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VOLUME XLIII??NUMBER 50 ffilliamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 21, ESTABLISHED 1899
Everetts To Appeal
To Education Board
For School Building
Patrons Present Strong Case
To School Commission
In Raleigh
Appearing before the State School
Commission in Raleigh recently pa
trons of the Everetts School encoun
tered a new obstacle in their strong
drive for the reestablishment of a
high school in their community. Ad
vised that they could take no ac
tion until adequate housing facili
ties were provided, the group of
about thirty representative citizens
are now expected to address an ap
peal to the county board of educa
tion at its next meeting on July 1.
As far as it could be learned today no
definite plans for presenting the ap
peal to the county board have been
formulated, but realizing the move
ment to have the high school re
established will meet with failure
unless adequate housing facilities
are made available, the Everetts cit
izens are expected to direct a strong
appeal to the county authorities at
the July meeting.
Reports from the recent Raleigh
meeting indicate that the school
community representatives offered
a strong plea in support of their case.
The facts were presented, and Paul
Bailey, recognized leader of the del
egation, stated the case and appar
ently gained a following among the
commission membership. The group
was also represented on the program
by Attorneys Horton and Peel who
voiced the sentiments of the com
munity.
Several members of the commis
sion were quoted after the meeting
as saying they would support the
community in its efforts to advance
its interests, but others expressed
themselves as being opposed to the
movement on the grounds that the
average dally atendance of 68 pu
pils was not large enough to' justify
the reestablishment of tiui?-hig*i
school.
Lloyd Griffin, commission secre
tary, stated that no high school has
been reestablished in the State where
the average daily attendance fell
blow 85 pupils. It was ihtimated that
the commission, as a whole, would
hardly grant a request where the
daily attendance would not support
a faculty uf four teaehori
The commission did not commit
itself, but reserved action pending
the outcome of the community's ap
peal for an enlarged building or a
separate housing unit for the high
school. In other words, the commun
ity might be successful in its appeal
for adequate housing facilities, and
then the commission would refuse to
reestablish the high school there.
However, many of those attending
the Raleigh meeting were impress
ed by the attitude expressed by
members of the commission, and
they still maintain they have a
chance to have the school reestab
lished.
Twelve of the fourteen commis
sion members were present and
heard the appeal.
Bombshell Explodes
In Republican Camp
Recognized as a movement to ad
vance a strong solidarity of the na
tion to cope with defense problems
and other emergencies, the appoint
ment of Henry L. Stimson and Frank
Knox to cabinet posts by President
Roosevelt yesterday was regarded
by others as being an exploding
bombshell in the face of the Repub
lican National Convention opening
in Philadelphia next week.
Considered able men regard less
of party affiliations, both Mr. Stim
son and Mr Knox are believed to
be in a position to handle a problem
of far greater significance than that
attached to politics just at this time.
The Republicans immediaately
complained that the Democrats had
builded a war party and declared
that they would make it an issue in
the presidential campaign now at
hand.
Commenting on the appointments
of Mr. Stimson as Secretary of the
War and Mr. Knox as Secretary of
the Navy, President Roosevelt said:
"The appointments to the cabinet
are in line with the overwhelming
sentiment of the nation for national
solidarity in time of world crisis and
in behalf of national defense and
nothing else."
Messrs. Stimson and Knox, their
appointment subject to confirms te
by the Senate, were immediately
read out of the Republican Party
where they had been recognized
as leaders for a long number of
years.
A few Republicans laughed about
the appointments, declaring that
able men could not be found in the
Democratic Party for the posts.
A congressional investigation into
the cause for Woodring's resignation
as Secretary of War was demanded
by a disgruntled group in Washing
ton today.
Factory Official Called
Home By Death In Family
Mr. O p. Newcombe, an official
turing Company, was called to Glen
lock, N. J., yesterday morning about
1 o'clock by the sudden death of Mrs.
Newcombe. He was accompanied
home by Mr. Milton Goldman.
Rids Received for Improving
Two Highways in ThisCounty
Digs w ere received by the North
Carolina Highways and Public
Works Commission in Raleigh yes
terday for the improvement of two
highways in this county, action on
the bids pending a routine inspection
by the highway officials.
The largest of the two proposed
projects calls for the widening of
V. S. Highway No. 64 from a point
near Everetts to the Pitt County line,
a few miles this side of Bethel The
low bid. totaling $18.335.50. was sub-1
j mitted by the r. A Triplett Com
pany, of Chester. S. C. About six
miles of the road from Williamston
to a paint near Everetts was widen
ed some time ago by a Chapel Hill
contractor The newly proposed
project simply calls for a continua
tion of the first, the present 16-foot
concrete strip to be widened to 20
feet. It has been suggested that the
road be widened to about 40 feet
across Collie Swamp and at "Dead
Man's Curve", near the swamp
It could not be learned when
work would be started on the proj
ect but one unoflcial report stated
that definite action could be ex
pected immediately, and that the
company's distribution plant would
possibly be set up and maintained
in Robersonville.
The second project in this county
and one figuring in the million-dol
lar letting this week calls for the
widening of a bridge across Ready
Swamp at the Old Mill Inn on U. S
Highway No. 17. R. B. Tyler, of
Louisville. Ky.. was low bidder on
the project with a proposed con
tract price amounting to $3,461 38
Work oh this project is also slated
to get underway within a short
lime.
No mention of secondary or farm
to-market roads was made, but a
program for the improvement of
that type of roads in the county is
expected to receive consideration
early in the next fiscal year begin
ning July 1.
Jurymen Urge Action
Against Drunkenness
Fete County lioys
Seeking Positions
In the CCC Camps
For the first time sincr thr
Civilian ( onservation Corps was
established in the country, Mar
tin County apparently will not
fill its recently assigned quota
of eleven white and four color
ed youths,' according to thr wel
fare office.
Only ten white youths have
asked for places in thr ramps.
Eight colored boys have applied
for the four openings in their
ranks, but there is some doubt if
all the applicants will qualify or
pass the physical examinations.
The youths are scheduled for a
rree trip to tiie West Coast, and
must have their parents' per
mission to enter thr service.
It is possible that the white
youths are afraid they will be
drafted into military service, hut
the Congress just recently ruled
against any such action, and un
der the present law the CCC
youth will not be called to the
colors any sooner than thr youth
on the outside.
Superior Tribunal
In Final Session Of
Brief TermTuesdav
Two Diorcrs Granted and a
Ixine Civil (lane Handled
By Court
After clearing the criminal docket
arid handling a lone civil case, the
Martin County Superior Court ad
journed Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, the court personnel work
ing only a fraction of two days of
the one-week mixed term. Several
cases, given priority rights by the
calendar makers last April, were
forgotten in eht midst of mid-sum
mer heat and disheartening reports
lantic.
The grand jury completed its
work and submitted its report short
ly after 1 o'clock, the tribunal work
ing right on through the lunch hour
to complete its work and adjourn
at 2:30 o'clock. Judge Q. K Nim
ocks, finding no other work on the
calendar, left early in the afternoon
for KQ home in Fayetteville
Two divorces were granted dur
ing the short term, each being based
on two years of separation. Fannie
Grandy, colored, was granted an
absolute divorce in her case against
Lionel Grandy. William Alton White,
white, was granted a divorce in his
case against Jane Perry White.
In connection with a real estate
mortgage given ~io secure a hand,
for George Perkins who stands
charged with robbing the Peele Jew
elry Store m Williamston, Judge
Nimocks ordered the acceptance
of $50 cash in discharge of the bond
and surety. It appeared to the court
that the cash offer was fair and the
clerk was ordered to cancel the mort
gage on certain porperties.
Charged with having carnal
knowledge of a girl under sixteen
years, Felton Whitfield after a fair
ly lengthy trial was found not guil
ty.
Arrested about noon Tuesday,
John Robert Lawrence, colored, was
fined $20 for failing to appear as
a prosecuting witness in the case
charging Guy Rollina with secret
assault with intent to kill. Unable
to pay the fine, Lawrence was or
dered confined to the common jail
for twenty days. Nearly shot to
death by Rollins a few months ago,
Lawrence was said to have renewed
his assailant's friendship and that
(Continued on paga dx)
Judge Ni mocks Had
Urged Jurymen To
Report Violations
Gruml Jury Report Filed in
Open Uourt Tuesday
Afternoon
Acting in accordance with a sug
gestion made by Judge Q., K Nim
ocks urging them*to present cases
of alleged law violations, the mem
bers of the Martin County Grand
Jury Tuesday directed a short but
forceful order to all enforcement of- j
ficers directing them to "take more
precaution in checking public drunk
enness in the county at large." When
the jurist urged the jurymen to
make a closer check on alleged law
violations, He dtd not single out
public drunkenness, but the grand
jury, according to one law enforce
ment officer, "hit the nail on the
head when they called attention to
the deplorable conditions as they re
late to public drunkenness". v
It is possible that the jury had
certain cases in mtnd; tout apparent
ly to avoid a direct issue and elimi-1
nate any sensationalism the entire]
law enforcement body including pa
trolmen* police officers and ABC of
ficers were directed to conduct a
drive against the common practice
reported on such a staggering scale
in some sections of the county.
The grand jury report, as it ap
pears over the signature of Foreman
Joshua L. Coltrain, follows, in de
tail:
"AH bills have been disposed that
came into our hand.
"We find tliat all Justices of the
Peace filed their reports, and all
fines paid to the county treasurer,
except L. J. Hardison, of Williams
Township: j. s. Ayers and c. B. Rid
dick, of Cross Roads Township.
"We fihd that all guardians have
filed their reports as required ex
cept George M Stevenson, of Has
sell, who qualified as guardian of
Stevenson children and Parker
children on April 17, 1937, and no
report or account of any kind has
been filed.
"We inspected the offices of the
sheriff, clerk of court, register of
deeds,?and?county?tieasuiei?and
found same in good order and gen
eral conditions very good.
"We have inspected the jail and
find same in fair condition.
' We examined the County Home
and went over it with the keeper
and found same in good condition
and talked with several of the in
mates and they were well satisfied
as being cared for as well as could
be expected. We also found the
prison camp in good condition.
We, the Grand Jury, do hereby
make the following recommenda
tions: That the screens to the coun
ty court house and jail be repaired,
TTiat chairs be furnished the county
home for the dining room and front
|porch; That the patrolmen, police
officers and ABC officers take more
precaution in checking public drunk
enness in the county at large.
Williams Resigns
Factory Job Here
C. E. Williams, head of the loci
plant of the Goldman Package Man
ufacturing Company, this week ten
dered his resignation to return t
duties in Virginia, it was learned to
day Mr. Williams had been i
charge of the construction of th
plant since it was started here a fe\
months ago. He is being succeede
by E. E. Bateman, assistant manage
of the plant.
Mr. Bateman moved his famil
here from SoffitHf Oil*. wneit an
I they are now at home in a Carstar
phen apartment on Williams Stree
According to the new mfnager, th
plant will be made ready for opera
tion within the next fifteen days o
three weeks.
Current Tobacco
Crop Listed With
Latest On Record
Curinp Operation* Were Get
ting Underway On l^arge
Scale June 21, La*! Year
The current tobacco crop in Mar
tin County, described by some as the
poorest in a number of years,
ranking with the latest for the time
of season on record. Certainly this
is true as far as the comparison is
made to the crop for recent years.
Delayed first by cold weather, then
by blue mold attacks, the crop was
placed in the ftetd anywhere from
20 days to a month late. In the few
case? where farmers were able to
transplant their crops on time, the
cold weather hampered the growth
and in most cases late transplantings
are just as large now as the early
crop. The worms caused a noticeable
damage, and heavy re-settings were
necessitated, a few farmers actually
filling in the vacant spots as late as
last week. Tins latter practice, the
farmeis explain, is not allowed in
an effort to boost production but as
a fertilizer equalizer.
QH year at this time. Martin far- j
mers were starting their harvesting
[operations, reports stating that the
task was well underway in a num
ber of nearby counties. This year
numbers of farmers maintain that |
their tobacco is hardly large enough I
to plow, that they are not certain l
when they will be able to start har
vesting the crop.
An early worm attack is being
generally reported, and even though
recent rains have started the crop
growing rapidly, farmers, as a
whole, are not very optimistic over
the production prospects, not to even
mention the marketing outlook.
A recent report from Nashville,
Ga... states that farmers there are
setting about the task of curing tl^e
1940 crop of bright leaf tobacco for
the auction sales, but without much
expectation of hijgh prices*
Over the territory, some farmers
already are-firing barns, Others -wttt
be putting Their leaf through the
process shortly. The crop is describ
ed generally as m good shape, with ]
leaf of good quality and only small, !
spotted damage from weather.
Despite the high quality, the lack I
f British buying added to the
plus leaf from previous years is ex
pected to have an adverse effect on
prices.
Warehousemen and buyers will
get together within the next few
weeks on opening dates for the mar
kfftf ?-? ? ?
Surplus Of Farm
Produce Nearing
Peak In Country
RfHcrvc Supplier Now llclil
By Federal Agency Val
ued at Nearly Billion
Washington ? The ever-normal
granary reserve supply of surplus
agricultural products has reached
record levels and is expected to be
materially increased ihis year, ae
cording to Department of Agricul
ture reports.
The reserve supply of these prod
ucts held by the Community Credit
Corporation under loans to produc
ers, or owned by the corporation, is
valued at nearly $1,000,000,000, ac
cording to latest reports by the cor
poration.
The corporation disclosed that it
has taken over products valued at
$471,033,000- nr default of Ibtths to"
growers. It has loans outstanding on
products having a hook value of
$478,761,000 Both groups are com
prised chiefly of cotton. corn-wheat
and tobacco.
Last year the corporation made
loans to producers on 12 commodi
ties. These were: cotton, corn, wheat,
rye, tobacco, peanuts, figs, butter,
| wool, mohair, turpentine and resin.
These loans totaled approximately
$300,000,000.
The corporation's plans to expand
1940 loans were indicated in its re
quest to Congress for authorization
to increase its almost exhausted bor
rowing power from $900,000.000 to
$1,400,000,000.
?Secielaiy of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace has authorized the corpora
tion to make loans averaging 64 cents
a bushel on 1940 wheat, about 35
cents a bushel on rye and 30 cents
a bushel on bafley. This is the first
time that a barley loan has been au
thorized.
Loans arc considered virtually cer
tain on 1940 cotton and corn, as well
as most, if not all, other commodi
ties on which 1939 loans were made.
The cotton loan is expected to be
around 9 cents a pound and corn at
between 57 and 62 cents a bushel.
The corporation now owns approx
imately 6,600,000 bales of cotton val
ued at $375,000,000 and has loans out
standing on 2,700,000 bales valued at
about $132,000,000 All except 22,000
bales of that total was produced pri
or to 1939.
.- Since the first loin program in
to farmers on 857,268,000 bushels of
corn. It now either owns or has loans
outstanding on 514,000,000 bushels of
that total valued at $307,150,000.
(Continued on page six)
Uncertainty Hangs Heavy Over
The Allied Cause As Weak Peace
Talk Is Heard in Europe's War
Millions, Faring Starvation,
Appealing to the Red Cross
-n
Members of the local Junior Wo
man's Club went into action this
week in behalfof a needy people re
duced to bondage in Europe, and
during the remainder of this and
next week they will direct the ap
peals of the hungry to people on Wil
liamston's main street. A small booth
has been set up. and donations of any
amount will be received Up until
yesterday noon, the booth had col
lected a total of $30.80. boosting the
grand total to $171.08 in tin- Martin
j County chapter of tin- American Red
Cross.
The chapter is more than $200 be
hind it* original quota, indicating
that our people have not awakened
to the serious situation facing help
less millions in the war-torn coun
tries of Europe. A news commenta
tor said only this week that one of
the most extensive famines in mod
ern times is facing millions of help
less men. women and children 111
Europe. Starvation has already start
* 4
ed gnawing al the empty stomachs j
of thousands, and hundreds of other
thousands art1 doomed to an early T
death because such simple diseases
as whooping cnugh and other- -ml-;
tttctiIS cannot be properly cared for
under the perilous conditions exist- !
ing in the subdued territories.
The Enterprise willingly acknowl
edges donations made up until noon
yesterday and earnestly appeals for
a growing support in behalf of suf
fering humanity. The contributors
W. L. Brown ? $ 1:00
Garland Woulard 100
E. M Ti alley 2.00
Mrs. K 11 Clayton __LUiL
Mrs AH. Dunniiil; 2 no
Mrs Eason Lilley 1.00
Garland Coltrain 100
Reginald Simpson 100
Irving Margolis 100
J. E. Corey .25
J. 11. Edwards 1.00
Sylvester Lilley 1.00
j Bruce Wynne 1.00 j
I Anonymous lb 55 |
Farmers Are Urged lo
Comply with Urogram
Much DejiendeiH
T
Is Being Placed In
Program Payments
Martin FarinerH in l.iiic \\ itli
Tobacco, But llutr Km-ohh
I'cannt Acreage
With an Uncertain future facing
agriculture, farm leaders every
where are again stressing the im
portance of the soil conservation
program and it* allied benefit pro
granv-Uu*--group appeakog to?the
farmers and urging them to comply
strictly with the terms of the 1940
Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration program Mure dependence,
is being placed in the soil program
than there was shown just a few*
months ago, one farm leader ex
plaining that the payments under
the program would be of great ma
terial help to the farmer in absorb
ing any adverse shock on the mar
kets this coming fall
Early report* un compliance m
this county as obtained from about
one-third of the contracts indicate
thaf Martin farmers are adhering
closely to the tobacco allotments but
are strong on excess peanut plant
ings. Cotton quotas will stand close
inspection, unofficial reports stat
ing that in only one or two cases
have the plantings even slightly ex
ceeded the allotments. While a few
farmers have planted slightly in ex
cess of their quotas, only one farm
has deliberately increased its to
bacco acreage in excess of the al
lotted quota. In that case the plant
ings were said to be about double
those of a year ago
Firmly believing the program will
have a greater meaning and value
for the farmers this year, Mr T. B.
Slade, chief clerk of the Martin
-County?Agricultural Conservation
Association, is addressing a letter to
those farmers who have exceeded
their acreage quotas, advising them
of any excess plantings and listing
the deductions from the soil con -
servation payments and accompany
ing penalties.
Mr. Slade's letter, in part, follows:
"If you wish you may destroy- the
excess acreage before harvest
"Should you destroy any tobacco
or cotton, please notify us as soon as
(Continued on page six)
Leaf Producers
Will Hear Hoey
Raleigh?Governor -iloey suit?be
the principal speaker at the unnual
tobacco test farm field day at Ox
ford July 2, Commissioner of Agri
culture W Kerr Scott announced
Approximately 8,110(1 farmers and
their friends arc expected for the
evfent which will he held as a part
of the Granville County Centennial
Celebration. With the addition of
laboratories, the Oxford tobacco test
farm is now regarded as the largest
tobacco research station in the na
tion.
-?Df. T.'B- thttchesoii, rhtef of thr
agronomy department at th? Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacks
burg, Va , and J B. Hutson of Wash
ington, D. C, chief of the southeast
ern division, marketing section of
the AAA, will also be among the
speakers.
SOMMKK I IMIC
Officially and by the eaten
dur, the k<mhI <de summer time
made its appearance here this
morning at 8:37 u'clock. The ar
rival was unheralded since Miss
Springtime liail packed n.. anil
cleared out some duvs ago when
the mercury soared toward the
100-degree mark.
The first day of summer was
the coolest here in possibly two
weeks, a refreshing lirecce com
ing out of the north to temper
any blitzkrieg the hot season
might have to offer on its lie
but.
Incidentally. today has the
most minutes between sunrise
and sunset.
Various Interests
Pledge Support To
Leal Control Plan
? . . .,v,- .? ?'? ? |' ,,,, ______ ; I
Kisolulioiin I'ihshI lt\ I .urge
(?roup iii Mi-iTiiiK in
Kiilt'itfli I ui'sitiiv
Representative hankers from the
flue-cured area of tile State, key
itnTcliiinls, wareliinisemoni farm or-1
ganizations, and other agricultural j
agencies in the state met June 18
at ten o clock in Raleigh, for a goner
al discussion of the flue-cured to
hacco situation and also for making
plans for carrying out the flue-cured
referendum
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted
Whereas The present situation
confronting flue cured tobacco grow
ers is mine serious than at any time
in previous yeais due to the war ov
erseas, eliminating exports of flue
cured tobacco to those countries for
mei ly purchasing nearly 80 per cent
of the entire flue-cured tobacco cro|
grown in this country, anil
?Whereas The huge l?3? surplus
of approximately 400 million pounds
has depressed and will continue to
depress prices until this surplus is
eliminated, and
'Whereas It would disrupt thr en
tire tobacco growing industry, as
well as the economic life of the to
bacco growing areas, if growers
wen- toiniJL'llKl ahkolli (lie ne^T
?aiy acreage reduction in one year
rather than three years, and
Whereas The average prices to
growers had already fallen 8 cents
pel pound below the average of the
previous 5 years even before the
European war started last Septem
bar,
"Now therefore, be it resolved
thai representative growers, hank
ers, tobacco warehousemen, and oth
er businessmen from the states of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
olina. Georgia, and-Florida in meet
ing assembled at Raleigh, N. C, with
Mr J B ilutson, Agricultural Ad
justment Administrator, this the
lBth day of June. I940, unanimous
ly go on record as being in favor of
the regulation of tobacco acreage for
the three year period rather than
one year, in the belief that
I The trade would be more likely
to make purchases at reasonable
prices.
2. The government could better
give maximum support for the ex
(Continuad on paga aix)
French (mv eminent
On The Iuin|? While
Terms \re W eighed
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Nch Frt'iu-li llaltl<-?lii|> Taken
Over By Niiziit; Navy Still
In Hiding
Peace proposals for Prance are
following a slow course while Hit
ler's snarling swine continue to grind
their heavy heel of death into the
soul of France, late reports stating
that the terms of the harsh peace
are expected at any moment, but
that there is no assurance of a defi
nite hour.
Three purposes are embodied in
the peace proposals which were
briefly discussed by French and Ger
man representatives in the old rail
road car that served as u meeting
place for the 1918 Armistice group
in Compiegne Forest. The first pur
pose is to redress the alleged wrongs
done Germany after the Kaiser's
forces had killed millions and de
stroyed properties that have not af
?tor nearly a quarter of a Century
been rebuilt The seeond purpose is
to guarantee peace for Germany,
and that the French will not support
England in prosecuting the war.
Whether France will accept the
terms remains to be seen, but the
German hordes continue their
slaughter and it may be that France
[will be whipped into submission
I The government, jumping from
[ pillar to post w hile the terms are. be
ing debated, will, possibly go to
Africa and continue to offer resist
ance from that point if the terms
are unlieajablc. Or she poght sec
the hopelessness of the fight and sur
render its all lp the barbarians.
Hitler was at the peace meeting
-for a few minutes. .ittd--afr'he left the
German national .e ihcm was play
ed a' lui ; insult ;o the injury ai
r? 'i'1 v 'inflicted upon a battered
French people.
As tie war France draws to a
rapid close, toe Germans dealt a
severe blow to the Allied Cause
when they captured two new French
warships in dry dock. The capture
is recognized as another factor that
I will he combined 111 the bloody at
tack that is already underway
against the British Isles and the
heart of the fast great democracy
standing between the barbarians
and lilt- I billed Slates
Uncertainty grows day by day over
the w-orld wide front Kussia is mov
ing millions of men into the Balkan
country evidently in preparation for
action once the French peace terms
are made public Italy's Dago Mus
solini is said to be a bit peeved by
Hitler's secret way of doing things
when it comes to dtytding the spoils.
Over in this part of the world, un
rest grows to the south of us. Some
have predicted that Mexico will be
m tin midst of a revolution during
Hie course of a lew months ui pok-'"
sibly weeks Subversive elements
continue to augment the unrest in
South Aim ricim?e*uniti-itr*;- jmvsahly
with the intent of attracting the
forces of the United States while
Germany overruns England and then
to pave the way for a migration of
the barbarians to these, shores
Slitters Injury In
Vutomohile Wreck
Julius Brown, about 3ft years old, ?
suffered a broken leg when he dart
ed into the highway near Hopkins'
filling station between Oak City and
Hamilton about 10 o'clock Wednes
day morning and was struck by a
car driven by Max Schulsinger.
clothing salesman, of 2355 Sher
brook Street, Pittsburgh. Picked up
by the salesman, Brown, a colored
man, was brought to a local doctor
and was later moved to a Washing
ton hospital His injuries, confined
principally to his leg, are not re
garded as serious.
Investigating the'accident, Patrol
man Whit Saunders and Deputy bill
Haislip stated that Brown was walk
ing down the middle of the highway,
turned to the right shoulder and
darted mtu the road upon lhe ap^
proach of the Schulsinger car. The
colored man, said to be slightly un
balanced mentally, was known to
have gam b led with hts life on the
highways and in other places on
previous occasions, and acquaint
ances were not surprised when they
learned he had fallen victim to an
automobile.
After making a thorough investi
gation, the officers released the
Pittsburgh man, and the welfare
department assumed responsibility
for the patient.
Mr. Anil Mr*. Cmrganu*
Continue III In Ho*pi to!
Mr. Robert Qurjami* iunUlllM~
seriously ill in a Rocky Mount hos
pital following an operation there
earlier in the week for a kidney ail
ment. Mrs Gurganus. who has besn
in the hospital two months, also con
tinue, quite sick.