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i. WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR PAPER, IT CAR&ES THE DATE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES •VOLUME XXVI—NUMBER 9 SPRING TERM MARTIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT BEGAN HERE NUMBER IMPORTANT CASES TO BE TRIED CIVIL it-KM WILL JliAiti n. A. S>ti\cLAiK OF FA \ - El itViLLE, FKKSIDIING; JLDGE aiKfcbSES IMFOKIANCE Of »i> LLCIiiNO OUuu JLKOKS IK ttl.> •il.lKuL lU UKAi>U JUKI. Tlie spring term of the superioi court of Martin County began Mon tlay morning wjth Judge N. A. Sin clair, of Fayetteville, presiding, and Solicitor Don Gilliam, of larboro, 'prosecuting. The following were drawn to serve as grand jurors: J. S. Ayers, foreman. ti. D. Harrison, N. S. Koberson, A. E. Smith, Augustine Moore, H. L'. Heel, Herbert Everett, W. li. IJaniel, ftost) hi. Koberson, W. S. White, J. K. Man nuig, J. M. Jones, J. W. Eubanks, C. W. Forbes, H. C. Harrison, B. F. Lilley, W. P. Harris, C. W. liurkin. in charging the grand jury Judge Sinclair centered upon the importance of selecting good jurors, first saying that he was sorry Martin County had not adopted the rule of using the same grand jury for the full term, as moit other counties have. That Tnen are called to serve on a grand jury and by the time they get in touch with the uuties and obligations of a juror theii terms expire and new and inexperi enced jurors take their places at tho next CQurt, and very little can be ac • complished. Many of the little things that jur ors should do and the manner in which they should be done were ex plained. The question of public health was emphasized, and the duties of hotels, markets, and railroads to kee| their places of business clean and san itary were clearly set forth. The prevailing idea that the office of county commissioner was arbitrary - and above the reach of the people was dismissed. The law giving to the yrand jury full power to review every act and deed committed by the coun- commissioners, making their duties above those of judge or of the solici tor. The commissioners, if they were present, could not have missed the explanation of their duty to properly , raise the jury list the first Monday ir. June of each year. The qualifications of a juror were defined—"Every person who serves on a jury legally must have paid hi. c taxes, must be of good moral charac ter, and must be of sufficient intelli gence." Casea Tried and Disposed of Immediately after the charge to the jury the court "proper" began. The first case to be called was State vs. Briley, in which Briley was charged with operating an auto while drunk. The case was nol prosed with leave. State vs. W. W. Griffin for failing to dip cattle was completed and Mr. Grif' fin wa« required to pay the cost and give a bond to continue until the quarantine is lifted. State vs. Dick Stephenson for as sault with deadly weapon was nexi tried and Stevenson was found not guilty./ State vs. Izariah Williams, charg ing Williams with larcency and re ceiving was nol prosed with leave. State vs. Jordan Everett was a case of check flashing. Everett was found guilty and sentenced to jftil for eight months to hire eut. In State vs. BunclT Moore for re moving crops, Moore was found not guilty. State v«. Charles Spruill was a case of aiding and abetting in ch*k flashing and Spruill was found guilty and sentenced to eight months in jail to hire out. Clyde Barkley was next tried for , damaging property.. He was found THE STRAND DO NOT FORGET— THE MATINEE SATURDAY AT3P.M. Jsc„ V 1 EVERYBODY THE ENTERPRISE Rocky Mount "Y" Here Tonight Closing Loctil Basketball Seaso Tonight the last and perhaps the moat interesting basketball game of the season will be seea i on tiie Dixie Warehouse floors to night when the Rocky Mount "Y" meets the Williamston town team. The Kocky Mount invincibles have been conquered, and though we have had three shots at them | this year and failed each time the local manager is confident that his I boys will be able to compete and | SPECIES OF , VANDALISM Miaa Hattie Thrower Offers Kewaid for Information Leading to Arrest "of Thief of Grave Flowws Expression is very easy wheigfluie has to speak of the average daily oc currences, but there are times when neither pen nor tongue nor linotype machine can pick words sufficiently strong and expressive to convey yyh'it is in the mind. Folks write and taik aiout the meanest man, and there are numerous species in the world UIOLIII. us; but there is a little cou tei ptihle wretch (whether man, wo r.ian, r child; write or black, yellow or brown, 1 do not know) that Web ster's unabridged can not pain; m, the proper color. And this little "var mint" is the one who steals flowers from the graves of the dead at both cemeteries of the town. At the pres cnt iime this "varmint" is ftpqcmtiz ing in hyacinths and jonquils. With-* in the past week hyacinths have been placed in my plot at the cemetery and as many tunes have they been stolen. The tombstones, flag, and poti were there today, but even now thty may be gone. Such vandalism is a disgrace to any community, and if the oli'enders could be found they should be sentenced to board at the county hotel for a goodly period, i will give the sum of $6.00 to any person who will give to me the name of the person or persons who entered my plot, took all the hya cinths aot faded and most of the jon-- ijuils away, and then did not have th> politeness to close the gate. 1 am in earnest about this matter, and if pos siiie shall ferret it out. H ATT IE THROWER Prize Contest Ended Friday The "Five Things That Martin County Needs Moat" Contest was closed last Friday, but we are running one article today fliifwas sent in in plenty of time for the Friday issue that we were obli|ed to leave out for lack of apace. The winner* in the contest will be announced Friday. Much Interest Shown in Chowan Bridge Location "Much interest is being manifesto*! in the location of the bridge across the lower Chowan River by the people whom it wjll serve. The people who would be most ben efited by it are very much concarne I over its location. Ahoskie and th ( : people of Hertford County generally are favoring Coleraine, according to the Ahoskie press. Edonton and the surrounding territory favor Ede House, naturally. Coleraine and its allies are a good light, how ev«r. * / State highway officials hnve^ given out nothing except that the bridge will be placet! where it will serve the greatest number of persons, and from a standpoint of economy surveys are beingft made and as soon as r that is done"the commission will mr.ke a de cision. ' . / --- - Epworth League to Have Tacky Party The Epworth League will hold its monthly soci.il Thursday evening at the Masonic HalL A "telly party;* will be the order of the evening. guilty and\equired to pay the costs of the actioVand $87.60/ or the dam age to the trtclc. State vs. W. R. James, jr., was the first liquor case to be brought before the court. James wis found guilty and sentenced to serve six months on In the case against Mayo Roberson for forcible trespass, Rcberson plead guilty and prayer for judgment war. continued upon the payment of the Williamston, Martin County, Nortfi Carolina,' Tuesday, March T7,1925 very probably win in tonight's game. Not until recent weeks has the Kocky Mount "V" been beaten during the 1924-25 season. It is one of the cleanest and hardest playing teams that has visited » ill lam* i on, and a large crowd of \\ illiamston fails will probably grift them tonight, l'luy is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock. JUDGE WINSTON HERE FOR COURT (■lowing With Optimism and, as Csuul, Boosting a|id Boasting of the Bertie "Empire** | Judge Francis D. Winston was one of the prominent attendants ,at court n. | Monday. The judge's pleasant smile and friendly handshake was no dif ferent from that 'of 40 years- ntjo. And, too, he was just as enthusiastic over his triplets—Bertie, Windsor, HIUI tne Cu: hie—as ever.. He says llgrtie" is two miles longer than the Castile, and that the Cashie is the longest navigable river in the World tiiat ri.-es, falis, runs, and empties all in one county; that steamers of goflil size go , miles up the river, which is deep, tnough narrow and crooked. (It i.- sjiitl thut it is so crooked thut it crosses itself several times. Julge Wii.ston did not admit J After the judge had fflVf»re ri fln Ueitie "Empire," and told us übou* its ,jrunu water system, he came on down lo \\ indsor, the town of ease and coii ien.mini, good fellowship, and friend ship. The judge admitte.l it was a liltle b. .kv/iid, even though it did 'inyt ■ige, l i.r! while there i- not ;t y.u 1 oi (oiKiett in the town, he is globing will., pride at the prospect of s >nie immediate improvement. The oniy in iiicutions of fear discovered' in t .e flu iv and open face of the judjt* vva.- I .rt'ien he (>pressed the fear tin' .he constant surveying of the streets would wear them away so that the l wn would be below sea level, it be ing but 14 feet above },he sea now. He thinks if the engineers drag their chains through the town many mf>re times that beautiful. Windsor will bM like thci Dead Sea—a perpetual lake of waste water. Certainly the. judge was giving the highway department credit for making an effort to do so met hing, Drilling for Oil ..... Goes Steadily On Reports from Hnvelock, near wliaie a tern well for oil is being drilled, are the effect thut the well is nOw down 2,000 feet with strong signs of a producing well, as ;howri by the oil which is in the slush. The work of grilling was suspended for a few days last week to overhaul some of the machinery, but work was expected ty Be resumed-again today. President A, W. Haller and Genenrl Manager ii. C. liank.s were both absent during the week, but Mr. liank.s is ojp'sctod baclt on the job today. No deflnity information has oisen given out about the well, but those who are keeping in.close touch with the drilling operations feel very op timistic as to the outcome. Vv i t well down now over the 2,000-foot mark it is expected that actual results will be shown around the 2,600 or pos sibly 3,000 foot'depth; A New Version of The Bible Published New York, Mar. 16.—A short bible fVom which are eliminated all refer ences to wine in the family in the King James version has been publish ed by Charles Scribners Sons. The quota' ion from .David dealing out't cake of bread and ti goort piece of f'esh and a flagon of wine appears in the shorter Bible as "A roll of bread, a portion sf meat, and . cake it raisins." The prophet Isaiah's ref erence to the children of Israel look ing to other gods and loving flagooe.. of wine appears in the new Bible as "although they turned to other gods end loved to eat raisin cakes at their festivities." The other Bible containl the phrases, "Wine is a mocker and strong drink is turbulent, so look not 1 fin 'lHe' wfne" when" ft* fcrjiml ™ Tn ffiT new books "Be/£areful not to drink any wine or indicating liguor;" Mr. John tSubonka, of HaaMil, mm a visitor in the city today. 1 *• CASH PRIZES FOR BOYS ANI) GIRLS Co.ton Growing Contestto be Hold by North Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association Cash prizes amounting to $ 140 wil! be given to boys and girls whose par I entf are members o, fthe Nonh Car U olina Co;ton Growers' Cooperative As sociation, for the most cotton pro duced on a three-acre plat of laud this season at the lowest cost The prize fund was provided by the members of the board of directors of the North Cotton I,lowers' Association, General Manager {'. B. Blalo.-k, Sales VI inaget 1 uwrei.ee Mc i'ae, and Director of Fv': . en ice 11. li. B. Mask. The money was con tributed individually and does' not ccme out of the treasury of the cot ton growers' association. This better cotton-growing contest will be under the direction of the North Carolina agricultural extension • service, the county agents, and the I fields representatives of the cotton [ iriowers' association will assisi the '[extension service in the work of the 10litest, and will oversee the contest ants. The plan is worked out by tin Slate extension service and. the col- I !o'> growers' association and provide hat anv boy or girl between ri«» ages •of 10 and IS, whose parents are t.iem biiit of the North Carolina Cuttm Crowers' Association, may entex the It on to,;. Ka'ch contestant will b' re- I I ouired ,o grow three measured acres i i onet'eld. The land is to he niea.- ' ured by the county agent or by -\v•. .disinterested parties before the cul- ItiVation of the cotton. The contest I ants will be required to plant a goo I type of Mex lean big boll, Cleveland big boll, or some other standard type of cotton" recommended by Dr. U. V. Winters, State agronomist, Raleigh. The contestants are urged to dis cus' -with tiie county agent the best | ■•TTrriTons"of"cultivation; fertilization _and .boll-weevil colntrol, and it is rec ommended that each contestant fol.ow tne directions of the county farm a gem along these lines. Each contest ant must an itemitfeff* record of. I lie cost of cotton from the break lag of the land to harvest * ft il'he contestants must be enrolled by I May 1, 1925. Any boy or girl be tween the ages of 10 and IS, Whose I a rents ,a re members of the cotton riowers' rssociation inay, enroll with lie rounty agent, the field represen tative of the cotton growers' associa-' Hon, Uire'-tr 1 of Field Service 11. H. li. dak, of fie cotton grower.-,' asso ciation,, filei„l, or James M. Gray, assistant directi • of State extension j work, S 1 ate College Station, Raleigh The contestants will be judged by the following score: L .'Total.yield of cotton, 60 per cent. Quality of cotton—graffcrand staple —3O per cent. Economic production, 20 per cent. The following prizes will ie award ed: l"n .st prize, SSO; second pri:je, S4O; tl int prize, S3O; fourth pri' , S2O. '1 iie co*ton grown by th>- contest uTdTs leiist be delivered for'rtrfrke"ittg ' to the North Carolina Cotton 1 .rowers' Cooperative Association, and the sam |i! o fthe cotton wiH be graded by L ..f ociation for the purpose of be -l ! y jUi'ged for the conies!. Y'.t purpose of the members of the I. arn cf directors of the association II nu king personal contributions tl.is pile fund was that boys and girls in iionies of the-membership might lie Jfcpired to stud-y the best methods fertilization, and become interested in the iilantirg of standard varieties of cotton in this State. SIOO,OOO Whisky Robbery Revealed Frankfort, Kv., March, 16. > liquor robbery extending over a period of several months and involving whis ky worth approximately SIOO,OOO at bobileg' prices, came to light today. Sixteen men "ar? und r.s.ood to have been induct*.*! by a Federal grand jury and nine ire said to have been arrested. A All of the wl i'sky is ulleged to have • been removed from J a warehouse at the Old Taylor distillery here. The rubbers ciawleil through a pipe to a point beneath the bufiding, broke the-pij* ~ and s:iv;e»i an jijjcning iJirtrugh the floor, it w.a* learned. The whisky was lre.wn fj-nm tiie barrels tnd the floor replaced. In Tarboro Sunday Misses Clyde Hassell, Hattie 'flirow er, and Mrs. Anna Harrison were the guestfi of Mrs. A. D. Mizelle in Tar boro Sunday. - A. Motor to Tarbort Miss Margaret Everett and Mr. J. C. 1 urcelle motored to Tarboro Sun day afternoon. In Rocky Mount Sunday Afternoon Here From Wallace Mr. Ben Southerland, of Wallace, was a visitor here over the week end. - £' OFFICERS GET ANOTHER STILI Was Ifcing Operated by Three YOUIIL, >\„hite Men, All of Them Escaping ; IN-puties l.u'.her Feel and Paul Ba! | lard visited Poplar Point Mondaj j morning and found a si ill running .n full blast . The officers had been dis . I covered by a friei.d of the moonshin , | trs, who fired several signal gun. just before they reacttod the still. They > were- near enough, however, to observj three young white m MI, two of wholn ' not a good start on the officers, the third' inrin was so determined to gel the still worm out of tin' cooling bar rcl to take, away with him that tho Officers came near getting their homls on him. . Me proved a gojd runner however ,and thoiigli he fell down .sev eral times, he slipped out of his booh? and soon outranAhe officers, vanishing, from their sight. CHIEF JUSTICE - HOKE KESKiNS Associtite Justice W. P. Stacy, One of State's Youngest and Ablest Lawyers, Succeeds Him Judge W. A. lloke resigned as chief . . ice of tne North Carolina Supreme Court Monday, a piMtion he has he.d .- ince Hie dtath of v" il l'■ f , i slice Cla k about two years ago. Judge Hoke was for many years 011 tie superior court bench, and as such Was galled the ideal judge; gentle, firm, kind. ably, and at all times n the job—no man ever looked and act ed More like n jud\ r e than he. As pn associate juj-tiee of the State supreme court lu' was held , hi .Alio same high regurd a,s when 011 the lower court, circuit , Justice \Y P. Stacy was .innoiiiiie I .chief justice by Governor Mclean im '"TneiTiaTely"iipon lliis receipt of' the re>- ivnation of Jtistice Hoke. Juuge acy, while yet a very young mar is as one of the lead, iug and ablest lawyers in the Slat«. I lie \ aciuvcy caused by the elevali 111 of Judge Stucy has not yet been ft lie I b> iiovurnor McLean. Much Building and Loan Stock Sold _ The sixteenth series of the Martin County Building & Loan Association •s lui.etiiig witli marked suecess. The stock is being sold all over the COUII ly and friends of the building end ban association are becoming nioie numerous day by day. A large city hits many attractive si.ving devices, but a more sparsely populated town and community does not, and the building and loan asso ciations are the most attractive places -10 save People are more and more taking advantage if -them. Tarboro Man Is Safe In Unrevcalcd I Mace J. G. Chery, Tarboro insurance man, win, has been missing-, a week-, today, is safe and sound "somewhere in Ameripi," according to information given out in Tarboro yesterday by a friend wild is reported to have re ceived a letter from the missing man. Vv here he is or when he will return were not divulged by the, friend. Mr. Cherry went away and left u family—a wife an 1 two children. His cai was foumi Wednesday when a seareh"Wßs made for him, near Tar boio ,ori the Cromwell farm. There was no evidence around the car as to the whereabouts of Cherry. But Spring Hope still mourns her loss. . Mr. L. M Ausley, A. C. !• ticket aent of that city, left March 6 and thene is nor not been ary wonl or idea where he has disappeared to. Beaver Dam Local And Personal News Mrs. Whit Moore spend Sunday at ternoon with-Mrs. H. A. Cullipher. Mrs. A L. Ray nor and son Richard at ended the show in fyobersonville Friday night. IVJessrs. W. H. Rogers and Haywood Rogers-motored la WillutflJststD -Mon day on business. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Allen were the guests of Mr.'ami Mrs. Ferd Holiday Sunday afternoon. . Mrs. A. L.. Raytior has been on the •sick lisFfor the past several days. Mrs. W. H. Rogers spent 1 Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Ellen Harris; Mr. and Mrs. M. G. PMIC and family' motored to Williamston Friday shop ping. -Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Bennett spout Mr. and Mrs. John Har ris! Mr. Elmer Chesson motored to Wil liamston Saturday. Mr. H. M. Stilley, of Wuhjpgtofl, spent last night in the cltjk'' Negro Who Committed Murder Here in 1917 Caught and Makes Confession in Bridgeport, Conn. Peoples Bank Case up f or Trial Tomorrow Filly men have bet a summoned to come to the court tomorrow in order that a jury may be empan eled in die case ot ;.Martin County vs. J. Staion. This suit is in stiiuted aaguist Mr. Siaton as a director of the I'copies Bank and more money is involved tu it thiui any case lor several years. .« 'lhe county is suing the direct- ' orn of the I'eoples Bank for 1 money that i. had on deposit when the bank closed in June, 1922. | BAPTIST VOUNU PEOPLES SOCIAL | Juniors and Intermediates Entertained at liaplist I'arsonane Last Night 1 he junior ami intermediate young people nt the Baptist church were en- j teiTained ltoin t> to 10 last evening at I j the home of Kev. and Mrs. K i,. i | Shirley. The purpose of .the meet- j ,niK was to plan tor missionary and -I home-coming day, which will be ob- | served at-the local church on Sunday I I mi.i mug, March The occasion al •>o was the «lt venth birthday of lion ert Lee Shirley, jr., who in addition | to lour invited guests Wheeler Mar tin, jr., Uscar Anderson, jr., Charles Manning:,'and Albert Ix-slie Clark — entertained the following mcmbeis of, the two organisation's: Juniors: Ernest Cox, Keba Teal, (■race Whitley, Mary Davis llardison, Kebecca Harrison, Kalph Nelson, Er * nest CT fl7ail son, hin met t WlldlesT, J. i\. Kogerson, Cordon linjwer, Clai borne' Summerlin," I'auline liallard Fannie Kay, Charles Fleming, Susie Mae liariihill, Annie May (iurganus. Intermediates: Daisy Whitley, Mir iam Courtney, Lina Mizelle, Frances U illiams, Eliza Hoard, Martha Kogerson, Susie Teel, Ellen .Cowen Gladys (iurganus, Kutli l'eel, father uiu llardison, Virginia Harrison, An iie lietit Kogerson, Thonjas Sumjner lin. Delie'isius liritik iee cream and clover leaf wafers were'served. Everyone ■•seemed to have a good time and all left wishing nunty more happy birth-1 days to yoUlig Master Shirley. Senate Aj»ain Refuses To Conlirin Warren s • lite Senate tigain refused to conlirtn Charles Is. Warren as at torney general of the I'nited Stales yesterday when a von- was taken were 4»> against and 3{> votes lor onlirmaiion. fills was rough riding over President ( oolidge, who had nis heart set on his good friend, "Sugar "rust" JVarren., The peo ple generally look with favor on the way the Senate stood with what rliey regarded as tiie com -1.1011 rights of the folks. ■* i i * Youn# Folks Enjoy Weiner Roast Monday . A weiner and inarshmallow roast was enjoyed'by a number of young folks yestarday afternoon "Down on I Conine." Werners and marshmallows were j roasted artTt —other good eats were j plentiful. Those going wev: Mrs. i Jack Hooker, Misses Janio Edwards Jeannette Wedntore, of New Haven. Conn., Frances Gurgunus, I'attie Ed mendson, Josephine Sykes, Evelyn Hatrison, Christine Dodd, Minnie Kob ertoon, Mary Clyde Ljggett, and Mrs. Jim leggctt. * Messrs. Moyd Might,-Kill ami Gay lard Harrison, Fnriiß\Carstarphen, John Wadsworfh, Jesse TTarrell, Join Hooker, Charles Godwin, Silas W. Maker, of Washington, 1).. C., George Harris, and I truce Whitley. Civil War Veteran . tturt in Falling Mr. James Waters, an old Confed erate veteran, fell down in his room . and cut his lijt'ad.lather painfully but not seriously. "L'ncCi- Jimniie" is" iti-his" eighty-fourth yea>- aad is one of the few old soldieis of "gray*' left in Martin County He is mighty feeble and can ni» Ret around very well. . i 1 ■» 1 Don't forget the date of "Come out of the ltitchen," Thursday night, March 26th, at the StranS TKeatre*" See one,>ef the best amateur show. ey»r-Staged by local talent. - ___________ , ■ Mr. Allen Brownson ia viniting friends in Williamston, IMi:. 1 - L..., • .. . ■ ... M UB ADVERTISERS WILL FIND Ol'R r X)LI'MNS A LATCHKEY TO 1600 HOMES OF MARTIN COLNTI ESTABLISHED \m ivii.Lt.il iilita SiSiEk Oa skir | l K MtiEK 18, I*l7, Dl KING -V I'AVtlLl 1 KhE-'tOK-ALL SCKAf HAS I»EKN IN UIDtNO FUK ■iOiU. in.v.> ;n.V L.\ i tAlt.i, On ' September IX, 1917, Charlet, I ix'ott, colored, shot and killed rer I line Koberson, his wile's sister, on a I farm in i'oplar t'oint. lie made i complete get away and nothing lur I tiier wajt known xii hint until Monday, Uiten Ciuet ot I'ohce J. O. Manntfig * teceived a telegram Irom Urtdgepon, Conn., oiticials, .inquiring if Scott was still wanted toV the crime. 1 here -was a bill of indictment made against Scott soon- after the crime was commuted, charging him with the murder. it was claimed at the time of the shooting that Scott was provoked t>> the conduct of lus wife and her people until he llew into a tit of jealousy am. eecided to shoot it out, with the re sulfemiat he killed one and woundeu another. ~ I liOse who knew Scott wOll were surprised that he was able to get away and keep hidden so long;, as te I was considered rattier weak mentally. -No* statement of why he -told in | himself in his far-off hiding place, v as given in the telegram to the ot beers. I PRISON BOARD LAUDS MR. POU \ppears I'hat l'ou and Hushev Will Not be Ketained Hut no Action is Taken Kaleih, March ' 1(5. —Outgoing and - tttrtmritiK prrstrcr -towards ttrday" left memorials and organized, the refl iriint . body paying high tribute to the prison olficiate headed by Superin tendent George Kossi*ou, urging his® reappointment with that of thi? en-, tire force. The iu'W board took no uctiMl as to the successor of Mr. l'ou. Gover nor Mel «an laitl no reconunendatjiiab before" it and not untiF its April 7 meeting will it act upon the new head', t mil today it had been ac ceptpef that Mr. i'ou would bo u ap pi inteil "again and that Warden lius hec will be drop|ieL Tonight it is J loregone that Messrs. Husi>ee a'id I'tu will succeed themselves. .The board, taking full cognizance of charges against Superintendent l'ou, reports in detailed fashion on ' them all. Governor McLean, inter- Viewed lis the newspaper men in his office tliU afternoon frankly told them that he had not reached the point ol going into a pri.'.on super intendent. He did not know then wlieiher lie would make any recom mendations or not. Bear (irass Local And Personal News Messrs. John W . and Walter Muile> motored to Washington Satu'Fday af txrltoiTii. Miss Nealie Jones spent the week end , with Miss Mary iiailey. - Mr. Marvin (iurganus was the guest i f Mw itary Harris Saturday night Mr. Ira .Kogerson was the guest o! Miss Essie Mae Taylor Saturday ing. Mr. Mob Taylor and Miss Helen Kogerson were out riding Saturday af | It moon. Messrs. LeKoy Ausbon and Sylves i aylor were the guests of Misses Mary Mailey and Nealie Jones Sat urday night. • Mr. Leonard Coltrain was the guest of Miss Mintie Mailey Sunday nijfht Messrs. Mert Harris and I'erlie Col train were the guests of Miss Murlha Mailey Sunday night. Messrs, Herbert Coltrain and Gar land Jackson were the guests of Miss Mary Mailey Sunday everting. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bailey and children were the guests orMrs. Bail ey's mother Sunday afternoon. Mr.'and Mrs. L. H. Taylor and chil dren were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mailey Sunday. Mr. i'ete Mendenhall was the guest of MitsFannie Co win Saturday even ing. ' . . •>*" Protest High Taxes in' Martin County Mr. Z. M.Whitehurst, of Grwwtville, . .was a visitor in town today. . Mr. Whitehurst was a resident of Goose Nest Township and one of thi» county'' leading citizens until some years ago. when he moved to GnPenvfllfc. Mr. Whitehurst made some "plaints against our taxes in Mnrtin County, proving his point that cue*, rre higher than they were by exhibit ing his 1911 receipt for $lB, and hit 1924 receipt on the HUM land, and ilk | poorer condition, tor >l4O.