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SOUTHERN TRUCK AND
CAR COMPANY MEETS
Officers and Directors Are Elected and
Capital Stock Increased to $1,000,
000—Outlook Appears Bright.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Southern Truck and Car corporation
of this city, yesterday the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: J. A. Norford, of Greensboro,
president and general manager; Judge
S. F. Austin, of Nashville, vice-presi
dent and chairman of board of direc
tors; Garland Daniel, o£ Greensboro,
secretary and treasurer.
The directors for the new year were
chosen as follows: Judge S. F. Austin
and C. D. Jones, of Nashville; Judge
F. H. Brooks, of Smithfield; W. G.
Pope, of Lumberton; Garland Daniel,
of Greensboro; W. H. Andrews, of
Andrews, S. C.; C. E. Lowe, of Kan
napolis; J. T. Aycock, of Fremont,
and J. A. Norford of Greensboro.
The sale of $500,000 worth of capi
tal'stock in the corporation was au
thorized, making the total capital $1,
000,000. The issue will first be offered
to present stockholders of the compa
ny and in the event it is not all taken
by them the remainder will be dispos
ed of to other persons.
Officials of the corporation are en
thusiastic as to the prospects for suc
cessful operation in the new year. It
is stated that the company has con
tracted for and has made deposits on
500 passenger cars and 250 automo
bile trucks for the year 1920, with
provision for extension of these con
tracts.
The plant, which is located a short
distance west of the city, will be a
10-unit enterprise, with two of the
units already constructed. The oth
ers will be added later. The corpora
tion was organized during the past
year and already has become one of
the important industries of this sec
tion. Che development of the compa
ny’s business is exp^ted to play a
large part in the plans being unfold
ed here with a view to making Greens
boro a center of the automobile indus
try.
It was agreed that meetings of the
directors would be held in Greensboro
on the second Friday in each. third
month; in other words, quarterly
meetings will be held, the purpose be
ing to provide for maximum coopera
tion between the officers and directors
with both devoting close personal at
tention to the business.
The sessions of the stockholders and
the directors extended over an unusu
ally long period. Deliberations began
Tuesday afternoon and continued
through the remainder of the after
noon and all night, adjourning at 7:15
Wednesday morning. Yesterday morn
ing the sessions again were resumed
and were completed yesterday after
noon. Much of the time was taken
by the credentials committee.
At the stockholders’ meeting 2,885
votes were cast in person, while there
were 19,571 proxies.- Approximately
2,300 shareholders were represented,
these being from practically every
section of North Carolina, while there
also was representation from South
Carolina. Discussion of the affairs of
the corporation was featured by a
divergence of views on some subjects,
but in the end the idea prevailed that
the future of the corporation is very
bright, while substantial and gratify
ing progress accomplished during the
past year also was alluded to.
The deliberations of the stockhold
ers and directors required, more time,
according to available information,
than those of any other annual meet
ing of officials of a commercial enter
prise in bodies naturally are rather
rare.
Mr. Norford succeeds himself as
president of the corporation and Mr.
Daniel jn addition to his former du
ties as treasurer becomes secretary.
The list of directors discloses an unu
sually able body of men, representing
many different sections geographically
and also as to the interests of those
in control. Judge Austin, for exam
ple, presides over the recorder’s court
in Nashville, Judge Brooks is head of
the recorder's court i» Johnston coun
ty and an able lawyer, Mr. Jones is
president of a bank at Nashville and
merchants* successful farmers and
business men are members of the
board.—Greensboro News, 22nd.
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ReV. J. Jf. Langston has befeh called
to the pastorate of the Dunn Chris
tiaft church to succeed Rev. F. F.
Grimm, of Wilson* Mr. Langston is
a native of Johnston county. He has
been preaching in Nebraska for the
last nine years and is one of the best
ministers of the Christian faith. He
will preach his first sermon here Sun
day. He is married and has four chil
dren. His family will follow him as
soon as quarters can be found.—Dunrt
Dispatch.
Newly Elected Grand .Master.
T)r. James C. Brl^Sell, of Whitak
ers, was elected Grand Master of
North Carolina Masons Wednesday
night at the annual meeting in Ral
eigh.
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COUNTY EDUCATIONAL WORK.
Group Meetings for the> Rural Teach
ers of Johnston County.
The following Group Meetings will
be held next week: Rehoboth school,
Tuesday, January 27th; Polenta, Jan
uary 28th; Thanksgiving, January
29th; Royall, Elevation, January 30th.
A Group Teachers’ Meeting has
been held at the following places this
week: Princeton, Glendale and Archer
Lodge. The meetings have been very
interesting and well attended. There
has been a hundred pereent of the
teachers present, and a good repre
sentation of committeemen and pat
rons from each school district. Be
low is the program for these meet
ings:
9:00- 9:15—Model Opening Exercise.
9:15-11:00—Observation of teachers
in Group Center School.
11:00-11:30—Racess, Supervised play.
11:30-12:00—Model lesson in Reading.
12:00- 1:00—Picnic lunch.
1:00- 1:45—Discussion of Model
Lesson by Miss Augusta
Anderson.
1:45- 3:30—Supt. Hipps discusses
Reading Circle work,
comparison of reports
from schools represent
ed, Community Activi
ties, equipment, school
room decoration, morn
ing exercises, daily
schedules, care of the
building and grounds*
and a larger type of
school for next year.
3:00- 4:00—Round table discussion
by committeemen and
teachers.
Berger’s Campaign.
The Governor of Wisconsin an
nounces that he will not call another
special election in the fifth Wisconsin
district. This is the district which
has twice elected Berger the disloy
alist, who has t\tace been refused a
seat in Congress. The Socialists of
the district were preparing to elect
Berger a third time, or try it, when
the Governor^ announced that he would
not call another special election. Ber
ger, be it remembered, was not refus
ed a seat in Congress because he is
a member of the Socialist party. Oth
er Socialists have served in Congress.
He was rejected because he openly
and boldly opposed thfe war and ad
vised opposition to the draft after
this country had declared war. He
was convicted of disloyalty in the
courts and is under sentence of 20
years in prison, being out (on bail
while his case is on appeal.
It is well to keep these facts in
mind, for attempt is being made to
have it appear that Berger was re
jected because he is Socialist. The
first time he was turned down by Con
gress but one member had the nerve
to vote for him. The last time six
stood by him The last time six stood
by him and some of these, prominent
members, championed his cause. They
took the ground that the people of the
fifth Wisconsin district had a right
to be represented in Congress a«d
theirs was the right to choose the sort
of representative they wanted. That
sounds very well, but it is passing
strange that men of the ability of Mr.
Mann of Illinois would take that po
sition. In the first place the constitu
tion gives to each house of Congress
the sole authority to pass on the eligi
bility of its members; and to contend
that the people can send to Congress
any sort of man would mean of course
that any man who might get himself
elected to Congress, no matter if he
be a burglar, murderer or any other
sort of criminal out on bail; or an ex
convict who had served his term; or
an advocate of force and violence
against constitutional authority, must
be seated and have all the rights and
privileges of membership in our na
tional legislature.
Of course that is unthinkable, but
that is where the logic of the Berger
advocates leads. Of course there is
danger that men may be made' to suf
fer simply for opinion’s sake, but in
our efforts to avoid the one extreme
we need not go the limit the other
way. Voight of Wisconsin, the only
member to vote for Berger the first
time, was joined by two other Repub
licans—Mann of Illinois and Harrold
of Oklahoma—and by three Demo
crats. The latter are Sisson of Miss
issippi, Sherwood of Ohio and Griffin
of New York. Sabath, a Democrat of
Illinois, dodged the issue by voting
“present.” The men who voted for
Berger have the right to their opin
ions but the country should know who
it is that hold such opinions.—States
ville Landmark.
Dunn to Have New Hotel.
With more thkn $40,000 subscribed
by less thafi one-fourth of the men
who are expected to contribute, Dunn
hotel prospects were exceedingly
bright when canvassers Thursday
night completed the first stage of.
their drive for $150,000 to build a
modern hotel during the present year,
says the Dunn Dispatch.
POWHATAN HELPLESS AT SEA.
Anxiety Felt for Safety of Transport
And Passengers—Canadian Govern
ment Steamer Standing By.
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 21.—Anxiety
was felt in marine circles tonight for
the safety of the United States army
transport Powhatan and her 271 pas
sengers, after a wireless message was
received from Captain Travis, of the
Canadian government steamship Lady
Luarier, stating that his vessel was
alongside the transport and that
weather conditions were bad. The
brief radio said:
“Lady Laurier alongside Powhatan.
Weather conditions bad.”
The disabled transport Powhatan,
without light or heat and her fire
rooms flooded with water, was plung
ing about in a heavy sea this after
noon 300 miles from this port with
no immediate prospect of obtaining
a tow or having her 271 passengers
taken off.
During the night the freighter
Western Comet succeeded in getting
a line aboard and towing the transport
48 miles toward this port, when she
was compelled to abandon the effort.
The transport Northern Pacific and
other boats ajre standing by ready to
take off her |mssengers ana render
other assistance as soon as the seas
moderate so it can be given.
New York, Jan. 21.—A message
sent by Captain W. B. Randall of the
Pdwhatan, to army officials here, said:
“Attempted transfer of passengers
and stopped on account of weather
conditions, which growing rapidly
worse. Powhatan in safe condition.
Please send seagoing American tugs.
Western Comet towed us 48 miles to
ward Halifax.”
Orders issued to the transport Mar
tha Washington, now at sea, to pro
ceed to the Powhatan’s assistance,
were cancelled.
In North Carolina peculiar and
keefri interest in the plight of the
Powhatan is felt because Mrs. Marga
ret Busbee Shipp, of Raleigh, well
known throughout the state, is one of
her 271 passengers. She is with her
son, Capt. W. E. Shipp.—Charlotte
Obserfer. ,
Cheaper Clothes Alleged Possible.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Material re
ductions in clothing prices may be ex
pected from nation-wide adoption by
the clothing trade of suggestions put
forward by a committee of the Na
tional Retail Dry Goods association,
it was stated tonight by Howard E.
Figg, special assistant attorney gen
eral, after he had conferred with the
representatives of the dry goods re
tailers.
Suggestions of the retailers, which
are understood to apply to the retail,
wholesale and manufacturing factori
es, will be made public tomorrow. One
of the retailers’ proposals was said to
be that the manufacturer stand the
entire increased cost due to any fu
ture advance in wages, the retailers
taking the position that increases in
cident to wages can no longer be pass
ed on to the public.
Young Woman Loses Life in Fire.
Demorest, Ga., Jan. 21.—Miss Flor
ence Weeks, of Atlanta, was fatally
burned and a half dozen other girls
received injuries when the Mary J.
Green Hall of Piedmont college here
was destroyed by fire of undertermin
ed origin early today. Seventy-eight
girls and six teachers were in the
building at the time of the fire and
many had narrow escapes. The prop
erty was valued at $45,000.
New Paper for Smithfield Proposed.
At a meeting of several citizens of
Smithfield held Monday night, a
movement for the establishment of
another newspaper and general print
ing business was started.
We understand that it was decided
to begin business as soon as an outfit
and a location could be secured. Pend“
ing the complete subscription of the
capital stock, permanent Organization
was deferred until another meeting to
be called by the committee selected to
solicit stock.
Messrs. J. A. Wellons, W. R. San
ders and Prof. H. B. Marrow were se
lected as a committee to suggest a
name to be submitted at the next
meeting. Messrs. Paul Whitehead, H.
C. Woodall and Chas. Davis were ask
ed to investigate all locations that are
available and make their report at the
same time. Messrs. Chas. A. Creech
and S. S. Holt were delegated to so
licit stock up to the amount of $25,
000,
Those present at the meeting, and
subscribing for 6tock, were W. H.
Austin, Geo. T. Pool, J. W. Stephen
son, J. D. Underwood, J. A. Wellons,
W. A. Green, H. G. Gray, E. F. Ward,
Chas. Davis, W. R. Sanders, W. D.
Avera* S. S. Holt, W. L. Woodall’s
Sons, it. L. LeMay, J. L. Scotton, F. K.
Broadhurst, Sam T. Honeycutt, White
head & Springs, H. B. Marrow, Lyric
Theatre and E. F. Boyett.
JOHNSTON COUNTY CONGRATU
LATED.
To the Editor:
May I have the privilege of con
gratulating the citizens of Johnston
County on the splendid progress they
have made in the development and
promotion of the County Y. M. C. A.
The hearty interest and enthusiasm
with which they have undertoken this
constructive work for the upbuilding
of the boys and young men of their
county and in fact, all the people of
the county, is another evidence that
they are wide awake pnd far sighted
citizens. J
The County Work of the Young
Men’s Christian Association is one of
the forward movements of the day
and no county would be abreast of the
times without this constructive pro
gram and policy for community build
ing. Those men who are directly re
sponsible for putting Johnston Coun
ty at the forefront of this great move
ment are to be highly commended.
They are not only making it possible
to conserve the finest and best in the
boyhood and manhood of the commu
nity, but they are also making it pos
sible for the schools, churches, homes
and civic organizations to combine
their efforts and cooperate more in
telligently in a united program for
the uplift and development of their
county in every way.
C. WALTON JOHNSON,
Community Boys’ Work Secretary.
Asheville, N. C., Jan. 20.
Gov. Bickett at Tuskegee Institute.
Governor Bickett made an address
this week before the Tuskegee Farm
ers’ Conference at Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Ala. Nearly half a hun
dred negroes of North Carolina were
in attendance. In the Governor’s
message to the farmers of Alabama,
he pointed out the efforts being made
in North Carolina to have every far
mer own his bwn home.
Several issues important to the col
ored race were considered as this con
ference. It went on record reaffirm
ing its opposition to the alleged dis
crimination practised by railroads as
to charging negroes first class fare
and providing them with third and
fourth class accommodations. Lynch
ing was deplbred. They said that if
negroes commit crimes they should
be punished by the courts and not by
lynching. Among other things the
farmers were urged to grow more
food.
Weight of a Bushel of Cotton Seed.
An Arkansas reader bought cotton
seed from a Georgia grower. The
grower shipped 30 pounds as a bushel,
whereas in Arkansas a bushel of cot
ton seed is 33 1-3 pounds or 60 bush
els to the tom He writes: “We are
selling these seed at exactly what
they cost. Should the party in Geor
gia furnish us 33 1-3 pounds to the
bushel, 60 bushels to the ton, or if he
is right in his claim of 30 pounds to
the bushel, should we give our custo
mers 33 1-3 pounds to the bushel?”
Bailey’s Cyclopedia of American
Agriculture gives the legal weight of
a bushel of cotton seed in those states
having such standard as follows:
Arkansas, 33 1-3 lbs. to bushel.
Alabama, 32 lbs. to bushel.
Florida, 32 lbs. to bushel.
Georgia, 30 lbs. to bushel.
Mississippi, 32 lbs. to bushel.
Missouri, 33 lbs. to bushel. >
North Carolina, 30 lbs. to bushel.
South Carolina, 30 lbs. to bushel.
Tennessee, 28 lbs. to bushel.
Texas, 32 lbs. to bushel.
Virginia, 32 lbs. tp bushel.
Both the law and custom seem to
support the Georgia grower in giving
only 30 pounds of cotton seed to the
bushel. It seems to us the better
plan for our reader to follow is to
give his Arkansas customers, who re
gard 33 1-3 pounds as a bushel of cot
ton seed, that weight for a bushel and
add sufficient to the price to make him
whole, or to lnake up the loss in
weight. This will be less likely to
cause dissatisfaction for the Arkan
sas farmers, having been accustomed
to regard 33 1-3 pounds as a bushel,
will naturally expect that weight for
a bushel. If 30 pounds of cotton seed
cost $3, then 33 1-3 pounds will cost
$3.33 1-3. In other words, to enable
our reader to buy at 30 pounds to the
bushel and sell at 33 1-3 pounds he
must add a little over 11 per cent to
the cost to come out even.—Progres
sive Farmer.
Fayetteville Exports Oil.
That Fayetteville exports oil is a
fact known to few residents of the
city. Such is the case. A Fayette
ville manufacturing firm, the Georgia
Pine Turpentine Company has a regu
lar line of oil tanks which are kept
busy carrying the product of the local
plant to mine operators, but'much of
the oil goes to miaes in British Col
umbia. Only Saturday a large ship
ment was made to the British posses
sion. The product so shipped is flota
tion oil, Bays a Fayetteville dispatch
in News and Observer.
MIDDLE WEST NEWSPAPERS
ARE HIT BY CANADIAN LAW
Washington, Jan. 20.—American
newspapers in the middle west appar
enlfy will be 40 per cent, short on
their supply of paper, the state de
partment announced today as the re
sult of an -mbargo placed by the Can
adian government on all shipments of
newsprint paper to the United States
from the plant of the Fort Francis
company, in western Ontario.
The department said it was inform
ed that the western provinces of Can
ada were undergoing a severe paper
famine, the Newspapers in some cities
having suspended and in one case hav
ing joined in a single condensed daily
sheet.
Virginia Hills Scene of Murder.
A double tragedy in which two
young men were killed took place Sat
urday night about two miles from
Cana, Va. The young men were
brothers, Thomas Stutler, age 21, and
Rawleigh Stutler, age 19. The trou
ble grew out of an altercation these
boys had with George Woods and Cur
tiss Easter at a store on the face of
the mountain. All four of the young
men are single. On Saturday after
noon they secured some liquor and
were drinking. They left the store
arguing.
Early Sunday morning Tom King
passed along the road that led to Cana
and found the Stutler boys dead and
frozen stiff. Help was summoned, and
a hunt was soon begun for George
Woods and Curtiss Easter. Easter, it
seems, had procured an. automobile
and escaped over the mountains.
George Woods was found later in the
day in the mountain fastnesses near
Hillsville. He was placed in Hills
ville jail, charged with the murder of
the two brothers.
Sand Costly to Leather Dealers.
Chinese sand is being imported to
Wilmington at $3 a pound, or $6,000
a ton. It is not used for building pur
poses, however, or for any purpose,
according to leather manufacturers.
The explanation is that raw skins
come here from the Celestial empire,
this btjing a leading glazed kid center.
The price of the skins runs about $3
a pound. Nothing could be more nat
ural to the ingenious Celestial than to
increase the weight by adding sand.
The result is the several plants in
Wilmington gradually acquire a big
pile of Chinese sand at about nineteen
cents an ounce. One superintendent
estimated he obtained more than 200
pounds from CITinese hides last year.
—Wilmington, Delaware, dispatch.
$1,000,000 Yarn Mill Contracts Let.
Plans have been completed for the
$1,000,000 mill which the Durham, (N.
C.) Hosiery Mills will build at Meb
ane and the contract for construction
has been awarded. The architect and
engineer in charge is J. E. Sirrine, of
Greenville, S. C., and he has designed
the buildings for an installation of
10,000 spindles with electric power
drive.
The product will be 6,000 pounds of
hosiery yarn every day, for consump
tion in the various hosiery knitting
mills of the Durham Company
throughout this state.
Garment Workers Get New Advance.
Chicago, Jan. 19.—Garment work
ers here, through their union, have ob
tained another wage advance, follow
ing a large increase last fall, this one
averaging 16 to 17 per cent and re
troactive to December 15, with the
contract running three years. Employ
es receiving $35 and more, but less
than $50 weekly, are granted $6 ad
vance, while those getting $50 and
more are granted $5 advance. The
wage base now is $44, compared with
$24 in 1914. Employers say nfmors
Of an intended lockout next summer
are absurd.
Major Tomlinson, High Point, Dead.
Durham, N. C., Jan. 21.—Major
Finley Tomlinson, president of the
Tomlinson Chair company, of High
Point, N. C., since its organization and
for forty years a leading manufac
turer and scholar of North Carolina,
died here this afternoon at 1:15 o’
clock. His death was due to old age
and Bright’s disease. He was 80
years of age.
Wage War on Low-Neck Dresses. !
A notice posted on the door of one
Paris house of worship reads:
“No woman will be allowed to at
tend service in the church whose
dresses are cut low in the neck and
whose skirts do not reach at least to
their ankles.” „
One priest refused to conduct the
marriage service for a bride whose
dress was, in his opinion, not fitted
for a church. Probably this was the
first occasion of the postponement of
a marriage ceremony for such a rea
son.
FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS.
State Divided Into Ten Districts_
Johnston County In Fifth District
With A. E. Beddingfield Chief.
It is now time for the Income Tax
returns for the year 1919 to be filed,
and within a few days forms for this
purpose will be in the hands of all cor
porations and individuals who have
heretofore listed returns, says a bul
letin sent out from Collector J. W.
Bailey’s office. Those who are liable
to file returns and do not receive a
form should make application at once
for forms upon which to make their
returns.
The State has recently been divided
into ten divisions, with an office estab
lished in each division, in order to
bring closer together the taxpayer and
the Collector’s Office. The divisions
in North Carolina are, as follows:
Asheville, H. A. Love, Chief—Coun
ties of Buncombe, Madison, Hender
son, Polk, Transylvania, Haywood,
Jackson, Swain, Cherokee, Clay, Gra
ham, Macon.
Charlotte, P. G. Kiser, Chief
Counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus,
Anson, Richmond, Union, Gaston, Lin
coln, Cleveland, Rutherford.
Greensboro, W. R. Plott, Chief
Counties of Guilford, Caswell, Rock
ingham, Alamance, Orange, Davidson,
Montgomery, Randolph.
New Bern, W. T. Woodley, Chief
Counties of Carteret, Craven, Jones,
Onslow, Pamlico, Greene, Lenoir.
Wayne.
Raleigh, A. E. Beddingfield, Chief
Counties of Franklin, Wake, Gran
ville, Vance, Warren, Durham, Person,
Johnston, Chatham, Lee, Moore, Cum
berland, Hoke, Harnett.
Rocky Mount, W. S. Moye, Chief—
Counties of Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson,
Halifax, Northampton, Bertie, Gates,
Hertford.
^ Statesville, C. H. Hayes, Chief—
Counties of Alexander, Iredell, Rowan,
Stanley, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba,
Avery, McDowell, Watauga, Yancey,
Mitchell.
Washington, W. C. Rodman, Chief
— Counties of Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,
Pitt, Chowan, Perquimmons, Tyrrell,
Washington, Camden, Currituck, Dare
Pasquotank.
Wilmington, W. A. McGowan, Act
ing Chief—Counties of Brunswick,
New Hanover, Pender, Robeson, Scot
land, Bladen, Columbus, Duplin, Samp
son.
Winston-Salem, N. L. Cranford,
Chief—Counties of Davie, Forsyth,
Yadkin, Stokes, Surry, Alleghany,
Ash, Wilkes.
It is desired by the Collector of In
ternal Revenue that every person
wishing information concerning the
making of reports and the payment
of tax should first communicate with
the Division Office in the division in
which he lives. If the results obtain
e dfrom the Division Office are not
satisfactory, the taxpayer may then
deal directly with the Collector’s Of
fice, at Raleigh.
The response to inquiries, however,
and such information as can be furn
ished by the division offices will be
more quickly received than from the
Collector’s office, owing to the rush
and confusion during the report-filing
period.
All reports for the calendar year
ending December 31st, 1919, are re
quired, by law, to be filed on or be
fore March 15th. It is suggested,
however, ^hat the taxpayers do not
wait until ’the f&st days to file their
reports, as immediate attention will
insure them mqpe satisfactory results,
because of the confusion that is bound
to exist during the last few days of
the filing period.
There must be paid, when the re
turn is filed, at least one-fourth of
the amount of tax shown to be due
thereon. Full payment, however, will
be appreciated, as it eliminates that
much of detail work in the Collector’s
office, possible errors and much an
noyance to the taxpayer.
All payments of taxes should be
made by check, post office or express
money order, and payable to J. W.
Bailey, Collector. Any one giving a
check made payable otherwise does
so at his own risk, as the Collector
has stated he will not be responsible
for checks or other remittances not
made payable to him, as Collector.
During the filing period there will
be a deputy collector in practically
every vicinity in North Carolina, cer
tainly within reach of all persons hav
ing to make a return.
Man Held in Harnett for Wife Murder
The exhumation of the body of Mrs.
J. Washington Bryant, of Harnett
county Monday furnished no further
evidence against her husband who is
charged with her murder. Mrs. Bry
ant was shot to death last Monday
week. Bryant admitted that he killed
her, but pleaded that the revolver dis
charged accidentally. The man was
arrested Saturday when he went to
Dunn for Saturday’s shopping. The
lawyer retained by relatives of the de
ceased insists that there is sufficient
evidence upon which to hold the man
without bond.