Miss Hattie Clark
j of Evor^ts. A member of the Prim
itive Baptist church for a long nuin
I ber of years, Mr. Clark was alway:
[m\ interested in his religious activities,
| and was recognized as a valuable
friend and a good neighbor to every
one. While he never enjoyed manj
advantages of life, lie made the bes
with what he had and never com
plained.
Funeral services were conductei
fioni the late home Wednesday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock by Elder B
S. Cowin, Primitive Baptist minister
Interment was in the family plot ii
Cross Roads Township, near the home
e'Poultry Truck Falls Down
[\ On Schedule Account Rail
^ $kavy rains falling in the count:
ls last Monday greatly hindered poultrj
ll" shipment, Anderson and Russell hav
n ing to call off several loading sched
ules that day. Their truck was de
^ layed when it got stuck on the rout
from Stokes to Bear Grass, the own
er said, and they were unable to com
plete their schedule at Bear Gras?
Roberson's Store in Griffins Town
e ship, and Jamesvillei
je Tfyc schedule announced for Has
Monday will be followed next Mon
in fch* poultry operators are an
l^'nouning in an advertisement in thi
p.' issue.
e-j . Messrs. Anderson and Russell ar
ia planning to make regular semi-week
?e ly visits in this county, according t
the schedules announced in their ac]
vertisements iq this paper. Kver
Monday they will he in Robersonvillt
Parmele, Stokes, Bear Grass, Griffin
and Jamesville, while each Wcdnct
day they will be at Oak City, Haintl
m ton, Williamston and Jamesville.
.t ?^
10, Dr. Maynard Fletcher To
?t Preach In Baptist Churct
Doctor Maynard O. Fletcher wi
occupy the pulpit of the Mcmori;
as Baptist church Sunday morning at tl
ly 11 o'clock hour. There will be n
r, preaching service at the evening hou
id The pastor of the local church, af
>n er two months of hard work, is tal
fie ing a few days off. Doctor Fletch<
Id is said by those who know him be;
ch to "be a most acceptable and pleasin
it- speaker. The pastor of the loc
church is most anxious that the guei
preacher have a splendid hearing.
The Sunday school and B. Y. 1'. I
sessions will have their regular mee
ings as usual.
The pastor and church extend dce|
est and tenderest sympathies to tl
family of the late Dr. P. B. Cone ar
pray the blessings of the Heaven
-e- Father upon Mrs. Cone, upon Sat
de and Howard.
in Mr. Dickey will be back in his pu
pit the following Sunday%
Dr. Percy B. Cone Died Late
Wednesday Night in Hospital
14 CASES CALLED
BY RECORDER IN
COURT TUESDAY
Superior Court Will Be In
Session Here During
Next Two Weeks
Calling 14 cases in the county re
; CQnlrrS court last TM^dayn
Peel and Solicitor Coburn consider
ably boosted the county funds, and,
made enough to continue the finances
in good shape during the two w-eks
holiday created by the civil, term of
superior court convening next Mon
day. And the judge was liberal when
jit came to annouivcing road sentences.
, The court collected more than $200 in
? casji and meted out several road sen
j fences during the session that lasted
a greater part of the day.
Elbert Henderson, charged with op
idating an automobile while intoxicat
I ed, was sentncced to the roads foi a
period of six months.
Buck Sheppard was fined $50 and
i taxed with the cost in the case cha^g
J ing him with operating an automo
i bile while intoxicated.
A capias was jssttcd and the case
I charging W. Victor Venters with
?j reckless driving was~cdnTlWUCd until
? the first Tuesday in May.
| Jonah Clemmons, in court for al
( Icged abandonment and non-support,
j was ordered to pay $1.50 weekly for
j the support of his children and $1
I weekly on coutt costs or go to the
| roads for six month* ,n thf
sum of $100 was required to support
I the judgment, condition!.
'| Isaac Willis was fined and taxed
$50 whe,, adjndgetl -gtrifty- oi
\ an a^sirttlt with a deadly weapon.
, Ralph Hugger, charged with an af
? fray, failed to answer when called
J Judgment was suspended in the
i case charging Charlie Griffin with at
assaulf with a deadly weapon.
Jame-. Dunn, colored, charged witl
shoplifting in Robersonville store.,
was sentenced to the roads for a per
iod of 12 months.
Given an optional judgment of i
$25 fine or 60 days on the road9 it
the case charging him with violatinj
the liquor laws, Norman Jones re
ported for duty on the roadv, Wednes
day.
i H s,??l'l>ard was fined S10 am
J taxed with the cost in the casr charg
? ing him with an assault with a
weapon.
Willie Green was final$50 am
taxed w ith the . jir ilie case charg
ing him witji carrying a concealet
weapon., The cost amounted to abou
, it was learned
^haiAid with aid and abetting th
manufacture of liquor, Leonard Bos
ton was sentenced to the roads for
period of 60 days.
The case charging; John A. Griffi
and C. B. Roberson with violating th
" j liquor laws was continued, the cour
e ' issuing a capias for Griffin.
Special Service at Local
Methodist Church Sunda<
C. T. Rogers, pastor
"There in only one way to regulat
a rattelsnake -kill it." Make no com
t promise with sin of any kind, for
will surely gel you in the end j
Jinan used to go to Sunday school an
t church regularly; when he first stop
'*| going it bothered hi, conscicnc
".right much, hut now he think, vcr
I- liftlc about it. You see he did n.
y I kill the snake, but thought he woul
| regulate it. Many folks in our tow
>. are lining the bleaiing, that Jesii
j- [carries to the church overy Sunda
I- for them. Preaching at II o'clocl
At 8 Mrs Manning, assisted by th
choir and tome of the young peoph
will have charge of the services. Sur
day school at P:45. You are mo,
than welcome.
II
>i Sheriff and Deputies
Get Still in Bear Gras
o
r.1 Raiding Beer firass Town,hi
t- Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff C. B Roi
?- buck and assistant,, Clarence Sexto
r and Roy Peel, destroyed a sizeabl
<t liquor plant of the steam plant ty,
g and seizfd several hundred pounds i
al sugar and other minor equipment. N
if one wa, arrested at the phmi. "Abot
,800 gallons of beer and 15 gallons .
J. liquor were poured from two vats an
t. a barrel.
Conducting a second liquor raid
p. the week Wednesday, county office
te found a plant in Jamesville Townshi
id hut no one was around, and no a
Iy real, were made. Very little equl|
ra ment was at the plant at the tim
and no beer or liquor could be foun
I- Deputy Joe Roebuck, Roy Peel, at
Clarence Sexton made the raid.
I FUNERAL TODAY I
v *
DR. PERCY B. CONE
NAME OFFICERS
JUNE PRIMARY j
HERESATURDAY
Might Review Books For
a General Revision of
Registrations
Recently appointed by the state au
County Borfrd of Elections will set up
the election machinery for the next
two years at a meeting: to be hold in
the courthouse Uwx_ tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Mr. Silvester Peel,
chairman, and Messrs. B Pagan,
of Hardens, and J R. Wipslow,
Robersonville, members of. the old
board, were reappointed for two tuore
years. ?_
. Other?than naming the?registrars
pCdl-^Holders, arid > judges of election-,
tlu board will have vefy little to do
at i*h meeting tomorrow It is likely
that many of the precinct election of
ficials will be reappointed, and a short
session of the board is expected, Mr.
Peel said yesterflay imam. An invfs
tigation of several of. the precinct
registration books might take place
with the view of ordering a revisjutt
in some,-but any action, if'tajfcrt in
connection with revisinbooks,
will be taken ton\oru^f\
Mr. Peel said^TsTerda) that only
one candidate 'bad filed with him so
far, butgjjMFwas expecting many to file
withiff the next few days Herbert
jgtf Peel had filed for judge of the
County recorder's court.
TALK NEW ENTRY
;'IN SENATE RACE
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W. A. Thompson Said To
Be Considering Second
District Job
| While the rjice for the clerkship of
n the Martin Superior Court continues
e to hold the center stage of interest
1 in this county, interest in district pol
itics was advanced another notch re
rrntlv when it was rumored that W
A. Thompson, Beaufort County man
y had hied, or was planning to hie Ins
candidacy for the State Senate from
the second district. If the Aurora
e' man's candidacy materializes, then
i-j there will he four candidates for the
it two senate seats. A. Corey, of James
\ ville, continues an active campaigr
d for a place. R. L. Cobum, local at
torney, is lining up his forces in behall
of his candidacy, and Carl Bailey, ol
Washington County, will be in tin
race to succeed himself as a sena
d t'-r from this district Thompson
11 represented Beaufort County in the
s ; house of representatives last term,
y' In the rentdval of A. I). Mac I-eat
c. from the district, the political situa
t inn here enters. an oucii field* wit I
much of the interest centering it
Beaufort, Washington, and Martii
Counties as to the developments.
No developments in county poli
tics have taken place recently, leaving
sdthe line-up announced a few days ag<
^unchanged.
Announce Sunday Servicei
Jamesville Baptist Churcl
1
A full schedule of services for tin
Jamesville- Baptist church Sunday
was announced yesterday by~lhe pas
tor, Rev. W B. Harrington. Sunda:
school, at 10 a. m., will be followei
by a preaching service at 11 o'clock
The evening service will be held a
the 7:JO O'clock hour.
$25,000 in Cotton Checks
Are Distributed in Waki
John C. Andarson, Wake Count
agent, distributed 650 cotton optio
checks for 125,000 during the pal
two waaks. Ovar 2,500 tobacco con
tracti have alao bean signed.
FINAL RITES ARE
HELD AT HOME
THIS AFTERNOON
Was Prominent In Affairs
of This Community for
Twenty-two Years
Funeral services for Dr. Percy B.
Cone, who died in a Richmond- hos
pital 1ST* Wednesday night, are be
ing held from his late home on Church
Street here this afternoon at 2 o'
clock, with the Rev. Charles H.
Dickey, assisted by the several other
ministers of the town, in charge A*
a last tribute to the memory of one
who was recognized as a friend to
al1( owners am) directors of hu-ines*
activities .throughout the community
are suspending operations during the
service.
While Dr.. Cone's condition w-a-,
considered serious following an oper
ation on Wednesday of last week, hm
passing came as a shock to the many
in this Community and county who ,
had enjoyed his friendship and to
those who had ?-tablishcd contacts
[with him in a professional way Only
46 years of age, and a lover of life in.
all its phases, his passing can hard
ly be realized as & truth
The son of Mrs. Qctavious Cone, of
Boydton, Va . and tllf' late Mr Burtis
Cone, he was born in Spring Uftpe,
where he spent Ins early life. After
completing the schooling offered there
he studied at Oak Ridge Institute and
later studied and completed the re
fege of Medicine, I'niversity of Rich
j mottd. In mil, he was married to
j Miss Sallic Freeman, op Wilson, lo
acting.jn Willjamston about "ne.yeaf
Entering upon the various phajft
of life in the community; thi^jtfrfSmis
ing young dentist emiluprfT himself
more and more a^pfe years passed
in the hearts o^fvery one and ?.? all
walks oQir Few men in William
stcm^efv? heetc so?vitally interested
T affivj: in *uph a wide variety of
-onilliunity activities as Dr. Cone was
during his residence of 11 years here.
He was in ogni/ed as a leading den
tist in the state, and \yas well known
! in the dental profession in Carolina
l and Virginia, he having heTd several
j offices in the profession's organi/a
He earnestly followed the devel
i opments in his profession, but always""
found time to support and take part
| in worth while and varied undertak
I ings in the community. In his home,
I he was thoughtful, and devoted to
J his family. A liberal supporter of the
church, Dr. Cone had served as a
teacher. ajuL superintendent in tlie
Baptist Sunday school, and at the time
of his death was a member of the
choir and board of finance in the lo
cal Baptist church, Greatly interest
ed in all activities of his community.
Dr. Cone was a prominent figure in
the business life, the social life, the
religious life, the sports life, the edu
cational life, and the welfare of every
one. In every walk of life he wa^TTn
ustially popular, and the friendship of
i] others was always cherished by him.
ij It was in these surroundings and un
i der those conditions he found joy in
' living, and one of his last requests
? was that he be buried in his adopted
i commmunity. Following the last rites
- from the late home this afternoon,
f interment will he made in the Bap
f tist cemetery.
i Active pall-bearers are N t ?rtea
?[Green, F. J. Margolisr Wheeler Mar
i I tin, Clayton Moore, Leslie Fowdcn,
! C. R. Harrison, and J. F. King.
Honorary pall-baerers: Members of
ij the Fifth District Dental-Society, Mar
*1 tin County Medical Society, Dr. C.
i J. Sawyer, of Windsor; Pfg. D. T.,
I'john C . and Joshua Tayloe, and Dr.
?' Dewitt Kluttz, of Washington,
j Besides his wife, Dr. Cone leaves
-j two children, Mils Sara Cone, a stu
{, dent at St. Mary's, Raleigh; and How
ard Cone, a member of the local high
school student boTTy. His mother,
Mrs. Octavius Cone, of Boydton, Va.;
Two* sisters, Mrs. O. B. BaTnes, of
Spring Hope; and Mrs. W. G Bap
tist, of Boydton, Va.; and two broth
ers, Messrs. U. O. and Xfilton Cone,
of Richmond, also survive.
Propose Calling Baseball
Meeting Next Thursday
?
Organized baseball in the Roanoke
Albemarle section will he discussed at
a meeting of old Albemarle League
officials scheduled to be called in
Windsor next Wednesday or Thurs
day, it was learned here today. Sup
erintendent H. W. Early, president
of the league last aeaion, is calling
til the meeting, it was stated.
A second meeting is scheduled the
following Friday, it is understood.