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VOLUME XL11I?NUMBER 97 Williamtlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Taenia?. Drrember 3, ESTABLISHED 1899
County Officers
Start New Term
Monday Morning
Crowds Gather in Offices.
Halls and Courtroom for
Induction Ceremonies
Without pomp or dttiiltKl core
mony. Martin County officers were
sworn in for a two-year term by
Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne in the
courthouse here yesterday morning.
Large crowds, gathering in the of
fices. halls and courtroom for the
regular routine of county happen
ings as they center around the
"first Monday", were present for the
informal induction ceremonies.
Amidst the confusion caused by
those calling for their old-age pen- ,
sion checks or welfare aid. and by
those who would file their monthly
reports, and by those who Were
rushing to make ready their defenses
in the county court. W. Hubert Co
burn subscribed to the oath of of
fice ahd became a full-fledged judge
in a corner of Clerk L. B Wynne's
office at 9:30. Only one or two wit
nesses were on hand for the cere
mony. Five minutes later, the old
board of commissioners went into
final session at the call of the retir
ing chairman. John E Pope The min
utes of the previous meeting were
read and approved following a dis
cussion of the 1939 tax books. Bills,
conrtacted under the old board were
inapected by all members of the
board and approved for payment.
Mrs. C. A. Harrison, retiring treasur
er, submitted a final statement which
was accepted, the acceptance mark
ing the last official act of the old
board
Chairman John E. Pope and Mem
ber C. C Fleming addressed a few
parting remarks to the board, and
the new board, including C. Abram
Koberson, of Robersonville; R. A
Haislip, of Oak City; R. L. Perry, of
Bear Grass, re-elected, and Joshua
L. Coltrain. of Williams Township,
and C. D. Carstarphen, of Williams
ton, recently elected members, sub
scribed to the oath of office. A reor- j
ganization of the board was perfect- j
ed in less than a minute after Clerk
of Court L. B Wynne administered
the oath. R L. Perry, who has a
long and able record of service as a
member of the board, was made
chairman upon the motion uf Com
missioner C. Abram Roberson. Chair
man Perry, pledging his best efforts ;
to the county as head of its govern- ]
ing body, expressed his apprecia- I
tion to the members of the board j
for the honor bestowed upon him.
The first act of the new board was |
to reappoint Don Elphonsa Johnson
solicitor of the county recorder's
court, the action being recognized as j
a mere formality following the rec
ommendation made by the Demo
cratic primary last Maf Solicitor
Johnson subscribed to the oath of
office at 10:35, and at 10:40 another
branch of the county government,
the recorder's court, was function
ing with the recently elected judge,
W. Hubert Coburn, on the bench
and Solicitor Johnson again at the
prosecutor's table. Retiring Judge H.
O. Peel appeared in court to assist
in the handling of unfinished busi
ness. A motion for non-suit made
before Judge Peel at a session sever
al weeks ago was sustained by the
new judge in the case charging John
Robert Lawrence with violating the
liquor laws. A continuance was again
granted in the case charging Ben
Biggs with violating the liquor laws,
it having been explained that the
defense counsel could not be pres
ent.
Upon the suggestion and approval
of the retiring judge, a capias was is
sued for the arrest of George Allen
who had not complied with a prev
ious judgment in the court.
Judge Coburn then called his first
case
After getting the court function
ing, the clerk returned to his office
long enough to administer the oath
of office to R. H Smith, recently
elected treasurer, Mr. Smith's bond
for $40,000 having been just approv
ed by the new board of commission
(Continued on page six)
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Injured In Wreck
Near Washington
William O. White, local white
man, suffered a broken nose, and
aeveral other persons were injured,
three seriously, in an automobile ac
cident at Old Ford in Beaufort
County Sunday afternoon Mr.
White, driving the car belonging to
his brother-in-law, Mr. Frank Wes
ton ,of Williamston, was taking Mrs
Ralph Jones and her two-year-old
son, Larry, to their home in Beau
fort County following a visit here
with Mrs. Jones' sister, Mrs Weston,
when two colored men, Willie Cobb,
Jr? and Sam Tucker, started to pass
another car and crashed head on
into the machine driven by White.
Hie two colored men were serious
ly hurt, and the Weston car was
wrecked. Mrs. Jones, who suffered
severe cuts and bruises, was report
ed to be getting along very Well in
a Washington hospital today Her
aon suffered painful cuts on his face.
Charges will be brought against
the operator of the Negro car, Pa
trolman J. G. Spivey was quoted as
saying following an investigation
of the wreck.
Important Cotton Referendum
Will Be Held Next Saturday
Cotton growers of North Carolina
and other state6 in the nation where
the lint crop is produced will go to
the polls Saturday to decide in a
referendum whether to have cotton
marketing quotas in effect on the
1941 crop. Quotas have been in ef
lect for the past three yean. ?T
eluding 1940
E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive offi
cer of N. C. State College, urges ev
ery farmer who produced cotton this
year to go to his community polling
place and express his opinion. "A
large majority of cotton growers
voting will mean that the referen
dum outcome represents the true
opinion of producers as a whole," he
declared.
The nation-wide vote in favor of
cotton marketing quotas for 1940
was 877,297 for quotas and 84,976
against quotas, or 91.2 per cent of
those voting in favor of the quotas.
North Carolina gave 1940 quotas a
50,737 to 5,767 vote (898 per cent)
vote of approval.
Floyd pointed out that cotton lands
which have helped this year in
maintaining cotton farmers* incomes
can be made available to cotton
growers in 1941 only if marketing
quotas are approved in Saturday's
referendum. The Agricultural Ad
justment Act, passed by Congress in
1938, specifically provides that if
quotas are proclaimed and then
voted down, loans cannot be made.
The Triple-A officer also said that
if marketing quotas are rejected, the
1940 cotton loan program would
have to cease at the time ballot re
sults are announced, and a loan
could not again be available until
August 1. 1942
POOR RESPONSK
ED
The call for discarded toys and
surplus clothing for distribution
among the less fortunate in this
community at Christmas time
went virtually unanswered here
yesterday afternoon when the
Boy Scouts canvassed the town
and returned with hardly a
handful of toys and no discard
ed clothes.
The canvass was dishearten
ing in view of the fart that num
bers of homes are cluttered with
toys and yet busy housewives
could not find the time to coop
erate with an inexpensive move
to gladden the hearts of othrrs.
A second canvass will be
made by the Scouts next Satur
day morning. The response to
that canvass will drterminr the
success or thr failure of the
Christmas Cheer movement.
Submarine Offers
Serious Threat To
British Shipping
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Greeks Score Nen SuccenwH
In Fight Aguiiiftt Itiily
In Alhania
Rising as one of the most serious
threats to Great Britain, German
submarines are claimed by the Nazis
to be playing havoc with British
shipping Up until noon t<5day. the
Germans claim seventeen British
ships sunk within the preceding 24
hours. According to the claim, fif
teen merchantmen and a destroyer
were sent ot the bottom out of one
convoy in the Atlantic a few hun
dred miles off the Irish coast. The
total tonnage lost, according to the
German claims, Is 161,000 tonsr
British sources scoff at the claims,
hut it is admitted by the English
that the. submarine warfare is prov
ing even more serious than the dev
astating air raids made on their
cities Realizing the great submarine |i
menace, England is now looking to 11
the United States for the purchase
of sixty new ships
III addition to hep losses on the
high seas* England is still undergo
ing attacks from the air. Bristol un
derwent its second attack in two
days last night, one report states that
the wreckage and loss of life was
greater than at Coventry more than
two weeks ago. London had a quiet
night last night, but three raid
alarms were sounded early today in
rapid order. Other English cities
have been savagely attacked, includ
ing Birmingham, during the past
! few days.
The only .other activity in the air
| yesterday and early today was re
ported over Naples which the Brit
ish raided extensively.
As England was bearing the blunt
of sea and air attacks, the Greeks
continued their march against the
Italians in Albania. Late reports state
that the valiant Greeks have cut off
the greater part of Mussolini's elev
enth army in Southern Albania, clos
ing supply routes to the large num
ber of men. The Greeks now are
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Voung White Man
Is Hold-up Victim
Near Here Sunday
Dllie Bluml'* Life Threatened
By Two Negroea Staging
During Hold-up
OUie Bland, young Williams
Fownshtp white man, was held up
ind robbed by two Negroes near the
Mo. 90 filling station on the James
/ille Road in Williams Township
?arly last Sunday night, the robbers
aking a watch and chain and a
imall amount of change. Tom Jones.
12, and N. S. Nichols, ?1, both col
>red, have been arrested in connec
ion with the crime, and are now in
ail awaiting trial in the Martin
bounty Superior Court here next
veek. They were given a prelim
nary hearing here yesterday after
toon. Justice J. L. Hassell found
>robable cause in the case and re
juired bond in the sum of $500 each.
Jnable to raise the stipulated
imounts. the two men were ordered
jlaced in jail
Making a purchase at the filling
station, Bland started riding a bi
?yde to his home below the filling
itation on the Jamesville Road Ob
serving the purchase at the station
ind thinking he had money. Jones
ind Nichols are said to have follow
ed Bland on a second bicycle with
lones pedalling and Nichols riding
he crossbar. Overtaking Bland, the
two men rode beside him a short
jistance, the three men exchanging
greetings. Nichols was reported to
lave attempted to hit Bland over
the head with a big pop bottle. Miss
ing its mark, the bottle crashed on
the concrete. Jones then turned his
bicycle into Bland's causing Bland
to fall to the road. Before he could
get up Nichols was said to have grab
bed htm by one wrist and Jones
:aught him by the other hand.
Reaching his hand into Bland's
pocket, he got the change and one
t'nd of the watch chain. As he pull
ed his hand out, he snatched the
man's watch, a cheap one. Jones
bopped on the wheel and rode off
Nichols ran away. Bland failing in
a chase after him.
Called to the scene. Sheriff C B
Roebuck soon picked up a clue and
at midnight, the officer, accompan
ied by Patrolman Whit Saunders,
arrested Nichols under a bed in
Wiley Lanier's home on an island in
Williams Township. Jones was ar
rested in the courthouse yesterday
morning when he came here to talk
to Bland apparently in an effort to
get him to withdraw the warrant.
Nichols had the watch and chain on
his person when the officers arrest
ed him.
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Car Stolen Here Thurtday
/< Recovered In Rertie
Stolen from in front of the Crock
ett home on Church Street on last
Thursday evening, the Dodge sedan
belonging to Abner Brown was re
covered in Bertie County the follow
ing morning by Patrolman Scar
borough. The thief had deserted the
car temporarily when the patrolman
found it. Very little damage was
done to the machine.
Keen Competition in Holiday
Decorations Expected Locally
According to early reports, Wil
liamston merchants, home owners
and public building employees are
making extensive plans for throw
ing a gala attire around the ole
town this Christmas season More
people are expected to participate
in the program, add a few lights and
place the artistic touch to the dec
orations that the spirit of the period
migh be advanced in every nook and
corner ?
Sponsoring the contest for prize
Winning decorations, the local Cham
ber of Commerce is out collecting a
number of valuable prizes, which
wlil be awarded winners irt three
groups Tor the first time, prizes
will be made available to public
employees. Prizes will also be
awarded for the best home or door
way arrangements and yard decora
lions. It is believed that a greatei
interest in the public building dec
orations will follow this year since
the decorators will at least receive
official recognition at the hands ol
the judges for their artistic efforts
The store and window decorationi
will be judged, but no prizes will be
awarded in that group, the com
merce directors agreeing that the
other prizes should be increased.
Prizes, valued at possibly $50 01
more, will be distributed to the win
ners in the form of trade tickets
leaving the winners to make theii
own selections.
The first of the out-door Christmai
lighting effects will be noticed nex
Friday evening when the hundredi
of vari -colored bulbs are lighted or
the streets in the business section
Individual work on decorations wil
follow within a few days.
Child Killed While
Playing With Calf
Saturday Morning
La*t Rilen Held Sunday Near
Jamettville for Robert
Harmon David
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Robert Harmon Davit, nine ytiri
i?W. was killrd whtlr playing with [
a calf at his home near Jamesville
last Saturday morning, the accident |
being rated as one of the most un
usual reported in this county during
recent years. Possibly choked to
death, his neck broken and his face
scarred and bruised either by a di
rect attack by tbe calf or as he was
dragged across the rough ground and
through a wooded area for a short
distance, the youth's body was found
almost cold by a sister after he had
been missing from the yard lot the
greater part of an hour
Robert, the youngest son of Mr
and Mrs. Levi Davis, had his atten
tion centered around the Hereford j
calf, and despite warnings to be care
ful, he spent much time playing
with the animal, weighing hardly
200 pounds and standing less than
three feet in height. Early Saturday
morning as the father started to his
work in the fields he warned his
son against roping the calf, but the
animal seemed friendly enough and
the temptation was too great for the
lad. Shortly after exchanging greet
ings with the mail man about 9:30
o'clock, the youth roped the calf and
slipped the other end of the rope ov
er his own neck, using a slip-knot.
His sister saw the play in the lot, hut
lost sight of him for about an hour
Becoming uneasy, the sister, Belva
Ray, 12 years old, went to look for
him. Walking Jo a wooded ravine
in a far corner of the lot, one hun
dred yards or more from the house, I
she found the boy and calf still tied |
together, the youth lying face down
Turning him over, she found his face
nte
black and cold. With a frightened I
scream, she summoned help, and ]
Mrs. Earl llardison, a neighbor liv
ing across the road rushed there. Be
fore they could loosen the rope, they I
had to fight the calf away with a
stick Mrs. llardison picked the life
less body up in her arms and rush- |
ed out of the ravine to the house.
Just how the little fellow lost his
life no one knows. It is reasoned
that he fastened the rope around his
neck, that the calf jumped and
snatched him down, tightening the
rope around his neck. Possibly he I
was choked to death or his neck |
could have been broken before the
animal dragged him into the ravine.
It is thought by some that the ani
mal attacked him with his hoofs, but
other than on the lad's face there
were no bruises or scars on his body.
Bright-eyed, friendly and accoin
inodating, the little fellow was as
smart as a lark around the home
and in school where he was a mem
ber of the fourth grade. He had a
large number of little friends at
school and in his home community,
a few miles below*iJamesville on the
Plymouth Highway, and Ins death
saddened the entire community
where he, full of life and pep, had
played and romped
Besides his parents, he is survived
by two brothers, Levi, Jr., and Dur
ham Davis, both of tin- home, and
four sisters, Mrs. William Hopkins,
of Plymouth; Mrs. Horace Kendrick,
of?Birmingham;?Mrs.?Alexander
Daniel, of Dardens, and Miss Belva
Ray Davis, of near Jamesville.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock by Rev. P. B. Nick ens, Plym
outh Baptits minister. Interment was
in a new cemetery on the. home
farm. His fourth-grade classmates
served as flower bearers.
Retiring Treasurer
Files Final Report
Mrs. C. A Harrison, serving the
county as treasurer by special ap
pointment following Mr Harrison's
death in December of last year, yes
terday filed a final report with the
old board of commissioners Accom
panying the report was a personal
statement, in which the retiring
treasurer expressed her appreciation
for the courtesies extended her. The
board ordered a fitting reply to the
note.
The statement shows that the
county has $75,063.08 to its credit in
the several banks as embraced in the
following accounts: general account.
$21,308.82, school account, $15,
431.73: road districts, *28.444 08;
state school, $2,092 08. and sinking
fund, $7,786.39.
Mr. R. H. Smith, recently elected
treasurer, succeeds Mrs Harrison
who was not a candidate for the of
fice in the recent elections.
Car, Taken By Mitlake,
It Returned To Ovtner
After reporting his Chevrolet car
stolen from a parking place on
Washington Street last Friday eve
ning, D. M. Roberson learned the
next morning that the car had been
driven away by mistake.
Resembling a car belonging to the
Roanoke Chevrolet Company and
which she was supposed to drive
home, Miss Mamie Clyde Taylor
drove the Roberson machine to her
home near here, not knowing until
the following morning that she had
Mr. Roberson's car. The error was
quickly corrected.
Commissioners* Order Complete
Revaluation of All Real Estate
In Countv For 1941 Tax Year
?JUDGE AND CHAIKMAV
A change in the county's judging and governing personnel was e!
fected here yesterday when W. II t'oburn. left, occupied the judge's
seat in the county court for the first time, and Robert Lee Perry,
right, was elevated to the chairmanship of the county board of com
missioners.
Plans To Enlarge
Cemetery Heard
By Town Officials
Proponed Plan (lulls For llii
I'lirrliiiHc of llullx-rslinlt
Farm Fuiul
A new proposal to enlarge the lo
cal cemetery was advanced at a
regular meeting of the town com
missioners last evening. Walter Hal
berstadt. appearing before the board,
offered tin.*' town ?several' acres of
land near the present cemetery for
?-approximately $'2,00t)r- A?detail of
the proposed plan was not made the
officials selecting a committee from
their number to make a study of the
plan and to discuss the matter again
at some future meeting.
The plan, recognized as an ideal
one for enlarging and improving the
cemetery, is being advanced while
another one awaits action. Some
months ago a movement was started
to enlarge the cemetery on the
southeast side. A Works Progress Ad
ministration pnoject was given ap
provul arid a detailed survey of the
improvement program was made by
an engineer For one reason or an
other, the peace of the dead has nut
been disturbed, and the old ceme
tery continues as a disgrace to the
people here.
Commissioners Luther Peel and N
C. Green and Mayor J. L Hasscll
were named on the committee to
study the new cemetery plan
Three applications to open wine
stores here were considered, the
hoard withholding licenses in each
Odds and ends on the town's sub
walk paving were discussed, the
board authorizing the completion of
walks on South Watts Street and on
the east end of Marshall Avenue A
request to pave a sidewalk on Elm
Street was left open, and the possi
bility of paving a walk on South
Haughton Street is to be investigat
ed. The sidewalk paving program is
nearing completion. Street surfac
ing will hardly get underway before
early spring, it is understood, and
action then depends on favorable
action by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation in advancing a neces
sary loan
Shortly before 9 o'clock, the board J
went into executive session, but a
long-standing custom was reversed. I
Instead of excusing the chief of po-l
lice, superintendent of the water de
partment and a reporter, the board
members, led by Mayor J. L. Hasscll
moved out of their office into the
street. The topic for secret discussion
was not revealed, but just before the
board went into the outside huddle, j
the Hall-Mitchell $10,000 damage suit
was dropped as a bombshell into the
meeting.
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Christmas Savings
Checks Are Mailed
The Guaranty Bank and Trust
Company mailed out over the week
end 150 checks to Christmas Saving*
depositors in and around Williams
ton. The fortunate members of the
1940 Christmas club are $10,000.00
better off by having joined the club
tweive months ago
The sum above represents savings
of over 150 members, which is the ;
largest number as well as the largest I
|amount of savings ever distributed!
j by the local institution
The 1941 club is now open and
will remain open for at least four
1 weeks.
Mrs. Oliver Gilbert is recovering
from an operation in a Durham hos
pital and is expected home withtn
the next two weeks.
\i:\hi\<; <;o\i
Thr Martin County chapter of
the American Ked Cross was re
ported (tearing its goal of $400
today. I,ate yesterday, the local
roll call chairman. >lrs. J A.
F.ason reported $322.85 collect
ed in Williamston. and one or
two canvassers had not reported
at that time. Hardens, one of the
smallest communities in the
county, reports $18.49. and that
with a collection of $211.81 boosts
the total for the chapter to
$364.95. Farm Life has report
ed. hut its total was not made
public immediately. One or two
districts are yet to report
A complete review of the 1946
roll call with a list of members
not previously reported is selied
tiled for publication Friday.
Sale 01 Christmas
Seals Is Underway
"Public Health Can He Hought "
I'he dollars spent by the American
people for tuberrulosis Christmas
seals have been an investment in
lealth in their own communities.
Ninety-five per cent of the income
from flie sale of seals remains in the
date where the sales art* made. Thr
ither five per cent goes to the Na
lonal Tuberculosis Association which
is constantly working out more ef
ficient and economical methods for
the campaign against tuberculosis
which must he carried to victory
The sale of tuberculosis seals he
gan today hi Martin County, with
schools of the county, organizations
>f the towns and individuals uniting
Again this year the drive is.being
L'onducted under the sponsorship of
the Junior Woman's Club, with Mrs
II O. Peele as chairman
If any person in the county is not
L'ontacled hi the campaign ' and
wishes to buy seals, he is asked to
see Mrs Peele or mail a contribu
tion.
"This year, help save a life by us
ing tuberculdsis seals."
I'caiiol Market Is
Reporting Record
Activities Today
A new record of activity was
reported on the local peanut
market yesterday and today
when farmers crowded govern
ment warehouses and the Wil
liamston Peanut Company yard
While the open market was re
porting limited purchases, as a
whole, several independents re
ported heavy deliveries yester
day. The Williamston Peanut
Company stored approximately
4,000 bags of the goobers yester
day to chalk up a record.
A marked trend from the open
market to the government
warehouses has been noted, and
already the deliveries are reach
ing high figures. More than 30,
000 hags of peanuts had been
stored in the two warehouses
here up until late yesterday af
ternoon, and deliveries are
larger this morning. Arrange
ments for opening a third house
are being considered, and it Is
firmly believed that the govern
ment can handle a greater part
or virtually all of the remainder
of the crop in this county, and
ponsibly offerings from adjoin
ing territory. The 30,354 bags
stored to date weigh approxi
mately one and three-quarter
million pounds, and 85 per cent
of them were placed in the No.
1 grade, netting the farmer
right at 3 1-4 centa a pound.
[New Board In Its
Initial Moot Fares
Complicated Task
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ll. lail.-.l I'lan- VI ill Be Plured
Before Speeial Meelinu
Next Momlav
I
I ho now board of Martin County
commissioners. holding its first ges
shin here yesterday faood at the
start a complicated task While the
authorities wore quite certain they
could not handle the task perfectly
or even to the complete satisfaction
of everyone, they were agreed that
something needs to be done and a
revaluation of all real estate in the
county was ordered. A lengthy dis
cussion preceded the order calling
for a complete revaluation of prop
erties. but no definite plans were
advanced for handling the huge
task
According to an unofficial report,
the meeting considered several plans
day when the authorities will meet
m special sesion to hear reports
from S H Grimes, newly appoint
ed tax supervisor, and Commission
et C D. Carstarphen, who are to
make a study of systems for the re
valuation of properties 'in other
counties. During the meantime, the
commissioners are expected to give
thought to the problem and contrib
lite to the discussions at the meet
i tog next Monday The appointment
of the list-takers is expected at
that meeting
It was. suggested at the meeting
yesterday to name to assessors for
each township and arrange for them
to' visit and inspect each individual's
property With the list ? taker. The
plan is not.at all definite, hut it is -
fairly certain that the new hoard is
- -tuily- determined to iron out the tub?
mitted inequalities in the property
assessments as they appear on the
old books
S Harcum Grimes was reappoint
ed tax supervisor, and hi- was also
appointed to handle the pergonal
property ' insolvent " tax accounts
He is to receive 1 it of the epllec
( lions.
Waiting for the old board to clear
its desk, the recent elected authori
ties were late;getting started on tlu ir
work yesterday Subscribing to the
oath of office at 10:35 .the coniniis
sinners immediately settled down to
their accepted tasks The appoint
merit of D. Klphonsa Johnson con
Stituted the first official act of the
hoard following its reorganization
which placed Commissioner R. L.
Perry, of Beat' Grass, in the chair
man's seat Bonds were next approv
ed for the various officers, as fol
lows: Treasurer R H Smith, $40,
000, Register of Deeds, J Sam Get
singer, $5,000 and the same amount
for Mr. Getsinger as county account
?nut: S H (irilTHS, special tax collect ^
or, $2,000 Bonds were reapproved
for the clerk of court, deputy court
clerk, sheriff and coroner.
Completing its reorganization, the
hoard appointed E S. Peel, county
attorney, the appointment providing
a $100 retainer's fee. John W. Bland
was reappointed superintendent of
the county home for one year.
The tangled up situation in which
thi' township constabulary has found
itself recently was partially clear
ed by the hoard, hut there is some
doubt if Clarence Sexton will ac
cept the appointment as constable
ol Jamesville Township. The entry
in the board's minutes as it relates
to the Jamesville Township post of
constable reads, "J H. Hurdison hav
ing forfeited his claim of election to
the office of constable of Jamesville
Township, the board upon motion of
Commissioner C A. Roberson, sec
iContinued on page fix)
Volunteer Firemen
Receive Two Falls
After a long period of little ac
tivity, Williamston's volunteer fire
men are having a fairly busy time.
During the week ending last Satur
day, the firemen received six calls
but the law of averages should give
them a brief respite for a short
while.
La4t Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock
the firemen were called to a tool shed
belonging to the contracting firm of
Kiker and Yount near the river. The
night watchman built a fire near the
shed where the ground had been
saturated with kerosene overflow
ing when flares were filled for
on the river fill. The oil was soon
heuted and the fire spread rapidly
to the shed, wrecking the small
building and burning up the con
tents valued at $300. Several truck
tires and a number of grease pumps
were in the building.
Saturday morning at 10:50, the
firamen were called to a small grass
ftre on Washington Street. No dam
age was reported there.