Pastor Baptizes J
Condemned Meni
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Twelve Negroes on Death' 1
Row Prepare for Chair; , j
Two Die on March 16 J (
i
Twelve men prepared themsel- |
▼es for death at the State Prison ,
recently.
All Negroes, they are among the
23 condemned now confined on
death row at State's Prison. They j
were baptized by Rev. J. H. Tuck
er, of Guilford Chapel Methodist
Gharch in M'.ddlesex.
Condemned men usually are
baptized before they walk to the
electrict chair, Warden H. H.
Honeycutt said, but never before* in
prison history have 12 of them re
ceived the religious rite the same
day. But, never before to prison
history have 23 condemned men
occupied death row cells at one
time.
There is some hope for ten of
those baptized. For the other two
James Johnson and Jesse Brooks,
scheduled to die March 16, there
appears to be little hope left.
Johnson's attorney, A. P. Spell, of
Red Springs, submitted to Parole
Commissioner Edwin G.ll a peti
tion asking that his sentence be
commuted to life imprisonment.
The petition bore the name of 85
Hoke and Robeson county cit.fcens.
Clemency is asked on grounds that
Johnson is insane.
Commissioner Gill said Johnson
had been under observation of an
alienist for some time.
Johnson, a Roberson county na
ture, is under death sentence for
the murder of his sweetheart.
There have been no petitions for
clemency for Brooks, who killed a
Durham officer in t*n attempted
Store robbery last June. A Geor-
Negro and an ex-convict in
Virginia, he also ;s known as Pete
sro?ks, Woody Dewilde r and John I
"^eade.
Others baptized were:
Emanuel Bittings, sentenced
from Forsyth for murder.
Johnnie Hart, sentenced from
Sampson for murder.
Tom Williams, sentenced from
Person for murder.
Johnnie Johnson sentenced from
Sampson for murder.
George Whitfield sentenced from
Gulford for criminal assault. I
James Dallas Hamlet sentenced
from Duplin for burglary.
James Green sentenced from
Pitt for criminal assault.
Ossie Smith, now on death row
for safekeeping, unde;- indictment
for murder in Northampton.
Walter Thaxton, sentenced from
Person for murder.
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CAMP FIRE MELODIES
TO BE GIVEN HERE
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any knowledge, that is personally
directed by a child ten years of
»ge. In adds occuring elsewhere
in this paper will be found the
names of the groups taking part
in the program. The advanced rep
resentative stated to a reporter of
this paper that in the short t.me
remaining if it were possible to
get all contracts closed the Tribe
was considering going on the air
w.'th the musical numbers in this
play, however, this cannot be
•guaranteed but every effort is be
ing put forth to that end.
This paper extends an expres
sion of gratitude to the local tribe
of Red Men for bring a play of
this type and magnitude to this
city. Th s play is perfectly clean,
educational and entertaining and
we judge from the expressions of
people elsewhere that it is a rare
treat for this community. The re
porter stated that by special per
mit of the great Sachem of Norlh
Carolina, the fraternal salute w.ll
be given to the Director and the
presiding Chief will present her
with the Sacred Wampum belt in
public, the second time th s has
ever been done in this State. Tho
other time was when the member
ship of the Fourth District meet
ing attended in a body the revival
meet ng of ihe Rev. William (Billy)
Sum'ay while he was holding a re
vival meeting in Greenville.
All characters are in colorful
costume and the entire play is in
tableau. This paper heart.ly joins
the entire citizenship of Rocky
Mount in thanking the manage
ment of this play for coming our
way and it will be just like the
people of Rocky Mount to give full
attendance. In event the spacious
auditorium of our high school does
not permit the entire attendance,
arrangements have been made to
transmit the program to the othe r
parts of the building.
During the educational feature
ATTORNEY GENERAL
ADDRESES CIVITANS
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stitution would prevent that, and
rejection would give opportunity '
for it.
2. The State Treasurer is now, I
for the first time in the history |
of the State, to control the audit- j
ing of the financial transactions'
of his own office in disbursing
$16,000,000 of State school funds.
That is a violation of all proper
standards of governmental policy.
Naturally the authors of the pro
posed new Constitution could not
have supposed that such a thing
could happen, but now that it has
any new Constitution should effec
tually guard against and prevent
its recurrence. This should be
done by providing in definite and
positive language that the State
Auditor, responsible only to the
people and the legislative depart
ment, shall audit and pass on all
claims against the State.
3. The proposed new Constitu
tion does contain a provision which |
would prevent appointment of I
members of the General Assembly,
during their terms of office, to
jobs which they themselves have
created during such terms. That
is good, but it does not go far
enough. The Constitution should
prevent sitting in the General
Assembly of officers or employees
of the executive department and
contain effectual means for en
forcement of this prohibition and
punishment for its violation.
4. Crime has become one of our
major problems. We cannot ade
quately cope with crime in North
Carolina until we have a proper
set up of law enforcement agen
cies. The proposed new instru
ment is woefully deficient in this
respect.
5. It further centralizes govern
ment and concentrates it in the
hands of the executive without
adequate protection against con
trol of the legislative department
by the executive by the use of
I patronage.
6. It applies the short ballot to
school control and increases the
opportunity to politicalize the pub
lic schools.
7. It confers upon the Governor
the veto power in such form that,
by holding the General Assembly
in long session as happened in
1931 and 1933, it would be almost
impossible to pass a bill over his
veto.
! 8. It imposes no limitation or
restriction whatever on the levy of
poll taxes and thus gives larger
opportunity for increasing the bur
den of taxation upon the poor and
those of small or moderate means.
9. It removes every definite and
useful restriction on the power of
taxation; enormously extends the
field of taxation; permits, with
out a vote of the people, the levy
of taxes for anything a court
would hold to be a public purpose,
to any extent, in any form, with
out any limit, and by any system
of classification, short of what a
court might declare to be confis
cation—and hardly ever has a
court declared taxation unconsti
tutional on that ground.
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FORMER JUSTICE
ENJOYS BIRTHDAY
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tenets of Holems' interpretation ot
the constitution.
This is that the famous docu
ment must be interpreted freshly
in the light of current conditions
and that, accepted thus, it would
serve the changing needs of a
Democratic government for all
time.
Holmes resigned from the bench
a little more than two years age
because his health made it diffi
-1 cult for him to get about freely
In the spring he goes to his
New Kngland home at Beverlj
i Farms, Mass., and returns here
I in the fall when the court con-
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NEGRO AND HIS SON
DROWNED IN CAN AI
Tarboro, March 10.—Charle
• Williams, colored, and his son
I Ben, were drowned about 1:4- r
1 o'clock this morning near the Gil
- lesp e farm about four miles frorr
this city, when their automobile
I skidded in the snow and fell intc
' a canal. He and his son were pin
s ioned beneath the car and wen
' unable to release themselves.
Williams' wVfe's sister and an
' other son were caught beneath th
: car also, but they escaped.
i the local tr.be requests the man
i agement to admit high school anc
, grammar school students at re
> duced rates which was granted anc
• high and grammar school student:
will be admitted for 15c whereas
i 1 adults will be 25c.
THE ROCKY MOUNT HERALD, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934
WEST EDGECOMBE
SCHOOL NEWS
Miss Mary Saunders, teacher of
the sixth grades of West Edge
combe School, was out today on!
account of her cousin's death.
Miss Elizabeth Evecne spent the
week-end at her home in Franklin,
Virginia. I
Miss Lucille Credle spent the
week-end in Elizabeth City.
Miss Ikie Brock spent the week
end in New Bern.
West Edgecombe school has re
ceived 275 new song books.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brake, Sam
Brake, Robert Earl Brake, and Mi.
J. G. Feezor attended the tourna
ment at Raleigh.
W. E. GIRLS DEFEAT W. E.
BOYS
West Edgecombe girls varsity
played West Edgecombe boys mid
get team i n the gymnasium Friday,
March 2. The girls defeated the
boys, the score being 18-17. Ad
mission of five cents was charged
| for all high school pupils. The
I money will be used to paint the
basketball court.
W. E. HOME ECO. GIRLS EX
CHANGE CLASSES WITH
AGRICULTURE BOYS
The home economics girls and
the agriculture boys of West Edge
combe high school are now having
an exchange of classes. Ihe boys
are being taught "good grooming
and clothing." The main topics of
interest are: how to care for their
finger nails, hair, teeth, and pos
ture. Then too, they are learning
how to take care of their clothing
by making simple repairs such as
sewing on buttons, making darned I
patches, and sewing up runs in
their hose. Clothing selection and
storage is also one of the phases
of study in this course.
The boys have shown much in
terest in this subject of study and
I they hope it is going to be quite
' a bit of help to them in the fu-
I ture.
QUINTON QUINCEY
The school has been saddened by
the death of Master Quinton Quin
cey, the son of Mr. W. A. Quincey.
Mr. Quincey and family has re
-1 cently moved into our community
from the Aurelian Springs school.
Quinton was a member of the 4th
grade, in Miss Edith Morton's
' room. He was an apt student and
had made many friends in his class
and endeared himself with his
teachers. He had been sick for
several weeks and pneumonia and
complications caused his death on
' last Saturday morning. He was
' buried at Enfield Sunday, March 4.
E. C. T. C. RECEIVES COPY
! OF FAMOUS PAINTING
r
East Carolina Teachers College
has been presented a colored copy
' of the "Sister Madonna" by Mrs.
( Hunter, wife of Dr. A. D. Hunter,
t j who owned the collection from
which the painting was taken.
Dr. Hunter was former head of
the St. Augustine School of Ra
leigh. After his retirement from
active service here, he spent sev
eral years traveling in Europe and
, for a year served as Rector of
the American Episcopal church in
Rome. During his travels a great
many valuable pictures and manu
f scripts were collected by him.
W. S. BUTLER, 55, OF
r GLEN ALPINE, IS DEAD
5 •
] Morganton, March 9. W. S.
J Butler, 55, for years a conductor
] on the Southern Railway and in
recent years a leading merchant
-i at Glen Alpine died Thursday
■j night following a lengthy illness
. caused by uremic poisoning.
Surviving are his wife and six
R children, Earle Butler, of Morgan
y ton, Leamon Butler of Valdese,
E | all young attorneys, Charles and
. j Lorraine Butler of Glen Alpine
and Elizabeth Butler, student at
Asheville Normal.
, REPORTS PROGRESS IN
ANTI-SALES TAX DRIVE
i, | Statesville, March 10.—Home
5 for the week-end from a trip into
.j central North Carolina, Secretary
i' Paul Leonard announces that the
e North Carolina Fair Tax Asso
-0 I c'ation has extended its campaign
. j into additional territory and add
e| ed considerably to its forces in
j Chatham and Lee counties. Mr.
. Leonard met with groups of inter
fi ested cit'zens in Sanford and Sil
er Qity as a result of which, he
_ says, arrangements are being
- made by a special committee for
[ll a meeting to be held *in Sanford
-1 at an early date to which all citi
d j zens of Lee and adjo ning coun
s ties who are in sympathy with the
s tax association's campaign will be
invited.
HOLD FUNERAL FOR
MRS. KENNETH BLACK
Funeral services for Mrs. Ken
neth Black, whose death occurred
on Monday, were conducted in
Sanford this afternoon, the Rev.
Raleigh N. Childress, pastor of the
Arlington street Baptist church,
being in charge of the ritual. Mem
bers of the immediate family and
a group of friends were in the
funeral cortege which accompanied'
the remains to the old home 4 n
Sanford for interment.
Mrs". Black, who was 75 years
of age, succumbed following an
illness which extended over sev
eral weeks. She made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. W. H.
Stanley, on Arlington street and
also spent some time in the home
of another daughter, Mrs. J. B.
Talley of'this city. A son, D. K.
Black, of Delco, seven grand
children and two great-grandchild
ren also survive.
Mrs. Black was Miss Mary
Elizabeth Gilmore of Sanford, be
fore her marriage, her husband
having died a number of years
ago. She numbered many friends,
in this city and section.
TINY HEROINE
Elizabethtown, March 10.
Dorothy Gray Ward, the five-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Ward, of Kelly, Bladen county,
proved herself a heroine recently,
according to reports reaching
Elizabethtown.
It was on one of the most bit
ter cold nights of the winter and
a chill wind was blowing furious
ly when her mother discovered
• that the Ward home was on fire.
The little girl called the family
dogs to her side and, without ask
ing anyone, ran as fast as she
could to the home of the nearest
neighbor, a. quarter-mile distant.
The tot of a girl ran every step
of the way through the forest, the
faithful dogs keeping close behind
her. After informing the neigh
bor of their plight, the little girl
ran all the way back home to
assist the father and mother in
saving their belongings.
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WANTS SIMPLER STATE
FERTILIZER STATUTE
William A. Graham, commis
sioner of agriculture, favors
amendment to the 1933 State fert
ilizer law that place a registration
fee upon each brand and eliminate
"unnecessary registration."
"We passed a new fertilizer law
at the last session of the legisla
ture, and while it was not so stat
ed in the bill, it was intended to
reduce the number of brands to be
registered," he said. "But a com
pany has offered 160 brands to be
registered and they probably will
not sell more than a dozen.
"The only thing to do is to
I amend the law and place a regis
tration fee upon each brand in or
der to cut out unnecessary regis
tration. I have recommended sev
• eral times that all brand names
can be abolished and the compan
ies be required to register by
. claim—for exxample, 'Jones 3-8-3,
or 4-8-4'," he said. *
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, BANK AT LOUISBURG
PAYS THIRD DIVIDEND
Louisburg, March B.—N. S.
Bennett, receiver of the First Na
tional Bank, is paying the third
( dividend of that instjtution. It is
for 1 per cent and brings the total
. paid depositors up to 15 per cent.
Mr. Bennett announces that while
i it is preferred that all claimants
; call in person for their checks,
' those who live too far can mail i.i
i their certificates and have their
checks mailed to them.
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VICTIM HIS FATHER
I Flint, Mich.—Shortly after writ
s ing the story of an unidentified
. man crushed to death at a rain
way crossing, C. J. McDonald,
newspaper reporter, was called to
the editor's desk and told that the
I man had been identified as the re
porter's father.
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> Slim—Got a minute to spare?
j Jim—Sure.
51 Slim—Tell me all you know
FOR REAL VALUES IN
Fresh Meats and Groceries
COME TO
W. L. Woodley's Grocery Store
232 TARBORO ST. PHONE 641
GAMBLING MACHINES 1
ARE BANNED IN SELMA |
Selma, March 10.—A number of j
the representative citizens of Sel- ,
ma went before the Board of Aid-j i
ermen of the city Tuesday night i'
with a complaint that the # slot, j
machines had become too numer
ous in the town, and that they 1
were causing both adults and j
youths to throw their money away.; 1
The Mayor and chief of police.
were vested with authority from j
the board to ask for the removal j
of all such machines from the
town, and it was done the follow
ing day.
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STATE MUSIC CONTEST ,
TO BE HELD IN APRIL
The State Music Achievement
Contest for elementary schools for
1934 will be held at Chapel Hill on
April 6, Miss Hattie S. Parrot, of
the State Department of Instruc
tion, announced recently.
The Department of Instruction
will sponsor the contest and will
work in collaborat.on with Univer
sity of North Carolina School of
Music, directed by Professor T.
Smith McCorkle.
Individual school contests, sixth
and seventh grades, will be held
March 30. Each school in a coun
ty or city system 7s entitled to en
ter one pupil from the sixth and
seventh grades.
APPLES FOR BANJO
! If an apple a day keeps the
I doctor away, just what will banjo
I music do?
It is possible that the answer
j to that question might be found
i in a request received by The Agri
cultural Review, published by the
State Department of Agriculture,
j The Review conducts a "hoss trad
ing" column in which farryers seek
to swap articles with one another.
The following offer of a trade
was received yesterday by The Re
view from Ellijay, Ga.:
"Would exchange several nice
two-year-old Yates apple trees for
a good banjo in good shape."
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JUNIOR ORDER HOLDS
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Oak City, March 9.—The Cono
ho Council, No. 365, Junior Order
of Uri.ted American Mechanics of
Oak City, entertained on Wednes
day evening, March 7, a group of
125 Juniors at an oyster-barbecue
dinner. Members of the William
ston, Hobgood, Rocky Mount and
Robersonville councils were pres
ent.
i After dinner, six candidates for
I '.'nitiation were led to the council
hall, where the Robersonville de
i gree team, conducted the conferr
ing degrees.
• BRUMMIT TO DELIVER
ADDRESS TO GRADUATES
Red Springs, March 13.—Attor
. ney General Dennis G. Brummitt
: will deliver the commencement ad
■ dress before the graduating class
• of the Red Springs high school
, this spring and the baccalaureate
sermon will be preached by Rev.
A. W. Dick, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in Fayette-
I ville. Ihis announcement was
made by Supt. J. F. Pugh, who
. also stated that the closing exer
• cises' will be held on May 21.
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i Hearings on a code submitted by
I the Lightening Rod Manufacturing
. Association, claiming to represent
s 90 per cent of the business, will
! start in Washington March 19.
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l No Objection to That
Squillco—"l hear your wife is
talking of going to the Century of
Progress again this summer. Have
you any objections?"
Peewit—"Objections ? Certain
- ly not. Let her talk all she wants."'
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LEGAL ADVERTISING .
SUMMONS
, In the Superior Court
NORTH CAROLINA,
• EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
Mrs. Alma Harper
' vs.
Dely Harper.
The defendant above named will
I take notice that an action entitled
| as above has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Edgecombe
Coun.y, North Carolina, for the
absolute dissolution of the bonds
of matrimony existing between the
plaintiff and the defendant, and
the said defendant will further
take notice that he is required to
appear at the Clerk's office, in
Tarboro, Edgecombe County,
North Carolina, on the 12th day
of April, 1934, and answer or de
mur to the complaint in said ac
tion, or the plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the 13th day of March,
1934.
A. T. WALSTON,
Clerk of Superior Court.
(4t-Ml6 to A 6)
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the
power and authority contained in
that certain deed of trust given by
W. J. Eason and E. C. Winslow and
Margaret Winslow to R. B. Davis,
Trustee, on January 20, 1927, and
recorded in Book 281, page 310,
Edgecombe County Registry, de
fault having been made in the pay
ment of the indebtedness thereby
secured as therein provided, the
undersigned will offer for sale at
public auction to the highest bid
der for cash on
Saturday, March 31, 1934,
at or about the hour of 12:00 noon,
before Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,
Rocky Mount, N. C., the following
described real estate in Edgecombe
County, North Carolina, to-wit:
Being tracts Nos. 1, 2, 3, and
63 as shown on the map of the
Dunbar Farm Division made by
Paul King, C. E., and recorded in
Plat Book 1, at pages 244, 245 and
246, Edgecombe County Registry,
said tracts containing respectively
23.10 acres, 14.7 acres, 33.53 acres
and 44.68 acres, for a total of
116.01 acres. This property will
be sold subject to the prior Hen of
a Deed of Trust or mortgage se
curing an indebtedness to North
Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank,
and subject to all tax liens.
This February 28, 1934.
R. B. DAVIS, Trustee.
W. S. Wilkinson, Att'y.
(4t —M 9 to M3O)
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of Jhe
power and authority contained in
that certain deed of trust given by
J. C. Daughtridge, Hallie B.
Daughtridge, P. K. Gravely, Eliza
beth Gravely, D. T. Briles, Jessie
Briles and H. A. Williford, to R.
B. Davis, Trustee, on January 22,
1927, and recorded in Book 281,
page 232, Edgecombe County
Registry, default having been made
in the payment of the indebtedness
thereby secured as therein provid
ed, the undersigned will offer for
sale at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash on
Saturday, March 31, 1934
at or about the hour of 12:00 M.,
before Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,
Rocky Mount, N. 2,. the following
described real estate in Edgecombe
County, North Carolina, to-wit:
Being tracts Nos.*&, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 59 1-2, 60 and 61 as shown on
the plat of Dunbar Farm Division
made by Paul King, C. E., and
recorded in Plat Book 1, at pages
244, 245 and 246, Edgecombe
County Registry, said tracts con
taining respectively 36.97 acres,
■ 57.80 acres, 27.89 'acres, 26.86
acres, 26.55 acres, 25.49 acres, 19.50
acres, 40.17 acres, and 41.50 acres,
for a total of 302.73 acres. This
property will be sold subject to
the prior lien of a Deed of Trust
Frocks
NEW ARRIVALS DAILY
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COATS, DRESSES, SUITS,
TV | HATS, SKIRTS, BLOU
./ / j V SES, GLOVES, PURSES,
/I //I HOUSE DRESSES, HOS
HMFL IERY, LINGERIE, ETC.
Vogue
DRESS SHOP
300 SOUTH MAIN ST. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
or mortgage securing an indebted
ness to North Carolina Joint Stock
Land Bank and subject to all tax
liens.
This Feb. 28, 1934.
R. B. DAVIS, Trustee.
W. S. Wilkinson, Att'y.
,-(4t—M9 to M3O)
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred by deed of trust
executed by P. R. Deitzel (wido
wer) dated the Ist day of June,
1929, and recorded in Book 294,
page 295, in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Edgecombe
County, Jefferson E. Owens, Sub
stituted Trustee, will at twelve
o'clock noon on
MONDAY, APRIL 16TH, 1934
at the Court House door of Edge
combe County in Tarboro,' North
Carolina, sell at public auction for
cash to the highest bidder the fol
lowing land, to-wit:
A certain lot or parcel of land
in or near the Town of Rocky
Mount, North Carolina.
This property beginning at a
point in the Northern property line
of School Street, 103.6 feet North
westerly from the Northwest in
tersection of Mercer and School
Streets, thence along the Northern
property line of School Street in
a Westerly direction 51.8 feet;
theflce at right angles and in a
Northerly direction 150 feet;
thence at right angles and in an
Easterly direction parallel with
School Street 51.8 feet: thence at
right angles in a Southerly direc
tion parallel with Mercer Street
150 feet to the beginning. Being
Lot No. 0, Block 41, of Edgemont.
This sale is made on account of
default in payment of the indebt
edness secured by said deed of
trust.
A five per cent (5 per cent) cash
deposit will be required of the
highest bidder at the sale.
This the Bth day of March, 1934.
JEFFERSON E. OWENS,
Substituted Trustee.
Loan No. 3337.
(4t-Ml6 to A 6)
NOTICE
In the Superior Court
NORTH CAROLINA,
EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
Lucille Burns
vs.
J. K. Burns
The defendant, J. K. Burns will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commended in
the Superior Court of Edgecombe:
County, the purpose of the action,
on the part of the plaintiff, being
to obtain from the defendant an
absolute divorce from the bonds of
matrimony on the ground and for
the reasons that are fully set out
in the plaintiff's complaint filed
in this action, and the said defen
dant is hereby required to appear
before the undersigned Clerk of
the Superior Court of Edgecombe
County, at his office in Tarboro,
North Carolina, on the sth day of
April, 1934, and answer the said
complaint, or the relief therein
prayed will be granted.
This sth day of March, 1934.
A. T. WALSTON,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
T. T. THORNE, Att'y.
(4t-Ml6 to A 6)
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Over SBO,OOO was delivered to
Edgecombe cotton growers last
week on their option contracts se
cured when they plowed up cotton
last summer.